A Deep Dive Into The Warrior Cats Fandom

The real question we should be discussing here is: did Firestar ever like waffles??

my dad used to read me these books when i was 10-11. i loved them. he cried when bluestar died and i pretended to be asleep because i didn't know what to do.

I remember back in the fourth grade the warrior cats girls would hiss at people and us boys were like "you're so weird" then proceed to use pinecones as currency in our pretend drug trade

I swore I distinctly remember one of Fireheart’s motives for leaving was to avoid being neutered. Like an older cat told him about how a cat would get taken to the vet and come back with drastic personality changes. Which happens when we neuter a cat.

no matter how many people tell me i used to be a "cringy" warrior cats girl, i don't really care. pretending to be Jayfeather or Bluestar and running around making bedding out of pine leaves and pretending the bark and moss was herbs were some of the best times of my life. I still read it to this day and no matter how long it becomes, i'll keep up with it just to keep my inner child happy.

The fact that Erin Hunter is actually several women writing together explains SO MUCH but it gets forgotten so often.

For everyone watching and wondering about if the cats in Warriors had balls or not... In the first book, Firestar talks heavily in the beginning about the neighboring cat who became slow and boring after going to the vet to get a "surgery" that was highly implied to be getting spayed. It was one of his main reasons for leaving his home lmfao

As someone who participated in the warrior cats fandom for years, it is insane how much talent these people have. Kids are creating god tier animations with no formal training and shitty software. I think being a warrior cats fan gives you some sort of super powers, because I used to draw and animate using a laptop mousepad and my finger and I could never do that now

I thought I was part of the warrior cat fandom for a few weeks as a teen, only to discover that I actually never read Warrior Cat, I read the way more obscure "Cat School" by Korean Author Jin-kyung Kim ! Very good books he wrote to console his daughters after the death of their cat. Basically, when cats reach 15 yo, they leave their family and go to a cat school to learn magic, I re-read them as an adult, and I stand by theses books being very good. So if you like Warrior cats, you'll like theses as well :)

I'm proud to report as a former Warrior cats kid that at the elementary school library I work at, it very much is still a hit.

Her: MAPs Me: Oh no Her: Multi-animation projects Me: Ohhhh

In order to solve the Dovewing eye color problem once and for all, someone should sacrifice their sanity to count through all the books how many times each eye color is mentioned.

I feel like the Warrior Cats Roleplay community needs a video all of its own

as a fan whos been reading all the books from 1st grade to present day this is like being a guest speaker veteran watching a teacher explain a war edit: shit thats a lot of like wtf

I once made the mistake of having a party where everyone got to do a drunken lecture on the topic of their choice, and one person launch into a forty-minute analysis of the exact naming conventions of the Warrior Cats characters, and because I know too many historians and anthropologists it kickstarted a two-hour argument over how the name system should work that nearly devolved into an actual fistfight at one point. Everyone in the room was in their 20s or 30s.

Dovewing's natural eye color is green, but her eyes appeared blue while she had her powers because of her connection to the ancient cat Dove's Wing (who had blue eyes), changing to green when she lost her powers after the prophecy was fulfilled. Her eyes appeared golden during the drought because they were reflecting the harsh sunlight.

The interesting thing is that there's a sibling series: Wings of Fire. One of the authors who wrote for Warrior Cats made their own series, like Warriors but with dragons that had advanced civilization. The books came out back in 2012 but the fandom seems to have only been present on the internet for the past few years where it's seen massive growth.

"Theyre very edgy and arent religious" This is the best description of bloodclan ive even heard in my entire life

The "weird warrior cats elementary schooler" to "weird trans adult who's probably an art major" is a very specific yet robust pipeline

I always get a bit nervous when I go to look at anything about warrior cats. It's a series I hold near and dear to my heart, and while I know there are a lot of bad things about it, that doesn't mean I'm ever okay with being called cringy or stupid for liking them. My childhood was a vicious cycle of getting bullied for liking things and delving further into them to escape being bullied about them. I went into this video a bit afraid that you'd just be bashing us and I'm pleasantly surprised by this video and the in depth nature of it. So thank you, and I'll be sure to check out some of your other stuff!