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Post by exceed on Jun 8, 2018 18:00:44 GMT -5
do warriors 1x1s go here or in that one place for 1x1s?? im mcDying over here
anyways yes, hello, i'm ink, i like dumb cats bickering over stuff, welcome. i'm looking for a chill 1x1 that'll be pretty long-term, and looking for someone who's willing to shift to some other scenario and a set of cats if we get tired with what we're doing.
pleeeease take into account the whole 'literate' sign. i can go pretty long, although i like a medium of one to three paragraphs. i'd like to have people that can do longer if needed. y'all tend to be the better storyweavers, even if you go down lower. cool? cool. better be alright with lgbt+ stuff too, being sorta active...meh, that's pretty much it. i forgot if i needed anything else.
don't be rude, i have the right to say no to an rp if i think we won't fit well, uhh i guess that's it
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i'm looking for a pretty classic warriors rp. no wings, powers, unrealistic locations, etc. the scenario depends on what you want, really. i'm up for forbidden romance, maybe a journey for some reason, some good ol cats fighting over territory or prey, stuff like that, just shoot an idea at me! if romance, lgbt+ preferred.
thanks for reading
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Post by shark on Jun 9, 2018 14:55:05 GMT -5
Hi! I'd be interested to write with you, if you'll have me I haven't written a Warriors RP in ages, which is why I just created an account here, but I'm also looking for about what you just described and open for pretty much anything story and setting wise.
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Post by shark on Jun 9, 2018 15:09:47 GMT -5
Oh, sorry, I'm not used to the website layout and all yet. I'll change it.
I definitely don't do twoliners, but I don't have a recent writing example that's not an essay right now. English is not my first language and I've been mostly writing in that recently. Most of my English stuff is over a year old. I can write you something, if you'd like?
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Post by shark on Jun 9, 2018 15:41:49 GMT -5
Alright, thanks Hmm, like I said, I've been out of the fandom for ages. I stopped really reading the books after season 3 or four, I believe, so I neither get any of that magic-y stuff nor want it, but you already mentioned that. I'd go for a classic four clans with one being the main focus? Somewhat varied terrain would be nice, a bit of elevation, some water, a forest etc... I might have something in mind, actually. What do you think about a u-shaped/glacial valley, like Glendalough in Ireland, for example? Big lake and/or river in the middle, forests and rocky bits around, rather steep slopes? I think that could be interesting, maybe with one of the clans settling a short ways outside the valley in an agriculturally used area around the river coming from the valley. Cats in cornfields. Or do you think that that setting in general would be too similar to the second territory from the books (which I don't remember that well. It might be almot the same)? An overarching storyline would be nice too, but I haven't got a proper idea yet. What about you?
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Post by shark on Jun 9, 2018 16:38:40 GMT -5
I heared about that... Are we keeping it to just the Starclan so? And only Medicine Cats and Leaders interact with it?
Do pesticides and other agricultural modernisations affect small rodents? Because if they do, I might have just found a great source of conflict. While the farm-based clan used to be ge most prosperous one, a mysterious cause (for them at least) has their main food supply shirinking drastically. Then comes a bad, dry year and other food sources start running low too. They turn towards the other clans territories for more prey, and boom! War. From there it could really go anywhere.
Tunnels are a great idea! Maybe used by the clan that lives the highest up, in a more sparse, mountain-y area? Cave camp, secret tunnels... That would be really nice.
Yes, definetly! All those things are a big part of what makes Warriors interesting, after all.
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Post by exceed on Jun 9, 2018 17:08:39 GMT -5
i'm fine with keeping it to starclan and for medicine cats and leaders to have most of the contact. a plot device could be used with apprentices, though- they're all taken to the contact point with starclan at least once, and perhaps something could happen there.
speaking of the contact point, i was thinking that instead of a pool or a rock, their contact could be more intangible- perhaps the highest point in the territories, sleeping under the stars on a peak with the closeness to the stars allowing for contact?
i know that fertilizer/pesticides from farms has affected at least bird populations with the runoff into streams, so it wouldn't be a stretch to say that it could affect the more common prey population depending on what's used. but yeah, the clans would want to keep their prey instead of sharing, and that clan oversteps their boundaries...the perfect setup for conflict.
mhm! the most mysterious clan, i'd think- perhaps they keep to themselves a bit more until provoked. if we go with a high-up contact point, they could maybe feel more connected to starclan- not that most would get dreams, but perhaps they feel above the other clans in that regard. (maybe a conflict opportunity there?)
ahhh i feel like this'll be really fun!
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Post by shark on Jun 9, 2018 17:37:13 GMT -5
We can still use it as a plot device later, I agree, but as a general rule leaders + healers have the most contact.
Considering it's called "Starclan" a peak would be both logical and cool. Let's do that.
I don't think we really have to bother with the specifics of the pollution, the cats won't know anyways, so let's leave it at that. It serves the purpose of setting up the base conflict.
If the mountain/cave/tunnel clan feels closest to the stars, then the field clan would probably be the one that feels the most removed from them. And is also probably the one with the highest amount of former pets in their ranks, which maybe wouldn't go over that well with the mountain clan. I think those two would definitly rarely get along. (Conflict + best spot for forbidden romance?)
While we're on the topic of spots, I like the idea of the clans meeting place being a group of large, flat stones and boulders in the shallow parts of the lake. The cats wade trough the water to assemble on clear full-moon nights, where they can see the stars and moon reflected on the clear water of the lake.
Me too! I'm really excited to do this, but it's getting really late here, so I'm going to go to sleep now. See ya!
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 3:38:09 GMT -5
Morning! (Or whatever other time of the day it may be)
There is a place for planning clans, right? Should we maybe relocate there for the moment until we have the whole thing planned out?
I'm not sure yet, but high & low territories are probably not next to each other. Purely logisically, there should be at least one clan between tge one on the peaks and the sides of the mountain, and the one that lives on flat land. I have a layout of the valley in mind, but I'm not sure yet if it would work.
Meeting there has to be hell in the colder months tho, especially if the lake doesn't freeze... There is probably a dry way to get onto the rocks, if we don't want our cats do die from being in the cold water.
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 9:01:11 GMT -5
afternoon, yes
Ah, okay. I thought we'd be opening a new thread anyways for a nice title and cleaner layout etc. (the actual rp threads do seem to be very fancy here)but if we're staying here that's fine too.
I spent the morning fiddling with some layouts and ideas, but I haven't really found one that works yet. Because of the valley shape, and the Clan in the fields being completely outside it, it's difficult to get somewhat even, logically situated territories. One of the problems was also that I had very little information to work with concerning the other two clans. I had the rough idea to have one of them by the waterfalls and inbetween the streams running down the mountain, with their camp being some abandoned old human structure. An old tower ruin for example. They'd be more on the far side of the lake (or whatever large body of water we decide on it being in the end) tho, so not inbetween the high and low clans, but basically behind them. I don't know if I'm making any sense at all, I tried making a map but I'm terrible at that. And I don't have anything for the last clan...Other than just putting them into the forest.
Concerning the lake, it is technically a river, but because of the valley structure it gathers in the middle to become almost lake-like, until the valley narrows again and it goes back to being a river. If that makes sense.
Stepping stones, maybe? the larger boulders on which the cats sit are a bit further into the lake, maybe, but there's enough smaller ones between that that they can get across?
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Post by exceed on Jun 10, 2018 9:46:07 GMT -5
ah, i can open up something in the 1x1 forums! lemme grab it real quick and throw you a link c:
here's the link
mm, that makes sense. dealing with theoretical landscapes is always a bit hard haha we don't have to focus on all four clans but hm. a forest one would be good, at least to just have one in the forest while the others aren't. we have -field/farm clan -mountains clan -waterfall/ruin clan? perhaps also partially in a forested area? (maybe they also have access to a few tunnels?) -forest clan
ah, okay. sorry, i was a bit confused there ^^ that sounds good!
stepping stones sounds good. perhaps apprentices aren't allowed in the winter, though, just in case they slip off.
would you prefer to move to the new thread now?
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 10:05:03 GMT -5
I think if we move now, it would just clutter the new thread as well and it would be rdundant to have even made a new thread? Or we can move there for planning and come back here later? I'm not sure what your plan is rn.
I made a premlinary map but I'll have to figure out how to put it on here. That might take a while (Also bc I need to go for about two hours now to write some essays). I think we should just leave it at what you just said, so Forest, Waterfall + Ruin + Forest, Highlands + Caves and Farms. We could also give the Forest Clan a few of the hills on the border to the farmland clan.
As I said, I'll be back in maybe two hours or so. Hopefully with maps.
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Post by exceed on Jun 10, 2018 10:14:37 GMT -5
ahh i'm sorry, i figured that you wanted to move over there if you wish, we can plan here and move there to rp or just both plan and rp here? it's your call.
that sounds perfect! and if you need to put it on here, your best bet would be an image hosting thing like this.
i hope your essays go well c: i'll be thinking of a few things we could do in the rp and some stuff for the clans ^^
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 12:43:23 GMT -5
I'm not really sure how the forum works yet, so sorry if I'm confusing you! I think we should just stay here for now, to avoid further confusion, haha. This should theoretically show a rough map of the area. Maybe. If it works. (Edit: Try nr. 5 worked. Yaay) Thanks! Have you thought of anything else?
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Post by exceed on Jun 10, 2018 16:17:03 GMT -5
sorry that it's been a few hours, i fell asleep :")
& ok, staying here (thumbs up)
just curious, what did you use to make the map? it's super cool o: and is it possible for the valley to open up a little more or for the farmland to be on both sides of the river? it seems like it would be a little more even that way. and haha i just realized, the medicine cat from the farm clan would most likely hate the trek to the highest peak when the med cats go up there. i assume the forest clan would take the thicker stretch of forest on the top side and a portion of the mountains behind them?
i've been thinking of a few things. for things we could throw in as we want, there's always unexplained murders that provoke conflict (if a cat's able to wipe suspicion of themselves), a fake medicine cat (not really fake, just doesn't believe in starclan- might work best in the farm clan), and then there's the heartbreaking "we used to be friends but now we're on two different sides of a conflict" that could occur between cats that became friends across clans at gatherings.
on a less plot relevant side, i've mostly been thinking of names for the clans. stormclan, cirrusclan, galeclan for the mountain clan mistclan, streamclan for the tower clan pineclan, birchclan, (insert tree here)clan for the forest clan harvestclan, sunclan for the farm clan
a bit hard to figure out what the farm clan could be called lmao
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 16:58:31 GMT -5
I was typing my reply for like 20 minutes and then it just went and deleted it -_- Here we go again, in shorter form bc I need sleep.
Map: Inkarnate, it's a free online fantasy map making portal. Not the best but easier than breaking out my rather horrible digital art skills and making one from scratch.
Yes, I'll add more farmland tomorrow + put in lines to show borders
I had a good bit of plot written out that I'm not going to repeat now, remind me to tell you about my ideas for forbidden friendships tomorrow.
Names: What's a cirrus? I like GaleClan, might also suggest HighClan and RidgeClan For the TowerClan I got, well, TowerClan but also FallsClan and sth else which I don't remember rn FirClan for (insert random tree)Clan?
I've got the most names for the FarmClan actually, it's just that they're all... stupid. RyeClan, FieldClan, GrassClan, PlainClan, LightClan, BrightClan were some of my ideas, the latter two (like your SunClan) going off the idea of brightness/light/wide, light-filled open plains
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Post by exceed on Jun 10, 2018 17:25:49 GMT -5
r i p
and oh, nice! i was wondering where everyone was getting such nice maps from
forbidden friendships? (eyes emoji)
the name cirrusclan is pulled from cirrus clouds, which are a type of cloud that forms at high altitudes tbh, i do really like ryeclan for the farm clan? it just sounds really nice, and ties into the type of territory they have. i don't doubt that they know what names for crops are at this point, since they live in the area.
the tree clan could also be oakclan, ashclan, mapleclan...i'm drawn towards pineclan, though, since i feel like they'd have a lot of those, & i'm also drawn closer to mistclan for the tower clan (because of mist from the waterfall and on misty days).
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Post by shark on Jun 10, 2018 17:47:14 GMT -5
Yeah, you can make pretty good basic maps with it.
Tomorrow. I might be a terrible insomniac but not enough that I'll stay up another half an hour to detail that out again.
Sorry, you said science words and my brain left. RyeClan it is. That was the first idea I had and the one I continue to like best.
I don't really like pineclan as a name, that's why I suggested fir instead. It's also pine-y but not pine. While I like the idea of mist and know what you mean, i just don't like the sound of 'mistclan'. Probaly also bc "mist" has a bit of a negative connotation, considering that it means sh*t in my native language (insert shrug emoji).
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Post by shark on Jun 11, 2018 0:00:12 GMT -5
Yeah, I got that much But as a word it's kinda specific and sciency so... what would you prefer for the mountain clan? Alright so we're keeping Rye and Fir. Ivy, maybe? Ivy grows on abandoned structures a lot. Actually, if we go with Ivy, can we find a plant with three letters that grows somewhere high up for the mountain clan? There does seem to be a pattern.
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Post by shark on Jun 11, 2018 10:48:02 GMT -5
I didn't actually know that there was a Sky Clan until a few days ago, because it got translated as "Cloud Clan", so I was a little confused until I found out it was the same thing. I'll do another bit of research and see if I find anything. Otherwise we'll go with either gale or a plant that's often found up there to match the theme.
Right, forbidden friendship. I'll get to that in a minute.
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Post by shark on Jun 11, 2018 11:04:29 GMT -5
Yew is a kind of tree or shrub that should theoretically maybe grow on the border of the mountain clan. They cod be named "YewClan" because their territory starts when you reach a long strip of yew trees? I know it's on the far end of plausible but the best I could find rn
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Post by shark on Jun 11, 2018 11:52:32 GMT -5
Really? What did they do or interpret differently?
I'm not sure where ash trees grow either. Let's go with yew? It sounds a bit more dangerous, especially in a border function, since it's poisonous.
YewClan, FirClan, RyeClan and IvyClan?
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