#ok ok tbc

[petriichvrs]

FORTY TWO MONTHS  OF  NOXTMS  /  six  characters  !

ft. @rcbirthiisms , @hoggleswart , @pclearwaters ( riperoni ) , @fathcmsbelow , @iismene & @blondsnake !

#nox.task #nox.graphics #ok ok tbc

[luna-lovegreat]

Sobbing because 72.51% of the fandom (<rounded)

was freaking out about if Four still had Twi's shadow crystal

^Valid concern!

And then my boy just shows up wearing it

Slightly hidden... shame/fear?

Anyways here's when Four put it back

I appreciate Four because he stepped up to take care of Twilight's stuff. And he found the crystal and disapproved. And then kept taking care of Twi's stuff.

Art and comic and complex well-written relationships by Jojo @linkeduniverse au :DD

obligatory screaming: Woooolllffiiiieeeeee!!!!!!

:)

#numbers are not accurate #I had actually guessed that he would just show up wearing it again but. hadn't voiced it lol. anyways WOLFIE WOLFIE WOLFIE MY BOY #linked universe #linkeduniverse #Lu twilight #Lu four #I was one of the worriers tbc #I knew he put it back but we still hadn't seen it in a while ya know? cause for concern #Lu wolfie #I didn't really edit this first... if I misspoke anything I'm sorry #love to all <333 #you are amazing. just don't forget that ok? #:)

[bonefall]

(dif anon) So is Ashfur grooming Shadowsight a plotline you would keep/rework in BB? I'm not so keen on the way canon used it to retcon his epilepsy, but I do think a plotline examining how clerics can be vulnerable to abuse from StarClan spirits is kinda compelling

Shadowsight's epilepsy is staying in BB, the Erins can try and take it away again over my dead body

Yes, that's staying and BB!StarClan was reworked with unfairness in mind.

This time around, I'm considering the idea that Ashfur didn't work completely alone. After the events of Squirrelflight’s Horror, Silverpelt's divisons are starting to crackle the stars.

Skystar and the other more traditional spirits are losing patience with the peace that Fire Alone brings, and the ways that the code has been bent.

They feel that honor is being lost in their descendants.

Even angels disrespect the collective; see how Skypelt has its own heaven? With a demon in its midst? There is blasphemy even in the skies.

Firestar and the more modern pantheon are ferociously defensive of the choices of the living. StarClan exists for them; not the other way around.

Meanwhile, Mousefur has gone missing. Others start to blink out, too. This is causing panic... and Ashfur keeps it quiet that he's the only one who knows where they've gone.

The angels that plan action probably were a small group to begin with, radical spirits. Skystar and Ashfur are two of them, and Ash is the "youngest." So when he comes down to the mortal plane and betrays them, very few other angels knew what had happened.

(I might even have a few angels be doing the various supernatural things in that first book, but slowly, Ashfur is wittling down their numbers until it's just him.)

I'm still working out specifics, but the other angels that Ashfur has consumed are giving him a massive power boost. He can use this to jump between planes freely, and he's able to do some whacky things like weave dreams and pull nightmares out of the Dark Forest.

The most important unique power he has, which he can do ALL on his own once he's absorbed enough starpower, is blast Shadowpaw with a bolt of lightning. The electric current runs through Shadowpaw's brand new scar, giving him a connection to StarClan like he's a little radio tower.

Thing is... when StarClan is blocked off, the only signal he receives is Ashfur's.

So, Shadowpaw.

From the time he was very young, Shadowkit has had an unhealthy relationship to life and death

He watched a lot of cats die before he was old enough to really understand it, and the only one who came back was Heartstar.

His epilepsy was so severe it would have been terminal. He was prepared to die as a kit.

Tawnypelt took him to the Tribe to learn more about treatments, bringing back a method of refining chamomile to manage the convulsions.

When people come back from death, it was to serve "a purpose."

He feels like he needs to be special, like he needs to find the great meaning in his life. The reason why he's still here.

In BB, there can be guardian angels. Cats you knew in life who decide to watch out for you in the afterlife. Moleflight is Jayfeather's, Shrewface is Squirrelflight’s. Ashfur poses as Shadowpaw's.

THAT is how I plan to address my criticism. Ashfur DOES build a very personal, trusting relationship with Shadowpaw, pretending to be the one who's here to give him the destiny he craves. Pretending like he's someone looking out for him.

I actually LIKE how desperate the situation was in-canon and I want to stress how none of this was Shadow's fault, so I also plan to keep that they had very little choice. Shadowpaw trusts his angel completely, and Ashfur coaches him on saying all the right things.

The older Clerics are suspicious, but... what else can they do?

Also, instead of framing this all as something Shadowpaw needs to "atone" for, I'm going to make certain cats unfairly scapegoat him for bringing the Impostor into the forest. Shadowpaw himself agrees with them, blaming himself, but he has to learn it wasn't his fault.

He DIDN'T let anyone down by failing to live up to great expectations, and there's no way he could have known that Ashfur was using him. This never happened before, he always made the choice he thought was right and tried to make up for harm done, and he's not responsible for what his abuser made him do.

I actually want to have him figure out some of this by talking to DF demons, towards the end. Cats faaaar more responsible for what they did in life than him.

Ravenwing in particular, who was also mislead by a rogue StarClan spirit, but... ultimately decided that if StarClan was right in their judgement.

He was told (by Birchface, but he still doesn't know who it was in particular) to make three kittens unsafe by revealing their parentage. His choice killed three innocent children, and lead to the Queen’s Rights.

And StarClan was furious that he'd ever believe they'd want something so CRUEL.

And even if they DID want something so cruel... "Then they wouldn't have been ancestors worth following. And that's why I believe it's right that I'm here."

As a Cleric, he had authority on their behalf. And if they would misuse it through him, he wishes he could have just given it right back.

And Shadowsight's lightbulb goes Ding!

The very last thing Ashfur does in TBC, when the jig is up and he's about to be killed by the Lights in the Mist and a bunch of Demons who have come to defend their home, is swallow a Founder-- Skystar.

He takes the level of a true god, and reaches a nearly undefeatable level of power. Instead of black water, he's so large, malicious, and has a gravitational pull so massive it starts destroying the afterlife. It shatters the purgatory (Meadow of Young Stars) into floating cosmic fragments, and Heaven and Hell are set to collide.

Shadowsight confronts Ashfur, politely explaining that he's, well... done a lot of thinking, and, he doesn't really want what he gave him. "You can, uh, have this back!"

And blasts the lightning from his scar right back at him, like a chain, holding the screeching eldrich horror in place. Every ally he's made, here in the DF, come down from StarClan, and as Lights in the Mist, jump to his side. They can't hold down Ashfur, but they can hold SHADOWSIGHT

While they're all supporting him, Bristlefrost sees the one chance to get rid of him, once and for all. A clear shot. She bolts, pounces, and SHOOTS right into Ashfur like a falling star, knocking them both off the edge of the heaven he destroyed, burning up in orbit with a monster a hundred times her size.

And after that, Shadowsight has to go home and live with this.

He gave up the very connection that made him so special, and now he has to go back to being a Cleric without StarClan.

but the other Clerics accept this. They have to. They were all complicit in the choices that allowed the Impostor to rise.

What Shadowsight learns is... everyone was part of this. From those who made the follies with him, to the supporters and rebels against the impostor, to those who helped him realize his worth, to Bristlefrost who ultimately killed Ashfur.

He is valuable because living is valuable.

Everyone, and everything, matters. All cats have a role to play, and he was never alone.

I want to close him out in BB!TBC on a tea scene that parallels the various points in his life. Others used to prepare his chamomile treatments FOR him, in careful doses, because it is a very serious medicine. Now, at the end, he's the one brewing it.

A fully fledged Cleric, who realizes he's never been alone. Cats who love him were around him the whole time, making his medicine, and they'll love him even after he's given up his powerful gift. So now he's at the stage in his life where HE can make that medicine, share his wisdom with others, and find fulfillment in the skills he's acquired over a hard life brightening.

#Ashfur was a scary and terrifying villain worthy of the WC hall of fame #I will make him WORSE #I should change one of the titles to the later books to The Black Hole as a reference to BB!Ashfur swallowing other stars #Maybe the last one since that's where his bossfight happens lmao #I love the vibe of all the morally gray and post-redemption cats of BB seeing Shadow like #''Youve done nothing wrong. Youre literally just baby.'' #Lmao Breeze like 'oh honey nooooo' #Lineup of guys like What Are You In For? #'Tyranny of an ancient civilization' #'Political assassination' #'Attempted murder of a child' #'Did what a bad person told me :(' #And they all drop their shit to be like 'its ok youre ok youve done nothing wrong' #I kinda want to give him an honor title that means 'Whole Shadow' #In reference to the way that when you stand with a dozen people behind you #You only cast a single shadow #better bones au #BB!TBC #BB!Shadowsight

[drawnfamiliarfaces]

First - Next?>>

#rc9gn #torn pages au #randy cunningham 9th grade ninja #rc9gn first ninja #first ninja #randy cunningham #ok. i downloaded a bunch of bundles for krita that i rarely use. and also a bunch of cool free fonts. somehow it translated into #me making a ridiculously dramatic intro comic for TPau knowing perfectly well im not going to be able to maitain it #especially on this lvl lol krita is slow and keeps stuttering on my old laptop ;( despite all the cool brushes...cant draw there #so uh despite a tbc written dont expect anything??? imma working on another thing >;) #also as stated before this au is just me blatantly using opportunities to draw first in various pretty ways ;3 #tho is it pretty if its just me slapping neon lightning everywhere???... i cant shade to save my life ok! i just slap things together #also trying to figure out what size comic i want to make is a nightmare i like kinda phone-screen sized but standard also looks ok??

[stackslip]

it's always funny to me to see people adamant in trying to rephrase the idea that sex is special and there's something incomplete in your life if you haven't had sex at least once, even when they try to couch that idea in shit like "but even if you don't end up like it you should!!! maybe you'll end up (normal) (good) liking it!!!!" meanwhile i'm here a Certified Sex Haver who's had it multiple times and enjoys it thoroughly, and has offered it to friends who haven't experienced it and are curious about it. and like. i enjoy it in the same way i enjoy playing video games. it is fun. it is nice to share, and doing it with someone you care about might heighten your relationship. i am not out there claiming anybody who has never played a video game is missing out and has something fundamentally broken in them and that if you haven't played video games you're a stupid nerd or whatever. any attempts to convince people that it's *cowardly* to not try sex just reeks of pathetic desire to feel morally superior meanwhile they're out there reinforcing the conservative idea that there's something mystical and magical about sex that fundamentally changes you as a person, a Before and After Having Had Sex. and like, sorry to say that will always be an insanely reactionary position no matter what language you couch it in

#tbc i'm not shaming anybody who's hypersexual and/or feels differently about what sex means to them #i'm just saying it's stupid to feel superior to others for having had sex full stop #i remember after a lifetime of evangelical education having sex for the first time #and afterwards just thinking...... that's it? #it was fine. i had much better sex afterwards. but even then it's like. it's an activity. #imagine if jogging were treated the same way. like there's a before and after you first went jogging for thirty minutes. ok #eli talks

[artaintfartwarriors]

#daisy #daisy wc #thunderclan #loner #tnp #oots #avos #tbc #asc #bramblestar’s storm #daisy’s kin #I love her your honor. #I’ve seen some daisy x squilf stuff and dang ok… shit… #anyway the whole thing w her and bright and cloud could’ve been resolved if women were allowed to love each other and also be poly #also she and ferncloud had weekly meetings on Saturdays to gossip about their kids and drink wine btw if u care #tpo3

[neallo]

as much as i find the Mello-Matt friendship dynamic charming, i think the Near-Matt friendship dynamic is CRIMINALLY underexplored, and may i also say i think the Matt-L dynamic could be really fun as well. there is an AU that exists just in my brain in which Near, Mello, and Matt all work for L, and for the sake of efficiency / practicality / safety, they live in some weird headquarters kind of building like the setup in arc 1. in this hypothetical AU Matt and L are smoking weed and playing Wii tennis while Near and Mello are off playing five-dimensional psychosexual chess [or, rather, Mello is playing five-dimensional psychosexual chess, and Near thinks he is doing SO good at flirting.]

#neallopost #meronia #tbc not. not a matt-L ship post. i think they should be buddies tho #besties who live at intersection of lawlight & mattlight we won't discuss how matt might attempt to steal l's boyfriend ok

[autogeneity]

getting increasingly annoyed about instructor saying I shouldn't compete in sparring

#it's so frustrating!! to go to a competition do a pattern and then sit there for 6 hours while everyone else does things #and like #it would be maybe okay if he gave me like a threshold of some kind #like ok in this much time or when you have done/are able to do X or when you are at X belt or whatever #just something! you know? #ntch #m #whining #tbc I still suck I would absolutely get wrecked #well today I would've been against a friend from our own school if I'd taken part and he probably wouldn't kill me but generally #he's brilliant and still went through it lol so I would probably be pretty fucked #however I still want to. #I mean I'd do badly but I don't actually think the risk of being like. maimed. is as high as instructor seems to think #and like there is another guy would fare similarly to me so it's very bullshit that I get treated differently imo #I think my bones are fine. probably. #I lift a lot I've been on T for almost 2 years I think it is fine. #a year ago I understood but the more time passes the more it becomes unfair

[salemoleander]

Urge to work on creative projects with renewed vigor and excitement in the new year vs covid fucking with my lungs and focus, fight

#oh walgreens brand dayquil we're really in it now #tbc im ok! im actually MOSTLY better than i was a week ago #its just this cough and the reduced lung capacity. suck #and also the combo of brainfog and cold medicine is. not great #salem chatter

[jasperflickercats]

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#wc shadowsight #shadowsight #warriors tbc #the broken code #shadowsight art #fanart #wc fanart #wc art #ok to rb #jaspers art

[styxshipz]

making out wouldnt fix our problems but it certainly wont make them worse! ...right??

(self insert (left) uses they/it; strong sad (right) uses she/her!)

#styx says #sb doesnt get pronouns /j no hes just a canon character with canon pronouns. tbc cant handle ss and her tgirl swag ok ill stop talking #my art #blue screen #💜whimsically whistful✒️ #💙email guy🥊 #self ship #safeship #selfship #lesbian self ship

[braincloggedwithcats]

#if you wanna talk about why in the tags. thatd be pretty cool #shadowsight #bristlefrost #rootspring #warriors #warrior cats #the broken code #tbc #ok that is everything i think #ram's post

[ofpd]

one thing about les mis modern aus is that sometimes they let enjolras be the slut he's always wanted to be. maybe in a world where (gay) sex isnt considered as much of a vice he's able to do it

#this is. a take like it's not what i think is ''correct'' so much as an interpretation i find compelling #oh this is also why him being a smoker can work sometimes #bc is smoking actually a vice if youre french #txt #but also ok this post is kinda implying that he wouldnt be catholic in modern au #which like. is there any world in which enjolras isnt catholic. is that possible. #im asking big questions here #les mis #no i mean the real thing is that there isnt such a thing as enjolras who wasn't born in 1806 and died on the barricades in 1832 #it's simply not him if it's any other scenario #but often changes can be really compelling in their own ways #also tbc idt ive ever seen a fic that does this concept im describing like. interestingly. #but a girl can dream

[jibunwo]

barhu being in the toxic yuri poll is so. having to explain to someone who knows all the shit they did but hasnt actually read the traitor baru cormorant that barhu isnt toxic is literally impossible it cannot be done

#like theyre not toxic theyre DOOMED theyre TRAGIC #when baru had tain hus body fed to the gulls that was a ROMANTIC GESTURE ok. ROMANTIC. #it wasnt toxic. it wasnt. #baru has so many toxic homoerotic relationships but tain hu was not one of them. #still mad abt baru sleeping with shao lune. youre better than that. do not fuck the colonizer. #mine #tbc

[artaintfartwarriors]

#sorrelstripe #thunderclan #avos #tbc #asc #bramblestar’s storm #tigerheart’s shadow #tawnypelt’s clan #spotfur’s rebellion #squirrelflight’s hope #graystripe’s vow #daisy’s kin #I love this group of siblings and their legacy names but also god. legacy names. #anyway it’s ok bc she got to live outside of it and become a really cool mother figure for nightheart and I love her #she and her cousin (?) sparkpelt should be besties

[amethyst-halo]

i feel i should note that the fact that frostpaw got fucking ATTACKED???? completely skipped my mind because i was so mad about sunbeam leaving after nightheart. what the fuck is up with guys attacking the medic apprentices these days

#someone was like ''who do u think attacked frostpaw'' and i was like ''HUH?'' #despite yknow. reading that that happened #sketch speaks #asc shadow #asc spoilers #warrior cats spoilers #wc spoilers #i think dovewing should be pissed abt it btw. shadowsight's entire family should #including shadowsight #like someone did this AGAIN? theyre putting someone's loved ones through this AGAIN??? come on #though tbh. asc is just turning out to be a less interesting and more frustrating version of tbc #tbc but shittier #sunbeam and frostpaw darlings u dont deserve this #ok im thinking abt t more and. this must be like. p triggering for shadowsight especially #someone sneaking around attacking a medic who (maybe) goes missing? hauntingly familiar