AshThrush

AshThrush is the slash ship between Ashfur and Thrushpelt from the Warriors fandom.

Canon
Thrushpelt was born many years before Ashfur, in the same generation as Bluestar. They were both from ThunderClan.

Thrushpelt fell in love with Bluefur, However, Bluefur didn’t love him back. She was in a relationship with the RiverClan deputy, Oakheart. But she couldn’t tell anyone this, as relationships between cats of different Clans are against the warrior code. She gets pregnant with Oakheart’s kits, and didn’t tell anyone who the father was. Bluefur told Thrushpelt that she didn’t love him, and he accepted this and told her he wanted her to be happy. The kits were named Mistykit, Mosskit and Stonekit. The clan assumed the father was Thrushpelt. Thrushpelt was overjoyed and took on the role of a father figure. Bluefur was ambitious, and so was a warrior called Thistleclaw. Bluefur didn’t like Thistleclaw- she thought he would lead the clan into unnecessary battles. Soon the deputy, Tawnyspots got sick and retired to the elder’s den. Bluefur believed that with her in the nursery, Sunstar would choose Thistleclaw as his deputy. So Bluefur chose to try to take her kits to RiverClan to live with their father. However, when she tried to bring them to RiverClan territory, a snowstorm hit. Mosskit, the smallest and weakest kit, froze to death. She was able to bring the two remaining kits to their father, where they continued to live for the rest of their lives. Bluefur told the Clans that her kits had been taken by a fox, setting up the nursery to look like it had been ripped open. The Clan was devastated, and many pitied Bluefur and Thrushpelt. Thrushpelt was heart broken but he comforted Bluefur. Bluefur Became leader and Thrushpelt died shortly after.

Ashfur, on the other hand, fell in love with a cat named Squrrielflight. They became good friends, and considered being mates. However Squrrielflight chose Brambleclaw over him. When Squilf told him this, Ashfur was in shock. He grew bitter and angry, and wanted to make her feel the pain he felt. He plotted with Hawkfrost, an ambitious RiverClan warrior to kill Squrrielflight’s father, Firestar. He lured Firestar to the lake shore by telling him Blackstar, leader of ShadowClan wanted to meet him. Firestar was caught in a fox trap and Ashfur ran away, afraid of being found out. He went back and told his Clan that he had seen Brambleclaw with Hawkfrost trying to kill Firestar. Brambleclaw killed Hawkfrost and freed Firestar. Even though Hawkfrost had told Brambleclaw that he had had help, nobody knew it was Ashfur. After this Ashfur is given Squirrelflight and Brambleclaw’s son Lionpaw as an Apprentice. He takes out his anger on him, drawing blood in training. He grows bitter and angry. Eventually, when the ThunderClan camp catches on fire, Ashfur confronts Squrrielflight. He blocks her from saving Hollyleaf, Jayfeather and Lionblaze From the fire. He tells her that, to make her suffer as he has, that he was going to make her watch her kits burn alive. In order to stop him from doing this, Squilf admits that the three aren’t her kits. All of them are in shock, including Ashfur, and Ashfur relents. He threatens to reveal their secret at the next gathering. However, he is killed by Hollyleaf before the gathering.

Fanon
This ship is not popular as a romance, although the two are often compared. It is basically impossible to find fanfiction of this ship, although you can find comparaisons between the two. Since Thrushpelt died years before Ashfur was born, any interaction they have is either between the ghost of Thrushpelt or a what-if scenario. Thrushpelt is often portrayed as what Ashfur could have been if he had taken Squrrielflight’s rejection better. Sometimes artwork will portray Thrushpelt either sympathizing with or scolding Ashfur for his actions. It is viewed as a Crack ship.

AshSquirrel, HawkAsh and BlueThrush are all much more popular ships.

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