AshScourge

AshScourge is the slash ship between Ashfur and Scourge from the Warriors fandom.

Canon
Although they’ve never interacted, Ashfur was an apprentice when the battle with BloodClan for the forest happened, and participated in the battle. While Scourge most definitely did not know about Ashpaw, Ashpaw knew of him and helped kill Scourge’s deputy, Bone.

Ashpaw’s mother, Brindleface, had previously been killed by Tigerstar to give the dogs a taste for cat blood, and Ashpaw had joined the patrol to lead the dogs over the gorge. Scourge also wanted revenge against Tigerclaw, for almost killing him while scaring him out of ThunderClan territory as an apprentice.

When Ashpaw was a warrior in The New Prophecy, he began to fall in love with Squirrelflight, and was heartbroken when she chose Brambleclaw over him. Over the course of the books he grows bitter and angry until Long Shadows were he attempts to kill Squrrielflight and Brambleclaw’s kits. He then relented when Squilf revealed the secret of the kit’s heritage, to which he threatened to expose before he was killed by Hollyleaf.

Scourge was obsessed with getting revenge on Tigerstar, who was also Ashfur’s enemy, and succeeded. Ashfur on the other hand(paw?) didn’t achieve his goal of making Squirrelflight suffer and later died. While Ashfur went to StarClan, it’s unknown where Scourge went.

Fanon
An iconic staple in the Warriors fandom, it was popular in the early Warriors fandom days (about 2003-2015). It’s unclear where the ship began, though it’s possible it started with this video. Both Ashfur and Scourge were infamous for being extremely popular during this time, as well as slash ships, so it was only a matter of time for them to begin being shipped together.

Both Ashfur and Scourge wanted revenge against Tigerstar, and that as well as Ashfur’s attempts to punish Squrrielflight for breaking up with him earned this ship the title “revengeshipping”. (Although it is most commonly just called Ashfur x Scourge or AshScourge).

In the modern fandom, AshScourge is seen as a nostalgic relic of old warriors fandom culture, and it’s still very easy to find fanart and other content of the ship, although almost never unironically. Even back when it was popular it was referred to as a crack pairing.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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QUOTEV
 * Ashfur x Scourge on Quotev