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Fernsong! I generally believe his hate is misguided. With the way the fandom acts like he ruined Ivypool's character because she was nudged to the side and had kits while in reality, every character, post OotS, got nudged to the side(ex. Jayfeather, Lionblaze, Dovewing). All literally, got nudged to the side, so... I mean... :|.

Fernsong of ThunderClan

I honestly wasn't even aware that Fernsong hatred was a thing until I joined Tumblr... I mean, he's such a fabulous cutie patootie, what is there to hate about him?

I don't really see how he would be ruining Ivypool's character either. Ivypool is still Ivypool, she just isn't the focus of the story anymore and has a ridiculous fluffy husband now. At the end of the day he's, of course, just a character, so anyone is free and valid to love or hate him as much as they want, but I just personally find him to be a lovable little critter.

We don't actually see a whole lot of him, but from the scraps we were blessed with he seems to be just a genuinely adorable kitty. His dynamic with Ivypool is really cute, even if they're just a background pairing with little to no focus. I loved the scene in which he expressed his desire to be a nursery dad. It's probably what he's best known for, and it's such a lovely idea! And he seemed genuinely excited to do it, to raise kittens, play with them and love them. I just wish we actually got to see him do it... He's briefly mentioned to be a dedicated father in Spotfur's novella if I remember correctly, but we don't actually see him staying in the nursery instead of Ivypool... Well, either way he's still a cutie, a good dad and husband and just a really sweet kitty in general. I love how supportive he is of Ivypool in her superedition. He tries to help her through her grief, being concerned about her and trying to comfort her. He doesn't get upset when she seeks comfort in Rootspring instead, though, doesn't even push for any explanation. He just lets her heal at her own pace while offering his support if she ever needs it.

I have this dumb little headcanon that he takes particularly good care of his fur because he knows that Ivypool finds comfort in his fluffiness and likes to cuddle up to it. He's on a mission to make sure that his wife has the softest, fluffiest pillow in all of ThunderClan. He's doing lovely so far, but Cloudtail is a big competition, despite his age.

Aside from his fur being very nice and fabulous, it's also decorated with a bunch of little flowers. I drew them in the colors of the pan flag, cause that's what I headcanon him as, but the flowers change colors regularly. They often fall out while he attends to his warrior duties, but the kits in the nursery are always happy to decorate him some more. And he's happy to let them!

He resembles Lionblaze in his colors, so to balance it out I gave him Cinderheart's tabby patterns. You can't really see them well on the drawing because of his pose, but they're better visible on Cinderheart's own art. His face markings are a blend of Cinderheart's face stripes and mask. He also has his mom's white neck fluff. From Lionblaze he got the white back legs and light underside of his tail. Some things that he got from both of his parents are white paws, muzzle and tailtip and tufted ears. He also has Leafpool's light eyelids and freckles, along with Sandstorm's green eyes.

Thank you for requesting him! I usually don't draw warriors with any decorations cause I believe they would be inconvenient due to their active lifestyle, but Fernsong can be an exception :3

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Crookedstar of RiverClan

He's really buff and stocky with small ears, like his father, Shellheart. His fur isn't as long as his mother's, but it's thick like hers. He has his father's eyes and his grandmother's, Willownose's stripes. He got his lighter markings and some of the darker ones from Rainflower. This drawing was made a while ago, so it might be different in quality than my newer stuff :')

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Brightheart of ThunderClan

Probably one of the most popular cats in the community. Personally, while I see the appeal, I don't have any particularly strong feelings on Brightheart. I just wish she was given another apprentice after Jaypaw, but I guess it's too late now, since she's an elder already :(

About her design, I just want to say that she was really fun to draw! I just like drawing cats with a lot of scars, it makes them look more distinct and interesting. I didn't want to give her too many scars, though, since it would make the design harder to use later on...

Other than that, she has Lionheart's fluff and Frostfur's eyes, similarly to her sister, Cinderpelt. She also has Lionheart's tabby patterns, but they're not as visible as they are on some other cats, since the middle part is covered by a white patch. Oh, and she has a little heart marking on her chest. It is a bit cliche, but I think it's cute anyway

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Princess

The lady that sent her firstborn marshmallow-resembling child into a cult that her brother was in. She's really fun, I remember enjoying her scenes a lot. She was pretty sassy to begin with, but I feel like her sass levels increased in the new graphic novels, which I appreciate. She deserves to be as sassy as she wants, she's great.

I loved her interactions with Firestar so much, and I wish we got to see him saying goodbye when the Clans were leaving the forest. Maybe they could even include Smudge in the scene - just Firestar's ultimate farewell to his kittypet past. I think one of the Erins confirmed that he did say goodbye to Princess, but I also remember reading that it was Cody who told her that the Clans left, so I’m honestly not sure what actually happened anymore.

I also wish that she and her nieces, Squirrelflight and Leafpool, had some sort of relationship. It was confirmed that Firestar did show his sister the kittens, but it's unknown whether they kept visiting her as they grew up.

One of her more memorable scenes is her meeting Brightheart, and getting a bit jumpscared by her scars. It made Princess seem kinda rude and insensitive, even if her reaction was pretty understandable. Brightheart did look pretty scary at the time, with her wounds still fresh and all. It was especially horrifying to Princess, who wasn't used to that kind of violence. The scene feels a bit sweeter in the graphic novels, where Princess, despite being shocked at first, is mostly just concerned for Brightheart's wellbeing. It would be cute to have them interact some more, maybe even with Princess being apologetic for making Brightheart feel self conscious during their first meeting. It could be sweet if Brightheart continued to visit Princess along with Cloudtail, with Cloudtail constantly trying to show off his cool and awesome girlfriend to his mom. I think it would be cute. And maybe, eventually, they could even introduce her to Whitekit!

About the design I made for Princess, she mostly resembles her mom, even getting a floppy ear from her, with just a few minor traits from her dad. She's a slightly more vibrant shade of brown, to reference her dad's orange coat a bit. I always thought that she had amber eyes, but they're apparently green, so she has the same eye color as Firestar and Jake. She has a pink collar with a little crown pendant too, very princess-y. I might change the pendant to silver, though, to make it stand out more...

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Turtle Tail! She is so underrated!

Turtle Tail

It's my first time drawing any of the Dawn of the Clans characters, and I'm glad that it's Turtle Tail. I'm not a big fan of this arc, and Turtle Tail is one of the very few characters that I actually liked and cared about.

I honestly believe that Gray Wing didn't deserve her. I mean, sure, they were kinda cute as a family, raising the kittens together and stuff... But still, I feel like he was too possessive of her. And at the end of the day, she was still just used as another dead wife character, there to give the male main character more trauma. There's also my other rather negative opinions on Gray Wing, but I'll leave them for his own post once I eventually draw him...

What I really wanted to happen was to have Gray Wing and the rest beat up Tom, so that Turtle Tail and Bumble could continue to live together as the og cottage core lesbians. And if Turtle Tail was really so afraid of her kits being taken away, they could have given them to Gray Wing and the others and just visited them every day, since Bumble's twolegs were letting their cats outside anyway. Or, alternatively, Bumble could have joined Gray Wing's group like she wanted to, and raise Turtle Tail's kittens with her there. I just really wanted a happy ending for them :c

Either way, Turtle Tail deserved better. She deserved to be happy with her girlfriend in their warm and cozy kittypet house.

By the way, do cats even know what turtles are? I don't think we ever saw them encounter one...

Anyway, I'm not really happy with the drawing... I feel like the eyes are too close together and the body is too bulky. I wanted her to be chubby, but I don't know, I think she looks kinda off... I also wanted to try something new and gave her a heart-shaped nose, different than the usual triangle I use. I actually like it, I should try playing around with shapes some more.

Thank you for requesting her, she was fun to draw, even if I'm not entirely satisfied with the result c:

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Can you do Mousewhisker, plz?

He's so freaking underrated. Like, bro's only surviving family is his mother. His siblings, Berrynose and Hazeltail is dead. His half-siblings, Toadstep and Rosepetal, are also dead too.

Oh, and he also trained in the dark forest too. I think some.

My underrated little guy.

Mousewhisker of ThunderClan

It's him! The boy! The lad! The creature!

I think he's fun, the way he's been alive for so long but still managed to never be relevant is actually impressive at this point.

He trained in the Dark Forest, but we never actually learn why. My headcanon is that, due to his non-clan roots, he was just trying to prove himself as a real, strong warrior. Maybe he was insecure due to his heritage, especially compared to his extremely confident brother Berrynose. I overall always saw him as a bit of a runt of his litter, I dunno, maybe because of the "Mouse" prefix, it just makes me thing of a small, pathetic little creature. I like to think that he actually grew to be the biggest of his siblings, but the insecurity still remained.

There was also his weird Minnowtail thing that never actually went anywhere. He was heavily implied to be seeing her, but it was just dropped at one point and never mentioned again. But I like the idea, I really want to make a pmv about it at some point, I just haven't found a good song for it yet... Maybe his brief relationship with Minnowtail could even be one of the things that led him to the Dark Forest? She trained there too, after all, maybe they trained together.

When ThunderClan was trying to find a new leader in Bramblestar's absence, someone actually yelled out his name, so I suppose we can assume that he's actually rather respected among his clanmates? Unless it wasn't a genuine proposition, and more like a "ThunderClan is such a mess already, let's just have freaking Mousewhisker as our leader" kinda thing. Or maybe he yelled his name himself, who knows.

He gets a bit more focus in Daisy's novella, but not as much as I expected him to, considering that he's her last surviving kit at that point. He's a bit awkward around Smoky there, he helps with the newborn kittens that are also his half-siblings, and that's about that.

Either way it's kinda unfortunate that he never got himself a mate. He's unrelated to most of ThunderClan cats, and we really need some new genetics in there... He and Stormcloud should defy the laws of nature and have kittens together, actually.

I think his face looks kinda weird in the drawing... Eh, maybe I'll fix it later, we'll see. He is pretty much just his father's clone. He has his fur, his eyes, his freckles, even his build. From Daisy he got the small darker ears and a dark half of his muzzle. I also wanted him to look different than Hazeltail, even if they're practically identical. He's more buff than her, and has fluffier fur - more like Daisy's, while Hazeltail's is more scruffy like Smoky's.

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Adderfang of ThunderClan

He mostly seems to just be a good, respected warrior. To the point of even becoming temporary deputy at one point. He's pretty aggressive and impulsive, traits that he might have accidentally passed onto his apprentice, Thistleclaw. He seems to be friends with Stormtail, with whom he trained as an apprentice. He's a way better father than him, though. He frequently visits Patchkit and Leopardkit while they're in the nursery, and is really proud of them when they become apprentices. He's really sweet with Spottedpaw, and when Redtail and Willowpelt get their warrior names, he proudly cheers for them. He's also often seen with his mate, Swiftbreeze. Overall, he just seems to be really close with his family. It's cute... He's very hostile toward other clans, though, constantly eager for a battle. He gets beaten up by Mudfur at one point, which he seems to hold a grudge over. He was also, for whatever reason, extremely against Crookedjaw becoming deputy. He just has beef with RiverClan in general, I guess...

He is described to have yellow eyes in the books, but I drew them as amber instead. Three of his five kits have amber eyes, so I wanted at least one of the parents to have them as well. Other than that, I gave him some spots, because two of his daughters, Leopardfoot and Spottedleaf are spotty. The spots also make him look a bit more adder-like, I think. He has little fangs in reference to his name, and a more slim, snake-y physique. His stripes will later be inherited by his grandson, Tigerstar.

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Frostfur of ThunderClan

This is the first time I have designed a cat with non-black eyelashes, and I love it so much! I didn't really consider it before, which is a shame, cause it's a really cute feature.

I was tempted to give Frostfur some color point markings, like the ones I gave her sister, Brindleface, but I ended up deciding against it. I just like her better as a full white cat, with slightly darker ear tufties. I also gave her longer fur, but I wanted it to be more flowy rather than fluffy

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