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bonefall · 1 year ago

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Cat you think the editorial team screwed over because they kept saving them, when their death would have been impactful?

gray wing

He was supposed to be dead in the first book, but instead he kept living so he could sniff Clear Sky's farts for the entire arc. It completely tanked the idea of there being a "wise leader" type character that the budding Clans were struggling to live up to the legacy of.

It would have been amazing for him to come down in the First Battle and shatter the idea that the living cats had in any way filled his pawsteps, a long overdue admonishment. But no. The writers fell in love with the #RelatableClearSky shoving the face of his child into a drippy, festering wound, and couldn't admit that he was a fucked up bastard.

So they kept Gray Wing alive so that he could wisely "see the good Deep Down" in his dearest brother. And created the most annoying little writer's pet ever put to paper.

"kill me. kill me and live with the memory, then tell the stars that I managed to squeeze out one quotable line that everyone is going to use to say that this is a good arc."

#tbf though it's very rare they ever kill a cat at the right time #But most cats actually get killed too early #that's because when they do a 'bloodletting' battle they will always pick interesting background cats to kill #but then they're too fucking incompetent to build up OTHER background characters to replace them #So we end up losing Strikestone and Rosepetal while Hollowspring and Leafshade stay alive #dotc hate #so we have clans just jam-packed with nobodies #I think in their heads they pick background blorbos so that the audience cares about the fights #but it's a shortsighted and horrific strategy that you could see past if you thought for A SECOND #bone babble

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