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rookflower · 3 months ago

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thinking about the character again (cinderpelt) and it's likely unintentional and a result of either her shifting narrative role from young go getter to wise mentor or a shift in how the books display their own politics but i find something really tragic in-universe in how she develops from a character who will actively and willingly break the warrior code when it conflicts with her own morals (immediately lying to cover for graystripe and silverstream, acting in direct defiance of her leadership to nurse littlecloud and whitethroat back to health) but overtime through her role she gradually grows more god-fearing and pious and embodies somewhat of a "starclan is always right, even when they are cruel, and we need to accept that" position

#i dont want to get too into the deeper philosophy behind cinderpelt's arc in twilight bc there's a lot of messier factors there #namely what is potentially intended to be a story about faith and emotional strength in the context of terminal illness #but in warrior cats fate is tied to starclan and starclan is also the theocratic government and the law and the status quo #and i think cinderpelt's character is an interesting microchosm of the influence that proximity to it can have #im interrupting a rant thread on my priv twitter to bring this point here instead but that's not even getting into how like #cinderpelt grew up in the bluestar era where bluestar was rebelling against starclan in a way that directly affected her own life #traumatising her sister with a demeaning name. indirectly killing her cousin. leading to the little+white situation.#leaving her (a child/teen/young adult) in the awkward position of being the ambassador TO starclan #but then when bluestar dies she immediately BECOMES the face of starclan. likely who cinderpelt would often speak with #it's fucked up!!!! theres a lot of implications about her character's relationship to starclan that are really untouched #and it makes sense that they are bc it's all built on headcanon and subtext and entirely unintentional coincidence but STILLL

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