i imagine it's a hassle to put on for digi characters, like putting on boots, so it's reserved for if they have to go through difficult terrain. maybe even a steel-toed option as an exception to the open-toed feature.

how i do it is inspired alot by this image i found off google like years ago

shoes on anthros is a design choice i really love exploring! open toes so claws aren't just tearing through the front, but almost boot-like to account for different positions with soles that cover both the pads and heel.

also as a side note, frequent use of the word "cripple" to refer to any disabled character in a derogatory sense. i get that's more of a "of the time" thing but still??

this is honestly the maddest i have gotten at a scene in these books when rereading, i had to pause and take a break because holy shit that is bad. i shouldn't have to explain why grabbing someone without their consent just because their blind is bad actually

leafpool scolds him and makes him apologize, but no one does the same for willow. the book portrays jay as being dramatic for being upset about it, but at that point he had stated many times that he does not want help.
the erins basically said "it's okay to violate jay's consent because he's blind!"

context the scene i just read is jaypaw's first halfmoon trip. willowpaw without warning, grabs him and pulls him away from a rabbit hole that he was already about to step around. jay, not knowing why he was grabbed, attacks her to defend himself. -

that's about all i got rn idk, not alot to this theory it just makes sense to me

but pomni and zooble only mention the building having been abandoned when discussing how they got there, no mentions of police investigations or anything about the place. it could also explain the way the circus changes them mentally (ie them forgetting their names, jax temporary veganism, etc)

so we know that many people have entered the circus (and been abstracted), and that the headset was found in the abandoned cna building. if it was an sao style "put on the headset and enter a coma" style thing, there would be mention of hundreds of people either dying or going missing in there

it's worth noting these aren't exactly new ocs haha, i like to reuse old ideas alot
runescar changed entirely, beetlewing was originally beetlepelt and had a different design, and spiderbite was originally @etchedteeth.bsky.social 's oc jaguarfang (i was given him haha)