I changed the thumbnail to make it fit the color-scheme better, hope that's okay with everyone! <3

Wow, Swiftpaw isn’t ready, but breezepelt is ready as he’ll ever be

Animators when the 72 hours mark is up:

the fact that SwiftPaw tried to use the move LongTail taught him against the dogs broke me heart along side with LongTail visiting his apprentice’s grave

This MAP made me realize how close Longtail and Swiftpaw were and how terribly grief-stricken Longtail was when his apprentice died. Swiftpaw, you will never be forgotten.

oh my god. the last part always breaks me.

i really do believe that swiftpaw looked at longtail like a father figure

When Swiftpaw became an apprentice, his mentor Longtail taught him a move.

THIS WAS NOT THE ENDING SWIFTPAW DESERVED, BUT THE MAP SURE AS HELL DID IT JUSTICE.

When he used the move that long tail taught him my heart died. Ahhh it’s so sweet! I love this map!

I know it's kind of a small thing but I really like how some parts really highlight how much Swiftpaw looked up to Longtail, like when he checks Longtails reaction with Cloudkit was brought to camp. Idk, it just makes me happy because he really did admire his mentor

04:53, this part made me sad, because it was Swiftpaw imagining ripping the dogs to shreds, when really it was the shock from powerful jaws crunching his frail body. He wishes he was able to, when his eyes go white, it's not from power entering his body, it's just the shock of the situation sinking in onto him. So, he fabricates a scenario where he manages to beat up the dogs, but, of course, that didn't happen, for me that's the saddest part of this MAP, life cruelly being ripped away from Swiftpaw.

Swiftpaw didn't go to fight the dogs out of selfishness or pride, he was so angry and sad that we wasn't being noticed. When Cloudtail was made a warrior, even though Swiftpaw had more experience, it pushed him over the edge. He felt a need to prove himself. No matter or stupid or reckless. This M.A.P shows that perfectly.

I FINALLY UNDERSTAND

The story of swift paw is absolutely heart wrenching, but honestly all he wanted was to prove himself, to show that he was worth of becoming a thunderclan warrior. I honestly think that its kind of sad to see that Erin didn't have swiftpaws death affect the plot, I wanted to see longtail mourning alongside fire heart with no words to say only grief for the loss of the apprentice. I want to see bluestar feeling guilt for not giving him his name. I want to see brightheart crying out his name in her sleep, while cloud tail murmurers soft words of comfort to her. I want to see some swiftpaw affected moments in the books. And most of all I want to see a scene where both brightheart and swiftpaw reuniting in starclan with apologies from swiftpaw and a lick on the ear from brightheart telling him its alright. But sadly that wasn't what we got, and i'm sad because of it.

The part when Fireheart bought Cloudkit to the camp, and Swiftpaw looked to Longtail to see his reaction amd copy him was so sweet

I love every scene where Swiftpaw glances up at Longtail to decide how he should feel about situations. It's so cute, even if it's just a small detail.

I hate how Swiftpaw was made an apprentice even before Brackenfur and Cinderpelt, and Graystripe was hardly ever around to take care of his own apprentice. Longtail on the other hand seemed like a very good and smart cat to mentor Swiftpaw. I’m actually really tired of people who say they hate Swiftpaw because he went to find the dogs out of selfishness, which I really don’t see it that way. Swiftpaw had hardly been mentioned at all for the entire arc, and if you ignore the fact that he died, he did his Clan a favor by showing the danger of the creatures at Sunningrocks. It was Bluestar’s fault he never got to become a warrior, a bit of Fireheart's too, but n0p3. This MAP beautifully shows Swiftpaw’s struggles of trying to be noticed and to be a true member of ThunderClan. The artists portrayed the scenes perfectly, this is definitely one of my favorite projects I’ve ever seen, and I’m so happy it was finished so soon. Amazing job you guys!! <33333