#theres a lot more new lore for season change :D!! been working on it in private for a wee bit :3

[foxglovesound]

Are the flower leader thing still a thing in this universe?

yes and no in a way! i mentioned previously that i was getting a little frustrated with the flower details i was using because i felt like i was being a lazy writer (im honestly pretty hard on myself when it comes to writing/storywriting TT__TT ) and i couldnt figure out an explanation for how they were getting these non-native flowers that grew in vastly different climates while in the traditional wc setting and in the middle of winter, or at least not an explanation that satisfied me as the writer! i also wanted to diversify the traditions of the clans more, so now there's some new customs! each clan leader does get a leadership accessory, but it depends on the clan itself

(details below the cut, feel free to read as theres nothing spoilery besides just lore details!)

RiverClan leaders wear the skull, pelt, bones, or skin of a piece of prey hunted specifically for them. The seer takes out a hunting party to locate the prey and brings it back to the leader to eat and then clean + wear -- this prey has symbolism, based on what is caught. Plumstar wore the skull of a crow around her neck, which doubled as a warning of loss to come but also of community and strong bonds. There's in-canon symbolism behind the prey, and this tradition extends throughout the entire clan: apprentices will sometimes take the first prey they catch to seers to find out what symbolism the prey is, and use that to "predict" their future!

ShadowClan leaders do not have an accessory they wear every day like RiverClan leaders do, but they do have a special accessory for special occasions! It's a crown of twigs/branches woven together, and decorated with many different flowers cumulated over the leader's reign, as gifted by their warriors. They wear this crown to Gatherings and ceremonies, but nowhere else, as it is special. Burdockstar wears a forget-me-not flower not as a leadership accessory but as a union gift when she took Moon as her mate :>

As ThunderClan values their strength and power, ThunderClan leaders often wear the remains of some epic battle they were a part of. Patchstar wore the tail of a fox she led a patrol to kill during her deputyship, as well as the fox's skull. The tail was a daily accessory, but she only wore the skull to battles. Accessories like these may be passed on from parent to child, and Patchstar was going to pass these accessories down to Lionstorm when she passed, but things go haywire and the accessories disappear in the chaos. Laurelstar has no accessory, which is viewed as taboo and cowardly -- implying she has fought no great battles to proudly display. Laurelstar is already fighting against the odds because she's a low status in ThunderClan known as a Dead Loss, but I'll get into that sometime later ;>

WindClan leaders have no accessory, as they view these as impractical and flashy. A leader may have a few flower petals scattered in their pelt, but they do not elevate themselves above their ranks nor give flashy displays. Accessories too large may get in the way of speed and agility, as well.

[stimmedtavi]

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spoilers for season nine nd stuff below the cut ---------------------

HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT HOLY SHIT?? HELLO???? currently losing my fucking mind i'm literally. HHhhHHhHHhhHHhhhhHh HELLO!?!?!?!?!!?! HELLO!?!?!?!?!?! i'm going fucking NUTS rn holy shit. abt to categorize all of this bcs OHHH MY GOOODDDDD im going nuts rn.

actual gameplay stuff (guns, maps etc) HHH HVHSHV HVHAHV WORLDS EDGE MY BELOVED.... also HELLO OLYMPUS W THE NEW SKY?? i'm so here for it on GOD i literally love the way it looks sm. the infected beat is hitting kinda weird idk how i feel abt that but im excited for the lore that comes with it. aLSO PK ON THE GROUND HELP HELP HELP OH MY GOD. i joined in season 4 and got so used to keeping the pk around w me and then BOOM they took my baby away from me i was so sad ab it bUT NOW SHES BACK WAHHH </3 i'm so happy. i feel like this season is going to be really really nostalgic for me bcs worlds edge nd pk are like.. tiny wraith portals to the past in my mind and it's so nuts. also the boeck bow or however u spell it looks really cool but i also Fear it Deeply bcs it looks very powerful. it can also have multiple hop ups which is fucking nutso?? like hello:?? thats a little scary imo but i'm excited to see it in use!!! also the triple take in care package is lowkey making me sad asf bcs i was semi hoping devotion goes back in since i Hate That Bitch but ehhh i agree semi that triple take belongs there. its kind of a bitchy gun to go up against anyways. this season and its 'meta' or whatever gamer ppl say is gna smack some ass on god.. character stuff (skins, emotes nd valk ofc) CATBOY OCTANE im so ready im so ready omg. i hope crypto gets something lowkey bcs i think he deserves it since i Love him and Care about him. i hope they start feeding lots of legends good stuff this season bcs we need to be dripped tf out for season 10. i will give respawn my soul if it is taken for payment. i also hope we get more dive emotes and perhaps there will be unlockable ground emotes? not sure ab that one since they are so new but im hype af for battlepass this season :D im really really excited for the ground emotes. like i cant even explain how excited i am. i saw the video of them and i genuinely just started yelling at my screen it was pathetic to watch.. anyways the way octane moves and stims and stuff?? since i always play him i never see his passive movements but i just feel so happy watching him stim and stuff bcs im the exact same way with my hands and full body stims. it makes me feel a lot more comfortable with the way i am and how i work. i feel like it's ok to stim nd stuff and thats how it should be!! i feel really happy rn pls vsjnv im trying so hard to sound normal. alos cryptos?? ground emotes?? im literally shaking and crying. the rare one is really cute dont get me wrong but the one where he uses his drone as a sword literally has me in tears. it's so nice looking and we don't get to see crypto's more playful side very often and then boom... he's using hack as a sword and i am in tears on my bedroom floor. his LEGENDARY THOUGH??? literally shook me to my core i was like oh my god oh m ym g od o??!?!?!?/ crypto is a huge romantic cc for me and i use crypto gamer bf funny haha as a joke quite often but like ?? he looks?? so cute?? like he finally looks like he's more comfortable in his skin. i find a lot of the time he seems to be full of discomfort and just very paranoid but in these emotes we see a softer side of him and it makes me really happy. i just can't stop thinking about these ground emotes man.. they mean so much to me. the other ones are v cool too ofc but i wont go into all of them since theres not enough time for me to discuss that lmivnjsdnv. okokok now VALK!! i'm excited to play in squads w her!! i think she and tav would be really good friends and i love her abilities (even tho i kinda think her passive is a bit op) but she seems really fun! i'm excited to try out using her !! general excitement i'm just all around hype for this season. i cant remember the last time i was this excited for a new season... it was probably season 5 tbh. olympus had me excited dont get me wrong but i really havent felt like theres been enough changes in other seasons to get me all riled up like this. so much is being added in (i didnt even cover arenas) and i'm super duper excited to wait 6 hours for the download file to

copy onto my ps4 <3 anaywyas im gna shut up now this is long