#pls keep in mind i only read tallstar's revenge once

[vickorydickorydock]

The Ravenpaw as Scourge aus are awesome but hear me out: Tallstar as Scourge au.

I can see this going two ways:

One, Talltail decides to stay with Jake. He makes an effort to live Jake’s lifestyle, but he really isn’t built to be a kittypet. He loves Jake, but when he can’t handle being in the house or around Twolegs anymore, he spends a lot of time exploring and getting used to Twolegplace. He ends up meeting the strays and alley cats that live there, and he’s appalled by the way they’re forced to live.

Some cats band together, and some cats control territories like Jay and her crew, but it’s mostly every cat for themself. The old and sick don’t have anyone to turn to, and there are constant fights over scraps. Talltail left to get away from Clan life, but he ends up introducing clan ideas. He makes allies, then friends, and starts to (accidentally) build his own clan where cats look out for each other. Cats look up to him, and life for the strays of Twolegplace becomes a lot less short and miserable.

He takes Tiny under his wing when the time comes, and wrecks Tigerstar’s shit when he comes sniffing around. Talltail and Jake live happily to ripe old age.

Two, the much darker option. Talltail does kill Sparrow, but it doesn’t fix anything. He still feels angry and lost, only now he’s alienated the visitors and Jake, and feels he cannot go back to his clan. He spends several seasons just wandering alone, struggling to survive, until eventually he winds up back in Twolegplace near the clans.

He’s a trained fighter, with a skill-set that makes him a fierce enemy, and he quickly gains a reputation. He acts as a vigilante almost, hunting down despicable cats and doling out his own brand of justice to those who "deserve it," because he hates seeing cats like Sparrow get away with things. He's like a vigilante avenger turned scary urban legend. This eventually goes much the way of Scourge’s path, with Talltail gathering a following and killing any cat who gets in his way, except he believes he's doing what is right.

Tigerstar, not knowing they’re led by a former clan cat, recruits the fearsome Bloodclan to help him take over the forest by telling Talltail (going by Scourge?) that the other clans are evil and need exterminating. Talltail seems to agree, but Tigerstar doesn't realize he's playing with fire. When Tigerstar's crimes are revealed, Talltail brutally murders him.

Windclan (and the rest of the forest tbh) is in for a shock when Barkface recognizes Talltail.

#warrior cats #tallstar #i have no further thoughts on how this would change things #I just think it’s funny to keep replacing one black and white cat with another #And also #timeline wise the opportunity was THERE #bloodclan #to spice things up a little the question is does he consider his following of strays a clan with himself as leader #and does he try to get nine lives from the moonstone as a result #vickyskitties #wc scourge #pls keep in mind i only read tallstar's revenge once #and the rewrite three times #tallstar's revenge #in option 2 instead of calling themselves bloodclan bc it's metal or whatever #they get called that because their motto is 'blood for blood' #yes they have the claws and dog tooth collars #they wouldnt be bloodclan without them #talltail