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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2020 15:39:10 GMT -5
Out of curiosity, how iconic of a fantasy series is warriors? How is the Warriors franchise perceived outside it's fanbase? I come across warriors merchandise in book stores and libraries all the time. I've also encountered more then a handful of friends, acquaintances, and background strangers in the aforementioned book stores and libraries that have read the series.
However, outside of fansites (such as this very forum, ha ha) and very few really dedicated fans that I've personally encountered, I rarely actually hear warriors being discussed in the wider public. Especially compared to powerhouses like Lord of the Rings, ASOIAF, Harry Potter, Twilight (regardless of what you think of it), the Witcher etc. I get the impression that warriors is just one of those novel series that generally only appeals to a specialized yet dedicated audience (i.e. fans of anthropomorphic fantasy, middle schoolers, etc.). How accurate is that impression of mine?
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Post by Brindlefern on Apr 17, 2020 15:44:44 GMT -5
I wouldn't know because I keep my interest in it away from my family who are the only people I know and interact with IRL and keep quiet about it online outside the fandom lol
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Post by Skypaw13 on Apr 17, 2020 15:47:25 GMT -5
Supposedly it's a bestseller that everyone and their mothers knows about and is wickedly popular.
However, I don't know anyone in my personal life who's read past OotS, and I only know one person who's read past arc 1. Yeah. Arc 1. And even those people couldn't give less of a damn about the series and find me weird for liking it so much.
Oh, and all these arc 1 people I know in my personal life? (And my future-brother-in-law who's the only one who's read past that to OotS?) All people I met after finishing the series with The Last Hope. The time I was actually really into the series, I knew no one other than immediate family who read the series.
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Post by Card against Humanity on Apr 17, 2020 16:07:34 GMT -5
it’s kind of like redwall: people remember it well but it’s not as popular as some other series
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Post by Stoneflower on Apr 17, 2020 17:04:11 GMT -5
In my city its pretty popular. The library has tons of copies and I've had a few coworkers who are into them. For adults, its more of a childhood nostalgia than actively reading them right now, while I see kids reading them all the time. My mom's a school teacher and I help out some times so I see the kids reading them more often than not.
Erin Hunter(Vicky) visitted the local library more than once to promote the books.
Overall I think it's pretty popular among animal lovers, but a lot of people think its 'cringy' so they're embarrassed to talk about it, making it seem like not as many people are into it.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2020 17:11:12 GMT -5
It's popular but it's one of those things you'd be hesitant/embarrassed to say you're a fan of offline.
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Post by epicstyle on Apr 17, 2020 17:23:37 GMT -5
I'm not sure about now, but around ten years ago when I was in fourth or fifth grade the books were EXTREMELY popular at my school. Pretty much our whole class was doing a giant Warriors rp during recess, so everyone read the first book so they could be included. That was actually my introduction to the series.
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Post by sorethroat on Apr 17, 2020 18:10:03 GMT -5
It was popular in middle school and lower but not much else in my experience. I only see talk of it in cat fight videos or if someone offhandedly mentions it in a video on YouTube.
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Post by lazy penguin on Apr 17, 2020 18:24:21 GMT -5
throwback to that one mbmbam bit
I actually know a bunch of people who've read the series but we'll only bring it up on occasion in like flashes of weird memory. It was definently much more of a middle school popular thing.
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Post by Fireleap on Apr 17, 2020 18:30:41 GMT -5
I don't know anyone else who reads it.
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Post by mymerlincat on Apr 17, 2020 18:31:52 GMT -5
I know quite a few people who all read it back in elementary school, but I don't know anyone IRL who still reads it.
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Post by vectoring34 on Apr 17, 2020 18:35:41 GMT -5
The view counts on Youtube are suggestive of a rather substantial fanbase, but still niche. To use an example from a fandom I'm in as well, high ranking Godzilla fanworks generally breach a million and can reach low millions, but rarely if ever break ten million. This seems to line up well with Warriors with the most popular also breaching millions of views, albeit somewhat lesser. Based off of that, I'd say it's a fandom that's well entrenched and established but also one that would have to fight for public recognition if a movie came out. Godzilla struggled with this as well, hence the disappointing returns on its latest film attempt. This is something a Warriors movie would do well to learn from, a well entrenched fandom can hype a movie up as much as it wants but there has to be outreach to the general public as well in order for it to be popular.
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Post by Neekwanakwaki (Cloud) on Apr 17, 2020 18:40:00 GMT -5
I want to say it's decently popular, but as other people have mentioned on this thread, it's not something to openly be excited about offline without either being called a furry or weird for still reading a 'children's series' as an adult.
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Post by Batchaser on Apr 17, 2020 19:58:26 GMT -5
it’s definitely well known. probably from that one cat girl every middle school had.
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Post by Aspenwing on Apr 17, 2020 20:21:14 GMT -5
where i live it's not super popular, sure you'll be able to find a few copies in the local libraries and bookstores but I've literally met one person who's read it and heard of it. i live in australia btw
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Post by Uмвяᴀ on Apr 17, 2020 20:43:15 GMT -5
It was incredibly popular when I was in elementary school (around when PoT and OOTS was coming out), especially among girls. Even today, many female friends I make used to read it, though a lot of them dropped at around PoT. So, I'd say a lot of people heard of it/used to read it but not as many stayed fans.
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Post by Card against Humanity on Apr 17, 2020 21:02:34 GMT -5
to be more specific, i know one person irl who's still into it. a lot of people i know liked it as kids and it was one of their first real internet fandoms but aren't into it anymore. i'd say that it's a staple of elementary school/junior high literature but it doesn't have the staying power of something like Harry Potter
idk if little kids nowadays read it as much as my age group did though lol
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2020 22:03:24 GMT -5
it’s definitely well known. probably from that one cat girl every middle school had. Your response reminds me of an old high school classmate that was in my grade. She would often write really...um, interesting harry potter-warrior crossover fanfics on her computer, when we were in class. And she wore cat ears to school on occasions.
In person, she was so caught up in her own little world, that it was nearly impossible to talk to her. To put it rather bluntly, I had far better exchanges with my cats and dogs, then I ever did with her. At least they actually acknowledged my existence. Every time I would say "hi" to her in the hallways, she would just keep walking by, as if I wasn't even there. It was only until my senior year of high school, when we shared a highly interactive class together, she started to be somewhat more responsive to my interactions. Even then, our conversations would last no more then two or three exchanges, before she retreated into her shell.
In school, she was pretty much a loner. I never seen her hanging out with anyone at all.
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Post by Hollyfall on Apr 17, 2020 23:07:15 GMT -5
It's popular but it's one of those things you'd be hesitant/embarrassed to say you're a fan of offline. I feel this. It's a little awkward to say "I like reading about fictional cats who battle all the time and have their own functioning societies" as an adult lmao.
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Post by Turin not Torino on Apr 17, 2020 23:25:29 GMT -5
I come across warriors merchandise in book stores and libraries all the time.
What country do you live in that has merchandise in the stores?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2020 23:29:19 GMT -5
I come across warriors merchandise in book stores and libraries all the time.
What country do you live in that has merchandise in the stores? The US. Warriors books are a common product in the juvenile fiction section in books stores like Books a Million, Barnes and Nobles, and Borders (before it closed down years ago)
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Post by Turin not Torino on Apr 17, 2020 23:33:46 GMT -5
What country do you live in that has merchandise in the stores? The US. Warriors books are a common product in the juvenile fiction section in books stores like Books a Million, Barnes and Nobles, and Borders (before it closed down years ago) Oh ok, when you said "merchandise" I took that to mean stuff other than books like keychains or buttons or stuff like that. The only country I know of that has other merch for sale outside of ordering off the site is China - they sell merch at their book fairs.
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Post by Darkfang ☾ on Apr 18, 2020 13:24:24 GMT -5
In the UK I feel it’s hardly known, despite the writers being from the UK. Book shops at best only ever have Into the Wild. I only found out about it through Youtube and the only person i know who has read one of the books moved here from America.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Apr 18, 2020 13:43:49 GMT -5
i saw a youtube comment that described it best. warriors has millions of fans but somehow, no one in the general/broad public knows about it lol
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Post by sageheart on Apr 18, 2020 14:15:07 GMT -5
I know some of my friends read them as kids, but i don’t know anyone irl who still reads them. I have been trying to get my friends to read them for yearssss without success
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Apr 18, 2020 14:19:49 GMT -5
sageheartI relate so hard. I have only seen 2 people in real life with warriors books. in high school band, i saw 2 underclassmen reading Into the Wild at the door and i was internally screaming but at the same time, too shy to say anything, so i just backed away from them lol i got into warriors like this: my cousin was reading midnight when we were kids at grandma's house. she was reading midnight without having read the previous books, so i read her copy for a bit, realized there were previous books, then i went and bought all of the first series the next day. rest is history and i havent officially met anyone else who reads them too
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Post by *Ravenpaw* on Apr 18, 2020 15:34:17 GMT -5
I only know a few (outside the forums) who read it for a while.
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