for your Squirrel/Crow au, I would like to know how the kids relationship is with their parents? Is crowfoot happier?
in a word- yeah!
both squirrelflight & crowfoot r definitely a Lot happier in his relationship thn thy r in canon! i think their relationship would strike a good balance of teasing to genuine, stopping eachothr from falling too much into self doubt... i think the fact tht their relationship would be an active choice thy hav both made 2 fight 4 n continue having would do a lot of good for the kitz!
crowfoot still haz a bit of an emotional distance from his children, partially born from the conflicted discomfort the whole ordeal of pregnancy brought him, howevr- he rly doez care very deeply 4 thm & is able to show it much better thn canon crowfeather did to breezepelt...... like he bounced from the nursery as soon as it waz possible, but from there still visited near daily
course the 3 still feel a little Abandoned, not by any purposeful actionz of course but tht doesnt make sleeping without their parent any less painful....... but crow is still the first to go to bat for junipershade [somthing tht is equal partz appreciated & annoying as hell 4 him] givz suncloud tipz on how to use his bulker shape to his advantage [second hand- he asked squirrel 4 tipz whn he noticed him struggling in training] sitz with midnightbreeze & actz as a mostly silent springboard 4 her ideaz [she tend to overthink wht the optimal way of doing any such thing would be] tho of course there r dayz where seeing his kitz remindz him of how squirrel n him r in different clanz & he tendz to avoid thm thn.. this inconsistency causez the 3 a bit of grief, it can be hard to deal with not knowing if yr dadz gonna take one look n run away or if hez gonna share tonguez n be vv caring on any given day
squirrelflightz relationship with the 3 m still unsure of.... idk when or how thy find out about her n stuff like tht is very important to how thingz shake out in the end! in any case from her side she Hatez having to watch her kitz grow up without her- it doeznt help tht her n crow actively try to avoid interacting very frequently at gatheringz... but she doez go out of her way to try n start up conversationz- learn who her kitz evn R
therez also the matter of nightcloud! the assumed othr parent- course, she isnt, and her n crow nevr talked about her taking tht role... whn the 3 were first born she avoided thm bcuz her n crowz friendship waz on the rockz- by the time she realized tht this waz her chance to be a mother, which she greatly wanted, the kitz were already apprenticez- tho she doez try to reach out to thm? midnightpaw SUPER lookz up 2 her, sunpaw feelz a little awkward around her but is genuinely happy about her making the effort to be in their livez evn if itz late, n juniperpaw is Bitter & also clashez with her as he haz the tendency to seek out malice in actionz where there is none...
as for brindlefoot!!!!! his relationship with squirrelflight is a bit odd in tht squirrel treatz him like her son [of course] but brindle seez her as & treatz her like an aunt [very painful 4 her] hez resentful towardz his bio parentz for leaving him behind n feelz a void in his life despite squirrelz best attemptz... but he is a good deal less? murder-y? thn in canon?
brindle n crowz relationship for sure startz off like. soo super bad- he feelz rly hurt by the fact tht crowfoot didnt keep him but did keep his siblingz, as at som point he somhow findz out about who his father unbeknownst to any1 else & startz building a resentment towardz crow bcuz he THINKZ wht happened waz tht crowfoot left him 2 die bcuz he didnt want him, as he isnt aware of squirrel being his mother && the case being tht she actually just wanted him so much
