Line #43 Recap/WarriorCatsTheSight


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3	''The Sight'' is the first book in the third ''Literature/WarriorCats'' series, ''[[Literature/WarriorCatsPowerOfThree Power of Three]]'', taking place roughly six moons after ''[[Recap/WarriorCatsSunset Sunset]]''.
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9	!!Tropes appearing in this book:
10	* AdventuresInComaland: When Poppypaw is sick with greencough, she has a dream about being in [=StarClan=]'s forest. Jaypaw is also there, because of his ability to walk in dreams, and he stops her from dying.
11	* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Jaypaw has to become a medicine cat apprentice for this reason.
12	* TheBusCameBack: Graystripe was captured by Twolegs early in the third book of the second series and ultimately presumed dead or permanently lost by his Clanmates. In this book - taking place half a year after the second series ended - he returned, having escaped and found the Clans in their new home.
13	* BusCrash: In this book we learn that Rainwhisker was killed in between books by a falling branch.
14	* DontYouDarePityMe: Jaypaw (also his BerserkButton). Also don't be too nice to him, or he'll think you're pitying him. And don't mention his blindness, but then again, [[HairTriggerTemper don't seem like you're trying to avoid it, either]].
15	* DramaticIrony: Jaypaw is unable to understand why Leafpool and Crowfeather act so weird around each other, but any reader who has read the second series would know that what he is detecting is pure UnresolvedSexualTension. [[spoiler:And they also would probably have guessed that the two are his real parents.]]
16	* DreamCrushingHandicap: Jaypaw just wants to be a great warrior, and won't listen when other cats tell him that he can't because of his blindness. He does get the chance to train as a warrior apprentice, but when a patrol he's on gets into a fight and he's easily beaten by an enemy apprentice because he can't make sense of what's going on, he has to come to terms with the fact that he'll never be a warrior. He ends up becoming a medicine cat instead.
17	* DreamIntro: The prologue is Firestar having a flashback dream of being told the "there will be three, kin of your kin" prophecy.
18	* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Rainwhisker was killed by a falling tree branch. ''In between books''.
19	* EnsembleCast: The ''Power of Three'' arc features three protagonists: Jaypaw, Hollypaw, and Lionpaw.
20	* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When Graystripe returns, one of the apprentices comments that they expected him to be bigger.
21	* HeroicLineage: The blurb describes Lionpaw, Hollypaw, and Jaypaw as "children of Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw, two of the noblest [=ThunderClan=] warriors, and grandchildren of the great leader Firestar himself".
22	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: It is mentioned that Molepaw died some time before the events of the book due to an illness that wouldn't respond to herbs.
23	* InsultBackfire: Blackstar starts going on and on about how generous [=ThunderClan=] was to give up a piece of territory, and how much good use [=ShadowClan=] has been getting out of it as a hunting ground, using the concession as an opportunity to mock [=ThunderClan=] for weakness. Firestar, who had simply not thought the piece of territory important enough to fight for, responds: "I am pleased to hear that you are getting so much out of a piece of land prey-poor by [=ThunderClan=] standards." Blackstar is not amused.
24	* KidHero: The three main characters are about six moons old - the Clan cats' equivalent of somewhere between 10 and teenage - at the start of this book.
25	* KilledOffscreen: It's mentioned toward the start of the book that Rainwhisker died some time between ''Sunset'' and ''The Sight'' due to a falling branch, and that Molepaw died to illness.
26	* LivingLegend: Graystripe has become this by the time of this book, as he was the [=ThunderClan=] deputy who played a part in helping save all the Clans through his life, and as far as the Clans knew, sacrificed himself to save others from capture by Twolegs. When he finds his way back to the Clans, Hollypaw is amazed at how all four Clans welcome him home with equal warmth. When everyone's crowding around him and Leafpool tells them to give him space, Hazelpaw even protests, "But he's a legend!"
27	* MonsterIsAMommy: Foxes are normally a danger to Clan cats. [=ThunderClan=] finds a dead one in a trap in this book, and they know by its milk-scent that it must have cubs. They're determined to chase away or kill the cubs so that they don't become a bigger problem when they grow up.
28	* NewSeasonNewName: This arc has the subtitle ''Power of Three''.
29	* NoAntagonist: ''The Sight'' is mainly about the conflict between the Clans and doesn't have a driving enemy behind it, unlike the other books.
30	* PersonalRaincloud: Discussed:
31	-->'''Leafpool''' (to Jaypaw): You drift around the camp like a little dark cloud looking for someone to rain on.
32	* PosthumousSibling: Dustpelt and Ferncloud have had several litters of kits. Shrewpaw from their first litter and Larchkit and Hollykit of their second litter are dead by the time that Icekit and Foxkit are born.
33	* TheProphecy: ''There will be three, kin of your kin, who hold the power of the stars in their paws'' - about three relatives of the character the prophecy is made to, and the fact that they are each born with a supernatural power.
34	* ProphetEyes: Although Jayfeather is described with having rather normal eyes, he's depicted this way on the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warriors/images/e/ec/PO3-1-RR.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150120070333 2015 reprinted cover]], as well as the [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warriors/images/9/93/PO3-1-RU.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20080728202438 Russian]], [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warriors/images/b/b8/PO3-1-JA.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20111227220230 Japanese]], and [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/warriors/images/9/94/PO3-1-PL.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20191220121123 Polish]] covers.
35	* RoleSwapPlot: Jaypaw is determined to become a warrior, while Hollypaw wants to be an important member of the Clan and starts training as a medicine cat. Partway through the book, Jaypaw accepts that his blindness is too much of a disability to hunt or fight and that he has a special connection with [[DeadPersonConversation StarClan]], while Hollypaw struggles with healing and realizes that she longs to be a warrior, so they end up being allowed to swap roles.
36	* RuleOfThree: The ''third'' series, ''Power of Three'', with ''three'' protagonists.
37	* ScarsAreForever: Lionpaw removes his dressings early so that he'll have scars to show off.
38	* ScavengerHunt: Icekit and Foxkit are disappointed that they're too young to participate in the apprentice competitions, so their mother Ferncloud sets a scavenger hunt for them: they have to bring back a beetle, some moss, and a fly.
39	* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: The kits rationalize sneaking out to attack the fox cubs by saying that they're just trying to help the Clan.
40	* SeeingThroughAnothersEyes: Jaypaw unintentionally sees through his brother Lionpaw's eyes while he and Breezepaw are having a hunting contest, and the ground collapses under him, burying Lionpaw and Breezepaw alive. Thanks to Jaypaw seeing this, he is able to get help and save their lives.
41	* SeriesContinuityError:
42	** Heavystep died in ''Sunset'', but remains in the Allegiances of ''The Sight'' and later books. The reprints correct this.
43	** In ''Sunset'', Ripplepaw of [=RiverClan=] was a silver she-cat. In The Sight and beyond, Rippletail is a dark gray tom.
44	** Stonestream is already an elder in this book, even though he just became a warrior in ''Twilight''. No mention is made of him having any injuries to retire early.
45	** The tree-bridge to the Gathering island is described with the top of the tree and its branches on the island. This is backward from how the tree fell in ''Starlight'' from the island to the mainland.
46	* SharedUnusualTrait: Hollypaw notes that Cinderpaw always flicks her paw a certain way when grooming herself. She notices Leafpool staring at Cinderpaw, and Leafpool comments that Cinderpelt used to flick her paw like that. Cinderpaw is a reincarnation of Cinderpelt, and while the reader already knows this from ''Sunset'', it's one of the first times the characters see the resemblance between the two.
47	* SpinOffspring: ''Power of Three'' is about the kits of two of the heroes from ''The New Prophecy''.
48	* StealthInsult: "I am pleased to hear that you are getting so much use out of a piece of land prey-poor by [=ThunderClan=] standards."
49	* StrangerInAFamiliarLand: Happens to Graystripe when he finds the Clans again. In addition to getting used to the new territory, he has to adjust to simply being around so many cats and living in a Clan again.
50	* SwitchingPOV: Hollypaw, Jaypaw, and Lionpaw.
51	* TechnicolorEyes: Heatherpaw is named for her eyes, which one character comments are the color of heather. While the authors did have purple eyes in mind, this was changed to blue in later books since cats can't actually have purple eyes (unless possibly albino, which Heatherpaw is not.)
52	* TheTheTitleConfusion: The third series is called ''Power of Three''. Officially, there is no "the"; however, fans usually add the "the", which around release gave this story arc the nickname "Teapot" (The Power of Three = [=TPoT=] = Teapot.)
53	* TimeSkip: There has been a six-moon gap since ''Sunset''.
54	* TomatoSurprise: It takes until the end of the 3rd chapter or so to reveal that one of the new main characters, Jaykit, is blind. His narration never mentions what anything ''looks'' like, aside from when he's dreaming, but most readers don't pick that up.
55	* TreacheryCoverUp: It's hard to judge whether or not they did this for Hawkfrost. They did cover up the fact that Brambleclaw killed him, but there is conflicting evidence on whether or not they covered up why he was killed. In ''The Sight'', some warriors have a conversation about the mysterious circumstances of his death, and say that his Clanmates mourned him, and [=RiverClan=] seems relatively ignorant of his treachery in other books, which would suggest he did get a cover-up. But then in ''After Sunset: We Need To Talk'', Cloudtail says to a [=WindClan=] patrol that Hawkfrost tried to kill Firestar, which suggests everyone knows about it.
56	* WhatBeautifulEyes: Lionpaw takes special note of Heatherpaw's very pretty "heather-colored" eyes: he can't help but stare the first time they meet, and later on when he thinks about her he remembers her eyes.
57	* WrongLineOfWork: Jaypaw starts training as a warrior and Hollypaw starts as a medicine cat apprentice, but they come to realize that they'd be better at the opposite job and come to Firestar nearly at the exact same time to request to change.

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