#(this is apprentice whitewing)

[weekly-whitewing]

WHITEWING EVERY WEEK NR 29

Aaand! Two page comic! That is actually a vent in disguise!

The next page will come next week :] Originally I was gonna finish both this week but that is NOT happening. You'll get a bonus Whitewing next week anyways!

Mental health is important and I will project onto a small white kitty and you cannot stop me

[angsttronaut]

one of the weird things about life expectancies in warrior cats stretching out as the series goes on is that lionblaze is 8 years old with adult grandchildren and showing no signs of age or even retiring, while yellowfang was depicted as old af when she died at the age of 8.

[prismjiinx]

No one is willing to be honest with me

Will you be honest? Will you confide in me?

[morningmask27]

Hawkfrost X Whitewing?

WhiteHawk three au. Birchfall pulled a Thrushpelt. Ivy is the actual third, and a bio whitebirch kid. (Yeah plant 3 with neglected bird sister this time <3)

Fennelrush (Lionblaze) is strong and stubborn and a great fighter. He still has his canon powers and he's not going lightly with them. He definitely has killed a few cats accidentally during fights. He's a meathead, but in Very Rare occasions he makes a good decision. He has anger issues though. 

Flaxroot (Jayfeather) still blind. They're smart and cunning and have a position between warrior and healer. They do patrols and hunt and have trained as a warrior apprentice, but since fights are slightly too much for them they usually (read Usually) avoid participating in them. They also have a huge knowledge of herbs and are thus a sort of extra healer for the clan. They still have their canon powers and they don't use them sparingly.

Falconstrike (Hollyleaf) is the one training in the dark forest. Falcon is obsessed by the code. She wants to be the strongest warrior of the clan too, she wants to be a respected warrior and maybe even leader, who knows, it's an interesting position. She's also very motivated by the kin of tour kin prophecy, she's special, guys, she's special! Right? She trains with Hawkfrost because he promised her the keys to becoming a strong and respected warrior. 

White has her kits right after Hawkfrost died. She's having a mental breakdown when Birchpaw finds her and after Whitepaw explains the situation, this young kiddo proves how he has a heart of gold by suggesting he pulls a Thrushpelt and say he's the father of the kits. White accepts and yeah. Some cats still judge them for their "accident" bit it's better than half clan prejudice. White and Birch raise the kits together and the two start to become quite closer romantically. When the three are nearly warrior aged White is expecting kits again, this time from Birchfall. These are Dovewing and Ivypool. 

While the three are apprentices, Flax, like in canon learns of the kin of you kin prophecy. Flax understands quickly it talks about them and their siblings. Falcon tries very hard to find her power, but fails to do so. 

The three are amazing older siblings to Dovekit and Ivykit, but one night Falcon overhears White and Birch argue over if they should ever tell the three that Birch isn't their bio dad. White doesn't want to tell them, but Birch kinda does want to. Falcon is very shocked by that and then her dark forest mentor, Hawkfrost, taunts her, making her go mad. She's angry and confronts White and Birch in presence of Flax and Fennel. The two brothers are horrified. White confesses to everything, the three are furious. 

Falcon also fully learns that she isn't a part of the prophecy, but Ivykit is. Having inherited Dovewing's canon power. This makes Falcon become even angrier and she threatens Dovekit and Ivykit to punish White. (keep in mind Dove and Ivy are about 4 moons at that point and realize very well what's going on). Eventually she breaks and runs off. 

"little" drabble of the story, all in Whitewing's PoV.

I knew I should never have hung out with Hawkfrost. I knew he was a terrible cat and he didn't care about me, but he was the only cat I felt free around. My parents are amazing, but I have to be perfect around them, and they had their own problems in their relationship then and I didn't want to be involved. Hawkfrost gave me a way to escape the situation. He was funny and witty and never coddled me. He challenged me and laughed when he lost, he complimented me. Most cats in ThunderClan did, but these felt real, realer than any repetitive statement about a good catch by a clanmate, even though I knew he didn't feel anything for me. 

I knew things would go wrong. I was still a -paw. Not that I was too young, I was barely a few moons younger than Hawkfrost, but the destruction of the forest had delayed my warrior ceremony and then, I decided to wait until Birchpaw was ready too, to not leave him alone in the apprentices den like I had been. That status of -paw did definitely make things complicated when I discovered it. 

It was shortly after Hawkfrost had been found dead by the border, a foxtrap bored through his neck. I had to pretend very hard it didn't affect me. Why would it? He was a cat from an enemy clan, why would I be sad about his death? I felt sick. I had trouble doing my work because of how weird my belly felt. I thought it was because I mourned him. 

I would have never thought it was because I was expecting kits. Leafpool was surprised, but I was horrified. I quickly escaped the den after begging Leafpool to not tell anyone. I ran into the forest and found a quiet spot. I began crying. I couldn't believe how badly those meeting with Hawkfrost ended. I knew it was him, I wasn't close to any other cat, but I still somehow hoped it wasn't. 

StarClan must have heard me and felt pity because Birchpaw found me. Usually he can't find a mouse when it's right in front of him, so StarClan must have definitely sent him my way. He saw my tears and became worried. And asked what was wrong. I like Birchpaw, but I wasn't about to tell him what I had just learned, but he kept on asking. He wanted to know if I at least could tell someone, which I knew I couldn't, so I began crying again. 

He silently pressed himself against me and let me cry. When I had ran out of tears he asked if I was ok again. I wanted to stracht his ears of, but his worried eyes made me decide to keep that for another time. He waited in silence for a response. I felt doubt tugging at me, but I told him anyway. I told him everything. From my parents to the meetings with Hawkfrost and the kits I was expecting now. I broke down crying twice while explaining everything and wondered why he was still there. 

When I was done he silently nodded. I had never seen him so contemplative as that day. He was deep in his thoughts for a few heartbeats before looking at me. Determination visible in his eyes. 

"We can say the kits are mine." 

I was taken aback by what he had just said. 

"It would still be awkward to explain, but at least some of the problems would be fixed, right? If the clan knows both parents, they're less likely to be prying." 

I had honestly underestimated how smart Birchpaw could be sometimes. I thought about it for a very short moment. It was the most sensible option. The kits would be treated as fully clanborn kits and everything would be fine, but I needed to be sure about one thing. 

"Would you genuinely be ok to be called the father of kits that aren't yours?" I needed to know. It all depended on him. If he was ready for this charade I'd go along, but he would have to play along. 

"Yes, and I'd even love to be involved in taking care of them if you're ok with that." 

He looked at me with such kindness. I then knew I had found a cat I should treasure. 

—

"What do you think about Flaxkit for the white and cream kit?" He asked me. I nodded with a smile. 

"It fits them." I answered. I then looked at the gray and white kit. It looked like it'd be a strong cat. 

"Would Fennelkit suit the gray and white kit?" I asked. Birchpaw had jokingly suggested having a theme for their names, but I liked the idea. 

"It is beautiful." He answered, adorating brimming from his eyes. 

"Then Fennelkit it is." I affirmed. We stayed silent for a while. Neither of us really daring to say anything about the brown and white kit. I had seen the faces my parents had made when they saw it, I had seen Firestar himself flinch. I know brambleclaw looks a lot like his father and I know that kit looks like brambleclaw a bit. All that didn't change the fact this kit needed a name. 

"Is Falconkit too close?" Birchpaw softly asked. I looked at my kit. This brown and white kit that had an uncanny ressemblance to one of the most feared and hated cats, whose son had fathered these kits. 

"Falconkit would definitely suit them." I agreed. It would just be a name, nothing more. Their brown fur could be explained by Dustpelt, it was going to be fine. The kits would be fine. 

—

"You know I can also stay in the nursery." I said. I looked at Birchfall, who had just recently gotten his name. I had gotten mine as soon as the clan knew I was expecting. It was mostly to not have a -paw in the nursery, but it was still very awkward. The clan had looked at me so weirdly. I didn't dare to look anyone in the eye that day and nowadays it's still hard sometimes. 

"It's fine- oomph-" he was cut short by Fennelkit and Falconkit running into him. The three kits were growing every day. They were definitely going to become strong and big cats. 

"As I said," Birchfall began after extirping himself from the two kits, "I like spending time here with the kits." I smiled again as I watched Flaxkit jump on Fennelkit's back. The two rolled until they hit my paws. They looked up and smiled at me. I smiled back and helped Fennelkit on his paws. 

"Thanks mama." He mewed. 

"If you're so sure." I answered. I couldn't help but smile as the kits swarmed him again. 

"We got papa!" Flaxkit yelled. 

—

I felt weird again. I thought I recognized the feeling from somewhere, so I went to ask Leafpool and Honeypaw about it. I was pregnant again. This time I was surprised, but also so happy. 

Birchfall and I had been growing closer since we raised Flaxpaw, Fennelpaw and Falconpaw together. They have grown up so well and I'm very proud of them, but I was also excatic about the idea of having kits with Birchfall. I knew they'd grown up wonderfully too. 

—

"We can't keep it a secret from them eternally" Birchfall stated. I felt my fur bristle. 

"We raised them together to protect them from having to know it." I argued back. 

"I had suggested this to protect them from the Clan judging them, I never thought you'd also want the kits not to know the truth." Birchfall lashed his tail as he spoke. I cringed unintentionally. What if they don't take it well? What if they hate us for having kept this a secret for so long? What if they want to learn more about Hawkfrost? I surely can't give them more details, but he definitely isn't a good cat? How would they feel of they learned that? I kept wondering. Birchfall looked at me expectantly, waiting for an answer. 

I shook my head. "Sorry Birchfall. I don't think it'd be a good idea. They might want to know who their father is and become angry." 

"What? Do you mean I would not be their father if they learned the truth?" He tensed up, his claws flexing repetitively. 

"No, you wait, that's not what I meant-" I tried to reason, but he was already walking away. 

"I'll be taking care of my kits if you need me." He said. 

I stood there and watched him leave. I heard some faint rusting from behind me, but I only looked in front of me, to where Birchfall had left. 

What have I done?

—

"Tell us who it is!" Falconstrike yelled. She had her fur fully bristled out in anger as she looked at me. I couldn't more, not only because my kits were looking at me, but because I knew I had to say something. 

"Tell us, now. Tells us who our father is!" She approached her face scarily close to mine, snarling from disgust as she looked me in the eyes. 

"Falcon, I-" I stammered. How could I explain this without hurting them? How could I feasibly explain that their father is dead and from another clan?

"What do you mean from another Clan?" Flaxroot asked incredulously. They stared right at me. Fennelrush and Falconstrike looked horrified. 

"Uh, yes. Your birthfather isn't Birchfall. He raised you and loves you three so much, but his blood isn't in your veins." I began explaining. 

"Then who is it?" Fennelrush asked. He looks so much like Hawkfrost when he thinks like that. 

"You weren't going to tell us our dad is Hawkfrost, right?" Flaxroot exclaimed. Their eyes were wide. How can they know all those things? I took a deep breath. 

"Yes, your dad is Hawkfrost, but he has nothing to do with you three. You are still my and Birchfall's kits. We love you. We didn't tell you to protect you from how the clan would react." I pleaded. 

"How could you love is if you lied to us all our life? We didn't even know who we are!" Flaxroot snided. 

Falconstrike growled. "you lied to us. You broke the code and we are born from a crime and you never told us. We should have never been born, but you should have never even been allowed to approach us." She approached me again, slowly and with her claws out. She growled again and lifted a paw to hit me. 

Fennelrush pushed himself between us. "Falcon, don't do this!" Falconstrike's hit deflected weirdly. Not hurting Fennelrush at all. She landed clumsily on the ground. "she might have lied to us, but you can't just attack her like that." He stood in front of me, but mostly paid attention to Falconstrike. She glared back at him and growled. He didn't move until she stood up and didn't make another attempt at attacking. 

I watched horrified as my kits fought each other because of me. I never wanted any of this to happen to them, why couldn't they just live a happy life? 

— 

"I can hear a cat yelling." Ivykit said. I worried a lot about her lately. She often heard things that no-one else could and loud sounds overwhelmed her terribly. 

"They're in need of help!" She yelped. "We need to go find them!" She looked at me desperately. 

"Sweetie, are you sure you heard things right?" I asked, hoping she'd tell me it was a lie or something. 

"No, mama, this cat needs help!" She stubbornly responded. She looked a bit further away and saw Flaxroot passing by. 

"Flaxroot! Flaxroot! Please, I need help to help a cat!" They stopped in their tracks as Ivykit ran to them. I followed her hesitantly. I knew they were still angry at me and I didn't want to make things worse. I prepared to scoot Ivykit away, but Flaxroot asked Ivykit. 

"What do you mean by a cat needs help?" They looked at her. 

"A cat in the first is yelling in pain, we need to help them!" She responded hurriedly. 

"Ivykit, please-" I tried to keep Ivykit from bothering her sibling. 

"No, you, stop." Flaxroot snapped at me. I shut my mouth immediately and looked at what was happening. 

"Tell me more about that cat, Ivykit." Flaxroot gently nudged her. 

She stood confidently. "a cat in the forest needs help. They are in pain, we need to save them." 

"Do you know who that cat is or where they are?" Flaxroot asked. 

"I- uh. I can hear water not too far from them?" She tried. 

Flaxroot narrowed their eyes while Ivykit was lost in her thoughts. At this point a patrol emerged from the entrance. 

"We need a healer!" Brackenfur yelled, "a WindClan cat, Heathertail, got attacked by a fox by the stream and no-one knows where Kestrelflight is!"

Flaxroot immediately turned their head towards the patrol. "Leafpool and Honeypaw are out gathering herbs, but I can grab some and go with you." 

Brackenfur hurriedly nodded. "yes, please, she's been at the stream for a while, I don't know how long she still has if her wounds aren't treated soon." 

Flaxroot nodded. Before they went to the healers'den they turned their head to Ivykit again. "We will be talking again after this is done, okay?" 

Ivykit happily agreed. 

—

"Falconstrike, no-" I exclaimed. I tried to get closer to where she was standing with Dovekit and Ivykit, but when I tried she just pressed her claws deeper in Ivykit's fur. Ivykit let out a pained squeak. 

"Don't. Come. Closer." Falconstrike slowly threatened. I obeyed her, but kept my eyes focussed on Ivykit and Dovekit. Dovekit was cowering from behind Falconstrike's legs and Ivykit was pinned on the ground by one of Falconstrike's paws. 

"Please, Falconstrike, why are you hurting your siblings?" I asked. I hoped it at least make her reconsider, but she just spat at me. 

"Those aren't my siblings, I don't have the same blood. Because of you!" She yelled. The two kits peeped in fear from Falconstrike's anger. "you broke the code and that caused us, and then you believe you can just have better kits after that? These kits don't deserve to live, just like we shouldn't have been born!" She yelled.

"Falconstrike, this isn't true. Please, don't take out your anger on these kits, they are innocent. If you need to punish someone, it's me. Hurt me if you need to, but leave the kits out of this." I bowed my head down. Please let this work, please, Falcon let the kits go. Falconstrike looked hesitantly between me and the kits. She didn't move and furrowed her brows. 

Ivykit let out a small cry while she was thinking and Falconstrike broke out of her thoughs. "oh, shut it, you worthless kit!" She hit Ivykit on the face. Ivykit yelled out in pain and covered her face as well as she could with her paws. I briefly saw red, this was too much. I sprang on Falconstrike, pushing her off Ivykit. Dovekit ran to her sister and dragged her away, out of me and Falconstrike's path. 

We rolled over the forest ground until I had her pinned under me. She struggled to escape, but I had more experience and kept her stuck on the ground. She eventually gave up after a long struggle. 

She let herself go limp. "come on then, finish this. You brougt me here, so now finish me." She blankly said. I stared at her in pure horror. How could I ever hurt her? She's my kit and I love her. 

I let her go as I said: "Falconstrike, you are my kit. I can't kill you, I love you too much for that, no matter what happened." 

She stood up and glared at me. "No matter who my father is, huh? Is that why you replaced me and my siblings by these two worthless spawns?" She raised her voice again. "I- I-" her voice broke. She fought back against tears as she looked at me. I tried to comfort her, but she pulled away from me. "don't touch me!" She yelled. She took a step back and then turned around. She ran off. I watched her leave. When I knew she was gone I slowly turned around to find Dovekit and Ivykit. They need me right now. But so does Falconstrike. How could I mess this up so badly?

[afalconfromalcyoneus]

Brindleface & her evil, attempted murderer ex-husband Darkstripe Family Tree <3

More info below ↓

Name Changes:

- Robinwing → Robinheart. There are way too many characters with the name Robinwing, I NEEDED to change her name.

- That's it. I didn't feel the need to change any of the other names.

Other Changes:

- I changed Robinheart's appearance. I don't think I've done that this drastically, but Robinheart inspired me. I made her look more like a European Robin (specifically this one ↓)

(don't kill me if this isn't a European Robin)

- Fuzzypelt is no longer Brindleface's father in this. I still would want him to be Dustpelt and Ravenpaw'd father, but I don't want him to be Brindle's. Btw Frostfur is still Brindleface's sister I just didn't show her here.

- I changed Darkstripe's eye color to blue because shut up I wanted to get off my a** (His eyes do look an awful lot like Ashfur's, don't they?)

- Snowkit lives! I really really REALLY hate Fern×Dust for....reasons that would be obvious to anyone who read the first Arc. Anyway. In this Au Cinderpelt saved him from the Hawk. Brackenfur was his mentor! He became a warrior at a similar time as Brambleclaw (since they're close in age iirc). Him & Ferncloud were pretty close during their apprenticeship, having a lot in common (mostly their love of cute kittens and their soft hearted natures). That's all I've got for them, though!

- Larchkit and Hollykit did, in fact, exist I just didn't want to show them to not make the tree too long.

- Birchfall is no longer one of Ferncloud's kits. Unfortunately since I leaned into Cloudtail being Brindleface's adopted son, I really didn't want Whitewing to be related to Birchfall (via adoption one Gen earlier). I have no excuses for Foxleap though, he still exists I guess but not related to Ferncloud. Though maybe she could've adopted him when he was an apprentice? Idk.

- Addition to the above point. I made that decision real last minute after I designed Birchfall. He was supposed to look like Ashfur, but then I realized that if I added Cloudtail to this tree than he'd be related to Whitewing via adoption. He looks like Ashfur as a complete coincidence now ✌️.

- Shrewpaw shares similarities in appearance to his grandmother, Robinheart. It's just cute and that's mostly why I added her in the first place.

You have no idea how hard it was to make the 4 white cats in this look different (another reason I didn't add Frostfur...). Icecloud looking like Snowfall was on purpose obviously, but she has some Ferncloud features as well (curled in fur and inner ear fur (idk what to call it)). Whitewing has a similar fur shape & eye color as her Mama, but has the same fur colors as her Papa.

[wc-confessions]

People demonizing Dovewing for her romantic relationships in the early 2010s was wild. 12-year-old me couldn’t understand why people blamed her.

She’s a new apprentice being courted by a fully grown warrior. He meets up with her in an abandoned, isolated place in the dead of night and says he loves her and presses her to say it back. All of this is on their first date. Their relationship and dates are in secret. When they break up, he keeps trying to talk to her and date again. Huge red flags all around.

She rescues Icecloud and suddenly Bumblestripe considers her wife material. He courts her relentlessly, always trying to set up dates and gets angry when she inevitably lashes out because he can’t take no for an answer. She’s got Blossomfall, Cinderheart, Rosepetal, and her own mother Whitewing pressing her to date him. He continues this behavior for months. When they’re mates, he keeps pressing her to have children even when she states multiple times that her answer is no. He is trying to coerce her into having children.

It wasn’t until the Purdy incident that people finally backed off, but it’s awful that Dove was being harassed by two men who didn’t actually treat her like a person and somehow the fandom decided it was HER FAULT.

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[willicemisc]

chemicals in the lake are making the cats GAY >:(

Basically a masterpost about this specific AU

-Lionblaze transman, autistic and won't pick up any social cue.

-Lionblaze is not a calico, he is a chimera

-Lionblaze big guilt and OCD over his power

-Lionblaze fears he will end up like Scourge as a part of his OCD (i have to find a way to let everyone know that Scourge is related to Firestar tho....)

-Lionblaze and Toadfoot only aknowledge each other in The Fourth Apprentice when they are on their way to the beavers and they become gay

-Lionblaze keeps his personality from late po3 (kind of dumb, can't pick up any clue, very ocd, is socially very awkward and clumsy, clearly needs help to navigate social situations properly)

-Lionblaze is very much the same as in canon, very flawed, he is still the most forgiving of the 3 and does try to talk it out with Squirrelflight and Leafpool, he feels very isolated in his clan due to the prophecy, the lies around his birth and Hollyleaf being presumed dead, which makes him more prone to have a relationship with an outsider instead of a thunderclan warrior

-Toadfoot also went through losing a sibling (Marshkit), he doesn't have a canonical father so I think he would be very attached to his mom (Tallpoppy) and remaining sibling (Applefur), he is also seen being playful, friendly and understanding towards Flametail I love toadfoot

-Lionblaze and Toadfoot have big rivals to lovers energy and it was my favorite weird "crack" ship when I was 13

-The AU also centers around the flaws of StarClan and their weird mechanic that keeps changing over time (ashfur goes to starclan because he just found his way there, and leafpool gets to go through a whole trial somehow???)

-Living cats and StarClan fight dark forest first, and then living cats turn more or less against StarClan for being as incomprehensible as possible, doing blatant favoritism, letting bad seeds get in and throwing out overall good cats, and the warrior code will also be reformed because it's way overdue grrrr

-Maybe Dovewing and Ivypool are the babies of Hollyleaf and Cinderheart instead of Birchfall and Whitewing ? I never really liked that Dovewing was indeed linked to the 3 but she was so far away in family tree tbh :((

-Lionblaze will have babies with Toadfoot as some point (Maybe adopted ? I don't know yet) and they won't have many children, and I will do everything in my power to get rid of all the current incest in the books >:(

-I think the babies of Lionblaze and Toadfoot will look like Tallpoppy and Leafpool because i love them

-Leafpool, Squirrelflight and Tallpoppy will both be aware of the relationship at some point, but they will keep their mouth shut and be supporting mothers because they are very cool and progressive

-I don't know if I will ever write fanfiction about this, I am already working on a clangen project, so if I do anything about it it will only be a small side project ! I use this AU to rewrite things that make me happier than the canon version (like making transman OCD autistic lionblaze, i find it easier for me to relate to him) :)

I hope you like it, I shall disappear again for a while now, I have art fight attacks to work on >:)

[mineashthetrash]

I feel like people forget that Jaypaw was, yknow, correct in The Sight. He was a jerk, especially in his own head, but like. Firestar kinda WAS lumping all the disabled cats together and 'hoping a tree falls on them'. Brightheart had no reason to train Jaypaw other than their disabilities, and Firestar DID only assign her because of her eye.

All the other mentors have sense put into them- Nobody knew how violent Ashfur was back then, and he SEEMED like a calm, sensible cat with a slight gruff side, which wouldve been perfect for a ball of stubborn energy like Lionpaw- Hollypaw was behind, and Brackenfur complimented her thoughtful energy while also pushing her hard enough to keep up. And the thoughtfulness of mentors continues, with Foxpaw and Icepaw both getting good mentors- Squirrelflight is energetic and confident to match Foxpaw, and Whitewing has experience hunting with a pure white coat along with being calmer like Icepaw. Mentorship choices seemed to have a genuine level of thought of who would be best for that specific apprentice.

Brightheart though? Shes not a bad mentor, but shes a sensitive, quiet, blunt, thoughtful cat with ptsd. Nobody in their right MIND would pair her with a sharp, stubborn, easily upset Jaypaw- Unless you only paired them together because they were both disabled. And Firestar couldnt even do that right!!

Brightheart had to ADJUST to her injury, and it was a very traumatic part of her life she had to move past and learn to cope with, while Jaypaw was BORN BLIND. She constantly treats his blindness like it was something hard for him, like hers, when thats not what its like for him at all! She gives him 'blindness lessons' with longtail, ANOTHER CAT BORN SIGHTED and just repeating things he already knows. Hes a jerk to Brightheart, all the time, in his head and out loud. But i cant blame him for that when its Firestars fault for pairing them.

Their personalities clash, their disability experiences clash, literally everything about them makes for a horrible pairing. Brightheart wouldve been better for Hollypaw, or Icepaw, or literally anyone other than Jaypaw. And Brackenfur wouldve been GREAT for Jaypaw, he's patient, not easily offended, and has a rather paws-off teaching style, which wouldve been PERFECT. I firmly believe Jaypaw couldve at least been an OK warrior, and all of his warrior apprentice flaws are either because of Firestar's bad choice, Brightheart not listening about his own lived experience, or his own unrelated flaws. He didn't fall into the lake because hes blind, its because hes a stubborn bastard. He sucks at fighting, not because hes blind, but because hes never been taught. LEAFPOOL taught him fighting more than Brightheart did.

[the-owl-tree]

I’ve honestly always been confused about the timeline in between the first and second arc. With added information from Firestar’s Quest stating that he was leader for “three seasons” (nine months) at the start, Mothwing and Hawkfrost would have to be nearing two years old… but in Midnight Leopardstar announces that they were just made warriors at a Gathering. Which makes them seem younger. The age when a cat becomes a warrior is so inconsistent in this series lol. Reedwhisker being an apprentice for like two years, Whitewing being an apprentice for over a year, Brambleclaw being an apprentice for almost a year… it’s so weird.

That's what got me!! Literally they just get their Warrior names at the start of TPB, so it made me think okay they can't be old, Crowpaw is said to be at the point where he's going to get his name so they're roughly maybe the same age aaaaannnd nope, Tigerstar's death timeline lol I think it's also part of the weirdness of the early books where the authors aren't really sure how they want apprentices to be portrayed. Are they kids? Teens? Young adults? Is it a social rank? what's going on

[weekly-whitewing]

Could I request Squirrelflight, Leafpool and Whitewing together (or one of the siblings if it's too many cats)? They don't really have a close bond in the books despite being kin and in the same apprentice generation and I always found it a missed opportunity.

WHITEWING EVERY WEEK NR 20

I feel like Whitepaw would be interested in herbs and pay attention to what Leafpaw is saying while Squirrelpaw is completely distracted by being in the forest adult free.

Whitepaw would be an older sister figure to them, in where she listens to both of them and 100% tries (and fails) to keep them out of trouble.

Unfortunatly canon forgot Whitepaw was older than them, so she can be the sweet baby than¹ the sisters like if you wanna make her younger than Leafie and Skwerl!

Also trying out different styles cuz I am really bored of my old backgrounds lol

[haveyoureadthisfanfic]

Summary: Dovekit and Ivykit are the first kits born to ThunderClan after Hollyleaf dies. — “I still don’t understand,” Ivypaw says, her ears half-flattened. “You know, no one would stop you from being a warrior.” This goes up there with Brambleclaw saying, “Jayfeather is too young to need an apprentice” and Whitewing saying, “You could join Ferncloud and Daisy,” in the list of “worst things people said when they were trying to be kind.” "I know," Dovepaw says. She looks at Jayfeather, who's impatiently waving his tail, and Cinderheart, who looks like she's still deciding if she should intervene. "But I want this." Ivypaw's eyes narrow. "Is it going to make you happy?" (It's going to keep Ivypaw alive.) "Yes." — thunderclan expects them to be normal. dovepaw doesn't know how.

Author: @mallowstep

Note from submitter: Medcat Dovewing in RiverClan, really good

[prismjiinx]

A wild squirrel and shrew appear!

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

Some changes for Power Of Three

Each Clan effectively has a "classroom". There was a baby boom when cats came to the lake!

Leafpool's arc was quite messy, so I'm smoothing some things out. For one, her attitude towards Jay wanting to be a cleric is less "hm but you are blind and unable to Do Thing" and more "are you absolutely SURE you wish to swear eternal chastity and never even getting to adopt? You can be a Warrior if you want to! I promise! I'm more than honored but you do NOT have to do it!!!"

Jayfeather also WANTS to be a cleric. A lot of his early frustration comes from cats assuming he only wants because he may doubt himself. He doesn't doubt himself! But hunting is so, so boring, and while fighting is fun... He can't just fight and then sit on his rump.

Lionpaw also is assumed to want to be a cleric.... Because he likes plants. No, he is not a cleric, he is just a fan of Good Nice Smells. Lionpaw and Jaypaw switch mentors. Hollypaw also was a Cleric Apprentice for a while, but she cannot do blood. Holly has hemophobia and feels quite ill when seeing blood/wounds.

Squirrelflight's weird eary arc moments where the authors tried to make her a Bad Mom before realizing The Three need to care that she's not their mom have been fixed. Yes, she is busy, but she's still THERE for them.

The Three all have issues. All are caught in 2 worlds.

Jay is caught between the physical realm and the spirit world. His ties to the spirit realm, Starclan and the rest, keep his mind in unrest. He can feel the spirits of living cats around him, some emotions are contagious, such as Sorreltail's anguish over her lost son. The feeling is so thick it makes him upset. It's hard, and tiring, and it makes him snappy. Not to mention his ties to the past...

Holly is struggling with a balancing two lives. The politician, the good 'little thinker' who keeps the Warrior Code in her mind at all times despite seeing it's cracks and lack of nuance... With the rebel. The firey rulebender who does what is right, even if it is against the laws. The friend to not only Fallen Leaves, but Willowpaw of Riverclan, Olivepaw of Shadowclan and Figpaw of Windclan.

Lionpaw has his own problems too. On one hand, he wants to have fun, enjoy himself, have lots of friends. But in his mind and dreams he is tormented. All of The Three were targeted by Tigerstar but only Lionpaw gave in. In his mind he sees himself do horrible things, he thinks he is blowing off stem in the Dark Forest, when the reality is that he is being groomed into their weapon... Unlike Canon, Lionblaze never acts on his thoughts. Well... Not on living beings.

The Classrooms! (So far, subject to change but not by much!)

Thunderclan!

Hollypaw - Mentored by Leafpool, then Ashfur

Lionpaw - Mentored by Leafpool, then Brightheart

Jaypaw - Mentored by Brightheart, then Leafpool

Hazelpaw - Mentored by Dustpelt

Berrypaw - Mentored by Brambleclaw

Mousepaw - Mentored by Little Brook (Brook)

Icepaw - Mentored by Whitewing

Foxpaw - Mentored by Squirrelflight

Poppypaw - Mentored by Mistleberry (Snowkit's sister)

Honeypaw - Mentored by Sandstorm

Cinderpaw - Mentored by Cloudtail

Deerpaw (Lynxpetal's son, Brambleclaw's nephew) - Mentored by

Shadowclan!

Ivypaw - Mentored by Rowanclaw

Redpaw - Mentored by Whitewater

Owlpaw - Mentored by Oakfur

Sleekpaw (Renamed Shrewpaw) - Mentored by Ratscar

Olivepaw - Mentored by Lavenderpool (Rowanstar's sister)

Shiverpaw (Renamed Smokepaw) - Mentored by Snaketail

Kinkpaw - Mentored by Cedarheart

Wanderpaw (Adventure Game) - Mentored by Dawncloud

Riverclan!

Robinpaw - Mentored by Pinefur

Minnowpaw - Mentored by Voletooth

Pebblepaw - Mentored by Woodblossom (OC)

Splashpaw - Mentored by Biscuitfall (Name from the Wafflepaw Poll)

Nettlepaw - Mentored by Parsleyfire (OC)

Copperpaw - Mentored by Duskfur immediately, she was a Warrior for a few days before Copperpaw was assigned to her

Ripplepaw - Mentored by Reedwhisker

Rainpaw - Mentored by Sasha

Duskpaw - Mentored by Leopardstar

Willowpaw - Mentored by Mothwing

Mallowpaw - Mentored by Blackclaw

Sneezepaw - Mentored by Perchcloud (Mistystar's son)

Windclan!

Breezepaw - Mentored by Whitetail

Heatherpaw - Mentored by Crowfeather

Harepaw - Mentored by Tornear

Fallenpaw (OC) - Mentored by Webfoot

Kestrelpaw - Mentored by Barkface

Furzepaw - Mentored by Ashfoot

Antpaw - Mentored by Cicadawing

Thrushpaw (Leaftail pre-transition) - Mentored by

Sunpaw - Mentored by Drizzlecloud

Iciclepaw (OC) - Mentored by Hayclaw (OC, Larkwing and Featherpelt's father)

Technically, Pouncepaw and Otterpaw, Pouncetail and Otterheart, are apprentices during early Po3, but Otter graduates in the middle of The Sight, and Pounce graduates in early Dark River. That and, "ugh, we're way too old to be hanging out with you 😒 Kittens, honestly!"

[crazylavenders]

Warriors murder mystery

How this works. Question the characters and after three days a poll will be released where you can decide who the murderer is. If it’s incorrect the murderer continues to kill off clan mates until the whole clan is dead. This is set in Warriors the sight.

Allegiances

Leader:Firestar

Deputy: Brambleclaw (apprentice: Berrypaw)

Medicine cat: Leafpool (apprentice:Hollypaw)

Warriors: Dustpelt (Hazelpaw), Sandstorm (Honeypaw), Cloudtail (Cinderpaw) , Brackenfur, Thornclaw (Poppypaw), Brightheart (Jaypaw), Ashfur (Lionpaw), Sorreltail, Spiderleg (Mousepaw), Brook where small fish swim, Stormfur, Whitewing, Birchfall, Squirrelflight

Queens: Ferncloud (Icekit and Foxkit), Daisy

Elders: Longtail, Mousefur

A yowl of shock and fear awakes the cats of Thunderclan. Leafpool is one of first cats to erupt from her den towards the yowl coming from the elders den. When she arrives she sees Mousefur pushing against the den wall trying to get a far away from the dead body of Longtail.

Ask the clan cats questions to figure out who the murderer is.

[wc-confessions]

Alright I have a feeling this might get some people mad but I think it might need to be said, I think some people in this fandom are getting a little too...I guess "restrictive" (for lack of a better word) on what others ship. I'm all for pointing out a ship is weird or gross but I think people are getting a little silly about it

(Disclaimer: NO, IM NOT A PROSHIPPER, I ACTUALLY THINK THAT STUFF IS PRETTY NASTY)

In any other fandom, doing shit like shipping cousins (of any kind) would be weird, but this is Warrior Cats and literally nobody can keep track of who is who's cousin or aunt or distantly related half-nephew or whatever. It especially gets me when the characters are only related through some family tree bs and most people wouldn't even know they're related in the first place

As for ages, most people apply the logic that if the characters met while one was an adult and the other wasn't, then it's weird. Which I can mostly agree with, but the issue is that it makes a whole lot of ships supposedly weird

(Although I think one thing we can all agree on is that mentor x apprentice ships are odd. Get out of here OneWhite and TinySparrow)

Y'know what here's some examples of ships that would supposedly be weird to ship in the fandom's eyes if we apply all of this:

TawnyFeather (second cousins)

BrackenSorrel (Brackenfur has his warrior name by the time Sorreltail is born)

MothPool (substantially interacted while Leafpool was still young)

IvyFern (like, third cousins?? And Ivypool was a warrior before Fernsong was even born)

BreezeHeather (Second cousins?? Retcons made Ashfoot and Onestar siblings)

BlossomThorn (like a 6 year age gap where they were in the same clan)

WhistleFrost (Whistlepaw got the Whitewing treatment and is around Splashtail's age)

Does anyone see a problem??

My point is that Warriors has such a strange way of doing things and pairing cats together that almost every ship is gonna have something strange going on. I think there are lines to be drawn (for example everyone knows that Cloudtail and Squirrel are cousins so shipping them would be weird), but if not even a character knows who they're related to and ends up marrying their first cousin then how are the fans supposed to care

This also applies to ships that would literally never work out in canon but could have an interesting dynamic, like DarkTiger (yes guys, I know that they're first cousins and Darkstripe was his apprentice-but keep in mind that those are both re-connect as hell and never even mentioned in book. I'm pretty sure most people think of it as a one-sided thing anyways) or HawkMud or fucking OneFire or whatever

I have a lot to say but that's the gist of it. These things have nuance, especially in a series like this where everybody is related and nobody even knows it or characters age kinda weird

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[mothmans-warriors-designs]

He's just a guy

Born: Pre-TPB

First Appeared: Fire and Ice (technically appeared in Into The Wild, though unnamed)

Still Alive

Mother: Frostfur

Father: Unknown

Littermates: Cinderpelt, Thornclaw, Brightheart

Mate: Sorreltail

Kits: Honeyfern, Poppyfrost, Molepaw (Molefang), Cinderheart, Lilyheart, Seedpaw (Seedlily)

Mentor: Graystripe

Apprentices: Snowfeather, Whitewing, Sorrelstripe