pls draw bumble 😭 my girl got taken down by the patriarchy
side note did you come out of dotc liking or disliking grey wing? I believe he’s pretty polarizing
Tbh when I started reading dotc I really wanted to like gray wing, but with every book I was more and more annoyed at him. We all agree that him treating bumble the way he did is ungodly bad but I hate him for so many other reasonssss.
His constant mood swings were annoying, his relationship with turtle tail was boring and kinda bad?? He didn’t love her but couldn’t stand anyone else to be with her. He was a good dad for her kits sure.. but that doesn’t make him automatically good lol. I needed to stop reading when he snapped at Thunder for not wanting to get clear sky to meet his sick mom. Like, leave him alone? Boy had to go on an entire side quest to get you back to tall shadow’s group bc you had a pity party and needed to be alone. And now you want him to get his toxic dad - when you have a whole clan of other warriors who are able to do it - and Thunder said he didn’t want to met his dad, especially after they had an argument and Thunder made his own group he needs to look after now.
I hate how gray wing treats jagged peak for the whole series. Gray telling him he doesn’t deserve to be a dad made me sooo mad. Im so glad Holly came along and helped the boy to be more confident lol. The scene where gray wing snapped at jagged after he got an asthma attack and jagged peak not only saved him from a monster but also offered him to rest (you know - being concerned for his health, like normal people are after someone had an asthma attack and can’t even walk straight) made me so angry at gray wing - him being mad at jagged peak for BEING CONCERNED? What? Gray wing is acting like a big baby right after - leaving the camp to live with the moor cats without telling anyone. He’s like weeeh weehhhh nobody treats me right here and nobody cares, im gonna make anyone worried for no reason at allll.
So yeah, I don’t like gray wing. I don’t like clear sky. I don’t like most of the pov characters (I like Thunder) but I love the main cast and background characters. River ripple, Lightning tail, Jagged peak, Sparrow fur? They are so cool!!!! Tall shadow and Wind runner are also amazing. Gorse fur? I like gorse furrr. Even minor characters like milkweed and leaf were charming. I found the plot kinda interesting but the characters hold the story the most for me. I didn’t really cared for slash nor one eye (one eye was more interesting one tho), but I liked to imaging which cats are gonna join which group as I was reading. Tall shadow autistic girl thinking about the swamp with longing all the time.
