#what i wont give them though is how brightheart looks. cmon man make the scar bigger. half her face was ripped off | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

vaugarde · 1 year ago

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anyways the brightheart graphic novel was…. ok. the cloudbright moments carried it. the backhanded attempts at justifying the ableism are uncomfortable and drag it down.

what confused me was like… the lack of the dog pack trauma? like its there, the opening and nightmare scenario show it, but theyre very short and dont really connect to the conflict besides “uhh tigerstar caused the attack, this guy breathed next to tigerstar, he might have his evil germs….. doing such sins like. taking food….. how horrible” like brightheart had half her faced ripped off and was given a cruel name by her former LEADER out of spite for something she wasnt involved in nor was her fault. she was near death and subjected to strange backhanded behavior from her peers. her best friend died extremely violently in front of her!!! she gets like one line about being afraid of her daughter growing up in this harsh world and. not much else?

idk if we were gonna get a brightheart centric story then i would have wanted it to focus on all that, maybe elaborate more on her fears for whitekit and also being paranoid of motherhood in general given what shes been through and what she may experience, instead of this weird narrative about “how useful she can be despite having only one eye”

#i will give the gn writers and artist this. theyre at least really good at character moments #im assuming theyre limited on scale and events bc this period has been covered a lot #and the editing team has a chokehold on what theyre able to do #bc aside from the writing and ableism the characters themselves feel nice. i like how brightheart was characterized #cloudtails more ehhh for me in this if only bc he was like ‘’no…. firestar may run off….. and become a housecat…. the horrors #but that wasnt too much of the book and otherwise hes brighthearts yesman which is nice #what i wont give them though is how brightheart looks. cmon man make the scar bigger. half her face was ripped off #i always imagined that part of her lip was gone #and the ear was straight up gone and shes probably somewhat deaf in it as well #designs that just have the flesh around the eye gone is like boooooooooooo #echoed voice #also give her more scars in general! she survived a dog attack she was mauled she was half dead #im sure it was done to be like ‘’oh its not scary to look at’’ but that just makes me more annoyed bc thats not something to tone down

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