#I kind of wish there'd been a massive time gap with a mostly different cast.

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Giving information on Alderheart and Sparkpelt so if you decide to include them in any AUs: Alder is forced into the Med cat Role as he is deemed useless as a warrior by Bramblestar because of his anxiety. This is later deemed a good decision because Starclan (I don't know if it's the Original Starclan or Skyclan Starclan) sends him a dream that sends him on the journey that brings Skyclan to the Lake. Alderheart is actually pretty devastated at first, and in AVOS after he gets his name has a fight with Jayfeather over a visiting cat named Velvet who he's gotten very close too.

Sparkpelt is described as a female version of Firestar. The perfect warrior, a perfect hunter, with his pelt color and Lionblaze's eye color. (Alderheart's first few chapters are him comparing himself to her alot.) She is loyal to her brother and protects him however, and after she gains her name she becomes mates with Larksong, who gets the Prey Sickness when she's close to delivering their kits. When she goes into labor, Larksong drags himself too her and dies in front of her. She also loses one of their kits, Flickerkit. She suffers from PPD for a few days because of it but she's back to taking care of her kits shortly after.

The information is appreciated.

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'#I kind of wish there'd been a massive time gap with a mostly different cast.'

Oh god me too. Its something I wish for every day, especially as the poor New Generation cats can't just rest and keep getting screwed over by the writers again and again and again!

Mph, can't give an opinion on the new generation cats themselves, but yeah you get it. it was also Brambeclaw being there and being leader for me. Omg he was so annoying.

Tbh though, I think an all new cast might encourage me to try and pick up Warriors again, but also the lack of culture and worldbuilding still give the series a flat feeling. It was fine in the beginning, I mean everything was new, but as it goes on you just keep asking why the clans are even separate when the most difference they have between themselves is what prey they hunt.

In any other series, their absurd levels of aggression towards each other would be regarded as silly, with the protag, Firepaw, remarking something like: Ya'll are basically the same with a different coat of paint. This fighting is stupid.

But literally in the first book it's:

Firepaw: Why can't we all just work together?

Thunderclan: *offended gasp* We can't do that!

Firepaw: Why?

Thunderclan: Ugh a kittypet wouldn't understand!

There is no actual reason given, they just call him stupid for thinking that and that's that. If the clans had actual cultural differences and practices, I'd understand. But they don't. When Hollypaw is in Riverclan briefly she remarks on how it's pretty much like Thunderclan. Bestie, no.

All of that and the series' absolute obsession with maintaining the status quo no matter how harmful it is repeatedly shown to be.