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mallowstep · 2 years

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They give us a Onestar super edition x_x my God, I'd rather have another super edition that retreads over the entire first series again. Or a Reedwhisker super edition, if they won't do Mistystar! I'd even take a Shadepelt super edition...

i got mixed feelings.

i'm upset because between onestar and mistystar, mistystar has a MUCH more interesting story wrt avos (for a super edition). everything is laid out for onestar. the interest in how it happened is kind of...nothing. it'd maybe make for a good novella, but even that is pushing it.

but just because there's low interest doesn't mean it's a bad story: it's a good story, it's just that there are more worthwhile stories to be telling.

on the other hand, i think yearly super editions are a mistake. there just aren't that many interesting stories to tell.

firestar's quest, bluestar's prophecy, and skyclan's destiny are all three stories we had no other way of hearing. fsq and scd are new, and bsp is expanding massively on a very interesting story from forest of secrets.

crookedstar's promise, yellowfang's secret, and tallstar's revenge are all expanding on hypothetical questions about these three figures from tpb. csp adds something that's unnecessary, but that makes a great story edition; yfs adds something that's unnecessary but bad (even if VERY interesting for fic writing purposes); tsr gives us a whole ass new plot to explain something very minor, and the world is better for it.

and then:

bramblestar's storm is a bad book.

moth flight's vision was a great book, we stan an adhd queen.

hawkwing's journey was good, but unnecessary.

tigerheart's shadow is a book i loved but almost no one else did. i mean i can't say i like everything but it's fun read. anyway, overall it had a mixed impact.

crowfeather's trial, from what i've heard, is pretty decent in terms of how it treats characters, but a terrible plot. i refuse to read it, much as i want more of ashfoot.

squirrelflight's hope is the only warriors book i've ever regretted paying money for.

greystripe's vow is for some reason interchangeable in my brain with the greystripe graphic novel. i haven't read either of them, but my brain tells me i have read his super edition, despite it not having been published when i think i've read it, and so i've also read his graphic novel, and wait the point of this wasn't for me to explain my weird quirk about gsv. uh. anyway i think it's kind of neutral: it added good things while having minimal implications for warriors, other than grey being a dick to squirrel for no reason, but that was already in tbc.

leopardstar's honour, based on my first impressions, will be more in line w csp/yfs/tsr, in that it's...expanding on stories we can piece together by ourselves, but hopefully in a new and exciting way.

again i haven't read it yet please don't put spoilers in my inbox. i'm aware i say this every time i talk about this book however every time i haven't, people have. so. don't do that.

what i'm trying to say is most of the recent super editions haven't had a story to tell. oh, they've found a story, but it's not one we would have otherwise cared about. and that's the problem like.

reedwhisker's fantastic, he doesn't have a story. etc.

#mine #ask #anon

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goosefeathercore · 3 years

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14 days until The Broken Code book 4!!!

OH MY GOD WE’RE DOWN TO 2 WEEKS. excited cat noises. Idk if I need to say this but??? all of my countdown has broken code spoilers lol! Alright readers of cat books do y’all think Mistystar is gonna die in this arc?? I love Mistystar so much, but she has been alive longer than any other cat (since before the first arc!) and I think the Erins have stated that she only has one life left? Since Riverclan barely gets any attention we lowkey have no idea what the hell she’s been doing all this time and there haven’t been many conflicts to make her lose a life. I’m also pretty sure that the reason this has happened is because the Erins have a habit of losing track of all of the cats in their universe (which is kinda fair lol I know that not everyone is as serious about warriors as I am) and it seems that they have mistaken Mistystar for Graystripe’s daughter at some point? I think some other tumblr users have pointed out exactly where it happened but it makes sense because Stormfur and Stonefur are easy to mix up and Bluestar’s other kits have been dead for a long time. But she’s estimated to be 16.3 years old!! Mistystar’s omen and Mothwing’s secret were bomb af we Mothwing kinnies are eating good, but she’s lived wayyyyy longer than any other leader and we really need to see the opportunity for a new leader in Riverclan!

A refresher since I forgot most shit in Riverclan- Reedwhisker is current deputy and he’s also kind of old (and happens to be Mistystar’s kit) but I wouldn’t be opposed to seeing Reedstar happen at all if he actually loses lives at a normal rate to keep the plot going. He’s kinda boring rn along with most of Riverclan but when he was a kit, he was saved by Fireheart and Graystripe and was later saved from drowning by Leafpaw. He was also deputy during the Darktail arc! During the initial attack, he actually fought one-on-one with Darktail after protecting Mistystar and preventing her from losing a life. He’s defeated and taken prisoner along with the other injured, but insists that Mistystar must leave him for the survival of the clan. He’s one of the injured cats held captive by Darktail and he remains defiant, refusing to give in to Darktail. This ultimately leads to him being starved, but Violetpaw sneaks the prisoners enough food for them to survive and they plan an escape. He even insists that he’s well enough to join the leaders and other cats who go to confront Onestar, despite just barely having escaped his torturer.

In The Broken Code, Reedwhisker is one of the main cats to doubt Shadowpaw’s visions and abilities, but he has good reason. He is skeptical that Shadowpaw was struck by lightning which kind of sucked for Shadowpaw but it makes sense because Reedwhisker’s camp had just recently been struck and he helped evacuate everyone but ended up being separated temporarily from everyone in the disaster. He argues that if lightning had hit Shadowpaw, the apprentice would have died, which is a valid thought because he’s correct, any normal cat absolutely would have, Shadowpaw just went through some crazy shit with ghost cats so it was not a natural storm. He is also extremely skeptical and uneasy about Shadowpaw’s plan to ‘cure’ Bramblestar. At the time I was like damn he’s kind of an asshole, but he was so right it literally did end up being a trap!! It’s not Shadowpaw’s fault that he was manipulated of course, but Reedwhisker was still hella big brained to be on to something the whole time.

Reedwhisker is also the injured cat in Mistystar’s omen!! Before doing research on him rn I totally hadn’t realized that this was the same cat from all these situations. But he’s the cat who is bleeding out and Mistystar forbids Mothwing from helping her son because she doesn’t trust Mothwing to do it after finding out she’s an atheist. When Mistystar receives an omen from Stonefur to express Starclan’s approval of Mothwing, she gives Mothwing her trust again and Mothwing is responsible for saving Reedwhisker’s life then!!

In my opinion, the coolest deputies with the most potential to be good leaders are the ones who have had the most individuality in events. Some deputies we really only see in battle, on the border, or at meetings and they’re always just focused on the usual clan rivalries and drama. Deputies who have been involved in their own unique plot points and who have had verbal characterization are always the ones that stick with you. No one could forget deputy Bluefur, with her many tragedies and giving up her kits to stand up against Thistleclaw, or deputy Stonefur who watched his mother die minutes after he learned that he was her son and was slain defending Graystripe’s kits. Even deputies who served for a short time like Whitestorm are memorable because of their interesting upbringing and the surprise of being made deputy. Even if Whitestorm never got to be leader, him dying and telling Firestar that Graystripe was destined to be his deputy will always be a vivid memory of mine. Reedwhisker has so much cool lore and he has a ton of personality; he is seen many times speaking from his own mind! Because of the neglectful writing for Riverclan, I had totally forgotten about all of this cool shit! But, if he became leader and we actually got to read about him then it would all come back! They could even have a recap for those who are new or forgot like me, if we saw his nine lives ceremony, you could incorporate everything into it. There’s tons of cats who could give him lives for the tragedy of the kin! And Stonefur can give him a life in reference to Mistystar’s omen!! Reedstar please Hunters!!!

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