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#the subsequent knowledge that he isn't the BIG antagonist
maverickmongrel · 2 years
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the erins did longtail so dirty 😮‍💨
#wc#warrior cats#his setup in the first book as rusty's first antagonist#the subsequent knowledge that he isn't the BIG antagonist#but he's allied himself with the big baddie#the following books where fireheart tries to figure how just how much tigerclaw's goons actually know about his crimes#longtail showing that he is in fact a loyal warrior when he saves fireheart from the creek#the tension btwn them after tigerclaw is exiled#longtail blaming fireheart for swiftpaw being overlooked#and his subsequent death#fireheart not trusting longtail when he goes to him with info about tigerstar's whereabouts#and then it's dropped#it's just#gone#the conclusion to their relationship is firestar giving fernpaw to him after darkstripe takes off#i am so invested in this friendship that should've happened#because it is better written than any other attempt at an enemies to friends/lovers that the erins have ever tried to write purposefully#the evolution of their relationship is so natural and it's set up so well#and it honestly feels like the erins weren't even trying to write this complex and organic relationship#it feels like it happened on accident with the way longtail is completely snubbed in the darkest hour#in a more purposeful story... i feel there would written contrast btwn graystripe and longtail#btwn firestar's friend who abandoned two clans back to back#who was still very much in hot water by the end of the darkest hour and should NOT have been made deputy#and firestar's friend#(''friend'' here being if the longfire relationship was actually purposefully written to end in them being friends)#firestar's friend who chose his clan in the face of tigerclaw's exile#who chose his clan despite the subsequent backlash by his clanmates and leader and deputy for being a follower of tigerclaw#who despite their antagonistic beginnings and the suspicions and blame set btwn them still grew to accept and respect fireheart#like HOW did you write such a good relationship with no plans on giving it a satisfying conclusion?#HOW did u write such a good parallel btwn graystripe & longtail's respective commitments to thunderclan/fireheart specifically ON ACCIDENT
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