Fan ArticlesStormpaw shares their opinion on Twigbranch.
So Iβm sure there will be a lot of peeps that disagree, but Iβm still writing this article: when Twigbranch and Violetshine are apprentices and Twigpaw has brought SkyClan to the gorge; Twigpaw is just pestering Hawkwing with question after question about Pebbleshine. And that must have hurt Hawkwing by reliving his moments with Pebbleshine, but Twigpaw didnβt even notice that it was hurting him. And then when Violetpaw had the dream about Needletail, and Hawkwing was worried; Twigpaw opened her big mouth and blurted that Violetpawβs always been sensitive. But guess what Twigpaw? You havenβt gone through what Violetpaw went through, so you donβt really know what itβs like to be afraid of putting a paw wrong with a cat like Darktail hanging around, or feeling unwanted by your own clan. (And those are practically the words Violetpaw thought when Twigpaw said that). THEN, when Violetpaw was gone with Hawkwing to find the lost SkyClan cats; Twigpaw was feeling sorry for herself, thinking that Violetpaw and Hawkwing would become so close that she would become a third wheel. But she had all that time alone with Hawkwing when she went to find SkyClan! So her and Violetpaw where even, there was no reason for her to feel jealous.
And when Twigpaw becomeβs a warrior, her & Finleap get in these arguments about kits. And in one of the arguments, Finleap says that he wishes Twigbranch loved him enough to have his kits. Then Twigbranch retorts that she wants him to love her enough to wait. But wait for what Twigbranch? She says she wants to focus on being a mentor, but she can always have kits once her apprentice becomes a warrior. She doesnβt have to give a straight out NO answer. But because she canβt even imagine having kits, Finleap starts to think about going back to SkyClan. But why would having his kits be so bad? Finleap left his birth clan and all of his kin for her, and she canβt give him his own family to love?
Then, when she acts like itβs not important that Reedclaw is sick, she goes ahead and makes a big deal about Violetshine and Hawkwing leaving. And she only has her sister and father that is leaving her! But Finleapβs mother, father, sister, and brother are leaving and he still decides to stay with Twigbranch because he loves her. But on the way back to the clanβs from fetching SkyClan in the storm, Twigbranch tellβs him that sheβll never love him enough to have his kitβs. And that is selfish!
Finleap gave up his kin 2 TIMES FOR HER, and she hasnβt given up anything for him! 1st she left him in SkyClan, then she says βI donβt love you enough enough to have kitβs. Maybe never.β And this is what Finleap says… βLet’s forget about kitβs.β
HE SAYS THAT, AFTER SHE LITERALLY ACTS LIKE SHE CAN LIVE WITHOUT HIM.
Thatβs why I donβt think Twigbranch is as great as everyone thinks. She was annoying and oblivious of peopleβs- catβs -feelings when she was an apprentice, and then she became selfish when she got her warrior name.
I get that she didnβt want kitβs at the time she had an apprentice, but she still could have had kitβs after her apprentice turned a warrior. She could have at least given up a few moonβs of being a warrior to take care of kitβs. Anyway… those are my thoughts on Twigbranch ^ ^
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I agree! But everyone who reads the books seems to love her.
But, I think that it is wrong that Finleap was pressuring her like that.
Yo, WHAT? She should’ve just given Finleap a family, even though she didn’t want to? Haven’t you read the series? Giving birth is described as torture in every book it happens, and disregarding that, Twigbranch did not want a family yet. She would be forced to leave her duties behind and live in the nursery. She did NOT want to be a mother yet. I don’t care about all your other points, but this one is extremely misogynistic. Because Finleap wanted a family, she should’ve just given him one? She doesn’t give a straight out ‘no’ answer because she might want them in the future, but wasn’t ready to have them now. She was still young! Finleap CHOSE to leave SkyClan. He guilt-tripped her, and it was just extremely disgusting. It isn’t Finleap’s choice. It’s THEIRS. And it’s easy to say for Finleap. All he has to do is get her pregnant and show attention to the kits. Twigbranch needs to carry them around, give birth to them, raise them in the nursery, etc.
Don’t be so immature. What you’re saying here is misogynistic and it just shows that you think that if the man wants a kid, the woman should just have to accept it and get pregnant, give birth to it and raise it. Maybe remember that sometimes women can choose not to have kids?
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In the end wether or not a couple should have kids should be decided by the female. Sheβs the one who will have to go through the pain of pregnancy and birth. Saying that she should just give Finleap a family bc he left his clan for her is gross. In the end it should be the person with the uterus who decides thank u very much
Twigpaw has been worried about her sister before, and was sad to leave her to join ThunderClan. Violetpaw overreacted, and was just like “Ugh, she wants to leave me? I should be happy, not her!” Which ticks me off. And the decision of leaving was Finleap’s choice, not hers. She said she may not want kits then, but she may someday. Finleap pressured her, and it was really stupid. Honestly, when she asked Hawkwing about Pebbleshine, he wasn’t too bothered, and told her a story about when she was an apprentice. This article is just stupid
I never disliked Twigbranch until I read this article. Great job, Stormpaw!
i agree with a few points but finleap was literally trying to pressure her into having his kits, guilt tripping her and making her feel bad. he was straight up rude to her despite her not wanting kits, at least not then. She was still a younger warrior and most likely wanted to enjoy her time as one before settling down with kits. and even if she doesn’t have kits who cares? she-cats don’t need kits to lead a fufilling life. Just because someone wants a family doesn’t mean you have to give one to them. Anyways i hate finleap
Yes like not all she cats need to have kits and saying that their selfish for not wanting them is kinda bonkers
aHEm.
Someone has already given a great argument against lots of this, but… I want to give my 2 cents on the Finleap-Twigbranch situation.
Okay. I’d like to make it clear that Finleap is the antagonist in this situation. If anyone ever, EVER tries to tell you that you OWE it to them to do something that you are not comfortable with, you need to run away. That behavior is not okay. Finleap leaving his Clan was his choice and his choice alone. If he only left to have kits with her, well… maybe he should’ve brought that up beforehand.
Second, there is nothing, and I mean NOTHING wrong with wanting to wait to have kits. Actually, there is NOTHING wrong with not wanting to have kits at all. Same goes for real life. Finleap should’ve had that conversation about kits with Twigbranch like a civil adult. No trying to guilt-trip her into anything with his whole “oH I lOvE yOu” and “iVe DoNe sO muCH fOr YoU” bs.
I love Finpaw and HATE Finleap. No. Means. No.
*couGH* The fact that everyone is like “Finleap pressured Twigbranch I hate him!” but Bumblestripe was doing the EXACT SAME THING to Dovewing and the Fandom is defending him? I’m confused.
Great article, I totally agree, but Tigerdawn is right, Finleap was pressuring her. I found that when I read Twigbranchβs P.O.V, I was very annoyed.
I disagree with the second part. Finleap was pressuring and manipulating her to have kits, and using her love for him to do that as well. Yes, maybe Twigbranch was not very good at helping Finleap understand that, but I simply think that kind of behavior is not okay. Twigbranch was NOT. READY. Or perhaps she never will be, which is completely fine. But Finleap failed to comprehend that.
“Why would having his kits be so bad?”? Well, that’s from your perspective. Twigbranch wanted to have a career as a warrior before ever thinking about having kits; when she has kits, her career will be cut off and she’ll have to spend several months in the nursery. In my country there’s a real-life problem very very similar to this.
It was Finleap’s choice to leave SkyClan, Twigbranch never tried to pressure him for that. But Finleap was acting like he hadn’t been the one to make that decision, like his choice was a debt that Twigbranch had to pay for.
Anyways, that’s just my opinion, and I respect yours.
The main reason I hate Twigbranch is because no one hates her for running off with Finleap, but everyone is attacking Dovewing for running away from all the stress with the love of her life, Tigerheartstar? Like, what?
I LOVE Twigbranch, although I am aware that she can be quite oblivious to others feelings, but her heartβs still in the right place! Also, I pretty much agree with the points that you listed EXCEPT the last one. Finleap had a choice to stay with his clan and he chose Twigbranch! Which proves his loyalty and I think he is a really good mate, except for when he tries to guilt trip twig into having kits, but im not here to completely talk about fin. Imagine if you are a she-cat with a mate who left his clan for you. I would feel honored. Then, your mate suddenly says something along the lines of βif we donβt have kits, I will never really feel like a have a place in this clanβ like yes I get that he least his clan to be with twig but twig just wanted more time and she didnβt know if she wanted to have kits at all! He may have hurt Finleapβs feelings, but for a relationship to work out, they both have to be happy and compromise so BOTH can be happy. Maybe Twig will have kits? Starclan knows!