#ravensmudge

[goldenflowerceo]

gonna be honest, i kinda prefer ravenpaw/smudge over ravenpaw/barley when i start thinking about it. ravenpaw going to live the life of a kittypet because it’s safer and more comfortable there. lavish living. no trace of the clans at all. tigerclaw will never be able to find him there, because he hates kittypets so why would he check twolegplace? there’s still the risk that tigerclaw finds ravenpaw in the barn with barley if he’s ever on the way to the moonstone. they’re both storytellers with anxiety problems, i think they’d get along great

[cheerclaw]

Hmmmmmm how about Ravenpaw and smudge for the Hypokits AU

kittypets

This AU is pretty basic, Firepaw instead of taking Ravenpaw to the barn he takes him to his old kittypet neighborhood and leaves him with Smudge.

Patches — First born, in a litter with only her, she had a childhood full of love and stories about the clans, coming from both her parents, when she entered her teens she decided that she wanted to join in Thunderclan, her parents obviously told her how dangerous it was, so she simply helped Monkeystar round up the Warriorclan cats, her warrior name is Patchedclaw.

Lil' Flake — He was born in a litter with two other siblings, being the only survivor, he is deaf and his sister helped create a sign language for better understanding, so they ended up getting closer eventually, because Patches hated Lil' Flake for being jealous of him, when she realized how childish she was being, started hanging out with him more and even taking him to the Warriorclan where his sense of adventure was developed.

[cavernclaw]

ravensmudge art

[quiverpaw]

if ur still taking ship asks pls for a moment consider ravensmudge

i prefer ravenbarley

[lycanlanterns]

Au where instead of Barley’s barn Firestar sends Ravenpaw to live with Smudge and they fall in love bcs Smudge reminds him of Firestar and Graystripe so much

[puppypaw-wc]

““smudge!”

the splotched tom’s ears perked up as he heard the familiar voice. “graystripe?”

the gray tom appeared in front of him. his amber eyes were duller then he remembered, though it had been seasons since he last saw him. smudge didn’t even know graystripe that well, but they could be considered friends; smudge had been with graystripe’s mates, after all.

“hey,” graystripe smiled, touching noses with smudge, “how’s raven?”

the kittypet froze. shit. how was he going to tell graystripe raven was dead?

the mixed panic and sadness in smudge’s amber gaze must’ve been clear, as graystripe’s gaze saddened. “he’s...”

smudge nodded, a sad smile on his face. “we brought violet’s - she’s barley’s sister - kits to skyclan. he died there. i’m sure he’s watching from starclan now.”

“yeah...” the tom returned the sad smile as the two simply stared up at silverpelt together.

“how’s firestar?”

he felt graystripe freeze and swore he saw a tear. his ears drooped. “he’s in starclan. he died a noble death, though, fighting for all the clans. i still miss him, though... sandstorm’s dead, too, and millie. barely any of the cats i knew as a kit or apprentice are alive anymore.”

“that’s not all that surprising, honestly. starclan knows how many seasons old we are at this point.”

the clan cat nodded solemnly. “yeah... you miss raven, don’t you?”

“of course,” smudge gave graystripe a sad smile, “but i know that someday soon, we’ll walk together again, in starclan or elsewhere.”

a call from his housefolk made smudge turn away. “well, i have to go now. you can come inside if you like - i’m sure my housefolk - er, twolegs won’t be surprised at this rate.”

“they won’t be surprised by a tom who hasn’t been seen around for years sleeping in their den?” graystripe’s tone was teasing.

smudge pause. “good point. well, goodnight graystripe. may starclan light your path.”

the tom nodded. “same to you.”

and then he left.

[silvs-art]

Me, chanting: ravensmudge, Ravensmudge, RavenSmudge, RAVENSMUDGE!

[violetbane]

Cross Talks About Their "If Working Partners/the Erins Weren't Cowards" Mega-AU Part 2, Electric Boogaloo:

During Firestar's Quest, but in the Graphic Novel- Sasha and her kits happen. Sasha stays in Riverclan and isn't kicked out once the clans figure out that Tigerstar was her mate, in spite of her fears. Hawkfrost and Mothwing progress as usual except for Mothwing is a trans gal and a lesbian because I'm Love that headcanon and this is my city now. Tadpole still dies to give Mothwing's questioning of Starclan a bit more ground than just. "I saw some visions, but Hawkfrost told me that he faked a sign and that Starclan is fake, sooo..." (AKA "If there is a Starclan, why did Tadpole have to die? Why didn't the ancestors protect him? He was the kit of a clanborn cat too, shouldn't he have had the same protection that we do?") Sasha is Big Bisexual Energy and probably gets a GF in Riverclan but I genuinely can't remember any Riverclan cats in her age bracket right now. Also. Tigerstar doesn't have a predominantly white coat? The Tigerstar and Sasha stuff was. The only canon where he looked Like That, and I'm still mega salty to this day.

Firestar's Quest- I don't remember what book Bramble got his warrior name in, but regardless, his warrior name is Brambleheart because Thunderclan needs to make use of the "-heart" suffix instead of "-fur" and "-pelt", and because Firestar wanted to honor his loyalty and courage. Longtail still gets blinded in the rabbit incident, but he remains an active member of clan life. If Sandstorm was the best hunter in Thunderclan, then Longtail became the best investigator in Thunderclan; able to sniff out any trace of a trespasser with frightening accuracy. He and Thornclaw man Dawn Patrols together, and sometimes sit guard duty together, becoming as close as siblings. Since Whitestorm wasn't killed in the battle with Bloodclan, he remains deputy. When Firestar leaves on his Skyclan mission, Whitestorm steps up as the acting leader of Thunderclan, having Graystripe take on the role of his deputy, assuming that Firestar will name Graystripe as his replacement once he retires. Skyclan still goes as usual, mostly because I absolutely can't fuckin' remember any of FQ beyond the general premise actually and I am Not reading that mess again in this year 2019! When he and Sandstorm get back, they do tell the clans that another Starclan-guided clan exists out there in the world, so that the Skyclan ancestors and the Big Four ancestors can once again share the skies and see their loved ones/descendents again. Something something, acknowledging the ancestors gives them the ability to walk with you. This is how Starclan works now, because canon is vague and it's my city now. The plot twist is that, like. The other three forest clans Absolutely still tell stories of Skyclan, because Thunderclan headed the "Hey, fuck Skyclan," movement back in the day and were the only clan to revise Skyclan out of their history. These stories are revealed to have likely been an inspiration to Brokenstar and his power grab with Windclan. Squirrelkit and Leafkit are born.

Before TNP but after FQ- Events similar to the third Ravenpaw graphic novel happen, where Thunderclan has to go to the barn and yell "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, Bloodclan?!?" at the Bloodclan survivors. Shortly after this, Ravenpaw meets and falls for Smudge because RavenSmudge is the hill I've chosen to die on and because the idea of Barley being an embarrassing cowboy dad is glorious, and him being Ravenpaw's Adult MLM Role Model™ feels like a nice contrast to Tigerstar having been Ravenpaw's Probably Homophobic Abusive Parent Figure™ before he left Thunderclan. I will always stan having genuinely kind and well-meaning cats replacing Tigerstar in Ravenpaw's and the Tiger-Clones' lives.