#of course sparkpelt only in the interpersonal drama sense thus far

[furox]

I haven’t thought about this in-depth yet beyond my realization, but it’s really interesting to me that in Shadow (ASC), every single one of the main character’s mothers is, in one way or another, an antagonist. Nightheart, Frostpaw, and Sunbeam, to different extents and in different ways, all deal with their mothers (Sparkpelt, Curlfeather, and Berryheart) trying to shape them into something they either are not or do not want to be, refusing to see them for who they really are, and, in some cases, maybe acting against them underhandedly “for their own good.”