I’m physically disabled, in a similar situation as Briarlight (I was born with it instead). Her experience, especially with Millie, Greystripe, and Blossomfall, is painfully actuate to my own experiences. Your parents being overbearing or distancing themselves, siblings feeling a painfully jealousy. Not to mention the constant feeling of uselessness that hangs over you. I used to reread Briar’s paragraphs over and over as a kid, since I never knew anyone else who went through what I did. Watching this video, all those memories begin flooding back to me. Thank you.
I relate to Briarlight's story the same way, I felt bad that I did and worried I was in the wrong for not criticizing Warrior cats, since everyone just loves to argue about Briarlight and how "bad" per parents treated her. I'm glad I'm not alone !
I'm not in the exact situation but something akin, and yeah. My parents are fine but I feel her clanmates and leader are akin to friends and teachers, and the way they treat/talk about her...it's painful, and it's real.
I don't know how much this comment will mean to you or if you'll see it but I wanted to tell you your loved and so much more useful than you know. Please don't let the 'Millies' and 'Blossomfalls' get to you. You are so useful even just the joy you bring to your friends by being alive and you can accomplish so much if you put your mind and heart to it. You are loved and valid.
I respect people of all abilities even if they have one they cant use I'm sorry people judge people like you even if it isn't their fault, lots of disabled people are judged and actually have an advantage to some things, people who judge them feel bad inside so keep in mind that you are unique and can still do many things
I really think Mothflight needs to be talked about. The fact she's basically a teen mom with ADHD and she's set up to fail by the story. Her parents don't support her that much (especially her mom) and she's widowed so soon into her relationship and so young. It's interesting that she was the founder of her role. I really hate how she was turned into just the "creator of the medicine cats having babies" rule and nothing else.
The series has a habit of turning even nice characters judgemental and mean after they join StarClan. Like what was up with Littlecloud in Squirrelflight's Hope.
I feel like she gets too much hate. She had very little support to take care of her kits and essentially was pressured to give them up under the premise she couldn’t be a good mother to them. The fandom gets really mad at her even though I feel as though she acts the way she does due to trauma from losing her mate and having to give up her kits so young. It isn’t an excuse for creating the code, but I still feel bad for her. She was super relatable to me when I read the books because of her ADHD.
i really hate how everyone in that book kept telling her stuff like “oh windrunner/star is just overprotective of you… shes your mom…” bc windstar was awful to mothflight and gorsefur did not care about mothflight enough to notice.
what i hate is that moth flight and the other og medicine cats never got given the chance to discover anything on their own. she found the moonstone, sure, but afterwards, starclan word for word told her the clans would have medicine cats, which cat it would be in each clan, when and how to relay any message, and any other major plot point in the book. her relationship with micah and struggle to raise her kits were interesting, but for most of the book she was just starclan's mouthpiece with very little agency.
I don’t like how she’s portrayed outside of her book despite her being a favorite of mine (ADHD gang). She’s treated by the writers and the fandom as the mean cat who stood in Leafpool’s way to StarClan (iirc) when she was just doing what she was pressured to believe is right. And because she was raised under this mentality, which absolutely extended through the rest of her off screen life that seems to be forgotten about by the fandom, she holds it true and central to her decision. She was pushed to think that medicine cats shouldn’t have a mate or kits because everyone told her that, and as they founder of the role she didn’t know what affect that would have for future meddies. Not gonna rant any more but Moth Flight beloved, she deserves better treatment especially as the only ND rep we have from what I can recall
I’d also like to see a video about Deadfoot. I find it really interesting how he is one of the few disabled cats in the series (alongside Brightheart and Crookedstar) who aren’t medicine cats, and also, he was Windclan’s deputy, which I think is super cool!
I think the reason Blossomfall blames the (technically other) victim (Briarlight) and not the abuser (Millie) is because.. That's actually something that happens in real families. The one getting most of the attention can be unfairly seen as the cause of the problems. Blossomfall just thinks that if Briarlight weren't disabled, then Millie would pay more attention to both of them instead of just one of them. It's also similar to how older siblings get jealous of all the attention the younger sibling gets. A sort of "why them and not me?" mindset, because siblings are, in nature, competition for one another and can have a lot of conflict when one feels like they're being neglected. Not all situations like this end up with the resentful, jealous sibling realizing the parents are also to blame for the neglect. Shifting blame is a thing that hurt and neglected kids 1000% do. They might be jealous of a sibling, or even a classmate who seems to be better off. All simply because they are jealous of what they can't/don't have and angrily hold grudges against anyone who makes them jealous in this way. (Also not excusing Blossomfall's behavior in any way. Just giving my two cents on _why_ she acts that way.)
disabled person here! not paralyzed, but my disability heavily affects my legs to the point they are near-useless. i think briarlight is my favorite character in the series simply because of how well she's portrayed, especially as a newly disabled child who used to be abled and very active. my disability progressed in very much the same way it felt like. i could run and keep up with my friends and do what i wanted, and suddenly i couldn't. having the people around you fret and lose sleep over you is also very much a disabled experience. nobody listens to you when you tell them you don't feel pain, and they insist you're suffering. it deeply affects your sense of self and even your perception of your disability. like, "am i really suffering and just don't know it?" it really hits home for me. especially with how briar doesn't want anyone to worry about her. she's so used to people going into panicked episodes over her health that she would rather let an illness progress to terminality before ever asking for help because she doesn't want to cause more worry over her, because that's basically been her whole life. all in all briar is 10/10 amazing character and surprisingly good representation for warriors. for next cat maybe uhmmm shadowsight? he was my favorite cat in TBC :)
I’d love to see her talk about Shadowsight! He was also very relatable to me because of his thoughts of worthlessness - the idea that sacrificing himself for the greater good was better than trying to live for himself/for his family.
I found it so messed up back in the day when people said that Honeyfern's sacrifice was wasted by Briarlight becoming paralyzed. Similarly to elder characters, a lot of people seemed to want her killed off and I hated that.
Yeahhhh I will say as someone who is physically disabled (not paralyzed, but still disabled), it kinda irked me when the fandom decided all of a sudden that the way to fix the books ableism was to... make all of the disabled characters into warriors. Characters like Cinderpelt and Briarlight were the ones that mainly got me, cuz I know they WANTED to be warriors, but a reality of being disabled is that you don't always get to do what you want to. I felt very fond of these characters who found other ways to make their own lives brighter in ways that were different. Tbh, making all the disabled characters into warriors despite it all kinda just loops right back into ableism again; implying that they'll only feel fulfilled or not be discriminated against if they fit into the society's "normal" structure. Just... irks me.
thats why i DESPISE cinderheart its so incredibly ableist to take a character which had a perfectly fulfilling life in a different role and then say “okay so because you were disabled your life is worthless so let’s just shove you into a abled body and call it a day”
there was a reason jayfeather was one of my favorites.... i'm not blind but was born with my disability and it stops me from being able to do things i want that everyone else does and as a kid i didn't get to try. but he gets to be salty about it! he has never been the picture-perfect disabled character. he's sarcastic and tired and while he's annoyed with how his disability limits him, he doesn't hate himself and make us pity him. he's a character on his own and like most characters in this series does have morally questionable actions and it's never blamed on him being disabled (disclaimer all of this is what i remember from years ago + i'm very not caught up with anything post bramblestar's storm).
I don't think that all the disabled cat's should *have* to be medicine cats, I think they should have a choice- y'know? Depending on the disability, they can still do warrior duties (Cinderpelt very well could've done patrols and such) just fine, so it doesn't make sense as to why they should give up their dreams or current roles because they're disabled.
@@ProjectSebastiannthat is fair, but then I think it’s only so set up for failure as well specifically cause there’s only really two choices. Sometimes you can’t really choose between either choice cause it doesn’t fit you. I think that’s why warriors can sometimes end up with some...really messed narratives. Mainly just the fact there isn’t much of a branching out between warriors and medicine cats (if that makes sense). also, I wouldn’t say characters like cinderpelt actually would’ve been able to do that is the problem. disabilities can be a lot more...well. Disabling than most people would expect. hell, just having coordination that’s off can throw you off your feet. it would *definitely* be hard to even manage to get up with a completely mangled leg.
@@torra9979 That's when I feel like it's more of an issue with how the clans are structured- there shouldn't just be two choices, Medicine cat or Warrior- the only real breaking of this rule I've seen is Daisy, taking care of the kits.
As someone who's physically disabled (in not as severe of a way though) i'm glad you said something about it not being a good idea for her to race around and fight like a warrior. It's absolutely true that she is in danger if she does what everyone else does. It is not ableist to acknowledge that. It is not ableist to prevent her from doing things that are harmful to only her. Her disability is a part of herself, you can't say she's "just like everyone else" because she's technically not. Her disability effects her, it makes her different. Whats important is to establish different isn't bad, not that differences don't exist. Us disabled people do need different treatment, what is important is that its not treated as a burden.
@@sincerely.serendipity the author still is ableist tho. it's clear in the text how over and over again they echo the sentiment that having a disability is worse than being dead.
Reminds me of a Tumblr gif I saw years ago: somebody says something along the lines of "disabled people can do anything they want!" - cut to a woman in a wheelchair (the gif's creator) comically hurling herself from her chair in an attempt to walk.
I'd like to see you talk about Mousefur, she's one of the original warriors, and we get to see her become a elder and make friends with Longtail and Purdy (Two characters I also enjoy). She's known to be a bit sassy and gets more of a personality later on. She also loses Longtail and dies in the battle of the dark forest which seems like a fitting ending for a character we see develop but is never the main focus.
I'd like to see you talking about Purdy! The old guy doesn't really get the spotlight much, considering just how much he impacts mousefurs life after the death of longtail. He is a great old guy who just wants to tell stories, and I would love if you covered him!
@@RoseProseFroze Imagine if he won, I wish we got a backstory for the wandering cowboy, maybe he had a harsh past but managed to stay kind and have faith that good cats will always be out there
I’d love to hear you talk about Shrewclaw! I’ve always personally liked him as a character but he’s not talked about much, which is odd because he’s in one of the most liked super editions. He bullied Tallstar as a kit but never had any bad feelings towards him, he was very upset when Talltail wanted to leave and felt bad once he realized what he did hurt Tallstar. Once Tallstar got back he seemed to treat him better and try to mend the relationship.
@@lorelaim1963 I started reading the books having already been involved in the fandom so I knew about most of the deaths, but I didn’t realize he died so his death is the only one I’ve cried over.
The points you make about graystripe are... really salient, actually. It's bizarre to me that he has so little interaction with his kids with Millie, whereas for his last litter with Silverstream it was seen as incredibly UNUSUAL how involved in his childrens' lives he was. Where did his parental instinct go? Did... did they just forget that he's supposed to be a good dad?
I know that it's mainly because the world wasn't fully built back in Forest of Secrets, but it's implied Graystripe is only as involved with Featherkit and Stormkit was because they didn't have their mother. He also left ThunderClan to be with them and he didn't really have any friends in RiverClan aside from their foster mother. So it makes sense for him to be close with them. So when his litter with Millie is born, it can be perceived as him not being involved because, "that's mom's job" as was stated in Forest of Secrets, or that he didn't feel like they were his only relationships in the clan, so he was free to be distant.
Yeah, if we assumed he wasn't supposed to be an especially good warrior cat dad, and assumed he was just the average not very involved father, it would make sense for Blossomfall not to consider him a valid source of attention, but he really should have been more involved...
That was odd to me too, considering how involved he was in Feathertail's life, and how in his super edition, he showered Stormfur with love, yet ignored his other kits with Millie.
I do understand, from a CHARACTER'S view saying they want to be useful. I am physically disabled, and I struggled with the idea of being of use/being a burden. idk if the authors intended that though, from Briarlight's perspective, but it is something I can connect with. its AWFUL but its something drilled into me from family, doctors, therapists. Briarlight tho, I love. and I think they handled her, specifically, not her family or other characters interacting with her, pretty well. She's a fantastic character who is loved.
Oh, maybe Sunfall/Sunstar for a future video? The circumstances around his leadership were really interested, and for a background character, he's actually got a decent amount going for him, especially in Bluestar's book!
I forget when Birchfall was a kit, he would be back with Ferncloud and Dustpelt in the old forest, when the twolegs are deforesting Thunderclan and Shadowclan. I dont remember how old he was when him and Whitewing (Cloudtail and Brightheart's daughter) earned their warrior names???
Idk why but every time I read about Birchfall, I always think of him as this super young warrior, and then I remember he’s a grandpa and is actually a senior warrior…
hey! i'm physically disabled and i think you covered briarlight wonderfully. you were thorough, thoughtful and called out things that needed to be. you reminded me of stuff i forgot that are important for me to know around my opinion of briarlight. i love briarlight, and honestly i think 70% of the plot threads around her and characters in her life are unfortunately very realistic. millie's appalling behaviour and blossomfall's jealousy are common in families of severely disabled children (minus millie's overt comment about letting briar die). parents panicking and fretting to a harmful extent is something i've witnessed myself. and if we read greystripe maliciously (which most likely wasn't intended), deadbeat dads are very common for disabled kids. briar being babied by her clanmates is something i relate to strongly, and briar's struggle with self-worth hits home so much that on a bad day this discussion could trigger me (i'm good atm, don't worry). the books showing obvious causes for briar feeling this way, and the arguments jayfeather makes against those beliefs is truly comforting to read in a kid's book. there is a lot done wrong in the books, of course. comments from clanmates about her being less whole, or that her life is something to fear resembling are problematic. her death is baffling and seems like just a cheap way to put an emotional punch into the book. her being able-bodied in starclan is total bullshit! so, like i said, 70% good but far from perfect. overall could have been done better, but could have been much worse as well.
I agree that what happens to her in Starclan is indeed BS. I also took comfort in what Jayfeather said to Briarlight when I was young, too! And i'm glad someone else feels the same way.
Hi, I’m also physically disabled and I agree with everything you are saying. Briarlight was a really important character to me, and it broke my heart to just have her killed off like that
Her being able-bodied in star clan is following the precedent they set when they introduced Jayfeather. Nobody will argue that blindness isn't a disability, and since he was born blind his happiest moments were definitely when he was blind. But, despite being born blind, he can still see while dreaming, and more importantly in this case he can see perfectly fine while he's in starclan. So your physical disabilities not carrying over into your afterlife just *is* how things are in warriors, and if that wasn't the case for Briarlight then it would've been a massive plothole. Now whether you think the way it works is bullcrap or not, I don't care, not my place to judge. But saying Briarlights case is bullcrap while disregarding Jayfeathers situation just doesn't make sense.
@@goldenfloof5469 the books are extremely inconsistent about starclan lore. nothing is set in stone, because the lore changes whenever the authors feel like it. so, the authors can do whatever they want (they already do, in fact! that's why lore is a jumbled mess). i'm going to judge them for this decision, because the inconsistency of the lore makes it easy for them to keep briarlight disabled after death, and they chose not to do that. human people made those decisions, in a book series notorious for NOT having a lore bible. i'm personally not gonna accept the "ah! but the lore dictates this!" as an excuse for the authors ableist undertones. that's my opinion, anyway.
I don't really see it as a romantic relationship (since not everyone has to date everyone) but I really liked the way Jayfeather always managed to encourage her and take a break from his grumpy nature and actually be caring.
I like that drawing it's cool I kinda wish that briarlight was his apprentice even if she had her warrior name she can still learn herbs (aka me just wanting them to teach alderpaw together and different techniques to do so,) =) peace.
I feel like something to keep in mind about Blossomfall is that even though she’s a late teen/young adult when Briarlight is injured, I think the purpose of her character might have been to empathize with younger readers who have sick or disabled siblings. My younger sister was diagnosed with a rare chronic illness when I was 6, and yeah I was a lot younger than Blossomfall, but when I read her confession I actually felt seen. Because yeah, I obviously don’t have it nearly as rough as my sister, and the two of us have always been incredibly close, but I remember being a kid and feeling jealous of all the attention that my parents gave her and feeling like they forgot all about me. Now, I was 6 and Blossomfall is 18+, so obviously there are different circumstances there. I won’t deny that Blossomfall’s arc in OotS was clumsily written at best, but siblings of disabled/sick children are very rarely represented, so I appreciated that warrior cats at least made an attempt
I've seen another comment similar to yours and I agree with both! I care for both Briarlight and Blossomfall as characters and what the books were trying to say about their situation, as well as the lesson they were trying to teach.
ok get this: what if briarlight still can't use her back legs in starclan, but that's because she literally just has no reason to? Starclan has no earthly problems like thorns, and you can't get infections in starclan. She can interact with all her loved ones, spy on all the gatherings she wants, do all the activities like play with kits/help others with medicine cat tasks like she did while alive, and if she really wants to hunt because it might be fun, well, prey is easy to catch in starclan, and she can experiment with all different hunting types from all clans. Her not being able to use her back legs in starclan shouldn't affect how happy she is there. (although of course her wanting to have use of her backlegs is her choice in starclan, the experience of running on all fours isn't unparalelled, and I just don't like how if your form in starclan is how you were happiest in implies that she was never as happy as she was again as an apprentice.)
I’d love to hear you talk about Ivypool and her kits. She suffered through so much and still managed to find love with Fernsong and raise 3 kits. And, after all her dark forest trauma, after even losing her sister, after losing her DAUGHTER, she still pulls through. That’s amazing to me and I love her for that.
Her greeting Rootspring so warmly in the beginning of River absolutely warmed my heart, especially since both of them were devastated by the loss of Bristlefrost. I’m glad that they found some comfort in each other.
Fernsong was her cousin. He nagged her into having kits, and Ivypool honestly doesn't seem like a mother to me. She's a badass, who definitely should be deputy, and with someone who would wait for her instead of bargaining.
@@roryschoenecker4756 They’re third cousins, their last shared relative is their great-great grandfather Jake. Do you even know any of your third cousins? I don’t. Besides, who isn’t related in ThunderClan at this point. The Stemleaf/Spotfur kids are their own aunt and uncles. Also, unless I’m forgetting something he asked her once or twice and then waited for whenever she was ready afterwards
I can't speak on the disability aspect of their relationship, but Blossomfall and Briarlight are definitely a surprisingly realistic representation of how parental abuse or neglect can affect siblings. Blossomfall very much reads as an adult whose ability to empathize with others was damaged by her parents ignoring her. She doesn't see the KIND of attention her sister gets, only that it's attention. She doesn't blame her mother, because it's really hard to recognize and deal with knowing that your parents are failing you. We all want to be loved by our parents, and if you don't know what love looks like, the negative attention Briarlight was getting from Millie probably looks like it. Doesn't excuse Blossomfall's flaws, just makes them more real, which I can appreciate. I think it also implies Millie is an even WORSE mother than the writers probably intended.
It would be nice if you talked about Puddleshine, and the discussion on him becoming a medicine cat by force. His relationship with Alderheart is also really interesting, with Puddleshine being literally poisoned by an anxious Squirrelflight clone.
As a physically disabled person, ambulatory wheelchair, I like how you covered this. It was sad to see she was seen as a character to pity. People with disabilities have the right to live and their lives aren’t anything to pity. In reality, there is an issue of disabled people being seen as worthless. When disabled people are killed by their “caregivers”, society doesn’t care much. I really didn’t like how she was just able to walk again in Starclan. Mainly because people act like death is better than being disabled, or that death is freeing.
I feel that Millie was just a shit mother. The way Blossomfall acts is how someone with a neglectful if not abusive parent acts and it isn't much better with Briarlight or Bumblestripe. It sounds to me like Millie saw 'a good life' as fighting and having kits, never reassuring Briarlight that she is worth more than that and can live life her own way. Also, the way all three act is as if they were being guilt tripped and held hostage (Bumblestripe seeing that behavior as normal and trying to do that to Dovewing, Briarlight, the cat who lets no one get her down, immediately blames herself for her mother's overreaction, and Blossomfall, who bottles her own emotions because she is scared to have them) and for me, the doubt they all have that them just being happy is enough for Millie is a pretty big red flag. It's kinda telling when 2/3 end up fucked up and the third beats herself up constantly for being disabled. Just my take, I'm probably over analyzing. To everyone seeing this, you matter. You don't have to stand for abusive family and no matter what, you are enough. Millie = Karen
11:41 To answer your question, because kids don't like to accept the fact their parent might not love them, or that their parents are in the wrong. It's easier to blame external factors for relationships not working instead of just accepting there's something wrong with the other person, or even yourself in some cases. She's in denial to put it simply. Why this wasn't followed up on and reached the conclusion it should have, Blossomfall accepting her mother is the problem, and fixing her relationship with Briarlight is why most conflicts in Warriors don't get resolved well. The Erins are great at set up, but suck at payoff.
When it comes to smaller characters, I’d love to hear something about Lightning Tail! I feel like he’s super underrated. Thunderstar was his adopted brother and I feel like those two are some of the only cats in the Warriors series who aren’t blood related, but still feel like brothers. In the end, both die together while fighting dogs: Thunderstar comes back to life due to having 9 lives, but Lightning Tail obviously doesn’t since he was only deputy. In my opinion, he deserved to be the second leader of ThunderClan.
This comment needs more likes! I think this is a great idea! Basically all the prequel books characters (forgot the name of the series) need to be talked about. A lot of them are really interesting!
@@roryschoenecker4756 They were foster siblings, which would be one thing for Brindleface or Whitestorm where them being foster siblings and them being mates was added after the fact and at different times, or Lilyheart and Snowbush where they’re both background characters, but with Thunderstar and Lightning Tail it was absolutely important to their dynamic that they’re foster siblings
I think the fact that both Jayfeather, another disabled character, and Briarlight were able to form such a close bond showed great solidarity between the two. Probably influenced how great Jayfeather was in helping her see her self-worth as something other than usefulness. Though I agree Blossomfall is obviously in the wrong with her blaming Briarlight, the whole jealousy over siblings' things is extremely common as parents tend to neglect the other kids. As someone whose sister had a disability that required frequent checkups as a kid, I was always really jealous of the attention my mom spent with her so I could understand Blossomfall feel a similar way. Even if it isn't rational, she probably would rather Milie give her attention even if it's doting and overbearing because she resents not having that.
Right! I wonder if blossom fall training in the dark forest was more or less for attention, like she wanted Millie to pay attention to her because she was training in the dark forest
Would you talk about Jagged Peak or Turtle Tail next! Jagged Peak was bullied hard for his disability both intentionally by Clear Sky and kinda unintentionally by Gray Wing, and Turtle Tail is so bold and different from all the other girls
Jayfeather and Briarlight are one of my favorite relationships platonically or otherwise! I love so many of their interactions and it was really nice to see that side of Jayfeather!
Please do Frostfur next! She is a really interesting character who i think has been developed enough for a more complex reading to be done of her. I feel like she is underappreciated, and i think she deserves and episode :>
I hope that now that we have an in-book confirmation that Lionheart was the father of her kits (finally) we'll get a novella centered around either her or him, not even any big story, I would be legitimately interested in just knowing how they got together, I don't think they even interact in Into the Wild or Bluestar's Prophecy xD
crookedstar/rainflower vid! i’d love to see you cover one of the only explicit instances of parental abuse within the clans (and one of the only instances of cat divorce) and also cause crookedstar has such an interesting backstory
Idk, Brokenstar's abuse from his own "mother" (Lizardstripe) was kind of explicit. Actively neglecting him of basic needs such as food and encouraging/manipulating her biologic children to antagonize him. But yeah, as someone who had an abusive mom, Crookedstar is seriously my favorite character.
I know he’s not very popular, but I really think you should talk about Thrushpelt! Other than being in love with Bluefur(star), he’s a sweet boy who deserved more screen time! I think it’s ridiculous that more bad cats are way more popular than this sweet underrated warrior!
@@failingradish2010 that’s odd, I don’t ever see anything for him. I guess what I’m saying is that his traits are under appreciated by the writing team now.
I would love to you to speak on Ivypool and Fernsong, or just Fernsong, I find their relationship to be one of the least toxic in the current few arcs and quite interesting of a match yet very fitting for Ivypool. Fernsong is just so understanding, and supportive and actually LISTENS and communicates with his mate, and meet each other in the middle on things like wanting kits. Fernsong being in the nursery so Ivypool could still be a warrior, is probably one of the best romantic shows of love, and affection in a healthy relationship, in maybe even any arc (yes ofc ravenpaw and barley are good and tallstar and jake, but im more so meaning “confirmed” relationships)
I think Fernsong and Ivypool are definitely the one of the best couples (top three or five). I just have to keep trying to forget that theyre cousins, like what the heck ERINS?
@@sevdge5 yeah its a downside however they /are/ cats in a clan thats nearly all related in some way or another so pickings are slim to choose between for ships
@@viral4983 I just find it annoying because there’s an entire prophecy about how she’s related to his dad. This ONE TIME you’d think they could avoid a direct incest scenario but I guess not.
I’d love to hear your opinion on Shadowsight! After the end of the broken code i’m glad that he’s left with something that will keep him fairly relevant, and i think he’s interesting and funny. I like the plot point where be was demoted and treated like a child by Mothwing.
I'd love to hear you talk about Snowfur. Snowfur wasn't mentioned all throughout the original series- only in Bluestar's Prophecy. Her relationship with Bluefur is almost like Ivypool and Dovewing, except Thistleclaw is in the Clan. I think her story is interesting, and very unlike the rest with her tragic death. I would love to here your thoughts on Snowfur!
I'm going to say this again, I would like you to do Alderheart, because during his childhood sparkpelt was more desired as a hunter and combat then all the sudden he was changed and more, during his journey he suffered the loss of sandstorm and is reminded of that situation ever since. That's why I would want him to be talked about. And plus he's one of my favorite characters
Thank you for this I am so tired of people acting like Millie was a good mom to Briarlight, I wrote an AU where Briarlight moves to Riverclan to be with a forbidden love interest (Grasspelt) and get away from Millie’s ableism and got attacked because that kind of ableism is “normal” and “just the way things are” since Briarlight’s disability is just sooooo hard for Millie. This fandom is incredibly hostile towards disabled people, I know multiple disabled people, mostly kids, who have been harassed due to speaking up about these things.
I keep seeing people say “Millie is such a good mom! People should ignore that she didn’t pay attention to Blossomfall because she’s an adult!” But I never see anyone bring up the way for treated Briarlight. And I don’t blame Bossonfall for being jealous, she was a young warrior.
I think Bluestar would be very interesting. She's a character that gets misinterpreted by the fandom a lot, or at last used to. You mentioned in one of your videos on Frecklewish that people used to think she was meant to be read as an unreliable narrator when she's actually correct in most moment that were supposed to prove it.
Love to see brightheart next! The series I grew up with when I was little was power of three and even though she’s not treated very nicely I absolutely loved her character.
As your local Mousefur Stan, I'd love to see a video on Mousefur! She actually dealt with a large amount of guilt in her life, especially over the deaths of other cats, at least it was more than the average warrior. Of course there are the canon examples Longtail and Honeyfern, but she was on the same patrol with Runningwind (her brother) when he died, and although it's a bit of my head-canon ish, Redtail, since she ran away from the battle he died in (worse is the fact that he was deputy). Also kind of briarlight, because she ran in to save Longtail, who wouldn't have even gone back into camp if Mousefur hadn't complained. She dies as soon as she meets up with Longtail again in the battle with the dark forest, by an unnamed dark forest warrior (which kind of sucks since she was an original arc 1 warrior, she deserved at least a named killer). She was also a part of (in my opinion) the best group of elders with Longtail and Purdy.
I'd love to see you talk about Daisy!! Maybe her kits too if you need to fill time? She's such a unique character, being so much more cowardly and timid than other cats, and I wish we'd gotten a little more about her perspective as an outsider to Thunderclan, especially since she was preforming a duty that not many other cats in the clans did due to her not fitting in with clan life so well. We got a novella, which is fantastic!!! I'm very glad to see her perspective on her losses and her relationship with Smokey, but there were weird things too with how the Erins handled her characterization, especially that contrived drama with Brightheart and Cloudtail...
maybe sol? (correct me if i’m wrong! i haven’t read power of three in a long time!) he was abandoned by his neglectful mother as a kit, kidnapped leafstar’s kits in order to frame it to make it seem he saved them rather than stole them in order to join skyclan, manipulated blackstar to have his clan drop their entire religion, and used his words rather than his claws to achieve power. i think it’d be really interesting to see your opinions!
Haven’t read the books in years, haven’t even read most of the books Briarlight exists in, but here I am watching a 40 min video and crying over a fictional cat. ; ___ ; I’d heard Briarlight died, but the excerpts Moonkitti read ripped my heart out.
I stopped keeping up with the books some time before they killed Briarlight off, and finding out that they had hurt. She was a very easy character to root for, as someone who has also had to overcome difficulties caused by a disability. And her dynamics both with Millie, the parent who struggles to accept and adapt to her child's new normal and with Jayfeather, one of the only other cats in ThunderClan who will understand her struggle and frustrations, felt very familiar and natural. She's arguably one of the most complex and relatable characters the series has ever produced, and she's certainly one of the ones that I remember most fondly.
I think that the reason Blossomfall blamed everything on Briarlight was it was easier. It was easier to be mad at her sister than admit that this was and issue between her and Mille. By the time she stopped blaming Briar, she felt that too much time had passed to try and fix things with her mother. Maybe Thornclaw had been the one to point out that she wasn't really mad at Briar
I'm not (usually) paralyzed, but I am physically disabled, and I think you did a great job with this one! It was honestly very relieving to see an able-bodied person talk about disability in such a way, and for so long, since in my experience either nobody talks about it, or they're ableist. This is definitely a breath of fresh air from all that. You also helped point out things that I hadn't remembered, or hadn't originally clocked as ableism due to my own internalized ableism (gotta love it). Thank you for bringing up the point about making Briar a warrior! It helped me realize and (mostly) solve some of my internal issues about not doing everything everyone else was, and I'm in a much better mental state because of it. Sorry for the dramatic ramble lol.
disabled person here! along with all the things already brought up here (which i wholeheartedly agree with) , a thing that really gets under my skin is the words the narration uses to describe her, not the characters but basic descriptions of things she never is allowed to "come" over, to "rush" to "wander" even just to "get" anywhere, she is only ever allowed to "drag herself" or "haul herself". that scene where she jokes about leafpool getting slower, the book describes her movement as "hauling her useless hind legs behind her" which. while yeah, sure, she does have to pull her legs along without the use of her leg muscles, but the language goes out of its way, all the time, to imply that she is suffering. even when doing things that she doesnt have any trouble with. and it just. it all adds up into feeling like the narration wants you to believe that her mobility is a huge horrible terrible upsetting loss, something to feel sorry for they also do a similar thing to her as they do with jayfeather, where they describe her doing normal everyday things for her "despite" her back legs. (they sure love to say "her useless hind legs" a lot). it simultaneously is suggesting that shes oh so wonderful and inspirational for ~overcoming her challenges~ while also reinforcing that she is missing something. they even say so so many times that she is one of the most cheerful in the clan *despite* her paralysed hind legs. and it just. sucks. she was one of the happiest members of the clan before that!
I do agree that Blossomfall’s behavior towards Briarlight is in no way justifiable. Unfortunately, her behavior is very realistic for a lot of siblings who have disabled siblings. And I’m saying this as someone who’s not physically disabled but is mentally disabled and has an abled sister who gets easily jealous and angry at me because my mom gives me “special treatment” because of my disability
Think you could talk about Tigerheart or Dovewing? Their relationship still confuses me because of how they get together, then they don't, then they do again? And I know you like Dovewing so I'd imagine you would enjoy talking about her.
Thank you so much for this video Moon. My mom is physically disabled and Briarlight is a very meaningful character to me because of that. I’d really enjoy hearing you dive deep into Mothwing and her atheism, I’ve always found it extremely interesting and very relatable. How bad experiences can affect you’re relationship with religion/any higher power one was raised to believe. Plus I’d love to hear you’re thoughts on her and Leafpool’s relationship and the (intentional or not) queer undertones they have to it. ♥️
I’ve always loved Briarlight and Jayfeather’s dynamic. I’ve also got a suggestion for another character. What about Shrewpaw? He’s pretty interesting and I wish we got to see him in Starclan, especially after the whole incident that just went down.
_(This is copy-pasted from the Longtail video.)_ I’d personally like to see you cover Fern Leaf from DOTC. She was an abuse victim of Slash and was eventually taken in by Tall Shadow’s group via encouragement from Gray Wing a little while after she met him. She gets close to Wind Runner over time then joins her group when Wind Runner splits off from Tall Shadow’s. Even after leaving Slash’s group she still cared about her friends there. She thought one of them; Bee, was finally coming around only to be pressed to return and attacked when she refused. I just find Fern Leaf’s character so interesting and would love a proper video on her.
i dont remember this character at all (i havent read dotc since it came out) but youve described her so well that now i want to reread all of dotc just so i can see her
@@nyxskip Yes, for sure do that! DOTC is my favourite Warriors arc and it has so many amazing characters. Rereading it is always a great time and I guarantee you won’t regret it!
@@Krill_Phil i did it! fern leaf is definitely one of my favorite characters, i love her friendship with gray wing. somewhat unrelated but i feel like dotc has way more solid black cats than any other arc lol
What about snowtuft. I know recently he’s been talked about a lot but I think it would interesting to hear all about how your opinion on the the snowkit snowtuft theory and if I’m if you think he deserved to be in starclan.
I only cares about snow tuft because he was a back round dark forest character who was just kinda their so they had basically a blank slate for him, I think they did alright with him overall in Broken Code
I’m really glad they showed the harm Millie’s reaction did. Because it’s a very common response for parents of disabled children. There’s being sad about the hardship your child has to face, and then there’s implying your child would be better off dead than disabled. It’s sad that Millie’s character goes this way, but I think it shows even more how Jayfeather helps Briarlight and how she overcomes her mother’s words and finds happiness.
I am not a physically disabled person (yet suspect neurodivergency) but I think Briarlight's trauma with her ableist mother is great represented. I relate to how parents deny the disability and victimize, and even ignore their child and I know how painful that is and how it affects you later on, the useless feeling and the eventual need to h@rm yourself thinking that you deserve it.
Briarlight's experiences are so accurate to my own. Some people becoming overbearingly "helpful", some people distancing themselves because you or what happened to you makes them uncomfortable, even Blossomfall's painful jealousy. I definitely read that as her feeling incredibly guilty and not blaming Briar at all. And of course she wouldn't talk to anyone about it, she feels like it makes her unforgivable, she certainly never forgives herself for those feelings. I think the reactions are all very well written, very real reactions, ablism included. Briarlight constantly minimising herself and her needs is also frighteningly accurate, especially the "I'm not useful, so I don't deserve to eat." mentality. 😅 I adore Briarlight for so many reasons. Longtail was one of my favourite characters and his death was so hard for me and when Briarlight died I was a mess. Completely and utterly devastated.
I think you should talk about deadfoot, he is Crowfeather’s dad, tallstar’s apprentice. Plus he is one of the disabled cats that is not made to be a medicine cat or elder, instead he is a deputy! Like the one cat I can think of that got something better than him was Crookedstar, but the reason I’m not talking about Crookedstar is because he is popular and deadfoot is not, I think he is good novella Material tbh
I’M NOT GIVING UP Since you did Poppyfrost, I’d love to see one on her siblings. Honeyfern, Cinderheart, Lilyheart, and maybe even Seedpaw would be cool to see (Molepaw skipped because he existed for a book or two before they give him Greencough and killed him).
*I genuinely love Briarlight so much. She’s a great cat and I love her relationships with other cats (like Jayfeather and Alderheart as you mentioned.) and her entire personality in general. Probably one of my favorite cats in the series. She’s really sweet if I’m being honest. She helps both Jayfeather and Alderheart with their own problems even with having to deal with her own from Millie’s overprotection.* *also I LOVE THE CUTE INTERACTIONS SHE HAS. Really makes me happy.*
I would love to hear about Russetfur! Her origins as a rogue/implied bloodclan cat and rising to shadowclan deputy I find really interesting, and she's been a popular semi-background character for a while.
I know you probably can’t talk about the new protagonists in River yet since we only have a preview, but could you maybe talk about the cats in their lives? Like Flamepaw has a lot of interesting dynamics with Sparkpelt and Baypaw, and even Lilyheart! And Sunbeam has interactions Lightleap a lot, and Blazefire. The only character I liked in Frostpaw’s chapter, besides Mothwing, was Whistlepaw.
I actually have to disagree on blossomfall. In Germany, we would call her a "shadowchild" - Someone who feels left on the side by their parents because of the terminal illness of a sibling. That often leads to misplaced grudge towards that sibling + guild for feeling that way. The way I read it, it never seemed like she wanted the same treatment from Millie towards briarlight, but just that she wanted A relationship with her mother AT ALL. I mean, come on - she comes home with a bloody head and Millie doesn't even care. That's why the argument "but she had so many other people around her!" doesn't work for me - they are not her mother. I'm an adult too, but if my mother would stop caring about me at all I would be hurt too, no matter how many good friends I have. I'm not saying blossomfall is perfect. The obvious solution to her problem would have been to just TALK to both briarlight and Millie. But this is warrior cats and none talks to anyone, specially when you are a sidecharacter, so the authors never resolved it.
Are you saying that as an adult, you would blame your disabled sibling if your mother stopped caring for you? Because that's what Blossomfall did. I didn't say she shouldn't be upset. I'm saying she shouldn't be upset with her sister over her mother.
@@Moonkitti No, of course not and that's not what I said. I said having a mother that doesn't care about you is upsetting for anyone at any age. Blossomfall acknowledged that none of this is briarlights fold. She seems to feel genuine sorry for her sister's condition. But she also feels bitterness that her mother stopped caring for her, and that started with briarlights injury. While she says she is angry with briarlight, she also says she is sorry that she has to go through all that, and she acknowledged that she should not feel that way towards her sister - she also NEVER lets her emotion out on her, as far as we know briarlight never even knew she felt that way. The person she seems to actually be mad at is her mother. It honestly reads like blossomfall is more angry at briarlight INJURY and Millies treatment towards herself than her actual sister as a person. And again, these are emotions that a lot of people with disabled family members feel. These people are not horrible people for simply having those emotions, as long as they don't let them out on the disabled family member, which again, SHE DOESN'T DO. Nobody HAS to like Blossomfall, I agree with you that she is a classic mean girl. But I do feel empathy for her situation, and I think her emotions are more complicated than "Well she just mean!".
@@Moonkitti honestly psyhology wise its just normal for blossomfall to get mad at her sister aswell, the same thing would probs happen with a human child/teenager, im not saying its good im saying it would take a special tipe of self realisation to realise that ur only blaming your disabled sister becouse of your mothers actions, over all that anger ur not able to think straight, and if it happens constantly then u wont ever be able to think straight. Only thearapy could fix that
@@Moonkitti Emotions and feelings can be stupid and irrational at times. I can have a strong feeling about something and know it is stupid and incorrect. Though that doesn't make it go away and it can be easier to give into it at the end of the day. Not defending her but I can kind of understand the feelings behind it. I struggle with my brain a lot and I know I need professional help since I can't do it alone.
I would love to hear you talk about Rowanclaw. He went from a pretty feisty (she)cat to a leader that let everyone walk all over him. Also him and Tawnypelt don’t appear to have much chemistry and were together. Also his granddaughter getting his name is . . . interesting.
i'm physically disabled (not paralyzed, but still) and i remember briarlight being pretty important to me as a kid reading omen of the stars, i fell off of the series after that (couldn't get into the dawn of the clans) but i liked her a lot. i didn't know i was disabled back then but i do now and i really relate to so much about briarlight, especially with the cruelty from her mother, and i appreciate all the points you made in this video. remembering some of the things jayfeather said to her genuinely made me cry because he was so kind to her and that exchange about her not deserving to eat because she can't hunt is so similar to conversations i've had with my partner about my disability and how it affects my ability to work. i just really appreciate you talking about this and i know i'm being really emotional in the warrior cats video comment section but i just wanted to thank you. :•)
I'd love to hear you talk about Needletail! I personally think she is one of the most engaging characters Warriors has ever had, but I know how divisive she is in the fandom lol
As a disabled person myself, I can say her struggles are surprisingly realistic. I'm not paralyzed but I suffer from chronic migraines, which is debilitating enough for me to be at home a lot so I can rest immediately and take medication if an episode occurs. Millie's complaints about her daughter being disabled and acting like her life is over is similar to what my mother did once. In both Warriors and in real life, it feels like a lot of the time people only care about a person's ability to make money and socialize. Because of that, it really does feel hard to accept oneself because we are indeed treated as "being broken." I'm honestly fine with my life and I can work around my disability but there are always Millies out there who will not be able to accept that you can have a disability and be content. It's honestly tiring and Briarlight's struggles are something I relate well to. I eventually learned that my personality is where my worth lies and that it's fine to try just living as comfortably as I can and be content with it regardless of whether or not people think is "normal." Also, my suggestion: I think Heathertail would be a neat cat to talk about. Her character is interesting and I'm actually shocked she hasn't had her own novella yet, considering the importance she has in the lives of Lionblaze and Breezepelt.
Haven't finished the video yet, might watch it in multiple take. But I wanted to pause because I now imagine Tigerstar and Hawkfrast surrounded by butterflies in the dark forest. Also, as someone with a disability, the scene where Briarlight want to be useful and Jayfeather says she doesn't need to be is really something, at least to me. It's like Briarlight is voicing the worries I sometimes have. Cause even knowing that it's just a stupid concept, sometimes, it's hard not to think about it, especially when everyone around you is working AND taking care of you and you feel so powerless and guilty. Idk if it was the intention of the authors, but it made Brialight felt real and close to me.
I think moth flight is an interesting character to talk about. I think its implied she had basically cat ADHD. And ive been rereading dotc and her super edition lately. Seeing the way cats treat her and get so frustrated at her made me sad and kinda relate to her myself as i recently got diagnosed with ADHD myself. She also is basically the equivalent of a teen mum studying to be a doctor and expecting to look after all her kits with little to no help
The thing I also really find charming about this dynamic is that Jayfeather is also disabled; he probably feels a kinship that he never felt with Longtail or Brightheart, who aren't his age and in his view, tell him things he already knows. He refused help then, but is willing to help her in the moment now. It's so sweet!
Could you talk about Berrynose? He’s had a very interesting life, being one of the apprentices that grew up with lionblaze, and we got to explore him a bit. Now that he’s dead we have nothing more to explore and we can fully dive deep into his character
Id love to hear about sol!! i feel he was severely underused for a villain and he could have been more interesting. the fandom doesnt talk about him enough in my opinion. any of the athiest cats are really cool and interesting story wise, because they are directly denying after evidence. and hes just cool lol. Great vid on briarlight, too!! love to see her getting more attention
I'm pretty sure at some point reading this series I was laughing dangerously hard at Millie's attitude to jayfeather authoritivly biting her daughter over and over
im not physically disabled, but i am a t1 diabetic briarlights death really hurts me bc i almost died the same way, insisting nothing was wrong n that i didnt want to bother people as i was literally dying of ketoacidosis in my deluded state of mind, which i almost dont remember, only from being told by family, all i said was im fine to my parents n paramedics i also struggle with a bunch of self hatred to my worth, thinking im a burden on the money and lives of people that care about me, similar to briarlight briarlights death Destroyed me, to the point i didnt finish avos n didnt start tbc, i want the new arc though
As a kid, my older brother was diagnosed with ADHD. Immediately he was getting so much more attention from my parents. I didn’t feel like it was fair. I had naturally good grades then, even envying him because “If I had grades like him, my parents wouldn’t expect any better from me.” Looking back I realize this is more my parents fault than his. Now I’ve been diagnosed with it as well ironically, and I didn’t get any extra attention like he did but I realized- I didn’t really WANT any. I was a kid, who saw my brother getting so much more attention than me and felt jealous and unloved. I don’t really hold anything over my brother anymore, meaningless envy for years gone. I can understand Blossomfall. Although I believe she should’ve tried harder to really understand what Briarlight was going through, in the warrior cat universe where people don’t really even tell each other things I cant blame her. If her mother had given her as much attention as Briarlight this wouldn’t be an issue. So of course it’s Millies fault, and not her sisters but Millie is her mother. I used to wish something happened to me like breaking my arm as a kid, just for some attention. I would lie a lot just to get reactions. I wonder if I would be able to make more friends if I wasn’t so jealous and lonely in the past I obviously know better now, but I still regret those years.
A similar thing to Briarlight’s incident happened to my mother’s friend. She and her husband were surveying their property after a storm to see if anything was damaged. A large branch on one of their trees was, in fact, heavily damaged and fell on my mother’s friend. Her back was injured and her legs have been paralyzed for five years now, I think. She started walking around again with a walker like a year ago, and her recovery is awesome.
I’m not paralysed but I did feel useless a lot…that ended in me getting more attention by my parents and it caused a rift with me and my brother…it was painful reading this and I was hoping briarlight and blossomfall wouldn’t drift away…it would bring back too much memories but at the same time I was upset that it couldn’t happen with me and my brother…it was fun seeing this thank you for showing us this I appreciate it.
6:11 I just have to say that is the ❤️cutest❤️ picture of Briarlight and Jayfeather I have ever seen, not in a shippy way but it just shows off their dynamic in the best way and it perfectly encapsulates what you're talking about when you're talking about it. Also I love bright eyed Briarlight!
I loved Briarlight so much. She was such a good character for Jayfeather and her chemistry with him is easily the best of any characters in the series. Not even in a ship way, she was just so great for him and I think her place as his foil really helped both characters shine. I'm still so upset about her death, Jay is my favorite character and watching his heart break made it so clear how important she was to him.
Bluefur, she`s a popular character and is pretty intresting in her super edition. I think she would be fun to talk about not only because of the events in her life, but also what she thinks about these events. And mostly because I just like Bluefur in general.
the jayfeather-briairlight dynamic is the best thing that's happened to the warrior cats books since scourge's death. i love how after briairlight dies jayfeather is an emotional wreck it shows how much he cares about his patients i still wish briarlight didn't die but im glad we got to see jayfeather like this
I'd love to see a video about Icecloud and Foxleap. They're characters who appear in your videos more often that other background cats, and they actually have a little personality. They're pretty funny, I think.
i'm physically disabled and use a wheelchair, and to be honest i wish they kept briarlight disabled in starclan, as a sort of sentiment that she lived a happy and fulfilled life with her disability and it wasn't something that needed to be changed. in her life, other cats fretted and panicked over her disability, and viewed and talked about her as if she was incomplete. i feel like it would have been a nice conclusion for her to remain disabled in starclan to show that she was always complete. instead i feel like they reinforced this idea by "fixing" her disability in heaven. it reminds me of people always hoping that my disability will be magically cured (it's chronic unless you're really lucky), and viewing my life as sad when i'm really grateful for the life that i have, disability and all. there are some things i won't experience, but there are joys i have that i get from being disabled. i love the feeling of the ground rumbling beneath my wheelchair, and i love that my disability has made me slow down and appreciate moments as they happen. i'd miss out on so much more if i spent all my time hoping that i can be cured like others seem to do for me. disabled lives can be whole and complete and full of joy, and i feel like they really missed out on sending that message home when they "fixed" her in the end. i wouldn't want my disability to be taken away in the afterlife, i'd just hope that heaven has ramps.
i'd ADORE a video about Riverstar/River Ripple. hes both the founder of Riverclan (which seems to have completely changed as time has passed, feeling very distanced from his ideals and motivation) AND made the mentor/apprentice system, an important part of the Warriors universe. it would also be cool to see any of your predictions for his super edition? since we dont know much about him other than a few appearances in moth Flight's Vision, Leopardstar's Honor and DOTC (not much!!!) i feel like the Erins could do ANYTHING with his character.
Thrushpelt needs more love. He did so much for Bluestar and I just love how he was supportive no matter what. Some of the lines about Thrushpelt or from Thrushpelt are my favourite in the entirety of Bluestar's Prophecy.
DOVEWING. she struggled a lot in her life and went through a lot - responsibility of powers at a young age, some trauma from rippletail's death, her relationship with ivypool, the love triangle/corner with bumblestripe and tigerheart. losing her powers, having to cope with that, and leaving thunderclan. would love to see a video on her! ive always really loved her
About Blossomfall, I knew a family who functioned essentially the same way as this. Two parents, one disabled (mentally, not physically, however) child, and two non-disabled children. The mother was obsessed with her daughter's disability and any attention was focused on her. She never had the same negative reaction as Briarlight, mostly because she was too young to understand and couldn't express it regardless of if she wanted to, as she was nonverbal. The father didn't do that but didn't pay as much attention to his other children anyway. One child remained unjealous and sympathetic whilst the other became bitter and angry, with much of that directed towards his sibling. I feel empathy towards them because they were young and didn't know better than to be jealous of her, and their parents were most definitely neglectful of their needs.
I’m physically disabled, in a similar situation as Briarlight (I was born with it instead). Her experience, especially with Millie, Greystripe, and Blossomfall, is painfully actuate to my own experiences. Your parents being overbearing or distancing themselves, siblings feeling a painfully jealousy. Not to mention the constant feeling of uselessness that hangs over you. I used to reread Briar’s paragraphs over and over as a kid, since I never knew anyone else who went through what I did. Watching this video, all those memories begin flooding back to me. Thank you.
I relate to Briarlight's story the same way, I felt bad that I did and worried I was in the wrong for not criticizing Warrior cats, since everyone just loves to argue about Briarlight and how "bad" per parents treated her. I'm glad I'm not alone !
It's unfortunately far too real.
I'm not in the exact situation but something akin, and yeah. My parents are fine but I feel her clanmates and leader are akin to friends and teachers, and the way they treat/talk about her...it's painful, and it's real.
I don't know how much this comment will mean to you or if you'll see it but I wanted to tell you your loved and so much more useful than you know. Please don't let the 'Millies' and 'Blossomfalls' get to you. You are so useful even just the joy you bring to your friends by being alive and you can accomplish so much if you put your mind and heart to it. You are loved and valid.
I respect people of all abilities even if they have one they cant use I'm sorry people judge people like you even if it isn't their fault, lots of disabled people are judged and actually have an advantage to some things, people who judge them feel bad inside so keep in mind that you are unique and can still do many things
I really think Mothflight needs to be talked about. The fact she's basically a teen mom with ADHD and she's set up to fail by the story. Her parents don't support her that much (especially her mom) and she's widowed so soon into her relationship and so young. It's interesting that she was the founder of her role. I really hate how she was turned into just the "creator of the medicine cats having babies" rule and nothing else.
The series has a habit of turning even nice characters judgemental and mean after they join StarClan. Like what was up with Littlecloud in Squirrelflight's Hope.
I feel like she gets too much hate. She had very little support to take care of her kits and essentially was pressured to give them up under the premise she couldn’t be a good mother to them. The fandom gets really mad at her even though I feel as though she acts the way she does due to trauma from losing her mate and having to give up her kits so young. It isn’t an excuse for creating the code, but I still feel bad for her. She was super relatable to me when I read the books because of her ADHD.
i really hate how everyone in that book kept telling her stuff like “oh windrunner/star is just overprotective of you… shes your mom…” bc windstar was awful to mothflight and gorsefur did not care about mothflight enough to notice.
what i hate is that moth flight and the other og medicine cats never got given the chance to discover anything on their own. she found the moonstone, sure, but afterwards, starclan word for word told her the clans would have medicine cats, which cat it would be in each clan, when and how to relay any message, and any other major plot point in the book. her relationship with micah and struggle to raise her kits were interesting, but for most of the book she was just starclan's mouthpiece with very little agency.
I don’t like how she’s portrayed outside of her book despite her being a favorite of mine (ADHD gang). She’s treated by the writers and the fandom as the mean cat who stood in Leafpool’s way to StarClan (iirc) when she was just doing what she was pressured to believe is right. And because she was raised under this mentality, which absolutely extended through the rest of her off screen life that seems to be forgotten about by the fandom, she holds it true and central to her decision. She was pushed to think that medicine cats shouldn’t have a mate or kits because everyone told her that, and as they founder of the role she didn’t know what affect that would have for future meddies.
Not gonna rant any more but Moth Flight beloved, she deserves better treatment especially as the only ND rep we have from what I can recall
I’d also like to see a video about Deadfoot. I find it really interesting how he is one of the few disabled cats in the series (alongside Brightheart and Crookedstar) who aren’t medicine cats, and also, he was Windclan’s deputy, which I think is super cool!
i think the only time warrior cars can write disabled cats is when they completely forget said cat is disabled
Thank you!
There was also lilywhisker, the elder in tallstar’s revenge
@@nayanayam oh, really? I didn’t know! I never read Tallstar’s Revenge, thanks for letting me know :)
OMG YES! He's great
I think the reason Blossomfall blames the (technically other) victim (Briarlight) and not the abuser (Millie) is because.. That's actually something that happens in real families. The one getting most of the attention can be unfairly seen as the cause of the problems. Blossomfall just thinks that if Briarlight weren't disabled, then Millie would pay more attention to both of them instead of just one of them. It's also similar to how older siblings get jealous of all the attention the younger sibling gets. A sort of "why them and not me?" mindset, because siblings are, in nature, competition for one another and can have a lot of conflict when one feels like they're being neglected. Not all situations like this end up with the resentful, jealous sibling realizing the parents are also to blame for the neglect. Shifting blame is a thing that hurt and neglected kids 1000% do. They might be jealous of a sibling, or even a classmate who seems to be better off. All simply because they are jealous of what they can't/don't have and angrily hold grudges against anyone who makes them jealous in this way.
(Also not excusing Blossomfall's behavior in any way. Just giving my two cents on _why_ she acts that way.)
As someone who has effectively been in Blossomfall's position before, I second this
disabled person here! not paralyzed, but my disability heavily affects my legs to the point they are near-useless. i think briarlight is my favorite character in the series simply because of how well she's portrayed, especially as a newly disabled child who used to be abled and very active. my disability progressed in very much the same way it felt like. i could run and keep up with my friends and do what i wanted, and suddenly i couldn't.
having the people around you fret and lose sleep over you is also very much a disabled experience. nobody listens to you when you tell them you don't feel pain, and they insist you're suffering. it deeply affects your sense of self and even your perception of your disability. like, "am i really suffering and just don't know it?" it really hits home for me. especially with how briar doesn't want anyone to worry about her. she's so used to people going into panicked episodes over her health that she would rather let an illness progress to terminality before ever asking for help because she doesn't want to cause more worry over her, because that's basically been her whole life.
all in all briar is 10/10 amazing character and surprisingly good representation for warriors. for next cat maybe uhmmm shadowsight? he was my favorite cat in TBC :)
I’d love to see her talk about Shadowsight! He was also very relatable to me because of his thoughts of worthlessness - the idea that sacrificing himself for the greater good was better than trying to live for himself/for his family.
I found it so messed up back in the day when people said that Honeyfern's sacrifice was wasted by Briarlight becoming paralyzed. Similarly to elder characters, a lot of people seemed to want her killed off and I hated that.
Me too!
@Blueberryfur oh yeah, the fandom was extremely toxic back then.
"I'm pretty sure I'm worthless if I can't be of service." Fits warrior cats a little too well.
Lmao-
Especially for briarlight right after her accident
A FLAW OR A CRACK
@@aestherien THE STAW IN THE STACK
@@pocky-raisin THAT BREAKS THE CAMELS BACK
Yeahhhh I will say as someone who is physically disabled (not paralyzed, but still disabled), it kinda irked me when the fandom decided all of a sudden that the way to fix the books ableism was to... make all of the disabled characters into warriors. Characters like Cinderpelt and Briarlight were the ones that mainly got me, cuz I know they WANTED to be warriors, but a reality of being disabled is that you don't always get to do what you want to. I felt very fond of these characters who found other ways to make their own lives brighter in ways that were different.
Tbh, making all the disabled characters into warriors despite it all kinda just loops right back into ableism again; implying that they'll only feel fulfilled or not be discriminated against if they fit into the society's "normal" structure. Just... irks me.
thats why i DESPISE cinderheart
its so incredibly ableist to take a character which had a perfectly fulfilling life in a different role and then say “okay so because you were disabled your life is worthless so let’s just shove you into a abled body and call it a day”
there was a reason jayfeather was one of my favorites.... i'm not blind but was born with my disability and it stops me from being able to do things i want that everyone else does and as a kid i didn't get to try. but he gets to be salty about it! he has never been the picture-perfect disabled character. he's sarcastic and tired and while he's annoyed with how his disability limits him, he doesn't hate himself and make us pity him. he's a character on his own and like most characters in this series does have morally questionable actions and it's never blamed on him being disabled (disclaimer all of this is what i remember from years ago + i'm very not caught up with anything post bramblestar's storm).
I don't think that all the disabled cat's should *have* to be medicine cats, I think they should have a choice- y'know?
Depending on the disability, they can still do warrior duties (Cinderpelt very well could've done patrols and such) just fine, so it doesn't make sense as to why they should give up their dreams or current roles because they're disabled.
@@ProjectSebastiannthat is fair, but then I think it’s only so set up for failure as well specifically cause there’s only really two choices. Sometimes you can’t really choose between either choice cause it doesn’t fit you. I think that’s why warriors can sometimes end up with some...really messed narratives. Mainly just the fact there isn’t much of a branching out between warriors and medicine cats (if that makes sense).
also, I wouldn’t say characters like cinderpelt actually would’ve been able to do that is the problem. disabilities can be a lot more...well. Disabling than most people would expect. hell, just having coordination that’s off can throw you off your feet. it would *definitely* be hard to even manage to get up with a completely mangled leg.
@@torra9979 That's when I feel like it's more of an issue with how the clans are structured- there shouldn't just be two choices, Medicine cat or Warrior- the only real breaking of this rule I've seen is Daisy, taking care of the kits.
As someone who's physically disabled (in not as severe of a way though) i'm glad you said something about it not being a good idea for her to race around and fight like a warrior.
It's absolutely true that she is in danger if she does what everyone else does. It is not ableist to acknowledge that. It is not ableist to prevent her from doing things that are harmful to only her. Her disability is a part of herself, you can't say she's "just like everyone else" because she's technically not. Her disability effects her, it makes her different. Whats important is to establish different isn't bad, not that differences don't exist.
Us disabled people do need different treatment, what is important is that its not treated as a burden.
THANK YOU- people try to call the authors ablest because of briarlight and it always gets on my nerves.
I was hoping someone else commented this, i agree with this sentiment too.
@@sincerely.serendipity the author still is ableist tho. it's clear in the text how over and over again they echo the sentiment that having a disability is worse than being dead.
@@r.i.pmydog7723 ????????? where have they said that?
Reminds me of a Tumblr gif I saw years ago: somebody says something along the lines of "disabled people can do anything they want!" - cut to a woman in a wheelchair (the gif's creator) comically hurling herself from her chair in an attempt to walk.
I'd like to see you talk about Mousefur, she's one of the original warriors, and we get to see her become a elder and make friends with Longtail and Purdy (Two characters I also enjoy). She's known to be a bit sassy and gets more of a personality later on. She also loses Longtail and dies in the battle of the dark forest which seems like a fitting ending for a character we see develop but is never the main focus.
This is gonna be the top comment, calling it right now
Mousefur! Yes!
YEs
YES I NEED MOUSEFUR TO GET MORE ATTENTION. Mah favourite character
Mousefur deserves retribution after she died in a mess her apprentice made.
I'd like to see you talking about Purdy! The old guy doesn't really get the spotlight much, considering just how much he impacts mousefurs life after the death of longtail. He is a great old guy who just wants to tell stories, and I would love if you covered him!
AGREED
favorite old cowboy
YESSS
Remember when they had a survey about what cat we want a super edition on? I picked Purdy.
@@RoseProseFroze Imagine if he won, I wish we got a backstory for the wandering cowboy, maybe he had a harsh past but managed to stay kind and have faith that good cats will always be out there
I’d love to hear you talk about Shrewclaw! I’ve always personally liked him as a character but he’s not talked about much, which is odd because he’s in one of the most liked super editions. He bullied Tallstar as a kit but never had any bad feelings towards him, he was very upset when Talltail wanted to leave and felt bad once he realized what he did hurt Tallstar. Once Tallstar got back he seemed to treat him better and try to mend the relationship.
shrewclaw is such a silly boyo boy!!
His death was so sad, I'm glad him and Tallstar cleared things up.
I love Shrewclaw so much
@@lorelaim1963 I started reading the books having already been involved in the fandom so I knew about most of the deaths, but I didn’t realize he died so his death is the only one I’ve cried over.
@@bitteralmonds2614 his, briarlights and feathertails deaths were so sad omg
The points you make about graystripe are... really salient, actually. It's bizarre to me that he has so little interaction with his kids with Millie, whereas for his last litter with Silverstream it was seen as incredibly UNUSUAL how involved in his childrens' lives he was. Where did his parental instinct go? Did... did they just forget that he's supposed to be a good dad?
I know that it's mainly because the world wasn't fully built back in Forest of Secrets, but it's implied Graystripe is only as involved with Featherkit and Stormkit was because they didn't have their mother. He also left ThunderClan to be with them and he didn't really have any friends in RiverClan aside from their foster mother. So it makes sense for him to be close with them.
So when his litter with Millie is born, it can be perceived as him not being involved because, "that's mom's job" as was stated in Forest of Secrets, or that he didn't feel like they were his only relationships in the clan, so he was free to be distant.
Yeah, if we assumed he wasn't supposed to be an especially good warrior cat dad, and assumed he was just the average not very involved father, it would make sense for Blossomfall not to consider him a valid source of attention, but he really should have been more involved...
That was odd to me too, considering how involved he was in Feathertail's life, and how in his super edition, he showered Stormfur with love, yet ignored his other kits with Millie.
@@SLTheOneAndAwesome19that and they were the only remnants of Silverstream he had whereas Millie is alive and well after having their kits
I do understand, from a CHARACTER'S view saying they want to be useful. I am physically disabled, and I struggled with the idea of being of use/being a burden. idk if the authors intended that though, from Briarlight's perspective, but it is something I can connect with. its AWFUL but its something drilled into me from family, doctors, therapists. Briarlight tho, I love. and I think they handled her, specifically, not her family or other characters interacting with her, pretty well. She's a fantastic character who is loved.
I'm able bodied and I can relate to feeling useless if I am not of service at all times.
I can't imagine the shit disabled folks go through.
Oh, maybe Sunfall/Sunstar for a future video? The circumstances around his leadership were really interested, and for a background character, he's actually got a decent amount going for him, especially in Bluestar's book!
I think Birchfall would be a good option! He has a whole lot of stuff to talk about! Especially his childhood.
Exactly! For me he's one of those random background characters I just latched unto
Yes!
I forget when Birchfall was a kit, he would be back with Ferncloud and Dustpelt in the old forest, when the twolegs are deforesting Thunderclan and Shadowclan. I dont remember how old he was when him and Whitewing (Cloudtail and Brightheart's daughter) earned their warrior names???
Idk why but every time I read about Birchfall, I always think of him as this super young warrior, and then I remember he’s a grandpa and is actually a senior warrior…
hey! i'm physically disabled and i think you covered briarlight wonderfully. you were thorough, thoughtful and called out things that needed to be. you reminded me of stuff i forgot that are important for me to know around my opinion of briarlight.
i love briarlight, and honestly i think 70% of the plot threads around her and characters in her life are unfortunately very realistic. millie's appalling behaviour and blossomfall's jealousy are common in families of severely disabled children (minus millie's overt comment about letting briar die). parents panicking and fretting to a harmful extent is something i've witnessed myself. and if we read greystripe maliciously (which most likely wasn't intended), deadbeat dads are very common for disabled kids.
briar being babied by her clanmates is something i relate to strongly, and briar's struggle with self-worth hits home so much that on a bad day this discussion could trigger me (i'm good atm, don't worry). the books showing obvious causes for briar feeling this way, and the arguments jayfeather makes against those beliefs is truly comforting to read in a kid's book.
there is a lot done wrong in the books, of course. comments from clanmates about her being less whole, or that her life is something to fear resembling are problematic. her death is baffling and seems like just a cheap way to put an emotional punch into the book. her being able-bodied in starclan is total bullshit! so, like i said, 70% good but far from perfect. overall could have been done better, but could have been much worse as well.
I agree that what happens to her in Starclan is indeed BS. I also took comfort in what Jayfeather said to Briarlight when I was young, too! And i'm glad someone else feels the same way.
Hi, I’m also physically disabled and I agree with everything you are saying. Briarlight was a really important character to me, and it broke my heart to just have her killed off like that
Her being able-bodied in star clan is following the precedent they set when they introduced Jayfeather. Nobody will argue that blindness isn't a disability, and since he was born blind his happiest moments were definitely when he was blind. But, despite being born blind, he can still see while dreaming, and more importantly in this case he can see perfectly fine while he's in starclan. So your physical disabilities not carrying over into your afterlife just *is* how things are in warriors, and if that wasn't the case for Briarlight then it would've been a massive plothole. Now whether you think the way it works is bullcrap or not, I don't care, not my place to judge. But saying Briarlights case is bullcrap while disregarding Jayfeathers situation just doesn't make sense.
@@goldenfloof5469 the books are extremely inconsistent about starclan lore. nothing is set in stone, because the lore changes whenever the authors feel like it. so, the authors can do whatever they want (they already do, in fact! that's why lore is a jumbled mess). i'm going to judge them for this decision, because the inconsistency of the lore makes it easy for them to keep briarlight disabled after death, and they chose not to do that. human people made those decisions, in a book series notorious for NOT having a lore bible. i'm personally not gonna accept the "ah! but the lore dictates this!" as an excuse for the authors ableist undertones. that's my opinion, anyway.
I honestly think the authors forgot about Graystripe / forgot he was her dad for awhile lmao
This video is insightful and touching. And let me just say that the image at 5:18 is the cutest drawing I’ve seen of these two. Well done, Moon!
I know, I love Jayfeather and Brairlights relationship
I don't really see it as a romantic relationship (since not everyone has to date everyone) but I really liked the way Jayfeather always managed to encourage her and take a break from his grumpy nature and actually be caring.
I like that drawing it's cool I kinda wish that briarlight was his apprentice even if she had her warrior name she can still learn herbs (aka me just wanting them to teach alderpaw together and different techniques to do so,) =) peace.
Yes!
yeah, Briarlight and Jayfeather are one of my favorite pair of friends in the book.
I feel like something to keep in mind about Blossomfall is that even though she’s a late teen/young adult when Briarlight is injured, I think the purpose of her character might have been to empathize with younger readers who have sick or disabled siblings. My younger sister was diagnosed with a rare chronic illness when I was 6, and yeah I was a lot younger than Blossomfall, but when I read her confession I actually felt seen. Because yeah, I obviously don’t have it nearly as rough as my sister, and the two of us have always been incredibly close, but I remember being a kid and feeling jealous of all the attention that my parents gave her and feeling like they forgot all about me. Now, I was 6 and Blossomfall is 18+, so obviously there are different circumstances there. I won’t deny that Blossomfall’s arc in OotS was clumsily written at best, but siblings of disabled/sick children are very rarely represented, so I appreciated that warrior cats at least made an attempt
I've seen another comment similar to yours and I agree with both! I care for both Briarlight and Blossomfall as characters and what the books were trying to say about their situation, as well as the lesson they were trying to teach.
ok get this: what if briarlight still can't use her back legs in starclan, but that's because she literally just has no reason to? Starclan has no earthly problems like thorns, and you can't get infections in starclan. She can interact with all her loved ones, spy on all the gatherings she wants, do all the activities like play with kits/help others with medicine cat tasks like she did while alive, and if she really wants to hunt because it might be fun, well, prey is easy to catch in starclan, and she can experiment with all different hunting types from all clans. Her not being able to use her back legs in starclan shouldn't affect how happy she is there. (although of course her wanting to have use of her backlegs is her choice in starclan, the experience of running on all fours isn't unparalelled, and I just don't like how if your form in starclan is how you were happiest in implies that she was never as happy as she was again as an apprentice.)
I’d love to hear you talk about Ivypool and her kits. She suffered through so much and still managed to find love with Fernsong and raise 3 kits. And, after all her dark forest trauma, after even losing her sister, after losing her DAUGHTER, she still pulls through. That’s amazing to me and I love her for that.
Yes! She’s so cool!
@@Leafy_ she’s my favorite darling sour sister
Her greeting Rootspring so warmly in the beginning of River absolutely warmed my heart, especially since both of them were devastated by the loss of Bristlefrost. I’m glad that they found some comfort in each other.
Fernsong was her cousin. He nagged her into having kits, and Ivypool honestly doesn't seem like a mother to me. She's a badass, who definitely should be deputy, and with someone who would wait for her instead of bargaining.
@@roryschoenecker4756 They’re third cousins, their last shared relative is their great-great grandfather Jake. Do you even know any of your third cousins? I don’t. Besides, who isn’t related in ThunderClan at this point. The Stemleaf/Spotfur kids are their own aunt and uncles. Also, unless I’m forgetting something he asked her once or twice and then waited for whenever she was ready afterwards
I can't speak on the disability aspect of their relationship, but Blossomfall and Briarlight are definitely a surprisingly realistic representation of how parental abuse or neglect can affect siblings. Blossomfall very much reads as an adult whose ability to empathize with others was damaged by her parents ignoring her. She doesn't see the KIND of attention her sister gets, only that it's attention. She doesn't blame her mother, because it's really hard to recognize and deal with knowing that your parents are failing you.
We all want to be loved by our parents, and if you don't know what love looks like, the negative attention Briarlight was getting from Millie probably looks like it.
Doesn't excuse Blossomfall's flaws, just makes them more real, which I can appreciate. I think it also implies Millie is an even WORSE mother than the writers probably intended.
It would be nice if you talked about Puddleshine, and the discussion on him becoming a medicine cat by force. His relationship with Alderheart is also really interesting, with Puddleshine being literally poisoned by an anxious Squirrelflight clone.
As a physically disabled person, ambulatory wheelchair, I like how you covered this. It was sad to see she was seen as a character to pity. People with disabilities have the right to live and their lives aren’t anything to pity. In reality, there is an issue of disabled people being seen as worthless. When disabled people are killed by their “caregivers”, society doesn’t care much. I really didn’t like how she was just able to walk again in Starclan. Mainly because people act like death is better than being disabled, or that death is freeing.
I feel that Millie was just a shit mother. The way Blossomfall acts is how someone with a neglectful if not abusive parent acts and it isn't much better with Briarlight or Bumblestripe. It sounds to me like Millie saw 'a good life' as fighting and having kits, never reassuring Briarlight that she is worth more than that and can live life her own way. Also, the way all three act is as if they were being guilt tripped and held hostage (Bumblestripe seeing that behavior as normal and trying to do that to Dovewing, Briarlight, the cat who lets no one get her down, immediately blames herself for her mother's overreaction, and Blossomfall, who bottles her own emotions because she is scared to have them) and for me, the doubt they all have that them just being happy is enough for Millie is a pretty big red flag. It's kinda telling when 2/3 end up fucked up and the third beats herself up constantly for being disabled. Just my take, I'm probably over analyzing.
To everyone seeing this, you matter. You don't have to stand for abusive family and no matter what, you are enough.
Millie = Karen
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To answer your question, because kids don't like to accept the fact their parent might not love them, or that their parents are in the wrong. It's easier to blame external factors for relationships not working instead of just accepting there's something wrong with the other person, or even yourself in some cases.
She's in denial to put it simply.
Why this wasn't followed up on and reached the conclusion it should have, Blossomfall accepting her mother is the problem, and fixing her relationship with Briarlight is why most conflicts in Warriors don't get resolved well. The Erins are great at set up, but suck at payoff.
This makes sense!
When it comes to smaller characters, I’d love to hear something about Lightning Tail! I feel like he’s super underrated. Thunderstar was his adopted brother and I feel like those two are some of the only cats in the Warriors series who aren’t blood related, but still feel like brothers. In the end, both die together while fighting dogs: Thunderstar comes back to life due to having 9 lives, but Lightning Tail obviously doesn’t since he was only deputy. In my opinion, he deserved to be the second leader of ThunderClan.
This comment needs more likes! I think this is a great idea! Basically all the prequel books characters (forgot the name of the series) need to be talked about. A lot of them are really interesting!
Also they are kinda gay and I like that for them
@@roryschoenecker4756 Ayo?? I hope you mean for other cats and not for each other lol
@@roryschoenecker4756 They were foster siblings, which would be one thing for Brindleface or Whitestorm where them being foster siblings and them being mates was added after the fact and at different times, or Lilyheart and Snowbush where they’re both background characters, but with Thunderstar and Lightning Tail it was absolutely important to their dynamic that they’re foster siblings
It's just how I interpreted the text. Thunder and Lightning seemed too perfect to ignore.
I think the fact that both Jayfeather, another disabled character, and Briarlight were able to form such a close bond showed great solidarity between the two. Probably influenced how great Jayfeather was in helping her see her self-worth as something other than usefulness. Though I agree Blossomfall is obviously in the wrong with her blaming Briarlight, the whole jealousy over siblings' things is extremely common as parents tend to neglect the other kids. As someone whose sister had a disability that required frequent checkups as a kid, I was always really jealous of the attention my mom spent with her so I could understand Blossomfall feel a similar way. Even if it isn't rational, she probably would rather Milie give her attention even if it's doting and overbearing because she resents not having that.
Right! I wonder if blossom fall training in the dark forest was more or less for attention, like she wanted Millie to pay attention to her because she was training in the dark forest
Would you talk about Jagged Peak or Turtle Tail next! Jagged Peak was bullied hard for his disability both intentionally by Clear Sky and kinda unintentionally by Gray Wing, and Turtle Tail is so bold and different from all the other girls
Which made it weird when Jagged Peak suddendly bullied Gray Wing for his breathing problems in a forest divided.
YES. JAGGED PEAK. Like. Wow
I'm NoT lIkE oThEr GiRlS
@@legrandliseurtri7495 yeah
I'm only just in the middle of The Sun Trail, and Jagged Peak is such a cute boy. Agreed
Jayfeather and Briarlight are one of my favorite relationships platonically or otherwise! I love so many of their interactions and it was really nice to see that side of Jayfeather!
Please do Frostfur next! She is a really interesting character who i think has been developed enough for a more complex reading to be done of her. I feel like she is underappreciated, and i think she deserves and episode :>
I hope that now that we have an in-book confirmation that Lionheart was the father of her kits (finally) we'll get a novella centered around either her or him, not even any big story, I would be legitimately interested in just knowing how they got together, I don't think they even interact in Into the Wild or Bluestar's Prophecy xD
crookedstar/rainflower vid! i’d love to see you cover one of the only explicit instances of parental abuse within the clans (and one of the only instances of cat divorce) and also cause crookedstar has such an interesting backstory
I'd love to see a vid on Crookedstar! Rainforest would also be super interesting
Idk, Brokenstar's abuse from his own "mother" (Lizardstripe) was kind of explicit. Actively neglecting him of basic needs such as food and encouraging/manipulating her biologic children to antagonize him.
But yeah, as someone who had an abusive mom, Crookedstar is seriously my favorite character.
Yes!! Most of the super editions/novellas were mediocre at best, but I loved Crookedstars Promise
I know he’s not very popular, but I really think you should talk about Thrushpelt! Other than being in love with Bluefur(star), he’s a sweet boy who deserved more screen time! I think it’s ridiculous that more bad cats are way more popular than this sweet underrated warrior!
Thrushpelt is one of the univerally most liked characters tho?
@@failingradish2010 that’s odd, I don’t ever see anything for him. I guess what I’m saying is that his traits are under appreciated by the writing team now.
@@anarchist..archer you haven't seen the 'she wants me (to be loved)' amv for thrushpelt?
@@failingradish2010 no, I have, I just consider his character underrated compared to the popular villains
I would love to you to speak on Ivypool and Fernsong, or just Fernsong, I find their relationship to be one of the least toxic in the current few arcs and quite interesting of a match yet very fitting for Ivypool. Fernsong is just so understanding, and supportive and actually LISTENS and communicates with his mate, and meet each other in the middle on things like wanting kits. Fernsong being in the nursery so Ivypool could still be a warrior, is probably one of the best romantic shows of love, and affection in a healthy relationship, in maybe even any arc (yes ofc ravenpaw and barley are good and tallstar and jake, but im more so meaning “confirmed” relationships)
I think Fernsong and Ivypool are definitely the one of the best couples (top three or five). I just have to keep trying to forget that theyre cousins, like what the heck ERINS?
@@sevdge5 yeah its a downside however they /are/ cats in a clan thats nearly all related in some way or another so pickings are slim to choose between for ships
@@viral4983 at this point they'll have to start dating the horses at the horseplace or whatever they call it.
@@viral4983 I just find it annoying because there’s an entire prophecy about how she’s related to his dad. This ONE TIME you’d think they could avoid a direct incest scenario but I guess not.
@@songbird6414 yep thats fair too but they do change their writers around so much they probably didnt even know what happened in the previous books 😔
I’d love to hear your opinion on Shadowsight! After the end of the broken code i’m glad that he’s left with something that will keep him fairly relevant, and i think he’s interesting and funny. I like the plot point where be was demoted and treated like a child by Mothwing.
I'd love to hear you talk about Snowfur. Snowfur wasn't mentioned all throughout the original series- only in Bluestar's Prophecy. Her relationship with Bluefur is almost like Ivypool and Dovewing, except Thistleclaw is in the Clan. I think her story is interesting, and very unlike the rest with her tragic death. I would love to here your thoughts on Snowfur!
I agree Snowfur would be so interesting to have a video on!
I'm going to say this again, I would like you to do Alderheart, because during his childhood sparkpelt was more desired as a hunter and combat then all the sudden he was changed and more, during his journey he suffered the loss of sandstorm and is reminded of that situation ever since. That's why I would want him to be talked about. And plus he's one of my favorite characters
Thank you for this I am so tired of people acting like Millie was a good mom to Briarlight, I wrote an AU where Briarlight moves to Riverclan to be with a forbidden love interest (Grasspelt) and get away from Millie’s ableism and got attacked because that kind of ableism is “normal” and “just the way things are” since Briarlight’s disability is just sooooo hard for Millie. This fandom is incredibly hostile towards disabled people, I know multiple disabled people, mostly kids, who have been harassed due to speaking up about these things.
I keep seeing people say “Millie is such a good mom! People should ignore that she didn’t pay attention to Blossomfall because she’s an adult!” But I never see anyone bring up the way for treated Briarlight. And I don’t blame Bossonfall for being jealous, she was a young warrior.
I think Bluestar would be very interesting. She's a character that gets misinterpreted by the fandom a lot, or at last used to. You mentioned in one of your videos on Frecklewish that people used to think she was meant to be read as an unreliable narrator when she's actually correct in most moment that were supposed to prove it.
Love to see brightheart next! The series I grew up with when I was little was power of three and even though she’s not treated very nicely I absolutely loved her character.
Used to have a dog who had her back legs broken and they never properly healed this made me love briarlights charecter even more
I would like a video about Stormfur! He's a pretty underdeveloped character, and I would love to see people talking about him! ^^
As your local Mousefur Stan, I'd love to see a video on Mousefur! She actually dealt with a large amount of guilt in her life, especially over the deaths of other cats, at least it was more than the average warrior. Of course there are the canon examples Longtail and Honeyfern, but she was on the same patrol with Runningwind (her brother) when he died, and although it's a bit of my head-canon ish, Redtail, since she ran away from the battle he died in (worse is the fact that he was deputy). Also kind of briarlight, because she ran in to save Longtail, who wouldn't have even gone back into camp if Mousefur hadn't complained. She dies as soon as she meets up with Longtail again in the battle with the dark forest, by an unnamed dark forest warrior (which kind of sucks since she was an original arc 1 warrior, she deserved at least a named killer). She was also a part of (in my opinion) the best group of elders with Longtail and Purdy.
I'd love to see you talk about Daisy!! Maybe her kits too if you need to fill time? She's such a unique character, being so much more cowardly and timid than other cats, and I wish we'd gotten a little more about her perspective as an outsider to Thunderclan, especially since she was preforming a duty that not many other cats in the clans did due to her not fitting in with clan life so well. We got a novella, which is fantastic!!! I'm very glad to see her perspective on her losses and her relationship with Smokey, but there were weird things too with how the Erins handled her characterization, especially that contrived drama with Brightheart and Cloudtail...
maybe sol? (correct me if i’m wrong! i haven’t read power of three in a long time!) he was abandoned by his neglectful mother as a kit, kidnapped leafstar’s kits in order to frame it to make it seem he saved them rather than stole them in order to join skyclan, manipulated blackstar to have his clan drop their entire religion, and used his words rather than his claws to achieve power. i think it’d be really interesting to see your opinions!
Haven’t read the books in years, haven’t even read most of the books Briarlight exists in, but here I am watching a 40 min video and crying over a fictional cat. ; ___ ; I’d heard Briarlight died, but the excerpts Moonkitti read ripped my heart out.
I stopped keeping up with the books some time before they killed Briarlight off, and finding out that they had hurt. She was a very easy character to root for, as someone who has also had to overcome difficulties caused by a disability. And her dynamics both with Millie, the parent who struggles to accept and adapt to her child's new normal and with Jayfeather, one of the only other cats in ThunderClan who will understand her struggle and frustrations, felt very familiar and natural. She's arguably one of the most complex and relatable characters the series has ever produced, and she's certainly one of the ones that I remember most fondly.
I think that the reason Blossomfall blamed everything on Briarlight was it was easier. It was easier to be mad at her sister than admit that this was and issue between her and Mille. By the time she stopped blaming Briar, she felt that too much time had passed to try and fix things with her mother. Maybe Thornclaw had been the one to point out that she wasn't really mad at Briar
I'm not (usually) paralyzed, but I am physically disabled, and I think you did a great job with this one! It was honestly very relieving to see an able-bodied person talk about disability in such a way, and for so long, since in my experience either nobody talks about it, or they're ableist. This is definitely a breath of fresh air from all that. You also helped point out things that I hadn't remembered, or hadn't originally clocked as ableism due to my own internalized ableism (gotta love it). Thank you for bringing up the point about making Briar a warrior! It helped me realize and (mostly) solve some of my internal issues about not doing everything everyone else was, and I'm in a much better mental state because of it. Sorry for the dramatic ramble lol.
disabled person here! along with all the things already brought up here (which i wholeheartedly agree with) , a thing that really gets under my skin is the words the narration uses to describe her, not the characters but basic descriptions of things
she never is allowed to "come" over, to "rush" to "wander" even just to "get" anywhere, she is only ever allowed to "drag herself" or "haul herself". that scene where she jokes about leafpool getting slower, the book describes her movement as "hauling her useless hind legs behind her" which. while yeah, sure, she does have to pull her legs along without the use of her leg muscles, but the language goes out of its way, all the time, to imply that she is suffering. even when doing things that she doesnt have any trouble with. and it just. it all adds up into feeling like the narration wants you to believe that her mobility is a huge horrible terrible upsetting loss, something to feel sorry for
they also do a similar thing to her as they do with jayfeather, where they describe her doing normal everyday things for her "despite" her back legs. (they sure love to say "her useless hind legs" a lot). it simultaneously is suggesting that shes oh so wonderful and inspirational for ~overcoming her challenges~ while also reinforcing that she is missing something. they even say so so many times that she is one of the most cheerful in the clan *despite* her paralysed hind legs. and it just. sucks. she was one of the happiest members of the clan before that!
I do agree that Blossomfall’s behavior towards Briarlight is in no way justifiable. Unfortunately, her behavior is very realistic for a lot of siblings who have disabled siblings. And I’m saying this as someone who’s not physically disabled but is mentally disabled and has an abled sister who gets easily jealous and angry at me because my mom gives me “special treatment” because of my disability
I think a video about Goldenflower would be interesting! She’s one of my favorite characters and I feel like people don’t talk about her enough :)
Think you could talk about Tigerheart or Dovewing? Their relationship still confuses me because of how they get together, then they don't, then they do again? And I know you like Dovewing so I'd imagine you would enjoy talking about her.
40 minutes of Moonkitti Talking? Awesome!
Thank you so much for this video Moon. My mom is physically disabled and Briarlight is a very meaningful character to me because of that. I’d really enjoy hearing you dive deep into Mothwing and her atheism, I’ve always found it extremely interesting and very relatable. How bad experiences can affect you’re relationship with religion/any higher power one was raised to believe. Plus I’d love to hear you’re thoughts on her and Leafpool’s relationship and the (intentional or not) queer undertones they have to it. ♥️
I’ve always loved Briarlight and Jayfeather’s dynamic. I’ve also got a suggestion for another character. What about Shrewpaw? He’s pretty interesting and I wish we got to see him in Starclan, especially after the whole incident that just went down.
_(This is copy-pasted from the Longtail video.)_
I’d personally like to see you cover Fern Leaf from DOTC.
She was an abuse victim of Slash and was eventually taken in by Tall Shadow’s group via encouragement from Gray Wing a little while after she met him. She gets close to Wind Runner over time then joins her group when Wind Runner splits off from Tall Shadow’s. Even after leaving Slash’s group she still cared about her friends there. She thought one of them; Bee, was finally coming around only to be pressed to return and attacked when she refused.
I just find Fern Leaf’s character so interesting and would love a proper video on her.
Yes, she was a great character from the second half of the arc!
i dont remember this character at all (i havent read dotc since it came out) but youve described her so well that now i want to reread all of dotc just so i can see her
OH MY GOD YES I FORGOT ABOUT HERR
@@nyxskip Yes, for sure do that! DOTC is my favourite Warriors arc and it has so many amazing characters. Rereading it is always a great time and I guarantee you won’t regret it!
@@Krill_Phil i did it! fern leaf is definitely one of my favorite characters, i love her friendship with gray wing. somewhat unrelated but i feel like dotc has way more solid black cats than any other arc lol
What about snowtuft. I know recently he’s been talked about a lot but I think it would interesting to hear all about how your opinion on the the snowkit snowtuft theory and if I’m if you think he deserved to be in starclan.
I hated Snowtuft, I'm sorry but he is confusing
I only cares about snow tuft because he was a back round dark forest character who was just kinda their so they had basically a blank slate for him, I think they did alright with him overall in Broken Code
I’m really glad they showed the harm Millie’s reaction did. Because it’s a very common response for parents of disabled children. There’s being sad about the hardship your child has to face, and then there’s implying your child would be better off dead than disabled. It’s sad that Millie’s character goes this way, but I think it shows even more how Jayfeather helps Briarlight and how she overcomes her mother’s words and finds happiness.
I am not a physically disabled person (yet suspect neurodivergency) but I think Briarlight's trauma with her ableist mother is great represented. I relate to how parents deny the disability and victimize, and even ignore their child and I know how painful that is and how it affects you later on, the useless feeling and the eventual need to h@rm yourself thinking that you deserve it.
Briarlight's experiences are so accurate to my own. Some people becoming overbearingly "helpful", some people distancing themselves because you or what happened to you makes them uncomfortable, even Blossomfall's painful jealousy. I definitely read that as her feeling incredibly guilty and not blaming Briar at all. And of course she wouldn't talk to anyone about it, she feels like it makes her unforgivable, she certainly never forgives herself for those feelings. I think the reactions are all very well written, very real reactions, ablism included.
Briarlight constantly minimising herself and her needs is also frighteningly accurate, especially the "I'm not useful, so I don't deserve to eat." mentality. 😅
I adore Briarlight for so many reasons. Longtail was one of my favourite characters and his death was so hard for me and when Briarlight died I was a mess. Completely and utterly devastated.
I’d love to see you talk about Daisy! She’s so interesting to me
I think you should talk about deadfoot, he is Crowfeather’s dad, tallstar’s apprentice. Plus he is one of the disabled cats that is not made to be a medicine cat or elder, instead he is a deputy! Like the one cat I can think of that got something better than him was Crookedstar, but the reason I’m not talking about Crookedstar is because he is popular and deadfoot is not, I think he is good novella Material tbh
Graystripe used up most of his "affection for offspring" on Stormfur and Feathertail, and lost his personality on the way back to the clans 😂
So basically when his overbearing spoiled wife came up 🤣
I’M NOT GIVING UP
Since you did Poppyfrost, I’d love to see one on her siblings. Honeyfern, Cinderheart, Lilyheart, and maybe even Seedpaw would be cool to see (Molepaw skipped because he existed for a book or two before they give him Greencough and killed him).
*I genuinely love Briarlight so much. She’s a great cat and I love her relationships with other cats (like Jayfeather and Alderheart as you mentioned.) and her entire personality in general. Probably one of my favorite cats in the series. She’s really sweet if I’m being honest. She helps both Jayfeather and Alderheart with their own problems even with having to deal with her own from Millie’s overprotection.*
*also I LOVE THE CUTE INTERACTIONS SHE HAS. Really makes me happy.*
I would love to hear about Russetfur! Her origins as a rogue/implied bloodclan cat and rising to shadowclan deputy I find really interesting, and she's been a popular semi-background character for a while.
I know you probably can’t talk about the new protagonists in River yet since we only have a preview, but could you maybe talk about the cats in their lives? Like Flamepaw has a lot of interesting dynamics with Sparkpelt and Baypaw, and even Lilyheart! And Sunbeam has interactions Lightleap a lot, and Blazefire. The only character I liked in Frostpaw’s chapter, besides Mothwing, was Whistlepaw.
I’m so excited for BriarLight! She is such a good character
At least when Jay'feather visits star clan she'll be waiting for him, Sweet sweet briarlight
I actually have to disagree on blossomfall. In Germany, we would call her a "shadowchild" - Someone who feels left on the side by their parents because of the terminal illness of a sibling. That often leads to misplaced grudge towards that sibling + guild for feeling that way. The way I read it, it never seemed like she wanted the same treatment from Millie towards briarlight, but just that she wanted A relationship with her mother AT ALL. I mean, come on - she comes home with a bloody head and Millie doesn't even care. That's why the argument "but she had so many other people around her!" doesn't work for me - they are not her mother. I'm an adult too, but if my mother would stop caring about me at all I would be hurt too, no matter how many good friends I have.
I'm not saying blossomfall is perfect. The obvious solution to her problem would have been to just TALK to both briarlight and Millie. But this is warrior cats and none talks to anyone, specially when you are a sidecharacter, so the authors never resolved it.
Thank you for pointing this out. I was hoping someone mentioned this.
Are you saying that as an adult, you would blame your disabled sibling if your mother stopped caring for you? Because that's what Blossomfall did. I didn't say she shouldn't be upset. I'm saying she shouldn't be upset with her sister over her mother.
@@Moonkitti No, of course not and that's not what I said. I said having a mother that doesn't care about you is upsetting for anyone at any age. Blossomfall acknowledged that none of this is briarlights fold. She seems to feel genuine sorry for her sister's condition. But she also feels bitterness that her mother stopped caring for her, and that started with briarlights injury. While she says she is angry with briarlight, she also says she is sorry that she has to go through all that, and she acknowledged that she should not feel that way towards her sister - she also NEVER lets her emotion out on her, as far as we know briarlight never even knew she felt that way. The person she seems to actually be mad at is her mother. It honestly reads like blossomfall is more angry at briarlight INJURY and Millies treatment towards herself than her actual sister as a person. And again, these are emotions that a lot of people with disabled family members feel. These people are not horrible people for simply having those emotions, as long as they don't let them out on the disabled family member, which again, SHE DOESN'T DO. Nobody HAS to like Blossomfall, I agree with you that she is a classic mean girl. But I do feel empathy for her situation, and I think her emotions are more complicated than "Well she just mean!".
@@Moonkitti honestly psyhology wise its just normal for blossomfall to get mad at her sister aswell, the same thing would probs happen with a human child/teenager, im not saying its good im saying it would take a special tipe of self realisation to realise that ur only blaming your disabled sister becouse of your mothers actions, over all that anger ur not able to think straight, and if it happens constantly then u wont ever be able to think straight. Only thearapy could fix that
@@Moonkitti Emotions and feelings can be stupid and irrational at times. I can have a strong feeling about something and know it is stupid and incorrect. Though that doesn't make it go away and it can be easier to give into it at the end of the day. Not defending her but I can kind of understand the feelings behind it. I struggle with my brain a lot and I know I need professional help since I can't do it alone.
I would love to hear you talk about Rowanclaw. He went from a pretty feisty (she)cat to a leader that let everyone walk all over him. Also him and Tawnypelt don’t appear to have much chemistry and were together. Also his granddaughter getting his name is . . . interesting.
But Rowanclaw is not a female
i'm physically disabled (not paralyzed, but still) and i remember briarlight being pretty important to me as a kid reading omen of the stars, i fell off of the series after that (couldn't get into the dawn of the clans) but i liked her a lot. i didn't know i was disabled back then but i do now and i really relate to so much about briarlight, especially with the cruelty from her mother, and i appreciate all the points you made in this video. remembering some of the things jayfeather said to her genuinely made me cry because he was so kind to her and that exchange about her not deserving to eat because she can't hunt is so similar to conversations i've had with my partner about my disability and how it affects my ability to work. i just really appreciate you talking about this and i know i'm being really emotional in the warrior cats video comment section but i just wanted to thank you. :•)
I'd love to hear you talk about Needletail! I personally think she is one of the most engaging characters Warriors has ever had, but I know how divisive she is in the fandom lol
Next discussion on Moth Flight, maybe? She’s very interesting and you can discuss a lot about her.
As a disabled person myself, I can say her struggles are surprisingly realistic. I'm not paralyzed but I suffer from chronic migraines, which is debilitating enough for me to be at home a lot so I can rest immediately and take medication if an episode occurs. Millie's complaints about her daughter being disabled and acting like her life is over is similar to what my mother did once. In both Warriors and in real life, it feels like a lot of the time people only care about a person's ability to make money and socialize. Because of that, it really does feel hard to accept oneself because we are indeed treated as "being broken." I'm honestly fine with my life and I can work around my disability but there are always Millies out there who will not be able to accept that you can have a disability and be content. It's honestly tiring and Briarlight's struggles are something I relate well to. I eventually learned that my personality is where my worth lies and that it's fine to try just living as comfortably as I can and be content with it regardless of whether or not people think is "normal."
Also, my suggestion: I think Heathertail would be a neat cat to talk about. Her character is interesting and I'm actually shocked she hasn't had her own novella yet, considering the importance she has in the lives of Lionblaze and Breezepelt.
Haven't finished the video yet, might watch it in multiple take. But I wanted to pause because I now imagine Tigerstar and Hawkfrast surrounded by butterflies in the dark forest.
Also, as someone with a disability, the scene where Briarlight want to be useful and Jayfeather says she doesn't need to be is really something, at least to me. It's like Briarlight is voicing the worries I sometimes have. Cause even knowing that it's just a stupid concept, sometimes, it's hard not to think about it, especially when everyone around you is working AND taking care of you and you feel so powerless and guilty. Idk if it was the intention of the authors, but it made Brialight felt real and close to me.
I think moth flight is an interesting character to talk about. I think its implied she had basically cat ADHD. And ive been rereading dotc and her super edition lately. Seeing the way cats treat her and get so frustrated at her made me sad and kinda relate to her myself as i recently got diagnosed with ADHD myself. She also is basically the equivalent of a teen mum studying to be a doctor and expecting to look after all her kits with little to no help
The thing I also really find charming about this dynamic is that Jayfeather is also disabled; he probably feels a kinship that he never felt with Longtail or Brightheart, who aren't his age and in his view, tell him things he already knows. He refused help then, but is willing to help her in the moment now. It's so sweet!
Please talk about Leafstar and Skyclan!!! They're the most logical and seemingly moral clan and have some of my favorite characters.
Could you talk about Berrynose? He’s had a very interesting life, being one of the apprentices that grew up with lionblaze, and we got to explore him a bit. Now that he’s dead we have nothing more to explore and we can fully dive deep into his character
Never really liked him (well, since Power of Three, when he was a kit he was cool), but he didn't deserve what happened to him in The Broken Code :/
“” Woah you do care about disabled people, I guess you people are civilized!” Got me cracking
Id love to hear about sol!! i feel he was severely underused for a villain and he could have been more interesting. the fandom doesnt talk about him enough in my opinion. any of the athiest cats are really cool and interesting story wise, because they are directly denying after evidence. and hes just cool lol. Great vid on briarlight, too!! love to see her getting more attention
I'm pretty sure at some point reading this series I was laughing dangerously hard at Millie's attitude to jayfeather authoritivly biting her daughter over and over
im not physically disabled, but i am a t1 diabetic
briarlights death really hurts me bc i almost died the same way, insisting nothing was wrong n that i didnt want to bother people as i was literally dying of ketoacidosis
in my deluded state of mind, which i almost dont remember, only from being told by family, all i said was im fine to my parents n paramedics
i also struggle with a bunch of self hatred to my worth, thinking im a burden on the money and lives of people that care about me, similar to briarlight
briarlights death Destroyed me, to the point i didnt finish avos n didnt start tbc, i want the new arc though
As a kid, my older brother was diagnosed with ADHD. Immediately he was getting so much more attention from my parents. I didn’t feel like it was fair.
I had naturally good grades then, even envying him because
“If I had grades like him, my parents wouldn’t expect any better from me.”
Looking back I realize this is more my parents fault than his.
Now I’ve been diagnosed with it as well ironically, and I didn’t get any extra attention like he did but I realized- I didn’t really WANT any.
I was a kid, who saw my brother getting so much more attention than me and felt jealous and unloved.
I don’t really hold anything over my brother anymore, meaningless envy for years gone.
I can understand Blossomfall. Although I believe she should’ve tried harder to really understand what Briarlight was going through, in the warrior cat universe where people don’t really even tell each other things I cant blame her.
If her mother had given her as much attention as Briarlight this wouldn’t be an issue. So of course it’s Millies fault, and not her sisters but Millie is her mother.
I used to wish something happened to me like breaking my arm as a kid, just for some attention. I would lie a lot just to get reactions.
I wonder if I would be able to make more friends if I wasn’t so jealous and lonely in the past
I obviously know better now, but I still regret those years.
A similar thing to Briarlight’s incident happened to my mother’s friend. She and her husband were surveying their property after a storm to see if anything was damaged. A large branch on one of their trees was, in fact, heavily damaged and fell on my mother’s friend. Her back was injured and her legs have been paralyzed for five years now, I think. She started walking around again with a walker like a year ago, and her recovery is awesome.
I’m not paralysed but I did feel useless a lot…that ended in me getting more attention by my parents and it caused a rift with me and my brother…it was painful reading this and I was hoping briarlight and blossomfall wouldn’t drift away…it would bring back too much memories but at the same time I was upset that it couldn’t happen with me and my brother…it was fun seeing this thank you for showing us this I appreciate it.
6:11 I just have to say that is the ❤️cutest❤️ picture of Briarlight and Jayfeather I have ever seen, not in a shippy way but it just shows off their dynamic in the best way and it perfectly encapsulates what you're talking about when you're talking about it. Also I love bright eyed Briarlight!
I loved Briarlight so much. She was such a good character for Jayfeather and her chemistry with him is easily the best of any characters in the series. Not even in a ship way, she was just so great for him and I think her place as his foil really helped both characters shine. I'm still so upset about her death, Jay is my favorite character and watching his heart break made it so clear how important she was to him.
Bluefur, she`s a popular character and is pretty intresting in her super edition. I think she would be fun to talk about not only because of the events in her life, but also what she thinks about these events. And mostly because I just like Bluefur in general.
the jayfeather-briairlight dynamic is the best thing that's happened to the warrior cats books since scourge's death. i love how after briairlight dies jayfeather is an emotional wreck it shows how much he cares about his patients i still wish briarlight didn't die but im glad we got to see jayfeather like this
I'd love to see a video about Icecloud and Foxleap. They're characters who appear in your videos more often that other background cats, and they actually have a little personality. They're pretty funny, I think.
i'm physically disabled and use a wheelchair, and to be honest i wish they kept briarlight disabled in starclan, as a sort of sentiment that she lived a happy and fulfilled life with her disability and it wasn't something that needed to be changed. in her life, other cats fretted and panicked over her disability, and viewed and talked about her as if she was incomplete. i feel like it would have been a nice conclusion for her to remain disabled in starclan to show that she was always complete. instead i feel like they reinforced this idea by "fixing" her disability in heaven.
it reminds me of people always hoping that my disability will be magically cured (it's chronic unless you're really lucky), and viewing my life as sad when i'm really grateful for the life that i have, disability and all. there are some things i won't experience, but there are joys i have that i get from being disabled. i love the feeling of the ground rumbling beneath my wheelchair, and i love that my disability has made me slow down and appreciate moments as they happen. i'd miss out on so much more if i spent all my time hoping that i can be cured like others seem to do for me.
disabled lives can be whole and complete and full of joy, and i feel like they really missed out on sending that message home when they "fixed" her in the end. i wouldn't want my disability to be taken away in the afterlife, i'd just hope that heaven has ramps.
i'd ADORE a video about Riverstar/River Ripple. hes both the founder of Riverclan (which seems to have completely changed as time has passed, feeling very distanced from his ideals and motivation) AND made the mentor/apprentice system, an important part of the Warriors universe. it would also be cool to see any of your predictions for his super edition? since we dont know much about him other than a few appearances in moth Flight's Vision, Leopardstar's Honor and DOTC (not much!!!) i feel like the Erins could do ANYTHING with his character.
Thrushpelt needs more love. He did so much for Bluestar and I just love how he was supportive no matter what. Some of the lines about Thrushpelt or from Thrushpelt are my favourite in the entirety of Bluestar's Prophecy.
DOVEWING.
she struggled a lot in her life and went through a lot - responsibility of powers at a young age, some trauma from rippletail's death, her relationship with ivypool, the love triangle/corner with bumblestripe and tigerheart. losing her powers, having to cope with that, and leaving thunderclan.
would love to see a video on her! ive always really loved her
Jayfeather when Hollyleaf dies: Ouch that hurt anyway . . .
Jayfeather when Brairlight dies: *deep breath* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Crookedstar. I grew up with an abusive mother and seriously my favorite character.
About Blossomfall, I knew a family who functioned essentially the same way as this. Two parents, one disabled (mentally, not physically, however) child, and two non-disabled children. The mother was obsessed with her daughter's disability and any attention was focused on her. She never had the same negative reaction as Briarlight, mostly because she was too young to understand and couldn't express it regardless of if she wanted to, as she was nonverbal. The father didn't do that but didn't pay as much attention to his other children anyway. One child remained unjealous and sympathetic whilst the other became bitter and angry, with much of that directed towards his sibling. I feel empathy towards them because they were young and didn't know better than to be jealous of her, and their parents were most definitely neglectful of their needs.