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How do you all like the new Warriors Graphic Novel? I haven’t read it yet, but I want to! I think that the art looks really good too.
It’s amazing!
The art is great, and it does a great job at adapting Into The Wild. However, I think that they tried to squish too much of Fire & Ice into too little space.
agreed where is all that stuff like Cinderpaw drama 🙁
I haven’t read it!
Have not bought it yet but I love the art sm!
I need facts about Mouse Ear
Don’t ask
He wanted to be deputy after Sun Shadow died, as explored in Shadowstar’s Life. He feuded with Juniper Branch in the same book because she wanted deputyship as well.
He initially lived in a rogue group with Mud Paws and Holly, until he moved to the hollow on the moor, and later to ShadowClan.
He was described as big and mean-looking on the outside but soft and kindhearted on the inside.
He is named after his small ears.
Eagle Feather was his apprentice.
I think he has tiny ears, or maybe huge ears? IDK
He has ears the size of a mouse’s, he’s Holly and Mud Paws’s buddy, he apprenticed Eagle Feather 😛
*asks* What are you going to do with this, oh mighty cheese lord?
I don’t know anything about him except he probably has small ears 😛
He’s a cat 😛
IDK TvT
Is it only me who thinks Breezepelt is the most disgusting rat on earth and people don’t complain about him enough?
Nah, he’s one of my favorite characters :p
Nope, his jerkiness is mostly Crowfeather’s fault and I HATE Crowfeather so it comes down to the enemy of my enemy is my friend😛 Tho he is really horrible to Purdy, Poppyfrost and the Three, so I do kinda dislike Breezepelt too
NO ONE TALKS LIKE THAT WHEN I’M AROUND /j
OR WHEN I AM AROUND
OR WHEN I’M AROUND👺🧀
Was that a starwars quote? 😛
I have mixed feelings about him. He is so annoying an grumpy, but he had good reason to be.
Agreed, but I love him very much
I like him, but I 1000% get where you’re coming from 😛
He doesn’t deserve his (or any) Clan’s forgiveness and trust. He was a terrible cat that did terrible things-and he knew exactly what he was getting into and what the consequences were going to be. Unlike most that trained in the Dark Forest, he knew exactly what the evil cats were planning to do to the Clans, and he didn’t show one bit of remorse until his Clan didn’t trust or respect him.
Totally agreed
COMPLETELY AGREED
I love his character, and it was Crowfeather who drove him to the dark Forest. I still like Crowfeather tho help
*nod of approval* I was getting worried there 😉
well, I kinda disagree. he’s definitely not the most morally-intact character, but I love his flaws and backstory. I think he hated the fact that crowfeather betrayed windclan so much that he wanted to get back at him, but soon the dark forest just ate off that hatred and turned him evil. onestar made a good choice giving him another chance, breezepelt’s training in the df made him stronger (take my words with a grain of salt, the last time I read a wc book was two years ago :P). breezepelt is among my top 10 fav characters and crowfeather my top 5 so I like them both a lot lol but I can see why you don’t like breezepelt.
I don’t really know what to say but that Crowfeather was the worst father to Breezepaw. Im sorry I love you Crowfeather but still ur very dumb and yeah. Sorry my heart broke to pieces in the book Outcast where Jaypaw you know reads everybody’s minds and the part he looks inside Breezepaw’s and saw that Breezepaw really wanted to impress Crowfeather with this nice piece of prey he got and Crowfeather doesn’t give a heck and just says to Lionpaw “Hey good job on that pigeon, broseph” (ik he didn’t really say but yeah)…. Im like WHATTT??!! Yeah Crowfeather gets better in his SE and all but still! Anywho I still like Breezepelt because I feel very bad for him and I like him a lot in Crowfeather’s Trial because he is like a mini Crowfeather (sort of). Ik i make no sense at all.
nope, i think that too lol
NoButThatIsTheGreatestWarriorCatComparisonIHaveEverSeen
Cackles
This is a weird thought but have you noticed that ThundeClan is like Gryffindor, ShadowClan is like Slytherin, WindClan is like Hufflepuff and RiverClan is like Ravenclaw (which sounds like a warrior name)
I’ve thought exactly that before 😛
I do wonder sometimes if the Erins drew some inspiration from the Harry Potter series when deciding the natures and core values of the four Clans.
Both ThunderClan and Gryffindor are where the main character (at least, at first) resided, and were generally perceived as being good and courageous groups, fighting back against a much more evil group.
That group would be Slytherin, or its Warriors equivalent, ShadowClan. They were perceived as being deceitful and evil, and fought against Gryffindor/ThunderClan, which were generally good-natured. The difference was that ShadowClan’s perceived evil nature was overridden in later arcs, while Slytherin’s perceived nature never changed much.
Ravenclaw was mainly signified by its members, who possessed superior intelligence. There wasn’t much characterization in the series to suggest that RiverClan was much the same, but IIRC RiverClan’s core values were described as agility and intelligence (am I making this up? I swear I remember it being stated in the series at some point).
WindClan and Hufflepuff never really had core, signifying personality traits, unlike the much more sorted other three groups. I’d still say that they are the equivalents of each other.
I noriced that too, but WindClan is more like Ravenclaw and RiverClan more like Hufflepuff imo
On the wikipedia page it says they got some inspiration from j. K. Rowling so very possible
I wanted Ravenpaw’s name to be Ravenclaw just because of Harry Potter. To bad he didn’t become a warrior and the Erins had another name planned for him if he did . . .
Starclan was based after Hinduism I think I am a Hindu so it reminds me of it
WAIT WHAT-
My Unpopular Opinions:
.I DO NOT like Bluestar.
.Yep, I love ShadowClan.
.”Sighs” You are gonna hate me for this, but while I love Firestar, I don’t like Firepaw, when Firestar was a apprentice.
.And I hate Brambleclaw.
1. I don’t have a problem with that. I’m not her biggest fan either.
2. Same. ShadowClan is underrated, if you ask me. It wasn’t their fault that they have a bunch of evil cats living among them all the time
3. Fine with Firepaw, but not the biggest fan of Firestar
4. Same. Especially his relationship with Squirrelflight
Beeeeeeeeeeeessssssssst ship ever: Alderheart and Needletail
Not for me😛 I prefer single Needletail and Alderheart with Puddleshine!
I’m pretty neutral on that 😛 I like single Needletail tho (Needle x Rain SUCKS), and I also like hopelessly-falling-in-love Alderheart 😛
1. I disagree :3
2. Agreed.
3. I don’t mind Firepaw
4. I disagree
I also like ShadowClan!
1. I’m pretty neutral on her :3
2. I like them, they’re not my favorite but like maybe 2nd or 3rd? WindClan rulesss
3. I like Firepaw AND Firestar
mainly because of nostaliga4. Lol everyone hates Brambleclaw, tho I love him in TPB
also because of nostalgia probablyDisagree. She was not mentally well, and you can’t blame her for her actions during that time.
YESSSS I AGREE
Disagree, I love lil Firepaw
NOOOOOOO DISAGREE HE’S ONE OF MY FAVORITESSSS
I’m neutral on Bluestar.
I like ShadowClan too, but I prefer RiverClan.
I liked Firestar at every point in the story.
I like Brambleclaw (minus his appearance in Squirrelflight’s Hope.
Wow, I’m disappointed in myself 😞. I actually forgot the second parenthesis. I thought this day would never come.
that sounds like an L /lhj
You’re still the grammar king lol
. NO
. They’re ok :3
. disagree
. mostly agree
1. Samesame
2. SAME AAAAH
3. Disagree >:D
4. SAME
.I love Bluestar
.Sammmmmeeeeee what ever you say, I AM ShadowClan
. I don’t really care for ether
. I loooove Bramblestar
I think Bluestar was annoying and unhelpful and whiny. *dodges flying tomatoes* I know it’s the leaders that are evil, but the rest of ShadowClan still acts like jerks all the time. Also, ShadowClan have a choice. They could CHOOSE to not randomly drive WindClan out of their homes because “ShadowClan kits thrived” or any of that nonsense. I’ve also noticed that whenever one Clan doesn’t have enough prey they usually start attacking the other Clans to try to make them give them territory. WHY DON’T YOU JUST HUNT OUTSIDE THE CLAN TERRITORIES????? Moving on. I didn’t mind Firepaw that much. And I love Brambleclaw.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I just died like 1111111110000000 times because Purdy died I literally almost cried 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
IKR I MISS PURDY LIKE CRAZYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
YES PURDY IS MY BBG
NAUR HAVE I GONE CRINGE AGAIN LIKE WHEN I FIRST CAME HERE?!I love AVoS (a very unpopular opinion) and Twigbranch (also a very unpopular opinion). But I reread some things and I think I have an idea of how they could’ve (or some fanfiction writer) could/could’ve made this series and its characters it better.
– More Alder x Needle.
Needle x Rain is a terrible ship and I hate it. Needletail just followed Rain around and he was just fine with it. It was boring and not romantic whatsoever. If they just let Alder x Needle take a little longer, I think that it would be a good ship.
– Needletail being different
Needletail is the same as all the other ShadowClan apprentices in AVoS, so what I was thinking was keep her sharp tongue, but let her be too scared to use it within her own Clan. She’s just the same, making her a not as lovable character. I like her retorts and stuff, but she should have a more shy side is what I think.
– Dove x Tiger run away taking away some of the spotlight.
I for one hate this ship, as they think they can do whatever they want. But what I’m talking about here was when they ran off and took more of the focus to them, leading to most of the Clans worrying about missing warriors rather than focusing on their SkyClan problem. It was a great plottwist, but maybe this was better for in the middle of AVoS and TBC.
– Violetshine living in ThunderClan and Twigbranch living in ShadowClan
Violetshine definitely acts like a ShadowClan cat, so it would be interesting for her to live in ThunderClan where she would get a better life. When they were separated, Alderheart told Twigkit(branch) that Violetkit(shine) would be taken care of by a nice ShadowClan cat, but obviously ShadowClan is the tough Clan, and they ignored her or complained about Violetkit for most of the time – even Needlepaw(tail) didn’t play much with here unless Alderheart convinced her to let the kits meet.
Twigbranch is bratty (I am a Twigbranch lover, so I don’t think this as much but oh well) and annoys a lot of readers because of her Clan-changing. But since she’s always got a cheerful and happy (and sure, somewhat annoying) presence, maybe it would be better for us to drop her in ShadowClan to figure out herself that life is tough and not everything will go your way.
– More Alderheart POV
I have a couple more reasons but I’m getting tired of typing. So the last thing is that we should’ve gotten more Alderheart povs in this series. It depends on the series, but I can hate or love when the pov changes. If there’s boring characters and the plot isn’t that good for one character, I like to read a more interesting pov. But for this, it was all the same. I’d keep Violetshine’s pov, but changing one ThunderClan pov to another didn’t change much, and I like Alderheart’s pov better. How did he feel when Twigbranch was struggling to chose a Clan? What did he think after the pov spotlight was taken from him?
So . . . yeah. That basically changes the entire series, but it would definitely make the plot more interesting in my opinion. Any other thoughts on what would make AVoS better? Should I write an article on this? Thank you!
I LOVE AVOS!!!! Just sayin’!!! I like the way it is, tho, tho I also dislike Needle x Rain and tbh I think it was sort of unnecessary. I love Violetshine’s story as it is as well as Needletail’s attitude, lol, but yea. And yes please make this an article!!
Definitely write an article!
I’ve written an article on this that will probably come out in October – November, explaining why I dislike AVOS.
YES WRITE AN ARTICLE ON IT MAPEY
AVOS RULEZ😎
i think this is the right place to do this soooo…
making display names for canon characters :3
1# ashfur
||🖤 ASHFUR 💔||❤️🔥 he/him 🥀|| 🧨 ashes, ashes, dust to dust ~ the devil’s after both of us 🏴||🤍 “upset? i’m not upset. you have no idea how much pain i’m in.” 🔪||
#2 cinderpelt
🫧🌄 cinderpelt 🍃☁️ she/her 🪷🌾 starry, starry night ~ paint your pallet blue and grey 🍵🌱 “autumn is a second spring where every leaf is a flower” 🌷🌅
#3 squirrelstar
🧋🍓 Squirrelstar 💥🍂 She/Her 🍁🐿 Like a phoenix on repeat, you’ll never burn me, YOU’L NEVER BURN ME! 🎵🧨 “It was never meant to be” 🎇☄️
rate these display names :3
Ashfur: 10/10
Cinderpelt: 8/10
Squirrelstar 7/10
All of them 10/10! You captured their personalities really well, especially Ashfur’s.
Ashfur: 9/10
Cinderpelt: 7/10
Squirrelstar: 10/10 the dynamite and sparks match her so well
I agree with Dewy. Love all of them, especially Ashfur!
YOU’LL NEVER BURN ME >:D
Squiwwel = 10/10
9.9/10 (MORE FIREEEE/j)
9/10
10/10
Ashfur: 10/10
Cinderpelt: 9/10
Squirrelstar: 10/10
Great display names!
Ashfur is a 10/10
Cinderpelt is also a 10/10
Squirrelstar is a 7/10
ALL 10/10 OMG :0000
This is such a fun idea!
Ash-10/10
Cinder-8/10
Squirrel-10/10
they’re all great, my favourite is Ashfur’s!
Hey y’all I wanted to do this for a article I’m writing but how would you would you write the new arc Changing skies?
Well first of all I would make Moonpaw specifically NOT like Shadowsight or Frostpaw. I feel like they’re too similar, and Moonpaw sounds exactly the same. They have sort of weird visions or a voice in their head or something like that. Here’s how I would write it (or at least something like it): The whole of ThunderClan thinks Moonpaw is destined to be a medicine cat. Moonpaw doesn’t like this and gets angry at everyone and is determined to be a warrior. Also I think Leafstar and/or Tawnypelt should die in this arc because in my opinion they have lived for way too long. I’m pretty sure it mentioned Goldenflower’s kits in Into the Wild so if Into the Wild can be trusted, Tawnypelt has been alive for the entire series except Dawn of the Clans. (Since Crowfeather is on the cover of The Elders’ Quest, I think he’s going to be significant in it.) I feel like maybe I should be writing more but it’s 11:45 pm where I am and I’m tired and it’s a school night so goodbye!
I don’t know if this is the right place to do this but I’m doing it anyway because no one told me I couldn’t. For some reason I want to do a quiz thing and I am going to list some quotes and then you guess who said them. | 1: “I’ll be loyal to my Clan as long as I have breath enough to fight.” | 2: “I’m going. But I’ll be back; you can be sure of that. I’ll be revenged on you all!” | 3: “Every cat I have known – Every cat I have loved has taught me the meaning of friendship and the unbending power of the warrior code.” | 4: “Fight loyally, and with courage. That is all your Clan asks of you.”
I may or may not have a crush on Finpaw… You know, the cat who is in love with Twigbranch? Yeah… (I would put laugh emojis, but im on a computor.
Understandable 😛 He’s a cute boi
Yep
🤣🤣🤣
I’m writing an article that examines what the fandom’s favorite characters are in general. So out of all the characters in the series, including background characters. what are y’all’s five favorite cats?
If you’d like, you can also describe why you like the character. Tell me if you’d like to be in the article.
ThunderClan: Ivypool!!!
WindClan: Kestrelflight
ShadowClan: Needletail
RiverClan: IDK
SkyClan: Finpaw 😂😂😂😍😍😍
Sandstorm – I don’t really know why I like her, I think that she’s just an amazing cat with a great personality throughout all the series she was in. It was sad that she didn’t get to die around all her loving Clanmates and those who knew her for a very long time.
Violetshine – I love Violetshine because she somehow found a place she wanted to live and cats she loved after everything she had been put through. First, she had been separated from her sister, and while Twigbranch got love and attention from ThunderClan, she got queens that hated her very existence. Second, being torn between Needletail and ShadowClan. After she had been forced to come with Needletail to join the kin (and Rowanstar totally not caring about it at all) and returned to ShadowClan to become a real apprentice, none of the ShadowClan cats liked her because she had lived with the kin. After all that, she still managed to keep her self-confidence and managed to somehow push through all those terrible things she had to go through.
Mudclaw – I don’t really know why I like him, but I think it’s mainly because Onestar was a terrible leader, and I wanted him to be WindClan’s leader instead.
Curlfeather – she was an amazing villain, and I never saw that plot twist coming.
Hollyleaf – Hollyleaf is such an amazing character that I can relate to in so many ways! First, she always had a hunger to prove herself to her Clan. And second, she’s a rule follower, kind of like me. She stuck close to the code because of how much it meant to her, and how much it meant to her that she was a loyal ThunderClan cat.
1. Alderheart! he’s a sweet and relatable guy and totally deserves a better character arc <3
2. Briarlight, she's such a strong, inspiring, and positive cat! i love her interactions with the other medicine cats (esp Jayfeather haha)
3. Runningwind, i headcanon him as australian (like a gday fireheart how you doing kinda guy) 😛 one of my favourites in tpb!
4. Cinderheart :3 i just like her (mostly headcanoned) relationship with Hollyleaf and how she like swimming because of Jayfeather, also the whole thing about finding out that she's not Cinderpelt was interesting
5. Foxleap. he’s just a silly guy, but i love how he’s portrayed in Paws of Stars (an ao3 fanfiction) as sort of envious of his sister and tries to cover it up with jokes
so yeah a lot of my favourites are based on non-canon stuff 😛
I POT FOXLEAP AS 4TH
FOXLEAP LOVERS UNITEEE
LETS GO :DD
Do you mind if I use your descriptions in the article?
go ahead!!
I can’t promise this will be 100% accurate, but here we go anyway:
1. Crowfeather: I think he’s really misunderstood, but I also find it a bit funny and cute how grumpy he is from such a young age, and I also like how so much crap happened to him but he’s still strong. As I’ve said before, unlike Mapleshade, he didn’t become a murdering maniac when his life got a little hard. He dealt with it 😎
2. Violetshine: her story, her personality, her ship (with Tree), everything! She’s so selfless despite all the stuff she’s been through and how selfish Twiggy can be sometimes.
3. Gray Wing: this guy was so selfless and awesome and a great father figure, without being an annoyingly basic character like Firestar. He just wanted what was best for everybody <3 also he didn't see everything in black-and-white. He didn't want all the bad guys killed just like that.
4. Foxleap: AAAAAH FOXLEAPPPP!!! He's so cute and funny and awesome and yeahhhh, I love him so much <333 mah boi Foxleap <333 Why did you have to die baby WHYYYY
5. Jayfeather: yes, sorry, but now I have to get boring and choose Mr Old Grumpyface. But like what can I say, he's awesome 😛
There are soooo many more characters I absolutely adore but I think this is my absolute top 5 :3
1. Mouse Ear! He’s honestly such an interesting cat- he is brave and strong, yet knows when to be gentle around other cats. I also love his personality!
2. Brightheart! She’s really nice and helpful, even though she is missing an eye! She is also just a really good cat in general <3
3. Jingo! Jingo is a super cool and calm feline that leads a group of cats living in the twolegplace! She is really good at showing the newcomers around, and is really underrated and forgotten!
4. Finleap! His personality is super interesting to read about, his purr is so slay, and his personality as an apprentice is so cute!
5. Darktail! First of all, Darktail is a really smart villain. He isn't power-hungry and mad like some others *points finger at Ashfur*, and he has a really interesting plan to take over the forest. His backstory is also deep, and he has a justification (ish) to become so evil. Even though I don't agree with his actions, I really loved his character plot!
Don’t steall Finpaw from me… jk
Do you mind if I use your descriptions in the article?
You can use them, fine by me :3
Jayfeather! I find his grumpy demeanor fun to read about, and I like how he occasionally reveals a softer side, showing his complexity as a character.
1. Ivypool, she is my all time favourite character! I find myself in her, but with more courage. Like, going in a dangerous place for the good of the Clans, being so understanding to Twigpaw/branch, I just love her
2. Yarrowleaf (I named myself after her, and after the fact I love yarrows), she is good. I love her name the most, this is why I love her. In her “high school” time, she was rebellious, but after, she maturized herself, but still doing mistakes (having kits with I forgot the name of the tom)
3. Cinderheart. I don’t know, it is like love at first sight. I loved her purrsona, her backstory, the fact that she is an important cat without knowing. And being able to swim. Her ambition. This is how I feel
4. Nutwhisker, he was so suportive to Yellowfang! I love him.
5. Lilywhisker, I don’t have anything with Briarlight, she is very nice. But Lilywhisker had the same accident, but no one appreciates her, and I like her name, so yeah..
Do you mind if I use your descriptions in the article?
No, I don’t
1. Moth Flight
2. CrowFEATHER
3. JayFEATHER
4. FEATHERtail
(I sure like cats with “feather” in their names lol)
5. Tawnypelt!
ThunderClan: Alderheart or Ivypool, I can’t decide. Alderheart is my adorable, nervous, sweet lil’ bean, but Ivypool is amazing. She’s such a strong character, but with real, relatable flaws.
WindClan: (Guys don’t hate me) Crowfeather. I just really like him in his SE, and there aren’t very many options to chose from. (I do like Whistlepaw, just not quite as much)
ShadowClan: SHADOWSIGHT MY BABY 💗💗💗💗
Do I even need to explain this one?
RiverClan: Hmmm….. Frostpaw I guess, there aren’t very many options. She’s rly sweet and I feel bad for her 🙂
SkyClan: Rootspring. He’s so chill but has a personality! He and Bristlefrost (😭) are so sweet!
Do you mind if I use your descriptions in the article?
Nope! That would be kinda cool tbh :b
I would like to be in the article. | #1: Cinderpelt | #2: Mothwing | #3: Squirrelstar | #4: Jayfeather | #5: Purdy
1# is definitely snowtuft. he gave his life to save the clans who shunned him, and gave up his existence in the world to take down ashfur
2# is cloverfoot! clover foot is a side character, but is a fair and kind deputy, who came back to shadowclan after realizing how evil darktail was. she made friendships with alderheart and the riverclan exiles, who in return supported her leadership when tigerstar invaded riverclan (which i don’t support)
#3… maybe russetfur. she is a strong former shadowclan warrior who now resides in starclan after being killed by lionblaze in a border dispute. she joined the clan as a rogue named red, but proved her loyalty to shadowclan by fighting against the rogue group she was once part of.
#4 is a very underrated character named dawnstripe! dawnstripe is tallstar’s mentor and a senior warrior of windclan. she is strict but fair, and supports tallstar in his quest to find his true path, even allowing him to request to be a tunneler after training as a moor-runner under her for moons. she fought bravely against shadowclan, and was a key part in tallstar’s development.
#5 is… *awkward silence*
crookedstar i guess. he came back to his clan after leaving, and only trained under mapleshade because he thought that she was a starclan warrior and would make him strong, therefore proving to his mother, rainflower, that he deserved her love (also, i headcanon rainflower is a reincarnation of rainswept flower). he became deputy due to a omen faked by mapleshade, but proved himself to be strong and worthy, and made a fine leader.
also could i be in the article?
Test
I WANNA WRITE AN ARTICLE
ON WARRIOR CATS RELATED TO TYPES OF CHEESES
*dramatic sigh*
I can’t think of any cheese to match any warrior cats so-
Jingo
Mouse Ear
Sunfish
Blackstar
Jayfeather
Græystripe
Match them to cheese or else
Jingo: Fries
Mouse Ear: Fries
Sunfish: Fries
Blackstar: Fries
Jayfeather: Fries
GrAystripe: Fries
Fries aren’t cheese, dumbo >:c