this is a comic about cats and grief

Recommended for those of age 18+ Content Warnings include: Animal Injury/Death, Depression, Blood, Gore, Strong Language I intend on not being /too/ heavy, but I also know how I tend to write stories

[duskclangen]

Hey Hello!

Welcome to Duskclan

This is wholly for practice, experimentation and also a little relaxation, so bls excuse any inconsistencies.

ALLEGIANCES

MOONS

IN ORDER (will not work on mobile)

HOWLSTAR MINISTORY: 1 2 3 4 5 6

WEEDSILK MINISTORY: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Comic Fury!

be aware, moons 0-15 are rough

I love answering questions and I crave critique and pointers

#duskclan-art - for general, non-moon art

#duskclan-lore - character or setting information that might not crop up in the comic

#duskclan-musing - world building I'm still trying to figure out

#other-clans - a reblog or art that involves another clangen blog

#itty-bitty-kitty-committee - ask tag

#not-duskclan - anything that does not involve anything about duskclan

#Meow-Meows-In-Motion - animations! (will not always be Duskclan)

(I'm in the process of going through and re-tagging stuff currently)

Posts are also tagged with the most up-to-date names of cats, ie all posts that have Peartail are tagged #peartail even if it's before they graduated

Formatting under construction

Inspired by @moons-of-dewclan, @surfclangen, @fallenclan and @gray-thistleclan

Despite this comic using cryptids and monsters from the U.S. Mid-West, there will be Absolutely No Spirits from Native American Oral Tradition.

Please defer any questions bout this subject to my main blog, @kamigoot

[duskclangen]

hey. clangen. thats kinda mean y'know. little on the nose one might say

[duskclangen]

A LITTLE ON THE NOSE ONE MIGHT SAY

[duskclangen]

hey. clangen. thats kinda mean y'know. little on the nose one might say

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its like when youre spiraling and you get snapped out of it by a phone call from your mom

but instead of your mom its a feral moody teenager yelling at you and your best friend

as usual, let me know if this needs further tagging

also if you like the comic maybe toss some pennies at my ko-fi.

[duskclangen]

If ShadowDusk actually went through with the attempt wouldn't he have just lost a life and come back?

yeah, though i think its fairly understandable why he wouldnt have had that lil detail in mind

[duskclangen]

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its like when youre spiraling and you get snapped out of it by a phone call from your mom

but instead of your mom its a feral moody teenager yelling at you and your best friend

as usual, let me know if this needs further tagging

also if you like the comic maybe toss some pennies at my ko-fi.

[leohnoz]

Just take my wallet

"Whats the softest way to say, you took away my friend, my buddy?"

For @duskclangen

Daffodils — sometimes, a symbol for forgiveness.

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Unfinished Wip, for another Shardshade peice — via the song Catabolic Seed by The Scary Jokes

"I'M SAFE, I'M WHOLE, I'VE GOT IT UNDER CONTROL."

I also thought of using Just Take My Wallet for Shadow. but. this is how the cookie crumbles

[duskclangen]

YOOOOOO OMG LOOK AT THIIIIS!!!!!!!!!!!

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SHADOWDUSK IS TRANS??? How did i miss that. Good for him hell yeah

in fairness it doesnt come up too often and i write shads as such a generally anxious character. part of that anxiety is trying really really hard to not make his transness something a stranger can clock immediately

[duskclangen]

I know you’re not doing clangen pride asks but I’m curious about Shadowdusk figuring out he was a Tom

[duskclangen]

Does Shardshade have a good relationship with anyone?

yeah, of course!

everyone else right now is pretty neutral tho

[duskclangen]

(prev anon here abt pear and owl)

sorry if that sounded impatient!!!

i swear im just curious!!!

no, youre so fine and good! if anyone is impatient it is me, i love owl i desperately want you all to know his deal

[duskclangen]

wait is peartail not in starclan?

ah see this is why i wish id made starclan cats look cooler before i committed to their design

peartail has some unfinished business in the mortal realm

[duskclangen]

Will it ever be explained in-comic *why* Peartail got keep their colors/patterns and Owlburr didn't?

I mean, i got some assumptions (burning to death vs. an infection for one, or maybe just stylistic choice on your part to make Owlburr mysterious and spooky). But i wanted to know if there was a lore reason behind it?

yerp yerp! im just waiting for one(1) specific thing to happen and then the secrets of the owl man will be laid bare for all to see

[duskclangen]

Has any cat survived if they've gotten an infection? I honestly cant remember.

nope! though there has only been the two, whirlpaw and peartail. and honestly between you and i dear anon i dont think its fair to hold whirlpaw against shard too much, she was still an apprentice throughout his entire ordeal

edit: there was darkfoot too i forgor about him...... not that we can hold that against shard either tho, she was a literal baby when he got sick and died

[duskclangen]

Rereading moon 34 and seeing minnowgrass having complete trust in shardshade and wasppaw capabilities to heal peartail *Insert the “He doesn’t know!” meme*

in fairness, shard DOES have a pretty decent track record with leg injuries specifically

just not with infection

imagine what she could do with penicillin

[duskclangen]

I really enjoy shadow and fennels relationship whether it’s Qpr or Romantic (which I silently pray for it to happen while wearing a FennelShadow hat lmao) I hope that they can still have a close connection at the end even with the horrors that is currently happening

now keep in mind that this is a bit in the future (also ignore that fennel is a little sicky wicky)

but i'd say they're pretty good pals! neither of them have terribly high romance bars with anyone. not sure if thats a quirk of the new system or not, but headcanon and ship freely. i aint ya dad

funny (tangentially related) story tho, there was this short period of time where minnowgrass kept asking fennel if they could be mates like every moon. i cut it since it didnt really fit his character at all but it was a real "can i rizz you up PLEASEPLEASEPLEASE" moment

[duskclangen]

Will we ever meet the cat that got fennel pregnant or was he just a one night fling

just a one time thing, but i have taken to calling them Taco Bell so if you want that to be canon it is now