#twolegs

Some cats have different stances, and I am curious to hear yours.

"They're wierd and I don't like them. Oh, you want me to explain? Alright, fine;

The Thunderpath monsters are brainless and ugly. I don't understand why Twolegs keep going inside their bellies so much. Why don't the monsters just, you know, EAT them and rid the forest of the Twolegs? I don't have any interest in them, but they love to think the forest belongs to them and won't go away.

They scared away my prey once. That got me angry and I went to confront them. And they spat water at me!

Like, A LOT of water! They were holding this strange long snake that I thought was dead, and then suddenly there's water all over my face! It hit hard too! It hit me over five fox lengths away! How do they store so much water!? It seemed endless! Psh...no I didn't run away! It was just a strategic retreat and they were a waste of my time. I have other things to do!

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Like I know about the tale of Lionclan, Leopardclan, and Tigerclan, but that doesn’t explain how they know about them. Or about how they look like. They canonically live in a forest in the uk, so like.. how would they even come across one in the first place? Like, somebody had to have seen one to start the tale of Tigerclan and Lionclan and Leopardclan? Did they escape a zoo? Did the cats go to a zoo? That aside, how did they even know what to call them? Like, did they just inherently know the names Lion Leopard and Tiger or did the animals themselves tell them that’s what they’re called? If I where a cat I’d just assume that those where just, like, really big versions of me, not a separate species that needs its own name.

Speaking of names, why do they know the names for certain things and not for others? Like, they call the barn a barn, but Humans are Twolegs, and their houses are called twoleg-nests. They call house cats Kittypets. Kittypets. How do they know what a pet is? And like, cars are monsters, but how do they know what a monster is? Some herbs- most herbs- are called by their real life name, but as far as I know cats can’t read labels on plant seeds so how do they know what we call them? How did they learn how to use them, divine intervention? (No I have not read dawn of the clans in a while, why do you ask?) why is catmint called Catmint? I think catmint is a name exclusive to this book series- and I mean if juniper can keep its real name why don’t they just call it catnip?

Some cats names are just funny too. Like, how did you know that a lynx exists? Why did you name your baby after a being that I don’t think you should know exists? Onekit is funny to me. Did onewhisker have like, a sister who was named twokit that died? How did they come in contact with a pear? Because there’s a warrior with pear in their name, Say hi to Pearnose! How about Turtle, as in Turtle tail or Trutlecrawl- I think there was a turtlekit too if I’m not mistaken. Not as weird, but we never meet a turtle, so like.. where did that name come from? Same with things like primrose and swan. Like, they could be out there, but uh.. we never see them, so how do they know about them? When have the warrior cats ever seen an oat? Hi Woollytail. What is woolly? What does woolly mean to them? I don’t think they’ve seen a sheep. When have they ever seen a flax seed? Enter Flaxfoot.

I also like to think about sharp tooth. It’s really funny that they don’t know the name for a mountain lion/cougar/puma when they clearly know the names for so many other big cats. Like, ah yes that’s a tiger, lion, Sharp tooth, leopard- It’s just funny to me. Also, where did sharp tooth come from? Because he ain’t native to that region, and they aint usually entirely alone. Like yes, they are solitary animals, but they can have mates and kits, and are often in pairs during mating season, so why is he all alone? You’d think that they’d know of atleast one more sharp tooth that lives around here. Or like, one that lived before this one atleast.

It depends a lot on what you'd like to communicate, really! Humans are always outsiders though, it would be a huge faux pas if Firepaw accidentally referred to his humans by Nyam.

The construction crew of TNP would be Ssar, but most humans just boating or camping or hanging out around the lake are only Rarr. A traumatized cat who survived the destruction of the forest probably uses harsher pronouns (mwrr) than a fresh lake apprentice (rarr)

Pronouns aren't forever fixed in place for a thing, if that makes sense. It's not like some language's concept of gender for objects, where they make tables go by he/him. Pronouns communicate your feelings towards the object.