I just wish Brightheart could have trained Hollypaw. There's no reason she couldn't train an able-bodied apprentice

Akira: "In warriors, you can only be a medicine cat or a warrior." Daisy: *Am I a joke to you?*

"Don't be Spottedleaf" is the best advice anyone has ever given

I feel that Jay wasn't given a full chance to train him before he chose to become a med cat, however, she should have totally gotten Hollypaw after the switch

I feel like it would have been interesting if Hollypaw became a medicine cat, like the moment where she almost poisons her own mother, and how that would have been with her role and with Jaypaw I think Jaypaw would have cast out Hollypaw from being a medicine cat, especially beacuase it could have been right after the secret was exposed, or that Leafpool would have done it and Jaypaw would have been quite sad and disappointed in his sister and come closer to Leafpool and have no shame in her when the secret was exposed Edit: oop thanks for the likes I appreciate it a lot!

I’m kind of curious on what the books would be like if Hollypaw/leaf stayed as a medicine cat now

They should have had a medicine cat apprentice contest at the daylight gathering. Like: who can find a specific Herb fastest, or a older medicine cat could mix some herbs and the apprentices will have to try and figure out what herbs are in the mixture, that way jaypaw could be in a Contest

I'm still sad that brightheart didnt get to have an apprentice. She would have been a good mentor

Okay but seriously.. unless Jayfeather has other health problems he is literally a normal cat, blind cats do not have trouble with normal actions and can see things without you know.. seeing, their whiskers and hearing are huge boosts

I feel like Jaypaw's training was handled very poorly all he did was listen to Longtail tell him what other senses he should be using when he already knows this stuff it's not like he developed his blindness or was starting to go blind he was born blind and knew this stuff already. But to me the worst thing in this arc is when Leafpool is freaking out about Cinderpaw's leg and he asks her if it would be so bad for her to not be what she wants to be because he didn't get to she just looks at him and says "Jayfeather you are blind!" I was just as appalled as Jayfeather and had to put down the book and take a break.

Ableism is differently a problem in Warriors. Cinderpelt, for example, could've easily learned to use her injured leg. Sure, it would take some time and practice, but it's possible. Three legged cats get along just as well as cats with four legs. They didn't have to shove her into the medicine den. Also, Longtail could've easily stayed a warrior. Again, somebody, maybe Brightheart, would've needed to give him some extra training, but he would've gotten along just fine. Why can't we have more situations where disabled characters are given a chance to live a normal life? I think Deadfoot and Brightheart were the only guys who got a chance to follow their hopes and ambitions. Deadfoot knew that his lame foot didn't define him, and he got around perfectly. And Brightheart was just as good as any other cat, even when she lost half her face. Why can't we have more of that? Just why?

I honestly feel bad for the meds who were forced to be a medicine cat. They all could’ve passed as a warrior over time.

DONT BE SPOTTED LEAF- *But what if I wanna smell like her?-*

Fun Fact: I thought for over five years the cat on the cover of Outcast was Hollyleaf only for a group of people to tell me it’s Breezepelt

Akira: In Warrior Cats, you can only be a medicine cat or a warrior *Tree has left the chat*

I also remember that Hollypaw kind of pretended to follow along and know things, but it slowly became more and more obvious that she didn’t know what she was doing at times. She pretended to be knowledgeable for importance and recognition. Also, good job squeezing in career tips! 😂

This is going to sound silly, but in the anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica, they actually talk about how--while you may not achieve your dream job--you can always find a career/path that makes you fulfilled and happy. It reminds me of Jayfeather. While he dreamed of being a warrior, he did not achieve it...but he found something that could make him happy with his life. It's a beautiful sentiment.

I am going to flip a table if the next thunderclan med cat is forced on the job or if I see another disabled cat shoved into the med den it’s infuriating

I was so mad when Spottedleaf took Yayfeather from Dark Forest and Tigerstar. I wanted to see Yayfeather being trained by Tigerstar and being a antagonist. Not only he could've been a amazing and kinda misunderstood character but I wanna see a antagonist protagonist arc.

Awww their apprentice designs are so cute!

I'm honestly curious on what would have happened if they didn't switch. . I actually really want to see Hollyleaf as med cat, and Jay as a warrior. Would anything change, or stay the same?

Hollypaw was great at healing, it's just that she did it backwards.

At least Hollyleaf knew which the deathberries were

Notice how this video doesn’t talk about Lionblaze, only Hollyleaf and Jayfeather? *Because Lionblaze doesn’t do anything worth talking about*

I hate how every thunderclan med cat wanted to be a warrior at least once. Like why can’t we get a medicine cat who wants to learn medicine because they’re interested?

I’m kind of interested in writing/reading a Hollyleaf medicine cat AU fanfic now

When I was reading "Power of Three" I kinda knew Jay-Paw/Feather would become a medicine cat cuz of his power and connection to StarClan. Man the memories 😩

Remember when Firestar refused to give Brightheart a fully sighted apprentice because she's half blind? While i understand the point of ableism in these books, cats at a disadvantage are more vulnerable in the harsh wild and all that, i feel like the books have gotten worse about it. snowkit getting carried off by a hawk did make sense and he did struggle, but we haven't seen a deaf cat in warriors since, i dont think anyway, and it makes no sense as to why a deaf cat surrounded by a community couldn't still be a good fighter and even hunter with some practice. Deadfoot and Crookedstar rose to great positions in spite of their deformities, Hopkit's apprentice ceremony even explained that while the name was ghastly, it wasn't necessarily disrespect, also would've loved to have a Deadstar but ya know. and Stormkits mom was just an ass, so. And cloudtail helped brightheart learn how to use other cats underestimating her or being startled by her deformaty to her advantage. Meannwhile... Cinderpelt was forced to be a medicine cat cause of her hind leg, Jayfeather lost confidence in his battle abilities which makes no sense since most battles are close combat, he could've definitely learned grapples and we see him hunt later. I don't even think he had battle practice before he lost a battle (i could be wrong its been years, i just remember his complaining about the constant border trips). not to mention Longtail, a cat that had to adapt to *becoming* blind, and brightheart, a cat who was half blind, underestimated him to great frustration. I dont care much for ashfur but i almost think he should've gotten jayfeather. we know he sure af wouldn't go easy on him. Meanwhile i feel like brighthearts empathy and patience would've been good for hollyleaf, not to mention, great learning oppurtunity for Hollypaw to know not to underestimate warriors just because they have visible injuries. not to mention those training scenes would've really interesting and unique.

I actually do remember this and it’s in like 5 pmv ideas I have. It’s a cool thing to wonder what could’ve happened if hollyleaf was a medicine cat, especially when she was just in it for the recognition of being one.

I wish we had an evil medicine cat who used their role of helping others to help themselves. They get to choose who lives and dies, and talk to starclan or the dark forest behind other living cats’ backs.

Wonder what would have happened if Jay stayed as a warrior (or even did both? like help leaf when needed, but train as a warrior the rest of the time)

TYSM FOR THE COMMENTARY ON JAYPAW!! As someone who's disabled I completely agree with your commentary on how the books handled his disability.

This is why in my Clowders, Healers are trained as Scouts, placeholder replacement for warriors, and Healers at the same time so they know how to hunt, fight and heal as good as their Clowdermates do. I even have a blind General and a deaf Lieutenant. Not in the same Clowder, but it's still cool. I feel like Hollyleaf would have been an okay medicine cat, with Jayfeather's help on the sidelines. Also. Brightheart deserved so much more than she got.

My favorite part of the book was the idea of a daylight gathering. Why don’t the cats have more festivals and celebrations?

Jayfeather should have been a warrior. No one took the time to actually try and train him. If they had he would have been fine

Fun fact: Holly would have been a great med, but starclan deleted the memories of the herbs and stuff cause Jay was supposed to become the med

Still unfair how Brightheart never got an apprentice

Spoilers for power of three I think if hollyleaf had been apart of the three maybe she would have stayed as a medicine cat and jayfeather stayed a warrior. Hollyleaf might have had healing powers. I mean I don't know maybe. So this is how I thought the books could have gone. Jaykit hollykit and lionkit go after the foxes. And Jaykit and hollykit fall down the cliff. Hollykits fall is stopped by jaykit. Jaykit then starts to Yowl in pain. Hollykit hears a voice and it tells he to lick the thorns out of Jaykits eyes so she does. The voice was spottedleaf. Then the thorns fall out. Jaypaws eyes are just fine now. He also now has the best eyesight because hollykits power is to heal. Leafpool sees what hollykit did and praises her for her quick thinking. Now hollypaw jaypaw and lionpaw are apprenticed jaypaw to brackenfur lionpaw to ashfur and hollypaw to leafpool. Hollypaw is good at being a medicine cat and she likes it to. Also her powers help her to but her powers have a limit. She can't bring back the dead or heal major wounds. She's able to soothe them though. Also the herbs she touch become better at there job. Jaypaw still has the same powers. And he finds out about the prophecy. and he walks in the medicine cats dreams from the camp. Then ashfur tries to kill them and then the secret is revealed. And ashfur. Lets them go. Then lionblaze is by the river and ashfur shows up he then taunts lionblaze until lionblaze can't stand it and leaps at ashfur. They fight until lionblaze kills ashfur. then at the gathering hollyleaf tells everyone about leafpool. Out of fear lionblaze runs into the tunnels. Every thing sorta goes like this. Also I thought maybe dovewing could be the fourth cat but maybe not. And maybe she and ivypool both train in the dark forest. Also I like this version because if you think about it you'll see that there eyes match there powers Lionblazes eyes are orange and orange is close to red and red usually stand for fighting and stuff like that Hollyleafs eyes are green for Healing And jayfeathers eyes are blue for seeing

I directly fell in love with jay and holy in the book I was so glad that jay becomes one of the best medicine cat and holy one of my favourite female characters with squirrelflight leafpool and every other female characters

Akira: Jaypaw Captions: no, it’s j-pop

I do appreciate this video for holding a more nuanced discussion on Jayfeather's blindness. A lot of talk I hear boils down to "Jayfeather didn't get to live out his dream of being a warrior cause of his blindness and therefore his character portrayal is ableist and bad." While the book doesn't do it perfectly, I do like how you give his writing more credit than many people do.

though, i DO think that jayfeather (or jaypaw in this case) was forced into the position of medicine cat. but in then end he learned to accept it and actually came to love his job, even if some cats will forever be annoying with their small pains or over reactions.

I was waiting for such a long time for a video about this tbh And the fact that i was re-reading the sight just a few day ago

I world actually like jayfeather as a warrior more then a medicine cat!

Bright Guardian Akira: Jaypaw Auto generated captions: J-pop

I remember! I kinda liked it. It wouldve been cool it Jayfeather managed to pull off the blind warrior

Anyone remember the scene where misty’foot literally got caught by two legs AND ESCAPED?

Yeah actually. I never forgot about that weirdly enough and my memory tends to be trash! Wooo! I remembered something for once!

Hollypaw really wanted to be a medicine cat and there aren’t many cats that can say that. And she was robbed of it lol Though I would’ve loved a plot in which she insists on being medicine cat apprentice and it goes on so long that she does learn important skills and whatnot and then something happens and she has to become a deputy and later Hollystar. Medicine cat to leader would’ve been epic and Holly would’ve been best pick for it IMO.

At 7:28 the third step: "Don't be like Spottedleaf, be like Brightheart or Firestar" got me, I'm it's not a joke, but I just find it funny how the sentence was made.

Daisy tree the moor runners and tunnellers be like: I exist u know?

I just started reading The Sight, I cant wait to see this part :3

Hi Oh I’m first Well thank you akira for doing a vid on the power of the three my fav thing in warrior:D

Something I've just thought about... we've had 2 blind cats in thunderclan (as far as I can remember), being longtail and Jayfeather. Longtail retiring early when his sight failing and Jayfeather feeling like he needs to be a medicine cat... one cat I dont see many people mention is Brokenstar. After being blinded he still participated in the siege in thunderclan camp. Granted he was able to surprise his guard but I also remember him still being intimidating and formidable. Imagine what he couldve done if he had been trained to fight while blind instead of confined as prisoner. Of course Brokentail is a bad guy but still... most the cats in thunderclan were still intimidated. I feel like had they actually given Jayfeather a solid effort he couldve been a great warrior and even used people underestimating him cause of his disability to his advantage, like brightheart.

Hey! I wrote a fanfic about Jay becoming a warrior :)

Goodbye Lionpaw!

I never liked how Warriors handles ablism

i've literally always seen hollyleaf as a medicine cat even though i know it's jayfeather canonically

Posible Spoilers if you haven’t read the Power of Three yet!!!

im just getting to that part while rereading

The cats look so cute when they are young.

"Don't be Spottedleaf" is solid life advice tbh

That's Pretty Cool

You should read seekers it is Like warriors

Yes

Akira: "Don't be SpottedLeaf. " SpottedLeaf after that: All around me are familiar faces starts playing*

If someone is actively make their own lives worse because they are in a job that isn't working out (e.g. the hours are terrible, pay is terrible, they don't enjoy it or they aren't good at it and aren't getting anywhere but are being completely fixated on it to the detriment of their life) but they refuse to leave then you need to be spottedleaf. Some people do not come to these conclusions on their own and need a push. They can choose whether to listen but sometimes people need to hear the truth.

I remember this like it was yesterday… *It was not yesterday…*

I love your vids so much💕💕

i have always wonderd why brightheart made jaypaw help the elders the first day?

Hollyleaf is my favorite character 😢

I love that Akira just used warrior cats to give us career advice

"Jaypaw choose to be a medicine cat" yeah, after being insulted, talked down and coerced to believe he couldn't be a warrior. Sure, things turn out alright in the end but that doesn't excuse what he went through to get there. Who knows, maybe I'm letting my own disability as a hard of hearing person cloud my judgement. Im just saying, they didnt even try training Jaypaw as a warrior and we he "accepted" what he knew all along, I felt sick and had to put down the book.

Warriors: The Sight Featuring: Jaypaw

Do you ever host Begginer friendly MAPS?

If the beginning of you videos have this does this mean your a river clan cat or can your character just swim pls tell in a new video

Oh yes, Akira. I remember that happening. BECAUSE I JUST FINISHED THAT BOOK!!! {I’m so smart 😝}

was this a repost? i feel like I've seen this already

Can we talk about how apparently it's against the medicine cat code for a medicine cat/apprentice to become a warrior??? Just more evidence that the codes are dumb

Jaypaw wants to spread happiness 😮

But what if holly paw had the opposite as a medicine cat

If you look at the cover jay-kit doesn't look like blind to me with those pupils

No I didn't remember this at all Although I've only read 7 books so far...

Was that poll seriously 6 months ago? (Well 7 now I guess)

I just finished The Sight. How ironic that a video talking about one of the main conflicts of the book would come out right after?

cool video

The disadvantage of blindness would just be to much to overcome in a battle iam afraid. Cats like tigerstar saw their attacker head on, and still got merced, and jayfeather is certainly not the fierce warrior tigerclaw was.

"....Without being bored or irritated" Not irritated or bored? Not irritated?? hmmmmm.... Not irritated... HMMMMMMM

So I was playing a game called picture cross, it was a puzzle game and the music sounded a lot like yours and I’m kind of concerned

Early, ayyy

Oh yeah, that was hilarious

HI AKIRA! I’m early for once!

i wish jayfeather had been a warrior it’s not that i don’t like him as a medicine cat it’s just he could have become a warrior he’s blind so it would have been a lot more interesting for him to figure it out than him being a medicine cat because it’s his destiny i wish he had trained in the dark forest because it would have been interesting to see him learn how to fight with eyes going to without eyes cinderpelt didn’t do what she was destined to and she lived happily so i mean i don’t like seeing jayfeather do something like that because they where not experimenting with him like they did with his mentor on how to hunt and fight while blind

DO ANOTHER OC VIDEO!

Jaykit

Longtail and Jayfeather is having the same side of the same coin in the book.

Hi from Russia:)

WOW, EARLY! 4 views?! god! Also, LionBlaze totally deserved less chapters

Cute designer 36

I now a blind cat how Hunter!!!!!!!!!!