#hemlocktail

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BRINDLEFACE“She was absolutely adorable when she was a kit, you know what her first words were? ‘Hem’! Dear Starclan I nearly keeled over with how adorable that was! She grew into a fine warrior, and trained her apprentice well. Her life ended too soon, but I’m so glad I finally get to see her again.”While Hemlocktail certainly loved all of the kits, he had a soft spot for Brindleface. He just found her so endearing and cute, and as he watched he couldn’t help but be proud of the warrior she had grown into. 

FAWNSTEP“I remember playing with him in the nursery, climbing over me to avoid and hide from Brindleface. He certainly had spunk even as a kit, him and Brindleface used to fight a lot because she’d annoy him. But even so, it’s Fawnstep, and despite his gung-ho attitude, that’s what made him admirable. While his life also ended too soon, I’m glad I now get to spend time with him one-on-one.”While personalities like Fawnstep don’t tend to be on Hemlocktail’s good side, that part of Fawnstep Hemlocktail actually found to be quite endearing! (…and a bit like Finch…) 

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Sunfrost loved Waspwing! As a friend of course. He always had a hard time connecting with cats his own age and Waspwing was pretty much his only friend close to his own age. He cared deeply for him and at one point he was developing feelings for him, but as a dedicated medicine cat he couldn’t let that happen, and the stress from his work and Waspwing being abducted ended that and changed their dynamic quite a bit.

Hemlocktail! The man! One of the prime examples of Sunfrost having older friends. Probably the first of the rogues he really befriended and liked, long before Rabbitheart even. He looked up to him and was very grateful for the mutual respect they had for each other. 

Whitebounce doesn’t like Pebblefrost, but thats only because she’s a ball of energy and Pebblefrost is just... a ball. They just have such conflicting personalities and the age gap is too great for them to have any real reason to interact in any other way than a young warrior and a senior warrior tbh. Still, she finds it fun to tease and bother her, as she’s sure to snap at some point. (Which is the real fun) 

underneath the cut is a post containing little chibis of each cat in nettleclan. i made the lineart recently and created multiple adaptions to fit different sorts of fur lengths, ear types, injuries, etc. i’ll be working on putting together a post like this for both jaggedclan and creekclan asap!

you are free to do whatever you wish with these...use them, admire them, print them out and pin them to a dartboard...whatever you’d like!

Hemlocktail is, interested in cats from the other clans. There’s no one in particular he wants to get to know - besides the other deputies and the clan leaders from the other clans. If he got the chance - he’d honestly like to talk to the other rogues within the other clans, once being a rogue himself - and firsthand seeing how the rogues in Nettleclan settling, he’d like to find out how they are finding their respective clans as well.

Waspwing would actually like to know more about some cats from Creekclan - for reasons of a certain someone mentioning them - the main two being Firefang and Ashbreeze in particular. Other than that, he would have no particular interest in getting to know other cats from other clans unless they approached him - and once someone did - he’d want to know more about them!

💓 - I like it!

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What? Did you think I would put an “opt" rating? Or even an “I love it” rating?

Alright, lets explain this rating.

These two are certainly… Interesting… To start with, they aren’t exactly the best pair in the world - Cricketwing is more emotionally driven, while Hemlocktail is logically driven. And that fact alone creates a gap between them. They are kinda stuck in the fact that Cricket views Hem to be too smart for her, to which I don’t blame the poor girl - Hem’s not the greatest at connecting with her on an emotional level. 

Not to mention Hem’s made his mistakes - and somehow Cricket has managed to put up with him? 

But honestly? These two have been through so much… And that’s what bring gives me some life about these two… They we’re in the same group in the beginning, they came to Nettleclan with The Falcons, they lived through becoming the first batch of rogues to settle in Nettleclan. They’ve had their share of heartbreaks - lived through the whole mess that was the flower field incident, even if some of the pain remains. They got through the whole mess that was the compounded of Finch leaving - Cricket’s pregnancy - Swan being kidnapped - Flowerpelt being killed - and Moon’s Rogues’ invading. 

They’ve been through so much, and I personally love Cricketwing to bits and pieces.

Ho boy. Strap yourselves in for this ride…

My most developed character? That would have to go to Hemlocktail. It’s no surprise, I’ve had him around the longest - and while his development was gradual, if you compared him to his old-self - he’s very different.

Hemlocktail started as a character who was way out of touch with his emotions - in fact he was modelled after the fact that he wouldn’t know how to handle any of his emotions, and rather was a pure logic and no emotion character - being deadpan all the time. Nowadays, he’s a lot more expressive - and a lot more in-touch with his emotions, and the emotions of others. It’s not uncommon to see him smile or joke about - while in the past he was a complete monotone deadpan with no aspect of social cues. Don’t get me wrong - he’s flawed with being still out of tune with his emotions, and the emotions of others. And when it comes to making decisions - sometimes he lets his emotions get the better of him, or not be emotional enough to be able to sympathize. However, he’s come a long way from what he was, and I hope that he’ll continue to develop emotionally - after all, he wasn’t empathetic to start with whatsoever, but now it’s one of his strongest traits. Hemlocktail is deeply flawed in the aspect that he keeps making the same, if not similar mistakes - and that he has trouble maintaining relationships, and communication in said relationships. I’d love for him to get a kick through some drama or a big event - and be able to set his priorities straight, especially with how regretful he’s becoming of his own choices - that way he’ll continue to connect more with a balance between his own logic and emotions.

Waspwing would be second to that - his character arc has certainly been a complete 180. My adopted son went from a angry, short-tempered, defensive, warrior-code driven cat, to a wary, melancholic, pessimistic, emotional yet reserved, questioning-his-identity-as-Nettleclan-cat-and-even-a-warrior cat. And yet he still has a long way to go - with being in a forbidden relationship, with recent events in Nettle - and with future plans in place - it’ll be so interesting to see how it all effects his character. Honestly? I was had a more neutral attitude towards Waspwing when I first got him - but now I absolutely adore his character, and of how he’s developed. When I first got him, I never expected him to end up like this - but I’m glad he has. I can wait to see where he’ll go. I’d love for him to gain the spark of fire in his personality back - though unlike how he started, he’d have complete control rather than an uncontrolled mess, or perhaps a bit of a spark to stand up for himself and gain some confidence or hope - rather then how he’s become despondent and pessimistic in himself and his life.