#disability wc

[mineashthetrash]

Considering disability wc stickers of disabled characters whos profits would go split between me, currently disabled, and a disability charity. i would need to figure out a few logistics first. But.

I know for sure i want to have Jayfeather, Briarlight, Deadfoot, Crookedstar, Cinderpelt, Brightheart, and Snowkit. Should i add any minor disabled characters too, or only these main 7?

[digitaldogpark]

Brightheart has a reminder for you

[starmolts]

There’s this girl inside my head. She’s angry that I’m alive and she’s dead.

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[rookflower]

there are definitely some flaws worth criticising in the tpb graphic novels but to be fair i cant and dont want to put the majority of them on the artists because they are adapting by far the densest arc in an incredibly flawed book series from the early 2000s and they have three graphic novels in which to visually and narratively adapt 6 books. i think to smooth over all of tpb's issues while removing the majority of the nuance from them for time while keeping it at a coherent pace in a coherent structure, consistently, while also being hugely faithful to the originals, in a very narrow timeframe for release schedule, is quite literally an impossible task to be given. i think they're genuinely doing a really good job all that considered. and for what it's worth i think the art is really nice

[exocynraku]

confession i never disliked the idea of cats having their disabilities cured (i'm talking about briarlight specifically) in starclan. if i (disabled person) died and went to heaven and i still had my disability i'd be so mad i'd shove my fingers so deep into my head and split my skull apart vertically

[airoarts]

Some cute cats

[ID: a drawing of several disabled Warrior Cats characters. Leafstar is a brown and cream tabby with cataracts, sitting down. Crookedstar is a big brown mackerel tabby with his jaw twisted to one side, with some teeth and his tongue sticking out. His nose is also twisted upwards and his eye is squinted. Cinderpelt is a gray cat with a few white spots, with a twisted hind leg she is keeping off the ground. Brightheart is an orange-and-white cat with significant scarring on one side of her face, without an eye, ear, or lip on that side, and scarring over the rest of her body, in a sitting position. Deadfoot is a black cat with a twisted front foot, which he keeps off the ground as he runs. Briarlight is a dark brown colorpoint cat with paralyzed back legs. Her front legs are fairly buff and she appears to be talking to Jayfeather, who is a silver cat with markings like a blue jay on his face and blue eyes, blind from birth. He is sitting and his large ear is pointed towards Briarlight. Longtail is also a silver tabby with scratched blind eyes, which are slightly open with the third eyelid showing. He is relaxed and smiling. end ID]

[waxheartz]

my beautiful princess

[cupids-stimboards]

deadboy600; day 9 prompt: based off a canonical disabled character answer: briarlight - warrior cats (physically disabled; paralyzed) art by niftysenpai

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Disabled Briarlight stimboard

Event: @deadboystims 600 Event Day 9

Themes: Wheelchairs

Note: She can't use wheelchairs due to being a cat but she would SO use one if she could, and she would do so many tricks with it! /gen

Note 2: Art by @eggfeather

Song:

[disabled-character-of-the-day]

Longtail from Warriors is disabled

Longtail is blind.

Day 27

[clanborn]

i think warrior cats fans who love tearing apart warrior cats would love tearing apart abc’s lost (2004-2010).

[zenala-art]

Disabled Warrior Cats as anthros bottom text

[bonefall]

Sincerely, what was behind the decision in DOTC: The First Battle to have Turtle Tail fight her domestic abuser, at the grave of the friend who was murdered by a maniac after refusing to return to this same abuser, while saying "we must stay out of this fight, she must stand up for herself,"

And then show her LOSING BADLY, BEING BEATEN VIOLENTLY BY TOM,

Just to have fucking GRAY WING jump in and save her ass from the wifebeater??? The guy who's supposed to have asthma and be held back by that??

Like, look at it!

Was all of this just for a chance to show how coooool Gray Wing is?? Have a woman get battered on screen just so the writer's pet can save her??? I am absolutely baffled by the choices that were made in this arc

[songleap]

hey gang i think we can talk about the misogyny in warrior cats without defending a character whos ONLY personality trait is "abuses disabled children"

[jayfeathers-neo-bumbleby]

Roles Aside From Warrior or Medicine Cat

So we've all talked about how it's BS that disabled cats like Cinderpelt, Jayfeather, and Briarlight were shoved into medicine roles due to their disabilities. That being said, it's also understandable that some cats might be at a disadvantage during a fight due to disability (yes, the series has a lot of magic and they're not very real-cat-like. I'm thinking about arcs before they had magic, or arcs without powers/magical components, where they're acting more within the confines of how a cat physically can perform.)

Thus, I decided to make a list of various other roles that cats who are unable to fight could take on that are not "help out in the medicine den or go to the elders." I'll also be noting disabled cats who were shafted role-wise who could do these roles (namely Jayfeather, Cinderpelt, Briarlight, and Snowkit).

(Note: While Jayfeather also had the prophecy, and had a natural talent for being a medicine cat and grew to love the role, he was still sort of pushed into it due to being blind. Cinderpelt similarly liked the role, but the books did also sort of present it as she didn't really have another option.)

1. Kitsitter

Briarlight was shown to have a lot of fun, and provide kits with a lot of fun, when giving kits badger rides and generally kitsitting. She easily could have joined Daisy in the nursery to help kit-sit.

This would also help queens like Squirrelflight and Ivypool who didn't want to be stuck in the nursery but still loved their kits.

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Jayfeather, Cinderpelt, Briarlight, Snowkit.

2. Camp Keeper

We are shown repeatedly that the camp requires consistent upkeep, with patching of dens, removal of debris, and other tasks being required.

While many cats don't enjoy the work, some very much do (Dustpelt, Brackenfur, etcetera), and this could easily be a role for many cats who enjoy the work.

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Cinderpelt, Snowkit. Maybe Jayfeather could, but it doesn't seem like a great fit (he trips over debris a lot when it's there after storms, etcetera). Briarlight could help clear debris, but patching dens might be difficult if a high-up part of a den needed patching.

3. Mediator

This role has already been formally introduced with Tree, but we had similar story beats earlier with Brook as well where a perspective of a cat raised outside the Clans helped cats see a problem from a different angle. We've also had cats from inside the Clans have "taboo perspectives" that are super reasonable (some of Nightheart's comments such as saying they should change leaders regularly, the cat in Riverclan in ASC who said that maybe they could just have multiple cats serving as leader).

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Cinderpelt, Jayfeather, Briarlight. Maybe Snowkit, but it might be difficult mediating with cats of other clans if they don't know how to best communicate with him

Note for Snowkit: yes they could develop cat sign language but we're shown that only Speckletail is able to communicate with him well before his death, so personally I believe it'd be easier for his clanmates to communicate with him versus cats from another clan, especially if another clan didn't have deaf cats.

4. Hunter

In the Tribe, they have designated prey-hunters and cave-guards. While the Clans don't have these roles, they could easily have a cat who doesn't fight in battles, but instead just hunts.

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Cinderpelt, Jayfeather. Maybe Snowkit? Hunting does rely a fair amount on hearing but also on vibrations in the paws and on sight so he'd be at a disadvantage but could probably make it work.

4.5. Runner

This sort of goes along with the previous role, but a task that is often performed during battles is needing a cat to run back to camp to get more warriors or to get medicine cats. While the task is commonly relegated to apprentices, this could easily be incorporated into various other roles, including the Hunter role.

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Snowkit! Probably Jayfeather as he's shown easily maneuvering around Thunderclan territory.

5. Aide

Briarlight got a lot of joy and purpose out of being "Jayfeather's Assistant", and there's nothing wrong with that! There could absolutely be a role for cats who want to help out whenever and wherever they can.

This role could be especially useful during an apprentice shortage (such as how Whitewing delayed her warrior ceremony so that Birchfall wouldn't be the only apprentice), as well as if there's only one medicine cat, etcetera.

Disabled cats who could easily do this role: Cinderpelt, Jayfeather, Briarlight, Snowkit.

I welcome further suggestions for roles or arguments on other cats who could do these roles!

Again, I recognize the series has magic etcetera; I'm thinking about arcs where there's not much magic going on and they're acting within the limits of cat physiology (TPB, TNP, ASC, AVOS sorta).

[wokeleftistmob]

Despite figuring out all the ways that certain cats are related, I don't actually really care about incest in the Warriors series. I just like figuring out the family tree because it's fun.