Let's Read: Warrior Cats Series

[Arcaii]

Chapter Ten

Fireheart is a stupid sadsack idiot in this chapter. His sister is stereotypical and unimportant.

What, I can't just end this post here? Why not? Nothing substantial happens in this Godforsaken waste of a couple pages.

...Okay, if you insist, but you're gunna be just as bored and angry as I am.

We start the chapter with Fireheart moping around and experiencing more pangs as he stares at cats doing their daily duties. He internally monologs about how he misses his sister that he didn't even recall well enough to scent immediately, wonders if his mother was as loving to him as Brindleface is to her kits (which he should definitely remember), and angsts about his bloodlines.

What are you whining about, dude?! You helped dismantle a tyrant, cleared a popular cat's name of wrongdoings, saved an entire Clan, rescued and reunited with one of your best friends, avenged your "love's" death, became a warrior, got an apprentice, discovered the truth about a vicious murder, earned the respect of 99% of your Clan and earned the favor of a leader, all within, like, 2 weeks maximum. You're baller. Everyone recognizes it. Your blood has ceased to be important to anyone but shallow, one-dimensional attempts at an opposition against you, which hasn't stopped you at all! What on earth do you possibly have to pettily cry about now?!

Okay, so firstly, Fireheart just decides on a whim to go visit his sister, in kittypet territory, right after moping about being a kittypet, without considering that if someone (TIGERCLAW FOR EXAMPLE) catches him, he's going to be on high alert, THEN he dumps his apprentice that he got LITERALLY TWO DAYS AGO onto his friend who just got HIS apprentice two days ago, gives the flimsiest and stupidest excuse imaginable and runs off, and Greystripe just BUYS INTO IT?!

I just...I don't understand. I know Greystripe is an idiot, but the fact that he doesn't even question why Fireheart can't just bring his apprentice along is ridiculous. And, besides, they're best friends. He should be able to catch that Fireheart's up to something and at least ask for clarification. This is absurd.

Okay, whatever. Let's just keep going.

Fireheart makes it to his sister's house without any trouble, and this happens:

Aside from the fact that he should have been able to remember her name if he spent all night and morning thinking about her, is her name seriously Princess? That's the most stereotypical pampered kitty name ever, right next to Mr. _______.

I could make a joke here, but I won't. I'm better than that. Though I certainly hope you guys aren't.

Fireheart talks with his sister, reminiscing about the luxuries of kittypet life and explaining warriorhood to her. I appreciate that Fireheart specifically notes something that's considered foreign to pet cats and their litters, which is growing up with your family and bonding with them simply because they're your blood. Of course, once you remember that it's commonplace for cats to become orphans soon after or even before warriorhood, and that kits regularly become only children, and that he just acted surprised that she didn't feel closely bonded to him...

Fireheart leaves with the promise to see his sister again, which is just stupid. You got lucky one time visiting her, Fireheart. What happens if someone trails you, or if you come back smelling like the Twolegplace? We've already seen that cats have noses like bloodhounds in this world - your family reunion might be cut off super early.

But of course, this is our main character! Nothing's gunna get in his way if the plot demands it! Even Tigerclaw, the most suspicious of all regarding Fireheart, doesn't say more than "train with your apprentice tomorrow". That, I can barely believe.

OH FOR THE LOVE OF

Up next: Chapter Eleven.

[Arcaii]

I'm quite proud of that gif I made. Well, proud of the last two frames. Expressions are everything, kids!

Arcaii, I noticed you had book recs on the front page. I would like to recommend a book called The Sight by David Clement-Davies. It's one of my personal favorites, and it's written from the point of view of wolves. It has a sequel called Fell, too. If you're interested.

I've read The Sight! I liked it quite a bit, though I can't recall if it was because the book was good or because of the wolves. I'll add it up anyway!

Mmm...
-nibbles on Dovewing cupcakes- you can really taste the cheesiness ;D

Happy 100 pages!

Also, I recently finished the Tygrine Cat, and it's pretty good, apart from how friggin OP Mati and the other Tygrines are.

I'm reading the Redwall series, and it's absolutely awesome, though some characters are OP and some plots are related.

Keep away from the Spottedleaf cupcakes. They could give a hummingbird diabetes.

I think I'll add up the Tygrine Cat then, since you gave it a fairly positive rating.

[PrinceRazril]

Now that we're on the chapter introducing Fireheart's sister, it still, to this day, strikes me as dumb that she gave Fireheart one of her kits to raise in the forest. What mother would do something like that? Mother animals are very protective of their young. I once saw a story about a mother cat going back into a burning building to save her kittens, and each one made it out alive. It's wrong to think that Princess would give this wild cat she barely knows, who happens to be her brother, one of her newborn kittens that has barely opened his eyes, let alone a kitten that still needs it's mother's milk. Fireheart could be lying and actually be a rogue trying to steal her kits, for all she knows. But somehow she knows for sure this is her brother because of his scent? Even so, she should not have dumped one of her kits onto his paws, even if it is her brother! Honestly.

[Silxe]

Oh gosh darn it, I remember even when I was younger I didn't buy into the whole "is he more loyal to his clan or his kin" thing. It is obvious he was going to stick with the clan, a toddler could see through that!
I dislike that instead of making a clean mini-arc out of it, in which he would have to abandon all his past connections to stay with the clan, it just turns into "oh, we can just stop on by and say hi to my Kittypet sister anytime we feel like it".
I think it wasn't necessary to have been in there anyways, but at least something interesting could've been done with it.

[hqmary]

I'm pretty sure there is a passage in that chapter where Princess mentions 'the smell of their mother's milk on his pelt still' or something like that. COME ON! Fireheart couldn't have been with his mom that long, and all the other scents, Twoleg and forest, would have completely destroyed that scent anyway.

[Vit11]

sorry 4 being so dreadfully late, i got lionblaze pancakes if anyone wants to turn into a gary sue oWe

[Arcaii]

Now that we're on the chapter introducing Fireheart's sister, it still, to this day, strikes me as dumb that she gave Fireheart one of her kits to raise in the forest. What mother would do something like that? Mother animals are very protective of their young. I once saw a story about a mother cat going back into a burning building to save her kittens, and each one made it out alive. It's wrong to think that Princess would give this wild cat she barely knows, who happens to be her brother, one of her newborn kittens that has barely opened his eyes, let alone a kitten that still needs it's mother's milk. Fireheart could be lying and actually be a rogue trying to steal her kits, for all she knows. But somehow she knows for sure this is her brother because of his scent? Even so, she should not have dumped one of her kits onto his paws, even if it is her brother! Honestly.

But she's a kittypet! Of course she wouldn't be bright enough to understand that! It's not like kittypets have any sense of the outside world or just plain common sense despite real world kittypets being quite competent when left on their own!

Oh gosh darn it, I remember even when I was younger I didn't buy into the whole "is he more loyal to his clan or his kin" thing. It is obvious he was going to stick with the clan, a toddler could see through that!
I dislike that instead of making a clean mini-arc out of it, in which he would have to abandon all his past connections to stay with the clan, it just turns into "oh, we can just stop on by and say hi to my Kittypet sister anytime we feel like it".
I think it wasn't necessary to have been in there anyways, but at least something interesting could've been done with it.

Amen to that, brother. It's a stupid and unnecessary arc that produces a stupid and unnecessary character (DON'T EVEN TEST ME I WILL FIGHT YOU ON THAT).

I'm pretty sure there is a passage in that chapter where Princess mentions 'the smell of their mother's milk on his pelt still' or something like that. COME ON! Fireheart couldn't have been with his mom that long, and all the other scents, Twoleg and forest, would have completely destroyed that scent anyway.

Oh, you mean this?



Yes, it's rather bizarre. I'm surprised I didn't comment on it, actually.

[Dawn.]

WOOP WOOP
*gives out firestar gummies* Everytime you get mad at Firestar, chew on him! They taste good because, just like in the books, these gummies are Gary sues!

So what you're saying is that Firestar is an everlasting gummy?

[Mr. Cloudwhisker]

WOOP WOOP
*gives out firestar gummies* Everytime you get mad at Firestar, chew on him! They taste good because, just like in the books, these gummies are Gary sues!

So what you're saying is that Firestar is an everlasting gummy?

He seems to last forever in the books!
Anyone want some Brokenstar Pop Tarts? They are full of disbelief!

[Dawn.]

WOOP WOOP
*gives out firestar gummies* Everytime you get mad at Firestar, chew on him! They taste good because, just like in the books, these gummies are Gary sues!

So what you're saying is that Firestar is an everlasting gummy?

He seems to last forever in the books!
Anyone want some Brokenstar Pop Tarts? They are full of disbelief!

What about a nice healthy bowl of Lionblaze Charms. They're magically delicious!