One time I RPed as a former kittypet who was declawed. I tried to emphasize the fact that he walked as though his paws were in pain, and somehow I became deputy. This is really helpful, btw!

The advice you've given in this video is absolutely amazing! But, here's a reminder! Blindness and deafness are spectrums. A cat could be blind or deaf in one eye/ear, or both ears/eyes, and not entirely! It doesn't always have to be 100% blind/deaf. Even entirely blind people have a sense of the light spectrum too. Your cat could have failing eyesight or hearing that fades to an entirety of blindness/deafness, or just permanently very bad eyesight/hearing. There's different types of blindness. Some have cataracts, some have diabetic or age-related blindness, some have un-corrected refractive errors. Others are born with deafness/blindness at birth. Whilst unlikely a COMPLETELY blind or deaf kitten will survive to become an apprentice, it doesn't mean an able-bodied kitten is 100% likely to survive either, blind and deaf kittens are MORE susceptible to disease and predatory animals. Even certain breeds of cats are more susceptible to ear and eye disease which can often result in permanent or temporary blindness/deafness! Results of disabilities like these not only can be age-induced, inherited at birth or from an injury but also disease. Example in Bengal cats: Also referred to as PRA, progressive retinal atrophy involves genetic disorders that cause the degeneration of a Bengal cat’s eyes. As time goes on, a Bengal cat with PRA may experience vision loss. Some cats even become blind due to the disease. Some cats start to display signs of PRA while still kittens, while others do not show signs until later in life. Unfortunately, progressive retinal atrophy is inherited, so it affects both males and females.

I just want to mention another thing to help with deaf cats! As we saw with Snowkit, his speech was very slurred compared to others, so you can use the adjective ‘stuttered’ or ‘slurred’ when speaking! I would also like to add that Snowkit is my favourite character (don’t judge)

5:48 Nuh uh! A cat born blind can still be a warrior, it will be a disadvantage in fighting but they can still hunt just as well. Even in real life, cats don’t rely much on their vision to hunt, so a blind cat in a fantasy series could certainly adapt. And besides, a blind cat could memorize the territory just as well as any normal warrior, Jayfeather proves this! Speaking of Jayfeather, the only reason he became a medicine cat was because starclan made him. He easily could have become a warrior, and so could any blind cat.

Im pretty experienced with roleplaying as disabled ocs, and was honestly coming into this video expecting worser advice as to what I would give, but honestly you did a GREAT job! I honestly learned a lot more than what I already knew, especially on deaf ocs. So seriously, good job :D

I love how she did the "Transform Spin" when becoming different characters lol

Ok uh I just got this in my recommendations, and while I don’t play wcue at all I do however am in the warriors fandom and I will note HOLY COW I didn’t think people actually took role playing as disabled characters in wcue super seriously. The fact everyone is trying to be as accurate and as positive with learning how a disabled cat’s usual life differs from the abled varies genuinely makes me feel happy. And just to note, as a hard of hearing by birth person myself, i’d just reccommend that your oc’s communication can vary greatly depending on the context of their deafness. For instance, a profoundly deaf cat wouldn’t likely be able to speak as well, like snowkit, but if the cat is just moderately deaf or mild, for instance, it’s more likely they’ll hear better, but will take more time to process as well as have a bit of difficulty speaking and communicating verbally, as they can misunderstand easily, yelling may be indecipherable to them, and may mistake words meanings or phrase their words a bit differently, and may not be able to notice how loudly they’re speaking as well! Anyways, just speaking from my view as I am no expert but as someone who indeed has hearing loss I wanted to say this! Great video, keep up the work 👍

Im actually partially deaf irl so that would be fun to roleplay as a deaf cat

Zzomiez this was so helpful! Imediately went to WCUE and played as a disabled warrior and i became Deputy and then Leader! Thank you Zzomies.

*gasps at the name MARIGOLDtail* I loved the video btw :3

i almost always play as a half blind oc called Snowleaf, and i was asked "Snowleaf can you cure this cats blindness" i said no sry blindness can't be cured and helped guide them back home

I have a blind elder oc! Their name is Blind’eyes, formerly known as Spider’pelt, was retired to the elders den when he became blind. He uses his smell and hearing to sense other cats, but they aren’t as good as he grows older.

This really helped a lot as I don't know how to react to being in disabilities Once, I wanted to roleplay as a cat who lost their sight from falling down the gorge but I didn't know what to do 😅 thank you!

a fun thing about cats, their whiskers are VERY sensitive. they're another sensory input used to judge the distance of things around them. they wouldn't bump and hit their head very much, if at all. unlike a lot of people tend to think, blind animals (especially felines) are far from helpless.

This helps a lot with my disabled oc's!

what about... mute cats?

Aghhhhh Tysm! This helped me so mischievous for my lil elder Twisted’foo who (like in her name ) has a twisted front paw and is half’blind :3

Disability is a spectrum and all, so here’s a couple tips I’ve got for more generalised hearing loss taken right from a tumblr post that was really cohesive but I didn’t save the username of like a fool - as well as personal experience with hard of hearing ocs! (I’m not as experienced with other disablities but if y’all have any questions - about deaf cats or anything else - I’ll gladly prattle on to you about it. Might as well get into the spirit of disability pride month this July, yeah?) HEARING LOSS IMPORTANT - avoid them speaking with broken grammar, in third person, or with overly simplistic vocabulary like a caveman or toddler. If a deaf or hard of hearing cat can speak they will also be taught grammar - they will not suddenly forget how to speak if they lose their hearing - teaching deaf cats to speak verbally is a slow and dedicated process - if your oc is blind or deaf in one ear, they will lose/not have depth perception for that sense! So, unable to gauge how far a sound or sight is. - cats rely on hearing much more than they do eyesight. A cat would notice hearing loss as a problem long before even WE would. - blue eyed white cats are most genetically predisposed to being born deaf, but any cat can ! - hearing impaired cats are often loud. They need to be able to hear themselves, or they won’t notice the sounds they’re making. - cats have carpal whiskers on their paws. Less sensitive than facial whiskers, but still can assist your cat in picking up vibrations. - even if your clan doesn’t attempt an official sign language your cat can and will find some way to communicate, even if it’s just with family or friends ! - lipreading is extremely difficult. seriously it’s a nightmare. You need a clear view of the face, the cat needs to be clearly and slowly speaking, and it has to be a single speaker. It’s going to be useless for clan wide arguments or debates. And they’re not going to catch every word! - hearing loss is a spectrum. Your oc could only struggle with hearing quieter sounds, like hushed conversation or birdsong or the crunch of leaves, or they could only be able to hear extremely loud sounds like a gunshot. - RIVERCLAN - 2ND BEST you don’t need to hear fish to catch them. When leafbare comes it’ll be more difficult, though! Due to the swimming cats likely get a lot of ear infections and thus deaf cats would be more common in this clan :] - WINDCLAN - 1ST BEST The moorland has low lying vegetation. It’s not filled with crunchy leaves or water and there’s very little to make noise accidentally on. Most predators a deaf cat wouldn’t be able to spot in time despise open areas like moorlands. The only concern are twoleg dogs and for smaller cats, hawks, neither of which are particularly stealthy. - SHADOWCLAN - 3RD BEST With lush thick ferns and reeds (it IS a wetland) it can be quite annoying for a cat who can’t hear. Mud makes sound, too, so the damp environment doesn’t help much in the way of stealth. Predators will be lurking everywhere in swampy wetlands, and could easily sneak up on your cat. However, they hunt frogs, which generally aren’t hunted by sound! - THUNDERCLAN - 4TH BEST; or, DEAF CAT NIGHTMARE ZONE Forests are awful to hunt in if you can’t hear. Imagine walking in a field with invisible landmines that immediately broadcast your entire location to everything in the area. Yeah. Yeah. Rodent prey requires hearing to catch and a lot of cover means predators could and will be everywhere.

I love these informative types of videos!! Btw if you’re having a hard time saying warrior/elder or apprentice/warrior, etc. I’d personally just say character :3 if you haven’t already, you should do a video on how to roleplay a kit since I see a lot of people struggle to capture the actual mannerisms of a young kit!

This video actually has helped me to rp better with my blind OC

Ur voice is so angelic 😻🙏 Loves the video, hella helpful

My oc Blinkpaw (idk don’t ask) he’s blind but I got the hang of using him and understanding his behaviors by using his sense of smell, hearing, and feeling. He also becomes friends with others that help him because he couldn’t get around whenever he had to go to training to become a warrior(once he became a med cat apprentice) and they had to teach him and help him around. It’s always fun to play as him because everyone is always trying to help him while some try to baby him. the med cats, kits, and others are fun to chat with and helpful to get him around and help him figure out where the heck he is, especially since he came from shadow clan but left it as a young kitty by his mother. In short I love Blinkpaw and people help him at times as well.

This helped alot ty! ^^

Awesome video :) Funny story! Once I was playing as a blind rouge oc and I wandered into windclan camp and they didn’t realize that I was blind and kept on making jokes about me hunting in camp and stuff I forgot to tell them that I was blind because I thought they looked at my bio and then the leader was like “Oop their blind” and everyone started treating me nicer 😭

I have a oc named stone her father had brunt her leg as a apprentice and her mother died saving her se she has guilt,yet she had learned to run and Junp with leg with the balance with her large tail!

I have a warrior who was in a forest fire accident leaving almost his whole body burnt and one specific thing that I have always kept consistent is the fact that he does not allow other warriors to touch him due to burn wounds stinging if something or someone touching them he’s still able to do his warrior job just fine is just that he would have to visits the medicine den quiet a lot because of his burns (love the video I think it’s was very informative especially the blind one considering I have a lot of blind oc’s lol)

Your voiced calmed me down SO well. bc a hurricane is gonna hit me but not in the eye zone or red zone maybe yellow or green its cool i found you ^^

a tip if you want to rp a deaf and mute oc: turn off the chat. then you can’t chat or see people’s chats.

Your voice is so soft and pretty!

thanks this rlly helped!

This was super helpful ty

Hiiiii big fan i dont comments a lot but i love your vids ❤❤❤❤❤

Tysm! I wanted to know how to rp as one of these because it was hard!

Btw if you are a blind medicine cat and you are at the tunnels before the Moonstone’s cave, you can say that you use your whiskers to know if you can continue walking or if the tunnel is getting narrower, cuz that’s why whiskers exist. Btw sorry for my grammar, I’m not English but I’m learning :)

These are so helpful! Because I had a deaf/mute still wasn’t sure lol😅 it’s so easy to rp as my baby tinystalk thank u for this help! I once rped as tinystalk being deaf and every-single-CAT! Literally avoided talking to me I was literally only talking to people if I started the conversation 😢

I have an oc who I sometimes use whose half blind, she was born half blind. Though for the story I have for her states that she's a kitty-pet I have used her for clan roleplay. She has two names that I use. For kitty-pet RPs her name is Fantasy, this name holds a lot of history and I'll be happy to share the story if anyone asks, when I use her for clan RPs her name is Quill-suffix, almost all the time she's just an apprentice.

Thanks for the blind rp tips I used these without knowing before lol (my blind oc is ocean'tail if you see her say hi :3)

8:03 nice bio :0

Off topic, but the deaf cat morph looks like one of my morphs :0

i have a jayfeather morph.. ppl were chanting 'ALL HAIL JAYFEATHER' when i joined

I sometimes used to play as Crystalgaze, an elder cat! Most of my time was in the camp just walking around and sniffing things, I even walked slowly to prevent bumping on things or other cats. It was fun, almost all the clan asked me every day how I was and if I needed something

I almost Always rp as my oc Charred Sun whom was permanently damaged on her front leg due to a fire where she lost her litter mates bay strike and hornetrise,This was super helpful though!

Can you do how to rp as a Ex Barn cat? I find it difficult because it’s hard to make it try seem like it’s not the main thing about your character but not trying to ignore it at all!

3:40 deaf people & animals can also still communicate with speech, but their tones often won't match the subject of their words & will be slurred and heavily mispronounced, most commonly known as a 'deaf accent'! I wanted to note this because I have a deaf oc & when I roleplay as her, most other people forget or ignore her lack of hearing, no matter how emphasized, simply because she can speak. also, deaf animals & people can feel vibrations, so they can feel something approach or even tell if a cat is speaking, just not able to hear their words. also, a general tip for disabled ocs, especially ones who are warriors: don't 'baby' the character too much, it enforces the stereotype that disabled people are helpless & can't function on their own, & ends up making your oc a gross caricature rather than something that reflects life. of course, your oc can have massive hurdles with certain activities, but at least have them try to be independent!

i have a oc who's mainly deaf (very poor hearing), and i like to incorporate both lip-reading and some forms of sign language when interacting w/ others ! for example, someone may say and act out what they are telling my character at the same time. also when talking i sometimes stutter or slur my words (like how snowkits only line in the books was slurred speech)

Lives the video, good tips and tricks, but cats whiskers act as almost second eyes for them, so blind cats could get very good senses of the world around them even without being able to see. No criticism lol, this actually helped a lot, I struggle with making disabled characters personally, so thanks!

Bros ocs walking the whole forest Territory

Ty for this and my ocs name is Marigoldpelt! I found this funny

it’s not a warrior cats story, but i’ve got a cat oc called Carrie who has three legs! she hung around a barn in her younger years and got kicked by a horse, something that happened to my riding instructor’s cat a few years ago.

Hello, this rp help video reminded me of my... Mostly dead, discord server i made to help new roleplayers to learn how to rp in warrior cats... Rn I'm trying to revive it so not having any luck

"You'll rarely be an warrior, if you even be an apprentice." This statement is false. Disabled cats can become warriors just fine. Have you ever seen a blind cat hunt? Have you ever seen a cat with two legs move around? Respectfully, I think you haven't done your research while you were doing this video, I don't think you said that _really odd_ comment with bad intent, but I do have to correct you on that. It does take time for a cat to get used to their disability, if they got it later on in life, but that does _not_ mean they can "rarely be a warrior, if even an apprentice". If the cat got their disability from birth, they'll learn how to live with that, since if you lose a sense the others are heightened. These are also cats who speak fluent english, built society and have magic ghost cats, of course they'll learn how to live with their disability. I recommend you add a disclaimer somewhere. Hope this helps.

When i rp as deaf or mute ocs i like to use things like the oc using art to communicate certain things

I once roleplaywd as a kit with paralyzed back legs-

I have a blind OC that has the uncanny ability to sense vibrations in the ground (basically think of Toph from Avatar). The rest of my blind OCs do not have this ability however and rely more on scent and sound to get around. They will also use their whiskers to sense the direction of the wind. Some of them even use sticks (sort of like how people use walking canes) as a means to get better idea of the terrain around them.

I have one oc who is deaf, his littermate and him came over this because he slowly lost Hearing as a kitten and he learned to lip read! Although his words are stuttered and he mumbles, usually unsure of himself! I had another oc, who was blind after a battle, he’s an ex-Warrior now elder because he never learned how to deal with it but his mate is a kitty pet who he sometimes visits following the normal scent

When I play as a deaf oc, I use sound waves to ‘speak’ quite like sign language, it’s not very effective but it can be fun, I also once had an ex-kp oc that had a robotic leg, it’s long gone tho so now I have birdtail!

One of my cats is autistic and believe their a dog. Their name is cloudybark. For lore, their parents abandoned them before they named him.

I have a blind oc called echo who became leader in multiple rp I made sure to keep things believable while still being a good leader in one of my rp my first clan left to join shadow clan during a gathering 🥲but my second didn’t care and we became the biggest clan with well trained warriors😁

Once I was roleplaying as a blind fox and someone asked if I was blind irl..

Another tip that might extremelly important: DO NOT name oc's after their disability- I know it's common sense but I've seen a lot of players do this before and its extremelly offendive. Unless it's part of their tragic story anf it's PORTRAYED as a BAD NAME, avoid using these. If you still think that's okay, think on how you'd feel if you were born- For example, blind, and your mom decided to name you "Blindness" sounds mean, right? I had a blind leader once, and I made him have his own struggles. Despite this, he never victimized himself for his blindness or constantly pointed it out in conversations- But what upset me is that one person said "What we have a blind leader???? He can't become leader, he's blind!" And that pissed me off so much. Like people, oc's don't have to be ALL about disability. Garrett from Quest from Camelot is a great example of a disabled character that has a lot more to him than his blindness. He struggles, but he is NOT helpless. ALSO, don't search for a "medical cure" for your oc's disability, that's also not okay. People with disability don't need to be "fixed", it's part of who they are. Of course, can't speak for all disabled people, but the "Disability cure" trope can be seen as a very offensive one, so yeah, beware. The Cinderheart situation used the troupe slightly, implying that Cinderpelt who have a new chance to live a "Happy life as a warrior" If she was reborn with a good leg, when she could be just as happy AND BECOME A WARRIOR IF SHE WANTED even with her bad leg. Anyways, don't follow Cinderheart's example. Disabled people can find happiness and do whatever they want like any people can, don't assume their lives are doomed because they are blind, deaf, etc etc. Sorry if I said anything wrong or offensive (call me out if I did, I want to educate myself better.) It's just because Warrior Cats books represent disabilities SO POORLY and most of wc fans replicate the same behavior. Thanks for the video!

I played as a cat with a broken front paw, and wasn't sure how to make that work because the paw is the one the model grooms with.

8:18 it sounds like you said “4 balls” instead of forpaws😭

I one time did rp as deaf tom and just did that he can read mouths. But if I didn’t look at them, I would ’not hear them’ and would not respond immideatly

Uh I think I saw spooderman in the first deaf oc vid lol

One time I roleplayed as an oc of mine who was born into a clan but left after being attacked by a fox which left her with a permanently injured back and front leg,impaired hearing along with completely losing her sight in her left eye, plus trauma. After realizing she wasn't happy as a kittypet, her clan welcomed her back(idk why tbh) but I made it clear why I wasn't fit to have a serious role like deputy or leader and somehow I became Deputy and fought in a war and apparently I was 'the one that saved us'.. LIKE WHA?

Any advice on how to rp as a daylight warrior?

Can you do Asthma? I have do many asthma cats in wcue! Just asking, don't have to.

What about a cat who’s side of face got. Attacked brightheart ref

fun fact: deaf cats doesnt need to talk with others in sign language because actually, cats talk by tail and eyes, either deaf or not so theres no point of talking in sign language, you can just talk normally but you can make your oc stutter or just has a lower gaurd because it cannot hear predators or any footsteps🥱

I have an oc whom has a permanently disabled back leg,(scarred) and I haven’t really had too much experience (meaning I’ve roleplayed as an disabled cat) but what if they’re a rogue or loner? How would it work.

i have a blind warrior oc that relys on vibrations through the grond and smells, dont get mad but they are a fox, she has always dreamed of being a warrior and never met their parents, her mentour died shortly after she went blind, they were black claw

A question- can like i make a deaf cat in wcue to lip read?

help I have an oc that’s blind, death, and only had two paws TwT

Late comment! What happends if you want to rp as a partly deaf & blind cat? Because i need tips lol-

One time I played as a mute cat and everyone was jerks to my poor oc- when I emphasized That they were mute for ex:*+*the she looked at the warrior wanting to respond but they knew she couldn't using her paw to say hi*+* only one or two cats actually were nice- REE BE NICE JERKS-

Is marigoldtail for trade 🥺? I love her design so much! 😭✨

Any tips for mute cats who cant speak?

Hey can you do a video about how to act like a fox,dog,rat,or bunny. PLZ THANK YOU

Just curious, in the beginning, how did you make ya ear floppy and the other up?

Am ur first like and comment

5:07 what song?

Can you do a mute one? I tried roleplaying as a mute leader and i struggled so i ended up being not mute 😅 Edit: I just saw the vid and they did mute so nvm!

what do you use to make the subtitles?

I played as a mute cat once

Ok,so hear me up. Ima try and make a blind cat with back legs that don’t work. Yeah,this is going to be hard

Hey could you do how to how to rp as a sick cat? A lot of cats don't rp as : A kit w green cough.. White cough) and I need some exp cause I thiught if rping as a kit with green cough but I didn't know how. T-T

What if my oc is blind and deaf?

What is you want a Hellen Keller oc?

How do you get it

Can you do mute cats as even though deaf cats may not be able to speak mute cats can still hear, see , but not talk and deaf cats can see and smell

Another form of communication with a dead character is LIP READING. :>

What about mute cats? How do you roleplay as those?

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Can someone tell me how u can just have one ear being hanging?

Idea:Mute

Very helpful? But how about mute?

I did an rp as a permanently injured elder tom one time in RiverClan. I went to get a drink, but because the water was so low, my character fell in, so I used it as a part of the rp, and because of my injured leg, could not swim. So many of these tips were helpful and a praise you for it! Tysm for helping me!!

hello my sigma daddy son.

I really wanna rp in this game it looks so fun but I know nothing about warrior cats what should I do??? ALSO KZfaq STOP GIVING ME OFF-PUTTING PEEPY ADS AT 12 AM!!1!!1

hey just criticism, i think ur voice is kinda low and the music is too loud in this video! i dont watch your videos (i mightve in the past without knowing cause i used to be obsessed with wcue) but its just my opinion