Hello, fans and frenemies! Nate Draikinator here with ten fresh new LGBT headcanons for you to adopt and enjoy.
My last video was very popular and I got so many lovely comments about people delighted by new headcanons and sharing their own and
I think it's time for a sequel!
Also before I begin, I want to note last time some people wondered why I didn't include Jake, Tallstar,
Ravenpaw or Barley on my list and the reason is simple. Those characters are canonically LGBT.
So, it's not my headcanon.
Tallstar states in a super edition that he loved Jake, and both Vicki and Kate have stated that Ravenpaw and Barley are
a couple. This list is for making fun stuff up. But luckily, with those few cats
It's already there and we don't have to. Without any further ado, 10 more LGBT Warrior Cats headcanons.
#10.
Gay Flametail
ShadowClan Medicine Cat Apprentice and fan-favorite Flametail whose biggest narrative impact was dying.
Yes, definitely gay. What proof do I have of this?
Please observe this official Flametail art.
I think that's all I need to say.
#9.
Trans Girl Squirrelflight
In Leafpool's Wish, Squirrelflight is told she's infertile, will be unable to bear children
and her only chance to be a mother is to take Leafpool's kits. Later on,
this is revealed to have been a lie told by Yellowfang and Squirrelflight ends up having a biological error for.
Now, personally, when I read Leafpool's Wish, I thought it was pretty obvious Yellowfang was lying.
I also thought it was probably the only interesting part OF Leafpool's Wish. Squirrelflight's unwillingness to lie for Leafpool seems out of character,
honestly. I had always assumed it was actually her idea.
But the idea of Yellowfang lying and this showing that StarClan cats aren't infallible,
just gods, but flawed people in death as they are in life.
However, a lot of people didn't realize that she was lying and were under the impression she was actually totally really infertile.
So I guess that just wasn't written as clearly as I felt it was. In any case,
Why don't we just dump the spectacularly boring Leafpool's Wish entirely and make Squirrelflight a trans girl?
She tells her Clan that StarClan led her to a litter of kits because she asked them for them and
wanted to be a mother and everyone accepts this because Squirrelflight would never lie about STARCLAN, right?
It also tweaks her lying to Brambleclaw a bit because personally I can accept her telling him that she found them,
but not that Leafpool is their real mother.
But I really can't buy her telling Brambleclaw that these are his biological children.
That seems way out of character for her, and unnecessary. And since her break up with Blam-Brambleclaw at that point
never really went anywhere, like it
It wasn't very good, like they just got back together, and it didn't really result in anything interesting happening.
I'm not really interested in retaining it. Lastly now,
Leafpool is the willing and happy surrogate mother for Alderheart and Sparkpelt and carried them for Squirrel and Brambleclaw.
I think this actually helps her narrative arc too because now she's no longer ashamed of things like this or afraid, to be honest.
She is openly happy to help her sister have children with no lies or secrets and everyone else accepts this as well.
Because it's a stupid rule.
#8.
Bisexual Clovertail
Really enjoyed a lot of characters in Firestar's Quest and I really liked SkyClan, you-then if it doesn't make much sense.
One of the characters I liked was Clovertail, a single mother who loves her kits, and is very nervous about Clan life.
She becomes very close to Petalnose, an abused
former Kittypet who joined SkyClan with her mate Rainfur who was killed by the rats saving Firestar.
Petalnose is devastated by his death and understandably
so, but both of them are young mothers and raised their kits together. And
I like to imagine them relying on each other during this harsh time and a slow budding romance in the wake of Petalnose's grief.
Perhaps even a visit from rain fur from StarClan, urging her to be happy and follow her heart, and not wait endlessly on a
dead cat and let her heart grow cold and sad.
Kind of like Silverstream. I don't know. I just love stuff like that.
#7.
Non-Binary Leafstar
Speaking of SkyClan cats, Leafstar has always defied convention in everything.
She does from naming traditions to daylight warriors.
It's hardly a leap to think of she may have discarded gender definitions and expectations that did not suit her the same way
she discarded Clan traditions. She saw no use for. For this reason, I like to headcanon Leafstar as non-binary.
#6.
Gay Trans Boy Sol
Last time I talked about Redtail being a male torty and how it's far more likely than a male
torty warrior cat is transgender than a chimera or an X X Y male, another famous calico boy is Sol.
Sol is a fan favorite villain who started in SkyClan and then migrated to the rest of the clans,
destroying ShadowClan's faith in StarClan, and trying to manipulate the power of three kits.
Personally, I love to personify Sol is this beautiful trans boy twink who shows up in the clans
absolutely flaunting his wiles to seduce Blackstar.
Sol is a fun character and I hope we get to see where he went after
he left the clans the last time.
Like, just someday even as a little bitty, like, thing, just to see what like, where did he go? Is he dead?
I don't know!
#5.
He/Him Lesbian Fallen Leaves
Okay, last time I talked about he/him lesbian Cloudtail. But there was some confusion.
So let me try to clarify again
A he/him lesbian is in no way a man or a boy who identifies as a lesbian.
He/him lesbian is a girl or a woman aligned on binary person who uses the pronouns he/him.
Pronouns are just words, and using words or symbols
associated with masculinity has a long history and lesbian and especially butch lesbian culture.
A lesbian going by he and him
It's just the same as if a girl wants to go by a traditionally boys name or wear traditionally boys clothes.
They're traditionally boys pronouns, but a girl can use them if they want.
It's just a different way of expression and we're fortunate that there are so many different ways to express ourselves in a world with so
many different people with different experiences.
Back on the topic of cats.
Everyone loves Fallen Leaves, our favorite spooky ghost cat living in the tunnels beneath the lake Clans, and Hollyleaf/Fallen Leaves is a
hugely popular ship after her novella. Now personally, I really like Jayfeather and Fallen Leaves.
But we all know that Holly leaf is a lesbian. So it just makes sense that Fallen Leaves is too.
Perhaps after so much time in the tunnels, he's had time to really think about his choice of personal expression and identity.
In any case, Fallen Leaves is everyone's favorite spooky ghost butch lesbian.
#4.
Lesbian Ivypool.
Good lord, just look at her. Did anyone read these books and NOT read her as a lesbian?
I don't believe that even possible.
Now, I'm very very uncomfortable with Fernsong/Ivypool because of their huge age difference.
And the fact that there's like an entire prophecy about them being related. But, Fernsong is definitely a trans girl and
uh, I guess
since it's
But, Fernsong is definitely a trans girl, so at least they got that one right, but um
boy don't like that, but I guess that's, I
guess we just have to deal with it. In any case, Ivypool. Definitely a lesbian. Perhaps the most iconic lesbian of the series.
#3.
Trans Boy Twigbranch.
Twigbranch has always had an aversion to the idea of having kits.
Especially in the most recent book, something about
uh Twigbranch's of astral physical discomfort with it. Just
thinking about it feels so familiar to me as a person who also buys the idea of having children very dysphoric and uncomfortable.
It's not difficult for me at all to imagine Twigbranch as a trans boy.
#2.
Bisexual Firestar.
Firestar loves Sandstorm. Firestar definitely loves Graystripe. Firestar is bi as hell. Shout outs tos-
Shout out specifically to Kate Kerry's Gray Fire Christmas fanfiction that she wrote under her real name. Love it.
Firestar is the series protagonist icon we all needed.
#1.
Trans Girl Redthistle.
I bet this one surprised you! If you're scratching your head trying to remember who Redthistle is, allow me to tell you a story.
Some dear friends with pumpkin claws AKA Angel Hawk and a while back
They were working on a ShadowClan medicine cat charity map that would show each ShadowClan medicine cat in order.
I did my favorite, Redscar. However, many of the choices were characters
We know virtually nothing about, other than a name and one of the characters is Redthistle, Sagewhisker's mentor.
Pumpkin Claws took that part, so no one else would have to. Bless their heart and decided, to give her a girlfriend.
And just show her picking some herbs or something.
They asked her group shot for ideas of who the girlfriend could be and we set out to hunting through Allegiance Lists for ideas. It
was then I found her.
Silverflame.
Yellowfang's grandmother.
She would most likely have been around the same age as Redthistle based on the timeline and what a cool twist would it be if Yellowfang herself was a direct descendant of a secret warrior medicine cat forbidden relationship.
It's a powerful narrative irony I really dig
so for that reason
I headcanon Redthistle as a trans girl and her and Silverflame as the parents of Brightflower, Yellowfang's mother.
Medicine cattery is just in her blood.
So that was ten more excellent LGBTQ had cannons for you to munch on. I
hope you enjoyed this video, and maybe I'll do another single Sunday!
My LQBT headcanons are endless after all.
That's all for now though. See you next time Naters out!
