🕸️ for Pigeonpaw - does this cutie have any currently living family members? :3
(Btw you are a severely underrated artist that deserves more attention. Like seriously, keep the work man)
I am so glad you asked, cause I was thinking about the Pidge family tree earlier
Loonleg & Moldbriar have had two litters, one in their 20s and one in their 50s. They’re your typical old couple who have spent an eternity together and are a little cooky.
Their first litter had 3 kits. Duckstorm is mute and spends most of their time working, as they find their most at peace when occupied. Wigeontail is also fairly quiet, but still enjoys a good game, though they’d rather commentate. Goosethroat is rather strict and stubborn, very focused on raising her kits to be good strong warriors. Sunnyflight balances her out as her headstrong and goofy husband.
Their second litter is Bright and Shaded! Y’all already know about them. Shaded gets on well with Wigeon, as the two enjoy philosophical talks about starclan. Bright is a lot like his dad, and he gets on really well with Sunnyflight, the three often take the kits out to play games.
Sunny and Goose only have one litter at the moment, but plan to have more in the future. Yall know Pigeon, he’s the runt of his litter and his bigger sisters pick on him a little. He’s also named after Wigeon, as they have similar fur. Robin is very loud and chaotic, and often plays pranks on the other cats, usually egged on by her dad and grandpa. Partridge is a lot like her momma, strong, quiet and determined, she also likes to hang out with Duckstorm.
Yall can ask questions about the Bird fam if you want, but they won’t really be that important in the story.
(Also thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot ^^)
Including the whole main cast and any side characters I’ve mentioned, author asks also open
Yes this blog is alive and WILL be released eventually! I deeply apologise for my absence, I intend to explain it under cut, but you don’t gotta read it if you don’t wanna ^^
Tldr; Mostly got caught on other hyperfixations! Making this an ask blog is an attempt to spark back my energy for this comic!
This all takes place PRE-QUEST! Cats will not know anything about any possible aliens, they’ve only seen the fall of starclans comet. These asks will be sent to the cats in the form of starclan dreams they’ve collectively received a day or so before they travel off. You can ask multiple cats the same question, for the sake of simplicity, it’s a shared dream
As the tldr said, the main reason for my lack of posts is just my hyperfixations changing. Keeping passion for one project when something new and enticing is placed right infront of me is a really difficult thing I struggle with. I’m admittedly self diagnosed with ADHD and possibly other stuff (ADHD dose have a history in my family and I’ve been doing tests and comparing symptoms for years, I’m self diagnosed because I just haven’t scheduled a proper appointment, I will soon though), and so because of that I’m very unmedicated. Keeping my focus to one topic for an extended period is a near impossible task for me, I flit between overpowering hyperfixations every month or so (this year over been from object shows, to dandy’s world, to Regretevator, to forsaken, to Limbus company) and I struggle to maintain the same passion for other interests at the same time. And as you can imagine, my collage finals were also coming up and I was being so absolutely overtaken by my hyperfixation that my project was stagnant until I was able to hastily restart the entire thing so I could revolve it around my hyperfixation. It’s not that I don’t want to work on this comic, I still think about it, a lot actually. I love these characters and this story and I so badly want to get it out there for others to see, but it’s so hard to start it when my brain is being pulled in all sorts of directions all at once.
Another thing I’ve been struggling with is the feeling of my own inexperience and inadequacy to properly convey the things I have in mind into comic form. I’ve barely studied backgrounds, I know almost nothing about comic structure or composition. And trying to find my footing with all these different things is incredibly daunting, I just don’t know where to start with it all. All of that on top of the whole hyperfixation issue has made it really difficult and frustrating for me to actually start this comic. I’ve told myself that I don’t have to script it all out in one go, I know my story beats, I know what I’m doing, not everything needs to be 100% fleshed out for me to start. I’m just a chronic overthinker who wants to seem like an artist who planed out every part of their symbolism and deep story beats all from the beginning. I greatly aspire to be a writer like that, and I think that’s another thing that’s lead me into a bit of a road block with this comic. My inexperience. The idea that artist should work on a smaller project before the dream is something I’m technically doing with this comic, I have a completely different non warriors comic that’s the dream to write. But this project is starting to feel more and more like a bigger project than I can manage, and less like my first full comic series to test the waters. Yeah, I could take a step back from this comic to make something to be a real test, but that mean starting from scratch and making a new project from the ground up that could just end up cycling back into the same issue I’m having with this comic!
All in all, I want to start small. Wanting my first proper post with these characters to be a fully completed comic page feels like a massively daunting task. I feel like I don’t understand these characters as much as I should, so I’m going to use this character asks segment to help me characterise them. Give the whole world a lot more life. I’m also hoping this will spark back a hyperfixation for this comic and get me pumped to work on it!!
I will note that I am on holiday right now, for the next week and a half. Idk how often I’ll be updating, but I’ll try to make it frequent! I’m just a tad burnt out and disoriented being in a new place and I’m kinda struggling to settle despite being here for a week already! (I’m in Orlando incase you’re curious! It’s nice, but I kinda struggle with holidays abroad lol)
If you read all this, I thank you deeply. Thought small, the people who are invested in this comic are the things that keep me going. You’ve all been so sweet and understanding of my issues and I really hope you’ll be patient with me. It genuinely means a lot that you care enough to read about and hopefully under my struggles, and makes me excited to give back to you all for you endless kindness and dedication to this series. Here’s to the SITB blog and all that is to follow!
Brightsky -> How was the journey up there? was it strange to travel with other cats from different clans?
Also yes, this style of ask is directly inspired by the eggfish ask blog! I’m a big fan of the layouts simplicity, and I’m on holiday rn, so this will be a little easier to put together if I’m feeling burnt out!
Idk if I answered this well, but all the clans are pretty buddy buddy. There isn’t much fighting for resources or anything, so the clans are pretty open to sharing stuff and crossing borders. It’s only individual cats that stand with more traditional clan rules (cough cough Websong)
⛰ hey I’d love some lore bc I really don’t know much about The Thing other than it’s a monster that shapeshifts(?) in the snow
Ack, this is a tricky question, cause I rly wanna keep stuff secret, but if you’ve seen the movie, it’s basically the same type of creature. If you’ve not seen the movie ‘the thing’ (it’s seriously amazing, go watch if you haven’t seen it and don’t mind body horror), the next best comparison, unfortunately, among us.
Its an alien that came from a meteor. It blends in with the group and tries to emulate their behaviour in order to gain trust and assimilate others. It retains some memories of its host, but not all, just the most recent ones as well as any strong memories that shaped a person.
I chose not to make this parasite deliberately evil, it’s just an alien trying to survive on a new planet and keep its species alive. It’s just that the process of doing that kills the host unfortunately. It dose still prefer the cold and wants to freeze and hibernate again, but it doesn’t mind getting some food for the road.
I hope that helps a little. I’ve admittedly been a tad vague on the whole alien parasite thing, despite that being the main plot haha! Much like in the og thing, the actual monster is kept vague and mysterious, the main horror comes from how the characters interact and accuse each other (and the body horror too, I suppose).
Can i get 🌷What are some of their quirks and other mannerisms? for oakpurr and also 🌀Out of context spoiler/WIP?
Ack, oak my beloved. Errmm, I think she tends to be a little touchy with others. She often puts paws on shoulders or wraps her tail around others as a comfort. She’s spent a lot of time raising kits so she just naturally feels the need to comfort. She also censors her swears with stuff like ‘fiddlesticks’ or ‘Aw shucks’.
She can often be heard humming as a way to calm herself down or fill in the quiet when she’s occupied with a task. A lot of her mannerisms do stem from her kitsitting, but her humming has been around since she was young, as her mother would often do the same.
And to be on theme, here’s a dialogue snippet featuring Oak. Doomed yuri my beloved/j
P stands for panel btw! I actually have no clue how to properly structure scripts so I just fudge it and see what happens lol
How do you play this out in clangen? what will the expecting kits events be turned into? along with the random cats that join on skips.
I did turn off kits in game, I figured it wouldn’t rly work in the context of the clan so I discarded it completely.
I actually ran the clan a good few months ago (like, July maybe?) so I don’t remember the events exactly, but there are only 2 loners I let join for the plot. I stayed away from border patrols for the most part.
I prioritise story over all for this Clangen run, so if there was an event I didn’t like or a random cat joined, I just ignored it lol
