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#crookedstar i think is the one that gets me the most emotionally like i for real cry so bad during it
oflgtfol · 3 years
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bluestar's prophecy and crookedstar's promise both make me weep like a fucking baby whenever i read them. these feral cats experience tragedies on a scale i cant even imagine. what the fuck man
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mallowstep · 2 years
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Hello Mallowstep, I just remembered that it is Oakheart who chooses Feathertail to go on the Great Journey, but I agree with you that he would not be likely to choose a new apprentice--and if anything I think this is compounded by the fact that it's Oakheart, who lost a kit to frostbite and got into a fight with Crookedstar in front of the entire Clan over Crookedstar's not taking proper care of Silverstream. All this just occurred to me, but yes. Oakheart protects the young cats.
oh it is? i thought deadfoot was the only one who wasn't a leader bc tallstar was still alive.
wait who the fuck chooses for shadowclan i might be misremembering things.
is bluestar the only leader?
i know oakheart TEASES bluestar about feathertail's mentor, but i thought crookedstar picked her and then bluestar questioned the decision and then oakheart teased her and then it's like deadfoot chooses an apprentice* and uh. whoever shadowclan has chooses tawnypelt who's been in shadowclan for like two days.
* it is important to me emotionally we remember that crowpaw was NEARLY a warrior for a number of reasons, one of them being, "i don't like the idea of deadfoot choosing his literal-child child to do a major quest."
anyway YEAH while bramble, tawny, and feather are all YOUNG cats (born at the same time and everything), they're solidly adults. like. i want to say two years old? older, even?
only deadfoot chooses crowpaw who like...frankly. considering when deadfoot died. crowpaw probably should have been a warrior* when he's chosen.
* i have a lot of thoughts about this. i might write some of them one day.
so like. i really just can't see any situation where an apprentice would be chosen.
i CAN see reedpaw following his big sister* out of camp and then getting pulled in, similar to how squirrelpaw gets involved but less "annoyance" and more "baby brother."
* it's my hypothetical and i say grey/misty. also, "big sister" feels closer to what i mean than "older cousin," because i am under the impression that most people are not as close to their cousins as i, and the people around me, are. my cousin calls my mom more than i do.
which i think would be cute. like. feathertail like "oh fuck mistyfoot is going to MURDER me. shit shit shit shit shit."
this does not quite align w my timeline for reed (i have a VERY tight one bc a friend implanted an idea in my head i can't let go of), but that's okay it's an au.
yeah! that's cute
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kammieceleek · 5 years
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20 Warriors Questions!
1.  How did you get into Warriors?
Well, if I’m being honest, my sister started reading them first.  She checked the first book out of our school library and convinced me to read it.  I think I was in fifth or sixth grade at the time.  Yeah, it was fifth grade, because I was in sixth grade when The Last Hope came out.  More specifically, it was the summer after sixth grade.  So, yeah, you can thank my sister, @pipatyp, for introducing me to the series.
2.  Favorite arc?
Ooh, boy.  That’s tough one, especially since I’m not a hundred percent caught up.  I haven’t finished Dawn of the Clans yet, but that’s due to my two-year absence from reading the series.  I have a lot of catching up to do.  Anyway, as far as favorite arc goes, I’m going to have to say my personal favorite is either Power of Three or The New Prophecy.  I love Power of Three because I love it when there’s a sibling dynamic between major characters, especially if those characters all have their own internal conflicts.  The New Prophecy has a similar situation, but it also sets up some stuff that pays off in later books along with having my boy Firestar being a shotgun dad for five chapters in Midnight.
3.  Favorite book (excluding Super Editions, Manga, and Novellas)?
Agh!  Like I said, I’m not caught up right now, so that makes this a hard question to answer.  I guess I’d have to say my favorite book is probably... well, Twilight.  I can’t help it; despite my utter hatred of the title (I blame edgy teen vampire romance), it’s a pretty solid entry into The New Prophecy arc.  Leafpool and Crowfeather’s whirlwind romance is actually pretty believable, while Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw’s arguing is by far the most realistic thing about these books.
4.  Favorite Super Edition, Novella, or Manga?
This is another one that’s tough to answer.  I haven’t read all the Super Editions or novellas yet, but I’ve read every volume of manga the series has produced thus far.  In this category, I’d have to say my favorite is probably either Goosefeather’s Curse, Crookedstar’s Promise, or The Rise of Scourge.  Whoa, hey!  I got one of each.  Cool!  Anyway, I love Goosefeather’s Curse because Goosefeather is one of my favorite characters in the series, and it’s kind of a dive into who he is before he gets bees in his brain and becomes the laughingstock of ThunderClan.  Crookedstar’s Promise was the first Super Edition I read after Bluestar’s Prophecy, shortly after I finished The Prophecies Begin.  It was also the first book to get me emotionally invested in the series.  Yes, I cried.  Deal with it.  As for The Rise of Scourge, I’ve always been a fan of villains with backstories to back them up, and this solidified Scourge in my mind as the perfect villain for Firestar to face.  They have similar backgrounds, but not as similar as a lot of people seem to think.  This is also the only book to even hint at the blood connection between them, so there’s that.
5.  Favorite Clan?
Okay, this one’s actually easy.  My favorite is RiverClan, plain and simple.  Despite the fact that they appear to the Clan least able to keep their genes in their own Clan (Appledusk, Oakheart, and Silverstream, just to name a few), they are also the only ones that can swim.  I don’t know if you’ve ever seen a cat swim, but it’s adorable.  And I’m not saying the others can’t swim, they just won’t.  RiverClan rules the water.  Also, they eat fish, which makes their coats healthier than the other clans.  Cool.
6.  Favorite character?
Ooh, boy.  Here’s a stunningly broad category that’s difficult to answer.  There are so many characters in this series that it’s honestly hard to pick favorites.  Personally, mine is either Squirrelflight, Sandstorm, or the ball of sass and salt known as Ivypool.  Squirrelflight (at least in The New Prophecy) was a ball of energy and cunning remarks, which made her all the more fun to read about.  It honestly sucks we never got to hear any of the arc from her perspective, but we can guess a lot of her thoughts based on her actions.  Sandstorm is incredibly patient and a damn good mom.  She stands by her daughters after their lives basically get torn to shreds because of Hollyleaf and she’s also the one who reassures Firestar that Cloudtail would make a good warrior.  As for Ivypool, her struggles living in the shadow of her sibling are pretty relatable, and you just want to see her succeed.  She’s also a five-star badass once she turns on the Dark Forest, so there’s that.
7.  Least favorite character?
Hands-down, it’s either Darkstripe, Sleekwhisker, or... Spottedleaf.  And I can hear the anger now, but let me point some things out.  Darkstripe is an annoying little fanboy with a tom-crush the size of Texas on Tigerstar.  Nobody really likes Darkstripe in this fandom, though.  Sleekwhisker is a goddamn bitch as well as a matricidal murderer (she did help drown her own mother).  As for Spottedleaf, I can’t say that she’s a good character.  Her only role in most of the books she appears in is to act as a guide for Firestar or Leafpool, or in Firestar’s case, a massive roadblock in his relationship with Sandstorm.  She has little to no actual personality beyond ‘medicine cat and Firestar’s first love’ and, despite Spottedleaf’s Heart, I can’t say that I like her backstory.  As somebody who’s going into the field of education, it made me very uncomfortable and I worry for any younger kids who maybe pick up this book.
8.   Most Aesthetically Pleasing Cat?
Ivypool.  I like silver and white cats.  I think they’re really pretty.  Also, I have this image in my head of Ivypool being this pretty teenage girl who’s super skinny and looks really weak, but then she slams a fully-grown Hawkfrost into the mud with little effort.  Yeah, I don’t care how the cats look.
9.  Favorite leader?
Leafstar.  Weird choice, I know, but she’s had to deal with things no other leader has really dealt with:  the invading rats, her clan having a number of kittypets as part-time warriors due to low numbers, being pregnant and still trying to lead her Clan, and helping to rebuild the Clan from the ground up.  Not to mention, she’s still leader when SkyClan moves to the lake territories.  She’s one badass Miss Mama Cat.
10.  Favorite villain?
Mapleshade.  Like I said, I love backstories for villains, and Mapleshade’s is even more compelling and tragic than that of Scourge.  She really got screwed over by first Ravenwing, then all of ThunderClan, then Frecklewish, and the list just goes on and on.  And, the funny thing is, when you think about it, she never would’ve become a villain if Ravenwing had kept his damn medicine cat mouth shut.  Maybe then he wouldn’t have ended up murdered at the Moonstone and his body wouldn’t have been eaten by a hawk.
11.  Favorite Medicine cat?
Either Goosefeather or Jayfeather.  They’re both fun characters who have a certain amount of bones to pick with StarClan for screwing them over.  In Goosefeather’s case, it’s because of his powers and the fact that he went kind of crazy towards the end of his life.  Jayfeather is just mad for them making him blind and forcing him to be a medicine cat.  The boy wanted to be a warrior, so let him be a warrior!  Then again, the love of his life has been dead for over eight decades, so... yeah.
12.  Overrated character?
I’d have to say probably... *sighs* Crowfeather.  Despite me loving his whirlwind romance with Leafpool, he gets a little too much love from the fandom.  And no, I have not read Crowfeather’s Trial yet.  Like I said, I’m behind.  Anyway, he’s not really a good father to Breezepelt, which is painfully obvious in the way that they interact.  He was going to abandon his Clan for the sake of breaking two codes with Leafpool.  And, on top of that, he barely acknowledges the fact that he fathered Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, and Jayfeather.  He’s not a bad character, but he doesn’t deserve all the love he gets from the fans.
13.  Underrated character?
Briarlight.  This girl survived a freaking tree falling on her and breaking her spine, which paralyzed her from the waist down, and she still maintains a happy attitude.  Despite the fact that Jayfeather doesn’t make her a full medicine cat (she can’t exactly collect herbs or go to the Moonpool, can she?), she’s more than happy to assist the medicine cats that ThunderClan has by soaking dried-up herbs, handling patients who come in the early morning, and just generally improving the usually sour mood that’s in the medicine cat den.
14.  Favorite minor character?
Hm.  This one’s kind of tough.  I’d have to say Purdy.  He was never an official warrior of ThunderClan, but he was a big help when it came to lightening the mood in the elders’ den.  Purdy always had a story to tell or some sort of wisdom to pass on, not to mention the fact that he told those stories whether you wanted to hear them or not.  Kit, medicine cat, warrior, apprentice, leader, deputy--he didn’t care.  All you had to do was listen and he’d go on until you actively told him to stop.  And he’s funny.
15.  Favorite pairing?
Firestar and Sandstorm, hands down.  I know a lot of people don’t like it because Firestar still had a thing for Spottedleaf, but to me, a good pairing is all about balance.  Shipping two people with the same personality doesn’t work.  It’s why you so often see an optimist getting shipped with a pessimist.  Anyway, they balance each other out because Firestar is an idealist and Sandstorm is a realist.  Not only that, but they’re supportive of each other, and they stick by each other through thick and thin.  They became mates in The Darkest Hour and remain mates once they’re in StarClan.  The only regret they have about their relationship is the fact that they didn’t have more kits!  That’s a good and healthily-built relationship to me.
16.  Least favorite pairing?
Tigerheart and Dovewing.  It’s not because they’re from different Clans, either.  I don’t feel like there’s really balance in their relationship.  They always seem to be arguing about something, and if they’re not doing that, they’re avoiding each other because their relationship is ‘against the warrior code’.  Yeah, we all know that one part of the code has been broken so many times it might as well not exist anymore.  Their personalities, if you ask me, are a little too similar for this relationship to work.
17.  Favorite friendship?
Sorreltail and Leafpool, surprisingly enough.  It stood the test of time and Leafpool’s biggest secret being spilled, forcing her to give up her position as a medicine cat.  Sorreltail keeps thinking of Leafpool as the friend she knew back before everything went paws-up, and that line of thinking is on display in The Forgotten Warrior when she specifically cries out for Leafpool’s help while kitting.  I have no doubt that they’ll be reunited in StarClan and hunt side-by-side.
18.  Favorite moment?
I think my favorite moment so far in the entire series is when Yellowfang is first teaching Cinderpelt about herbs, and she snaps at Fireheart for upsetting her assistant.  It kind of reveals that Yellowfang thinks of Cinderpelt as a replacement for her two daughters who never really got a chance to live in the world that killed them.  And most likely, it was the daughter who died because Brokenkit poked her with his paw and it was too much for her body.  Seriously, that’s tragically funny.
19.  Most tragic death?
I’m going to have to go with a rather shocking answer and say the drowning of Mapleshade’s kits.  This is a moment that sets a lot of the series in motion, since it was the aftermath of her kits’ deaths that sends Mapleshade down a dark path.  After she dies and swears revenge on the descendants of those who wronged her, she gets into the minds of many of the most ‘evil’ cats we see in the series:  Tigerstar, Brokenstar, and Thistleclaw, just to name a few.  She also messes with the minds of good cats, like Crookedstar, making them feel like everything is their fault.  I have no doubt she’s the true villain of the series, but all the death and destruction that is brought to the clans from within--so much of it can be linked back to Mapleshade and her toxic teachings in the Dark Forest.  And her toxic teachings can be linked back to the deaths of her kits.  Patchkit, Petalkit, and Larchkit drowning was the event that set off a chain reaction that killed so many Clan cats, and it’s tragedy stemming from tragedy.
20.  Favorite battle/fight scene?
And, after four days of filling out these questions, reading A Vision of Shadows, and thinking through my answers, I have reached the final question.  I’m not a person who typically enjoys battle scenes, but I’d have to say my favorite is the SkyClan battle against the rats in Firestar’s Quest.  It’s intriguing for a number of reasons, the least of which being that there’s a rat who understands and speaks cat!  The rats are an unusual enemy because they’re essentially a hivemind--the only one that’s been fought so far in the series.  Hivemind fights are fascinating because once you take out the big brain, the rest scatter.  That’s exactly what we see!  As soon as Firestar takes out the lead rat, the Clan has won the battle and secured SkyClan’s place in the gorge.  And thanks to that, we eventually get Violetshine and Twigbranch (we are never letting Bramblestar live that name down, I swear to God).
So, that’s my 20 Warriors Questions.  Now I challenge my sister, @pipatyp, to answer the twenty.  I look forward to seeing her answers!
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strawbebehmod · 7 years
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Tagged by @paybackraid Name: Amanda Nicknames: Manda, Art(online nickname for another username), Eagle at one point for God knows what reason, and most recently some of my fma friends call me a philosopher’s stone due to a joke about my red hair Zodiac Sign: Taurus Height: Might be 5'6" now. Haven’t checked in a while Orientation: Don’t know, don’t care Ethnicity: white. A mix between Scottish, Irish, German and Czech. Favorite Fruit: Apples or really sweet cherries, though I prefer fruit juice over fruits Favourite Season: Fall. Autumn aethstetic gives me power Favourite Book: I don’t have a favorite book in particular and sadly I do not have the time to sit down and read stand alone stories. I loved the animorphs series and warriors series growing up (Crookedstar’s Promise fucked me up emotionally to the point where I don’t think I have the ability to cry over fictional media anymore) but I guess my favorite stand alone, completed story is either “The Joy Luck Club” or “Pears on a Willow Tree.” A book I’m currently gushing over is my friend’s uncompleted work “Acquisitions Bureau” It’s so good and it the care and time she puts into her writing is just amazing. here’s the link:http://littlerunningmouse.deviantart.com/art/Chapter-1-Theodore-Thaddeus-Thatch-III-639748995 Favourite Scent: Cinnamon and white chocolate or cherry blossoms. Favourite Colour: blues of all kinds, orange, and light greens Favorite Animal: Cats of all kinds, lizards, salamanders, and large birds of prey Coffee, tea, or hot chocolate: Sweetened tea or hot chocolate (white hot chocolate with caramel sauce is heaven) Average Sleep Hours: six to seven Cat or Dog Person: Cat person. Dogs are wonderful, but they are just too affectionate and jumpy for me. Favourite Fictional Character: Rin Okumura, Envy, Ax, Roy Mustang, Vegeta, Toph, Edward, Alphonse, Huey(no evil), Calamity (no Evil), Mephisto…basically if your a sweetheart, a snarky asshole, or a badass, you’re on my list of favs Number of Blankets I sleep with: two plus a bathrobe over my pajamas Ideal trip: Kyoto/ the English country side. One of the two. Maybe both. Blog Created: I think this has been around for three years now
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