Saltsong

He/Him | Alt blog for my warrior cats art | Requests open!

[saltsongwc]

All you need to know

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Hi hi! This blog is mostly for Warrior cats AUs and Art.

I'm taking requests on what to draw! My Askbox is always open so feel free to interact.

Mostly, the "#swap au" also known as the "#medcat tigerclaw au", you can check both tags if you want to see completely.

If you want a more curated list of things by chronological orders (mostly told by asks)

IMPORTANT THINGS

First Post

Starclan and the Dark Forest (A personal headcanon on how they work)

Spottedleaf's Heart (TLDR: Not canon)

The Tigerbabies in this Au (who are their parents)

PRE-FIRST SERIES

Why did you become a medicine cat?

Bluefur and her kits

Featherwhisker's Mentorship

First time Moonstone

"Won't patch you up forever"

Goosefeather's Watchers

"I did the clan a favour"

Bluestar

Goldenscourge

A Friend and a Friend

INTO THE WILD

Prologue

Redtail's Death

The newcomer...

...And his friends

A Ghost in Sunningrock's

Take Action

Yellowfang and Tigerfoot

FIRE AND ICE

Cinderpaw (Part 1)

Fireheart's Bi Awakening

FOREST OF SECRETS

Exile

RISING STORM

Bluestar's Faith

Little babies

"She just left us!"

Spottedstar's Nine Lives Ceremony

A DANGEROUS PATH

Swiftpaw's Stand

THE DARKEST HOUR

The Sunset of Riverclan

Wasted Moons (Gorsepaw)

"Eight by the frosted scourge..."

Confrontation and Revenge

POST-FIRST SERIES

The Spottedbabies and their opinions

Squirrel and Leaf in this AU

Nightwhisper and Darkstripe after (oof)

The Spottedbabies and their names

Main blog is @salbertwolf! Art and diverse things withouta reason.

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wip of Sandstorm's Quest that I really like and may draw later

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Slowly forgetting your face

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I know this arc is so far away from I’ve seen on this blog, but I was curious if tawnystalk would be the parent of canon Bramblestar’s kits since he is the parent of Tawnypelt’s kits in this au? Like, would Alderheart and sparkpelt be her kits is basically what I’m trying to say.

No art just yap

Short answer: polycule

Long answer: Probably? Though I'm not sure with who, I've talked about Tawnysquirrel in an old post (oh god a year oh fuck) and like a lot of my thoughts still remain even if I now have the opinion that messy hr relationships are great for drama, I would still not ship Tawnysquirrel in this au tho even if I ship them in canon, I do see them having a very complicated "marriage" for a while that leads to both of them just considering themselves as friends and not as lovers y'know.

Do Sparkkit and Alderkit just pop out from the ether and no donor is acknowledged? That then leads to the great problem that a lot of the issues with Firestar's kin is the fact that Firestar being their ancestor is the catalyst for a lot of personal conflicts. It's not that Bramblestar/Tawnystar is their parent (though that also adds), but that their grandfather was fucking Firestar the jesus christ of warrior cats.

So how would Tawnystalk and Squirrelflight have kits if they were married in that moment? Trans Squirrelflight? Popular headcanon that could work but then upper problem arises, do they divorce amicably after Sparkpaw and Alderpaw were named so that they felt everything would be alright? I also talked about how SquirrelDaisy is endgame here so maybe polycule? Yeah fuck it why not, polycule ftw, add Nightcloud there as Tawnystalk's conflicting situationship from the journey and later and you got yourself three queens being great

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please, draw more of your med Tigerclaw Brambleclaw! He is so cute, I want to feed him fishies and everything good

"Dad had told us if we wanted to be together as a family again to meet him outside of the den on the waning moon. I spoke with Tawnypaw about it, before, what she thought we should do... She told me Spottedstar could go to carrion place for all she cared, but I- I missed my mom, I missed her so much, I just wanted to remember her face again so I left with dad.

I didn't wake Tawnypaw up, she would've pinned me to my nest had I given her the chance, we just left... I'm still sorry about it, I- I regret having to leave her behind but it was the only choice"

This isn't what you wanted anon I'm sorry but the spirit of angst possessed me I promise cuter Brambleclaw moments in the future probably if arc 2 questions happen

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For a request, could I please have Jay (Yellowfang's Secret/Tallstar's Revenge)? Thanks!

(if this is a repeat I apologize and please ignore it)

Bonus Marmalade and Pixie because why not

Tallstar's revenge has been my favorite super edition since forever so thanks for reminding me about it have a good day and luck in your Jay campaign (Jay for president)

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hihihi!! I wanted to say your AU is SOO freaking sick and genuinely the only good take I’ve scene for evil Spottedleaf, and also i have a song request that i think fits Spottedstem…

Late Nights & Heartbreak - Hannah Williams. The whole song gives off Spotty’s vibes and i love it.

(another song i think also fits her is Where Evil Grows by The Poppy Family heh….)

(no art sorry i didn't know what to draw)

oh wow genuinely thank you so much!

I do like the songs and if I had to pick one for her it would definitely be Late Nights & Heartbreak, though I think both of them feel very romantic and not quite the vibe she has going on here unless you tweak them a bit; they feel haunting in the way all the mistakes you made throughout your relationships haunt you in what could've beens and regrets, Spottedstem doesn't have those regrets, was there love to her mates? Yes, but no regrets even with how they ended.

If there is a character that compliments her this way its Redtail, not in the romantic sense but in a platonic, sibling love way; She genuinely is haunted by his death, this was not a choice she wanted to make but felt like needed to, her ticket to leadership all for naught, blind him, run him off, waiting, she could've done all those things and still she wouldn't have been deputy but at least her brother would be alive.

She's not good for him, never will be, could never love him more than she loves power, and tragically he was in the way.

Thank you so much for the songs!!!

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the ao3 down time has me locking in and actually writting chapter 3 of sandstorm's quest lmao

[rooted-clangen]

Moon 10

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Wuhoh- a bit of an on the nose topic huh Venom?? Root stay strong!!!

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"What would you say to your younger self?" / pt 2

"Maybe I'd be kinder"

Even more oc stuff hell yeah (<- he's obsessed)

In order of appearance: Willowflight, Nightflower, Wolfstorm (gray she-cat) and Eaglewing

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"What would you do if you met your older/younger self?"

old ocs that rotate my mind and haven't drawn in years lmao

in order: Salmonstar, Bluestream, Robinclaw

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I just read the exile again and something wa splinter out to me

Darkstripe is Bluestar’s brother?!

her ass was NOT happy knowing there were even more cats related to her and from a guy she feels CONFLICTED about Darkstripe and his siblings were born a little after she had given her kits away, so she's doesn't really interact with them after everything that happened.

She's not even present, like they know she's their sister, he knows, she knows, do they talk? Not really. This is just one of those rare momentts before the kits really understood Bluesstar(fur) didn't want to talk with them or see them, yes there is some talks about "God why are you being so rude to them it isn't their fault!!!"

But she's not obligated to have a relationship with the offspring of her dad and his new wife who, mind you, is so much younger than him, a relationship he put above his own children right after Moonflower had died, and she has so desperatly been chasing approval of for YEARS that just seeing the physical proof he moved own has her feeling so much on top of her own recent choice and trauma. And its not like she can't see how this will pan out, Stormtail is literally never around for them anyway.

dios mio stormtail es padre latino literalmente.../j

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"me, my husband, my ex, and their 30 year old beef when they were little kids"

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Having a cat is realizing how big they actually are at less than 4 months like no I think Brokenstar had a point we could send these children to war

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I’m just imagining the meme of spottedstem standing behind Firepaw and saying he ask for no pickles

Like… her scolding Darkstripe and Longtail for bullying… ans I can see that she can see the tension between Longtail and fire and go… hmmmmm

"Darkstripe, shut up" "Wow she's no nice to me she can't be that bad" Fireheart then learns there is a difference between being good and being nice

No LongFire until like, Rising Storm so Spotted doesn't really see the tension, not her problem

OBLIGATORY CLARIFICATION OF SOTTED AND FIRE'S DYNAMIC IN THE AU BECAUSE I DON'T REMEMBER IF I EVER MENTIONED IT:

There is nothing romantic about them; Spotted was Fire's second mentor and sees him more likea lil dude she can manipulate even when he becomes Fireheart.

while Firepaw has a crush on her this is never pursued or even entertained further; she's the cool warrior everyone likes and wants to be like, she's pretty, she's nice, she's the perfect cat in everyone's eyes and you can't help but like that perfection.

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Feathertail and Stormfur my beloved children who get no peace.

You are born under circumstances that are deemed illegal in your society, and because of the public nature of your birth, everyone knows. You are scrutinized for every action and inaction, you have each other and your father, but it means very little when the whole clan is against you. Then, the clan puts you on trial, for the crime of being born you are sentenced to death by the paws of your mentor/your own father ( depending on if you still want Grey to die in place of Stonefur ). They refuse to kill you, and it costed them their life. Your leader did nothing to stop this, your clanmates did nothing to stop this, and worse, some Riverclan cats celebrated among the ShadowClan cats.

Riverclan destroyed the mountain of bones, but the damage was done. Featherpaw blamed herself at first, but Feathertail knows she wasn't to blame, but the leadership and clan that would happily let her and her brother die. Riverclan wasn't her home, and Starclan wasn't her God, given it was by their blessing this all happened in the first place. Then, she is chosen to fulfill her destiny by the same spirits who didn't raise a paw to save her, or her father/mentor.

She almost doesn't heed the call, but an excuse to leave RiverClan for moons... she would've never thought about returning to RiverClan if not for Stormfur coming along, but she loved her brother, and maybe he could be convinced to leave for good, too. Their travels lead them to the tribe, where Stormfur had been prophesize to sacrifice himself to save the tribe from a mountain lion. Feathertail doesn't believe it at first, refuses to, but when both her and Stormfur are on the ledge, their newfound friends trapped between a wall and certain death in the form of a hungry mountain lion, she sees how this plays out.

Storm sees the hanging, sharp stone, but Feather acts before he can. She falls with it with a toothy grin of satisfaction, as if to say, " you couldn't take him from me, I wouldn't let you "

Rambled to say I think Feathertail should be given a gun. But in the actual series it is thought at first by the tribe that Stormfur was the cat who was gonna save them, but Feather's sacrifice here is more out of spite for Starclan and spirits trying to railroad her and her brothers life than like, romantic feelings for an apprentice ( I never understood Crow and Feather and I never will )

Anyways, thank you for coming to my ted talk! ( I am so sorry it's so long )

"The crime of being born and the sentence is that your soul will know no rest, the stars that follow you will forever be dim unless your penance is achieved; by your blood. Your ancestors will sing no praise, your parentage will never rest, know oh, children of half-clans, you will never outrun this fate"

"Watch me outrun you then."

watch me sit on this ask for like a year lmao i'm so sorry ted talking anon I really procrastinated on answering this one because I didn't know what to draw to accompany it

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