She Is Everything To Me. In My Head She Routinely Kicks Spy’s Ass

What are your headcanons for the Millhaven Mapleshade :D

Okay okay okay okay SO. I have been hyperfixating on Mapleshade SO HARD for a little while and chchhdhdjcjcjf she's just. She!!! Millhaven is on of my favorite MAPs and I highly recommend watching it, if only for the song and the visuals because the animation is so smooth and it's fucking stunning djdhhsjdhdjcjdjdj

Brief rundown of her story if you're unfamiliar but curious: Mapleshade was a ThunderClan cat who fell in love with a RiverClan cat (Appledusk) and had his kits, which is a violation of their law. She was kicked out of ThunderClan and tried to go to RiverClan, resulting in her kits drowning in a flood. Her mate turned her away (and had an affair with a RiverClan cat WHILE MAPLE WAS PREGNANT) and she became a rogue. She blamed three cats for her kits' death and killed them in revenge, including her former mate, and was sent to the Dark Forest. There, she manipulated one of Appledusk's descendants (Crookedstar) and led to the death of all his loved ones. This excludes a lot of details but it's enough to understand this post :D

This scene where Maple's in the Dark Forest (cat hell) and addressing the other cats there is where most of my inspiration was taken from. The lyric translated into English (the song is Polish) is "the press called me a vampire" or something along those lines. I am absolutely obsessed with Mapleshade and witch/vampire imagery it just fits so well!! Now I personally headcanon that she would have been very protective of kits in general after what happened to hers, sans Appledusk's descendants to an extent.

I also headcanon that queens tell their kits stories of Dark Forest cats as like moral lessons and to scare them and stuff. Maple's story boils down to, don't mate outside the clan. As she was responsible for her kits' deaths, I like to think there might also be an element of Mapleshade will come for you if you misbehave, but that's more kits scaring each other. The second is in direct contrast to what she actually does, which is punish parents who abuse or neglect their kits. Cats like Rainflower had their lives constantly manipulated to punish them for their actions, but cats like Palebird are left alone because she wasn't neglecting Tallkit intentionally (she suffered massive depression as her daughter died soon after birth)

This headcanon also helps flesh out the world more, because the Dark Forest cats are really underutilized ngl. They're in hell!! They should be more relevant in the stories mothers tell their kits, and stories kits tell each other!! StarClan (cat heaven) has WAY more overall significance throughout the series, where the Dark Forest is mostly ignored except in Power of Three.

I refuse to believe the only time he held Scout was when he passed away

The Hours and Times (1991) dir. Christopher Munch

Warrior cats main protagonists and villains ranked by how cuddly i think they would be:

1. Squirrelflight

She is small and soft and I bet her toe beans are very squishy. She's full of love

2. Cinderpelt

A sweetheart! Very affectionate. She curls up on your lap, licks your hand with her little pink tongue, and then purrs herself to sleep. Sometimes she likes to climb up on your shoulder and sit there like a parrot

3. Graystripe

Huggable. Round. LARGE boy. Loves kids and dogs

4. Cloudtail

He just lays down on top of you and smothers you in an endless sea of white fluff. You will need a lint roller afterwards. He can sense when you're sad and purrs to cheer you up

5. Firestar

A good kitty! He would purr SO LOUD i just know it! Most likely to aggressively start kneading and giving kisses

6. Ravenpaw

I bet he likes gentle scritches behind his ears. He probably has dainty little paws and would be very cautious to not accidentally put his claws in anyone while cuddling

7. Mothwing

She purrs and clings to you in a very tight hug but sometimes forgets not to hug with her claws

8. Brightheart

A little timid, especially if you try to pet her from her blind side, but once she warms up to you, you can feel your heart melting she's just SO sweet. Radiates kindness

9. Hawkfrost

He's an attention whore who will try to convince you he's Baby even though he's really Bastard. Insists on you cradling him in your arms at all times. Hates your partner, your friends, your family, anyone he sees as competition for your attention. Never bites or scratches you, surprisingly

10. Feathertail

Just a cloud of fluff. A soft, soft cloud of fluff

11. Dovewing

She likes to be picked up and carried around and cries if you try to put her down. Her fur is the softest, plushest pillow

12. Leafpool

The gentlest little kitty cat. Doesn't like to be picked up so much as sit near you and give you little kisses sometimes

13. Stormfur

Might wiggle if you try to pick him up but usually pretty friendly

14. Tawnypelt

Yeah you can pet her. When she wants to be left alone she'll give your hand a gentle bite. If you don't stop after that you might lose a finger

15. Crowfeather

He is indifferent to you. Please do not touch

16. Lionblaze

The pinnacle of Dumb Orange Cat but POWERFUL. He demands your full attention with a forceful head bonk that obliterates your kneecap and when you fall over he jumps onto you, effectively kicking you in the stomach, and starts kneading. While doing so he will put his entire weight into a single paw placed right on your boob and then deploy the claws all while purring louder than a motorcycle

17. Spottedleaf

She's very cuddly but drools all over you when she purrs. She has an overpowering smell like sickening, nauseatingly sweet pumpkin spice.

18. Longtail

He likes pets and snuggles but if you don't give him enough attention he gets passive-aggressive and starts lashing his tail, usually sitting near you and flicking it against your arm so you know he's mad

19. Sandstorm

She likes being around you but if you try to pet her she scratches your hand

20. Sol

He's an asshole cat but he loves attention. Wants you to pet him one second, biting you the next

21. Bluestar

May attempt to murder you but I think she needs some love

22. Scourge

Same as bluestar with extra murder

23. Jayfeather

Goes completely limp and pushes your face away with his paws when you try to kiss his little forehead. Growls indignantly the entire time

24. Hollyleaf

She's afraid of you and if you try to get near her she'll hide under your bed

25. Tigerstar

You can't resist sticking your face in his soft kitty tummy. He's the fluffiest cat in the forest. He immediately mauls your face

26. Yellowfang

Do NOT try to give her a bath or take her to the vet. Might occasionally kiss you, but WATCH OUT.

27. Ivypool

This is a feral cat. Maybe a patient and gentle person can earn her trust over the course of several years

28. Bramblestar

Asshole cat.

29. Ashfur

Hates children, yowls Roxanne or Rory in the hall outside your bedroom at 1am when you have to be up early for work, commits arson

30. Darkstripe

He doesn't care if you pet him but why would you want to? He smells bad and HATES kids. You feel inexplicably gross after holding him like you just hugged the carpet of a college dorm

31. Brokenstar

He straight up KILLS you. Leaps at you out of nowhere and digs his claws into your neck while yowling. Then he eats your corpse. Punt him back into the woods on sight

THERE ARE MORE IMAGES OF THE TWO OF THEM???

have you seen my son? have you seen my beautiful boy? tell him i miss him.

🎵 Йорш - "Шрамы"

🎵 Poets of the Fall - "Passion colors everything"

It was not an easy relationship either for themselves or for their environment, but I can not stop envy and admire. What a great lucky to meet your soulmate, especially in creation. What a life, what a karma.

so let me go

It’s just about a gang of weirdos who love each other singing from the literal rooftops and, for a few minutes, bringing colour to a grey city. It’s about how all good things must come to an end but by simply happening they’re still significant. It’s about the constant battle between art/people/LOVE against forces that want them to conform. It’s about how friendship can literally change the world. It’s about hope. It’s about the power of dreaming. It’s cold and their fingers are going numb and the uniformed police officers, ever-present in the background, are making them unplug their instruments. But they just plug them back in!!! Maybe they can’t finish the concert but they’re finishing the song if it’s the last thing they do and they’ll even crack some jokes while they’re at it. Poetic cinema…