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If you could have one or two cats from EACH clan (in ANY timeline) have a POV in a book, who’d you choose? They can also be side characters.
My Choices:
ThunderClan: Brackenfur and Brightheart
ShadowClan: Puddleshine!
WindClan: Kestrelflight
RiverClan: Mosspet :3 !!
SkyClan: Macgyver and Nettlesplash
ThunderClan: Whitestorm (why did you leave Willowpelt just to be mates with Brindleface and then leave her and become mates with Willowpelt again?) and Sunstar (he was an interesting character who I feel like never got explored deeply enough.)
WindClan: Hootwhisker (still waiting on Hootwhisker’s Hootenanny) and Harestar.
RiverClan: Willowshine and Reedwhisker
SkyClan: Fidgetflake and Needleclaw
ShadowClan: Scorchfur and Spireclaw.
ThunderClan: Wafflepaw :3
ShadowClan: Flowerstem and Cinnamontail
SkyClan: Nectarsong and Duskkit
WindClan: This should be easy >:D Flutterfoot and Stripekit
RiverClan: Rapidkit and Icewing
ThunderClan: Sandstorm
ShadowClan: Juniperclaw
WindClan: Nightcloud
RiverClan: Icewing
SkyClan: Billystorm or Needleclaw
Oh my gosh Billystorm YES!
Thunderclan: Honeyfern and ummm… Ashfur maybe? It would be cool to see what he was thinking in tBC.
Shadowclan: Juniperclaw
Riverclan: Reedshine and Curlfeather or one of Frostpaws siblings
Windclan: Heathertail
Skyclan: Bright stream? I’m just counting her as Skyclan…
Un-called-for answer to what was Ashfur thinking in TBC. He wasn’t.
True 😛
XD
ThunderClan: Thriftear and Cinderpelt
ShadowClan: Shadowstar (I know she already has one, but only one novella so yeah) and Pebble Heart
WindClan: Nightcloud and Windstar
RiverClan: Mothwing (same as Shadowstar) and Silverstream
SkyClan: Shrewtooth and Echosong
ThunderClan: Ashfur and Ferncloud!
ShadowClan: Nightpelt/star would be interesting :3
WindClan: Breezepaw! I’d love to his thoughts on Crowfeather when he still wanted to make dada proud <3
RiverClan: Piketooth, for like no reason 😛 idk he just seems nice 😛
SkyClan: Sharpclaw and Cherrytail 😀
Thunderclan: Yellowfang
Riverclan: Silverstream
Shadowclan: Lightleap
Windclan: Breezepelt
Skyclan: Sandynose
ThunderClan: Cloudtail or Dustpelt
ShadowClan: Sagewhisker
WindClan: Nightcloud or Breezepelt
RiverClan: Icewing!!
SkyClan: Sharpclaw
ThunderClan: no more thunderclan povs tyvm
ShadowClan: Nightstar
WindClan: Whistlepaw
RiverClan: Curlfeather
SkyClan: Shrewtooth
ThunderClan: Cinderpelt and Sandstorm
ShadowClan: Lightleap
WindClan: Whistlepaw and Nightcloud
RiverClan: Mothwing and Silverstream
SkyClan: Needleclaw
ThunderClan: Jayfeather! He’s amazing because he’s blind but he’s a medicine cat! Also, he used to have a power to read other cats minds, which is really cool.
ShadowClan: Dovewing! She’s never really been my favorite, but she’s an amazing cat because she’s switched Clans and she’s gone through the Great Battle.
SkyClan: Probably Leafstar. She’s really amazing because she brought SkyClan back together and brought them back to where are other Clans were.
WindClan: Crowfeather! I feel really bad for Crowfeather! He lost his mates and his son, Breezepelt turned against the Clans for the Dark Forest.
RiverClan: Definitely Crookedstar! He survived SO many things! From losing his mate and kits to breaking his jaw! His life was harder than it should’ve been!
You can DEFINITELY use my comment for your article, Mallowpaw!
(Sorry if there’s another comment saying all of this stuff!)
ThunderClan: Featherwhisker— it would be cool to know about his thought on his crazy mentor!
ShadowClan: Hollowspring—What made him decide to leave his Clan with Berryheart?
WindClan: Nightcloud and/or Breezepelt—their thought on Crowfeather
RiverClan: Stonefur—Would love to know more about him since he seems this perfect little side character until he found out he was HalfClan.
SkyClan: Harveymoon—he’s like a chill daylight warrior and it would be interested to know how he balanced his Clan duties with his kittypet life :3
thunderclan: cloudtail and brindleface
shadowclan: cloverfoot and russetfur
windclan: dawnstripe
riverclan: harelight and oakheart
skyclan: kitescratch :p
thunderclan: runningwind
riverclan: willowshine or minnowtail
windclan: fernstripe if she counts
shadowclan: tawnypelt but as an apprentice joining shadowclan
skyclan: echosong :3
What’s y’all’s favorite arc? Mine is definitely the broken code.
A Starless Clan, although Dawn Of The Clans is a close second.
TPB, TBC, or ASC
A vision of Shadows or Omen of the Stars prob
DoTC all the way!!
OOTS!!!!
OotS definitely! I like PoT and TPB too :3
Dawn of the Clans and Omen of the Stars
DotC definitely, but I also loved PoT, OotS and aSC
Hi gys I realized that with the articles where I analyze a character and ask for BlogClanners oppinions about it that they would get kind of long and which might make people less want to read them, so ima just do an article interviewing people about characters now. So can you answer these questions for me?
1. What do you think of Mapleshade?
2. Do you think she deserves the Dark Forest? Explain your answer.
3. What do you think of the characters Mapleshade killed (Appledusk, Ravenwing, Frecklewish) and do you think they were right to do what they did?
Thank you all!
1. I hate Mapleshade! I think she had no right at all to do what she did and she not only killed many cats but also destroyed Crookedstar’s life. She’s definitely one of my least favorite characters.
2. Yess! She murdered three cats, and she didn’t even doubt the decision. She was even HAPPY to be in the Dark Forest. Like, honestly, how would she ever be able to live in StarClan? Every cat would despise her.
3. I think Appledusk wasn’t evil and he didn’t deserve to die, but I still dislike him. Hear me out tho, he wasn’t evil, he was just really, really mean. He cheated on Mapleshade and then sent her away, but like, he didn’t kill anyone or anything. I have no problem with Ravenwing. He didn’t deserve to die at all. Man, he just did his job! StarClan sent him an omen and he knew what it meant. Telling Oakstar was his duty! He didn’t want the kits to be exiled. And about Frecklewish… she was selfish and a bit cruel, but on the other hand, what exactly was she supposed to do? Jump into a flooded river to save three kits in thick fog? Come on, she’s a ThunderClan cat; she can barely swim! And there was a RiverClan patrol right there as well! *dramatic exhale* That’s it.
What do you think of Mapleshade:
-I dislike her in every way possible. Her personality was bad, her writing was bad, an on top of that, she’s a real stereotype. I mean, think about it, most villains become evil because of bullying, problems with their parents, or just for no known reason. But the only female villain we had until AVOS, she became evil because of her MATE and KITS. It simply implies that women are hopeless on their own. WHICH THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NOT. It’s just so stereotype and I wish Warriors was more feministic. Also, about how she’s badly written, I just think the Erins made some weird decisions in her novella. Like her wanting to kill poor Ravenwing and Frecklewish, who did little to nothing wrong, but not Oakstar, the guy who exiled her and even a bunch of innocent kits, which where hers! That’s crazy, right? And she also wanted to kill Reedshine instead of Appledusk, also weird, isn’t it? It’s like she killed the three cats that were the most innocent! I think that’s bad writing, because they should know it’d be a lot more logical if she wanted to murder Oakstar and Appledusk, which is still not okay, but less strange than Ravenwing, Frecklewish and Reedshine! And I think the thing about her personality speaks for itself 😛
Do you think she deserved the Dark Forest?
-Yes. She murdered three cats, of course she deserved it. Imagine she went to StarClan and met, for example, Reedshine. She’d do something to her, and it wouldn’t be safe to have her around there. Yes, it’s sad she can’t be with her kits, but she definitely deserved her fate, she was even happy to be in the Dark Forest! If she’s happy to be there, of course she shouldn’t go to StarClan!
What do you think of the characters Mapleshade killed and do you think they were right to do what they did?
-Ravenwing and Frecklewish, yes, Appledusk, no, but he shouldn’t go to the Dark Forest.
Ravenwing: I think he should’ve stopped Oakstar from exiling Larchkit, Petalkit and Patchkit. But I do get he was afraid to speak up to his leader, and cowardness is not a crime, so he absolutely deserves to go to StarClan.
Frecklewish: It was misty, it was raining, she could probably not even see three little kits, and she thought a RiverClan patrol was saving them. What did she ever do wrong? It’s her word against a psychopath’s, so I think you get my point. Frecklewish was annoying, but never did anything really bad.
Appledusk: Oh boy, I hate this guy. BUT he did not deserve the Dark Forest. Some people say he and Mapleshade should swap afterlives, but come on, rejecting your mate isn’t as bad as commiting three murders. I do feel bad for Larchkit, Petalkit and Patchkit tho. Now they’re alone in StarClan without a mother and with a father who doesn’t want them. I wonder who takes care of them now.
1. I think that the events that occurred in Mapleshade’s Vengeance were due to the fault of many cats, but Mapleshade was most at fault. Even before RiverClan rejected her, she seemed somewhat delusional to me. She thought that ThunderClan would accept her kits in time, and that no one would be mad, even though she reinforced lies about the kits’ father.
However, after RiverClan rejected her request to join, she had a sort of traumatic breakdown. She started hallucinating visions of her three kits telling her to kill cats, and she went along with it, murdering Appledusk, Ravenwing, and Frecklewish, none of whom deserved it. I believe that Mapleshade was a time bomb. She wasn’t a good or mentally stable cat to begin with, and one catalyst was needed to send her over the deep end. RiverClan’s rejection was that catalyst. I don’t think Mapleshade would’ve gone down a better path had she not been rejected by RiverClan. I don’t think there was one event that caused her actions- Mapleshade was just a time bomb. And I don’t think she was justified in doing anything she did following RiverClan’s rejection.
2. I absolutely think Mapleshade deserves the Dark Forest. She murdered three cats, none of which even got close to deserving it. She led her kits through a frothing, storming river instead of taking the bridge that was very close by. She tried to murder a pregnant queen, so separated from ethics that she didn’t take a second to think of how she was murdering unborn kits. There is no way to justify any of that.
3. I don’t think Ravenwing was at fault for anything that happened in Mapleshade’s Vengeance. He received an omen from StarClan that warned him of Mapleshade’s code-breaking. Why would he receive the omen if he was supposed to hide it from Oakstar? And he could already probably tell that Mapleshade wasn’t completely right in the head. She was assuming that the Clan would eventually accept her kits, regardless of the long-established prejudices for half-Clan cats. What would it hurt for Oakstar to know about this? Why would StarClan want Ravenwing to know about this only to not tell Oakstar? I see nothing wrong in what Ravenwing did. He just wanted Oakstar to know about Mapleshade’s code-breaking. He didn’t choose to exile her.
I think Frecklewish was mostly innocent as well. When Mapleshade’s treachery was revealed, she seemed incredibly angry at her- and her kits. I completely understand Frecklewish being upset at Mapleshade. She had been lied to by someone she had become very close with. But I don’t think Frecklewish was right in being angry at Mapleshade’s kits for their mother’s actions. However, I assume Frecklewish was just overwhelmed at this point at Mapleshade’s betrayal. And when Frecklewish was by the river, there was nothing she could do to help. Flowerpaw had just died a few moons ago trying to save someone she couldn’t from the river. And that was Birchface, a bigger target. Now, Patchkit, Petalkit, and Larchkit were speeding past her. There was no way Frecklewish could’ve saved them had she jumped in the river. And if she had jumped in, she would’ve almost certainly drowned. She couldn’t even swim. And a RiverClan patrol was nearby. She would’ve just been another cat to save, and likely not been saved at all.
I think Appledusk isn’t as innocent as Frecklewish and Ravenwing, but he didn’t deserve to be murdered either. It was wrong of him to cheat on Mapleshade and become mates with Reedshine, but ultimately, I think Appledusk did truly love Reedshine, and was too ashamed by his mistake in mating with Mapleshade to keep in contact with her. Appledusk even gave up his life for Reedshine, stopping Mapleshade from killing her and being killed himself. Of course, he was still wrong in cheating. But I think that Appledusk was a good cat at heart, and just made a mistake that he handled badly.
I explained my opinion on the Elder’s Den. There is a trigger warning attached, though.
Sorry Holz, I’d rather not put your oppinion in to the article. Sorry 🙁
1. She was such an interesting character to read about and the first major female villain. She was a murderer and evil, but I just enjoyed reading about her.
2. She definitely deserves the dark forest, but if she had been admitted to Starclan, she might have been happier, and forgiven those who in her opinion wronged her. She would also have been reunited with her kits. This would have saved many lives, but as I said, she does 100% deserve the Dark Forest.
3. Ravenwing- He was trying to do his job, and was a relatively new medicine cat, granted he could have thought about what his actions could lead to, but he didn’t deserve to die. Appledusk- Cheating is never ever okay, and he should have stayed by Mapleshade, or broken things off with her. Did he deserve to die? No. Frecklewish- She did assume the father was Birchface, but that was more than half Mapleshade’s fault. The issue I have with her is the fact that she A) called for the exile of innocent kits B) she left them to drown. Everyone says ‘She can’t swim’ but that is no excuse, she could have dragged over a branch or something along those lines. Does she deserve to die? Probably not.
What misconception did you have about warrior cats when you first started reading the books?
I thought that moons equaled days, not months…
Yes, that does mean I thought Firestar joined Thuderclan when he was 6 days old 💀
I thought twolegs was pronounced how it is is spelled 😂😂😂
is it not 😭
IT ISNT?!
ummmm i think it is??? it’s the combination of the words “two” and “legs” to describe humans, who walk on two legs.
it’s not? 😭 you mean like you were pronouncing the “w” more clearly?
Yeah, I thought it was pronounced twolig, not tooleg
I thought seasons was the Warriors reference for years.
It isn’t? :0
No, they mean the literal seasons
Awhoop 😉
Oh. . . . . . . XD
I thought I was like big brain cuz I figured out monsters were cars cuz I read Cloudstar’s Journey first😛
Since it kept calling all the she-cats queens I thought Spottedleaf and Mousefur had kits. Also have you noticed that Tigerstar and Longtail both have V-shaped nicks (NO NOT NICK’S AUTOCORRECT) in their ears? That’s why I thought the cat on the reprinted cover of Fire and Ice was Longtail at first.
Idrk… I probably thought Dusty and Sandy were sibs but yea 🤷
oh yeah that’s what I thought to, I think lots of people do 😛
i thought the dark forest cats were like ninjas (i started on bramblestar’s storm lol)
WHATTTT LOL
dont ask 😛
Sss warrior cats vibe ✨✨✨
Well that’s kinda true lol 😛
I thought monsters were hogs, not cars 💀 And I thought StarClan didn’t actually exist and it’s just what the cats say to honor their ancestors(I was the human Mothwing 👍)
It took me until the 3rd or 4th series to realize that thunderpath’s were streets, and that monsters were cars. I really thought there were monsters on a thunderpath. . . .
I don’t recall anything, but I’m sure there was something…
I thought tortoishell cats had tortoiseshells
I just didn’t know what a tortoiseshell was
ASHAAKASHKASAJH 😭😭
Lol
It took me awhile to figure out what monsters were, I was imagining something like a cross between a bulldog and a hog, thinking “what i’m imagining just can’t be right… what in the name of Starclan could monsters be? ” 😅
I thought that a season meant a year💀
I’m pretty sure I thought the cutter was actually an evil vet
I also thought moons were days… and I didn’t know that twolegs were humans until the second arc.
I thought queens where actually royalty for like half an arc 😛 (To be fair I started on the second series so it wasn’t explained clearly)
uhhh well for the first 5ish chapters of Into the Wild I was convinced that Twoleg was pronounced “Twol-egg” rather than “Two-leg”💀💀💀
also I’m pretty sure I was convinced that Yellowfang was yellow for the first chapter she was in😭😭
Giving apps who don’t have names yet full names!
Frostpaw-Frostheart
I think Frostpaw is nice and confident, but at the same time, ponders about her decisicions. She has a BIG heart.
Ravenpaw-Ravenclaw
I know you might say that this doesn’t count, but I counted it. It’s kind of ironic that I named him after a Hogwarts House, tho! But I think Ravenpaw is confident, and so I know that “claw” is a purr-fect suffix for him
Swiftpaw-Swiftblaze
Swiftpaw was confident, like a blaze. I think this name suits him well!
Badgerpaw-Badgerwind
I know, I know, he got his warrior name already. But I feel like the whole thing was rushed and unoffcial. So his new name is Badgerwind, because he is confident like the wind when it’s strong.
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Frostheart- 8/10
Ravenclaw-7/10
Swiftblaze- 8/10
Badgewind-6/10
ThunderClan: Jayfeather! I know he’s sarcastic but he is really awesome cat! I mean he’s blind, but he still is a medicine cat!
RiverClan: Crookedstar! He’s awesome because he’s gone through so much in his life, like breaking his jaw or Mapleshade’s promise.
WindClan: Crowfeather! I feel bad for him because he has lost his mates to a lot of things. Also, Breezepelt turned his back against the Clan’s…that must have hurt Crowfeather.
ShadowClan: Dovewing! She’s never been my favorite but she has gone through the Great Battle. Also, the fact that she had to go through her power that no one else really knew about, was amazing!
SkyClan: Leafstar! Leafstar is such an amazing cat because she helped bring SkyClan back together from its past of going to the gorge.
(Can I be in your article Mallowpaw?) 😀😀😀
giving canon apperentices warrior name
.Frostheart
I think this name matches her because she’s a confident, sweet cat, but sometimes unsure about her decisions. I think she has a big heart!
.Ravenclaw
He did NOT get his warrior name, but WHAT IF he did? I would call him ravenclaw!
.Swiftfang
He’s confident, but was killed by the pack. His name speciefies his bravery.
.Gorsetail
This name has SO much meaning… beyond it being normal. He would have killed Brokentail and gained his name. But Brokentail killed him first. This name is to honor him.
.Splashwhisker
Just a basic name. But also to show he had potential.
Please rate!
Guys I’ve recently grown obsessed with Shimmer x Pike 😛 Like it’s honestly one of my absolute faves
I forgot about them 😛
I love background ships, but I can’t really remember anything about those two 😛
The warrior cats website just posted the first few chapters of Star.
https://warriorcats.com/content/article/exclusive-star-chapters/
It ends on a cliffhanger; I can’t wait until November. Who do you think the true leader of RiverClan is? I think it’s either Icewing or one of the park cats.
ICEWINGGGGG
ICEWINGICEWINGICEWINGICEWINGICEWINGICEWING
ICEWING <3
mOtHwiNG
ICEWING PLSSSSSSSSSS (we need to forgive the DF cats)
It would be interesting, because then 3/5 of the Clan leaders would be former dark forest trainees.(Tigerstar and Harestar)
Wafflepaw
I adore
Waffles
✨️Wafflepaw✨️
I haven’t read ASC so I have no idea what’s going on, but I’m going to say Icewing because some other people are and it feels right 😛
What are some of the weirdest cannon, non-cannon, and head cannon ships you can think of?
Poppyfrost x Breezepelt.
When I read TFA for the first time I thought Poppyfrost ran away from camp to meet with him cuz he was her secret lover. I mean, anybody would get tired of fluffing Berrynose, right?😛 But now I’ve read further, I don’t ship it anymore😛
Well Jay x Stick 😛
And maybe like Holly x Tunnel or Holly x Fox Cub lol
Ummmmmm… Gray x Sand for some reason, I feel like they both have big personality’s and Sandstorm’s feisty personality would balance out Graystripe’s friendly one!
My ships are pretty generic, I’d say 😛
uhhhhh…
i honestly ship blue x crooked (especially as apprentices), and i believe oak x snow would’ve been cute. thrush x thistle if not for the age gap, and possibly frost x whistle and sun x moon (sunfall and moonflower)
#snowxmonster
nahh 😭
Yas 😍
CINDERPELT X BADGER
Jay x Stick for the win! 😛
for some reason I weird ship I thought of was cinderpelt x spottedleaf, if there wasn’t an age gap and spotted wasn’t a med cat (and spoiler warning; dead)
Idk why, it just feels like it could’ve been a ship 😝
That’s a good ship
HollyxWillow r JayxWillow
Well, one time I shipped Rootspring and Sunny from WoF, but that was only to make something work in my fanfiction.
My mind has blanked 😛 I saw someone say Jay X Stick which is a very interesting ship 😛
Berrynose x Briarlight or Cinderheart x Hollyleaf for me
i lowkey ship hawk x ash
Guys I just realized ShadowClan are sexistic. Their last 7 leaders are Houndstar, Cedarstar, Raggedstar, Brokenstar, Blackstar, Rowanstar, and Tigerstar, and they’re all toms :<
I wanted Russetfur to be leader sooooo bad, she’s still one of my favorite characters for some reason, and is one of the reasons I don’t like Lionblaze. But yes, ShadowClan needs more she-cat leaders!
Yess I really want Russetstar 😭😭😭
BUT I have to say this: sure, Russetfur is underrated, but she still gets some credit. So why doesn’t Boulder? I love him just as much, or more!
I knowww Russetfur would have made a much better leader than Tiger 2 :((
Agreed
NAUR
IM SUING SHADOWCLAN
Idk how u spell suing so don’t mind it hehe
Relatable 😛
#cloverfootforpresident
mmmmm some cloverstar would be delicious right now especially after the whole tigerstar 2 mess
Very valid points! We need a female ShadowClan leader immediately.
I don’t believe they had sexist intentions, it probably was just the luck of the draw when it came to who they had in mind to be deputy.
Agreed ^^ Nepotism helped too. Brokenstar succeeded Raggedstar and Tigerstar 2 succeeded Rowanstar.
I just realized something. There are prey in StarClan that the deceased cats hunt and kill. And there are trees in the Dark Forest. What did the prey do to deserve being hunted and killed even in the afterlife? And what did the trees do to deserve the Dark Forest?
maybe the trees broke the wartreeor code idk
Lol Osp you’d make a fine dad
why thank you 🙂↕️
Yw 😌 also gosh 3 min ago
Felinecentrism lol
Maybe the prey was evil… 😮
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Waittttt…… That’s a good point
Don’t overthink it, mah friend
WAITTTT I NEVER THOUGHT OF THAT LOL
Maybe it’s magic prey?
Maybe the tree that fell on Longtail went to the dark forest
HELPPPPPPP
There was an evil mouse hehehe
perhaps the prey were poisoned and a cat ate them or something, and the trees had fallen on cats or something. I’m just not gonna think about it too much…
The hare scratched and the tree fell on Longtail
Justice for Longtail.
Maybe the rats that SkyClan battled? The tree that killed Longtail and paralyzed Briarlight?
Wait 😭 that’s a valid point
they fell on the camp that one time
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