#newborn death

[residents-of-the-darkforest]

Dark Forest Resident: Cypressbriar

Aliases / Nicknames: To-Be-Mother

Gender: she-cat

Sexuality: grey-bisexual, panromantic

Family: unnamed mother, unnamed father, Shadenose (brother), Brackenkit (son)

Other Relations: unnamed mentor, unnamed apprentice

Clan: Riverclan

Rank: queen

Characteristics: looked forward to being a mother

Murder Motive: vengeance for her kit

Number of Victims: 1

Number of Murders: 1

Murder Method: tearing apart

Known Victims: Hickorypoppy

Victim Profile: medicine cat that caused her son to die

Cause of Death: killed by three unnamed Clanmates

Cautionary Tale: ??

Story: 

"I'm so sorry."

It's funny how those three words, meant to convey solace and relief to someone's pain, can ruin their entire life instead.

It is what the medicine cat, Hickorypoppy, told her when her kit was meant to arrive into the world. Whatever her efforts, they were of no help. Cypressbriar could barely even hear her, or anything her brother, Shadenose, said then or in the days following.

But what did finally break through the fog was what she overheard while pacing in the dark, unable to sleep. Hickorypoppy was speaking in the medicine den with her now-retired mentor.

Hickorypoppy confessed that they must have done something--no, everything wrong, because that kit--the kit Cypressbriar was planning to name Brackenkit--should have lived.

Cypressbriar froze, then leaned closer against the walls. She listened to them talk, listened to Hickorypoppy practically list every single thing that she did wrong, every single thing that had lead to little Brackenkit's death.

Brackenkit's little broken body had snapped just below the head, and his left back leg was twisted oddly--all because Hickorypoppy was in a rush to get him out, all because she didn't want anyone questioning her if she ran to her mentor for help.

Cypressbriar was supposed to hear her son wail for the first time, hear and feel him suckle and knead at her belly, purr when she licked his head. She was supposed to watch eagerly as he opened his eyes for the first time, hear as he called her mama, watch him learn to walk, everything.

But it was only silence. Silence, silence, silence, nothing coming from the broken body that she had to hold only moments after believing that that would all happen.

There was no plan of vengeance, only a blind rage. Cypressbriar burst into the medicine den and leaped onto Hickorypoppy, yowling at her for killing her kit and tearing into her. Her mentor was too frail to do anything.

Warriors heard the commotion and burst into the den. When they saw what Cypressbriar had done--what she was still doing, tearing into the body, they acted.

Additional Information: 

--:( :( :( :(

--Since she died so close after having a kit, she can probably nurse Dark Kits.

--Her brother is a trans male.

--She was training her apprentice when she became expecting, so their training finished by someone else.

[petnews2day]

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[syn0vial]

very amused that the voice direction for astarion’s reactions to scratch’s death just says “pretending not to be sad and failing” and neil newborn was like, “so he’s full-on sobbing through all of these, gotcha”

[snowe-zolynn-rogers]

Also, totally not me grieving, but what if Ruin fucked up and just managed to turn several trillion people and animatronics into cats instead of collapsing their dimensions.

So, then, after Solar 'dies' Moon is just standing screaming meanwhile newly kitten Solar is pressing his face against Moons legs in confusion because he's tiny and cold on the floor and doesn't know how to move besides wriggling like a worm.

[chaiaurchaandni]

here are the names of the 2,913 Palestinian children killed by israel, between oct 7 and oct 26

two thousand, nine hundred and thirteen children. born and died under occupation. no language can convey this grief.

[happyk44]

thinking about percy in the underworld, laying down in the grass of persephone's garden and talking aloud about everything in nothing to the slowly growing shrub that was planted from a clipping of grover's "body" after he passed.

centuries and millennia go by and percy eventually stops hanging around elysium. he didn't think you could be tired as a ghost but time is endless and he is winded. his ghostly form slowly erodes away. but even as his memories fall away with every piece of him that fades off into the nether, he still walks to the garden and sits next to the giant shrub and rambles on and on.

and when the last day comes, when his ghostly form finally splits off and falls into the ground, dull and lifeless, sinking into the earth, the shrub withers away with it. leaves wilt and brown. branches crack and tumble to the ground. it happens so quickly, and all that's left are small brown twigs entwined into the few remnants of life ready to be reused and remodeled by zagreus's deft fingers

[soup-of-the-daisies]

to name your firstborn son after the loyal dog (man’s best friend) (man’s companion) (man’s tool) who accompanied the hunter you were named after (killed for something not his fault) (killed for competency) (killed by the gods for catching a goddess’ eye) to the night sky for eternity, forever chasing, forever hunting, never catching- is, in all honesty, exactly the kind of dramatic and theatrical arrogant shit you’d expect from a black

[sealrock]

happy nameday, patroclus (2/14)

[henk-heijmans]

Last gasp: a newborn hippo is crushed to death by a large bull hippo in Lake Kariba, Zimbabwe, 2019 - by Adrian Hirschi, Swiss

[creampuffqueen]

every time i see a terrible take about yangchen on tiktok i have to take a deep breath and remind myself they probably haven’t read the novels. they don’t even know about yangchen’s evil foil 😔 they don’t even know about the most fucked up and tragic sibling relationship to ever happen in avatar 😔 they don’t even know about yangchen’s grief and trauma regarding the spirit world 😔

[incorrectpussinbootsquotes]

Perrito: Puss, why do people congratulate you when Kitty had the baby?

Puss: I helped

Perrito: how?

Puss:......I read her the instructions

[sebek-zigbolt]

Do you ever think how Sebek is 16. And how Malleus and Lilia have said that 16 is the age of a newborn (fae). But Sebek looks like hes (more than, honestly) 16 in human years. So it's not hard to asume that he inherited the human lifespan, which makes his disdain of humans and his dad more explainable, and mostly about hating his own weaknesses. So Silver AND Sebek have to suffer :) Lilia and Malleus will outlive them. Sebek's mom and even grandpa will outlive them. And what impact they had on the lives of the people they love most, amounts timewise to the same as a dog to a human if not less.

[yuridovewing]

This would definitely... Bloat some things, but I still want to do it cause then it involves all four clans like it Should, but man I love the idea of each clan having their own "Power of Three" trio. Like a lot. Originally I was going to make them all descendants of the current leaders and spread the litters throughout TNP, Po3, and OotS, but that didn't quite seem right to me. There aren't a ton of descendants for me to work with to this end (especially for Blackstar, who I've decided is Darktail's dad who never has another litter in the clans). Soooo instead, I want all of them to be forbidden kits. Half clan and medic children, baby. So obviously this includes the ThunderClan three, and the other litters I'm considering are Tawnypelt's kittens (moved to be born late in Po3) who would technically be ThunderShadow kits... that or I'm changing who the other parent is. (Here comes TawnyFeather with the steel chair...? They could meet again in Outcast... owo?) and Sedgewhisker and her sisters who are apparently WindRiver kits?? Which I didn't know was a thing til now.

That just leaves the RiverClan three who I'm not totally sure on. My friend Vio suggested Icewing's first litter, which I kinda like cause that includes Beetlewhisker. Makes his fate in the Dark Forest all the more terrifying. But I'm also considering Minnowtail and her siblings (reviving her brother Tumblekit). I do not remember if those guys have confirmed dads but if they do, uhhhhhhhh. Well they aren't their dads anymore. Officially halfclan now.

[ven-kiir]

I've been seeing posts that are tagged with pro Palestine tags that are images with pro Israel and pro genocide text.

Remember, if you see something like that, report as spam (because they're spamming pro Palestine tags with pro Israel shit), block, and move on.

Don't feed the trolls under any circumstances

[art--harridan]

[Image one: The first page of an illustrated poem about Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. The words for this page are "breathe in the air/the act carries a risk", accompanied by a skull surrounded by flowers. The skull is missing its jaw. The flowers are both forms of dandelions, red chrysanthemums, black velvet petunias, and balloon flowers. They're arranged like the L'manberg flag.

Image two: The second page of an illustrated poem about Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. They are both in their L'manberg uniforms, Tommy waving the flag. Wilbur is carrying Tommy on his shoulders and they're both smiling wildly. A small amount of blood drips down Wilbur’s hand. The poem on this page follows: "I./It’s a process. It’s a long story,/The poet, who was also a soldier and a politician/A child picking up shells beside/An unsinkable, absolutely unsinkable/Helter skelter in a summer swelter/Streamed in a pleasure in all their simple joys/Sworn loyalty to each other/Together and bound/Start a chain reaction/But war has no heroes, only victims/So await a favourable outcome,/There will be blood".

Image three: The third page of an illustrated poem about Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. It depicts a bloody diamond sword elevated in a cloud of smoke. The poem on this page is: "II/A fallout shelter/The ice was here, the ice was there,/It’s beckoning/You’re paranoid/Have a cigarette to calm/The impression that it’s/Been choked with soot/Dreamed the poets/He forgot in cruel happiness/They’re out to get you/You: best shunned and left uninhabited/You: falls victim to the splinters/‘I’m cold. I’m cold.’ ‘It’s starting to hurt me,’/Snivel . whimper and die in music./A rifle hanging on the wall,/His father fired, shot the ALBATROSS./All are punish’d".

Image four: The fourth page of an illustrated poem about Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. It depicts a dirt tower surrounded by smoke. The poem here is: "III./The lone and level sands stretch far away./Looking the other way or feigning ignorance./To the victim/Violet anger, rash action, and human mortality/Winds down, sputters and dies./It’s the last midnight. It’s the last verse./And there is/Water, water, every where,/Well, we were born to die."

Image five: The final page of an illustrated poem about Wilbur Soot and TommyInnit. The pair is standing side by side, Tommy looking to the side as Wilbur looks at him. They're dressed in their post-revival clothes, both sporting white streaks at the front of their hair. They both look upset, but as if they're holding it back. This page has the poem: "IV./They rinse off the ash in the river/And step out into the sunlight./In the reddish glow of the morning/Their skin was as white as leprosy/One questions/How long do we have until we hit the point of no return?/One answers/I doubted if I should ever come back./With the dream of Wonderland of long ago/The empty man/Managed a weak smile./He lives/He lives".]

^ source doc :)

[nebulouscoffee]

... well it's that time of the year already. If anyone's got a Star Trek ask I'd love a distraction <3