an attempt at fighting cat designs

“is this post about any particular person?” of course not! i’m 22 years old and have a job i don’t vague people on my warrior cats blog that’s so immature. this post was about a wider phenomenon i see over the general scope of things

“so you think people should never be critical of the books?” please point to where i said that. i’m an autistic adhd nonbinary lesbian woman, of course i care about and think it’s completely fair and important to criticize the books for their many faults and flaws. you should do it! my point was just that focusing on all the stuff you hate about your interests, all the characters you hate, all the small details that make you angry, how you dislike everyone’s opinions All the time can’t be good for you. and the more people do it the more it creates a loop of people seeing each other posting angrily and just turns fandom spaces so stressful. i certainly don’t like seeing it

it’s a lot like doomscrolling to me, though not equally comparable considering i’m talking about warrior cats vs the real life news of the real world we live in, but it’s the best example I’ve got in terms of social media. but the more negativity you see on your timeline, the more it seems like Everything is evil and bad. that’s how people who sit and watch nothing but fox news all day come to be so angry and hateful. (again, in no way equally comparable in impact to warrior cats fandom) and while, just like the news, it is important to stay informed and aware, having a constant feed of stuff that makes you angry will only stack up on top of you and make you feel awful. let me take this as a chance to remind you to be aware of when you fall into a doomscrolling spiral. take care of yourself!!! signed, a person with anxiety who feels like shit every time she falls into it again

1. Why is everyone purring . Was that just me

2. I yearn for the day we skip birth scenes but maybe im too easily grossed out

3. I just dont agree w the take that starclan was made out to be the "good" or even right- honestly I think this book painted them in the worst light they've ever been seen before where these cats who were starving and desperate literally had no choice but to agree if they wanted to survive. Idk that was a crazy ride

4. Also something to be said that Gale who didn't go back to the forest (and starclan) lived a much less brutal life and found love so much purer, where stripe was completely miserable by the end riddled with regret. Idk.

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