curlfeather as a villain was such a great concept, as well as choosing all the protags, they all had difficult relationships with their moms and at the end of the series it shows how all the mothers did care for their kits in their own way
Sparkpelt loved Nightheart from a distance, both wanting a connection from each other but struggle with initiating it -> both having a familial connection that improves and forgive each other (istg if yall claim Nightheart was in the wrong i will fight you because yall have NOT read the books)
Berryheart did love Sunbeam however the relationship was very intense, after losing Needletail to Darktail and having to deal with the kin made her very strict and conservative this made her and Sunbeams relationship very strained when she tried to get Sunbeam to follow her ideals to the point Sunbeam wonders if her mom loves her due to how conservative she is -> Berryheart shows that she did care for Sunbeam by defending her till her last breath (this does not excuse her actions)
Curlfeather definitely loved her kits but i think she favorited Frostdawn the most , after the death of her mate the moment Frostdawn's dream made her think just maybe she is a medicine cat, she was very close with her and we can definitely see that in book 1, however its found out she was using Frostdawn so she can be leader -> at the end her and Frostdawn talk, a very long talk, her trying to explain her actions and defending it, through and through but she does care for her. from sacrificing herself to actually talking to her.
i wish Berryheart and Sunbeam would've had that kind of talk however with how stubborn Berryheart is, it would've been hard, especially since around that time she did in a way disown her (rejecting help from her + the clans) i think it would be cool to have her talk to her as a ghost or something.
