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From the arthro names alone Imma assume Sparkpelts transgender..

nah, sorry, just a masc sounding nickname in this AU!

in fact while we’re talking about her, the nickname ‘eve’, originally given by her widowed grandmother, is meant to parallel her grandfather’s name ‘adam’ as she resembles him a lot. ‘evan’ was chosen by spark to give herself a unique identity while still honoring the name her parents chose (evangeline)

#micks anthro au #id argue squilf is more accidentally-transmasc-coded in this au but thats neither here nor there

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The Warriors coloring book zine is live! This is my page colored in! :D

This zine (hosted by @harriertail) contains 14 coloring pages that you can either print out to color OR color digitally like I did! It's pwyw and all proceeds go to Care for Gaza, so it's a great cause. Tag me if you color mine so I can share!

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speaking of. not to plug but if you want a sneak peek i put the first minute on my patreon for all tiers to see......

weekend project. finish storyboardint my fucking map call

#listen i dont have a job jsut yet (too overwhelmed w classes right now) i gotta make $$ somehow

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weekend project. finish storyboardint my fucking map call

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although i have some difficulty following some oc or au stuff (remembering specifics) you make i always love what you do, and i love the way you add bits and touches of humanity and real life complicated shit into everything you work on. the family and friend troubles, the passage of time, growing and evolving and all the messy things that come with. have been following your art for a hot minute and it's one of the many things i've always enjoyed and it's something i strive for in my own work!! these aren't just cardboard cutouts they feel human and in a way are human. when a character cries, gets angry or feels loss or joy, i also can feel those same feelings as if i were experiencing it alongside them. it's something that hasn't really happened to me a lot lately but every time you show off art, animations, writing, whatever, it really sticks with me and i love it! keep up the amazing work and always remember to pace yourself and enjoy what you do, even if there's something that may not always resonate with one person it will for another ^^

WAAH THANK YOU!!! :((

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Is there a equivalent to the twolegs destroying the og territory? Seeing as the clans are mostly rural in the anthro au maybe something economic issues?

hmm, maybe a little bit especially with thr post-ww2 era with more suburban neighborhoods being built but that’s about 10 years too early to be the exact equivalent by the time TNP happens (though gentrification is an ongoing issue so maybe something along those lines?) theres probably some other socio-economic issues going on around that time that i cant remember off thr top of my head too.

as far as moving entirely, no. most cats stay put but some individuals may move to different towns/cities if i think its relevant/necessary.

#micks anthro au

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(gonna start replying to things like this so other ppl can see if i add new #lore)

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honestly not sure how that could work out! i dont even have a solid idea what firestar’s specific job is anyways lol

sasha really liked doing dramatic and romantic stageplays in her youth (the latter genre unfortunately being used against her by tiger). her presence as a professional actress is pretty low-key and generally stuck to plays and musical theatre in troupes local to wherever she was living at the time of performance. she didnt become a big hollywood actress or broadway star, but what she did do is satisfactory enough for her and she’s achieved her dream, sadly at the expense of a good relationship with her children. she carries that guilt with her daily but truly believes giving them to leopardstar was the right choice for them

Given how Feathertail dies in this AU, I'm guessing Sharptooth the mountain lion is either a cop or a really violent war hawk in this?

Also, where does Sasha and her kits fit in?

(This is such a cool AU I love it so much)

yep, i think it makes more sense if sharptooth was a war hawk which allows fetaher to more realistically be the cause his of death after the fight they have (he dies suddenly that night due to the brain injury he sustained), while other “sharptooths” are cops and such.

sasha and her kits are tiger’s affair family. she was an aspiring actress that lost her home after her elderly father passed away, his estate being ripped out of her hands and thrusting her out onto the streets with very little to her name. tiger took a liking to her - unfortunately she would find out he was married and purposefully hid away their oldest son tad from him, but still kept in contact. golden and tiger never divorced but golden did disown her husband, and tiger went back to sasha. he had fallen hard for her and weasled his way into her good graces, meeting tad and getting her pregnant two more times. tad would end up drowning during flood season.

in the meantime, tawny would end up in her father’s care (he pulled some strings. she was always a daddy’s girl and turned her against goldenflower for a few months) and she would meet her younger half siblings. she and sasha did not get along well.

tawny would stay with them even after tiger got arrested for his crimes (murder, some other things) since she already got set up to attend a university close by. sasha was relieved when tawny moved out, but didn’t know what to do with her own two children and struggled a lot being a single mother. tiger was still stringing her along and making promises he likely wouldnt be able to fulfill and she was too lonely to leave.

eventually, she found solace in leopardstar and the two became good friends. leopardstar was like an aunt to moth and hawk. sasha’s depression wpuld get worse, though, and for the sake of her children she entrusted leopardstar to be their guardian from then on. sasha would disappear for a while to find herself and get away from tiger. she’s reappeared once every few years, but after a certain point they just stopped hearing from her entirely.

moth had felt abandoned by religion and her family, resenting them for leaving her this way and having 0 control over anything in her life. pushed into it by her brother, she put all her energy towards studying medicine and becoming an army nurse. she served for a few years before resigning and studying to become an emergency surgeon instead - a familiar high stakes environment without the danger of herself being killed. she chopped her hair short in the 70s after returning from her military service.

hawk meanwhile served in the vietnam war. he had been in the military since he was in his late teens, inspired by his father and leopardstar (who was one of many rosie riveters for WW2). he would meet ashfur from thunderclan and hear about his half brother brambleclaw through him (“you remind me of someone back home” ‘really?’) and mudclaw. hawk was lucky enough to return home, keeping in touch with tiger snd bumping into bramble, who came up to visit tawny and figured he’d show his face while he was here. the two got along pretty well after the initial shock, but eventually a rift was put between them when (i have yet to decide what about) and they stop talking, much to squilf’s relief.

#micks anthro au #sasha

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Given how Feathertail dies in this AU, I'm guessing Sharptooth the mountain lion is either a cop or a really violent war hawk in this?

Also, where does Sasha and her kits fit in?

(This is such a cool AU I love it so much)

yep, i think it makes more sense if sharptooth was a war hawk which allows fetaher to more realistically be the cause his of death after the fight they have (he dies suddenly that night due to the brain injury he sustained), while other “sharptooths” are cops and such.

sasha and her kits are tiger’s affair family. she was an aspiring actress that lost her home after her elderly father passed away, his estate being ripped out of her hands and thrusting her out onto the streets with very little to her name. tiger took a liking to her - unfortunately she would find out he was married and purposefully hid away their oldest son tad from him, but still kept in contact. golden and tiger never divorced but golden did disown her husband, and tiger went back to sasha. he had fallen hard for her and weasled his way into her good graces, meeting tad and getting her pregnant two more times. tad would end up drowning during flood season.

in the meantime, tawny would end up in her father’s care (he pulled some strings. she was always a daddy’s girl and turned her against goldenflower for a few months) and she would meet her younger half siblings. she and sasha did not get along well.

tawny would stay with them even after tiger got arrested for his crimes (murder, some other things) since she already got set up to attend a university close by. sasha was relieved when tawny moved out, but didn’t know what to do with her own two children and struggled a lot being a single mother. tiger was still stringing her along and making promises he likely wouldnt be able to fulfill and she was too lonely to leave.

eventually, she found solace in leopardstar and the two became good friends. leopardstar was like an aunt to moth and hawk. sasha’s depression wpuld get worse, though, and for the sake of her children she entrusted leopardstar to be their guardian from then on. sasha would disappear for a while to find herself and get away from tiger. she’s reappeared once every few years, but after a certain point they just stopped hearing from her entirely.

moth had felt abandoned by religion and her family, resenting them for leaving her this way and having 0 control over anything in her life. pushed into it by her brother, she put all her energy towards studying medicine and becoming an army nurse. she served for a few years before resigning and studying to become an emergency surgeon instead - a familiar high stakes environment without the danger of herself being killed. she chopped her hair short in the 70s after returning from her military service.

hawk meanwhile served in the vietnam war. he had been in the military since he was in his late teens, inspired by his father and leopardstar (who was one of many rosie riveters for WW2). he would meet ashfur from thunderclan and hear about his half brother brambleclaw through him (“you remind me of someone back home” ‘really?’) and mudclaw. hawk was lucky enough to return home, keeping in touch with tiger snd bumping into bramble, who came up to visit tawny and figured he’d show his face while he was here. the two got along pretty well after the initial shock, but eventually a rift was put between them when (i have yet to decide what about) and they stop talking, much to squilf’s relief.

#warrior cats #anthro warrior cats #hawkfrost #sasha #mothwing #tadpole #micks anthro au

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My name is nearly the same as Daisy’s!!! This makes me so happy omg

[Flower] Mae Miller :3

omg twinning

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I love how you don't use only super common names 😭 I have a rare name that I almost never see used and I get to be excited that I might see it

im trying not to do too many repeats if i don't have to, so i have to get a little creative with it! behindthename's popularity-by-year ranking tool is a godsend for this i tell you what. the only repeat names are for characters that are explicitly named after someone else in the AU - cinderheart and ferncloud after their aunts cinderpelt (canon) and fernshade (AU exclusive), and tigerheart after his grandfather

ive still got a lot of characters to get through (and some named now may even change) so thers still a chance you might see yours!

#micks anthro au

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i'm surprised you didn't pick mary or some variation/longer name such as mary-anne or rosemary for spottedleaf considering the holy motif, plus it still kinda has the longname convention. still think virginia is cute!! i have a little old lady neighbor named virginia

it was tempting, but i wanted to shake it up a little and find something that was also a common name back in the day!

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What the kittypet role be in the au? Like characters like Smudge and Princess

as a whole kittypets are urbanites/suburbanites which means they live in more densely populated towns/cities. most of them range between lower middle and upper class, depending on the character

#micks anthro au

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is spottedleafs anthro name virginia bc she died a virg-//gets shot down

SILENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#i chose it bcuz it just sounded holy and thats her whole schtick . a woman of god 💛

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i put the link in my pinned post but if u wanna see how its going

finally cracking down on giving some names to these goddamn characters!!!!!!

#micks anthro au

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finally cracking down on giving some names to these goddamn characters!!!!!!

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ARCADE FIRE MENTION WOOOO

YAHOO YIPEEE

#(has only listened to like 3 songs by them)

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Your AU makes me think of 'The Suburbs' (And 'The Suburbs (continued)') by Arcade Fire. Sorry for anon post ha ha

ooh interesting, i’ll have to give that a listen