OK I've decided to share my thought process here and how I intended for the symbolism to come across!! (ALSO, you are still free to think everything means whatever. So long as you don't say "Ashfur is an uwu baby who did nothing wrong, he was just possessed!!!11!" because uh, everything Ashfur did was because of Ashfur himself lol) TL;DR is basically, the "monster" haunting Ashfur is Ashfur's own thoughts and his more, well, monstrous side. List of the specific symbolism: 0:01 - Ashfur drops a squirrel (representing Squirrelflight). This one actually doesn't have a deep meaning like "AsHfUr DrOpPeD HiS LoVE fOr SqUiRrELfLigHT" because Squirrelflight "drops" him, I just put this in the PMV because it felt fitting lol 0:12 - The monster approaches Ashfur as he watches Squilf and Bramble walk away together. The monster is holding a dead squirrel in its, uh, "paws". This is meant to show how Ashfur is absolutely heartbroken and upset, and a part of him says that he should take revenge and kill Squilf for what he did... or at least hurt her badly. 0:14 He glares at the monster because he KNOWS it would be wrong, morally. But the monster is still there. 0:22 Ashfur glares at Lionpaw, Squirrelflight's son, as the monster flickers to life next to him. 0:27 The monster basically says that this is a chance for Ashfur to take his revenge on Squirrelflight... 0:29 ...After all, she'd be CRUSHED if her son died. Ashfur knows it's a bad idea, and is a bit shocked by this idea, but... 0:33 ... but she's being awfully mean, isn't she? Maybe she deserves it. 0:36 Maybe he should listen to the monster. 0:38 Ashfur is distraught and finally decides to listen to his monster. 0:44 He glares at Squirrelflight over his shoulder. She looks far too happy for his taste. 0:46 The monster is next to him to represent that he's thinking of doing the things the monster suggests. 0:49 His fur-pattern is starting to "drip", making him look more similar to the monster to represent that he is about to listen to all of his dark thoughts. 0:52 Ashfur starts to resemble the monster even more with his red lineart. Again, meant to represent that he's definitely ready to follow through with his horrific plans. 1:17 After Squirrelflight reveals the secret, a Squirrel wrapped up in brambles is shown. Meant to represent Ashfur's thought that, by revealing this secret, not only would Squirrelflight get hurt. Oh no, he'd use someone she loves to hurt her. 1:22 Ashfur is now completely the monster. He's not even attempting to cover it at this point. 1:46 Ashfur is forever chained to his monstrous side - because he IS his monstrous side. (Realising now I accidentally made the not-visually-monstrous Ashfur look at bit too "innocent" but that wasn't on purpose.) I would have only had the monster looking down at the dead body but that felt, idk, not... "right"? That would make it seem like "ahaha monster took over Ashfur's body, innocent Ashbaby uwu" which is the opposite of what I wanted, so I really hope having both the monster and Ashfur, stuck together, got the point across better. Buuut yeah!! That's my personal thought process for everything :-)

Hollyleaf: Kills Ashfur because he was going to reveal the truth Also Hollyleaf right after: Reveals the truth Ashfur: *Am I a joke to you?*

Hollyleaf: [misses] Ashfur:What the- Hollyleaf:[Drowns]

Ok... this is such a good idea? Having him slowly transforming into the monster he is, showing his thoughts and insides to Squirrelflight. Absolutely goregous artstyle as always and the timing of Lyrics and the art is perfect- i love it tons, one of my fave pmvs now!

0:39 when you’re crying and do a peace sign at yourself in the mirror

maybe he’s the MONSTEERRRRR

Hehe Ashfur head cannon: Maybe the reason he responded so violently to being rejected by Squirrel girl is because when he was an apprentice he learned to manage his loses by getting back at those who hurt him when he got to help rid the dogs as vengeance for his mother -(Idk it always mildly bothered me we never got to see backstory as to why Ashfur acted the way he did, no normal person turns evil over a breakup)-

I feel like jayfeather is the son of ashfur Lionblaze is the son of Bramblestar And Holleyleaf is the daughter of crowfeather-

DamN I LOVEEE This CONCEPT THIS IS SO GOOD

The stars on Lionblaze's and Jayfeather's ears are adorable!!

I wanted to make a list of all the little bits of symbolism i noticed throughout the video (lmk if i missed any) (idek if all of these can be considered symbolism) 0:02 the squirrel at ashfur’s paws (representing squirrelflight) 0:12 ashfur’s inner monster holding the squilf squirrel like it’s prey that he’s toying with (this is important for later) 0:30 ashfur’s inner monster encouraging him to get revenge on squirrelflight, or fueling and encouraging his growing bitterness as he watched lionpaw, which is shown when he crushes the squirrel in his paw 0:35 ashfur’s resentment and bitterness slowly growing as he talks to squirrelflight 0:40 the inner monster slowly taking over as ashfur’s sanity begins to crumble because of his obsession 0:47 ashfur’s inner monster goading on ashfur, making his resentment grow as he watches squirrelflight be happy 0:52 the moment when he finally snaps and gives in to his inner monster during the fire and he sees his chance to get revenge on squirrelflight 1:16 the brambles around squirrelflight could represent brambleclaw’s hatred for squirrelflight (Thanks to Lemon Newts) 1:17 ashfur believes that his prey (squirrelflight) is finally caught, after playing his “game” with her 1:32 ashfur goes to the river and stares at his reflection, at the monster he has become because of his obsession with squirrelflight 1:44 holleyleaf kills ashfur, and his monster dies with him (the pale black thing kinda looks like tears to me) 1:47 handcuffs link ashfur’s spirit and his monster, showing the monster’s influence and power over him, and showing how ashfur can never escape his inner demons

I like the squirrel that looks like Squirrelflight at the beginning. Usually animators that make videos of ashfur usually have this and i love it. *Poor ashfur and his monsters*

I love how psychotic ashfur is portrayed with the red outlines. People downplay ashfur’s insanity because there are far more psychotic characters in warriors, but this really shows how ashfur himself is a complete anger issue psychopath.

0:46 JUST LOVE THIS SHOT! A lot of great expressions and scenes here, love the idea of him trying his best to hold off the monster inside of him.

Wtf this is so underrated?! Omg wahaattttt....??!! Dudr I love how it slowly descents into chaos.

The “I pray someday that maybe you will see the monster inside me” gives me “I don’t understand how any of you fail to see the blood” from the books. I love this!!!

That's a little sus, Ashfur

This looks amazing! I love the detail where his markings get runny as time progresses and he becomes more and more unstable!

Woah, this is AMAZING!!! I love the thought and effort that went into this! The idea of the PMV is so cool and the art is super fitting!💖💖

One of my favorite parts is how the fur patterns start to drip. It looks really cool.

It hurts my brain to not see this animation every single 5 minutes.

The moment he decided to burn three children he became more then a monster

I really like how Ash's markings kinda look like they're slowly melting

bro i wanna know why i havent seen ANYONE talking how ashfur and bramble are both like, a lot older than squirrel..?

Can I just say that I like the symbolism, it's a unique idea.

ashfur looks so cute and smol in the last scene where he’s staring at his ded corpse

*ash fur goes through edge faze*

I love the animation and the song at the same time im glad this video is existed.

Ashfur your makeups running

Oh wow, somehow I never realized this was made by you!! I love that you portrayed the complexity of the issue without excusing his actions! That can be a tricky balance to achieve. I also love the little details like the video getting way darker in certain parts and his markings starting to drip down

This was so amazing. I loved it so much. Your art is really neat, and this really helped me connect with Ashfur. I hated him at first, but now I understand why he's so heartbroken and unstable. An inner demon threatening to break free.

I honestly feel that Ash was done dirty while he was still redeemable. He was basically used as emotional rebound for Squirrel while she and Bramble were separated. However, I do not think that his actions were ok by any means. However-however, the Ash and Squirrel arc itself was really iffy to me to begin with, and the result of the writing from the hunters’ part. Ash wasn’t evil in the beginning. Hell, he was very loyal to his clan, and fought bravely alongside the other apprentices during the battle against Bloodclan. Only after his bitterness and grief took over, he became evil.

I am so glad I found this channel, I keep finding gold nugget-videos, like this one, that need more appreciation Because aside from the idea being extremely refreshing in comparison to most other PMVs one finds, the visualization of Ashfur going from "o fuk, Squirrelflight don't love me "hA, LEMON LIME, MURDER TIME" is * chef's kiss *. The mild horror is just pure eye candy, a very well done and inspiring video, thank you for making this :')

Oh my gosh- it’s been so long since I watched this yet I still watch it with the same amazement. Amazing

Poor ashy 😔 The scene where his demon squeezes the squirrel made me frown, I hated Ashfur's face.. It was pure shock and worry.

this MAP really shows Ashfur was hear brooken and couldnt controll himself.

holy moly- this is so amazing!!! great job! ^w^

This is so good! I love tweening! I love this idea!

I commented this on some else's comment, but I wanna share it, also in this idea, Ash is Jay's father, with squirrel Bramble is lions father with squirrel, And Crow is Holly's father with leaf . Okay but It makes sense for squirrel. Holly was like, "Im a med and windclan cats kids, ah! And my life is messed up cuz they ain't actually my sibs. So I'm not important" And jay is ashes and squirrels kid, while lion is squirrel and brambles kid. This messing their family up and holly becomes violent, then becomes this killer, while jay is harsh to everyone and keep trying to find ways to die, like drowning and stuff, and lion is trying to stay strong for all of them, but deep inside, he's breaking at the seams- Oop, sorry bout it being so long...... but I guess this song would go with it, eh?

ashfur: what if im the mon-STAAAAAAAAAAHHHRR!!!!!!!!! ....thats been here all along.. 😔🥀⛓

OMG I love this!! The idea is amazing!!

WOAH! Those expressions! Seriously, they are so unique!

It's soo nice and I like the idea. Nice work👌❤️✨

this deserves more attention

those expressions and art oh my gosh 😳

ooo the song is cool and i luv your art style!

Who knew that Ashfur had reincarnated in Brambleclaw's corp taking the place of his spirit ?

those 6 people who disliked the video don't get it what masterpiece this is

this is really cool !!

Woahhh this is amazing!

DAMN THIS IS SO GOOD

God this is so underrated. I love this so goddamn much

Cool! But who made the song? Curious cause I actually quiet like it and theres so so many songs called Monster

OMMMGGGG IS SOOO GOOOODD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Amazing!

Awesome!!!

Love you Ashur, don't be sad anymore

This part of the audio goes hard ngl 0:32 - 1:16

I- why does Ashfur need to be the bad guy always?! He's the best warrior on my opinion :(

Dammit i want an ashfur redemption arc so badly.

Poor ashfur he just wanted love, I think he took it too far

This is now cannon

You know when you read to much warrior when you read monster as moon star

Thanks, I have now made this a AU

OOOO AU IDEA TIME!!! Forgive me if this has already been done, BUT!!! Let’s get to it! What if: Squrrielflight was “the villain” instead of Ashfur? Like, she literally did say that Ashfur could harm them because it wouldn’t matter to her, “They’re not my kits”. That broke everyone!! That hurt Ashfur too! Ashfur wanted to go save her but Squirrelflight thought he wasn’t over her yet so it got her frustrated, blurted that the three wasn’t her kits, and it just goes on from there. Hollyleaf, like in the books, sees that this is a problem. Hollyleaf kills Ashfur only because she doesn’t see what may have truly happened, just that he has the potential to spill the beans. Long story short: Squirrelflight is villain for purposely portraying Ashfur as the villain. Ashfur just wanted to help at the fire scene (which is why he goes back), but Squirrel misunderstands the situation.

Ahh yes ashfur my favorite ashfur my favorite monster ashfur ah yes my favorite ashfur my favorite ashy fur

Wtf my heart broken now for him 💔

Starclan ashfur Vs Dark Forest Ashfur

This is me and my demons

Masterful Love the fabric-y filter over the video. overlay source?

I need to hit the whoa on this one. Great animatic!! You show the expressions well. Keep up the good work!! I wish I could join your discord server but it keeps on saying "invite invalid".

👌 👌 👌 👌 👌

Hawkfrost: *Am I a joke to you?*

Ashfur the edgelord. You either love him or hate him.

Honestly monster by kira works a lot for ashfur

Ashws

00:40 radio rebel

Whats crazy is, star clan knew he took one of firestars lives with the snare trap. But they still let him into star clan. They r really bias and obbsessed with seeming perfect. Firestar didn't even question it? Like after all the bs this fireball has gone through ud think hed kick ashfur out when he got up there and was like, 'u HELPED hawkfrost take a life??? A life i needed in our literal most dire battle??? Gtfo u patchy grey turncoat!'

Now I thought of AU where Ashfur spirits get split into two.. Darkforest and Starclan cat.

Wait a minute I realized that both your Jay-feather and Lion-blaze designs have star's on their ears,I don't know if your Holly-leaf one does,but if it doesn't that means that its a simble of them getting powers when Holly-leaf does not,I don't know if I'm right tho,it could just be a design choice.

Ashfur when his fur isn’t ashy (idk I haven’t read the books)

I don’t really like the narrative that it wasn’t,, ashfurs fault for being such a well,, the worst,, so heres my thoughts /gen I like to think that the monster is ashfur projecting onto someone, in this case the monster. It respresents all his negative traits,So Ashfur attempts to see himself as a different person then these traits, but eventually he just,, gives up. He doesn’t want to do it anymore, so he accepts that *he is the monster*, these traits are a *part of him*, and since we all know how it goes in the books,, yeah he doesn’t seem to want to change. (If this offends anyone please correct me /gen /lh /srs)

I wanna make a pmv like this am I allowed to use a similar demon?

I've always been so confused, can someone tell me what fin means?-

Me crying ever time I see ashfur getting k!lled

0:11 0:39 0:46 1:38

Am I the only one to notice Ashfur is crying at 0:11 ? (Sorry I'm late hh)

So whats the story

i dont think i will stalk u because its inlegal and i dont have any reson to

The song is eh but the antimation is great

Its sad that i know nothing about warrior cats i just wach videos

I feel bad for ashfur he kinda didn't deserve it he just loved squirrel flight but I guess her heart was just somewhere else =

I love this sm but holy moly the VAs is out of tune it hurts :')

........ *Get ricked r o l l e d*

Am I the only one who sometimes feels like the only who understands why Ashfur did what he did and felt how he did

Tbh, I think Ashfur would have been better to Squirrelflight than Brambleclaw/star, because he actually cared for her unlike bramble who made the relationship an endless loop of peace, upsetting Squirrel, punishing her, fighting along side her to get her back, and then back to the start.

The animation is good but I don’t really like the song -3-

hey good job and all but: this song is *terrible*

Who knew that Ashfur had reincarnated in Brambleclaw's corp taking the place of his spirit ?