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Post by Stormwind on Jul 27, 2022 8:44:05 GMT -5
I've been listening to the audiobooks of Power of Three at work lately and it got me thinking. I read these books as a child when they were releasing, but other than the original WC forums, I didn't have any access to the fandom. So now I'm wondering, what was the reception to this arc like when it was first released?
Did people guess the three's parents right away? Were there other characters you thought could be their parents? Were there any big fandom theories about where the books were headed?
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Post by whiteflight on Jul 27, 2022 11:09:24 GMT -5
When I first saw the original cover I knew Brambleclaw and Squrrielflight weren't the threes parents because how the heck do they give birth to a black or gray cat!? But later down the road I decided to just accept it since the erins do make inaccurate stuff so once the truth was revealed I got surprised and felt stupid.
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Post by Willowbreeze on Jul 27, 2022 21:32:01 GMT -5
I wasn't exactly in the Fandom when I read po3, but I had no idea that the three wasn't Sqiurrelflight and Brambleclaws kits. But I guessed that leaf and crow would be their parents when squilf said they weren't hers.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Jul 27, 2022 22:33:58 GMT -5
I actually read PO3 before finishing TNP. I can’t remember why— I want to say that my library only had Moonrise and Dawn, but they had the complete PO3 arc.
As a result, I had no idea about LeafxCrow and was completely shook to find out the Three’s real parentage. Honestly that’s probably a major reason why I remember the arc so fondly.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Jul 28, 2022 0:24:10 GMT -5
When I first saw the original cover I knew Brambleclaw and Squrrielflight weren't the threes parents because how the heck do they give birth to a black or gray cat!? But later down the road I decided to just accept it since the erins do make inaccurate stuff so once the truth was revealed I got surprised and felt stupid. this is my answer as well! i knew from the begining that the 3 werent bramble x squirrels so the whole reveal of leaf x crow didnt shock me lol
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Post by Rainfire on Jul 28, 2022 0:31:17 GMT -5
I remember the reception to the arc being good back when it was new. There was lots of fanart, Youtube vids, and people seemed to love most of the characters, with Jaypaw being the very clear favorite.
As for Jay, Holly, and Lion's parents...I firmly believed they were BrambleSquirrel right until the Long Shadows reveal, partly because I didn't want my favorite family in the whole series to be stomped on like that. But people definitely guessed that LeafCrow were the real parents early on. I remember a Q&A on the old, old Warriors website where one fan said that there was a theory going around that one or more of the three, particularly Jaypaw, were secretly the kits of LeafCrow. Vicky's response was "it's an interesting theory, but I couldn't possibly comment..." lol
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