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🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄
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Post by 🍄🎶✨Brambleheart✨🎶🍄 on May 30, 2024 16:31:21 GMT -5
So Katanaheart recently made a thread on the Warriors Website article on Moonpaw. With her backstory, I have some theories! 1. The voice in her head isn't StarClan. It is her twin. Quick genetics lesson: Chimera cats are created when two embryos are fused into one. Different parts of Moonpaw's body are different genomes. For convenience, let's call the other embryo Sunpaw. (get it? sun and moon?) Moonpaw's genome makes her black-and-white. Sunpaw's genome makes them a ginger tabby. When Sunpaw and Moonpaw's embryos combined, Moonpaw inherited both hers AND Sunpaw's coloration. The same is true for Moonpaw's organs. Her brain may be Moonpaw, but her heart may be Sunpaw! Chimera cats can even have two different blood types! So Moonpaw is basically two cat twins in one body. Which is why I think the voice in her head is "Sunpaw", or the other side of the chimera, NOT StarClan. 2. She, Nightheart, and Bayshine are VERY close. Bayshine was the cat who named Moonpaw for her moon-like fur. Because Bayshine is very close friends/adopted brothers with Nightheart, I think he would be advocating AGAINST the Clan putting pressure on Moonpaw. After the subpar parents in ASC we need wholesome relationthips PLEASE ERINS! And a Changing Skies theory in general... 3. SHIFTING POVS!! Note how the Moonpaw article says the following: "Some of our POV characters—like Leafstar and Tawnypelt—are old favorites who have long histories among the Clans. But we also wanted to introduce new, young characters, who would give readers insight into what the less seasoned cats are thinking. Our first young POV character to appear in Changing Skies is Moonpaw." Note the words "Some of our POV characters", and "our first young POV character". This basically confirms that Changing Skies will have shifting POVs as the arc goes on. This is another similarity between this arc and TNP, which it seems like a love letter/redo/redeption of. |
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Post by Katanaheart on May 30, 2024 17:17:18 GMT -5
While I do intially like the idea that the voices Moonpaw is hearing is her twin. It crosses a little into potential DID for me to be entirely comfortable with the idea. Maybe a kind of possession deal kinda similar to Cinderheart?
Like the twin is a voice and slowly tries to take control of the body. (Not so much an “evil,” twin as more of two beings learning to share over time.)
It could be interesting if the twin is similar to how Squirrelflight and Leafpool were during their coma but that seems unlikely.
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Post by tumblepaw on May 30, 2024 17:33:47 GMT -5
I also have a feeling that sinister voice in her head is her “twin.” I don’t know if I like the idea of that. It is interesting, and I like the idea of her listening to it and becoming our first evil medicine cat. But that’s a bit much. Her genetic condition wouldn’t work that way; it just explains why some cells in the body have different DNA.
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Post by dandelions on May 30, 2024 17:51:26 GMT -5
The implied shifting POVs specifically for the younger cast has me really curious. Both because Moonpaw's premise of an increasingly sinister voice doesn't seem like something that would be wrapped up quickly no matter the explanation, and because I'm not sure about the effect switching out the protagonists will have on their development. I'm cautiously optimistic about the latter, perhaps the reduced page time will result in some engaging pacing similar to the better novellas, but I'm not entirely sold on the idea. As for Moonpaw specifically, I agree with the twin being the voice theory at this point, but I'm a little apprehensive about how that would be handled for similar reasons to others stated here.
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when do we get more hairless warrior cats
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Post by flipwish on May 30, 2024 19:15:10 GMT -5
I also thought of the twin thing immediately! I don't know how much faith I have in it being handled well if it comes true, but I won't be surprised if the voice is the twin.
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Post by Purdyisbestboi on May 30, 2024 19:34:06 GMT -5
The implied shifting POVs specifically for the younger cast has me really curious. Both because Moonpaw's premise of an increasingly sinister voice doesn't seem like something that would be wrapped up quickly no matter the explanation, and because I'm not sure about the effect switching out the protagonists will have on their development. I'm cautiously optimistic about the latter, perhaps the reduced page time will result in some engaging pacing similar to the better novellas, but I'm not entirely sold on the idea. As for Moonpaw specifically, I agree with the twin being the voice theory at this point, but I'm a little apprehensive about how that would be handled for similar reasons to others stated here. It seems likely that they wouldn’t finish with Moonpaw until the end of the arc, and that Tawnypelt and/or Leafstar will kick the bucket or wrap up their character arcs. |
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Post by dandelions on May 30, 2024 20:26:44 GMT -5
It seems likely that they wouldn’t finish with Moonpaw until the end of the arc, and that Tawnypelt and/or Leafstar will kick the bucket or wrap up their character arcs. I was going based on this part from the article: “But we also wanted to introduce new, young characters, who would give readers insight into what the less seasoned cats are thinking. Our first young POV character to appear in Changing Skies is Moonpaw.”
Maybe I’m reading it too literally? Because it would make sense for Moonpaw to be a recurring POV, but the wording of “first young POV character” implies to me that it’s the young characters being swapped, and since Moonpaw’s plotline relies on an internal dialogue, I’m not sure how they’d continue that outside of her own POV. |
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Post by valleylight on May 30, 2024 21:31:53 GMT -5
Hey, so they’re doing shifting POVs after all! I could see Moonpaw being a recurring POV, and other younger cats being mixed in among her and the rotating legacy characters.
It could be interesting to see a darker take on Cinderpelt-style reincarnation. Giving that duality a physical manifestation in her appearance might be neat— I think I’ve seen animations do that before with Cinderheart/pelt |
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Post by wygolvillage on May 30, 2024 21:36:23 GMT -5
I hope the twins thing is real because it would be so unique and cool! But I don't know if the Erins know enough about cat genetics to implement that as a plot point, lol :P
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Post by spirit3106 on May 31, 2024 2:35:42 GMT -5
My theory is that maybe the voice in her head is Bristlefrost. It would also make sense with Thriftear being her mother. Maybe this arc will explain what happens to faded cats? That they can be reborn as entirely new cats, but that Bristlefrost fused with Moonpaw before birth maybe.
The fact that she's a chimera and not just an interesting looking cat feels important and I just have a feeling that this is something that the Erins would go for.
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Post by Mintystem on May 31, 2024 3:40:01 GMT -5
3. SHIFTING POVS!! Note how the Moonpaw article says the following: "Some of our POV characters—like Leafstar and Tawnypelt—are old favorites who have long histories among the Clans. But we also wanted to introduce new, young characters, who would give readers insight into what the less seasoned cats are thinking. Our first young POV character to appear in Changing Skies is Moonpaw." Note the words "Some of our POV characters", and "our first young POV character". This basically confirms that Changing Skies will have shifting POVs as the arc goes on. This is another similarity between this arc and TNP, which it seems like a love letter/redo/redeption of. I think that Leafstar and maybe Tawnypelt kick the bucket in The Elders' Quest, and in book 2 we'll be introduced to one or two new protagonists who stay for the rest of the arc. A bit like AVoS, it was just Alderheart in book 1, and then we got Twig and Violet in book 2. I hope there are only 2 permanent protagonists, because 3 are too much, imo. |
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Post by *Ravenpaw* on Jun 1, 2024 20:04:27 GMT -5
Honestly, I'm not a fan of the twin theory. Maybe it's something like Ashfur and Shadowsight in TBC.
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when do we get more hairless warrior cats
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Post by flipwish on Jun 1, 2024 20:23:06 GMT -5
The thing is like...i'd actually much prefer an evil dead guy drama than however wc might write the twins thing but I still really think the twin thing is more likely. But it IS early so we'll see- can't be sure yet
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