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**** From the perspective of a cat, an eclipse is NOT a common event. But let's set aside how long, say, 5-6 years is from their viewpoint, and now consider that the Clans only live in one specific region; and the rough time period between two solar eclipses in the exact same part of the world is, by default, ''decades'' - if it's happened at all in ''recorded history.'' Sufficient time has probably passed since the last solar eclipse over the lake and the forest that, if there were stories passed down about it, they've LONG since faded out of knowledge.
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* How did the cats not know about eclipses??? Or that the sun will just come back on its own? Had they somehow never witnessed one before Sol showed up, despite their society having existed for apparently over a hundred years?
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*** How did the cats not know about eclipses??? Or that the sun will just come back? Had they somehow never witnessed one before Sol showed up, despite their society having existed for apparently over a hundred years? Shouldn't they have oral history about , or pre-existing mythical explanation for, a phenomenon their society should logically have witnessed at least once or twice in their past?
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* How did the cats not know about eclipses??? Or that the sun will just come back on its own? Had they somehow never witnessed one before Sol showed up, despite their society having existed for apparently over a hundred years?
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** It absolutely does. In fact, this is explicitly the reason that Frecklewish was sent to the Dark Forest after she died. Were it not for her fierce condemnation of Mapleshade and her kits, they might have been shown mercy by Oakstar. Frecklewish was also there when the kits drowned, and not only didn't try to save them, but ''watched'' while it happened. She did not get away with this; Kate confirmed that she was rejected by StarClan after Mapleshade killed her. It also bears mentioning that there's an (albeit minor) fan theory that their treatment of Mapleshade led to StarClan causing the Great Dying that happened some seasons later and killed half the clan.
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** It absolutely does. In fact, this is explicitly the reason that Frecklewish was sent to the Dark Forest after she died. Were it not for her fierce condemnation of Mapleshade and her kits, they might have been shown mercy by Oakstar. Frecklewish was also there when the kits drowned, and not only didn't try to save them, but ''watched'' while it happened. She did not get away with this; Kate confirmed that she was rejected by StarClan [=StarClan=] after Mapleshade killed her. It also bears mentioning that there's an (albeit minor) fan theory that their treatment of Mapleshade led to StarClan [=StarClan=] causing the Great Dying that happened some seasons later and killed half the clan.
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** It absolutely does. In fact, this is explicitly the reason that Frecklewish was sent to the Dark Forest after she died. Were it not for her fierce condemnation of Mapleshade and her kits, they might have been shown mercy by Oakstar. Frecklewish was also there when the kits drowned, and not only didn't try to save them, but ''watched'' while it happened. She did not get away with this; Kate confirmed that she was rejected by StarClan after Mapleshade killed her. It also bears mentioning that there's an (albeit minor) fan theory that their treatment of Mapleshade led to StarClan causing the Great Dying that happened some seasons later and killed half the clan.
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* In ''Mapleshade's Vengeance'', the whole of [=ThunderClan=] seemed to disregard the code stating that "no kit shall be put into danger nor neglected while in danger" given that they banished Mapleshade AND her litter after Mapleshade's rendezvous with Appledusk was revealed. I guess it ''could'' be argued that the reason Mapleshade was exiled could be that punishments were harsher in her time, but the rule about kits being protected at all costs was absolutely implanted into the Clans' culture by then. Doesn't this mean that the whole of [=ThunderClan=] kinda plays just as much a role in Petalkit, Larchkit, and Patchkit's deaths as their mother does when she had them try to cross the river?
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** It's probably a matter of self-defense more than anything. Claws and teeth aren't any less sharp just because their owner is young. Forgive me for suggesting the comparison, but child soldiery isn't unknown in our own world...
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** Most likely, if someone hasn't come along and thrown it away, it just got buried in the dirt. As for Smudge, we don't know, there hasn't been a story on that front. He was mentioned in ''Graystripe's Vow'', but frankly it was in the way that one remembers a myth or a legend. Remember, he was already fully grown in ''Into the Wild'' - if he is still alive, he is ''incredibly'' old. Like, nearing twenty as of the seventh arc. Possible, especially since he lives a comfy life, but he is ''not'' going to be reuniting with anyone on his own accord.
