#do i still need to tag tbc spoilers? i mean it came out like 3 years ago

[carnis-insanis]

empty promise, empty apology and empty stomach

[need1etail]

DawnDove anon: sorry for late response. 4th of July was crazy around these parts 😅

I should have added a /lh tag, because I hope my message came off as joking, since that was the intent! I also get why TigerDove shippers like them, but for me...I don't support it myself 😆 they give me icky vibes. I like to personally imagine Dawn survived her murder and went on to become ShadowClan leader. If I had it my way, during the events of Tiger's SE, he would've died at the end (how interesting and tragic would that have been?! such a missed opportunity, since big charries rarely die now, but especially in their own POV, much less SE! since this was before Bristle, we'd only seen it with Gray Wing, I think). Dove would still go on to join ShadowClan, but Dawn would serve as a second parent to the kits and they'd raise them together, sort of how people view Freckle and Maple when Freckle thought Maple was Birch's mate and the father of her kits :D so even if they weren't a thing in OOTS, I like to imagine DawnDove grew to love and care for each other after Tiger's death, and he supports that in StarClan...oh, and that one kit is named Flame 🤓 bc wtf...Birch gets a kit named after him, and Dove wants to be all poetic by naming kits Shadow and Light, but no Flame mention?! Booooo! So I'd love if that was a name, too, since Dawn ALSO didn't name one of her kits Flame. I mean, can I even get an Ember, Scorch, Soot...something for poor Flametail? lolol

I'm so sorry I forgot to reply to this 😭 I kept trying to think about things to say and then it completely slipped my mind. Tbh, I can agree with you when it comes to TigerDove. It's not my cup of tea, but I respect people who ship it, I'm absolutely not the type of person who goes after ships just because I don't like it auidshausd, but I will not argue with people who dislike it, bc I can see where they're coming from. (Also dw, I understood that that was lighthearted <3)

But DAWNPELT DESERVED TO LIVE and to become leader tbh, it just made more sense than a second Tigerstar??? Dawnpelt has a BIG role in this rewrite and possibly TBC if I ever decide to go further with this rewrite (don't get your hopes up, I want to work on other books not just fanfiction asudhasd but it's a good thought.) I would say more about Goldenheart and Dovewing's relationship but I'll save that for the tags for people who don't want spoilers adsadi. TBH I really think that one of Dawnpelt's kits should've been named after Flametail. Unfortunately I already have names figured out for GoldenDove's kits and one could be seen as homage to Flametail but it's not anything like Flame- or Fire- or anything. (i'm gonna be honest i'm not as happy as everyone else about birchkit and rowankit either audshaoisd idek if they needed a second litter uasdaod. And one of the kits should've been named after Dawnpelt and Flametail, maybe even Ivypool or Whitewing).

SORRY for that ramble, I really love the idea of DawnDove, I wish I had thought of it sooner tbh, but GoldenDove is locked in at this point lol, and I'm very excited for Goldenheart's arc with his kits and Dovewing, and I'm hoping you guys do too <3.