#sky asc

[darkestabsol]

nightheart is an interesting character so far. his angst is in some ways imagined (the patrol seemed normal, if annoyed at having to take a cat who was known to take unneeded risks when hunting and was right to send him back when he hurt himself), and in some ways real (sparkpelt getting upset at him for refusing the firestar legacy name she and larksong had chosen for him).

and to be clear, it's not great that every cat that got upset at nightheart over his name is a she cat. nor is sparkpelt (or any cat) justified in getting this upset at nightheart over his name.

but nightheart is a fun flawed character who imagines that every cat is out to get him even when they aren't and takes unneeded dangerous risks to prove his own worth because he thinks everyone only sees him as Firestar Legacy. can't wait to see more of his pov.

[clovrfrost]

Spoilers for River and the Sky Excerpt! (Which can be found here)

It makes literally no sense to me why Squirrelflight, Sparkpelt, and Finchflight disapprove so adamantly of Nightheart changing his name when it was BRAMBLESTAR who CHOSE THE NAME. Yes, Flamepaw asked to have a more fitting name than Flameheart, but it was Bramblestar who let it happen. Nightheart didn’t even suggest the night prefix. Shouldn’t at least some of the ridicule who named him? This book is ridiculous.

And let’s talk about how ridiculous this ridicule is in the first place! I do not remember what Sparkpelt was like in her previous appearances, but in this arc, she has clearly been established with the motivation of trying to develop a good relationship with her son. Considering this, It makes no sense for Sparkpelt to be outraged with Nightheart’s supposed disrespect of his family if what she wants is to become closer with him! Does she not see how backwards of an approach that is?

The only thing I think this could be implying is that Sparkpelt cares more about upholding Firestar’s legacy than her own son, which I just don’t believe, no matter how much of a angsty teenager he is. She even calls him stupid in front of the whole Clan. She didn’t seem like the kind of parent to punish him like this.

It doesn’t make sense for Squirrelflight to be mad either. Her entire portrayal in A Starless Clan has felt sort of off to me. When was she such a hard ass? Check this out.

This passage just reeks of an irrational, emotional woman having to be put in her place by her husband. Her husband being BRAMBLESTAR by the way. One of the most emotional and irrational cats of all time. I know Flamepaw understands why she’s angry, but she’s still in the wrong.

And it makes even less sense for Finchflight considering she SUPPORTED Nightheart’s decision to have a different name. No reason is given for her change in opinion.

I know we are supposed to sympathize with Nightheart, but if the only way the writers can think to make him sympathetic is to make other cats unreasonably illogical, then that is just bad writing. You have a plot beat you need to hit, okay, but could you come up with a better way?

Sorry for the long post, I have a lot of feelings.

[darkestabsol]

me: i hope they use the greencough to thin out thunderclan a bit!

also me: but not these specific characters tho

[weaver-ant]

thinking about how if bramblestar had suggested advising riverclan nobody would have batted an eye but since it was tigerstar(leader of shadowclan, the same shadowclan that has been regarded the whole series as the troublesome clan) everybody was up in arms about it