#dawn of the clans
Rereading Into the Wild and once again being struck by how…odd, I guess, the Firestar x Spottedleaf ship is, writing-wise.
It just feels like it was never properly developed, as if some major character scene got cut from the story at some point. Yes, there are some subtle hints that Firepaw has a bit of a crush, and he is understandably upset when Spottedleaf is killed…but none of it is anywhere near the nigh-obsessive infatuation referenced in later books, particularly Firestar’s Quest. And I’ll keep looking as I continue the reread, but so far I’ve found Zero hints that Spottedleaf returned Firepaw’s feelings while alive. The whole mutual yearning idea seems more retconned in by later books than something that was properly present from the beginning.
idk, I just feel like even a short scene where Lionheart or Whitestorm pulls Firepaw aside and are like “hey I’ve noticed you making eyes at Spottedleaf; you need to know that medicine cats can’t take mates” and having Firepaw internally wrestle with that for just a little bit would’ve worked wonders if the authors wanted to go with this ship. I think it would also make Spottedleaf’s death shortly after more complex and impactful. On the one hand Firepaw no longer has to struggle with overcoming a potential forbidden romance and the issues that come with it, but on the other hand his grief is more raw and intense. but i digress ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
…….oh and speaking of weird Warriors ships, Gray Wing is one of my favorite DotC characters but man every time he goes off on how he “loved Storm too” it’s just like bruuhhhhh no you didn’t lol. You barely knew her. You weren’t “in love” with her, you just thought she was hot smh lol
[Image Description: A digital drawing of Sun Shadow from the Warrior Cats books. Sun Shadow is a very dark gray cat with yellow eyes, a black nose, and black patches. The top of his head, his legs, tail, and a cartoon sun shaped patch on his back are black. He is standing with a small smirk. Above his back “Sun Shadow” is written in yellow. End Description.]
“I’ve grown to love it here. My Clanmates feel like kin now. We quarrel sometimes, but we look out for each other no matter what. And the hunting is good and, when newleaf comes, and the oak woods turn green and the wind from the moor brings the scent of heather blossom, I am glad I came. And I feel I have gained more than I’ve lost.”
Sun Shadow is a black tom with amber eyes.
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[Image Description: A digital drawing of Storm from the Warrior Cats books. Storm is a gray cat with green eyes and a puffy, cloud-like tail. Her muzzle, insides of her ears, her chest, underbelly, and paws are white. The top of her head and her tail are darker gray. She is standing with a small frown. Above her back “Storm (Ro)” is written in green. End Description.]
“Stop arguing! For once in your life, stop telling every cat who belongs and who doesn’t! You don’t get to decide. Why do you I think I left the forest? You came here from the mountains and brought nothing but death. This is your chance to make amends. All of you!”
Storm is a pale silver-gray tabby she-cat with green eyes.
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[Image Description: A digital drawing of Thunderstar from the Warrior cats books. He is an orange cat with yellow eyes, a dark red nose, and large dark red eyebrows. The insides of his ears, his muzzle, chest, underbelly, and paws are cream. The top of his head, a small lightning bolt mark on his chest, and his tail are dark orange. He is standing. Above his back “Thunderstar” is written in orange. End description.]
“You wanted me to be cruel, like you! But I’ll never be cruel!”
Thunderstar, or Thunder, is a ginger tom with amber eyes and big white paws.
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A collection of my favorite Solider kitties
Id: Drawing of 12 different cats of different poses and designs.
I also started to put my warrior cat designs on a separate blog, that you can find here: @kuuttikittys !
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she’s got a twinkle in both eyes
she’s calculating your demise
the innocence she’s painted on her face
she’s a bad girl
and that’s why you want her
One Eye (or whatever he was named before) & his missus! (not a canon design for her or anything I just made it up. OBVIOUSLY Star Flower gotta get her pribby looks somewhere!)
erins give me a mapleshade-esq paternal villain arc for one eye except he also cares his wife too pwweasee!!!
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