I HAVE ASC#4 THUNDER! THUNDER SPOILER THREAD

Guess she really is in the DF huh?

Scary part is that she almost got what she wanted. But Splashtail is still alive and this just confirms that Duskfur is on his radar now.

And FINALLY Starclan gives answers instead of being vague about it. Thank you Riverstar for being that much more helpful than literally anyone else so far.

Wow this is all crazy! It makes me wonder if Curlfeather had something to do with Jayclaw's death.

I know the dogs who killed Curlfeather were likely a coincidence. Unless Splashtail can somehow "speak dog", which I doubt though. But like, him really turning on Curlfeather and somehow causing her death could still be possible (probably not, but he was likey not sad to be rid of her due to his own ambitions).

im so curious what curlfeather's motive was, did she.. just want power?? i can't think of any other reason she wouldn't want reedwhisker to lead, aside from maybe not liking that mistystar's own son was deputy..

My thing is, she would have to go to the moonpool and starclan wasn't going to give her a pass but then remember Tigerstar 1 and Brokenstar still got 9 lives even after killing

same with tigerstar, it could be through blood trails or something to lead the dogs to kill curlfeather - we’ve seen this many times.

So yeah, Splashtail most likely turned on Curlfeather and got rid of her via the dogs, is what I'm thinking now.

so now my question is: did curlfeather have a hand in jayclaw's death too? I hope she did because it would add points to her silly girlboss score

It's surreal to see this confirmed after over a year. I was always an avid believer in evil Curlfeather, and given that this is the first arc I've been with since the beginning and awaiting in real time, it's nice to see my first real guess was right. 
My Frecklewish-Leopardstar theory and Mapleshade involvement theory seems less likely the closer we get to the end, but now that we know Curlfeather is in the Dark Forrst I hope we see her interact with Mapleshade, especially if my theory on Curlfeather being the daughter of Reedwhisker and a descendant of Appledusk is correct.
I want to know if Duskfur was ever actually involved. It seems likely now that she may not have been. I wonder if it was as big a conspiracy as we thought or just Curl and Splash acting alone.
It's also interesting that Curlfeather clearly manipulated Splashtail. This was mostly her idea, not his. I guess she has a track record of manipulating kids.
I feel horrible for Frostpaw. I've been holding out hope that Curlfeather wasn't intentionally manipulating her, but from the way she talks about her daughter, that hope is gone. It seems she cared more about herself than Frostpaw. Now that I think about it, we rarely saw Curlfeather with Mistpaw and Graypaw. It may be fair to say that Curlfeather never really cared much for any of her kits.
I think Frostpaw can be undoubtedly crowned as most suffering protagonist. At least Shadowsight had parents who love him. Curlfeather may be rivaling Rainflower for worst mother honestly.
Now I really want Jayclaw to show up. I'm not surprised he didn't see Frostpaw, given that Riverstar likely restricted who could see her, but I really want to know what he thinks and I want him to be there for her. What his mate did and what happened to his kits is probably horrible for him, too.
Berryheart is pretty bad too. If Spinestar doesn't post the spoilers too soon I might make a list of cats I think will be her target in Sunbeam's last chapter.
This book is wild. Unless they completely fumble the last two books, this will definitely be my favorite arc.

poor frostpaw bro

You go, Sunbeam! Passing her final trial and standing up to not only Cherryfall, but also Berryheart. She even reported Berryheart to Squirrelstar. I'm still worried about Berryheart`s plan, though. We know she does something to get exiled. Also, Duskfur is an elder now? Since when? She was still a warrior last book. Did she retire during this book? She must have!

I was hoping that the Curlfeather is evil theory wasn't true. Poor Frostpaw. :c So Curlfeather is in the DF? So the dream of seeing her with stars in the fur was just that? A dream? I'm assuming. Unless DF cats now have stars in their fur.

I feel like the editors sending Nightheart with Frostpaw was also a plot to get Sunbeam more familiarized in ThunderClan without relying on Nightheart the whole time. Whatever their intentions were, it was brilliant and I love how Sunbeam built relationships and trust with her new clanmates and developed on her own. It's vastly different from Nightheart in ShadowClan, where his goal was closer to leaving ThunderClan than actually wanting to join ShC, and I really enjoyed it.

The Curlfeather plot twist was amazing. I hope the next two books will be part of Frostpaw rebuilding her relationships and finding out who she really is. I can't wait for more development for my babygirl.

Actually, Curlfeather being involved had been theorized even back when River was still new. Still doesn't make this any less heartbreaking, though, but I agree, great twist all around.