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Not sure if this is an unpopular or popular opinion, but the authors should have adjusted the family tree to where Myrtlebloom’s kits were actually Fernstripe’s, keeping Shellfur as the father. I know cat genetics can be a little funky in general, but I just don’t see a kit that looks exactly like Blossomfall coming from cats who aren’t related to her. Hazelkit being Shellfur & Fernstripe’s daughters would’ve been perfect! I can definitely see Hazelkit’s tortoiseshell fur being inherited from Sorreltail too!

I completely agree, it would have been so much better across the board if they were ShellFern kits.

Given the patterns on the kits it most definitely seems they were originally intended to by Shellfur’s kits and they just forgot that Myrtlebloom wasn’t his mate, and they they proceeded to course correct in a way that actually made the whole thing worse.

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I no longer read the books but hearing about the Crowfeather and Tawnypelt situation immediately got my attention. I do love the idea of Tawnypelt finding a new love after losing Rowanclaw, I guess more disappointed that it’s Crowfeather- because Crowfeather already had his fair share of romance and I did like his development, along with Leafpool. I feel like his story is done and we should turn the focus on other cats. (I also was a massive Leafpool x Crowfeather fan so I may be bias)

I still find the jokes around them funny. I do also like the potential drama and development it’ll bring but I guess I want to see characters like Crowfeather, Squirrelstar, Tawnypelt, and Brambleclaw finally get a rest from main character drama. I like both conclusions we got from Crowfeather’s and Tawnypelt’s books yet the situation is still interesting enough to where I do want to see where it goes, you know?

I definitely agree with everything you say. Like it’s not an ideal scenario but I really want to see where they’re going with this.

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I like the idea of Moonpaw’s sister being given the name Eclipsekit. Thriftear and Bayshine never referred to her by name, so I can only assume that one was never given. The idea behind the name is that she feels like the sun being covered, or eclipsed, by the moon. She feels cheated by Moonpaw because she didn’t get to live the way she has thus far. My guess is that this is partially why she specifically targeted Sunkit to lure away from the nursery instead of one of his sisters.

That would be perfect

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I think the whole Floatshimmer situation is overblown. Unless is stated somewhere in the text, I don't think she became queen while being apprentice/right after becoming the warrior. Yes, the timeline doesn't make sense. Cinderkit and Swiftkit go from being small 3 moons kits to big 6 moons old apprentices in just a couple of pages with no timeskip in the graphic novel, and those are important characters. I think it's just weird how everyone refers to it as "Erins made character into teen mom" and not "Erins didn't count correctly how old character is supposed to be. Again"

Yeah I definitely think it was another slip up (like what happened with Quailfeather and Scorchfur), but I think it’s much less forgiven this time given how Star sets up a deliberate timeline ready for the next book (Sunbeam’s pregnancy) and that book also features Floatkit pretty prominently. It just feels extra odd this time as Float isn’t a random background character and the book doesn’t have an indeterminate time frame between this book and the last, unless of course NightSun have an unmentioned dead first litter. Also therefore more people have noticed this detail.

But yeah I full think it’s just a very bizarre oversight that should have been obvious, especially given there are multiple series editors deciding on these details. I do not think they made her a teen mother on purpose but now she exists in the weird group of accidental teen parents of warriors because the Erins don’t track things.

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I'm glad that people are hyped over Jayfeather and Moonpaw being besties but

I'm worried because what if the Erin's make em a couple

I love their relationship as it is, honestly was a little disappointed Moonpaw didn’t stay as a medicine cat in the end.

Erin Hunter if you even hint they might become a couple I will never forgive you.

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If this arc switches between different POVs, I definitely need Starlingpaw to be one of those. I know that Leafstar’s apology made him brighten up a bit, but hearing from your Clan leader that you’re responsible for your dad getting one-shotted by a creature that looks just like you is something that’s bound to stick with him, possibly for the rest of his life.

I want to see him having conflict with Needleclaw and Robinpaw because they don’t understand how it feels to be in this situation, despite their attempts to comfort him. I want him to struggle with resentment towards Leafstar and resentment towards himself for their shared roles in Kitescratch’s death. I want to see him refuse to go to the Moonpool because he’s convinced himself that Kitescratch hates him for indirectly getting him killed. (Do apprentices still visit the Moonpool once in their apprenticeship like they did with the Moonstone?)

An even better potential plot point is Kitescratch refusing to join StarClan right away & being content with roaming SkyClan’s territory as a ghost until he’s able to give Starlingpaw the closure and/or guidance that he needs. Starlingpaw discovers that his father hasn’t yet joined StarClan when he begins to see Kitescratch’s ghostly form lingering at the edges of his vision whenever he’s alone.

This would be so fantastic, I am really hoping we get his pov at least at one point, there is so much potential for his pov.

Warrior apprentices don’t get to go to the Moonpool usually at the lake but imagine if they bring that tradition back if they find another holy site if the Moonpool is destroyed. Or maybe at one point Starlingpaw’s trauma causes him to try to switch paths to a medicine cat before he realises he can’t face the spiritual stuff.

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Purdy it’s rough out here in the states. Can I come live with you?!? I’ll bring my warrior cats stuff and I can pay rent. <3

I’m so, so sorry this has happened. We live in very scary times, and this is coming from someone who isn’t in the heart of it (yet). I can’t believe we live in an era where someone in government of the USA can throw back to back nazi salutes without consequences.

Stay strong, you can get through this <3

Oh and fuck Donald Trump and all his cronies.

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Rereading a thief in Thunderclan seeing how Brightheart barely thinks about or talks about Swiftpaw outside her dreams and instead her relationship is mainly about her with mate Cloudtail really speaks volumes about how Swiftpaw x Brightheart would never be canon. lol

Yeah the Erins decided just to absolutely absolutely shut that down lol

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I just got the new minis and sad to see they didn't fix squirrelflights paw :(

I got mine the same day you did!

And yeah it’s extremely disappointing, I had held out hope the images used on the website were prototypes or they would have quickly fixed them before distributing them internationally but nope.

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Floatshimmer's situation is creepy af if you think about the fact that her brother was last arc's villain, it can be interpreted in so many bad ways, Grey grooming her by being nice to her while everyone resents her and her siblings or him pressuring her into something and her being unable to get out of it because people don't care about a murderer's kin ... sooo yeah ... this can be read so badly

Erin Hunter genuinely why would you do this? If you wanted new kits in RiverClan then you could have made Nightsky and Gorseclaw a couple or something.

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Happy 22nd Birthday Warrior Cats!

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I feel like no one should be surprised if tigerheart/Tigerstar suddenly being super Xenophobic and start kicking out a random kittypet who is near the shadowclan territory. like others people have been warned that tigerheart wasn't a saint and yeet of then fandom went nuts about it. Not listening how the Tiger/Dove ship is bad, not caring that the sisters get attack by him, the moment he already give them a land to live, attacking the riverclan cats, and especially being Xenophobic with his own son too.

I think Tigerheartstar is a much better character when he’s being an awful person than people concentrating on purely his positive traits. It’s such a shame his true character is often ignored for a much more sanitised version.

Canon Tigerheartstar is far superior to fanon Tigerheartstar, just because someone isn’t a good person it doesn’t mean they can’t be a good character.

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Hi!! How are you?

I've got an "illumination" on what Vicky's cameo would be.

I was on The Tribe's page on the Fandom and when I went to the trivia section, there was written that "Cherith says she keeps begging Vicky for a Tribe SUPER EDITION"

So, what if Vicky's cameo is going to be a Tribe's SE? What do you think?

Hi! I’m good how are you?

That would be super interesting, it would basically just give Vicky free range to do whatever she wants. She did say her cameo was this year though and I doubt they would put out a second super edition… unless she’s back to writing novellas, a tribe novella could also be cool!

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A new headcanon of mine is that Firestar is a descendant of Thunderstar (and by extension, Skystar), which is partially the reason why StarClan prophesied him to be the fire that saves ThunderClan and why it was through his efforts that SkyClan was brought back, and why many years later, Alderpaw was tasked with finding SkyClan himself.

This is very cool

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Updating the family tree was the writers’ perfect opportunity to say that they made a hiccup with Floatshimmer being 11 moons old and the mother of Graysky’s kits just for them to double down on it and be like “Frostdawn’s brother Graysky started his own family with Floatshimmer!” If anything, I’ve seen more people openly question why Floatshimmer already has kits than who the parents of the new kits and apprentices are.

On another note, I do think it’s hilarious that for Tawnypelt’s arc to be so concentrated around her relationships with the younger members of her family, that there’s no mention of Redpaw and Sprucepaw outside of the allegiances. It’s a shame that we didn’t find out their parents were Pouncestep and Flaxfoot until a couple of days ago.

Unless there is a litter of previous dead NightSun kits then it is genuinely baffling how and why this thing with Floatshimmer happened when they have a pretty obvious timeline going on and with Floatshimmer being prominent as a baby in the previous book.

Pouncestep became so much of a background character that even her own family forgot about her 💀. Also it’s ironic that she got together with the son of one of the cats trying to oust her father.

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I saw your reply about Moonpaw being a mediator and another ask that was sent into you about her interacting with Tree and Rootspring given that they can see & summon ghosts. I think those two predictions mesh together quite brilliantly. I can see Moonpaw confiding in her grandmother about Voicekit and Ivypool referring her to Tree and/or Rootspring (more than likely the latter). It would honestly be the perfect set up, especially if Voicekit does something that would require a mediator’s intervention.

This would be so good!!

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Elders’ Quest summary

tawnypelt: SQUEEEEEEEEEE OMG MY CRUSH IS SO CUTE and I HATE that annoying twoleg activity!!!!

the voice: ok moonpaw now hit the second tower

Based on this tweet