#so a lifespan of about 8-10 years i think? with the odd outlier like mistystar. leaders should probably live another year or two anyhow | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

angsttronaut · 3 months ago

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one of the weird things about life expectancies in warrior cats stretching out as the series goes on is that lionblaze is 8 years old with adult grandchildren and showing no signs of age or even retiring, while yellowfang was depicted as old af when she died at the age of 8.

#warrior cats #yellowfang #lionblaze #in fairness i imagine being invincible for years when he was younger and unable to obtain serious injuries or illness #probably gave him a lifespan boost. but everyone else around him is living forever; thornclaw is fine even though his siblings retired #and they're all old enough to attend secondary school. cats like squirrelflight and whitewing don't seem to have stiffer limbs or grey fur.#i don't think they should have the same lifespan as a typical unmanaged feral colony (only 2 years!) but i think first arc cats #should really have all died of old age a while ago. second arc cats should be retired and starting to pass from old age. and cats from the #third and fourth arcs beginning to feel their age and the older ones retiring.#so a lifespan of about 8-10 years i think? with the odd outlier like mistystar. leaders should probably live another year or two anyhow #because of their extra lives. although normal age related complications would likely start to eat into them once they live for long enough.#(i mean. squirrelstar just go her nine lives. she's probably going to live longer than a cat like tallstar who got them at a younger age #even if she lands up with kidney failure or cancer they haven't been whittled away when she was young via other stuff. i think her living #long enough to take the junior cert is reasonable)#also i think medicine cats would live a bit longer because they don't have to hunt and fight all the time. although older med cats would be #more vulnerable to being killed by a disease outbreak. i think their apprentice would have to take on tasks like herb gathering and treatin #contagious illnesses.

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