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VIII Strength - Yellowfang

In this tarot card, you will see a woman who calmly controls a fully grown lion. What is captivating is how gracefully she controls the lion. She is calm and collected, which is representative for being in control and disciplined, especially in times of great adversities. Her holding the lion shows vourage, and her control of the lion without being too rough also shows love and compassion. The lion is a symbol of courage, passion and desire which are very much part of the feelings that are necessary for survival. But if these feelings are not put in check, they can lead to our eventual destruction.

Also featured: Brokenstar

(I decided I wasn't too satisfied with my own handwriting oops, so I decided to switch to text)

#reblog #art #brokenstar #yellowfang

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Brightheart !!

#reblog #art #brightheart

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i love how so many people like. unanimously decided dovewing is short and chunky

#stellatalks #warrior cats #dovewing #tall dovewing always feels little weird to me

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a bunch of art trades i did,,,,, just one left,,,,,

#reblog #art #ouuugh theres my boy (middle right)….. #thanks again i had fun☺️ #oc: swanfrost

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no lightleap in wind i'll just make up my own scenes

#reblog #art #lightleap #nightheart #help

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When Frecklewish followed Mapleshade and her kittens out of that camp, I like to think it wasn't on orders. She just followed, quietly.

If you asked her why, she wouldn't be able to tell you. She was burning with fury, and the cold didn't douse it. The rain washed the blood off her claws, but not the itch in her quicks. She hated Mapleshade. She hated the kits. She hated what they did to her.

The fierce warrior would make sure they leave-- by force, if necessary.

Yet, when little Petalkit tripped and scraped herself, Frecklewish's heart luched. She had to prevent her body from springing out.

She let go of the tension in her muscles and her chest, and continued stalking them through the undergrowth. All the way to the riverbank.

When Mapleshade ushered the kits into the swollen river, Frecklewish didn't stop them. Just watched. RiverClan kits can swim, they were doing just fine, even with the current being so strong. ThunderClan kittens would have been swept away by now.

If they float they're RiverClan. If they sink they're ThunderClan. She's assured in her feelings-- until the rumble of the upcoming wave floods her thoughts.

Those kits were swept away in the blink of an eye, under the froth and debris, screams drowning under the roar of the river and the rain. If she knew about the patrol on the other side of the river, she HAD to have chased them.

But why bother? If she didn't care at all? And more importantly, why didn't she stay?

I think when the "halfclan mistakes" were washed off the stones, she heard the children she raised crying for help. The phrase "love is stronger than hate" downplays its sharp agony; reality is colder than malice. All her "justifications" shattered like ice, for that brief, painful moment.

She didn't stay because she couldn't. Her heart knew the only thing that they were going to pull out of the water was corpses... but as long as she didn't see it, her brain could believe that there was a chance they survived.

She loved those kits and told herself she hated them. Lied to herself that this was okay, that it was going to turn out all right. Saw them marching right into their watery graves, and convinced herself she wasn't part of the procession.

#reblog #textpost #frecklewish #GRRRRAAAAAAAAAGH

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graphic novel arcs are listed under their single full-colour compilation titles

#reblog #hydrogen bomb vs coughing baby #< prev tag #HELP #poll

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i am cringe but i am free

grown up warriors fan experience of realizing cringe culture is meaningless and making a shameless op neon color sona or whatever

#artpractice #oc: stellaclaw

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grown up warriors fan experience of realizing cringe culture is meaningless and making a shameless op neon color sona or whatever

#stellatalks #warrior cats #im giving it rainbow gradients and a flowy mane and tail and nobody can stop me

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my thing with ravenwing is that just adding a few lines or moments of him looking clearly alarmed or making a tiny protest that gets spoken over during the exile and removing his more spiteful expressions and words would have made his “inexperienced medicine cat” deal so much more sympathetic to me, and would better frame mapleshade as an unreliable narrator by having her willfully ignore ravenwings distress and interpret him as a malicious actor anyways.

a medicine cat too young to know THEY have the power to decide if they want to convey starclans words, and to know they have authority within the clan that can challenge a leader if they use it right. so young and unknowing he passes the word along without thinking just like a good little boy and doesnt have the will or courage to shout over oakstar and challenge his cruelty. you could even have that be the reason he goes to the moonstone instead of the meeting, anguished by what he was told and demanding to know why starclan wanted somebody meant to heal to cause harm instead.

#stellatalks #warrior cats #ravenwing

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true dotc hater culture is loving the villains because they beat the shit out of clear sky

#stellatalks #warrior cats #dotc #clear sky #like go squad get his ass

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fear of depths.

#reblog #art #frecklewish #reblogging this again because op i CANNOT STOP LOOKING #also your frecklewish design is so Mwah

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i sent this to that warriors ideas blog too but actually i just wanna say it here. mapleshade pmv/map/whatever with abnormality dancin girl

#stellatalks #warrior cats #mapleshade #her design becoming more stylized and her colors becoming unrealistic and saturated as it continues

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aroflux boyflux cinthean requester again sorry. could you do frecklewish (tc), dovewing, and silverstream icons with the aroflux, boyflux, and cinthean icons, specifically with @/warriorsdesignsnick art? thank you!! <3

#reblog #icons #frecklewish #dovewing #silverstream #sorry for requesting again so quickly but your composition is rlly good isndjjdmccr

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my half of an art trade with @lockandkeyhyena! it was some good practice for actually lining my art.

#artpractice #warrior cats

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I've never understood why people wholly blame Maple for making the clan think her kits were Birchface's. I mean, I'll admit it's been AGES since I read MV (or any actual WC book lmao) but I swear she did nothing to start it? Frecklewish just Assumed they were Birchface's for whatever reason and Mapleshade just didn't confirm or deny. A lie by omission, if still a big one. But people act like its some vile, actively manupulative lie from Maple alone??? like yeah its manipulative but A. who cares let her girlboss and B. it entirely started with Frecklewish assuming??? it wasn't even Mapleshade's idea in the first place???????

You're correct; it was a lie of omission, completely suggested by Frecklewish. Mapleshade didn't fabricate this lie.

In fact, something often left out of discussions about Mapleshade's Vengeance is that it decided she was VERY pious. In the early half of MV, she believes that it's StarClan that's providing all these opportunities for her.

She thinks she's special, that her kittens are destined to bring peace to their two halves, and that the code applies more loosely to her because she so strongly believes she's right and that her love is beautiful. I think it's meant to come across as Mapleshade being "delusional" and disconnected with reality, but I can't help but feel like a fair amount of it is naivety.

Mapleshade is quiet, and Frecklewish rolls into a long, earnest monologue, thanking her for giving her hope with her brother's kittens. It reads to me like Frecki was in a depression after Birchface's death, and being able to help raise her nespring is like being given a new purpose in life.

It's gutwrenching on both ends, for me. Mapleshade is actually super uncomfortable several times around her "in-laws" during these lies, like she knows that she's in a dangerous position, and never really wanted them around to begin with. She clearly doesn't like Frecklewish very much and is actively intimidated by Oakstar. She doesn't WANT to have to lie forever, she eventually wants it to be known they're halfclan.

(and... why shouldn't she want that? This law SUCKS and it SHOULD be challenged. I'll go to bat for Silverstream and I'll go to bat for Mapleshade too.)

But meanwhile, Frecklewish in particular is being mislead. This means everything to her, it gave her a purpose when her brother had been taken from her, she thinks Birchface is living on and that Mapleshade shares in her grief. But it's a lie, Mapleshade doesn't want her anywhere near her children, and at the end of the day her love of these kittens is being exploited for their safety.

So... yes. It is manipulative, but the alternative was to actively tell Frecklewish NO and open up more questions about who the possible father was. Mapleshade is in a dangerous situation and she interpreted the opportunity as StarClan providing a way for her kittens to become accepted by their Clanmates.

I just find this situation is compelling. And they're both neat

#reblog #textpost #mapleshade #frecklewish #finally. some delicious maple and freckle nuance

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Curlfeather + Frostpaw PMV | Not a Lot, Just Forever

#reblog #video #curlfeather #frostpaw