There's Something So Special About Mapleshade's Vengeance That I Don't See In The Other Books, Namely,

Even with John stating outright that she's conventially attractive, I still picture Lilith as looking more like Jeff the Killer than Morticia Addams, lmao.

I feel like Harlan Guthrie is the opposite of a queer baiter.

John and Arthur are being pushed as being almost aggressively straight and platonic in the last few episodes so that no one can ship them anymore.

He's two steps away from declaring that John and Arthur share a brother bond or are like father and son, lol.

If it seems illogical it's because it's a plot device. It is meant to further the story.

Crowfeather being mean to Breezepaw is foreshadowing. He does that so Lionpaw can go, "Wow, glad he's not my dad,"

But— Surprise, he is.

Sometimes when you say,

"Why does x thing have to happen, that I disagree with, when y thing could've happened instead?"

Because then there'd be no plot. x thing happens so z thing can happen later on.

It's not the authors rubbing their hands together and going,

"Yes! Yes! Bad parenting! I support it!"

Come on, guys, use your brains.

The way some people talk about characters in this fandom is crazy.

"Mapleshade shouldn't have tried to cross the river when the bridge was right there!!"

Ok? And? If she had made the right choice then the story wouldn't have ended like that. There would've been no plot.

"There's no reason for Crowfeather to use his love for Feathertail as justification for his actions!"

Actually, there is. She was significant to his character, and the writers wrote him like that. He is like that because someone made the choice that he would feel that way. She is his motivation.

"Onestar shouldn't have abandoned his son!"

But, he did. His whole thing is that by shirking his responsibility to Smoke, he created Darktail. His actions were the motivation for Darktail being a villain.

I've never read WoF, I have no idea why I'm here, anyway here's me as a dragon, lol. I think the snowy ones are called Icewings, so her name is Shard.

Her horns are sharp and shiny. She breathes ice breath and guards a secret door at the bottom of a dark cavern that has a lot of gold behind it.

Writing is so. hard.

Conveying my thoughts is so. hard.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh

I love my url sooooo much, but I also want to delete all my posts and pretend I was never here—

Not because of anything fandom related I just get in those moods where I want to delete stuff. And Idk.

I really hope the graphic novels continue to cut out all the unecessary bloat and plot contrivances left over from the original series.

For example, Fireheart saves Bramblekit from the fire, in the graphic novel, without hesitation— which is so refreshing.

I disliked that entire b-plot in the first arc where he's menaced by Tigerkit's oh-so-scary, 'amber eyes'— because it made zero sense, came out of nowhere, and was also, very dumb.

And while I'm sure Bramblekit will face some prejudice in the next graphic novel, with how well they've handled Cloudpaw and Cinderpelt, I think they'll manage to make it work.

@anon from downdetector, feel free to follow me, all I post is warriors though :P

I'm actually very excited about Swiftpaw and Longtail being brothers! They always had a sort of 'brotherly bond' dynamic in my eyes, so it's nice to see that being added in for the graphic novel adaptation. It just feels right.

Anyway, this post was about Dovewing and Birchfeather. But, like, it's also for everyone else who feels this way.

It's okay to say, "That's a retcon," or "That's a mistake," or "That's OOC," guys. You don't have to accept everything that's canon as canon just because it got printed.

Even if the cat's a background character with zero prior characterization, it hurts no one to be like, "No way would 'xyz' character do or say that".

Who cares honestly, what is canon or isn't canon. It's not like Erin Hunter is going to knock on your door if you don't care about the continuity of a 20 year old book series.