#spottedthistle

[oakshade]

[Cw! Age-Gap, Spottedthistle! Implied Trauma! 🕊⚰]

top ten pictures taken before Traumatic Events /j

[burning-thistles-bt]

i’ve been wondering, how does windflight feel about two of his sons (tawny and thistle) grooming cats much younger than them into a relationship?

he.... probably doesnt care/thinks its weird people care?

okay so. first of all- most cats never really put two and two together for Tawnyspots and Willowpelt. Willowpelt was a warrior when she gave birth, meaning she was "basically a warrior" when they mated. he was also a pretty respected deputy so... no one wants to think of him as wrong/creepy.

the sad reality is Tawnyspots got off-scot free aside from his own minimal guilt. because at least he has some sort of regret, and its a mix of "i shouldnt have done that (but i wanted to)" and "i wish i had an actual mate and kits (if only i could have lived longer so Willowpelt could have been my real mate)"

Thistlestar on the other paw. caused a bit more stir- if he hadn't have chosen Spottedpaw, whose father was overprotective, and who became a medicine cat, or if she had been a warrior first- he likely would have gotten away with it, sadly. it wasnt to say cats thought it was okay for adults to date young apprentices, just that it was easier to brush aside as "oh but theyre in love so" or "oh but they're almost a warrior so" or "oh well nothing bad happened so." but Adderfang caused quite a stir and didnt let it be brushed aside, then Thistlestar joined RiverClan and became leader and suddenly his drama and what he did was blasted everywhere, where no one could just ignore it/pretend it didnt happen, because it was fact

and then a generation of cats are being raised seeing Thistlestar scorned by his birth clan for this, raised by cats who were raised by Adderfang and others to see that as wrong, undeniably

so... a lot more cats are understanding that what Thistlestar and others did was/are doing is wrong.

Windflight was not raised in that generation. He was raised in the generation of "dont do it but its not really that bad just frowned upon." Windflight himself had two mates: Rainfur, presumably around his age, and Poppydawn, who was a kit when he was a warrior (though if he was a young warrior or not is unclear; additionally, he never expressed interest in her when she was a kit/apprentice)

[i-like-cats-and-stars49]

So I'm back

Sorry for not posting for a while.

I just kinda forgot.

Anyways, I've read Spottedleaf's Heart and even if it was shitty, I enjoyed it. So here's some Spottedthistle for ya all.

It's defenitly an unhealthy relationship and it kinda implies Pedophilia but it just gives me the chills and sometimes is this all I want.

I am not sure about the designs and if I will stick with them but we will see.

[kokichis-dead-dove-club]

god i cant stop imagining thistleclaw fucking spottedpaw into the soft moss of her nest while the other apprentices are asleep and hes growling little phrases into her ear like “take it, sweetheart” ugh im so whipped

theoretically i love this scenario, but with these two characters i just can’t

you’re valid anon, but please don’t send any spottedthistle asks in the future!!

[yourfavewarriorcathatesmaps-blog]

me anytime somebody defends spottedthistle with "they're just cats" as if it isn't pedophilic or creepy whatsoever

[burning-thistles-bt]

i started reading your fic today and i love it! ive been reading it for an hour now! im very invested. ive been meaning to make a spottedleaf au of my own

so glad to hear it!!!! you've got a lot ahead of you <333 beware of tumblr! there's a LOT of spoilers here haha!

spottedleaf au's are so amazing aint seen a bad one yet

[burning-thistles-bt]

did thistlestar plan to be evil from the start in your au or did being kicked from tc cause him to go crazy evil

he planned to be evil since warrior cats canon lol

he got sent to the dark forest for a reason (though that reason was presumably for grooming a kit). he was also shown to always be aggressive/xenophobic towards outsiders (leading patrols to pick on kittypets who havent attacked them) and generally bloodlusted in battle and towards his own apprentice (didn't he give Tigerclaw his nose scar in canon?)

while perhaps he wasn't a Brokenstar or Tigerstar kind of evil, he certainly didn't have the best of intentions.

but yes, originally he just wanted to be leader of ThunderClan and "put the other clans in their places"

when he got exiled he actually felt lost, but vengeful. then good ol' Oakheart found him (hmm.... potential one-shot there...) and RiverClan (reluctantly/he told them a sob story) told him in, then, with Mapleshade whispering in his ear bcus he got close to Oakheart and she wanted to kill Oakheart for being Appledusk's kin and could use Thistleclaw ("Silverhawk, you don't mind right?"), he decided he could become leader of RiverClan instead

and why not have his beautiful kits become leaders too? then there's no need to put the other clans in their places, and they can rule together!

in his brain, it's half-revenge to Bluestar and the lot for kicking him out to the curb, and half-genuine "I can make the clans better!"

but like. bad execution. murder cats kind of execution.

[burning-thistles-bt]

to spottedleaf: none of this is your fault. you're so strong for continuing to help your clanmates and kits despite the circumstances. i know it's a lot right now, but remember: your kits love you. willowpelt and redtail love you. you have so many cats that love you. after everything you've been through, you deserve to be happy. you aren’t alone.

"Your words are kind."