Ivyclan and Willowclan Joining and OOC page

Embers idea sounds good, even if for a few more weeks so we can continue rping whilst giving blue just a little more time?

Ember’s got a good idea.

I still have one character free (Cedarstorm) to roleplay with. I think at least some of us that aren’t going on vacation & whatnot can rp at least 1-2 times a week? If that’s doable.

First things first, my sincerest apologies for the delay on getting to this. I should have at least warned everyone, but as soon as I got back home from vacation they threw me on 7 days this week at work so I've just been busy and exhausted. That aside, I wanted to get this up because I know me and few others have been concerned lately that the roleplay is almost dead. So below I've tagged everyone and listed the two obvious options we have. Neither of these are obviously set in stone so please, everyone voice their thoughts and opinions on what we should do. The end goal is to come up with a plan to keep us all motivated and keep things moving forward while Blue is absent.

Anywho, we have two obvious options before us to go with. A reboot and a temp leadership change. The big one would be a reboot. With this one we'd for the most part be sticking with the majority of the characters and plot ideas while Blue's characters get replaced/removed with stand-ins for the reboot. This would also give the clan an opportunity to have the front page updated and members added as need be. However, like everyone else I still hold a belief that there is a chance Blue will return to the roleplay. With that said, if we make this decision we'd best give her more time to come back if we ended up doing it. With this one we'll also need to discuss a few more things I'll be bringing up in our second option that Ember suggested. In the end this should be a last resort option and even then it's not entirely right and would ultimatley be unfair to Blue as this is her story and roleplay.

The second option is what Ember brought up. With Blue gone at the moment, Shatterfrost would take over as 'clan leader' until either Blue returns or a more severe choice like option 1 had to be made. With this we'll want to discuss how we want to go about things. Firstly, we'll need to come up with a reason/plot as to why Thistlestar has taken a leave of absence. Whether it be because she got sick, injured, etc. Secondly, we'll need to figure out whether or not that we start moving the more minor plots forward such as the apprentice's finding their powerstones. The rogue plot we can probably move forward with if we want, but we'll most likely want to hold off on the planned future war until we have a more solid decision on the clan's future. On another note, like my character Icepaw, I do believe we have a few Warrior ceremonies that should be coming up soon as well. If Darkwillow agrees, Shatterfrost will need to take care of the typical leadership duties such as things like that. Thirdly, we need to discuss who will make the decision on new members joining or if it's it'll be a group choice. With this we'll also want to discuss if we want to open up a new thread to keep track of new members and plots happening since no one will be able to edit the home page.

Theres a few other things I know I'm probably leaving out for the moment, but for right now let's talk over what we have here so far. So far something like option 2 would be the smartest choice, but I'd like everyone I'm gonna tag at the end to voice their opinions as well if they get the chance to see this. So, here's what needs to be discussed.

1. What is our plan for Thistlestar and Ryestar's absence?
2. If Darkwillow doesn't want Shatterfrost to take temporary leadership we need to talk about who should instead.
3. A temp leadership will also need to be talked about for Willowclan. Moon and Ember hold the deputies for Willow so you two will want to discuss that most likely.
4. Which plots will we want to move forward after the leadership change and which ones do we want to avoid?
5. Should a separate page be set up to keep track of new members, news, etc. until a reboot decision is made?

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I also like the second option. And a separate page to keep track of new members sounds good too. No ideas for why Thistlestar would be absent yet but I'm sure we can come up with something

And sorry for being absent for so long, I still have to write my replies in both clans and our rogue page. And in another rp. Still having a hard time focusing on actual rping right now but I hope to get some replies up this week or weekend!

Idk, it feels weird to take over the rp with Blue gone

I’m obviously not part of the roleplay yet so I don’t really hold any sway, I like the idea for a separate members page that way when/if she returns she won’t be overwhelmed.
I think just continuing on as normal and avoiding any of the planned big plot points would be best.
Regarding blue’s characters, maybe just free up your characters with the assumption that that plot point can be restarted at some point or assume it’s finished, which also removes any pressure from blue to rush straight back into replies if/when she comes back.
I do think we should probably have the deputy’s take over in a sense, but not as leaders, just doing their usual. Again I think it’s best we just sort of pretend blue’s characters are busy/not available so that she can make her own decisions on what happened to them while she was gone when/if she returns

I agree with you Sand, and forgive me if any of that sounded like I was simply saying we only had the two options period. My apologies in general if all that sounded like we had to take over and there wasn't another choice. That's why I added that last paragraph, so people could voice their thoughts about what we need to do. I'm trying to help by being a mediator to get us all together so we can figure things out to keep the roleplay going. We obviously need to do something to keep things moving, but I agree that we also need to be respectful to Blue in the process as Sand said. I wasn't the only one starting to get worried because things were slowing down so I wanted to get us all into a conversation to figure out what we wanted to do. And don't worry Moon, now that mostly everyones spoke it's obvious we don't need or want some kind take over, but I still think all of us need to discuss some things together. The goal here is to figure out how to keep things moving forward while Blue is absent. After reading through you're guyses replies, this is how things are sounding so far.

For starters, when we say 'temp leader' we're simply referring to characters going to the deputy instead of the leader with any necessary problems or concerns. That and they'd be the ones having to handle any tougher situations. Not saying they'd be straight up taking over and play leader while Blue's gone. So far, it seems everyone's fine with this as long as that role isn't abused or overdone. The other thing I'm seeing is that it's safe to agree that the best course of action for Blue's characters moving forward is to ignore them and move others forward while letting her decide what they did in the meantime if or when she returns.

The other thing I'm seeing, is that we mostly agree a seperate page should be put up for news, new members, etc. At least to keep track of things. Also, while I think it's great that you're willing to make front page updates Sand, it'd probably be best for anything covered in Blue's absense to be all in one place for her to look at rather than buried in the front page. Let me know you're thoughts though.

Membership is something we should also talk about as well if we want to be keeping this fair in Blue's absense. Should we take in new members and if so when should we stop? Personally I'd like to see Bloodrose get the chance to properly join, but I want to hear what we all think is best regarding new members in general.

The biggest thing that needs to be discussed though, is plots. This is the largest reason things have come to a stand still. For the most part, it sounds like a good chunk of things are mostly gonna remain the same now, but this is the topic we truly need to discuss to keep things moving forward. Together we need to come up with a plot for Ivyclan and Willowclan that we can work with in Blue's absense. Something interesting and impactful, but nothing that's gonna break the bigger plots or greatly affect Blue's characters.

One other thing that we should discuss is what Pine brought up. Are we gonna keep the clock moving forward basically. As Pine said it's probably best not to do ceramonies or gatherings, but are we gonna want to act as if they did happen? So say an apprentice turns 12. Do we want to treat them as a warrior whose aged up or keep them as be?

In conclusion this is what I see and what we need to still discuss.

1. We agree that a temp page for posting news and members while Blue is gone is fine. We need to discuss how we want to handle new members since we aren't the roleplay owners and Blue is still MIA.

2. It seems we agree that the deputies will 'take charge' in a sense and be the go to character instead of the leader. This just simply means they'll be carrying out their normal duties and if anything goes wrong they'll have to handle the situation instead of the clan leader. Basically a deputies normal job. With this, it also seems we are all in agreement it's best to simply ignore Blue's characters and let her decide their actions if or when she returns.

3. We need to come up with a couple plots for both Willowclan and Ivyclan. I personally feel we need to be willing to do some more intense stuff as long as everyone agrees, but we obviously want to stay away from anything extreme and over the top. Idle conversations and situations can only carry us all so far, but it definatley should still be done. For now, we ignore the war plot for obvious reasons. It might be best to ignore the Powerstone quests as well in this case, but we should probably discuss this further as well on what does and doesn't feel right. Maybe we could consider a powerstone quest at some point, but the current one should be put on hold till Blue returns.

4. We should discuss how we want to handle time. Probably best we ignore Ceramonies and Gatherings for the time being, but I think we should share our thoughts on this. Do we want ageing to continue and do we want apprentices to be able to turn into warriors while Blue's gone. Simply put, should time flow normally in the roleplay?

Alright ^^ If we do the separate page thing we could still put your character there along with the other ones that haven't been accepted yet

As for the rp, I dunno how far ahead we should move with the plot and the timeline. We can't really skip too far ahead since the upcoming gathering is kind of relevant. Mintpaw and his siblings will be there after all and Willowclan will find out about those three not being old enough to train
If we do some small timeskips the next one could simply be ending the day and making it nighttime. I'm mainly suggesting this because this way we could do more rogue stuff without them running into too many clancats. Neither Ivyclan nor Willowclan should see too much of them yet, after all.
Another reason is that Deerpaw suggested to Darkclaw sneaking out of camp to go to the berry fields at night. And since some of our rogues have hunted there during the day those two will probably find their scents and will also realized that some strangers have stolen some prey. Definitely something they'd report to their clan (unless they decide to keep quiet so they won't have to admit they sneaked out at night). We'd need 𝚛𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚢 for this one though

I’m fine with Shatterfrost being a temporary leader!

Hey

So, is anything going to happen with the IvyClan and WillowClan roleplays? Or is everyone done with them, I'm kinda dissapointed since blue's elemental clan idea was pretty cool and fun to rp.

Blue just disappeared-

Me too.