#violet dawn

[elbereth-de-lioncourt]

KAMIJO

VIOLET DAWN

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[marmosetpaw]

[artaintfartwarriors]

Have you done Violet Dawn yet? If not please ignore this

I have now!

[justapigeonn]

DOTC REWRITE/AU

Ok so I know I said I'd never do an actual rewrite for DOTC but after some thinking I honestly couldn't help myself so here;s a megadump of some of the changes I'd make:

Turtle Tail and Bumble would escape the twoleg house together after she becomes pregnant and Tom shows his ugly side

2. Gray Wing actually realises he was the reason Turtle Tail left in the first place and apologises for being a twat

3. With Turtle tail's help, Bumble convinces the moor cats to let her stay, but she soon discovers that she's not cut out for their way of life so Turtle Tail takes her to River Ripple to live with him and his colony and she becomes a seasoned river dwelling cat. She ends up living a long, peaceful, happy life and she and Turtle tail visit each other regularly

4. Tom eventually shows up to demand Turtle Tail's kits. He ends up finding the hollow by actually scenting them out as opposed to Gray Wing doxing them out of sheer stupidity and attempts to sneak into camp and take them, but Turtle Tail intercepts him and kills him where he stands

5. This is a big one that may spark controversy but SkyClan does not exist and Clear Sky never gets to be leader. He proves time and time again even after the battle that he is not worthy of being one, let alone a FOUNDER by any stretch of the imagination. He continuously demonstrates irresponsibility, is unnecessarily controlling and cruel, even to the cats he's supposed to care about and only seems to get his shit together in the very last book, long after he should have 'learned his lesson'. He never changed and should never have been given the countless chances to redeem himself. Instead, after the battle he is stripped of his leadership role by StarClan and the other founders and the forest cats fall under Thunder's authority instead, who leaves the moor after the battle to be where he truly wants to be. Clear Sky is allowed to join his ranks but he does so with the utmost resentment and bitterness. When One Eye and Star Flower enter the scene, One Eye takes advantage of his hatred and convinces Clear Sky to spy on and betray Thunder's group with the promise of him joining his rogue group and earning a position of power by his side and Clear Sky accepts (you have full permission to interpret this as gay) while Star Flower grows close to Thunder as she does in canon, manipulating him from the side line. At some point along the line Clear Sky outs himself and Star Flower and he joins One Eye's group before having a change of heart while Star Flower has her own redemption and blah blah blah still working on it). Clear Sky realises that being a meanie head ain't it, turns against One Eye and his rogues and supports his son wholeheartedly etc. At some stage during the final battle Clear Sky is killed by one of One Eye's close supporters as a final sacrifice/attempt to redeem himself, though I'm not keen on giving him a particularly heroic death considering how angry Tom's canon death made me so I figured it would be funny of the other settlers were like 'ohh noooo, anyways' with a couple of solemn words as opposed to a whole grievingfest. As for my reasoning for omitting SkyClan completely, half of it is due to the fact that it's basically just defacto ThunderClan except for the fact that they can jump high and hunt in trees, which are easily things ThunderClan can adopt. Firestar's quest and the latter half of AVOS can just not happen which I'm sure not many people will complain about

6. Gray Wing is not a Clear Sky apologist loser and actually resents him for all the grief he has caused

7. Rather than his own big bad, Slash is rather one of One Eye's devoted followers. One ruthless manipulative rogue leader would have been quite enough to serve as the arc's main antagonist for the latter half of it's duration, with better writing they could've spread it out and and left a true impact. Considering have him kill Clear Sky in the heat of the final battle maybe as opposed to giving his slaughter to One Eye

8. Fern and and a few of the other various mistreated rogues still exist, but this time under One Eye's command. She still ends up working with Gray Wing and joining the moor cats along with some of her friends after betraying One Eye

9. Star Flower never becomes Clear Sky's third mate or is reduced to a stock sweet baby mama where her getting kidnapped, abused then giving birth in an inconvenient place is introduced as a form of conflict, but rather reconciles with Thunder and builds on the previous connection they had already established (which would be stronger in my au). He eventually forgives her and they bond over the fact that they have manic shitty bloodthirsty fathers plotting against them and team up to be their foil, eventually becoming mates at the end of the arc.

10. Slate and Violet Dawn do not exist. This isn't because I don't like them as characters but imo never existing in the first place is a far better fate than being last minute underdeveloped love interests for the male protagonists with no other function in the story whatsoever

11. Quiet Rain is not guilted into forgiving Clear Sky for the atrocities he committed on her deathbed by Shaded Moss (who had no business doing so considering the fact that he wasn't a victim of his and she was particularly angry at the fact that he has killed Rainswept Flower who seemingly didn't get a say in the matter)

This was super lengthy and I ended up adding way more than I expected but I do hope to expand on them in the future. There are other things I have issues with such as the way Gray Wing treats Jagged Peak in numerous scenes as well as the overall ableism of the arc but this is all for now :3

[eggfeather]

violet dawn

[comelyflower]

バクバク......

[variouspolltournaments]

Propaganda

Anin/Pin: period drama about lesbian royalty in the 1950s/1960s that is also funded and supported by the government because they realized that making high quality shows about lesbians is a profitable business

[javatello]

Some DOTC ladies :3

[luv-9-making-designs]

Violet Dawn

[exocynraku]

Star Flower x Violet Dawn hypokits?

sun wolf

[wc-confessions]

Star Flower x Violet Dawn anyone?

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[warriorsbutnotreally]

in general I believe a lot of female characters from DotC deserve better than what the writing gave them

Slate, Violet Dawn, Dawn Mist, Turtle Tail, Acorn Fur, and Star Flower have so much potential for interesting stories but they're all overshadowed by the heteronormative drama of DotC

I like Slate's arc as a single mom in Moth Flight's Vision and her struggling with grief and loss while still trying her best is admirable and I wish we got to know more about her outside of being Gray Wing's love interest

Violet Dawn went through hell before we even meet her, learning that her mate was killed and being trapped in a society that she isn't happy with. I would love to see her as the hero of her own story and detached from Thunder.

Dawn Mist is such a tough, badass mom [and wife] and I love that for her. I wish she could've had the chance to fight Slash herself, even briefly, for the pain he tried to put her family through.

Turtle Tail's story deserved a more happy ending that she got and the fact that she's an abuse survivor who had to witness the narrative try to redeem [at at least have sympathy for] her abuser is such bullshit.

Acorn Fur is just plain amazing. I'd dare to say, she's cooler than both her brothers. Thunder is dull and while I love Lightning Tail, I love Acorn Fur the most out of these three.

and Star Flower's story would be so much better if she was never a love interest. I love that she's a villain's daughter who has a positive relationship with her evil father. I love how she herself isn't all that evil, but still insists that her father was a good tom deep down. I wish we could've gotten more of her as a character and less of her as a love interest to anyone. She's really neat. I like her.

[cheesecakedrawz]

[violetdawn001]

What's one thing from your childhood you'd love to do again if given the chance?

Considering that I still draw dragons, write stories, and play Pokemon, this is a hard question...

I say...go on roller coasters. Haven't been on one in years.

[changedfates]