#SoftStep

[ravenxbones]

attack for @poisonder of softstep! she has such a lovely design, i’ve been wanting to draw her for a while :>

[lunabliss2708]

"Step Into Softness with Floral Grace 🌿🤍"

Let your hallway bloom with elegance. This 6x10 white tufted area rug features a delicate floral design that softens every step and brightens your space. A timeless touch for modern living 🌼🧵

[winterpawss]

attack on glaciersnow!

BY THE WAY, THEY ATTACKED ME BACK AND I'M???

RAHHHHHHHHH

art is by glacier on th/glacier on af!

[winterpawss]

my kitty.. (the art is so crusty here i'm sorry jsjnsjs)

alt color pallet below the cut! just use whichever you prefer v

reblog with or submit a reference of your warrior cats OC if you wanna be part of smth cool

[blighted-lights]

so sorry to my followers this is now a softstep blog. context for this one is that, while on the lost light, softstep was assigned mandatory sessions with rung. rung thinks they're going great!

softstep,,, not so much

[runawaymac]

mac!! dunno if you're taking requests related to ocs (and feel free to ignore this if you aren't 🙏), but may i request duckie and softstep being broody together? the quiet 'n sad gang,, (will be drawing them myself hehe)

one of them sighs dramatically every few minutes

Bonus: chcikem

[maxicaiman]

catboys UNITE❗️❗️❗️

YOU ARE SO FUCKING FAST HELLO?!?!

On a more serious note LOOK AT THEMMM THE CATBOYS EVER

[blighted-lights]

did this for softstep! he seems to have grabbed a lot of people as a blorbo so this is rlly funny to me <3

i got tired of there being no good oc quizzes so i made my own!

[cloudedmoonofficial]

With the lore changes and whatnot are Star and Paw viable names now? Or will yall not use them to distance from warriors still? I'd imagine Star would be a cool prefix, like Stargleam or something like that. And paw would be less applicable, I suppose, as there no names that would work any better than the suffixes Step or Foot. Like Softstep FleetFoot QuietStep ect all work better than the paw versions of the name. But maybe it could work for visual names? Like Speckledpaw or something?

Star and Paw can absolutely be names! (*flips through notes* pretty sure we have some cats already planned with those, actually...)

You could also make it Starry, Paws, Pawing, other variations of star terms like Starlight or Stardust, ect ect

[thegikitiki]

You Won't Believe Your Feet...

GAF Softstep Vinyl Floors, 1974

"IMO, that tile pattern absolutely does not mesh with the red brick."

[bluffclan]

PIGEONHEART

She/Her

26 moons

Warrior

Daughter of Softstep & Wrenstorm. Sister of Bramblepaw.

Insecure, natural intuition & good hunter.

[sorrcha]

my gw2 characters, in high resolution for once

in order of when i made them: amfrey (necromancer), kieran of thorns (ranger), yeva scorchpaw (warrior), rat revenant (revenant), and thistle softstep (thief)

in my personal lore, i have a few different universes that exist.

universe one: amfrey is the commander. kieran is just a super close friend/companion. during path of fire, kieran finds that he really loves the crystal desert and chooses to stay behind to help the people living there.

universe two: yeva scorchpaw is the commander. nothing too crazy going on here.

universe three: thistle is a soft-spoken commander that steps down from his duties shortly after zhaitan is slain. he's not built for this. he doesn't want it- never did. rat revenant also exists in this verse, and takes over once thistle steps down. also open to the idea that thistle and rat become co-commanders? at some point? maybe after heart of thorns, thistle realizes how crazy shit is and steps back up to the task. his quiet nature balances out rat's aggression.

rumor suggests the two asura are distant relatives, but this is just an assumption based on their somewhat similar appearances.

ngl rat revenant's name was a joke but honestly? i like the idea of it as a nickname other characters gave him that just.. stuck over time.

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can you tell i love playing as creatures. I FUCKING LOVE CREATURES THAT LIVE ALONGSIDE HUMANS I LOVE WATCHING DIFFERENT SPECIES NAVIGATE A SHARED SOCIETY AND IMAGINING SPECULATIVE BIOLOGY

[blighted-lights]

sometimes self-care is drawing your oc and your fave being friends

[runawaymac]

@blighted-lights’s softstep

ehehe

[bunfloras]

s for the warrior cats oc thing ^-^

softstep! a riverclan medicine cat that was fated to die by starclan’s hands so that they could become a guide for lost souls. they are so very tragic.

they’re now a walking ghost and pregnant with kittens who will also be ghostie babies

[grimm-tales-gamer]

Fallen Hero: Sidestep 6

This one is definitely one close to my heart due to how differently the route went compared to how I thought it was going to go. Went a completely different direction.

Name: Riley Rivers

Gender: none ya… none ya business. They/them work fine as pronouns

Villain name: Retribution

Villainous role: anarchist

Motivation: revenge

Scar: friendless

Reason for gala: fight the rangers

Where are they now?: broken in both spirit and body. Left at the rangers hospital.

   I know I say this for a lot of my sidesteps but, Riley in particular is a mess. I originally made them to be one of my “softsteps” but they made poor decision after poor decision. Not to mention them slowly loosing control due to them constantly opening gates (think they are at 4 or 5 now?). Riley is definitely one my more tragic sidesteps. They tried so hard to be the “vigilante on the wrong side of the law” but they tripped and fell on their face.

   Riley’s reason for doing this is essentially: I’m going to be the hero that I never had. Now, does that clash with their revenge motivation? Maybe, possibly, but they just want to make sure what happened to them never happens again. To anyone. They are willing to kill, but they made a promise to 1. Always save people who are grave danger 2. Never kill unless necessary. They broke the second promise at the casino, with the amount of gates open they killed some people there and became known as a murderer. It did not end well for Riley.

   Before we continue, we should talk about Riley’s relationships. Riley helps the rangers out as much as they can, using the knowledge and street contacts to get the rangers what they need. They feel guilty over not being able to connect with their old friends due to their scar and see helping out as a way to make them feel less guilty. They get along best with Ortega (Julia) and Herald. Julia and Riley were an item back in the day and reignited their relationship early in Retribution. I don’t think Riley’s love for Julia is healthy. They saw Julia as their rival until after the gala. Realizing that Julia really didn’t know that Riley was alive and didn’t abandon them, Riley decided to give into what they wanted and start over again; now seeing their former self as their rival. Steel and Riley are complicated sort of… friendship? They still don’t get along but they don’t argue as much anymore.. maybe they are both just too tired to argue like they used to. Riley gets along with the other rangers, they basically have no relationship with Argent other then “oh, they’re here.” And they are Herald’s coach, they don’t really have an interest in a friendship with either of them.

   Everything changed after the meeting with Hollowground. Riley went themself and decided to work with Hollowground while secretly releasing information to the rangers. They left and got into the wreck. While they didn’t admit to being Retribution; Riley had accidentally left enough clues for Ortega to piece it together and confront Riley about being the villain. It didn’t end well. Ortega thinks that Riley is a regene clone and Riley being both angry and scared told Ortega to go away. Argent then clawed their eye out and argued with both Herald and Steel. Riley doesn’t see any of those relationships as salvageable. Ortega’s reaction to them really broke their heart and Riley is diving head first into their scar and motivation.

Alright, how about some fun facts huh?:

According to canon, sidestep is fairly prickly about their appearance. Riley is doubly so. While they always went by they/them, they were very self conscious about how they were perceived and dysphoria in general wearing them down. Anathema was the one who convinced them to go get hormone treatment to try and deal with the dysphoria.

Riley only ever lost 2 games of chess against Chen back in the sidestep days.

Riley used to make their own mead back in the sidestep days.

They used to have an small collection of cheesy off brand figurines of the different ranger members. Riley wonders occasionally what happened to it.

Riley refused to go to Halloween parties after one particular Halloween party Julia scared them so bad once they punched her in the face.

Riley is my tallest sidestep!

Last one, I have vibe quotes for each character. And one for Riley and Ortega gets me right in the heart every time: in a parallel or another world. Or a different life. We sit across from each other at the kitchen table and go over the grocery list.

Every time it gets me choked up.

Alright, let’s go over Riley’s stats, armor, and appearance:

Riley prefers anonymity at around 60%, empathy at 70%, and is cautious at 85%. She prefers power of mind over subtlety, the score being over 80.

Armor appearance: scary. Small parts of armor protrude from the suit like broken bones and others are made to look like growths and protrusions. The helmet is made to look humanoid but with something plant or fungal like growing from its missing jaw. The armor is dark in color with lots of dark greens, grays, and black.

Add ons: speed and telepathy

Extra: the voice modulator adds a creak or strain to Riley’s voice. As if something is crawling or scurrying in the armor itself as they speak.

Riley’s appearance:

Race: mixed

Height: tall. Around 6ft 8in (a little over 2m)

Hair: wavy brown hair. It’s parted in the middle and reaches their shoulders. But, due to the wreck and needing stitches, some was shaven off.

Eyes: green. They used to be brown. Thanks Void.

Style: nondescript casual. Lots of hoodies, large jackets over long sleeve t-shirts and sweats or jeans. Always wears boots though.