#The Dark Forest

[mothpawbs]

we ride the backs of giant cosmic fleas there is a hole in everyone and a hole in everything

i talked a while ago about how i find leafhawk compelling because of their parallel destinies of being used as pawns by higher powers

[murkshade]

can this dude get a break

[rookflower]

Curlfeatherrr

[ratstaratstar]

brush test!

[esoteric-terror]

Moth Flight - Leafpool - Mapleshade

im feral about them. rambling under cut bc i have so many thoughts

i always see moth flight + leafpool and leafpool + mapleshade, but im shocked to not see moth flight + mapleshade more, and of course all 3 together

they have similar situations, and particularly mapleshade and moth flight have. eerily similar traits? prideful, easily jealous, and have strong faith in starclan.

all three lost their kits, whether willingly or not, they were not their to mother their kits. and i imagine neither moth flight nor mapleshade would like that leafpool got it “easy”, both would definitely be in the “leafpool didnt suffer enough actually” camp.

for moth flight she doesnt like seeing others happy when she couldnt, leafpool barely gave up her children, why is she allowed to be content when moth flight didnt even get to see her children constantly?

while mapleshade didnt even get to take care of her children since their lives were taken from her. leafpool basically had it perfect in maples eyes bc at least leafpool lived with her children. (unrelated but my ideal scenario in the last hope, that instead of attacking sandstorm and killing spottedleaf, itd be with leafpool and hollyleaf. i think itd be much more impactful to 1) see maple and leaf interact, and 2) have hollyleaf die for leafpool since she tried to kill her, itd come full circle)

theyre both envious and prideful, both take that anger and jealousy out on others in death (and life for mapleshade), with moth flight attempting to send anyone who breaks her rule to hell and mapleshade attempting to kill or at the very least physically harm those who got what she wanted but didnt get. but leafpool, whos children openly expressed their disdain for her (albeit not for too long), doesnt take out those negative emotions out on others, she doesnt blame squirrelflight for saying that her and bramble werent their real parents, she doesnt blame her children for being mad at her, and i cant imagine that moth flight or mapleshade would do the same. shes still kind regardless

idk. this isnt nearly as coherent as it is in my head but Oh Well

[narcissistcookbook]

Short book review: The Three Body Problem / The Dark Forest / Death's End

Premise: Humanity accidentally reveals itself to an alien race and Things Inevitably Occur

Cons: It's slow for long stretches. Some very unfortunate undertones of Real Men Are Gruff And Grizzly in the second book. The narrative (or at least the translation I read) lacks much of an emotional dimension at all. The characters mostly feel like robots who must act a certain way to drive the plot forward. This would be a huge mark against the series if it wasn't for the fact that...

Pros: ... this is entirely unlike anything else I've ever read in my life. There are more ideas, and thoroughly developed ideas at that, in these three books than most authors come up with in a lifetime. The story is so tightly constructed that every consequence and choice feels, as described at the top, inevitable.

If you have the patience for the slow sections, you'll be rewarded with genuine jaw-dropping, gasp-inducing moments.

[rowanswarriors]

Boulderfur of WindClan.

I find it sad that Breezepelt's only apprentice died in the battle he helped create. I wonder how Breezepelt felt about that.

[gildedskully]

TIGERSTAR

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as that hella cool dream tiger originated by govy9807 over on twitter

[eggfeather]

darktail

[twigoffir]

The woman who held the Earth in her hands

[floofhips]

Trisolaran biology :] from the "remembrance of earth's past" trilogy by cixin liu

[mothpawbs]

still thinking about my leafhawk au so here's a silly comic :)

[cheecats]

I don't think I was meant to make it out of this.

[murkshade]

Hunters moon with Mapleshade?

[sageokami]

the fire scene was never about the three

[esoteric-terror]

I want to watch you fail.