Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Bios

Okay, bios are up now. That took a really really long time, so sorry about that. Anyway, they're up and beautiful so go look at them.

If there are more cats you guys want to see, just holla~

New chapter yeaaaaah~

New chapter, yay, etc. etc.  xD

Sorry for the time between updates, like I said I've been really busy. I'm in like four different community service club thingies now and they're such time-wasters. D:

However, I've had time to dabble in a few things, namely making more character-picture-things. I'll put them in with the others (Sootpaw, Spiderpaw, Leopardpaw, and Chillpaw; scroll down and I think you'll find them) after I finish this post. The bios basically just help you picture the characters and maybe get insights from them, I guess. Also I like making pictures, so yeah. xD

@Sara Darkotter: It is a mystery~ :O

@CrystalSakura: Yes, Leaf/Frozen/North had a lovely time dragging the bodies of their friends and Clanmates to a secret place in the middle of the mountains. Sometimes they would have picnics and reminiscence about the old times before Northy was born and Frozen was crazy. Like a happy family. :D I'll agree with B/N/M's name, it's a puzzler for what to call her when I'm chatting about her, since she's had so many (three names might be a record, actually, since the kit/paw/whatever name-changes don't count. xD

@Nightkill: I was thrilled that everyone loved Northy as much as I did in Shattered. He was always one of my favorite charries to rp, so I'm glad I was able to do him justice.

@Lynxeye: In my kitties' defenses, the original Clans bury their dead too (they have a special ceremony with the elders, I think?) and I'm sure they mark them in some way (so that an old body isn't dug up when a new one is being buried, since that would be uber-gross xD). I think kitties riding on flaming wheels (because Northy would be that crazy-awesome) would be pretty cool. We'll see what Tremor decides to do about his journey. And yes, he knows Rumble is dead; Feather told him, because she chats up StarClan all the time~

@Sunspirit: Sage and Swift both know who their real mother is; Minnow's made sure to tell them all about her, both the good and the bad. Sage has a bit of an odd position, we'll get to more of him later. Reedrush's mother was Cinderstream, Silverstar's secret sister (and the mother of Shimmer and Chill later on in her life). We don't see much of Reedy's childhood, it's mostly mentioned in passing. Under the plants Frozenstar and Brackenheart are buried, but the third plant is a mystery~

@PurplePanda: First, darling, don't berate yourself for criticism! I actually enjoy it, it gets my brain moving. Let me see if I can address everything:
  • Bullets are hard to work with on this blog thingy, bleh. Bear with me here.
  • The forest-sickness (let's call it FS, since I'll be saying it a lot) and chilling disease (CD) are very similar in that they both stem from the same place and both have the same initial symptoms; a fever, cough, tired feeling, lack of appetite, etc. They can also take more than one life; StarClan alone cannot cure them. It's only as the diseases progress further that the differences become more apparent. FS moves faster than CD, and with FS the fever climbs higher and higher as fluid seeps into the cats lungs; essentially they are being baked alive while also drowning. CD, on the other paw, is rather slow-moving; in Silverstar's case, it took nearly two moons to kill her. This is prolly because she has some immunity to it, since her body attacked it like it would FS and managed to stall it. PeakClan cats are not so lucky. Swanpaw, the PeakClan apprentice who died of CD, died in only a moon's time because PeakClan cats have little/no immunity to the disease. As CD progresses, its behavior changes. The cough stays, but it is a dry cough, unlike FS. The fever begins to lower the farther CD goes; eventually it reaches a point where the cat's temperature is almost normal. Unfortunately, CD eventually pushes the cat's temperature down even further and further as the cat grows weaker and weaker. Generally the cats hallucinate in this stage, as Silverstar and Swanpaw did; they will think they're on fire and thrash around and make lots of noise and junk. Swanpaw was feeling this when she died. Silverstar, on the other hand, passed more peacefully; the disease took longer with her and her temperature eventually became very very low, so she just sort of slipped away (I think Bluepaw described it as just being a sigh). Right now, NO ONE from AshClan or PeakClan has FS. Some of Tremor's cats have it (mostly the rogues from his group + any of Cane's cats that joined him, since they have not encountered FS before). Some of Tremor's cats also have CD (mostly ex-Clan cats, who are the ones that gave it to AshClan and PeakClan in the first place during the battle). The iceleaf/snowberry plant definitely cures FS, but its effects on CD are currently unknown, since it's never been used on CD before.
  • As for Leopardpaw, keep in mind that many members of the Clan are rogues. Very little is known about Jaggedclaw's past, for example, since he hates talking about it. Jaggedclaw proved himself by helping Reedrush. In Eaglestrike's eyes, Leopardpaw proved herself by saving his kits (both of them, since Spider was about to jump into the water after Soot when Leopardpaw appeared). Eaglestrike is obviously still wary of her, and he does try to keep an eye on her, but the whole Silver-dying-thing has kind of captured his attention as of late. Also, even if he had interrogated her about her past, she could have easily lied and he couldn't verify it, so it would be kinda pointless. If she is evil, she wouldn't say 'Hey so I was raised by Slaughter himself as his ebil second daughter just in case Toxin died so that I could kill everyone :D'.
  • I can see what you mean about the kitty names, but as I said before, Thistlethorn isn't really redundant since a thistle is a plant, not a pokey thorn. His name refers to the thorn of the thistle plant. I use -thorn for strong cats that are a bit hot-headed/prickly, which fits him to a T (Thistlethorn, T, geddit? I'm going to punch myself in the face now). As for Fireblaze, I don't personally view -blaze as a noun. I use it as a verb. Thus in his case his name brings the imagery of a blazing fire (compared to a feeble candle or something xD) which is indicative of his blazing nature. I also love Thistleclaw, but unfortunately it's been taken by the Erins, and the canon Thistleclaw is actually alive right now (since this is about the same time as BP) so two Thistleclaws in the same world at the same time would be weird. xD
  • I concede to you about the ocean. My cursed descriptional weakness has struck again. I will give her something prettier to look at and describe it like I have never described anything before! (I'm thinking a bunch of shooting stars on a clear night during a fireworks show while there is magically a rainbow above their heads: thoughts?)
  • Like I said, you're not making me feel bad at all! I enjoy critique, it helps me think. ^^
@Silverblossom: We'll hear more about the Tremor/Minnow stuff later, I promise. And we'll see more Northy in future chapters, just from Spider's perspective instead of Soot's. ^^

@Shimmertail: Yay, you reviewed! I was starting to miss you. The third grave isn't Birdpaw's, since she was only a lowly apprentice and would therefore be buried further away from the center (if it had been Northy's choice she would have been closer, but she died under Frozen's reign). As for Sage's eyes, if both Bella and Blight had a parent with green eyes, it would work. :D

@Priceless: No problem, I understand. :D

Anywho, I'll update the bios soon, so please scroll down and take a look at them eventually~