#shoutout @/hislittlewcdesigns on insta

[of-course-its-gorse]

The quickest, simplest change to fix most of Thunderclan's cousin problem: make Brackenfur-Cinderpelt and Brightheart-Thornclaw not littermates

I've seen this elsewhere before and I love it; have one of the sets of two not be Frostfur's kits but instead fostered by her. Most often I like to give Brightheart and Thornclaw to her as her birth litter because they are described as her kits and looking like her the most, and then I make Brackenfur and Cinderpelt Rosetail's kits. She died defending the nursery after all, and Frostfur could have taken over their care after. This also explains away why they were apprenticed at different times as well. It's so easy to take in as canon that I don't think nearly any text contradicts it.

And just like that Lilyheart and Snowbush aren't first cousins. Ivypool and Fernsong aren't related through Brightheart and Brackenfur, and neither are Sorrelstripe and Dewnose. (Although Bristlefrost and Stemleaf is still weird. Bristle is 4 generations away from Frostfur yet Frostfur is Stem's grandma because, old man Thornclaw needed kits I guess)