History Fridge / WarriorCats

** Tigerclaw was a kit when Snowfur was killed. When Bluefur comes to inform Whitekit of his mother's death, Tigerkit bounds up and wants to come too, but thankfully doesn't once he's told no. He likely either saw Snowfur's body and was told what happened by his mother or another Clanmate, but what if Tigerclaw ''remembered that moment'', and came up with the Thunderpath plan based on that...?

*** Stormfur’s kits aren’t even half [=RiverClan=] anymore! They're 1/4 [=RiverClan=], 1/4 [=ThunderClan=], and 1/2 Tribe. And if they keep living in the Tribe and take mates, their descendants will be entirely Tribe.

*** Stormfur’s kits aren’t even half RiverClan anymore!

** Another example is Maple’s manipulation, which causes Crookedstar to neglect Silverkit out of fear of losing another loved one. Just like how Crookedkit was neglected by his own mother after he broke his jaw and fell prey to Mapleshade soon after, Silverkit (now neglected by her father) was also open to Mapleshade’s trap, had Oakheart not talked to Crookedstar about it.
** Remember how Reedshine said that ‘[Appledusk] will be part of [=RiverClan=] forever’? Well, his most recent [=RiverClan=] kin now have ThunderClan blood in them, and not to mention his now living kin (the rest are in [=StarClan=]) live in the Tribe. So technically Mapleshade won against his kin.

* Brokenstar’s name isn’t just about his broken tail, or even Yellowfang’s heartbreak over giving him up. The prefix ‘broken-’ (as in originally ‘Brokenkit’) highlights how ‘broken’ the then-kit is (being bullied, abused by his foster mother and potentially having already been born evil/a broken state of mind). Cut to moons later, the name ‘Brokenstar’ comes off as if he’s ‘broken’/corrupt enough to use StarClan’s will in a horrible way. Like how it gives off fallen angel vibes (if you look at the Dark Forest’s symbol, it’s literally a broken star).

* In ''Literature/WarriorCats'', the character Darkstripe was always an interesting point of story to me. Darkstripe had established himself as loyal to Tigerclaw until Tigerclaw’s treachery was exposed, and Darkstripe chose not to follow him only because Tigerclaw had left him out of the loop regarding his plans; he was offended that Tigerclaw didn’t let him in on his planning, despite establishing himself as loyal to Tigerclaw. A few books later, Darkstripe becomes the eyes and ears for Tigerclaw after he becomes the leader of Shadowclan. After getting kicked out of Thunderclan in the next book, Darkstripe joined Tigerstar and the Riverclan-Shadowclan alliance, only to be beaten by a weakened Riverclan cat and likely losing favor in Tigerstar’s eyes as a result. Next thing you know, Tigerstar’s dead, and Darkstripe now has nowhere to go, and dies in the final battle not long afterward, with nothing left for him after Tigerstar’s death. Why? Because Darkstripe had seen Tigerstar as a father figure throughout the series, which is made even more interesting by the fact that Darkstripe’s biological father was revealed by WordOfGod to be a character that was dead before the series had officially started, so there was no other cat for Darkstripe to look up to other than the one that was once his mentor. That was why Darkstripe was offended by being left out of the loop, that was why Darkstripe was so eager to prove his loyalty to Tigerstar after joining the alliance: Darkstripe was a WellDoneSonGuy that just wanted the approval of Tigerstar. This makes his last words all the more brilliant – without Tigerstar, there truly was nothing left for him to live for. – Battra09416

* Everyone's saying that Mapleshade was cruelly kicked out of ThunderClan for having a tom's kits from another Clan. And, I do agree that it was cruel. But... they say that cats like Bluestar/Oakheart, Graystripe/Silverstream and Leafpool/Crowfeather had done the same thing and they were not kicked out. Well, here's the thing. All those cats were born ''after'' Mapleshade's time. Stories have likely been told to the cats of the four clans about it. In other words: the clans have learned from what happened to Mapleshade and her kits and don't wish to make that same mistake again!

* Fans have called out and complained about StarClan’s flaws and hypocrisy, but that’s the whole point! The Erins include many real-word themes in their series, and religion is no exception. If you look at real life religions, their god(s) have not always been and will never be as perfect as they seem, even if the people believe so.
** StarClan being composed of many cats might explain why they can be so contradictory or seemingly hypocritical sometimes (different cats tell cats different things).

* Berryheart's negative feelings about the changes to the Warrior Code, and her son, Spireclaw, becoming mates with Fringewhisker, a non ShadowClan cat, make a degree of sense if you take the events of ''A Vision of Shadows'' into account. Berryheart's daughter, Needletail, was the first cat to join Darktail's group, and part of the reason for it was because she was in love with Rain, and very soon nearly all the [=ShadowClan=] cats, including Berryheart, followed Needletail into Darktail's influence for their own reasons. Now, Berryheart worries that if the Code allows cats to defect for love, they will start finding any reason to change Clans, which she fears will lead to HistoryRepeats.
* On the surface, Nightstar and Shadowclan being so furious as to attack Thunderclan with Windclan to kill Brokentail is completely understandable. Brokentail did a lot of damage, and just because Bluestar thought keeping him alive was in the warrior code doesn't mean they saw it the same way. However when we find out in the next book that Nightstar couldn't receive his additional lives while Brokentail, formerly Brokenstar, still lived, there is an extra layer. Nightstar needs Brokentail dead so he can have the lives needed to keep Shadowclan stable.

** I'm pretty sure it's been confirmed that kittypets and loners have a separate afterlife. We do see Jake as a spirit at the end of ''Tallstar's Revenge'' and it was confirmed that Tom is in the kittypet afterlife.

* In ''Rising Storm'', [=ShadowClan=] begins to suffer from the Great Sickness when an apprentice accidentally brings back an infected rat from Carrionplace. The resulting plague kills many cats, including at least four kits, their deputy Cinderfur, and their leader Nightstar. Imagine ''being'' the apprentice who brought the rat back. Unless his Clan was gracious enough to forgive him and understand that it was an accident, he was probably ostracized for moons, if not the rest of his life.

* Lizardstripe was vocal about her displeasure towards her pregnancy, and was shown being very unhappy in the nursery with her own kits, and becomes even more bitter when Brokenkit enters the picture. While we got a front scent to her expressing her immense dislike of ''him'', how did she treat Runningnose, Deerfoot, and Tangleburr? If she was abusive towards her unwanted foster son, leads you to wonder how she treated the rest of her kits.