#'Why WOULD this Fake And Not Real Ashfur even stop here? he just tried to kill 3 people you need to get rid of the evidence.'

[bonefall]

Now I'm just seeing Thornclaw in Ashfur's place. Thanks Erins. X_X no wonder it felt like Ashfur changed personalities from TPB to TNP. He was so worried for Cloudpaw as an apprentice...but he also didn't want to tell, either.

nooOOOOOOOOOOO THAT'S THE WORST THING I CAN THINK OF

STOP MAKING ME SEE INTO THIS DARK TIMELINE WHERE THORNCLAW WAS ASHFUR IM SCREAMINGG

yeah anyway Ashfur in TPB is a lot more sweet and gentle. His only 'harsh' action is wanting revenge for his mother, but... I'm not going to act like that's an unreasonable thing to want lmao. It's actually Normal to want to smash the kneecaps of the dude who brutally killed your mom and fed her to wild animals don't @ me

In fact he's actually (COMPLETELY BASED ON HIS PORTRAYAL IN TPB I AM NOT AN ASHFUR APOLOGIST) more trustworthy than Brambleclaw before the writers picked him to be the traitor working with Hawkfrost...

he stuck his neck out to lie for Cloudpaw a million times

he was one of the few people to push back against the narrative that Cloudpaw left of his own will... even though fireheart and sandstorm were there... and heard him shouting "ARGH IM BEING KIDNAPPED! THIS IS AGAINST MY WILL! I DO NOT WANT TO BE IN THE SITUATION THAT I AM IN CURRENTLY!"

he readily takes part in the plan to kill the dogs and fight BloodClan no questions asked

Like... what I'm getting at is, if Ashfur was closer to TPB's Ashpaw, he would have kept the secret of that parentage without so much as a whimper. TPB Ashpaw is a ride or die kind of guy.

Buuuuut that said I love Ashfur as a villain in TBC, so, I can't really complain. I think losing Cool Dude Ashpaw was worth it for the Villain Ashfur we eventually got, ngl.

#Ashfur #Warrior cats analysis #As a kid I really liked AshSquirrel because I really liked Ashpaw #I was really funny though because I got to the Fire Scene and little kid Bone was like #'Ashfur would NOT say this. Squirrelflight would NOT say this.' #I hated the fire scene because I wanted Lionblaze to just kick Ashfur off the branch and I was like #'Why WOULD this Fake And Not Real Ashfur even stop here? he just tried to kill 3 people you need to get rid of the evidence.' #'And also my Fake And Not Real Squirrelflight wouldn't say that theyre not hers because this is dumb. She raised them' #'She still cares about them and that's obvious. Everyone involved in this scene is stupid #And then I stopped reading Warrior Cats for like 10 years shortly after because I was already bored by PO3 #I think the REAL final straw for Little Bones was when they killed Hollyleaf #I was so mad #I was SOO MADDD #I LOVE Dovewing now but READER let me TELL YOU I took out my anger on that poor character #She couldn't do ANYTHING right in my eyes because She Was Not Hollyleaf