Sunday, May 1, 2011

IT'S THE EYE OF THE TIGER, IT'S THE THRILL OF THE FIGHT

Stupid title is stupid.

Anywho, the battle's over and we're gathering the wounded and dead. Yay for that. Yay for Forest being alive.

A lot of people felt bad for Blight (gasp!). So we'll get this out here right now. Yes, Blight was a horrible disgusting monster of a cat. But he did love Nightshade in the end, even if it was in the most twisted of ways. Because, honestly, I think that if you can convince someone that they love you as strongly as he did with Nightshade, you can't help but lose a bit of yourself to them too. I'm not saying that redeemed him in any way or made him any less completely despicable, but y'know. Fun stuff to think about.

AND now that Nightshade/Belladonna is over and done with, we can talk about brainwashing! Believe it or not, I did a bit of research, and the methods that Blight used were very similar to the methods that the Koreans used on American soldiers during the war. AND,some of those soldiers actually did switch side, becoming commies and all. HOWEVER, the effects of said brainwashing didn't always work (cases in point: Robin & Minnow) and when they did work, the condition was extremely unstable (hence Nightshade's craziness and confused questioning of whether or not she should follow Blight) and required constant affirming. That's why Blight had to spend so much time with her, and when she was with others the cracks began to show. And when she saw Buck - the physical representation of the memories she was repressing - everything started going bad. And then the Master died at Buck's claws, which caused the clash of both of her personalities. In the end, only one could remain dominant.

@Dawnshine: The question mark wasn't because /I/ didn't know whether to put Nightshade or Belladonna. It was because Nightshade/Belladonna herself didn't know who she was.

@artemis: Yes, Buck could tell pretty easily that Nightshade was preggers, but remember this is the first time he's seen her in a long time, so her giant belly would be obvious. Blight's been with her every day for moons, so the changes are too small for him to really see. Kinda like how you don't really notice your puppy is growing up, but when your friends come over they comment on how big he is.

@CrystalSakura: They're in the same universe as SnowClan (Fear/Brownfur, remember) but SnowClan won't exist for a long time in this timeline. Too bad Blight doesn't know about the other four Clans, though. xD

I think that's all for now, my brain's kind of in the toilet (AP tests this week and next week! Oh God!). We're close to the end, blah blah blah. c: