I'd also like to mention a couple series-wide changes you made that I hope aren't too spoilery! First is the choice to actually have cats address their parents as "Mom" or "Dad", which rarely if ever happens in canon but further emphasizes your goal of making personal relationships shine. Second is the fact that spirits don't ever "fade" if they're killed, just respawn in the Dark Forest or Starclan, which is a change in the lore.
Biggest issue with Warriors, Erin's make a billion characters and only focus on like a handful of them(mostly firestar's relatives). Soo glad to see you actually fixed this in your rewrite. A lot of us fans mess around in our heads about "well what if this happened, or this, that and the other" but you actually went far beyond that, and that's soo impressive, congratulations.
I love how in rising tides... (SPOILERS FOR THAT BOOK BELLOW) Tigerstar makes some really good points that if you look at his ideas in a vacuum, theoretically, he's kinda right, Wich makes you go like "ugh I know he's evil and all but like, some of his ideas and arguments are kinda right?" Like with the cats having to fight all the time and the borders only keeping them separated, but them you start to notice that his only reason for wanting that is power, and then you realize that he's not right, but also not _totally_ wrong
This rewrite is absolutely amazing! I love how much more attention sunny gives the characters. But if there’s ONE thing that should really be added to the main series is the boost-trap paradox take. The whole power thing is left unexplained in the series, it’s like the authors didn’t even know what to do with it. This paradox gives so much more meaning to interactions with the ancients and adds such a major twist! It’s just so top notch and elegant compared to the actual series. I was blown away with this take of the threes powers. plus, nothing would have to changed in the main series a drastic amount other than a couple dark forest interactions, what Jayfeather directly tells halfmoon, and how much power the dark forest has over starclan. Having the prophecy be rendered useless was just so dramatic! Lionblaze is the whole reason the dark forest rose to so much power. Jayfeather sacrificed his whole life for the prophecy that meant nothing and he was the one who accidentally created it in the first place. He literally ruined his own life. It’s just so great- good job sunny fall!
You've done a MASSIVE project and more importantly; You've had the willpower to let the story tell itself rather than overshare. That is not easy and I applaud you for pulling it off.
Just finished the final book about... one or two hours ago, on a plane. I kid you not, I cried through most of the flight reading this, and it takes quite a bit for me to cry over a book. (Also writing this comment from the airport because I cannot stop thinking about these stories now.) I also finished the whole series in about three weeks, it was that good - and every new entry better than the one before. Book one was nice, but book seven was a treasure. (Next section might have mild spoilers for the general vibe of the books but I'll keep it vague) So in just seven books, Sunny fixed, to as far a degree as possible within the constraints of the Warriors universe, - the personalities, or rather lack thereof, of a bunch of background characters - LGBTQ+ representation - ableism and disability representation - sexism and gender imbalance - family relations, the role of blood kinship, parentage and siblings - the Tribe and their role in the story - the Ancients - the lack of female villains - powers - Brambleclaw - Hollyleaf - the Dark Forest - StarClan - the warrior code - the medicine cat code - Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, and oddly enough, A Light in the Mist if not most of The Broken Code and almost even parts of A Starless Clan (in my opinion) - and probably more things that I forgot because I'm sleep deprived from reading and wouldn't have it any other way The series is superbly written (sure, there are some minor errors, inconsistencies and odd elements... but we'd expect the same from the Erins, if Heavystep is any indication), and the ending feels like the perfect springboard for something of a soft warriors reboot: the same universe, but changed. And yet for some reason there's one tiny, offhand comment that I almost loved above it all: Dustpelt's remark that Sandstorm was born a rogue. No relevance to the story, no big reveal, just a puzzle piece of worldbuilding that just FIT and was wonderful. Thank you.
I really love your rewrite! The best way I think I can sum up the way that I feel about Paws of Stars is that I remember who these characters are, I remember their motivations and interests and the their relationships with the other cats. I love little slice of life stories, so this just ticks off all the right boxes for me.
Alright. I need to clear this up. I LOVE what your doing! I’m definitely going to be reading every single book after I finish a starless clan!! (I don’t mind spoilers) as your going over all these books you wrote I was like: “holy crap I couldn’t even finish one book before starting another!” (I am going to be starting another story however this time I’ve very carefully mapped out their entire story! Plus it’s two toms falling in love so it makes it more interesting!) sunny fall, you are a great and awesome creator I will always look up to!
omw to reread the entire series including the new book this week so I can be ready for the stream next saturday! It's so amazing you've been able to complete this project and I'm very excited to see what you have next for us Sunny ^^ your work, videos, art and writing alike are such a joy to watch and listen to!
Halfway through reading this, and I can say I love the quicker pacing and focus on background characters! It flows so much better and feels more to the point and I like the lore changes.
i have loved this series! i did come in later, when i first discovered your channel last year, but i have enjoyed reading every paws of stars fic, i love everything in it, the characters and their relationships and the story is much better then in canon. i'll be sad to read the final book, but i am also excited to see what could come next
I would actually have Berrynose mentor Ivypaw and Cinderheart mentor Dovepaw. Berrynose because it would feed into Ivypaw’s resentment and desire to have a better mentor. Cinderheart because she would be a sufficient mentor, but doesn’t really understand Dovepaw’s desire to befriend cats from other Clans.
I haven't read it but I want to congratulate you. This is a big project that takes a lot of effort and it sounds like you did a good job! I didnt want to continue the canon warriors series becouse it is a mess but this version sounds like something I may like to read someday
Whoo, this AU is absolutely amazing, Sunny! This book fills all of my edges about PO3. If only I was as brave as you to post my own rewrite fanfic of these two arcs.
I’m sure that I will read them, I just want to read original series first because even when it’s changed I think there are some spoilers so… But I couldn’t help myself so I read something and it was very nice so I think all of the books are too! Thank you for writing it!
imo using Ebonystar was kind of a missed opportunity to give Maggottail some character, he was a leader of the dark forest in canon and didn't really get much
Sunny did give Maggottail character though. :/ She give him a DF backstory than just making him a cat that was "there too". She just didnt make him leader.
Thank you so much for making a legally blind character the leader of thunder clan because it seems like all the leaders have no flaws. What’s the weather all they have so many flaws that I don’t even know how they became leader or they get no character development what’s the weather?
This is really good! You may never see this but I think you should definitely rewrite the other series. You’re a great writer I think and I would love to see more of Brightstar
I have been working on a rewrite of the first arch and a few books before that (not as books like this but still a rewrite), which combines a few different aus in the fandom. Medicine cats can have kits au, Snowfur lives au (where she becomes Snowstar!), Scourge joins the clans au (he is made Ash and Ferns father instead of Whitestorm), if Mosskit lives au (she ends up going to shadowclan with her siblings, super complicated), Yellowfangs daughters live au, Tigerclaw is good au, and a bunch of other stuff. I have been sniffing out every rewrite and au of warriors for inspiration so this is amazing and I am reading and rereading your books 5 times I don't even care.
I'm a little late to the party, as I wanted to re-read the first six books before the last one, but here's the comment I made under the last chapter of Paws of Stars: ''I enjoyed Paws of Stars so much! Power of Three and Omen of the Stars were my favorite story ever between 9 and 14 years old, and continue to have a big impact on what I value in books. As I've grown older, its flaws have been more and more obvious to me, and I started to wish it could be changed. At first, it was just small things, but after a while, there were important decisions made by the series that I realized I disagreed with. I also began seeing that writing what something I enjoyed doing, and I started to wonder if I might be able to create an improved version of it, a story that would live up to what I saw in it as a child. ...Who knows, I may still accomplish this dream one day, but for now, I want to write original stories, and I'm happy to have Sunnyfall's version instead. Not every decision taken by her is exactly what I would have done, that would be literally impossible, but it was remarkably close, and she's thought of many good ideas that I'm sure I never would have. It's honestly a shame the actual warrior cats series will never receive the care, attention to detail, and genuine passion that you can feel on every page of this wonderful fanfiction rewrite. In case you read this, Sunnyfall, I want to express how thankful I am for what you accomplished here. I wish you luck for whatever you intend to do next!'' So, yeah, I think it's all I wanted to say really. Now I'm gonna watch the video!
Hi, i just wonder. Some time ago you saf it would be a adio book fore pass Of stats. I am a person that loves warrior and this chanelle. I have problems readig and wrighting as you May see. So it there a adio book coming? Or Can you show a tutorial on How to down load it so the machine Can read it for you? I tried but i only have my iPhone 13 mini. So i dont know if it works. Anyway thanks!
I have not read them yet and I watched this...OMG ITS 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better (As much as I love OoTS this is amazing)
The way I see that, Paws of Stars wouldn't be canon compliance, it would technically be canon divergence, since you're taking key points from the original source material and making a separate timeline with it, thus altering it. If you did make Paws of Stars canon compliant, you'd change little to nothing about it, but since you yourself said you'd change some things and even made your own alternate timeline with it, you made your "rewrite" canon divergent. Hope that helped a little
Demisexual Dovepaw (Dovewing) is absolutely amazing. As a demisexual person myself, I always love seeing representation. Especially since it's pretty rare for authors to be explicit about it. So, honestly and genuinely, thank you Sunny for openly admitting Dovepaw (Dovewing)'s demisexuality.
Hi, Sunny. Just a quick question. I really wanna read Paws Of Stars but I haven't read Eclipse yet and I haven't gotten to the fourth series. Can I still read Paws Of Stars? Because to be honest I'm bored with the canon books.
I'm gonna have to read this, it sounds very cool! The Warriors fandom has some of the most talented creatives I've ever seen in a fandom, both and writing and art! Seriously, this takes dedication and is wicked cool!
stupid question possibly but how is mousewhisker training in the dark forest if he died? i haven’t finished the video so it might be answered! i just didn’t want to forget my question haha
How do I read this? I know it says Lincoln description but now that UA-cam has got rid of links where can I read this cause I really want to read it but I have no idea how someone please help me
If you just search "Paws of Stars" on google it should be the first or one of the first links to come up. If it doesn't come up in your area with that you can try "Paws of Stars Sunnyfall"
huge huge huge congratulations on finishing this project! speaking from experience, comprehensive rewrites like this are monstrous undertakings full of pitfalls, but you had the patience, consistency, and perseverance to give it the time and attention it needed so it could grow into something truly impressive. major props!
I'd also like to mention a couple series-wide changes you made that I hope aren't too spoilery! First is the choice to actually have cats address their parents as "Mom" or "Dad", which rarely if ever happens in canon but further emphasizes your goal of making personal relationships shine. Second is the fact that spirits don't ever "fade" if they're killed, just respawn in the Dark Forest or Starclan, which is a change in the lore.
Biggest issue with Warriors, Erin's make a billion characters and only focus on like a handful of them(mostly firestar's relatives). Soo glad to see you actually fixed this in your rewrite. A lot of us fans mess around in our heads about "well what if this happened, or this, that and the other" but you actually went far beyond that, and that's soo impressive, congratulations.
Erins's
@@FedGrod they spelt it correctly
@@Simone_Art that would be correct if Erin was one person
@@Simone_Art or existed at all
@@FedGrod XD You’re right, my Bad. I get it now.
I love how in rising tides...
(SPOILERS FOR THAT BOOK BELLOW)
Tigerstar makes some really good points that if you look at his ideas in a vacuum, theoretically, he's kinda right, Wich makes you go like "ugh I know he's evil and all but like, some of his ideas and arguments are kinda right?" Like with the cats having to fight all the time and the borders only keeping them separated, but them you start to notice that his only reason for wanting that is power, and then you realize that he's not right, but also not _totally_ wrong
"m-maybe dovepaw is a *bit* demi, as a treat? 🥺👉👈"
LOVE IT
as a storyteller this was so fun to listen to! major applause for writing 7 full books under 3 years omg
I’m just happy Hazeltail and Icecloud are together
@SOPH-cw7gw, yes the Erin's should just hire sunnyfall
@@Ivy_therougeFr tho she is better at writing than all the Erin’s combined
Can the Erins just hire Sunnyfall please
FR
I love how you made berrynose likable instead of the obnoxious brat he is in cannon
This rewrite is absolutely amazing! I love how much more attention sunny gives the characters. But if there’s ONE thing that should really be added to the main series is the boost-trap paradox take. The whole power thing is left unexplained in the series, it’s like the authors didn’t even know what to do with it. This paradox gives so much more meaning to interactions with the ancients and adds such a major twist! It’s just so top notch and elegant compared to the actual series. I was blown away with this take of the threes powers. plus, nothing would have to changed in the main series a drastic amount other than a couple dark forest interactions, what Jayfeather directly tells halfmoon, and how much power the dark forest has over starclan. Having the prophecy be rendered useless was just so dramatic! Lionblaze is the whole reason the dark forest rose to so much power. Jayfeather sacrificed his whole life for the prophecy that meant nothing and he was the one who accidentally created it in the first place. He literally ruined his own life.
It’s just so great- good job sunny fall!
You've done a MASSIVE project and more importantly; You've had the willpower to let the story tell itself rather than overshare. That is not easy and I applaud you for pulling it off.
Just finished the final book about... one or two hours ago, on a plane. I kid you not, I cried through most of the flight reading this, and it takes quite a bit for me to cry over a book. (Also writing this comment from the airport because I cannot stop thinking about these stories now.) I also finished the whole series in about three weeks, it was that good - and every new entry better than the one before. Book one was nice, but book seven was a treasure.
(Next section might have mild spoilers for the general vibe of the books but I'll keep it vague)
So in just seven books, Sunny fixed, to as far a degree as possible within the constraints of the Warriors universe,
- the personalities, or rather lack thereof, of a bunch of background characters
- LGBTQ+ representation
- ableism and disability representation
- sexism and gender imbalance
- family relations, the role of blood kinship, parentage and siblings
- the Tribe and their role in the story
- the Ancients
- the lack of female villains
- powers
- Brambleclaw
- Hollyleaf
- the Dark Forest
- StarClan
- the warrior code
- the medicine cat code
- Power of Three, Omen of the Stars, and oddly enough, A Light in the Mist if not most of The Broken Code and almost even parts of A Starless Clan (in my opinion)
- and probably more things that I forgot because I'm sleep deprived from reading and wouldn't have it any other way
The series is superbly written (sure, there are some minor errors, inconsistencies and odd elements... but we'd expect the same from the Erins, if Heavystep is any indication), and the ending feels like the perfect springboard for something of a soft warriors reboot: the same universe, but changed.
And yet for some reason there's one tiny, offhand comment that I almost loved above it all: Dustpelt's remark that Sandstorm was born a rogue. No relevance to the story, no big reveal, just a puzzle piece of worldbuilding that just FIT and was wonderful. Thank you.
I really love your rewrite! The best way I think I can sum up the way that I feel about Paws of Stars is that I remember who these characters are, I remember their motivations and interests and the their relationships with the other cats. I love little slice of life stories, so this just ticks off all the right boxes for me.
Absolutely loving the series so far!! There are so many little changes that just make a huge difference to the story telling in general!
I have to say that the one scene so far that I've really missed from the original was Jaypaw cuddling Squirrelflight better!
Alright. I need to clear this up. I LOVE what your doing! I’m definitely going to be reading every single book after I finish a starless clan!! (I don’t mind spoilers) as your going over all these books you wrote I was like: “holy crap I couldn’t even finish one book before starting another!” (I am going to be starting another story however this time I’ve very carefully mapped out their entire story! Plus it’s two toms falling in love so it makes it more interesting!) sunny fall, you are a great and awesome creator I will always look up to!
As someone who’s trying to outline my own rewrites, stuff like this provides amazing inspiration and helps me get into the au mindset
omw to reread the entire series including the new book this week so I can be ready for the stream next saturday! It's so amazing you've been able to complete this project and I'm very excited to see what you have next for us Sunny ^^ your work, videos, art and writing alike are such a joy to watch and listen to!
This rewrite was very good, i want to congratulate you. I cried in several parts of the final book.
Oh my god, YOU ACTUALLY FIXED WARRIOR CATS
Halfway through reading this, and I can say I love the quicker pacing and focus on background characters! It flows so much better and feels more to the point and I like the lore changes.
i have loved this series! i did come in later, when i first discovered your channel last year, but i have enjoyed reading every paws of stars fic, i love everything in it, the characters and their relationships and the story is much better then in canon. i'll be sad to read the final book, but i am also excited to see what could come next
This series was amazing. I loved it so much. Great job ❤
Great to see this finished. Congrats!! I'll have to read this amd the og Po3 to see what's all different.
This is genuinely one of the best written works I've ever read full stop. Congratulations, this has been incredible
I would actually have Berrynose mentor Ivypaw and Cinderheart mentor Dovepaw. Berrynose because it would feed into Ivypaw’s resentment and desire to have a better mentor. Cinderheart because she would be a sufficient mentor, but doesn’t really understand Dovepaw’s desire to befriend cats from other Clans.
I haven't read it but I want to congratulate you. This is a big project that takes a lot of effort and it sounds like you did a good job!
I didnt want to continue the canon warriors series becouse it is a mess but this version sounds like something I may like to read someday
"Just a little bit demisexual? As a treat?" Honestly that is a mood
Whoo, this AU is absolutely amazing, Sunny! This book fills all of my edges about PO3.
If only I was as brave as you to post my own rewrite fanfic of these two arcs.
I’m sure that I will read them, I just want to read original series first because even when it’s changed I think there are some spoilers so… But I couldn’t help myself so I read something and it was very nice so I think all of the books are too! Thank you for writing it!
imo using Ebonystar was kind of a missed opportunity to give Maggottail some character, he was a leader of the dark forest in canon and didn't really get much
Sunny did give Maggottail character though. :/ She give him a DF backstory than just making him a cat that was "there too". She just didnt make him leader.
unrelated but i love your artstyle it's so cute and simple
Thank you so much for making a legally blind character the leader of thunder clan because it seems like all the leaders have no flaws. What’s the weather all they have so many flaws that I don’t even know how they became leader or they get no character development what’s the weather?
YAY
yesss this is exactly the video i’ve been wanting!!! ❤️❤️ thank you!
This is really good! You may never see this but I think you should definitely rewrite the other series. You’re a great writer I think and I would love to see more of Brightstar
I CANT LISTEN TO EVERYTHING BUT HYPE
As someone who is trying to become a writer, this is very useful. Plus, I love your content!
I love the message at the end. I really needed that
Hooray
I have been working on a rewrite of the first arch and a few books before that (not as books like this but still a rewrite), which combines a few different aus in the fandom. Medicine cats can have kits au, Snowfur lives au (where she becomes Snowstar!), Scourge joins the clans au (he is made Ash and Ferns father instead of Whitestorm), if Mosskit lives au (she ends up going to shadowclan with her siblings, super complicated), Yellowfangs daughters live au, Tigerclaw is good au, and a bunch of other stuff. I have been sniffing out every rewrite and au of warriors for inspiration so this is amazing and I am reading and rereading your books 5 times I don't even care.
51:27 I still don’t know who Mousewhisker’s partner is, WHO IS THAT? Am I just oblivious?
I was watching one of your streams of you making uproar cover!
Congrats!
I'm a little late to the party, as I wanted to re-read the first six books before the last one, but here's the comment I made under the last chapter of Paws of Stars: ''I enjoyed Paws of Stars so much! Power of Three and Omen of the Stars were my favorite story ever between 9 and 14 years old, and continue to have a big impact on what I value in books. As I've grown older, its flaws have been more and more obvious to me, and I started to wish it could be changed. At first, it was just small things, but after a while, there were important decisions made by the series that I realized I disagreed with. I also began seeing that writing what something I enjoyed doing, and I started to wonder if I might be able to create an improved version of it, a story that would live up to what I saw in it as a child.
...Who knows, I may still accomplish this dream one day, but for now, I want to write original stories, and I'm happy to have Sunnyfall's version instead. Not every decision taken by her is exactly what I would have done, that would be literally impossible, but it was remarkably close, and she's thought of many good ideas that I'm sure I never would have. It's honestly a shame the actual warrior cats series will never receive the care, attention to detail, and genuine passion that you can feel on every page of this wonderful fanfiction rewrite. In case you read this, Sunnyfall, I want to express how thankful I am for what you accomplished here. I wish you luck for whatever you intend to do next!''
So, yeah, I think it's all I wanted to say really. Now I'm gonna watch the video!
Read the first two while I was camping, really enjoyed !
This was an awesome read!!!! Thank you : )
Hi, i just wonder. Some time ago you saf it would be a adio book fore pass Of stats. I am a person that loves warrior and this chanelle. I have problems readig and wrighting as you May see. So it there a adio book coming? Or Can you show a tutorial on How to down load it so the machine Can read it for you? I tried but i only have my iPhone 13 mini. So i dont know if it works. Anyway thanks!
I have not read them yet and I watched this...OMG ITS 100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 times better (As much as I love OoTS this is amazing)
I’m currently reading this on archive of our own
Damn it must be weird reading the canon books and seeing characters do stuff that your versions of them would never do
I feel like the broken code and pot + oots arcs/sub-series are just like the same thing with the StarClan stuff.. bristlespring/rootfrost is 10/10 tho
The way I see that, Paws of Stars wouldn't be canon compliance, it would technically be canon divergence, since you're taking key points from the original source material and making a separate timeline with it, thus altering it. If you did make Paws of Stars canon compliant, you'd change little to nothing about it, but since you yourself said you'd change some things and even made your own alternate timeline with it, you made your "rewrite" canon divergent. Hope that helped a little
Demisexual Dovepaw (Dovewing) is absolutely amazing. As a demisexual person myself, I always love seeing representation. Especially since it's pretty rare for authors to be explicit about it. So, honestly and genuinely, thank you Sunny for openly admitting Dovepaw (Dovewing)'s demisexuality.
Hi, Sunny. Just a quick question. I really wanna read Paws Of Stars but I haven't read Eclipse yet and I haven't gotten to the fourth series. Can I still read Paws Of Stars? Because to be honest I'm bored with the canon books.
Yea im gonna need you to do AVoS and ABC now
I'm gonna have to read this, it sounds very cool! The Warriors fandom has some of the most talented creatives I've ever seen in a fandom, both and writing and art! Seriously, this takes dedication and is wicked cool!
Thank you for keeping Jay as a medicine cat. He is S U C H a great medicine cat
stupid question possibly but how is mousewhisker training in the dark forest if he died? i haven’t finished the video so it might be answered! i just didn’t want to forget my question haha
He died and went to the Dark Forest rather than Starclan, which allowed him to continue training with them rather than being separated from them.
I am so stupid I didn't realise you and you on AO3 were the same person even though you use the same username on both platforms-
I love otterheart
Is holyleaf aroace in this? I'm at the start of inferno and getting intense aroace vibes from her
hhshhhshdh I just finished reading it and I just- I need more.
How do I read this? I know it says Lincoln description but now that UA-cam has got rid of links where can I read this cause I really want to read it but I have no idea how someone please help me
If you just search "Paws of Stars" on google it should be the first or one of the first links to come up. If it doesn't come up in your area with that you can try "Paws of Stars Sunnyfall"
Thx
Can you compile all the books into one file and make it so we can download it pls?
Haha, I was born on 2012
How do you read the book i don’t understand
Why must you take Jay x Briar away from meee
in my opinion, the Squirrelflight-Brambleclaw break-up thing should have been dropped too; still a good rewrite.
huge huge huge congratulations on finishing this project! speaking from experience, comprehensive rewrites like this are monstrous undertakings full of pitfalls, but you had the patience, consistency, and perseverance to give it the time and attention it needed so it could grow into something truly impressive. major props!
Just finished the first book, can’t wait to read the rest!! ❤ Also, demisexual Dovewing means so much to me 🥹 thank you
This series was amazing. I loved it so much. Great job ❤