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yarrowleef · 3 months

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I was skimming part of code of the clans today where the Leafpool narrator goes over proposed code rules that were struck down. I was curious why this StarClan rule wasn't implemented because it seems like something the zealot clan cats would go for. The guide does not rly answer my question lol

This is such a weird paragraph. It's like. In one breath Leafpool-narrator is saying they didn't make it a code rule because clan cats can think for themselves, but in the next breath implies that belief in StarClan is in fact necessary for living in the clan, because to live in a clan means you have to follow the warrior code, and belief in StarClan is what makes them follow the code (apparently). If you don't believe in StarClan, she seems to imply that must mean you are planning on leaving the clan? ("it's not a law to stay in the clan" + you can "choose a different path"?) There is not actually any room being made here for a clan cat to peacefully not believe in StarClan---at least not a good code abiding clan cat. And the alternative of leaving the clan obviously means you are no longer planning on following any of the code, so like...how is this meaningfully different from making it an official code rule?

#idk where i'm going with this i guess im just frustrated at the average clan cats apparent lack of imagination #in regards to their ability to understand why a cat could do things w out starclan breathing down their neck #i guess this explains why riverclan fell apart like that in a way #just their personal self fufilling prophecy ig i cant think of the right word rn #you think you cant function w out starclan approval so you stop trying and stare helplessly at the wall when youre left alone #even though most of the code has nothing directly to do with starclan #maybe cloudtail only got by bc firestar nepotism and mothwing hid her beliefs until after she was a fully trained med cat #i feel like the average clan cat would say they are just exceptions to the rule #like how firestar being a kittypet did Nothing to change anyones opinion on judging kittypets they just said he was the Exception #warrior cats #yarrow speaks #wc criticism #code of the clans

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