#i cherish lionblaze so much

[willicebattlecatsblog]

I’d just like to say that you and your comics about Lionblaze have made me care for him and his character more than canon ever could dream to, thank you. I never actually gave him much thought before and saw him as annoying, but now I’ve seen the possible potential he could have as a character because the booms just screwed up his personality, and I love seeing your Lionblaze content. I especially love seeing him as a med cat and him getting closer with Leafpool

Your comment means so much to me,,, I am so happy I helped you appreciate the Lionblaze,,,,

Canon did him so dirty by wasting his potential making him ''standard warrior main character''

The canon will give pieces of his personality, but all these pieces are so incredibly under-exploited and incomplete

As an example, him having moral OCD in PoT is genuinely a really good idea knowing the extent of his power, but they just throw this plotline under the rug in the next book (knowing that it's very hard to get rid of OCD lol) Like we see him losing it in the mountains, we see him going ballistic on Crowfeather and Heathertail. Lionblaze knows how dangerous he can be if he isn't always holding back in battle, and it scares him so bad he has vivid nightmares about killing his loved ones. I think it's the first real time in Warriors we had a main character who had the full potential of becoming a villain the moment he stops holding back. Like that's genuinely really good storytelling, and they just??? throw it away in the next book like it never happened????

This dude kills Russetfur, which should have been his worst nightmare becoming reality. That's it, he finally killed someone. Because for just a few seconds, he got so worried about his leader being attacked and probably killed that he stopped holding back. And yet this is less of a plot point than the obviously accidental death of Flametail. Like Jayfeather tries to save a cat who is drowning and is called a murderer during a Gathering, but Lionblaze who kills Russetfur in front of at least 20 cats, that's fine he was just being silly. Like the writers were writing Lionblaze like crap on purpose at this point they had completely given up on him lmfao

We also see his compassionate and empathetic side shine a few times, mostly when he is the one who forgives Squilf and Leafpool the easiest and the fastest. Lionblaze idolizes Brambleclaw and shows a genuine affection for his dad several times and it's genuinely wholesome. Lionblaze has a few really sweet moments with Leafpool and Squilf in OotS :) i cherish these scenes so much.......

He isn't perfect of course, far from it, he can be a douche (mainly to Heathertail, Breezepelt and Dovewing), he is hot-headed and doesn't think before he speaks or acts, he struggles to communicate properly, he often has a weird tunnel-vision in OotS and doesn't listen to Dovepaw's problems with the care it deserves. For most of PoT, despite going through some tough training as an apprentice and later as a newly made warrior, he is almost completely oblivious to the fact that his own mentor Ashfur as a personal beef with him. As someone with the autism rizz, Lionblaze's communication skills are just so autistic to me. This dude has almost no friends, even his ex-apprentice Dovewing isn't on very friendly terms with him (understandable because he was a bad mentor tbh), he feels safe only around his close family, and messes up almost every friendship and relationship he has because he is incapable of communicating properly. Him trying to date Cinderheart was just Lionblaze being absolutely incapable of understanding her point of view, and then proceeding to literally self harm by letting a ShadowClan massacre him to show Cinderpelt he could be harmed on his own will ?? Like what goes on in the Lionblaze's head ?? is he ok ???

Also they could have made him a medicine cat.... I yearn for the Lionblaze medicine cat plotline so much...... Lionblaze being so incredibly scared of hurting anyone again after his nightmares, or after killing Russetfur, that he just drops all the warrior duties and hides in Leafpool's den all day...... also Jayfeather could have been a warrior 100%, we clearly see him fight very well when he is in tandem with one of his siblings, he is capable of running on ThunderClan territory with no issues once he learned the layout, like there's so excuse anymore StarClan just wanted to ruin his life for entertainment

anyway

They could have done do much more with the Lionblaze.......

[skrs-cats]

hands you this

MY GOD...

[notwarriorswiki]

What are your favorite background characters ?

A lot of my favorite characters… ARE background characters. This happens due to my little headcanon brain regularly exploding and creating entire novellas worth of content for a character who was maybe mentioned once.

Like my favorite warrior cats are Firefern, Flintfang, and Jayfeather. Jayfeather isn’t a background character but I’ll talk about Firefern, Flintfang, and some others

Firefern is literally my profile icon. She is shown to be very close with her family, as seen when she sits vigil for her father alongside Stormheart and Harrybrook. She is confident in speaking with authority and does not fear to bring forward ideas that may seem controversial to her clanmates. Not only that, Firefern is incredibly tough and shakes off any and everything that is thrown at her. Dog rips her pelt off? Firefern doesn’t care, she keeps moving along with her life. Finally, Firefern is selfless and has medicine cat knowledge that is essential to her clan in their trying time in Hawkwing’s Journey. She ends up succumbing to sickness (which was trash btw), but I believe Firefern has so much more going for her than people realize. She’s just this jack-of-all-trades with a tough yet kind heart. She’s simple and doesn’t do anything crazy, but I like that about her!

Flintfang I want to write about someday, probably when Power of Twelve is farther along. He had such a messy life. He grows up alongside his siblings, Fernshade and Blackfoot, and then his sister gives birth to Badgerkit. IT’S HIS SISTER’S KIT: HIS NEPHEW. Flintfang was close with Badgerpaw, but them being family makes it even sadder. Imagine Flintfang walking up to his sister and looking her in the eyes, telling her that her only son is dead, and seeing her head just fall. THEN Blackfoot is loyal to Brokenstar, the once causing this pain. Flintfang’s own brother is fine with letting his siblings suffer, and it only gets worse when Brokenstar forces the elders to leave ShadowClan. Notably, Hollyflower was in the elder’s den. That’s THEIR MOTHER. Flintfang literally has to watch as his mother is kicked out of camp and see as Blackfoot sits completely fine with this. This poor boy can’t catch a break and has to live his days seething with what his brother and leader have done to his family. I have more after that, but for now, that sums up how I feel about canon Flintfang. I love him, let him rest.

Willowpelt is driven by headcanon logic, but it’s hard to argue with. For one, Willowpelt is Spottedleaf’s and Redtail’s littermate, meaning she grew up to see her young siblings grow into top authority figures in ThunderClan. Willowpelt deeply wants to stand out like her siblings, so she interacts with older warriors to gain recognition, which results in her taking a step too far and giving birth to Tawnyspots kit, Darkstripe. Willowpelt feels shame and is distant with Darkstripe because of it, explaining why Darkstripe may have been more impressionable as a child. Overall, Willowpelt struggles with feelings of worthlessness and sees herself as lesser than her siblings. It causes her to be distant from them. So when Spottedleaf and Redtail are murdered, Willowpelt is left with feelings of regret for pushing them away. Struggling with emotional conflict and developing depression, Willowpelt feels alone and broken. This does change when her lifelong friend Whitestorm becomes her mate and Willowpelt realizes that what others think doesn’t matter and she can just be happy with those she cares about. She also learns to love and cherish her family, resulting in a more positive relationship with Graystripe, Sorrelpaw, Sootpaw, and Rainpaw.

Mosspelt is underrated. I’m a sucker for queen characters but gosh Mosspelt is such a good one. She raised Stormkit and Featherkit and was kind to Graystripe when he was in RiverClan. Just from this, we know that she is a kind and sweet she-cat who is anything but judgemental. I can only imagine her reaction seeing Featherpaw and Stormpaw at the Half-Clan execution. She was probably fighting tooth and nail and losing her mind trying to get to her kits. Finally, we know she is the mother to Willowshine (who is in my Po12 rewrite). While she wasn’t treated kindly in my rewrite by Reedwhisker, she is still going to be written as a loyal and loving mom who will do her best to mentor Pebblepaw

Whitewing is so pure and nice. Everyone likes Whitewing. There’s no reason to deny Whitewing. Lionblaze said it best when he thinks about Whitewing training in the Dark Forest: “Just…never”. Like, she’s that pure. She lives her best life with Birchfall and her daughters and is always trying her best. Keep being awesome Whitewing