I Don't Know What The Fandom Consensus Is On Popular Jayfeather And Lionblaze Ships, But I Really Do

No more posting for me until I know what I'm gonna say is what I want to say.

Saw that #jumblr was trending. I have no idea what it is but I immediately went and made this edit. Enjoy.

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.

Ok, about Leopardfoot. Jake suggests that Pinestar has a friend in Leopardpaw whom he regularly mentions.

This is not, and I repeat, not specifying or implying that he, Pinestar, has a crush on her. Yes, as Leopardfoot, she and Pinestar have Tigerkit together.

But, I don't think, truly, that the intention is to imply they have anything going on with eachother, at that point.

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

WHO ELSE IS EXCITED?!?!

I'm just so taken aback.

It's like learning that someone compares the experiences of deaf children to Snowkit, as the correct context in which we should read his story.

And not, as a cat, being born with a defect that inhibits your ability to do the thing you were bred for— which is to contribute to a society that values rearing as many children as possible specifically to have soldiers to defend their territory, resources, and colony with.

Purposefully anthromorphisizing and decontextualizing the characters from the worldbuilding and context they were originally viewed in, in order to make an issue out of nothing is just— baffling to me.

Even with Snowkit, Brackenfur and Speckletail's messaging is not— Snowkit is a valuable member of our Clan, whether or not he can hear— It's 'I can personally train him to be a soldier so he can fulfill his societal role in ThunderClan'.

The cats of ThunderClan are at war. They are fighting not to starve, not to die.

Why would you remove the context of them being cats?

Heads up guys I might change my url / layout. But, if you're wondering who this is, it's still t46006476.

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!

BTW, opinions on Warriors don't give you the right to make personal assumptions about other people (ex. them liking so-and-so character explains why I knew, from the start, that they were a bad person!!) and it doesn't give you a license to attack them, send them hate mail, or be a dick.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.

If their opinion is something you disagree with, then just save yourself the time and effort you'd spend arguing with them and just block them.

The is no 'winning' in an Internet argument and there is zero reason to start one.