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Would the clans still hunt birds similar-looking to crows like jackdaws, ravens or rooks? Since crows are described to Firepaw as 'large black birds', which could be any of those species.

If a Clan cat isn't familiar with these birds enough to tell the differences between them, they tend to just avoid going after any big black bird. More experienced hunters who do know how to tell them apart will grab a jackdaw or a rook, but leave most ravens alone just in case.

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The Clans all being much less isolationist here than they were in canon while Leoparddawn still remains relatively cold to the other Clans is gonna do a lot for her in Red Sun Rising. In canon she was basically like any other RiverClan cat aside from the "good ones" (who all have ThunderClan blood), but her being an outlier here will make her ascent to leadership feel that much more impactful rather than her just being a puppet for Tigerclaw.

Man, RSR has been so much god damn fun to write. You'd love the chapter I wrote last week.

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Now that Blackstar has been leader for two books, have the ShadowClan cats regained their trust/respect for his being Brokenstar’s deputy? Or is there always going to be a bit of a rift?

Irregardless of what his clanmates think, would you say he is a good leader for his clan?

ShadowClan has since forgiven Blackstar pretty much entirely. He's put in the work to be a good leader to make up for his actions, and he's a generally solid presence to have around in times of crisis. There may be a couple cats with a bit of a twinge of wariness when he makes a decision that could be less well received, but on the whole, the Clan has moved on.

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I'm assuming Cloudpaw is out the running as a mate for Aspenpaw, considering that even though they don't share genetics, they're still siblings.

He is, yeah. He's got his eyes on someone else, anyway.

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Howdy! I was a reader from the early days of the OG redux. I loved the story then, but I adore it more now. Thank you for continuing to pour your talent, time, and care into this these books, and for giving them the attention they never received from the Erins. Cats that felt like squabbling cardboard cutouts in canon are now dynamic heroes and villains that have actually brought me to tears. Now then, in the CL allegiances, RC Grasspaw is called "jack" instead of "tom." Is that purposeful?

Thank you for such lovely words! I'm glad we've written something to your liking. This is a good ask to get as I'm battling a headache. Makes me feel better!

As for Grasspaw - they're nonbinary! We use "jack" for enbies, "tom" for males, and "molly" for females. I think we stole "jack" from someone else, but I don't remember who.

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How easily could a ThunderClan cat kill a ShadowClan cat? Hydrogen bomb versus coughing baby

Not as easily as you'd expect. ShadowClan cats are small, sure, but they fight dirty, and they'll go for the throat before a ThunderClan cat would. I'm sure the ThunderClanner would still win the fight, but they'd go home with badly injured eyes and a bloody nose and neck.

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I'm guessing this might have been asked already, but if not, what would Fireheart/Firestar's prefix have been if he had joined another one of the Clans? Would it still have been Fire- because of the prophecy? If not, what reasoning would you give for the naming difference?

Answered here!

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I'm assuming Cloudpaw is out the running as a mate for Aspenpaw, considering that even though they don't share genetics, they're still siblings.

He is, yeah. He's got his eyes on someone else, anyway.

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Since this redux isn’t planned to continue past arc three, how might you approach reworking a character like Shadowsight? I was really excited to finally have a cat with seizures even if they were linked to visions (I know this is a contentious subject, but I wish that good could come out of my seizures instead of just pain lol), but it was really disappointing to have his visions be sent by Ashfur all along. Would a cat like that be a seer in your universe, and would the seizures be linked to visions? Or would they likely have another role in the clan? Feel free to discard this ask if it’s too far away from the AU, or like crop some of it if I ramble too much. I just hyperfixate super hard on the seers in your books (which is funny because I loved the canon med cats but ignored the medicine stuff in the books for the spiritual stuff!) and get so excited to think of all the ways you might depict seerhood in the future! I know there must be so many ways to find signs and to fulfill that role to such different clans, sort of how leaders complete their roles incredibly differently, so it really makes me think about all the different ways canon cats could have been depicted in your universe! I guess this is a super convoluted way for me to say thank you for my newest obsession and I hope you get as much appreciation as your world gets time in my head rent-free!

(Side note: Mothwing is extra charged in your universe considering the loss of the medicine part of the role. Is it even possible to find yourself trying to guide your beloveds through a channel you cannot imagine? Or would you crumble under the weight before you complete your training? I wish that everyone in the wc community would read the redux so that I could theorycraft with them!!)

Lynx has actually been doing a lot of work on the potential future storylines in Iterum, up to and including Shadowsight, so I won't give that away just yet! Apologies for the brief answer.

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how about Jay- as a prefix for dilute torties and the like? Regular jays (meaning not blue jays) are mostly a cream/brown-ish color with blue wings so I think it could work! Sorry if this prefix has already been suggested before!

Jay- is already a prefix! It's in the brown range of names.

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for a suffix, how about -strike? for cats who are all about being direct and reckless. Their recklessness may get them in trouble, but they mean well. Sort of in reference to a lightning strike. Just a thought. Could also be in reference to their fighting style of quick, decisive blows that are meant to end a fight quickly.

I wouldn't say recklessness is a good thing to name for, if I'm being honest. Even without that, we're probably not going to add any more suffixes, at least not in the immediate future. Thank you for the suggestion, though, and apologies for any disappointment.

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Random question, but the elders(all the TC elders we got so far), they got to mentor some current cats in the clan? Like, who Patchpelt mentored? If he even got to mentor someone

Finally home and able to answer asks!

Halftail mentored Lionface, but I don't think the other two had apprentices. Our notes don't indicate any mentoring from them.

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Are there any living cats within thunderclan who were bluestar’s former apprentices? If so, did they feel more similarly to firestar when she was deteriorating?

She only mentored Whitecloud!

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hear me out on dew as an suffix, for a cat that's very sweet, like honeydew!!

This one, I'm inclined to say no. "Sweet" as in the taste isn't something the cats are aware of, so the comparison wouldn't work. They're aware of "sweet" as in "kind and loving", but not the taste of sweetness.

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How lionface feels about his kits?

He's not much better than his father, Morningstar, when it comes to boasting about his family.

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throwing my guess in for aspenpaw and brackenpaw. one day, we will know.

One day!

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The Clans dislike legacy naming, but what about looser references? Would Raggedstar have caught any flack if he'd named his son Spruce- instead of Alder-, keeping an obvious theme?

Loose references and thematic similarities are fine. Someone might make a joke about it, but it's not going to make anyone scold you.