#And TNP

[bonefall]

So what do your leaders do all day? In the cannon clans it seems like they just sit around at camp all day and let the deputies do all of the work. Until the plot needs them anyway.

Leaders are given 9 lives for a very important purpose; they are supposed to live as their Clanmates do, understand them, and guide them as shining examples of what a warrior should be.

A leader who's inaccessible is considered a failure. Clans can't do anything about this until ASC and it's rare to begin with, but their clan WILL get upset about it.

Patrolling, sparring, hunting, and even cooking are all things a leader should be doing. Is it still very high-pressure? Yes. Ultimate authority rests on them.

So what's a deputy for?

Busywork. Day-to-day decisions that would prevent a leader from actually engaging with clan life. Setting up patrols, gathering news, settling small disputes, etc.

You could consider them a very authoritative secretary. If a Clan is being TOTALLY run by its deputy, that's a problem. If a Clan is BARELY being run by its deputy, that is also a problem.

So, expect to see cats like Firestar just around more often. It's not shocking to see him return from patrol or a little walk, carrying a mouse or two.

[splashtqil]

and the most tragic warrior cat award goes to

[fishtnp]

betty...

[vadvivon]

warrior cat protags go in one of 3 categories

[stargleam-star]

I love how Squilf's introduction to the series is written. Imagine it like she's introducing herself in the beginning of an early 2000's high school movie.

"My name's Squirrelpaw! Firestar's daughter, eight moons old, recently apprenticed--and the biggest nuisance in ThunderClan. This is my story! *radical electric guitar shredding plays*"

[shummthechumm]

my take on this challenge

[the-owl-tree]

oots sisters!

[clanslist]

[jomadis]

siblings siblings siblings siblings--

these ones have trauma tho

[troutbelly]

squilf hope spoiler under cut

yes i’m implying leafpools death was a hate crime

[riverc1an]

the new prophecy crew

[transsexualhollyleaf]

this was fun to do

[night-patrol]

[bonefall]

BB!Mistystar really does have the best arc in Better Bones, ngl

context below the cut:

BB!TNP is an arc that confronts a lot of the leftover ideas from TPB, one of which is an overhaul of Hawkfrost. Instead of being "The Tiger in RiverClan," he was groomed by the remaining TigerClan supporters to inherit his father's legacy

Mistyfoot realizes that he wasn't the root of the evil; he was a symptom. And RiverClan doesn't "go back to normal." After another clan discussion blows up into a huge argument, she looks up for help to her leader on the stump... only to see her gazing down with amusement.

The setting sun turns Leopardstar into a black shape on a dark, spiky hill, splinters and branches jagged like rotting bones. Her eyes flash, Tigerstar amber, Dark Forest red, and Mistyfoot understands that these ideas won't die unless they are killed.

She finishes Leopardstar by bashing her head on a rock in the southern delta, an inlet river, which is what causes the lake to run red with blood. Hawkfrost's death is now impaling himself on the stake by accident, charging at Mothwing when she pulls it out of the ground.

Mistyfoot then chooses Sedgecreek as her first deputy.

[northern-passage]

mermaid lea by @theartloca :-) their tail is a golden blue base arowana!

[meroaw]