You know what? Skrew BristlexRoot, we need RootxShadow.

what if brislefrost just confessed so that she doesnt hurt rootspring like how she felt when stemleaf rejected her? As one comment pointed out, this makes sense in bristlefrost’s character and it would make the story much more interesting. Hopefully it would also help Rootspring mature more into his role as a protagonist.

I feel like the reason why every she-cat has a forbidden relationship is because everyone is their uncle or second cousin once removed. Sadly the side affects are forced relationships.

"You smell good."
"Oh, thank you!"
"Wanna have babies?"
"Y e s . "

there's a moment in one of the earlier books when Turtlepaw compliments Rootpaw and it's noted that "Rootpaw was surprised about how shy she sounded" or something like that - honestly I thought that was setting up Turtlepaw liking him and he would eventually get over Bristlefrost to hook up with her instead.  Obviously that's thrown out the window now (and I don't think we need another "bully/bully victim" ship in this series) but that was still more of a hint towards someone liking Rootspring than literally ANYTHING with Bristlefrost, lol

i dont like rootbristle either. but it was hilarious to see rootpaw get into a bad situation and just blurt out "i have a crush on bristlefrost" and everyone go "oh! :) how cute! okay!" and forgive him for whatever he did. he was literally snooping on thunderclan territory and all he had to say was that he wanted to see bristle. wouldve been much funnier and fresh to see root get over his crush but tell bristle "listen i did have a crush on you, i dont anymore, but having a crush on you seems to be a really good excuse can i keep saying it?" and shes like "yah sure i guess" alsnkfs

"the reason we grow old is because of microwave ovens vibrating our bones"
huh

"can forbidden relationships stop being a source of drama and become accepted"
finger on the monkey's paw curls

I always HOPE that the main characters will have some kind of character arc so that these plotlines they set up will make sense down the road. ei: Rootspring matures into a cat that is more like Stemleaf, he gets over his crush for Bristlefrost and apologizes for the awkward positions he put her in, they later become close friends through the course of figuring out this Bramblestar problem, THEN we get some kind of love confession.
But nooooo, silly me hoping for character growth vs characters being pulled along unwilling to just suddenly confess. >:/
Thank you for the Kataang comparison. Because it is EXACTLY the same in terms of their dynamic.

When Bristlefrost admitted she liked Rootpaw I was so confused... she literally hadn't thought about him the entire book and he seems like a toddler compared to her.

Do y’all see the way Shadow describes Root in some chapters? The Erins' can’t no homo their way out of this one.

I would be completely fine with this ship if it was ACTUALLY DEVELOPED. Root springs feelings for her is fine but really? Why does Bristlefrost have feelings for him?!?

When Bristlefrost admitted she liked him back I was wondering were the heck that came from, never in any of her chapters it stated any sort of romantic feelings towards Rootspring.



But eh, I’m still gonna enjoy this train wreck romance between them

IMO, Crookedstar and Willowbreeze have the best relationship growth in the entirety of Warriors. They were close since she was a kit, he saved her life like 3 times, they were always nice and respectful of each other, and they had a lot of real chemistry with each other. Plus, their whole relationship was handled in a more "show don't tell" fashion, so their relationship felt natural. It felt... believable. Much more believable than literally any pairing since.

Romances in the books always seem thrown in at the last second. Most of the decent romances I can think of aren’t explicitly canon, but are built off of genuine interactions cats have had (for example, jayxbriar). The reason these kinds of ships are so popular, I think, is because the usual standard for what dictates cats getting together in canon is so low that characters with genuine chemistry, if or if not they’re canon, look like much better romances in comparison

Yeah, Bristlefrost's confession definitely came out of nowhere. She hardly thinks about him, mostly it's Bramblestar and what's happening to him.

I think Root’s crush was really cute but Bristle reciprocating is icky, no thanks

Kinda seems like if a kid had a huge crush on his babysitter that was several years older and a few years later the babysitter reciprocated. Not quite that bad as far as creepy age gap, more the vibe of the characters feels that way.

Me: Rootspring deserves another mate. BristlexRoot won't work out.
Warriors: BristlexRoot is canon
Me:... What the fluff?

Yeah, I hate it when a tom thinks of a she-cat, most of the time the reason why he likes her is because she's pretty. I mean, yeah, the cat you like is gonna look pretty to you, but that's ALL.
No 'I like you cuz of your kindness and stuff, not your face, although your face looks pretty nice.' sure, there's crowfeather, and brightheart likes cloudtail for his kindness, but there's not enough varied reasons why a cat likes another cat.