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Post by tallshadowstar on Dec 22, 2021 20:05:26 GMT -5
I tend to get overly attached to very inconsequential and rarely-acknowledged characters, so this is a thread where we can gush about how much we like them. Here are my current favourites:
Petal - For those who haven't read DOTC, Petal was a former rogue and a later member of Clear Sky's group. Her mother died young, and she and her brother had to fend for themselves. At one point, an adult cat stole the prey that the two kits were stalking and let them starve. Moons later, she encountered this same cat in a patrol with Clear Sky, during which he killed her. They later found out that the she-cat had kits, and despite being hurt by their mother, she vowed to raise them as if they were her own. She knew what it was like to be small and helpless, and didn't want anyone else to go through that. Her compassion was really touching.
Hailstar - He wasn't perfect, but I liked how he was very progressive regarding half-Clan relationships compared to other leaders at the time. He fought to bring Willowkit and Graykit back to RiverClan, and even let their mother name them in honour of their half-Clan heritage.
Silverflame - We didn't see much of her, but she was Yellowfang's grandmother in her SE. Their bond was really sweet, and I always felt like she had some hinted secrets that we never learned more about. If any super obscure cat were to get a novella, I'd want it to be her.
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sasa
People complain about inconsistency. They just haven’t experienced lake effect.
Pronouns: (she, her, they, them)
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Post by sasa on Dec 22, 2021 21:55:56 GMT -5
That Riverclam cat whose name was a typo but he drowned or something in the opening of OOTS book 2? Or 3?. And Leafpool’s friend - Cody? the kittypet who helped the clans before they moved to the lake. Sometimes I feel that Deadfoot should be acknowledged more.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 22:03:36 GMT -5
mistystar! she’s become a bit of a joke character, and really hated as of late, but i still find her super compelling. she lost everything in the first arc. her dad, the woman she thought was her mother, the life she thought she had, her biological mom who she never even got to know, her mate (blackclaw most likely cut things off with her after the truth of mistyfoot’s parentage came out), her brother, three of her children, and any sense of security she had in her clan. mistystar watched her entire clan turn on her and was then invited to be their deputy! and she never really gets over that, in my eyes. she tries to go back to being a respectful and perfect warrior, but it’s no longer out of loyalty to her clan: it’s out of fear. and when leopardstar dies, mistystar has to start being the perfect leader, and her fear only grows. she’s terrified of stepping outside the boundaries of the code, or somehow upsetting starclan or her clanmates. she makes her son deputy because he’s the only one she has left.
mistystar is an utterly broken woman who is desperately trying to seem like she has it all together, and for that reason she is my favorite character in the series
also midnight, she’s literally a badger lol
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flipwish
when do we get more hairless warrior cats
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Post by flipwish on Dec 22, 2021 23:01:17 GMT -5
code of the clans characters with interesting basic concepts that will never ever be expanded on my beloved
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Post by vectoring34 on Dec 22, 2021 23:44:15 GMT -5
Before GV released, I made fun of how the fandom would fall head over heels for Fury as being the next girlboss female villain owing to her intimidating design and brutal personality. As it turns out, my prediction did not come true, and the fandom barely took any note of her. On the other hand, I became exactly what I made fun of, and I think she's a genuinely cool villain. It was a good angle to see a villain who is still clearly a villain and a big deal, but also isn't fanatic or crazy. When she rather practically accepts her own defeat and swallows her pride, it is neat to see. And admittedly, I think her whole vibe is also just really intimidating and cool
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Namara
Briarlight support squad
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Post by Namara on Dec 23, 2021 2:56:56 GMT -5
Does Rosetail count? Such a sweet personality, and with a unique design to boot.
(Also agreed on Silverflame)
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Post by 𝐛𝐥𝟒𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐥 on Dec 23, 2021 2:59:47 GMT -5
That Riverclam cat whose name was a typo but he drowned or something in the opening of OOTS book 2? Or 3?. And Leafpool’s friend - Cody? the kittypet who helped the clans before they moved to the lake. Sometimes I feel that Deadfoot should be acknowledged more. Do you mean Rippletail? I honestly can't think of any other RiverClan cats except Leopardstar who died in the first half of the series.
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Post by 𝐛𝐥𝟒𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐥 on Dec 23, 2021 3:21:17 GMT -5
Lightning Tail, Featherwhisker, Whitethroat, Cloudpelt, Jackdaw's Cry, Toadfoot, Perchpaw, Crowtail, Shimmerpelt (CP), Sunfish, Hollyflower. I feel like these characters deserve way more recognition in the fandom.
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Post by crowspirit on Dec 23, 2021 3:59:04 GMT -5
There are a lot of minor characters I've grown to appreciate over the years.
Piketooth, Shimmerpelt, Mousewhisker, Hazeltail, Shanty, Cody, Rippletail, Petalfur, Dawnstripe, Hawkheart, Barkface, Kestrelflight, Hollyflower, Flintfang… They're all fantastic.
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Post by Midnightcacoon loves Sunbeam on Dec 23, 2021 5:02:57 GMT -5
All of Daisy’s kits besides Rosepetal and Berrynose because they do get attention.
Hazeltail, Mousewhisker, and Toadstep are all great characters,
Also I feel like Foxleap has been forgotten over the years.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Dec 23, 2021 6:08:00 GMT -5
Sun Shadow Petal Sparrow Fur
Dawn of the Clans has a lot of really good background characters.
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Post by Aqua on Dec 23, 2021 7:11:01 GMT -5
Dovewing. She's highly underappreciated. I don't think she's that bad, she just needs to learn how to treat other cats better. She was lonely because the prophecy separated her and Ivypool, which drove her to become closer to Tigerheart. I don't really care about her breaking the warrior code or whatever, Ivypool wasn't perfect either and she broke the code herself, and I'm just tired of people shitting on Dovewing just because she left her clan for Tigerheart. She wanted to be happy a d that's okay. She tried to give Bumblestripe a chance and it just didn't work out- that's okay too. Bumblestripe wasn't some saint himself, either; these characters all have their flaws. Dovewing is a good mother to her kits, and I like how she still seems attached to the ones in ThunderClan, like how she trusted Squirrelflight and was happy when she saw Leafpool.
Honestly. Dovewing is fine. She's selfish - BUT, she has always put her clan first, and I feel like a lot of people forget that because of her thing with Tigerheart. She put her clan before Ivypool, who needed her the most, and she wanted to be friends with her again, but the three wanted her to focus on the prophecy. She spied a couple of times for her clan, it's just not shown much in the books and I'm tired of people saying she should've spied instead of Ivypool. Listen up, guys: It was Ivypool's job to spy, not Dovewing's. Her job was to spy in the clans, and they took advantage of Ivypool's spot so she can help warn them about the Dark Forest.
When Dovewing was "talking crap" about her clanmates, she was understanding them in SqH, seeing the other Clans' PoV, and even Jayfeather agreed that she had a point.
She's a good mom, she isn't perfect, and she has her flaws. Putting yourself and your happiness first isn't selfish, not when she has served her clan all her life and dropped everything. She can't make Ivypool happy because she didn't want to be with Tigerheart? Oh well. She tried her best, and sometimes that's all you can do.
I don't care about the facts that'll supposedly "bring up points" to back up fans' arguments to prove how wrong I am; I'm sticking to my decision. They're cat books.. I don't care if I'm wrong or right in canon. I think she's fine, there's nothing wrong with Dovewing, and most of her OWN fans feel like her only fault was that she should've handled things better and moved back to ShadowClan in BrS.
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Post by aether on Dec 23, 2021 7:24:38 GMT -5
Milkweed and Leaf! (Also underrated pairing lol) Pretty much all of the DoTC backgrounds characters lol. Even the 'bad' or 'evil' cats felt memorable because they had substance to them.
Brindleface! She always seemed super cute to me, and I liked how she took in Cloudkit. Runningwind - I wish we could have seem more of him. He seemed cool Willowpelt, seemed really nice but didn't get much screen time. Stonefur, he was a cool cat, would have liked to see more of him :/
That's all i got right now cx
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Post by downfalls on Dec 23, 2021 9:08:48 GMT -5
echomist, so underrated yet should be appreciated
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Aroace
#ffa100
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𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑
Villain Enjoyer
Taking a break from the forums because my cat died. Will probably be back mid to late October.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Dec 23, 2021 11:05:59 GMT -5
The DotC arc as a whole is still rather underrated and underappreciated, in my opinion so a lot of characters from there deserve more spotlight in possible future books featuring them in some way. Like Petal, Sun Shadow, Gorse Fur, Slate and so on.
From the modern timeline books, Goldenflower is the one for me who deserves so much more love.
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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 Dec 23, 2021 18:28:51 GMT -5
Hazeltail and Petal, truly both wonderful characters and didn't deserve to die the way they did. <3
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Post by cheeselamps on Dec 23, 2021 23:21:28 GMT -5
Feathertail is quite underrated, mostly because of her relationship with Crowfeather. And don't get me wrong, FeatherCrow is everything to me, but I can't deny the fact that she is mainly remembered for being Crowfeather's first love, rather than for her personality, desires or frustrations. That's why I love ASiR so much. She's been called a Mary Sue a few times, and that honestly irritates me. Feathertail was not only gentle, patient, quiet and brilliant. She was a brave character with a strong sense of justice, who was not afraid of say what she thought and was always ready to cut ties with anyone. A lot of people seem to forget things from TNP, which is normal, but also sad when it comes to Feathertail. Her closeness with Tawnypelt or her being mad at Purdy are things that should be remembered.
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Post by kells on Dec 23, 2021 23:22:42 GMT -5
Hollyflower, Hailstar and Featherwhisker are great
I also like Larksong
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Post by Skypaw13 on Dec 24, 2021 2:39:17 GMT -5
Blackstar, Lionheart, and Kestrelflight
none of them are underrated, per se, but they are all background characters, lol
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Post by aether on Dec 24, 2021 7:22:55 GMT -5
Sootfur. Honestly one of the most spine-chilling, Disturbing deaths in the whole series imo, and yet really don’t see appreciation for him, nor any PMV’s or MAP’s that I know of recreating his death scene. Seconded! Sootfur was a cool character, same with Rainwhisker. The whole Sorrel, Soot, Rain litter were really cool. I feel like Sorreltail got her fair share of background character screen time, but we got hardly any or Sootfur and Rainwhisker.
'Soot' is also one of my fav warrior prefixes too. Just sounds so cute!
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Post by rainwhisker on Dec 24, 2021 12:52:33 GMT -5
featherwhisker is definitely one of my favorite medicine cats, he was so sweet cloudpelt was also a good character that was unfortunately killed off quickly
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Post by Saint Ambrosef on Dec 25, 2021 12:24:07 GMT -5
there are too many characters in this franchise. i dont know who half the characters named on this thread are.
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Post by *Ottersplash* on Dec 25, 2021 23:44:26 GMT -5
Hollyflower, Hailstar and Featherwhisker are great I also like Larksong Larksong is a good one! Not only is his name pretty, but how he died was heartbreaking and touching. I kinda wish he'd survived
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Post by tema on Dec 26, 2021 14:33:46 GMT -5
Before GV released, I made fun of how the fandom would fall head over heels for Fury as being the next girlboss female villain owing to her intimidating design and brutal personality. As it turns out, my prediction did not come true, and the fandom barely took any note of her. On the other hand, I became exactly what I made fun of, and I think she's a genuinely cool villain. It was a good angle to see a villain who is still clearly a villain and a big deal, but also isn't fanatic or crazy. When she rather practically accepts her own defeat and swallows her pride, it is neat to see. And admittedly, I think her whole vibe is also just really intimidating and cool Fury could have been really cool if she were less "show don't tell."
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Post by Aqua on Dec 26, 2021 15:52:03 GMT -5
Feathertail is quite underrated, mostly because of her relationship with Crowfeather. And don't get me wrong, FeatherCrow is everything to me, but I can't deny the fact that she is mainly remembered for being Crowfeather's first love, rather than for her personality, desires or frustrations. That's why I love ASiR so much. She's been called a Mary Sue a few times, and that honestly irritates me. Feathertail was not only gentle, patient, quiet and brilliant. She was a brave character with a strong sense of justice, who was not afraid of say what she thought and was always ready to cut ties with anyone. A lot of people seem to forget things from TNP, which is normal, but also sad when it comes to Feathertail. Her closeness with Tawnypelt or her being mad at Purdy are things that should be remembered. Feathertail was never a sue, not even in TNP, why tf would people even say that? She had her own flaws of being stubborn about Crowfeather.
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Post by vectoring34 on Dec 26, 2021 16:12:58 GMT -5
Before GV released, I made fun of how the fandom would fall head over heels for Fury as being the next girlboss female villain owing to her intimidating design and brutal personality. As it turns out, my prediction did not come true, and the fandom barely took any note of her. On the other hand, I became exactly what I made fun of, and I think she's a genuinely cool villain. It was a good angle to see a villain who is still clearly a villain and a big deal, but also isn't fanatic or crazy. When she rather practically accepts her own defeat and swallows her pride, it is neat to see. And admittedly, I think her whole vibe is also just really intimidating and cool Fure could have been really cool if she were less "show don't tell." Yes, she does suffer from being full of hot air a bit, but the implied murder off-screen and general brutality does sell her decently. Just wish she'd gotten a decent full fight on-screen
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Post by goosefeather on Dec 26, 2021 17:07:24 GMT -5
quick water! honestly, most of the cast of dawn of the clans - but im a big fan of her specifically, and i wish she got more love. i think her arc was very well written, though it felt a little unintentional up until shadowstars life, like they only realized Then what the arc they had given her was. she started off as a confident cat, the only one easily able to stand up to clear sky, but over time we watch his ideas and paranoia and fears seep into her (it wasn't all that sudden either if you remember the star flower incident), ultimately culminating into the events of shadowstar's life, and i think it was a really sad but interesting arc to have building in the background.
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