I've reread DotC recently and here's my thoughts
Jan 1, 2019 10:01:18 GMT -5
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Post by scint on Jan 1, 2019 10:01:18 GMT -5
And I like it still despite the flaws, although it's not my favorite arc (which is AVoS tbh). Here's some random opinions of mine for this series:
- I'm still meh on Clear Sky, if I'm being totally honest. Tbh I really wish he'd become an actual villain instead of getting a redemption, though. But that's probably just me.
- Thunder has grown on me. I at first disliked him, went to neutral, and now I like him.
- I actually like the Gray Wing x Turtle Tail ship now, it's just that I still prefer Gray Wing x Slate just a teeny bit.
- I still like Thunder x Violet Dawn, I just wish it'd been done better... I would've introduced Violet Dawn in AFD instead of PoS or gave her more development, even if it's small. But it's still a likable pairing to me.
- Hate me all you want for this, but oh boy do I hate the Jagged Peak x Rainswept Flower ship. A platonic relationship between them? Sure. But romantically? No. I can only see them as cute friends, nothing more. And at times it felt like Rainswept Flower was babying/coddling Jagged Peak most of the time. Like...I get that he needs support and all, but...it got very annoying for me to read through. I tried to like this pairing, I really did, but...it irks me in so many ways.
- Still hate Star Flower x Thunder. Nothing new here.
- Slash was a very underwhelming villain, although I think most of us are in agreement on that one.
- Violet Dawn is still my favorite character from this series, as shown by my new siggie. Although I really liked Holly too...
- Jagged Peak x Holly was a nice read for me. I loved this ship a lot. I especially loved how Holly pushed him to be better and showed him that he's just as good as any cat (Rainswept did this too but I *personally* think Holly executed it better than her); it was really touching for me. Although it boosted his ego too much, I do think it did help him in a way. I'll take that over him moping about camp all day.
- I still don't care for Clear Sky x Star Flower. Although Clear Sky x Storm really gets my goat.
- Hrrrmmm, I'm still neutral on Clear Sky x Petal. It's on the borderline of like though. I don't think I'll ever hate it, but it would've been nice to see in canon. Better outcome than Clear Sky x Star Flower, though, even if I am neutral on both ships.
- As for Gray Wing: Now, I don't love him. But I don't dislike him or hate him either. I like him, actually, but it's more borderline like for me and mostly on the neutral side of things. He has really nice characterization and moments, which I like. But honestly? Some things about him really irk me. Almost anything regarding Jagged Peak he said/thought irked me while rereading. And how he barely seemed to think of Clear Sky as a bad cat, when Clear Sky was clearly showing those signs.
- Tall Shadow was awesome. Still my favorite of the founders.
- Shattered Ice is really, really annoying to me. I don't hate him but...he has earned his place on my disliked list of cats, or at least the slightly disliked list.
- Jagged Peak is a good character and I love him, although he doesn't topple Violet Dawn or Holly in my favorite DotC characters.
- Speaking of Holly, I really like her as I've mentioned before. Idk, I've always preferred the characters without as much development than the ones who did; although Holly and Violet Dawn are side/background chars so I mean we weren't going to get much. :/ I also loved Mud Paws and Mouse Ears too.
- I really loved Thunder and Lightning Tail's relationship. <3 I don't ship them tbh since I prefer the friendship/brotherly vibe of their relationship instead. I can definitely say it's a good gay ship that had potential- one that I don't ship but I semi-like (if that's a thing, otherwise I'm neutral?).
That's it for now, I might edit in some more later when I'm in the mood. Honestly, I'm just creating this thread because I just felt like sharing my thoughts. Feel free to disagree, I know I'm going to see a lot of you disagree with my opinion on Jagged Peak x Rainswept Flower or something else that's highly "controversial" (in quotation marks because calling it controversial is debatable).
- I'm still meh on Clear Sky, if I'm being totally honest. Tbh I really wish he'd become an actual villain instead of getting a redemption, though. But that's probably just me.
- Thunder has grown on me. I at first disliked him, went to neutral, and now I like him.
- I actually like the Gray Wing x Turtle Tail ship now, it's just that I still prefer Gray Wing x Slate just a teeny bit.
- I still like Thunder x Violet Dawn, I just wish it'd been done better... I would've introduced Violet Dawn in AFD instead of PoS or gave her more development, even if it's small. But it's still a likable pairing to me.
- Hate me all you want for this, but oh boy do I hate the Jagged Peak x Rainswept Flower ship. A platonic relationship between them? Sure. But romantically? No. I can only see them as cute friends, nothing more. And at times it felt like Rainswept Flower was babying/coddling Jagged Peak most of the time. Like...I get that he needs support and all, but...it got very annoying for me to read through. I tried to like this pairing, I really did, but...it irks me in so many ways.
- Still hate Star Flower x Thunder. Nothing new here.
- Slash was a very underwhelming villain, although I think most of us are in agreement on that one.
- Violet Dawn is still my favorite character from this series, as shown by my new siggie. Although I really liked Holly too...
- Jagged Peak x Holly was a nice read for me. I loved this ship a lot. I especially loved how Holly pushed him to be better and showed him that he's just as good as any cat (Rainswept did this too but I *personally* think Holly executed it better than her); it was really touching for me. Although it boosted his ego too much, I do think it did help him in a way. I'll take that over him moping about camp all day.
- I still don't care for Clear Sky x Star Flower. Although Clear Sky x Storm really gets my goat.
- Hrrrmmm, I'm still neutral on Clear Sky x Petal. It's on the borderline of like though. I don't think I'll ever hate it, but it would've been nice to see in canon. Better outcome than Clear Sky x Star Flower, though, even if I am neutral on both ships.
- As for Gray Wing: Now, I don't love him. But I don't dislike him or hate him either. I like him, actually, but it's more borderline like for me and mostly on the neutral side of things. He has really nice characterization and moments, which I like. But honestly? Some things about him really irk me. Almost anything regarding Jagged Peak he said/thought irked me while rereading. And how he barely seemed to think of Clear Sky as a bad cat, when Clear Sky was clearly showing those signs.
- Tall Shadow was awesome. Still my favorite of the founders.
- Shattered Ice is really, really annoying to me. I don't hate him but...he has earned his place on my disliked list of cats, or at least the slightly disliked list.
- Jagged Peak is a good character and I love him, although he doesn't topple Violet Dawn or Holly in my favorite DotC characters.
- Speaking of Holly, I really like her as I've mentioned before. Idk, I've always preferred the characters without as much development than the ones who did; although Holly and Violet Dawn are side/background chars so I mean we weren't going to get much. :/ I also loved Mud Paws and Mouse Ears too.
- I really loved Thunder and Lightning Tail's relationship. <3 I don't ship them tbh since I prefer the friendship/brotherly vibe of their relationship instead. I can definitely say it's a good gay ship that had potential- one that I don't ship but I semi-like (if that's a thing, otherwise I'm neutral?).
That's it for now, I might edit in some more later when I'm in the mood. Honestly, I'm just creating this thread because I just felt like sharing my thoughts. Feel free to disagree, I know I'm going to see a lot of you disagree with my opinion on Jagged Peak x Rainswept Flower or something else that's highly "controversial" (in quotation marks because calling it controversial is debatable).