Nate Speaks: My Top Ten Warrior Cats LGBT Headcanons!

[@Draikinator]

1. Let me try to nip this one in the bud; I call Redtail a calico throughout this, but he's technically canonically a tortie. Genetically a calico IS just a tortie with white, it doesn't change anything. male torties and calicos are sterile, so if redtail has a daughter, it makes more sense for him to be trans. 2. to reiterate, homophobic/transphobic or just rude comments will be deleted. this isnt your platform to be nasty. 3. please share all UR fave lgbt headcanons in the comments!!! I love hearing about them.

[@no-jj7bv]

I personally love your ideas of the cats. I like to think that Mothwing is transgender and the biological parent of the three!😻❤

[@swishaRooni3]

you go nate :D edit: I also like all of these it changed my mind about some of theses cats and made this better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@no-jj7bv]

@@swishaRooni3 Yeah!💟

[@mebanks-smith9079]

I love the top tens you make❤

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

Bi tallstar, and Pan Jake uwu And lesbian cinderpelt! Anddd.. Also maybe asexual mousefur? Idk there's so many that I headcanon to be LGBT..

[@Moonkitti]

I've been saying redtrail is trans and sandstorm is his daughter through a megaphone for 5000 years. Did you know that sandstorm doesn't mourn or even properly acknowledge the death of brindleface? It's cus she's not her mom

[@Draikinator]

NOW THAT I'VE SEEN THE SOURCE ON BRINDLEFACE AND REDTAIL ANYWAY AND IT'S JUST A FREAKING... FACEBOOK MESSAGE AND IN THE SAME SENTENCE SHE SAYS WILLOWPELT AND PATCHPELT ARE GRAYSTRIPE'S PARENTS.... THATS LIKE 9TH TIER CANON THATS SO OUT OF BOUNDS. god there's sue content more based in canon that THAT

[@sinmead7422]

damn why have i not thought of that before

[@Moonkitti]

sandstorm, coming back from hunting patrol: brindleface who? but all author retcons can be thrown out, please

[@shadestained]

but what if part of the reason for sandpaw being so angry and prickly towards firepaw in the first book when graypaw states that she's not usually like that was because she was grieving after her dad's death? and she just lashes out at everyone and mostly hangs out with dustpaw because redtail was his mentor and he can kinda understand what she's going through? ...i'll see myself out sorry

[@linxmoment8572]

Lysithéa wait he was an actual character- Jk lol. Fathers never played a big role before Graystripe got all weird. I don't remember Ashpaw and Fernpaw crying and screaming when Whitestorm died-

[@VampireGarden]

Shouldn’t this be ‘my top 1000 warrior cat LGBT headcanons’? Because I swear 10 is too small

[@gliscorpropagandaaccount1764]

I believe you mean 1,000,000.

[@VampireGarden]

Omega Lady38 or maybe every single cat in the series. Let’s make EVERYONE part of the LGBT community!!

[@wendawls.3463]

@@VampireGarden nahhh, we need to have it like 45 percent lgbtq+ and the rest cis and straight. Because in reality lgbtq is the minority. I love trans redtail, Les leopard, Les Sasha and bi bluestar. Those are my faves

[@Draikinator]

All the cats are gay. All of them

[@subtlysapphic3623]

Allllllll da catssssss

[@creseas_yes_thk]

River clan is a big LGBT community

[@iris0231]

DDSalat 1987 The gayest clan

[@thelazyomegawolf939]

I like to imagine when a RiverClan cat has a crush they either deny it or have no boundaries and want to move very quickly.

[@middleschoollife6821]

My gay oc is Ivyheart from Riverclan

[@chessbelmont4709]

Yep. In a lil Au headcanon I made awhile ago, some cats got exiled and found safety in River clan.

[@thelazyomegawolf939]

I have a WindClan girl who is a lesbian and is completely enthralled with her RiverClan aromantic pan gf

[@InterstellarKip]

vicky holmes herself came to my front door and told me all the characters are lgbt, especially the medicine cats. sorry i don't make the rules

[@dogegirl1383]

I love the idea of mothwing being a trans girl because that means she was originally another son of tigerstar. Her coming out and choosing to be both a she-cat and a medicine cat, not another buff warrior son of tigerstar is really interesting to me.

[@Creekpaw]

I've always loved aromantic asexual Thornclaw. My personal AU is that he fathered Blossomfall's kits so that Ivypool and Blossomfall could raise them.

[@Nunnyan]

Maple Elliot that’s amazing

[@somethingsomething1763]

Beautiful. That's what should have happened

[@Nunnyan]

Jenna Bjergo or maybe Ivypool felt pity towards Fernsong so she faked her liking towards him, knowing that Blossomfall would also be in the nursery too.

[@dreamfletcher779]

Holy shit, I love it

[@levnuica8863]

That's the best plot twist

[@cowgirlbago]

I understand the Poly ship with Cloudtail, Daisy, and Brightheart, but I don’t like it. A healthy poly ship is all of the members equally liking each other and being comfortable in a relationship like that. With Brightheart however, she is shown not liking Clouds relationship with Daisy and jealous of the time Cliud spends with Daisy. Idk I just don’t like it

[@Draikinator]

she was at first, but when daisy talked to her and told her how much she admired her, brightheart felt bad for being jealous and they became close friends in canon! I just like the idea that as soon as brightheart realized like, a choice doesnt HAVE to be made, you can love more than one person, it was okay! and they have a big cuddle pile

[@acigarette1379]

@@Draikinator Yeet Cuddle pile

[@nectar2636]

I know this comment was a year ago, but I say Brightheart, Swiftpaw, and Cloudtail as poly relationship. I never shipped Brightheart with Swiftpaw, only Swiftpaw and Cloudtail. Swiftpaw secretly has a crush on him, but "needs to NOT like him" in front of Longtail, since his mentor competes against Fireheart (who's Cloudtail's mentor). It's better than Daisy-Cloudtail-Brightheart poly ship for me, personally.

[@TheSlipperyNUwUdle]

Random Potato I always thought Swiftpaw and Brightheart were siblings...? Gee I hope not for the sake of this pairing. Edit: lol nevermind. Swiftpaw is Goldenflower’s son and Brightheart is Frostfur’s. It does not say who their fathers are on the wiki. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ honestly I cant remember every single kit in this gargantuan series.

[@MaddoxEzman]

@@TheSlipperyNUwUdle Very late comment but I believe it is confirmed Lionheart is Brightheart’s father and Patchpelt is Swiftpaw’s father. So no genetic relation between Swiftpaw and Brightheart.

[@waffluffe4146]

Non*pine*ary

[@Draikinator]

Op I would die for you

[@waffluffe4146]

Thanks

[@creativename2119]

Waffluffe OwO haha puns.

[@cupiidskiss]

AyyYYyYYYYYy

[@isabelle6333]

Waffluffe OwO. A-hAh

[@MistyEyeWarrior3]

As a transmasc person, closeted trans boy Silverstream makes me. Really uncomfortable. Considering her entire purpose throughout the three books she was alive in was to have babies and die, and that this video implies she would still be closeted when she was fridged, it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth.

[@kwittenish]

a lot of these headcannons revolve around aus, so silverstream probably wouldn't just die off like that. he might not even have babies anymore, who knows?

[@druidshollow]

👏TRANS👏SOL👏TRANS👏REDTAIL👏TRANS👏ROWANCLAW👏 all my faves are trans

[@mia_p4213]

I support all three of those

[@LuizaFDeF]

I approve this

[@thelazyomegawolf939]

Yus I approve

[@lunasuuli484]

I approve! 🙌

[@ailurophob1a]

trans ravenpaw?

[@charcoal7250]

I like the idea of Sasha being a lesbian and the idea of Bluestar being Bi. As a bi person myself I have an idea in my mind that Firestar is bi because of his close relationship with Graystripe. I also ship Darkstripe and Tigerstar and think Darkstripe is a gay boy. Also please do another video I love videos like this. :3 I also like the idea of Sandstorm as bi and Mousefur as asexual.

[@yan-bc5sb]

Kawaii Neko I relate to this so much it’s scary

[@kittycoke666]

I really like the idea of a gay Graystripe

[@charcoal7250]

Silver The artistic fox Same. It would be adorable if Firestar and Graystripe were in a secret relationship.

[@charcoal7250]

InklessPenn Lol Yes.

[@linxmoment8572]

Asexual Sandstorm is a good one. "But she was mates with Firestar!!1!1!1!1!!11!" Honestly, do people forget about romantic orientations? She can still have a romantic relationship with Firestar but I don't see her as the type of being that.. close?

[@emmabetters7196]

Redtail and Runningwind would actually be ADORABLE! Your idea is genius. From now on, THAT IS MY CANON. (just like how the warrior's wiki made Dovewing's eyes blue- their HEADCANON- seem like actual canon)

[@TheLostJammer]

nate i love you dude.. u didn't spill the tea you threw the damn cup

[@karrifina]

i will use that saying for now on

[@linxmoment8572]

Spilling things is lame and only clumses do that. Now throwing is the best tactic I heard of.

[@sinmead7422]

not surprised and not disappointed to see other macdoesit fans here lmao

[@dali-dog]

dude oh my god I'm so happy that people are making Macdoesit references here.

[@abnormalpersonarts90]

@Brittany Beeby Mac references?

[@shadestained]

guys but consider a riverclan raised jay becoming a warrior and mothwing being his biggest advocate b/c she knows what it's like to feel forced into a role and she's just??? so proud of how hard her sonny boi works and will beat up starclan for trying to push him onto a predetermined path.

[@nicolewestibaan9162]

I ship Birchfall and Mousewhisker. Now hear me out. They are completely different. Mousewhisker is hot-headed and Birchfall calm. It would also explain why Birchfall was training in the DF, he was there to make sure Mousewhisker didn't get himself hurt or killed. Idk, I just ship it

[@chexysexy9601]

yes

[@maggiehydeck8182]

Makes sense, I like it.

[@theals9605]

Everyone loves this headcannon. Except for Whitewing.

[@koi_bee]

I tried to like this and I clicked the dislike button but I liked it again I feel so bad

[@phantomcat7990]

I thought you said Mousefur for a minute

[@cjck1344]

Hey it’s me, the guy who said he/him lesbians aren’t valid. I came back here to apologize. Back then I was being fed a lot of misinformation by Kalvin Garrah and Blaire White and the likes. I know now that not only do pronouns not equal gender, but gender is a social construct anyway so people should be allowed to just do whatever they want with it. I consider myself to be a gender anarchist now, and I even use neopronouns. I don’t really know what prompted me to come back here and apologize, I guess I was just thinking about who I used to be and I was like “holy shit” so…here I am. I’m honestly typing this at like 7 in the morning so it may not be the best. But I am so so so so sorry. I’ve now learned to just stop giving a shit and enjoy my own life. I don’t really know how you’re doing, but I hope you’re doing ok. - CJ, it/he/?/_/*/❌/⬛️ edit: I’m gonna keep my old comment up just to show anyone who hasn’t seen it how deep I was in that toxic mindset. I think it’s good to expose past mistakes to show how far you’ve grown.

[@kel9993]

YEAAAA POP OFF BESTIE

[@cjck1344]

@@kel9993 character development 😫

[@novaanimations5958]

PROUD OF YOU BUDDY! (Going through the same situation and I know it sucks to think about your past opinions. You’re doing good!) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

[@firewillow8676]

What is a gender anatchist?

[@mischievous-clown]

Now this, this is charter development

[@abadprofilename8130]

I gotta say Mothpool had a lot more potential. I wanna see more so if there is a Mothwing novella it better be set in the second series XD Next you should do your top 10 favourite characters c:

[@yvainees]

I really like your headcanons here, but personally they're not for me. I do like the idea of bi Sasha and Alderheart though. Oh and lesb Leopardstar is a cool idea too, but I headcanon her (this is pretty unpopular) as once having a minor relationship with Tigerstar, and she feels like she has to do everything for his love, which he promises her, but never does. Personally I'm not so into the trans headcanons (don't take this as me being transphobic!! I'm very supportive of anyone who's trans, but I just don't particularly like the Redtail/Tigerheart/Alderheart trans headcanons, but they're perfectly fine

[@TiredMonarch]

I completely agree with everything you just said! (i do ship fallen leaves X Hollyleaf more though, no disrespect!)

[@yvainees]

I'm totally for Fallen X Holly too haha, and I could definitely agree they were close enough that they could've been in a relationship together at some point during the time in the tunnels

[@whisperis]

I say Hollyleaf and Jayfeather are both aro/ace and they sometimes laugh at what a stereotypical straight guy Lionblaze is

[@Blackfang032302]

All of these are so valid and I love them.Warrior cats need more LGBT cats. Also minor clerical error, but it is possible for a cat to be male, a calico and fertile.But for this to happen, they have to be a chimera, which is a rare genetic mutation and also doesn't change the fact that trans hc for any male calico are 100% valid.

[@Blackfang032302]

For anyone curious about the whole fertile male calico thing, I would suggest looking up Dawntreader Texas Calboy, an absolutely gorgeous fertile male calico.

[@shlurpyy]

hey man, it’s fictional books, i think the creators don’t really care because there are a LOT of impossible cats in the books!!!

[@TheCottonCandie]

I always Headcanon characters as LGBT+ until outright proven otherwise by them actually saying otherwise. Basically, every character is at the very least Bi, Pan, or Ace until something proves it otherwise, and gender is something (at least for me) where i'm like "that character is trans/agender/etc" "why?" "because then they'll likely actually have a character they're boring as is i'm spicing it up you shits."

[@bsgenius22]

"I'm spicing it up you shits" lol

[@wanted__fundaddy5348]

Annoyed Claude oh then you’d love Star vs the Forces of Evil. One if the storyboard artists confirmed that pretty much everyone working on the show see every characters hi lol

[@juliaguevara4512]

Sort of like Brackenfur then.

[@TheSabatore]

Okay but.... Non-binary feathertail is my favorite thing on this Earth. Also consider ravenpaw suffering dissassociative trauma leading to a constant fight with his gender identity which is also,,,, my bread and butter

[@heroswags]

My headcannon After Redtail dies, Whitestorm comforts Runningwind during his time of grief then they become gay bois

[@eridenthe]

THIS IS SO VALID????

[@smallwildfox2271]

I headcanon River Ripple/Riverstar from Dawn of the Clans as FtM... I don't know why but I do Mudfur is pan Mothwing's a MtF lesbian Longtail I see as poly Stonefur and Mousefur are both aro ace Bumble, Leopardstar, Mistystar, Russetfur, Sasha, Ivypool, Blossomfall, Yellowfang, Leafpool, Willowshine, Echosong are lesbians Firestar, Tawnypelt, Hawkfrost and Fernsong are Bi Lightning Tail, Fircone, Nettle, Bumble, Marshscar, Blackstar, Featherwhisker, Littlecloud, Whitethroat, Hawkheart, Barkface, Kestrelflight and Darkstripe are gay Sol I headcanon as gay but not as FtM, I see him as more of a chimera. You know? Two male kittens, one black and one red (and a little bit of white as I see him) come in contact inside their mother and sorta of fuse or something? That's how I see him Also maybe Darktail had a thing for Hawkwing... and Dappletail had a thing with One-eye but I'm not sure Rowanstar is FtM (and that calico kitten from Blossomfall and Thornclaw that I don't remember the name of) Brick and Nightstar are Nonbinary Sorry this got too long... I have way too many headcanons

[@toastyblankets241]

OHMYGOD ANYONE WHO SAYS TRANS RIVERSTAR IS NOT CANON IS NOT CANON IN THIS UNIVERSE

[@smallwildfox2271]

@@toastyblankets241 I just saw him for the first time and was like 'This cat is trans and you can't tell me otherwise', also he's one of my favorites. I imagine RiverClan is the Clan with most the most openly LGBT+ cats, maybe he's the reason why they are the most accepting Clan.

[@SirenOfStyxx]

@@toastyblankets241 that makes a ton of sence to me because he seems feminine and I think he's a girl a lot so him being trans makes sence

[@toastyblankets241]

@@SirenOfStyxx I also like how he was a cat of the park which seems like a group that would not have as strict rules as the clans about gender and so when he left he brought some of those traditions with him.

[@SirenOfStyxx]

@@toastyblankets241 one of my riverclan ocs is an aro ace med cat. Her name is Lilymint and she has pale mint green eyes and Lily white fur.

[@__red_winter__3855]

Great job! My favorite LGBTQ+ headcannon had to be a poly relationship between thornclaw,blossomfall,ivypool and trans! Fernsong it's just really cute in my mind

[@JuliusCaesar2005]

Cuute!

[@SirenOfStyxx]

Oh yes

[@dovefilms]

That ship is my lifeblood

[@smolbean8489]

Alderheart is my son and I ship him with Puddleshine cause they beautiful bois. I will fight anyone who doesn't say Alderheart is my son XD. I also have an AU where Alder goes with Leafpool to train Puddleshine, and leaving Jayfeather there. Thunderclan than gets I think Yellow cough and they all start to die, and Darktail comes in a takes over, with the bois that join him from Shadowclan aka Sleekwhisker, juniperclaw, Yarrowlead, and all them. Wind clan is mainly left alone but Onestar gathers his allies from Riverclan, Shadowclan and Thunderclan, who don't follow Darktail. Dark tail already had Shadow and River like in the books and they beat Darktail. Than Tigerheart leave and Skyclan comes. Technically the same after Shattered Sky.

[@sammm8101]

holy cow somebody else who ships alderheart with puddleshine! i’ve found nobody else who does

[@thatpersonyouknow9697]

Alder Heart is everyone’s son

[@adenine6189]

Jake is everyone's father Spottedleaf is everyone's aunt Alderheart is everyone's son

[@LttleGhostx]

ohhh I love these, some of mine are: Squirrelflight is agender, and only uses she/he pronouns, she's real confident about her identity and who she is but she feels like she sometimes has to be extra loud about her identity since she doesn't use neutral pronouns despite being genderless which is basically me just projecting onto Squirrel cause we're ridiculously similar AND OFC HE/HIM LESBIAN FALLEN LEAVES WILL ALWAYS HAVE THE BIGGEST PLACE IN MY HEART

[@LttleGhostx]

@@gamzeemakarahonkhonk yes, and he/him lesbians are people who identify as women and use he/him pronouns, he/him only means someome is man IF the person says it does (like, I use he, and she, but I'm not a boy or a girl) but some ppl that use he/him are girls, and if they happen to also like other girls, then they're a he/him lesbian

[@violetmay6196]

9:07 YES! I agree, I was recently re-reading omen of the stars and Yellowfang was convincing jayfeather to not say anything to Mothwing about something (I'll try not to spoil lol) and because she doesnt believe in starclan, yellowfang calls her an idiot (not to her face) and I mean, seriously! just because one cat doesnt believe in starclans (arguably bad decisions etc.) doesnt mean thier stupid in my opinion it makes them more open-minded, not just seeing things one way because a bunch of dead cats said so, (and yes I know starclan is basically worshipped and respected by the clans, but they have a lot of plot-holes and problems) like, take Brokenstar's nine lives for example, what were they thinking!? and then they insist on everyone else to deal with thier mistake....even though they pratically knew this was all going to happen anyway! I think im getting off topic-- mothwing is cool and under appreciated by the clans (and starclan lol) cool vid!

[@LuizaFDeF]

I live for Trans!Crowfeather, i love Redtail being trans and in a realationship with Brindleface and My boi Cloudtail in a relationship with Brightheart and Daisy

[@acigarette1379]

Bright Cloudy Daisy The Daisy is Bright and Cloudy

[@nat.morgan]

Willowshine and Hollyleaf is my favorite ship, I was just rereading Power Of Three, and my only thoughts any time they interacted was, 'They would make a great couple I can feel the chemistry please give us canon gay relationships-' and the like.

[@buckaroonoo]

I have a few headcanons I love sm Trans gay Darkstripe Bromantic heterosexual Firestar Asexual Aromantic Ivypool Lesbian Mapleshade Non bianary gay Sol And after watching this I think that the Silverstream idea is great! Also you should make a “top ten warrior LGBTQAI+ ships” video!

[@riverrat7743]

At first I read Trans and Trash and I was slightly confused

[@HawHeckin]

Biromantic and Hedrosexual Firestar makes a lot of sense!

[@vicg.6344]

So let me see if I got this right, please correct me if I don't, I really don't want to offend someone out of misinformation: so a biromantic hetero man is a man that can fall in love with other men, but has no interest in having SEX with other men? Like he'd have a boyfriend, but they would never have sex because he'd only feel romantically attracted to his bf, but not sexually? Again I don't wanna offend anybody, this is a genuine question

[@buckaroonoo]

Exactly correct’

[@vicg.6344]

@@buckaroonoo Ooh ok! Thx!

[@totallyawesomesteph]

I've always kind of interpreted Tigerstar a character that is incapable of feeling affection. I can't see him as ever being the kind of cat who would say "that's my mate" or " I'm in love with that person". that's just not the kind of character he is. His only goal was vengeance and a lust for power. Having kits was never an expression of love, just ensuring his lineage in case he was not able to achieve his goal of ruling the forest. Sasha was a convenient way of "spreading his seed", so to speak. She was female and willing to mate. That's the extent of their relationship. Un her mind, that's not obvious until she's already having his kits. Sasha is a hard luck woman. She's been through so much, a relationship, even one as uneven as what she shared with Tigerstar, was better than having nothing at all. I love viewing LGBTQ in warriors, but I can only accept so many of them as, in my mind, they're cats. The goal is to breed and keep the babies coming. That's why, when I hear complaints about how short the cats know each other before declaring their love for each other. I have far less of a problem dealing with it because they're cats, not humans. Hearts build in a different way.

[@totallyawesomesteph]

@UC6HSL--FOTQ_3zyjc2-3ezw no. My comment was regarding Sasha. I probably didn't make that clear. What I meant was, I can totally see Sasha making a far closer connection with Leopardstar after the gravity of Tigerstar's indifference finally catches up to her. I don't doubt she had feelings for Tigerstar, but one can only lie to themselves for so long. That's why I can't help viewing Leopardstar and Sasha as indirectly canon for the rather fast but very close friendship. I ship it so hard, omg. We need more of that

[@sacreddeer9711]

I like all of these, but he/him lesbian Cloudtail just makes me uncomfortable. It feels as if people don't think BrightxCloud can't be healthy as a straight relationship, and he/him lesbian sounds more like an insult towards trans men than anything. Other than that, good video op.

[@Draikinator]

He/him lesbians arent insults to anyone. Lesbians being themselves isn't an insult to another minority group. Trans men arent lesbians, because men can't be lesbians. girls can use he/him pronouns though if they want to.

[@hues-]

ty, penumbra! i agree, hesbian cloudtail really rubs me the wrong way.

[@sacreddeer9711]

@@Draikinator It bothers me a lot when girls use male pronouns because: 1. It usually comes from a place of internelized misogyny or transphobia 2. Lesbians were forced to use he/him in order to pass as males so that they could be with their girlfriends. Using male pronouns "just for fun" is kinda insulting to those lesbians.

[@sacreddeer9711]

@@hues- I honestly prefer trans man Cloudtail x bi Brightheart a lot more.

[@hues-]

@@sacreddeer9711 ooh, yeah! honestly, cloud x bright is one of my absolute fav ships.

[@wolfiegirl83]

Bluestar's Prophecy was the first Warriors book I ever read. And it's still my favorite, even if she's not my favorite character(I don't dislike her or anything, she's just not my favorite character ¯\_(ツ)_/¯). So I'm glad to know there's another fan of that book out there. And when you said your headcanon for her is bi, that - as a fellow bi person - made me fairly happy. ^_^

[@abigailkondoudis5772]

I’ve got a fun idea for a collide of Headcanons Basically mix the trans Silverstream au and trans Redtail and Runningwind as Sandstorms parents. Sandstorm is devastated at her dads death and furious at “RiverClan” for killing him. When she finds out that Greystripe is dating Siverstream, Oakhearts, the cat who killed her father, NEPHEW, she is furious at Greystripe and the two become enemies, and Fireheart is torn between the love of his life, and best friend/maybe also love. And once Sandstorm finds out that Tigerclaw, someone she looked up to as a great warrior, is the cat who really killed her father, maybe BOTH of her fathers if Runningwind still dies, she is absolutely destroyed, both by grief, and guilt that she pushed away both a friend, and her crush for no reason. Some nice drama is all I’m saying, and Sandstorm really deserves more attention

[@moved4901]

I haven’t even watched the video, but I used to ship Darkstripe and Tigerstar, but now I sort of don’t.

[@zimfam007]

same

[@sokam9820]

The Robo Noob I don’t like Tiger x Dark. Tigerstar only saw Darkstripe as someone he could take advantage of, cheat him off his friendship.

[@moved4901]

Frosty yeah, also I think that either Tigerstar was his mentor, or they’re related, i think that I saw that from someone on discord.

[@frolicinq]

@@moved4901 Oof yeah Tiger is Darks mentor AND cousin

[@moved4901]

@@frolicinq exactaly

[@stickcandraw2501]

Also my fave lgbt+ head cannon is probably bisexual ravenpaw it could be cannon idk but RAVEN X BARLEY FOR LIFE also I feel like raven liked either firepaw or greypaw when he first met them

[@_-NatureMations-_]

Yea we have to accept that Leopardstar is Lesbian and had a crush on Sasha, like it's practically right there screaming in everyone's faces. Also Mothpool is cannon as far as I'm concerned because like 90% of the fandom ship them.

[@LeafeonOreo]

Leopardstar also sorta had a crush on mistyfoot, it's in the manga of Leopardstar's honor

[@TeethoftheMoon]

*quiet rage is quaking*

[@Draikinator]

You good mate

[@gabrielle5089]

i think shes quaking

[@zenginista7686]

Lol I ship WhiteTail X Millie (For those who don't know, whitetail was Breezepelt's mentor during power of 3) It started out as a joke to ships who barely had development (like RunningRed) so I pointed out the one time in Dark river at the gathering in when WhiteTail thanked Millie for sharing a rabbit with windclan during the apprentice contests and Millie is happy too even when some clan cats disapprove. Though I ended up strangely falling in love with it XD Kinda a bi Millie thing Idk I'm weird so pfffft Also someone explain RunningRed because from what I remember they never even talked? Or is this like a kind of ship were you write their story yourself. Pls explain XD Edit- The scene I'm talking about it on page 16 in Dark River. Meow meow

[@kittycoke666]

I like running x red even tho I don’t understand it very much

[@RockslideTreeClan]

yeah running/red is def more of a write the story yourself since the poor dudes died so early on. still extremely cute though! but as draiknator mentioned in the video it would make ashfur having a crush on squirrelflight not as creepy since he wouldnt be her uncle if he was mates with runningwind instead of brindleface (redtail is sandstorm dad and brindleface is ashfur's mom).

[@zenginista7686]

V. V. Oakley *Drop kicks tigerstar because either way, both of SandStorm's parents were killed by him* DONT HURT MY SANDY CHILD Oh and he also caused Firestar's death so tiger killed her husband too

[@somethingsomething1763]

I'm weird too don't worry lol. I had this joke ship with Icecloud and Briarlight because when Icecloud hurt herself in Sign of the Moon, she had to stay with Briarlight until she healed and they played together and then before I knew it I fell in love with it XD

[@zenginista7686]

@@somethingsomething1763 GET THE FAN ART LOL

[@battacatta626]

In the words of Tennelle Flowers: CANON BE DAMNED

[@lilygrill913]

I love your Pinestar AU Pinestar is one of my favorite characters too! Love the underrated warriors

[@brookecravescookies883]

Pine star is my fav too :3

[@clementinekitten8305]

"collectively forgetting about canon" is the motto of every warriors cats fan out there lbr

[@phantomcat7990]

Imagine if Bluestar got with Leopardfoot after Pinestar left and she raised Tigerkit with her. Her reaction to his betrayal would’ve made so much more sense and it would’ve been so much more emotional. Maybe Tigerclaw didn’t know his father only that he was a leader and when he finds out sometime before the first arc he hates Bluestar for it and doesn’t think ThunderClan should have a liar as their leader. It would also give more credence to Stonefur’s death, giving him even more of a reason to hate Mistyfoot and Stonefur after he sees them rescue Bluestar and then finding out they are her biological children. Maybe this gives him the idea that maybe he is the very thing he hates, a half-clan cat because he isn’t thinking rationally at this point. So basically what I’m saying is I love the Bi Bluestar AU

[@scourgelover8289]

Redtail and Runningwind being fathers to Sandstorm is the best thing I’ve ever heard! My new fav headcannon!

[@YuubiTimberwolf]

As for which cat i think is LGBT, i have to scream FIRESTAR. Sure, he matched with Sandstorm after she sees how he is acually more warrior than the rest of the dudes, but whatever happends to Greystripe Firestar was INSTANTLY at his side and helped him with everything he could, if Firestar had to choose between Greystripe and Sandstorm, i think he would hesistate but still go with Greystripe. As for him and Spottedleaf, in life it was kinda onesided with Spottedleaf knowing it cant work because of her duty and Firestar, back then Firepaw/heart, knowing but not really accepting that as well it was never meant to be. But after she died and start appearing in his dreams, hope started to grow until he accepted to leave Spottedleafe behind and go with Sandstorm, he has serious Problems choosing here and i think the fact he had kits with Sandstrom sealed the deal. So for me, Firestar is bi-as-fuck but tends to be more gay but since being straight is the norm, he accepted his fate but would drop everything for Greystripe. Dunno, they just had this instant connection i love and cherish???

[@otteneedshelpnow7757]

10. LeafPool and SpottedLeaf 09. Sasha and Russetfur 08. DoveWing and Minty 07. TawnyPelt and FeatherTail 06. BlueStar and RoseTail 05. StormFur and BrambleClaw 04. GoldenFlower and SpeckleTail 03. NutWhisker and ScorchWind 02. RavenPaw and Barley *01.* *_REDTAIL AND RUNNINGWIND_*

[@otteneedshelpnow7757]

Yeah I chose it because both had their kits judged, with GoldenFlowers kits were judged because of their father, and SpeckleTails kits Mistlekit and Snowkit, with Snowkit being judged for being deaf and being useless for the clan, basically talking behind his back

[@otteneedshelpnow7757]

Yeah, I picked most of these from the LGBTQ Warrior Cat MAP, but some of them were handpicked from my opinion

[@coffee3984]

Leafpool and Sorreltail best girlfrienns

[@foreversimpingforjimhalper5404]

Nutwhisker and Scorchwind? Yellowfang’s brother and Raggedstat’s brother? That 100% never occurred to me, but I 110% love it!!

[@otteneedshelpnow7757]

Geez I didn't realize it, but I always thought ScorchWind was really fluffy and I imagine ScorchWind cuddling with Nutwhisker, and sometimes play fighting in StarClan and when they were apprentices and Nutwhisker sometimes throwing funny sassy comments at ScorchWind, its so cute

[@kasey9136]

LEAFPOOL AND SORRELTAIL! (The hints are everywhere. Even Squirrelpaw noticed Sorreltail getting jealous of Cody spending so much time with leafpaw in dawn)

[@treblequest8345]

Nate: "Mothwing deserves a novella!" Me in 2019: "One's coming out ^^"

[@Draikinator]

That's because I was RIGHT

[@toddfsmith]

3:37 Omg was that a laugh? That was absolutely adorable!!!

[@katiefloyd222]

I loved hearing your headcanons. Could you please do a sequel?

[@_reiii280]

this is so cool I love watching and hearing this, and I completely support the LGBTQ+ community :P

[@gachamax2316]

But warrior cats are canon straight

[@edgenogg8822]

@@gachamax2316 I think I could disagree, ravenpaw wasn’t straight..or he was..? Idk

[@thenyan3095]

@@gachamax2316 wrong, like literally wrong Tallstar and jake are cannanon, the author said so Besides, it’s a HEADCANNON, just because all the characters are supported to be straight, doesn’t mean we can’t headcannon them as part of the LGBTQ

[@zerolive8654]

I feel like Firestar would be a pansexual but more into women/she-cats

[@juliedillion3942]

That'd be Omnisexual actually! ^^

[@zerolive8654]

@@juliedillion3942 ok

[@tw0tr1ckp0nyficated]

hetero graystripeflexible

[@zerolive8654]

@@tw0tr1ckp0nyficated yes

[@gnomeconspiracy2122]

*stamps this video as canon* I love these videos fam. I can't wait to see more, especially a sequel. I love seeing stuff like this. Representation is so important. My favorite headcanon/AU is one about Hollyleaf. I can't remember where I saw it but it goes like this: Hollyleaf is a closeted trans boy. His obsession with the warrior code and perfectionist undertones are coping mechanisms, since he doesn't understand his feelings about his gender. Then, after he gets trapped in the tunnels, Fallen Leaves helps him learn to accept himself as a boy. Maybe Fallen Leaves is gay or bi and they have a cute little romance or something. As someone struggling with my own feelings about my gender, I really like this headcanon and how Hollyleaf was able to accept himself in the end. I just wish I could remember where I saw it.

[@kylerbone9872]

you mentioning trans redtail makes me feel so nice as a transguy this is so wonderful thank u

[@arcticffoxes9178]

I beg your pardon? You felt nice because a trans headcanon was mentioned?

[@NYANJI-1]

ArcticFFoxes why do you need his pardon, he just feels nice!

[@arcticffoxes9178]

@@NYANJI-1 Sorry yes I should have said it differently, but I still want to know why he feels so nice about this

[@NYANJI-1]

Of course I cannot speak for him, but perhaps it makes him connect to the character more which provides kind of a warm feeling@@arcticffoxes9178

[@kylerbone9872]

ArcticFFoxes it’s just nice to be able to connect to that character and know im not the only one who feels like redtail is trans, bro. trans character headcanons make me feel validated either way tbh

[@crunchieapocalypse3360]

Actually I think there are a few canonical lgbtq characters Tallstar - gay Jake - bi Ravenpaw - gay (I'm pretty sure) Mousefur - asexual Hollyleaf - I'm not quite sure I just know shes confirmed to not be straight

[@quackelly]

I think Hollyleaf is canonically asexual (I might be wrong though)

[@manymomath5466]

Fallenleaves.

[@thenyan3095]

@@manymomath5466 we don’t talk about that ship

[@anachronist420]

I must be honest, I don't really like the idea of any of these cats being trans. Not that I'm homophobic/transphobic, I'm in the LGBT+ Community myself, and I do ship MothPool or RavenBarley or DarkTiger. But I just think that it's a bit weird to have wild cats as trans. They're headcanons, yes, but my opinion is just that I don't like the idea of some of them being trans. Idk why I needed to say this, just felt like it. But like I said, I'm not homophobic/transphobic (I hate those words, seriously).

[@dolukai]

YAS QUEEN IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

[@e.wincentsen4017]

This is my second time watching this, and I have to say that I really love these headcannons. It's a nice way to diversify the Warriors universe. I had a cute suggestion for a video. You know that song "Everyone is Gay"? It's probably one of my favorite songs, and I know some animatics have been made of it, so I thought, what if you used that song to make a pmv for your LGBTQ headcannons? I know the song is initially abiut sexuality, but gender plays a part in sexuality as well. They're two sides of the same coin...but it's just an idea

[@abby3558]

man, i miss these videos. nice to look back at em!

[@phantomcat7990]

6:31 "Tigerheart is passionately kind and empathetic" * Banishes SkyClan when they have no where to go, Uses Dovewing to get information for ShadowClan, ect* So empathetic

[@Draikinator]

Yeah this was before the most recent books I take all this back, screw tigerheart

[@comicracka5370]

Jake is everyone’s father. Your his kid, And your his kid, Your all his kids!

[@ElvishTrickster214]

This is beyond giving me a headache and cringe from how these characters are portrayed. *Although the Erins fuck up all the time by making siblings be mates •cough• Willowpelt and Patchpelt. •cough•* I am the type to see and understand true facts. Even from the word of the Erins themselves. So this was a bit hard to watch. They aren’t “canon” due to how they truly are portrayed within the books and website. Although how you see these cats are up to you. How you ship them and headcanons are up to you. I see Jake and Tallstar as close friends with possible gay relationship.

[@ElvishTrickster214]

Draikinator I beg your pardon?

[@ElvishTrickster214]

Draikinator I beg your fucking pardon. That was beyond uncalled for. I only stated my simple opinion.

[@Draikinator]

Then beg.

[@ElvishTrickster214]

Draikinator It’s a phrase. You are incredibly childish and rude. What a pity.

[@ElvishTrickster214]

Draikinator Oh I just found out. You are beyond childish for your age and it’s rather pathetic. Have a good day. Shall I call you it? Or they? Better yet I’ll go my way. Bye They.

[@RosePocky]

I never thought about most of these before but your points are generally really well explained and I'll definitely be thinking about these more!

[@jittercritter]

OMG REDTAIL BEING TRANS IS AMAZING

[@amethystgalaxygirl1769]

I made up a way for mothpool to work, AND for the three to be born. Ok so, leafpool in the second arc usually describes mothwing as beautiful or pretty, so from that information I can say that leafpool likes her. Now mothwing only sees her as a friend and leafpool excepts that, and she eventually gets over mothwing. After a moon or so leafpool eventually finds that she has feelings for a random thunderclan tom and they get together in secret, but after finding out that she is pregn@nt with his kits he d!es while fighting a ferocious rouge. Devastated leafpool gives b!rth and gives the kits to squirrelflight. Fast forward a year and leafpool is still single, after travelling to the moonpool and chatting with starclan, leafpool wakes up early and finds mothwing watching her, she asks mothwing what’s going on in riverclan and they start talking. After everyone else has woken up they agree to meet again tomorrow night. The next night they walk together, exploring new places that they have never seen before. leafpool finds that her feelings for mothwing are resurfacing and becoming stronger, while feelings of love blossom inside mothwings chest. After a couple more visits they both finally confess their love and mothpool is cannon. -the end-

[@Ant0nymphss]

I still don’t understand he/him lesbians and I don’t think I ever will, but I respect your headcanon

[@_gr33nguardain_7]

I love the redtail and running wind ship idea and then being sand paws dad’s , I love running wind and redtail as separate characters but the two in a ship just seems so cute! (Also a lgbt head cannon of mine is that one-eye had a little fling when she was younger with another she-cat)

[@riverrat7743]

I showed this to my sister who is gay and all that and when it was over, She said she 'wants to high five that dragon'. Exact words. I love this video and I agree with many of your points and my sister has adopted all of them

[@sapphiceevee]

usually in headcanon videos ill see a couple that im like "that's cool but i don't really see it" but these? these are all so top tier thank u for blessing me with them

[@xietymind0793]

He/Him Lesbian Fallen Leaves! He never had kits which makes it easy to make him a girl with he/him pronouns without changing anything! I also got to love Pansexual Crowfeather, he is such a sly player, he had his 3 girlfriends (Feather, Leaf, Night) than his 3 boyfriends (Bramble, One, Kestrel)

[@QuicksilverStudios0w0614]

3:37 Uh what was that noise

[@sbiegalski6]

I love all these headcanons! A couple of my own: -Lesbian Leafpool. I also ship her and Mothwing, and she gives me major closeted lesbian vibes. -Gay Runningwind. He just always struck me as a big gay. And I ship him and Redtail. -Ace/aro Mousefur. She never took a mate or had kits and has said that it’s because she never found a cat that took her interest. -Gay Littlecloud. I like the idea of him and Whitethroat having been a couple. -Gay Darkstripe. He had a big crush on Tigerstar. -Ace Longtail. He and Mousefur are queerplatonic buddies. I could go on, but this comment is already getting kinda long.

[@willedwards4782]

i love this! i fully expected you to just list off the basic ones that everyone is familiar with, but honestly, this is so so so much better!

[@screeh7550]

I'm surprised nobody's made an evil Ivypool au

[@kittycoke666]

scree h one actually exists. There’s a map about it

[@kittycoke666]

scree h kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKfXo6SOlL2cobc

[@screeh7550]

@@kittycoke666 thanks

[@teaisyummy.1854]

You cannot stain her perfect character XD

[@Lovely_soph16]

They do call Redtail a tortie, which is only possible for she cats, or mollys, so trans red tail actually makes a lot of sense!!!

[@kynewicker3256]

My fav LGBT+ headcanon is Nonbinary Littlecloud. Ever since I was a kid struggling with whether or not I was a boy or a girl, I always saw Little as Nonbinary because I just felt like it fit for them. Similar to my case, they still use their cis pronouns on top of they/them because they didn't want any drama over it (not that there would be anyway), and also because they wanted cats to focus on their medicine cat abilities, and not their gender, as it should be with transgender folks like myself. Look at us for what good we can do, and not for how we represent ourselves. Because just like with Littlecloud and how he gravitated towards his role after Cinderheart showed such selflessness to him and Whitethroat, it's the heart that counts. 💛 PS. They also thinks prey/food is the best medicine and I can't fucking disagree at all, the precious babe. They went through so much as a kit, and I can really sympathize with that. I also headcanon that the reason they weren't too disturbed with Flametail's death is because they saw so much death themselves as a kit. Even Yellowfang notices how unperturbed they are when they come to show her their injured paw. Starclan bless their soul, they went through so much. ❤ (ALSO SORRY THIS COMMENT IS GETTING SO LONG But thank you Nate for saying that NB people can use whatever pronouns they want. Means a ton to me and I bet a ton to your other NB subs. ❤)

[@tonedeafcrow]

kinda unrelated to the video but hell i love how floofy you made your Mothwing design, also that au plot with Mothpool is soo cute and a really neat idea, i probably gonna headcanon that now, thank you

[@deirdretejam3659]

10:45 there are actually other ways to be a calico tomcat, i hope i’m right on this but the first alternate way is to have two embryos, black and ginger, atleast one of which has to be male, and they basically combine. 2 is to have a ginger tom and just have basically black cat fur birthmarks on the body. i still hc red tail as trans all the way

[@Draikinator]

Yes, I glossed right over chimeras!! It's totally possible, but it's also quite rare. In my opinion being trans just seems like it's more likely, but also, it would be very funny if redtail was trans AND a chimera

[@deirdretejam3659]

@@Draikinator yes, yes i completely agree and if red tail was a biological male i think he would just be the xxy one because of the chances. also, i’m using your spirit suffix au in my fanfic except it’s wind river thunder and shadow

[@tansywhisker2547]

Tbh, Jayfeather seems gay or ace to me. His relationship with Halfmoon was never really genuine in my eyes and it kind of seemed like he really perfered the thought of being with someone as to her. It's fine if you ship them but I personally don't. The gay headcannon is probably just me projecting and I don't have as much support for it as the ace one. Through out the story we see Jayfeather form a lot of strong, meaningful bonds with characters who aren't his romantic interests be it family or friends. He's extremely dedicated to seeing his friend Cinderpaw healed, mourns his sister's death deeply, and forgives those who've wronged him because he realizes what their affection has done for him. I feel like portraying ace characters with strong bonds to people is a very important message to ace consumers of media as I see them get portrayed as or called 'emotionally deficient' or something along those lines a lot.

[@dramaticwolf5727]

Tansy Whisker i love this headcannon sm now

[@nectar2636]

THANK YOU. He's soooo ace for me, if not aro or gay, because while reading his romantic "relationship" was so rushed and he didn't feel anything towards her until THE LAST moment, so yeah, I stan this, Acefeather for life.

[@areswd4]

Amazing! And yes, ANOTHER VIDEO PLEASE My lgbt cats need more love

[@kuuttituutti]

Nonbinary Littlecloud is definitely my favorite headcanon

[@cherry_cola1565]

I liked the video before watching it lol 🤣 who else did

[@jagsocks604]

Me lol

[@anonymous-qu9be]

Omg I love ur Dovewing design, it's so creative!!

[@honeyveinss]

I love Leopardstar and Sasha too :"0 they are my favorit 👌👀

[@kittycoke666]

Tatiana Bezerra same

[@tear-wolfe]

PART TWO PART TWO i literally thrive on lgbt headcanons

[@legrandliseurtri7495]

I can't agree with any of what you said about Tigerheart. In arc 4, he's clearly set up to be a villain, as he consistently manipulates Dovewing and even Ivypool to an extent, and then the Erins randomly changed their mind in the last hope. At the begining of arc 6, he's the honorable cat you described in the video, but then The Raging Storm happens and suddendly he's back to being manipulative and even kind of cruel. He was definitively not an improvement on Bramblestar.

[@sammisnow9908]

2:58 THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THIS INTO WORDS

[@shinxytheknight5836]

oh heck these are good. i always saw mousefur as being aro/ace, myself, and i also really love the idea of lesbian ivypool - even though she has fernsong now, i guess, so thats Not Canon unless we assume compulsive heterosexuality for her as well.

[@shinxytheknight5836]

Also consider: nonbinary needletail. i think it was based on some comment kate cary made after a fan asked on her blog what needletail's (then needlekit, i think) gender was. i cant remember the specifics of the comment because it was wayyyy back but it never actually specified her gender, so my NB ass immediately projected NB onto the character as well. Canonically she's a girl now but in my heart i will continue projecting. needletail is nonbinary now i dont make the rules.

[@Draikinator]

Oh mousefur is canon ace actually!

[@shinxytheknight5836]

OH DAMN IS SHE??? heck i havent been _super_ into warriors in a while so i hadnt heard about that - but thats really cool!

[@Draikinator]

@@shinxytheknight5836 yeah! Vicky confirmed that mousefur was never interested in taking a mate of any kind; she's confirmed ace!!

[@Fairyf0x]

2:10 - 2:18 me when I try to explain shit to my class

[@batbox_]

OML the gay trans boy SilverStream is amazing!!! I must draw art for it! The "your the coolest tom I know" thing makes me so happy, reminds me of my friend Annie and I

[@complicatrix7602]

THANK YOU FOR NOT SAYING THAT CINDERPELT/HEART IS LESBIAN. I have no problem with the majority of gay cat headcanons, whether I like the idea or dislike the premise but don't mind someone else liking it, but Cinderpelt being a lesbian always irked me. She'd had a crush on Fireheart, then was reincarnated and got in a relationship with Fireheart's grandson years later, and that kind of ark just felt kind of, well... Finished? It just made a lot of sense and gave me a good feeling by the end of it, so making Cinder a lesbian always irritated me because it just threw that likeable plot out of the window.

[@chryzocyon]

GAY RIGHTS

[@hadynr8501]

The reason Warrior Cat books don't include any mention of LGBTQ+ because it would be banned in certain countries that still have anti-LGBT or LGBT discriminatory laws, thus causing Harper Collins' budget to go down, which would result in many of the editors/writers leaving, which would lead up to the books being low-quality and a quick cash grab for the stragglers. It's sad but true, and it shouldn't be like this, but yes, it's for the best of our favorite cat books. also, I love this video and your videos in general are freaking SICK

[@Draikinator]

Wings of fire has LGBT characters and doesn't face that problem, tho, and it's published by the same people and shares many of the same authors.

[@hadynr8501]

@@Draikinator I don't read WOF but that's sad. I didn't know. ://

[@tyrian_baal]

Draikinator I quickly looked into this and it does seem that this is a valid argument Going to the wiki does show that the publication history of Warriors has gone to many countries Including places like Russia Poland Hungary and quite a few others Now its not hard to look up, but for example, Hungary just banned people from transitioning genders Poland has always been distasteful towards Lgbtq stuff Russia is... Russia- dont think Putin will change his views anytime soon Now I looked at the wings of fire wiki and it seems it has some countries that fall under the ones listed above, but since I know nothing about how the stories go I’m assuming the Lgbt stuff comes later, since novels meant for younger kids that contain that stuff probably wouldn’t be allowed in places like Turkey, China, Serbia, Iran, Russia, Poland, or some other countries listed in the publications part of the wiki

[@saru486]

ahhh as someone whos trans FtM i 10000000000% support trans redtail i kined with him before i even knew about tran people (i was a very sheltered child) and i just fell in love with him even more when i learned and figured out that that i was trans and i just i love him it makes so much sense that hes trans and i really hope it just becomes cannon, i mean the authors have already said that tallstar was gay and jake was bi why not throw in a trans cannon character and i haven't read AVOS yet but from what all my friends have told me im definitely going to kin with him so im so excited to start AVOS after i finish the two and half arks i have left im on POT and i absolutely love the idea of mothwing being trans and the og threes parent along with leafpool!

[@dengosodawg]

I don’t really like warrior cars but I just wanted to tell you how much I love your fursona character! The color scheme and markings are so cool, not to mention whatever species that is looks amazing

[@rageewing]

Why is Draikanator back?? What’s going on??

[@tiepsny6642]

Draik: redtail is trans and that’s the tea Me: I love you