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the thing about every fandom misogyny hydra head that focuses on "oh we're all (mostly straight) women" is that there very much are spaces for talking about media dominated by (predominantly cis, het, and white) men; reddit, twitter, 4chan, all are either dominated by men or have large communities of men. and guess what! despite not being attracted to men, these communities still manage to focus on mens' power, internality, feelings, and complexity, while any woman who is too loud or confrontational is treated as irredeemably evil at best or an annoying nag at worst.

the primary difference is that, instead of m/m, space is carved out for women as the dealers' choice of aggressively horny girlfriend or demure vulnerable girlfriend, and i honestly can't say that that's worse than just being relegated to evil bitches and offscreen lesbian BFFs

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Ides of March (Et Tu Brute?)

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Troutshine

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This is how Brambleclaw and Squirrelstar should be.

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The Creation of Firestar

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I may have made Pinestar a little too soft-looking like sir you can't escape the deadbeat husband/dad allegations with those sad boy eyes, I remember your crimes

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Could I see mapleshade in your style!?! She's so cute!

Im a mapleshade fanatic !!!! The amount of maples I drew in my life is crazy. Also I believe in mapleshade x reedshine au, they should’ve kick appledusk out and made out in front of him.

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@halogenwarrior

Does Tawnypelt still join ShadowClan here? I would think that if she believes that about Bramblekit and she already chose to join Tigerstar, she would think she would be damned for that anyway and she had no hope. Maybe she stays in ThunderClan here and takes more of canon Brambleclaw's role there?

You raise a good point, hm...

Honestly, I wasn't going to change that. Much simpler not to complicate it too much with too many changes. And I feel like the fact she would have no siblings in ThunderClan would be a strong motivator for her to still move in with her dad.

Not to mention, if she takes on his roles in the story that brings up the question of why she is not the one involved in the love triangle plot. I am already very attached to the idea of the Squirrelflight love triangle being with Ashfur and Shrew(paw)heart. And I really love my Shrewheart characterization as a ruthless opportunist that would betray Hawkfrost for the glory of being Firestar's saviour. Her taking Bramble's role brings the question of why it isn't Tawnypelt and Ashfur.

I suppose she could be trying to atone and take the Bramblekit revelation as a sign she has to work all the much harder. Idk, I will have to mull it over. But meanwhile, anyone in the audience have ideas for where I could take Mothwing's involvement in the story? Since we are talking about the Tigerkin sisters.

In Anima Sola, how would Hawkfrost first come to learn about his dead brother? Would Tigerstar also try manipulating Mothwing and Tawnypelt with his death?

Hawk dreamed himself into the Dark Forest by total accident as a kit. He found Bramblekit alone, wailing for his dad after getting lost. He was an alluring sight, a kitten engulfed in flames, burning very bright, with patches of charred skin among his tabby pelt. Although Bramblekit is due to his experiences in life VERY distrusting, he eventually became friends with Hawk after encouragement by Tigerstar. Hawkfrost is very protective of his perpetual baby older brother and is motivated by a sense of unfairness in how Bramblekit never got to grow up while he did.

Mothwing is something I am mulling over. I initially didn't have playing a major role. Most of the story is centered on Hawkfrost's Dark Forest escapades and his mounting sense of unfairness at Bramblekit's situation as he grows up but the kitten doesn't. Still, as his sister she has to play a role in some way. I am just unsure as to how.

Tawnypelt though, I do have a clear idea for her deal. Tigerstar indeed tries to recruit her. Hawkfrost insists, actually, thinking that Bramblekit's littermate would understand more than anyone and immediately join the revenge scheme. But she takes one look and Bramblekit and is immediately terrified. If StarClan would damn a kit for the mere crime of being related to Tigerstar, what would they do to her if her behavior was anything short of perfect?

(In reality it wasn't a StarClan punishment. Is just that when his escort came the easily scared and mistrustful kitten simply fled. He's only in the Dark Forest because he got lost and thus stranded on the wrong side of the border.)

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I suck ass at gendering fictional characters correctly in my writing. Even my final drafts often contain at least 1 pronoun error that is extremely glaring and completely changed the meaning of a sentence. But only until I get it pointed out to me do I realize what I have done.

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Tigerstar has high hopes for his kittens

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Tigerclaw is silly!!

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beloved

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F2U cats

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Harelight

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Leafpaw being a jaymoth shipper is so funny to me. I cried when my family saw Revenge of the Sith in theater because I didn't realize Luke and Leia were twins till like the last scene of that movie. And Luke and Leia were like my first otp. I was 7 and it was very devastating. I still hate the original star wars series to this day! Betrayal. Also.

Jay: we are not dating!

Leaf: can you put in a good word for me then?

You're the second person to tell me something like that today and I am delighted y'all find it as funny as I. <3

Is it mean for me to say skill issue at you giving up on Luke/Leia, though?

Leafpaw is SO vibrating with excitement at the prospect of her OTP being deconfirmed, though. Living the self-shipper dream where her blorbo exists in real life.

And honestly, Jayfeather's supposed "relationship" with Mothwing becomes the funniest injoke ever to Cinderpelt. She's never gonna let Jay live that one down.