#trauma warrior

[bogcreacher]

silly

[wildfane]

spontaneous combustion

[pianokantzart]

Sonic wanting to help Knuckles so badly but not at all understanding why he can't just chill out and entertain himself has me going feral.

As if I'm not insane enough about them forming a bond while being two child victims of a war that wiped out each others' families??? but I digress. The way their last interactions with their parental figures played out speaks such volumes about who they eventually became. Sonic's final instruction from Long Claw was to stay hidden and to never stop running. Eventually, Long Claw changed her tune in the message she left on the map to the master emerald, but until then she had made it abundantly clear that she wanted nothing more than for Sonic to just live his own life far from danger.

Sonic took this to heart. He never stopped running, physically and emotionally. He's all about fun and self-distraction, and while he eventually overcame that pressure to stay hidden in order to take on a more heroic role, he does what he can to live up to Long Claw's expectations: live his own life and be himself.

On the opposite end of things is Knuckles. He said he was "trained since birth in all forms of lethal combat." Knuckles was set up to go to war from the moment he hatched, and the last thing that his father said to him was an assurance that he would one day bring honor to their tribe.

So that became his main goal from then on. He fought his way to the ends of the world until he was renowned as the most dangerous warrior in the galaxy. He spent every waking moment trying to track Sonic down so he could fulfill his destiny and reclaim the master emerald.

He, like Sonic, lived a life of isolation, dedicated to honoring the memory of a dead parental figure, but while Sonic never stopped being his own person, Knuckles never quite started being his own person. He remains with the Wachowskis to honor a vow he made to Sonic and Tails. He tears the living room apart so that the household pet can face his "greatest enemy." He goes on a road trip with Wade to help him train after he gets kicked off his bowling team. How can he just step back and entertain himself when all "himself" has ever been is what he can be for his tribe? Old and new? How is he supposed to relax when he has probably, no exaggeration, never relaxed a single day of his life?

How can he take a break from being a warrior when being a warrior is all he has ever known?

He literally didn't know the definition of the word fun until Sonic taught him how to play "base of ball." What has been Sonic's coping mechanisms his entire life are, to Knuckles, completely counterintuitive and alien.

[smallfire]

"There's no good way to end this, anyone can see; There's just great big you, And little old me."

@forgotten-elegy

[vic-does-battlecats]

Tigerstar takes in the RiverClan Rejects (again)

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[murkshade]

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[turtleblogatlast]

[ cw: nightmares / trauma / ]

Post-invasion, Mikey sneaks into Leo’s room and when asked by Leo what the problem was, Mikey just smiles and says since he’s awake and knew Leo would be too, he didn’t want either of them alone. Leo laughs and lets Mikey stick around, both of them clumped together on Leo’s bed, watching grainy compilations of old Lou Jitsu commercials on Leo’s phone.

Technically, Mikey didn’t lie. He just didn’t explain everything that led him to Leo’s room. He didn’t explain the nightmare of his arms burning up too bright, too fast, destroyed before Raph and Donnie have a chance to help. He didn’t explain how he woke up with a wail caught in his throat, phantom pain in his arms and chest alike chasing away any semblance of exhaustion. He didn’t explain how his mind made sure he knew, vividly, that if one thing went wrong with his portal, then he would have never seen Leo again.

He didn’t explain, and he didn’t have to. Leo knows his brothers better than he knows himself, and Mikey has always been easy to read. So it’s no trouble to let Mikey know that he’s still with them, that Leo is here and alive with everyone else. And when Mikey finally regains his exhaustion and falls asleep leaning against Leo, Leo simply maneuvers him into a more comfortable position and stays by his side.

He doesn’t move, doesn’t go to sleep - not that he could, anyway. He just mindlessly scrolls on his phone, the soft snores of his little brother filling the room. He stays in place, awake, because he wants to be sure that when Mikey wakes up again it’s to the immediate sight that Leo is alive and well and home.

And, if Leo’s bring honest, that’s a reminder not just for Mikey’s sake.

[aphidclan-clangen]

part 2 out of 3

[kashlat2]

The origin of Sin

[lunar-wandering]

do y'all think Macaque is falling back into the role that Azure and the others put on him by remaining on the outskirts of the group because he thinks his input/presence is unwanted (and yeah his presence isn't really wanted by MK and the others BUT. something about the fact Macaque is placing himself at the edge of the group, the edge that Azure and the others pushed him to, doesn't really sit well)

[letthe-skyfall]

What if Eklutna blamed Rosehip, the only survivor of the rouge attack, for the death of her son, and started haunting her AU? Thanks, brain. Love you for that.

Lovely characters belong to @loudclan-clangen! The first clangen blog I ever followed, and one of my favorites. Bout time I made some fanart.

Yeah sure, the rogue attack was terrible and all, but Rosehiptree is my favorite, glad she survived! Now she gets some mandatory trauma. We love that for her.

Extras under cut, lol (As usual, flash warning for speedpaint)

Speedpaint! 1:16, if anyone cares.

Background and Ghostlutna that got merged at some point, and I can't undo it. Fun!

Rosehiptree!! Some of the best shading I think I've ever done, btw.

Text! Yup. Sure is some text.

[yuridovewing]

Hawkfrost and Brambleclaw dynamic to me

[crazycatsiren]

Becoming disabled/chronically ill can be a very traumatic experience.

And this trauma shouldn't be downplayed or dismissed.

[weepingtalecowboy]

What I absolutely love about Warriors characterization from the fandom

Is how his love life looks like and how he seems to never settle down

But like it makes a psychological kind of sense that he would act like that

The last time someone tried to get him to settle down was when Cia started an entire War over him

A war where everyone was starting to lose patience and just wish to actually hand him over

Like that has to be traumatizing to know that people would be happy to throw you to the wolves just because it is more convenient

The only reason why they didn’t was queen Zelda who would not give in in case the enemy starts giving more and more requests that they can’t follow

And most of them were probably even convinced that he should be lucky for having a hot woman after him

Him acting up and getting on with all the ladies is essentially a middle finger for Cia because all she had to do was ask nicely and now she ain’t getting any action ever while any other woman even her sister gets a piece of him

It would even be an realistic trauma response

The sheer uncertainty and fear of not knowing if his allies will hand him over while knowing what Cia will do to him must have been horrible

It actually happens in real life too

Man must be traumatized even if Cia never got what she wanted because even attempts at what the fandom implies about her intentions

Because there are support groups even if it never happened it will be traumatic anyway

He got screwed over by the army almost as badly as Legend

[adrift-in-thyme]

Evidence no. 587 that Warriors is not in fact alright and will prolly lose it soon

Credit to @linkeduniverse

[murkshade]

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