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There are people who are mean online, and who ruin the online experience for others.

So, here's my two cents.

>You can like Mapleshade, guilt-free.

>You can like Darkstripe, guilt-free.

>You can like Thistleclaw, guilt-free.

>You can like Rainflower, guilt-free.

You do not need to preface it with,

"But, I acknowledge that they're bad or abusive or xenophobic, or at fault,"

No.

You do not have to justify anything you feel about any character from a stupid cat book, ever. For any reason. Warrior Cats is not real. It says about as much about you that you like Thistleclaw as a shitty horoscope can say about your day.

Which, is to say, nothing, at all.

You can like a character because they're evil, or because you sympathize or relate to them, or because they stir the pot, etc. etc. Any reason that is your own is reason enough.

I don't know what the fandom consensus is on popular Jayfeather and Lionblaze ships, but I really do like Jay x Cinder, and Lion x Pebble. (I don't really ship Hollyleaf with anyone.)

Drew myself as a Warrior Cat to celebrate the release of the second graphic novel! :3 Jingle / Jester, the kittypet.

Sandgorse is probably one of my favorite antagonist's in Warrior Cats. An antagonist doesn't always have to be like world-ending evil or whatever. Just an obstacle for the protagonist to overcome.

But, I really like how he has that, "no underachievers in our family," type of vibe.

Like, he's some sort of coach trying to get Tallpaw to live up to the family legacy of tunnelling (sports), but it's just not for him.

He's, much like Shellheart, a really great depiction of what Warriors could be if the Erin's had these types of character-focused plots more often.

I feel that Warriors characters tend to be paper-thin, and flat. More plot-device, than character. Which is why I love Sandgorse and Palebird, for example, so much.

They both have a personality.

Palebird is a Queen, but that's just her job. She has an entire rounded character arc outside of it. She isn't watered down to fit neatly into a personality archetype, she's a fully fleshed out and realized character within the confines of Warrior Cats, which I really enjoyed.

I feel like Harlan Guthrie is the opposite of a queer baiter.

John and Arthur are being pushed as being almost aggressively straight and platonic in the last few episodes so that no one can ship them anymore.

He's two steps away from declaring that John and Arthur share a brother bond or are like father and son, lol.

I'm actually very excited about Swiftpaw and Longtail being brothers! They always had a sort of 'brotherly bond' dynamic in my eyes, so it's nice to see that being added in for the graphic novel adaptation. It just feels right.

People can and will say things online about Warrior Cats that you will disagree with.

What you can't feasibly do is change their mind by arguing with them about it.

It's not your job to crusade against them and to tell them how wrong they are— You are not the end all, be all self-elected moral arbitrator of the fandom.

I can count on my hands and toes the amount of times I have strongly disagreed with another fan over their interpretation of the books—

I block them, and move on.

It's not a world ending scenario if someone on tumblr thinks Cinderpelt can't be a Warrior with her broken foot, or that Queens don't do anything but sit on their asses all day.

And it's also, not a personal attack against you, it's their opinion on a book series, devoid of any relation to you.

—You are not the center of their universe, their life does not revolve around yours, and Warriors is made-up! It's fake! Not real!

Put the phone or tablet or computer down and go outside. The Internet is not real life. And there is zero reason to treat it like it is.

Art dump of my oc. Her stripes and whiskers are optional :P

Bigger clans suck, booo!!!! We don't need seventy-five cats in ThunderClan. Booo!!!!