#I would die for jayfeather

[britlevi]

just read sign of the moon and now I gotta change my title

[yuridovewing]

what if dovewing tried to save flametail instead of jayfeather. the drama.

[rainsnap]

What I badly want for the next arc is this setup:

This arc ending with:

Frostpaw becomes Froststar, leader of Riverclan

Leaving the clan without a medicine cat that can communicate with Starclan, adding more stress to Froststar.

Sunbeam and Nightheart expecting kits.

So then the POV characters for the next arc are:

Whistlepaw from Windclan

Graypaw from Riverclan (Frostpaw’s brother)

Unnamed Nightbeam kit from Thunderclan

The story would begin as such:

Graypaw and Whistlepaw grow closer together for Not So Forbidden Romance. Whistlepaw, still forbidden because medicine cat. The two want to be together but can’t because med cat relationships still illegal.

Meanwhile unnamed kit has visions of becoming the new Riverclan medicine cat apprentice

Graypaw and Whistlepaw are found out by Froststar, who starts pressuring the clans into changing the medicine cat no romance rule. But no one really wants to listen to her.

Then Harestar dies and Crowfeather becomes Crowstar and that guy immediately allows Whistlepaw and Graypaw to be together and refuses to listen to the other clans, stating that if such a time like this existed for him and Leafpool then there would have been less heartbreak and deaths (Leafpool/Hollyleaf)

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SO THEN the story would have an amazing parallel to Moth Flight as a Windclan med cat making the rule and then Whistlepaw being a Windclan med cat breaking it!

[splashtailstar]

I can recite the entire fire scene from memory

And by that, I mean I literally recite it out loud as I drive to school

[jayrisingx]

MORE PLATONIC WARRIOR CAT DOODLES RAHHHHH rant under the cut as usual

their bond is so important to me it’s the one good thing canon has ever done. but canon is my playground so i’m adding onto it lololol

the head-canon that briarlight has gnarly upper body strength is so real and she for sure just tackles this twiggy little twink like it’s nothing just cause she finds it funny. she annoys the shit out of him every single day but he would literally die without the banter. if i remember right this is already sorta canon but she’s one of the few cats that just lets jay’s repulsive attitude bounce right off of them. she’s so unapologetically affectionate and open about how she feels. jayfeather is not LMFAOO so he’s just stuck with the absolute ray of sunshine that is slowly chipping away at this rough exterior. briar doesn’t want him to change. he’s insufferable and mean but that’s why she loves him so much. he’s honest and real in a way that she wants people to be with her, their attitude balance each other out in a way. while their relationship is platonic to me cause let jayfeather have friends, they argue like an old married couple and it’s SOOO funny. like it’s over the most ridiculous things and it’s so entertaining for the both of them and anyone watching. they’re my little sillies i’m crying

also i don’t wanna sound like i’m ripping on jaybriar shipping cause i’m not i swear. i just love exploring platonic and familial relationships in warriors cause i feel like they’re so neglected most of the time

[hellsitegenetics]

(if this is too long please feel free to just do the "upset? I'm not upset" paragraph lol. The warrior cats fandom will thank you!)

"Your quarrel with Brambleclaw has to stop. Too many moons have passed. You have to accept that I'm Brambleclaw's mate, not yours. You can't keep trying to punish Brambleclaw for something that was always meant to be."

"I couldn't care less about Brambleclaw. It's not his fault he fell for a faithless she-cat. I know you think I've never forgiven Brambleclaw for stealing you from me, but you're wrong, and so is every cat that thinks so. My quarrel is with you, Squirrelflight. It always has been."

"All this was moons ago. Ashfur, I had no idea you were still upset."

"Upset? I'm not upset. You have no idea how much pain I'm in. It's like being cut open every day, bleeding onto the stones. I can't understand how any of you failed to see the blood... […] Stay there! I can't believe you didn't know how much you hurt me. You are the blind one, not Jayfeather. Who do you think sent Firestar the message to go down to the lake, where the fox trap was? I wanted him to die, to take your father away so you'd know the real meaning of pain. [...] Brambleclaw saved Firestar then. But he's not here now. He's not here—but your kits are."

"Enough, Ashfur. Your quarrel is with me. These young cats have done nothing to hurt you. Do what you like with me, but let them out of the fire."

"You don't understand. This is the only way to make you feel the same pain that you caused me. You tore my heart out when you chose Brambleclaw over me. Anything I did to you would never hurt as much. But your kits...If you watch them die, then you'll know the pain I felt."

"Kill them, then. You won't hurt me that way. If you really want to hurt me, you'll have to find a better way than that. They are not my kits."

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[bonefall]

I know you talked about Crowfeather's abuse to Breezepelt, but are you keeping Nightcloud's physical abuse against Crowfeather? In all their arguments, Nightcloud is the only one who ever gets physical with Crow. In the books, she rakes her claws against him a few times drawing blood. If I had been young Breeze and had seen that it'd be one of the things that would make me do my best to be and stay in my mother's good graces. Yeah, my dad may smack me but he never cuts me, never leaves me open for death by infection.

When?

Have you read the books you're confidently citing right now? Or did you hear this from some amoeba and then didn't check it before coming into my house

POWER OF THREE:

The Sight: 13 mentions. Takes Breezepaw's side in a small verbal argument, then scolds him for xenophobia. Is scared her only child almost died and insists on carrying him alone. Upset when Leafpool makes a flirtatious comment to her husband, soothes two kids to sleep

Dark River: 4 mentions. Exists on a patrol and Leafpool is jealous of her.

Outcast: 1 mention. Nicely says goodbye to Crowfeather as he stares off into the distance thinking about Feathertail.

Eclipse: 1 mention. Takes part in the eclipse battle with the rest of WindClan.

Long Shadows: Unmentioned.

Sunrise: 4 mentions. Hears the reveal at the gathering and looks "bewildered and angry." Crowfeather tells her that he, "Has no kits other than Breezepelt" and she pins her ears against her head.

Was it here? In one of these 23 mentions across 6 books? PLEASE point out the "Cuts Me, Leaving Me Open For Death By Infection." I'm SO curious.

OMEN OF THE STARS:

The Fourth Apprentice: Unmentioned.

Fading Echoes: 1 mention. Thinks Dovepaw disguised her scent.

Night Whispers: 6 mentions. Argues with Crowfeather at Gatherings. Leafpool comes across a fight between Breezepelt and Lionblaze and pleads to Crowfeather, "How can you watch your sons fight?!" Nightcloud jumps forward glaring, repeats that her husband has no kits other than Breezepelt. Leafpool jumps in front of a Breezepelt lunge. Crowfeather jumps in, grabs his son, and "throws him aside like prey" before bitterly mocking another love confession from Leafpool. Nightcloud drags Crowfeather off. Crowfeather turns on Nightcloud, hissing, and Breezepelt jumps between them and says, "leave my mother alone." Warns them, "Next time, we'll shred you!" Later says something rude about RiverClan at a Gathering.

Sign of the Moon: Unmentioned.

The Forgotten Warrior: 2 mentions. Glares at Hollyleaf twice.

The Last Hope: 6 mentions. Is on a patrol that finds Jayfeather in a thornbush and glares at him. Then Crowfeather says it was all actually HER fault that Breezepelt turned out to be such a little brat.

Which one of these 9 MENTIONS ACROSS 6 BOOKS are we going for, today? Was it the part in Night Whispers? Is THAT where she Cuts His Life Into Pieces This Is Her Last Resort?

Let's play I-Spy 🔎! Highlight all the places Nightcloud "draws blood!"

Which of the following characters in this passage are bleeding? Is Crowfeather any of them 🤔? No?

Is it here? Is it this part? Which of these cats are bleeding? Is it Crowfeather🪶? Is it Lionblaze🦁? Is it beloved Character Actress Margot Martindale💃?

Oh? You mean to tell me that you were misrepresenting a cat dragging away another cat as "RAKING HER CLAWS AGAINST HIM DRAWING BLOOD AND LEAVING HIM OPEN FOR INFECTIONS TO DIE"?

In other words, a lie?

Pulling a big lever and sending you down into The Nightcloud Derangement Pit. I will be further woobifying her unencumbered. The Nightcloud Agenda will spread. Soon we will take the west coast.

[warrior-cats-rewritten]

i fucking hated it when Gray Wing got that one badass line ("kill me and live with the memory") it should've been someone else

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ONE EYE IN A MOCKING TONE TO ALL THE AWFUL SETTLERS WHO TREATED THE NATIVE CATS LIKE FODDER

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRESTAR @ TIGERSTAR IN OOTS

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEAFPOOL @ HOLLYLEAF DURING PO3

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN SOL AT LITERALLY ANY POINT TO TRY AN MANIPULATE SOMEONE INTO NOT KILLING HIM

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE

Gray Wing was never "badass" he was a culmination of everything WRONG with this series. The pro colonial themes, the extreme misogyny, the xenophobic and racist rhetoric, the blatent fatphobia, the ableism, even the inconsistencies between one book right after the other due to lack of communication, and right down the blatent Writer Projection and Bias. The writers see themselves in this awful character, and while he WAS supposed to die in The Sun Trail (which would honestly have made for a pretty interesting twist) the writers/this weird editing team that actually makes the real choices loved him too much, which you know wouldn't have happened if Gray Wing was female. Any character this team grows attached to can do no wrong. Bramblestar, Alderheart, Nightheart, Clear Sky, Jayfeather, Rootspring, and Gray Wing. Notice a pattern here? Squirrelflight, Tawnypelt, Sparkpelt, Finchlight, Sunbeam, Every Woman Clear Sky Slaughtered or had Die For His Arc, Leafpool, Violetshine, Twigbranch, Needleclaw, Bristlefrost, Turtle Tail, Storm, Tall Shadow, Wind Runner, BUMBLE, Star Flower, I can keep going.

All of these female characters suffer for them. Whether narratively through bad writing (Turtle Tail, Tall Shadow, Needleclaw, Finchlight, Sparkpelt) or through the story needlessly putting them through the wringer (Leafpool, Squirrelflight, BUMBLE) or just straight up killed, all for the express purpose of a Sad Boy Character Arc.

He will not even be TOUCHING that line, anon. He isn't even part of that SCENE. It's Jagged Peak leaping up to knock Clear Sky off the boulder like a little kitty headbutt missile, saving Rainswept Flower's life inadvertently and proving his pathetic sycophant brother wrong. The shock of the big bully falling on top of the pile of writhing cats is enough to make it stop, just for a moment long enough to realize the carnage that has just been committed.

Sorry for the vent, been feeling passionate about Battle Cats misogyny. 1000% agree with you anon!

[wc-confessions]

Moonpaw isn't a medicine cat apprentice btw. this is a hill i will die on. her introduction literally says, "many in ThunderClan imagined that she might be destined to become a medicine cat", and then immediately after there's a whole paragraph about how she just wants to be a normal guy but other cats' opinions about her make that difficult. if she *does* train as a med cat it won't be permanent and it won't be her choice. not to mention that she'd be the third medicine cat apprentice protagonist struggling to "make the right choice" and hearing voices that may or may not be prophecies in her head in a row. the erins love their clichés but seeing as they didn't make her a nightsun kit, it seems like they intend to subvert our expectations with moonpaw. i also can't see the "choice" she has to make being whether she's a warrior or medicine cat because that's exactly what frostpaw went through, and jayfeather would absolutely not put up with that

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[warriorcatsofficialfacts]

losers bracket - what's the best iconic warrior cats animation that i didn't include on the other poll because it was under ten years old or not an amv

base your answer off the assumption that every other option will be completely erased from existence. like pick the one you would save if you had to choose

[whatsaudreythinkingabout]

yellowfang thoughts

the more i think about it, the more i realize how much of a deeply, deeply tragic character yellowfang is. everyone talks about how much she fucking sucks after she becomes a starclan cat, and they’re absolutely correct; she goes from the cool grouchy grandma to a complete fucking hypocrite. and for the longest time i thought this was completely OOC for her, but it recently hit me over the head that it might not be. to say that this change in character was intentional would be giving the erins WAY too much credit knowing who they are, but the more you think about her life and what she went through, the more it makes sense in a twisted sort of way.

starclan forced her into a life she never wanted. she wants to train as a warrior, but she is cursed with the power to feel other cats’ physical pain and badgered into becoming a medicine cat by sagewhisker until she gives in. she falls in love with raggedstar, but as as soon as things go south for her he offers no support. when she dares to go against the destiny that was laid out for her, when she continues to meet with him and becomes pregnant by him, starclan punishes her; not just by having two of her kits die, but by condemning the surviving kit to become a tyrant and a child murderer. he turns against his parents; he kills his father and frames his mother for his own crimes not knowing who she truly is, and yellowfang is forced to watch this all unfold from a distance, unable to tell her son the truth and wondering how things could be different if he knew. and finally, for the good of the clans, she has no other choice but to rip out his eyes and then poison him. her own son, the kit she herself bore, dead at her own claws. a cruel twist of fate for a cat who never wanted any of this, who just wanted her own life.

so by the time she gets to starclan, her experiences have changed her. so many innocent lives were lost and the clans were nearly destroyed because she disobeyed, because she went against their will. she even forgives sagewhisker for being so shitty to her because now she’s convinced that she was the one in the wrong and her mentor, a messenger for starclan, was acting in her best interests all along. she’s become so thoroughly traumatized by everything she went through that she decides she cannot let another cat experience what she experienced. now that she’s a part of starclan, she has the power to prevent something like this from ever happening again. but that’s just the thing. she’s a part of starclan. she’s a part of the system now; the very same system that screwed her over. and the system chews people up and spits them out until they become just another cog in the machine. so instead of going to the root of the problem and questioning the level of influence starclan has over living cats, she not only perpetuates the cycle but becomes an active participant in it.

and because firestar is the son she should have had, she sets her sights on his descendants.

she cannot prevent leafpool from bearing kits, as these kits have their own destiny they must fulfill. so she tells leafpool she must give up her kits, just as she had to. she lies to squirrelflight that she will never have kits of her own and that the three are her only chance to be a mother so that she will take them in. when they arrive in starclan moons later, she and others have the audacity to judge whether they are worthy to join their ranks or should be damned to the dark forest for their actions when they not only did exactly what they were told to do, but did the same things that she did and still went to starclan for (though to give her some credit, she is at least more sympathetic than the other judges and even defends them; perhaps out of guilt?). she allows ashfur into starclan on the basis that he “loved too much,” because her relationship with raggedstar warped her view of what healthy love should look like. she forces the kin of firestar’s kin—namely, jayfeather and dovewing—into destinies they want no part of; they’ll learn to love it, just like she did.

and she thinks she’s doing the right thing. she’s learned the hard way that going against starclan will only lead to more suffering. she’s convinced that she’s helping them, that by acting this way she will be able to prevent them from making the same mistakes that she made. but she cannot see that she is only inflicting on other cats the exact same suffering that starclan inflicted on her.

and if that isn’t tragic, i don’t know what is

[dayz-ina-daze]

I think it would have been really cool if the Three all had powers that “went against StarClan” aka had something to do with death

Jayfeather could bring a cat back from death (Poppyfrost) and had an unusually powerful link to the Clan’s afterlives

Lionblaze could go without dying of usual means: through combat/injury or through illness, since I don’t ever think we’ve seen him get sick

And Dovewing/Hollyleaf/whoever you prefer the last member of the Three to be could sense when a cat was about to die, or perhaps predict when, or even could interact with ghosts to a certain degree

Ideally there would be four, ofc: defying death, interacting with death, predicting death, and speaking with the dead

Idk. Since their powers were all leading up to the huge battle with the Dark Forest, it would’ve been far more fun to have the Three’s powers connect to it somehow beyond solely Jayfeather’s.

It would’ve been really fun for some otherworldly power to look at the Clans and the Clan’s afterlives and be like “hey.. so many lives will be lost, so many spirits will be corrupted, and the shift of the world’s balance between life and death, living and ghost, could be put in jeopardy… So let’s give these Clanborn cats these specific set of powers and let THEM deal with it so we don’t have to”

….. Nobody take this idea pls, I might run with it…

[nightfurthecat22]

So i hope no one have done this already but what if instead of lionblaze get his power from starclan like dovewing and jayfeather, he got it from the dark forest to help them win the great battle? Honestly this kinda make sense cause how blood thirsty he was and want to fight, he even think of heatherpaw/heathertail dead in his dreams, and the time he almost killed crowfeather out of anger, honestly, i would like to think more he have this power, more blood thirsty he become, note i got inspiration from rawbin warriors cats horror map and razmerry’s horror au called the cursed three (which is my favorite au btw), honestly i still need to think of hollyleaf’s power she got from starclan since lionblaze got his from the dark forest, tho i am curious about how lionblaze and ivypool will interact when shes spying for the dark forest or hollyleaf will react if she had to fight her brother, i dont know if she should die in this au or not, i still need more thinking into this, but ya, i want to share this au with you, hope you like this idea ^^

[evilcatgirlwizard]

ohhh. au where high ranks in clans get extra body parts

like, leaders get wings. they can glide with them but not fly. starclan gives the wings w/ their nine lives, on the place symbolizing their relationship with their clan. someone like Bluestar, who gave up so much for her clan, has her wings sprouting from the back of her neck. Someone who used and hurt every cat in his clan like Tigerstar or Brokenstar would have them on the sides of their legs (like bats, so their entire leg is the wing but also a claw). heroic leaders like Firestar get them right behind their ears. Sturdy and reliable leaders like Mistystar get them on their hips. etc etc

Medicine cats, when they're done w their apprenticeship, get a bug part. Like, if they're bright or joyous they get a glowing tail like a firefly. If they bring levity and relief, butterfly wings. If theyre strict, a beetle's horn. If they're particularly connected with Starclan, moth antennae.

Deputies get tiny little nubby wings only on their shoulders when they first get made deputy under the full moon's light, but they lose those when they become leader, but keep 'em if they die or retire.

Any cat with powers also gets an extra feature. Lionblaze got chitin along his spine and over his belly, Jayfeather has two sets of moth antennae (a longer pair from his power that spring from his ear tips, and a shorter pair on his eyebrows for him being a medicine cat). Dovewing got deputy's wings, but they just kept growing unlike most deputies who can't even use them to glide, but she can actually fly. Not far or a whole lot, but wings. are there other powered cats? I'm old.

But you get the gyst. If I were an artist I would art but I am unable. but you see the vision catblr

[bloodfun2585]

idk why but i cant stop thinking of warrior cats au's i know my ideas for au's are kind of boring & bland but heres my au ideas anyways (possible spoilers below):

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1:an au where half clan relationships & kits aint forbidden or considered wrong (mosskit would live i imagine her name would be mossfur or mossfrost & leafpool & crowfeather would be able to keep hollyleaf lionblaze & jayfeather) & medicine cats can have mates & kits & cats can visit other clans & stay in or switch clans for a while or permanently

2:an au where every cat that dies lives (except for the ones that died of old age)

3:an au where hollyleaf keeps the fox as a pet

4:an au where spirits cant die

5:an au where all of firestars family members that aint in the clans join thunderclan & smudge & oliver join too

6:an au where hollyleaf is the 3rd prophecy cat & not dovewing

7:an au where sol joins windclan

8:an au where squirrelflight is deputy way before she does in canon so brambleclaw (bramblestar) never becomes deputy he stays a warrior & she becomes squirrelstar waaaayyyyy earlier then she did in canon

9:an au where mapleshades kits live her & the kits dont get exiled & she dont kill frecklewish ravenwing or appledusk & doesn't go to the dark forest

10:an au where jayfeather isnt forced to be a medicine cat & chooses to be one instead or chooses to be a warrior im not sure yet

11:an au where ravenpaw stays in thunderclan (& perhaps maybe barley even joins thunderclan too!)

12:an au where leopardstar doesn't let tigerstar kill stonefur & try to kill

13:an au where needletail doesn't die & her & rain get together in this au he joins shadowclan with her

14:an au where bristlefrost doesn't die & has the kits she had visions of with rootspring

15:an au where firestar knows he has half siblings (scourge socks & ruby)

16:an au where bramblestar tawnypelt mothwing hawkfrost swiftpaw & tadpole know they're half siblings (brambleclaw & tawnypelt is tigerstar & tawnypelt is tigerstar 1 & goldenflowers kits swiftpaw is goldenflower & patchpelts kits & hawkfrost mothwing & tadpole is tigerstar 1's & sasha's kits)

17:an au where the crash bandicoot characters & games is warrior cats instead

these can be all mixed together in one universe though if y'all like (minus the crash bandicoot one lol) because i do some of these are just comfort au's for me tbh

[everybody-loves-purdy]

I did it. I cracked the code. Jayfeather would rather die than willingly retire because Crowfeather and Breezepelt are still warriors, with the former being his deputy dad. Not to mention that his adopted father only just retired (though Jayfeather would be honored to be ThunderClan’s resident grumpy elder).

Jayfeather is well-aware of how his joints creak and crack during movements that were once easier for him. How, despite knowing ThunderClan’s territory like his own whiskers, he just can’t bring himself to keep up with Alderheart as he once did. Lionblaze is suffering the effects of aging too, having slunk to the medicine den while Alderheart was out gathering herbs and begging Jayfeather for some comfrey or daisy leaves for his joint pain.

Still, as long as his WindClan kin are still serving their Clan, Jayfeather can’t bring himself to throw in the proverbial towel and join his Clanmates in the elder’s den. Maybe he could stomach retiring before Crowfeather, but Breezepelt? Absolutely not. In a sense, his refusal to retire is also a way to honor Leafpool’s unyielding tenacity. Even after she’d become a great-grandmother to Fernsong & Ivypool’s babies, she still served ThunderClan without regard to her age. If Leafpool could do that, a part of Jayfeather felt this was his way of honoring his mother.

I can just imagine Jayfeather peacefully dying, saying farewell to his family and friends, ready to see deceased loved ones again, beginning to ascend to StarClan, then suddenly remembering that Breezepelt is still alive so he rapidly claws his way back into his body against all laws of StarClan and nature to make sure he outlives him