sabine continuing the disaster lineage feels so fitting. she's just as insane, rebellious and with an incredibly questionable morally grey past as her predecessors. war crimes lineage is perfect for her, no wonder she struggled so much when kanan was teaching her, the mace windu lineage doesn't allow insanity like that

Marion reads “The Darkest Hour”

This post was brought to you by: the dread I feel before opening this book knowing it is the first time I’m opening a warriors book since starting this years nanowrimo project -It hits me that like, its really ironic to specify “Toms and She-cats without kits” like there are 100% some fathers in there -Like all of shadowclan is ex rogues now huh - BLOODCLAN?????????????? -I get why the names of bloodclan aren’t all listed, I knew about scourge but nothing could have prepared me for what actually reading him would be like this is not what I expected his entrance to be okay -Bluestar :( -The recaps, Good God, the recaps, I know, I KNOW it makes the emotional moments hit less when you recape everything, if it was just Fireheart remembering the big shit it’d hit so much harder despite how early in the book it is

-Getting the word out about their mistyfoot and stonefur’s lineage really does make the most sense as a defense against any plan Tigerstar may have but it still does feel weird huh -Uh oh! -”You’re young” yeah no shit,

-Fireheart being scared by the dog and Cinderpelt by the road, these cats are so traumatized :( -I wonder if windclan is more likely to visit the moonstone with regularity given how close to it they are -I complain about these books a lot and with good reason, but I do think some of the rituals and traditions are interesting -LIONHEART....... -How can having a partner prove unfaithfulnes to a cat you had a crush on, fireheart, c’mon, -FIRESTAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! -Love the visuals that show up in the dreams, am not very found of vague prophecy trope

-it was interrupted??? by who the fuck?

-I love Barley, he’s got this shit figured out, good for him -MORE FUCKING RECAPS I KNOW WHO RAVENPAW IS!!! I KNOW HIM!!!!! I KNOW THIS CAT ALREADY -Finally whitestorm as deputy, I stand by he should be leader right now -Okay....Okay this conversation with bramblepaw is cute, I want Bramblepaw to be a good cat, please, let him be good. -DID THEY GIVE A KITTEN FUCKING RABIES???? -NOOOOOO THATS ALMOST WORSE -WHO THE FUCK POISONS A KITTEN WHY WAS THIS SCENE NECESSARY -THANK FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK -Okay I know why the scene is here now but s t i l l -Thornclaw!!! -Brightheart!!! -storytime -Bastard Darkstripe, there really was a part of me that hoped he’d be innocent, I wanted to see how that would be handled -if Sandstorm gets mad again that it wasnt her ill lose my mind, it hasnt happened but im worried -recaps. all the recaps.

-”Of course I’m loyal! as I give another leader the ins and outs of our politics” -I mean it tracks she wouldn't trust Tigerstar but still, there's a hint of irony here -I get where he’s coming from but does it not occur to him or Whitestorm to ask Tawnypaw and Bramblepaw what they’d like

-The bastard man has arrived to yell about his war crimes -”MAKE IT GREAT AGAIN” IM LOSING MY FUCKING MIND I know this book is several years old but still that fucking strikes a nerve of COURSE it comes from Tigerstar! -Cloudtail continues to be resident cat atheist -He’s an apprentice asking a question Firestar :(

-I would commit Arson for Brightheart

-Is he asleep now?? -no okay just a special occasion

-Poor Tawnypaw -So he’ll let Featherpaw and Stormpaw choose but not Tawnypaw and Bramblepaw

-Hi Ravenpaw! -well shit -stonefur nooo -please tell me its fight time don’t let these cats die here

-There is something that feels almost too convenient about them choosing now to investigate but still please don’t let them die if we’re getting convoluted at least let the cats live -Convenient time for a speech, perfect for drowning out a scuffle -”We can’t tolerate half clan cats but merging the clans is the perfect thing to do” -Stonefur I love you so much -NOOOO -This is a children’s book huh, children’s books get away with so much violence when it’s animals -no lie if Ravenpaw rejoins the clan after this I’ll be kinda mad, like its cool that he’s helping but some cat should be able to just vibe in a safe place damn -Ravenpaw I love you -”The prisoners have escaped” is not a yowl you freeze to, fucking run -TAWNYPAW NO -OKAY I will give these books that, the set up and eventual hit of making at least Firestar focus his distrust towards Bramblepaw and then have Tawnypaw be the one that leaves, interesting but also :( -Genuinely taking notes, there’s a lot I can say against these books but there is something to be said for the balance in this particular book of maintaining tension by means of offering brief moments of respite from the action, and taking the time to do simple things like Stormpaw’s ritual becoming Graystripe’s apprentice, and the talk about the smaller things like Sandstorm helping Mistyfoot mentor. -Damn. -I knew Thunderclan and Windclan would join, it was pretty obvious but, hey its a kids book, I wasn’t expecting this much blood behind it -it worries me how deep into this I am and I haven’t seen anything of bloodclan yet -It’s weird knowing a sparse handful of spoilers, there’s only a couple cats I’m relatively confident will survive this -speaking of which, if Whitestorm dosen’t survive to retirement I’m suing -Tawnypaw :( -Bramblepaw should get to commit patricide I think -aaaaand there’s bloodclan!

-BYE TIGERSTAR

-Of course it couldn’t be that easy, see I knew Scourge was a villain, but I didn’t know what he wanted -Okay it is very much so a power move to spend several books building up an antagonist and building towards his fight with the main character only to have said antagonist brutally murdered in an instant leaving the lead to face off with said murderer. It seems like the kind of thing that can easily feel cheap if done wrong but I think it works here, not sure how much that stance is skewed by the fact I knew the murder was coming but not the aftermath. -Bramblepaw..... -the people who own that farm just kinda have barn cats show up huh -I adore Barley -Princess!! -”It can’t be what starclan wants” hey maybe talk to Cinderpelt, hey maybe remember that whole “blood will rule the forest” thing, hey maybe don’t pretend you didn’t see Tigerstar get cut down so brutally -y’know the way to save the absolute most members of your clan? fucking booking it, Bluestar said it herself, you got the choices. -Bramblepaw is going to leave to be with his sister isn’t he -Yeah it sucks but you can also just fucking leave -if you think you can form a fighting force surely you have enough strength to help kittens and elders through a journey to safety -Now would be a good time to console your apprentice -”Bloodclan has no respect for the Geneva convention healing out in the open puts not only you but your patients at risk hiding where only our side knows you are will be better for every cat” might be more effective than that Firestar. -If brightheart dies I’m suing -Whitestorm is gonna fucking die and im not ready -”If you’ll have us” as though he didn’t already agree to accept their help earlier -They are putting a lot of trust in the youngest leader there -Prediction: Firestar is gonna lose the first of his lives here -Darkstripe you fucking indiot -WHITESTORM :( -There it is, the first death, I knew it -Title drop -”YOU KILLED ME BUT I GOT BETTER” -Victory -I THOUGHT SHE MEANT MORE BLOODCLAN CATS FUCK -”No longer Allies” ok but what if you were though. you can be separate clans and like...be friends about it -Another book done.