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Post by .: pouncefeather :. on Jul 16, 2024 15:30:06 GMT -5
if you havent read it yet I'd suggest you don't click! :3 the new novel is sooo good ugh!! things I loved: -the ending showing how they made the novel and firehearts design -buff silverstream -any and all battle scenes -ravenpaw and barley -i totally ship bluestar and yellowfang now, I love the little blushies they have around eachother!! -any and all little blushes -every character design -how they showed firepaw meeting princess instead of smudge during his assesment (it just makes more sense) -the characters dialouge sounding NORMAL (finally) -no character is forgotten, major w -all backgrounds! -the moonstone -the scene where spottedleaf gets the message from starclan -greypaw, ravenpaw, and firepaw wrestiling and just being buddies -fireheart and sandstorms little herb hunt -how they found wind clan and the area they found them in -how they showed the map, camp, and fourtrees!! -tigerclaws little lashes lol -the fourth cover idea sketch in the back -showing off the clans -each character sticking with their personalities -bluestars star on her chest -EYEBROWS
(I have more I will add later!)
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Post by stupidflower on Jul 16, 2024 16:21:00 GMT -5
Cinderpaw’s facial expressions were golden
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Post by .: pouncefeather :. on Jul 16, 2024 19:19:16 GMT -5
literally!! loved cinderpaw
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Post by stupidflower on Jul 16, 2024 20:04:50 GMT -5
I’ll record some of my thoughts: I like how Frostfur was shown mourning Lionheart. Now that the family tree has been figured out, these little details can be put in.
Goldenflower disagreeing with Tigerclaw was cool.
Runningwind didn’t really look much like my thought of him but that’s ok.
Swiftpaw being a FrostLion kit instead of Brightheart is…such a strange change. I wonder why.
Patchpelt and One-eye specifically got a lot of lines for some reason.
The Fire and Ice portion seemed really rushed.
The battle over the gorge and Graystripe ‘killing’ him are skipped, and that’s really unfortunate for developing Leopardstar and Graystripe’s relationship and attitudes going forward.
Fireheart also doesn’t save Sandpaw, so it seems she just starts liking him out of nowhere.
The faces are always great.
The art really shines (haha) in the StarClan scenes, sort of abstract panels, and the water. The drawings are actually really gorgeous.
The cats’ legs bend a little strangely, but I think it adds to the bounciness feel.
There wasn’t too much of Graystripe and Silverstream, and Fireheart doesn’t discover them, Graystripe tells him.
Most cats are not actually named, so we have to guess.
A lot of cute moments between Firepaw, Graypaw and Ravenpaw.
There isn’t much time spent on Firepaw getting to know the other cats though.
The gag of Longtail and Darkstripe going”Poor Tigerclaw” is great.
The cats blush A LOT, often for no reason than to add to the style, which will definitely fuel some fannon ships like FireGray and BlueYellow.
There’s a lot more blood than I was expected. Warriors is a pretty brutal series but this is still a kids book, so I was surprised at how much blood came from prey, which is different to how James L. Barry rarely drew blood.
When we see Spottedleaf and Lionheart’s bodies, their wounds are turned away from the ‘camera’, so it’s not too gruesome. I wonder how they’ll do Tigerstar’s death.
Bluestar glows when StarClan heals her and I think that’s fun.
Overall, really solid! The cats are really cute, though not always proportioned perfectly (which I think adds to the charm) and the background art is extremely pretty. Excited for the next one!
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Post by 𓆩♡𓆪Moonshine𓆩♡𓆪 on Jul 16, 2024 21:21:46 GMT -5
I’ll record some of my thoughts: Swiftpaw being a FrostLion kit instead of Brightheart is…such a strange change. I wonder why.
???? We're retconning Brightheart's and Swiftpaw's parentages now?
Swiftpaw being a FrostLion kit makes no sense unless everyone's ages are being screwed with.
I know this is supposed to be a retelling, but this seems so random...
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Post by Slightdapple on Jul 16, 2024 21:49:41 GMT -5
Recording some of my thoughts: The art style was very cute! I loved cats’ expressions and their designs were very distinct.
I loved the contrast between Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw, especially with their separate fonts.
There were some cute Fire, Gray, and Raven moments.
There were lots of gorgeous backgrounds and a cool map of the forest territories.
Making Swiftpaw part of Frostfur’s litter was probably done to avoid the weird situation where Brightkit and Thornkit weren’t apprenticed alongside their siblings, but then… when do they appear?
Also, what happened to the brown kit who was shown with Swiftkit, Cinderkit, and Brackenkit? He doesn’t look much like he could be Thornclaw, and he never gets an apprentice ceremony with his siblings and is never mentioned or seen again. (Unless I missed something.)
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Post by ✲ριкαƒυєу✲ on Jul 17, 2024 2:09:44 GMT -5
Ugh This was the PERFECT opportunity to make Swiftpaw's father, Tigerclaw! Like it was RIGHT there!
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jul 17, 2024 3:10:23 GMT -5
I like the art, but it felt really rushed, which I expected but am no less disappointed by. I feel like it might've had better pacing if they had gone book by book instead of trying to cram in two books (or parts of the second book) together. Also, why switch out Brightkit with Swiftkit and why wasn't Thornkit apprenticed along side them if they were going to combine ceremonies anyway?
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