Is Spottedleaf still going to die/be forced into the reincarnation cycle early during the Great Battle?
I had an idea recently!!
Flametail is going to get stuck in the Dark Forest after his death, to shut him up and stop him from revealing the secret. I need to get him out SOMEHOW, right? I'm going to send in Spotty.
I think that's a really good way to send her off without it being too convoluted. If she died in the Battle of the True Eclipse, it would get overshadowed by all the action and I wouldn't give her a good enough sendoff. But going into the Dark Forest to save someone? That's a very Spotty thing to do.
So what I'm probably going to do is have her go in to save Flametail, manage to get him free, but get taken out before she can take him to StarClan itself. He'll hide until the Battle of the True Eclipse so he can join in, bypassing a slot on Jayfeather's special summoning.
But... yes, I want Spotty to fade in this arc. She's not afraid of death, she's the one who's always eager to see the next stage of existence. I want to keep her fading aligned with canon, just in case they end up doing something with all those Double Dead spirits that I get to redux. I couldn't leave BB!Spotty out of that.
