#spottedspotsposts

[doritopaw101]

@spottedspotsposts 🤝 me —> Morally Gray Firestar

Hope I did your boy justice

Check out his rewrite, his worldbuilding is awesome.

[strelles-universe]

Soryn: Need a hug grumpy?

Rust: Oh fuck off

Soryn: Sounds like you need a hug

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@spottedspotsposts remember when I said I'd do something for the boys then Didn't XD Heres me doing a Thing.

Your Bluestar vs. Asterfall inspired me to do a quick sketch.

Everyone please excuse the very bad anatomy XD I mostly draw closed mouth cats for a reason

[strelles-universe]

Is there any specific meaning behind the suffix -mane? :O “Eelmane” sounds like a Medusa-esque character and it sounds SO cool

Yes! I was actually working on that.

"Mane" is a taboo avoidance name. Essentially, some cats believe it to be arrogant and self important to use the "honorable" affixes representing their demigods and divinities. So Lion, Leopard, Tiger and to some cats, Lynx, Moth, Sun, Moon etc.

So they take up avoidance names that exist specifically to reference the name they want but in a more humble way.

Some clever cats use it to thematically name their entire litters or to avoid confusion.

A few other examples of avoidance names are:

Twine/Braid - referencing the braided stripes of a tiger

Musu - old clan word for moon

Nimi - old clan word for little

Edit to add: Eelmane as a name means, "clever and brave/honorable"