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Rusty’s Family Ties

I think my favorite part about what canon set up and what I'm now doing in all my fics is what the relationships look like between Jake, Nutmeg, and Tallstar (and Quince if she behaves). I tend to make them a polycule but honestly? Tallstar can just hop a fence and be like "Mud, Hop, Ash, and One are testing me today, what have you got going on?"

Also giving background to those friends Rusty had for one paragraph in Into the Wild and never saw again. And his siblings that we only ever see on the website. Well, we see Princess and of course cats are often not singlets or doublets but still! There's so much potential there!

I know the Erins made Rusty drink every single last drop of the Clan kool-aid and happily assimilate, but he had friends! He had family!

You mean to tell me they never thought of him? Princess never mentioned off-paw to some random cat that her brother was doing great things in the forest? That his random friend never asked "what ever happened to Rusty?" even if the answer didn't go beyond "oh he joined those weirdos in the forest."

I also like making Henry from that first book throwaway line turn out to be Pinestar. Just makes me giggle.

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Name notice

don't remember if I've said this before so please bear with me

I think it's interesting that the suffix "-flower" came to represent nursery queens in fandom when the examples we get... aren't exactly the paragon of virtue as we make them out to be in fandom.

That's not to say cats don't make mistakes, it's just that the -flower cats are consistently shown to be either cruel (Rainflower's... everything) or comfortable letting someone else raise their child (Goldenflower outsourcing the Bad Tigerstar News Dump). I

I'm probably missing some cats that are better examples as mothers with the -flower suffix.

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the weird schrödinger's emotion that is "that character death was narratively satisfying and emotionally impactful and ultimately the best way to handle their character arc" simultaneously with "noooo but I wanted them to live :( :( :("

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I wish instead of the Clans getting i⁸nto fights about moving the borders they made Tree their messenger as well as their mediator. In a "here's where we are. Here's the opinions of all the other Clan leaders, here's the possible solutions, here's what I think will get the best outcome."

Then it would make things like "Ashfur took over Bramble's body and is trying to rule over the other clans" an actual problem to be solved and not just another Tuesday.

Mr. Fucking Useless refuses to do his fucking useless job.

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Firepaw rebuilds SkyClan

AU where Firestar’s Quest happened at the tail-end of Into the Wild, after the battle with Brokentail but before Firestar gets his warrior name.

Firepaw has been having strange dreams about cats who looked so see-through that he wasn’t even sure they were there. They were looking forward to meeting him and in every dream they pressed their pelts against his and whispered stories.

Not long after, Firepaw run into his old friend, Smudge, and before he gets to chanse him off Smudge starts talking about dreaming of these same cats. He saw them walking around his house, one lapped at his wet food bowl while another knocked their compnaion away while chasing what they said was a mouse.

Smudge felt so claustrophobic and confused that he ran straight into the forest. It was lucky he found Rusty, he says, because hese cats sounded like one of the groups Rusty described when they were younger.

When Spottedleaf dies, she and her littermate, Redtail, confirm that what Firepaw ans Smudge saw was very real, remnants of an ancient Clan the tortoiseshell pair were actually descended from, called SkyClan.

Firepaw notes that there aren’t any SkyClan cats in StarClan, and when he finds out what happened, he throws a fit much like he did in the Super Edition.

“I thought better of you all! I thought you were brave and fair and fought for your families! But you drove out an entire group of cats just because you didn’t want to move! What’s the difference beteen what you all did and what Brokentail did? Did any of you even try to get them to come back?!”

No, of course not.

Firepaw cuts off the dream right then and there and wake up in his nest in the apprentice den. He storms out and heads for the Twoleg houses where Smudge is wide awake.

“So, we gonna help those faded starry cats, or what?”

“We sure are, Smudge.”

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The Clan cats have one of the latest/longest childhoods, definitely. I can see that as true.

My issue is, quite a few encounters in this fandom have been "they're old enough to have kids, they can do what they want" when the Erins themselves are constantly relating Clan apprentices to late teen hood.

Regular cats in the series get "sent out" after a significant amount of time being taught by their parents, but anyone under a year is technically still a "kitten" or "child" (minor/underage/ Not Adult)

There's still a lot to learn and these cats aren't really given room to grow. So saying "that cat is old enough to have kids" is just saying "they're teenagers starting cat puberty" but that doesn't mean they're making or aware of how massive decisions in their lives are going to effect them. They're children making "grown decisions" and that is what I wish the emphasis was on.

age issues (one of many)

@troutfur saw some screenshot from Squirrelflight's Hope! I have Opinions! Especially on how Tree was handled.

It's really interesting seeing the bit where Tree confronts the Sisters side-by-side with the kits from Ivypool's Heart because they have the same problem (not really ready) but completely different reactions to it. Tree was rightfully traumatized by watching his unprepared friend suffer, but the kits in IH think they're living the dream. They all have so much to learn.

I also think it's an interesting comparison to not only the Clans but regular cats as a whole. In this fandom there's so much emphasis on "that cat is old enough to have kits, they're grown!" but in real life you damn sure would not call a twelve year old "grown" and send them off into the world. A *dire* mistake has been made or a massive tragedy has happened if that is the case. I *wish* this fandom understood that.

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Honestly it seems weird to me Bramblestar is the one pushing for preserving their current arrangement with SkyClan while Squirrelflight is the one championing the rearrangement. It feels like it'd be the opposite with her wanting SkyClan to retain the land they have already moved into and wanting the Clans to adapt while he champions going back to a situation closer to their previous status quo.

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he was in the sense that he allowed more cats to live in ThunderClan than any other leader would, and slightly changed cats' minds on outsiders a little bit. That changed back, but he did for a little bit.

You know, I never got the Squirrelflight hype. Like, I thought she was like fine, but never particularly compelling. But I think with this book I am starting to see it.

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age issues (one of many)

@troutfur saw some screenshot from Squirrelflight's Hope! I have Opinions! Especially on how Tree was handled.

It's really interesting seeing the bit where Tree confronts the Sisters side-by-side with the kits from Ivypool's Heart because they have the same problem (not really ready) but completely different reactions to it. Tree was rightfully traumatized by watching his unprepared friend suffer, but the kits in IH think they're living the dream. They all have so much to learn.

I also think it's an interesting comparison to not only the Clans but regular cats as a whole. In this fandom there's so much emphasis on "that cat is old enough to have kits, they're grown!" but in real life you damn sure would not call a twelve year old "grown" and send them off into the world. A *dire* mistake has been made or a massive tragedy has happened if that is the case. I *wish* this fandom understood that.

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☆ sleepover saturday ☆

i wanna talk to you guys a little, so come at me:

rant/vent/complain about something that bothers you

have you ever..?

confess something/tell me a secret

would you rather..?

unpopular opinions

ask for advice (and i’ll do my best to be helpful lol)

tell me about your crush or best friend (or both)

ask me personal questions

tell me what you like most about yourself

make me choose between..

tell me about your dreams

send me headcanons

my top 5 of whatever

send me puns, jokes, and memes

your favourite fictional character and why you love them

send me recs (movies, books, anime, fics, music etc.)

ask me for recs (…)

fuck, marry, kill

tell me about your pet (or post pics of them and tag me :D)

…… 

these are just some suggestions that came to my mind right now, so feel free to send me whatever! and feel free to reblog if you want to have a sleepover too ☆

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true 2000′s nonsense was finding an amv with a cool song and revisiting the amv for the song instead of actually looking it up

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“Got your tail”

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if you ever feel awkward leaving a long ao3 comment getting no reply remember that at this point receiving any feedback at all will leave most authors too stunned to speak

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Reposting some of my favorite drawings.

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Look, pal, when I say "fanfiction does not have the cultural reach to be able to change social perceptions of controversial topics"

what I mean is "if Game of Thrones could not manage to normalize incest, a handful of shipcest fics on AO3 with 50 kudos each sure aren't going to manage to normalize it!"

And you know that. In your heart you know it.