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Title: Thunder and Shadow
Arc: A Vision of Shadows
Type: cover
Country: Poland
Characters: Twigkit / Twigbranch and Violetkit / Violetshine
Artist: https://x.com/NoraPotwora
Source: https://x.com/WarriorCats_PL/status/1896908190861951044/photo/1
who is in charge of the Polish WC book covers and why are they not in charge of the entire brand's art direction im losing my mind.
Something Isn’t Right
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Unsure when I’ll have time to finish this, but considering everyone is a bit… torn up about Brindleface, I figured I’d share the sketch for this illustration right now.
(Rough sketch so please excuse any anatomical or composition-related errors!)
For @redux-iterum
This, I say with no exaggeration, is frightening.
"The Sight" cover redesign concept sketch for a class project! Gonna be making this all shiny and professional looking next!
Bonus: full sketch page of 10 thumbnails below!
thunderclan medicine cats
Thunderclan: Holy shit those kits are TIGERCLAW’S they’re definitely fucking evil
Bramblekit and Tawnykit:
[Lyrics from Simple Man, Graham Nash]
CrookedBlue angst…
(i’ll post the full image if anybody would like)
hello!! would you have any idea what breed, or at least coat colors this cat could be? i found these pictures on pinterest and unfortunately there's no source or descriptions outside of "pharaoh cat" (??), and reverse image searching doesn't really help either.
Pharaoh is the breed name, it’s a designer cat developed by breeding DBE Maine Coon’s with the “Highland Lynx.”
So it’s an expensive mixed breed with not one… not two… not three… but four mutations. Isn’t that awesome? (/sarcasm)
The breed is recognized by the Rare and Exotic Feline Registry.
I’m glad you asked!
The curled ears are the least problematic. To the best of my knowledge there has been no published research documenting issues tied to this gene.
However anecdotal evidence from those experienced with curled ear cats suggests the ears may be more fragile and susceptible to damage and can be more prone to wax buildup and subsequent ear infections.
The polydactyly is an intermediate/gray area sort of mutation. It’s recognized in a few different breeds but is widely distributed throughout the random-bred stray/feral population, even affectionately referred to as “Hemingway Cats.”
Mild cases are usually okay but can still be problematic - especially if the extra digits aren’t fully formed, aren’t formed properly, aren’t functional or aren’t anchored to the limb like the typical digits. Onychectomy may be performed on these specific additional toes either to prevent problems from occurring or if problems do start to occur.
In the event I discuss above the main thing I’m thinking of is these digits getting caught on something and being torn out because they’re only secured by flesh but a general problem with polydactyly is increased risk of ingrown nails.
Mild cases can be very cat-to-cat, some will never have a problem and others will be hopeless about nail maintenance, but as you increase the amount of toes you increase the amount of opportunities for a problem to occur…
So when you the “patty feet” that’s style desireable in the Pharaoh, Pixiebob, Highlander and so forth it becomes a real problem because they can’t wear their nails down like they’re supposed to.
This was an incidental finding during a routine neuter, shared by @surry_spay_neuter_clinic on Instagram.
The dominant blue eye class of mutations are becoming better understood with current research, confirming suspicion that some of the genes being worked with are associated with deafness.
The DBE-RE gene in certain Maine Coon lines is the worst offender, with deafness pravalent in heterozygous cats suggesting the gene cannot ethically be worked with.
REFR says the Pharaoh was developed using “Altai” Maine Coons, which should be DBE-CEL and DBE-ALT and Messybeast also lists these genes as those being present in the Pharaoh breed but we’re only just starting to understand the DBE genes and have seen deafness occur at varying rates in numerous lines so…
Definitely an “approach with caution” type of situation.
And now the heavy hitter… that cute little bobtail… the gene responsible for this is a T-Box mutation, the same type responsible for the Manx and other western bobtail breeds.
This mutation results in sacral agenesis or dysgenesis, leading to a collection of symptoms which occur on an unpredictable spectrum from “absent” to “severe” known as Manx Syndrome. Hallmarks of this syndrome include hind limb weakness or abnormal gait and urinary or fecal incontinence.
So worst case scenario you’re potentially breeding a lame, deaf incontinent cat with chronic ear infections and problems with ingrown nails.
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Debating on making this a character in the Five Clans AU- but unsure what to do with her.
She’s mentioned as a tabby with distinct black markings, and is supposedly just… a character. No name, no nothing. Not one of the other Queens seen, just her own thing.
One possibility is to make her the parent to Swift, Cinder and Bracken (and Lynx ig), and move Rosetail to being Spotted and Red’s mom instead.
Possibilities for names is to just yoink some missing kit names- Cricketkit, Cherrypaw or Chesnutkit. But if I imagine she’s a red tabby tortoiseshell then probably Cherrypaw will be moved to her.
Last thing of night- made a big eyed type kit base and wanted to use it for the hypothetical FireSibs in Five Clans AU
Princess / Brownie I genuinely need to find a name for her that feels right. But for now Brownie works for her. She’s a brown tabby, Brownie. It works for now
As for the other three…
So my AU I was thinking of moving these three to being the siblings mentioned by Fireheart and Princess. Mostly so I can do the doomed brotherhood type story between Fire and Scourge and also… they’re actual characters. Versus Filou, Tommy and Luna.
Nothing against them other than… they’re just names. Hell they could be the half-siblings instead even.
I talked a little bit about Scourge on my last post- but Ruby and Socks… Well this is my idea for them.
They’re masquerading as BloodClan cats.
They were still the stinky siblings and were adopted/abandoned by their owners. Had a run in with Scourge and was denied entry to being BloodClan cats by him. Buuuuut who other then Scourge and just two other cats knew that didn’t they?
So they take on names in similar fashion to Scourge- Scorch and Savage and bully their way into getting resources from weaker cats. They have no loyalty, barely any to each other either.
But working together is one of the only things keeping them alive. Also didn’t find another name to replace Ruby because she’d probably never be seen using her original name. Socks can stay tho.
Been holding back on this a bit- but finally redrew Scourge or The Scourge.
Really really want to revitalize him for the Five Clans AU. Which mostly revolves around him being much more tired.
Cold killer? No, tired man who wants to live comfortably.
Also debating back and forth between having him as Firestar’s littermate or not. I’m a sucker for doomed siblings.
Kind of yoinked the name of “The Blood” from the old Redux Blog since I always thought it was cool. But the group does eventually go by BloodClan after a while. They just aren’t considered “Clan” enough to a lot of Clan cats.
Which how long the Clan survives who knows if it ever begins to resemble a true Clan. But I do like the time of the Clan having two “Deputies” who will be called… something. Underbosses? So Bone and Brick would be his Underbosses (also considered just making the two Socks and Ruby but ehhh)
my favorite game in the series was the power of three ds game. it was still pretty obviously a pokemon mystery dungeon clone but unlike the older warriors games, you could pick your protagonist for each level
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Random thought- what if the voice Moonpaw is hearing is Half Moon?
Not sure why she of all cats would be speaking to Moonpaw, but Y’know moon motif and all
Moonpaw
Also confused about why people keep calling Leafstar a tortishell. She's a brown tabby with cream markings.
Only 2 tortishell protags. Sorry folks.
babe that is a tortie
the official art isnt always accurate... chubby crowfeather as an example
the authors also just. don't know what a tortoiseshell is. there's a lotta cats described as "black and orange" and such when that's. just a tortie
Yes, but she's been on quite a few of them now. And her design has been consistent the entire time. Where as chubby crowfeather was a 1 off mistake.
i would say her manga design is also inaccurate. but its also not a tortoiseshell. The wiki credits the cover of The Elder's Quest to her as well. Which while not tech. confirmed it matches Skyclan's destinys' . and also shows 0 tortoiseshell indication. which you would think in a new series with 2 confirmed torties she would if she was
not to mention that that is what brown tabbies look like in real life. like this is a very common tabby presentation that does not necessarily indicate tortoiseshell. but it is "brown and cream tabby." it indicating her as a tortie would only work if they described her w/ patches. which was only once in a book 6 years after she was introduced to the series. and other tabby cats with white markings are similarly described as her.
Not that I want to die on the hill of "Leafstar is absolutely not a tortoiseshell guys she isn't" but im just saying no part of her description reads like its intended to be that. And I feel like in a fandom that has as much misinformation as Warriors does we really shouldnt be jumping the gun on these things. I just feel like if we're sharing info about Changing Skies we should be. accurate about it.
Had to get on my laptop for this cause mobile kept murking it oml-
I don't think official art should be used as a source of proof that a cat is an appearance or not. Such as for example- Mapleshade, this is her official art (or the ones seen that isn't the manga)
Of course she doesn't have nearly as much as Leafstar, she is pretty consecutively shown as just a plain red cat. Despite it being well-known that she's a tortoiseshell and white cat. Or even Crookedstar! Whose jaw is mentioned as being so broken that his teeth and tongue poke out, but his official art?
Not much of either shown for the lad (and Brightheart is shown with scarring, and depictions of him on other language covers do sometimes have his jaw looking as described so ehhh) Sol is mentioned to have mane... and tufted tail of all things, but mainly focus on the mane cause-
He's primarily shown as rather sleek despite that (and the last one he's also not even a tortoiseshell like c'mon what're you doing). Even his manga art neglects to add his mane.
Not gonna post him cause I don't want complete photo bomb- Nightheart is described as a regular black tom, but most of his official art depicts him as a tabby.
As for Leafstar's description I think it's just up to interpretation at the end of the day. To some people it does read as a tortoiseshell, and there is evidence of this- with her neck being described as cream-and-brown and her cream patches being mentioned in Ravenpaw's farewell (i'll post those sections in a minute) but with how widespread her art is both official, covers, and even mangas of her being a brown tabby (tho manga always has her with white), she's kind of fallen in a Longtail and Gorsepaw situation. Where one artistic decision has kind of taken a stranglehold of what is expected with the depiction.
But here is the sections describing her cream patches and her neck being cream and brown
Personally, I'm in the boat of torbie Leafstar- cause if they'd intended her to be a regular brown tabby with a cream underbelly (or whatever it would be best described as)- they would've described it as that in the books? The only mention of her having cream is that it's typically mentioned along with her brown coloration instead of it just being "brown with cream" it's always "cream-and-brown" or "brown-and-cream" or it's patched in rare occasions, or that her fur is mottled. whatever the hell that means according to Warriors? Cause every other cat seems to be mottled and everyone is left scratching their head about what they mean by that (mottled stripes? mottles colors like a tortie? Spotting? The description is marked with spots or smears, but what do you mean Erin Hunters?? What do you mean by it?!)
But also with the website family tree she is kind of... torbie-esque? (not sure how accurate it is, but sure)
Just gonna throw her son in there too, which according to the site they seem (or claim to) try and stay as accurate as possible to the descriptions of the cats, but there's no telling tbh since I haven't exactly sat and studied the tree religiously. And then her specific page has her as this-
Which is... kind of odd. She can go either way, but if she's a tabby then her stripes are just going completely around. Not sure how to describe it tbh. But I wouldn't trust the profiles too much either since Brambleclaw and Leafpool are depicted as just a pale brown cats (not tabbies) and Tawnypelt appearing as a grey-brown tabby with small cream patches. The specific pages are weird that some cats are shown as tabbies and sometimes not and some are accurate and some are not so take these pages with a grain of salt tbh.
But yeah just my two cents here :,D I think you're right that interpretation can lead to people going "Yeah she's a regular brown tabby" especially since we do have a lot of regular brown cats that are just brown-and-cream (the Siamese cats and Molewhisker specifically). But interpretation can also go "yeah she's a torbie" since the cream coloration being described as patches at least once, and her description never being "brown with cream," but "brown-and-cream" or "cream-and-brown." Personally I'm on the torbie side cause it's more fun for me (and also we are neglected of torbies in canon).
but also yeah to featherdawn's point tbh... Warriors does have a bad case sometimes of not calling a cat a tortoiseshell when they are. Flickerkit being one, Newtspeck, Silverflame, Rosetail, and probably countless others. Which a lot of them have been around long enough they could just be called tortoiseshells at this point, but they're not described as such so to the "red-and-black" and "grey-and-ginger tabby" pits they go.
Tbh I hope it's a Scourge's collar and Dovewing's eyes dilemma wherein the fandom fights about it for much longer then necessary. It could make the place feel like old school Warriors Fandom again think of the possibilities.
Genuinely sorry for the huuuge post 8n8 it got away from me so fast. Leafstar is a fun character for me for legit no reason tbh.
I hope none of that came off as me fighting abt it! And I don't mind long additions to my post dw.
I always interpreted her as a brown tabby with darker white markings. Which is why it confused me when I saw people referring to her as a tortie in the same breath as Tawnypelt. Where 1 is confirmed and 1 is kinda nebulous. I didn't get why people were sharing it as news when it seemed more headcanony to me.
Oh no it didn’t! I was just making a funny, sorry about that!
But yeah I getcha. She’s an… odd one for sure design wise.
Last thing before I disappear 5ever again-
Just hypothetical Moonpaws that isnt connected to the main family trees (or as much)
The CherryStorm is my favorite tbh. But I still like the symbolism of a cat named Moonpaw being a NightSun kit. MinnowMouse fits more with the Moon- prefix.
Nothing for TwigFin. Cause tbh I kind of like the idea of her being childfree the more I think about its
But MinnowMouse gives a kit that is genetically for the most part unrelated to the majority of ThunderClan (only three relatives). Same could be said for CherryStorm, but Cherrythrows a wrench in that cause her mom. TwigFin gives a kit completely unrelated to anyone else. SunNight is in same boat as CherryStorm with Night throwing a wrench into it due to being a kid of two ThunderClan warriors.
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Found out from Lynx that Twig and Fin are half-cousins. So while Moonpaw would be… unrelated to ThunderClan as a whole, she would still have parents that are first-cousins or so (*glaring at HawkPebble also being first cousins*)
So ignore them and that Moonpaw and focus on MinnowMouse, CherryStorm and SunNight for freedom of first-cousin shenanigans
Tumblr wasn’t cooperating with me so I had to do this again-
But I was reminded of Fernstripe and Shellfur being a thing now! So may as well toss something in their direction too.
Tbh I quite like this Moonpaw. She’s also the closest to the original description as well.
So FernShell and CherryStorm are my favorites design wise. Whereas SunNight has a spot close cause thematics.
