#(I don't think Darktail was a redeemable guy)

[luumeow]

God I just HATE the way warriors treats it's she-cats!!! Everytime I think of Leafpool, Yellowfang, Bluestar, Smoke, Squilf..... and the way their mates/toms who've done the exact same thing are treated I just get so mad for them!!! FUCK Raggedstar for getting to be remembered as a heroic leader and leaving Yellowfang with the guilt of his son's actions!!!! FUCK crowfeather for getting off with minimal punishment and shaming for having kits with leafpool and not taking responsibility and then getting to a debuty position when Leafpool can't never live up to what she did in the eyes of the clans and living her life being hated by her kits when Crowfeather abused his son and got to be a dad just by being nice once!!!! FUCK Onestar for having secret kits with Smoke and abandoning her and their kit because it was inconvinient for him and then being forgiven because he killed that kit AND THEN he has the fucking audacity to be there to judge Leafpool and squilf for wanting the best for their kits!!!! I AM SO MADDD

[bonefall]

Are there any villains that you think should have gotten a redemption arc, even if it’s not in your rewrite? I like what you did with Iceheart/Scourge!

Personally I like AUs where Hawkfrost is redeemed, defecting from the DF in the great battle with Ivypool, and dying a second time - or perhaps surviving to help with Ashfur? Would make for some interesting interactions with Bristlefrost. I hate how he’s just.. Tigerstar 2.0.

Also, Snowtuft. What is up with that guy?

I already gave Hawkfrost and Iceheart redemption in my own rewrite because I feel so strongly about the two of them. Especially Hawkfrost I've gone OFF about that boy, and how important I think his revamps are to the themes of my rewrite

But my ultimate The One Who Got Away is Darktail... I really, strongly hate the canon Kin. I hate how AVoS has a bizarre plot about "Kids These Days," I hate how it summons Evil Barbaric Hordes to kill and murderify and throw Grandma in the woods because they don't have The Code, I hate how the arc uses 'questioning StarClan' as a shorthand for wickedness...

If you left it up to me, I would gut the whole thing. I don't like how canon has so many Evil Foreigners and regular Clanborn villains are the exception, not the rule. Canon says, "Anyway Darktail was born evil" and I want to punch that harder than I punched it when I revamped Brokenstar, lmao.