I Only Like The Idea Of Thistleclaw As A Punkass Of A Cat. An Utter Delinquent Who Never Really Grew

I only like the idea of Thistleclaw as a punkass of a cat. An utter delinquent who never really grew out of his toxic vibes. May have genuinely loved Snowfur but overall enables and brings out the worst in people. Like, Bojack levels of pathetic where after Snowfur dies he keeps making things worse for everyone under the guise that “he’s the only one suffering.” Granted this isn’t CANON. I loathe that bastich. I just think we may be able to do something with this mangy ball of fur without woobifying him, especially after SH.

Does..does that make sense? Like a jerk who cat help being a jerk. Straight up Bojack Cat.

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K so like I might by draw this but it’s also a very open idea so others are free to draw it.

Warriors Au where Squilf starts to become a smidgen not ok.

As in after YellowFang tells her she’s actually not infertile, She loses faith in Starclan and the clans in general, and it SHOWS. She takes a similar path as Bluestar after almost getting folded by Tigerstar.

Because that fact means all she and her sister went through, including Leafpool’s death, for just FOLLOWING ORDERS….was for nothing.

And Bramblestar has to take responsibility for his actions, as he’s Startin to act too much like his dad.

I think my issue with it is that there never seems to be any long lasting consequence to it, or an acknowledgment that their bigotry is bad, anymore. Or at least it happens less. The last strong examples of it not being ok was with the sisters, Scourge, and Darktail, at least to me. But Onestar’s confession kind of damaged the latter. It feels like it would be something interesting to go into; cats outside the clans aware of the prejudice, at least moderately. That aside, you’re entirely right.

Bigotry is not supposed to make sense

That’s what bugs me most about Brushpaw and Melody as additions to the lore. Onewhisker doesn’t need a reason for not accepting kittypets to balance out his respect for Firestar.

Being anti-foreigners is not a position with pros and cons. It is a prejudice. Code and clan culture creates this bias and instills it in the warrior cats, in spite of any evidence to the contrary.

Those fake chaos emeralds seemed to project mostly dark or negative feelings. Dark Gaia also uses those…..HMMMMM.

Seething hot take. Thistleclaw was good…at being a horrible cat who you just wanted karma to whoop him. In my opinion, he was supposed to be a bad cat, one of the worst. But the issue is not only was Spottedleaf’s Heart handling sensitive topics poorly or worse, unknowingly, the Erin’s crossed the thin line between Palpatine and Kylo Ren. Villain who you want defeated badly and a loathesome uncomfortable character you never wanna see again.

Not to mention he gets murked offscreen, which ain’t satisfying at all.

Making it clear, I don’t support his actions but he kinda just…fell flat on his face when it came to being a good villain. Hope he actually gets his ass handed to him in a meaningful scene instead of just kinda lingering about.