Assorted Warriors Ramblings

I don't have a baseline because no one I really know actually likes Warriors and will talk to me about this so if this is just basic fan shit that everyone believes, bite me. I can't find people my age who will talk to me about this.

Warriors AU where everything is the same but Rusty pulls a Millie and begs Bluestar to let him keep his kittypet name and so she names him Rustypaw. Then his warrior name is Rustyfire or something because FIRE ALONE CAN SAVE OUR CLAN and Bluestar is pretty superstitious. I'm reading the remade graphic novel series for the first arc and I forgot how unreasonable and paranoid she got at the end of her life, but for good reason. She's just kinda stubborn but I still like her. I wish she'd spent more time with her nephew Whitestorm. She's lucky he didn't end up like his father. So anyway then Rustyfire became Rustystar. That's the whole thing. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.

I hate Squirrelflight, but I might hate Hollyleaf more. Squirrelflight mellowed out as she got older but she was a majorly annoying kit during the New Prophecy arc. She was my least favorite, next to Crowfeather. Actually maybe I dislike him too. Dude can't keep it in his pants to save his life AND he was grumpy but if he were a cute anime boy I'd have probably forgiven him. Isn't that disgusting? I was in middle school going on high school and wanted to BE that cute dark-haired emo anime boy, I just didn't know it yet, so Crowfeather gets a pass.

Fucking Hollyleaf tho. I'm reading Dark River, book two of Power of Three and I forgot what a little shit Hollypaw was. Like DAMN she never chills out. She's so narrow-minded and rigid. "How could a kittypet possibly be a warrior? Does she even believe in Starclan?" Bitch your grandfather was a kittypet and your...hang on what is your grandfather's nephew to you? Cloudtail is a non-believer and he's your kin too, bitch. Millie believes in Starclan, she just wanted to keep her name. It was so satisfying for Daisy and Brook to support her in that moment. Let the cat keep her name, dammit! I know where this is headed and Hollypaw's just insufferable. I think I disliked Jaypaw when I first read this but again I think he got a  slight pass from me for being grumpy little emo boy and I was going through my first edgy little emo boi stage but rereading it he's interesting to read and I don't hate reading his chapters but he's ALSO a little shit. It sucks Jaypaw couldn't become a warriror but he does not need to take it out on everyone around him. I think Lionpaw might be my favorite of Leafpool's kits now. I mean Squirrelflight's. You know. I thought he was kinda boring but at least he's sane.

Rowanclaw is intersex. He was DFAB and then came out as tom and then he miraculously became the father of Tawnypelt's kits and that's just a little gay. He's transmasc and he's probably a little gay because gender doesn't mean SHIT anymore when you're trans. So happy for him.

Medicine cats should be allowed to fall in love if they can just not have babies. Give me a gay medicine cat or an infertile medicine cat who CAN'T have babies and they fall in love and have a really sweet and loving asexual relationship and live happily ever after. I know at least one author hates writing romances like that but come on, there's enough of you ONE of you can give me a good gay medicine cat. Come on.

Actually I kinda always thought the medicine cat taboo thing was weird and wrong and just around to cause DRAMA. Sure, that's an easy conflict. Notice it only happens to the she-cats tho? Does Runningnose have a girlfriend and secret kits? Does Goosefeather? No, just Yellowfang and Leafpool and Moth Flight and probably someone else I'm forgetting. What about Spottedleaf's mutual crush on Firepaw? Oh that's fine because they didn't have kits over it. She died before we could get into that. Hey what about Mudfur? He was a warrior first, like Yellowfang, and had a mate and kits. His mate and those kits died? Okay so it's fine if he's a medicine cat--Leopardstar is ALSO his kit. Oh. Oh uh but she lived though? So uh...why is that okay? What if Yellowfang, who was in love with Raggedstar as a warrior, got pregnant like...before becoming the medicine cat and having responsibilities. Like why not? What would you do with that? I just think that it's biased to be like 'a she-cat can't have kits if she's a medicine cat'. What about how Squirrelflight never had milk (because she's a liar) and went back to her warrior duties immediately and let someone else nurse her kits? Did that stop her from doing anything? What if she'd been the medicine cat, like Leafpool, and just...I don't know...didn't lay around nursing her kits all the time and focused on her medicine duties? I'm sure it's hard when your parent is a doctor and works long hours but that's what the rest of the clan is for. It's not like parent child bonds even matter as much in this world. It feels more like sibling bonds, couple bonds, and mentor and apprentice bonds are more prominent in this universe so WHY is it such a taboo to have kits as a medicine cat? Okay let's go back to Mudfur. Suppose Brightsky DIDN'T die but he became medicine cat because their kits still died. Does he have to stop being mates with her just because he has duties now? Why does having a partner limit you SO MUCH in your career? You think all doctors and nurses are single? It's not like they're that far away from each other and never see each other. Hell Brightsky could have helped Mudfur gather herbs or something and they could share duties as warrior and medicine cat. You just can't convince me a medicine cat isn't allowed to have romantic love OR reproduce at all.  These cats are just angsty and stubborn and won't let themselves be happy. Yeah I know that's the basis for creating drama and stuff. Call me an idealist, I just want to think deeper about something I used to love.