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Post by Aqua on Mar 5, 2022 6:13:10 GMT -5
What's your opinion on them?
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🌌dapple🌙 (formerly freckle)
I didn't get thunder yet but the one thing I wonder abt has been spoiled so should I still buy?
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Post by 🌌dapple🌙 (formerly freckle) on Mar 5, 2022 7:58:41 GMT -5
It felt a lot like a waste of time when she only appears for a few chapters in one book just because the editors remembered last minute "Wait Alderheart needs a mateeeee!!!" If they were gonna do a romance at all it should have been with Needletail and had them warm up to each other on the journey- yknow the same one where they adopted kids? But nah, at that point if they aren't potential mates then I don't want Alderheart to have any mate. It feels like Velvet is just there to fill time and honestly, I kinda headcanon Alderheart as aro/ace anyway! He never really needed much of an attraction to anyone for his bland story to work.
Though I did like that slow moment where Jayfeather realistically talks to Alderheart about his feelings and love and how he shouldn't act on them. Makes up in my mind for a previous mentor snapping at a medicine cat apprentice for being in love but I won't mention that. But I did like that interaction between the two, it felt real and understanding without Jayfeather's usual rudeness and impatience.
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Aroace
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𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑
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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 Mar 5, 2022 8:48:47 GMT -5
Velvet is lovable and all that (so is Alderheart) but their romance felt rushed, unnecessary, forced and only lasted for about a quarter moon (according the wiki). I would have much more preferred Alderheart with Needletail or Puddleshine. But him not needing to have a mate is also completely fine.
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Post by dreamingof on Mar 5, 2022 10:32:20 GMT -5
It could have worked if their relationship lasted more than one book or if Alderheart thinks about her in The Raging Storm to show that she left an impact on him. Velvet is cute but their romance just feels pointless to me. It's like they had no clue what to do with Alderheart for this book so they threw in a forbidden romance that abruptly ends with no consequences. They could have spent this book time doing something else, like have an arc about Alderheart stepping up as a medicine cat when Jayfeather is grieving and how Alderheart helps his previous mentor by use of his kindness and empathy, showing how he's comfortable with his role and found his way.
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Cloudstorm
Don’t let it kill you. Even when it hurts like hell.
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Post by Cloudstorm on Mar 5, 2022 11:53:27 GMT -5
It was kind of cute, but unnecessary and pointless, as it was clearly only used as filler for Alderheart’s chapters given they were desperately scrambling, and grasping at straws to make content for RoF & The Raging Storm, and decided some cheap forbidden romance was a way to make him more interesting, raise the stakes, hike my adrenaline……except their was no stakes, consequences or even any development on Alderheart’s end because of the whole ordeal, or even him reminiscing or having second thoughts about being a medicine cat and not being able to take a mate. Velvet simply slips in, and slips out without leaving any impact.
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Post by *Ottersplash* on Mar 5, 2022 13:52:24 GMT -5
I think it's really cute. I ship it
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Mar 5, 2022 14:21:15 GMT -5
i really liked it and glad they were mature about it and it didnt stick around long
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Asexual
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The Shiny User
🎵Guess that's just the way it goes, easy come, easy go🎵
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on Mar 5, 2022 18:08:40 GMT -5
I'm against the ship, but I'm glad they were both mature about it. It did get me a good conversation between Alderheart and Jayfeather though, which I wish there were more of.
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Post by epicstyle on Mar 5, 2022 20:46:23 GMT -5
Alderheart X Needletail is my favorite ship so when Velvet showed up in ROF I immediately felt threatened haha. But she was such a sweet character that I warmed up to her very quickly, so now I don't mind the pairing. It'd be cool for Velvet to have a cameo in ASC at some point too.
Side note but I really do feel like Alder/Needle was wasted potential, I thought they had a great dynamic in TAQ, plus they kinda raised Twigbranch and Violetshine together for a bit. I guess at that point in the series everyone was fatigued from forbidden relationships, which is completely understandable. It makes me wish they had done less prior to AVOS so they could have done something really cool with those two characters.
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Post by 𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔱 on Mar 5, 2022 23:35:26 GMT -5
I honestly kinda like it… I’m glad nothing came of it - obviously that would have been an absolute mess if it had. But I think their friendship and the fact that they did have interest in each other only served to solidify Alderheart’s resolve that he’s meant to be a medicine cat, while also giving us a chance to see how Jayfeather has grown and processed his own broken code half clan heritage. I think for what it was, it was pretty good. I like that he clearly had interest and was able to make the decision that it wasn’t right for him, for her, or for his clan.
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Post by 𝐛𝐥𝟒𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐥 on Mar 6, 2022 4:05:00 GMT -5
They were cute and very mature about their feelings.
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on Mar 6, 2022 6:36:59 GMT -5
Boring, pointless, rushed, unnecessary, filler, just trying to give another medicine cat a potential love interest again. So no, I don't like this ship at all and am glad it ended quickly.
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