07-05-2018, 06:26 PM
[align=center][div style="background=transparent; borderwidth=0px; bordercolor=; font-size: 8.4pt; text-align:justify; line-height: 125%; width: 400px"]So I've already been rolling this idea about Cherryspark's parents in my mind for a while now? After Cherryspark's father dies somehow (I'm not even sure if he's going to die, exactly, but something happened), his mother starts to neglect him. Depending on what happens, she'll blame Cherrykit for this accident. She'll begin to avoid him and treat him coldly, which will be the beginning of her neglect for him.
Think of Rainflower and how she treated Crookedkit in Crookedstar's Promise. That's essentially how his mother treated him. In other words, she sucks and makes me really mad to think about.
How this affects the present time: Cherryspark doesn't really think about his mother. She's alive, but she's not there. When they interact, he does the minimum for their estranged relationship, speaking to her with a respectful and polite demeanor. He likes to think that the clan raised him, especially the other queens and elders (hence why he goes to the elders often for advice/stories).
[spoiler=this is more for my own reference than anything else tbh]His father was Sunshade, a russet colored somali who Cherryspark resembles in almost every way - aside from being a vibrant red instead of russet. Cherryspark's father was a great warrior in battle. Outside of that, he had a serious demeanor which made most apprentices annoyed with him. When elders tell him stories about his great battles, he was always told that he was dedicated to following the warrior code; hence why Cherryspark has such a fondness for the concept of the perfect warrior who abides the warrior code.
Cherryspark's mother is named Minnowpounce, a blue occicat. Before the accident(?) she was a good mate and a mother who loved her kit; she was very proud, saying that Cherrykit looked healthy and strong. As a young warrior, Minnowpounce was quieter and shyer than her sister and Cherry's aunt, Pebbleheart.
Minnowpounce was often the more reluctant one when they ran away from camp to explore on their own; their mother was more than happy when they became apprentices and finally, a mentor could keep an eye on her. She grew up believing she was stuck in her sister's shadow; she was astonished and somewhat frightened when Sunshade expressed feelings for her. [/spoiler]
Think of Rainflower and how she treated Crookedkit in Crookedstar's Promise. That's essentially how his mother treated him. In other words, she sucks and makes me really mad to think about.
How this affects the present time: Cherryspark doesn't really think about his mother. She's alive, but she's not there. When they interact, he does the minimum for their estranged relationship, speaking to her with a respectful and polite demeanor. He likes to think that the clan raised him, especially the other queens and elders (hence why he goes to the elders often for advice/stories).
[spoiler=this is more for my own reference than anything else tbh]His father was Sunshade, a russet colored somali who Cherryspark resembles in almost every way - aside from being a vibrant red instead of russet. Cherryspark's father was a great warrior in battle. Outside of that, he had a serious demeanor which made most apprentices annoyed with him. When elders tell him stories about his great battles, he was always told that he was dedicated to following the warrior code; hence why Cherryspark has such a fondness for the concept of the perfect warrior who abides the warrior code.
Cherryspark's mother is named Minnowpounce, a blue occicat. Before the accident(?) she was a good mate and a mother who loved her kit; she was very proud, saying that Cherrykit looked healthy and strong. As a young warrior, Minnowpounce was quieter and shyer than her sister and Cherry's aunt, Pebbleheart.
Minnowpounce was often the more reluctant one when they ran away from camp to explore on their own; their mother was more than happy when they became apprentices and finally, a mentor could keep an eye on her. She grew up believing she was stuck in her sister's shadow; she was astonished and somewhat frightened when Sunshade expressed feelings for her. [/spoiler]