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Post by wickedbroccoli on Jan 12, 2023 11:43:09 GMT -5
Just wanna say that this is simply a fun little theory/headcanon that I have on these two. There's a lot of potential with this pairing and I'm hoping to see more of them in later books. Anyway!
These two, at first, felt like just two random warriors that had been drawn out of a hat to become mates. If we're being honest, they probably were just chosen at random, but when I started thinking about these two a bit more, it started to make some sense. By now we all know how Thornclaw feels about Firekin and their leadership roles throughout the series. This perspective could have very easily been passed down to his kits, or at the very least, his kits are well aware of what their father thinks about the nepotism in ThunderClan. As time went on and Shellfur grew into a warrior, he found himself ready to find a mate, but the thing about that is most, if not all, the she-cats near his age are all somehow related back to Firestar. The only exception to that is Twigbranch but she already has a mate. Knowing how Thornclaw feels about Firekin, Shellfur put it upon himself to look somewhere else, and thus found Fernstripe.
Now we don't know much about Fernstripe, but what we do know is that her mentor was Crowfeather. While he probably stressed the importance of Clan loyalty and not getting too friendly with other Clan cats, that's not going to stop a curious apprentice. In fact, Crowfeather potentially being so adamant about this helped ignite a secretive, rebellious side to Fernstripe. Perhaps she was simply curious about her mentor's ThunderClan kits - after all, they're the stuff of legends - and thus began a particular interest in ThunderClan that would bring her back to the border more often than not. It was during one of these sneaks out where Fernstripe ran into Shellfur, and over some time, well, they fell in love and once the code was changed, Fernstripe decided to be with Shellfur in his Clan.
Of course this is all just a headcanon of mine and could very well not be the case. I'd like to hear any other thoughts or headcanons on these two if there's anybody else who's put too much thought into what most likely will be just some forgotten about background pairing.
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Post by Violet6Echoes on Jan 12, 2023 11:47:46 GMT -5
I LOVE THIS. I already enjoyed this ship but I love it even more now!
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Post by wickedbroccoli on Jan 12, 2023 11:54:53 GMT -5
Aw, thanks! I'm glad it makes sense and made you enjoy the pairing even more!
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Post by π΅πππππππππ on Jan 12, 2023 12:12:12 GMT -5
I really like this headcanon! Hopefully Fernstripe and Shellfur make more appearances in the future.
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Post by wickedbroccoli on Jan 12, 2023 12:21:52 GMT -5
Thanks! I hope so, too. There's a lot of potential with the two and I'd love to see them become more fleshed out.
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