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Post by willlowfeather on Jan 23, 2024 13:59:32 GMT -5
So I was rereading forest of secrets and got to the part where Fireheart and Graystripe rescue Mistyfoot’s kits from the flood. Including Reedkit. Now granted I’ve read all the series several times and just noticed this. I remembered earlier in the chapter how Fireheart had noticed Goldenflower pregnant. Now obviously she is pregnant with Bramblekit and Tawnykit. I then thought forward to in The New Prophecy (the first or second can’t remember) when Leafpaw saved Reedpaw from drowning. At this time obviously Brambleclaw is a warrior and had been for awhile atleast. So putting this all together, how come Reedpaw was still an apprentice if he was born several moons before Brambleclaw? I assume this is obviously just something overlooked by the erin’s. but I wonder if anyone else had noticed this before? Sorry if this is all over the place haha hope it makes sense.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jan 23, 2024 14:15:03 GMT -5
People have noticed. It's an inconsistency, but it's also reasonable to assume that Reedwhisker's training had been incredibly delayed at least in part because of TigerClan as well as grief for his littermates. The problem is that Moonrise seems to imply he's younger than he would've been, rather than an older cat who simply hadn't received his warrior name yet, and there's still a pretty big gap between the end of TDH and the start of TNP anyway.
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Post by Mistybreeze on Jan 23, 2024 18:00:15 GMT -5
As Moth said, this is a well known inconsistency. But I don't agree with the theory that his training was that delayed. We're talking well over a year for his apprenticeship. He was clearly written as a new apprentice too. Vicky also admitted at the time that she had forgotten about Mistystar's kits and mixed up his age. With all of this in mind, it makes a lot more sense to replace Reedwhisker with some other apprentice in the Moonrise scene and have him be his proper age.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jan 23, 2024 18:10:09 GMT -5
As Moth said, this is a well known inconsistency. But I don't agree with the theory that his training was that delayed. We're talking well over a year for his apprenticeship. He was clearly written as a new apprentice too. Vicky also admitted at the time that she had forgotten about Mistystar's kits and mixed up his age. With all of this in mind, it makes a lot more sense to replace Reedwhisker with some other apprentice in the Moonrise scene and have him be his proper age. Exactly this! It's why I never bought into the theory, either. Considering Squirrelpaw and Leafpaw were already eight moons old at the start of Midnight while Reedwhisker was still a kit long before Firestar even got together with Sandstorm, his training being delayed—even if we factor other things into the equation—wouldn't really make any sense at all.
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