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Just finished A starless clan #1 CONTAINS SPOLIERS
I wanted to share my thoughts on the protags so far
Flameheart/Nightheart:
I really enjoyed his character, I thought it was really unique how he thought that he had a weight on his shoulders because he had some of the most revered cats in his bloodline and he feels like he is expected to become as great as them. I loved how he rejected the name Flameheart and made Bramblestar compromise with Nightheart, I totally ship Sunbeam and Nightheart. Also- HE IS MY SON DO NOT TOUCH HIM.
Sunbeam
We haven’t really had any mates breaking up so this was defo a unique occurrence and her relationship with Lightleap is so dynamic and just has me hooked, I feel like now that she has been told she follows the rules too much she will become much more distant and relaxed about the rules. Once again, I ship Nightheart and Sunbeam. Also a sidenote- I really love her name so bouncy!
Frostpaw
Gives us a more detailed look into medicine cat rituals, she is so pure and I have a horrible suspicion that will be ruined. It kind of already has, since Curlfeather has died so I am intrigued how her character will evolve. Also it’s kind of like salt in the wound because of Bristlefrost 😭
oops i forgot to post these i think?? art dump, i like designing characters. a lot. so.
First image, designs for Splashtail, headshots of Curlfeather and Reedwhisker, and a design guide for Frostpaw. A detailed design of her before Shadow, and 2 rougher designs for her after her attack.
Second image, an au design for Ashfur, and 2 headshots of his apprentices (Ivypaw and Icecloud)
Third image, Breezepelt and Heathertail kit designs! Two have Heathertail's purple eyes, and two have amber like Breeze. One has an ear like antpelts, and another has a bluer tint to their purple eyes, probably from crowfeather.
Image 4, the most recent, a Jayfeather-based design sheet i made for a pmv i have planned. Jayfeather and Jay's wing, with a smaller half moon.
thanks for lookin <3
"And every night, I had a nightmare where I couldn't scream. Or you couldn't hear me."
one of the reasons i find splashtail so interesting as an antagonist is the fact that he’s so so clearly in over his head in a way that none of the other villains are
for the first 3 books i got the sense that he was trying to act like someone he wasn’t, and with the reveal in thunder it all finally clicked into place
splashtail’s trying to mimic curlfeather. but he can’t.
he’s stolen her plan. but at every turn, something finds a way to go wrong. he’s smart, yes, and able to adapt well, but curlfeather had a much clearer scheme to become leader (and would’ve succeeded if not for his betrayal)
he tries to manipulate frostpaw by being nice, dependable, someone she can trust. and it works to an extent, yes, frostpaw does genuinely trust him and listen to his advice. but not the same way she did with curlfeather. and when splashtail starts trying to push her in a certain direction, she pushes back. and his facade cracks. because, on a certain level, frostpaw can tell that the care splashtail pretends to have isn’t genuine. but with curlfeather? it was real. she did genuinely love frostpaw
splashtail is trying so hard to be curlfeather. he wants so badly to be relaxed, calm, and in control like she was. but he can’t be. splashtail is an impulsive teenager with a bad temper. he was never meant to be the one in charge of this plan
and why does splashtail want this? why does he want to be leader? i think curlfeather had a reason. maybe she opposed the code changes, maybe she was just ambitious, but she had a reason
i think splashtail is doing this out of spite. curlfeather told him he was too young, too hot-headed to be leader. and he is determined to prove her wrong by becoming her
i’m very excited to see where this goes.
Mother is the name for God in the lips and hearts of little children
star climax that i would personally enjoy: splashtail's got frostpaw pinned in their final confrontation, he's this close to finally killing her, and all of frostpaw's fears culminate and leave her frozen, unable to struggle free. curlfeather, through sheer willpower ignited by this immediate threat to her daughter's life, summons all the energy she can muster to project her image into the physical world, visible to both splash and frost. her sheer fury, her mangled corpse--here, present, clawing her way out of splashtail's dreams and into a waking nightmare, here to drag him down to hell with her--spooks splashtail to the core. this either frightens him so bad he suffers cardiac arrest, or he instantly bolts and abandons the clans forever (for the case where he could be brought back as a villain who is ideally no longer lame). once more, curlfeather saves frostpaw's life, this time from beyond the grave, so great is her love for her daughter. with the image of her bloodied mother burned in her mind, frostpaw's conflicted feelings bubble to the surface, feelings she's desperately forced underneath a layer of anger and resentment. frostpaw faces the truth: that her mother manipulated her for her own gain, but also that her mother loved her, and ultimately cared for frostpaw more than her own life. curlfeather was not entirely good or bad, she was simply just a cat, a flawed one, one capable of both good and bad things. hidden in all of her misdeeds was a cat that could be forgiven--and in turn, frostpaw too could be forgiven, and no longer needs to blame herself for every misfortune that had befallen her and her clan. frostpaw is also just a cat, a child under incredible duress, forced to make decisions that no child should have to make. she thinks of every cat that pushed that responsibility onto her--yes, her mother, but also splashtail, her older clanmates, every clan cat around the lake that turned a blind eye to her desperation. even starclan--her all knowing, benevolent ancestors--had stood by while she suffered, had caused her suffering, had used her not unlike the way curlfeather had. what made them different? why was curlfeather punished by cats who were no better? why was frostpaw punished for doing everything right? what distinction did starclan make between "good" and "bad" when all cats were capable of both, including starclan, in all its alleged, unerring kindness?
frostpaw once again does starclan's bidding, touches her nose to the moonpool and receives her nine lives. with each life, cats flash before her vision--harelight, riverstar, jayclaw--but they aren't the cats she sees. in her mind she sees curlfeather, blood on her paws and love in her eyes, and newly named froststar decides what sort of leader she will be. this is the last time she will follow starclan's path, no more will riverclan be subject to their will and their hypocrisies. relying on starclan is what destroyed them, their ancestors standing idle as riverclan tore itself apart for their favor. no more will riverclan force warriors and apprentices in certain roles, no more will it allow complacency, letting desperate voices go unheard. splashtail rejected starclan, but that is not what drove his bloodthirst and desire for power. under froststar's leadership, power would not solely lie in the paws of her and starclan, but shared among her clanmates, unable to be ripped away by a lone instigator, shattered by a single break in the chain.
maybe she'll be the kind of leader curlfeather wanted to be. maybe she'll be better. either way, froststar will lead riverclan into a golden dawn.
Frostpaw get out of there
ideal asc ending
emotionally troubled kitties
i read thunder last night and i love their contrast
heralded as a king
before I had a birthday
with double digits
fit the crown to my head, but I was only a kid
FROSTPAW. Why?? Why are you going through so much :( anyways here's my design of her
“They took my anchor away”
For @fog-and-the-frost