being a writer and wanting constructive criticism is hard because sometimes people will really just be like "i hate that you don't like this character so your writing is bad" or "i have inserted my own misinterpretation of your story into my criticism of it even though the story addresses this so therefor the writing is bad" and it's like. can i get an order of ONE good critique PLEASE

thank you so much to everyone who reached out, I found an artist and a background artist to join the team! they’ll be added to the blog momentarily and I’ll let them introduce themselves :). from now on I’ll be going by mod k

i wasn’t expecting much interest but I’ve had a few people say they were down for this which is exciting! If you’re really interested pls submit or dm me either (1) a recent example of a cat drawing + a recent example of a background/landscape drawing, or (2) a cat in some kind of environment/landscape so I can see what y’alls art styles are like!

might be a shot in the dark, but would anyone be seriously interested in collaborating on this story and turning it into a comic? after doing some more plotting/thinking I really think it could be great as a comic and I've always wanted to make a warriors comic, but I don't really have any means of drawing it + not the best drawing skills to begin with

might be a shot in the dark, but would anyone be seriously interested in collaborating on this story and turning it into a comic? after doing some more plotting/thinking I really think it could be great as a comic and I've always wanted to make a warriors comic, but I don't really have any means of drawing it + not the best drawing skills to begin with

This is an AU where ghosts are common, particularly for murder victims and evil spirits.

why didn’t goldenflower or firestar give bramble a life?

Goldenflower was still alive at the time and Firestar’s spirit… hasn’t quite made it to StarClan.

still doing planning/outlining/characterizing for this story! if you have any questions about the au/characters/changes feel free to ask, it's always fun to answer + it helps me flesh out the story even more! (you could even ask questions to the characters if you'd like ;))

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to fill time until tb midnight is ready to post, how about yall ask some questions to the TB AU cast? ill draw up responses and post them on fridays, the days i usually post the story!

you can find a list of the characters here! 

im thinking ill take another week or two to post russetstar’s resolve - we’re getting a puppy and its a big adjustment! i want to make sure hes settled right before heading back into regular posting. if he’s doing well by next friday (the 5th) ill start posting rr!

this blog isn't dead or anything, btw! i'm working on finishing up the first book of my po3 au before i really start working on this story. i'm working on the last chapter of that and then i'll start cranking out some plotting and chapters. still happy to answer questions about the story!

Finished MAP parts for this Firestar MAP!

You can watch my parts here.

Tigerstar and Firestar designs are by Nifty-Senpai.

So I just found your au, I'm not caught up at all asksks But I just finished reading your Starclan, Dark Forest, and Ghosts posts Three cats, three places for a power to be based on...

interesting....... many places for different powers........... eyes emoji

New Jaywing AU chapter up!!

https://archiveofourown.org/works/12338688/chapters/45504514

new chapter of the blazing storm (sandstar au / warrior!tiny au) is up!

Thank you! Man, the Erin's were really bad at showing Greystripe as a good character. I was shocked everyone welcomed him back as a friend when he got to the lake. Like seriously? He basically did nothing and could barely step up when it came time to raise his kits. They were definitely raised by RiverClan and he got so lucky.

I get why he was welcomed back at the lake - at that point, most of the cats that were around who actually knew him were too young to know what he did/really understand it. For a lot of them, he WAS just their deputy/best friend of their leader. But I wish he had actually worked to earn back everyone's trust and was shown gaining back their respect instead of... just being handed deputyship as a gesture from his buddy.

RavenWing?

Most underrated death?

Beetlewhisker’s death was actually really good, in my opinion - stupid or not, I really appreciated that he got up and said “Nope, thanks for training me, but I’m out.” Killing him showed the other trainees that they couldn’t leave, regardless of what they wanted. But now Beetlewhisker still gets listed in allegiances, lol, so it’s both narratively and otherwise underrated.

Grayheart?

Grayheart: Most under-developed medicine cat?

Spottedleaf. Her novella did nothing to actually help her character and if anything, made her ‘romance’ with Fireheart even creepier. I wish her constant meddling in Clan life had been actually properly explained besides “she lurves Firestar”, because some of what she did was actually... really damaging, like nagging Jayfeather to become a medicine cat or telling Leafpool to be with Crowfeather. I think either making her some kind of an unintentional villain, where she causes trouble but is doing it because she’s obsessed with Firestar and his kin, would have been more interesting than just... nagging overused dead medicine cat from book 1 that was alive for all of five chapters.

that list has Lionblaze as most annoying warrior and I think that's hilarious all things considered. He's not THAT bad, is he? Who's your most annoying warrior?

Canon Lionblaze isn’t my favorite, to be honest. But... I would actually say Graystripe. His personality isn’t annoying, but the way the first series handled his character was... annoying. As a kid, I was all, “Yeah! Make Graystripe deputy!”, but after re-reading... it was a bad choice. Graystripe (while his reasons were good as a father), betrayed ThunderClan by leaving them for RiverClan. Then he couldn’t actually commit to RiverClan and was exiled, and only really let back in because Bluestar believed everyone in ThunderClan was a traitor.  He just didn’t really DO anything or have the time to properly earn back his respect and trust, and was essentially handed deputyship because Firestar was his friend, not because he had shown that he was going to stick around and could be responsible. Sandstorm, Mousefur, Dustpelt, or hell, even LONGTAIL would have been good substitutes, and Longtail could have been really symbolic of the progress made between him and Firestar in getting along and putting aside their differences to work together!