#broken code: silent thaw

[wacadoodles]

This was my piece for the Warriors ultimate guide Zine hosted by @harriertail !! Done over the summer :)

I did Rootspring(paw) and Tree in a sort of mock cover style for The Silent Thaw. Both the characters and this book are very dear to me, for personal reasons as well, so it was a pleasure to execute this idea for the zine! Glad to have been a part of this project💖

#warrior cats #warriors fanart #rootspring #tree wc #warrior cats tree #rootpaw #the silent thaw #warriors tbc #the broken code #skyclan

[elicain]

Leafstar and Squirrelflight are going to kill me

as you can see, in silent thaw Squilf literally told Leafstar about the impostor, but we don't see it because rootpaw was probably drawing "R+B" inside a heart somewhere.

So,

why the hell it looks like she doesn't know anything in Veil of Shadows? is it one more case of no talking between leader and medcat? is it leafstar way to protect her Clan or something? most probably, did the Erins forget?

THAT'S DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! I just want to understand why is this girl acting so mysteriously what did I miss why is she not saying like yas I knew it already tell me something mew 😭

#wc #warrior cats #leafstar #skyclan #squirrelflight #thunderclan #the broken code #lots of tags because i need help #bramblestar #veil of shadows #The silent thaw

[blorboclaw]

truly is the grandson of Fire-king-of-sass-star

#lionblaze #bramblefake #the broken code #the silent thaw

[meowfeverz]

I drew a guy

#im reading the silent thaw #so im getting there i promise #lol #meow art #the broken code #warriors tbc #dewnose #warrior cats

[dovestims]

Warrior Cats - The Silent Thaw Stimboard

part 2 of the broken code stimboards

x x x | x x x | x x x

#stimboard #warrior cats #warriors #rootspring #the silent thaw #the broken code #stim #stimmy #gif #cat #feline #yellow #blue

[malkumtend]

I genuinely have a real problem with how little the Erin’s explained Ashfur’s sudden powers in TBC. I know they did it to make a threatening villain, but it really really annoys me how much they just improvised the whole thing without ever giving a hint of explanation. The closest we got was his POV in ALITM where he monologued about finding the barrier between Starclan and The Clans. And that honestly isn’t even the bare minimum of what they should have explained. What about his mind control powers? What about why The Dark Forest was dying because of his mental state? What about why he was able to place spirits in other bodies? I’m sorry, but it really bothers me that none of this was explained even a little. Because that gives the authors clarification that they can just make shit up on the spot for the sake of convenience and never feel like they should take the time to think of a basic explanation. That’s not good writing, that’s improv! I’m fine with them beefing Ash up as a villain, but would it have really been too much to ask for some decent background for how it happened. The Broken Code literally feels like an arc that was made up as they went along! Which is a pretty terrible way to write any book series!

#Ashfur #the broken code #warriors #warrior cats #lost stars #the silent thaw #veil of shadows #darkness rising #the place of no stars #a light in the mist

[o0ogalaxyroseo0o]

if i had a nickel for every ashfur-affiliated cat who technically died and came back to life, i’d have two nickels. which isn’t a lot, it’s weird that it happened twice.

#squirrelflight #shadowsight #ashfur #warrior cats #squirrelflight voice: yeah so i died one time #shadowsight voice: omg bestie me too #warrior cats spoilers #does it count as spoilers if the books are 1-2 years old #veil of shadows #the broken code #the silent thaw #squirrelflight’s hope

[howls-wcdesigns]

#smokehaze #windclan #starclan #warrior cats #design #onestars confession #a vision of shadows #tigerhearts shadow #tawnypelts clan #Spotfur's Rebellion #Squirrelflight's Hope #lost stars #the silent thaw #Veil of shadows #the broken code #she has her grandmothers teef

[d0vegum]

aaand that was the silent thaw! i had a fun time with this book

i enjoyed all perspectives equally this time unlike the last book where shadowsight was the only thing keeping me from boredom, the plot is finally picking up the pace and it is doing so fast

im excited to see what the next book has in store!

check out the tags “frans reads veil of shadows” for the upcoming liveread! for the previous books check out “frans reads the silent thaw” and “frans reads lost stars”

shadowsight is still my favorite

#frans reads the silent thaw #frans reads the broken code

[rcarrionplacev2]

THE BROKEN CODE AUDIOBOOKS Read entirely by MacLeod Andrews

Lost Stars+The Silent Thaw

Veil of Shadows+Darkness Within

The Place of No Stars+A Light in the Mist

#warrior cats #warriors #erin hunter #the broken code #audiobooks #a starless clan

[borderline-purrsonality]

Some of y’all may remember my theory on The Broken Code from way back about the StarClan war, and I feel like bringing this back as an AU to TBC.

Lost Stars is close to the same as canon, but with more emphasis on the codebreakers. The Silent Thaw is a bit similar, except imposterstar is more focused on exiling the codebreakers than anything else. There’s a scene where he goes to ShadowClan with Bristlefrost and Squirrelflight, and tries to convince ShadowClan to make Tigerstar step down as StarClan wishes him to. This is what leads to the big battle.

Squirrelflight gets fed up, and snaps at imposterstar. The imposter is very upset, but more in fear than anger. Squirrelflight leaves to go to ShadowClan, and imposterstar spends his time alone in his den for a bit, leaving Bristlefrost and Berrynose to do everything.

Imposterstar then changes afterwards? He tries to bring back the cats he exiled, and tries to get Squirrelflight to come back. ThunderClan is super confused.

The battle happens, and Harestar is killed by Lionblaze and experiences the whole StarClan thing again. He exposes the imposter for lying, and Bramblestar loses a life. Bramblestar then seems to have come back, and ThunderClan celebrates.

Rootspring then finds another spirit, who introduces himself as Ashfur. He begs him to take him to Squirrelflight, and then he explains everything.

Ashfur had always felt alienated in StarClan for his actions, and was only let in because his mother Brindleface begged to have him there. StarClan felt split, as the clans seemed less reliant on StarClan. A war started on whether to have the clans rely on StarClan and the warrior code again, or to let them be independent. The pro StarClan side planned on having a leader be possessed to convince them of being more reliant on them. Ashfur wanted to “redeem” himself, and offered to possess Bramblestar. However, he realized he was in the wrong as Squirrelflight snapped at him, and decided to rebel against StarClan. He reveals Harestar is possessed, and turned on him. Bramblestar is still possessed, but instead by a different cat.

As the arc goes on, the theme of redemption is a big thing in the books. The Dark Forest cats still help out, but have a chance to actually go to StarClan after helping out the clans. StarClan is reformed after its corruption is revealed, and the clans live more independently of StarClan.

#warriors #warrior cats #the broken code #juno sayings #squirrelflight #ashfur #bristlefrost #bramblestar

[marcy-wu-on-the-brain]

Ooo may I have a Needleclaw fer the warrior cats requests? :DD /pos /nf

Sorry i stopped doing these for a bit but im back!! Gonna be doing designs again! Im on the silent thaw of the broken code and i think shes cool :) good sister

#needleclaw #needlepaw #needlekit #alaska doodles #alaska wc

[malachiexists13]

I'm rereading Warriors: The Broken Code rn (I plan on reading book 5 and 6 soon so gotta reread 1-4 just to remember what happens. It's been like 2 years) and Im suddenly remembering all the weird thoughts I had reading through each book.

Like I remember reading The Silent Thaw and thinking, "Man, poor Rootpaw. He's stuck as the only person who can see Bramblestar's consciousness." Because I hate Bramblestar and I've hated him since The New Prophecy and Squirrelflight's Hope only furthered my hatred of him. No I will not take criticism.

I also vaguely remember choosing not to ship Rootspring with Bristlefrost and instead jokingly paired him with Shadowsight. Because I'm pretty sure Shadowsight and Rootspring actually had a genuine friendship or were at least on good terms. Rootspring put Bristlefrost on a fucking pedestle and Bristlefrost basically went "eh. Fine, I'll give him a chance..."

But again, I don't remember much so I'll get back to that once I've read the rest of The Broken Code.

#warriors #warrior cats #the broken code #bristlefrost #rootspring #shadowsight

[blorboclaw]

seeing Breezepelt at the “cats worried that Bramblestar is going too far” meeting makes me think he just misses the “secret society gathering at nights” vibes he got from the dark forest and just jumps on any new secret society that gives the same thrill.

#the silent thaw #the broken code #breezepelt

[willowheartswarriors]

The sentiment that every cat/almost every cat in the clans has broken the code at some point comes up continually in The Silent Thaw, and while it's definitely true, it is kind of telling that this is just an accepted fact up until now. Like "Yeah we decided on this set of rules which (up until now, at least) just about everyone agrees on being morally good and a valuable way to live your life and serve your community. But also everyone has broken at least one of these rules and we all know this and it causes no dissonance in our worldview."

Obviously I'm not saying this is unrealistic - there are plenty of people who hold the same conflicting thoughts about real life laws - but it does really underline the idea that the Code is flawed on some fundamental level if breaking it is basically expected. It does, however, make it sort of wild that there haven't been more cats who wanted to change the Code in the past. Then again, given the values and behaviors the Code reinforces, maybe this isn't actually all that shocking.

#Could you imagine if any irl society made like a dozen rules as soon as the society was established #And then went through hundreds of years of existence and just never questioned or got rid of any laws #Warriors has shown us cats making new additions to the Code but it's actually Really Weird that nothing got removed/altered until this arc #This ties into a whole other tangent abt how the Code engenders and reinforces some dubious worldviews #Including a jingoistic level of clan nationalism and an ingrained prejudice against outsiders #But thats a whole essay for another day lol #Warriors #Warrior Cats #The Silent Thaw #Idk maybe I'll be tempted to make a vid abt it some day #The short vers is that the Code makes sense if you already agree with the ideals it promotes #But makes it functionally impossible to disagree with or attempt to push for change in clan society #Each part of the code is great at serving its intended purpose. But that purpose isn't necessarily a good thing when viewed more broadly #Idk I'll at least type up all my thoughts some day

[kokichis-dead-dove-club]

I know there are lots of WC books, boy do I know. But put your most faves of the series and rate them - shipping-shiggy.

oh fuck this is HARD

hmmmmmm...... im gonna do this in categories i think, putting under the cut bc this could get long

alright i'll start with super editions, since theyre the most cut and dry i think

crookedstar's promise, it's super good, very emotional, i love crookedstar

tallstar's revenge, very gay, love it

this one's kinda difficult bc i havent read most of the older ones in a long time, so i think my answer would probably change once i've reread them, so... tentatively, im gonna say crowfeather's trial, for the sole reason that i have been a crowfeather fan since i was 10

ok next up im gonna do it by arc, and then after that i'll pick my faves out of those faves

for the prophecies begin:

into the wild, ofc

rising storm

i think a dangerous path and the darkest hour are tied here

honestly, the first arc in general is just rly solid, probably the best in the series (altho not my favorite arc)

now for the new prophecy... disclaimer, i havent read these books in at least 6 years, and i dont remember hardly anything so im going off wiki summaries lmao

starlight (windclan civil war my beloved, oh if only you were better fleshed out and expanded on)

sunset (good bramblehawk content lmao)

moonrise

power of three time

eclipse!! when i was a kid i reread this book over and over bc i thought the battle in the tunnels was just SO fucking cool, and yknow what? i was right

dark river

the sight

omen of the stars

the last hope for the sheer impact it had on me as a kid (also i still cry over firestar's death lmao)

night whispers

the forgotten warrior

dawn of the clans, my favorite arc!

the first battle, it has my favorite line in the series and is just. so good.

a forest divided

path of stars

a vision of shadows

SHATTERED SKY this is in my top 5 of all time, i LOVE how fucking dark it is, i can't get enough, i want more warriors books that are this level of fucked

thunder and shadow

the apprentice's quest

honestly this arc... kinda sucks lmao, it has some high points but overall... nah

the broken code! this is probably my 2nd or 3rd fave arc, i rly liked it

lost stars, incredibly strong start to an arc

the silent thaw, was not bored for even a single page reading this one, which is very rare for warriors

darkness within bc of how dark it is, even in comparison to the rest of this arc; like, that scene where the sisters are trying to summon bramblestar's ghost but instead it's a bunch of ghost cats screaming in agony?? fucking awesome

aaand i can't rly rate the current arc since theres only one book out dnfgdjkfh but i really loved river, i think this arc is gonna be pretty good!

soooo overall rankings! we have:

shattered sky, i could read it again and again, i swear

the first battle

into the wild

and just for funsies here are some of my least favorite books, not rly categorized bc im getting tired of typing<3

yellowfang's secret, leopardstar's honor, squirrelflight's hope, the sun trail (seriously fuck this book), outcast (every time the erins write a traveling book i die a little more inside), the fourth apprentice, river of fire, and the place of no stars