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the list!!!

every creature that's endangered or critically endangered or extinct in the wild that you can keep and breed in your own (freshwater) aquarium to stop it from dying out completely.

ive been working on this for a while and its still very not done bc oh my god theres so many-

some of these are super duper rare and expensive but others are widely beloved fish, some of them are rlly surprising to see here

pls lmk if theres anything i should add that i havent yet :3 theres a lot of undescribed species that you dont find in databases and stuff so i need all the obsessed nerds i can find to finish this!!!

not bolded = endangered

bolded = critically endangered

red = extinct in the wild (THESE LITERALLY ONLY EXIST WHERE WE KEEP THEM 0.0)

okay here it is :3

Allodontichthys polylepis - Finescale splitfin

Allotoca catarinae - Catarina allotoca

Allotoca dugesii - Bumblebee goodeid, Opal allotoca

Allotoca goslinei - Banded allotoca

Allotoca maculata - Blackspot goodeid, Blackspot allotoca

Allotoca meeki - Zirahuen allotoca

Allotoca zacapuensis - Zacapu allotoca

Amatitlania kanna - Panama convict cichlid

Amatitlania myrnae - Topaz cichlid

Ambystoma mexicanum - Axolotl

Ameca splendens - Butterfly goodeid

Amphilophus chancho

Amphilophus flaveolus

Amphilophus lyonsi

Amphilophus zaliosus - Arrow cichlid

Apistogramma lineata  

Apistogramma psammophila - two banded dwarf cichlid 

Aponogeton capuronii 

Aponogeton longiplumulosus

Astatotilapia desfontainii

Ataeniobius toweri - Striped goodeid

Aulonocara baenschi - Nkhomo-benga peacock, yellow benga, sunshine peacock

Aulonocara kandeense - Blue orchid peacock

Aulonocara maylandi - Sulfurhead peacock

Bedotia geayi - Madagascar rainbowfish, red-tailed silverside, zona

Bedotia madagascariensis - Madagascar rainbow, Madagascan rainbowfish

Benitochromis conjunctus

Benitochromis finleyi

Benitochromis nigrodorsalis

Benitochromis riomuniensis

Betta albimarginata - Whiteseam fighter

Betta antoni

Betta sp. “api api” - Api api betta

Betta burdigala

Betta channoides - Snakehead betta

Betta chloropharynx - Green throat mouthbrooder

Betta compuncta

Betta cracens

Betta foerschi

Betta hendra

Betta hipposideros

Betta sp. “jade” - Jade betta

Betta livida

Betta mahachaiensis - Mahachai betta

Betta mandor

Betta miniopinna

Betta omega

Betta pardalotos

Betta patoti - Tiger betta

Betta persephone

Betta pi

Betta rubra - Toba betta

Betta rutilans - Fire betta

Betta schalleri 

Betta simplex - Krabi mouthbrooding betta

Betta smaragdina “guitar”

Betta spilotogena

Betta stiktos 

Betta tussyae - Chukai betta

Betta waseri

Brevibora dorsiocellata - Emerald eye rasbora, eyespot rasbora

Cambarellus patzcuarensis - Mexican dwarf crayfish

Caridina dennerli - Cardinal Sulawesi shrimp

Caridina glaubrechti - Red orchid Sulawesi shrimp, red orchid shrimp

Caridina holthuisi - Six banded Sulawesi shrimp

Caridina loehae - Mini blue bee shrimp, orange delight shrimp

Caridina masapi - Towuti tiger shrimp

Caridina profundicola - Sunstripe shrimp

Caridina spinata - Yellow goldflake shrimp, yellow nose shrimp, yellow cheek shrimp

Caridina spongicola

Caridina striata - Red line shrimp

Caridina tenuirostris 

Caridina tigri - Tigris sulawesi shrimp

Caridina woltereckae - Sulawesi harlequin shrimp

Chapalichthys pardalis - Polkadot splitfin

Characodon audax - Bold characodon

Characodon lateralis - Rainbow goodeid, Rainbow characodon

Chilatherina bleheri - Blehers rainbowfish

Chilatherina sentaniensis - Sentani rainbowfish

Chindongo saulosi

Coelotilapia joka

Coptodon bythobates

Coptodon deckerti

Coptodon gutturosus

Coptodon kottae

Coptodon snyderae

Cyprinodon alvarezi - Potosi pupfish

Crenichthys baileyi - White River springfish

Cribroheros bussingi

Cribroheros rhytisma

Danio/Celestichthys erythromicron - Emerald dwarf rasbora

Devario auropurpureus/Inlecypris auropurpurea - Lake Inle danio

Devario pathirana - Barred danio

Dicrossus gladicauda

Epalzeorhynchos bicolor - Redtail shark/red tailed shark

Etroplus canarensis - Canara pearlspot

Gambusia hurtadoi - Crescent gambusia

Girardinichthys multiradiatus - Dark-edged splitfin

Girardinichthys viviparus - Chapultepec splitfin

Glossolepis dorityi - Doritys rainbowfish, Grime rainbowfish

Glossolepis incisus - Red rainbowfish

Glossolepis maculosus - Spotted rainbowfish

Glossolepis wanamensis - Lake Wanam rainbowfish, emerald rainbowfish, green dragon rainbowfish

Gymnogeophagus caaguazuensis

Halocaridina rubra - ‘Opae‘ula

Haplochromis brownae

Haplochromis ishmaeli

Haplochromis latifasciatus - Zebra obliquidens

Haplochromis perrieri

Hemichromis cerasogaster

Herichthys bartoni - Bartons cichlid

Herichthys labridens - Curve-bar cichlid

Herichthys minckleyi - Minckleys cichlid

Herichthys steindachneri - Steindachners cichlid

Hubbsina turneri - Highland splitfin

Hypancistrus zebra - Zebra pleco

Hyphessobrycon flammeus - Flame tetra 

Kiunga ballochi - Glass blue eye

Konia eisentrauti - Konye

Lamprologus kungweensis - Ocellated shell dweller

Limbochromis robertsi 

Limia islai - Tiger limia

Limia nigrofasciata - Humpbacked limia, Black-barred limia

Limia sulphurophila - Sulphur limia

Lipochromis/Cleptochromis/Haplochromis parvidens

Luciocephalus aura - Peppermint pikehead

Malpulutta kretseri - Ornate paradisefish

Mchenga conophoros

Melanochromis chipokae

Melanochromis lepidiadaptes

Melanotaenia ajamaruensis - Ajamaru rainbowfish, Ajamaru lakes rainbowfish

Melanotaenia boesemani - Boesemani rainbowfish

Melanotaenia bowmani - Bowmans rainbowfish

Melanotaenia fasinensis

Melanotaenia gracilis - Slender rainbowfish

Melanotaenia klasioensis - Klasio Creek rainbowfish, Klasio rainbowfish

Melanotaenia lacustris - Turquoise rainbowfish, Lake Kutubu rainbowfish

Melanotaenia mairasi - Lake Furnusu rainbowfish

Melanotaenia parva - Lake Kurumoi rainbowfish, sunset dwarf rainbowfish

Melanotaenia sp. “Running River” - Running River rainbowfish

Melanotaenia sembrae

Melanotaenia sexlineata - Fly River rainbowfish

Melanotaenia susii - Susi Creek rainbowfish

Melanotaenia utcheensis - Utchee rainbowfish, Utchee Creek rainbowfish

Melanotaenia sp. “Williams Creek” - Malanda gold rainbowfish, Williams Creek rainbowfish

Mesoheros gephyrus

Metriaclima koningsi

Metriaclima usisyae

Microrasbora rubescens - Red dwarf rasbora

Myaka myaka - Myaka

Nandopsis ramsdeni

Nannostomus mortenthaleri - Coral red pencilfish

Nanochromis transvestitus

Neoophorus regalis

Neotoca bilineata - Twoline skiffia

Nyassachromis boadzulu

Oreochromis alcalicus - Soda cichlid, common natron tilapia

Osphronemus laticlavius - Giant red tail gourami

Parananochromis ornatus

Paretroplus dambabe

Paretroplus maculatus - Damba mipentina

Paretroplus menarambo - Pinstripe damba

Paretroplus nourissati

Parosphromenus alfredi 

Parosphromenus anjunganensis

Parosphromenus filamentosus

Parosphromenus gunawani

Parosphromenus harveyi

Parosphromenus linkei

Parosphromenus opallios

Parosphromenus ornaticauda

Parosphromenus pahuensis

Parosphromenus paludicola

Parosphromenus phoenicurus

Parosphromenus quindecim

Parosphromenus rubrimontis

Parosphromenus tweediei

Phallichthys quadripunctatus - Four spotted toothcarp, four spotted merry widow

Placidochromis phenochilus

Poropanchax/Congopanchax myersi - Hummingbird lampeye

Pseudomugil connieae - Popondetta blue eye

Pseudomugil furcatus - Forktail blue eye

Pseudomugil ivantsoffi - Ivantsoffs blue eye

Pseudomugil luminatus - Red neon blue eye

Pseudomugil mellis - Honey blue eye

Pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos - Maingano cichlid

Ptychochromis insolitus - Mangarahara cichlid

Ptychochromis oligacanthus

Pungu maclareni - Pungu

Priapella olmecae - Olmec priapella

Quintana atrizona - Barred topminnow

Rocio spinosissima

Sahyadria/Dawkinsonia denisonii - Denison barb, red line torpedo barb, roseline shark

Sarotherodon caroli - Fissi

Sarotherodon knauerae

Sarotherodon linnellii - Blackfin tilapia

Sarotherodon lamprechti

Sarotherodon logbergeri - Keppe, keppi

Sarotherodon steinbachi - Kululu

Scleropages formosus - Asian arowana

Sewellia marmorata

Skiffia francesae - Golden skiffia

Skiffia lermae - Olive skiffia

Skiffia multipunctata - Spotted skiffia

Skiffia sp. “Sayula” - Sayula skiffia

Sphaerichthys vaillanti - Samurai gourami, vaillants chocolate gourami

Stomatepia mariae - Nsess

Stomatepia mongo - Mongo

Stomatepia pindu - Pindu

Tanichthys albiventris 

Tanichthys albonubes - White cloud mountain minnow, white cloud minnow

Tanichthys micagemmae - Vietnamese cardinal minnow, Vietnamese white cloud

Teleogramma brichardi

Tilapia guinasana - Otjikoto tilapia 

Trigonostigma somphongsi

Vieja hartwegi - Tailbar cichlid 

Xenoophorus captivus - Relict splitfin

Xenotoca doadrioi - San Marcos redtail splitfin, San Marcos redtail goodeid

Xenotoca eiseni - Redtail splitfin, Redtail goodeid

Xenotoca lyonsi - Tamazula redtail splitfin

Xenotoca melanosoma - Black splitfin

Xenotoca cf. melanosoma 

Xiphophorus andersi - Spiketail platyfish

Xiphophorus couchianus - Monterrey platyfish

Xiphophorus meyeri - Marbled swordtail

Zoogoneticus tequila - Tequila splitfin

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Warrior Cats Reread #1: Into The Wild

Some friends decided to organize a group read of the Warriors series and since I grew up with these books and loved them a lot as a kid I decided to join in

Idk how far I'll get into this reread (my hope is to at least finish the first arc) but I thought it'd be fun to write up some thoughts as I finish the books :D

iirc I first read Into the Wild when I was in middle school after a friend convinced me to try the series and my mom bought me the first book of the og series & new prophecy during a family trip (possibly to make me less whiny since I remember being very bored on that trip and I think I was actually almost done with Into the Wild by the time we were heading back xD)

Anyway, I remember reading several of the first series books multiple times but for some reason never the first one. Which is a shame because its a great book and I remembered some parts of it pretty vividly! The conflict with Brokenstar and him training young kits before they were ready, Yellowfang's exile and friendship with Firepaw, Tigerclaw murdering Redtail and Ravenpaw being a witness and being forced to escape at the end or risk losing his life... There's a lot of good stuff!

Also Spottedleaf I guess.

Actually the #1 thing I remembered from this book is that Spottedleaf dies and it is very sudden and weird and for some reason she becomes Firestar's Lost Lenore in later books. I thought maybe they had some meaningful scenes in this book I'd forgotten that showed them building a bond or her being kind to him at a time when most of the clan regarded him with suspicion...

But nope! It's exactly as I remembered xD

Maybe most of this bonding occurs after she's a force ghost?

Although she died a lot further into the book than I expected so there is that I guess!

Other things of note:

Bluestar my beloved! I vaguely remember her being my favorite character as a kid and I still love her!

Yellowfang my other beloved! I still love you so much!

Ravenpaw is a good bean who deserves the world. And also wow was Tigerclaw determined to kill him in this volume!

And speaking of Tigerclaw killing cat-people, I could have sworn he was responsible for Lionheart's death but I guess not? Maybe?

I had completely forgotten that Wind Clan was a non-entity in this book, having been driven out. I vaguely remember them being pretty helpful in this arc and then turn into the worst clan later

There is so much murder and attempted murder and talk of murder in this children's book series and I wouldn't have it any other way <3

Overall Into the Wild is a great first entry into the Warriors series that eases the reader into the setting and the way of the clans (even if you can kinda tell things were still being figured out at this point). Brokenstar makes for a great first antagonist to be defeated at the end, while a more sinister threat looms in the background raising more questions and mysteries for Firepaw to explore in later books

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Day 6 of Fishuary!!

Prompt: Catfish/Pleco

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My beloved redtail catfish, phractocephalus hemioliopterus, is an Amazon native! They’re quite the chunky fella, we have a few of them in our Amazon River tank and anglers always look surprised when they see the sheer size of these buds. The can grow over 3 feet long, and in some cases, can reach nearly 6 feet!

They are the only living members of their genus! On one hand it makes me feel bad but on the other hand good for them for perfecting their niche!!! Theirs rumours they may have drowned people…

[universeskies]

REDTAIL!!!!! ITS SO INCREDIBLE TO SEE HIM GROW UP AS A MANLY WARRIOR CAT AND SUCH! Yup! Thats what happened. My Beloved Moonlight works for Warrior Cats real! Heheheeh :3 💙💙💙💙💙💙

Redtail my beloved...

He worked hard to be cool and manly as a warrior.

[mallowstep]

Sorry, I'm hyperfixating but I just came here to say: maybe in Mistu au, Mothwing becomes a medicine cat apprentice fairly easily? Nobody really wants to go against Feathertail Again, so they may cave-or maybe Hawk does do the fake sign but because he actually loves her and it's Tiger who encouraged him to and holds it over her head? 1/2

Mothwing gets in and sees the Starclan cats and everything and she does believe-and then Feathertail comes back and it's discovered that Feathertail was prophesised to die. Cue existential crisis about Starclan sending cats to their death (maybe she meets Tigerstar once and he mentions that Starclan could have chosen to tell Blue he killed Redtail but they didn't or something). She can no longer see them in her dreams. Her faith in them has been shattered. She believes, but not in THEM 2/2

babe ur so welcome here <3

anyway yeah let's talk about mothwing my beloved <3 she's one of my favourite characters.

so - i'm still working out some of the moth stuff, but she does become a warrior first. in canon, she doesn't Want to be a medicine cat until later. it's a whole thing. and i like stories about characters figuring out what they want later than "normal."

there's definitely no fuss about her becoming a medicine cat in au. that whole bit of manipulation is removed. everyone is on board. after all - she's a riverclan cat.

of course, because the tnp timeline is scrunched, i'm still working out the willow stuff, but i'm not even close to writing that stuff Seriously yet so. shrug.

and you're completely right - if there was fuss, feathertail is like. not a Single Riverclan Cat would tell feathertail no. not even blackclaw.

and they've got mistyfoot on their side, even before they connect:

"One to me," Leopardstar says, "one to Stormheart, one to Blackclaw." Mistyfoot's tail lashes. "You'd apprentice one — to Blackclaw?" She glances over her shoulder. Frogkit and Hawkkit are chasing something — a bug, probably — and Mothkit is staring at the river — waiting for someone to take her swimming, probably. She doesn't look at Blackclaw. Leopardstar blinks in surprise. "Who else?" Mistyfoot's tail lashes. Dawnflower, Mosspelt, she supplies. Mosspelt's raising her own litter, but if Leopardstar is apprenticing one to Stormheart, Dawnflower is old enough. "Not him," she says. "Dawnflower could." Leopardstar sighs. "Two new mentors, both young. It's not ideal." Mistyfoot growls, "Not him," and Leopardstar dips his head.

mistyfoot: i might not talk to the kits but i'll be damned if blackclaw goes within six feet of them

so. you know.

i'm still workshopping a variety of tigerstar thoughts, but hawk doesn't have the same manipulation of moth as in canon. that's just getting thrown out. hawk has problems, he has Nuance, but manipulating his sister? feathertail would be So disappointed in him.

as for, well. i need to, writing about starclan is always hard for me because i never know how seriously i want to take it. cats waking up with injuries from the dark forest is cool, but do i want to confirm that the dark forest is real? i don't know.

what i do know is this:

“Why me?” Tigerstar tilts his head. “Do you think your siblings would do as well as you?” He thinks of Frogpaw. He looks the most ThunderClan, Hawkpaw thinks, and his fighting shows it. But he is too kind to be here. He thinks of Mothpaw. She swims like she is half fish, and hunts accordingly. But she is like a ray of sun. He can’t imagine her here. He thinks of himself. He looks like his father and he is fast and good on his feet. He does well here. He is excelling. He thinks of Feathertail. “They wouldn’t,” he agrees. One day, she will know. At least if it’s only him, she’ll still have Frogpaw and Mothpaw.

this isn't confirmed canon to misty au (nothing is until i post it, but this especially i'm still workshopping the ideas for), but this is. kind of how tigerstar manipulates hawkpaw.

i think what would break mothwing's faith is that starclan did not intervene in the slightest for featherpaw and mistyfoot. one thing all three of the kits have to grapple with is what it means for feathertail to have been hurt.

it's a hard thing to conceptualize when you are a child, that your parents had a life before you, and even harder, that your parents were someone different once. i have posted this paragraph as part of a longer excerpt before, but,

Of course she remembers how Feathertail was. Feathertail has been a constant in their lives. She's been the same as long as they've been alive. Mothwing can picture her perfectly, from the nicks in her ear to the way her whiskers twitched to how her tail was silkiest at the very end.

feathertail just - is. and they all have to learn that she wasn't always. they have a lot to learn and deal with and grow, but how do you...how do you accept that someone you love so dearly was hurt so badly, and starclan never once tried to protect her?

i don't think you do.

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#tigerclaw cant have deadfoot still alive so he tells darkstripe to kill him- once he does tiger'll have a secure spot as leader of windclan

My Top Posts in 2021

#5

AUS

A couple of my waca aus

Mapleshade trains Hollyleaf

(After running into the tunnels, Hollyleaf finds-or is found by- Mapleshade who offers her help in getting revenge)

Sweetgrass (tagged; windclan princess au)

(Princess joins Windclan as a kit and renamed Sweetkit)

"Time Travel" AU or is it this link

(After the events of the Great Battle, those who died during it finds themselves in their old territory- not only are they not in Starclan (or just don't exist anymore)- things are very different, some cats who weren't alive before are now and some play very important roles later on)

Smudge: Skyclan savior

(Smudge doesn't want to bother his very busy Thunderclan leader friend so he goes on a mission brought to him by some ghost cat to restore a clan. Wonder how that goes)

Skyclan was always there

(What if Skyclan was still a clan? There was just no way of communicating with those in the forest territory- or perhaps that was on purpose)

Ravenpaw & Dustpaw both witness Redtail's murder

(pretty self explanatory)

Not-so-lawfully good Firestar

(Maybe being not only Thunderclan's sole savior, but every clan in the forest PLUS being given the chance to restore an entire ancient clan did something to this fire furred cat's ego..just a bit...a smidge if you will)

Sandstorm is the fire that saves the clans

(I uhm,, never made a post about this ? I swear i did,,,anyway it's also p self explanatory)

Smoke leads The Kin alongside her son, Darktail

(i would have had no issue with darktail being evil IF IT WERENT FOR HIM HAVING DADDY ISSUES? that is so boring. let a cat be evil just because they want to. but if you want to go that route so be it erins. Smoke and Darktail team up to take down the clans, Smoke feels betrayed, she heard so many great stories about the clans, about her,,m-mat,,,ugh onewhisker's achievements and how *he* was a great cat just to be turned away when in a time of need. so uhh they plan to destroy the clans...idk how they got to that idea but they do and u can read whatever mess i wrote in the og post)

Hawkfrost :)

(i basically just give Hawkfrost more of a character.)

Warrior Cinderpelt (because she deserves it)

(Cinderpaw still gets hit by a car but the person takes her away to get help. Like a month later or smth, she comes back to Thunderclan, recovered and ready to get back to her training)

The Blazing Star Au (medic fireheart au) tagged as; (old) #medic fireheart au (current) #the blazing star au

(When given the opportunity to join Thunderclan, Rusty tells Bluestar about the visions he receives and her and Spottedleaf decide on training him as a medicine cat)

Ivyfooled AU (tagged as; ivyfooled au)

(pls just read the linked post i cannot summarize it right now)

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If you ever want to send an ask about any of these, please do <3 i love talking about them

or even give prompts for more 👀 perhaps,,,

52 notes • Posted 2021-07-27 19:57:43 GMT

#4

imagine if a) tigerheart kept his og golden tabby description and b) he was given a "golden" prefix instead of "tiger"

58 notes • Posted 2021-08-22 06:03:20 GMT

#3

"dovewing design that have floppy ears" "dovewing design that have curled ears"

give me dovewing designs that have an extra pair of ears

65 notes • Posted 2021-11-18 01:56:07 GMT

#2

each time someone says something along the lines of how graystripe & mistystar should be dead by now, a moon is added to their life

80 notes • Posted 2021-10-12 03:24:40 GMT

#1

i know it's all about context n all but leopardstar wishing for stonefur to kill darkstripe is so funny

like i already imagine that leopardstar & darkstripe do not get along like at all (wlw & mlm hostility) and that was just the icing to the cake

106 notes • Posted 2021-08-15 04:33:11 GMT

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Saturday, April 15, 2017

10 a.m. sun, still cool, clouds later - greatest worry clouds gathering over North Korea - things getting worse and worse. On abc television news - only the auto show - one of them driving a $320.000 Porsche - the most wonderful car in the world - and more and more SUVs - sports utility vehicles based on trucks - now that gas prices are low they are so in, so in, so in - old people prefer them because they are high, easy to get into and more and more comfortable - America dreaming.

Thank you once again Ken for teaching me how to use a computer - no one to talk to. New York overrun by tourists, paying $150 a night for a room in a slum in Brooklyn - a run down house - I know of Iraquis who really have made hay out of air b and b in such a rundown house - the woman owner got a wonderful German husband out of it and now lives with her two sons in Berlin - in the house in Brooklyn her mother, sisters, brothers - she is, what my mother would have called: tuechtig - that I found related to virtuous. No takers for my free room in the East Village. That's life.

Saturday morning and a computer to talk to. Yesterday I went fairly late in the day to Central park - got there a little after four, to avoid the worst of the crowds in the area where I have been going for years. A hawk so I do hear is sitting on eggs - high up on the building over the park - by now a 22 year oldevent. For years and years Rick Davis on the hawk bench surrounded by a community - Ken! - that is how I met him - yesterday not one familiar face. At some point somebody with a telescope is likely to pass by - around 6 when Palemale - google with dot com - brings dinner to his partner and also relieves her. Two movies have been made, a book written - Redtails in Love, Marie Winn - many articles and countless photographs taken - the hawk outliving so many watchers!

Then I sat on a bench where I first met Jan Letang - close to my age - from a town on the Danube Slovakia on one side, Hungarian on the other. One parent Slovak, from an earlier German migration - he had a grist mill - his mother Hungarian. He told me long, long stories, always brought me chocolate that I called my coffin nails. A master of early computers in Brno, Czech republic - his wife eager to come to America - 1968? - by the time I met him he was a beloved doorman - and loved his work. A brilliant photographer. A few years ago he lost all power in this hands - no cure to be found - at Christmas a few years ago he took his life. May he rest in peace.

It was an interesting group of people - always there - rain, snow, shine - of course there was also the boathouse to repair to where I often stayed late with Ken.

Yesterday sitting alone on a bench I was going in my mind through friends I am in touch with these days - texting! - actually two women who came later with whom I was busy texting. Both getting close to 60 - a lot younger than I am - one a German, we also met on the hawk bench - tall, dark haired, statuesque - full of spunk and energy - tales, tales and more tales - now the most enthusiastic tour guide - in German and Dutch. S.W. the other M.D. - both avid facebook enthusiasts - may just come across my blog - M. born in New York, parents newcomers - of great promise, children - these days a bit weighed down by problems - some she and I share. Also originally from the hawk bench - both came after five, by then I had moved into the sun to tables on a terrasse overlooking the pond, getting the late day sun, it is a concession that like so much in New York is going through constant changes. When my kids were kids - and when I took them to Central Park and fell in love with Central Park (we lived near the park) - this was NEDICKS - a chain then selling cheap hot dogs and an orange drink. My kids at first clamored for it - but I had from their birth established a firm policy: Mother does not buy. Yes, their mother was weird and unAmerican - still is - not so easy to deal with. Since it went through endless changes - for a while the best brownies I could not resist (I did, do buy for myself - but they were already grown by then) - don't even know the latest name they use - coffee $2.50 - liquor - pricey stuff - never buy any of that -comfortable rocking metal chairs - mostly sit on them and buy nothing, like yesterday. They are overrun by tourists with plenty of many, many Germans. S.W. the tourist guide has in a sunny corner her "office" - she likes a bar stool like chair and a high table - I sit in a low rocking chair. She and M.D. had a lively exchange about medical malpractice - filling more and more pages in books, magazines, talk on TV and I am sure facebook and all the best talk on computers I never learned to listen to - also limiting my computer time. The plaints never end and thnings are getting worse and worse.

Then I still earlier sitting alone on the bench was thinking about my other friends these days - once upon a time friends formed a circle - now they are all over the place, totally different from each other - yes, I loved giving parties bringing people together - now there is this one friend who drops in in the evening for an hour, at best two - last night for less than an hour. Last week the fast and vigil kept her busy - by now she is in Philadelphia with her mother and may be back by Monday night - no interest in any of my other friends who do not share her religious inclination. Religion - everything in my New York life seems to come and go - the nature of New York life? The life of an immigrant who was not "tuechtig" enough to acquire the house I too have dreamed of all my life. In 1982 Paco and I bought the house in Brooklyn - then for $32.000 now worth millions, yes, changes - where I had all kinds of dreams, not shared by him. Even after four years it already went for several times the price we had bought it for - that had been his dream - to be invested in a house in East Hampton he still co-owned with his divorced wife, not allowing me to buy her out - she very much needed some money. His dream: Money to build a studio in East Hampton, buy a good car - and at long last attract the heiress he dremed off since the day he jumped ship in Philadelphia - his visa was for Mexico - not a penny in his pocket, not speaking a word of English - days before Christmas in 1945 - he was 22 years old. He did attract several heiresses - alas each time their parents whisked them away - one just before he met his wife to be, a bright, generous, beautiful woman born into poverty - singing in night clubs, working for Abba Eban at the U.N. - 1953? - she legalized him, gave him two children - they bought two houses together - went to Oregon 1965? - she stayed there - another marriage later, she left him, I met him - late 1972, he was about to turn 50 - in  1988 he moved for good to East Hampton - he met several heiresses, they loved walking by the ocean with him (I had also) - never invited him to their house. We remained friends, in 1998 he died.

My cell phone rang - Naomi, the daughter of Stephen W. - she lives mostly in Vermont these days - has been a sweet friend to me - in New York for the wake for David Peel - a singer who died - we will meet at 3 p.m. at the Odessa cafe on Avenue A facing Tompkins Square Park - I am no longer alone!  New York!

The next topic I want to broach - well I guess I just established why  never came to stay in a house - wrong partner! -  but the next topic is politics. How people see me - some occasionally do say something - how I see myself. Houses were my interest - in 1967 I briefly co-owned with Robert G. a house on a lake on Connecticut, also worth millions now - without a moments consideration I wrote it over to him when he divorced me. Not "tuechtig" - liked the Irqui woman. Dumb? He never appreciated it - let me briefly use it after his second wife also had written it over to him - 1969? - from 1969 until he met his third and last wife I helped him set up his business - his every other word: when it gets of the ground you'll never worry about money again - it got off the ground but his third wife was "tuechtig" - he appreciated that - she recently sold the house they owned in East Hampton for $5 Million, the gated community house in Florida wiorth a lot more - and then an apartment on East 72nd street - her daughters owning beauriful houses - smart????

Close to noon, wishing myself happy Easter and also to any andall who may read this - Marianne

[mallowstep]

Dark AU (ft. Tallpoppy and a surprise)

Blackfoot: *he wakes to loud yowling, and recognizes it as Tallpoppy's. He, the rest of Shadowclan, and all of Riverclan rise from their nests and pad out to meet her, and Blackfoot winces at spotting the once proud Riverclan leader. Leopardfur, Tigerstar had informed them to call her dismissively, like it wasn't a big deal. Like a leader could just stop being a leader. He shakes his head, and glances up at Tallpoppy.

Tallpoppy: "I'm calling a consensus. Do we really want to be lead by a cat who leads in Bloodclan, demotes another clan's leader, and expects us to hate half clanners when his own daughter abandoned her original clan? Thunderclan didn't kick Twanypelt out. She chose to follow him. Just like Tigerstar said Nightstar's last wish was him to be leader. Why would Nightstar pick Tigerclaw, a warrior who was Thunderclan and not Blackfoot? Or Russetfur? And she's barely 9 moons old. She's not ready to be a full warrior, no matter what her father says!"

Murmurs broke out as Shadowclan cats began to talk, voices soft.*

Tallpoppy: "All of you heard Firestar. He told us what Tigerstar did, how he lied to Thunderclan and framed Oakheart for killing Redtail, when Oakheart was killed by falling rocks then Tigerstar killed Redtail. Tigerstar is weak now from Scourge's attack. You all saw how the small cat tore through six of Tigerstar's nine lives in one hit like they were nothing, and he brought that danger here! Why should we allow him to continue to live and Twanypelt to be a clan cat, if she was so willing to follow her father?"

Blackfoot: *he feels Shadowclan's eyes on him, and he thinks. All he ever did was try to contain Brokenstar's madness and Tigerstar's thirst, and where had that got him and his clan? A pile of dead kits, a sea of madness, and three days to decide whether or not the clans were going to give up the forest their ancestors had padded through for generations.*

"Tallpoppy's right." *he meows, suddenly, ignoring Darkstripe's yowl of outrage.* "Tigerstar is a traitor to clan life and to clan ways. Not even Brokenstar in his madness brought this...Bloodclan to our forest, nor did he ever demote another clan's leader for rescuing their clanmates. He actually kinda respected clans that fought back." *he added, unconsciously.* "Tigerstar...isn't the leader Shadowclan needs. Nor is he a cat that should have power, nor should any of his kin, at least for a long, long, time. Not until our stories are long over, and our bones long but dust." *he gets up and moves to quick emergency den Runningnose had made for Tigerstar, spotting the tabby still fast asleep due to poppy seeds.*

Darkstripe: "What are you doing? Get away from him!" *he yowled, launching himself at Blackfoot.*

The massive white tabby idly slammed Darkstripe down, before looking at Tigerstar's unquestionably loyal follower."You are even less than Tigerstar's kits. You're nothing but the fly that eats Tigerstar's shit," *he growled out, snapping Darkstripe's neck. He moved closer to Tigerstar, spotting that the amber-eyed tabby was awake.* "It's time for you to go, Tigers--Claw. Shadowclan is done with your nonsense." *he murmured, before tearing open the soft pink skin left from Scourge's brutal attack, and he silently watched as Tigerstar's last 3 lives left him.* "Shadowclan, Tigerclan is over. Gather around and dismantle Bonehill. Bury the prey bones respectfully, like we were taught as kits and don't pollute Riverclan's river. We've put them through enough. Oakfur, Russetfur, Boulder, Flintfang when we leave Riverclan's territory grab these two pieces of crowfood and leave them at carrionplace. They deserve no burial rights, and they have no one to morn them. Let the rats feast on their corpses like they let their thirst for power blind them from compassion. " *he meowed, turning to Leopardstar.* "I'm sorry, for everything, Leopardstar."

The Riverclan leader met his gaze, eyes still simmering with pride and defiance. "Riverclan accepts your apologies, Blackstar...and welcomes you by your new name."

Shadepelt, Mosspelt, Mudfur: "Blackstar! Blackstar! Blackstar!"

Shadowclan: *carefully took up the chant, and the voices of two clans welcomed the new leader.*

Blackstar: *he bows his head, and then looks at at Twanypelt.* "What to do with you? You're not a Shadowclan warrior--you know none of our traditions, nor our techniques yet you are no longer a Thunderclan apprentice, and while I don't doubt Firestar would take you back, I doubt that you'd get a warm welcome, if one at all. Tallpoppy--come here. You will mentor Twanypelt in the ways of an actual Shadowclan warrior instead of just what her father thought what was best I taught her. I doubt she'll be a good hunter for awhile in our marsh, but she can fight, so border patrol and hunting practice will both be your lot until Twanypelt is up to stuff. Shadowclan, let's leave." *he meowed, watching as Oakfur, and Flintfang picked up Darkstripe's body, Russetfur and Boulder picked up Tigerclaw's. He glanced to make sure Bonehill was gone, before twitching his tail as his cats gathered around him and began the long walk home.*

Tallpoppy my beloved omg

Ahhh this was so good! Omg!

Loved this ahh ❤️❤️❤️