Comet and I actually spent yesterday evening and a good chunk of today figuring out the renames and bouncing ideas around for the characters, and what we've got so far is mostly spoilers, but I'm surprisingly excited about it!
Originally, I expected that the entire cast was going to be changed around, considering how little purpose a couple of them had in being in the original story in the first place...plus how much frustration was in my system that was demanding I just throw out everything and start over. As I continued thinking, that went down to "Okay, maybe just one or two go", and now we're at each main character having a role and purpose this time, so they're all staying! A lot has changed about all of them - names, appearances sometimes, role in the story, bits of personality, history, etc. I'm particularly excited for "Little" and "Fly" as I'm working on them - credit to Comet for coming up with a brilliant idea for Slate that I can extrapolate a shitload of fun content from.
I really would love to go into all the ideas stewing in mine brain, but a good chunk of them would absolutely ruin the new plot before it even gets written, so they sadly have to stay where they are. I can at least drop the renames and redesigns here:
Mistface is now Mistsong. He is now a longhaired blue ticked tabby with pretty pale green eyes. Yes, he is still handsome, and he is very aware of it.
Greyleaf is now Fogleaf. (I also like Fogroot for him, but Comet suggested against it for the "groot" in there potentially causing jokes.) He is now a longhaired blue classic tabby, with particularly dark stripes. He has pale green eyes too.
Darkpelt is still Darkpelt...for a special reason. You'll see. She's now a pure black cat, and still has blind yellow eyes.
Redheart is now Garlandfang. She is also red-and-white patched instead of just having that Abyssinian-like red coat, and has copper eyes.
Littlepaw is now Pinpaw. Her design remains the same: small fawn calico with curly fur and blue eyes.
Laurelclaw is still Laurelclaw, but it may be changed early or mid-story to Laurelseed for certain character reasons. He is still a massive white tom with yellow eyes, but has a scar or two around his lower shoulders.
Flyfang is now Slatefall. She's a dark grey spotted molly with a permanent indent around her neck, where fur is thinner. She also has a white tail-tip and chest dash, and yellow-green eyes.
Beetlefoot is now Otterfoot. His design remains largely the same: a long-legged but relatively small sepia brown pointed tom, with orange eyes.
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