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bonefall · 5 months

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Does leopard still have 3 lives in her final battle? Or was that changed?

Yep. I think she drowned her once, then Leopardstar lunges up refreshed, and she gets the upper paw on Mistyfoot with 2 lives to go.

(MAYBE tw gore, but I really did try to be tasteful about a head being smashed on a rock.)

On her back, splashing and thrashing furiously against Leopardstar's claws dunking her head under, Mistyfoot glimpses a wave breaking just over the tip of a stone-blue rock. Her only chance.

With a surge of power, her claws sink into her leader's golden shoulder and they tumble and roll to the right. Before the tyrant even realizes what's happening, she's yanked up, and then whipped backwards with a wet CRUNCH

And then again

And again

And again, until Mistyfoot can't even make out what's left of her leader anymore. All she can see is that it's a red, brown, and yellow blur, because her eyes burning with salty tears and her whole body is trembling.

She drops the corpse onto the stone and it slides into the water, lifelessly. After a moment it spasms aimlessly one last time, like an insect does after its head is bitten off, unlike the deliberate, agonized throes of Tigerstar suffering through his doomed lives. And then it's still.

There's only the tranquil sound of bubbling water, and Mistyfoot's frenzied panting. Her pounding heart makes it hard to hear either.

The blood is carried off by the shallow water in scarlet swirls, but the lake runs pale red as if it's washing it away. Some were aware of this prophecy, but Mistyfoot was not.

It isn't closure to her, or a fulfillment of divine decree. It's just blood that should be on her paws, slicked away by the complicit river. She wished it could feel like it's over, but she's smart enough to know the truth. Has been through enough terrible events like this to understand what comes next.

Her body will move foward. Her mind will need to consider her deputy. Her paw will come down on code-defying cats like Blackclaw and Greenflower. But her heart will stay here, next to the remains of Leopardstar, the same way another piece of it remains at Stonefur's side across space and time.

#Tw gore #Juuuust in case but I did try to stay tasteful #While also trying to write it as gut-wrenchingly violent as I imagine in my head #Because it's important that it haunts her #The kill wasn't pretty and clean. It was awful. She didn't want this. It wasn't heroic #'Why did you do this to me? Why did you make this so cruel?'#'Why was the last thing you ever did to me such a horrible command as a leader?'#'And why did I obey your orders until the bitter bitter end?'#'How could you turn my defiance into a new kind of cruel obediance? Did I not suffer ENOUGH for you?'#'And now there is no head to bury with your body. I am cursed with the last memory of your face. I alone will know how you looked at me'#'That the last expression on your face wasn't pain or confusion or realization.'#'It was all fury. For me.'#OF COURSE tho I will continue to make funny rock jokes until the day I die lmaoo #Duality of Bones #Hmm maybe when I get to this in BB!TNP I'll be quick and objective about it and save the Misty Emotions for like...#I miss how the field guides used to have stories told in 1st person.#It would be fun to have a BB!Mistystar Speaks #Because I do LOVE writing Misty's verbose and philosophical speeches.#As you can see from the tags lmao #BB!Mistystar #Better bones au

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bonefall · 5 months

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"You should love your abuser, not smash their head against a wall until they agree with you"

I see! You should smash their head on a rock until they stop moving. Got it.

#fennelposting #BB!Mistystar

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bonefall · 5 months

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mmm would it be possible for Mistystar and Leopardstar to fight/met during the BOTTE? or was Leopard already fed up with Tigerstar, his batshit insane plans and her status reduced to 'Tiger's another lackey' (like Darkstripe and many others) to really care about revenge? if she ever thought about it, that is.. im assuming she would be pretty pissed about being killed (there was a post about Mistyfoot first trying to poison her and Leopard realized it and instead decided to take her on a solo patrol to.. deal with a rogue i think? and then Misty gave her a rock appointment) and might had thought about making Mistystar pay, but it's been soooo long before BOTTE that she might had.. moved on? or just decided she had better things to do, not sure.

I have a BIG rule for the BOTTE, an unmoveable object, which I will abide by like a solemn vow;

NO spirit will be killed by the same cat twice.

I already changed it so Yellowfang doesn't get Brokenstar (he's not even present) and Brambleclaw doesn't get Hawkfrost, so I certainly wouldn't have Mistystar do it to Leopardstar!

I have some ideas but first; context.

The Killing of Leopardstar

Mistyfoot was sloppy.

Leopardstar recognized the way that Mistyfoot had poisoned her food, because she'd done the same thing to Crookedstar before her. Not enough to make it quick, just enough to weaken.

The emotion that licks at her is frustration.

Is this what her life has come to? Dramatic irony? Is this some kind of cosmic joke? To die just like her predecessor, wasting away for a few seasons in the darkness of this musty den, before solemn mourning and empty platitudes from her underhanded murderer.

What should she even do about this? Reveal Mistyfoot in front of everyone, exile her, she plots against her from the safety of another Clan, some kind of rebellion, rah rah rah we just dealt with this.

It's boring. It's so boring it's offensive. This will be the state of RiverClan forever, deputies poisoning leaders and taking power quietly until the end of days. No honor, no nobility, just treachery until the sky dries up and its rich blue becomes a crackled pale-brown.

If she is to die, she will not go out in the slow and painful way she killed crookedstar without a fight.

So she smacks the limp fish aside and brushes past Mistyfoot with a snarl, not even caring enough to drink in the way her traitorous deputy's ears flushed pale, knowing she'd been caught.

Leopardstar calls for a rushed meeting, telling them all that there's actually 40 - 50 feral rogues on the border right now and she saw them all last night or something, so she's taking Mistyfoot to go confront them right now. Don't follow us.

(Something that the more astute members of the Clan immediately recognize as Leopardstar setting up cover for a death match, including Misty's brother Swansong. She snaps at him when he runs to stop her, Don't Follow.)

Once they're a fair distance away, at the southern delta that divides WindClan and RiverClan, where the cliffs will hide them and the wet stones will not catch the scent (and where Reedwhisker will die, someday), Leopardstar lays it out.

No more tricks. No more schemes. If one of them is to die, it will be with honor.

"You want my lives?"

(Boss music fades in. Misty sees the health bar appear lmao)

"Come and take them."

After she came and took them

Leopardstar is kind of obsessed with the final battle of her life. That fight was everything she hoped for, except that she didn't win.

She wants it again, and she will triumph this time.

Hawkfrost is easily able to twist it into, "You lost only because StarClan shone upon her with that stone. It wasn't real skill. Join our cause and we can get you that rematch, we will defeat Mistystar, win back RiverClan, and dethrone the Stars!" But at the end of the day, it's an excuse.

Same sort of excuse Leopardstar came up with when she believed she wanted an honorable battle, rejecting the guilt and fear that clawed at her to think about dying the way Crookedstar did.

She does this a lot. Dodging feelings of remorse or regret by substituting power fantasies, avoiding any hard lessons. She says she wants revenge, but what she's actually doing is avoiding taking an L. Shame is a vagrant in Leopardstar's heart; she will never let it stay for long.

But...

That's really hard to do when Tigerstar is actively using her and speaking over her in every interaction. Being here, in the Dark Forest, taking the SAME advice she once groomed into Hawkfrost to only look at the positives of Tigerstar's legacy and ignore atrocities, is embarassing.

It's HUMILIATING.

She had her starshine BASHED out of her with a rock and went to the hell she'd been downplaying since she "regrettably" tore down the Bonehill. Being Tigerstar's stooge. Reducing the proud, ferocious leader of RiverClan into a goon.

Towards the end, she will have a scene with Hawkfrost, proud warriors that they are as mentor and apprentice, and vaguely address this. As far as Leopardstar's ego will allow, of course... the shame of it.

It's an important moment, because it's as much about Leopardstar and Hawkfrost as it is about Hawkfrost and Ivypool.

Leopard is too set in her ways to change, even if she is capable of brief glimpses of self-reflection, of which this is one. Hawkfrost, however, is seeing his mentor and himself in a different light. How she'll let herself be humiliated over and over as long as she can cling to her ego... and how by doing Tigerstar's diplomacy work, Hawkfrost is doing the same.

And he's dragged his OWN apprentice into it, too. She accidentally double-killed her friend, Antpelt, but he killed him more by bringing all of these trainees here to begin with. How Ivypool gets pitted against Tigerheart because TigerSTAR is playing mind games, how it's destroying her bond with her sister, how much fun and joy in the Dark Forest he's missing out on by not giving the afterLIFE a chance...

How much he's thrown away for this, before and after his death.

I'm not sure yet if it's the LAST stop before the BOTTE, but it's close to the end of Hawkfrost's redemption arc. Recognition of self through the other. He is part of a cycle he has a choice to break.

But anyway... back to Leopardstar.

She wants to fight Mistystar, but I don't think I'll let her have that satisfaction. She has already gotten nearly everything she ever asked for and can't even acknowledge that she did.

I think it's most fitting for SWANSONG to finally get what he craves; a chance to take a burden off his sister.

Leopardstar allowed TigerClan to STRIP his brotherhood from her because they don't share blood. Forced him to pretend like Rippleclaw meant anything to him, as if Oakheart hadn't been his proud baba as long as he could remember. Stonefur, Mistyfoot, and Swansong are the kits of Graypool; and he's not gonna let this golden FART ignore that ever again.

So my idea is that when Leopardstar meets Mistyfoot in the Second Wave of the BOTTE, she pounces onto her for her rematch, but Swansong BURSTS out of the crowd in response and rips her off, allowing Mistystar to go back to defending their Clanmates

"I don't want YOU," Leopardstar spits, "My battle is with Mistystar!"

"Tough titfeathers! It's MY turn to get a hit in for Stonefur!" He bristles with equal parts fury and excitement, lunging towards a fight he's dreamed of for years.

Still subject to change, though! And I'm not sure if Swansong dies here, or in the 3rd Wave, or if maybe he succumbs to injuries after the BOTTE is over.

It would also be fitting if he got a whack on Mapleshade though... since Maple doesn't even consider him Applekin and won't curse him. It would be neat for him to get angry about that lmao. "What do you MEAN my siblings are haunted by a demon? But NOT ME?? What ELSE am I getting left out of???"

EDIT: I'm currently planning to kill him in the 2nd Wave

#better bones au #BOTTE #BB!Leopardstar #BB!Mistystar #BB!Swansong #BB!Hawkfrost #BB!OOTS #I say this about a lot of BB characters (because I love this project) but man I really like Swansong #Context btw because he hasn't come up in a while: Swan is the adopted brother of Stone and Misty. His biosibs were faders.#Beloved golden retriever coming up for his fake ear medicine to suffer as Part Of The Family #Oak was only going to ask Gray to suckle Misty and Stone for him but then they were like #''Hey wait. Ripple was only an honor sire anyway. This is super convenient wanna parent together?''#And BB!Oak is such a DUDE he was like ''Yooooo ABSOLUTELY I'd LOVE another baby with a friend!!''#Oak cannot walk 5 foxlengths without making a friend. He's just like that.#Sqweezy type grindset #They never really told the kits about Ripple because he wasn't relevant + Queen’s Rights anyway #But everyone else knew Ripple was Swan's biodad because he's the river's reflection of him. and the other two are literally blue.#The three of them were the last to know.#But Swansong is great because he's such a happy kind of angry when it comes to defending his family #He's like ''We have to hide a body? Girlie SAY NO MORE I have already compiled a list of top 10 places they'll never look''#''No we dont need to hide the body..'' ''Ah. Well. Ok that's fine too. Anyway. What is our cover story let's get the details straight''#She couldn't make him deputy because he's too aggressive and supportive lmao #He's actually a lot like a meaner and smarter Oak. He was super close to their dad.#Also he's the mate of Moss instead of Frog because I put it to a vote and we collectively said so #Fixing a minor inconsistency where Moss has more kits after Frog is supposed to be dead #Also Frog was a sleaze where Swankit from the Missing Kits was a blank slate.#Slaps the roof of the RiverClan this bad boy can fit so many blorbos in it #Between Hawk and Leopard and the entire Applekin family I really adore it

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bonefall · 5 months

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I think Swansong dying after killing Leopardstar the second time could be a good spot. A swan song, if you will. Like you said; his sister and brother had the shoulder what Leopardstar did to them alone (and Stonefur died because of it). I just imagine Mistystar seeing him in his last moments with all the love he can muster for her sister before finally going night night forever

It could also tie nicely into the very somber, reverant way she responds to Lizardtail coming to fetch help.

She's just been sitting beside Swansong, trying to apply pressure to his wounds, but there's just too many and there's not enough herbs to go around. They both admit that nothing can be done and just choose to spend their last moments together saying goodbye.

When his final breath hitches in his chest and his flank goes still forever, the noble leader finally allows herself to let out a soft sob. It's been a long time since she's just let herself cry, even a little. For almost as long as she can remember, her life has been like someone hooked a claw into her belly and she's slowly being flayed alive.

Oakheart, Silverstream, her uncle Crookedstar, Graypool, Stonefur, Pikepaw, Primrosepaw. The killing of Deerfoot for the crime of saving her life, the betrayal of her mate Blackclaw, the furious battle with Leopardstar for the fate of her Clan.

And now she has outlived both of her brothers. Her fiercest, most loyal ally, who has been with her through everything, is gone.

She couldn't be cruel to him as he died, wouldn't let his last living memory of her be anger, but now she lets herself sob and clutch his white fur in her claws. How dare he die for her? It was always enough for him to just be alive!

By the time she regains her composure, Jayfeather still isn't done with his... whatever he's doing. But they do see the dark water of the lake rippling, and Lizardtail bursts onto the shore and bounds across the moor, wheezing about Tigerstar's change in plans, begging for help.

When he collapses right there, exhausted but alive, how could she not admire this? ...some may want to call him running away an act of cowardice, or dismiss the Dark Forest trainee as just trying to save his own pelt.

But she's just lost her own brother. Death doesn't seem so glorious right now.

No, she remarks quietly, on this night, he has made a hallowed flight across the lake. He's come for help, and his information will save many lives. She doesn't have the idea of making this an Honor Title just yet.

It's just very, very brave, in her weary eyes. Enough loss. Enough proving our mettle in battle. Let's end this, so that we can live.

#BB!Mistystar #BB!Swansong #BOTTE #Battle of the true eclipse #BB!Hallowflight #Idk she makes me feel things man #Ohhh Misty. We're really in it now

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bonefall · 7 months

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Ever since reading how BB!Mistystar feels about learning her heritage, I’ve gotten the feeling that for as much of a Traditionalist as she is, she’s VERY protective of the queen’s rights. She knows firsthand the damage the truth can cause. Plus she’s leader of Riverclan, the Queen’s Rights clan

Traditionalists are a fascinating bunch. Even the most uninterested, "I'm just a traditionalist because I don't think about politics too much" has to carry a bunch of contradictions around with them to be where they currently are.

The Queen's Rights are the best example of that. It takes two cats to make a kitten, so if a Mi is raising kits alone, they HAD to have come from somewhere... but if they must face punishment for the simple act of being a parent, then, that endangers the children.

This law directly contradicts the Law of Loyalty and creates an exception within the Warrior Code. If you're a Traditionalist, who believes in following the Code to the letter... there's a tenseness between these things.

Mistystar would explain this to you best, though she does prattle on a bit,

"StarClan's intentions behind the Warrior Code are flawless, and shine without equal. Because they are wise, they understand that their descendants are simply imperfect. They create exceptions within the law as a mite creates a gall upon a leaf to protect its babies; StarClan loves us and understand that we must be protected from a malicious actor's worst intentions."

So... she is VERY protective of the Queen's Rights, definitely especially so, but I did want to take the opportunity to point out that Traditionalists do generally support the law! When they start getting dicey about QR in particular, that's one of the defining signs that they're hovering around the edge of Hard Traditionalism.

#Better bones au #Traditionalism #BB!Mistystar

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bonefall · 8 months

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I’m very sorry if you’ve already answered this, but if Mistystar is so against thistle law that she would kill Leopardstar, what causes her to side with the imposter(if she does) and exile her clan mates as well as bury Dappletuft as a rouge. I absolutely adore your work and spend hours reading through the lore you have created <3

I need to make her summary so all I wrote on her is easily accessible, she is one of the most complex and thematically meaningful cats in BB

Remember this important thing; Mistystar is ideologically a Traditionalist. The greatest example of one in the modern era. Thistle Law is her enemy, but Fire Alone is not her goal.

She is, through many painful lessons, able to learn that you cannot reason with Thistle Law supporters. They need to be DEFEATED, pulled up at the very root. Hawkfrost was NOT the problem; he was a victim, a child groomed into being the heir of a man he never met. The root is power, it was Leopardstar, and the things she enabled and encouraged within RiverClan.

But Traditionalism was what Thistle Law used to be. She recognized a threat but won't make the extra step to condemn Clan Culture's very way of life. She DOES believe that war makes you strong, that too much negotiation is a weakness, and Clans should be separate.

And when StarClan disappears... she agrees with the Impostor. Perhaps it IS time to punish Codebreakers. Perhaps we HAVE been too lenient.

Traditionalism is not a good ideology either. It's just less bad than Thistle Law.

#Better bones au #BB!Mistystar

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bonefall · 9 months

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is bb!mistystar going to hell for killing her leader? i hope not i love grandma

Probably not. Bluestar won a very important trial many years ago, causing a split in the ranks of StarClan. Thistleclaw and many of his supporters left for the Dark Forest, taking their influence over Silverpelt with them.

By the time of her death, StarClan is brimming with cats who were born and raised on the knowledge of how bad TigerClan was, and the role Leopardstar played in it. Leopard was even sent to the Dark Forest over it, having not done nearly enough to make up for what she did and even backsliding into the same ideology.

Mistystar WOULD have a trial, but it wouldn't be the spectacle Lizardstripe had to throw for Bluestar. They would weigh her crimes, how she used power, and her motivations, and rule that she is worthy of StarClan.

BUT.

We don't know what's going on in ASC so don't consider this canon to BB yet.

#BB!Mistystar #Better bones au

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bonefall · 1 year

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SEDGEPUTY!!!! I’m so excited, that’s my GIRL!

- og sedgecreek anon

[ID: BB!Mistystar and BB!Sedgecreek, back to back. Mistystar says, "Someone will die..." which Sedgecreek finishes with, "Of fun!!!"]

Reedwhisker is too inexperienced when Mistyfoot kills Leopardstar at the end of Better Bones TNP. She needs someone by her side she can trust, someone who agrees that the threat of Thistle Law is something that needs to be stamped out, someone who won't be seen as just a nepotism pick...

Someone who's a LITTLE SILLY

Sedgecreek is perfect, having sided with her daughter Swallowtail when she claimed Queen's Rights, taking a final stand against her mate Greenflower. She was a quiet ally in the chaos of TigerClan, not a rebel but not an enemy. But now, like Mistyfoot, she's come to realize something must be done.

Though, she's never told that Leopardstar didn't die to a rogue! Mistystar intends to take THAT little secret to her grave.

Sedgecreek's family has been changed a bit! Loudbelly is still her brother, but Reedtail is not. Her children with Greenflower are Beechfur and Swallowtail, and they were born during TigerClan's reign over RiverClan.

(Psst! Full BB!RiverClan family tree over here!)

Greenflower revealed deeply personal information, revealing that their kits were honor sired by Green's sibling Duckfur, to prove their 'shared' commitment to the new Clan's ideals. Sedge forgave her once, but refused to forgive her again when Swallowtail and their grandchildren were on the line.

Sedgeputy rules until sometime in BB!OoTS, around the time of the Great Battle, as a result of the Dark Forest trying to install a new deputy. After a death scare, she decides to retire to live out her last days in peace.

#Sedgeputy #BB!Sedgecreek #BB!Mistystar #BB!TNP #BB!OotS #Better Bones AU

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bonefall · 11 months

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in clanmew, is mistystars name translated as mist or misty?

Mistyfoot's Clanmew warrior name was Sooheffepwyyarr, which is something very interesting in the native language.

Sooheffe is specifically the dewy mist in the morning, caused by night condensation evaporating from the rising sun. You could say it's "morning haze," or "dawn mist." It's when the dawn patron is meant to go out... and, secretly, it was the first moment that Oakheart met his daughter. In the hidden morning haze.

Her official nickname was Soorr. Swansong and Stonefur called her Soo, pronounced EXACTLY like the English nickname Sue.

Blackclaw liked to use Soo long after they'd stopped being mates, as both a taunt of their old marriage and as open disrespect of her rank, especially when she was a leader. He's a jerk!

The various words for mist are very important in Clanmew and describe different things, because this is Fuckin' England™

Morning haze: Sooheffe (Dew + morning-after-sunrise + haze) The mist caused by the changing temperature during the sunrise, as the day begins to heat up.

Dew: Pesoo Dewdrops, condensation.

Haze: Sheffse Mist, smog, heat shimmers, anything that reduces visibility in the air.

Vapor/Steam: Kisheff Gas that rises from hot water. BB!Cats use fire to boil, and this is the word they use for this sort of haze.

Mist: Ffiu The low, cloudy haze that gathers on the ground and tends to be seen during a mizzle (type of rain.)

Fog: Moofs Very thick haze that severely impedes visibility

Swelter/heat shimmer: Ah'hessa The way that the distance becomes wavy and obscured on a REALLY hot day, mostly in WindClan where it can become VERY dry and they can see roads from a distance.

To blow air out of your mouth because you can see your breath: Hhahhehha/Hhaahhe/Hhaahh Haze that comes out of your mouth and nose when it's cold, an action with its own 3-stem verb that can mean serious dedication to working on a cold day, OR playfulness and enjoying the moment

Veil/Cosmic dust: Sh'hoffes A haze that is supernatural in nature, clouding your vision, referencing the passing from this world to the next. To be in a coma is to be "within the veil."

#Clanmew #Mist #Fog #BB!Mistystar

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bonefall · 1 year

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Both thistle law and fire alone have cats the kind of ‘embody’ their ideals [Firestar and Thistleclaw] but would you say any cat is like that for traditionalism ?

In my mind it's Misty. She had a brief moment in realizing she needed to do something about Thistle Law, but wasn't able to bring herself 'far left' enough to break free of the Traditionalist orbit, if that makes sense

Ironically Sedgecreek is more firmly Fire Alone than she is.

But Mistystar believes firmly in the sanctity of the Code and how it has formed. Each law exists in its shape for a reason, and shuffling them is hypocritical. She will play unfair to the unfair, dispatching ACTIVE traitors who twist the law to their whims, but that is BECAUSE she cares about the Code as it stands.

Queen’s Rights for example. Mortals can't be objective enough to pass judgement when they don't know the origin, but Misty does believe it undermines Clan Loyalty to be openly talking about HalfClan bloodlines. That's to be kept quiet, not celebrated.

The Right to Challenge, as well. It IS a warrior's birthright to fight and defend their honor, if you aren't potentially laying down your life, then that makes a fight frivolous and meaningless. That doesn't mean you're supposed to kill your opponent, but being so concerned with "A True Warrior Does Not Need To Kill" can weaken you against an outside opponent.

And, of course, to her, those who don't live by the code are not entitled to its protection. This seems obvious to her. The Code is a Warrrior's way of life and concerned with the defense and propagation of the Clans, she is not concerned with "dishonorable" outsiders.

She is committed to this system of ethics, and does not want it to truly change. She understands that Thistle Law is a disease and Fire Alone is NOT comparable to it, but in the end, FA is a temporary ally and she would be opposed to it when the threat of TL is dead.

#BB!Mistystar #Better bones au #I find her interesting. You would think she is no longer a centrist but she really is #She just understands that she has a REAL enemy in BB!TNP and so it's time to put her differences aside.

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