#themissinglynx

[redux-iterum]

overhauls?

Hey, Lynx here. I want to vibe check something with yall.

As I’m working on the family trees for QH, my past mistakes in not properly gauging the ages of cats are catching up with me. I’ve been getting better at combing through the wiki and texts to gauge the approximate ages/birth times of the background cast, and my inaccurate earlier guesses are befuddling me as I plan for future litters. Compounding my frustration is the fact I displaced many cats from their home generations in my earlier drafts (such as Commanose/Olivenose. an apprentice in late Po3, birthed in the first arc. what was I thinking).

I’ve asked Dullard for permission to overhaul the background cast and to ask you guys if yall are okay with this too.

There will be some intentional displacement (we purposefully aged down One/Wrenwhisker and Silverstream to be in Fireheart’s apprentice generation and I have no issue with that), but I hope to sort everyone who only got two scenes if that into roughly when they’d be born.

Shadowclan in particular is going to have quite a lot of displacement, Yellowfang’s Secret introduced FAR TOO MANY CATS to be useful, and Brokenstar’s reign killed SO MANY KITTENS that the Clan’s population is severely bottlenecked. Look at this-

So, long story short, here’s what I plan to do:

- Overhaul the allegiances of Shadowclan, Windclan, and Riverclan to better reflect their approximate ages and provide easier planning in future arcs.

- Canon story material may be touched up, like fixing a name or appearance.

- Major characters will be minimally altered at most (such as Russetfur’s child being Commanose, another kitten(s) will take her place), but appearances and names will not be touched, nor any relations depicted in the fics proper.

Here are the alterations I can think of off the top of my head:

Shadowclan: make Nightpelt a young elder; get rid of Cloudpelt; change Russetfur’s litter and Wigeonfur’s second litter.

Windclan: take out Aspenfall and Ashendawn, replace with Sorrelshine and Pigeonflight, add more old people.

Riverclan: it’s mostly tidied up, it’s just Emberdawn that’s pissing me off.

So yeah. What do you guys think.

Dullard note: I have approved of making these changes as needed. It’ll be up to you guys if or how Lynx goes about them.

[silkenbride]

oops I stacked them

PLEASEEEE THEY'RE SO CUTE 😭😭😭

[bugfablesampedau]

Have the stupids

THE STUPIIIIIIDS they're so dumb I love them.

[littlehungrywarriorcats]

Your most recent video on the genetics of the cats from Wildwood Story has made me draw a conclusion I don't think the devs intended:

The woods have a lot more runaway pedigree cats than you would expect, unrealistic eye colors notwithstanding

*looks at Talon, Glimmer, Phantom, Garlic, Zephyr, and dubiously Krampy and Alabaster*

This is a surprise to me because I had no interest in experiencing any form of Wildwood tbh

Yeah right? Wild!

From a doylist perspective, it makes sense: basing character designs off of known breeds is a good shorthand way to get decent variety, and maybe a fun easter egg for knowledgeable players.

From a watsonian perspective.........STOP DITCHING YOUR UNFIXED PUREBREDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOODS

[verse-the-comic]

to shadow dude, what's your ideal date? either as someone to date or somewhere to go for a date?

no reason ;)

[octahedral-chaos]

Humor me with whatever's in your thinkbox—assemble all the Eddas together for a girls' night

Hmmmm... that'll be chaos-

PD! Edda would be chilling, Selkie Star! Edda would be curious about the other Eddas, Electrical Hearts! Edda would be extremely awkward and Blinded! Edda would also be vibing-

[seekerquest]

@themissinglynx has her own lizard-and-mammal duo and I had to draw an interaction we discussed like last year.

[cagedcats]

Jayfeather and Willowshine for the hypokits?

A big ol four kit litter for these two~ Two made it to Warriorship, one passed in their apprentice-hood and the one died as a kit. Two molly warriors, the kit is a Tom and the apprentice is a Jack!

Honestly- I’m having a hard time thinking of a story for how Jay and Willow hooked up. A rivalry between the two, with a slight mutual respect (tho the rivalry is very much a big factor). Maybe romance blossoms from their respect to one another- or it was just a one night thing- who knows? I don’t!

But these four were the result, Comfreykit, Thymekit, Juniperkit, aaand Lavenderkit. I gave them herby type names. Since both parents are Medicine Cats. How did Willowshine explain her litter? Maybe she told the Clan she found them, or if they clocked onto her having kits, she was vouched for by Mothwing to keep her position.

She didn’t tell them Jayfeather was the father- which he kind of realizes it when he hears about the litter and how another Medicine Cat had kits/or Mothwing informed him that Willowshine had found a litter of kits- whoopsie he’s just like Mama. Uhh let’s say the litter was born… post OoTS? Either way he doesn’t get… much time to spend with his kits except for Gatherings. Though he still gets updates from Willow (who makes sure he knows how well they’re doing in RicerClan frequently- gosh darn Willow stop being full of yourself I swear to-)

Now Juniperkit doesn’t make it long, I’d say he just had trouble suckling, or was just born weaker then his siblings. Lavenderpaw was a skilled swimmer, but probably not the brightest star in the sky. Dove into flood waters to try and help some elders, and the poor apprentice just never resurfaced after they were taken under a few too many times.

Now Comfreynose is a dry paw- she just can’t stand the water, can’t put her paws in it or anything. Which she gets from Daddy unfortunately. Which is fine, she can navigate the lands far better then her sister who ribs her for the lack of swimming. Heck it’s possible the passing of Lavenderpaw made her more wary to enter the water actually. Pretty good at finding out where land prey is- she had to be to prove she didn’t have to get in the water to be a good RiverClan warrior.

Thyme stripe is your run of the mil RiverClan cat, and probably takes more so after her mother. Though the fact she doesn’t know her dad and the potential fact that she knows Willowshine is her mother does have her… feeling out out? She might’ve wanted to be a Med Cat so she could be closer to Willow- but it was shut down by Mistystar. But she still volunteers to help in the Den, and does try to investigate the mystery of who her dad is. If she finds out it’s Jayfeather I’d kind of be surprised tbh, but Y’know let’s throw her a bone and say maybe she does find out- and is swiftly told to keep that a secret because if that gets out then hoo boy that won’t be a good scene.

Making these four were… difficult because there isn’t that many genetically accurate options other then grey tabbies and just plain grey cats. So I tried to use different shades and stripe length/widths.

- also just a side note I was looking at Willowshine’s page and they killed her off?? That’s kind of upsetting, and I’m guessing they killed her to give Mothwing another apprentice which stinks. Just let RiverClan have three Med Cats, you did it with ThunderClan!

But tbh I’d probably just do it for River and not Thunder because well I wouldn’t make Jay be a Med Cat nor Alder, and give Leafpool Twigbranch who showed genuine interest in it. Stop forcing cats to be Med Cats I hate it so much, let cats want to be Med Cats