This Is Problematic Of Me (joke) But I Really Enjoy The Splashing Of French Into English Speech Or Writing.

In your Jewel redesign, you said that Wasp probably wouldn’t let her get away with full drag, but that does make me curious. What would a dragon in drag would look like?

you will not BELIEVE how much I've thought about this, both during and after designing her. I can answer your question and beyond!!

The (Drag) Queens of Pantala

In order to properly explore Pantalan drag, I first looked to the (cultural) definition of drag itself, as well as learning some brief history. With the first known preformance occurring in 1867 (Although not truly popularized until the 19th century,) Human Rights Campaign and other LGBTQ+ organizations describe drag as a preformance art form that uses costumes, makeup and other tools to illustrate exaggerated expressions of gender identity, intended to critique gender inequality or other social justice issues. Drag has traditionally been preformed/pioneered by members of the LGBTQ+ community, predominantly gay men and/or people of color.

With this in mind, Pantalan drag was most likely created and developed by Silkwings (especially in jewel hive) as a form of protest art. I imagine the movement was later popularized by hivewing audiences, becoming more palatable to the wider public after being endorsed by a privileged group as art movements often are. While there are a myriad of social justice issues Pantalan drag could have originally meant to critique, the loss of Silkwing rights and deforestation of Pantala were probably the two main driving topics.

Their Artistic Process

As for the actual production of drag costumes or makeup, Silkwings would have had to work with what was available to them - fruits, vegetables, basic dyes/craft materials and their own silk. They would construct their own jewelry using beads instead of gold, weave their garments, and grind mica with pigments and oil to make eyeshadow.

Leaves, roots and trees would be frequent design elements of early drag: with the eye-catching glamour of a dragon working to simultaneously distract detractors and seek out supporters. Heavy accessorizing and imagery of wealth would also be important to presenting Silkwings as equal to Hivewings, through metaphorical sense. The processes of creating Pantalan drag is what leads me to believe it would prosper best in jewel hive: outside of their relaxed rules and support of Silk/Hive equality, they would also have easiest access to craft materials, dyes and a lively art scene.. endorsed by Lady Jewel herself.

Just a few thoughts on drag. Thanks for asking this question! I was looking for a chance to spill and you gave it to me ( ´ ▽ ` ).｡ｏ♡

starting a compilation please feel free to add more

Damn i havent posted in a while

anyways

dragonets :]

feel free to use these hc designs if youd like just dont use my ART as your own yk

Man, how do you think the kit feels in that scenario. Lil’ Whitekit, destined to be Whitefoot, gets no fun or surprise out of their warrior name. Well, unless Leaderstar is a spiteful motherfucker I guess. Tchehehe

Not to have warrior cats thoughts on main again but I wonder if it's considered gauche to name your kit in such a way that it's really clear you're gunning for a specific warrior name.

Like if Appleflower over in the nursery gives birth to a tortoiseshell with one white paw and names her Whitekit, does her leader give her a strong side-eye and think I see what you did there, I know you're trying to railroad me into fucking Whitefoot or Whitestep, and I swear to StarClan if I'm still leader by the time that thing has a ceremony, she's Whitecloud. I'll do it just to be a dick to you specifically, you can't fucking tell me what to do

Little phone doodle of my skykid from way back during Season of Enchanting. My love for ultimate gift turban + weasel mask is strong.

A lovely nurse just asked if it was alright to keep my door open a little bit because it squeaks so much (though not like the door latches at all anyway lol) and I then learned the fact that the night shift checks on us every 30 minutes so that’s cool. Way more often than I thought and I’ve spent 2 nights here already lol.

Oh these are lovely!

I particularly love the designs for Scar and Bdubs <3

Felt randomly seized by the urge to cat-ify some Hermits while procrastinating an impending deadline.

Not sure how big the Hermits x Warriors cross section is, but here's my gift to the few in the middle lol. I know I'm not the first making this, so apologies if I've unintentionally copied a similar name/colour scheme.

I imagine they were all strays/house cats before they joined Hermitclan, which roams spending seasons at different places. Littlebird is an absolute menace, catching farmer's chickens and Mosspelt is fascinated by horses, using their hair to accessorise (and being teased for it).