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One more tonight. Getting a bit better, it turns out, considering I skip help lines more and more (a fault of mine from far back - I never was a good art student)RE-design compliant ahoy~
Might as well call this one "surviving from canon" lol - a handful cats I've revived in order to play longer roles in my universe and/or spawning new babies/filling in blanks.
Patchcloud (Patchkit): Mapleshade's fave kid, now in adult size. Grey-red chimera calico w. golden eyes. Inserted as mate to Flashnose and father to Swiftbreeze, aka now you now where Redtail gets it from~
Petalface (Petalkit): Cream-fawn calico w. amber eyes. Took some liberties with her design since her canon look was so boring... Now she enjoys life as mate to Gorseclaw and mother to Mumblefoot and Sweetbriar.
Larchkit: well... not everyone can survive. Solid cinnamon w. green eyes.
Mallowfur: Um... who're you? The random cat who showed up to Featherwhisker in StarClan for no obvious reason ofc. Blue mackerel tabby bicolour w. golden eyes. In this verse, she's daughter to Mapleshade and Birchface, born together with her other half-siblings. Her existence and the proof of Birch and Maple having an actual affair rather than just being a rumour forwarded by the mother helps save the other kits from exile when Mapledusk's betrayal is discovered. But the irony of it all is that Mallowfur will briefly mate with Eaglestorm and give birth to Windflight, cough cough.
Swiftfoot (Swiftpaw): Solid black bicolour w. amber eyes. He still dies early, but at least makes it to warrior (cuz the timeline in the first series is all over the place and Swift spent like, two years as an apprentice wtf)Β
Snowear (Snowkit): Albino w. pale blue eyes. Survives the hawk attack, gets apprenticed to Brackenfur, and ends up in WindClan due to this and that. Has a nice time over there tho, and gets cozy with Thistleheart in time.
(c) Dearly disliked Erin Hunter
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Oooh, that makes me happy~ qwqΒ
Um, to further explain the Snowkit scenario, I'll need to specify a few things ahead, of like, the rules I "play by" in this universe;
-leader's word is law. Meaning unless you're medicine cat or have solid reason, you cannot go against your leader because they are chosen by StarClan yadda yadda.
-Thistleclaw is leader in this setting, and his rule is harsh and unbending, and he has almost alienated ThunderClan from the other Clans with his policies (a less violent version of Brokenstar, I guess)
-"gift warriors" - if one Clan (or more) have suffered heavily at the paws of another Clan, they can demand a "gift warrior" as compensation, once reentering peace times. This means the offending Clan has to give up one warrior or apprentice to each Clan it has harmed, and they are to stay there forever. While they serve as compensation, they also serve as tying the Clans together and making inter-Clan wars less desirable, since you're more likely to have distant kin in other Clans and stuff. (it also helps with the gene pools of the different Clans, of course)
Okay, now with that outta the way, I may elaborate a little~
Snowkit is healthy and fine with the exception of his deafness, but he learns to get by with gestures, but Thistlestar has no interest in apprenticing him because of the handicap. In fact he's more pissed off that Brackenfur, who is young, virile and handicap-free, goes and gets himself injured saving Snowkit's life. He agrees finally to apprentice him, and gives Snowpaw to Brackenfur since he'd been such an annoyance about wanting to train the young tom. Snowpaw gets along with most cats that bother communicating with him, and his close family dotes on him. When Thistlestar's rule is overthrown by Fireheart and company, the other Clans demand gift warriors from ThunderClan at the next Gathering, because ThunderClan had been such warmongerers and aggressors and had spilled a lot of their blood over the seasons. RiverClan doesn't take any gift warriors (since Silverstream's kits were enough) Tawnypaw volunteers for ShadowClan, and Snowpaw surprisingly volunteers for WindClan. Tallstar accepts, and Snowpaw goes to WindClan. He's given the name Snowear, even though he can't hear his name differences, and his suffix is more a pointer to his issues and how he's overcome them than anything. It turns out that his handicap is also better suited to an open plain than a thick forest, and WindClan (having had their fair share of handicapped cats over the years) do not judge him, so Snowear turns out pretty happy everything considered. Snowear's abilities never develop past average but he is pleased with himself, and he gets chummy with Thistleheart later, a timid little she-cat who is half deaf due to her white fur. They bond through their unique communication, so to say.
That's about as far as I've come with his part of the story, but his tiny lil' plot is at least a happy one~
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Oh my god, I love that headcanon. I think him going to WindClan is perfect, where having good eyesight is arguable more important than hearing.
I'm curious about Thistlestar's rule though. From the canon, I picture him almost killing ThunderClan by pitting them into battle over and over again. And probably being an asshat to his son Whitestorm for not being a perfect son, and to Spottedleaf for denying him. Is he less insane in your headcanon?
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Oh but that's wonderful to hear, yay. I always get so nervous about small-scale headcanons like these idk why that is, it's much easier to divulge grand changes and more epic things, but small fixes feel so... intimate?? idk if that's the right word but it's how feels at least. And yes I figured it'd be easier for Snowear to get around and doing his work as a normal warrior in a more open territory, doubly so since he ends up in the only Clan where handicaps have been more common (what with Deadfoot and WindClan's former fancy for tunneling and stuff) so he gets better teaching in order to cope.
Heh, oh that's a whole other can of worms. Might as well say it out clear, eeenope he ain't that much saner in my verse. He's less... obvious about it, I guess - while he runs his mouth and acts like a shitbag on the border he cuts a more charismatic figure among his own Clan, which is what gets him their support to begin with. Ofc he's still an asshat to Whitestorm, but I haven't added the Spottedleaf drama to the cauldron - but I do have a mate number two for Thistle who didn't really have much of a choice either, if that's any better... //wry smile
(premature apologies cuz this might get long)
Like, it's difficult again, to explain the Thistlestar headcanon all by itself, cuz I attempted to, sort of, build it up through the generations, by degenerating ThunderClan leadership from Redstar down - granting them bad decisions, overprotective policies, and the arrogance that is instilled in a community after generations of propaganda etc. Stretching canon till it more resembled the drafts of small-sized dictatorships and stuff. I like doing that haha (partly because so many people have all these wonderful headcanons where they clean up after bad leadership, and I like... hmm okay that's great but now since you're doing it so well, I'll go over here and try my hand at the opposite for funsies) so by the time Thistlestar is leader, it has all come to a head; ThunderClan's reputation's about to go under, it can't get much worse. A sharp contrast to how Bluestar introduced Rusty into what was "obviously" the most equality-focused Clan back then lol.
So Thistlestar, despite his great and obvious flaws, at the beginning still "appears" like your usual ThunderClan leader; and to make matters worse, since another of my "play rules" for this verse is that the leader's word is law and "groundless" opposition is cause for blasphemy, getting jerkface leaders off the throne is easier said than done. Especially in a community that has become used to these sorts of leaders over time. (A literal interpretation of one of the codes)
This also means that I have to drag certain characters through the mud in order to make it obvious that this indoctrination has had an effect; When Firepaw arrives and starts preaching about peace and love and all that he's just become ten times weirder to them. Darkstripe is violent as usual, Runningwind and Mousefur are young and impressionable and feeds off the arrogance (Mousefur has a violent awakening upon her brother's death so to speak) and Swiftpaw and Ashpaw both get a taste of how dangerous it could be to let the praise of a crazed leader get to your head (it'll cost Swift his life) even Sandstorm needs time to truly rip out the impressions of her Clan to start seeing their degeneration for what it truly is. Tigerclaw's different tho, but that's because we've already had a canon story where he was the big bad guy - this time I tried for a new role, of a... good guy caught in a bad guy's seat, I guess.
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I can understand that. People can be way too aggressive in this fandom sometimes when it comes to what's canon, and what's not. Discussion and disagreement is fine and all, but I've seen way too many stupid fights. Someone I watch on youtube once made a video titled "top ten most genetically impossible warrior cats" upon my suggestion. Some people in the comments actually got OFFENDED that someone would 'dare' try to make warriors characters genetically correct, or talk about ones that don't make sense on a genetic level (*cough* LEAFPOOL *cough*) when you follow the canon. Some of them actually accused those of us who are interested in that sort of thing of being stupid, essentially, because "the Erins can do what they want HUR DUR they can make a rainbow cat if they like". It actually drove that youtuber into being afraid of making more videos :/ Like, christ, grow up and let people do what they enjoy. Making genetically correct warriors cats doesn't hurt anybody.
Sorry, that still gets to me... I can't believe people can be so immature!
Oooh, that's all interesting 
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Oh gods yes, kids these days seem to have taken it to heart that insults on the web doesn't cross over into their real lives and so they are free of any blame... and the pissfests aren't exactly few and far between either. I've gotten greetings from these "anti-genetics" fellows a couple of times and they are surprisingly good at being impolite and unpleasant. Not to mention the tumblr fandom threw me to the dogs just recently because I happened to reveal I like TallxMorning and apparently didn't read the notice that only TallxJake supporters are allowed to be a part of the fandom...Β
Well, as for Firepaw, it's not many things that change for him. Mostly it's that he meets Bluefur prior to hearing anything about the Clans and all, so she's the one that sorta "guides" him towards making the decision to seek out ThunderClan. Once there it's the same roll-around with Greypaw, and Fire gets Lionheart (and in this case, Tigerclaw) vouching for him when he asks Thistlestar to be made an apprentice. That's not to say Thistle likes him at. all. In fact if it weren't for Spottedleaf holding some StarClan mumbo-jumbo over his head he'd sooner have refused him.Β
I wish I could write a fanfic out of it but I'm afraid it'll take such a long time to do, so yeah most likely it'd end up being art pieces with accompanying text if anything, at least at first. Just need to polish up my skills again haha.
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Oh my god, that sort of thing bothers me. I don't ship TallXJake either, mostly because Jake doesn't strike me as gay at all. At the very least mayyyyyybe bi, but considering he was mates with two she-cat at practically the same time, I highly doubt it. People can ship what they like, but I hate those types of people who act like their ship is the only ship. I find they're especially protective over gay ships, like they think not shipping them is being homophobic...
Ahhh, that makes sense! I could totally see Thistlestar letting him stay if he thinks it will help strengthen his Clan and furthur his ambitions. I'm also really curious to see this version of Tigerstar/claw.
Honestly, your art looks super great the way it is at the moment! But of course I won't say you shouldn't improve yourself where you see room for it 
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Yeah the contrast and the outright... extremism really turns me away from it all cuz I didn't sign up for this sort of shit and shit-throwing between people, especially considering the fragile ages of the majority. And I certainly (and mayhap even unfortunately in this case since it backfired bigtime) don't take swell to people preying on my freedom of speech just because of their touchy sensibilities. Idk what they're even trying to prove, denouncing fellow fandom members bc the erins are incapable of giving them the type of ships they need confirmation of - it sure as hell ain't our fault??
And yeah idk I've not even read the book cuz frankly Tallstar's backstory didn't interest me (he wasn't all too interesting while alive either) and Jake is just... he's an afterthought to me, if anything lol. But true from what I gather it was only Tall's feelings that came clear in the book, Jake's still as magnanimous as ever from what I gather and the notches on his bedpost Nutmeg and Quince leave a lot of questions, tho bi is a solution that would make literally everyone happy haha.Β
Yeah Thistle only ever weighs pros and cons that way, well when he's not being crazy-paranoid tho, so maybe Firepaw just lucked out anyway and came on a good day haha~ That pleases me tho, Tiger is indeed among the ones that have been changed the most cuz like, canon aside there are 1001 different headcanons and AU tweaks that still cast him as a bad guy so I wanted to test the opposite for once. x3
Oh but that's encouraging, and comforting too, I was afraid I'd lost my touch during those empty months past~ But you're right, cats like?? Don't conform to the laws of physics the same way we do?? It's like we're looking at bags of rice with stick legs haha (don't hold my metaphors against me pls it's late x3) But thank you, I'll bear in mind, really. It means a lot. <3
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It's why I huddle in my own corners of the fandom haha or I ignore the crazy people. Which is easier to do online than in person.
I've been practicing by turning my sister's guinea pigs into genetically correct cats, and I can see my progress throughout the images, so there's hope I can figure out these mysterious creatures yet! They can look so wide from one position, then they lie down and I'm like "where did the rest of your mass go!?"
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The soundest plan yet I've ever heard sheesh these days I wish I'd just ignored the ignoramuses lol.
Oooh nice, that's not a bad idea at all~ And yeah truer sentiment's hard to come by, cats seem to magically spell their butts in and out of existence as they please hehe.
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I love this! It makes sense that Snowpaw would go to windclan after all we learn about them in Tallstar's revenge. I also really like your idea of gift warriors. It makes for a good way to counteract all the inbreeding.
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I'm happy that you think so, and especially giddy that you like the gift warrior concept - with the exception of my close friend, I haven't gotten around to telling anyone about the idea yet, so this marks the start. And yes, it was the best shot I had at watering down the inbreeding every now and again because we've already more than enough forbidden romances to go around, heh.
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So in this headcanon, did Tigerclaw ever become a leader of any sort?
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No, not this time around. He's deputy under Thistlestar, but that's the highest he reaches.
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Naawwwwwww!
I'm interesting with Thisleclaw being leader! In my rewrite, Thisleclaw actually did became deputy, due to Bluefur not giving up her kits and Oakheart joining ThunderClan. Although, when Bluefur's kits were apprentices, he got himself killed by taking on another dog, and Sunstar made her deputy, seeing that Bluefur was now available, and seeing that the other warriors were either too aggressive, unable, too old, or too irresponsible.
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Hehe~ And ooh, not that far away from my take, you did make him deputy - I like how Sunstar learns his lesson from it, realizing that cats of Thistleclaw's make don't make very good leaders.
Less fortunate in my version - Bluefur's exiled with her kits (Mapleshade 2.0 minus the revenge bit lol) so she never becomes deputy, leaving the spot open for Thistleclaw's taking, and no more rivals for him either. Let's just say it was an unfortunate turn of events for Thistlestar manages to rip apart what little reputation ThunderClan still has by the time he's done.
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Oh dear... This isn't going to be pretty... At all...
I do kinda adore your version of Thisleclaw. He defiantly goes down the path that takes him the murder...
Can I share a revamped villain myself? I hope you don't mind.
I know that Brokensar is very underdeveloped, so he had a dream where a black tabby tom watch grinning as he watched cat rip each other apart. At first, he thought it was Raggedstar, who had launched a war with WindClan, and StarClan was trying to warn him. So, he killed Raggedstar in an attempt to save the clan. His inner demons taunted him, calling him an awful cat. So, he went to war with WindClan, thinking that blaming them would be the best solution. He only made kit apprentices early when he started running out of warriors. Although, he apprenticed them a five moons and made them warriors atΒ ten moons. When he was exiled, he became riddled with anger. When Brokenstar died, he realized that the vision was really about himself.
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Indeed, indeed. My idea of Thistle as leader sums that up pretty well. I figured I wanted to try my hand at having him leader to, for once, make ThunderClan out to be the "bad guys", hehe.
And that's not a bad idea about Brokenstar's sometimes very... rash decisions? I mean even if almost everything he did was bad, some of the things did come quite outta the blue - if he suffered from visions like these it'd make more sense, this inner madness leading him on, making him think he's fighting the good fight, only to realize it's set out to make him crazy. Very interesting indeed, and made even worse when he finally realizes he's walked into his own mental trap when he dies. Ouch.
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Yeah. I'm creating a collection of stories call the villain's stories, where the villain of my rewrite get to tell their side of the story.
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Not a bad idea at all, considering the guilty party rarely is heard in the story (except for short lamentations that come out of the blue and grants us only one piece of an otherwise unfinished character puzzle -.-)
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Exactly! The villains I'm tacklinhg are Tigerstar, Brokenstar, Mapleshade, and a cat named Sparrowfeather. You're most likely curious on who that is. Well:
She was introduced in Omen of the Stars, and never given a proper backstory as far as I know. So, I decided that she lived in RiverClan, and she supported Tigerstar. This is because she wanted to have a strong leader, and a sense of security. She had kits, who where apprentices at the time, so she wanted to secure a steady future for them. When Tigerstar died, she felt that she was no longer safe, but she held onto the hope that Blackstar would provide her a sense of strength and security, even if it would be not as strong as when Tigerstar was leader. But then, TigerClan split, and she was desperately trying to find something that would make her feel safe and strong again. She tried to talk about it with her kits, but they thought that she was wrong to believe Tigerstar was a fair leader. She was heartbroken, so Sparrowfeather set out for BloodClan, and they took her in. She died in combat against Mosspelt.
There!
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Awesome! By the way, is Snowear still deaf?
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Thanks! And yes, as deaf as he ever was~
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Your welcome! Also, at least we get variety
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Aye, that part was very important to me as well.
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Oh! Wanted to share my version of Snowkit as well! So, Snowkit wasn't born deaf, but when he was just a moon old, he sneaked out of camp to explore. He made it all the way to Tallpines, when a Tree-cutter made it's way to him. Luckily, a patrol recused the poor thing, but after that, he only had half his hearing. Thankfully, he heard the hawk and ducked out of the way, although Speckletail defiantly scolded him for giving her a heart attackΒ
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OOh but I like, very original indeed - I don't think I ever saw a headcanon that makes a cat deaf due to trauma. I like~Β
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