#but i think xenofiction‚ especially something as massive as warriors‚ should be a vessel for teaching mammalian psychology | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

worldblight · 7 months

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I wish Erin Hunter would hire me not because I particularly care about Warrior Cats anymore but because I know a lot about cat behavior and it makes me really really irritated seeing people draw cat body language so incorrectly

#cats dont run in fear with their tails up #thats a play behavior exclusively #if a cat is afraid of something they tuck down as low to the ground as possible and bolt the fuck out of there like a lizard #this is just one of many many many many many gripes i have #i understand anthropomorphization and how much erin hunter anthropomorphizes their cats for the sake of readers' understanding #because their audience is teenagers #but i think xenofiction‚ especially something as massive as warriors‚ should be a vessel for teaching mammalian psychology #at least make it so your feral cat characters are actively wary of their environment when they arent in their dens #domestic cats are far from being the top of the foodchain. even with intelligence beyond what they naturally have irl--#--they should be extremely aware of and cautious about the fact there are any number of predators in their natural habitat #and that they are a genuine danger to be aware of when they're not hidden #especially since so many of the cats are described with white markings‚ which should have been bred out a long time ago #due to the fact they're hypervisible and attract predators‚ making them moving targets #blackstar baffles me. he is completely white. he is the biggest target for predators in the entire clan. and yet he leads it #i have many thoughts erin hunter hire me

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