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[image description: digital art cover for ivypool's heart. text: warriors, below says "ivypool's heart" and the bottom text reads "Erin Hunter #1 New York Times Bestselling Author." The image is a silver tabby cat with white fur and dark blue eyes. the cat looks very tired and very scarred. the background is a dark purple and blue night sky]
did my own ivypools heart :) tried to make her look a lil old, super scarred, and super tired.
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Ivypool's Heart - Blurb (Potential spoilers for ASC #6, proceed with caution!)
Fan favorite Ivypool takes center stage in Ivypool's Heart—a thrilling, super-long standalone adventure in Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series!
It’s been many moons since Ivypool lost her daughter, Bristlefrost, to the Dark Forest, yet Ivypool can’t bear to move on. Even being named Deputy of ThunderClan feels meaningless in her grief.
When Whistlepaw has a disturbing vision—one that could spell disaster for all the Clans—a group of cats is selected to go on a quest to investigate. Ivypool is happy to join their mission. Perhaps being away from her daily responsibilities will help her escape the painful memory of Bristlefrost’s death.
The cats set out on an arduous journey, facing everything from painful hunger to bloodthirsty dogs. But nothing can prepare them for what they find: a disgusting twoleg den that’s caging a series of strange animals, including two who may have surprising ties to the Clans.
In order to complete their quest and right a terrible wrong that goes back generations, the five Clan cats must help these creatures find their true home. But first, Ivypool must let go of the past, and her grief, if she is to have any hope of ensuring a future for the Clans—and for herself.
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and a yellow moon glowed bright
Years later, when Ivypool herself is only a memory and before she’s completely lost to time, she’ll look over ThunderClan, wherever they might be, and still look for her daughter in every face.
The stories have it wrong already, and the truth will be dust before long. Bristlefrost isn’t alive in their memories. She’s twice-dead, drowned in black, choking water, a light snuffed out too soon. Bristlefrost was the prodigy — the daughter cats dreamed of, the first to find her voice and her paws, the leader of her siblings, the apprentice who did not graduate even earlier than she did because there was no prey in the forest to be found, not because of any failings on her part.
Cats starved, that long winter. Not Bristlefrost. Never her daughter, her clever, resourceful last-born. And she had once occupied this spot, designated for deputies, even though she’d never had an apprentice of her own. Would never have an apprentice of her own, now, even though she deserved it more than anything. Even though she’d deserved to stay deputy, but had given the role over with a smile, no hint of dark ambition in her gaze.
Ivypool steps into the deputy position under a brand-new leader with a whisper instead of a bang, the pounding of blood in her ears the only reminder that cats had been here before — that cats had died here before, and that Bramblestar’s first deputy becoming leader was a fluke, an odd quirk of fate. It hasn’t been done in living memory, nor long before that. Leaders do not usually step down, and when they do, they rarely stay with their Clan, or even within reach of their territory. First deputies do not often become leaders in turn. Usually this event is a bittersweet one, with a body or bodies laid out in the clearing, their eyes closed swiftly to avoid the rigor of after-death, but this is almost-peaceful, with only the murmurs of those who could not easily accept change as detractors.
Ivypool will die long before Squirrelstar. She’s—surprisingly okay with this, but she thinks she’s been at peace with her death since before Hollyleaf had stepped between her and a deathblow from one of the only friends she’d ever had.
(“You were my friend!” Ivypool screams in her worst nightmares, Hollyleaf’s blood dripping from her pelt.
“I was never anyone’s friend,” Hawkfrost murmurs in return, something aching-sad in his voice, Hollyleaf’s lifeless form pinned under his claws. “I was born to what I am. We’re the same, you and I.” He pushes the black cat away from his paws with disgust — not for the body, but for Ivypool herself. Blood bubbles from the horrible wound at the corpse’s throat. “She should have been the one,” he says sometimes, in the ones that shatter her already pieced-together heart. “She died in your place.”
“I know,” Ivypool says, and she does know — she knows it more than anyone else alive.)
“It should have been Hollyleaf,” she says to Squirrelstar, quietly, at the end of one of their dusk meetings.
Sorrow flashes in Squirrelstar’s gaze, but it’s buried as soon as it comes. “It’s you,” she says. “It has always been you.”
It is not a truth — not in the way Ivypool remembers them from her childhood — but it is not a lie, either. Hollyleaf chose her, in the way dying deputies might choose their successor. She is always an echo of another cat burned by starlight. It is a comfort, sometimes. In others, she begs the spirit who’d saved her life for mercy, for clemency, until she runs out of breath.
(“I’ll find her,” whispers a voice Ivypool had almost forgotten, in dreams she forgets as soon as she wakes. “I’ll walk the skies ceaselessly, I promise you.”
But there is no bringing Bristlefrost back, and a part of Ivypool has died with her.)
When Ivypool wakes, her Clanmates breathe around her, steadying her rabbit-quick heart. Fernsong’s tail wraps snugly around her flank, Thriftear curled only one nest behind, and she does not lose her breath at the way Flipclaw’s dark tabby stripes curl over his spine. She hasn’t in a long time, she knows, but the impulse is there, sharp as ice underneath her ribs.
(She’d once thought his brown tabby pelt a punishment from the stars. She loves her son, would give her life for him, but the feeling that StarClan may have meted some punishment down in the shade of his pelt remains long after he’s received his warrior name.
She’d begged Bramblestar to give him a suffix that was as unassumingly kind and silly as her son always was. Instead he’d given him -claw, as if to remind her of her failings. She is not sorry to see his form slip into the elders’ den, bereft of the nine lives he’d once so jealously hoarded.)
#ivypool#thunderclan#bristlefrost#squirrelflight#squirrelstar#brambleclaw#bramblestar#flipclaw#thriftear#fernsong#waca#warrior cats#wc#wc fic#thunder spoilers#ivypool's heart#i wrote this a while back and then the erins punched me through a brick wall with that super edition announcement#and i have to wonder if they're using 'heart' because they're trying to erase the OTHER 'heart'#which. yeah. yeah.#crazy how that works#work in progress#if they fridged a woman to fridge another woman i'm going to riot
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Mr Bones, what are your opinions on the blurb for the Ivypool Super Edition? I'm disappointed it's another travelling book myself and I'm nervous how they will depict the strange animals mentioned knowing the Erin's track record.
Much as I am known for my Hateposts, I am a Chronic Liker. I am not as hard to please as it may seem, I have VERY low standards.
You know what happens if we get "strange creatures?" BB gets some NEW MAGIC BEASTS
IDK ABOUT YOU BUT IM READY FOR MORE MAGIC BEAFTS.
Soooo keep in mind I have a bit of a bias. I am both an optimist and a scavenger. If there's a cool idea to play with im usually happy lmaoo
Assorted thoughts though;
I also don't like the idea of ANOTHER travel book. Come on man. We had two travel books in the main series, the new content in Riverstar's Hng was all travel, and now ANOTHER one??
Just nuke the lake already if you hate it so much. Why can't they write the battle cats battling or something.
VERY interested in "ancient sins" being corrected. Are we going to get the badger thing addressed??
Or the rats or raccoons SkyClan dealt with?
Or, hell, the beavers?
I'm willing to be a little charitable after the introduction of the Park Cats. I've spoken about how I dislike them as-are, BUT, also spoken about how they're a step in the right direction, y'know?
Park cats are a dissatisfying but GOOD thing. So I'll hear this out.
I'm pretty neutral-positive on Ivypool. I like when girls are mean.
I have no strong feelings on her having a thing with grief. I think it's a good idea and a good plot to explore.
Glad to see that Bristlefrost's death isn't all for the sake of Rootspring though I'll tell you that! So, again, charitability here.
Legitimately interested in what wild shit the new team is going to do with "Strange Creatures." I thought they were going to leave the weird non-cat entities in the transition like Fallout and talking deathclaws.
(And as a talking deathclaw liker...)
MIND YOU I think it will be awful. But if it's funny or interesting in its awfulness I'm game.
My wild hope is that the strange beasts are pine martens. I think that would be cool.
#The name is still awful though... who the hell named this#Ivypool's Heart#You're really gonna pretend like wc fans don't see Someone's Heart and hear kill bill sirens?#Like. Ok#Bone babble
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three cheers for ANOTHER travelling super edition!
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Title: Ivypool's Heart
Arc: Super Edition
Type: cover
Country: North America
Characters: Ivypool
Artist: Owen Richardson
Source: https://warriorcats.com/content/article/ivypool-s-heart-the-details
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Starclan is sending ivypool on this quest as a sorry
We fucked around and got your child killed so heres a quest to clear your head
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So pretty! And so good to see my girl, Ivypool get her own book (even though I am nowhere near up to reading this book)!
But... god, why'd they have to call the book Ivypool's Heart?
Oh, god... that's the title of an old Ivypool/Blossomfall fanfic I had written some years back....
Out of all the titles they could use....
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LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY GIRL
#idc if you don't like ivypool#idc if you're neutral on the new covers#THAT BARELY LOOKS LIKE A CAT ANYMORE#AI GENERATED LOOKIN' ASS#WHY DOES SHE LOOK LIKE THAT#ivypool#erin hunter warriors#warriors erin hunter#warrior cats#wc#ivypool's heart#no hate to the actual artist#poor guy's overworked#but still 😭
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ivypool's heart blurb is WEIRD
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So with Flipclaw leaving for the Tribe to be with Hawk Feather, Plumstone leaving for Shadowclan to be with Gullswoop (and subsequently staying in Skyclan after things get bad for "clan-swappers", and Bristlefrost disappearing, that leaves Thriftear as the sole IvyBlossom baby remaining in Thunderclan. (Eaglewing and Shellfur belong to Fernsong and his husband. Stemleaf belongs to no one, he was found by Lynxpetal's son Deershadow but died before he could properly parent him.)
She would absolutely struggle with this. In WCR, she is the least mature of the 4 siblings, a gossip girl without a lot of friends, she thought her brother and sisters would always be there. Thriftear's virtually alone now, and striving to be the best daughter ever to her parents, Ivypool and Blossomfall, despite their own worries about their daughter.
But to Thriftear, she can't worry them, she can't leave Thunderclan for too long, she needs to be as perfect as her mind demands her to be... She cannot possibly do anything that will risk making her parents upset, lest they remember their grief...
"So Whistlepaw, I like your quest idea, but please drop it."
And with that, I can effectively swap-out the newest Super Edition. Ivypool's Heart will now be Thriftear's Heart, about Thriftear finding out what she truly wants to be, and where she belongs.
#warrior cats#warrior cats rewrite#warriors#wcr#ivypool#ivypool's heart#thriftear#thriftear's heart#plumstone#bristlefrost#flipclaw#blossomfall
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This could be a stretch given how vague about it they're being but. did someone capture Midnight and Rock???? Did Animal Control snatch up the immortal beings with abilities beyond our comprehension????
[Image ID: A screenshot of a section of the blurb for the upcoming book Ivypool's Heart. The text is in italics. It reads "The cats set out on an arduous journey, facing everything from painful hunger to bloodthirsty dogs. But nothing can prepare them for what they find: a disgusting twoleg den that’s caging a series of strange animals, including two who may have surprising ties to the Clans." /End ID]
#i'm still trying to figure out what this is supposed to be about. like is this one person collecting animals or a zoo situation#i get that cats aren't going to know what human things are but it's not fun to read when you don't know what they're trying to describe#but anyway. assuming that the animals aren't new characters our choices are kind of limited#and i can't think of any possiblities other than them#which would be really cool if that was the case!!! we haven't really seen them in a long long while#although i have to wonder how they would have gotten rock out of the tunnels#especially since he's sort of in between life and death and doesn't get seen often#that would make the zoo possiblity more funny though.#yeah this is just a housecat but he's so fucked up and weird that we're making him an exhibit for shits and giggles#ramble aside i hope this is an actually interesting book and not just a nothing burger to get sales because people like ivypool#like i want ivypool's behavior to actually get addressed for once. i want her to actually change and become less of an asshole to her sister#ivypool's heart#warrior cats
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Cover Reveal: Ivypool's Heart
Fan favorite Ivypool takes center stage in Ivypool's Heart—a thrilling, super-long standalone adventure in Erin Hunter’s #1 nationally bestselling Warriors series!
It’s been many moons since Ivypool lost her daughter, Bristlefrost, to the Dark Forest, yet Ivypool can’t bear to move on. Even being named Deputy of ThunderClan feels meaningless in her grief.
When Whistlepaw has a disturbing vision—one that could spell disaster for all the Clans—a group of cats is selected to go on a quest to investigate. Ivypool is happy to join their mission. Perhaps being away from her daily responsibilities will help her escape the painful memory of Bristlefrost’s death.
The cats set out on an arduous journey, facing everything from painful hunger to bloodthirsty dogs. But nothing can prepare them for what they find: a disgusting twoleg den that’s caging a series of strange animals, including two who may have surprising ties to the Clans.
In order to complete their quest and right a terrible wrong that goes back generations, the five Clan cats must help these creatures find their true home. But first, Ivypool must let go of the past, and her grief, if she is to have any hope of ensuring a future for the Clans—and for herself.
Coming September 3rd, 2024.
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sort of spoilers if you don't wanna read the blurb for Ivypool's Heart.
i just read the blurb for ivypool's heart and omg. i thought people were just joking when they said shes gonna meet a frickin lion- (i mean. it might not be true but it sure sounds like this will happen)
imagine if she actually does. that will be amazing. i want this to happen.
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Bones: I have extremely low expectations of the Erins given their previous tomfoolery
Erins: This book is about a mean bitchy girl
Bones, lowering his glasses: A mean bitchy girl-centric book you say?! You’ve captured my attention.
Is it not enough to simply have a mean bitchy girl? Must there be things such as "structure" or "themes"? Does no one else on this planet partake of the delightful ambrosia that is an irascible woman who says funny things?
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Ivypool's heart redraw
(sorta, I didn't even try to do the foreground)
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#ivypool#ivypool's heart#Warriors super edition 17#ivy'pool#warrior cats redraw#ivypool's heart redraw#ivypool fanart#warriors fanart
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