#ivypool’s heart spoilers

[everybody-loves-purdy]

A genuinely fascinating article has dropped on the warriors website about the creation of Ivypool’s Heart (full story spoilers in the article!)

I would highly advise everyone give it a read because it is really interesting, and it goes a bit into the creative process for dotc as well.

Some major highlights

StormClan was originally conceived as far back as the creative process for “Shadowstar’s Life”.

Ivypool’s Heart was set when it was in order to allow Ivypool and Rootspring time to process their emotions while it was still close to Bristlefrost’s death. The team knew they wanted to take these characters away from the clans but also needed a threat that wouldn’t draw leaders away from the current RiverClan conflict.

Work first started on Ivypool’s Heart about eighteen months ago.

And probably most excitingly (imo) there is a hint at the end of the article that we will be revisiting Galestar’s era in the “near future”.

[skribblepup]

Can’t believe I haven’t seen a single mention yet of that scene where Ivypool steals that guys cheeseburger (edit:) (turns out I misinterpreted a sandwich for a cheeseburger but a burger is just so much funnier)

[clanborn]

he/she dovewing real

[sweetriverstyx]

ivypool redesign and the rest of the ivypool’s heart journey gang lol

[scourgebff]

warrior cat twitter be so funny cause you’ll have someone say “i wish rootspring wasn’t being set up to move on from bristlefrost so quickly” which is understandable considering it’s only been a handful of months since TBC and they’ll get spammed with replies like “well ACTUALLY 🤓 i think it is good to show him moving on past his girlfriend’s death!!! don’t you want him to not be miserable for the rest of his life!!!!” and yeah sure but what tom in this series hasn’t moved on from the death of his love interest and was given a new one (sometimes multiple) after only a few moons with kits and everything once their obligatory angst for five seconds quota has been fulfilled. also wild take but i don’t think someone absolutely needs to have a wife and ten kids in order to gain a renewed sense of happiness and peace idk.

[vic-does-battlecats]

Tigerstar takes in the RiverClan Rejects (again)

! click the gif for quality that doesn’t suck

[bowiestarzzz]

The first time warriors has ever respected any sort of age boundary

[the-owl-tree]

someone (rightfully) pointed out how the writing feels very flat and i think with that in mind, i also just don’t buy ivypool as a character who would internally monologue her grief. it’s a big consequence of the authors “telling and barely showing” writing style that her grief can’t manifest in more physical and emotionally constipated ways.

[slashervictim]

emberdawn? please?

[dogrocks]

it’s kinda funny how wrenflight gets a crush on a guy whose whole thing now is Wife Died :( like girl what drew you to him? your options have never been broader and yet

[everybody-loves-purdy]

Not Dovewing getting hit on by a teenager lol

[lesbikill]

the issue with the ivypool discourse is that like. both sides do in fact have a good point to make. the warriors fandom has always had poor reception to and understanding of mental illness, especially on the uglier side, & i do think part of the reactions to ivypool lashing out do come from this kind of mindset as well as typical fandom misogyny - especially considering she immediately regrets it, and a lot of people love to gloss over that.

but at the same time we haven’t gotten the full book yet and this kind of behaviour aligns too well with what we’ve seen from her before - consistent unfair treatment of another female character with little to no narrative consequences or even challenge to these behaviors. ivypool consistently treats dovewing badly in spite of dovewing’s attempts to make peace and the book will play this neutrally on a good day and agree with ivypool’s convictions on a bad one. we could be looking at another book of ivypool treating her sister horribly while dovewing just sits down and takes it and people are right to be upset about that.

tldr: people be saying shit so definitively. like idk man i think it depends

[clanborn]

im glad those kittypets sicked the dogs on ivypool she deserved it

[sweetriverstyx]

i had fun with these guys <333

[blimbo-buddy]

IvyPool heart spoilers

“IvyPool wondered what it would be like to know that a cat you had loved and lost was up there in the sky. IvyPool had never lost a cat like that.” Okay so I guess HollowFlight can go fuck off then, alright

[vic-does-battlecats]

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