#tc shouldve been scared and angry @ him when he tried to hurt leafpool

[the-owl-tree]

bramble could have been a cool character—not by making him a good guy or anything. but by having him be this angry aggressive and pushy guy who ISNT tigerstar, hes not planning genocide and he isnt trying to take over the clans. but hes still a dick. and it could have been a nice look at generational trauma (iirc pinestar’s father was leader and was pushing for pinestar to be a strong warrior and next leader) on how the pressure and culture of the clans create these angry, violent cats, and even though bramblestar isnt his father hes still apart of this toxic cycle that creates cats like tigerstar. that would have been fun commentary but instead we have. canon

RIGHT!! There's something so fascinating (even if unintentional by the authors) about how ThunderClan could not tell the difference between Ashfur and Bramblestar until someone had to explicitly tell them. I know it was for the sake of the plot....but since TBC takes place after Squilf's Hope, it actually really fits his characterization and would be REALLY COOL (stares at the authors) if this disillusionment in his leadership (and him as a person) was intentionally built for TBC.