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Post by rookheart on Sept 2, 2021 18:05:13 GMT -5
I've been lurking on these forums for a while now, but I haven't seen a thread like this, correct me if I'm wrong!
There's a lot of cats in this series, and there's only so many designs they can do, but some designs feel very... Uninspired or straight up not very memorable for cats clearly intended to be memorable. Please note this is not for fanon designs, so unless you want to praise a fanon design for making a bland design good, I'd leave them out of it! Please also don't go out and make fun of anyone's designs.
Dustpelt is my personal pick, for an Into the Wild apprentice, he is so... Bland to me? He's just a brown tabby with no interesting features. We've gotten very cool descriptions for everyone else in that group is distinct.
Greystripe and Ravenpaw are fat (Ravenpaw starts skinny to boot), Firestar is a shining cheeto, and Sandstorm is depicted in artwork as sleek and has a hunter's pose. Dustpelt is just. A cat you could find on the streets, and doesn't even have cool scars or features. Also Greystripe's single stripe from his head to tail is very cute and distinct. It's because of this design that I find him forgettable honestly. I think the fandom honestly feels this considering he often looks like another brown tabby cat.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Sept 2, 2021 18:09:18 GMT -5
all the gray cats with blue/blue-green eyes in a row. dovewing, twigbranch, bristlefrost. and if frostpaw is similar in ASC, then i'll be more peeved...and also, toms looking like their dads is over used. birchfall should have been silver tabby for his name AND because he should look more like his mom instead.
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Post by rookheart on Sept 2, 2021 18:24:51 GMT -5
all the gray cats with blue/blue-green eyes in a row. dovewing, twigbranch, bristlefrost. and if frostpaw is similar in ASC, then i'll be more peeved...and also, toms looking like their dads is over used. birchfall should have been silver tabby for his name AND because he should look more like his mom instead. Oh this is such a big issue with me, I know it's silly, but all these blue and green eyed grey cats drive me nuts! Genetics wise, toms get their colour from their mom. If the mom is a tortie, they'll get one of her colours. So cats like Brambleclaw are... ???? He's the first one that comes to mind because he's kind of egregious, as he should be golden. Its a fantasy cat book series with a child audience, so obviously genetics don't matter that much, but it happens over and over... Rootspring too actually, he should be black and white, or a brown and white tabby... Though I don't think the Erins or working partners understand basic cat genetics, so I'd just like one tom to look like their mom just once. Except for Patchkit looking like Mapleshade, they've done this three times OMG.
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Post by Rainsplash on Sept 2, 2021 18:28:45 GMT -5
Ew I thought Dustpelt was a GRAY tabby because, you know, dust is... gray? Well that's just my issue and I don't like tortoiseshells coming up so much.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Sept 2, 2021 18:31:10 GMT -5
all the gray cats with blue/blue-green eyes in a row. dovewing, twigbranch, bristlefrost. and if frostpaw is similar in ASC, then i'll be more peeved...and also, toms looking like their dads is over used. birchfall should have been silver tabby for his name AND because he should look more like his mom instead. Oh this is such a big issue with me, I know it's silly, but all these blue and green eyed grey cats drive me nuts! Genetics wise, toms get their colour from their mom. If the mom is a tortie, they'll get one of her colours. So cats like Brambleclaw are... ???? He's the first one that comes to mind because he's kind of egregious, as he should be golden. Its a fantasy cat book series with a child audience, so obviously genetics don't matter that much, but it happens over and over... Rootspring too actually, he should be black and white, or a brown and white tabby... Though I don't think the Erins or working partners understand basic cat genetics, so I'd just like one tom to look like their mom just once. Except for Patchkit looking like Mapleshade, they've done this three times OMG. its such an easy rule to follow for toms genetics too. more toms should look like their moms instead of the cliche brambleclaw route "i look like my bad dad! drama!" and now that birch has been retconned to be brown, ferncloud has no kits alive that look like her! what a crime...poor ferncloud... there should 100% be more calicos and torties in the clans. it would make their version of genetics more fun and give more creative looking kits. like spotfur looking exactly like ashfur weirds me out...
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Sept 2, 2021 18:50:27 GMT -5
Gray designs.
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Post by Chicken on Sept 2, 2021 19:00:47 GMT -5
I agree with what everyone else has said, like I love grey cats, but they're soo overused at this point. Also, they should have less toms being clones of their father and less she-cats being clones of their mother, that is soooo cliché. As for a singular cat whose design I don't enjoy much, probably Sorrelpaw from Tallstar's Revenge.
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Post by 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 on Sept 2, 2021 19:04:45 GMT -5
Solid gray cats are getting really boring.
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Post by rookheart on Sept 2, 2021 19:15:23 GMT -5
What I find particularly strange is that grey cats can be really pretty. Warriors just chooses the same designs over and over as if the entire team is being forced to include generic grey cat because their neighbours got a grey cat that they just have to represent or they will develop an eternal depression.
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Post by rabbit on Sept 2, 2021 19:22:28 GMT -5
Important characters being gray cats with blue eyes. Clear Sky, Cinderpelt, Cinderheart, Ashfur, Sliverstream, Feathertail, Bristlefrost, Mistyfoot, Bluestar, Bristlefrost. Jayfeather, and Dovewing if you choose to interpret her eyes as blue...
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Post by rookheart on Sept 2, 2021 20:13:19 GMT -5
Important characters being gray cats with blue eyes. Clear Sky, Cinderpelt, Cinderheart, Ashfur, Sliverstream, Feathertail, Bristlefrost, Mistyfoot, Bluestar, Bristlefrost. Jayfeather, and Dovewing if you choose to interpret her eyes as blue... I actually feel Ashfur, Silverstream, and Jayfeather are exceptions to this rule because of their other design choices. While I've never liked Jayfeather's fanon eyes (it's not accurate and feels very stereotypical), it is a defining characteristic. Silverstream has black stripes, and Ashfur is a spotted grey tabby. We don't have enough variance in grey cats in my opinion, and it's possible for them to be unique. I think Clear Sky gets away with it by virtue of having white spots. But the rest of these are just.. Solid grey cats. Bluestar barely dodges Just Grey Cat With Blue Eyes because of her scar.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Sept 3, 2021 7:53:05 GMT -5
As others have said already, there's too many gray cats with blue eyes running around in this series, it's boring.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Sept 3, 2021 10:46:04 GMT -5
gray cats would be less boring if they were noted to have some distinct feature. like how ferncloud had dark speckles, or maybe floofy long fur, or a white paw, something
it is weird that there isnt more coat variation, considering how varied cats naturally are. Black and white, point, torbies, calicos, spotted, creams, brown and white tabbies, velvety fur, mackerels, blue, or heck, just more gingers. Instead I feel like every other cat is just brown tabby, solid white, or solid gray.
Someone else said that the OG characters had more distinct designs, and I agree. Think about Leopardstar, Lionheart, Ravenpaw, Bluestar, Yellowfang, even basic b!$@# Tigerclaw the tabby was known for his long claws.
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Post by Rainfire on Sept 3, 2021 10:50:05 GMT -5
Bristlefrost's design is the only one I have an issue with. I'm so used to seeing the amazing designs the fandom comes up with for her, so it's kinda disappointing to remember that she's just a plain, solid pale gray cat in canon.
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Post by Chicken on Sept 3, 2021 10:51:00 GMT -5
gray cats would be less boring if they were noted to have some distinct feature. like how ferncloud had dark speckles, or maybe floofy long fur, or a white paw, somethingit is weird that there isnt more coat variation, considering how varied cats naturally are. Black and white, point, torbies, calicos, spotted, creams, brown and white tabbies, velvety fur, mackerels, blue, or heck, just more gingers. Instead I feel like every other cat is just brown tabby, solid white, or solid gray. Someone else said that the OG characters had more distinct designs, and I agree. Think about Leopardstar, Lionheart, Ravenpaw, Bluestar, Yellowfang, even basic b!$@# Tigerclaw the tabby was known for his long claws. Agreed! From what I've seen, a lot of people don't think points are possible in the wild, but that's not exactly true, I've seen plenty of feral foster kittens, a lot of which were pointed. There are also cats, like Emberfoot, whose descriptions point to him being a blue mink point or something. There really does need to be more coat variation, especially with the main characters.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 3, 2021 11:12:50 GMT -5
I've always disliked Thunder and Rosetail's pixel designs
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Post by crowspirit on Sept 3, 2021 13:06:05 GMT -5
Bristlefrost, uh. She's just gray with blue eyes. We have so many of these already. Why couldn't they make her a dilute tortie? It wouldn't only be genetically accurate, but also way more unique.
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Post by Chicken on Sept 3, 2021 13:07:46 GMT -5
Bristlefrost, uh. She's just gray with blue eyes. We have so many of these already? Why couldn't they make her a dilute tortie? It wouldn't only be genetically accurate, but also way more unique. A dilute tortie would have been perfect, and it would have made her genetically correct. Though, I think a dilute calico could be even better.
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