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I know I don't usually mention things that I dislike about the books but probably one of the all-time "that was dumb," moments that I think about fairly often is the outcome of the Firestar and Bramblepaw " trust " arc that happens in the first series.

They have this whole arc where Firestar goes from being afraid of Bramblepaw to gradually accepting him.

And then— the Erin's ruin it by deciding that Firestar named him Brambleclaw.

Yes— Nothing says, "I trust you," like naming Bramblepaw after his father.

This father, mind you.

It makes the entire first arc relationship between the two, moot. Honestly one of the worst writing decisions the Erin's have made.

99% of my criticisms are not with the books, themselves, but rather, the fanbase. Which I feel is disproportionately filled with a loud, and angry majority who don't respect other people, and who take the books and their opinions on the books way too seriously.

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I know there are a ton of Holly fans in the fandom, but I honestly think Jaypaw's pov was the most interesting out of the sibling povs in Power of Three.

Holly is this sweet, kind-hearted cat whose very sincere intentions get her into trouble, Lion is beating the shit out of Ashfur in what is the most heel-turn, dramatic irony mentor-apprentice dynamic possible, and also bumming around with Heatherpaw and Breezepaw—

—and Jaypaw is just pulling quantam mechanic time-travel shit, and playing investigator throughout the whole arc and it's just such good writing. He was such a meddler, and his relationship with Leafpool was such a rug pull once you learn the twist.

Probably my favorite arc just because of how condensed it is, I went back and read it twice after I finished it just to pick up on all the foreshadowing. It's so good.

If it seems illogical it's because it's a plot device. It is meant to further the story.

Crowfeather being mean to Breezepaw is foreshadowing. He does that so Lionpaw can go, "Wow, glad he's not my dad,"

But— Surprise, he is.

Sometimes when you say,

"Why does x thing have to happen, that I disagree with, when y thing could've happened instead?"

Because then there'd be no plot. x thing happens so z thing can happen later on.

It's not the authors rubbing their hands together and going,

"Yes! Yes! Bad parenting! I support it!"

Come on, guys, use your brains.

The way some people talk about characters in this fandom is crazy.

"Mapleshade shouldn't have tried to cross the river when the bridge was right there!!"

Ok? And? If she had made the right choice then the story wouldn't have ended like that. There would've been no plot.

"There's no reason for Crowfeather to use his love for Feathertail as justification for his actions!"

Actually, there is. She was significant to his character, and the writers wrote him like that. He is like that because someone made the choice that he would feel that way. She is his motivation.

"Onestar shouldn't have abandoned his son!"

But, he did. His whole thing is that by shirking his responsibility to Smoke, he created Darktail. His actions were the motivation for Darktail being a villain.

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Kayne fans who now hate him after 52 are FAKE. I love it when he’s an evil bastard :)

TRUEEEEEE I LOVE KAYNE AND THE SOUNDS OF HIS BARE FEET SLAPPING THE FLOOR

Drew myself as a Warrior Cat to celebrate the release of the second graphic novel! :3 Jingle / Jester, the kittypet.

I really like your warrior cat opinions. I want to hear more. Get controversial. Make the warriors fandom gasp and clutch their pearls.

OMG. My takes are not that spicy, I swear! It's just that, coming from other fandoms, the Warriors fandom— is like— conservative, I guess, is the right word.

During the month I've been here, I've seen—

>a JPN Twitter fan of Warrior Cats get shit on so hard by the ENG side of the fandom for drawing Ferncloud x Dustpelt ship art that they deleted their art and issued an apology for having made it.

>the Warriors Wiki implode on April Fools' Day because the jokes were 'too offensive' for Twitter users to handle.*

(*The jokes were Smudge being a fat cat, which he is, he's plump, and a Cinderpelt getting hit by a car joke).

>that the fandom anthropomorphizes the characters to an insane degree.

For instance, one of my favorite Super Editions is Crookedstar's Promise. I love Shellheart and Rainflower, and their whole dynamic. And especially Shellheart's talk with Crookedjaw at the end of the book.

But, saying you like Rainflower (I ship her with Lakeshine, BTW) is apparently a big no-no, unless you slap a big, 'I know she's evil, I disagree with her actions, and hate her guts, what a bad mom' sticker over your post because, if you don't, you're 'abelist'.

Crookedjaw is a fictional character, they'd compare me 'liking' his mother to me being discriminatory against disabled people in real life. Like, that's somehow on the same level to them.

>that Bluestar is apparently controversial and widely hated because she named 'Brightpaw' Lostface. I seriously didn't see this one coming. I love Bluestar and she's part of why I revisit The Prophecies Begin so often.

She's so compelling, and her character arc moved me deeply when I first read it. But, any and all discussion I see about her, when she's mentioned in passing, or brought up in a comment thread— is all about Lostface! And how 'abelist' Bluestar was, and how, her being senile 'I guess *grumbling noises* excuses it' (my impression of comments I've received on Reddit).

>that Nightheart is sexist and 'misogynistic'– But, is he? Really? How do you get there. What are the mental gymnastics you are doing to get there. That's insane to me.

>That certain ships are bad because—

*Whitetail was Onestar's apprentice.

*The cats you're pairing together have any level of shared blood, for any reason.

Even if it's through a family tree that's been released half a decade or more after the book said characters were originally from.

*Fireheart was too old for Cinderpelt and she was his apprentice.

*Hawkfrost / Ivypool is unhealthy— which apparently isn't a ship dynamic in the fandom, at all. (If it's unhealthy you just aren't allowed to ship it. Period.)

*Dustpelt was interested in being mates with Ferncloud when she was still Fernpaw.

etc. etc.

>that feathers are culturally insensitive to Native Americans so everyone is banned from using them in their designs. Because— I guess— someone said not to.

Does the fandom know that not everyone is from America? The writing team is from the UK. I'm American, but I just am. speechless.

Anyway— I could definitely add more to this post, but I'll spare you. I've carried on now for waaay too long. Thank you for your ask!

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