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Post by halogen on Feb 16, 2022 16:35:07 GMT -5
I noticed that in the plushie poll they had pretty much every major character in the series except for Hollyleaf as an option, despite her being wary more popular than some of the other Po3/OOTS protagonists like Lionblaze and Dovewing. Furthermore, she does not appear and barely gets mentioned in TBC despite her being the one who killed Ashfur and her character fitting well with the themes of how far following the code should go. Does the editing team just really not like her? I don't know why it seems they are going out of their way to not give her any attention.
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Post by dreamingof on Feb 16, 2022 16:51:12 GMT -5
Concerning the 2021 plush poll, I assumed Hollyleaf was left out because she looks so similar to Ravenpaw. Heck, many people assumed Hollyleaf was featured in the preview image for the 2021 plush, even knowing Ravenpaw was one of the winners for the poll. For the 2020 poll, she was left out by chance, like many other characters. She was in the running for the originial 2019 poll and lost. I hope she finally gets added for this upcomimg poll because I imagine she'd have a high likelihood of winning.
As for TBC, maybe it was to give other characters the spotlight and not overwhelm the arc with characters? She should have been there for ALITM's battle though.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on Feb 16, 2022 16:56:51 GMT -5
I also think it's weird that Hollyleaf hasn't shown up in any official merch yet (be that minis or plushies). Considering just how much of a popular character she still is. TBC Spoilers Her not even having played at least a small role in TBC despite of how she is connected to not only Ashfur (as his killer) but also Squirrelflight and Bramblestar (as their adoptive daughter) really was strange and quite disappointing as well. She only gets mentioned like once in relation to the plot at the start of ALitM when Ashfur thinks about her briefly during the prologue. That's it. I really expected more and hope there will be something in relation to her happening in ASC. And also some merch. I'm hoping they'll put her in one pack together with Lionblaze as a mini figurine sooner rather than later.
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Feb 16, 2022 18:02:33 GMT -5
I don't think the editing team hates Hollyleaf. They probably have different characters planned out instead rather than outright hating her.
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Post by vectoring34 on Feb 16, 2022 23:18:52 GMT -5
Hollyleaf's lack of appearance in TBC stinks. I like TBC a lot and I thought the finale was pretty good, but it was so bad that we got Redtail and Larksong in the patrol instead of Hollyleaf. I mean, come on, did anyone really want to see Redtail or Larksong back? Not only do they not thematically make any sense, but even from a fanservice perspective, they suck compared to Hollyleaf. I would have been more than happy to see the two of them removed and replaced with Hollyleaf, if only because she is one of the Starclan cats who is most intertwined with Ashfur.
That said, perhaps this was a blessing in disguise. The defanged Hollyleaf we saw at the end of OOTS and in Squirrelflight's Hope was a hollow shell of her PoT self, and one I'm not keen on seeing much. I wouldn't blame the writers for disliking that version of Hollyleaf.
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