#oh man I ADORE them

[zombie-bait]

I can’t believe Gideon and Harrow had like 3 weeks of something approximating fun before experiencing 2 solid years of endless suffering 😭 lemme tell you, nothing could’ve prepared me for that or the realization that post book 1 these poor fuckers just never get to spend any time together, I miss the old days of One Flesh One End Bitch!!!!! We had it so good and we didn’t even know it

[bonefall]

My birthday was a couple days ago, and I got to see my bio dad for the first time in a while. He surprised me with the fact that I have a little half-sister, whom I've never met and who was adopted about two years back. So, I wondered if any situations in BB mimic this or have a theme of "secret siblings" or "secret family"? Sorry if this is a weird ask; this blog is honestly just such a cool little place and I love the way you approach the subject matter and take the flawed misogynistic foundation of the WC books and make them so much better (JUSTICE FOR BUMBLE!!!). I've also learned a lot about healthy and unhealthy relationships here and am really glad for your deep dives on Squilf and Bramble. Thanks, Bones!

Not weird at all! I really like exploring all the little nooks and crannies of complicated familial dynamics. I think one of the untapped strengths of WC (that the writers seem to be unaware of) is how their MASSIVE cast allows them to present all sorts of unique dynamics. So I like to pick up on it, since they don't.

For secret siblings...

I'm pretty heavily leaning towards Ambermoon being adopted by Wildfur, as a surrogacy. Something feels correct about it. Especially since Icecloud is getting retooled into a post-Battle of the True Eclipse birth, and a major supporting character in AVoS-era stories as a friend of Alderheart.

Thinking about it, I should zoom in and expand this. Maybe have Icecloud, somehow, acquire forbidden knowledge that would invalidate the Queen’s Rights and he (transman) struggles with if he's going to use it to expose his parents as an excuse to help Ambermoon.

(Especially since Ambermoon and Icecloud are basically nothing alike. Amber is independent, bold, and vain. Ice is jessie pinkman big-hearted, disorganized, and deceptively meek if you look past his "chill" demeanor)

But that's wip-- there's also Breezepelt and the Three, who are going to have an actual friendship. In particular I can't unsee Breeze and Lion having a deep one. I know I commit the Cardinal Sin of borderline himbo-ifying Lionblaze in BB, but I can't help it.

Hollyleaf ended up nabbing a bunch of his most violent roles to make her villainous descent smoother narratively, so BB!Lionblaze's story ends up being more focused on Ashfur's abuse, comic relief with cats in other Clans (something that the very serious Jay and Holly have a hard time providing), and the emotional fallout of the big reveal and Bramblestar's turn on them. Breezepelt slots neatly into that.

They were friends. Lionblaze's whole life came down around the reveal, everyone looking at him and his siblings differently, like they're suddenly something terrible. Why can't we find a silver lining, Breezepelt? Why can't we call ourselves brothers if the whole world is going to do it anyway? So much is changing, but THIS doesn't have to, we will take their weapon and turn it to armor, my ally, my friend, my brother.

(and when Breezepelt is lashing out at the three because of the Dark Forest's influence, Lionblaze is there, taking the blows and trying not to give in to the impulse to send him flying with a single paw)

There's also Harespring and Kestrelflight of WindClan and Owlclaw of ShadowClan. All of them are from a single litter between Whitewater and Mudclaw. She was going to raise the three of them alone as ShadowClan cats, but when the sire was smote, Whitewater felt they were cursed.

She was able to give the oldest two to their bio-uncle, Torear, but the weather was so bad that day and the runt was so sickly and small that it surely would have killed him. I don't think Owlclaw ever finds out why his mother always treated him with suspicion, but it did mess him up horribly.

Over in BB!DOTC, Thunder Storm is getting more half-siblings earlier. Clear Sky and Falling Feather had two daughters-- Pale Sky and Tiger Sky.

I want to explore the way that the various stages of Clear Sky's life acted on his kids. How any little curiosity Thunder Storm had about the life he might have had if he wasn't abandoned is crushed by seeing kittens who weren't. How Clear's favoritism of his oldest child set the trio against each other from the start. How this idea of "love" is toxic yet intoxicating.

It feels good to be the golden child. The power it gives you over his sycophants is satisfying. To know you, and you alone, have what someone else craves. Problem is, that's conditional, and it's cruel.

What Thunder Storm learns from his time with his biodad is that Clear Sky is not his father at all. He's taught him exactly what he DOESN'T want to be. There may be similarities-- in temperament, in physical prowess (though BB!Thunder is three-legged, he's still ripped), in taste and senses. But Thunder Storm's father is Shaded Flower.

(BB!Gray Wing died in the first book, rescuing Shaded Flower from being trampled by a horse. Xey're a patron of wisdom, Shaded Moss is taking the role of fatherhood to Thunder)

His sister is Rainswept Flower. His mom is Bright Storm. If there was a bond he could have had with Tiger Sky and Pale Sky, it dies simply and cruelly on the knife they used to cut each other out.

Pale might have wanted to mend it, she was the gentler one. But she dies in the First Battle along with her mother. Tiger Sky is too stubborn to accept any help, should Thunderstar offer it, and Thunderstar isn't in the business of begging for others to like him.

Naturally I'm lowkey obsessed with them lmao. I need to make a BB!DOTC overviewww

[iwasbored777]

It's sending me that Peter got annihilated during his landing and Peni, Noir and Ham got smacked pretty hard too, while Gwen had a graceful painless entrance.

[thatumbrellaoni]

we get the Ring this time! it has recorded voices of the three Bakuras, the OP song "Overlap", and these select bgm 01, 02 (second's my favorite btw).

heres the promo vid.

yknow... I wouldve bought this in a heartbeat (more ryou!!!!) BUT in the promo vid, bakura, for some reason, refers to ryou as 主人格様 (shujinkaku-sama = master, main persona) rather than 宿主さま (yadonushi-sama = host, landlord). so Im wary that error is going to be all over the recordings. then again this might be more in line with the anime and the two barely interact there, and ryous lines might be sparse and lacking substance... (gasp unless ep 13-14 lines are in it......)

anyway????? did... did nobody really care enough to do their research???? unacceptable!!! Im writing an email for them to fix their goddamn mistake 💢💢💢

I cant really blame matsumoto rica for not knowing any better (if she had any input at all). bakura refers to ryou as 宿主 like 3-4 times in the anime. its few and not very prominent moments. theyre almost throwaways/negligent (excluding ep 84s iconic moment, of course).

SIGH.

[illegiblehandwriting1]

I thought I was done torturing Sky after this almost 10k chapter but here I am. Planning for my totk fic. And finding so many new ways to put him in pain. I blame you /lh

ehehehehehe >:3

it's SO FUN THO. i think it's absolutely hilarious how much sky fans like torturing him. there is a Trend here

you're very welcome my dude :D

(also, 10k??? oop???? 👀 👀 👀 👀)

[fortunatelyenchantingtaco]

Sometimes i just think about about the way Allen lied to every single person he has ever met, BUT he has such a feral wet cat energy and WILL try to help you even if he’s falling apart

That both Kanda and Link who very explicitly was said are able to see that he’s lying, went from “i could not care less for the little clown” to “i will rise back from the dead for him and will follow him to the end of the earth” is so insane

They have no business simping that hard but i love it for them

[sphercle-peeps]

Im sorry for not posting as much of my own art as of now, ive been hella busy

Okay so headcanon time. The boy™ kinda has frog like abilities (extensible tongue, agility etc he's just a weird ass lil critter) but what if he had gecko-like hands too?

Maybe he's insecure about em, that's why he wears gloves all the time

Bonus under the cut

I mean. He'd do that

[ftm-megamind]

me and my boyfriend are sooo javid (he invited me over for a family dinner)

[ashmp3]

honest to god i think i was born to be some kind of dominatrix i have it in me i think... because why did one of my acquaintances yesterday ask for my number bc his friend asked him about me several times and he was like that woman is an enigma. anyway i could name him handsome guy bc thats how i refer to him with my friends but i said "i told that guy (that asked abt me) he looks like vuk mob? ive been nothing but rude. is this how im supposed to act and people will flock to me?" and he was like "yeah i think so bc u keep making fun of me in a very funny way and you make me laugh and i already have a pet name for you" and i was like damn im not aries venus i cant do this and after giving him my number i was like "nvm. delete my number now. i am a bad person and u dont want ur friend to suffer" and he just laughed at me

[silliestofbilliest]

Save me 2023 production of Camelot,,, save me

[downtherabbitholewithlucy]

Me too, Lee...

Me too.

[pinacoladamatata]

something something down by the river

yeah i could draw something other than two characters gazing at each other with utter heartsick longing but I know what i'm about son

[telemna-hyelle]

is it so hard to believe that Julius Caesar was wrong?

[remyfire]

fellow beejmarghawk warrior if you havent been asked already 👉👈👉👈

Do I Ship It? YAAAAAAAAAAAA

Yes, I Ship It!!

What made you ship it? —It is in fact embarrassing how much I ship it. Fuck. Okay, so we fall back into my standard responses—I ship Margaret and Beej because they are electric forbidden fruit to one another but so so good for each other, I ship BJ and Hawkeye because they are soulmates from the goddamn moment BJ steps on screen for the first time, and I ship Margaret and Hawk because I am such a sucker for enemies-to-lovers and the incredible amount of character development that takes them both from where they started to where they end up just tastes so fucking good. It was only natural that I'd realize how all three of those concepts could sync up into a much, much, much stronger whole—better than the sum of their parts, etc.

What are your favorite things about the ship? —I often say that I don't think Margaret is actually made for monogamy in the way she thinks she is. I think she needs a lot of attention and doting and loving focus, and that's incredibly difficult to provide when you're just one person, and that's the biggest reason I will often throw her into a polyamorous arrangement—someone is always available to give her what she needs, and more often than not I link her up with caretaking personalities, and thus everyone is fed really well in turn. Similarly, I love throwing a third at Hawk and BJ because I think the danger with them is that they can sink into a really unhealthy level of codependency where they just lock down with Only Each Other and never really grow beyond it, and Margaret is a great catalyst for preventing that. I love how much they challenge each other instinctively to step away from social norms and blossom into the people they really want to be. I love the unshakeable level of support they give each other even if they haven't admitted they want to fuck like rabbits. I love how much they make each other laugh. I love how well they hold each other when they cry. And mostly I love that they can all trade genders like playing musical chairs and it is a fucking glorious time for all of them.

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship? —As usual, the fact that I ship them at all is unpopular hfkfd and I am SO glad I have you around to remind me that I am not out of my mind for looking at the screen and waving at it while babbling inarticulately while they're all on it. Also probably my ideas about how good it is to introduce that third into the mix and how I don't think it would be super healthy if I just left the pairs of them alone.