#deaf kit au

[geek-and-nina]

every single fic is under the cut

@tanthamoretober

concert and candy apples

lights out, candles out

show don't tell

Budding Nightmares

Autumn Drive-In

Awake and Alive

heart in hand

petrichor- the smell exuded by plants during dry periods

love of mine

perfect

cold steel, warm wax

inside

rolling in the leaves

lace and silk and mesh

on our own

we can stay young forever

in my head

after

like legos

These Are the Places

Like Diamonds Lost All Over the Ground

seeing stars - Geek_and_Nina - Willow (TV 2022) [Archive of Our Own]

[tanthamoretober]

Tanthamoretober - Black cats

One of our most popular prompts was 'black cat', so to honour the litter, here's a wee graphic to go with the fics 😻

this is a big world (that was a small town) by pirateygoodness

Rating: Teen and up Summary: Jade makes noise, the sound coming out of her not quite a laugh but something close. It sounds like relief. She didn't notice herself holding her breath, but when the little creature yowls and squirms itself in half trying to take a bite out of Kit's arm, she realizes that she can breathe again.

Kit clucks a little against the back of her teeth, chuckles. "Look at you, hollering away. And we thought you was dead."

(OR: Cowboy Kit finds a stray kitten)

these walls come tumbling down by OnlySheStandsThere

Rating: Teen and up Summary: Veterinarian Jade Claymore hits a panther with her truck one night, only for the panther to turn out to be a very attractive girl who needs medical attention, a place to stay, and maybe something more.

Halloween Crack: Kiss of the Cat Woman by lowkeyed1

Rating: Teen and up Summary: Kit and Jade are on their way to a Halloween party when their car breaks down…

And two from the deaf Kit au series Show Don't Tell

leather lips and lights by Geek_and_Nina

Rating: Explicit Summary: jade has a revenge plan for kit's teasing while she was on her conference but it really didn't go the way she planned And also...

lost in wanting her to win by Geek_and_Nina

Rating: Explicit Summary: kit and jade have some fun at gray's party

And hey! If you comment all all five of these, you've earned yourself a shiny Never Not Commenting November badge!

[wc-confessions]

I’m deaf in one ear and have been since childhood, and I loaaaaathe Snowkit. He appears and dies within less than five chapters, was confirmed to be a plot device to push his mom into retiring, was horrible deaf representation, and yeah like a previous anon said using names like Snowear for AUs where he survives is just… why. Warrior cats fandom stop being ableist challenge. People like him because he’s a kit and yeah understandable but he was horrible execution, horrible representation, and overall was unnecessary. The Clan besides Fireheart and his mom also treated him like shit like what the fuck.

ㅤ

[tanthamorewinterfest]

Let's do a little round up of the first fics posted into the Tanthamore Winterfest collection on AO3...

Don't forget to leave a comment if you haven't already, spread some love!

So you wanna sculpt some snow tits? by spybrarian Rating: General Summary:

Jade and Kit have some fun in the snow. A little drabble to kick of Tanthamore Winterfest, inspired by the header myrebelliousphase made for us.

snow on the beach by rochke11 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Months after the end of the Quest, Jade and Kit take a detour on their way to spend the Winter Solstice in the Wildwood. They find themselves on a beach when it starts to snow.

i feel you no matter what (maroon) by pirateygoodness for rochke11 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Kit has vivid memories of creeping into the Great Hall after bedtime, sneaking glimpses of the wildness of those parties. It always felt like this: the din of many voices combining into a dull roar of humanness that somehow felt quieter than the voices of just a few. (Or: Kit and Jade, and a moment to get lost together on the road home)

A Skating Rink at the End of the World by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Teen and up Summary:

So it’s the end of the world. So Kit’s blood may hold the only hope to cure the deadly fungal zombie plague. So Jade might have been tasked with escorting the love of her life to her doom at the hands of the Fireflies. There’s still time for some fun on the ice, right?

Part 2 of The Firefly and her Cordyceps Princess

So I've Heard by Geek_and_Nina Rating: Mature Summary:

jade's coaching boxing, and graydon is her favorite student. kit is his best friend and we alllll know where that's going to lead

A prequel of Show Don't Tell, deaf Kit au!

Christmas Trees: Worst Invention Ever by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Mature Summary:

In the spirit of the holidays, Kit makes a bad decision and ends up needing to be rescued by the fire department (and her girlfriend). Fortunately Jade has a way Kit can make up for her mistake.

Part 2 of A love story on fire, Tanthamore firefighter au

Under the Mistletoe by lowkeyed1 Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Airk has been crushing on Graydon for a long time, but now Graydon has a crush on someone else. What will tonight's Christmas party bring, especially once mixmaster Boorman starts serving up specialty drinks?

Sink or Swim by yubnubbery Rating: Mature Summary: (our first summer addition!)

Airk asks Kit to take his young daughter to her next swim lesson, as long as she promises not to hit on the hot swim instructor. He’s already called dibs! Or 5 times Kit needed saving (from herself) and 1 time she didn’t.

Also an honourable mention for including some of the prompts in chapter 18:

A princess and her other half by Haruka81 Rating: Explicit Summary:

Kit knows that the Wyrm is waking up, Elora and Willow have been clear about it. And she knows that an arranged marriage is needed in order to form strong alliances. Still she is not happy at all to have to marry someone that she doesn't know just out of duty. Well let's say that this is true until she meets the Princess of the Bone Reavers, but will Jade think the same?

We can't promise these round-up posts will continue through the season because the season is busy, but who knows! For more about Tanthamore Winterfest: Rules and introduction Moodboard master list Prompts masterlist

[phlurrii]

so, headcannon question time for you.

when mews are born in your au (egg or otherwise without the extra time in the egg) are they deaf, blind, and unable to walk/fly like freshly baked kittens or fully cooked and cooled off able to walk/fly, see, and hear?

ps; poor circe :( i keep mixing their name for circle on autopilot brain

Mews give love birth, so no eggs here! That’s because Meau would make eggs to create other Pokémon; but their own kit was born live.

But yes, they are indeed useless piles of wet fluff upon birth. Smol, angy, filled with malice at the new cold world, and can’t see, walk, or fly. Flurry will be even more behind due to his massive tail, it’s physically too heavy for him to move much as a baby ;3

Also yea, poor Circe ;<

[wigster07]

Never Not Commenting Fic List: (my goal of 3-4/Day)

Today's fics read and commented on. If any of these strike your fancy, please check them out and maybe let the author know a favorite line or moment that happened! As with any fic rec, please not the tags and determine if the fic is for you before reading.

Forbidden Connections, Crossing the Boundary - Chapter 1 - Cailean - Willow (TV 2022) [Archive of Our Own]

Rated E / Summary: Kit's easy-going time is coming to an end and she asks Jade for help to face that uncertain future while Jade is struggling with her own path ahead.

Only chapter one of two of this is posted so far and it's delightful. I would say chapter one is more T but sets up for an E rated second chapter.

show don't tell - Geek_and_Nina - Willow (TV 2022) [Archive of Our Own]

Rated T / Summary: Kit is having a mental block with her writing, but it's a beautiful day outside. So Jade takes on a stupid walk for her stupid mental health.

The Show Don't Tell is a delightful series created by @geek-and-nina. There are 31 parts to the series where Nina (who did the crazy thing like I did) and touched a prompt for every day (sometimes more than just the one and weaving them all together). This is a deaf Kit AU that is just *chef's kiss*. I could do a tumblr post just on this series alone and highly recommend it. This is the start of the series and a wonderful starting look into their relationship. (Kit is a writer in this one and carries a little field notebook wherever she goes and that just calls out to me and my little field notebook.)

concert and candy apples - Geek_and_Nina - Willow (TV 2022) [Archive of Our Own]

Rated G / Summary: Jade takes Kit to a concert (yes deaf people like music and concerts)

Another piece of the Show Don't Tell series by Nina. This one has some lovely mirror bits from Kit to Jade from the previous one. (It's about the hands and listen...it's peak lesbian iconic behavior). This one is all about a concert and it has some lovely moments in it.

Longing for the Perfect Kiss - sofys37 - Willow (TV 2022) [Archive of Our Own]

Rated E / Summary: Kit has been searching for centuries, without ever giving up hope that one day she would find the one worthy to be by her side. Jade is just having a regular night out until she meets Kit.

It wouldn't be October prompts without a little horror. This one is a vampire Kit fic with some inspiration from Vampire Masquerade. I'm not familiar with the lore/universe but it shines through and it's easy to get what's going on. There is also a delightful bit of Jade/Elora in this one involving a strap. There is a follow up to this fic that I look forward to reading as I continue my commentfest.

I would love to tag the fic authors on Tumblr but I'm not sure I know them all. Please let me know Tumblr handles so I can tag them appropriately!

I hope you all join me on this Never Not Commenting event for the rest of the month. Kudos, a simple "I loved this", or quoting your favorite line/bit is a wonderful way to show some love back to the people who write amazing fics in their free time for you to get to tag along into the world and enjoy.

[theanoninyourinbox]

Heyyyyyyy I finished! Only three more ships to go! Anyway, @cappuccino-bear asked for SandLeaf, an anon who has Not Read Longstar AU asked for the “crackship” LongPrincess, and another anon asked for Bombay!Squirrelflight/Snowkit!

In the first AU, Sandstorm and Firestar had an agreement - she wanted kits, and he wanted heirs. They did care about each other, but when Firestar was slain in the Great Battle, saving his clanmates and deputy, half her grief was faked. And when she had Sparkkit and Yellowkit, the clan began to pressure her kits to be the next Firestar! When a vision hit her, to find a lost clan, she waited until nightfall, and with Whitestar’s caring goodbye, headed out with her nearly six moons kits. She met the cat that would become Leafstar, and the two found Skyclan together. They later have Sunnypool, and when the clans reunite, Whitestar is the first to greet her warmly, and transfers that warmth and love to the cat that his apprentice-daughter-hero loves.

In the second AU, Firepaw is nearly a year old when he joins up, and Darkstripe is the one to challenge him. Longtail eventually tracks Fireheart back to his home, and sees what may be the most beautiful cat ever - and a kittypet, the Brat’s sibling to boot! When Fireheart returns, he and Longtail have a conversation about visiting strange kittypets, but Longtail I promised her I’d check in sometimes! Or she’ll storm into Thunderclan and fight Bluestar! When Fireheart catches an illness, Longtail agrees after a definitely unneeded convincing, to tell the kittypet not to invade Thunderclan. They hit it off, the motherly looking cat switching between sweet and fierce, and Longtail stumbling over his words. Their relationship remains secret until Princess gives birth, and she demands to raise her kits with their father. Besides, she wants to meet that apprentice of his who fought off those dogs, Swiftleap! Firestar is torn between appalled and delighted.

In the last AU, Snowkit is dropped into the yard of a twoleg who takes care of fancy breed cats that didn’t measure up to standards. This includes a deaf elderly savannah cat named Comet, who teaches him cat sign, and a Bombay with white spotting named Shadow. The three bond, and the younger pair fall hard for each other. When Comet passes of old age, a few moons after meeting Snowfall (who insisted on the name change) and Shadow’s first litter, the couple decide to find his mother, and begin an adventure. Brackenfur is the one to find them, catching Shadow on the edge of Thunderclan territory. He spits a warning, but the dark molly chirps brightly at him Oh is this Thunderclan? She thumps her feet, and another cat emerges with two kittens, a strangely familiar scent in his nose. It takes him a moment, but the white tom beats him to it, flapping his feet around his face, and it hits. Snowkit - little lost Snowkit!? The molly chirps again, oh! Oh, you’re Him! You’re the kind one! Snowfall told me about you! Brackenfur cries out as he approaches, and the two rub heads. After a short reunion, Brackenfur leads Snowkit - Snowfall - back to camp, calling out Everyone! Speckletail!!!!! Mistlefrost! Goldenflower! Lionstar!!! Fireheart! Look! Look! Speckletail lays eyes on her missing-dead-gone kit, and screams, her swift run drawing the deaf tom’s attention. His eyes widen, and a single slurred word comes out. MUMMA!! They collide in a mess of fur and tears and unbridled joy, with Mistlefrost practically knocking them both over, as an equally teary Lionstar and Goldenflower greet the molly his lost brother brought home. Snowfall peels himself out from under his mother and sister, and gestures, the molly brightening. Oh, hello! You must be his family! I am too! This drags the pile apart, and she continues. I’m Shadow! And these are our kits! Speckletail nearly collapses, caught be Fireheart who finally makes it through the crowd. Cometkit, Specklekit! Come meet your family. Tearily, Speckletail crouches down, the little white and golden kits immediately purring against her. Thunderclan is stunned and overjoyed to see their lost clanmate home, with family as well. Shadow is named Shadowflight, for her adventurous spirit, and when the clans leave, Speckletail leaves with them, after helping Shadowflight and Snowfall take the elders to the twoleg who loved them. He coos like a queen as he scoops the honorable elders up, and chirps childish greetings at the returned pair. In the new territory, Snowfall and Shadowflight have their second litter, and look to a bright future. Cometnose is mostly deaf, and Lionfur is deaf in one ear, but neither are called cripples, only fine warriors in the same vein as their father.

Whew! That last one had the Muse throttling me to write, but anyway enjoy!

[nickeverdeen]

All requests

All requests I have will be written here along with those that I deleted ‘cause I was uncomfortable with them or had no idea how to do them and whenever a new one comes I’ll write it down here so you’d know if I got your request or not and whenever the request will be posted it will be off the list

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So shortly colors rules:

Red - deleted

Orange - on hold

Green - accepted and probably done just waiting to be posted

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In my drafts:

Father figure Joel with an underage mute fem!reader who speaks sign language and has a really Hufflepuff stereotype personality (hcs - requested) [completed - waiting to be posted]

Sith Kit Tanthalos secretly dating Jedi padawan fem!reader (hcs - not requested) [completed - waiting to be posted]

Being Silco’s coworker as a healer while having crush on Jinx (hcs - requested) [completed - waiting to be posted]

Five x gn!reader who he thought is ordinary, but is proved wrong (hcs as it was not specified - requested) [completed - waiting to be posted]

Young Ellie Williams with an adventurous, dreamy and creative, air-head and socially awkward, theater fem!reader who's also immune (hcs as it was not specified - requested) [not completed yet]

Nico di Angelo with an INFP!fem!reader who's Hades' daughter and his half-sister (hcs - requested) [not completed yet]

Mako x deaf & mute!reader (hcs as it was not specified - requested) [not completed yet]

Be a good girl, you can take it | Korra eating out older!fem!reader {Korra - 18/19, reader - 21} (imagine - requested) [not completed yet]

Fred and George Weasley with a sister!Reader (hcs - requested) [not completed yet]

Nimona with a teen!fem!reader who's Ambrosius' younger sister and looks like Gloreth (imagine - requested) [not completed yet]

Fourth Wing masterlist (not Iron Flame) (masterlist - not requested) [not completed yet]

From Crayons to Canvases | Doctor Strange x fem!reader (platonic!imagine - requested) [not completed yet]

Midnight Rescue | Biker!Jesse helping drunk reader (imagine - requested) [not completed yet]

On hold:

TUA/TSA match-up for 🍿 annon (requested - on hold ‘till I’ll open my match-ups again)

Horizon Forbidden West masterlist (not requested - gonna post it when I’ll play the game done)

TUA and Outer Banks both male and female match-up - the person requested Stranger Things too, but I don’t do that (requested - on hold ‘till I’ll open my match-ups again)

Iron Flame masterlist (not requested - gonna post it when I’ll finish the book)

Dune masterlist (not requested - gonna post it when I’ll finish watching it)

Deteled:

Victor Cato x victor reader soulmate au with the red string (imagine - requested)

Amity reacting to her partner being a sweet tooth (hcs - requested); reason = I don’t do The Owl House, sorry

[nightfallartta]

TIME FOR ME TO START MAKING A AU!!!

I’m pretty bored, like, seriously, I’m just looking at other’s AUs, like @cotl-flower-crown ‘s Next Generation AU, @lammydraws Bishop AU, and @thenovaartz Resurrected Baby Bishops AU.

My AU will let me shove in a OC, (I’m making her!) and she’s the twins youngest sister who loves them and Narinder dearly!

This AU takes place, before, during and after the game events.

Here’s what I got so far…

Lira is a disciple, like Baal and Aym, her brothers. Baal, who’s the first son to be sent to Narinder, is representing Sun, while Aym, is representing Moon. Lira, on the other hand, represents Celestial. In age order, it’s Aym, Baal, and Lira. Narinder took care of the kits as much as he can. Entertaining them and himself, it always lightens his unbeating heart, all his emotional burdens leaving him as he smiled and laughed with the children. When they got older, they were soon seeing the vessels’ attempts to kill the damned Bishops. They watched the crusades with intent, they smiled broadly when a Bishop was killed. One time Lira whooped and she fell to the soft floor underneath them, her father and brothers laughing. They moaned and facepalmed when they screwed. They were asking to experience a crusade themselves. Narinder chose Aym, as he was the oldest. Aym was sent on practice crusade to see if he can make it alive, he did, with a blind eye that made other’s hearts sink horribly and grieve for him, as the cut was infected. Aym was poisoned, paralysed, just for 2 mortal days. Which was 2 afterlife hours.

1000 years later, Narinder realises that the name ‘Lira’ is a agony to the Sheep Clan’s sight and hearing, as her name means ‘death’ in their ritual, ‘Lira’s Punishment.’ He had to hide away Lira, looking merciless and cold, as Lira cried, ‘Father what!? What’s going on?!’ but he was holding back tears and the moment she was sealed away, the chained god sank to his knees and tears started to silently splash his front. Baal and Aym were affected the most. They couldn’t speak. They couldn’t do anything for their beloved sister and they hid their emotions. Aym hid them completely but Baal was incapable of it. Narinder heard his ragged breath and sobbing. They talked it through. And before they knew it. She was forgotten.

When Lambert arrived in the afterlife, Narinder was immediately reminded of Lira. His small stature and ragged clothing and chained arms behind him reminded Narinder of Lira, but much smaller.

Lambert was soon noticing the twins lowered heads, clenched hands, and ragged breath. He wanted to talk to Baal and Aym, but, they were deaf to him.

He was soon to know Lira, the forgotten disciple.

Btw, Lira does not really mean death, it’s just a sillies I did

[geek-and-nina]

WinterFest Fic Completed!!

the deaf Kit AU prequel fic is all done thank you to everyone who read along and encouraged its creation and contemplated Lili and Sorsha's murders

Writing this has been a true pleasure

Thank you to @myrebelliousphase for the amazing cover

for @tanthamorewinterfest

[tanthamoretober]

As Tanthamoretober fades into Never Not Commenting November (watch this space) lets have a massive show of appreciation (via comments! Because comments!) for all our writers, artists and even musicians who were involved!

Our Authors and prompts (all links go to AO3)

Anarik or @theanarik Two fics One for the prompts: harvest, witchcraft and voyeurism One for the prompts: festival, wet, voyeurism, mistaken identity

Cailean or @jalehh Four fics One series, evolution to progress, prompts: bondage and impact play One for the prompt: first time One for the prompt: injury

Geek_and_Nina or @geek-and-nina Thirty-four fics! One series, Show Don't Tell, deaf Kit au. One series The Laughing Whale, siren/pirate au Pretty much every single prompt we could think of!

Haruka81 or @rukaroggy One fic, five chapters For the prompt: injury

Jad3dEt3rnal or @jad3det3rnal One fic For the prompts: the lights go out, magic, full moons

Jayenator565 or @jayenator565 One fic For the prompt: monsters (vampire Jade!)

KitsKat18 One fic For the prompt: haunted house

lowkeyed1 or @lowkeyed1 Eight fics in the series, Tanthamoretober Crack Fics Multiple prompts in each installment!

myrebelliousphase or @myrebelliousphase One fic For the prompt: biting (more vampire Jade!)

Nunspringa One fic For the prompts: haunted house and possession/exorcism

OnlySheStandsThere or @onlyshestandsthere One fic, two chapters (so far) For the prompt: black cat (werecat!Kit!)

pirateygoodness or @swashbucklery Three fics One for the prompts: Monsters (werewolves), dry humping, overcast morning, rainy day, underneath the sky, full moons One for the prompt: nestled under blankets, with traces of exhibitionism One for the prompt: black cat

rochke11 or @commanderbuffy One fic, two chapters (so far) For the prompt: killers

saltywaves or @shellyseashell One fic For the prompts: witchcraft/magic, cursed location, voices in your head, possession

Silver85 or @wigster07 Twenty-four fics Nineteen fics in the series Loving Me Loving You, (AWOOOO) hitting most prompts almost daily! Three fics in the Alpha Kit series for the prompts: Omegaverse and mirror sex, and jumping in a leaf pile One surprise epilogue for Architect of Catastrophe for the prompts: kissing in the rain and softness/tenderness As well as a co-written fic with rochke11 for the prompt: killers

slvershdws Two fics for the series Endearing Idiots One with ten chapters, each chapter for a different prompt: making caramel/candy apples, seasonable garments, pumpkin spice, bobbing for apples, rainy day, warm drinks, nestled under blankets, kissing in the rain, dead end, and costume party One for the prompt: first time

sofys37 or @blackdalek Three fics Two for the series Andowyne by Night, for the prompts: monsters (vampire Kit!), and comes back wrong One for the prompts: fireside, something in the woods, and wet

spybrarian or @spybrarian Five fics One for the prompt: exorcism/possession One for the prompt: dungeon Three for the series There's not a step we can take that does not bring us closer and the prompts: knife play, fireside, first time, wax play

StorySpinner_91 or @storyspinner91 Two fics One for the prompt: autumn foliage One (drabble!) for the prompt: double penetration

TheArcher or @bisexualshakespeare Four fics in the Harvest Festival series One for the prompts: first time, 69, and autumn foliage One for the prompts: long distance, mirror sex, voyeurism, magic, dominance/submission, full moon One for the prompts: biting, dominance/submission, face sitting One for the prompts: caramel apples and harvest ride

TheLateNightStoryTeller or @evodevo-geekmonkey One fic, nine chapters For the prompts: killers, witchcraft/magic, stalking, the Wyrm, help isn't coming, cursed person, mask, found footage, something in the woods

TheyAreSoGay or @theyaresogay One fic, three chapters (so far) For the prompts: festival and autumn breezes

ThisIsHelvetica or @this-is-helvetica One fic For the prompt: witchcraft/magic

Our Artists and prompts (links to tumblr)

@rghema Three sweet comics For the prompts: making caramel/candy apples, baking pies, and abduction

@jlmichigan Willow as bots text post series For many, many prompts through the month!

Our Music Composer (links to tumblr)

@mayblueflamesreign Two songs for the prompts making caramel/candy apples and seasonal garments

Absolutely epic work, everyone. Thank you all so much for being involved!

[tatiana-petrovna]

little talks

“It’s not for nothing that I long for you: It’s that others love my smile only—you love even my tears. It’s not for nothing that I wait for you: It’s that others love only my health—you love even my death.” — Han Yong’un, from Love’s Reasons;

pairing: eddie munson x chrissy cunningham summary: in the wake of spring break, eddie finds himself talking to ghosts... inspired by this post by @bettercallmaul (Eddie lives AU I GUESS 😤 - wrote this before I watched the finale) playlist

~~~

She remembers screaming. Loud enough to shake the windows. High enough in pitch that her own ears had throbbed as if a needle pierced them.  

How could they think it was Eddie that had hurt her? Why had anyone allowed Jason to just… turn vigilante and hunt him down like a rabid dog? 

She remembers trying desperately to throw a vase full of lilies in her mother’s church after the funeral. 

Stop!

To kick a chair across the police station. 

Leave him alone!

To throttle Jason with her bare hands as he used her name to justify his vitriol. She’s never been so angry before. Never been so filled up with rage. But then again, she’s never cared about anyone like she does Eddie. 

He’s the only one who ever really saw me. Just leave him alone. Being so far away from him is hard enough, why are you wrapping the grief around his neck like a noose? 

But her fingers and her feet had slipped through the vase. And the chair. And Jason with every attempt. And her screams fell on deaf ears. Because she was no longer a girl. Nothing more than sand slipping through fingers. Nothing more than a shadow choking on her own silence.  

So she stayed. Stubbornly, she clung to Hawkins, refusing to abandon him… even if it did him no good at all. 

~~~

The first time, it's just a flash.

So brief he'd convinced himself it had been a trick of the light. An aftershock of all the trauma their small town's youth had collectively experienced in the past month.But despite the fear he'd felt, Eddie found himself replaying the moment anyway. A song he didn't want to let out of his head. A scratch in the record he couldn't bring himself to move the needle off of. And it was so easy because it had been so clear. Felt so real.

Chrissy, alive and bright and dewy with sunshine. Chrissy, sat in the passenger seat of Shadowfax (his beloved van), one hand out the window as her fingers played elegantly through the wind. Chrissy, humming along to the tape he'd had in his deck as he drove north. Gold Dust Woman by Fleetwood Mac bled from his speakers (lately, he'd been coming back to the records his mother had played around their shitty apartment in Detroit - the songs he'd longed to introduce Chrissy to for years, knowing, just knowing that her parents listened to shit like Donna Summers and ABBA).

He'd nearly driven right off the road, tires screeching as he went careening onto the shoulder of the 109. Body trembling and breath coming heavy, it had been a moment before he'd actually mustered the bravery to look over again. But all that was next to him was a pane of sunshine filtering in from the open window.

~~~

It took several joints to calm his nerves after that day.

The distraction of playing a show at a shitty downtown Chicago bar helps. He's started picking up side gigs. Filling in across the mid-west where guitarists are needed. Partly for the extra cash and partly for the connections he's able to network in the gig circuit. But if he's honest, it's not actually about any of those things. It's the distraction they provide.

He can't just sit in his bedroom in Hawkins like nothing happened. Focusing on one singular task at a time has never been his strong suit, but now it's impossible. Even trying to plan the new D&D campaign for Hellfire has proven a mountain that refuses to be scaled. Every time he takes out his kit, all he sees is the little Vecna statuette and he falls down a dizzying rabbit hole of confused, frustrated fury.

There are perks to this in a way. Gigs don't just provide an opportunity to showcase his talent with a guitar, they're the best venue to move product. He's never had so much money in his life. Sometimes, he takes the wads of cash out from the plastic bag they sit in, hidden in the toilet tank of the trailer bathroom, just to stare at it.

He won't put it in a bank. His uncle has warned him of that, since the money isn't legal. But the bathroom is as good a savings account as any. What's left over after he pays Wayne rent and buys flowers for Chrissy's grave goes right in this little bag.

Sometimes he feels foolish sitting at her grave, talking to her as he picks the thorns off pink roses. He knows she's not really there. She can't be. And even if she was, the handful of moments they'd shared didn't exactly entitle him to mourn for her. But the grief was there, all the same. It was there because she wasn't.

~~~

The second time is at a show and he knows it's because he's high as a kite.

The little redhead in the crowd can't be her. It just can't be. Those can't be her big, storm blue eyes staring up at him. He knows, because Vecna took her eyes. His favorite thing about her had always been her eyes.

After his set, he follows the girl through the crowd, leaving his precious Freya up on stage for the band he's with tonight to worry about. He's never left Freya on her own in his life but this girl looks exactly like…

"Chrissy!" The air outside in the alley feels cool after the heat of a packed dive bar. But all he can see is her short skirt. Her long slender legs. Her beautiful red hair.

When she turns to face him on the steps that lead down from the alley door, there's a mischievous smile twitching at her mouth. Then suddenly, she's kissing him and it feels as if there's snow falling and Christmas lights switching on and...

He reaches to grip her slender waist, but his fist closes around air. Eyes fluttering open, Eddie staggers back. He had felt her. He had felt her body heat. Heard her breathing. Tasted her strawberry chapstick. What the fuck had been in that bong he'd hit in the green room?

Brows knit together in determination, he heads back inside, wondering if he can't find some more.

~~~

The third time is very much on purpose. 

He waits until his uncle has left for the night, then lays out candles across the small coffee table and sits on the floor. Hands trembling, Eddie swallows hard against the tight ball of tension knotted in his throat. The woman he’d bought the ouija board from had warned him not to attempt this alone. But who could he possibly confess his delusions to? Or worse, that he was chasing after them rather than trying to rationalize them. 

For a long while, he just watches the candles burn. Glances up to where the scar of a long-since closed portal has been spray painted in a whitish gray that clearly doesn’t match the rest of the ceiling. He can still see her floating there. Can still hear her bones snapping. The whites of her eyes…her beautiful blue eyes… stolen. 

Wiping the sweat of his palms across black denim jeans, he shakes his hands out, trying to dispel the anxiety keeping his desperation locked up tight. 

“Come on, man.” He mutters to himself. “You can walk into another dimension strapped like fuckin’ Rambo. You can do this.” 

Closing his eyes, his fingertips rest on the edges of the planchet. 

“Chrissy? If you’re there… fuck, just… please give me a sign?” The words stumble out, unsure and half embarrassed.

A silence thick with his own cloying desperation follows. Dust floats lazily through the beams of moonlight slanting across the living room. Feeling like an idiot, Eddie lets go of the planchet and lets his head fall back onto the couch behind him. Letting out a slow breath, he drags his hands through his hair, tempted to pull some out in frustration. 

“God damn it, baby…just talk to me.” No longer guessing at what he’s supposed to say, this more surefooted tone seems to allow the energy in the room to shift. The dust by the window seems to swirl up into curls for a moment and he swears he hears a giggle brush by his ear just as a soft rush of wind blows the candles out, leaving him sat in the dark. His pulse climbs like a balloon full of hot air and his posture straightens just in time to catch the planchet slide over the word ‘hello’. 

Brown eyes wide, Eddie fights hard against the instinct to bolt. To run out the door and into his van and drive far away. But the thought makes his stomach turn. 

‘Fuck that. I ran away once. I’m not leaving her again.’ 

“H-Hey…uh, can you… give me a sign that it’s you? That I’m… not just sitting here talking to a… demon or something.” 

As if on cue, Chrissy appears on the other side of the coffee table, sat on the floor with her legs folded same as him. 

“You called me baby first and then you asked if I was a demon? Feels a little out of order.” 

For a moment, he’s stunned into silence from the fact that these are her first words to him after... 

“Death becomes her …Nice to see you too.” He muses, sliding a guitar pick off the coffee table and rubbing his thumb across the front. His hands have always been his greatest tell. Always touching or toying with something when his brain is going faster than he can follow. How the fuck is this happening?

Then she’s smiling. And he swears it feels like he’s reliving every Christmas morning at once.

“You’re not scared.” A statement, not a question. She’s surprised, having braced herself for a much longer fight before he didn’t look at her as if she was the monster in a horror film. 

“Are you?” Just like Eddie to be looking after her, ready to pick up all her pieces, even when they were buried in the ground. 

“What else can happen to me now?” 

Swallowing hard, he nods. Waves of guilt wash up on his shore and he struggles to put up a sea wall against them. But it seems losing her physical form has only strengthened whatever connection they had before and she can feel the shift in his energy as if she’s a radio antenna dialed into one station. His. Eyes falling closed, she pleads with him to believe her.

“That’s not what I meant.” 

“How did you…how are you…here?” 

Big blue eyes brushing around the trailer, she feels such warmth here. Like she could nest into the carpet and sew herself into the fibers of the couch and pool inside the moonlight falling through his windows. A single shrug rolls her slender shoulders. 

“I’m not sure…I just…wanted to be here. I wanted to be with you…You’re the only one who comes and talks to me, you know.” 

“Not even…?” 

“He brings flowers. He doesn’t stay. Mom and dad too. Nothing to say, I guess. Just like everyone else…except you” 

“Seems a little too easy…” Easy has been a difficult road for Eddie to trust ever since he can remember. Especially when that road leads to happiness. What’s the catch? He thinks.

“Does it? Feels like we earned this to me.” The look in her eyes silences any further opposition as he remembers how much she’s sacrificed. His usual ‘devils advocate’ attitude melts into an easy nod and he plays the corners of his guitar pick across the coffee table. 

“I’m happy you’re here…god, you could be anywhere. With your family, with…with Jason.” She nods, unblinking, completely aware of these facts. Only silence follows and the confidence of her response tugs a smile to life at the corner of his mouth. “But I don’t… I don’t want you to go, hmm?” 

And she nods again as he repeats the words that she'd pressed into his pages like little wildflowers in the woods. Smiling that Christmas morning smile all the while. 

~~~

The fourth time makes him cry in front of the entire school. 

Graduation day. And he never really thought he’d get to walk that stage. But seeing Chrissy stand up in the crowd, waving her pom poms and cheering him on is enough to choke a sob or two in his throat.

Through his tears, he still manages to flip off Principle Higgins. And after the diploma is in his hands, him and Chrissy run like hell out of the auditorium, screaming like banshees. 

~~

The fifth time is nothing short of embarrassing. 

He’s puking his guts out before a show in Detroit at The Riot Club. It’s a Friday night. The basement venue is packed so full that everyone knows they’d be shut down in a second if the fire department were to show up for an inspection. But as long as the drinks keep flowing, no one really cares. Even if half of them get spilled. 

Eddie isn’t even sure how Corroded Coffin got this gig. Or why he thought they were ready for this. For Detroit. Real studio reps show up at these things. God, they’re gunna see right through his bullshit. Another spasm twists his stomach and he wretches up bile, a cold sweat breaking out over his forehead. 

Then, without warning, a brush of ice cold caresses the base of his neck. And before he even hears her voice, he knows it’s her from the way this touch is steadying his shaken nerves. 

“Better back here than up on stage, hmm?” She runs her hand slowly down his spine, then back up to squeeze at the tension coiled tight in his shoulders. 

“Y-yeah…” 

“You are ready for this, you know.” Chrissy wonders if reading braille feels the same way decoding him does. A language you can’t see but only feel. 

“How…how could you possibly know that?” He barely loses the words as he fights to catch his breath. 

“I know you’ve seen me at your shows…” 

If he’s honest, he’d assumed he’d hallucinated all that. That he was simply seeing what he wanted to see. But then again, he’s been talking to a ghost. So, it’s a little late to play the ‘rational guy’ card.  

“I always wanted you at my shows.” A deep, dark laugh rumbles low in his chest at the irony. “Not like this, but…” 

“What’s the worst that could happen? You’ll die and have to come haunt everyone in Hawkins with me for eternity?” 

His eyebrows raise as suddenly the shotgun in his uncle’s closet starts to sound a bit more friendly. Catching the look in his eyes, she reads his mind as easily as if it’s her own. 

“That’s not an invitation.” She clarifies, slapping his own smirk right back at him. 

The walls shake with the chanting of the crowd beyond the bathroom. They’re losing their patience, ready for the music to start. 

Wiping his mouth with the sleeve of his jacket, Eddie flushes his vomit away and moves to splash cold water on his face at the sink. Chrissy takes a seat on the countertop, her thin legs crossed at the ankles. Hesitantly, he lifts a hand and brushes it along her cheek. 

She’s smooth and soft and cool as the cement of a crypt. 

“I fucking miss you.” He whispers, feeling lost at sea. 

“I’m right here. Always.” She promises him, dusting a cold kiss to his jawline. 

That’s the night Corroded Coffin play their best show yet. It’s also the night they’re offered a record deal in LA. 

The producers he meets think he’s a little strange. Always talking to himself. Wearing a wedding ring but living alone. Always writing songs about dead girls. 

But the songs sell. And fans seem to dig his loner vibe. And the shadows he keeps company with seem to steer him out of trouble. 

For the most part, anyway. 

[thistledown-au-warriors]

Thistledown AU Frostfur aka Frost Shine!

Frost Shine — beautiful white molly with blue eyes, partially deaf.

Mate: Lion's Heart

Kits: Blazing Cinder, Bright Flame, Thorn Claw, Bracken Leaf

she loved digging her face into hubby's mane when she got overstimulated

[tanthamorewinterfest]

Here are the latest additions to the Tanthamore Winterfest collection over on AO3:

So I’ve Heard by Geek_and_Nina Rating: Mature Summary:

jade’s coaching boxing, and graydon is her favorite student. kit is his best friend and we alllll know where that’s going to lead

More chapters added! This is a prequel of Show Don’t Tell, deaf Kit au. LOTS of prompts used!

Just like in the movies by claymoressword Rating: General Summary: Prompts: warming up from the cold + “Just trust me.”

“Wait! What was a mistake?” The girl gripped at the handle of the door and took a deep breath, back still turned to hide the hurt on her face from the employee. “Nothing, I just... I came here looking for someone that’s no longer here, and it was stupid of me to think that they’d be here after all this time.” A long silence stretched between them and Jade watched as the girl’s knuckles on the handle became whiter and whiter. Impulsively, she walked towards the girl and relaxed the grip, her voice as comforting as possible. “Whoever it is, I’m sure they’ll be here tomorrow or the day after, we have the best patrons. Just tell me their name and I’ll make sure to let them know you asked for them, maybe even leave a message?” The girl scoffed, a bitter expression turning her face into stone as she turned to Jade. “Well, you can tell my father he can go fuck himself.”

Samaras (an Architect of Catastrophe story) by spybrarian for Silver85 Rating: Mature Summary:

Prompt: Home and family (found or otherwise)

The deluge shows no sign of stopping. It lasts for days, but then, perhaps it needs to. The earth in the Immemorial City has been thirsty for a long, long time. There’s a lot to wash away. OR Set directly after the end of The Architect of Catastrophe, Kit wrestles with the concept of her future.

The Nightmare Before Christmas by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Prompts: winter hunting, winter gathering

Demons don't care about the holidays. When Kit and Jade receive an assignment from Lili, their Christmas plans go from eggnog and presents to crossbows and murder.

Part 2 of The Curse of the Wyrm

I Wish You Would by rochke11 for pirateygoodness Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Prompt: home for the holidays

Kit is home for Christmas, feeling the bittersweet nostalgia of her childhood bedroom An OT3 addition to this series

Part 5 of Eras

Baby, It's Cold Outside by lowkeyed1 Rating: General Summary:

Prompt: winter gathering

Graydon is drawn to the piano at Kit's Christmas party, and that draws someone else to him…

The Light That Leads West by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Prompts: huddling for warmth, under blankets, first snow, fireside, 'shut up and hold me'

Tensions rise as the group journey's across the Shattered Sea but Kit isn't the person she was when she left on this quest and once she's able to cool off, she finds she has a lot to think about.

Afraid of Change, Afraid of Staying the Same by TheLateNightStoryTeller Rating: Teen and up Summary:

Prompts: 'you earned this', beach day (the Shattered Sea totally counts)

On their journey across the Shattered Sea, Jade watches Kit master her swordsmanship with pride. Both of them are changing and with change comes questions that Jade isn't sure she has the answers to yet. A companion to 'The Light That Leads West'

gotta get (bottomed out) by pirateygoodness Rating: Explicit Summary:

Prompts: winter solstice, longest night

Jade had whispered the idea of it first; her words coming so fast that Kit could hardly understand her as she leaned in against Kit's ear during dinner. Do you think people ever - it would be wild if someone - underneath the great tree. Kit had nodded, reminded Jade of the time that Airk had tried and been caught with a minor lord's youngest daughter and nearly pressed into marriage over the indiscretion. Jade had mentioned it again, the next night. Had said, so surely, what if we didn't get caught. Then, the next night: what if you brought your cock. Kit's not entirely proud of the speed with which she had relented. + (Or: Kit and Jade enjoy the Fantasy Strap-On, festively.)

Part 5 of this is the best day I can ever remember (tanthamore smutverse)

We still have most of the month to go so keep 'em coming! A full list of prompts can be found here and the rules and FAQs are over here.

[originalwinnercheesecake]

Warrior Names for Kits and Apprentices who never got to receive them

Okay so I read Warriors as a young teen. I outgrew them in the beginning of the fourth apprentice when I started noticing how redundant many of the plot points, and how neutered actual situations and and consequences were in POT, and TFA opened with the first big disaster being as stupid as one time beavers.

Since then I pop back to it every now and again to see how this old horse is managing to still run (great Starclan), or to read fix-it AU a talented members of the fandom wrote. One concept I find very interesting is “What if this cat lived to get a warrior name?”. So here are my ideas on what some of them could have been.

Swiftpaw becomes Swiftroar: I am actually okay with Swiftpaw dying where he did. The dogs had to be shown as a threat capable of killing. Also saving Brightheart, plus getting his clan to stop ignoring the threat at sunning rocks in time to be aware of Tigerstar’s plans at least gave meaning to his death. But he had been an apprentice for so long, and its mentioned he was long past completing his training. So I like to headcannon that had his warrior ceremony in Starclan. Swiftroar for a brave, outspoken cat, who finally got his clan to take a dangerous threat seriously.

Snowkit becomes Snowtwitch: Semi working on an Au where he lives and becomes a warrior, because I don’t like how his character was primarily used to dump on deaf individuals (nearly all comments cats made about him were how he doesn’t act right and won’t be useful to the clan), and then he was killed off to put his mother in the elder’s den, so she can take care of Brightheart in the next book... Really Erin’s? You couldn’t have used sight, smell, touch, and signals he already understood, to make him at least a background warrior? Speckletail couldn’t have retired on the same day Snowkit became an apprentice? Well I am giving him the name Snowtwitch partially for the signals that he could communicate with, that would have been very valuable for his clanmates to learn (silent messages during patrols) and because despite what the Erin’s put about him being oblivious to the clanmates he couldn’t hear, what’s far more likely is he would have watched everything about their movements and body language to tell him what his ears couldn’t.

Gorsepaw becomes Gorseheart: Gorsepaw Remember him? He was like the only kit to survive living in Windclan’s temporary shelter in “Fire and Ice”, after being driven out. Fireheart helped his mother carry him back to their territory, and the pair were friends at Gathering’s once Gorsepaw became an apprentice. Tigerstar killed him in the sixth book to try and scare Windclan into joining Tigerclan; possibly choosing Gorsepaw specifically because he mattered to Firestar. Since he and Firestar mattered a lot to each other I will give him Firestar’s old suffix, as a subtle tribute to him.

Shrewpaw becomes Shrewnose: Every time I see someone try and do an AU for if he lived they always name him Shrewtail, How did that become the most common pick for him? Like nothing wrong with it, a bit basic yes, but how did it become favorite over every other possible name? Especially since in cannon Dustpelt and Ferncloud named him “Shrew” because he had a narrow muzzle that reminded them of the nose of a shrew. Just like they named his brother “Spider” because he had long thin legs like a spider. Given Spiderleg’s warrior name I feel pretty certain Shrewpaw would have been Shrewnose. It also could factor in to him being good at sniffing out fat prey... but sadly not monsters.

Okay so I have more to say about these four because they’re kinda the big four who’s deaths felt important. I remember them dying actually having big impacts on the story and characters, besides “Okay lets be sad for a couple pages then never speak of it again”. I have warrior names for other cats beneath this, but because they had less character I won’t go into as much detail as to why this name suits them.

Lynxkit and Mistlekit: Kits belonging to Goldenflower and Speckletail early in TPB. Died and were named off book with Mistlekit at least being mentioned to have had green-cough, Lynxkit not even getting that luxury. Lynxtuft lynx’s are basically fluffy wild cats, and with goldenflower as a mom I imagine they were fluffy. Mistleleaf like the leaves of mistletoe (she is not named after the twoleg weapon)

Tulipkit and Elderkit: Brindleface’s two dead kits, whom she took Cloudtail in to help cope with the loss of. Tulipstem and Elderblossom (there apparently is a small white, cluster flower with black berries called an Elderflower).

Cricketkit and Featherkit. Two kits supposedly born to Dappletail and Runngingwind pre-series, Featherkit is deaf. Cricketchirp and Featherface

Mosskit: Mossheart after her father Oakheart. If Stonefur can share his bio-mother’s suffix then Mosskit can be named after Oakheart

Blossomkit and Adderkit: Mosskits two friends in Starclan if you don’t remember. Supposedly Blossomkit had wanted to be a medicine cat. Blossomroot is a pretty good name for one. Adderkit was named for the snake that killed him, and while I don’t want to continue that trope, since snakes don’t have feet/fur/claws Adderstrike is all I can come up with.

All the other Shadowclan apprentices and kits who died because Brokenstar forced them to fight to young. If Badgerfang could be a warrior in Starclan then they all should have. So Mosspaw-Mossear, Brownpaw-Brownfoot, Swampkit-Swampfeather, Marigoldkit-Marigoldnose, Mintkit-Mintfrost.

Mistkit and Nightkit: Tigerstar’s two littermates. Sister’s to this guy have to have names that are at least vaguely sinister, they just do. I am going with Mistcloud and Nightshade.

Hollykit and Larchkit: Hollysun and Larchspring. Their littermate is Birchfall and those names go with his.

Talonpaw: Shadowclan apprentice, killed by evil kittypets in Twilight. He was Rowanclaw’s apprentice, and Rowanclaw cared a lot about him and was shown to be devastated by his loss. So I will name him Talonclaw after Rowan.

Molepaw/molekit: (the Erin’s changed how old he was when he got sick and died). His sisters all got fairly original names, as this was around when Firestar was starting to get his most creative, finding 9+ different names for all 9+ apprentices. Continuing that lets use a more rare suffix for him...Molefang

Sweetpaw: She was from “Bluestar’s Prophecy” and died from food poisoning. Sweetpetal

Perchkit, Promrosepaw, and Pikepaw: Mistyfoot’s deceased kits. Let me think of some good “Riverclan sounding” names for them. Perchstone, Primrosepelt, and Pikesplash.

Splashkit, Morningkit,Swankit: Graypool’s bio kits. Splashpool (after mama), Morningsky (Moningflower is already taken and it sounds nice),  Swanbeak (why not make a warrior name out of the toughest part of the Swan)

Willowkit and Minnowkit: Silverstream’s two littermates, daughter’s of Crookedstar, and princesses of Riverclan. Because they are Princesses of the water clan lets make water body suffix’s a theme for for all three of them Willowbrook and Minnowcreek

Patchkit, Petalkit, and Larchkit: Mapleshade and Appledusk’s kits. If these kits had become warriors then I hope all 3 would have been nothing like their parents. So I will give 2 of them opposite names to their parents. Patchlight and Petaldawn. Larchkit can be Larchtail... its a suffix I haven’t used it yet.

Seedpaw: Sorreltail and Brakenfur’s daughter who died in Bramblestar’s storm. Seedshine. This little apprentice dove under floodwater to save her littermate’s life. She had more courage shinning inside her than at least a few seasoned warriors from these books.

Eaglekit, Hillkit, Downkit: Those are Crowfeather’s older brother, and his two littermates. Eaglespirit, Hillclaw, Downstorm.

Hopekit and Wishkit: Yellowfang’s daughters. Hopeblaze and Wishflower.

Tadpole: Mothwing and Hawkfrost’s oldest littermate. Him dying was part of why Sasha decided that maybe her kits would be safer in the clans. But what if she had decided that earlier, and he was still around? Since I have seen 2-3 clanborn cats have double word first names I don’t want to change his name to “Frog”. While Tadpolefur is really basic, it works for him since he was almost solid black and looks kinda like Tadpoles are swimming all over his fur, and is the best I can think of.

Dandelionkit and Juniperkit: Bramblestar and Squirrelflight’s other two kits who never made it to apprenticehood (and who both should have been much more significant in “Squirrelflight’s Hope”) . Dandelionflower because I am convinced she was named after Goldenflower, and Juniperstorm after Sandstorm...Also screw the publishers who wouldn’t let Sparkpelt be named Sparkfire in her grandfather’s memory. Its a great name and I am giving it to her here.

Flickerkit: Sparkpelt/fire and Larksong’s angel kit. Flickerwing like Angelwing

Rowankit: They just died in the newest book, but I am putting them up here because I want to keep all the PO3 Windclan cats together. Tiger(heart)star and Dovewing do not have an kits with common names and I am not about to change that by giving their baby daughter...son...kit one. I went through rarer suffixes. Since has already been a Rowanberry, and “branch” honestly sounds better with Birchkit’s prefix, I decided to name them Rowanbloom.

Galekit: just learned about Heathertail’s still born sister on Heather’s tumblr page. “Gale” in this spelling means a very strong wind She is a leaders daughter from Windclan, the Clan that is all about speed and being strong runners. So for her I pick the warrior name Galerunner.

...So if you have read Crowfeather’s trial you know that Nightcloud and Crowfeather had three kits. But you also know that Trigger warning here (Nightcloud went into labor with them to early and Breezepelt was the only kit who was able to survive outside the womb.) We never learn the other two kits names. I gave them headcannon names that are kinda tragic (they are tragic cats) Coldkit and Mewkit. Using those maybe Coldnight and Mewsong.

... Also can I please rename Breezepelt. He is one of the most important cats in Windclan and yet the Erin’s gave him the most boring, basic, background character name they could. I am naming him Breezestorm because he was a weak kit who grew into a powerful warrior, and also his temper can be kinda like the weather.

Ravenpaw if he had ever gotten a warriorname: Ravenflight because of his flight from Thunderclan to his happy life at the barn.

Millie if she had taken a warrior name: Milliequest. In the books she objects to taking a warrior name because she loves her kittypet name. Okay I will respect that. Instead of taking it away, I will pull a Leafstar and turn “Millie” into a warrior name by adding a suffix to it. I choose the suffix “quest” because of the quest she and Graystripe went on to find the clans.

Boulder if he had taken a warrior name: Boulder was the bloodclan elder who escaped form Scourge and sought refuge in Shadowclan. Bloudershine because he is one of the few Bloodclan cats who was able to see the light once away from its abuse.

Sasha if she had taken a warrior name: Travelingheart. I came up with his as a possible name for Millie before deciding on Milliequest. I think it works better for Sasha. Sasha did travel around a lot and it also calls into question if she really would stay with the clans, or keep moving around.

Tree if he took a warrior name or for him would it be called a clan name: So I am not gonna lie, I completely forgot this guy existed. I haven’t read a warrior book with him in it, and I am probably not going to. A google search of him to figure out what he is like. I will go with Treewhisper because of Tree’s communication powers and role in his can.

Daisy: If I give Tree a clan name event though he is a mediator and not a warrior, then I need to give Daisy, who is a perma queen, one too. After going through a lot of potential ones: Daisysprout A sprout is a small, new plant that if you give time, patients, and nurturment to will grow into something bigger and more beautiful. This perfectly symbolizes both Daisy's role in the nursery (sprout can be an affectionate name for a young child), and how her role in rhe clan grew as each new generation of cats grew into warriors, atleast partially under her care.

Purdy if He had taken a warrior name: Storyteller. Fits him perfectly

[dorkofspace]

STARCLAN’S LAST RESORT AU NOTES #1

Been meaning to update with some ideas on this AU but have really been struggling art wise, so here are some random world/character building thoughts and ideas I have currently. 

The story takes place in the old forest after deforestation, and the entire surrounding area is sort of post apocalyptic/ barren and almost purgatory like, though as to why this is and how the sudden destruction of the clans happened is still under construction. 

THUNDERCLAN

I’ve already decided the first “main” group that gets revived in Thunderclan are Scourge, Princess, Smudge, Swiftpaw, Shrewpaw, Snowkit, Mosskit, Elderkit, Tulipkit, Juniperkit, and Dandelionkit. All of them were chosen based on unfair deaths and each cat’s connection to Firestar or Tigerclaw/star in some way. 

Other returning Thunderclan members currently under consideration are: Thrushpelt, Frecklewish, Birchface, Speckletail, Snowfur, Bluestar’s parents, Swiftpaw and Snowkit’s siblings, Mapleshade’s kits, Honeyfern, and possibly Briarlight.

ABSOLUTELY returning next would be: Pinestar, Leopardfoot and her kits, and Goosefeather, which I feel could add a lot of drama and unique interactions based on unresolved feelings from the earlier events of the books. 

A possible change would be changing some parents of characters to prevent inbreeding or odd story choices (ie Darkstripe being the father of Brindleface’s kits), though I fully intend to properly address the extremely uncomfortable abuse/manipulation in relationships and large age gaps that are brushed over in canon, as well as bringing up some character traits that are often overlooked or ignored in said canon as well. 

One of the main ones I’ve discovered is Stormtail, Bluestar’s father, who’s alarming behavior has been mostly overlooked. Including his age gap relationship with Moonflower, his bullying and pretty much implied attempted murder on Goosefeather, the neglect of his kits till they live up to his expectations, and of course, his implied affair with Dappletail, which also concerns an age gap. I hope to expand on these details with lesser looked at characters like this some time in the events of the AU 

Finally for Thunderclan, Scourge would receive a leader role but would not have nine lives, and would possibly mentor Swiftpaw or Snowkit. I’m also considering Snowkit becoming a medicine cat, but not as a way to push him in there because of his deafness. Since the clans have been destroyed and rebuilt with these revived cats, I feel some warrior code would change, idk if Scourge would really want to keep everything exactly the same if he’s now in control of clan life. Snowkit would be a sort of battle medic, doing both warrior and med cat duties equally. Swiftpaw and Shrewpaw would gain a friendship, along with Snowkit and Mosskit! Snowkit would also support Goosefeather in many ways. 

Pinestar would return but still be extremely distant and attempt to live as a loner in the new barren world, though he would definitely keep being pulled back into clan life and his inescapable actions. Also learning about his revived kits, his grandson, and his great grandchildren (Dandelion & Juniper), would probably affect him in some way. Him and Leopardfoot are divorced (yippee!!! 🎉🎉) but still struggle with having to work together to keep the future of the clan safe. 

As for the other clans!! I don’t have a ton but here’s what’s gonna possibly happen there. 

RIVERCLAN

Do you remember Whiteclaw?? No?? He was Leopardstar’s apprentice who fell over the gorge. He apparently also had a crush on Silverstream before his death. I feel him and Thrushpelt could relate to have one sided crushes on girls who end up not being at all interested in them and having a romance with the neighboring clan cats instead. (Solidarity) Willowbreeze would return with her kits as well as Brightsky and her kits (Leopardstar’s mom) 

SHADOWCLAN

There is some Lord Of The Flies stuff probably happening in Shadowclan, so many apprentices and kits died there from Brokenstar’s reign among other things, daycare has gotten out of control. 

WINDCLAN

Also a lot of dead apprentices in Windclan! I thought there would be a similar scenario, except Antpelt comes back and has to babysit all of them. Also possibly maybe Darktail’s unnamed newborn siblings join??? 

EDIT: JUST REALIZED I PUT FERNCLOUD INSTEAD OF BRINDLEFACE FOR DARKSTRIPE’S MATE I’M SORRY