D'artanyan (Uber Rare Cat)

Been getting back into battle cats recently so i tried my hand at redrawing the very first battle cats fanart i ever made :)

If anyone that remembers my 2022 fanart posting spree back is still around, dont expect that much if any more fanart from me, all my courses are hell this semester haha

The old piece in case yall dont wanna scroll down my profile for it ! it turns 3 years old in just a couple weeks

I'm not sure if I should boost him, should I?

(Btw I have phono)

I guess this is my lucky day! I got dasli & meow-sketeer, I actually think this is my worst fest unit because of his low standing range & having basically no health. But I still like him & his first forms kb animation

(Btw here's all my fest units in order of when I got them)

D’artanyan Anniversary Hat pfp 2: 10th Anniversary Edition

Meow sketeer at a simple glance seem's to be...basic. Sure, he has a charming design. Handsome to some, or if you're really down bad......oh dear.

Seem's like a normal, typical fest, right?....right...?

WRONG.

Meow sketeer is a bit more in depth of a character, a bit more then what Most people know.

FIRST FORM

In Meow sketeer's first form, D'artanyan. Who i will be referring to him as from here on out. He's clearly much younger, and a child. Possibly more naive. Labelled as unaware of his own strength. And implied to have joined the battle cats from a young age. A lot to prove of his own worth.He's clearly established to be leading his 3 little basic cats. Although, the cats seem to be guiding him in some way. At this point in his life, he's inexpierenced, his sword wrapped in bandages. Obvious signs of mishandeling.

He's ok.

SECOND FORM

D'artanyan is grown up now, taller. His hat fitting him, the bandana now replaced by a full cloak. His cats now rest on his head. A sign that they aren't helping him as much, taking a backseat.

His sword is fixed up. And he now handles firearms (his gun). He's obviously got some type of muscule in his legs. You can tell by how high he jumps.

He also has mastered some type of elemental attack, showing how a simple set of swipes from his sword, along with his gun. Create a massive explosion.

Something else mentioned that I saw once is that he has a ponytail. Revealed in his animation for a few frames. Wrong again. Simply an animation error.

The most notable feature about D'artanyan is his metallic right arm. From the looks to it, It seems permanently attached.

I believe this arm is clearly the result of something traumatic. Aka, Losing his old arm.

Some might say this could be armor (an interperatation that I've seen). But comparing the two arms frame by frame in animation. Implies his right arm would need to be much skinnier and smaller then his left. Unlikely. Maybe he lost it in battle when he was younger? Perhaps lost it in an attempt to save others? He's stated to "risk it all to protect his comrades", maybe he lost it in saving his own fellow soldiers? Did he succeed? Did he fail? Either way, it's clearly bound to have an effect on his life. Afterwards, he probably had it replaced. Did Ototo fix it for him? it'd make sense logically. Maybe someone else did it. But that's stretching to sections that seem to lack any evidence of.

But from this alone. He's not all well mentally, which can be concluded by the implications of the metallic arm just existing.

From this, I transition to my next segment.

DARKTANYAN (the lover in question)

D'arktanyan is the epicfest counterpart to D'artanyan. Through D'arktanyan, we can see more about Dart's own character. Which can support some of my own theories.

According to the collaboration entry for D'arktanyan, In the game Merc Storia. He personally believes he himself is a manifestation born from the Illusions and Traumas of Dartanyan. Below is the merc storia entry translated by google (may be unreliable)

"A black musketeer who will make any sacrifice for justice. His fighting style is cold-hearted, and it is no exaggeration to say that there is no room for niceties. D'Artagnia believes that he is an illusion born from the inner conflict and trauma of the white cat who is his other self. However, he does not talk about his past, and continues to pursue evil alone to this day.".

This little blurb of text says a lot about Dartanyan. Showing just how badly he was affected by whatever trauma he possibly went through. To the point of manifesting a Darker self. Who seems of have gone through his own traumas. Going from a happy go lucky feminine man to much more masculine, Darker, bandaged up form.

Case in point, Dart is a traumatized Individual. Who has a lot more to his character then it seems at the surface.

TLDR: Dart probably is not ok, and is way more in depth of a characte then people think.

Probably stuff I missed, likely plotholes too. Might try to adress it.

It can be seen very briefly at this frame

I jus found out that @MeowMewMan is leaving us all, so will just make a quick answer to this.

I think most of us know MeowMewMan and its honestly sad to see him go after 2700+ posts which is an insane amount of posts making it especially sad to see him go

Honestly i really respect him for everything and all the work he put in to satisfy us so to you @MeowMewMan You will forever be my favorite Dartanyan :) ❤️❤️❤️

The infiltration has begun. Me and my 4 operatives have reached the rooftop, and will enter through a small, unlocked window on the roof of PONOS headquarters in attempts to eventually reach the 2nd basement and find the source of obsessive deviationdasliationating.

Floor: Roof

Analysis: There are 3 guards, one more heavily armed with a baton and helmet near the entrance point. There are more distant guards, but they will only take action if you make a scene.

Reminder: You decide if you want the brute, swordsman, or spy cat to move and what you want them to do. Their abilities and skills are listed in the last post. https://battle-cats.fandom.com/f/p/4400000000000883713

I will choose a few of the most liked comments or ones I like the most to happen in the next post. Go crazy, and let's do this!

Drawing requests and redraws of goofy ahh redraws -w-

First page:

Original concept art for what would later become the Steam Realm :D

We have Lumina for @Ninetails19 plus a bonus Saint because yes, if it was the evolved form you were wanting I can draw that one too

Mimic Cat for @AnExampleOfADeliciousBiscuit952 , I had started drawing it on Ibis but I got distracted and never got back to drawing yesterday so I just did it at school today :|

Meowsketeer for @MeowMewMan :)

And since the original concept for Steam Defendic was on here I decided to have a bit of fun -w-

Second page:

Having a bit of fun with a five-colored pen and Cube related stuff -w-

Heavy Assault C.A.T. for @CatsInABox1650 , I've drawn the other two forms before but not the True Form

And The Twins from Terraria for @Flint40 , I have never played Terraria before admittedly but this wasn't entirely what I expected from the names ._.

The old stuff if yall want a closer look

Skipping to page 11 since there isn't anything new of pages 3 through 10 (also fun fact page 9 is the concept art for the Next Gen stuff, which is where Defendic first became fluffy -w-)

Bottom is the old stuff, I think if I remember correctly Noodles was writing a story or something with Cube and I drew art about it or something

And recently Noodles decided to have another "artistic rendition session", and since I usually let my chromebook charge during advisory I couldn't really look at reference images for drawing requests and I decided to redraw her redraws -w-

Cube has lost 200 braincells in the first image and I think I lost 20 of my own from laughing so hard while I was trying to draw it =w=

Page 12 has some mech stuff, moving onto page 13

I think this was another story doodle, except this time it's one of the many shenanigans of the MCRL that never make it onto writing

Star Dream for @OmniKingLordZenoh , he and his pupper face shall show you why Nowo and I were so against the forbidden words =w=

The fact that Noodles is able to just completely ruin the original mood by interpreting it in the dumbest way possible is just golden, I very clearly recall just dying on the cafeteria table as she was drawing it >w<

Skipping over another page to page 15, the last one for this post

I actually remember fairly well what was going on for this one (partially because during that timeline the episode of Pink Corruption that introduced Cyanide came out), it was some apocalypse where literally everyone died except Cube because the Realm Cube Era was edgy or whatever I guess =w=

Mega Diancie for @Manic titan , for some reason I was thinking they were the one that asked for Lumina =w=

"Sorry to break it to you Cube but I have a bigger knife" -Noodles, as she was drawing this (doubt it's the exact quote but close enough -w-)

And aside from three pages after this that were only recently filled, the rest of this little sketchbook is blank... for now :)

(whoops didn’t mean to get this ;-; accidental mishaps on my part. Still cool though)

I wanted to show because I got the cuties <3! That and I ended up grinding crowns to get that plat tick and I hate grinding crowns.

Regardless I got my gubers :D (even if it did take staying up until 3 am)

smexy :3

Requested by @MeowMewMan

Also, today is day 63 since i got a uber [last uber was Gladios, obtained on January 15th.]

...wow .