Asexual
#A3E4D7
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🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄
its april which means its time to bow down to the 'tism
Pronouns: She/her, they/them
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on Jan 30, 2024 16:51:14 GMT -5
Tyrant Squish, let's go! You know when you're reading a story and everything is going wrong? We are seeing it unfold before our very eyes. That said, very surprised to see an excerpt before February. LETS GOOO FOR MAKING SQUISH A VIABLE NICKNAMEEE
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Post by Jaysnow on Jan 30, 2024 17:07:23 GMT -5
Glad that he's found some semblance of peace.
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Post by Katanaheart on Jan 30, 2024 17:23:58 GMT -5
Birchfall and Birchpaw: - Both born to a pale gray mother with green eyes, and a dark brown father with amber eyes - Both are part of their parents' second litters - Both are light brown cats - Both are the only survivors of their litters - Both have gray mentors with the -fur suffix - Both had childhoods spent during great change for inter-Clan relations and inter-Clan mingling Illuminati confirmed?? I’m just disappointed he’s the only apprentice right now. I was really hoping to see the mentors of the other kits. (I only came here to look at the allegiances for mentor purposes. Pleased but disappointed in Slatefur as he’s already had an apprentice in Frondwhisker.)
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Post by 𓆩♡𓆪Moonshine𓆩♡𓆪 on Jan 30, 2024 19:03:01 GMT -5
Curlfeather still sucks And now Duskfur sucks too. Glad Bramble is doing better at least. And oh look, Squirrelflight being a hypocrite. Now she's considering her actions because she's clan leader but gave poor Bramblestar such crap for doing the same??? Y'all I'm sorry, but page me when Squirrelflight dies please. I'm so sick of her already and the book only just started.
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Non-binary
flipwish
my kitten can shake hands. can brambleclaw do that? no
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Post by flipwish on Jan 30, 2024 19:26:12 GMT -5
Side note I forgot about until just now: it DEFINITELY feels like they played up the "oh, nooo, you don't get it, StarClan IS good! They don't want to PUNISH anyone, just help them! They just want what's best! They certainly wouldn't send someone to cat hell for stupid reasons!" thing in the new guidebook in preparation for Curl and Splash's villain motive reveal. Which is lame as hell
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Post by pepperflake on Jan 30, 2024 19:47:26 GMT -5
It is refreshing to see that getting nine lives and being a leader now has brought caution to Squirrelstar. I am get that her character traits are contradicting to this but I am hopeful to see a more logical side of Squirrelflight.
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Jan 30, 2024 20:55:45 GMT -5
why is this team so bad at proofreading
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Post by valleylight on Jan 30, 2024 21:57:38 GMT -5
I thought it was a great excerpt! Just noticed a couple things— Curlfeather talks about assigning Splashtail an apprentice so he can become deputy, in the same paragraph she says Mistystar will probably die within the moon. When there are no kits in RiverClan. Was she planning on killing Mistpaw or Graypaw’s mentor, or something?
In Chapter 1, I was expecting Frostpaw to ask, “Okay, so then who attacked me? Is no cat the least bit concerned that an apprentice was almost murdered on Clan territory, and the culprit is still at large?” But maybe it will come up in the following chapters. Maybe it could partially be how WindClan gets involved in their title book, since the attack took place on their territory?
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Asexual
#07B04C
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Ṣanɗypaw™
The Shiny User
🎵Guess that's just the way it goes, easy come, easy go🎵
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Jan 31, 2024 0:14:25 GMT -5
Yay, it's out!! It's frustrating how no one believes Frostpaw, but their reactions do make sense. To them, Frostpaw is some apprentice whose false visions upset the leadership of RiverClan and nearly caused it to fall apart, and just as Splashtail is appearing to bring some peace and normalcy back, she comes back after having faked her death and accuses him of murder right out of the blue. I really wanted to punch Splashtail at the Gathering there, I hated the way he talked about Frostpaw so much. I wonder if his decision in the prologue to never accept nine lives is going to bite him back. The other leaders are pretty clear that they'll only accept Splashtail as leader if StarClan does, and this puts Splashtail in a really interesting contradictory situation. I'm really curious to see how his nine lives ceremony will play out, and whether or not he'll accept them. I hope Frostpaw will be okay in ShadowClan. Poor girl can't catch a break I wish Squirrelstar had let her into TC so our protags can be together, but this makes sense for keeping some focus in ShadowClan. I'm really happy to see more NightSun moments- they're like sustenance to me by this point. <33
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Jan 31, 2024 2:07:26 GMT -5
Prologue: Pretty good, was nice to finally see Curlfeather villain on screen, but it makes me all the more sad that we didn't get more of her in general. Now we got some confirmations of who killed who specifically. Chapter 1: Duskfur is trash, and yikes how no cat, not even her own kin, defended Frostpaw. She's brave for still calling out Splashtail. Also, Tigertwo calling out Squirrelflight?? Never thought I'd see the day when that would happen, honestly makes him more respectable in my eyes, and I don't even like either of them. Chapter 2: I'm so happy that Nightheart and Sunbeam worked out, they're very cute together tbh. It's been a while since I've been fond of a couple like this, and I hope they work out in the long run. I'm also happy to see Nightheart defend Waffle and Wasp.
Squirrelflight is such a hypocrite, holy... Thank StarClan Ivypool has brains here.
I was hoping neither of the new cats would stay in ThunderClan, but it's obvious Waffle will stay in ThunderClan and become forgotten background cat number 124, just like Stormcloud, oof. Chapter 3: Sunbeam and Nightheart having a healthy relationship, with open communication is the best thing ever. I'm here for that. Also, Breezepelt, Crouchfoot, and Woodsong overhearing them is so funny. I'm very happy they used Breezepelt for this scene, he's the perfect cat to convey the tone.
Also, I hope Harestar takes action, he needs some relevancy in this arc, badly.
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Post by dahliadove - #1 nightpelt fan on Jan 31, 2024 2:38:17 GMT -5
So many changes and I haven't even started reading, these allegiances be revealing a lot 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Edit: NIGHTPELT MENTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Post by 𝐛𝐥𝟒𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐥 on Jan 31, 2024 3:59:06 GMT -5
Yay, it's out!! It's frustrating how no one believes Frostpaw, but their reactions do make sense. To them, Frostpaw is some apprentice whose false visions upset the leadership of RiverClan and nearly caused it to fall apart, and just as Splashtail is appearing to bring some peace and normalcy back, she comes back after having faked her death and accuses him of murder right out of the blue. I really wanted to punch Splashtail at the Gathering there, I hated the way he talked about Frostpaw so much. I wonder if his decision in the prologue to never accept nine lives is going to bite him back. The other leaders are pretty clear that they'll only accept Splashtail as leader if StarClan does, and this puts Splashtail in a really interesting contradictory situation. I'm really curious to see how his nine lives ceremony will play out, and whether or not he'll accept them. I hope Frostpaw will be okay in ShadowClan. Poor girl can't catch a break I wish Squirrelstar had let her into TC so our protags can be together, but this makes sense for keeping some focus in ShadowClan. I'm really happy to see more NightSun moments- they're like sustenance to me by this point. <33 I hope Splashtail stands by his beliefs and refuses the nine lives. That's the thing that makes him the most interesting. It would be lame if he accepted them.
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Asexual
#A3E4D7
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🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄
its april which means its time to bow down to the 'tism
Pronouns: She/her, they/them
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on Jan 31, 2024 8:43:20 GMT -5
So many changes and I haven't even started reading, these allegiances be revealing a lot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Edit: NIGHTPELT MENTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 When the book comes out you should edit the wiki page for the Nightpelt mention
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Post by Hollyfall on Jan 31, 2024 14:06:41 GMT -5
Might just be me but I honestly don't think Squirrel's really out of character regarding taking in Frostpaw vs Waffle and Wasp. A bit out of pocket perhaps, yeah, but I wouldn't consider it "ruining" her.
The circumstances have changed now. Squirrel wanted Tigerstar out, but now Splashtail is leader and seems to be making the calls now, so she doesn't want to tread on overruling on another Clan's sovereignty (cough cough Tigerstar) by accepting an exiled cat, especially when said Clan has been struggling and she's been concerned about it. Frostpaw just came back with pretty harsh accusations against Splashtail that directly threatens RiverClan's restoration and growth back into independence. Harboring Frostpaw would directly affect RiverClan's current affairs in her eyes. She herself says "And I’m a new leader, who has yet to earn even a scrap of the respect [Firestar] had. I have to place the safety of ThunderClan above my anger at Splashtail’s treachery, until the other Clans learn to trust me." She's been leader for like a quarter moon now? It feels like she wants to assert herself as "Squirrelstar" and not "Squirrelflight" or "Firestar's daughter". Bramblestar even went through that arc in his super edition.
The situation is very delicate, as she says "That is true but we aren’t there yet. RiverClan is not ours to control. With no more proof than Frostpaw’s word, we would be putting our own will above RiverClan’s wishes if we attacked Splashtail. That’s what got Tigerstar into trouble and almost brought the Clans to war". She did have the opinion to step in for RiverClan back when she was deputy and Tigerstar was in control, but as I said, the situation has changed and now that she's leader, she needs to think it through. She has to look at the big picture now and tread carefully to not make things worse now that she's in a position of power to do something about it. This isn't about removing Tigerstar from RiverClan (at least majorly so right now) anymore since RiverClan has a leader they elected and Tigerstar has pulled out most of his warriors and RiverClan seems to be, at least right now, a nominally independent vassal of ShadowClan. But then again, Leafstar is also willing to hold out and see what happens with Splashtail getting his nine lives or not, so perhaps that influenced her decision.
Waffle and Wasp are a different case, since you could argue they're associated with Nightheart nor part of a Clan. Also, Squirrelstar did seem uncertain about taking the two in at first. With Frostpaw, Tigerstar interjects before she can give a yes or no. Besides, Tigerstar's already taken in cats before (guardian cats, the exiled RC cats) so it's not like it's done to make Squirrelflight look worse or him any better. It's literally a precedent already established for Tigerstar's character.
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Post by Jaysnow on Jan 31, 2024 16:51:38 GMT -5
One thing that made me laugh during the excerpt was Tigerstar being sarcastic with Squirrelstar and saying something about ThunderClan really not wanting to stick their noses in another Clan's business? Dude, what are you doing right now?
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Post by Rainfire on Jan 31, 2024 17:06:22 GMT -5
Yay, Birchkit is Birchpaw now! I hope we'll be seeing a lot more of him!
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Post by moongloweevee on Jan 31, 2024 17:37:02 GMT -5
I was actually thinking of a reasoning as to why Squilf suddenly changed behavior so suddenly as leader and it could be possibly because as deputy, she knew she wouldn't be replaced in that position. However, the stakes have now changed and considering that cats like Thornclaw were unhappy with her temporary leadership in ASC and now that the code has changed to cats being able to vote leaders out of leadership position, maybe she's trying to tiptoe around her clan to keep them happy and out of affairs so she won't get voted out.
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on Jan 31, 2024 18:21:12 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong...but didn't Squish literally talk to StarClan about Nightheart, and knew he went on a literal holy mission. Wouldn't that have settled the matter there and then. Cause why didn't she bring that up??? Like at all??? Is she just gonna keep that whole thing to herself until things get worse? Either she forgot, or she's actually just putting her reputation before the possible cats that can get hurt in the long run- again.
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Post by User33 on Jan 31, 2024 23:14:29 GMT -5
Everybody else picking apart the excerpt and analysing it while Im pleasantly surprised that the Erin Hunter writing team actually remembers Brokenstar.
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Post by dahliadove - #1 nightpelt fan on Jan 31, 2024 23:25:25 GMT -5
So many changes and I haven't even started reading, these allegiances be revealing a lot 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Edit: NIGHTPELT MENTION 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥💥💥💥💥💥💥🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 When the book comes out you should edit the wiki page for the Nightpelt mention WILL DO 🔥🔥🔥 on a scarier note why does this arc keep mentioning him?? He's been mentioned in like 3 ASC books ... I'm js saying y'all know what happens when side characters get more screen time out of the blue ??? They better not permakill him ...
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Post by dahliadove - #1 nightpelt fan on Jan 31, 2024 23:26:17 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong...but didn't Squish literally talk to StarClan about Nightheart, and knew he went on a literal holy mission. Wouldn't that have settled the matter there and then. Cause why didn't she bring that up??? Like at all??? Is she just gonna keep that whole thing to herself until things get worse? Either she forgot, or she's actually just putting her reputation before the possible cats that can get hurt in the long run- again. Pretty sure it was just an error the new team seems kinda wack at remembering stuff
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Post by Mistybreeze on Feb 1, 2024 1:39:42 GMT -5
Well, this is unexpected. Allegiances/Prologue: Aren't Spotfur's kits also older? Shouldn't they be apprentices by now?
So Curlfeather has been manipulating Splashtail for years? Makes sense. Being angry over Jayclaw's death is a realistic motivation. Decent villain so far. Chapter 1: Once again, POOR FROSTPAW! We knew it was coming but dang! Good on Tigerstar for taking her in. Let's hope things go smoothly for her in ShadowClan. Chapter 2: What's this? Squirrelflight matured?! All jokes aside, her caution is understandable. I doubt Splashtail will simply rest on his laurels now that he's leader. There'll be more trouble from him very soon. Chapter 3: What a wholesome chapter! They're really giving RootxBristle a run for their money. I'm very pleased that the team pivoted to spotlight healthy relationships in recent books. Also lmao at the exchange with Breezepelt. I was skeptical about his development, but he seems to genuinely have done a 180. So far, I'm giving it a 8.5/10. Every book is better than the last in this arc. Can't wait to read more!
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Post by Sundance on Feb 1, 2024 8:45:12 GMT -5
I find it ridiculously funny that Sunbeam, a young ShadowClan transplant who just switched allegiances, is listed #3 on the ThunderClan warrior list and then Lionblaze is at the very bottom. What is he doing down there by Leafshade (who I'm on better terms with since Leafpool died. Felt weird having two Leaf-'s in the same Clan before). It feels personal. :-P
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Feb 1, 2024 11:05:28 GMT -5
Aren't Spotfur's kits also older? Shouldn't they be apprentices by now? They had to wait until Nightheart got back so one of them could be his apprentice, obviously /s
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Post by Hollyfall on Feb 1, 2024 13:00:48 GMT -5
I find it ridiculously funny that Sunbeam, a young ShadowClan transplant who just switched allegiances, is listed #3 on the ThunderClan warrior list and then Lionblaze is at the very bottom. What is he doing down there by Leafshade (who I'm on better terms with since Leafpool died. Felt weird having two Leaf-'s in the same Clan before). It feels personal. :-P It's a nitpick of mine, but it bothers me that the allegiances aren't listed by seniority. Lionblaze is one of their oldest warriors so it's just strange seeing him grouped down with the younger generations.
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Post by Jaysnow on Feb 1, 2024 13:20:56 GMT -5
I find it ridiculously funny that Sunbeam, a young ShadowClan transplant who just switched allegiances, is listed #3 on the ThunderClan warrior list and then Lionblaze is at the very bottom. What is he doing down there by Leafshade (who I'm on better terms with since Leafpool died. Felt weird having two Leaf-'s in the same Clan before). It feels personal. :-P It's a nitpick of mine, but it bothers me that the allegiances aren't listed by seniority. Lionblaze is one of their oldest warriors so it's just strange seeing him grouped down with the younger generations. It bugs me as well.
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Post by yuki on Feb 1, 2024 19:16:43 GMT -5
poor frostpaw from what i can tell waffle is staying in thunderclan and wasp will transfer too a different clan.
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Post by Purdyisbestboi on Feb 2, 2024 18:53:54 GMT -5
Just hoping this isn’t the last scene of Breezepelt being a character
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