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Post by emberspark. on Dec 13, 2023 2:03:42 GMT -5
Do you feel like your fan-fiction is bland and terrible or too overstimulating? Well, look no further, for I have the answers in my grasp! Here I can tell you all about plots, cats, and story writing in general. Look through this thread.
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Post by emberspark. on Dec 13, 2023 2:51:03 GMT -5
“My names are bland.”
It’s a very common occurrence that the boring yet most used suffixes happen to be: Claw, Fang, Pelt, Leg, Fur, Eye, and Wing. I’m not trying to say that those suffixes cannot be used in any good context or be paired with a catchy prefix like Fishclaw; that rolls off the tongue well, but more about names that end up being: Whiteclaw, Blackfang, Brackenpelt, Grayleg, Redfur, and Fireeye. So I’ll be adding some rules and regulations to make very nice and satisfying names, but before that happens; here are some names I made up. (Don’t use them in your fanfic because I’m already using them in mine.) Sleepysnook, Squirrelpounce, Zapchatter, Ravensky, Shellfeather, Shadowdream, Cinderbreeze, Tatteredskip, and Leopardshadow.
1. No Ableism.
Taking the usual stroll around the warrior cats name verse, you often see names that can be either goofy, or flat out sad. Foxheart, Maggottail, Ratscar, Brokentail, and Yellowfang can all come across as hilarious. And while these names are just bad and not ableist, you would still want to avoid these types of names so put a pin in that. Back to ableist names however, they usually include: One-Eye, Tornear, Crookedjaw, Brokentail, and etc. “How are they ableist” they’re ableist because they’re named after their disability or injury, which is mainly to shame or degrade them. So please, avoid these types of names. I’m not gonna call anyone who makes these types of names ableist, mainly because they don’t read guides on fanfiction or naming or aren’t very up-to-date with the main state of the warrior cats fandom, and also are influenced by the earlier warrior cat names.
2. Shake it up!
This may seem odd, but feel every right to shake up the prefixes and suffixes, and add your own! You don’t need to use the words flower, or golden, or cloud, or heather to describe a soft-furred she-cat or tom that’s softspoken too. Use cool words like zap, sequoia, opal, teal, water, shattered, cave, shiver, sleepy, spike, tiny, sheep, drift, ETC!! and come up with your own cause I’m not a generator ppl. Also, make sure that they have relevance to your character. The same goes for suffixes too, like stem, bud, rose, spice, spark, etc.
3. Meaning! *EMPHASIS*
So I mentioned this multiple times in number two, but make sure the name you made has relevance to the character. The reason why Redclaw or Redeye or Rainbowheart are terrible names, is because they mean genuinely nothing. While I encourage basing names off of cats appearances, it’s good to mix it with their appearances. Whitetail, Blackfoot, Bluefur, and Spotfur are personally names you should avoid. They don’t have enough creativity to give them reason for the naming besides oh; “this cats fur is blue-gray, this cats tail is white, this cat has a black foot / paws, and this cat has spots on their fur!” Here are some name examples before and after they are changed. Unchanged:
Blackfur: dark tabby tom. Whitepelt: white she-cat with hay-yellow eyes. Tall-leg: black and white tom with orange paws. Birdwing: tall tortie she-cat.
Changed:
Nightstripe: slender dark gray tabby tom. Snowpelt: ice-white soft furred she-cat with light yellow eyes. Sleeklegs: swirled black, white and orange tom. Falconwing / Orchidwing: brindled tortoiseshell she-cat.
see how the names are so much more interesting now? I just saved your reader 1000 moments of bored groans. But now we are entering the plot points sections!
1. DONT INCLUDE SUPER SENSITIVE TOPICS.
This alone can save your entire warriors au, let me explain. I’m mainly talking about r*pe and that stuff yeah. It’s unacceptable and I don’t give a shit if it’s part of your lore.
More tomorrow!
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