#look at them <33 my blorbos in a poll together

[original-cat-showdown]

ROUND 1 POLL 19

Torchflame (@kratt09 / @torchflame) vs Tumbledown (@sugarsprinkles)

Torchflame

She/They

(design credit: @almighty-shortest)

A dark muted blue warrior cat with asymmetrical orange and red markings resembling flames. She is one of the three main blorbos rotating in my mind and is everything to me <33

Tumbledown

she/they

Tumbledown is a Warriors OC who was found alone as a kit and brought into a clan. They have always been withdrawn, dreamy, and strange, looking at the world in their own particular way that their clanmates can't always keep up with. They love hearing other cats' ideas and ways of thinking, but they aren't eager to change their own ways just because other cats think they should.

Unfortunately, Tumbledown came of age during a fierce war between the clans, and the death they witnessed around them shook them deeply. Although they'd always been lazy and reluctant about their battle training, they began putting all their energy into becoming as strong as they could. She was a coward who ran from battle at every opportunity, but she was sure that if she was attacked, she would be able to defend herself.

As the war wore on, Tumbledown became close with the clan's healer. Healers are forbidden from being in relationships, but the two of them fell in love anyway. As the war came to an end, Tumbledown was relieved, and began to hope that they could have a happy life with their mate, who might one day give up his life as a healer to be with her openly and raise a family together. This would never come to pass, as her mate never came home one night while travelling alone to fulfill the religious duties of a clan healer. He was found dead, with his wounds making it clear that he had been killed by another cat.

Tumbledown blames the clan they were at war with for this death, despite having no real evidence to support this. Where they once cowered in fear, their feelings have twisted into spite and anger at the cats who took their mate from them. They grow increasingly violence and reckless, greatly concerning their clanmates. To make matters worse, they've revealed the nature of their relationship with the deceased healer, and now claim that they have a right to be chosen as the next healer of the clan as a way to carry on their mate's legacy, despite their lack of personal connection with the clan's religion.

Tumbledown is all fucked up in her little heart and brain and for this you must support her.

#original cat showdown #ocs Torchflame #ocs Tumbledown #tournament poll