Let Me Down Slowly | Complete Crowfeather Weekend MAP

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The narrative of this map explores crowfeather's relationship with death, and grief. His father died before he could be apprenticed, and his mother lost a litter of three before he was born. He's prickly and antagonistic, with his mother deputy after his father who was also deputy, he has so much to prove, and Feathertail takes pity on this poor angry kid, and starts to help pull him out of his shell. But just when he starts to trust, to feel like its okay to care about people, she dies- right in front of him. She jumps and he reaches for her but there's nothing he can do, and then, she's gone.

The next time we see him here, its after the great battle with the dark forest. His mother, Ashfoot is dead, and he's so grief stricken, but has no one to turn to, no shoulder to cry on, because he's pushed everyone away. He turns to Nightcloud and asks her to please help him, and she does pity him, for all his flaws, she wouldn't wish this kind of suffering on anyone, but she can't keep setting herself on fire to keep him warm, and she turns away. Crowfeather is left reeling- he feels like he's watching a train wreck in slow motion. "Why am I so mean? Why do i push everyone away? Why can't I be nicer to people? Why can't I be better?" He doesn't blame Nightcloud for turning away because he knows she's right- he hasn't been good to her, and he doesn't know why. He can see all his flaws, he knows what he does and just can't stop himself and can't understand why.

He runs and runs and runs, falling through all his grief and memories and trauma, past every death that has shaken him, his father, the siblings he never met, Breezepelt's two littermates, his mentor, his mother, feathertail, his daughter Hollyleaf, and when he lands, he's a kid again, back in the cave that stormy night behind a waterfall, and when Feathertail crouches down to leap at the stalactite, this time he jumps first. In the final shot we see him as an adult watching sadly, because this isn't real. It's him realizing, finally, that he never moved past this moment, never left that cave. He's still stuck there in the flash of lightning before she leapt, unable to trust, to let anyone in ever again. Whoever jumped that night, years ago, they both died there.

Thumbnail by Lttleghost

Song is Let Me Down Slowly by Alec Benjamin

Credits song:
Let Me Down Slowly Piano cover by Sing2Piano | Piano Backing Tracks

[virus-eiiz]

"Whoever jumped that night, years ago, both died there."
Dammit Nate with the feels TwT

[blizzard_the_seal]

THAT ENDING THOUGH
HE WANTED TO PUT HIMSELF IN DANGER TO SAVE HER
NOOOO RIGHT IN THE _FEELS_

[gremlinchild]

Crowfeather: let me down slowly
Also Crowfeather: *jumps to his death*

[downfallfox]

Losing her was like losing his last life if he was a leader (legit almost cried, I'm reading a series of this rn)

[evuuchaan]

Crowfeather: Everyone he loves dies
Legit almost every other somewhat important cat: *wipes tear** same here-










hey it rimes


(original)
Crowfeather: Everyone he loves dies
bluestar: *wipes tear** come here brotha



I changed it cause people were reminding me of other cats that also had a rough life xD

[Emma-mjpz]

"she can't keep setting herself on fire to keep him warm" Is such a poetic line. I love your paragraphs of describing a character's arc and development. You really know how to understand how a character works

[giingersnaps]

I'm not crying. You're crying. This was BEAUTIFUL! Well done everyone!!! I think we should all give Crowfeather a collective hug.

[emisev]

IM SO EXCITED. But I know I'm gonna cry...


Poor crowfeather.. He lost everything in his life. I feel bad for him, my heart hurts for him..




Thx for all the likes guys! But I’m still sad for Crow boi..

[cheetahlover]

I love Crowfeather, what he did to Nightcloud was wrong and his reason could have been better but he’s still such a amazing cat, I hope he becomes leader. He’s relatable to me in a way. He’s lost so much and is drowning in his sorrows and anxiety and depression and frets he’ll never escape. Dear Lord, these fictional cats making me emotional

[hannahnear]

I think Crow does deserve alot of credit. Sure, he was a jerk alot of times. But he really lived a tough life

[cosmeticbear]

Crowfeather has had one of the saddest lives honestly
He lost his first two loves, Hollyleaf, and Breezepelt’s two unnamed siblings..
*edit: the map is beautiful!!! I love it <3

Omg this is the most likes I’ve ever gotten before xd thx for all of them

[fallingintogay]

This is truly amazing, I love his final moment of realization, and it really begs the question "What would have happened if Crowpaw had jumped instead of Feathertail?"

[gremlinchild]

This was the first thing in my recommended after watching a
Leaf x Feather x Night MAP and I broke out laughing when I saw the thumbnail

[finchchiq]

When I read the first new prophecy book, I loved Feathertail, she was my favorite and I loved the ship between Crowpaw and Feathertail. But when the second book came, I felt crowpaw.. I was sobbing, so this is really meaningful to me, Thanks.

[vendotlover]

that description was *intense*
but seriously this pulls on my heartstrings
wishing so hard you could just go back and fix your mistakes after they happen is the worst feeling because you KNOW it won't ever happen but no matter how hard you try, you just can't pull yourself past your mistake but the whole time there's that little 'what if...?' in the back of your head it just
doesn't feel good








edit: nice

[starmsp]

Is someone cutting onions in here or what?
WHY CROW!!!?!?!?!?

[happythecat]

Who votes crowstar? Also for the peeps still in school (including me ) have a great last few weeks of school! Cant wait till ❤😄

[bobatea]

Crowfeather: let me down slowly
Life: Y E E T

[PukTS]

Everytime I watch this emotions that I've been hiding at the day come out again. I just can't explain how much I feel with crow and how deeply your wonderful Video affects me. Thank you

[Jordan-geto]

Woah!
Oh no,
There he go,
The boy is so sad though,
He went down so low,
Poor Crow!