#shellfern

[daily-whistlebreeze]

daily whistlebreeze until she becomes PoV day 1763

canon Shellfern litter

[quiverpaw]

shellfur and fernstripe :heart:

[bonefall]

It’s not something I can put into words, but there’s something specifically about Shellfur, the guy who has a “foreign” wife, being the one to have a cheating plotline that icks me out. It feels… almost deliberate in a way I can’t quite put my finger on

I think I understand why you feel that way. I think it's that a lot of cats have suffered and died for the cross-clan law, plus the way the narrative was so dismissive about migration in the last chapters of Star. It's offputting that we would get the first cheating plotline in years with Shellfur and Fernstripe specifically-- right at a time where the narrative is grappling with legitimizing the validity of these relationships.

After ASC had Berryheart radicalize a portion of ShadowClan on this, too. A plotline that was spectacularly fumbled, ending with a heroic death defending her family and not a single word of input from her hate crime victim, Fringewhisker.

It could also be that's there's something terrifying, but interesting in the idea too. Discomfort in the "worth exploring" type of way. What if you moved countries for a lover, only for them to leave you? Or for them to turn out to not be as kind as you expected?

For Fernstripe, that's a horrific situation. One that would be worth delving into (in fact im planning to do something like that with BB!Nightsun, details will come soon btw) with a dedicated POV. One of the unexplored evils of strict migration laws (particularly ones that depend on marriage or family) is that it's really easy to become trapped in a foreign country if the people you're relying on end up being abusive.

But.

A character is a narrative tool-- and the timing here is just terrible. I don't think it's wise to explore that now, not as a follow-up to an arc about bigotry and how it contributes to political radicalization. That's also assuming the writers aren't rat-hearted bastards trying to paint half-Clan relationships as bad things because they hate that they had to alter the status quo even slightly-- which I don't put past them.

Furthermore, from what we've seen, it's treated with all the casuality of an editor's mistake.

You can't just drop that a major supporting character has done something that should be a massive deal without follow-up. Shellfur dumping his mate less than a few months after her migration was plot relevant should cause an uproar in ThunderClan.

To have that unceremoniously done off-screen is just... beyond incompetent. Genuinely frustrating. This is an action/drama series and there's barely any action these days, so what's even left?

I hope this is just a mistake. I hope the writers see the backlash and put out a statement to fix it. I hope they DON'T decide this is a "good idea" and barrel towards it.

But if they do, I hopelessly hope they don't bungle it this time

[crow-quet]

the shining light amongst some of the worst decisions ive ever seen. ShellFern Restored.

[mothmans-wedding-photographer]

"Straight" Warrior Cats pride ships! Reminder that just because you're in a "straight-passing" relationship, it doesn't invalidate your queerness!

These are: Breezepelt x Heathertail, Minnowtail x Mousewhisker, Firestar x Sandstorm, Fernstripe x Shellfur, Sparkpelt (or Sparkstorm, in my rewrite) x Larksong, and Rainfur x Petalnose!

[fairypaw]

//MAJOR SPOILERS FOR RIVER, A STARLESS CLAN

I did doodles for the new book! you have been warned

I LOVE I LOVE I LOVEE SHELLFERN EVERYONE EVER DOESENT MATTER ANYMORE ONLY THEMM 𝕴 𝖜𝖎𝖑𝖑 𝖗𝖆𝖎𝖘𝖊 𝖍𝖊𝖑𝖑 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊 𝖋𝖔𝖗 𝖙𝖍𝖊𝖒. fern is shy and timid and shell confident and bossy. they are so cute, erins thank you i didn't knew i needed them, can i get their origin story pretty pls

I CALLED THIS!!! I CALLED THEM RENAMING THEIR NAME ENTIRELY. NIGHT IS VERY TRANS CODED AND I LOVE THAT FOR THEMM SLAY QUEEN GO NAME YOURSELF AFTER YOUR WINDCLAN MILF PUPPY CRUSH

Hehe little guy. i really kinda don't like the characterization of her?? ish?? shes rlly cute dont get me wrong but shes giving off early shadowsight dovewing combo vibes like the whole murder mystery thing with reed's death being suspicious and her having to take charge of the clan because shes the only one who can talk to starclan. thats a lot for a 6 moon old, girls girlbossing so hard tho

CAT MARRIAGE FRAUD IS A THING LULL

erins let them fake date and let them stay in a qpr pls thank q

also lightleap is funny, girl friendzones her friend who friendzoned her friend who (probably) friendzoned her. i kinda miss love triangles, give me unnecessary love drama i do not read warrior cats for the plot i read it like its a soap opera. give me petty drama

fernshell designs by nifty senpai, nightheart design by satzzzwarriorcats, frostpaw design by bristlefrosting, and sunbeams by songssteps

[stagwhisker]

Oh my god guys I can't beleive Shellfur and Fernstripe are T4T

[cheesycafe]

I will draw some ShellFern later. I’m loving this pairing. Only problem with it is that Fernstripe is a little bit older than Shellfur but it isn’t that huge compare to Shellfur’s parents.