#((of the scene from SSS Warrior Cats))

[bonefall]

I just started a reboot of my old rewrite au like a day or two before that article dropped and am now very confused. It’s hard to understand with all the backwards talk in it for me. Does it mean rewrites need to further themselves from the canon material? Do specific characters, deaths, scenes, arcs need to be changed?

What’s your plans with the Better Bones au and specifically changing it from a rewrite to a fixit au? (Love the name btw it’s perfect)

The FAQ update is vague and it is definitely on purpose. They are making it clear they will threaten legal action if they feel it "interferes with their ability to branch out".

So that probably means the large and impressive animations that seek to tell large parts of the story, like Little Dragon Studio's ITW or SSS Warrior Cats. It's unlikely that it also means rewrites like what we do on Tumblr; HOWEVER we can't know for sure.

And I don't want to be the one who finds out, so I am furthering my project to be safe. My old goal was to try and stay close to canon, and it's not anymore.

A couple things I'm planning;

I will be including more cat behavior, generally.

I'm revamping patrols to make 4 types, based on cats being crepuscular animals. Dawn, Noon, Dusk, Midnight.

More emphasis on cooking, culture, and how the cats manage their environment.

Human researchers are canon now.

Tunnelling will be coming back in AVoS.

I'm less concerned about reduxing characters and utterly changing personalities, not to mention building out and including saves like Brushblaze, Stoneclaw, Iceheart, and others.

I will ignore major deaths if they were stupid. I already did this with Hollyleaf but Hawkfrost's ghost head is now on the un-chopping block too.

Violetshine is getting a kiss on the head and I'm destroying Finleap x Twigbranch. The girls they are free.

I'm reasonably sure that most rewrites are safe and you can continue unbothered. But always-- archive archive archive. Save what you don't want to lose, just in case.

#Better bones au

[adr-n-sketchy]

Speedy contribution to the Gray warrior cats with blue eyes prompt allows for my immense love and appreciation of @tennelleflowers's Drawing a __! series that's really helped me to understand and be able to break down character design. Hopefully it's pretty obvious who's who

More character thoughts below the cut but tldr; this was fun and I want to do another set. Maybe torties or amber-eyed tabbies outside the Tigerstar line

Bluestar's design was definitely heavily heavily influenced by the StarClan's Trials MAP that came out a few months ago. But also, my perception of Bluestar has always been influenced by the og SSS warrior cats design as well. I wanted her to look regal and angular without seeming too fierocious immediately, because she is also a very warm and mothering figure to those in her circle. I gave her tufted ears because I thought it'd be fun that that's where Whitestorm got his, even though I'm pretty sure they're from Thistleclaw.

Cinderpelt's design is the only one I can fully claim as mine originally, stemming from a sketch dump I did a few weeks ago when I was playing around with face shapes. I really wanted her to have prominent fluffy cheeks that only perk up more when she grins. I also wanted her to have soft, curved ears and be very fluffy - I don't think the books have ever described her as specifically fluffy, but I hc fluffy Cinderpelt and will not be taking any further suggestions. I know she matured a lot when she became a medicine cat apprentice and then medicine cat, but I hope she never lost her adorable sunny grin and her enthusiasm

Ashfur, I wanted to draw while he was still in his good-natured era. I haven't read New Prophecy in a hot minute but, other than his drama with Squilf, I remember him being a very respectable warrior. I wanted him look good-natured and almost unassuming, because no one expected him to be the villain leading up that fire scene. Afterall, he was trusted to mentor Birchpaw, the clan's sole new apprentice at the time, and then Lionblaze, who was both the grandson of Firestar and the son of the deputy - both hugely high honors.

Finally, Crowfeather definitely feels the least inspired of the designs, but my mind only has so many ways to illustrate angular and cranky Crow boy - long profile with large angular ears and not much fluff anywhere. I gave him a gray nose as opposed to the others' pink ones to try and make him look more stoic. The little tuft of fur on his chin is the most "facial hair" the man-boy can grow, but maybe he's come to believe that it makes his look stoically wisened from all he's lived through

#warrior cats #bluestar #bluefur #cinderpelt #cinderpaw #ashfur #ashpaw #crowfeather #crowpaw #character design #my art #warriors #wc art #warriors designs

[autisminfinite]

SPEAKING of warrior cats do u guys remember that scene in SSS warrior cats where rusty was fighting longtail and it had. naruto music playing in the bg? thats where i thought the song was from for a few years.

#so nice of naruto to pay homage to warriors by using one of their songs :) #<- me until i played a naruto game on the ps2 #text post

[captain-crowfish]

everyone talks about SSS warrior cats but I've never seen anyone talk about Wolves of the Mist

It's got all the staples of an immersive 2010's Youtube animation series: -Society of anthropomorphized (quadruped) animals -drama, betrayal - The token badass emo assassin character, Angel

-Magic (?) -Lore involving monsters birthed from turmoil between two deities - PHENOMINAL action scenes for their time -I can't think of anything else but SERIOUSLY LOOK AT THIS

All 3 episodes are on Youtube, go give it a watch if you have about 40 minutes to spare.

#I am unironically obsessed with it #ART #indie animation #2010s nostalgia #early 2010s #2010s aesthetic #The creator said they animated the series to pass the time in High School which is a FLEX #I can't find episode 3 in good quality #favorites #favorite of all time #wolves of the mist #inverted fangs

[paleblank]

oof I thought I had posted this one here

Speedpaint here

#this is from June 2019 #sss warrior cats #scene redraw #sss redraw #whitestorm #Bluestar #sss whitestorm #sss bluestar #wc #warriors #warrior cats #my art #sss warriors

[miraculouslion]

#warrior cats #redraw #((of the scene from SSS Warrior Cats))

[validwarriorcatsnames]

I don’t know if it still exists or whatever but I did just remember that one of the last videos I ever saw from the sss warrior cats YouTube channel was an animating progress video that DID use the word Fuck and it DID make a lasting impression on me

Literally all I remember was that they were animating a scene with Smallear the elder and talking about how “people keep commenting that none of our cats have fucking whiskers so we put fucking whiskers on this one, and now we have to make them move when he talks and it’s a fucking pain in the ass”

#so if you ever wondered why the project quietly died #blame the fuckin whiskers

[kirnet]

2, 3, 6, 10, 13, 17, 18 for the warriors ask!!

disclaimer: this is all from memory

2. top 5 the prophecies begin characters

1. GRAYSTRIPE

2. Yellowfang

3. Sandstorm

4. Barley

5. Firestar (sorry buddy)

3. should hollyleaf have had a power?

im gonna be honest i dont entirely remember what was up with that. But nah i think not. (wasn’t she killed by like demon ghost cats or something???)

6. favorite sss warriors design

Spottedleaf bc its SO early 2000 scene kid warriors. the bangs?? so good.

10. describe your first warriors oc

Ok. There is no first because I made entire clans at a time and then did all of their ancestors and future children. There were detailed family trees color coded in crayon. But the one I remember most vividly was named Birdsong and she was white and had one green eye and one blue eye and eventually became the deputy after, if I remember correctly, killing her brother for treason. I was 6.

13. rank the clans (excluding skyclan, including bloodclan)

Booo the skyclan book was the first warriors book I ever read. But windclan, riverclan, shadowclan, thunderclan, bloodclan

17. what would your warrior name be and what clan would you belong to?

probably something bird related. something like kitestripe or smthn. and windclan!! when’s the last time windclan got into any drama?

18. favorite medicine cat? (cutoff being oots)

Yellowfang!!! love that old hag!!

#this was a fuckign walk down memory lane #ty abraham ruthie!!! #luptaccos #ask

[oakleaf-art]

SSS Warrior Cats Scene Redraw! idea from @paleblank! this took about two hours (ignore the background haha) i picked a random frame from the first episode to recreate, and this is how it all turned out.

#this is a battle scene i swear #pic #warriors #tigerstar #oakheart #redraw #thunderclan #riverclan #battle #animation

[lightscaletridents]

@ my last rb, which ill probably delete later but hear me out

for a LOT of ppl including myself, warrior cats is what inspired them to try art and animation, and sure that caused a lot of edgy/”cringey” vids in like 2009, but that was only bc it was kids who were just beginning and felt passionate enough abt the series to make something for it All on their own

and a lot of those beginners have DRAMATICALLY improved since then, like you just have to see any warriors mv from 2013 onwards to see that. and even then a lot of the animation back then was still good- sss warriors felt almost professional. ryulovestsute and nifty also did amazing stuff for warriors that have aged rlly well. some of the “edgy and cringey” ones are really impactful even if theyre not perfectly executed, like nageki no mori by duckfeatherz

like the premise of warriors inspired so much creative work by kids. it brought a lot of ppl into the scene- whether u just wanted to draw gorey death scenes from the books or wanted to make an entire fancomic. roleplaying in particular was super fucking popular in the fanbase, so much so that an official forum was made to give young people a safe rping space (as well as just talk about the books obv). this wasnt just self inserts- these were entire clans w their own lore and completely filled with original characters completely separate to canon. like, its rlly insulting that all the work that went into the content this fandom produced is reduced to “edgy/cringey amvs”

#p #some of my closest friends today are from warriors rps i was in over 7 years ago #and god knows if i didnt get into warriors i might not even be drawing now #but Yeah heres my thoughts #its really wild to think that some ppl werent a part of this... like for so long wc was a huge part of my life #and im not into the books anymore but i wanna see the movie when it comes out bc Nostalgia

[heather1815]

20 Warrior cats questions

I wasn’t tagged, but i really wanted to do this challenge.

1. How did you get into Warriors?

When i was, maybe around 12 or 13, i was browsing through youtube when i stumble upon the SSS warrior cat animated series. From there i watched other animated projects related to warriors, i had no idea what was going, then i did a little research and discovered the series. And just a year later, i finally got my hands on Into the wild.

2. Favorite Arc?

Well, i haven’t read Omen of the stars yet, neither Dawn of the Clans (But i want to read it soooo badly!) nor Vision of shadows. Which leaves the first three series to choose from. I’m going to go with The prophecies begin, just because how well it is written. Maybe it’s because it’s the first series, but even today the story still holds up. I was so excited to start reading Power of three, but was kind of disappointed by the amount of filler it was put in. And i was really interested in the New prophecy arc at first but after they reached the lake, it kind of dragged from there. So the first series it is.

3. Favorite Book? (excluding mangas, super editions, novellas)

Oh that’s a tough question!

I think it will be a tie between “The darkest hour” and “Long shadows”. The darkest hour was the epic conclusion to the first series, and everything before was building up to this big moment, and it was just so cool to see the four Clans uniting to stand against BloodClan. Though the only nitpick that i have is that it’s kind of lame that the big bad is killed off so easy just so we can get a new “surprise” villain. But Scourge is cool, and i like him. (Yeah, i know he’s overrated, but i still like him as a villain)

“Long shadows” in my opinion was the first true warriors book that i have read since the end of the first series. Don’t get me wrong, not to say everything else was bad before this book, it just didn’t keep my interest from beginning to end. Some conflict stuff happened here and there, but that’s it. So much stuff happens in “Long shadows” and none of it was filler. I remember every single detail that happened in that book. And of course, there is the great fire scene near the end and the cliffhanger ending.

4. Favorite Super Edition, Novella, or Manga?

Okay, i’m going to cheat a little here and pick one for each.

For favorite super edition, my personal favorite is Tallstar’s revenge. I love the way WindClan is portrayed in this book. Tallstar’s point of view is very interesting, especially when you notice the change when he comes back. His relationship with Jake, of course. I haven’t read all of them, i’m currently reading Firestar’s quest and it’s good so far. If i had to rate the super editions i read from my favorite to my least favorite, the order would be: Tallstar’s revenge, Crookedstar’s promise, Firestar’s quest (Again, i’m still reading it, but so far from what i have seen this is where i would rate it. May change the further i progress in the story) Yellowfang’s secret, and finally Bluestar’s prophecy.

My favorite novella is “Mapleshade’s vengeance”. I love how dark it is. How it shows the darker side of warriors, the way Mapleshade went from a loving queen to this tormented, sick and twisted cat with a thirst to kill everyone who wronged her. But the interesting thing for me, is that she isn’t doing this for herself. (For the most part) But for her kits.

And for the manga, well... the only manga i read was “The rise of Scourge”. So i guess this is my favorite! XD

5. Favorite Clan?

ShadowClan. As much as i love the development and culture of WindClan from Tallstar’s revenge, ShadowClan is the one that catches my interest the most. I don’t remember now from where i read it, but when i saw this: “It was often said when the Clans were in the forest, that the cold north wind of the mountains chilled the ShadowClan warriors' hearts.” I thought this was so cool. ShadowClan is often judged to be the “slytherin” of the series. The obvious bad guys/bullies, and i think they deserve more. I haven’t read VoS, but from what i have heard, they are once again in the tyranny of some rogue. Can’t they catch a break for once? I wish this Clan was represented better.

6. Favorite Character?

Only one? Can i mention several? This is warriors after all. There are lots of characters! Fuck it, i’m doing it anyway.

Hollyleaf, love her character arc and i ship her with Fallen Leaves. Jayfeather, his grumpiness is really appealing (Unlike some other cats that i know *Cough cough* Bluestar *Cough cough*) his point of view is very interesting and i was always looking forward to read his parts in the books. Brambleclaw, and i do say “Claw” rather than “Star” because i don’t know how he is as a leader. I liked his struggle to set himself apart from his father, and his relationship with Squirrelflight. Cinderpelt, she deserved better. Yellowfang, grumpy grandmother with sharp tongue (Too bad her character is ruined and tainted further on into the series) Crookedstar, he suffers and goes through so much and yet he still becomes such a great leader. Brokenstar, no i don’t like him in the way that i understand what he went through and his motives are justified. I like him for how cool of a villain he was. (I like villains okay?) He killed kits by training them too hard, he killed his father, he banished his own mother, and ruled over ShadowClan with threats. He was so diabolically evil, how can you not love it? Whitestorm, he was very cool as this wise and respectable warrior. Um... i think that’s it.

7. Least Favorite Character?

Raggedstar, Crowfeather, Rainflower, Leopardstar, and Onestar.

I hate everything about Raggedstar. His character, his relationship with Yellowfang, his actions. He’s so whiny, and really despicable. I don’t care if you have daddy issues or not, you don’t manipulate the one you love just because she decided to become something else.

Crowfeather had so much potential, and i originally liked him in the new prophecies series. But then he became cold and uncaring, and i guess you could make the argument that’s what the Erins were going for after his failed relationship with Leafpool. But he should have been more honorable! Actually be loyal to WindClan because he is loyal, and not because he has to. Taking Nightcloud as a mate just to prove his loyalty is such a mean move, because he essentially used her. And then when the truth comes out about the three, he completely shifts the blame solely to Leafpool, and gets away scotch free! He better get a good redemption in Omen of the stars or else... i’m going to get angry.

Rainflower, Terrible, terrible mother. I hate her so much.

Leopardstar, not much to say in this one. I just don’t think she’s a very good leader, nor did she do much of anything to deserve her position. And she got on my nerves.

Onestar, what’s there to say about this douche cat that hasn’t already been said? He was great as Onewhisker, then he got his nine lives, and i guess one of his gifts was the gift of being an ass because after he became leader his character decided to change and become a complete jerk for no reason. So much for keeping the peace between ThunderClan and WindClan, am i right Tallstar?

8. Most Aesthetically Pleasing Cat?

This is going to be kind of a strange one: Ivypool, even though i don’t know much about her i really like her design. I like tabbies.

9. Favorite Leader?

I like Blackstar. He’s grumpy most of the time, and yeah, he makes some bad decisions. But hey, so does all of the other leaders. I personally would not mind to see a super edition about him. He used to be the deputy for both Brokenstar and Tigerstar, and when the position passed onto him, he stepped up and became a honorable leader. I would like to see this change more closely.

10. Favorite Villain?

As much as i like Brokenstar, i have to go with Mapleshade. She’s the queen of the Dark forest basically. I think she’s still around, if i’m not wrong? But the way she has solely devoted herself to revenge, to even manipulate a kit into basically selling his soul to her at the cost of his loved ones lives, is pretty messed up. Also, can i say that we should have more she-cat villains in the series? We need more she-cat villains in these series. I am so tired of big scarred tabbies going around being evil and stuff. 

11. Favorite Medicine Cat?

Jayfeather. He’s a good medicine cat who’s not afraid to call out on StarClan’s bullshit when he has to. And he always does what is needed of him to fulfill the prophecy.

12. Overrated Character?

Bluestar. At this point, you are probably thinking i hate her guts, aren’t you? I don’t hate Bluestar, i don’t think i even dislike her. But the fandom treats her as if she is the greatest thing ever. If anyone so much as utters that they dislike her they are immediately showered with a storm of hate. How dare anyone dislike Bluestar? She’s fine guys, but she isn’t all that. Calm down. You can love her, of course you can, but we can dislike her too you know.

13. Underrated Character?

Dustpelt. I like his background development. He hated Firestar at first, and i guess he had a thing for Sandstorm. But then he met Ferncloud and discovered a softer side to him, and became a really loyal and devoted warrior.

14. Favorite Minor Character?

Longtail. He started off as a generic bully character, but he got development and managed to redeem himself in the end. Too bad he was put in the elders den. By a rabbit, of all things! (Which btw, why did the Erins send him off to the elders den for? I never got that) Also for honorable mentions goes to both Brackenfur and Runningwind.

15. Favorite Pairing?

I have so many! Fire x Sand - Good development, Squirrel x Bramble - i love me so love/hate relationships, Holly x Fallen -  They helped each other out and have a cute relationship, Willow x Crooked - They are adorable, and of course Tall x Jake - So precious.

16. Least Favorite Pairing?

Crow x Night - He used her, end of story (In fact, might as well put all Crowfeather pairings in here, their all terrible) Spider x Daisy - This was completely out of nowhere, and he was never there for her or their kits. Spotted x Fire - Forced.

17. Favorite Friendship?

Brambleclaw and Stormfur, they were very good buddies during their journey to see Midnight, and i’m glad they kept the friendship even long after.

18. Favorite Moment?

Bluestar’s death. I swear i don’t hate her guys! I just really liked this moment, and thought it was a good conclusion to her character. Her reunion with her kits is very emotional.

19. Most Tragic Death?

It’s a tie between Stonefur and Cinderpelt’s death. Stonefur kept fighting til his last breath in what he believed was right. In front of an audience no less! Cinderpelt, despite everything she went through, was not afraid to lose her life to defend Sorreltail and her kits.

20. Favorite Battle / Fight Scene?

The climax to “Eclipse”. Kind of out of nowhere, especially with the great battle against BloodClan in “The darkest hour”. But this battle is so suspenseful. It’s not kept in the point of view of one single character throughout the whole thing, it keeps switching between Lion, Jay, and Holly as different events keep on happening. It’s Wind and River teaming up to drive out Thunder, leaving them no choice but to team up with Shadow. The four Clans fighting against each other, only to be stopped by the sun being blocked out. It’s a great scene, and i get the chills every time i re-read it.

#warrior cats #warriors 20 questions tag

[paleblank]

SSS warrior cats animation turns 10 this year so I wanted to pay a little tribute to it by doing some screenshot redraws. I wanna do some more screen redraws, so if anyone have any suggestion to a fav scene feel free to hmu.

Longtail was my favourite cat from that series (Whitestorm is a close second), he had such a cool design and I prefer his personality in this series than in the books.

#I was gonna put less blood cuz the amount they had is excessive but then again I wanted to at least have the face pretty clsoe to the show #But the bg I did changed a lot to make it look more anime like since the show was so heavily inspired by anime #the later episodes don't have the japanese translation but I thought it was such a cool feature that I added here again #longtail #warriors #wc #my art #sss warriors #sss longtail #blood #screen redraw #sss redraw #sss warriors redraw