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This thread on Reddit about StarClan no longer being mysterious is so good!!

Anyway, this post was about Dovewing and Birchfeather. But, like, it's also for everyone else who feels this way.

It's okay to say, "That's a retcon," or "That's a mistake," or "That's OOC," guys. You don't have to accept everything that's canon as canon just because it got printed.

Even if the cat's a background character with zero prior characterization, it hurts no one to be like, "No way would 'xyz' character do or say that".

Who cares honestly, what is canon or isn't canon. It's not like Erin Hunter is going to knock on your door if you don't care about the continuity of a 20 year old book series.

Living in America is so bleak. Every other post on my dash is asking me to donate to someone or other to help them cover their bills. And they're all Americans.

Literal shithole country. I hate living here, what the fuck.

I think where people flounder is when they misread Curlfeather's last scene to be a kind of disownment from Frostpaw ala the Patchkit AU MAP, and not as an indictment from Frostpaw of Curlfeather's actions up to that point.

Frostpaw is not saying— "You're a bad mom, and I don't love you,"

She's saying— "How could you do all this, that goes against the core values and morality of our society, turning Splashtail into a murderer, faking my dreams from StarClan, taking the life of your deputy, tearing RiverClan apart— How can you do that, and not acknowledge your wrongdoing?"

I mean, literally, look,

She doesn't want Curlfeather to leave. She loves Curlfeather, but also is filled with the weight of the betrayal and of her future burden— Rebuilding the home that Splashtail and Curlfeather had destroyed through their actions.

She still loves her Mom, guys.

Follower count doesn't matter on tumblr. If I have five followers, or if I have a hundred— S'all good, either way.

Thanks for being here with me. It's a blog, not a competition.

I know there are a ton of Holly fans in the fandom, but I honestly think Jaypaw's pov was the most interesting out of the sibling povs in Power of Three.

Holly is this sweet, kind-hearted cat whose very sincere intentions get her into trouble, Lion is beating the shit out of Ashfur in what is the most heel-turn, dramatic irony mentor-apprentice dynamic possible, and also bumming around with Heatherpaw and Breezepaw—

—and Jaypaw is just pulling quantam mechanic time-travel shit, and playing investigator throughout the whole arc and it's just such good writing. He was such a meddler, and his relationship with Leafpool was such a rug pull once you learn the twist.

Probably my favorite arc just because of how condensed it is, I went back and read it twice after I finished it just to pick up on all the foreshadowing. It's so good.

My biggest tumblr fear is making a sideblog and not knowing what to do with it. I just talk here. If I made a sideblog, it'd just be me talking somewhere else??

Ahhh, I can't decide.

Here's a really unpopular opinion for you.

I think making The Manager, Nyarlathotep, was taking the easy way out for what was essentially a 17 minute exposition dump.

I think the Dark World will be great but we could've done without another Yellow (Discount Nyarlathotep = Discount John).

I think the thing I like best about John and Arthur's dynamic is Arthur's fundamental inhumanness vs John's humanity.

Sandgorse is probably one of my favorite antagonist's in Warrior Cats. An antagonist doesn't always have to be like world-ending evil or whatever. Just an obstacle for the protagonist to overcome.

But, I really like how he has that, "no underachievers in our family," type of vibe.

Like, he's some sort of coach trying to get Tallpaw to live up to the family legacy of tunnelling (sports), but it's just not for him.

He's, much like Shellheart, a really great depiction of what Warriors could be if the Erin's had these types of character-focused plots more often.

I feel that Warriors characters tend to be paper-thin, and flat. More plot-device, than character. Which is why I love Sandgorse and Palebird, for example, so much.

They both have a personality.

Palebird is a Queen, but that's just her job. She has an entire rounded character arc outside of it. She isn't watered down to fit neatly into a personality archetype, she's a fully fleshed out and realized character within the confines of Warrior Cats, which I really enjoyed.