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badgerfern · 1 year

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Been reading TBC for the first time and bruh. This shit got me so irritated why is ALL this shit happening just bc ashfur was so h*rny for squirrelflight but she didn't wanna mate w him. This is a really fucking WEIRD plot line and very r*pey.. back when she was arguing w bramble and spent time w ash she never even gave a solid impression of being into him. She never told ash he had a chance. whole series making me uncomfy. Hate it 0/10 besides rootspring he is a little angel baby and I'd kiss him on the nose.

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badgerfern · 1 year

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spent the last 2 days on clangen. that thing shouldn't be nearly as fun as it is. anyway here are my faves

#warrior cats #wc ocs #fanclan #clan gen

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badgerfern · 1 year

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Clear sky is such a man whore woman stealing murderer. Hate him. Rereading dawn of the clans teehee

#warrior cats #dawn of the clans #clear sky

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badgerfern · 1 year

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Wc oc, minnowfur

#warrior cats #wc art #a starless clan #windclan #art #cat #cats #furry art #riverclan #thunderclan #shadowclan #warrior cat oc #warrior cats oc #warrior cats designs #warrior cat designs #wc #wc ocs

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badgerfern · 1 year

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Warrior oc Badgerfern! Who my acct is named for, they r so cute and short and fluffy. From thunderclan, I'm thinking maybe med cat idk, haven't decided their gender yet

#warrior cats #wc art #a starless clan #art #cat #cats #furry art #windclan #riverclan #thunderclan #shadowclan #warrior cats oc #warrior cat designs #warrior cat oc

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badgerfern · 1 year

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My wc oc, Moondust! They r from windclan

#warrior cats #art #cat #cats #furry art #warriors oc #windclan #warrior cat designs #warrior cats designs #wc art #wc ocs #wc #feline

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badgerfern · 1 year

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do you think the clans could domesticate/keep animals? Not as pets, but, like, raising tadpoles or fish in secluded little ponds.

They absolutely can, in my side projects I even tried to work out which animals would be possibilities for some of my fanclans.

A really good place to start thinking about this topic is this famous video by CGP Grey, which provides brief yet thorough insight to why humans have domesticated the animals they currently have; but then you need to apply the logic on a cat-scale.

Something VERY easy to overlook is that humans domesticated most of these animals after inventing agriculture, when we had spare food waste laying around. If your clan has a long-standing history with gardening herbs, you can justify the transition to agriculture with your little carnivores.

Here's some easy animals that canon-compliant warriors could keep without much difficulty.

CW: It's mostly bugs!

Meal worms (Tenebrio molitor)

Easy to find all over the place, having been introduced to nearly every continent. Keeping them is as easy as having a big hole and a spare guy to make sure a bird doesn't eat everything. They're easily fed with all kinds of foraged foods, like apples, grains, berries, and they grow up fast.

Biggest problem with them is that the adults could escape, because mealworm beetles can fly. This is as easy as making sure they're well-fed and don't have a reason to leave.

2. Goldfish (Carassius auratus) and koi (Cyprinus rubrofuscus)

These things are surprisingly hard to breed in tanks, but raising these things outside is as simple as having a pond with an established ecosystem. You would not BELIEVE how invasive these two species are, ESPECIALLY koi. On that note-- goldfish are actually better for eating than koi, they were initially bred as food fish, where koi where first bred with aesthetic in mind.

Warriors can also eat roe, and it can be cured over time to make a delicacy. Aquaculture in general is also something that would be very likely for a RiverClan-like clan to adopt; it's an 'easy' way to keep fish alive until it's time to actually eat them.

Easy = You have cats willing to dig out a big project

3. Maggots (Various brachycera species)

Cats can't eat every part of a meal, and there will always be food waste. Collecting maggots from the crowfood pile is a viable option, so long as the prey being used as compost wasn't sick or poisoned.

It's also highly likely, as maggots also have a... gruesome use in medicine that I won't get into here. They also make excellent bait for fishing, and could be used to feed mice, or lure birds.

Why not mice?

Because they will run away, or chew through most natural materials. You need a lot more than a simple hole to keep mice contained; does your clan have access to big, plastic or metal human buckets? Maybe some simple stone-masonry?

If not, you're going to dig a hole and they're going to dig right out. You're also going to need lots of buckets and stone enclosures to breed enough mice to keep your clan well fed, and hopefully they're protected from rain else your livestock will drown.

Frogs?

Obligate carnivores! More trouble than it's worth to feed them, when you can just feed yourself with those bugs instead. Unless you wanted to sacrifice one of your mouse enclosures for some frogs?

It would be understandable as a nicety, if frogs were a delicacy of sorts. But mice are sooo much easier to feed, and can turn food a warrior can't eat (fruit, grains) into food they can (meat).

#TW animal fighting #TW Bloodsports #Clan Culture #Warrior cats #Warrior Cat Domestication

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badgerfern · 2 years

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