this was always going to happen

and i've never half assed a hyperfixation so here we go

[dogwoodclangen]

hello hello i'm ice (27, he/him) and welcome to dogwoodclan aka my attempt at making a comic and also feeding the clangen fixation

this is my first comic ever so there will probably be changes and adjustments as i learn more about the medium. anyways, all this to say art and layout and everything will likely be clumsy at first

character asks and ooc asks are open!

tags will be as follows:

- moon updates: dwcmoons

- cats: tagged with name

- asks: dwcasks

- ooc: ice.txt

- fanart: dwcfanart

with this being a battle cats comic, you can expect the usual animal violence and death. abuse, murder, and the like will also be present in this story. triggers will be tagged accordingly, but if you have something you would like tagged, feel free to reach out

i will be shooting for a page a week but i am an adult with a life and two jobs and this is just for fun so don't be surprised if it doesn't happen weekly lmao

anyways! onto the cats

His thoughts and dreams were plagued for moons before the disaster. A giant black wall of water, the Starwood Tree shattered, and a silence that seemed to stretch on for an eternity. The stars were fickle at best, refusing to give him anything more than omens of drowning, and then-

And then they were alone.

Start here

[dogwoodclangen]

Moon 9 (3/??)

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ah shit

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Moon 9 (2/??)

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i sure hope daddy issues don't run in the family

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Moon 9 (1/??)

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oooh lore

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we back tomorrow

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[🧡(Clanwide)- Who in the Clan has the most interesting (relationship with) gender? Whether that be xenogenders or something else.] I'd love to know! Especially since there is a new adult to the mix, and Dustypaw who has grown up without anyone his age, and only 3 other adults, is getting older and stuff too!

hello! i'm going to do more their relationship with gender roles since they're all cis 😭 (except one of the kits but that'll be a surprise for later)

hawthornstar: hawthorn is very connected to her femininity and the more traditional roles that a woman would play in the clan. being a mother is something that she feels is very important to being a woman, though her relationship with this is complicated by her sexuality (aroace) and the fact that she has low fertility. she has only had one biological kit (furzekit), but has essentially adopted dustypaw. had the disaster not happened, hawthorn likely would have been happiest as a permanent queen, helping with the kits. hawthorn also feels that one of the roles that a woman holds is being the emotional center. we can see this in the aftermath of the disaster where she is the one single-handedly taking care of the clan physically and emotionally without taking time to process her own feelings. she has continued this trend and has continued to play the role of emotional support for the other three (all men). we will have to see how things change with another woman around!

frostfire: frost is (unfortunately) a product of toxic masculinity. he is emotionally immature and will avoid engaging with difficult or complex emotions to a point of detriment. he feels that as a man, his role is to provide physically for the clan- whether that is by hunting or patrolling or fighting. he holds some misogynistic views of women, as we saw with the last few pages. we will get further into this as time goes on because he holds some very conflicting views on how women should act and what their roles are

swarmwatcher: swarm is also a product of toxic masculinity as far as emotional stunting and reliance on women for emotional support. his relationship with masculinity differs from frost in that swarm's baseline respect for women is higher (he would never call a woman a whore lmao). he is also more comfortable with being perceived as more feminine, as he is in a traditionally caretaking role with being a healer

dustypaw: this poor boy is picking up all the emotional stunting and bad habits that the clan has to offer. he relies on hawthorn for emotional support and regulation which is appropriate to a point, as he is still a child. however, he is learning that men are not expected to learn how to manage their own emotions and that they should repress their feelings at all times. dusty's relationship with masculinity is still in development, but is on track to follow frost and swarm

lilyglade: our newbie! i'll be so real i don't think lily has ever considered her gender any deeper than knowing that she's a woman lmao. as far as her views on gender roles, she differs from the main clan in that she was not raised with those traditional roles. i will leave it here because we will get more into her mind, which i'm quite excited for ^^

[dogwoodclangen]

yeah i want to do artfight so hiatus through july lol attack me if you like https://artfight.net/~Revyra

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Moon 8 (20/20)

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and that's moon 8! welcome hawthornstar yippee

have not decided when i'll be doing the next page due to an upcoming trip and artfight but we'll see

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Moon 8 (19/20)

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Moon 8 (18/20)

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yeah that didn't work but i AM going to finish moon 8 before the end of the month so yall will get the rest of the pages this week because i'm busy next week lol

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Moon 8 (17/20)

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going to tentatively try doing a page a week again lol

[halfmoonclan]

🏳️‍🌈CLANGEN PRIDE ASK GAME🏳️‍⚧️

🩷(Clanwide)- Do you have any intersex cats in your Clan? Tell me about them!

❤️(Clanwide)- Do you have any trans cats in your Clan? Tell me about them!

🧡(Clanwide)- Who in the Clan has the most interesting (relationship with) gender? Whether that be xenogenders or something else.

💛(Clanwide)- Are there any queer relationships in your Clan? Describe them!

💚(Clanwide)- Are there any polyamorous cats in your Clan? Infodump about them!

🩵(Clanwide)- Has any cat in the Clan faced cruelty for being queer, trans, or intersex? How did they deal with it?

💙(Character specific)- What is this character's identity labels, if they use any at all?

💜(Character specific)- Is this character open and proud about their true self, or are they closeted? Or somewhere in between?

🖤(Character specific)- When did this character realize their identity? How did they initially feel about that realization?

🩶(Character specific)- Did this character use any other labels or terms before finding the right one(s) that truly fit? How many?

🤍(Blog owner)- How do you feel about people headcanoning your Clangen cats to be queer / trans / intersex etc?

🤎(Blog owner)- Are you going to do anything special for Pride month on your Clangen blog? Anything to look out for?

[dogwoodclangen]

last ditch ultrasound found a tumor in her adrenal gland that was fucking everything up so anyways many drugs later and after a week of back and forth, the stubborn bitch decided to pull through and is more or less back to normal

anyways next page will be up next tuesday

[dogwoodclangen]

no page today and maybe not for a bit as my cat's health suddenly declined

[dogwoodclangen]

(psst, moon 8 part 11 doesnt link to the next part !!)

fixed, thank you!

also side note update for all: moon 8 now has a set number of pages until the end

[dogwoodclangen]

Moon 8 (16/20)

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forgot to post yesterday oops

[dogwoodclangen]

no3 is complete

Glowpaw from @briarclan-horror-artlocke i'm so curious what's gonna happen with this guy

Darlingstrike from @ranchclan i love darling what a darling

Tree from @forestclan-clangen tree is such a badass i love them do not fucking die i'm watching you

Scraps from @scrapclangen the designs for your cats are so fun i was so torn between everyone but scraps has my heart

Wisteriastripe from @bleakclan her design is soooo pretty i love her markings <33

Longpaw from @waydowninwastetown i wanted to take a stab at your more detailed style it was a lot of fun and such a great style