#tigerpaw I

[goobiestar]

I CAN DRAW!!! THIS IS A TEST AND I CAN.. SOMEWHAT DRAW!! Kinda messy sorry

Tigerpaw @ Tiny/scourge

This is a shitpost, and an apology for not being able to draw, but this is some of the best i can do while i get used to new nails, i filed them down and cut them down a lot, more me :)

Og meme:

[rookflower]

i don't know how exactly to put it but i'm not too fond of the headcanon that "tigerstar wouldn't have grown up to be evil if pinestar actually did stay in the clans" (in a scenario where he still doesn't kill him, obviously) because while yeah sure, seeing it as a tragic self-fulfilling prophecy looks fun on the surface, i don't like the implied narrative of simply being in a nuclear family as being a ward against becoming evil, considering how weird warriors is about motherhood and nuclear family units in general (see: that article they put out a while back where they blamed nightheart's deal on sparkpelt being a single parent and suggesting that "if he lived larksong would have convinced her out of being unreasonable and giving her son such a silly name hahaha". ugh). i also think it's a little boring to put all of the blame for tigerstar being a war criminal and tyrant onto pinestar's loosely connected actions specifically when the real working force in-universe is the toxicity of the clan system and the xenophobia and ruthless ambition it drives in.

[thunderc1an]

free will or choice?

[splashtqil]

[warriorcatsofficialfacts]

me and the gang reacting to that shit u just said

[bonefall]

Thistle Law

The most extreme, violent interpretation of the Warrior Code, initially founded by Thistleclaw near the end of the Campaign Era, with its first implementation defining the beginning of the Slash-and-Burn Period.

One of three distinct Clan ideologies, next to Fire Alone and Traditionalism.

A guide to its origin, the parable associated with it, its principles, and most importantly, my authorial intentions with it in the Bonefall Rewrite. Seen a couple of questions about it, so I think this’ll help clarify.

Origin

Extreme interpretations of the Code go back as far as the founding of the clans themselves, but the roots of Thistle Law trace back to the Exile of SkyClan. Justifying the loss of an entire clan included cracking down on medicine cats and quashing a rebellion, and the ‘clan pride tide‘ added FOUR new laws to the Warrior Code.

The following wars and conflicts in the Chivalric Period further contributed to xenophobic sentiment in the Clans, with each one vying for supremacy over the others, branching out to attack non-Clan cats when there were brief stints of ‘peace’. Thistleclaw merely gave these ideas a name while educating his apprentice, using thistles as a metaphor.

Tigerclaw then went on to tell the story to his clanmates, to his own apprentices, and at gatherings to his future allies who told it to their own clanmates. Though the details of the story changed at times, the takeaway is constant;

Other cats must die, so yours can stay strong.

The Parable of the Thistle

The story goes that Thistleclaw brought Tigerpaw out to a massive, thorny bull thistle. He pointed out that the other plants were dying around it, but the flowers stood tall and proud. Thistleclaw explained the thistle was killing the plants around it to have more room to grow, and then cruelly commanded that Tigerpaw try to destroy it.

By the time it was done, Tigerpaw was covered in scratches and the sun was setting. All the way home, he tried to shake the thistlefluff out of his fur and forget the painful experience. The seasons turned, and one year later when Tigerclaw was a young warrior, Thistleclaw led him down a path lined with young, thorny leaves.

There, in a sea of green spikes, the thistle was standing as tall and as proud as the day Tigerpaw shredded it.

In killing every other plant in the area, the thistle had given itself room to come back stronger. The fluff that clung to Tigerpaw’s fur became new growth. Around them was an entire clearing of thistles, ready to burst into a wall of flowers and seeds.

Thistleclaw asked if Tigerclaw would dare to try again, and remembering how his last battle with the weed ended with scratches as deep as claw marks, admitted that he would rather be a thistle than fight one.

(Little did Ivypaw know, the beautiful field in which she meets Hawkfrost was completely strangled by flowering thistles.)

Principles

Depending on the exact time period and the cat it takes root in, Thistle Law can look different. For examples, Brokenstar’s goal was to drive every Clan out of the forest except ShadowClan, where Tigerstar’s aim was to annex every clan into TigerClan and enforce a standard of purity.

Incarnations of Thistle Law tend to share these principles,

The Code Hardens The calling card of Thistle Law is a stricter, more violent interpretation of the Warrior Code. The harsher laws are emphasized, such as the Law of Loyalty and the Right of the Challenge, while softer ones are downplayed or dropped entirely, like the Law of Honor and the Queen’s Rights.

Extreme Xenophobia Against outsiders, against cats of other clans, against half-clan cats. Thistle Law sets itself apart from Traditionalism for becoming willing to enforce some sort of purity.

Hierarchy Becomes Rigid The social power of medicine cats, deputies, and elders is suppressed. The leader is raised as the ultimate authority, even if that leader isn’t the Clan’s -star.

There Is No ‘Pointless’ Death The Clans are a battle culture, but a good battle is still fought for a reason. When tides turn to Thistle Law, fighting is the goal AND the means. To live is to battle, to kill is to win, and a warrior’s purpose is to die at war.

Each incarnation likely contains each point in varied amounts and tosses other ideas into the mix, but the name of the game remains the same-- and it springs from the taproot of Thistle Law.

Intentions

Thistle Law is what fascism looks like in Clan culture. I approach this using Umberto Eco’s 1995 essay Ur-Fascism as my primary reference. Ur-fascism is a ‘fuzzy‘ concept that looks very different depending on the exact society it springs from, mixing and matching several symptoms in varying degrees of severity.

So, in adapting this, I had to simplify a very complicated topic. I wanted to keep the antifascist theory recognizable, while still following canon events and creating an engaging rewrite.

So for simplicity sake, even if a clan might have technically called their own version of Thistle Law something else, I use this name to address it.

[chillykitty]

im giving yall the bone and scourge are brothers content you didnt ask for but i know you needed jsyk

[letyachan]

134.Tigerstar I

Son of Pinestar and Leopardfoot

"Keep your eyes open, Fireheart. Keep your ears pricked. Keep looking behind you. Because one day I'll find you, and then you'll be crow-food."

[arcaderot]

playing around with new ocs

[goobiestar]

Tiny and tigerpaw idk

[sol2sleepy]

@ tigerstar (the first one) in the dark forest after having his fucking stomach ripped open by the half brother of the cat he hates the most

[shummthechumm]

thinking about th*stleshit discourse again and how everything in canon goes against the idea that he was a good father to whitestorm. he threatens bluefur’s life when she tries to spend time with whitekit, further isolating him from the rest of his family...isolation is literally an abuse tactic lmfao why are yall lying to yourselves

oh yeah and t/histle literally forces whitepaw and tigerpaw to train with their claws out, leading to whitepaw being injured. and when bluefur confronted him he brushed her off because whitepaw was too “soft”

[murdermitties]

HOW HAVE I ONLY JUST FOUND YOUR BLOG! a travesty! your designs are superb!

it could be just tumblr search being a dink, but have you done tigerheart yet? :0

Tigerstar II

[spinnysocks]

whitestorm is a great character, he could never do anything wrong! *Side glancing at multiple aus were he Does Something Wrong*

[redux-iterum]

Feel like you may have answered this before, but why are the standings of the Lion-, Tiger-, and Leopard- prefixes paired with the -step suffix? I’m guessing it’s a hard no cause they’re religious figures and it would be… sacrilegious(?) to imply someone is like a higher being. But I figured I’d ask aat the same time :0 cause honestly any of those paired with -step sounds like a badass, it’s just a shame they probably wouldn’t exist (or if they did it was super early days).

They can definitely be paired with -step! It's just extremely rare, for the reasons you listed. ShadowClan would NEVER pair -step with any of the big Three prefixes, but the rest are more lax about it. Still, it's hard to define someone by measuring them up to your gods. More often than not, there'll be a different suffix that carries the same idea as -step - for example, Lionpaw being invested in justice and heroics may be called Lionheart instead of Lionstep. It's just simpler and less controversial that way.

[cemeterygore]

people will love thistleclaw, a pedophile, and call him their favourite character in the world and talk a big deal about how snowfur could fix him and get rid of his murderous tendencies if she didn’t die but start crying and ripping at bluestar if shes a little bit mentally ill