Ah, let's face it, there is Ho Yay
everywhere in
Warrior Cats. Not in the least because the fans interpret every single
same-sex friendship this way.
- Mothwing and Leafpool, dubbed “Mothpool” by their fans, is arguably one of the most popular female same-sex pairings in the entire fandom.
- Tallstar and Jake, especially after Kate Cary stated that Tallstar never took a mate or kits and that his heart would always belong “to his Jake.”
- Ravenpaw and Barley can very easily read as this. Victoria Holmes even stated that they loved their life together and Ravenpaw never regretted leaving ThunderClan to be with him.
- Darkstripe's idolization of Tigerstar would probably count as well. He literally follows Tigerstar to the grave, and the one time he refuses to go with him, right after Tigerstar's betrayal of ThunderClan, it's because he was jealous of the fact that Tigerstar was sharing his plans with Brokentail instead of himself, Darkstripe.
- Firestar/Whitestorm, as Whitestorm constantly stands up for Firestar, and we are often told how much Firestar respects Whitestorm.
- Brambleclaw/Hawkfrost. Brambleclaw jeopardizes his relationship with Squirrelflight because he spends too much time with Hawkfrost. And then when things get patched up between them, he still meets Hawkfrost in secret. Unlike most of the couples here, these two are half-siblings.... Yeah...
- Lionblaze/Stormfur, which starts with Lionblaze thinking that he likes Stormfur, and then eventually culminates with a Jayfeather detecting a rush of warmth and a strong bond between them.
- Fallen Leaves/Jayfeather ("I could not leave you here to walk alone, when you walked with me like a brother.")
- Kestrelflight/Jayfeather, especially as Kestrelflight isn't particularly surprised to see Jayfeather in his dreams.
- Purdy/Sol: Purdy stands up for Sol all the time, plus they lived alone together for a while...
- The books can really read as if Hollyleaf was in love with both Cinderheart and Willowshine.
- Blossomfall gets a lot with both Ivypool and Dovewing. This is especially notable in Sign of the Moon seeing the excitement she displays when Dovewing becomes a warrior (because now they can spend more time together) and when she and Ivypool go on a walk in the tunnels.
- Shrewtooth and Sharpclaw from SkyClan. Shrewtooth's constant drive to please Sharpclaw can be read as love.
- Thunder/Thunderstar and Lightning Tail. The two are best friends and grew up together, and Lightning Tail becomes upset with Thunder when he begins to show interest in Star Flower. Thunderstar mourns Lightning Tail quite heavily when he dies, and seems unwilling to get a new deputy.
- Violetpaw has this towards both Needletail and Zelda. She looks up to Needletail almost obsessively, and is shown to be blind to her (rather glaring) faults. On the other hand, Violetpaw and Zelda form a strong bond very quickly, to the point where Violetpaw becomes distraught at the prospect of Zelda leaving. And let's not forget that they shared a nest...
- Rootspring and Shadowsight. They become good friends quite quickly, and Rootpaw mentions during their first encounter that it's refreshing to meet another cat who doesn't fit in with everyone else. Rootspring also becomes quite worried when Shadowsight disappears.
- A Shadow in RiverClan gives us both Feathertail/Sasha and Feathertail/Ferncloud. The former involves the two of them bonding over feeling like outsiders in their Clan and quickly falls apart when Feathertail finds out who Sasha’s former mate was, while the latter is decidedly less angsty and just involves two childhood friends catching up with each other with Feathertail even defending Ferncloud from her own Clanmates when they try to bully her over a piece of prey.
