Well, just finished the wedding we went to Disneyland for (my GOD, how boring can an hour-long reception+wedding be?!), so to continue the trend of misery and terrible times, here's another chapter!
Chapter EighteenUm...Tigerclaw, I'm not sure you're aware, bUT
EVERYONE IS RIGHT THERE WATCHING YOUWHY ARE YOU BEING SO OBVIOUSLY VILLAINOUS RIGHT WHERE EVERYONE CAN SEE YOU, RIGHT WHEN YOU JUST BECAME DEPUTY
FOR GODS SAKE, FIREPAW IS RIGHT THERE YOU IDIOT
WHY ARE YOU SO COMPLETELY STUPID AND OBVIOUSGeez...
And with that out of the way, we bid a final farewell to the most useless deputy ever and he gets carted off by the elders to get buried. I just remembered that the elders are the ones with the duty to bury the dead, and ain't that grimly ironic! That's almost a constant reminder of "hey, guess who shoulda died by now and didn't~?"
Tigerclaw immediately uses his authority and orders two cats to stand as bodyguards for the leader, since she's on her fifth life. Dude, she has four lives left.
Four. I'm pretty certain she doesn't need any bodyguards to look after her, even if she wasn't a competent fighter. And why doesn't anyone counter his demands by saying, "Hey, remember how ShadowClan
just attacked us and killed our deputy? And remember Bluestar saying that everyone needs to be working? Why are you wasting two warriors just to protect someone who doesn't need protection? In fact, aren't
you the one who needs protection? You don't have extra lives."
And somehow Bluestar doesn't protest against this either. What, is she too scared of dying again to argue back against this clear waste of time and effort? Did the script forget that she's a leader for a second?
However, one good thing to happen is that Bluestar invites Yellowfang to join the Clan, and Yellowfang accepts gladly. Firepaw's delighted, of course, and it's right about now that I'm really missing their interactions. We've gone on too long without it, really. And since it's the best part of the whole series, they should keep-
Hold on. How long ago did Yellowfang get found and brought to the Clan?
About half a week before the Gathering, which was two days ago...she's been in the Clan for less than a week, and they're already offering her a spot in the ranks? Just because she protected the kits that needed to be protected? Even though she hasn't done anything other than eat food and snark at Firepaw (granted, I would allow her in just for that)? That's...odd. Didn't she say earlier that she's not willing to give up her old Clan's secrets, and that she still feels some loyalty towards them?
Well, whatever. It's no use asking for common sense here.
Because guess what happens next?
So you're telling me that not only does Tigerclaw
immediately get to lord around his position and bark orders without having to even ASK Bluestar if that's okay, but he's very obviously targeting an already neurotic and terrified apprentice for months on end and trying to rally everyone against him, and not only does nobody protest this, but later on, they all just
buy it, no questions asked. And Ravenpaw still has not tried to defend himself once, or tell someone the truth, or say that he WAS AT THE MOONSTONE WHEN SHADOWCLAN DECIDED TO ATTACK,
OR THAT THERE'S A SHADOWCLAN CAT IN THE CAMP RIGHT NOW WHO WOULD BE MORE RELIABLE FOR NEWS. Why am I re-reading this series, again? Did I somehow think that exposing myself to this level of radioactive stupid would be a good idea?
Anyway, Firepaw and Yellowfang talk a little bit, and Yellowfang mentions that Brokenstar could "make you believe a mouse was a rabbit if he set his mind to it", which begs the question of why he was so blatantly evil at the Gathering, but whatever. They joke about Runningnose (again, what an incredibly cruel name), and Firepaw leaves to go roll in some garlic before Darkstripe suddenly hisses at him to stay in camp, due to the order that no one leaves. Pardon me, but when was this order given? There was about a minute long span of Firepaw talking to Yellowfang - wouldn't he have heard that order?
Okay, two things. One, Yellowfang is now part of the Clan. She can give him orders if she wants. Two, Dirtstripe is actually pretty funny. I'll give it a pass.
So Firepaw sneaks out and happens to overhear Tigerclaw making up bullcrap about Ravenpaw disappearing during the journey to the Moonstone.
Look, Tigerclaw, I know you're almost as incompetent as Lionheart
(too soon?), but this is just a whole other level of dumb. Not only could Firepaw, Graypaw,
and Bluestar vouch that Ravenpaw was there the whole time, but the fact that you're so clearly switching around emotionally and so blatantly lying (even if it is to the one cat who's obsessed with you) is screwing you over right from the start.
Or, maybe people have seen that he's extremely abusive to Ravenpaw, and would immediately see that something very, very wrong is going on here. Maybe even recognize that he's a pretty rude individual, no matter how great of a warrior he is, and an aggressive cat who's been vying for power quite a lot recently, and something might be up.
Oh my god there's still seven more chapters of this.Up next: Chapter Nineteen. ***I'm being sarcastic, Bluestar is a complete and total moron. But we'll talk more about that later.
