A list of problems Xing Zhi has caused by accident:
-almost drowned because he tripped
-got poisoned because he was curious and poking things he shouldn't be
-almost decapitated his gf with her own spear because he was playing around and not paying attention to his surroundings
-engaged his gf to a stranger because he was in a hurry and not paying attention
-showed up late to his gf's battlefield death match and almost ended up going home with her corpse because he's been a recluse for too long and got lost the minute he walked out his front door
Do you have a family tree for DOTC and the ancient tribes around the lake with Hollyleaf/Fallenleaf?
I don't yet. When I finish up my re-read, I'm going to gather ALL of the DOTC cats and start dividing them up into the three cultural groups. After getting them all in bundles, I'm going to whip them up into proper family trees.
If you're asking about canon's family tree... I can make it if you'd like, but I'd just be showing you the ticking timebomb of genetic diversity they set up for themselves. It's all Quiet Rainkin and random forest cats, most introduced after book 3. None of the other settlers had grandchildren and the living children have no mates.
Sun Shadow died.
Lightning Tail died and Acorn Fur was forced into a vow of chastity
None of Turtle Tail's kits have kits; one is in a vow of chastity
There's nothing to "preserve" about the canon tree, unfortunately. It's not really a "tree," it's more like a couple of bubbles with a ton of dead women floating around outside.
For funsies, let me try and remember all the "bubbles" off the top of my head, plus when the characters were introduced
Ravenstar x Juniper Branch (Book 6)
Milkweed x Leaf (Book 5, Book 2, plus existing kits with an unknown mate)
Misty (Book 2; kits have no kits.)
Shadowkin: Tall, Moon, Sun (1, 1, 5, extinct)
Jackdaw's Cry x Hawk Swoop (extinct)
Turtle Tail x Tom the Wifebeater (endangered)
Riverstar x Finch Song (Book 1, super edition)
Wind Runner x Gorse Fur (Moth Flight and Dust Muzzle are born in book 3)
Willow Tail (introduced with a sibling in book 4; extinct)
Shaded Moss was the father of Rainswept Flower (extinct)
Fox and Petal were siblings (Petal raised Misty's children)
I forgot the name of Drizzle's mom and sibling (book 6)
I think there's also a cat called Apple Bottom Jeans or something in Thunderstar's Echo who has a litter, but I can't remember her mate without google. There were also some litters born in Riverstar's Home I can't remember. I barely remember the side books, were there any others born in Shadowstar's Life...?
Here's all the pairings in the Quiet Rainkin family, as contrast;
Quiet Rain x Unknown (4 kits)
Clear Sky x Bright Stream (Died pregnant; gave birth to 2 dead angel fetus children in heaven)
Clear Sky x Storm (Thunder was the only survivor of 3)
Clear Sky x Star Flower (two litters; the first was 3 iirc, the second unknown)
Jagged Peak x Holly (3 kits)
Gray Wing x Slate (3 kits iirc)
Thunder x Violet Dawn (4 kits)
So... bottom line is, something like 50% of births were coming out of the Quiet Rainkin family, and they account for something like 30% of cats with existing family at all.
Personally, I think that's awful in a prequel arc that's supposed to be about ancestors. So I'm going to be making whole families for BB.
quietly sticks small gold star stickers on each and every one of the funny little characters i can’t stop drawing. each sticker says “special little guy” with varying levels of cartoon hearts.
i love nessarose thropp nessa nessie eminent thropp eminence of the east wicked witch of the east bitch of the east my pet my beautiful pet. i need to talk about her, i need asks and dms about her, i need to write and draw her, i need somebody else to write and draw her. she makes me sick
- Will. Sleep. Anywhere. Laundry baskets, boxes, on top of bags of soil, and even in the wheelbarrow. In the summer he’ll just nap on the kitchen floor tiles - the ghouls have to be careful not to trip over him.
- ‘if I fits I sits’ very much applies to him. Will curl as small as possible to fit anywhere. Any empty lap is free game. Is especially amusing when he tries to crawl into copias lap while he’s working: often times though, he’ll sit at his feet under the desk.
- Surprisingly food motivated. Can be swayed by someone saying “I’ll get you a snack if you…” It works everytime.
- Belly rubs are The Shit. You scratch him behind the ears though, and he’s putty in your hands.
- Will play fetch, but only when he’s really restless.
- HATES bathtime but will happily jump into a freezing lake. (Will also shake himself dry, mainly to annoy whoevers standing closest)
- Steals peoples belongings for attention. If he thinks Copias been working too much, he’ll straight up walk into the office, steal the shoes off his feet/his pen/or whatever is easiest before scampering away. Copia pretends to hate it, but loves the distraction.
- You thought Dew was bad for chewing stuff? Mountain has special drumsticks he can’t destroy instantly (it’s a comfort thing). Cumulus gave him one of those chewing necklaces when the urge gets too bad - other times he will sit and gnaw on someone’s arm.
Ok so, let's talk about how many times Jason's died.
There was that one timeline (no idea if it's still canon) where his heart stopped when he was a baby for, like, a minute before they put him in that box thing.
The OG death of course.
His soul was almost absorbed by that dude in a Deadman comic, so death after death?
if we're counting the all caste as canon that's another one, cause it seemed very between life and death to me for the whole ritual bit.
When Batman slit his throat.
Battle for the cowl on the bridge.
That one where there was like and after words issue where Jason's on a ship covered in guns and Roy shoots him out of the sky and he exploded, a thought box said something about not being able to stay dead or not being allowed to be dead.
and then task force z Lazarus resin, which I remember in one run made Tim immortal?? So, we'll see where that goes.
The glory days of streaming are over, now every new show is "only available in the USA if you have these three overpriced service addons, everyone else can Go Fuck Yourselves p.s. piracy is stealing and you will go to hell."
Piracy is a fucking act of revolution at this point.