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As it pertains to the new information we have from The Elders’ Quest, I don’t know why that cat takes issue with their kit changing Clans to be with their mate considering the fact that they literally did the exact same thing.

And I am hoping that *THAT* ship is coming about from one of them simply missing their mate and becoming tangled in their loneliness. I don’t think anyone’s issue is the age of these cats, but rather the fact that this is so far out of left-field that the only possible explanation for one of their feelings is a sense of misplaced affection.

I entirely agree with both of your points

Although I will say watching the warrior cats fandom collapse into itself on Christmas Day thanks to that ship is truly something special.

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Can you reply to this with a link to the cursed prediction post if possible? I’d like to check it out.

Here you go lol

I’m so sorry everyone

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I'm so afraid of this book based on the reactions I've seen people have

Honestly it’s made me more excited, if nothing else this book seems wild, and here I was thinking it might be relatively uneventful

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Here's what I'd want them to do in Arc: 9

I want them to kill off one of the two older POVs (Tawnypelt imo) and then have a new POV in the following book thats either

- a WindClan POV

Or

- any kitten that actually and willingly WANTS to be a med cat

I just feel like that respect and awe for med cats that was shown in the first arc has somehow gotten lost along the way and I really really miss it. It just feels like a chore now, if every med cat POV we've had since like Hollyleaf (I think?) was forced into that role

I desperately want the role to be more like the old times you know? I LOVED how even Tigerclaw hat respect for Spottedeaf in the first book :/

I totally agree. At least Frostdawn wanted it in the end but for half the arc that really wasn’t the case.

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The new ship in TEQ just killed me what

I’m in shock, the Erins managed to find a ship that everyone will instantly hate and/or make fun of. They have their work cut out to get people on their side with this one lol. Can’t believe my May prediction was true.

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I just read a spoiler for the elder’s quest and I can’t believe how DUMB it is… like, completely out of left field… I just needed to get it out there.

I think the most entertaining thing about this whole thing is everyone’s reactions lol, the Erins made choices for sure

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Merry Christmas of Happy Hanukkah if you celebrate it! :>✨🎄🕎🌟

Thank you!! Same to you, I hope you have a wonderful day!

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I think I've realised one of the reasons the latest arc have been so wildly different from the earlier ones.

TPB had some crossclan drama with Brokenstar antagonizing everyone and ThunderClan and WindClan's wildly changing relation, but the plot was mainly kept to one clan and the others didn't just show up and "fix" their problems. taking down Brokenstar wasn't the original plan Firepaw and Graypaw were sent to do, they needed to save Frostfur's kits, but taking down Brokenstar with the aid of the ShadowClan elders was the most effective way to do so. Getting back WindClan wasn't even a popular choice and just Bluestar deciding to do what she considered to be right. Tigerclaw's attempts at power in ThunderClan didn't become a clanwide problem until he got banished; it was all contained before. Eventually all the clans united for that one book, but after that they split up again.

TNP begins with all the clans being forced to work together to move to the lake, but even then, once they arrive they stop being so friendly with each other. Firestar does do some helping around with the coup, but this still felt like a clan problem with some mercenaries from other clans.

In PO3 and OOTS all the clans are rivals and have fights with each other. Onestar especially throws his weight around a lot to challenge ThunderClan's position and this leads to border scuffles, but even the eclipse battle and that one tunnel fight in The Forgotten Warrior. ShadowClan is also hostile and there are fights between them too. Firestar still helps, but the clans are still definitely separated and hostile.

but then the new writing team shows up and all the modern conflicts become clanwide issues. The Kin threatened all the clans and they had to work together to overcome it and now also have to welcome SkyClan, the impostor had the clans split and they all fought against each other because all the clans were affected by the decisions of THUNDERCLAN's leader, now in ASC every clanleader apparently has an opinion on the leadership of RiverClan. It's not even just a few cats from another Clan (like the mercenaries from the WindClan civil war), or one specific clan doing this because they have been especially aggrieved by the offending leader (like what technically could be said about ThunderClan aiding in ousting Brokenstar).

Tigerheartstar took over RiverClan "for their own good", and they want to oust Splashtail because he's an evil dictator. The impostor forced the other leaders to punish some of their clanmates because he said that this would bring back StarClan and TWO WHOLE CLANS form a rebellion because they didn't want to listen to the leader of another clan.

All the clans now are connected and they are constantly in each others' business, but they aren't even properly connected. They still wholly pretend to be separate and enemies, but they need to do "what is good" for other clans too. There are no clan hostilities without overarching dramatic plot, aside from the Shadow-Sky conflict, there are no issues with territory anymore, no more attempts to steal more land because Leafbare is harsh and they need more prey, no two clans that simply have leaders that dislike each other and get tough on the border, leading to skirmishes.

I'm not even entirely against the soap-opera level messes that the new team comes up with, they are entertaining, but it feels a lot different than the more grounded setting of the Vicky-era arcs. Yes OOTS had the whole dark forest plot, but even in that arc the clans were still busy fighting each other. the clans just feel more real when they still bother with simpler problems like getting enough prey to survive leafbare (btw, Wind and Star happened through leafbare, but did that even matter a single bit in these books?).

These fights can also be a simple way to kill some cats from ThunderClan and Skyclan (who as of the elder's quest boasts a good 39 cats, most of them fully irrelevant), but with the current leaders it would feel weird. They are too connected after the last three arcs and returning to those fights would require new leaders, that we won't be getting soon (aside from Hawkstar, who will be a noble and good leader)

This is a really good analysis on the entire situation and I entirely agree

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for your consideration: tawnypelt/feathertail butch/femme dynamic

Excellent

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Is it me or I'm the only one who noticed no one had made their OCs or rewrite fanfic apprentice trained by a starclan cat?

Like not a single cat even wanted to get trained by them (unless there is lore on why the starclan is inaccessible to get trained). There is this common trope where the dark forest cats always train apprentices. (Maybe someone makes a fanfic of the underused idea but it's just rare I guess)

That’s a good point, I’m sure those OCs do exist but it is a much less common OC trope than one would imagine

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Imagine if a leader was giving two apprentices their warrior names at the same time and completely flubbed it

Leader: Waterpaw, Birdpaw, from this day forward you shall be known as Watercall and Birdfall...wait...

Clan: Watercall! Birdfall! Watercall! Birdfall!

Leader: I...I actually meant that switched...(Drowned out)

I want this to happen so badly lol

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yep the game before cattails was warriors untold tales

Nice, thanks for the info!

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i hate that graypaw was named graywhisker and not grayspots or graysplash 😭 definitely would’ve been more fitting given his description

I managed to convince myself his name would be Grayspots and I’m so upset he’s not lol

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I will not explicitly discuss spoilers for the elders quest until release day (January 7th) although I will potentially vaguely allude to them, but everything will be tagged.

Spoiler tags I will be using

elders quest spoilers

changing skies spoilers

warrior cats spoilers

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I actually predicted something correctly about this book back in May… and this was the response lol holy shit

Spoilers for the elders quest are now online! Please tag your spoilers and be careful!

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Spoilers for the elders quest are now online! Please tag your spoilers and be careful!

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If the theory of the clans leaving for a new territory is true do you think they will move close to the wildcats?

I think most likely yes. I feel like the abandoned Star Tree would potentially be repurposed into the new StarClan connection site for the clans