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Post by Mistybreeze on Dec 20, 2016 16:57:04 GMT -5
Of all the cats to get a genetic defect, why was it Jayfeather? He is one of the most genetically diverse cats in the series. His father is from WindClan and his grandfather was a kittypet. The genetic defect was implied to be from inbreeding, but he isn't that inbred compared to most of the Clans. Why did he get the defect? The only plausible explanations is that blindness was common in either Crowfeather or Firestar's bloodline or the blindness was part of the prophecy. Thoughts?
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Post by Alpha on Dec 20, 2016 17:13:10 GMT -5
I don't know man.
I was going to include that blindness was common in WindClan in a fanfiction once, but I scrapped the idea.
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Post by theRavenflight on Dec 20, 2016 21:43:30 GMT -5
Blackstar is a polydactyl. Not really a defect but rather a genetic mutation. Just another one I thought of.
ALSO to answer your question: in terms of setting the plot, Jay was probably made blind to 1) Make him more interesting for readers and 2) His power is being able to "see" StarClan and others' thoughts and stuff, which is ironic b/c he is blind.
Basically: His blindness=more plot to work with
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Post by EthanTheAnnus on Dec 20, 2016 22:45:13 GMT -5
Maybe he was a defect because of what theRavenflight said plus also because he was meant to have "never been born".
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 5:09:37 GMT -5
He is blind because plot
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Post by ʀᴀɪɴʟᴇᴀғ 🍁 on Dec 21, 2016 6:12:10 GMT -5
✎ Logically, Crowfeather should also be greatly inbred since WindClan is hinted at not having many forbidden relationships before his time. The only other forbidden relationships with a WindClan cat are ReedxFallow, RyexCloud, BeechxGorse, and SquirrelxWind. BeechxGorse are the first and only forbidden ship to have the kits be raised in WindClan. Of course, there may be more forbidden ships, but compared to Clans like RiverClan and ThunderClan, they only have these five. Given that information, it most likely came from Crowfeather's side.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2016 9:01:52 GMT -5
i think it's safe to say that the erins never let science stand in the way of the plot
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