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Just realized StormClan's Folly will be out tomorrow? I hope my library system gets a copy quickly. It's kind of unpredictable because they still don't have part 2 of TPB graphic novel but they did get the color version of Tigerstar and Sasha immediately for some reason.

Whenever it becomes available and I get my hands on it, I'm gonna unblock the warrior cats tag for a few days for the sake of discussion, and then I'm probably gonna disappear again for a while.

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soooo like. are they gonna make more warriors minis someday or 😶🥺

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Tbh, as someone with really bad eyesight myself, Leafstar mistaking Starlingpaw for a badger for a sec specifically because of his face markings is a very silly concept. If she couldn't see him clearly enough to notice he's cat shaped, idk how she could possibly see two black stripes on his little cat face.

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Art fight got me remembering how much I enjoy drawing cats but boy my arm isn't enjoying the hobby as much lol

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People who obsess over "why is this cat named after this object when they are a different color from this object?" are so obnoxious.

Consider: maybe their parents like the name. It's not that deep.

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Starlingpaws that I drew while I was supposed to be doing something else lol

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you don't have to grieve alone

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It's nice that they made it more obvious that it was her choice this time!

As someone who also had to give up on my education and career goals due to disability, it has long bothered me how so much of the fandom says that Cinderpelt should have stayed on the warrior path no matter what. Sometimes being disabled means you really can't do the things you want to do. And it sucks, yes, but it doesn't make your life a waste and it doesn't mean you can't be happy.

Cinderpelt finding a new path is good. I'm glad she did it. I did the same thing, in a way. I may not be living the life I planned for myself when I was younger, but I'm happy enough with where I've ended up. And I wish we could spend more time celebrating that sort of thing for both disabled characters and real people instead of demanding more from them.

thank fuck for this change to making it more explicitly cinderpelt's choice to be a medcat while also pointing out it wouldn't be impossible for her to be a warrior. it always was her choice, mind you, but a proper conversation between the two is appreciated.

really hoping that the tnp graphic novel team doesn't fumble this by keeping in that stupid crush retcon.

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if tumblr dies you can find me at the moonpool. mewing pathetically at my ancestors

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I haven't thought about this in a while but man it is weird how a cat's body disappears when their spirit dies in the Dark Forest.

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I want more minis. They are so cute. 😔 I hope the next set they make includes any characters I like.....

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It's been really great finally finishing off some WIPs. Unfortunately I think I have carpal tunnel now.

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I love TBC

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*Rowanclaw's voice in the distance* go get him, honey! :D

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Everybody is understandably freaking out about TawnyCrow and saying that Crowfeather needs to stop but this is literally all we've actually gotten in book so far and I can't lie, it's kind of hilarious.

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Felt like doing a Clangen run where the leader and medicine cat positions are hereditary, fun bit a challenge, and first off almost all of my generated cats were kits (when I started I think I had two warriors), then on moon 3 my medicine cat gave birth and died, one of her kits died at 6 moons old, and the cat who was temporarily serving the medicine role until the remaining kit was old enough ended up dying horribly too. Fellas, I think the position is cursed.

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The Erins have so much potential to turn StarClan into something unsettling, and in fact have done so multiple times recently, but they don't realize it! And it's a shame because that would be fun to lean into.

The StarClan scenes in Squirrelflight's Hope creeped me out a little. Everyone felt artificially chilled out, detached from the real world and not caring about it anymore. And then there was that weird scene in Star where Jayclaw is trying to convince his own daughter to die and leave RiverClan to its fate. It really seems like StarClan cats forget what it's like to be alive and their biggest desire is for the living to join them. It's creepy. And I wish we could explore that instead of pretending this is objectively a good and healthy vision of "heaven" not worth analyzing.

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Drew a quick Nightheart and mama Sparkpelt in celebration of me finally getting around to changing my name