#I am UNFETTERED by canon for DOTC alone

[bonefall]

are you going to rewrite DotC too? If so, are you keeping Slate and Gray Wing‘s litter?

I am going to rewrite DotC too! But it's gonna look different from my "guiding principles" towards other arcs.

It is the one arc I am not going to be "beholden" to the canonical events of. I'm keeping what I enjoy and throwing out anything that I do not like.

For main arcs, I hold myself back from making too many 'major' changes, like deaths of main characters, or eliminating too many bad storylines. When I do, I ration out the changes and try to 'earn' them.

But for DOTC I'm not doing that. I will gut this entire arc as I see fit.

Slash is gone

One Eye is a god

Star Flower is probably also supernatural

Bumble is not dying

Moth Flight's vow is completely different

Clear Sky is not getting a redemption arc

Clear Sky is not getting Star Flower as a mate

Thunder is being born with three legs.

Traditions of the Clans will organically evolve instead of just being conjured up in a single generation.

The Park Cats are going to become a major influential factor on the development of Clan Culture.

I've barely even gotten into the nitty-gritty specifics of this arc, and this is a short list of changes I'll be making. I haven't even STARTED firing the Woman Beam at these cats.

So, no. Slate and Gray Wing will not be getting a pointless litter just so Gray Wing can have "real kits." He HAS real kits; Thunder, Sparrow Fur, Pebble Heart, and Owl Eyes. Four children, all of them considering him their father.