🍁 for Pinespark, ❄️ for Asterfrost, ☁️ for Acornwhistle!! -ki
Oooh, this one is. Unexpectedly hard. Her stunt at the Gathering that one time (jumping on the stump and trash talking Duskwatcher - her own leader) is still iconic to me, but I'm very partial to her rps with Flaxfrost as well, especially when she told him about Timbercrash. This girl is just...so interesting to rp every exchange fascinates me. Something in the silly punk girl vibes <3
"Hey, hey," he breathed, licking Shrikepaw's forehead as she sobbed into his shoulder, smoothing her fur as if she were a kit once again. "None of that is true, tumbleweed. None of it, y'hear? Tempestwatcher would never put ya in danger, and you're not, nor will you ever be an embarrassment. You're a lovely young molly, classy and smart like your father - and strong to boot! You'll be running circles around CanyonClan when you're Big Sis Rocktalon's age."
He's got a lot of snide, funny, or badass moments, but I'm a sucker for soft dad Aster at the end of the day <3 My answer could change depending on vibes and the day but this is my favorite atm!
Ooooh!!! Somewhere out there, there's a universe where Acornwhistle did defect and join CreekClan. I'd say Ploversong wanted to leave, wanted to have a better shot at survival and knew Sandstar was NOT it, and would've begged everyone in his family to come with him. Who's to say how Myotis or Pika would react, but Acornwhistle and Chickadeeheart, hearing his plea and explanation, would have gone with their son, no hesitation. They'd probably lay low after joining Creek, but would show their faces a good deal once tensions blew over. Ploversong lives in this AU, and becomes a monarch. Acorn has....a lot less animosity in her heart! Irrationally, a part of her probably still blames AspenClan for Oakmoss starving, but, due to no blood spilling in her family, her rage didn't boil over. She becomes a fun and happy warrior in CreekClan until her bones start acting up like in canon, and she retires slightly early!
I imagine she would've been friends with Crag before he passed as well. <3