#trans mothwing

[0-mapledaze-0]

The lesbians of all time. Mothwing is trans in my au and the other birth mother of the three. 🏳️‍⚧️💖

[sparrowlovesskittles]

In the past, trans Mothwing has been a controversial headcanon/AU. There's nothing inherently wrong with it of course, but every time I've seen it it's been used primarily as an excuse for Leafpool to have kittens while in a lesbian relationship, but most people who use this AU don't bother to consider how being trans would actually affect Mothwing.

I've always felt this AU has a lot of potential. Being trans actually fits quite well into Mothwing's story, and I haven't seen anyone explore that yet... So I decided to explore it further. I created a video about trans Mothwing which doesn't even mention Leafpool's kits.

Under the cut I have copy/pasted the video description. It includes a document which explains some of the meanings behind the symbolism and such. If anything in the video confuses you, I suggest taking a look <3

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Video cw// Transphobia, animal death (not graphic)

2022 edit: I had this unlisted for a couple years. I wasn't proud of it and was still sort of unsure I properly represented the struggles many trans people face. I think part of the reason I worried about that was simply because the video is a bit fast-paced and relies heavily on symbols, so it's a bit confusing and the message is kind of hard to get across.

The drama behind the trans Mothwing headcanon is something I feel strongly about, though. So I've decided to make the video public again, and I have written up a doc describing the video bit by bit, to hopefully help clear things up. Here it is, take a look if there's anything you didn't understand, or if you'd just like to learn a bit more about the symbolism and stuff:

Now, on with the rambles-

2021:

OOOH BOY IT'S HERE and oh boy do I have a lot to say-

So first of all- I'd like to thank Unofficially-Ace, who made the 'Rainbow' trans Mothwing PMV here:

https://youtu.be/vzhqNvE1Hkc

This PMV was what planted the idea in my head in the first place. They talked in the description about how the Trans Mothwing headcanon/au has been really problematic, since the only reason people ever make Mothwing trans is so she can have biological children with Leafpool, and it never really changes anything about her character. And yeah- that's a gross thing to do.

Being LGBTQ changes us, in ways we don't even realise- that's simply the truth. It changes the way we think and interact with people, like for example, weighing in whether or not it's worth mentioning your partner's pronouns in a conversation. Or as my sibling mentioned the other day - trying to decide whether you'd rather make yourself look cis and feel uncomfy, or go out as you are and risk getting hatecrimed. It feels weird to stick the label 'trans' on a character simply to support your own storyline, especially without giving them character motivations, development, or story to make them actually feel trans.

Unofficially-Ace mostly explored how it would affect Mothwing's relationship with Hawkfrost, but I wanted to take a different approach. I wanted to showcase how it would affect Mothwing's entire life up to AVOS, and completely exclude any mention of kittens with Leafpool.

Anyway, I read up on how badly the trans Mothwing idea has been represented so far, and the more I looked into it, the more I thought about it, the more I realised holy crap, this idea has SO MUCH potential, how has anyone not done anything with all this yet?? And so, with pride month coming up (though it's basically over now, but that's okay, because pride goes all year)… I did! I whipped this up in about one month. I did however honestly struggle back and forth a lot about whether I should even make this. I am not trans and so I have no real voice to talk about trans issues - but in the end I thought it would probably be okay as long as I handled it carefully, which I tried my best to do. I tried to show that acceptance was the most important thing, drew inspiration from real-life scenarios, and consulted with my trans friends before making this video public. I am not making any money from this video. If anyone is still uncomfortable with anything I will try my best to fix it!

A few extra notes:

The art is rushed and messy but I kind of like the style of the finished product. It was quick, easy, and isn't hideous. Nice.

The blue in Mothwing's eye is just a design choice, it doesn't mean anything :)

I also have to credit this CRIMINALLY underrated Mothwing PMV for inspiring a few of the shots, and also being part of the reason for my love of Mothwing, and ALSO for being my favourite PMV ever:

https://youtu.be/1PUIY7EFI0o

[lesbianacorn]

Happy pride month ^_^ various lesbians

[dollybeagle]

i havent drawn in like two weeks

anyway hi mothwing nation how r we

[oatpaws-silly-kittys]

happy trans day of visibility!!! :D

here r some of my headcanons of trans kittys :3

(also i’m trans so if u want to support me getting surgery by commissioning me pls dm me!!!)

[lockandkeyhyena]

for my transfem followers, what are your thoughts on transfem mothwing? i’ve seen people say they love it while i’ve seen others say it’s transmisogynistic.

[marbling77]

What if I umm showed you my mothpool headcanons...

[aspenwatcherwarriorcats]

transfem warrior cats headcanons

bristlefrost, leafpool mothwing, nightcloud, nightheart reedshine, tigerstar

all art belongs to @/cloudtail

[bee8467]

gay cats real

Explaining/infodumbing

mothpool everyone knows mothpool

Berrynose x lionblaze this one is for the sillies homies is it gay to think about how beautiful your hated clanmates eyes are? - lionblaze probably

grayfiresand- firestar has two hands

aro/ace hollyleaf she is aroace

ftm frostpaw- uh take this https://www.tumblr.com/bee8467/726662575222374400/you-know-what?source=share also while this headcanon goes any way i needed a trans guy for the slot

mtf squrrielflight- she just is in every way trans girl squrrielflight won the poll over trans guy because I couldn’t decide. Also everyone thought the three were her bio kids because trans chaos.

nonbinary tree- they struggle to fit into the gender roles assigned to them and even have a dead name

Questioning sunbeam- she 100% has a crush on lightleap and is in denial in my brain

gf twigbranch- has a hard time fitting into one place with her clans and struggles to fit into the gender roles with having kits (i just am fond of this one :3)

[nightly-ruse]

OH MY GOODNESS TRANSMASC LEAFPOOL AND TRANSFEM MOTHWING

[sleepyspots-wc-designs]

I’ve gotta draw Mothwing soon cause it’s almost pride month and I just know that people are gonna want pride pfps of her-

[sparrowlovesskittles]

[arohollyleaf]

if nothing else I'm at least glad we're no longer in the warriors fandom era when everyone was headcanoning mothwing as a trans woman just so she could sire the three and fernsong as a trans man because he's an "uwu soft malewife"

[bubblingstream]

trans mothwing but she's just trans. she doesn't have the po3 kids or anything she's just transgender and that's it (because we're very normal about trans women)

[huitunkuutti]

Pride Warrior cats

[Id: Compilation of a bunch of Warrior cats characters, surrounded by trinkets of different pride flag colors.]

Hi! This series of drawings was posted weekly on my youtube, and now they are all finally here! Some are canon, some are purely my self indulgent headcanons. Feel free to ask me eloborate, I would love to <3 

Happy Pride nya’ll!

[cheerclaw]