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It's mentioned that Receiving lives is apparently organizing and hurts

What if, upon receiving a life, the leader feels the pain of how exactly they will lose said life.

The searing pain of something hot and hungry, the heavy impact of an unstoppable force, the feeling of your life seeping out.

Vague enough they can't place it in the moment, but they will know when it happens

And the. Some cats feel that same pain, over and over, on every life received...

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they rope collar'd my boy

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happy canon ravenbarley 😸🏳️‍🌈

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star climax that i would personally enjoy: splashtail's got frostpaw pinned in their final confrontation, he's this close to finally killing her, and all of frostpaw's fears culminate and leave her frozen, unable to struggle free. curlfeather, through sheer willpower ignited by this immediate threat to her daughter's life, summons all the energy she can muster to project her image into the physical world, visible to both splash and frost. her sheer fury, her mangled corpse--here, present, clawing her way out of splashtail's dreams and into a waking nightmare, here to drag him down to hell with her--spooks splashtail to the core. this either frightens him so bad he suffers cardiac arrest, or he instantly bolts and abandons the clans forever (for the case where he could be brought back as a villain who is ideally no longer lame). once more, curlfeather saves frostpaw's life, this time from beyond the grave, so great is her love for her daughter. with the image of her bloodied mother burned in her mind, frostpaw's conflicted feelings bubble to the surface, feelings she's desperately forced underneath a layer of anger and resentment. frostpaw faces the truth: that her mother manipulated her for her own gain, but also that her mother loved her, and ultimately cared for frostpaw more than her own life. curlfeather was not entirely good or bad, she was simply just a cat, a flawed one, one capable of both good and bad things. hidden in all of her misdeeds was a cat that could be forgiven--and in turn, frostpaw too could be forgiven, and no longer needs to blame herself for every misfortune that had befallen her and her clan. frostpaw is also just a cat, a child under incredible duress, forced to make decisions that no child should have to make. she thinks of every cat that pushed that responsibility onto her--yes, her mother, but also splashtail, her older clanmates, every clan cat around the lake that turned a blind eye to her desperation. even starclan--her all knowing, benevolent ancestors--had stood by while she suffered, had caused her suffering, had used her not unlike the way curlfeather had. what made them different? why was curlfeather punished by cats who were no better? why was frostpaw punished for doing everything right? what distinction did starclan make between "good" and "bad" when all cats were capable of both, including starclan, in all its alleged, unerring kindness?

frostpaw once again does starclan's bidding, touches her nose to the moonpool and receives her nine lives. with each life, cats flash before her vision--harelight, riverstar, jayclaw--but they aren't the cats she sees. in her mind she sees curlfeather, blood on her paws and love in her eyes, and newly named froststar decides what sort of leader she will be. this is the last time she will follow starclan's path, no more will riverclan be subject to their will and their hypocrisies. relying on starclan is what destroyed them, their ancestors standing idle as riverclan tore itself apart for their favor. no more will riverclan force warriors and apprentices in certain roles, no more will it allow complacency, letting desperate voices go unheard. splashtail rejected starclan, but that is not what drove his bloodthirst and desire for power. under froststar's leadership, power would not solely lie in the paws of her and starclan, but shared among her clanmates, unable to be ripped away by a lone instigator, shattered by a single break in the chain.

maybe she'll be the kind of leader curlfeather wanted to be. maybe she'll be better. either way, froststar will lead riverclan into a golden dawn.

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"I know it hurts to have your Clanmates say mean things about you. But you mustn't listen to whispers. Warriors will always have an opinion. The most important thing is that you did what you thought was right. And you told the truth. In the end, it's lies that tear a Clan apart, not the truth. I wish you had as much faith in yourself as I do." — Dovewing

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yeah i just think they would have some things to work through

(whistlebreeze design by wacadoodles)

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SPOILERS FOR WACA GRAPHIC NOVEL #3 PREVIEW

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RAVENBARLEY CANON RAVENBARLEY CANON

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i will die your daughter

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Long fire for my favorite mutual @msmimundo !!! This one is a real classic lmao.

Personally I do genuinely enjoy Firesand, but I’ve always thought longfire was cute (definitely better then greyfire tbh) so I was really happy to get this prompt!

As for my specific HC’s for these two to me Firestar is a female-leaning bisexual and Longtail is a asexual biromantic! Hence why these two get bi-hearts :3

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Happy month of gay to everyone!!!! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜

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Nurse frostpaw 🌅

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swag

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I have decided to take a trip down memory lane and check out his super edition again.

This long boy is still my favorite character from that series. <3

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I've had a headcanon since the start of ASC that Nightheart keeps getting more orange as he gets older, so I made a timeline of what that would look like

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dovewing should be allowed to beat thunderclan cats with hammers

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An improvement comparison featuring Star Flower

Feb 2021

July 2021

2025:

When I’m feeling down about my art going back and comparing to even last year makes me feel better. Just keep drawing ❤️

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I am going to make the very unfortunate theory ahead of time that they're going to try to push romance between Moonpaw and Goldenpaw.