Theory here!

Needletail, Sleekwhisker, Juniperclaw, Strikestone, Beenose, and Yarrowleaf were the fellow apprentices who defied the rules in AVoS.

Needlepaw, Sleekpaw, and Juniperpaw betrayed their Clan and went to live with the Kin. Then Beenose did the same, taking Cloverfoot and Berryheart with her.

Both departures occurred before Darktail took over ShadowClan, meaning they voluntarily abandoned their Clan for a band of rogues. That's treason.

Then Sleekwhisker and Yarrowleaf voluntarily fled with the rest of the Kin after Darktail's death.

Needletail, Juniperclaw, and Beenose drowned.

Drowning was Darktail's exact method of murder!

Three of the cats who followed him died that way? Is it a coincidence?

It would be cool to see Sleekwhisker and Yarrowleaf drown too! As a form of cursed punishment for their past treason.

And Strikestone, who was precisely the only apprentice who didn't join Darktail before he took control over ShadowClan, nor flee with the rogues after his defeat, died in battle, not by drowning!

Perhaps it was fate or StarClan's way of punishing them for abandoning their Clan and being responsible for ShadowClan's fall! And the only one who didn't betray his Clan, wasn't punished!

I hope Sleekwhisker and Yarrowleaf drown!

I like the idea of Tornear being called Tornkit as a kit as a reflection of how his mother felt after his father's death. Or Shrewkit after Shrewclaw.

I absolutely despise it when people pretend Spottedleaf’s Heart didn’t exist.

I know there is zero malice behind it, but it just has always troubled me as a victim who went through a similar experience. I personally believe one is allowed to like Thistleclaw pre-SpH and even if they don’t know it exists but disregarding the whole entire book has just always set me… off.

Spottedleaf’s Heart was written very poorly, no questions there. But just if it was addressed correctly… That is something we NEED to be teaching to younger readers. Things to look out for, who to go to. So pretending it just suddenly vanished from canon has always told me “I don’t want this very bad thing to be true because it’s bad.”

I get people who disregard the book but I think that if it was just written how it should have been written, or at the bare minimum made her leave BECAUSE of the relationship’s context itself and not for the reason provided… then I feel it would’ve been so much better than it was.

TL;DR: Spottedleaf’s Heart is allowed to be canon, it just was written badly. It should not be an excuse to ignore it, it should be a sign for the community to band together and make something better off of it.

I just wanted to show off my Hollyleaf dreamcore au design, thats it.(She gets trapped in the tunnels, she trying to get out, also trying to figure a mystery)

Tigerstar loved Goldenflower, not Sasha. Idfc care what the Erins say

Warrior Cats is still the only goddamn book series I have ever finished and I'm sitting here trying to be an author sweating hoping no one will ask me what books I like to read because its only Warrior Cats and that was nearly 15 years ago

I've started rereading The Power of Three and I didn't really realize how in depth they made a lot of the background characters, like Birchfall, I've noticed, is made out to be very self-proclaimed important, with one of the pov characters, I forgot which, say that he was acting very experienced and wise, despite him only being an apprentice a few moons ago. They gave them personality! I just really like this arc too...

How the heck are people thinking that Breezepelt is slightly older than Lion, Jay, and Holly? He is SLIGHTLY YOUNGER than them by like, 1 moon.

The kin of your kin prophecy would’ve been far more interesting if Brightheart was involved. She of kin of Cloudtail after all.