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doveposting · 1 month ago

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I won't lie, re-reading omen of the stars so I can more properly analyze Ivypool's early mentality and character has given me a newfound appreciation for her. I used to absolutely hate her guts, especially back when I started this project, but actually taking a moment to examine her instead of just grabbing passages that show her being mean just makes me like her more.

She is such a specimen and reading the passages in Fading Echoes where she interacts with the Dark Forest cats makes me genuinely wonder how I (or anyone, for that matter) could've possibly blamed her for that predicament. Also she's so much more complex than "the cat who is unreasonably mean to Dovewing" and I hate that I didn't realize that sooner. Cheers.

#ivy & dove analysis #ivypool #I still don't fancy the way she treats her sister but she feels like such a complex character #and in a weird sort of way her mindset makes a lot of sense #especially in the earlier books #like. of course she's going to lash out against dovepaw for the way her clanmates are acting #she's an emotionally immature teen who is feeling neglected overshadowed and unrecognized #and in her eyes dovepaw's immense success is what's depriving her of the love and recognition she so desperately wants #under no circumstances is it fair to dovepaw but I don't blame ivypaw for growing to resent her #dovepaw has everything she wants

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