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|''Warriors''

|''Warriors''

|Erin Hunter

|Erin Hunter

|''Warriors'' (or ''Warrior Cats'') is an ongoing book series about five colonies of feral cats called Clans living together and fighting for survival. The series starts with a house cat named Rusty leaving his owners to join one of these Clans, and later books star many more characters that include the descendants of Rusty - who eventually becomes Firestar - and even cats from before his era. The series has eight six-book arcs, fifteen stand-alone books, four manga arcs, five stand-alone manga novels, five field guides, and twenty-one novellas.

|''Warriors'' (or ''Warrior Cats'') is an ongoing book series about five colonies of feral cats called Clans living together and fighting for survival. The series begins with a house cat named Rusty leaving his owners to join one of these Clans, and later books feature many more characters, including the descendants of Rusty, who eventually becomes Firestar, and even cats from before his era. The series has nine six-book arcs, seventeen stand-alone books, four manga arcs, five stand-alone manga novels, five field guides, and twenty-one novellas.

Liberal elements start showing up in the later books. Characters protest the use of borders, an example being Mistystar's decision to temporarily close RiverClan's borders and look after her own cats first being portrayed as unfavorable (however, this is seen as not completely bad by most fans, who said that it could put an end to inbreeding in the Clans). Moral relativism is seen as good in a way, an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse; there are, however, instances where a villain's tragic history doesn't excuse their evil actions (like Scourge, Firestar's half-brother who grows up from a bullied kitten to the vicious leader of BloodClan). The Raging Storm portrays an unsubtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan, "Make America Great Again," by painting Tigerheart's line "Make ShadowClan great again" in a negative light. The series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats (known to them as "kittypets") for preferring to be with loving humans over wild living; one of the rules in their warrior code tells warriors to reject the "soft life" of house cats, encouraging contempt towards them. Finally, witchcraft and feminism seem to be glorified in the later books in the form of the Sisters: a band of molly cats who banish year-old tomcats from their group and create a ceremony that allows them to call ghosts from beyond the grave; one molly even scoffs that all toms want to do is fight and that everyone is better off without them, and no one debunks this.

Liberal elements begin to appear in the later books. Characters protest the use of borders, an example being Mistystar's decision to temporarily close RiverClan's borders and look after her own cats first being portrayed as unfavorable (however, this is seen as not completely bad by most fans, who said that it could put an end to inbreeding in the Clans). Moral relativism is seen as good in a way, an example being the author portraying the murderous manipulator Mapleshade as sympathetic by making everyone around her even worse; there are, however, instances where a villain's tragic history doesn't excuse their evil actions (like Scourge, Firestar's half-brother who grows up from a bullied kitten to the vicious leader of BloodClan). The Raging Storm makes a subtle jab at Donald Trump's 2016 slogan, "Make America Great Again," by portraying Tigerheart's line, "Make ShadowClan great again," in a negative light. The series promotes a slight environmentalist message in glorifying the wild cats' harsh life while having the Clan cats look down on house cats (known to them as "kittypets") for preferring to be with loving humans over wild living; one of the rules in their warrior code tells warriors to reject the "soft life" of house cats, encouraging contempt towards them. Finally, witchcraft and feminism seem to be glorified in the later books in the form of the Sisters: a band of molly cats who banish year-old tomcats from their group and create a ceremony that allows them to call ghosts from beyond the grave; one molly even scoffs that all toms want to do is fight and that everyone is better off without them, and no one debunks this.

However, the series has started pretty neutral. One example is that while the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats and the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is mainly portrayed positively; for example, Firestar agrees to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten, Cloudtail, so he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to go to war constantly. Even the later series emphasizes family values most of the time, as the main characters - like Shadowsight and Frostdawn - get time to bond with their parents, siblings, and even grandparents.

However, the series has started pretty neutral. One example is that while the Clans are staying separate, they can still come together to fight whatever threatens all the Clans, including Scourge and his BloodClan cats and the Dark Forest (the cat version of hell). Family is mainly portrayed positively; for example, Firestar agrees to adopt his sister's firstborn kitten, Cloudtail, so that he can be a warrior like him. Totalitarianism is condemned through leaders like Brokenstar, who kills kittens during battle practice and forces his cats to go to war constantly. Even the later series emphasizes family values most of the time, as the main characters—like Shadowsight and Frostdawn—get time to bond with their parents, siblings, and even grandparents.

|Xenofiction/Fantasy

|Xenofiction/Fantasy

|2003-

|2003-