#foxstride art

[embersoftheforest]

[id= Shimmerpelt, a greying silver-smoke she cat, lays on her side, her paw draped over an unseen ledge. She gazes at the viewer with kind amber eyes. Her toes are curled up beneath her. - Foxstride. /end ID]

She purred as Shimmerpelt nuzzled into her. "Clan is kin. Cats don't always have the same bonds as other cats. You might not have Blackclaw, but you do have me."

endlessly bound to crave approval

#shimmerpelt #riverclan #foxstride art #warrior cats designs #warriors designs #wc design #warrior cats

[addershine]

I posted 396 times in 2022

That's 77 more posts than 2021!

18 posts created (5%)

378 posts reblogged (95%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mallowstep

@troutfur

@foxstride

@aerial-jace

@queerhollyleaf

I tagged 274 of my posts in 2022

Only 31% of my posts had no tags

#art - 172 posts

#objectively correct - 14 posts

#shine a light - 11 posts

#uncaptioned - 7 posts

#i love this - 3 posts

#queue - 3 posts

#memes - 3 posts

#tma - 3 posts

#wc au - 2 posts

#dying over this - 2 posts

Longest Tag: 140 characters

#i don't want to completely derail your post but i do want to say that for the first half of the first sentence i was just like "how can smok

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

Tallstar: ya Firestar had to kill Scourge

Jake: *wild* - it's a small world after all

4 notes - Posted April 25, 2022

#4

alternative to believing Spottedleaf was also in love with Firepaw:

Firepaw was not only meant to be the savior of her Clan, he was also her prophecy. Probably one of if not the first one she had since her mentor died and she was the only medicine cat! Of course she was invested in him succeeding.

8 notes - Posted February 10, 2022

#3

due to personal reasons group agreements I will now be liveblogging my thoughts occasionally apparently

8 notes - Posted February 10, 2022

#2

Summary:

AU where Silverstream lives and becomes leader of RiverClan post-TigerClan. Silverstream is RiverClan's darling, she's Crookedstar's daughter and that was a better time. Moreover, she is the mother of two half-Clan cats. Leopardstar knows the Clan will listen to Silverstream. They won't listen to her.

---

Nightstar looked at her, and she rose to her paws. Her limbs were shaking, but she did it. The leader dipped his head to her. "I wish you luck, Silverstar." "Silverstar! Silverstar!"

This au is not EOTF compliant :D I just was feeling it.

9 notes - Posted February 17, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

okay but @mallowstep What a Shame by Leyla Blue for Goldenflower in a firetiger au.

I don't understand how you got your hands All up on that new mistake

What a shame, baby, what a shame Coulda been with me instead of what's-her-fucking-name? What a shame, baby, what a shame Had a winning hand but you threw away the game Gave you a million chances, don't get no more Can't wait forever, I'm getting bored What a shame, baby, what a shame What a shameYou pay for all her fun, T-Pain on your tongue But I can buy my own damn drink Don't need smoke inside my lungs or liquor in my blood To tell you what the fuck I think

10 notes - Posted February 11, 2022

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[foxstride]

I posted 668 times in 2022

73 posts created (11%)

595 posts reblogged (89%)

Blogs I reblogged the most:

@mallowstep

@foxstride

@aerial-jace

@slugswarriorsdesigns

@embersoftheforest

I tagged 640 of my posts in 2022

Only 4% of my posts had no tags

#wc art - 184 posts

#wc design - 139 posts

#mallowstep - 52 posts

#objectively correct - 43 posts

#what the fox says - 34 posts

#fireheart - 27 posts

#tigerclaw - 25 posts

#wc meme - 24 posts

#wc ship - 23 posts

#wc discourse - 23 posts

Longest Tag: 139 characters

#i will not tag the main tag i will not tag the main tag i will not tag the main tag i will not tag the main tag i will not tag the main tag

My Top Posts in 2022:

#5

re: frecklewish discourse

guys, i know you see Warrior Cats as owned by HarperCollins. but do you really think one of the largest publishing houses in the world is going to care about emails when they have millions of authors, and many more millions of books?

Erin Hunter (the authors AND editors) are part of Working Partners Ltd, aka Coolabi. They're the ones who deal with the official website. They are the ones hiring for the website. They are the ones WRITING the articles. Warrior Cats is one of their franchises.

HarperCollins will not care. As long as books get sold, they will not care, because it is Coolabi's actual franchise right now. Everything being done on the website? Not going to bother HarperCollins. It does not make them money.

Here is Coolabi's website: https://coolabi.com/about-us/

Here is the WarriorCats.com FAQ that specifies who is running it (note the footer too): https://warriorcats.com/contact-us/frequently-asked-questions

Here is the contact email for Working Partners Ltd attached for enquiries: [email protected]

Here is the contact email for Coolabi who own Working Partners Ltd: [email protected]

And just to be clear, Coolabi is also the company behind the Roblox game.

43 notes - Posted January 9, 2022

#4

Introducing... The Warrior Cats Rarepair collection!

@addershine and I have made a rarepair prompt meme collection on AO3 to help create content, especially for ships! As @mallowstep has said, there's a severe lack of romantic fanfiction in the WC fandom and we'd like to encourage others to give it a try!

The collection is dedicated to helping boost rarepairs so shippers have more content and the fandom has more fics to devour.

So what is a rarepair? We're defining a rarepair as a ship with less than 10 works in their canonical relationship (/) tag. You can find more information on the collection page! Adder even made a whole spreadsheet of all current Warrior Cats rarepairs for reference!

If you write fanfiction or create fanart, you can add your fanworks into the collection or claim and fulfill prompts from other people. Anyone (must be signed in) can add a prompt - you're welcome to claim your own as well, and prompts can be fulfilled as many times as people like!

Because it's a celebration of my birthday, every anniversary (13 February) we'll post an overview of the last year, a sort of present to myself and to the fandom that I've been in the longest.

If you have any questions that aren't on the collection's intro or FAQ, please feel free to send either myself or Adder an ask. If you need an invite to join AO3 to participate, you can either sign up for the AO3 waitlist or contact one of us (off-anon) so we can get you an invite - we'll send this in a private ask or DM.

Also if you want prompts for a specific rarepair, send me an ask and I'll personally write a request on there with multiple prompts for you AND others to fulfill!

88 notes - Posted February 14, 2022

#3

Nice work, fandom. Instead of protecting a minor, you harassed them and sent them death threats until they decided to leave Tumblr, further isolating themself.

When a minor is defensive about their relationship, providing support and resources is ideal. You don't tell them they DESERVED to be groomed because they like problematic ships. You don't harass them over and over again with the same messages.

We need more resources available to help minors identify grooming, but we also need to be decent people. That doesn't happen by telling minors that they don't know what's happening to them (it doesn't work - for anything). That doesn't happen by suicide baiting.

Every person involved in the suicide baiting, the harassment, and the blaming of proshipping on a minor who needed SUPPORT - NOT HATE... You are disgusting.

You are the people who need to be removed from the fandom to protect minors. You are the ones who have driven a minor into further isolation.

Start considering how your actions affect people.

114 notes - Posted January 18, 2022

#2

You are 100% valid if you are uncomfortable with shipping certain ships, writing or reading plots, or anything else

Just please remember that your preferences are not the same as others and you cannot impose them on anyone

625 notes - Posted February 16, 2022

My #1 post of 2022

"your fave ship is problematic" yeah, I want to make it worse

"that character is irredeemable" that's why I love them

"how can you even write that" watch me

6,322 notes - Posted February 12, 2022

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[kudossi]

What one fic of yours is a must-read for all your followers? It's cheating if you say Leafstar's Home :P but I also I will accept it - @foxstride

Oh my goodness, Leafstar's Home is more crack than anything! I love it, don't get me wrong, but for a more serious look at my writing, please check out "through the forest, down to your grave." It's a nice conversation between Hollyleaf and Squirrelflight that DEFINITELY doesn't devolve into insecurities, discussion and absolution of murder, and grief.

In all seriousness, I'd love it if you gave it a read! I'm pretty sure it's my only fic that doesn't rely heavily on humor. Thanks so much for the ask!! <3

#hollyleaf #squirrelflight #leafstar's home #foxstride #ao3 #writing #warrior cats #objectively correct #for some reason i typed objectively correct and it decided on 'not art' and i mean i guess that's also true

[mallowstep]

you are braver then any us marine for reblogging firetiger art, bless you 🙏 I hope this fandom turns around and at least comes to an understanding ground with ships one day but I doubt but also hope.

i've drafted out several responses to this: reflections on fandom as a whole & how it's changed in recent years, bad jokes, and frustrations at parasocial relationships, but i think the best thing i can say is,

it was good art, and i wanted it on my blog, and i don't want to contribute to the kind of world where that kind of thing is a big deal

#mine #ask #anon #i appreciate this a lot tho <3 #i got it right after the other ask #and shared it w my friends w the title ''the duality of man'' #i just don't think i can #if i say a lot i say a LOT and i don't really want to #because i think that contributes to the idea that this should be worth saying a lot #but it really shouldn't #i'd show that art to my mom #my mom ships leopard/tiger #because of foxstride's fanart for denouncement #so #like #yeah

[embersoftheforest]

[id= Mosspelt is a blue torbie who stands on her toes, looking up and alongside the viewer. She has a white belly, chest, and muzzle, along with four white paws. Her ears are perked and her blue eyes are wide, the pupils large. Her tail is flicking behind her. - Foxstride. /end id]

Her tail practically tucked between her legs. She'd known. But even knowing the answer didn't prepare her to actually hear it. Shimmerpelt pawed her closer, her tail wrapping firmly around her. The warmth helped settle her. "I love you," the elder said. "Thank you," Mosspaw whispered. "I love you too." It was nice to feel wanted.

endlessly bound to crave approval

#mosspelt #riverclan #warrior cats #wc design #foxstride art #warrior cats designs #warriors designs

[embersoftheforest]

[id= Blackclaw, a large, fluffy silver smoke tom stands regally staring off to one side. His eyes are an even amber color, and one of his ears is torn across the top. - Foxstride /end id]

"You can't pick and choose which kits you look after," Dawnbright growled, turning away from him. "Of course I can," he said, bewildered. "Just tell me--" "I have nothing more to say to you."

chasing mist’s tail

#blackclaw #riverclan #foxstride art #warrior cats #warrior cats designs #wc art

[embersoftheforest]

[ID: A lilac tabby tom with white paws, tail tip, neck, and muzzle. He has amber eyes and is labeled “Cloudrunner”. Artist signature, “Foxstride”. /end ID]

"The Clan leader defines the code, as they do the Clan," Stagleap said. 

 There was a brief silence as the kits tried to work it out. Whitekit was the first to speak. "What does that mean?" Crowfur snorted behind Doespring. 

This time it was Cloudrunner who explained, "The leader leads the Clan, so what they say is part of the code. How a Clan interprets the warrior code depends on our leader."

Into The Wilderness, chapter 4 (Webkit)

#cloudrunner #windclan #foxstride art #itw #wc design #warrior cats art

[embersoftheforest]

[id = Plumclaw: A dark grey cat with green eyes sits with her tail curled over her paws, looking at the viewer. Signed with the artist signature Foxstride. /end id]

"Why do warriors and apprentices have to hunt for the Clan first?" he asked. He didn't understand what Stagleap said. No cat was weak in WindClan! 

 "Because kits and elders and queens can't hunt for ourselves," Plumclaw answered. "We rely on those who can to do it for us." 

 "Kits can! We can catch thistle easy," Webkit insisted. "Every cat can catch their own prey!" 

 Plumclaw purred. "Do you eat thistles?" 

Into the Wilderness, chapter four (Webkit)

#plumclaw #warrior cats fanart #windclan #foxstride art #itw #wc design

[embersoftheforest]

"Kittypets can't be warriors! Once a kittypet, always a kittypet. We don't need another mouth to feed, and that's all he'll be!" yowled another voice. Redtail glanced at Lionheart, and the big tabby leaned down to hiss into Rusty's ear, "There are cats here who will scent your fear and use it against you. Longtail is challenging you. Are you strong enough to prove to him you can be a warrior, or will you let your fear hold you back?" Into The Wilderness, chapter five (Rusty)

[id: A chocolate-brown classic tabby cat with amber eyes. His mouth is open in a hiss. He has a long tail raised up and curling forwards.]

#longtail #wc design #foxstride art #HE TOOK ME THREE HOURS TO DRAW #AND I STILL MANAGED TO FORGET TO GIVE HIM A LONG TAIL #edit looks ok considering tho #itw #i like how he looks like he's wearing eyeliner #is he handsome enough for firepaw to crush on? :P #warrior cats

[embersoftheforest]

"Do you know when a deputy has to be chosen?" Doespring asked. "When... we need a new one?" Runningkit guessed. "Yes," she mewed. "They must be named before moonhigh of that day, so we are never without a deputy for long." "Why moonhigh?" she asked. "So a new day doesn't begin without a deputy." "What if the old leader dies at moonhigh?" Whitekit asked. Even Doespring looked stumped, turning to Deadfoot for help as Webkit added on more questions. "How long does moonhigh last?" he asked, narrowing his eyes. "Or - or what if Tallstar is sick and he misses moonhigh?" "What if the leader and the deputy die?" Runningkit asked. Deadfoot purred at their questions. "If there is a big problem, StarClan will guide us." Into The Wilderness, chapter 4 (Webkit)

[id: A black cat lays on his side. One of his forepaws is twisted up, facing inward and upward to his body. He has pale green eyes and a scar on the same foreleg at his shoulder. He has two torn ears at the tips. The cat is labelled 'Deadfoot' and the image is credited to 'foxstride'.]

#deadfoot #wc design #foxstride art #itw #windclan #wc fanart

[embersoftheforest]

"Well done, Whitekit," purred Yarrowpounce. "I think you'll be able to jump over swooping buzzards!" Pride radiated from Whitekit as she played with the feather. "What about me?" Webkit clamoured for praise. "I think you'll be the most patient hunter in all the Clan," their mother said, much to his upset. On noticing his flattening ears, she added, "That means you'll catch the most prey! Herding rabbits to a waiting ambush is the best way of catching them." He perked up. "I'm going to be the fastest WindClan cat ever," Runningkit declared. Her whiskers twitched. "Right?" "The fastest cat ever seen," agreed Yarrowpounce, blinking proudly at her kits.

Webkit purred and rolled over onto his back, getting feathers stuck in his pelt. "We're going to be the best warriors in all of WindClan!"

Into The Wilderness, chapter four (Webkit)

[ID= Labeled as Yarrowpounce, a grey cat with faint tabby stripes on her head and tail. Her face, belly, and legs are white. She has green eyes. The image is signed with the artist signature “Foxstride”. /end ID]

#yarrowpounce #wc oc #foxstride art #warrior cats #wc design #itw #can't wait for chapter 60 :)

[foxstride]

Sometimes it's the wrong pose. The wrong reference. The wrong technique.

And sometimes it's just the wrong day.

Never give up.

#wc art #foxstride art #stonefur #wc fanart #wc design

[foxstride]

fanart of @warriors-but-cats-die <3

Sprucestar, Iciclesun, Indigostar, and Orangepetal for Mallow! I... am almost definitely going to look back at this one day and go "wow that is so inaccurate" but i did my best. so many points! so many interesting colour combos!

looking forward to the next round!!

#wbcd #foxstride art #warriors-but-cats-die #warrior cats art #wc fanart #wc design #warrior cats oc #wc oc #wc oc art

[embersoftheforest]

A teaser for some kits that will be born during Into the Wilderness - some canon, some original!

[image ID= Four kits are pictured. The first is a dilute tortoiseshell with white paws and green eyes. The second is an orange mackerel tabby with green eyes and a paler orange underbelly. The third is a blue-grey cat with white toes and muzzle, and leaf green eyes. The last kit is a cinnamon classic tabby with umber eyes. There is no indication of who the kits are. The image is signed with the artist signature “Foxstride”. /end ID]

#wc design #wc kit #wc fanart #itw #foxstride art

[embersoftheforest]

"That's against the warrior code," meowed Rowanberry. Into The Wilderness, chapter two (Littlekit)

[id: A ginger (marbled) tabby cat stands front-on, her head tilted and eyes looking off the right. She has amber eyes. Her mouth is slightly parted.]

#rowanberry #shadowclan #wc design #foxstride art #itw #warrior cats