99% of my criticisms are not with the books, themselves, but rather, the fanbase. Which I feel is disproportionately filled with a loud, and angry majority who don't respect other people, and who take the books and their opinions on the books way too seriously.
It's okay to say, "That's a retcon," or "That's a mistake," or "That's OOC," guys. You don't have to accept everything that's canon as canon just because it got printed.
Even if the cat's a background character with zero prior characterization, it hurts no one to be like, "No way would 'xyz' character do or say that".
Who cares honestly, what is canon or isn't canon. It's not like Erin Hunter is going to knock on your door if you don't care about the continuity of a 20 year old book series.
I know I don't usually mention things that I dislike about the books but probably one of the all-time "that was dumb," moments that I think about fairly often is the outcome of the Firestar and Bramblepaw " trust " arc that happens in the first series.
They have this whole arc where Firestar goes from being afraid of Bramblepaw to gradually accepting him.
And then— the Erin's ruin it by deciding that Firestar named him Brambleclaw.
Yes— Nothing says, "I trust you," like naming Bramblepaw after his father.
This father, mind you.
It makes the entire first arc relationship between the two, moot. Honestly one of the worst writing decisions the Erin's have made.
There's absolutely nothing wrong with John or Arthur being canon straight guys in a bromance. I'm totally cool with that.
But, as a fan of the series since like— season two I have always shipped them, lol.
Kayne fans who now hate him after 52 are FAKE. I love it when he’s an evil bastard :)
TRUEEEEEE I LOVE KAYNE AND THE SOUNDS OF HIS BARE FEET SLAPPING THE FLOOR
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Bigger clans suck, booo!!!! We don't need seventy-five cats in ThunderClan. Booo!!!!