you know how astarion says he wants to "drink and be drunk" and wanting his consort to drink from him? well, according to the guide for vampires:

In addition, the vampire who drank the blood has a significant level of control over the vampire who provided the blood for as long as the telepathic link exists. The creature who fed can issue orders telepathically and the second creature must obey them, within reason. Most vampires will find this interconnection distasteful and, in the case of the creature who was fed upon, downright dangerous, so the monsters usually shun kin-nectar. Most will only participate in this kind of feeding on either side if they totally trust the other participant (which is very rare) or if they simply have no choice in the matter.

vampires form telepathic bonds when they feed on each other* and also the one drinking gains short-term telepathic control over the one they drank from.

(*a vampire bride/groom already has a permanent telepathic bond with the vampire who made them)

anyway, other ascension fans, do with this information what you will :)

So the interview saying that Asc Astarion is "still him" (as we already know) and how ascending him is basically Tav confirming to him "yes you should be in fear".... I've seen strange reactions to it. Or rather, strange reactions about our reaction lol

Spawn weirdos and Fixers: "the Asc girlies aren't gonna like this, no no no! Hahahaha they're going to deny it all! This will destroy them!"

Asc Astarion fans: *giving the interview actual analysis and consideration* "Yeah that makes sense, he lives in a dangerous world and so many people could be after him. It would make sense for Tav to fear for him and want him to recognize that there are very real threats out there. And to help him ascend is to tell him that those fears are real and he'd do well to take out insurance against them (ie. ascending). And while that may lead to unhealthy habits (paranoia for example, especially for vampires), it's a valid and healthy thing to recognize in moderation if that's how you want the narrative to go."

My Tav and Ascendant Astarion.

Tav is writing a letter to Emperor while Astarion is indulging in some debauchery. Tav, Astarion and Emperor is ruling Baldur's Gate from thr shadows together.

My Tav - Dorian Saurus - is a male noble warlock of the Great Old One. He is from Baldur's Gate and when he was turned, he was in his mid 40-ies. Dorian is Astarion's spouse / spawn / consort / groom. His backstory is this: a small part of an Eldrich being was born human, therefore he is a warlock in a sense.

To Tame The Untamable: Lilith & Obsession Pt.2- The Placements

*Just based on my experiences, please only take what resonates

Ok my whole preamble can be found here. That’s all my philosophical reasoning, and my breakdown of the why of what makes people obsessed with Lilith energy. now here’s the placements.

-Natal Placements that can make others obsessed with you:

-Lilith in 1st/conjunct Asc: you’re divisive by accident. People always love you or hate you, but everyone has an opinion on you whether they actually know you or not. You embody Lilith’s dark, rebellious, and sensual femininity without even trying. You probably have a figure that turns heads as well. You come off as fiery and intimidating. Others get enamored and fixated on you. The tricky part can come with invoking such strong reactions in others, a fan can easily turn into an enemy. This can happen just as easily in reverse as well.

-Lilith in 10th/conjunct MC: You come off as controversial as you are powerful. You walk into a room and everyone feels the weight of your presence before you even say a word. Truly the embodiment of boss b*tch energy and you don’t have to try. Your presence demands respect and can easily intimidate others, even potential suitors. Even when you’re at your least confident you’re formidable, at your most confident you’re untouchable.

-Lilith in 7th: You’re a charmer by nature. You may find yourself at the center of controversial attention and scandal in relationships. It’s easy for you to persuade others into doing what you want them to. People may always want to be the one to tame you and to get you to settle down with them but you’re hard to get a hold of.

-Lilith in 4th: You grew up with adults viewing you as competition (which was like super inappropriate for them to do). You may have learned about using your looks/energy as a weapon for survival from an early age. A lot of people are fascinated with the way you handle your home life. You probably give a lot of people fantasies about settling down with you, but they get afraid/intimidated by what that could mean and how that could impact their families (the ones they already have and the ones they hope to have in the future)

-Lilith in 8th: Scorponic themes here. Lilith triggers obsession easily in this house, for both the native and others. Here deep aspects of taboo/shadow desires can be revealed by Lilith’s exposing energy. I feel like this is one of those house placements for Lilith that makes the native have a lot of scandalous experiences in their connections. This is the energy that draws people into you and compels them to do whatever they can to stay with you.

-Lilith in 12th: This points to being on a lot of people’s subconscious minds. Fulfilling a lot of fantasies with the neptunean themes of the house combined with Lilith’s ability to draw out the shadow side of people’s desires. This is also a house that keeps a lot of its energy hidden and tends to hide a lot of people’s reactions to the native, so this is a strong indicator of having secret admirers. Being the girl of their dreams but being relegated to their fantasies.

-Lilith opposition/square Asc: The tension here between the native’s ascendant and Lilith placement creates this energy that’s impactful, too hot to handle even. Many feel intimidated and exposed by your presence alone. You come off as someone that can’t control their own s*x appeal. Untamable in the truest sense, because you can’t even control the energy. When you try to downplay it, it leaks out and makes people suspicious, they assume you must be hiding something and they’re compelled to find out. When you embrace it, you become a force of nature. Like combustion sustained. Many want to compete with you and be the ones to subdue your energy. To be the ones to best you. But they can’t. Not even you can. And it can quickly drive others over the edge. (Sidenote: I feel like this is also the hardest Lilith energy to romanticize, with this placement self awareness becomes one of your most pertinent tools. If you are unaware of yourself this energy can set you in fire, make you outcast yourself or turn manipulative to others due to what you’ve gone through. If you are unaware of others, this can put you in danger because they react in the strongest of ways- instinctively they feel disgust or obsession towards you. It’s a harrowing energy to carry)

-Lilith in fixed signs (Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius): This is just a theory of mine, but I’ve noticed that for fixed Lilith signs they often have to find balance to avoid getting obsessed with expressing or repressing their fixed Lilith energy. When others come into play, I feel as though they too get fixated. Fixated with how you present yourself when they know you, fixated on how your energy effects them, stuck on you/how they perceive you in general. This is strongest/most obsessive with Lilith in Scorpio imo.

-Lilith in water signs (cancer, scorpio, pisces): I’ve come to interpret Lilith in water signs as having this emotional/subconscious effect. It’s not as explosive as other elements, but it ends up being more permeating. Still waters run deep. The type of connection that leaves you either so emotionally affected or emotionally devastated that you feel it forever. This one never leaves you.

-Lilith in fire signs (aries, leo, sagittarius): Nearly the opposite as above, Lilith in fire signs is the effect of that spark- pure heat- and it rarely lasts, that’s the maddening part. If water signs impress upon your subconscious because they’re so emotionally permeating, then fire signs hit you with a huge burst of energy then you’re left chasing that high for ages. It’s the sultry woman you never see again, or the adventurer who ran off before you could tether yourself to them. It’s a burst of that heat and then it’s gone. Or you’re afraid it’ll leave you. The idea is devastating and then you’re even more hooked than you were before.

-Synastry that can kick off obsession:

-Lilith conjunct their sun/moon/asc: The feeling of meeting someone that illuminates this hidden side of you. Freeing but terrifying. Knowing someone that holds all of this power to draw out the unseen. And how this will play out tends to depend on the maturity of both parties. For Ascendant when it’s positive, the ascendant person feel empowered by the Lilith person to act and react from a place they were too afraid to before, like they could pursue what they desire without shame through this connection. The Lilith person will feel like they have room to take up space and express parts of their expression they couldn't before, they’ll feel more seen and understood. When it’s negative, the ascendant person will resent how the Lilith person expresses themselves, the Asc person will feel envious of the Lilith person’s up front nature and/or the Lilith person will embody traits they deeply resent but are attracted to. The ascendant person can become obsessed with traits the Lilith person has that repels and attracts them. For Sun, when it’s positive the Lilith person will illuminate the Sun person’s hidden drive, the things that motivate them to express their personality in a way that we’re afraid to before, and the Lilith person will feel lighter and brighter in the sun person’s presence and may become more forgiving/less ashamed of their own shadow side. When it’s negative, the sun person will resent the Lilith person’s drive and personality and the sun person will feel the need to compete with and shame the Lilith person. The Lilith person may feel exposed and will become resentful and belittling to the sun person. The sun person can become obsessed with outdoing the Lilith person and attracting more praise/attention than they do. For moon, when it’s positive the moon person can feel like an emotional freedom with the Lilith person, even if there’s an intensity there the moon person can reveal a side of their deepest selves that only really makes sense between them and the Lilith person. The Lilith person can feel nurtured and the rare chance to feel safe while being vulnerable, they’ll feel deeply emotionally at home with moon person. When it’s negative, the moon person can grow codependent and use the Lilith person as an emotional crutch for their shadow side/insecurities, they can feel like the Lilith person expressing themselves is a personal/emotional attack on the moon person and their vulnerabilities. The Lilith person can feel trapped, emotionally appeasing the moon person. The Lilith person can become manipulative and play on this hidden side of the moon person as well. Maybe the most unhealthy out of all of these when it’s an underdeveloped connection. The moon person can become controlling and obsessive over the emotional solace they feel for the Lilith person and they can easily become possessive.

-Lilith harsh aspects (square/opposition/conjunct) to their Venus: The Venus person never imagined they would fall for the Lilith person, the Lilith person is everything they’re ashamed to be romantically attracted to (some sort of taboo like race, age, social class, etc). The Lilith person has embodied temptation for the Venus person and now the Venus person is hooked, not that they’d ever admit it. The whole connection can have this taboo/forbidden feeling to it whether it’s scandalous or not. The Venus person often has some sort of conflict with who they pictured settling down with and who the Lilith person actually is. The Venus person tends to get obsessed when they can’t find that Lilith person in any other romantic options. They still may resist settling down but they’ll keep coming back. (Pro tip: don’t let them use you- but that’s just an -opinion-)

-Lilith harsh aspects to their Mars: Very similar to above but it’s more likely that the connection is more motivated by s*xual chemistry. The mars person clicks on a level of intimacy that they are unable to with almost anyone else with the Lilith person. The Lilith person can feel deeply desired by the mars person, in turn. The mars person will feel exposed by the darker sides of what they crave intimately being brought to light in their connection to the Lilith person. The mars person may feel especially challenged by the Lilith person, in terms of dominance/power/control. No matter the actual dynamics at hand, the mars person may never feel like they have enough control over the connection and this may make them more agitated/competitive with the Lilith person. The mars person can become obsessive over the strength of the connection and feeling powerless over it.

-Lilith harsh aspects to the Moon: Similar to the Venus and Mars aspects, this would have the most emotional motivation out of all of the connections. The Moon person would have an emotional side of themselves exposed by the Lilith person. If they’re the type to never get emotionally attached then suddenly they’re in their feelings about the Lilith person. If they’re trying not to do anything long term, then they’re considering a life with the Lilith person (the inverse could occur too, with Lilith’s tendency to attract scandal). The Lilith person would find their emotions and vulnerability challenged but may express some unseen side of themselves with the moon person. Could lead to a manipulative and codependent connection if both parties are underdeveloped. The moon person may become obsessive over how much depth they had in their connection with the Lilith person, especially if they can’t get that feeling again.

-Lilith squaring/opposing the angles (1st, 4th, 7th, 10th): The Lilith person will challenge the ways the house person lives and perceives the world/operates throughout their lives. Like how they interpret their experiences and perceive things (1st). How they consider their family and their home, and what feels like home (4th). Their attitudes and actions in relationships and partnerships (7th). How their public image is and what their reputation is, and their career and what it means to them (10th). The obsession usually comes from the “you can never go back to how things used to be” feeling that the Lilith person leaves the house person with. Could be expressed as resentment or being bewildered by this new way of seeing/experiencing things.

-Lilith conjunct their 8th house: The Lilith person can quite easily make the house person feel exposed. They can learn what digs deep at the house person and what triggers them. What darkness they’re hiding. What the house person is obsessed with. Easy aspect for a relationship/connection with a lot of power plays.

☆ Astro Observations Pt 2 ☆

**NOTE: This blog contains Mature Content.

💜 Scorpio Suns can "fake" smile A LOT - especially the women. They'll have big ass Cheshire Cat grins on their faces when trying to convince others that they care when they DO NOT. Shit looks mad weird! 🤣 Scorpionic Energy is meant to be dark, enticing & magnetic. So just embrace it!

💜 Scorpio Venus Women can be reserved Nuns or wild Wh0res! Lol. They can go hard in either direction. Either way though, they *hate* to be objectified and crave connection. Scorpio Venus Men are simply seductive AF. 🔥 Like dayummm! They're usually a highly sexual yet very choosy bunch. They can go years (by choice) without sex like a Monk. Many will "hold back" and repress their craving for an all-consuming love. Then suddenly FLOOD with emotions (and semen lol) for that special somebody - ready to devour your pu$$y & envelop your soul! 😎 These men are possessive & not for the faint of heart.

💜 Individuals with Mars in the 3rd House are MAJOR Sapiosexuals. Deep conversations turn them on!! Intellect gives these women many tingles and usually arouses *both* heads on the men. 🔥 3rd House rules short-distance travel... so these people may enjoy car sex, sex outdoors or sex while on a weekend getaway. Also, the women can correlate how a man drives/parks with how he fucks. 🤣 And you know what? It actually makes sense! A man who sucks at parking is probably a shitty lay. Lol. A man who handles large trucks with ease will probably dominate you.

*fans self*

💜 Libra Risings often look like walking works of ART from the Romantic Era. 💕 Paint these pretty bitches in ALL of their Venusian glory! Just sit them next to an elegant fireplace wearing *nothing* but a silk robe and a smile for Titanic vibesss. Often, the Men look like Sculpted Gods (like The Rock & Idris Elba) or Pretty Boys - like Leo DiCaprio & Harry Styles. And the Women are typically very lovely & voluptuous - like Beyonce, Doja Cat & Kate Winslet. Even when Libra Risings are average in appearance, they come across as pleasant & attractive to others.

💜 Men with strong Capricorn and/or Leo in their charts (especially Mars, Moon or ASC) give hella Big Dick Energy. 💪💪 Take me from the back, Zaddy! And they often make for being the best Providers for their families. *King Aura*

💜 Women with strong Taurus and/or Scorpio in their charts give Big Clit Energy. 🔥 Women with heavy Leo or Capricorn definitely possess Queen Energy. 🥂 Ladies with strong Aries give BOTH! The Queens w/ the Juicy Clit. ♈

💜 Aries Suns are indeed the PIONEERS of the Zodiac in every sense of the word. They blaze trails everywhere they go. 🔥🔥 Aretha Franklin was The Queen Of Soul; Marlon Brando & Bette Davis were the King & Queen of Old Hollywood; Celine Dion & Mariah Carey created the female Vocal Trinity that dominated the 90's music scene; Steven Tyler taught us how to boldly "Dream On" and Marvin Gaye asked us "What's Going On?" and inspired us to think! Selena was the FIRST woman to became a megastar in Tejano Music; Loretta Lynn broke major ground for women in Country Music; Martin Lawrence made us laugh until we peed our pants; Lady GaGa is in a glorious class all by HERSELF. 💯 Van Gogh created timeless Art; Phoebe & Simone have inspired the masses to bring back real romance as the lead actresses on the smash show 'Bridgerton'; Halle Bailey is amazingly talented & is going to be the best damn ARIEL this world has ever seen. 🧜🏾‍♀️

You need a ground-breaker? You need courage & inspiration? You need to see the IDGAF spirit in action? Go find an Aries and they'll get the damn job DONE. ♈

That's all for now Darlings! 💕 Catch you again soon.

a couple of leafstar questions! 1) is the process of selecting her to be new!skyclan’s leader changed at all by the fact that brokenstar is now firestar’s travelling buddy? 2) is billyleaf sticking around as a ship, and how will it change, if at all? 3) is leafstar going to be as… notably dumb in her reactions to everything happening so far in ASC?

The list of SkyClan changes is probably longer than the list of things that are staying the same. Cultural expansions, a very different culture, unique politics, even an alternate Warrior Code. Real fans of SkyClan want them to be completely different <3

Leafstar's not an exception. I HATE canon Leafstar. Every action they've taken with her has felt absolutely awful since Firestar's Quest so I'm just overwriting her completely.

SkyClan's Leadership

The part of Firestar's Quietus where Firestar and Brokenstar actually CHOOSE who the new leader is going to be is a bit up in the air. I have the beginning and end with the rats figured out-- but the middle has been evading me.

I know that Brokenstar prefers Sharpclaw, at first. Probably because Sharpclaw is so aggressive and dedicated to the old ways.

So it makes sense that Firestar prefers Leafdapple. She's making him realize things about his own way of ruling, parts of Clan culture he's come to accept uncritically.

She straight up blows past his thought-terminating cliches;

Firestar: "You see, Leafdapple... you can't live with a paw in both worlds."

Leafdapple: "Pardon? I don't understand what that means?"

Firestar: "It means... um... hmm ._."

In the end, she's probably chosen exactly because she's not committed to bringing back the past. SkyClan has not been the Clan of Skystar for a long time. It's the Clan of Skywatcher.

It is no longer the Clan-in-the-Canopy, it is the Clan-in-the-Stones.

I feel that the first Leader and Deputy were chosen by Firestar and Brokenstar. Though Brokenstar's mind changes over the course of Firestar's Quietus, I think they ultimately still agree that there were two "sides" of SkyClan that should live in balance.

Leafstar, committed to fairness, abides this. Until Sharpclaw ultimately betrays her for The Kin. (Repeat link from above but if your eyes just popped out of your head it explains everything about how PROFOUNDLY differently I'm approaching The Kin lmaoo)

I hadn't planned explicitly for the deputy system to work a bit differently here, BUT it does also feel in line for Leafstar to decide it on a whim after regrouping. Surrounded by the remnants of her Clan, deputy having just turned half of their warriors against them, SkyClan's protector oak ripping itself off the cliffside and destroying their camp, she jumps up on top of a rock like, "Ok team, that sure was a doozy. Let's try to pick a better deputy this time 8)"

It feels better that deputies are popularly "elected," or at the very least nominated by the Clan. Might make for a nice climactic moment in a rework of Hawkwing's Journey.

Is Billyleaf sticking around?

Yes! But it's actually a bit different.

First of all, Leafstar is actually in a constellation with Billystorm and Echosong, the Cleric. Leafstar is mates with Billystorm and a partner of Echosong. Echosong is not romantically involved with Billystorm. SkyClan actually split off from the main Clans before the Cleric's Vow was codified by Larkstripe's strike. They don't have the same taboo against Clerics having mates or raising kittens.

Billystorm is also a massive himbo now lmao, I'm not a huge fan of him in-canon. I'm still reworking stuff here though-- I'm planning to change SkyClan and the Stranger into Sol's Game, a darker story diving into Sol, the Entity, and Harry, the vessel it courts.

But it's been a while and I need to revamp my old drafts, so that's on the backburner for now.

Is Leafstar going to remain an idiot?

absolutely not. christ. I Don't Rewrite Arcs Until They Are Done but if I ever produce something as brainless as "An entire society believes that a child is lying because her accused murderer says he heard her mother snoring evil manipulation plans in her sleep" then explode me to bits with 10000 pounds of nitroglycerin

instead of just having her and everyone else be dumb, it's an easy enough small change to just have Splashstar already be in power and show the beginning of his reign having gone smoothly. Everyone's desperate for RiverClan to have a leader again. Have Leafstar's bias be against ShadowClan specifically, because Heartstar's nephew Juniperclaw mass-poisoned her entire Clan.

Even before then, too. I don't like how the Erins seem to treat Leafstar as this "unreasonable" character who's usually some shade of wrong. I don't like how she just has to accept that Sharpclaw was undermining her for her own good in SkyClan's Destiny. I don't like how Dodge dragged SkyClan into his stupid conflict. Or how she went back to the Gorge after Juniperclaw's poisoning, only to be herded back by the noble Clan cats when a sudden flood makes their old home unsafe for some reason.

I don't like how she only seems to get a "win" when she's accepting or asserting that the Clans have the perfect way of life and she should resemble it more-- see the opening of AVoS, where it's strongly implied that Daylight Warriors being unable to fight to defend the camp at night was how The Kin was able to throw everyone out, and thus the practice has been abolished since then. I think these conflicts are frustrating in the way they're written and presented.

So quite frankly I'm tossing a lot of it. First and foremost, SkyClan's primary conflicts should be trying to keep its unique cultural identity. Secondary conflicts should be based around its political interactions with the other Clans at the lake, particularly ShadowClan and ThunderClan, which it shares borders with.

BB!Leafstar's personality is that she's assertive, fair, and polite. In my head I lovingly imagine her always speaking in the tone of a corporate manager trying to keep control of her team as the office goes up in flames around her. While she always tries to consider all perspectives and stay approachable to all her warriors, she's often misinterpreted as being passive-aggressive or not genuine.

In a nutshell: I am personally making sure she's not the sort of dumb she is in canon. I have a vision for this version of SkyClan.

Modern Academic AU I Guess?

Got the idea of professor Raphael stuck in my damned brain all morning, so here's hoping writing thoughts down will banish him back to the hells yeah? Edit: There is now a Part 2 and Part 3 __________________________ Raphael - School of Law, obvs. Teaches courses on contract law and legal ethics. He has a reputation for being the kind of asshole professor that can make or break your academic career, and the fact he's tenured is likely the only reason he hasn't been fired over the countless reports of student blackmail and harassment. Gale - Dep't of Literature. His classes are all niche topics like "Magic, Myth, & The Power Of Metaphor", "From Merlin To Dumbledore: A Historical Look At The Wizard's Role In Storytelling", and "The Ancient Art of Flyting", and they're extremely popular. He loves his job, the students love him, but he's rubbed a lot of his colleagues the wrong way. Astarion - School of Theater & Music. Teaches the 101 level acting course and has a rep for being absolutely brutal, but his methods are undeniably effective. Also teaches stage combat workshops, and is constantly on thin ice with the admin for the way he encourages the gaggle of students that started a fan club for him. Wyll - Health Sciences. He's a practicing physical therapist who was invited to also teach part time, due to having gained a reputation as a leading specialist in working with underserved minorities and victims of trauma. His classes are niche and can be hard to get into due to limited availability. Knows Astarion because they're both in HEMA, and sometimes helps with the combat workshops Karlach - Women's rugby coach and former pro-athlete who had to retire after a chest injury. Is also in HEMA, and was inspired by her buddy Wyll to also pursue Phys. Therapy as a career shift. Shadowheart - Grad student doing her thesis on some obscure theological topic, teaches a generic 101 level religious studies class and is obviously only there because the school requires her to put in the hours. Lae'zel - Also a grad student, transferred from overseas. Studying Sports Management and was assigned as an assistant coach to Karlach, except she's in ASC and is constantly making digs about how their practices are vastly superior to HEMA's foolishness. Halsin - Environmental Science. He's the department chair, and teaches courses on conservationism and land management. All his courses are out in the field though, which means he's never on campus and is nearly impossible to get hold of. He hates being the dep't chair, and he only reason he even accepted the position is because nobody else would. Jaheira - Facilities director, not a teacher. Always somehow knows everything that's happening on campus, has contacts everywhere for anything you could want done, and is the person you least want to piss off. Minsc is her shadow, nobody's even entirely sure if he actually works here but is too afraid of Jaheira to ask. And if you actually made it this far, well.. thanks for reading? I'm so sorry? But also share your thoughts! And lemme know if there's any other characters worth doing a 2nd post for.

I really hope that scene where Bramblestar fucking lies to Nightheart is intentional. I promise I will 180 completely on my anger towards it if they're actually using it to set up that Bramblestar is a manipulative and untrustworthy person.

They COULD. It's phrased perfectly for it. "You should be thanking me for this thing that Squirrelflight did." I want it to be real so bad. Do it you cowards. Let your 20-year-old fan favorite be the crummy and mediocre manchild we all know he is. Come on, ASC, claim your reward in valhalla

EVEN MORE ASTEROID PERSONA CHARTS TO LOOK AT

* REMEMBER that the more prominent the asteroid is in the natal chart the more prominent the Persona chart is IN MY OPINION*

1998 BU48 - 33128

Connected to money, income, wealth, flaunting success/wealth, self esteem related to money, and materialism

Ex. Beyoncés rising sign in this chart is Taurus and she has a VERY EXPENSIVE WARDROBE. Just recently she was rocking one of the most expensive necklaces in the world. The necklace is worth 30 million dollars bruh

APOLLO - 1862

Natural talents/ power . Where you shine like the sun. Insight into your artistry/ how you connect to art

Ex. Michael Jackson has Mercury conjunct Uranus in Leo 6H and his Sun Venus and Pluto all conjunct each other in Virgo 6H. He has/had an iconic voice and add libs. He was very powerful in the music industry (still is after his passing) and was basically the modern day music video pioneer.

1999 CE119 - 129746

Huge attainment and status

Ex. Marylin Monroe has NN 28° Gemini conjunct ASC, along with Venus and Pluto in the 1H. Marylin achieved such high status purely because of her looks which is kinda sad because she was so much more than that but people tend to love the idea of Marylin Monroe and not the actual person. :(

STARR - 4150

Where you stand out. How you’re a shining star!

Ex. I have Venus conjunct Mercury in the 11H Capricorn. I stand out when using my voice/singing and the way I communicate to others especially online. I also standout doing anything creative/unique (especially since I have an Aquarius Rising conjunct Neptune in this chart)

APHRODITE- 1388

Feminine, sexual beauty and personal style

Ex. Naomi Campbell has a Scorpio ASC with a Scorpio Venus in the 1H in her chart. She has a very striking, intense stare and sleek beauty. And in my personal opinion she looks amazing in dark jewel tones and black.

WEBB - 3041

You’re internet persona/ how you’re seen on the internet

Ex. My MC is in Libra 28°. If I decided to be an internet persona or influencer or just someone who had a lot of fans online I might been known as creative, artistic, fashionable or even beautiful. I have moon in Leo 17° 8H so to the internet I might also been seen as someone who’s intimate, intuitive, magnetic, a bit possessive, maybe even dramatic and someone who can attract a lot of peoples attention.

That’s it for today! Tell me your placements and aspects and your interpretations on it all!

Luv ya 💋

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Hello! I am going to be doing a rewritten version of Warriors with many changes made to improve quality, such as changes to certain rules (to avoid the same rehashed drama), relationships (lifting most if not all major incest cases, as well as making some dynamics more healthy, and actual LGBT relationships and trans cats), no more unexplained offscreen disappearances (including the Missing Kits), the Tribe as a WHOLE, and many more that will be listed within.

This is the start of the entire series being rewritten, start to finish.

Into The Wild

(I'm currently unsure of how TBC and ASC will be due to some pretty big ripple effects)

Every Leader ceremony will be written as bonus content at the end of a book where they become leader if they do not already have one.

Some of the older 'forgotten' rules of the series, such as queens not giving the name of the father's name, have been reinstated.

Many OC cats will be added in as background "filler" characters to prevent inbreeding and take out some of the age gap romances. Many background cats that come "out of nowhere" are simply what has been stated in canon. The Clans are bigger than what we see, but not everyone is that important. Once moved into "The Named Zone" however, they will not leave until death or departure.

More unique names! The clan cats know some more things! And I'm not killing off kittens for the obvious reason of "name too long", Lavenderkit, Dandelionkit, Bluebellkit and other 'too long' names are no longer reserved for children who die before they're even a character.

Many times, a good thing will happen to a character that was dealt a poor hand in canon. This has major ripple effects, and I am also a fan of the law of Equivalent Exchange. :)

The misogynistic writing is now a thing of the past. No more punishing ladies for decisions the men also make, no more pushing them to be nothing but baby makers as their happy ending, and certainly no more random derailment of character just because the point of view is a fragile male.

And of course, the obvious. No more fucking ableism. I will be researching how EXACTLY blind and deaf cats hunt. No more forced Medicine Cats and early retirements. As well as other things that real cats can experience, such as missing limbs, missing tails, asthma, dementia, PTSD, anxiety and depression.

The Official Playlist for the Series and its Guide

Playlist

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Please, feel free to make suggestions to changes that should be in this Rewrite!

It actually amazes me how much the erins fucked up asc. They had an interesting riverclan plot, but now I just want it to be over. Sunbeam is still not a relevant protagonist. Splashtails' motive is basically "I'm a godless atheist" that frostpaw (who is good bc she DOES believe in god) has to get rid of. Everyone is constantly avoiding going to war with riverclan in my WARRIOR CAT series. Crowfeather has a scene. Why did they do this to me

when the fans were like "hey can we get a clanborn villain again and a conflict about starclan" the monkeys paw curled. it feels especially insulting after an arc that directly happened BECAUSE starclan fucked up and got a ton of people hurt and killed... yet even there it seems like they really twisted the fans arms to go "ok but its not STARCLANS fault ok. Its Just One Guy. And Filthy Rogues Of Course (Which Doesn't Even Make Sense With The Current Conflict)"

i just wanted to talk to someone about this and your pinned says you like asks and you seem cool so i’m talking to you about this!! IM SO DESPERATE TO CATCH UP ON WARRIOR CATS SO I CAN READ A STARLESS CLAN!! sooo curious to read about this nightheart guy since everyone hates him but from what i’ve read about him he’s actually a little relatable (don’t hate me if he’s an awful person (cat) i haven’t read the book and only know about his like. most basic character traits not anything he’s really done or said) and also frostpaw she sounds so coooool i need to read these books but i haven’t even gotten past the new prophecy (reading dawn right now after leaving it for like a year) so im trying to speed read LMAO

HII HELLO!!

i havent caught up on asc myself yet (i have finished tbc and im waiting for river to arrive) but ive read most spoilers! im not a big fan of nightheart myself, i feel like he would have been a better character if the writing was better (im also a firm believer that hollytuft should have gotten his arc or sparkpelt. there was so much potential like cmon)

also big fan of frostpaw. poor girl goes through the horrors every 15 pages

One thing that makes me chuckle is this idea that ascending Astarion is confirming that Tav only sees him as "the Vampire" and does not love him as "the man". Mostly because of party banter about his "non-vampiric charms" and whatnot. And I think that's all it is, just fun banter about his relationship IF you choose the spawn route.

Saying that it somehow "proves he is happier to be loved as a spawn" or something is metagaming and therefore null and void as an argument point.

But Tav shouldn't be loving "the man" or "the vampire" anyway. They should love "the man" AND "the vampire". In both endings. He never stops being a vampire, whether Ascendant or Spawn. It's his history and his present. And unless there is canonly provided a cure, it's his future.

To deny the vampiric part of him and see him as just "the man" is to deny him entirely.

And I don't believe Tav just denies that vampiric part of him entirely in the spawn route either. Just as they don't deny "the man" part of him in the ascended route.

He never expresses not wanting to be a vampire. Even if he does not desire it truthfully, I believe he's grown to accept himself as such. It's become an integral part of who he is. Is it always a good thing or something he enjoys? No. Does he wish he was mortal again? Who knows! But it can be said that he has ALWAYS enjoyed manipulating people, screwing them over, and using them, well before he was a vampire and becoming a vampire helped make those habits easier for him. So it can be assumed that he does enjoy the amplified "perks" it allows him, as a charlatan and manipulative person. And those are traits he never loses, even as a spawn. Sure, he can use it more for the greater good, but he still relies on these traits.

Correct me if I'm wrong (and I''m sure someone will) but as far as I recall, you don't talk about a cure for vampirism as a whole in the spawn ending. You talk of finding a way to help him walk in the sun again. And if that's a cure, then so be it, but I don't think it has to be for him.

The whole situation with seeing him as just "the vampire" post-ascension is also terribly ironic because ascending him actually makes him less of a vampire. He's living again and isn't a slave to the vampiric hunger anymore.

I really wish the tonal change (and narrative direction) between the writers wasn't so blatant and opposing with the Ascendant route. It really mucked and muddled up the vibe. You get those options like "I want you, I want your body" and on the one hand, it's like, well he's got full control of himself now and Tav is asking. He can decline or he can accept and it could be him reclaiming his sexuality. He isn't a sexless being, he just has trauma surrounding sex, but working through that he can associate it with newer and positive things. It would just take a lot of time and he'll probably always have issues.

On the other hand, that sort of dialog feels so out of pocket because it's like (to put it into the words of a friend), Tav's slate has been wiped clean after Act 2. Suddenly the "no sex" conversation never happened and you can't even bring it up or discuss it. There's such a disconnect.

But the easiest thing is to just not chose that answer. If you don't chose it, it isn't true for your Tav and that playthrough. Simple as. 🤷🏽‍♀️

I'm derailing, but my point is, you can't separate Astarion "the man" and Astarion "the vampire" and just prefer one over the other. He is equally both and appreciating him as a whole means appreciating both parts of him.

My Tav and Ascendant Astarion.

My Tav - Dorian Saurus - is a male noble warlock of the Great Old One. He is from Baldur's Gate and when he was turned, he was in his mid 40-ies. Dorian is Astarion's spouse / spawn / consort / groom. His backstory is this: a small part of an Eldrich being was born human, therefore he is a warlock in a sense.

P.S.: trying to remember how to draw 😂 wish me luck!

You don't have to answer this But what is your opinion on people's complaints for this newest book

Most of the complaints I see are that Splashtail is not that great of an antagonist , Atheists being evil (aka "Godless Heathens"), old characters being brought up (as in them being mentioned doesn't change characters opinions), the others povs aren't really adding things, I think I saw a complaint about the Harelight execution nwas a lesser stonefur(?) kill , I maybe think I am forgetting some other complaints

I mean I can see why people are tired of StarClan and us trying to be convinced they are great.

Starclan is exhausting sometimes but I like Splashtail and Curlfeather motives

I am just excited for this arc to finish as I have been loving it

I am also not saying people can't have complaints I just feel some are nitpicking

I love the asc villains, I am a big fan of all of them myself.

I don’t think Curlfeather nor Splashtail class as atheists, both very much believe in StarClan but don’t respect them. And yeah I definitely get the critique of this arc trying to tell the reader “StarClan is the best actually shut up”. I do really hope after this arc there is more StarClan criticism as a lot of this could have been prevented if StarClan stepped in and gave clear signs about who should be leader and established a real connection to Frostpaw sooner. However I don’t want it to be in a “we hate StarClan” way but more of a way in which Mothwing is where she acknowledges their existence and wisdom but doesn’t follow them blindly.

I think the bringing up of older characters does work well, it doesn’t feel too tacked on, although I do wish we actually saw stories about these cats being told in the meantime rather than just randomly being up Pinestar despite none of the cats we see talking about him for the past few generations.

By other POVs I assume you mean Night and Sun? I do disagree with that mostly? Although it does feel the case sometimes, but overall I think all three POVs do add valuable stuff to the story. Sunbeam in particular I would say out of those two.

The circumstances of Harelight’s death are similar to Stonefur (especially with it being an execution in RiverClan with three cats hiding in the bushes watching it), but otherwise not really. It’s a public execution it’s going to have similarities. Stonefur was executed because he was halfclan and he died in an unfair fight against Tigerstar’s henchmen in an arranged spectacle. Harelight disagreed with Splashtail and was quite suddenly killed with little warning. Apart from a few surface similarities, the two do play our very differently. It’s about as similar as Needletail’s death is to Stonefur’s. The similarities are there but not enough to call one a lesser copy of another imo.

Like don’t get me wrong I get the criticisms and I definitely have a few about the arc myself, and I do agree somewhat with some of these. But I am having such a blast with this arc, and I can’t wait to see how it ends. It has been a long time I’ve been genuinely excited to get to a book 6 in a warrior cats arc.

Gosh thinking about this, sometimes i wonder just how many characters the Erins missed out on making black and white. What i mean is, not all characters have to be kind to their family deep down while still rude to the outside. Not all need to regret their choices or be influenced by some deep tragedy. Maybe, just maybe, some characters would genuinely take dominance and ambition over family. Maybe some characters would actually take adventage of any people they have extended their olive branch to. Leopardstar could be written as somebody who KNOWS she has done wrong, WANTS to change, but never does. Because that's how she is, and there is NO redemption in the end.

A beautifully tragic character, who never changes, is written as being weighed down by their mistakes but choosing to carry them all their life. Because changing their attitude would mean the end of the world for them.

Blackstar, i'm also looking at you here. And you, Clear Sky.

Any characters you think should also be like this?

Clear Sky is the biggest one. So many of DOTC's problems would just not exist if it wasn't building towards its utter failure of a redemption arc. He's a fantastic villain, a complete bastard, and it makes a much better story if Gray Wing's story is supposed to be realizing that he is enabling a tyrant.

But him aside... surprisingly, Thornclaw. He was a Dark Forest trainee. They keep using him as a low-stakes antagonist. He's always had motive as one of the more "traditionalist" members of ThunderClan. Thornclaw makes a great villain... but they won't let the fan favorite 1st arc patrol guy be the bad boy he could be.

All of the Dark Forest Trainee survivors, really! Damn shame that so many of them died!! I'll argue that MOST of them should have survived, and more of them should have been Breezepelts who fought to the end.

I feel similarly about every cat who's ever really been an antagonist, because they have a weird problem about just... never addressing the horrible actions of smaller characters. Crowfeather looks at Breezepelt nicely and suddenly he's fixed. Blossomfall never confronts her hatred towards her mom and sister. Bumblestripe was just a major supportive antagonist in TBC and we're not talking about that in ASC.

And like... I LOVE redemption arcs. Don't misunderstand me. I would be satisfied if all of those last three HAD redemption arcs. But like... we didn't. Breezepelt hits me particularly hard honestly. I hate the fact that Crowfeather abused him but then was able to have a mild epiphany and suddenly poof! All Breeze's own agency in his choices is gone. My shitty dad's sort-of apology filled me with redemption.

Bleh. More Clanborn villains, basically. Less Evil Foreigners who come out of nowhere.