Why Goldenflower Needs A Super Edition by Pearlshine

Pearlshine argues that Goldenflower deserves a Super Edition

Hi there! It’s me, Pearlshine. How are you doing today? Good, I hope? Let me know in the comments!

Today, we’ll be discussing why Goldenflower needs a Super Edition all to herself. Grab a snack, get comfy (or read on-the-go) and let’s begin!

So what do we know about Goldenflower? Well, she’s a ThunderClan warrior, and mother of Tigerstar/claw’s kits, Bramblekit/claw/star and Tawnykit/pelt. Later on, we find out her mate had kits with Sasha, but as far as I know she doesn’t know that. (fun fact: she’s also the mother of Patchpelt’s kits, Lynxkit and Swiftpaw!) In Bluestar’s Prophecy, we also see that she’s friends with Bluestar and her deceased sister, Snowfur. She’s not too important, but we see quite a bit of her.

But when Tawnypaw leaves, we only see Goldenflower grieving in the background.

And not only that, her mate did so many awful things! And we don’t even see her pain. (We could if we had a Super Edition..hint hint 😜)

But seriously though, I really wish we could see how she feels about this whole ordeal. Pretty much the only thing we get out of her is, “I understand how you feel. Your eyes have always betrayed your heart. But these are my kits, and I will die to protect them if I have to. I’m afraid for them, Fireheart. The Clan will never forgive Tigerclaw—nor should they. But Bramblekit and Tawnykit have done nothing wrong, and I will not let them be punished because of Tigerclaw.” And, yeah, but I’m really bummed we don’t see much more detail about her feelings than that.

And we don’t see much of a relationship between her and Tigerclaw, either! Like, I didn’t even know they were mates until the whole Bramblekit/Tawnykit thing happened and they were born. Maybe even when she’s in StarClan (as an epilogue, perhaps?) we could see her discovering that Tigerstar just got over her and had kits with Sasha (who then left him because he’s just evil.) And even though we can’t expect a cat like him to mourn for too long, it still must have hurt. (IF she still cared about him, anyways. My opinion is that she was still super angry at him, pretty much despised him, but deep down inside her she still has a tiny ember of love left for him.)

Anyways, that’s my opinion! This is the second article I’ve submitted, so if there’s anything you think I should do better with in my future submissions, let me know!

This was Pearlshine, signing out!