#wtsmtb

[aruxani]

Hiiiii

Chapter 5 of WTSMTB is FINALLY out!!

I don't even know what to say aaaaa, it's all in the notes!

(Real talk, tho, why are ao3 links so long and hard to copy?? Like 😭😭)

[m1smatched-starsigns]

I see a lot of fics where the writer leans into Fireheart’s more naive, himbo-traits and that’s fun and all, but

I think it’s easy to forgot that Fireheart was a natural fighter, had a lot of stone-cold lines, and was never above treason or breaking the code when he thought it was justified,

And those are the traits that are being amplified in this Fireheart AU that I’m writing and it’s been really fun and interesting, and I hope this fic ends up being something that I want to stick with, and it’s something that eventually sees the light of day!

[mallowstep]

spottedleaf: i felt like i lost touch with my siblings after being chosen as a seer

also spottedleaf: choosing moth will have no negative impact on her family life

[aruxani]

The first chapter of "Where the Spirit meets the Bones" is officially out!

Click here to read it :)

Please use the tag WTSMTB if you talk about it :)

One again, thank you Rie for that breathtaking cover 💕

[aruxani]

It's been so long since I updated that it feels a little weird now. Anyways, I finally updated WTSMTB

ALSO I'm aware that it is Sunday today, not Saturday but I got busy yesterday!

[m1smatched-starsigns]

Just want to say I am looking forward to that Fireheart haunting fic mostly because I seem to be the only CinderFire shipper alive. Them being found family is great and all, and that would be better than retconning one-sided love in their relationship, but I think they had a great chemistry. Their relationship deserves to be explored and yet there are few fanfics about them, almost all rewrites just default to pairing Fireheart with Sandstorm. I am a bit excited that there will be at least one fic that gives them something.

I see where Fire/Cinder turns people off because of the mentor/apprentice dynamics, BUT I do think it's worth exploring in a situation where... Fireheart and Graystripe aren't rewarded for going behind Bluestar's back, lol. If they weren't made warriors early then their apprenticeship would overlap with Cinder/Bracken (which it canonically does with Sandstorm and Dustpelt, which it will do in this AU) and then those mentor/apprentice dynamics are gone, and yeah, where can they potentially go from there?

Also I'm such a huge fan of Fire/Sand but I'm also a fan of them being friends with no romantic strings attached, and I'm not sure I've ever read a fic where Fire/Sand don't explore a romantic connection, even if they aren't endgame.

Give me Fire/Sand sibling dynamics. Give me Fire/Sand without the lovers' spats. Give me Fire/Sand who feel sick at the thought of dating each other, but would still kill for each other. Guess I'll have to just write it myself!

[m1smatched-starsigns]

You mentioned your Fireheart ghost AU will have like a Fire/Sand sibling dynamic? I was just wondering what that looks like for them!

The other warriors snicker as Fireheart is followed out of camp by a trail of rowdy apprentices, and for her snickering, Fireheart ropes Sandstorm into coming with them.

“Building your case to mentor one of the kits?” Sandstorm asks as they lead the way to the sandy hollow. Cinderpaw follows quietly on their tails, while Swiftpaw and Lynxpaw take swipes at each other in the back.

“Not really,” Fireheart replies. “But if it works then I won’t complain.”

“Fernkit, Ashkit, and Mistlekit,” Sandstorm counts. “One for you, one for me, and one for Dustpelt.”

Fireheart snorts. “As if Bluestar would give Dustpelt an apprentice over Graystripe. He’s almost more impatient than Runningwind.”

“Maybe, but we all know that if Bluestar gives any of us fresh-meat an apprentice then it’ll be you, and Dustpelt would throw a fit if you got to mentor an apprentice before him.”

“Then maybe Dustpelt shouldn’t have such a bad attitude all the time.”

“Not all the time,” Sandstorm disagrees. “Only whenever you’re around.”

Fireheart shoots Sandstorm a half-hearted glare. Looking back it’s hard to pinpoint the exact moment she decided to morph their rivalry into a friendly rivalry, and Fireheart suspects that Whitestorm had something to do with it. Whatever magic Whitestorm worked, though, apparently did not extend to Dustpelt.

“Because I’m a kittypet,” Fireheart says, sounding bitter.

“I mean, it’s not that simple, but sure.”

“Enlighten me, then.”

Sandstorm shrugs. “You joined the day his mentor was murdered so he was already grieving, and then he was reassigned to Darkstripe and he ended up spending a lot of time around Tigerclaw and Longtail who basically make up your entire fan club--”

“Okay, I get it,” Fireheart interrupts. “You’re saying he was brainwashed.”

“I’m saying your mentor has a lot to do with who you become,” Sandstorm retorts. Somehow that feels like the theme of the day.

A star mentored a star mentored a star, remembers Fireheart. He wonders what Whitestorm’s father, Tigerclaw’s mentor, was like. He wonders if he can ask the elders about it without seeming suspicious.

Sandstorm takes his contemplative silence as brooding and suggests, “You know, there is an alternative explanation. Maybe Dustpelt is like, secretly madly in love with you and he loathes himself for it.”

Fireheart cuts Sandstorm a glare. “Quit joking.”

[m1smatched-starsigns]

Civil war in riverclan?

civil war in RiverClan 🤝 spoiled-rotten-princess Silverstream