#Poppyfrost's Pickle. If you will

[bonefall]

I'm pretty attached to Honeyfern's snake death just because it's so memorable, but at the same time I'd love more Poppy/Berry/Honey drama, especially if Berry's being a little shit and Poppy's taking his side and is kind of in the wrong. I love Poppy and I love what you're doing with her already, but Berry/Poppy has always seemed like Thistle/Snow-lite to me. Like, I don't think Poppy would get so hopped up on her mate's ideology and get so absorbed in chasing outsiders that she'd get herself killed, but I do think her affection for and relationship with Berry would be a negative influence on her. I get really bored when BerryPoppy is just depicted as Little Slimeball Asshole and His Perfect Mate Who is Too Good for Him, Too Pure-- I think it'd be really fun if Poppy got to be a bit messier and her whole relationships with Berry and Honey were more Complicated!

YOU. YOU GET IT

Poppyfrost as someone who is so profoundly bad at ever confronting conflict that she has no idea what to do when her sister's shitty ex is now interested in her

Feeling REALLY GOOD about being desirable again, after Jayfeather chose his Clerichood over the kittens she got pregnant with

Sister Cinderheart raising the kittens expecting you to help out, since she did this for you in the first place, and then you flake out because looking at them reminds you of what you can't have. Especially, especially when they become apprentices.

But Honeyfern trying to warn you about her shitty ex, with a FAIR amount of resentment that you would even think about it, but now you either have to say no to her, or no to Berrynose, and Berrynose wins out because he is more assertive, but also you can't muster the heart to tell Honeyfern what to do

BUT OH NOOO now, through you, they're spending time together and having a serious "vitriolic exes" fallout and you're caught in the middle, because you couldn't SET BOUNDARIES

And you're PREGNANT (again)

Spending as much time as possible in the garden, with the catmint, because catmint doesn't have SOAP OPERA levels of drama of your own making. Catmint is too good. Too pure for this world.

And JAYFEATHER is over here trying to SALVAGE YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIENDSHIP (she cuts the catmint too short because her mind was distracted. Shit.)

Basically, if I end up letting Honeyfern live to the BOTTE then the amount of drama that's going to happen is incredible. Give Poppyfrost her own novella we'll call it, "Poppyfrost's Problems."

[wc-confessions]

I think people go way too easy on Breezepelt. (Before reading this ramble, I already know people will say, "That didn't happen in the books" I just wanted to assure you I've done my research. Go to Breezepelt's wiki page and Ctrl+F any character names mentioned here if you don't believe me)

Crowfeather's Trial's attempt to redeem him is a joke. It lies that Breezepelt didn't know the Dark Forest's intentions or never attacked Windclan cats. Then, it sweeps the murder attempt of Jayfeather and pregnant Poppyfrost under the rug.

Why was Breezepelt pursuing a relationship a few moons after he tried to kill his family? Did he seriously think he was in a safe mindset for that? That is why I hate BreezeXHeather. She was already traumatised by Lionblaze; why does she have to be the redemption reward for another violent tom? This seriously just comes off as an 'I can fix him' dynamic.

The content within Crowfeather's Trial isn't good either. Breezepelt attacks anyone who criticises him, acts recklessly with the stoats and threatens to kill Pickle. Nightcloud's disappearance was a convenient way for Breezepelt to focus on her instead of his actual victims. He was aggressive towards Lionblaze the super edition. Breezepelt may have swatted a few stoats off of him, but his 'apology' was vague and half-hearted: "You’re a Clan cat, and my loyalty should be to the Clans.” I believe he only said it because Lionblaze confronted him first.

Even in the later arcs, Breezepelt hasn't changed for the best. Fans cling to his appearance in Daisy's Novella like ants on a leaf. Are our standards so low that we praise Breezepelt for not wanting newborns to starve to death? Well, it certainly didn't stop him from trying to kill unborn kits.

For every step forward Breezepelt takes, he takes four steps back. The entire fandom ignores all his negative interactions.

He is still as prejudged as ever, saying Tree can't do a warrior's job. He still needs his clanmates to babysit him and prevent him from attacking others prematurely.

Breezepelt didn't want Shadowclan to get the yellow cough cure, even snarling at Medcine cats. He still has a grudge against Squirrelflight and victim-blames her for Ashfur. He hypocritically says Shadowclan cats who joined from the kin should remain in exile, including pregnant Yallowleaf. With the rebels, he said the Thunderclan camp should be invaded during a time when it wasn't necessary, and he didn't care about potential casualties.

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