#warrior cats Tallstar’s revenge

[d1gitalwitch]

tallstars revenge

[pdqsketch]

I read this fic done by @tallstars-rewrite and was overcome by emotion and blacked out. When I came to a week later, this was in my files.

The link to the fic is HERE. Please read it it’s so good.

[niftysenpai]

Tallkit and Barkkit

Done as an 'Intermission piece' which shows up for less than a second, so it's very messy and simple.

[spideyrefs]

Shrewclaw!! His pose turned out really cute

[titanus-jormangandr]

special day for bi people (me)

[marmosetpaw]

[bonefall]

whats your take on the “palebird not caring about talltail leaving” scene? i always thought it was WEIRD, like yes she was a little distant because she was blatantly depressed, but not to the point where she would straight up not care about her first son leaving potentially forever?? it feels like one of those scenes the writers put in to make the The Woman look bad so the Bad Dad isnt aaaasssss bad.

I feel like many of my problems with it come from the end of TR being a mess. It sets up a ton of plot threads and either goes somewhere strange with them or drops them completely.

Palebird's is one of the ones that just gets dropped.

On one hand, I'm glad that Palebird isn't demonized, but they don't seem to know what to do with her. She's cold towards Tallkit and increasingly short and snippy as he gets older, reacts in a way that's pointed out as aloof and uncaring when he leaves and when he comes back, and Talltail takes it like betrayal when she moves on with a new mate... and then they just don't really have a thesis for that.

In the end, Talltail never stops and teases out his feelings on her, they never show a conversation where some characters talk about why she acts that way, Tallkit's upbringing isn't contrasted with his halfsib's upbringings... their last talk is actually about Shrewclaw and the kits his wife's going to give birth to. Talltail's BULLY.

This book that shows an abusive father and a nasty little jackass redeems both of these boys, making a sharp 180 to say they Weren't So Bad, but has barely any interest in Palebird. When she gives Tallstar one of his 9 lives, it's laughably short;

That's it. That's the resolution. She doesn't even act happy to see him return, they have a conversation about Talltail's bully, and then after she's dead he's like, "I'll never doubt she loves me ever again."

Like, ok? All right?? Did we just miss the falling action or did Ms. Hunter not feel like it that day?

In general I have so many feelings about Tallstar's Revenge... I can't say I HATE it because it is fun to read, and I like a lot of the things it lays down, but I can't LOVE it for how every step forward it feel like 2 steps back. And the differences in the narrative's sympathy towards Sandgorse (emotionally abusive and committing child endangerment because his son is disappointing him) vs his wife Palebird (completely unsupported while displaying a near textbook case of PPD) are like a tiny little microcosm of the problems in WC.

Sandgorse gets a whole journey dedicated towards finding out he was actually a hero who gave his life saving Sparrow, abuse forgotten, but Palebird... exists, and Talltail's mad she had new kids until he's suddenly not.

So in a nutshell, my take is that this soup is bland and watery. Look at all these complicated potential feelings they just cast out the window so they can talk about Shrewclaw the Bully and his Very Sad Death.

There's much better individual examples of how the narrative tends to treat their male and female characters (which is why I compare Sparkpelt and Crookedstar more than I compare Crookedstar and Palebird), but Palebird's a good place to talk about the pervasive disinterest that WC has in its girls. And how much of a waste it is.

[hexxo707]

[reddd-robin]

my tallstar and jake designs :3 i like the idea of jake being a lighter ginger cat and having squilf take after him a lot

[wingnettle]

Tallstar and Jake - Starclan reunion

Visit me on Toyhouse for commissions! https://toyhou.se/wingnettle

[somerandomicthings]

Warrior cursed cats

Nothing to say here. Cats in order: Jayfeather, Tallstar, Breezepelt

[warriors-official-russian-art]

Wrenkit, Flykit and Talltail

"Tallstar's Revenge"

[rookflower]

hiiiii can i get a uuuuhhh palebird?

design based on a northern lapwing!

[dawnmist-riverclan]

It’s been a while since I posted anything, but I have been drawing! Here’s some TallJake I drew after re-reading Tallstar’s Revenge

[wolfa-battlecats-designs]

Her death was kinda painful to read 💔

Normal design -> animation friendly -> younger

[theo-caine]

Messy TallJake sketch to start 2024!