So what is Sparkpelt's relationship with Firestar going to be in BB rewrite since she isn't going to be Firestar but female? I'm assuming she's going to be completely different looking from cannon Sparkpelt too.
[ID: Better Bones AU's version of Sparkpelt. She is an auburn tigerclone with jagged stripes, a cream beard and mane, and raptor claws.]
BB!Sparkpelt is so different it'll make your head spin. GoodBYE Fireclone Sparkpelt, HELLO Tigerclone Sparkpelt
Also I decided that the KEY Tigerkin Family Trait is going to be raptor claws. A large index claw, and pointed talons on the back toe. They also tend to be large, tiger-themed, and have 'beards.' It's sometimes remarked that they bear a similarity to Thunderstar!
BIGGEST CHANGE, which I think is pretty well known by now, is that Sparkpelt is NOT Squirrelflight's child. Her mom was Jessy, from a brief relationship that ended in a brutal cat divorce. Squilf remains infertile, she cannot have children.
Instead, they are Mentor and Apprentice. Just as close as a parent and child.
Below the cut: Sparkpelt in,
Bramblestar's Thorns
Squirrelflight's Horror
BB!TBC and ASC setup
Bramblestar's Thorns: The AVoS-era replacement for the loss of Alderheart as a POV in that arc. Sparkpelt gets a POV alongside her brother covering her early life.
Her mother Jessy is a genius inventor. She joined during the SE, ThunderClan's Tempest, along with Fernsong and Stormcloud. Her name was briefly Sweetbright.
She had a massive fight with Brambleclaw shortly after having their children, which escalated and she wasn't willing to stay if he was going to treat her like that.
Alder was taken back to twolegplace. Bramblestar kept Sparkkit.
Spark loves her dad but...
He is an emotionally abusive person. Your relationship with a person like that is always unstable.
"He's not always like this." She wants him to be better, she blames herself for upsetting him, she loves him, he makes her feel like dirt, she doesn't want to be near him, she feels bad enforcing boundaries...
To give Bramblestar credit where it's due, however, he taught her very well about their family legacy. From Tigerstar all the way back to Oakstar, that they have a long line of pride and ambition.
Firestar, in these stories, was presented as someone who saved them from disgrace. By opposing Tigerstar and giving Brambleclaw power, he was a hero to them as well.
She's named after him, too. Firestar was Bramblestar's beloved mentor.
This pressure of legacy was something shared by her childhood best friend, Hollykit, child of Fallenleaf and Cinderheart.
Spark had her issues growing up, and resented Jessy massively for leaving her and taking her brother. When Alder came back because of his visions, she turned a lot of frustration onto him
Him coming back felt like she suddenly couldn't be so angry at Jessy. She had to be nice about the person who ripped her brother away, broke their family, and even turned Alder against her with how he defends her
It's not accurate or justified, but that's how this emotionally repressed teenager expresses complicated emotions.
In a moment of clarity, Bramblestar personally chose Squirrelflight as Sparkpaw's mentor. He knew that she would be the person his daughter needed, someone who would teach her to stand up for herself, and to do the right thing.
...But unfortunately most of the time Bramble does not have that level of insight. He rues this decision constantly, convinced that Squilf is intentionally turning his daughter against him.
Squirrelflight's Horror: The replacement for Squilf's Hope
This book is about Squirrelflight reconsidering her relationship with Bramble, when the Sister Situation happens. Ultimately it ends in Squilf going on trial in StarClan, less because of her 'transgressions' in life and more because of Fire Alone as an ideology being tested.
But this isn't about Squilf this is about Spark.
Similarly to canon, Hollylark suffers a horrible poisoning and passes away as their kittens are born prematurely.
Sparkpelt is shaken badly by this. They were childhood friends, they were expecting a litter, like canon she experiences postpartum depression.
Squilf wins her trial, but desperately decides she needs to get home because her apprentice can't lose a mate and a mentor at the same time.
I don't want to end this SE on the note that Sparkpelt is finally moving on from the death of Hollylark... I don't think she can "get over it" quickly the way canon implies.
In general this part of Spark's life is much more delicate. She needs more time, recovery is slower, there's a lot more pain here. But she is loved and supported through it.
BB!TBC and setup for ASC when it comes
By the time of TBC, she's finally recovering. Her relationship with her kittens has improved.
When the imposter happens, it threatens to destroy everything she had built.
She gets covered in scars from a dog attack, and is eventually exiled.
Finchpaw follows her, making a name for herself as a brave Firekin descendant who opposed a tyrant.
In this arc, a lot of Firekin act as a 'unit,' this family tends to think alike and work closely because of their shared legacy. Squilf, Spark, and Finch are in lockstep as major rebel figures.
Flamepaw is left out of this, because he chose not to follow them.
When Flame eventually rejects his name in ASC, a major contention he has is that "MOM ISN'T EVEN FIREKIN WHY DOES SHE CARE"
The answer is, that rejecting the Firekin side of himself is like killing the part of him that is Hollylark, and rejecting a family she feels accepted into and part of.
THAT SAID; I do not rewrite arcs until they are done. Details of ASC are sparse and only fragments. I need to know its conclusion before working backwards to make that conclusion stronger.
And that's BB!Sparkpelt! Very different from canon, but I love the gal.
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do you think sparkpelt ever called squirrelflight mom by accident (or maybe on purpose?) also i just had a thought of squirrelflight comforting sparkpelt and telling her about when she lost her (unborn) kittens
It would be a faux pas! Calling a mentor "mom" is like calling your high school tutor "mom." If Spark did it, it would be embarassing for both of them.
In Clanmew though, Sparkpelt exclusively uses the closest possible pronouns for Squilf. Nyam/nyams. That isn't an honor all mentors get!
100000% Squilf comforted Spark about her kits. The woman refused to die because she wanted to comfort her apprentice so bad about it. Sparkpelt still needed her.
Does spark ever call squilf mom or nah. I feel like if they were close it could be cute but idk if it’s out of character. But they seem to be exceptionally close and I think that’s really cool!! But idk
THO I THINK IT WOULD MAKE BRAMBLE MAD AND THAT WOULD BE FUNNY!!!!
Nah, calling a mentor "mom" is the same level of embarrassing as calling a teacher that! The closest way to describe a mentor/apprentice bond to our culture is to call it an extra parent/child, but it's still different.
A mentor guides a teenager through adolescence, tasked with making the apprentice into an adult member of their society. Socially it also helps prevent too many familial "coalitions" like what happens with Firekin, when you have a mentor outside of your family it encourages bonding out of your bloodline.
Spark and Squilf are exceptionally close! As this sort of bond. If Spark calls her any nickname, it's the same as her other Clanmates. Squilf (English)/Pishee (Clanmew)
