#Yellowfang's Secret

[nether-fortress]

"I am afraid, but I won't give up." Lost my cat today. She was a fighter, a really strong one. So, I wanted to draw another really strong fighter, like a tribute of some sort. Badgerfang was my choice for that. I will miss you. I'm so sorry, I wasn't able to be at your side. We will meet again, wait for me there.

#digital art #original art #warrior cats #illustration #badgerfang #yellowfang's secret #the prophecies begin #personal art

[bonefall]

What did Sagewhisker do? All I remember was that she was Yellowfang's mentor, and I used to love YS. (I was a lot younger at the time, though.)

oH Lord, a lot of people who read YS when they were younger kinda don't pick up on how shitty Sagewhisker is. It goes over their heads that she is the one who's actually responsible for Yellowfang being forced to be distant from Brokenkit

From a young age, Sagewhisker is pressuring Yellowpaw to be a medcat, when she doesn't want to

Yellow LIKES the satisfaction of healing itself, but LOVES being a warrior more.

She's a fantastic hunter, has always wanted a family, and is just genuinely filled with a lot of self-satisfaction when she gets to do her warrior duties.

(They also had to retcon the stupidest magic power, super-empathy, into Yellowfang so that she nonsensically wouldn't like fighting. Yellowfang. The cat whose first appearance in TPB is attacking Firepaw and didn't hesitate to blind Brokenstar. THAT Yellowfang.)

In contrast, when she starts healing, she's constantly filled with shame or horror. She also gets bullied viciously by several cats, while others do that Thing that an older family member does when they don't like what you're doing. You know;

"Ohhh that's so good, for you. If it makes you happy it's good!! I mean, but, wouldn't you rather do Other Thing? I mean no, I understand, you like This thing, but Other thing would... no no it's okay, nevermind. I'm happy for you."

This while she's already courting Raggedpelt, and planning a future with him.

So to begin with, she has a lot of negative feelings when Sagewhisker tries to pressure her into this role, especially as Sage insists she "Wants HER" and "It's your destiny." But that's not all;

When Cloudpaw (later Cloudpelt) gets viciously mauled and might not survive, Sagewhisker takes one look and says, "It might be kinder to let StarClan take him now."

Yellowfang is FURIOUS at how quickly Sagewhisker gave up, and Sage just waves this away with "oh I won't stop you but be prepared for heartbreak lol"

Sage continues to tell her shit like "You can't save every cat" after Cloudpaw's mother sees her son all cheese-grated up.

So... either Sagewhisker was going to just leave Cloudpaw there to bleed out or die of infection, OR she was implying euthanasia.

And it's probably euthanasia, because when Yellowfang is pregnant later, she says,

Sooooo... considering how WEIRD WC generally is about abortion, acting like it's not even an option and giving Clear Sky some Angel Fetus Children in DOTC...

Sagewhisker was probably implying that Yellowfang would smother infants. Or do whatever Sagewhisker was planning to do with Cloudpaw.

I don't even know if pressuring Yellowfang into an abortion would have been better... honestly this exchange is uncomfortable no matter how you slice it.

It gets worse ofc. Yellowfang gets this warning from StarClan about how “Only one thing can stop the tide of hatred this birth cursed cat will bring: the courage of a mother to know her destiny.” Silverflame also suggests just being his friend, if she can't be his mother.

Forget that though, because Sagewhisker continues to snap at Yellowfang and remind her that she can't look at him for too long, else people will get suspicious or something.

"It's a woman's responsibility to have children for our glorious war society, Yellowfang, unless they have A RARE GIFT THAT MUST NOT BE WASTED."

In the same conversation she's then like, "Also don't go into the nursery, the child I forced you to give up needs a chance to bond with the abusive foster who hates his little guts."

In general Sagewhisker also prevents Yellowfang from standing up for herself or her position in a way that is absolutely infuriating. Foxheart comes in and starts bellowing about "HOW DARE YOU HAVE APPRENTICES RUN ERRANDS FOR YOU?" and Sage is just like, "Turn the other cheek uwu"

Yellowfang is punished constantly for the sin of being Yellowfang. She is not allowed to be snarky at all. It fucking sucks. This book is MISERABLE

SO basically, Sagewhisker forces her into a role she isn't very happy in, stops her from standing up for herself ever, guilts Yellowfang over "wasting her special gift," gives up on cases that are too hard for her, suggests killing kits, says some wildly misogynistic stuff, prevents Yellowfang from doing anything about Brokenkit, and then dies.

She's the worst and no one ever talks about how fucked up this character is. and I really mean AS A CHARACTER

Because her PURPOSE in the story is to do all of these things and be hailed as a good mentor in the end. But the fandom is REALLY bad at analyzing characters as narrative tools.

She's right to pressure Yellowfang into her role, with the ending comic even trying to have Sagewhisker apologize for pressuring her and Yellow going "d'aww dwai you didn't force me into anything 8) ignore the entire fucking book before this point"

Giving up on a battered teenager is supposed to show Yellowfang's talent and resolve, not reflect poorly on Sagewhisker.

WC fully believes that "wisdom" she espouses about Lizardfang. Lizardfang is a bad woman because she doesn't accept her place as a queen. This kind of guilt and blame is reserved exclusively for mothers in WC, not fathers, note how Mudclaw doesn't help at all but no one gives a shit.

Killing the baby would have been the best option because, again, Brokenkit is BORN. EVIL.

I'm pretty convinced that "Courage of a mother to KNOW HER DESTINY" refers to the fact she is supposed to be a medcat, who kills her child. What FINALLY ends Brokenstar's reign of terror is being poisoned-- not the kindness she was finally able to show him in TPB while he was prisoner.

So Sagewhisker guilt-tripping Yellowfang into a position she doesn't like, keeping her away from her child, suggesting murdering the baby... that's all good, actually. That's something that is framed as correct.

And I think people really sleep on it. Sagewhisker is like this perfect little encapsulation of how shitty clan culture is in WC, an enforcer of the series' misogyny while being a woman herself, someone who makes Yellowfang's wife HELL.

But because she didn't do it violently, no one notices it.

#Sagewhisker #Yellowfang's Secret #warrior cats analysis #I think there's some good in this book. But it's one of the most miserable entries in the series #It's overwhelmingly cruel and mean-spirited #And maybe it would be sufferable if Yellowfang was allowed to BE Yellowfang #But she's not. She barely gets a word in edgewise as people shit on her over and over and over #It's really nice to see glimpses of ShadowClan's dynamics... but that's it. Glimpses. #It's buried in a slog of Yellowfang's toxic relationship with Raggedstar and Sagewhisker #And mind you I say this as The ShadowClan Lover #I'll do anything for a peek at ShadowClan cats ShadowClanning because I love MisunderstoodClan #but lord. This book is a really difficult read.

[marmosetpaw]

#warrior cats #wc designs #silverflame #shadowclan #starclan #elder #yellowfang's secret #the idea of someone like yellowfang having a grandma is really endearing

[wolfa-battlecats-designs]

Its her!! Bluestar ‼️‼️🗣

Normal design -> animation friendly -> wintercoat -> after Tigerclaw's betrayal + wintercoat -> pre-leader (Bluefur)

#warrior cats #bluestar #bluefur #leader #thunderclan #pinestar's choice #yellowfang's secret #crookedstar's promise #bluestar's prophecy #spottedleaf's heart #redtail's debt #tpb #the prophecies begin #tigerclaw's fury #warriors #warrior cats designs #warriors designs #wc designs #wc #my art #art #digital art #artists on tumblr

[moth---4]

Autism? No no no its called being very emotionally invested to the point of it consuming my whole life and is exclusively what I draw and just so happens to be one of the only things that brings me joy <3

So heres yellowfang and brightheart my beloveds,,,, (but mostly yellowfang)

#warrior cats art #warrior cats #yellowfang #yellowfang's secret #brightheart #fanart #digital art #warrior cats fanart #yellowfang dead family deserves to be dead

[junoswarriorcatsdesigns]

Silverflame

#Silverflame #Elder #Shadowclan #Yellowfang's Secret

[hexxo707]

#brackenfoot #warrior cats #warriors designs #shadowclan #yellowfang's secret #code of the clans

[goosedrop]

Yellowfang

I think she’s pretty

#Yellowfang #main #shadowclan #Thunderclan #medicine cat #Warriors #Warrior Cats #warriors erin hunter #warrior cats design #yellowfang's secret #Her story is so sad

[antfur]

Shrewclaw

b-but, i thought you loved my constant bullying, Talltail??

did you guys know he's Mudclaw and Tornear's dad? i toatlly forgot. it makes perfect sense tho tbh

#Shrewclaw #warrior #starclan #windclan #tallstar's revenge #yellowfang's secret #warrior cats #warriors #wc

[judecopeart]

Yellowkit

#judecopeart #id in alt text #warrior cats #warriors #yellowfang #yellowkit #yellowfang's secret #digital art #artists on tumblr

[alteredangel617]

0103

Crookedstar's mom #1.

Wiki Description: Brambleberry is a small, lithe, snowy-white she-cat with black spots and blue eyes. She has a strikingly pink nose.

#warrior cats #my art #warrior cats designs #riverclan #medicine cat #brambleberry #alteredangelart #crookedstar's real mom #tallstar's revenge #crookedstar's promise #yellowfang's secret #leopardstar's honor #bluestar's prophecy #redtail's debt #onestar's confession

[demigirlvioletshine]

hi im back to drawing kitty cats Σ:]

#Yellowfang's Secret #Exile from ShadowClan #Into the Wild #Fire and Ice #Forest of Secrets #Rising Storm #Tigerclaw's Fury #Blackfoot's Reckoning #dawn #cloud #dawncloud #swamp #blossom #swampkit #blossomkit #kit #apprentice #queen #elder #shc #sc #warrior cats

[bonefall]

Lizardstripe Continued: The Fading Echoes Scene

I'm not done, actually. I just finished talking about how Yellowfang's Secret villainizes Lizardstripe SOLELY on being a woman who didn't want children, with there being no direct evidence of physical abuse because of Sagewhisker forcing Yellowfang to stay away from them. Even Brokenkit says nothing about specific instances of being hurt or insulted, but mentions overhearing Lizardstripe talking to Amberleaf that she feels he is stealing milk from her other children.

But we do have ONE place where it's said that Lizardstripe bit Brokenkit; Omen of the Stars Book 2: Fading Echoes. A book released in 2010-- two years before Yellowfang's Secret.

Yellowfang's Secret was released in 2012 and gives us the FULL backstory, so it's safe to assume that any inconsistencies should be ruled in YS's favor... or at least make you question, "If this was so important, why did they choose to change it?"

The scene in Fading Echoes happens on page 292.

Jayfeather enters Yellowfang's memories, and sees this;

These are supposed to be Yellowfang's memories, with Jayfeather living through her paws and feeling her emotions.

But we see in Yellowfang's Secret that she never saw any biting or nipping. No one ever mentions it in Yellowfang's Secret, not Sagewhisker, not Brokenkit, no one. The ONLY thing that we see is that Lizardstripe did not want children and felt trapped in motherhood.

So,

How does Yellowfang have a memory of this, if there's no way she saw it?

In Yellowfang's Secret, why was it not shown? Why did Brokenkit cite Lizardstripe talking to Amberleaf for why he feels Lizardstripe doesn't like him (and thus will not stop his littermates from bullying him) over actually being bitten and starved?

Why did the writer believe that Lizardstripe being vaguely "ambitious," resenting her unplanned pregnancy, and having another child she didn't want forced on her would be evidence enough of abuse, to the point of not having to show real cruelty?

This covers all of Lizardstripe's canonical interactions with Brokenkit so far, except for the 2007 field guide which is just a beta version of the Yellowfang's Secret scene. For the 20 years this character has existed, there has been ONE scene that states she hurt him "as punishment for being born," retconned out of existence 2 years later.

#in the tags of that first post someone said #'joining the war on lizardstripe on the side of lizardstripe' #and thats so true. this is my life now. I'm going to go insane #WC will really be so misogynistic that they end up making an abusive mother sympathetic through how much they hate women #Lizardstripe #Yellowfang's Secret #Fading Echoes #Warrior cats analysis #they gave her ONE trait and couldn't even do it right OTL

[marmosetpaw]

#warrior cats #wc designs #badgerfang #badgerpaw #shadowclan #starclan #kit #apprentice #yellowfang's secret #:(

[wolfa-battlecats-designs]

Idc what people say I liked Brightflower, she wasn't a bad mom. At least she was better than Lizardstripe and Rainflower

Normal design -> animation friendly -> younger

#warrior cats #brightflower #shadowclan #elder #tpb #the prophecies begin #yellowfang's secret #exile from shadowclan #warriors #warrior cats designs #warriors designs #wc designs #wc #my art #art #digital art #artists on tumblr #flat face kitty enjoyer

[iamfabiloz]

redraw moment!! Yellowfang and Cloudpaw(pelt) from yellowfangs secret :3 cloudpelt was like yellows first foster kid when she nursed him back to health after the mf got split in two!! JWJ cloudpelt n runningnose the og fireheart n cinderpelt fr 

2020 and 2021 versions are under the cut:

#codysight art #yellowfang #cloudpelt #yellowfang's secret #thunderclan #shadowclan #blood. #tw blood #tw.blood #cw blood. #injury #warrior cats #wc #warriors #warrior cats art #art #digital art #warriors art #wc art #warriors cats #wc fanart #fanart #warriors fanart #yellowfang wc #yellowfang warriors #yellowfang warrior cats #my neck hurts so bad im in agony