Post by celestialsquared on Oct 5, 2012 19:44:35 GMT -6
Now, I never had thought of Firestar as a ladies man before, but after I read that Vicky Holmes had revealed in Cinderpelt had always been in love with Firestar in an Erin Hunter chat, I begun to think differently.
In the allegiances, Firestar has always been described as "handsome" but none of the other male cats have been described as such. Although the word "handsome" is subjective (Even I would describe my old tom cat handsome) it says a lot about what the Erins were thinking when they planned his character. And we see it throughout the series; Firestar makes the she-cats swoon.
Not only does he have three possible love interests but sometimes his interaction with these cats makes the females act completely out of character. Let's take Sandstorm for example:
Sandpaw was a feisty young thing who wasn't afraid to give you a piece of her mind. Not only that, but she bullied Firepaw constantly and she was always buddy-buddy with Dustpaw. If anything, I expected Sandpaw and Dustpaw to start a relationship. She was actually an interesting character.
But, everything changed when she became a warrior. Suddenly, she was all nice and constantly batting her eyes in Fireheart's face. It got worse in the second series as she got a case of Queen Syndrome. What happened to the feisty young apprentice? Her personality did a 180 and now she's a soft, gentle stereotypical mother. Horrible.
What do you guys think about how the Erins played out Firestar's love life? I don't really want to simply blame it on the fact that Firestar has Gary Stu tendancies, but that's what it seriously looks like right now,
In the allegiances, Firestar has always been described as "handsome" but none of the other male cats have been described as such. Although the word "handsome" is subjective (Even I would describe my old tom cat handsome) it says a lot about what the Erins were thinking when they planned his character. And we see it throughout the series; Firestar makes the she-cats swoon.
Not only does he have three possible love interests but sometimes his interaction with these cats makes the females act completely out of character. Let's take Sandstorm for example:
Sandpaw was a feisty young thing who wasn't afraid to give you a piece of her mind. Not only that, but she bullied Firepaw constantly and she was always buddy-buddy with Dustpaw. If anything, I expected Sandpaw and Dustpaw to start a relationship. She was actually an interesting character.
But, everything changed when she became a warrior. Suddenly, she was all nice and constantly batting her eyes in Fireheart's face. It got worse in the second series as she got a case of Queen Syndrome. What happened to the feisty young apprentice? Her personality did a 180 and now she's a soft, gentle stereotypical mother. Horrible.
What do you guys think about how the Erins played out Firestar's love life? I don't really want to simply blame it on the fact that Firestar has Gary Stu tendancies, but that's what it seriously looks like right now,