#frecklewish wc

[bonefall]

When Frecklewish followed Mapleshade and her kittens out of that camp, I like to think it wasn't on orders. She just followed, quietly.

If you asked her why, she wouldn't be able to tell you. She was burning with fury, and the cold didn't douse it. The rain washed the blood off her claws, but not the itch in her quicks. She hated Mapleshade. She hated the kits. She hated what they did to her.

The fierce warrior would make sure they leave-- by force, if necessary.

Yet, when little Petalkit tripped and scraped herself, Frecklewish's heart luched. She had to prevent her body from springing out.

She let go of the tension in her muscles and her chest, and continued stalking them through the undergrowth. All the way to the riverbank.

When Mapleshade ushered the kits into the swollen river, Frecklewish didn't stop them. Just watched. RiverClan kits can swim, they were doing just fine, even with the current being so strong. ThunderClan kittens would have been swept away by now.

If they float they're RiverClan. If they sink they're ThunderClan. She's assured in her feelings-- until the rumble of the upcoming wave floods her thoughts.

Those kits were swept away in the blink of an eye, under the froth and debris, screams drowning under the roar of the river and the rain. If she knew about the patrol on the other side of the river, she HAD to have chased them.

But why bother? If she didn't care at all? And more importantly, why didn't she stay?

I think when the "halfclan mistakes" were washed off the stones, she heard the children she raised crying for help. The phrase "love is stronger than hate" downplays its sharp agony; reality is colder than malice. All her "justifications" shattered like ice, for that brief, painful moment.

She didn't stay because she couldn't. Her heart knew the only thing that they were going to pull out of the water was corpses... but as long as she didn't see it, her brain could believe that there was a chance they survived.

She loved those kits and told herself she hated them. Lied to herself that this was okay, that it was going to turn out all right. Saw them marching right into their watery graves, and convinced herself she wasn't part of the procession.

[simbasomba]

“FreckleWish didn’t go to StarClan-!” STFU

[lemnnshark]

"Frecklewish is a speckled, golden-furted she-cat with...dark amber eyes."

[shallowbreeze]

Frecklewish

Frecklewish is a leggy, mottled, light brown tabby she-cat with spotted legs, and pale green eyes

[tatertotwc]

Cloudstar of Skyclan

Oh you poor little meow meow </3

I wanted it to look like snow falls on his pelt, and I referenced his book picture ^^. He has eye bags from all the stress of relocating his whole clan.

[brightlycloudy]

I read Mapleshade’s Vengeance for (surprisingly) the first time and I love how she sometimes just. doesn’t respond

[hypnautic]

Meow I spent all day on a shitpost

[mrknowitall1]

NEW YT VIDEO🤯🤯🤯

[shitwarriorsquoteunquoteart]

remember when people thought mapleshade went to the dark forest for cannibalism? that was fun

[almondrootwc]

HIIIII OH MY GOODNESS IF YOU DO WARRIOR CAT REQUESTS COULD I SEE A PINESTAR?? I JUST CAME ACROSS YOUR BLOG YOUR TF2 ART IS AWESOME I LOVE HOW YOU DRAW PYRO SO MUCHHHH :3!!!!!

Pinestar and some other Tigerstar relatives! Sorry I know I have other asks I'm very thankful for all the support, this prompt was just one of the easier ones and the one I felt like doing.

[saturncoyote]

Going back to the roots with some designs for my potential MapleShade rewrite, still unsure how far i'll go with this idea but you know i love failwomen

Some character design notes under the cut because i am normal

FreckleWish Spiky and messy fur after BirchFace's death onwards; eyebag markings connect to lighter fur markings; constantly wide eyed

ReedShine Very tired look; ear tufts hang downwards; similar face shape to MapleShade post-reveal; tufts on fur aren't feathers, just long tufts of fur

AppleDusk His chest spots are suppose to resemble apple seeds; overall very square-ish shape; lighter face marking connects to his eyebrows.

RavenWing Very small and scrawny, fur "coat" makes him look bigger than he actually is; ears tilt down and cover eyes; raven feathers on cheek fluffs

[zeeorzero]

hmmm

[marmosetpaw]

[lemnnshark]

"Frecklewish is a leggy, mottled, light brown tabby she-cat with spotted legs, and pale green eyes."

[puppiekit]

One thing about the warriors Mapleshade hate train era of the fandom that still pisses me off actually is how people swore up and down that Mapleshade MUST be an unreliable narrator and so therefore nothing she expirienced or thought could be in any way accurate.

When in reality it was just the fandom making up bullshit headcanons out of thin air and portraying it as canon just so they can excuse Thunderclans blatant hatred/xenophobia, assault of a mother, and banishment of literal babies. Nobody wants to admit the fact that Mapleshade was severely screwed over and had every right to be pissed the hell off! (and don't get me wrong murder is inexcusable but like.... you guys baby so many other murderers in this series please stop playing)

Because outright saying "Mapleshade lying is worthy of assault and/or death" will reasonably earn you a WTF response, so people exaggerate her aggressors victimhood by making up bullshit about Mapleshade being a "baby trapper" or an "overtly possessive toxic girlfriend", and/or crafting some make-believe soppy sad backstory for Frecklewish. All to make Maples decision to lie seem worse than it in actuality was, or actively malicious in nature, and deserving of the recieved "punishment" (assault and death of her children).

Like... I cannot state enough how much it pisses me off when people discredit *the literal POV expiriences of the book protagonist* just to make up random crap about her clanmates and craft some elaborate tale where Maple is the worst and has sucked all along. When we know literally nothing about them, and especially Frecklewish, except that she made a stupid assumption, is willing to beat a mother in front of their kids, and quiet frankly didn't actually give a shit about those kids the moment she realized they weren't blood related. LOL

Like completley out of nowhere people decided Mapleshade lying was the worst crime ever commited in the history of the series... UNLESS you're literally any other character in the series to do it like Bluestar Leafpool Squirrelflight Yellowfang etc etc etc.... When they get flack for lying it's unfair and they were doing what they thought was right! But also it's completely unacceptable for Mapleshade to lie about her children's half-clan heritage in an environment where her peers are violently hateful and xenophobic. Because it hurt their feelings ... LOL

And don't even get me started on the fact that, quiet frankly, Frecklewish and Oakstar were being unreasonable from the very beginning by being hateful and blaming Riverclan for their loved ones death. They literally sent their son/brother INTO BATTLE and are now mad that he DIED? What the hell do they think happens when you send people out to beat eachother up (often to the death)??

Battle and death is such a normal and accepted part of clan culture it genuinely baffles me people dont realize that, as understandable as their grief, their anger/hatred is pretty crazy, even if Appledusk *had* killed Birchface. They were wrong to assume Birchface was the father and they were wrong to project their hatred on Mapleshade and her kits. Not a single action made by them was reasonable or excusable. You don't put that kind of pressure on a single mother who *explicitly avoided stating her kits father* and get all mad when it isn't who you assumed it to be. Like it's next level stupidity

[exocynraku]

ive decided that when a character has family beyond what i've drawn i'm going to add little arrows