#Ravenpaw's farewell was so good

[roseberry-rukki024]

Ravenpaw and Barley

They really do deserve each other. I've wanted to draw this for a while. It took a bit to render that hay but I like the effect.

#they're gay your honor #Ravenpaw's farewell was so good #they're so in love #warrior cats #warriors #warriors fanart #warriors designs #digital art #digital drawing #art #fanart #thunderclan #ravenpaw #barley #ravenbarley #ravenpaw x barley #gay

[navycat305]

Warrior Cats Novellas in 10 Words or Less (mostly 10 words):

So I started explaining the super editions to my friend who’s only read the first series and then this just happened. I’ve read a majority of the novellas and I’ve at least seen review for pretty much all of them so this may be somewhat accurate. Without further ado:

Hollyleaf’s Story - presumed-dead murderer delays confronting mistakes (with ghost love interest???)

Mistystar’s Omen - local leader conflicted about her atheist doctor (real main character)

Cloudstar’s Journey - entire people wiped out in series of tragic events (sad)

Tigerclaw’s Fury - coup leader recruits goons (several things go wrong)

Leafpool’s Wish - doctor has illegal affair and children (sister deals with it)

Dovewing’s Silence - I cried at the mass funeral (not kidding)

alternatively; Dovewing’s Silence - woman struggles with perfectly fine hearing (featuring annoying creep Bumblestripe)

Mapleshade’s Vengeance - everyone is somewhat to blame (please don’t kill me)

Goosefeather’s Curse - baby prophet gets bullied (and causes numerous disasters)

Ravenpaw’s Farewell - gay cats are the best cats (rip OG Alderheart)

Spottedleaf’s Heart - they didn’t think this one through well enough (questionable)

Pinestar’s Choice - had to look this one up (guy thinks life sucks?)

Thunderstar’s Echo - don’t know this one (mundane stuff happens in ancient Thunderclan?)

Redtail’s Debt - the writers didn’t pay attention (still a good story tho)

Tawnypelt’s Clan - old lady sick of everyone’s shit (and rightfully so)

Shadowstar’s Life - state leader paranoid about assassination (tensions temporarily resolved with death)

Pebbleshine’s Kits - pregnant woman wanders around a bit (allows kinda weird cameos)

Tree’s Roots - genuinely nice character backstory (will warm your heart)

Mothwing’s Secret - doctor rejects religion (good conclusion - the gods are a scam)

Daisy’s Kin - babysitter thinks she’s purposeless (she’s actually too good for everyone)

Blackfoot’s Reckoning - cool, but I don’t get the hype (sorry Blackstar fans)

alternatively; Blackfoot’s Reckoning - president reviews obvious mistakes during inauguration (while making several excuses)

Spotfur’s Rebellion - woman assists coup that fails (she’s not like other girls)

#warrior cats #hollyleaf #mistystar #cloudstar #tigerstar #leafpool #dovewing #bumblestripe #mapleshade #goosefeather #ravenpaw #spottedleaf #pinestar #thunderstar #redtail #tawnypelt #shadowstar #pebbleshine #tree warrior cats #mothwing #daisy warrior cats #blackfoot wc #spotfur #original post

[kestreljaylover]

Random's top 10 favorite warrior cats ships.

even though my favorite ship is incredibly obvious, I still did this list.

10. This is my favorite Canon ship in Warrior Cats because it is healthy, (Other ships are healthy too, but they never really got in conflict with eachother). Unfortunately Willowbreeze and Crookedstar had a very sad end in Crookedstar's Promise. Overall, love these two dearly.

9. This is real, and canon. If you guys disagree with me either you are homophobic, or just never read Tallstar's Revenge. A couple of years back, I didn't understand the ship, until I picked up that book, opened it, and read it. My mind was like, "Oh! So that is why people like them so much!" Because Tallstar seemed pretty attracted to Jake, and attached to him. It was sad when they departed.

8. This is really good, and awesome, they loved being around eachother in Graystripe's Vow. Honestly, Flipclaw should have never left the tribe so he can be with Feather.

7. I feel like the books in A Starless Clan just says that Whistlepaw and Frostpaw should be together. Whistlepaw has helped Frostpaw out during the newest book. Well at least the first half, I have not finished it yet.

6. I think the dynamic of these two are hilarious, just think that after a long time of Sunbeam and Lightleap hating eachother, they would just be together, and Nightheart would be just like, ":o" and I just love Lightleap in general.

5. I think of the same for these two. Honestly it would make Lionblaze the slightest bit more interesting than his relationship with Cinderheart. Same for Berrynose. I also respect Jayberry as well. Jayberry is the other best Jayfeather ship besides Jaykestrel, and Jayfuzz.

4. This is Canon too. I think Ravenpaw x Barley is more clear than Tallstar x Jake, and Barley is the definition emotional support for Ravenpaw. Ravenpaw's Path is cool, and Ravenpaw's Farewell is okay. I hope Barley will see Ravenpaw again someday, he is basically 10 million years old if there is no more info on Barley.

3. I think everyone expected Mothpool to be on everyone's top 10 list. It really reads like Leafpool had a crush on Mothwing before Crowfeather came along. I was obsessed with this ship back in March of 2023.

2. This is my favorite rarepair in Warrior Cats for literally no reason. I just think that Hazeltail being happy to be around Hollyleaf is really cute for like I said, no reason. I am glad this ship is getting noticed by other people.

1! My heart is so happy to put Kestreljay on this list! Jaykestrel, Kestreljay, whatever you call it is my life! I get so happy when someone makes Kestreljay. Even draws it. I love this ship because back in the book Long Shadows, Jaypaw showed up in Kestrelpaw's dreams, and it seems like Kestrelpaw dreams about him often because he didn't seemed weirded out, or bothered. He was happy to see him. And what also gets me is back in Outcast where Kestrelpaw asked Jaypaw what is it was like to be blind. I thought that was funny. Everyone knows how Jayfeather acts. Thank you for your time!

#jaykestrel #kestreljay #Lionblaze #Berrynose #Tallstar #Jake #jayfeather #warrior cats #Warrior cats art #leafpool #Mothwing #Hollyleaf #Hazeltail #Ravenpaw #Barley #Sunbeam #lightleap #frostpaw #Whistlepaw #Flipclaw #Feather of flying hawk #Crookedstar #willowbreeze #Talljake #Mothpool #Ravenbarley #hollyhazel #Lionberry #Lightleapxsunbeam #Frostwhistle

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

🐈 Give me the drama!

Drama, eh? How about the tragedy that is Dustpelt's mother?

Mild trigger warning for xenophobia.

I split up Robinwing's kittens amongst others. Frostfur and Chestnutwing are their only children, though she does give some help to Brindleface and Whitestorm both for a small amount of time. All Queens helped out with Brindlekit and Whitekit though. Brindlekit's mother abandoned Thunderclan after giving birth and never said who the father was, and no one claimed her. Longtail was born to Patchpelt still, but now his mother is an OC named Bluebellfur. This successfully shatters one of the problems that Robinwing, Fuzzypelt and Patchpelt caused.

As for Dustpelt, Cherrypaw and Ravenpaw? They are now the kittens that belong to Grayflower.

Grayflower is a skinny gray and cream/dilute tortoiseshell molly with purple eyes. She had her kits Honor Sired by Featherwhisker. They had NO relationship, she just wanted a Thunderclan Sire and Featherwhisker gave a thumbs up as long as she didn't involve him. He ain't a father.

She appears first during Bluestar's Prophecy as a young apprentice, trained by Fuzzypelt, and is one of the (many) cats egging on Thistlepaw. Yeah! Let's ruin those soggy fish munching freaks! Sure I'll show you a good spot where you can beat the snot out of an innocent kittypet, they're not truly cats, after all.

Yeah... if Featherwhisker knew how nasty she could be, I don't think he would have Honor Sired.

She was a TOUGH lady. Awful habits aside, nothing EVER fazed Grayflower. Ever. Cucumber trick would not have worked, kitty is unshakable.

As for her family, one would be SHOCKED to know that her parents are Tawnyspots and a brilliant cat known as Flypelt. Sadly, Flypelt passed in childbirth, leaving Tawnyspots alone with Graykit and Thrushkit. Where Thrushkit would become Thrushpelt, a proto-Fire Law supporter, his sister Grayflower would become a proto-Tiger Law supporter. A HARD Codeist.

However, oddly enough... She was a very loving mother. She held Cherrykit, Dustkit and Ravenkit close, amused when Ravenkit showed purple eyes like hers. She loved them so much, telling the three all the time how proud she was, making sure to hunt for them when she could to get their favorite prey - Robin. She even made a request to Bluestar to hold Ravenkit back for a while, her son too nervous to leave the nursery just yet.

She was the mother that would leave kind notes in your lunchbag, pack cool bandaids in her purse whenever you scraped your knee and tell you you're being so, so brave when she uses the antiseptic spray. Grayflower would make sure you eat your veggies and use your manners and help you if you needed it.

But she would then go online and rant about 'filthy' outsiders posing a threat, and cats with "outside blood" should be thrown out of the Clans, and no one could ever hope to be as holy or pure as a "Proper Thunderclan cat".

Her death comes swiftly in WCR!Into The Wild, she dies in the same battle Lionheart is killed in. Her throat is slashed by a Shadowclan cat, she's dead before she even hits the ground. Firepaw didn't like her, but when he sees how it effects her 3 kids, he understands that while she wasn't kind in any way towards him, she was still loved.

Cherryshine hides away in the warriors den, holding a small gift that Grayflower made for her, a wooden figure. Dustpaw goes from snarky and rude to just... Closed off completely. No one can get him to talk for several days. Ravenpaw clings to Graypaw and Firepaw harder for a while, having even more nightmares...

Her impact is felt harder in her death. Dustpelt had always wanted to be like her, and when he grows up he realizes just how horrific her ideals had been. Cherryshine had started to reject her ideals as an apprentice, but it never meant she didn't love her mother, never wanted to see her get better.

Ravenpaw though? Oooh, that's the juicy one.

Ravenpaw's Farewell is about grief, loss, and how people we lose can still have effect on us, even years down the line. Ravenpaw visits the graves of cats he knew regularly, the ones that haven't been paved over for an almost completely unused road. Grayflower's grave is included. He has... Some feelings about her.

When Tigerclaw had started to blame him for all the bad things happening in Thunderclan, would she have believed him? She would have died for her kids, but she would have died for Tigerstar's plans too. She believed Tigerclaw's every word... Had she loved Ravenpaw enough?

She would love who Barley is, he's funny, strong, and always up for a quick hunting session or a fun wrestle.

But she would hate what Barley is, so, so much. She hated all outsiders, especially clanless cats.

Would she hate him too?

#warrior cats #warrior cats rewrite #warriors #wcr #asks #warriors ocs #original character #grayflower #cherrypaw #ravenpaw #wc barley #dustpelt #tigerclaw #tw xenophobia

[exocynraku]

9 & 10 for the violence ask game?

9: worst part of canon wc: the sheer amount of characters and how none of them have personalities & the intense focus on thunderclan are the two worst things for me . there are so many characters that COULD have really interesting personalities an COULD have really interesting stories and COULD be from different clans and yet the erins just!!!!!!!!!! dont care!!!!!!!! and i hate it!!!!!!!!!! one piece: the whitewashing of a bunch of different characters in the anime and the.... sexification (?) of nami and robin. robin and usuopp used to have REALLY COOL DARK SKIN and now they are AS PALE AS SNOW its awful. and with nami and robin. MANNNNN nami used to be so cool with her short hair & loooooooved robins mysteriousness and vague androgyny and !!! then. they got rid of it. and now both of them are just sexy girls with the blandest designs ever and i am so upset about it 10: worst part of fanon wc: the intense obsession's with tpb/tnp/po3 and oots. everyone and their mom has read those four arcs and NOBODY ON THIS PLANET HAS READ DOTC/AVOS/TBC/ASC . this might not Sound that bad the earlier books are VERY GOOD i will admit but EVERYWHERE i look there's stuff for lionblaze & hollyleaf & jayfeather & leafpool & squilf & firestar & sandstorm & dovewing & ivepool and like. i love a lot of these characters but like!!! guess what guys!!! there's cats like tree & rootspring & bristlefrost & flipclaw & shadowsight & lightleap & thunderstar & jagged peak & turtle tail & bumble & probably a bunch of other characters that are just as cool and interesting!!!! and theres little to nothing about ANY of them!!! plus all of the SEs and novellas!!! i have NEVER heard ANYONE talk about skyclans destiny or firestars quest or ravenpaws farewell and it SUCKS!!! yall need to read more of these books i swear!!! i know that avos wasn't like the greatest thing ever which is why i assume a lot of people dropped the books but tbc and asc (so far) have been!!! pretty cool!!! quit hiding in the past of nostalgia and childhood memories and learn to accept the future !

#warrior cats #wc #one piece #ray talk #ask game

[yuridovewing]

Mothwing's Secret Diagnosis: A

Holy shit that was good. Definitely my favorite novella as of this point. The way both Mothwing and Hawkfrost are characterized here is so good and does such a good job of humanizing the both of them, Hawkfrost especially. I like how Hawkfrost starts off the book being sympathetic to Mothwing, and then in his last appearance he's depicted as haggard, depraved, and insane from his time in the Dark Forest to the point that he just can't listen to Mothwing anymore. It's such a devastating comparison.

I also love how Mothwing's journey with StarClan is presented. In any other scene, the writers would wrench the protagonist's mouth to be like "Wowie StarClan was so cool and justified and good for this actually", but Mothwing sees through their bullshit and doesn't rely on them for her work. She still doesn't do the prophecy thing and that's okay. She accepts that it helps her clanmates and that Willowshine can take care of things. She even resents StarClan for taking the credit for her healing. And I especially love that it's Hawkfrost's decayed spirit that breaks her there. She hates StarClan for letting this happen to her brother and letting things get this bad. And that's a REALLY good place to take a medic in my opinion.

Not gonna lie, this is the first book in my readthrough where I just had a good time in each chapter. Ravenpaw's Farewell and Pebbleshine's Kits were good but they both had chapters that felt like padding or just unnecessarily meanspirited moments. Mothwing's Secret is about how clan culture decayed her relationship with her brother and warped him into a monster and slowly broke her and at no point does Mothwing stop and go "actually this is all good and fine". It's played as the tragedy it is and that's just really good. Augh.

#things that keep it from an A+ are the very clear attempts to minimize the mothpool scenes #and mothwing being like ''oh starclan isnt real... but if they are i hope they arent mad at me :('' no no erin hunter COMMIT #mws liveread #ok. ive read a lot today so if things go well... ill finally start shattered sky tomorrow #took a good long break from the main arc but now we're diving back in baby. and into the one ppl say is the best one #... only 3 books into this 6 book arc. im so fucking scared you guys

[heathfall]

none of the novellas are good and the super editions are usually just unnecessary retreads

strongly agree | agree | neutral | disagree | strongly disagree

I only say "agree" with this one rather than "strongly agree" because I think some of the novellas are pretty solid. I enjoyed Daisy's Kin and Ravenpaw's Farewell. By and large, though, I'm not a fan of them no. I think they're the best when they flesh out a side character and aren't really needed to advance the plot along.

I liked the Super Editions more when I was a kid. SkyClan's Destiny was solid, and I like Crookedstar's Promise. Back when they only covered characters who were fairly integral but we didn't know a ton about (so the leaders as of TPB), they were pretty good. Now that we're getting Super Editions about every random guy who shows up in a book, they're getting pretty repetitive and pretty much only serve to wreck the timeline further.

Thank you for the ask!

#ask game #warriors ask game #warrior cats #warriors #erin hunter warriors #heathfall

[runn1ngn0se]

least fav wc novella or graphic novel?

no pressure!!

So I was going to do this big essay on why I disliked Goosefeather's Curse but that fell through and I left this ask to gather dust, so lets just get this out.

This book and Goosefeather's life feels so nihilistic. He goes through all this sufferings and it doesn't feel like he nor the reader get anything out of it. No leasons to be learned, appreciation to be gained or catharsis to be felt, just the feeling that "life sucks so why try". It just feels so hollow.

Goosefeather is an odd charatcer, being that hes so powerful, yet the fact he lives only in the pre-TPB era means that he is able to do barely anything with his powers aside from ensure TPB happens, and the fact he wasn't intoduced IRL till after PO3 (so Rock had already been introduced as our omniscient character) means he can't contibute much to the story going forward. This just leaves his powers feeling wasted, which in turn makes all the suffering his powers cause him feel like they were for nothing.

The pacing of this book is also wack. Credit where its due, I do genuinely like the start of the book where it slowly introduces his powers, with him talking to the old cats during the game of hide-and-seek, realizing that hes the only one who can see/hear them, and then learning that they'd been dead for years. Its a good reveal. Once he gets his med cat name though it just feels like the book has run out of material and just meanders about with random unrelated snippets like him getting Mapleshade training (that he never uses) and seeing Sunkit and Featherkit's futures until it finally hits the word count and abruptly ends with one last pointless horror for him to bear.

also StormTAIL x MoonPAW is the fucked up little cherry on top of it all, the real Erin special.

TLDR: "Pointless and narratively unfullfilling suffering" the book.

Least fav graphic novel is easier. Ravenpaw's Path is so "in one ear and out the other". I guess its harmless and even cute for what it is, but hardcore RavenBarely fans are the only ones I see getting much out of it, and even then they also the far superior Ravenpaw's Farewell.

#sorry this took so long #goosefeather #warrior cats

[kittpaws]

Can you talk about your RavenBarley family au please? (I think it’s adorable and I’d love to here more about it!)

I WOULD LOVE TO!!!! The idea is that during Ravenpaw’s Farewell, Ravenpaw doesn’t die, and helping Rileypool & Bellaleaf makes him realize that he’d actually be a pretty good dad. He and Barley talk it out & decide to have a litter - they soon have three kits, Yarrow, Rye, and Pumpkin! They’re the best dads in the world. Yarrow’s got a strong personality and high ambitions, which means he causes a lot of chaos and torments Pumpkin in particular, but he’s not a bad kid, just high-energy. Rye is super smart & curious about the natural world, and her favorite thing ever is collecting bugs!! Pumpkin got Raven’s nerves, and is easily upset, but is a deep thinker and loves spending time out in the pasture with the farm livestock & horses. The kids eventually grow up: Yarrow goes to find the Clans and becomes a warrior of SkyClan, Ravenpaw & Barley bring Pumpkin to the Twolegs after HEAVILY deliberating and he becomes a beloved indoor cat of a friend of theirs, and Rye decides to stay in the barn and help her dads as they age. Ravenpaw’s more of the hands-on parent (think Chilli, if you’ve seen Bluey), takes everything seriously, is good with feelings and advice. Barley likes having fun and playing more than any of that, but he’s very good at it, and he won’t hesitate to intervene if there’s trouble. They’re both pretty protective of their kits due to their respective childhoods, which can cause some problems..but generally, they’re excellent dads and want to do well more than anything. <3 I love these guys SO MUCH!!!

#ravenbarley family au #kitt talks #thx for asking omg i thought nobody cared much other than me…:)

[harriertail]

Have you read Greystripe's Vow? And what are your thoughts on Greystripe?

Admittedly I skimmed it becoz I just wasn't interested but I can give some thoughts.

I loved the Then vs Now parts and the way it was structured- GV and Blackfoots Reckoning stand out for more adventurous story-telling, along with SkyClan's Destiny and Stick's chapters. I just wasn't convinced by the plot or why it had to exist. The Fury/BloodClan bits kinda clash with the Ravenpaw's Path post-Scourge BloodClan plot even if you consider the two groups as different factions. Fang/Honeysuckle... yeah whatever. coincidental but sure ill buy it

The 'Now' stuff was just... Broken Code really dropped the ball around Bk4-5 but whatever. I didn't expect Greystripe to leave tho it was very... strange. and how this adventure became him saving ThunderClan i'm still not convinced on. I did like Flipclaw I guess, and Flywhisker and Snaptooth leaving was good. The SE was fun but really didn't add anything- like it just filled the gap between FQ-Ravenpaw's Path and did nothing else. not everything needs major character development or plot development (espec what should be separate SE's) but it was literally filler. maybe this would have been more interesting from Monkeystar or Fang's POV with them bumping into Greystripe on his wander, having had weird dreams and then setting up the Clan a bit more- a reverse Firestar's Quest in a way?

This is super nit picky- but the forest territory should have been left alone. Like the Great Journey seems so much less.. great and hard-won if any fucker can just cross the mountains. I always imagined the forest as completely fucking destroyed so seeing RC territory and the ravine in Ravenpaw's Farewell is just kinda.. rah its still there (yes WindClans fucked but whatever)

Also WarriorClan reminded me so much of my wattpad fanfic's TownClan- kittypets/longers formed into a Clan by an exiled Clan cat- and I was fucking champing at the bit to kick off about it. I did like them I guess they were just annoying kids imho. I did like seeing Barley tho : )

TL;DR The Erins constantly going back to fan favourite arcs and characters doesn't really benefit the world or the characters but it is fun to see them again. This SE is super ignored in the fandom (and I can see why) it just passed without any kind of... acknowledgement. I’d love to hear others thoughts becoz i feel like i never saw any discussion of it : ( 

#greystripes vow #thanks for the ask! other asks espec drawing reqs i will get to as soon as I can <3

[morsobaby]

What's your opinion of Ravenpaw and Barley? Do you have any headcanons for them?

RavenBarley 6.5???/10 maybe? I'm conflicted about this one kinda. I remember way back initially I was like "People ship them? Wasn't Barley like well into his adulthood when he met apprentice Ravenpaw?? That's kinda. Weird" but it seemed so popular and apparently confirmed by authors off site so I kinda went with it and didn't think too hard about it for a while but Idk. I'm torn between "Well it's warrior cats what did you expect" and "We can't keep getting used to this stuff guys" but I still? Like the ship? It's got two guys healing and some great escapist gay adventures, the Raven going to a farm far away so he can have more space to run free and be happy.. :) I like the idea that he gets to just screw off from Thunderclan and his abusive mentor and spend his olden golden days w his husband on a farm being gay cowboys and having a shockingly fine relationship to the dog that also lives there iirc. You'll still catch me speaking up about the age gap tho ngl, even if this one wasn't as egregious, it's still a grossly reoccurring problem in wc and needs to not slide into the background. Don't let this become normal and fine dandy. I still support the people who prefer to imagine them as more "Older support figure/adoptive uncle of Ravenpaw" bc unfortunately it's also a very possible read of their dynamic.. I did read Ravenpaws farewell tho and I think in that one they leaned much more on the Cowboy Husbands relationship which I respect!!!! That book had me sobbing violently if I'm not mistaken. My verdict is "I'm critical of this one but it's better than alot more in the series so you'll catch me enjoying it".

For additional headcanons uhhh well I made a gender hc post of wc some while back, I think I had Raven be Masc nb and I still vibe w that, tho I think just nonbinary Ravenpaw is honestly great in itself too regardless of if he's transmasc or not. I'd also happily hc Barley as nb, tho I think initially I had him be a trans Tom. Bc he truly feels like it! Good for him. Admittedly I didn't vibe with how Raven apparently still was really brainwashed enthusiastic about the clan life n shit but I can understand it and respectfully let it be, bc it adds depth to his character and I appreciate how it works in dynamic with Barleys character. And it does make sense obviously seeing how he was raised but Idk I wish he'd grown up more critical and like. Ex Mormon style about clanlife, like "Yeah that was some wack shit and i believe the religion but I'm definitely not like, That™" kind of thing ykno? Clan life was not kind to him.

#Ask #Ask game #ravenbarley

[greatshell-rider]

you should read the novella Ravenpaw's Farewell after the 3 mangas called Ravenpaw's Path if you want to see him again :) they're pretty short

aha thank you! i think i read the mangas long ago but i sure do not remember a bit of them and never had the chance to pick up any of the novellas, so that's good to know where ravenpaw's story continues

#was so sad reading darkest night and going oh? barley's here? that means i'll get to see ravenpaw again :) [one page later] WHERE'S MY GUY #anonymous #warriors

[warriorsbutnotreally]

I personally think they are not so good

Like sure it can be interesting, but Ravenpaw is still stuck in a violent society that he never felt comfortable with. Plus, yeah, Alder vibes - and I was so frustrated with his arc!

So I like those only if he still leaves in the end and lives on the farm

More like “I tried, did not like”

I feel that for sure

it reminds me of Ravenpaw's Farewell where he confirmed that, while he missed Clanlife sometimes, he was happier outside of the Clans [namely in telling Barely in a 'totally straight' [/j] way that he's happiest with him]

like making him a medicine cat doesn't mean he's safe

plus, there were times he was actually happy as a warrior, but the danger he was in meant he'd never be fully safe

he also turned down a warrior name AND joining StarClan

which says a lot imo

#ravenpaw #warriors #warrior cats

[everybody-loves-purdy]

Spottedleaf: Firestar I don’t feel so good.

If endgame was out when the Last Hope was out I fully imagine Vicky would have snuck this in considering she referenced the first avengers movie in Ravenpaw’s farewell

#anonymous

[sun-showr]

ok so i am already way behind on my catch up goals, are we surprised, no we are not. But here i finally am with Ravenpaw's Farewell thoughts anyway

This was actually the first warriors novella I've read and my initial thoughts were basically, "aw geez...are they all going to be written this poorly?" but i have since finished Dovewing's Silence so i am now privy to the fact that, no, they are not all written this poorly.

Overall it just has such structure and character problems. Like i am not going to lie, I 100% teared up at the tour of the old forest, and of course at Ravenpaw's death. His quote about having always been a warrior deserves a special shout out, but for the most part dialogue was really clunky, I swear characters frequently teleported around a scene, or worse, the environment was so poorly described I couldn't tell where anyone was supposed to be wayyy too much of the time. Bella and Riley barely felt real, which I think the author even knew because they tried to keep comparing them to Firestar and Graystripe just to make us experience an emotion. And the conflict and its resolution ("how to make kittypets stop attacking us?" "what if...border.... larger ?") was just silly and made SkyClan and maybe also StarClan look dumb af.

BUT I was very much surprised how central the relationship between Barley and Ravenpaw was. Obviously I was aware that these boys totally love each other and it was one of those things where the authors say they're gay but the publisher won't allow it to be in text, but I still didn't expect their relationship to be so overtly loving. Of course I don't think it's "good enough" -- we should be able to have explicitly same sex mates in Warrior Cats. But it was incredibly sweet to have them talk about how much they love each other, and even little things like the kittens asking them if they had kits of their own.

I did also really appreciate the messaging about how all people - even young people or those born under different circumstances - have a right to choose their own path in life. I wish I had felt a little bit more for all the secondary characters, but overall that's a poignant message, especially aimed at younger readers.

All and all, it was a decent send off to a beloved character and setting, with little nods of foreshadowing to the coming plots with SkyClan and even Graystripe's Vow, but it didn't really put in the extra effort of doing anything new or truly extraordinary, mostly instead trailing on the coattails of nostalgia and better books from the series.

Dovewing's Silence is next!

#warrior cats #ravenpaw's farewell #wc #waca #warriors #ravenpaw #book review #erin hunter #The Great Warrior Cats Catch-Up #warriorcats #long post #though i guess tumblr should be shortening the post for you all now anyway huh

[gougarpaw]

Graystripe’s Vow

A quick overview, chapter summaries. 

31 chapters + prologue + epilogue + manga

Prologue - FQ

BloodClan is planning on getting revenge on Firestar’s Quest era ThunderClan. They are lead by a new leader, Fury. 

Gremlin is worried about this, since she is pregnant and doesn’t want to hurt her kits.

Chapter 1 - TBC

Graystripe is realizing he’s old. 

Lionblaze looks like Sandstorm, Spotfur has Frostfur’s face, (Frostfur is Ravenpaw’s sibling.)

Thriftear, Thornclaw, Snaptooth, Flywhisker and others disrespect Squirrelflight because she’s not technically leader.

Squirrelflight talks with Graystripe about being deputy/leader. “You can say it, Graystripe. In many ways, Firestar’s ThunderClan was better... at least things seemed easier.”

Graystripe worries about StarClan returning.

Chapter 2 - TBC

Graystripe dreams about being in the (lake) forest with Firestar. The dream turns and Graystripe feels dread. Graystripe imagines Millie and “talks” it out with her. (...) Graystripe asks Brackenfur if “this is the same ThunderClan as Firestar’s ThunderClan.” Brackenfur says it is. 

Plumstone and Thriftear get into a fight. They both call Graystripe (and StarClan) an “out-of-date boomer” (exact quote /j) then Thornclaw, Twigbranch and Lionblaze argue about if Squirrelflight is leader or deputy. Bumblestripe, and then Bristlefrost try to break up the fight but fail. Squirrelflight ends up begging them to stop :(

Flipclaw suggests they rewrite the warrior code while StarClan is gone. The Clan flips out and Flipclaw then says maybe he wants to spend some time outside of the Clan. Snaptooth agrees, Flywhisker agrees, and Thornclaw agrees. 

Graystripe decides to “wander” with them. Squirrelflight feels betrayed. She gives them a moon to return. 

Chapter 3 - FQ

Graystripe ponders life. Willowpelt, his mother, has died. (...) He overhears Brightheart and Ferncloud doubting the purpose of Firestar’s Quest. (not the book, just why Firestar left.) Ashfur and Cloudtail also think Firestar left to live as a kittypet. Mousefur trusts that Firestar isn’t a kittypet, but wants to know where he is.

Cinderpelt yells at Ashfur. (...)

Brambleclaw, Thornclaw and Brackenfur bring Graystripe a dead rabbit with WindClan scent found on their territory (near fourtrees.) Graystripe decides to do nothing about this but increase border patrols, much to the chagrin of the Clan. 

Graystripe goes to sleep with troubled thoughts, and is awoken by somebody screaming.

Chapter 4 - TBC

Graystripe and the boys decide to stop and hunt while they are still in the territory. Hawkwing and a SkyClan patrol appear. Snaptooth spills the beans and embarresses Graystripe and the others. 

Flywhisker asks if Graystripe wants to rest while they hunt, but he goes hunting anyways. He catches a rabbit. Graystripe contemplates returning to the old forest. 

The other warriors talk about how much easier it is to hunt for four. Flipclaw tells Flywhisker that if she were to have kits he’d make sure she’s wellfed. Flywhisker tells him she isn’t interested. He tries again but she shoots him down. 

Snaptooth asks what they will do now. Flywhisker wonders what it would be like to be a kittypet. Thornclaw gets sick of this and leaves. 

Graystripe tells the others that he wants to visit his son, Stormfur. He hopes that by visiting his “past” he can understand his future.

Chapter 5 - FQ

The screaming was Brightheart. She is giving birth. Graystripe is terrified that she will die like Silverstream. Cloudtail gathers herbs for Cinderpelt.

Graystripe welcomes the kit into ThunderClan and pats himself on the back for doing nothing. Then he realizes that Firestar would done something and not just stand around, and feels ashamed.

A few days later, Thornclaw, Sootpaw and Brambleclaw return with more proof of WindClan hunting on their territory. Ashfur says this wouldn’t be a problem if Dustpelt were deputy. 

Graystripe doesn’t know what to do. Mousefur enters camp and tells him that Russetfur wants to speak with Firestar.

Chapter 6 - TBC

The others are nervous about leaving Clan territory. Graystripe has enjoyed hunting. 

Suddenly, dogs. They climb trees and a human comes and takes the dogs away. 

Later that day, Graystripe tells them that he wants to go now. Flywhisker, Snaptooth and Flipclaw tell him he can go without them. 

Flipclaw changes his mind and comes with Graystripe.

Chapter 7 - FQ

Russetfur and Rowanclaw demand to speak with Firestar. Graystripe tells them that Firestar is busy, so they can speak with him instead. Turns out they’ve scented BloodClan on Clan territory. ThunderClan overhears this and instantly smack-talks ShadowClan. (Rowanclaw’s pronouns are switching paragraph to paragraph. *EDIT: I might just be bad at reading... thanks for telling me lol!)

Graystripe tells his Clan that he thinks BloodClan are the ones pretending to be WindClan and causing trouble. Cinderpelt agrees. 

Graystripe, Dustpelt and Brambleclaw go to inspect the BloodClan smell, but get jumped by BloodClan troopers. Graystripe sees Gremlin and knows she’s fit to burst.

Fury tells them that she knows that Firestar is gone. BloodClan attacks and defeats Graystripe. They throw him under a fence to get eaten by a dog. The dog is locked in a house, so he survives.

Graystripe heads back to the forest, but encounters Gremlin. She lets him escape. This confuses Graystripe.

Chapter 8 - TBC

Graystripe and Flipclaw make it to the Tribe’s territory. Flipclaw is excited to tell his littermates about this. They encounter two Tribe cats, Moon Shining on Water and Thorn that Grows in Clef. 

Graystripe and Stormfur have a sweet reunion for two sentences. Graystripe meets the kits. Flipclaw hits it off with Feather. They are very VERY good friends, (probably a bit more than friends.) 

Stoneteller mentions a rogue who had come around asking for Clan cats. 

Chapter 9 - TBC

Graystripe tells Stoneteller about all the Bramblestar and ThunderClan problems. Stoneteller has sensed a shadow over the Clans. He tells Graystripe that Graystripe still has a long journey ahead. Graystripe goes to sleep.

A tribe cat tells Stoneteller that the boys Flipclaw and Feather were out hunting, but got trapped in a landslide. Graystripe goes with Stoneteller to help.

Feather manages to get out, but Flipclaw is still stuck. It takes all day, but they get Flipclaw out. Flipclaw’s leg is dislocated.

Graystripe sees Feathertail standing on a shiny rock, and takes it as a sign that he must find the moonstone. 

Chapter 10 - FQ

Graystripe returns to camp. He asks Dustpelt if he knows that Ashfur wants him to be deputy. Dustpelt is surprised. 

Ashfur talks smack about Graystripe getting beat up by BloodClan (same energy as “im built different”) Brambleclaw reminds him that there were too many BloodClan cats for two and a half warriors to fight.

The next day Graystripe tells ThunderClan they must prepare for BloodClan again. 

Chapter 11 - TBC

Graystripe wants to leave the tribe immediately. Stormfur asks why he doesn’t just stay forever. Graystripe considers it, but still wants to go to the moonstone. 

Flipclaw is still recovering. Graystripe tells him about the moonstone, and Flipclaw tells Graystripe that he wants to go home. They part ways.

Graystripe thinks about Silverstream and Millie again. He hunts a mouse and spots Highstones. He nearly gets hit on the Thunderpath. 

Chapter 12 - FQ

Still worried about BloodClan, Graystripe is startled by Shrewkit and Spiderkit playing. ThunderClan is on edge. Graystripe decides now is a good time to tell the other Clans that BloodClan is back.

Graystripe takes Cloudtail and Rainpaw to WindClan. Tallstar believes Graystripe about BloodClan and sends Firestar his well-wishes. They go to RiverClan and meet Stormfur. Leopardstar is angry about BloodClan, and sceptical about Firestar. 

Stormfur and Feathertail escort them off RiverClan territory. 

Chapter 13 - TBC

Graystripe makes it to Highstones. He thinks about visiting Barley. 

An owl scares him, and then a pack of monsters scare him. He escapes and hides in a bush. A fat kittypet stumbles upon him, but leaves to get dinner. Graystripe feels lost. 

Graystripe dreams about Millie’s death. He wakes up and smells the river. He sees sunningrocks. 

Graystripe gets attacked by a cat.

Chapter 14 - FQ

It’s the gathering. Graystripe is nervous about BloodClan still being in the forest. 

Leopardstar and Blackstar are sceptical about Firestar’s whereabouts. She announces that there was a fox on their territory, but that *Mistyfoot chased it off. 

The leaders agree to share news of BloodClan with each other throughout the moon.

Graystripe talks with Stormfur and Feathertail, similar to what he says to them in A Shadow in RiverClan (that they are welcome in ThunderClan.)

Chapter 15 - TBC

Graystripe realizes the kittypet who attacked him is not alone. There are five others. They introduce themselves as WarriorClan! Monkeystar, Bugeater, Fireface, Bigteeth, Clawwhistle, and Chester. They are larping as clan cats during the day, and returning to their humans at night.

Smudge is still alive, and has told the kittypets all about the warriors. They ask if Firestar is with him. Graystripe says he isn’t, but that he is a real warrior. Monkeystar asks him to prove it by fighting her, and he wins.

Graystripe decides to stay with WarriorClan for a little bit, and teaches them how to hunt.

Near sunset, Graystripe decides to leave WarriorClan. Monkeystar bids him farewell. Graystripe finds Four Trees, and is distressed about its destruction.

Chapter 16 - FQ

Graystripe is hunting when he hears someone in the bushes. It’s Gremlin. She wants to give birth to her kits somewhere safe. She says that ThunderClan is the only place she’d want to have her kits. She wants her and her brother to be safe too. 

Brackenfur appears and says that they can’t trust Gremlin. Graystripe and him argue a bit. 

Graystripe goes home and tells Cinderpelt about Gremlin. Cinderpelt decides to go to the moonstone and ask StarClan.

Chapter 17 - TBC

Still trying to get out of the twoleg place, Graystripe finally gets to the exit. He feels like he’s being followed, and lo and behold WarriorClan wants to see the moonstone. 

Graystripe tells them that they can just wait outside for him. They agree and they all set off. When they are closer, they smell a stranger!

WarriorClan is ready for a fight, but the stranger tells Graystripe that they are Gremlin’s kit, and that he had vowed to help Gremlin no matter what. They asked if he would help them too.

Chapter 18 - FQ

Graystripe is going with Cinderpelt to the moonstone. He thinks about Gremlin while he waits outside.

Graystripe falls asleep and dreams about Firestar. Firestar turns into Fury and tells him to wake up. Cinderpelt is back and tells Graystripe that he’s got to make his own decision, and to beware the snake bite.

Graystripe does not find this encouraging.

Chapter 19 - TBC

The stranger, Fang, tells Graystripe that he escaped from an abusive twoleg’s den and wants to go back to get his mate. His mate, Daffodil, is sick and might die (like Gremlin did) in this twoleg’s house.

Graystripe agrees to help but first he wants to go to the moonstone. Bigteeth, Bugeater, Fireface and Chester head back to their humans. 

Graystripe enters Mothermouth and asks StarClan to forgive him from trespassing and asks for help.

Lightning strikes!

Chapter 20 - FQ

Graystripe meets with Gremlin at Smudge’s house. Cinderpelt tells Gremlin that one of her kits is upside-down, and that the birth might be hard.

Fury drops by and asks Smudge if he wants to join BloodClan. He stands his ground, and she tells Gremlin that there will be a Clan meeting. 

Graystripe calls a Clan meeting himself and tells ThunderClan about Gremlin. The Clan is divided about her, but Cinderpelt helps convince them that Gremlin needs their help.

Ashfur loudly objects, but Cinderpelt helps convince the Clan that Gremlin needs their help and means no harm. 

Chapter 21 - TBC

Lightning struck the moonstone and destroyed. Graystripe is terrified. He runs back to Monkeystar, Clawwhistle and Fang and tells them. Monkeystar suggests they go to Barley. 

Fang asks if Graystripe is his father. Graystripe tells him no, but that he is proud of him nonetheless. Fang is disappointed. 

Barley is shocked that Graystripe is still alive. Barley is very old, and doesn’t move much. Monkeystar and Clawwhistle hunt a mouse for him. 

Graystripe asks Barley what he should do, and Barley suggests he sleep on it. Before he sleeps, he hears Fang ask if Barley knew Gremlin.

Chapter 22 - FQ

Back at Smudge’s house, Gremlin and Graystripe have a meet up again. 

Gremlin tells Graystripe that BloodClan will attack in two days, when the camp is at its weakest (all the patrols are out and the patrols who have returned are already tired.)

Chapter 23 - TBC

Graystripe spends the day listening to Barley telling Fang about Gremlin. They go to sleep, but Fang seems unhappy.

Fang tells Graystripe that Gremlin died in the twoleg den that he had escaped from. Fang wants to leave now and free all the other cats too. 

Chapter 24 - TBC

They head out. WarriorClan wants to come with, but Graystripe says it’s too dangerous. He convinces them to stay with Barley.

Graystripe enters the house through a window. The house is unkept, and all the cats are starving. It’s not great. The twoleg is very very old. 

The twoleg shuts the window while he tries to figure out an escape route.

Chapter 25 - TBC

Graystripe speaks with the cats. He learns that Fang used to be named Honeysuckle. 

The cats try to come up with ideas of how to escape. The twoleg’s favorite cat, Petunia, shoots down the idea of attacking the twoleg. 

They make a plan to prop open a door, but it fails. Graystripe feels hopeless.

Chapter 26 - FQ

Graystripe tries to orchestrate a normal day while preparing for a battle with BloodClan. He sends the elders Goldenflower and Frostfur on a “patrol” near twoleg place to scout out BloodClan and the apprentices to the training hollow where they can avoid the battle.

Fury enters camp and the battle begins. The apprentices disobey and try to fight BloodClan. 

Cinderpelt tries to sneak Gremlin out of the fighting, but is spotted by Fury. Snake and Ice try to stop her, and Scraps tries to stop them. Scraps dies. 

Graystripes is about to kill Snake when Fury yells at him to stop. She threatens to kill Gremlin, and the other cats stop fighting too.

Chapter 27 - FQ

Graystripe notices that Fury has been fatally wounded, and tells her if they leave the Clans alone, Cinderpelt can treat her wound. Fury refuses, but starts dying. Fury then decides she wants to live, and ThunderClan wins. 

ThunderClan finally apologizes for not trusting Graystripe. Graystripe talks to Cinderpelt about StarClan’s message, then goes and visits Gremlin. Gremlin is mourning Scraps, and decides that being in a Clan is too violent for her. 

Gremlin decides to become a kittypet, so Graystripe vows to always help Gremlin if she asks. (thats the name of the book fellas we did it)

Chapter 28 - TBC

Graystripe speaks with Daffodil, Fang’s mate. She is very weak. He is worried that Fang has abandoned them.

Later, Fang returns with WarriorClan, and WarriorClan pushes up on a loose board. The kittypets are able to escape. Petunia wants to stay.

A mail man arrives and calls animal control. The cats leave the house but don’t go far. The older cats want to go and get captured, and Daffodil does too. 

The elderly human is taken away in an ambulance, and Petunia wants to stay at the house until she returns. Graystripe convinces her she can still wait, but she has to escape the humans first. 

Fang is sad that Daffodil is gone, and Graystripe has no idea how to comfort him.

Chapter 29 - TBC

Graystripe comforts Fang. 

The escaped cats decide to part ways, either becoming loners, going off to find human caretakers, or joining WarriorClan (and moving to Barley’s barn.)

Graystripe is ready to retire to the elder’s den again. He realizes that it is possible for Clans to exist without StarClan, like WarriorClan has and is. Fang is upset and doesn’t want him to leave. 

Graystripe asks Petunia to be the medicine cat, and encourages her to take on an apprentice in case her human ever comes back. WarriorClan feels like a real Clan now (to Graystripe and Fang.) 

Graystripe prepares to leave.

Chapter 30 - FQ

ThunderClan is back to normal. Firestar is back!

Graystripe tells Firestar that he is not fit to lead, and that he is happy just being deputy. Firestar is just happy to be back. 

Chapter 31 - TBC

Graystripe sleeps in Barley’s barn and tells him what happened. Barley is glad the cats escaped, and that they are welcome in his barn. 

Graystripe is spotted by a hunting patrol and Stormfur greets him. He tells Stormfur that he is returning to ThunderClan, because he’s realized he doesn’t need StarClan to tell him that ThunderClan has changed. He has come to terms with it.

Stormfur is frustrated that Graystripe won’t stay, but calms down and enjoys the rest of the evening with his father for the last time.

Graystripe makes it to the lake, and is excited to be back in the home he loves. 

Epilogue - FQ

It’s the gathering. All the Clans are surprised that Firestar is there. Firestar announces BloodClan’s second defeat, and the Clans chant Graystripe’s name.

Manga - TBC 

A moon later. Monkeystar says that WarriorClan is thriving, but that she is insecure about her leadership skills. Fang is a good deputy, but Petunia keeps leaving for days. 

Monkeystar decides to go and find Petunia. She, Bugeater, Lily and Clawwhistle travel to find the human’s house. They get attacked by kittypets, and are chased off. They find Petunia at the human’s house, rundown and abandoned. 

Petunia doesn’t want to leave the house behind, but knows in her heart that her human will not return. Lily convinces Petunia to come home, albeit regretfully.

Monkeystar comes up with a plan to help Petunia move on. She takes Petunia to the shattered the moonstone. 

Petunia returns joyfully. Gremlin’s ghost had appeared to her, and tells her that the old human is dead but at peace. Gremlin encourages Petunia by telling her that her Clanmates need her. 

The patrol returns to WarriorClan, reinvigorated. 

#this bad boy is super long #graystripes vow #not design #book summary #but this isnt really a summary bc its so long #just if anyone doesnt want to read this book lol #but its really good