'what the fuck cloudkit' is the best line i've heard in my life

leafpool brought it up somewhere in the second or third series after the move to the lake that the new apprentices are lucky they dont have to go visit the moonstone to become a warrior, then it completely forgotten

I always headcanon the reason why first arc feels different is bcs it's from Fireheart's pov, an outsider, who probabily didn't noticed family relations within the clan members, bcs tbh even in later arcs families wont interact with each to publicly, even if you know that Snowbush is his kits' father, he would not interact with them anyway

One thing i remember being taken aback by when i reread one of the 1st series books was how often cat noises were like. Phonetically transcribed in dialogue. Cats were just herr saying "Mrrow" in the middle of conversations

You are a medicine cat apprentice until your mentor dies even if you get your med name, it was said by Jayfeather in Power of Three

20 years later, and I still think Scourge and BloodClan were the absolute best villans in the series.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="385">6:25</a> Vicky mentioned that the reason for the first arc not taking into account the family structures or the kits parents and their relationships with them is because they never expect the series to take off as it did, which is why in the newer arcs, the kits parents are noted and their relationship with them.

On the topic of queens having multiple litters at once: Goldenflower had 2 litters! Bramblekit and Tawnykit were Tigerclaw's, but she also was the mother of Swiftpaw, whose father was Patchpelt! Patchpelt isn't ever mentioned explicitly as Swiftpaw's father in the arc, but it is said that Swiftpaw is *not* Tigerclaw's son. (Patchpelt was confirmed as his father later by the Erins, and it's mentioned on the wiki)

The first arc is absolutely amazing. I still remember stumbling upon Into The Wild while trying to find a book for a school assignment. Still can't fathom that Warriors is 21 years old, thats older than probably over half the Fandom

I feel like a lot of this can be explained by the first arc not fleshing out the world and perhaps being just standalone. We didnt have a medicine cat POV so it was only when we did that they had to flesh that out. Fireheart wouldnt have been very aware of medicine cat culture being a warrior from outside the clan. Its only the second arc in which we go into full detail with the medicine cat ceremonies. It wasnt until the second arc where they had to actually solidify the customs. And also the other clans being mysterious is because the POV is from an outsider who wouldnt know the other cats. They were also in a period of war amongst each other from the time sunstar was leader. Id love to see some more full series books based on the time between dawn of the clans and the first arc. with a completely new host of characters and picking on a new leader from between thunderstar and redstar.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="517">8:37</a> On this note about Frostfur’s kits, I am pretty sure they are from the same litter. They are Cinderkit, Brightkit, Thornkit, and Brackenkit, they were either born before Firepaw joined the clan or very soon after, I can’t remember. Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw are apprenticed before 6 moons because Bluestar wanted Fireheart and Greystripe to have apprentices. Also a cat pregnancy is 2 months, and I can’t imagine not taking a break between litters, so It typically is just one litter per mother.

Personally, I think a lot of the customs that were mentioned in the first arc probably still happen, they just happen in the background. The first arc, this world was completely new to us, we had no idea what was going on or why things were done the way that they were. The reasons were then introduced to us through specifically mentioning them. After things are already established, though, it would just end up being a broken record of repeating same ceremonies and customs over and over. One example I have are the warrior vigils (I forget the exact name or if that’s it, but after they’re promoted from apprentice to warrior, the silent watch they keep over night). We see this happen in the first arc, but to my knowledge we don’t see it happen very often after then. I do believe however that in one of the later arcs, someone mentions having to keep their vigil later that night. So it never stopped happening, but only so much can be done with that before it becomes a boring plot point to go through, if it can even be called that. At least, that’s my take on it! I do agree that the moonstone visits did actually stop, at the very least they definitely stopped once they moved territories and had the moonpool instead. I wish that had been kept, I think that is a super interesting thing that they did and makes sense for the culture they have of holding Starclan as an authority.

Sometimes the KZfaq algorithm just doesn't disappoint :))

The Journey to the Moonpool does pop up in a few books - Bluestar, Crookedstar, Tallstar and Yellowfang's super editions all show the respective cat's journeys. And Crowpaw mentions making the journey with his mentor in Midnight and in the same book Squirrelpaw is mentioned to be freightened of far territories because she hadn't made it yet.

Fireheart only trained 2 and a half moons at best. Making him roughly 8 and a half or nine moons old when he became a warrior

In "Crookedstars promise" the travel to the Moonstone is also present and if I remember correctly quite important. But yes, it fades quite soon and mostlly is forgotten

For Cinderpelts naming, I always explained it in my had as a naming ceremony and medic ceremont being different? Where once a cat become 12 moons old, they get their full name - but medics continue their training otherwise. But this doesnt happen in other books even though it couldve been coold, I remember Featherwhisker being an apprentice with a full name too (under Goosefeather)

You read it ~ she definitely mentions the time she went to the moon stone after yellow fang is gone. She has a naming ceremony in star clan essentially

This will be such an awesome series!!

I think Frostfur had one litter of four but just didn't thought that Brightkit and Thornkit weren't ready enough. But i could be totaly wrong becouse the books gave us two different age gaps between the four siblings. 1. When they were taken by Clawface, all of them are the same age (visualy stated in Exile from Shadowclan comic) 2. In the little comic at the end of Yellowfang's secret super edition. We can see that Cinderpaw is prepairing for her medicine cat ceremony and two of her mentioned siblings are still kits I personaly think all of them are the same age but yeah it's pretty confusing

Idk if someone mentioned it before but the trip to the moonpool is mentioned few times in The power of three, especially in Outcast because they take the trip to the mountains as something like a trip to the moonpool, and I think it's sometimes mentioned just like the senior warriors talking about the trip to the moonpool and stuff. I don't know if it is also in other arcs in my language, the books that are translated is only Power of three

One thing I realized while rereading the first arc was how close the Queens’ relationships with Bluestar was. They were often by Bluestar’s side when she was ill and were some of the only cats to be invited into her den (which was described as a great honor in the first arc)

Loved this one! The first arc brings a lot of pleasant feelings and also frustration at times

This was a lot of fun! I hope you make more Warriors content in the future!

I'm still reading and rereading them and I'm 30...it goes to show how a series can stick with you for a VERY long time. xD

Ok real talk this video was really good, i love your humor and style, 10/10 good shit

With frostfur's kits I'm not sure if there is two separate litters. At least my interpretation was that Cinderpelt, Brackenfur, Brightheart, and Thornclaw were part of the same litter, and I think there was a lack of apprentices at the time, leading them to apprentice Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw a little early. And while I know the wiki isn't always a credible source, it also suggests that they are all one litter. The main text evidence I have is that it is said that frostfur's kits are stolen at one point by clawface and in the manga version of this scene, they are all relatively the same size. Considering that cat gestation is around 65 days , or two moons, I would think that they would have a large size difference to be two separate litters. However, I am also intrigued by your interpretation of this, as I think it would be interesting for there to be two litters by the same queen in the nursery.

Bluestar explicitly mentions that she's apprenticing Cinderpaw and Brackenpaw early in Fire and Ice after Graystripe says none of Frostfur's kits are six moons. While it isn't impossible Frostfur had two litters close together it isn't really on-page either. Bluestar apprenticed Fernpaw and Ashpaw late so it is possible Brightpaw and Thornpaw were also apprenticed late, though this is also not on-page.

Also the fact that leaders would usually mentor deputy kits so Bluestar meantoring fireheart was seen as taboo.

My mind completely blocked out the Cinderpelt thing, I had no idea she had a naming ceremony twice

This is such a good video, I love the info and the nostalgia, plus the cats playing in the back Omg 🥺

I also noticed that moonstone thing! I'm currently re-reading the books and aside from a few mentions of the moonstone trip existing, the last one in midnight just when brambleclaw and others were leaving I think, no one ever goes there:D? Did they just forget a clan custom? When you start thinking about the Hunters writing these it starts to seem like that saying about cooks and kitchens:D

As a person who constantly re-reads the books because she dosent have any money or way to obtain the newer books, I forgot some of this tbh.

Wild to see a real life person talking about warrior cats and not a lil cartoon cat drawing. My brain is struggling to process the fact that real people read these books (as if i am not a real person). But for real, so much happens in the first arc it's ts crazy. I do like the newer arcs but there's quite a bit of their unique culture that got lost throughout the series and i wish they had kept.

This was a really great video! Having to hold myself back from infodumping in everything discussed in the video 😂

Ive been recently revising the first arc as well, and I noticed that the terminology has also changed. The first arc uses queen to mean any she-cat rather than a pregnant one, like later on. Silverpelt is no longer a term that the cats use.

Yay WC content. Norm I’m just watching MAPs and stuff but I rarely see non-art related vids on it.

i love this video sm :3

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="239">3:59</a> Besides med apps I think

I actually think Cinderkit, Brackenkit, Thornkit and Brightkit were of the same litter in TPB! Bluestar admits Cinderkit and Brackenkit aren't old enough to begin training but are "otherwise ready". It makes me think Thornkit and Brightkit were late bloomers or something lol

This was a fun video

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="570">9:30</a> funfact in the spanish translation her name doesn’t change she is called the same as an aprentice and medicine cat

Am I the only one who remembers that the only reason Rusty joined the clan was because he didnt want to get spayed??

The moonpool thing got brought up again very recently (I think in Wind?) but it's always bothered me too Also I never knew that about Cinderpelt!?

yes more yes more

This video is awesomee!!!!! 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="522">8:42</a> No…you’ve made a mistake here I think. I believe Cinderkit/pelt and Brackenkit/fur were the same age as Brightkit/heart and Thornkit/claw but were made apprentices earlier

I’m pretty sure cinderpelt is only considered a “medicine cat apprentice” because yellowfang is alive? I could be completely wrong but i’m pretty sure in later arcs medicine cats are still considered “apprentices” (even though they are full medicine cats) if their mentor is still alive ? But i cant for the life of me remember where this was said/implied or if i’m making it up so take this with a grain of salt!!

I think in Tallstar's Revenge one of the apprentices went to the Moonstone? I might be COMPLETELY wrong because I havent read the book in quite a bit, but im thinking Barkpaw and whoever his sibling was went to the Moonstone for some reason (idk if it is their apprentice thing or a different reason

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="494">8:14</a> I believe Whitestorm was mentioned as a father too? I can't remember with who though unfortunately

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="807">13:27</a> It was a lot more realistic

Before starting this video, I actually uhm did nott forget as I still am in the warriors community, thank you, I came from a Moonkitti video.(im being a smart allek)