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Happy Birthday to this dork! There was a trend floating around Instagram and I wanted in on it, so here ya go.
"Mother and Son Dance Off
Fun fact.
Sapphire String's son LOVES to dance to music. Even if it's only his mom singing. He gets silly on his dances at times. Many benefits of having musically talented parents.
Another amazing drawing done by @goombot
Go follow her tumblr!! Even her Patron is worth it!
hope blue sky brings me luck
Mai Chau,
Summer 2017
Been a while! This was for some event going on on Insta!
Sky Chaser finally has a little sheet of her own!
The Cloud Hero, Sky Chaser
Buy me a cup of Joe?
Hardwood colony (Sunny and Gorse’s colony) originates from a hunting party that decided to settle down here. Their colony is more hunting focused and their main exports are meats, furs, skins, etc, as well as things like pots and clay. Hunting, cleaning, and preparing and cooking catches is all apart of their basic education.
They have access to clay deposits, and so pottery is one of their more popular art forms. They do also enjoy painting, but not as much.
Most of their last names are based off of roles in hunting. They developed last names because of their designated roles. Example: a Chaser named Canopy. You can generally tell if someone is a foreigner to the colony if they have no last name, and second generation if they have a last name like “Spots”.
You can see more about roles and jobs here (link to the post once I make it lolll)
Last names are carried on maternally. The colony is not a matriarchal society (or a patriarchy, for the record), but historically toms can have a tendency to wander… this is relatively common practice all over.
In cases of female same-sex parents, generally whoever is carrying is the one whose name is passed on.
For male same-sex couples, if one identifies as a molly she might pass on her last name. If the carrier of the child/children is known, they might opt to pass down their last name but that’s a rarity and only really happens if they’re very close to the carrier, and even then…
The most common choice is to just pick one, or split it between the litter. This goes for cases of adoption too. Some parents might choose this route in general, nowadays.
If the carrying parent is a foreigner, and doesn’t have a last name, they might opt to use their own name as a last name for their children (example: A cat named Meadow has a child named Bright Meadow).
Because of the colony’s origins with hunting, names of prey-animals are generally looked down upon or are uncomfortable. For lack of a better term, it’s very dehumanizing to them. Animal names in general. Even if an animal is not hunted to be eaten, the skins and feathers can still be used and sell nicely. If a foreigner has a name of a hunted animal, they might pass on a nickname instead, or the name of a family member. (This is a less common practice though in the modern day, and animal themed names and nicknames are becoming more accepted.)
This was the case with Sunny’s and Cloud’s family. Their biological mother was named Hoatzin. Hoatzins aren’t actually a very common hunted animal for the colony, because it’s rare to encounter one in their area, but also bc they taste baaad… the eggs however are taken, and the feathers are often sold. She was often instead called Spots (she was a calico!). She didn’t care much regarding the last names of her kids, so she and Sky Chaser (Sunny and Cloud’s other mom) decided to split it 50/50. Hoatzin gave them their first names.
Hardwood is relatively accepting of things like being transgender, or gay, although they do have stronger ideas of exclusivity and monogamy. Intersexuality isn’t really included in their idea of queerness bc it’s not something they have ever historically judged on a bigger scale, although individuals may be more judgmental. They don’t necessarily judge it, but they’re not actively accepting. An intersex cat of the colony might never think much of it, or they might feel isolated and confused, or both. Case by case situation depending on who and when.
They have a tradition of Marriage, or Bonding. Not every colony has a concept like this, but they do. Because of this, they tend to associate having children with being married. Hoatzin and Sky Chaser were pressured into getting quickly married as Hoatzin’s pregnancy was getting into its later stages.
Because of their proximity to the Castwild colony on the beach, they ended up becoming “sister colonies”, and travel back and forth between them isn’t uncommon. There are even festivals where the two will come together to trade. Whenever aid is needed they will often go to each other for help. They also share the last-name system, and you’ll sometimes see last names like “hardwood” or “castwild”.