Hot take: Redtail's Debt was a five star read
But it went against canon!
It ruined Oakheart's death!
The good news is that that's for someone else to worry about 🥰😻
It made me care about Redtail. Gave him a personality other than the loyal, devoted deputy. I want a whole damn super edition about him. It showed how abusive and manipulative Tigerclaw was, and how easy it can be to give in to someone like that when you feel indebted to them. It made me realize how Bluestar could have been fooled by him, which is a thing I was ALWAYS pissed about.
I loved watching Redtail realize he was being used and breaking free from it.
At the end, when Redtail --broke canon--, I nearly startes crying cause fuck Tigerclaw is written so horribly and perfectly.
And I loved that Redtail got to know that Firepaw was there to save everyone from his lifelong enemy.
So yeah I loved the shit out of this novella and idgaf that it ruined canon, I'll just pretend it didn't
