#park cats

[bonefall]

Reading your post about the DOTC leaders made me wonder - in BB, when does the DOTC naming style shift into the modern naming style? If they're already using modern-style names by the time Windstar's (possible) grandson is leader, that seems pretty quick - unless Cloudberry and Ryewhisker had DOTC-style names originally, and just got called modern-style names later on.

They did originally have DOTC style names! There's going to be more shuffles soon as I move to expand the Forest Cats into a third major cultural group, but I'm planning for all three of these groups to contribute to the naming system.

The older story, which I'm going to be shuffling now, is that two-part names came from Mountain Cats, but the name changes come from Park Cats.

Mountain Cats have a given prefix, and a familial suffix.

Whichever familial suffix the kittens receive is "political." Usually the names are split evenly, so as an example, Jackdaw Cry and Hawk Swoop named one twin Lightning Cry, and the other twin Acorn Swoop, but Clear Sky insisted that ALL of his kittens receive Sky as their familial suffix. Except Thunder Storm, of course, who he disowned.

This stops being used after the collapse of the River Kingdom and the massive conflict that came from the succession crisis. After that, Byyrkabraw, directly translated as "scab-forming" and roughly translated as "nepotism," becomes a taboo to be avoided. Sharing last names with your parents and family took on a bad, biased connotation for several generations.

Thus, the system dies in Clan Culture. However, it persists and evolves in Tribe Culture! Brook's name in BB is Brook Where-It-Swirls, and she shares the last name with her two brothers. They've kept last names, but the last names have gotten longer.

What DOES remain in Clan Culture is that Mountain-descendant cats 'prefer' 2-part names, and like to say the entire thing. It's Mountain culture that creates Clanmew's preference for contractions rather than syllable-shortening.

As an example, for a long name like... Dandelionbreeze, send her back in time to talk to a Park or Forest cat and they'll shorten her name to "Dan" or "Lion" or "Bree." It's the Mountain cat who would call her "Danzy," which becomes part of being 'polite' in Clanmew name shortenings.

Park Cats are born "nameless," and earn names as they grow.

It's PARK culture that was so centralized and ceremonial, with kings and a clearer hierarchy. As kits, they're just called by a characteristic trait. The Biggest One, Little Ears, Ginger. Their first real name is given when they're assigned as an apprentice, and they become [Mentor's Nickname] [Dominant Paw].

So as an example, because the prince is always mentored by their father and the king at the time was Arc-of-Park, Riverstar's very first name was Arc's Paw.

Once they're fully trained, they can earn titles. On average, a cat will earn two or three of these in their lifetime, discounting outliers like Titles Georg. These are three words or less, and usually reference strengths and achievements. Willow Flayed Bare, Slate Keeper, The Wind Runner.

These titles are made official by the King, which is where Warrior Name changes originally stem from.

In a situation where Park Cats have left their kingdom, they will turn towards the cat they recognize as an authority to make these name changes. In WindCo, either the "parriarch" of a homestead would bestow these names, or The Wind Runner herself. Thunder Storm began doing it on request, as the Park Cats who joined his cause wanted their names to come from him.

It's not seen as "appropriate" for a cat to name themself... but there are rebellious cats, who may forge their own titles, if they're willing to eat the social implications.

River's Ripple was quite independent. He came up with his own name, and then asked his papa to make the name official. King Arc of Park argued with him a lot about this, especially because the name he chose sounded a lot like an apprentice's title, and only caved in when he realizes there would be a MASSIVE scandal if it looked like his prince would willingly bypass the will of his father entirely.

(The Wind Runner's name was "crowdsourced." She didn't give it to herself; that's what WindCo calls her.)

Forest Cat names...

So there's the two-parts from the Mountain cats, and the name changes from the Park cats... and now I'm trying to work in a third element here, which I'm still trying to figure out.

I'm thinking of putting ranks into their names, since I'm starting with a given that Slash/Shai/Silverpelt is their leader. Maybe have it so that the name the Park/Mountain cats call him is "Slashes" in reference to his leg markings, but his real name is Silver-Star, with all of his cats just referring to him as his rank, Silver (formally) or his given name, Star (informally)

(Over time his name is going to become Silverpelt. They believe that he became heaven itself. Ssoen becomes Clanmew's opening particle for omnipotent knowledge, Star becoming the leader suffix.)

Then make it so that his followers follow the Rank-Given name system. So there's Claw-Milkweed, her daughter Kit-Bramble, a good hunter might be Whisker-Violet. So, over a very short number of generations, both the Forest Cat and Park Cat naming systems start to meld, since it's not all that different.

ALSO NOTEWORTHY: The Wind Coalition was more mixed with Forest Cats than the River Kingdom was. So the Park/Forest name schemes beginning to mix together would be beginning up on the Moor, while there would be more Mountain/Forest mixing happening in Thunder's Clan.

This is a WIP section btw, these guys are still extremely new.

Anyway, skip forward a few generations

Cloudberry's and Ryewhisker's names aren't the ones they had in life. The were active 25-ish years after DOTC, after the collapse of the River Kingdom when things had begun to "settle down."

With the Law of the Deputy, Commandment 3, WindCo and River Kingdom are now Clans. They operate with a Leader and a Deputy.

In-canon, Cloudberry is the daughter of the RiverClan leader, Emberstar. I'm not sure if that's going to remain; because I still haven't chosen who Riverstar's successor is. The Law of Loyalty is Commandment 4 and I'm committed to Duststar of WindClan being alive and in a position of power during the succession crisis.

It could be that Cloudberry's father is Riverstar's successor, OR I swap Ryewhisker to be Duststar's son/grandson instead and include a small detail that Duststar feels a need to prove he's NOT being biased in favor of his dead descendant by forcing this commandment through.

Maybe both, that could be fun. Romeow and Mewliet type thing. Two Clans, alike in their digkitty.

Anyway, point being, Cloudberry is from Park Cat culture as a member of RiverClan, which was heavily influenced by some pretty open travel between the groups under Riverstar's rule. The modern naming system was coming together, as cats of these three cultures mixed, but it wasn't quite there yet. So Cloudberry probably had a full title, while Ryewhisker had a title and a rank.

It might even be a translation quirk. Cloudberry is also called "knout," and it's a red-orange fruit that comes to be heavily valued in the Clans. Knout Berry Keeper, which is only remembered as Knout-Berry, written as Cloudberry.

(It would be cute if the direct translation was Cloudberry Cloud.)

For Ryewhisker, the most I know with him is that he's somehow related to the guy who invents Tunnelbuns, or at LEAST some kind of inventive contributor (such as a person who invents bread). He gets his name from that-- Rye is one of the most easily accessible grains.

I haven't nailed their names down yet, since by the modern era, they're known as Cloudberry and Ryewhisker. But they did actually have different names, which have changed over the years.

They also didn't speak Modern Clanmew, their native tongue was actually the border between the Mountain/Park/Forest pidgin and the creole language that would soon be born! A linguist might describe it as Ancient Clanmew.

#BB!DOTC #Better bones au #BB!Cloudberry #BB!Ryewhisker #Clan History #Park Cats #I think it's one of the most interesting periods in Clan history. Though unfortunately won't get a lot of spotlight #Since BB is still a rewrite project at the end of the day #And all of that is like... loosely based on COTC (my beloved) but also full of original content #I once made a joke about Cloudberry opening her mouth and olde english tumbling out #Dark: ''hey cloudberry hows it hangin'' #Cloudberry: Cnut cyning gret his arcebiscopas and his leod-biscopas and Þurcyl eorl and ealle his eorlas and ealne his þeodscype #Dark: *clicks tongue* ''i see''

[silverfrostofriverclan]

Some Nightheart and Wafflepaw fan-art! Tbh I knew that (Spoiler) Wafflepaw was going to want to stay in ThunderClan even before I read Wind. And I also knew that Wasp would either move to RiverClan or go back to the park. Also I think Icewing will become Icestar bc of the vision that bee told Nightheart abt at the park when he was standing on ice and the river was ice. Anyway this took me 1hr and 30min so I do hope you like it.

#warrior cats #cat #digital art #procreate #warriorcats #warrior cat fanart #warrior cats art #warrior #thunderclan #Parkcats #park cats #wafflepaw #Nightheart #Wind #ASC #a starless clan #book 5 #Nightheart fan art #Wafflepaw fan art

[brockitty-goober]

results are in for our riverclan leader!

Frostpaw wins with 37.1.

Nightheart gets second place with 12.4.

and in third place, a tie between one of the park cats and someone else I didn’t include!

Icewing and Mothwing were two other options I got to hear about!

Honorable mentions:

splashtail (10.1)

reedwhisker (7.9)

in last place, we have tigerstar with 1.1%. It was a while until any vote for him showed up at all! (Not very surprising..)

And finally, Sunbeam with 3.4 and Duskfur with 5.6.

who else would you have voted for? Who didn’t I include? Would love to hear from you!!

#polls polls polls #polls are fun #fandom polls #warrior cats #warriors #erin hunter warriors #nightheart #sunbeam #a starless clan #frostpaw #duskfur #splashtail #tigerstar #Park cats #reedwhisker #mothwing #icewing #riverclan

[magnusthepuppet]

saw this headcanon on another post and i had to draw it.

…it was also an excuse for me to draw waffles…

#he’s such a loser /pos #also ignore the fucked up looking ghost in the last panel #i don’t know how to draw cats #this is the first time i’ve drawn any time skip toh characters #i really love their designs #gus is so cool 😎 #toh spoliers #cw spoilers #hunter toh #hunter deamonne #hunter deamonne clawthorne noceda whispers blight park #gus porter #gus toh #the owl house #the owl house timeskip

[florealegiardini]

Cherry Blossom kitty Luna ~ Runa05_20

#Miss Luna #Cats #Flower girl #Pets #peach blossoms #Flowering Trees #Park #Cottagecore #Cottagecoreedit #my edit #Floral queue 💐

[sukalaap]

Here's what is technically based around my Warriors AU where Scourge & Firestar grew in the same household, but with a more... "furry" aura that is reminiscent of a certain era.

Also the second time I draw my own version of a webcomic, this time being Bjenny Montero's. The Cat Evanescence poster was painted by @saladmandere.

Let's hope cool edgy big bro will let lil' fire bro play "Byakuya" (True Light) on the radio, afterwards.

#warriors cats #comic #cartoon #parody #cute #anime #nostalgia #edgy #fandom #sss warrior cats #flightfootwarrior #radio #2010s #2000s #tigerstar #linkin park #mcr #breaking benjamin #three days grace #posters

[lowpolyanimals]

Mr. Kitty from South Park Rally

#mr kitty #cat #South Park Rally

[potatobugz]

ITS JUST. ALL CREEK

im glad we can all agree that Craig approaching Thomas in "Le Petit Tourette" and asking him if he could do his laundry was very gay

#south park #sp #craig tucker #tweek tweak #creek #sp creek #super craig #wonder tweek #sp thomas #thomas le petit tourette #thats just his last name to me #i have been using ao3 more lately and whenever ppl tag him they say 'Thomas (le petit tourette)' #cuz they dont tell us his last name & thats the only episode he appears in #but hes kinda funny #him teaming up w kyle to get back at cartman was very fun. underrated character #trying to make tweek more... skrunkly. in my art #hes like a wet rag to me #places him in the bathtub and he gets all crinkly like a sopping wet cat #does thag make sense. #im really getting better at form and shapes its maling me really happy #ALSO CONTINUING MY TRADITION OF DRAWING SHIP ART OF TWO CHARACTERS JUST STANDING ON TOP OF EACHOTHER #LIKE LEGO BRICKS #i do this for almodt everything i hyperfixate on its very important #potatart

[morhido]

what is wrong with all of them

#WHY ARE THEY ALL FERAL CATS #i think hunter would be the only one in the hexsquad who's never bitten someone ngl #amity has DEFINITELY bitten her siblings before #like not even just as a toddler. once when she was 17 emira kept trying to steal her scroll so she bit her finger hard enough to bruise #(if any irls are reading this IM SORRY I BIT [redacted] WHEN SHE TRIED TO TAKE MY PHONE THAT ONE TIME) #toh #the owl house #toh willow #willow park #toh luz #luz noceda #toh gus #gus porter #gekkering

[clowfish]

am I the only one who was stuck watching those eggshell peeling livestreams on tiktok that they NEVER peeled all the way

#I lied one time I watched one for hours just to see if they would ever finish it #they finally did and it was the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen in my entire life #they wrote ‘d-boy’ on it then gave it a crown and put it on a throne THEN a started role playing the egg with taxidermied cats?? #actually never recovered from that and I never watched another one again #kyle broflovski #south park #sp #sp fanart #south park fanart #ike broflovski #fish art #is this too niche

[ginkgocrown]

you could call it a life raft

#vero art #one piece #nami #cat burglar nami #once again I am thinking about Arlong park

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

Have some lion cubs from Lincoln Park Zoo last spring. Amazing to think these boys must be almost full-sized cats by now!

Their names are Pesho, Sidai, and Lomelok. Anyone able to ID who is who in the photos for me? They're pictured here with mother Zari and father Jabari.

I always love it when zoos choose to find culturally relevant names for their animals (aka not using babynames.com) and these boys are a lovely example of doing it right. According to the announcement by the zoo, "the cubs were named in partnership with several Ilchokuti (Ill-cho-koo-tee) or 'lion guardians' who are Maasai community members that work in Tanzania alongside Lincoln Park Zoo’s partner, KopeLion." They're named in the Maa language: "Pesho translates to an unexpected gift, while Sidai, means good like 'good food' or 'good lion' and Lomelok means sweet."

#lions #lion cubs #zoo animals #appropriate zoo animal naming conventions #zoo photography #big cat #big cats #lincoln park zoo #zoo industry #unproblematic cute #my photography

[misticfog]

Regarding recently seen discussions about Harvey's reaction to Willow dating Hunter:

Bonus:

#the owl house #toh #toh meme #huntlow #hunter toh #harvey park #gilbert park #camilla noceda #luz coming home with her traumatized friends after witnessing a genocide attempt and introducing one of them as her girlfriend the next day #vs willow showing her parents her wet cat of an 'advanced friend' while they're still cleaning up after the apocalypse #their parents would get along well #they're all equally confused by their kids shenanigans

[atomikats]

oh nami

#one piece #nami #nami one piece #cat burglar nami #arlong park #ワンピース #one piece fanart #nami fanart #anime #my art #digital art

[mediumsizedpidegon]

Another avenue I want to explore in an Amity Park is Weird scenario is all the niche sub-cultures going on.

There is absolutely NO WAY there isn't a thriving goth community in Amity Park. They're holding picnics every full moon. They're holding crafting sessions in their friends' basements. They're adopting ghost animals left and right: eight-legged dogs and blob-cats, skeletal fish and neon bearded dragons.

There's a young man called Raphael who performs live music every week at a dance club with his band: he's got a myriad of shiny piercings, and a phone camera roll full of his rabbits, Morningstar and Salem. Perhaps those ghosts are bad business like the Fentons say, but the club's never felt more alive.

The scene and emo kids are multiplying at a rapid rate. The punks and grunge folks are doing shit with textiles that makes every quilting grandmother in a five mile radius swoop in to pass on their skills. Josie and Betty, old friends who periodically upload photos online of their handmade lace, suddenly gain an influx of young folks who want to learn how to make their own ghoulish patterns.

There's a new group peeling off from the goths that dress like the embodiment of Halloween– all bones, pumpkin orange and lengths of costume jewelry.

The historical costuming community is alive and well in these times, and they fall upon the few ghosts from times past willing to share knowledge like starving wolves. Their minds are full of patterning-math and fabric prices, and their excitement is, quite literally, infectious.

A revolution starts up in food service: a great many restaurants closed or moved to follow the many people who left Amity after the ghosts first came. A pair of brothers open a restaurant that has the best Polish food around: people politely don't comment on how the owners are dressed in clothes a century out of date or how their eyes gleam. Two cat cafes open, one space themed and another with loose definitions of what counts as a "cat." Assorted coffee and tea shops dot the landscape: some serve donuts, some have cupcakes, and others have breakfast wraps, sandwiches or savory hand pies.

People that can't afford to open a restaurant sell food out of their homes, advertised by cardboard signs with phrases like CAKES FOR $10, and BARBEQUE RIBS FOR SALE painted on them in gigantic bright letters. High school students bring in bags of cookies they made the night before and completely sell out of stock before the day is done. One woman's house has no signage and yet is known by word of mouth to be a herbalist, selling tins of homemade tea blends, flowers, assorted plant clippings, and cough drops.

Someone down the street of Casper High sells small batches of eco-friendly soap at a nearby corner store.

During summer time, lemonade stands are everywhere. Some of the lemonade is made with the strange fruits from one of the parks: no one dies, so it's fine.

The Farmer's Market has gotten... intense.

#amity park is weird #danny phantom #dp #amity park #i love wordbuilding :)) #i didn't mention it but i think Josie the lacemaker dies only a year after the ghost shit starts happening and becomes a ghost herself. #The Drs. Fentons don't notice :) #however they would notice the Ghost Pets so there's a town-wide conspiracy to keep them in the dark about it/keep them away #sorry Drs. Fenton but Snuggles the Nightmare Ghost Cat is beloved by all. you're not going to catch her #my posts

[pineappleciders]

#creek sp #sp creek #south park #craig tucker #tweek tweak #sp cats #sp fanart #sp fandom #sp ships #south park fanart #creek south park #craig x tweek #tweek x craig #sp craig #craig sp #tweek sp #sp tweek #pineappleciders