#the attacks are easier tbh

[partapotso]

My first Art Fight attack this year, unfortunately friendly fire but all the cool characters are from team Werewolf. Character belongs to Lovecrest!

[askchilchuck]

I’m sending my evil army of crabs to unleash the horrors on you >:)

What do you mean-

WHY ARE THERE SO MANY!?

[rileys-battlecats]

If you haven’t already answered this yet, can I ask why MicaClan chose the territory they currently live in? It seems like an interesting decision to choose such a different area to try to survive in. Although the more lush area probably means less droughts and higher elevation could possibly mean less flood risks, avoiding the two major issues that caused them to move in the first place. They still have to relearn everything though in such a different area. Or was there less thought behind it and it was more just get to higher ground to avoid the water and then they got tired of traveling and decided to stop once they were sufficiently high up?

Also can I ask what kind of border threats they faced when establishing their new territory? Were there other groups of cats? Was it mostly predators and dangerous animals? Did dogs or twolegs pose a challenge to their borders?

Sorry I kinda have a lot of questions haha I just really like your story and characters and settings and everything and wanna know all I can about them and get a deeper knowledge of everything

I AM SO HAPPY TO RECEIVE THIS QUESTION

You're right that there were material aspects as to why they chose to settle where they did; the mountain seemed like a good place to avoid any more catastrophic floods with the high elevation, the spring-fed stream that runs through the territory also seemed like a guarantee against any future droughts, and the area had plenty of prey to feed the clan. But the real deciding factor was the soil!

The idea was basically that they found a place where the very ground seemed to be blessed by Starclan. I've written about this on the blog before, but it was wayyy way back and I haven't mentioned it again since then HAHA, but I based Micaclan's territory on a place I used to hike every now and again. The area used to be the location of a mica mine, and the ground there still sparkles with all the tiny shards of minerals in the ground (which is actually why they're called Micaclan; I gave them the name before I'd fully decided on the clan not being from the area originally lol). So they basically were like "if this isn't a sign from Starclan then I don't know what is" and set up camp! It ended up being the right choice in the end, because they found the Moonmirror in the abandoned mine on their territory, which gave them much needed access to Starclan (even if they can't use it outside of emergencies).

For border threats, I imagine them dealing with all sorts of things, especially in the beginning when they were just establishing their borders. I think of micaclan's territory being far enough from human civilization that they don't have to worry about construction or cars or anything, but close enough that they have a human hiking trail acting as one of their borders, or at least having a hiking trail close enough that they have to deal with the occasional stray dog or human. In addition to this, predators like black bears or coyotes would make trouble for the clan, and maybe a mountain lion drifted through the territory at one point (which would have been a harrowing time indeed).

As for rogues or other groups of cats, I think they might've brought that trouble with them! It's hard to conceal a big group of cats traveling in search of a new territory, and I think they drew some unwanted attention on their way up to the mountain. Maybe other groups noted them, and decided to let the strangers do the hard work of staking out a good territory before swooping in to take their place? I don't think there were any other cats living where Micaclan ends up, so they wouldn't be contesting land with any other resident cats. Those that threatened their new borders were usually looking to try to take their place. Basically they were like "so the weirdos you pegged as 'death within the month' 5 moons ago are actually now thriving and looking well-fed and healthy living on the mountain? I guess it can't be THAT dangerous, why don't we live up there instead? they can find somewhere else again, they're obviously good at finding nice territories."

the general gossip on micaclan as a group through the years basically goes like this: I heard there was a big group (a clan?) passing through looking to set up a new territory, hope they don't settle here -> apparently that big clan that passed through a few moons back is living further up the mountain? wonder how long it'll be before they're eaten by bears -> there's a big group of cats living further up the mountain, maybe the mountain makes for a good territory after all... -> there's a weird cat cult up the mountain and if you step on their turf they will Kick Your Ass

[kaiserouo]

slammed the heat sword too hard it became solar

[ibetitdoes]

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[mrfartpowered]

TO THE TWO ANONS IN MY INBOX: U MADE MY ENTIRE DAY. IM LITERALLY SO EXCITED TO ANSWER THOSE QUESTIONS im just at work rn so i gotta wait 😭😭

[typheus]

seeing those posts on how to spot ai art and knowing some of that stuff in them i do on purpose to make the drawing process faster: :^) uh oh

opening twitter and seeing an artist have to defend themself and prove their art isnt ai cause they didnt make they art 100% realistic and left in small mistakes to make the drawing process faster: :^( uh oh

[catinfroghat]

I still like gale the most closely followed by lae'zel I think... She has such sad eyes sometimes

[luminisiv]

Day 18 of @oc-tober2023: Found family

I was going to say it was "Neil and his adopted daughter" but that's incorrect LMAO. Borrowed my friend's player character from our cyberpunk campaign, Luna, because she basically adopted Neil as her dad and he was like "damn I guess this is my life now" and has been trying his best ever since.

[orcelito]

Dropped my gorgeous girl (my bike) off at the shop to get her basket installed & fix the pedals. Apparently it just needs a part replacement, so I should have her back in a few days hopefully

Stopped by the shop I wanted to go to yesterday since it wasn't far out of my way & picked up a new deck of tarot cards. As much as I love my first deck, it's a very average starter deck, & I wanted smth more personalized. So now I have one. Gonna have to break out those puppies sometime soon

[kingfakey]

on account of the whole panic attack in public made 500x worse by the presence of (gestures) i’m gonna take the idea of somatic experiences and re-processing trauma out of context and see it again this weekend, alone.

[chisungie]

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[sadlazzle]

oh fuck i forgot to do darklurker. shit lads send me back to majula turns out im not done x

[standamianwayne]

yandere!batfam/damian’s twin!reader

stepmom selina anyone?? anyone interested in some stepmom selina?? (me, i am)

i feel like selina would be such a girl mom but also i have this image of damian’s twin being like his opposite. sooo i think the dynamic between her and selina would be fun cause it’s like black sheep & white sheep.

selina would try and teach her the art of stealth and reader would teach her the art of idk friendship?? no but fr i feel like reader and selina would be such a fun duo. bruce’s girls tbh like they team up and they’re unstoppable. also can you imagine the boy advice selina would give? “yeah just steal one of his prized possessions and he’ll come after you. works every time 😏” like okay thanks queen! in terms of like yandere behavior, i feel like she’s one to plant the little seeds of doubt in reader’s mind about others. like “aw sweetie it’s okay, you’re way too good for them! you never do anything wrong 🥹.” meanwhile the person in question is filing for bankruptcy cause their valuables are gone.

barbara is so ‘cool older sister’ coded it’s actually insane. she’s incredibly smart and good with tech, plus she’s really pretty and cool as hell??? reader is like “hiii hello hiii ” and she INSTANTLY becomes her newest role model.

her like ‘yandereness’ would probably be similar to tim’s but instead of trying to keep reader home, she more so just watches her. like if reader wants to go to a party and it’s on a bad corner of town, barbs will give her directions to go to avoid the most trouble. probably the least likely to kill someone tbh i just can’t see her doing it.

reader and cassandra they were both raised by assassins so they probably bond over that and then how life is after leaving. it’s canon that cass can speak (which we’ve seen her do) but she uses body language instead of words. with this, i like to think that she can teach reader how to read people easier. you know, as a little bonding activity! also damian is canonically good with music (the violin specifically i believe), so reader is likely the same. so now just imagine reader playing an instrument while cass dances 🙏.

cass’s type of yandere is mostly just watching from the shadows. like reader brings a boyfriend home and cass is in the corner standing like mothman. if anyone does reader wrong TRUST cass will be kicking the hell out of them 🙏🙏.

stephanie, like duke, is the closest to the normal sibling experience one can get 😭 but tbh i see her as being more as a best friend that’s a ‘sister figure.’ plus i like stephcass so screw you that’s canon now. having improvised fashion shows at 4am, gossiping about everything and everyone (which she then tells cass but shhhh), having self care days like that’s her bff! with steph i feel like she’s not the type to actually attack anyone directly, but instead just telling cass and/or tim about whatever (or whoever) it is reader is having problems with. now if they’re patrolling together and reader gets attacked? yeah she’ll beat the other person up! (or at least get a couple hits in if reader already took care of it)

now that the fam is written for, please please please send any requests y’all wanna see! romantic (outside the batfam ONLY!!! no sweet home alabama here) or platonic, feel free to send an ask or leave a comment!

heyyyy… heyyyy…. how yall doing….? 😔😔 sorry for disappearing buuuut thanks so much for sticking around! sorry if this part doesn’t quite live up to the other two but somehow the girls are harder to write for?? i hope i got them but honestly any criticism would be appreciated. also i kinda skimped over the yandere part for helena so sorry abt that😭. might go back in and change it but who knows.

also i’ve been fixated on conner kent for some reason???? that’s my pookie guys yall dont get it.

anyways love love LOVE yall so much bye byeeee ❤️

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

as a trans person who dropped her well before the transphobia shit came to light bc of how racist i realized the books were: yes, actually

further, not a ton of beloved children's media has a still-living author who puts a significant amount of their financial and social capital into creating and enforcing bigoted policy; Rowling is, frankly, one of the--if not THE--biggest targets because of that.

that said, I do agree that a level of the current outrage feels performative... but, since I dropped her well before most people seemed willing to, that might be skewed perception on my part

people are all eager and happy to point out the many, many major flaws in harry potter nowadays, but it all just feels like pagentry. like yes these books are comically racist, but why are we focusing on this one series in particular? there are so many other beloved pieces of children's media which have the same or similar issues, and yet harry potter is the one which gets criticized en masse

would people even care if jk rowling wasn't transphobic

[zielemeczennicy]

quick ref of the oc ive had in mind for the past week i think? more of a crack/joke oc tbh.

Rambling about her down below

Forgot to add on the ref but she's kinda in Kaub I guess??? And she knows multiple languages.

'Gen' wasn't in army prior to the Blight, so to get a uniform she had sown together parts of fallen soldiers' clothes- that's why the colours don't match and the outfit doesn't seem to fit her well.

The bandages on her face aren't needed, but she keeps them on under the excuse of fake injuries to conceal her identity, However the bandages on her neck are more justified as she had been attacked and prefers to keep the marks covered.

The mentioned attack and an earlier incident caused her to lose her voice almost completely. Gen can only talk for very short durations of time before her throat starts to hurt, so she just doesn't talk in general and communicates by gestures and writing. At least it eliminates the problem of being questioned about her feminine tone.

Due to how she can't communicate as easily, she was often left unknowing as to what were the names of her companions and such. To make it easier for herself she tends to make up nicknames for people, usually based off of pastries or other sweet things, even if in the end she mostly uses them to refer to people in her mind.