Mothwing apologist

i love mothwing can you tell?? I love getting requests!! :3

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Mothwing and Shadowsight are both grooming victims but the fandom babies Shadowsight to the point where it’s almost nauseating and then turns around and picks on Mothwing for not being fully healed yet

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Not to be annoying, but to add…

I think the argument can absolutely be made that the way the fandom treats female characters who have been victims of grooming vs how they treat male characters who are victims of grooming shows just how deep the underlying misogyny of the community goes.

I’m not saying that one matters more than the other, actually the opposite. But the fandom DOES pay significantly more attention and is much more likely to baby and favour male victims than female. We’ve all seen how the fandom has treated Mothwing and Ivypool in comparison to male characters like Shadowsight.

If there are any other Warriors characters you guys could think of that are relevant to this topic, please feel free to let me know. Maybe I’ll make an analysis post.

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Mothwing and Shadowsight are both grooming victims but the fandom babies Shadowsight to the point where it’s almost nauseating and then turns around and picks on Mothwing for not being fully healed yet

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I always found it a little funny how the fandom unusually draws Mothwing as petite and thin, as though she didn’t body-slam a Windclan cat threatening Leafpool and send him flying lol

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I wonder if Mothwing ever sees Lionblaze and thinks “damn. that kid looks like me.”

If my ex situationship had a kid that looked like me with a ugly crusty man id be mad as hell

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Mydei and… oh my god. Mothwing Warrior Cats?

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you have the same sadness in your eyes your mother had

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read warrior cats as a child,

now im a polisci major

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“If anyone tries to turn against us, they'll be sorry."

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Mothwing sees Tadpole in Reedpaw(Whisker). That’s why she freezes and panics when he’s drowning in Moonrise— she’s watching her brother die all over again. And that’s why she was particularly horrified when ReedWhisker had been killed.

Reedwhisker was a ghost to her, a constant reminder of a past she could never return to.

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just quickly can we acknowledge the parallels in deaths from Mothwing’s brothers??

Tadpole - Drowned, giving Mothpaw and Hawkpaw a fear of water when they first joined RiverClan, and also encouraging Mothwing to be a medicine cat

Hawkfrost- killed by Brambleclaw by the lake, by/in the water that they used to fear so much.

At this point, I feel like Mothwing would further associate water with death. Also, Hawkfrost technically suffocated when he was impaled through the neck and likely drowned in his own blood, relating a bit more to Tadpole’s death.

the related causes here are drowning + suffocation.

and then when you think about it, Tadpole died a hero saving Moth by pushing her up in front of him while they were both drowning. In contrast, Hawkfrost died a villain, attempting to take a life rather than save one.

both involved the theme of family.

aaaaaah doomed siblings i love them so much

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Fic teaser

Smoke Signals

“A deep ache stung Mothwing’s heart as she stared out behind her, her gaze shifting to the ThunderClan oaks across the river. How jealous she was of cats like Leafpaw. Born into a clan, a community, under a father who was powerful yet kind. She must have no idea how lucky she is. Despite her envy, she felt no bitterness towards the ThunderClan medicine apprentice— only a deep yearning that seemed to twist her insides.”

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Mothwing’s character has always been extremely interesting to me, and while her mini novella and prominence throughout the series has been undeniably fulfilling, I find that the Erins lack exploring her character in a way that’s deep and understandable. In other words, they feel surface level.

I can identify a lot with Mothwing’s characterization, from her challenging relationship with her mother to her tendency to hold others as foundations rather than peers. Mothwing’s struggle with culture and identity after a traumatic separation strikes me where I’m sore, but it also raises some important questions— Why were you left behind by those who were meant to protect you? Who are you when the concept of home becomes unstable? Was what happened really for the better? Why do I seek home in the ones I love? Or rather, what is home? A person? A place? A time? Who am I when my whole life was built on eroding sand? And so this rewrite or AU comes to my mind and I think… I can’t wait to put my favourite character through more than she’s already gone through.

The first chapter will be posted to my AO3 tonight or tomorrow.

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“Smoke Signals” is now posted to my AO3 here!

I’d appreciate the hits, kudos and I would love some feedback. This fic is definitely a passion project!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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Fic teaser

Smoke Signals

“A deep ache stung Mothwing’s heart as she stared out behind her, her gaze shifting to the ThunderClan oaks across the river. How jealous she was of cats like Leafpaw. Born into a clan, a community, under a father who was powerful yet kind. She must have no idea how lucky she is. Despite her envy, she felt no bitterness towards the ThunderClan medicine apprentice— only a deep yearning that seemed to twist her insides.”

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Mothwing’s character has always been extremely interesting to me, and while her mini novella and prominence throughout the series has been undeniably fulfilling, I find that the Erins lack exploring her character in a way that’s deep and understandable. In other words, they feel surface level.

I can identify a lot with Mothwing’s characterization, from her challenging relationship with her mother to her tendency to hold others as foundations rather than peers. Mothwing’s struggle with culture and identity after a traumatic separation strikes me where I’m sore, but it also raises some important questions— Why were you left behind by those who were meant to protect you? Who are you when the concept of home becomes unstable? Was what happened really for the better? Why do I seek home in the ones I love? Or rather, what is home? A person? A place? A time? Who am I when my whole life was built on eroding sand? And so this rewrite or AU comes to my mind and I think… I can’t wait to put my favourite character through more than she’s already gone through.

The first chapter will be posted to my AO3 tonight or tomorrow.

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soft butch queen and her evil twink brother.

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I wonder if Mothwing had expected that Sasha, at some point, would come back for her after she left her in Riverclan. Maybe she even thought that Sasha would look for her after the territories changed… only to slowly lose hope, but still kept that idealized version of Sasha in her head throughout the rest of her life.

Maybe that’s why Hawkfrost found it so easy to manipulate Mothwing by questioning her worthiness. Because subconsciously, Mothwing believes that she wasn’t worth enough for her own mother to come looking for her.

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trans fem hawkfrost.

*mic drop*

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i love mothwing

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Mothwing!