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Post by Rainfire on Jul 4, 2023 13:50:37 GMT -5
...a love interest! His love interest is Flutter, a character who was mentioned to be Arc's sister in the Thunder Rising bonus scene.
What's your first reaction specifically to Riverstar having a love interest? What do you think about the very brief look we've been given of RiverFlutter in the excerpt?
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Post by 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 on Jul 4, 2023 14:02:24 GMT -5
*Obviously spoilers for Riverstar’s Home lol*
I was honestly pretty surprised - I wasn’t expecting for them to actually go ahead and give Riverstar a love interest. Potentially unpopular opinion, but I don’t really mind that he was given a love interest, granted, I’m definitely a “go with the flow” kind of person when it comes to these books. Though, I’m lowkey kinda hoping Riverstar and Night get together? I didn’t like the idea of it before the excerpt released, but now?
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Post by Jaysnow on Jul 4, 2023 14:31:10 GMT -5
I don't really mind that much. Kind of hoping he somehow ends up back with Flutter and him and Night are just friends.
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Post by Quill on Jul 4, 2023 14:50:44 GMT -5
I'd prefer that he not have one, but I'm not furious that he does. I feel like a broken record, but I'll support almost any creative decision as long as it fits with established canon and is well-written/developed, which is unfortunately a big ask for Warriors.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Jul 4, 2023 15:23:22 GMT -5
I knew this was going to happen, I called it a long time ago lol. The one thing I hoped they wouldn't have done with Riverstar. Anyways jokes aside, I kinda preferred if he didn't have a love interest instead, but considering Kate was writing the book, it was inevitable. I kinda preferred Riverstar to just be that chill guy that wasn't interested in anything like that, or just went with the flow. But I hope they don't add any like romantic drama, at the same time I'll get annoyed if Flutter doesn't get any character development too. I don't want her to be there just so some modern cat has Riverstar genes, ya know? Like it seems that they separated them pretty quick.
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Post by auser on Jul 4, 2023 15:43:45 GMT -5
The one thing I don't like about this book is it being a prequel from DotC instead of a follow-up but they managed to keep it interesting with Riverstar meeting Night and how he learned how to fish
My main complain is the plot : I hope they keep small the part where he returns to the park. If we are doing a prequel to follow-up it would be the best case then. In this case, I'd hope they would establish how RiverClan was founded, how some RiverClan members joined the clan, what happened to them offscreen in DotC, Riverstar's nine lives and follow-up events.
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Post by wickedbroccoli on Jul 4, 2023 18:28:06 GMT -5
The one thing I hoped wouldn’t happen happens right away *sigh*
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Post by ! (Ġray) ! on Jul 4, 2023 18:41:44 GMT -5
Question: Is flutter a tom or a she-cat? Because Riverstar is 100% gay and you cannot change my mind on this
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Post by 𝙵𝚎𝚛𝚛𝚎𝚝𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 on Jul 4, 2023 18:52:02 GMT -5
Question: Is flutter a tom or a she-cat? Because Riverstar is 100% gay and you cannot change my mind on this Flutter is a she-cat.
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Post by ! (Ġray) ! on Jul 4, 2023 18:53:55 GMT -5
Question: Is flutter a tom or a she-cat? Because Riverstar is 100% gay and you cannot change my mind on this Flutter is a she-cat. NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I mean I shouldn't have expected anything else but still
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Post by stupidflower on Jul 4, 2023 19:18:10 GMT -5
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I mean I shouldn't have expected anything else but still Ok he’s bi now then sorry I don’ make the rules
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Post by Katanaheart on Jul 4, 2023 19:32:57 GMT -5
Pan/Bi Riverstar also good! I do hope he does not end up with children or kits though. (Although RiverXNight would be a good parallel to WindXGorse.)
I don’t mind the timeline doing its thing since GV did that fairly well but with an unknown cat like Riverstar, it could have been better to focus on one time period. (Also this makes the bonus scene much more tragic by comparison, Arc wasn’t just abandoning his sister, River Ripple was abandoning his crush when he was then taken by the river.)
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on Jul 4, 2023 20:41:28 GMT -5
I definitely have to say I like that the editorial team is exploring the time period of pre-DOTC. And we got our first Cats Of The Park allegences. Riverstar's Home is now the earliest book in timeline order.
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She could now see that destiny alone could not save RiverClan. - Frostpaw, Wind
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Post by Featherstar on Jul 4, 2023 20:43:00 GMT -5
But also, I don't mind if Riverstar does indeed have a mate and kits later on. Heck, maybe Frostpaw is a descendent of him
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Post by ✲ριкαƒυєу✲ on Jul 4, 2023 22:03:47 GMT -5
I don't mind it tbh. I doubt we'll see Flutter again. If we do, well idk. I kinda ship him and Night tbh. But platonic soulmates is nice too.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jul 4, 2023 22:15:08 GMT -5
I don't mind it. Honestly, I just assumed most of the leaders ended up taking mates, so I'm a little surprised it seems to be unpopular that Riverstar had a love interest at all. So yeah, I don't mind the possibility of him having descendants (still salty Sun Shadow never had any kits).
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Post by *Faith* on Jul 4, 2023 23:08:15 GMT -5
I don't really care. I'm honestly just surprised that it was a she-cat who was only ever mentioned briefly. I do like Flutter's name, though.
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Post by dahliadove - #1 nightpelt fan on Jul 5, 2023 4:02:50 GMT -5
I was hoping for him to not have a mate, but I don't really mind him having one. It's more the mate herself that I'm annoyed about - she's just the same doting partner trope. I wish the team would get more creative with the she-cats that are mates to main characters because most of them just fall under this boring trope, it's super annoying. I know they're capable of writing them with different tropes, so I don't see why they always stick to that one.
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Post by BҽɾɾყႦʅσσɱ on Jul 5, 2023 4:05:17 GMT -5
I still ship him with Gray Wing instead, sorry not sorry. Nothing against her although I wished it wouldn't have happened, I'm not surprised it did. Flutter is a cute name though and I'm glad it at least wasn't Night (whom I do like) who instead was seemingly confirmed to already have a mate and kits (did not catch that in the excerpt but good for her).
Could kinda see the point of it being good that all the founders had mates and kits (because confirming more modern descendants would be neat such as Crowfeather's family who is apparently directly related to Wind Runner through Mistmouse) but considering that Shadowstar also didn't have a mate and kits, Riverstar not having some either would've been fine by me since three out of five founding leaders having mates and kits could've been enough. Riverstar gives me bi or pan vibes anyways so this still works for me lol...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2023 17:00:34 GMT -5
Never heard of Flutter until now, but when I was younger my mind was NIGHTXRIVER!!!!!!
Me now: I don't really care if he has a love interest (only founder without a romantic partner, anyone?)
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Jul 5, 2023 17:39:46 GMT -5
I kind of wished he didn't have a romantic partner, mostly cause I'm sick of romance lol. But I don't mind it too much, provided romance doesn't play a huge role in the overall story (but it probably will lmao)
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Jul 5, 2023 23:27:43 GMT -5
Never heard of Flutter until now, but when I was younger my mind was NIGHTXRIVER!!!!!! Me now: I don't really care if he has a love interest (only founder without a romantic partner, anyone?) Shadowstar has long been confirmed to never have taken a mate.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2023 5:23:52 GMT -5
I forgot Shadowstar existed despite liking her?! (Shhhhh, don't jinx it. They may hear you)
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Post by Mistybreeze on Jul 7, 2023 16:55:06 GMT -5
Personally I want him to eventually have kits, just so he has living descendants. And he'd make a fantastic father. Calling it now- Frostpaw is a descendant.
Tall Shadow not taking a mate is fine, but I am still mad they killed off Sun Shadow without one. He'd also make a great father.
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Post by oatwhisker on Jul 16, 2023 22:58:16 GMT -5
bye bye aroace riverstar headcanon, see you in another life
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