#hes like. saying it will cause issues in their friendship if she doesnt get rid of it. hes not even saying that its a problem because he

[tinylittlebab]

bleh everything SUCKS

[noahtally-famous]

keith! the throwaway name in tdpi to you; but to me he's an actual character

younger me is screaming rn, ever since i watched tdpi when it came out, i was super interested in keith as a character (and his dynamics with sky, and with dave)!! finally here we are, some picrews of what i think he looks like & some basic info! (cant do the 16-slide presentation with him rn like i did with gabriel 😔 but maybe i will in the future!)

here's a fic abt him! (plus i do have an rr au idea with him in my drafts)

below the cut are gonna be some keith (and keith & sky) hcs:

-> keith is exceptional in almost any sport he puts his mind to! his favorites are baseball and basketball though. he met sky through a school game and they bonded over their love of athletics!

-> keith never rlly considered sports as a career, he's always default thought of it as a hobby. sky was the one who wanted to take her skills farther, and he did support her for it

-> their shakiness started when sky brought up auditioning for tdpi. keith has heard the shit that happens in many reality shows and worried for her, saying they could try another solution. they argued, sky signed up for tdpi (she said she'll miss him in the audition bc he was filming and it was sort of as a 'im sorry for the fights pls try to understand' thing). however, despite keith trying to understand, he didn't watch any of tdpi until the finale episode

-> as a loyal person in relationships, keith was extremely hurt and upset by sky kissing dave and then leading him on. it made him feel quite worthless, and despite any reconciliations, he knows he can't ever trust her again

-> he doesnt like dave bc the guy went ballistic and put sky's life in harm's way, he considers that a bit of an overreaction on dave's end and he does resent him for believing he played a part in sky falling for him

-> this guy places trust to a high degree, if you break it, you're seeing a different keith

-> he's the type to maybe be good/proficient at chess. might have him be good at it actually!

-> he and sky are both bisexual. sky is bi with a preference for women; keith is bi but used to pretend he was straight due to the environment he lived in

-> sky and keith's relationship tropes: friends to lovers, mutual respect for each other, relationship for convenience

-> in actuality, sky & keith's relationship is more of a friendship. they only made it like they're dating bc of their families, and when their individual sexuality crisis came up, that caused some issues. prior to tdpi, sky already had a feeling she liked women, but she kept it to herself; keith, for his part, already was aware of his bisexuality when he and sky started dating but he thought their relationship would "get rid of it". in the end, sky got the courage to push aside the veil in front of their relationship first (hence the dave moments), and keith tried to hide behind their relationship bc he didn't know if he had the guts to confront the implications

-> keith's fully ready to confront/fight anyone who gives him bad vibes and isn't afraid to show that--all except for his father (the man gave this guy too much trauma for that)

-> he got his piercings as a nonverbal 'eff you' to the old keith he used to be. back when he was worried abt his parents judgements and his friends. before tdpi, before sky and his breakup, before he made an effort to come into his real self

-> his mum and he have a complicated relationship. she's low-key homophobic at times that he cant get a proper read on her. but he does love her (def more than he does his dad), and he hopes she's willing to accept him

-> has heterochromia; one eye is dark blue, the other is light hazel (he tends to wear contacts, making it seem like he has two blue eyes)

-> he shaved part of the side of his head in a fit of impulsiveness at a concert with several friends, but then he realized he looks good in it and he likes the style, so he kept it that way

-> the type to wear sweatshirts/shirts/hoodies with lowkey memes on them (as shown in the pics with him wearing the orange hoodie with the two fingers almost touching)

-> he and sky were the epitome of 'what we have is better off as a wonderful friendship than a romantic relationship'

-> he and sky tended to help each other sports-wise in various ways; like she'd play scrimmages with him, and he'd race hurdles with her. this helps both of them grow and bond at the same time. it's a fun pastime they both enjoyed and feel nostalgic for now

-> clothing style: the stuff in the pics, along with jeans (not rlly baggy jeans though) along with sports sneakers or light brown hiking boots

-> one time sky twisted her ankle and refused to get help, and keith had to literally piggy-back her to his car bc she said she "can just walk it of, its fine!"

-> strong emotionally/mentally/physically. more so abt the first two, he's good at hiding his feelings bc of the environment he grew up in and his family (his dad more so). if he and dave ever have a heart-to-heart they can discuss their shitty father figures and how that lack impacted them lmao (the dave in my head has a shitty and distant father)

-> this also makes him more suppressed emotionally and more uncommunicative

aaand think that's all i've got so far!!

[lesbiansandstorm]

redid my warriors au, long post

i’ve made a few posts about this au before but i’ve changed things

series 1

events of into the wild are basically the same,(i.e. firepaw joining clan etc) however sandpaw and dustpaw are the main characters

after ravenpaw’s departure, firepaw, dustpaw, and sandpaw realise tigerclaw is a threat, put aside their differences and eventually the three become best friends™

graystripe is a little bit older than them (about the same age as longtail) and was trained/manipulated by tigerclaw

the three get their warrior names and are happily doing warrior things until about 12 moons later

tigerclaw murders bluestar; he becomes leader of thunderclan and isn’t sure whether to pick darkstripe or graystripe as deputy, he encourages the two toms to fight and prove themselves

graystripe wins, tigerstar disposes of darkstripe

sandstorm + friends talk to whitestorm about their suspicions, he believes them and encourages them to tell the rest of the clan (-tigerstar and his friends)

the clan, after some convincing believe tigerstar is a bad dude and try to think of a plan to get rid of him

they have to be careful as tigerstar has a group of cats that are like bodyguards to him - former rogues that dont take warrior names or participate in clan duties (that turn out to be bloodclan spies)

but wait! there’s more! tigerbutt takes over riverclan after crookedstar’s death, the thunderclan cats wonder if they should tell leopardfur about tigerstar’s evilness - will she believe and side with them?

spoiler: she does and immediately tries to break their alliance, but seeming she wasn’t able to get her nine lives or name she is no more powerful than any other warrior and tigerstar threatens to murder her clanmates so she backs down

fireheart’s personality is a bit different to canon - he’s more easygoing and chilled (think of a mix between canon firestar, graystripe, and brackenfur)

silverstream and graystipe have a one night stand type thing causing her to fall pregnant

silverstream doesnt want anything more to do with him and doesnt want the kits to know he’s the father

some of her clanmates turn on her (even though both clans are all living together its very crowded) so she ends up making friends with the thunderclan cats

specifically sandstorm

they become very good friends

yep...just gals....being pals...

the main character squad (sandstorm, dustpelt, fireheart, and now silverstream and cinderpelt) realise they need tigerstar to trust them or they might just end up ‘accidentally’ murdered

he hates fireheart because he was a kittypet, thinks dustpelt is too short tempered...so then there’s sand™

sandstorm fools tigerstar and graystripe into thinking she’s on their side, and reports back their plans to the other cats

tigerstar exiles goldenflower because she doesn’t want to be his mate anymore and refuses his advances - tawnypaw goes with her and they flee to shadowclan where goldenflower later dies of carrionplace disease

graystripe is killed in a battle against shadowclan and windclan, and sandstorm is named deputy as tigerstar thinks he can trust her (surprise! sandstorm was surprised..)

silverstream survives her kitting

ferncloud is closer in age to dustpelt and they arent related

fast forward another 6 moons, the stress of having to suck up to tigerstar yet prove she is still loyal to the other cats is getting to sandstorm

some of the riverclan cats are accusing her of really being on tigerstar’s side

knock knock get the door its bloodclan

one night, tigerstar tries to use bloodclan to take over shadow and windclan

scourge murders him - sandstorm reveals the truth about tigerstar to everyone

riverclan finally go back to their territory and leopardstar gets her nine lives that night

sandstorm is unsure if she’s fit to be leader - she’s struggling as she feels she hasnt been a warrior long enough and her deputyship was a result of deceiving tigerstar

silverstream makes the difficult decision decides to stay in thunderclan as her ‘friendship’ with sandstorm would make it hard for her to stay loyal to riverclan, her kits, featherpaw and stormpaw go to riverclan and are raised there

the night after tigerstar’s death, sandstorm gets her nine lives from starclan (goldenflower - protection, brindleface - love, crookedstar - determination, snowkit - hope, thistleclaw - fierceness spottedleaf - wise judgement, bluestar - faith, lionheart - courage, redtail - loyalty)

whitestorm is appointed deputy

the four clans join together to fight bloodclan, they win, but not without a cost - whitestorm dies, sandstar loses a life

sandstar struggles to choose between fireheart and dustpelt for deputy, the two toms are her closest friends and best warriors

she eventually chooses dustpelt - fireheart doesn’t mind and continues to support them

a moon after the battle, sandstar tells silverstream she loves her

silverstream loves her back

gays

sandstar and fireheart are still super close best friends, but theres nothing romantic between them though he fathers her kits, squirrelkit and leafkit as they both wanted to be parents

squirrelflight and leafpool are raised by sandstar, fireheart, and silverstream and the whole clan loves them

basically sandstar, fireheart, silverstream, dustpelt, and cinderpelt are best friends for life and all of them are gay in one way or another

new prophecy:

as a leader, sandstar is a little less hesitant to cross borders to help other clans like firestar would, but is still willing to provide assistance when others are in need

she is more sure of herself and more confident in her decisions compared to the first series

leafpool is openly bi

feathertail and crowfeather have more of a sibling relationship

fireheart is captured by twolegs

sandstar and dustpelt usually rely on fireheart to help them with leader/deputy duties

so dustpelt begins to assign more duties to brambleclaw, given his experience with the sun-drown-place journey

hawkfrost traps sandstar in the fox trap and encourages brambleclaw to kill her, stating that if she dies dustpelt will surely choose him for deputy, and he can get rid of him too

he doesn’t because he is a good dude

cinderpelt dies and cinderkit is born but cinderkit is herself and not a reincarnation

power of three

fireheart returns! with millie 

bumblekit is blind in one eye due to an infected thorn scratch - it doesnt stop him though - he is apprenticed to brightheart

rowanclaw is a trans dude - his and tawnypelt’s kits are fathered by an unknown tom

sandstar and silverstream are close with their grandkits

lionblaze and jayfeather are the kits of brambleclaw and squirrelflight, hollyleaf and breezepelt are leafpool and crowfeather’s

leafpool has her kits (she could hide it due to having strong scented herbs around her and shes fat and fluffy) but is weakened and feels squirrelflight is kitting (remember that bond they had)

crowfeather shows up and takes breezekit to windclan as leafpool cant carry both of them - nightcloud has also kitted an identical kit but its born dead so crowfeather kinda just swaps them (nightcloud agrees to this bc she wanted to be a mother)

leafpool gives hollykit to squirrelflight to raise

sandstar suspects hollyleaf is leafpool’s kit due to her resemblance to crowfeather and the fact that she guessed leafpool’s pregnancy anyway

the fire scene: jayfeather is trapped, hollyleaf helps him out but becomes stuck herself, assfur shows up and says he’ll kill her to cause squirrelflight pain

leading to squirrelflight’s ‘she is not my kit’

lion holly jay assume she lied to get assfur away, lionblaze asks squirrelflight privately if shes his mother, she says yes which is true  

as in she said yes she is lionblaze’s mother, says nothing about hollyleaf

assfur intends to reveal the secret at the gathering but shows up dead

sandstar killed him - she found him on the windclan border, he confronted her saying her daughter was a liar and he threatens her, saying he will reveal the secret to everyone - sandstar warns him, saying he shouldnt for the good of the clan

this enrages assfur, who attacks sandstar

sandstar kicks his ass and kills him, though she is overwhelmed with guilt, thinking that she let her emotions get in the way of what was right for the clan

breezepelt discovers his true parentage and reveals the secret, hollyleaf is so shocked that she runs into the tunnels and ‘dies’ 

crowfeather is rejected by his clanmates and ends up leaving windclan, becoming a rogue

lionblaze and jayfeather are understandably shocked, they still consider hollyleaf their sister anyway 

breezepelt’s revelation and disgust at his parentage boosts his status in windclan

omen of the stars

dovebriar is a thing, tigerheart who?

hollyleaf returns. as crowfeather is gone, she doesnt feel much connection to her birth parents. shes still close with lion and jay but not with squirrel and leaf

shes not as mad at them though, she understands why they did what they did but she feels hurt that she was lied to for so long and wishes to get to know breezepelt better 

breezepelt doesnt want much to do with her

the series is pretty much the same except for the last hope

silverstream dies along with mousefur and ferncloud

sandstar and fireheart work together to kill tigerstar

sandstar narrowly survives, but wishes she hadnt due to her mate and sister dying - she is on her last life

she stays in her den, depressed, and doesnt bother to check in on her clanmates or issue orders for camp rebuilding

an also-heartbroken dustpelt struggles to keep the clan in order

ivypool ends up yelling at sandstar to get her shit together, saying that she may be very sad but the clan still needs her

sandstar eventually gets up and tries to bring thunderclan back to normal, though cats notice she is much less enthusiastic and more withdrawn

a vision of shadows

in between the last book and the apprentice’s quest, dustpelt gets a bad leg injury and voluntarily steps down from his deputy position

he doesn’t join the elders yet though, he just becomes a normal warrior again as he can still perform basic duties

hollyleaf is named deputy

the birth of alderkit + sparkkit cheers sandstar up a bit, she is very close to both of them

sandstar loses her last life in battle, hollyleaf becomes leader

she names ivypool as her deputy

alderpaw goes on his quest, sandstar guides him towards skyclan in his dreams

alderpaw voluntarily becomes a medcat

leafpool returns to her position