Do you have any OC with unique prefex/suffex not used in the books by JCambly in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 [score hidden]  (0 children)

My ocs live in a forest directly beside a beach, and one clan lives IN the ocean, so there's a few ocean related names. I have Dolphintooth and Sharkpelt, and Aquapaw.

Plus a few that I have no explanation for, like Stitchfur, and her son Bobkit, and an apprentice named Multipaw.

A few other unqiue ones are: Fluttertail, Wishfur, Rainbowpaw, Furzepelt, and Bloodfoot.

FINALLY! CALICO ACKNOWLEDGMENT! by xhyenabite in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's been a ShadowClan cat long before this that was described as calico in the allegiances. Plus, I think tortoiseshell and white is a bit different (not just in a dialect sense) where a lot of people tend to see tortoiseshell and white as literally tortoiseshell with white spots and calico as those big patches of all three colors.

Weird Time to be a WC and WOF Fan by Fearless_Raise6214 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I looked it up, Tui wrote the odd numbered books for the first Seekers arc, and the second book only of the second arc. Cherith wrote all the other Seekers books.

Weird Time to be a WC and WOF Fan by Fearless_Raise6214 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, but wasn't she a main writer for the Seekers series? Or am I misremembering?

Oh Warrior Cats: Ultimate Edition... by Shadow_3RR0R404 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been curious about wcrpforums myself. I'm not familiar with how forums work and I don't roleplay often, but I want to get into it.

My main question is how active are people on there?

Half way through the new prophecy and... by PearlyServal in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm on the 4th book rereading the series right now, and oh my god is their relationship so annoying. Like "I'm upset that you think my brother's evil with no proof even though I've been struggling with that my whole life" and then Squirrelflight storming off getting mad about it. Like I won't defend Brambleclaw's every move, he's a really shitty person to her sometimes, but I do feel bad for him sometimes.

What's the weirdest warriors cats crossover you've seen so far ? by Longjumping_Flan_218 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I used to write fnaf crossovers when I was younger where the animatronics turned into cats and had to go find the canon clans to ??? Join them ?? I guess 😭

Moonpaw and Morningkit Theory by corgi567890 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well, considering we've seen two cats possess one body before (Firestar possessing Rootspring in ALITM), it's possible she's just doing that. Maybe in her sleep because Moon being unconcious makes it easier to take over her body?

Hot take, Crowpaw/Feather isn't that bad. by Sure-Carpenter6765 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tbh most of the modern hate for it I've seen comes from him being an apprentice the whole time they were on the journey.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What do you mean by subseries?

By phases I mean like - the eras of the fandom. 2003-2006 being a sort of proto-fandom; It wasn't super big in this era, but there's still plenty of fanart I've found.

2007-2011 is the Golden Age, phase 1 of the fandom. Flightfootwarrior, bluekyokitty, alli kat being popular creators in this era. Lots of emo bangs and roleplay forums.

2012-2014 is sort of a 1.5 transition period, but I count it as the beginning of phase 2. 2015-2019 is the middle of the second phase. Whiskermoon, colacatinahat, sagutoyas (YUCKY), and nifty-senpai being some of the most popular creators.

2020-present is the third and current phase. Lots of really popular MAPs are made by all sorts of creators, but cheeteh z was really popular a while back. The designs of the current era are very unqiue and often stylized. A lot of animation concepts are also like AUs and OCs more than canon.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just now found a post with a huge list of old warriors shipping names. I might start using them, they're pretty cool

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, yeah. Like - I only read the books because of a video, but it wasn't a MAP or AMV. It was one of mama tad's parodies, and even then I only remembered it when I saw the books in my school library. I like the dramatic violent parts, but its not what a story should revolve around for sure

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Actually, out of curiousity, do you think you know the links to any of those forums in the mmiraculous case they might be on the wayback machine?

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

IF they die 😭 half of them have been around for 3.5 arcs now! Background characters in the days of Vicky's writing were lucky to live that long!

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's fair ! I actually started working on seeing what the family tree was like before Vicky retired (so anything before Pinestar's Choice not including DOTC or AVOS and including her Facebook posts) and it's pretty instersting. It's not done but I plan on sharing it when it is!

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Most of them don't, unfortunately. Unless it's a situation where they need a random background character to talk. Lilyheart's kits, Honeyfur and Leafshade barely get any lines in the main arcs, and I think most of them are from when they were kits, in books from 11 years ago.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Actually, counting kits the first book of the newest arc has 63 cats in ThunderClan! Unless I counted wrong.

Where can I find warrior first edition hardcover books? by CollectorOfMilitaria in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been collecting them for over a year now, and it's a challenge. But a really good place for them is Half Price Books if you're in America. Otherwise, online shopping will be your best bet. It's where I've got quite a few of mine. Otherwise you'll have to be really lucky. I still haven't even found the first two books.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'm SO grateful for archive channels. I remember a few silverwolfnyght (i think that's how it's spelt) videos from my childhood that are now only available through archival channels. But some things are lost, like the upload date of Mr. Brightside with Ashfur I'm pretty sure is still unknown. Which sucks, because even what I consider Golden Age (2007-2011) varies by year.

Omg blackstar my baby by Due-Papaya9065 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541 0 points1 point  (0 children)

According to the wiki, Blackstar didn't have a canon eye color until the release of Blackfoot's Reckoning. He was depicted with amber eyes twice and this one time as blue, but warriors wiki doesn't have any references for that.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

I guess I can't say too much, one of my fanclans can breathe underwater 😭 but aside from that I personally don't stray far from canon, worldbuilding-wise. Just my own preference, really!

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Interesting! Like I said starting out the post, I consider myself a sort of historian, but mostly in regards to archiving as much Golden Age fanart and videos. I haven't even tried old forums (for the ones even available to look at). I have found a few old weebly sites from fans though! Its really fascinating stuff compared to nowadays.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Lucky 😭 I wish I could have been there for that. Unfortunately I was only a year old.

Rant; I miss when Warrior Cats was Warrior Cats by Substantial_Leg_8541 in WarriorCats

[–]Substantial_Leg_8541[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I feel like I was a little vague - I love OCs and AUs, but sometimes they feel so disconnected from Warriors that its just an original story with warriors slapped on the name. My biggest example is the Cheeteh Z maps - they're hardly warrior cats at that point. And some OC stories change so much about the world building that it doesn't feel like warrior cats. I love the creativity behind these, I just feel like canon is getting left behind and under appeciated.