User blog:Yewberry/Let's Talk About Dovewing

Alrighty. Today, let's talk about Dovewing.

Dovewing was born along with her sister Ivypool to Whitewing and Birchfall. Blah, blah, blah, prophecy, powers. A lot of people hate on Dovewing because she complained about her powers, at first. But nobody stopped to think about how she must have been feeling. Dove[paw] was basically just a child, in a sense. A scared, helpless child. She didn't know what to do, and she didn't want these strange powers (I know, I know, you're probably like 'But Yew! She didn't have to be a whiny baby about them!'). Here's the thing, if you woke up, and all of a sudden, you were part of a weird and possibly dangerous prophecy, wouldn't you get a bit scared as well? It isn't her fault that she didn't want this important role, as she probably felt like she couldn't fulfill it. She was just scared and upset.

Then there's the Ivypool complaint. Everybody says that Dovewing was so insensitive to her sister, and that she didn't even consider once her sister's feelings. Dovewing can't be faulted for not telling her sister something like that. A prophecy, a dream from StarClan, any of that, is too important to be revealed. If it got around, it could have huge effects on the clans. And let's remember that Ivypool was training in the Dark Forest. If she had been truly loyal to Hawkfrost and Tigerstar, they could've found out about this and done true damage. Even though Dovewing had no idea about Ivypool's Dark Forest training until later, it was still a practical choice on Dovewing's part.

The biggest complaint is that Dovewing was mean to Bumblestripe. I get this complaint, I do. But it's unfair. They were never explicitly 'dating', and were never mates. Dating isn't really a thing in Warrior Cats. Dovewing liked him for a bit, but realized he wasn't right for her. It wasn't that she thought Tigerheart was more of a tom than Bumblestripe, it was simply that she was in true, real love with Tigerheart. I know that it's against the warrior code, but if he was the right tom, then I say go for it, Dovewing. Bumblestripe will eventually find love, I'm sure, just not with Dovewing. They weren't right together. If they had been, the Erins would have made it that way. If Dovewing didn't really love Bumblestripe, that's not her fault. She was pressured by her peers to like him, as well. Blossomfall went up to her and scolded her for her supposed mistreatment to Bumblestripe, and this really isn't fair to Dovewing! She just didn't love him like she loves Tigerheart/star. And honestly? I don't think it's fair to judge her for love.