History Blog / BetterBonesAU

** Hollytuft and Larksong are fused into one character, Hollylark, who has Hollytuft's lineage as a Firestar descendant and Cinderheart's kit, and Larksong's romance with Sparkpelt. This allows Nightheart to be related to Firestar despite Sparkpelt no longer being related to Squirrelflgiht.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: The rewrite also autistic cats like Yellowfang and many of her direct descendants, Bluestar, Scourge and Mothwing. Squirrelflight has ADHD, Cindeheart, Squirrelflight, and Breezepelt have borderline personality disorder, Sorreltail has epilepsy, Dovewing is deaf after [[BroughtDownToNormal losing her powers]], Whitewing and Stonewing are also deaf, Bumble has dyspraxia, and Thunder Storm (Thunder) is missing a leg.

* MoralityPet: Russetfur acts as this to Blackstar as well as a MoralityChain, with Blackstar being inspired to be a better cat because of her.

** Leafpool and Crowfeather still run away together, but Leafpool isn't obsessed with Crowfeather after their breakup as she is in canon, and never tries to name her kit after him.

* AProtagonistShallRuleThem: In addition to Firestar and the various leaders who star as protagonists of super editions portraying their rise to power in canon, there is also Flowerstar, who is the protagonist of ''Riverstar's Heir'' and ends up becoming leader at the end of the book's SuccessionCrisis, bringing peace to [=RiverClan=].

** Several names get changed due to OneSteveLimit - Tigerheart's leader name is now Heartstar, Cloudberry (the [=ThunderClan=] cleric who preceded Goosefeather) is Cloudbelly, Frecklewish (the [=SkyClan=] cleric) is Frecklewing, Rainfur (the [=SkyClan=] warrior) is Rainbloom, Mudclaw (Lizardstripe's mate in [=ShadowClan=]) is now Mudfoot, Applefur from Tigerclaw's Fury is now Appledapple, Darkstar (the originator of the "leader's word is the Code" law is now Dalestar, Molewhisker from Code of the Clans is now Moletooth, Snaketooth from Code of the Clans is now Snakestream, Shimmerpelt the modern-day warrior is now Shimmerbright, Shadepelt who first appears in ''A Vision of Shadows'' is now Shademuzzle, Emberdawn from ''Leopardstar's Honor'' is now Emberdusk, Mintfur from [=RiverClan=] is now Mintflower, the modern [=ShadowClan=] Flowerstem is now Flowerscar, Seedpelt from ''Mapleshade's Vengeance'' is now Seedwhisker, Seedpelt from ''Pinestar's Choice'' is now Seedfall, the [=ThunderClan=] Oatwhisker is now Oatmeal, and [=ThunderClan=] Beechfur is now Beechfeather.

** Mossfire and Jumpfoot do this as in canon, though the circumstances are different; during a battle between all the Clans except [=ShadowClan=] to determine the next [=RiverClan=] leader (the two are [=RiverClan=] cats and not [=ShadowClan=] ones in this AU), they fight in the river and their crowns get tangled in each other, leading to them both drowning.

** The cats of Dawn of the Clans now have a name scheme using last names, where the second part of their name is inherited from one of their parents. To keep this consistent, Quiet Rain is now Quiet Wing so as to give her name to Gray Wing, Fluttering Bird is now Fluttering Wing, and Quiet Rain's second mate Stone Song is now Stone Peak to give his name to Jagged Peak (Clear Sky's father is an unnamed cat who died before the arc starts). Thunder is now Thunder Storm after his mother, who is named Bright Storm as a composite character between Bright Stream and Storm. Silver Stripe and White Tail are now Sun Shadow's kits so they are now Silver Shadow and White Shadow. Lightning Tail is now Lightning Cry after his father, likewise Falling Feather is Falling Cry to match with her brother. Shaded Moss is now Shaded Flower to match with his daughter. Acorn Fur is now Acorn Swoop to match with Hawk Swoop. Turtle Tail, Dappled Pelt, and Sparrow Fur are now Turtle Heart, Dappled Heart and Sparrow Heart to match with Pebble Heart (Owl Eyes starts out as Owl Heart but gains his name as an honor title from learning to hunt from an owl). Shattered Ice is now Shattered Frost, matching with Frost.

* MutualKill: Applefur and Marshwing siblings on opposite sides of the Dark Forest battle, kill each other during the battle's second wave.

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Redtail and Spottedleaf are now Rosetail's kits instead of Adderfang and Swiftbreeze's. Instead of being Robinwing and Fuzzypelt's kit, Frostfur is the biological daughter of Featherwhisker adopted by Stonepelt and Weedwhisker. Sandstorm and Longtail are siblings and the kits of Redtail and Runningwind. Swiftpaw is Tigerstar's son. Dovewing and Ivypool are Lionblaze and Cinderheart's children (biologically Jayfeather and Poppyfrost's and adopted by them) instead of Whitewing and Birchall's. Sparkpelt and Alderheart are Jessy's kits instead of Squirrelflight's. Onestar no longer has siblings. Graystripe and Darkstripe are Dappletail's kits instead of Willowpelt's. Marigoldkit and Mintkit are Rowanberry's kits instead of Brightflower's. Littlecloud and Rowanclaw are brothers and are Brokenstar's kits. Pebble Heart, Sparrow Fur (now Sparrow Heart) and Owl Eyes are still Turtle Heart (Turtle Tail) and Tom's biological kits, though Bumble is now also their adoptive mother and Turtle Heart's mate. Hollyleaf, now called Fallenleaf after her ordeal in the tunnels, is now Snaptooth, Flywhisker, and [[CompositeCharacter Hollylark's]] other mother. Rainflower is now the grandchild of Appledusk instead of Shellheart (making Crookedstar still his great grandson), with Duskwater as the kit of Appledusk and Reedshine who becomes Rainflower's mother. Silver Stripe and White Tail are now Sun Shadow's kits instead of Gray Wing and Slate's (Black Ear is now in Rainswept Flower's family). Graystripe is actually Fang/Honeysuckle's father, though neither of them know it. Sparrowpelt and Sandynose are siblings. Quailfeather, Birdwing and Finleap are kits of Sandynose and Egg. Voletooth is the father of Mintfur's kittens. Cherrytail's kits are biologically Echosong's instead (Cherrytail is spayed), though Echosong is still not involved in raising them at all and is just a surrogate. Rockshade is the father of Plumwillow's kittens (which no longer includes Finleap). Rainstorm and Rippletail are the kits of Swallowtail and Rainwhisker. Shell Claw is Acorn Swoop (Acorn Fur) and Red Claw's kit instead of Thunder and Violet Dawn's. Appledapple (a renamed Applefur from Tigerclaw's Fury) is now Snowbird and Ratscar's mother. Aspentail is Darkstar's sister and Perchshine (Perchpaw) is her kit with Splashheart. Greenflower and Duckfur (a WordOfGod-given "missing kit" who here lives to become a warrior) are siblings. She is mates with Sedgecreek and Swallowtail is their daughter (the biological kit of Greenflower and honor sire Loudbelly). Swansong (Graypool and Rippleclaw's son) is now Mosspelt's mate instead of Frogleap and the father of her kits, which include Stonestream in addition to Mosspelt's canon offspring Dawnflower and Willowshine. Stonestream in turn is the father of Mossyfoot and Troutstream. Shadepelt is the mother of Pouncetail and Graymist. Gullswoop is the daughter of Ivytail and Darktail instead of Snowbird and Scorchfur, and Ivytail herself is the daughter of Fernshade and Wolfstep. While Shinecloud is still Birchface and Frecklewish's mother as per WordOfGod, Beetail is their father instead of Oakstar, and Flowerpot and Nettlebreeze are their half-siblings (Beetail's kits but not Shinecloud's). Squirrelwhisker is Beetail's sister. Seedpelt (''Pinestar's Choice'') is now named Seedfall and is Adderfang's sister.

* Falls somewhere in the middle, but leans towards idealism, noticeably more so than [[Literature/WarriorCats the books it is based on.]] Many idealists end up as [[DoomedMoralVictor Doomed Moral Victors]] (Deerfoot, Larkstripe and Ripplestar)), falling prey to people who want to manipulate their goals for cynical ends (Sleekwhisker and the rest of the [=ShadowClan=] rebels) or suffering for their determination to change things until they completely break (Bluestar), but others like Firestar transform their society for the better in a way that sticks, even if they get eventually killed for it and the cruel mindsets they thought keep resurfacing as threats over and over again, unlike in the canon series where the thread of changing the system largely seems to be dropped. [[RousseauWasRight No one is inherently evil]], unlike what is implied in canon, groups of foreigners can be negotiated with rather than canon's use of invading hordes that can't be reasoned with, and many characters change for the better, but it is also shown that some cats are BeyondRedemption because they choose not to change and trying to redeem them will only lead to heartbreak. Supernatural threats are often too powerful to be beaten, leading to [[TheBadGuyWins the bad guy winning]] or [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu sacrifices for a temporary victory.]] Characters perform awesome and sometimes self-sacrificial acts of heroism that generally matter and achieve their intended goals. HonorBeforeReason can sometimes pay off, but sometimes ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer. The resident WideEyedIdealist, Tallstar, is not naive because of thinking he could improve the world but naive for not going ''far enough'' outside of his ingrained cultural mindset to make lasting change. The overall message is that cultures constantly change, whether for the better or for the worse.

* DisabledInTheAdaptation: The rewrite also autistic cats like Yellowfang and many of her direct descendants, Bluestar, Scourge and Mothwing. Squirrelflight has ADHD, Cindeheart, Squirrelflight, and Breezepelt have borderline personality disorder, Sorreltail has epilepsy, Dovewing is deaf after [[BroughtDownToNormal losing her powers]], Whitewing is also deaf, Bumble has dyspraxia, and Thunder Storm (Thunder) is missing a leg.

* RebelliousRebel: Tall Shadow breaks off from [=SkyClan=] with a good portion of the Clan due to anger at Clear Sky's actions of kicking out cats for their disabilities, and Thunder Storm in turn decides to break off and create a new Clan because Tall Shadow not taking Bumble into the group after Turtle Heart's death due to being a house cat incapable of fighting makes Thunder Storm see her as no different from Clear Sky.