Stairway to Starclan

Leafbare is coming to an end in the forest, but cat drama never ends! Join us as we discuss badgers and beavers and maybe some cats also. (These set of chapters were a bit of a lull in the action, but Cloudkit is there and very cute).

Up next week: Chapter 11-14

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Fireheart puts on his deerstalker hat and gets to sleuthing! He uncovers more pieces to the puzzle of the Tigerclaw Is Evil case, although he discovers something else in the process... Also, join us as we learn the dos and don'ts of naming a Warrior Cat!

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Up next week: Chapter 7-10

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We begin Forest of Secrets, the third book of the first series! Things are off to a tense start as Tigerclaw decides to be actively evil again and not just the mean gym teacher. We also meet up again with everyone's favorite gay cat Ravenpaw, while Graystripe once again earns our ire.

Up next week: Chapter 4-6

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Fire & Ice retrospective time! We discuss the book as a whole and revisit Liz's old prophecies to assess their accuracy... and get some new ones. We also consider Graystripe and Silverstream's legacy and answer listener questions. Next week we'll be starting Forest of Secrets!

Up next week: Prologue - Chapter 3 (Forest of Secrets)

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We've finished Fire and Ice!!! Join us for an extra-long discussion of the last five chapters of the second book. There's battles .... betrayal ... cat racism ... ghosts ... it has it all! In the end, can Graystripe and Fireheart finally reconcile after Graystripe's many crimes...?

Up next week: Fire and Ice Wrap Up

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This week we finally have a more in-depth discussion of the problem of abelism in the Warriors series, as Cinderpaw returns to the story. Beyond that, Thunderclan is asking the question: why do bash "dead-beat" clan members for not being there for Cloudkit but we never question if the child has bad vibes? Or if they're just unpleasant to be around?

Up next week: Chapters 26-30

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We return to an Exciting set of three chapters, which ends with of one of the most bonkers decisions made in the series yet! Who needs kit-stealing when you can just send your child to the plague lands? And Graystripe continues to be the guy who sucks.

Up next week: Chapters 12-25

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We're back from hiatus! We dive into a set of drama-heavy episodes, as everything continues to go wrong in Thunderclan camp. Also, Graystripe is the worst friend in the world.

Up next week: Chapters 19-21

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We're back! This time we're reading Chapters 11 through 14. Everyone keeps going into Riverclan territory, and it's really causing some problems. Staircast also takes a hard stance against Graystripe, as he transforms into Fireheart's shitty high school friend who never hangs out anymore because he got a girlfriend. Also, he is a vector for The Plague. We also say a sad goodbye to Yahoo Answers and its Warriors community.

Up next week: Chapters 15-18

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We return to Thunderclan in Chapters 8 through 10, and Fireheart becomes a responsible adult with a rich inner life. He simultaneously seems unconcerned that he acted as an accomplice to manslaughter. We also go through and rate all the canonical kittypet names in the series, according to our very logical standards.

Up next week: Chapters 11-14

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