#not something arbitrary

[cit-warriorscat]

Sometimes I have characters whom’s names I don’t like for one reason or another so if I were to rewrite/reboot warrior cats…

Names I would change for one reason or another (Part 1/?)

Crookedstar -> Stormstar

For him to take back the name that was stolen from him by Rainflower and Hailstar would be satisfying for me. I don’t believe that cats would just sit around and start calling him Crookedkit/paw/jaw because of how cruel it was, and he would still be referred as as Storm by the closest people around him. When he becomes leader and receives his nine lives, he dawns on his true name: “Stormstar.” He can finally put the past to rest and look forward, in a way.

Deadfoot -> Vulturefoot

Can 👏 We 👏 Stop 👏 Naming 👏 Kids 👏 After 👏 Their 👏 Disabilities 👏 PLEASE 🙏 (LOOKING AT YOU HEATHERSTAR)

I actually used to really like Deadfoot’s name back as a kid, before I understood the implications of it. It had this really nice edge to the name that really spoke to me. Because of this, I wanted to give Deadfoot a new name that still reflected the vibes he already had. Vultures are birds that are commonly associated with death and I don’t think any warriors cats in canon have this prefix so it still is unique to him. Plus, Vultures are actually really sweet birds, so it suits his personality too!

Whitethroat -> Warblerthroat

Minor character in TPB that I liked and was sad that he died! This change is rooted in me not understand how his name could ever have been “Whitekit” and developing lore around ShadowClan so I can change it. ShadowClan has a lot of superstitions surrounding birth in the clan and one of them is that you never name your kit with the prefix “White” or other prefixes that are colored white because it is said to bring bad luck on the kit. Because ShadowClan relies on dense forest and marshlands for their way of life, they adapted to become one with the moving shadows across their territory. White or otherwise bright colored pelts stand out, and thus you can’t be as sneaky. Bright pelt colors already bring difficulties for a kit born in ShadowClan, and naming your kit as such would be bringing down a curse that will follow that kit throughout their life.

So Whitethroat, the predominantly black cat, is now named Warblerthroat after the bird because I like birds 😊

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

ok but what if we normalize having a party where you dress up & are the center of attention & all your friends congratulate you on your divorce. more unhappy couples would hurry up and pull the plug, i will bet you

[vocabulary-altering-posts]

you really need to raise your standards for what's considered "a phrase" because if it only makes sense in the specific context of the post it was originally found in and it isn't repeatable in other situations, that's not a phrase that has entered the lexicon, that's just something someone said one time.

i started this thing last week i need all the posts i can handle

What doesn't alter your vocabulary may alter, or may have already altered, someone else's. This is not about adding to The General Lexicon - I have an entire tag for things that change this site as a whole, which has a higher bar; this is largely about novelty and humor. This is us curb-stomping whatever the fuck we want into the right form for our needs, whatever those needs may be, including altering aspects of the phrase to fit the necessary format or context. It's a linguistic shotgun.

its my fuckin blog bitch ill shit where i want

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Vibes based grading system.

(for @epistemologys, who wanted some post-canon, teacher WWX)

[lucabyte]

A belief in Nominative Determinsim

[rookflower]

remembering the "is squirrelflight or leafpool holly jay and lion's Real Mother" discourse being really big and that people seemed unable to conceptualise that both of these things can in fact be true at once

[shouyuus]

i think ppl truly don't talk about the fact that having emotionally unavailable (or even emotionally abusive) parents breeds an inability to ask for help even when you need it bc you could never trust that ur parents would be there for you, and so you try to do everything urself and that leads to exhaustion and overwork while simultaneously thinking that if you could just do it all and do it perfectly then perhaps you'd get the affection/affirmation from ur parents (and later on ur boss/peers) that you've always craved which leads to blaming urself for not living up to crazy expectations and then thinking u don't deserve love bc you couldn't do it, etc etc

[icebarefoxy]

Wanted to try making some fun post-game credit art !!

[raspberryjellybrains]

i know nobody gaf but i reeallllllyyyy wanna talk about my bad kids gender/sexuality headcanons so here goes

fig: obviously bi/pan/omni bc it's canon (yayy!!!), but i think she would identify as bisexual! i also really like her as a trans girl :) something about demonic puberty and human puberty and going against others' expectations to define for yourself who you are.

gorgug: same case with fig for sexuality, and i don't think he even really had many thoughts or feelings about it. bc he's one of my favorites and not because i have a great volume of evidence, im hitting him with the gender beam. i think there's something agender about this half-orc. masculinity feels like something gorgug was handed, went "okay", and never really examined further or felt in any meaningful way. not really a costume so much as a label with some instructions. probably uses he/they pronouns after some lovely chats with the AAAGSA (idk if thats the right acronym but i think it would be funny if it was)

adaine: i think she just kind of assumes she's straight? not enough time or care to investigate otherwise. had a thing for one (1) boy and just goes with that. i truly think that she's arospec and aspec and it takes her until after post-secondary to realize this. "girl" was kind of forced on her pretty hard, and kind of feels it, but also feels like it's inextricably tied to some awful memories. maybe demigirl in the future? trying to figure out what "girl" means for herself and still sticking with she/her, for now. still considers herself cis for a long time after knowing she probably isn't bc she doesn't feel "trans enough" to identify otherwise.

fabian: BIG woman enjoyer. i think he would kiss anyone of any gender as long as they're hot, but takes a minute to discover that one. he would probably just assume everyone works like that, and as long as he's mostly into women, he's straight. which isn't entirely right or wrong! as for gender, i think he's cisgender. there's room for experimentation with presentation after sophmore year, but feels most comfortable on the masculine end of androgyny. not gender, but queer: i think he'd LOVE drag. kristen would introduce him to it, and they'd watch fantasy rupaul's together and go to live shows when kristen's in town post-hs.

kristen: lesbian ofc!! i think she starts out with the "butch or really christian" bermuda shorts and t-shirts freshman year, but leans further and further into butch as she moves away from the church. she IS the girl in basketball shorts and a t-shirt/tanktop every day of the year and most of the school's sapphic population wants her for it BADLY. as for gender, i think a similar boat to adaine where femininity is tied up in a lot of bad experiences, but more nonchalant about it? should probably talk to someone about it but who caaaaaaaarrreeees. leans really hard into masculine woman bc i think she is a girl, and this is an expression of that which is entirely her own to feel and define.

and last but not least, riz: pretty well canon aro/ace and that genuinely means a lot to me. not to get personal. i think he's romance and sex repulsed, but interested in a qpr or some kind of lifelong companionship bc he gets lonely!! dude wants a friend for all of his many detective adventures. i think he's also a cisgender boy, but i would not shoot down readings otherwise.

and thats all!! if anyone does care, I'll probably elaborate on minuteae in the tags and if anyone really really wants, i can make a part two with other characters :D

[chocodile]

Small character detail I have no good excuse to mention: Hyden hates anything remotely similar to "fast food". This applies to all AUs. He finds greasy, cheap, oversalted/overly sugary food disgusting. Additionally, he hates--HATES--messy food. The only foods he will eat with his hands are ones that are very clean and dry and leave no residue. Getting some sort of sauce or grease on his hands is one of the worst sensations in the world (doubly so when he's a bunny… to be fair, can you imagine eating barbecue while wearing fur mittens? Ew!)

When he was younger, he was slightly more flexible on these limitations. Here he is eating a "ham burger" normally to show how normal he is. He is fitting in with the common man. He is pulling it off. He's got this. Look how relaxed he is. You could almost miss the Rolex on his wrist.

Of course, every rule has its exceptions. As has been mentioned before Hyden often has no idea where food comes from or what goes into it. At some point, somebody failed to mention to him that Cinnabons come from kiosks at the mall and cost less than $100 each. Therefore, they escaped his "fast food is disgusting and I hate it" filter, and, in a modern AU, became one of his favorite desserts. He has a pastry or two each morning with his coffee and then wonders why he never seems to lose any weight.

[altschmerzes]

“but IIIIII don’t do x with my friends so my ‘friends don’t do that’ statement is totally fine and valid and not at all harmful or dismissive to other people’s relationships or arophobic in any way by implying that my standards for certain actions being inherently romantic is a universal truth about all relationships!!!” do people hear themselves when they speak

[sugarandice3]

One of the things I'm looking forward to most when I get to heaven is the freedom. I will be able to behave according to the truth with no other strings attached. No societal pressure, no false beliefs of my own, no external mold that I have to fit in. I won't be held back by my sin or shame; I will be free. The laws of God will be plain to see, unobscured by finite intellect, and I can live according to those rules and only those rules.

[capesandshapes]

Some of the most disgusting and vile things I've ever heard said about women cis or trans has come from men in the gaming and nerd culture communities who feel an entitlement to female affection and sexuality due to grandiose fairytale bullshit that they're too stupid to realize was crafted by America's tech millionaires who were trying to foster a sense of a community and pacify underpaid workers with a promise of a greater tomorrow in which money and pussy would rain from the heavens as a reward for their suffering. Look to the great leader (whose parents are definitely only a little rich) as an example of what you the everyman whose overtime is paid in bottled waters can accomplish.

Like "I'm a nerd, not like other guys. Girls were really into the jocky ones growing up but little did they know I'm going to be rich and famous because I like computers and magic the gathering-- my computer science degree and superior intellect means I am entitled pussy from these feeble minded women. Watch me degrade the stupid sluts who don't want me."

Homie ur a weirdo. You can open Microsoft command prompt and build a rollercoaster in Minecraft. Maybe once or twice you've entered the BIOS menu via spamming the f key of your choosing. You're not breaking new pussy guaranteed 'how dare she not' ground here.

[roguekaiju]

Oscars tomorrow don't forget to leave out communion wine and wafers tonight for Edward berger and Ralph fiennes, and maybe add a vape for good measure

[akkivee]

i occasionally say that bat’s colours are an off shade from other characters’ colours and this is what i mean by that lol

[starry-sophrosyne]

me realizing i havent ever posted my initial designs for tox and leo/ive stopped talked about ttos as a whole: