#where the age gap isnt actually very clear due to wcs habit of constant retcons and poor timeline management.. | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

crittertalez · 6 days ago

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its not extremely common but it is interesting (not in a good way) that several times ive seen peoples solutions to "apprentice x older man who isnt very good to them" is "apprentice x older woman who is questionably better maybe" and its like yeah idk. i dont know that i like "teenager shipped with someone who is a grown adult when they meet and get close" even when its gay

#lamb.og #warrior cats #and i know in some cases the apprentice is actually already a young adult or close to graduating #ala like.. crowpaw #and theres also cases like say mothwing and leafpool or barley and ravenpaw #where the age gap isnt actually very clear due to wcs habit of constant retcons and poor timeline management..#and its more accurate to assume the intention is actually that they should be more closer in age #and hell i even accept situations like dovetiger where people will just say no tigerheart was born later so then hes an apprentice at the #same time as dovewing #warrior cats is one of the few series where i think theres many cases where aging a character up or down to make a ship be less creepy #is actually fine and not as weird as it would be in another fandom #i just find it strange when theres none of these factors involved #and its just being played straight as no see this teen x adult ship is okay as long as the adult is nice actually #and then theres also cases like squirrel x leafstar where its like #her sister was named after leafstar. at some point thats just weird even when you account fur them meeting as adults #idk !! basically its not always the biggest deal #because of how wibbly wobbly canon ages are in wc #but often ill see a ship and especially one thats painted as better than a m/f ship because its gay instead #and im like wow ! no i dont think that one is any better !#i cant say im a big fan of teen x adult ships even when its gay sorry #go find a woman her age to ship her with #or even just someone where theyd meet as adults or when theyre both apprentices.. and theres not the leafstar clause in effect #where theres something else kind of strange and weird about it

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