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Post by Rainfire on May 6, 2021 2:58:04 GMT -5
What did your parents think about you reading Warriors when you were younger? And/or what do they think about you reading them now(assuming they even know in the first place, of course)?
When I first started reading the series, my parents were proud that I was reading such "big" books. I would sometimes describe some of the events to my mom, and I would sort of annoy my dad with my absolute INSISTENCE on going to the bookstore whenever a new book came out lol. But overall, they were just really chill with my huge Warriors phase.
They know very well that I'm still actively buying and reading the books to this day, and they just don't care(not in an indifferent sort of way, just in a "good; whatever makes you happy" sort of way). I might get a half-joking "when are you gonna sell all those books?" comment every once in a blue moon, but that's about it.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on May 6, 2021 3:00:21 GMT -5
i started reading warriors in late elementary school i think, and my parents never said anything when i made them buy the whole first arc of books for me lmao
they never bothered asking me what i was reading or anything. kinda sad.
over the years, my books either got water damaged or lost to the void
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Post by ✲ριкαƒυєу✲ on May 6, 2021 3:47:09 GMT -5
My mom just refers to them as "those cat books".
She never really asked what they were about, or why I read them. Then again, she never really asked about anything I genuinely like to read/watch lol.
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Post by Goldy from Dappleclan on May 6, 2021 4:51:54 GMT -5
My experience is basically the same as PikaFivey's. My parents never express interest in my stuff either
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Post by Twilight Sparkle on May 6, 2021 7:24:38 GMT -5
Honestly, similar to ✲ριкαƒυєу✲ and Goldy from Dappleclan. My dad doesn't even know about them and while my mom buys them for me, she never expresses interest in talking about them.
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Post by Katanaheart on May 6, 2021 7:33:40 GMT -5
My mother tried reading them with me at some point when I was younger. She then complained that there were too many characters and never bothered with reading them again.
Nowadays I think she’s annoyed I still read them and views them as a childish interest. But she still buys them for me, since I’m bad about gifts most of the time.
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Post by Snowfire on May 6, 2021 7:53:10 GMT -5
When I first got Into The Wild my mom was happy that I was reading something that I enjoy. Whenever I would finish reading a book I would tell my mom everything important that happens during car rides.
Nowadays I don’t do that anymore, I have caught of with the series and my mom told me I should work on my stories since I wanted to be a writer, so I’ll start off with a Warriors fanfic series. My mom is still pretty cool with me reading the series.
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Post by The One and Only Moongaze on May 6, 2021 9:05:33 GMT -5
My mom really doesn't care about the series, but when I talk to her about it she keeps asking about why every cat is dying.
My mom does like some of the warrior cat names though.
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Post by 🔥Firestar🔥 on May 6, 2021 11:05:58 GMT -5
My mother will say that those books seem to teach good lessons and handle real life topics. (I once told her about the SquirrelAshBramble drama and Ashfur, and Dovewing's internal struggle of feeling different.) When i tell her once in a while about something that happens in the books, she often says, "wow, it's amazing" or "those books seem pretty entertaining"
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 12:03:20 GMT -5
I started reading the series when I was 10 or 11. My parents were impressed by how quickly I read them, and they also told me they were glad I chose reading as my main hobby rather than television or video games. I also used to play Warriors with my friends, but I don't think my parents minded that too much. It got me outside and moving. But I was young then and those sort of games were relatively normal for kids my age.
Now I'm 23 and still read the series and enjoy it just as much as I did when I was younger. My parents know this, but I don't think they really care. They're probably just glad I'm not running around pretending to be a cat anymore (or am I, heh).
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Post by mean and green on May 6, 2021 12:03:54 GMT -5
I'm sure my mom thought they were normal cat books. She didn't mind me reading them nor did she really ask what they were about. I kinda like that about my parents that sometimes they ask but they don't MIND what I'm into, they just. Let me read it and help me get the books if I need them to read.
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Post by Card against Humanity on May 6, 2021 12:40:27 GMT -5
my mom makes fun of me for still liking them and she's asked me questions about the books (iirc she said she thought some of the covers were creepy) but aside from that she doesn't rlly care. my dad complained that "all those books with cats on them" were taking up space on the shelf but he couldn't care less about them otherwise.
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Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on May 6, 2021 14:13:14 GMT -5
I got the first book as a gift from my father when I was eight years old and he now regrets it in a way because I'm still reading them, instead of being interested in the works of his favorite philosophers like Nietzsche or Freud. Meanwhile my mother thinks that they messed me up but it's far too late now, so why even bother with getting worked up over some battle cats fighting each other constantly when I'm (mostly) doing just fine.
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Post by Skypaw13 on May 6, 2021 16:19:15 GMT -5
I functionally started reading Into the Wild when I was in kindergarten ("functionally" because I attempted to read it when I was 4, but I couldn't because... I was 4). So most of the comments from parents, family, and teachers was surrounding how gifted I was. As the years went by, the books just remained a constant part of my life. My kindergarten year was right around the time TNP was finishing (though of course it took me longer than a year to read OS and TNP-- I was gifted, but not that good), so for the next six years, I kept up with the releases of Po3 and OotS. I stopped reading in 2012 with the release of TLH. Mostly because I was under the impression that was the end of the series. Which... I still believe it is. During that time, I would never not have a Warriors book with me. I reread constantly, so there was always at least one in my school backpack, or in the car. My mom just considered it an extension of me in most cases. As for now... my mom comments when she sees a Warriors book off the shelf "I can't believe you're still reading the same books you read when you were 4!" Also, during the COVID thing (I was 19), I had to crash in my mom's living room for 9 months, and I had my Warriors books in my "box of everything I need to live". One day I'd gotten Sign of the Moon out and accidentally left it on the couch. When my parents thought I was asleep, I overheard this conversation between my mom and dad: Mom: Is Sky okay? Dad: She seems perfectly fine. Why? Mom: Didn't you see? She has a Warriors book out. Dad: I don't understand the significance of that. Mom: She only gets out Warriors books when she's depressed.
So yeah, that's what my parents think of Warriors. XD
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Post by 𝔯𝔞𝔟𝔟𝔦𝔱𝔣𝔯𝔬𝔰𝔱 on May 6, 2021 16:40:21 GMT -5
When I was young, I absolutely hated reading, so my parents were thrilled when I got into these cat books. It kinda annoyed my dad how frequently we had to go to the book store (he would take me to Borders every week when I would see him and I'd make him buy me like 3 or 4 books, and then the next week I'd need more.
I vividly remember one year, around Christmas time, after we put the Christmas lights up my mom wanted to turn the lights off and just enjoy the Christmas lights, but I yelled at her because I was reading, and she said "Why can't you just watch TV like a normal kid for once?" It was hilarious then, and it's still hilarious every time I bring it up.
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Post by Featherstar on May 6, 2021 16:43:39 GMT -5
I started reading warriors in January 2020. The first book I read was at school and it was The Sight. I tried to find the next book, Dark River at my school. I ended up checking out Dark River from my local library. After that I read Fire And Ice, Forest Of Secrets, Rising Storm, A Dangerous Path and The Darkest Hour. I then read the first two books of The New Prophecy, Midnight and Moonrise (Old cover versions). Then I continued where I had left off at in Outcast. Then it was followed by Eclipse, Sunrise (Old cover versions) (I would read Long Shadows later), The Fourth Apprentice, Fading Echoes, Night Whispers, Sign Of The Moon and The Forgottten Warrior (all old cover versions). I had to wait a little bit to read OOTS #6 because I was getting a box set (new cover version) I got the Omen Of The Stars box set and read The Last Hope. Then I read The Apprentice's Quest, Thunder And Shadow, Shattered Sky, Darkest Night and River Of Fire. I got iritated that I had to wait for The Raging Storm from my school so I checked it out from my library. I got The Raging Storm alongside Lost Stars, The Silent Thaw and Veil Of Shadows. Meanwhile I had finally finished The New Prophecy. I then read Lost Stars, The Silent Thaw and Veil Of Shadows. I got Graystripe's Vow in October 2020 and read it. On my birthday in November, I got Darkness Within and read it. In February this year, I got Tales From The Clans and A Warrior's Spirit and read them. And finally, last month, I got The Place Of No Stars and A Warrior's Choice on the exact day of release and read them. I read all the super editions but Crowfeather's Trial during this time.
My parents think I am obcessed with Warriors (That is true). I have to die for months waiting for the next book of the series to release.
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on May 6, 2021 17:07:47 GMT -5
I got PoT for Christmas 2017- it was my cousins' old books so the spines were already flattened out. I'm clearly still into them and my parents? My mom calls them "cat books" and while my dad definitely knows I read them, he hasn't said anything about it (or I don't remember.)
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Post by Brindlefern on May 6, 2021 17:24:20 GMT -5
I keep Warriors a secret from my family tbh.
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Post by Fireleap on May 6, 2021 18:05:38 GMT -5
My dad encouraged my interest in the books and got me my OotS box set, before I even knew OotS was a thing. As the years went on he still bought the books for me but he didn't care about them beyond the fact that it was a book I enjoyed. My mom on the other hand thinks I'm too old for them and thinks it's weird I'm still into them, but it's whatever because I can buy my own books now.
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Post by scarletflames on May 6, 2021 19:15:55 GMT -5
Nobody in my immediate family liked cats, and my mom was actually angry that my aunt bought me Warriors. I lost my fear of cats because of Warriors, and when I told my mom about that and every time I brought up Warriors, I got shut down harshly. Eventually I stopped talking to my parents about Warriors and even cats, and made sure not to read Warriors in front of them.
As an adult, they dislike that I still read Warriors but know they can’t stop me. I still don’t talk about Warriors with them.
My Grandma bullied me over reading kids’ books in front of her after I became a teenager. She’d mock and even scold me, so I don’t read in front of my Grandma period. I forgot if it was Warriors or Grimm’s Fairy Tales, but Grandma cried out, “that’s for babies! You’re an adult now, you shouldn’t be reading that!” And her voice was pretty harsh, she was extremely upset. Maybe she felt humiliated that I was reading something considered inappropriate for my age and took it out on me because she couldn’t handle feeling embarrassed?
It did damage to my self esteem. I only tell people I trust about the fact I still read kids’ books like Warriors.
My family did much worse, including my Grandma, than just put me down or mock me when I read books; but this is the only thing directly related to Warriors I feel I can share.
My poor Aunt had no idea my family would get this upset over the best Christmas present she gave me (all 6 TPB books in a cute box set!)
Ironically Warriors and Grimms Fairy Tales can get pretty dark for “babies” books... I doubt my Grandma would approve if she knew how dark those books are. Sometimes you can’t please everyone, oh well.
Next time I get a Warriors book, I’m going to buy it myself just to avoid more family drama. I wonder if my family would’ve been less angry with my Aunt if she bought me Survivors and I became a dog lover like my family always wanted (that was an actual thing in my family. They’d mock me for liking cats and rant about how dogs were better... then when I told them I liked small dogs they said they hated small dogs and would rant about how they only liked “big dogs...” and go on and on about how they disliked small dogs. I actually felt ashamed I liked small dogs because of this, and eventually stopped talking about small dogs.)
Yeah... my family isn’t the most tolerant when it comes to self expression. I try not to let the mocking get to me and just be myself... mostly when my family isn’t around.
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Post by Mothdapple on May 6, 2021 19:19:06 GMT -5
I always had an issue with reading as a child. I have ADHD, so it was especially hard for me to sit down and read chapter books as a kid. My mom really encouraged reading since she is a teacher and there was a point system at my school where you get points for taking quizzes on books you read which lead to reward parties every quarter for kids who got enough points.
One time I saw Warriors in a Barnes and Noble and I asked for it. My mom, of course, said yes and got my first Warriors book for me. Then I was hooked. I got obsessed. My mom was proud, saying it was the first thing that really got me to read chapter books on my own. I became the “cat girl” in 4th and 5th grade. I got my friends to read the books. I started roleplays with my friends during recess. My love for the books got my school’s librarian to add them to the library and apparently they are still hits to this day.
I don’t think my parents really understood my passion for these books, but they were proud of me for it. They were glad I found something I actually wanted to read. My parents know the books by name and my mom even knew some of the characters at the time, but they never really tried reading them. However, my mom has recommended the books to her students (she teaches 5th grade) and she’s gotten kids even today to share the same passion that I had over the series. She says she even still sees kids with the library books and I feel so happy knowing that I was the reason they were even added to the library in the first place.
My parents think it’s weird now, but I still really enjoy the series and I probably will until I die.
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Post by wolfcry32 on May 6, 2021 19:51:55 GMT -5
My parents have always been on board with me reading, so I guess you could say they fueled my addiction. I read the first arc when I was 11 and for that christmas I asked for Midnight and Moonrise. My dad went and got me a set of the first arc and the whole second arc. It was my favorite present that year.
Now...it’s been almost 15 years since then. I’m still reading them and I don’t think they know lol
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Post by *Ravenpaw* on May 6, 2021 19:58:18 GMT -5
I don't think my dad really cared that I read Warriors. My mom, on the other hand, skimmed them when I was younger and decided they were bad because the cats happened to be religious. I still read them, but not as often as I did in the past.
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Post by Turin not Torino on May 7, 2021 1:35:16 GMT -5
When I first found the series, I just got Into the Wild to see if I liked it. I did, so I started getting maybe one or 2 at a time. I told my mom about them (we often discuss books, she even sends me boxes of books to read), so she basically offered to buy me the rest of them, which was up to Fading Echoes.
Because I kept talking about them so much, she decided a few years later that she wanted to read them, so I gave her the box full with a note in the box saying, "PLEASE DON'T CRACK THE SPINES!!" When I got them back, 17 spines were cracked, which was the start of my collection, as I wanted to have all the books in mint condition. It spiraled from there, and for Christmas the next year my husband got me the first 4 arcs in Simplified Chinese.
Now my mom fairly hates my attachment to them, because I "waste money" getting all of the different books. Ironically enough though, she recently got Into the Wild from the library to start reading it to my 8 year old niece at night, so go figure.
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Post by scint on May 7, 2021 7:47:35 GMT -5
the first time my parents heard about me reading Warriors i don't think they really cared much, honestly? all i can really remember is my mom being happy that i found something else to do other than video games but didn't like the fact that i only really drew cats because of it lol. they did buy the books for me when i asked for them and were aware i was into Warriors, though
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Post by Mikaii on May 7, 2021 16:06:36 GMT -5
When I was like 8 my mum took me to an op shop (second hand store I’m not sure if they’re called that in America), and bought me the first, third and fourth book. Needless to say that decision cost her over $1000. She doesn’t understand why I still read them as much as I do but is happy that I found something to read. My dad on the other hand actually tried reading it and got to about the start of the A Vision of Shadows before deeming the books too complicated.
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Post by thatratparker on May 7, 2021 17:39:37 GMT -5
my grandmom tried to take the books away from me after learning of some of the lgbtq shipping in the fandom.
still convinced that she thinks these books made me queer.
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Post by Dawnwing on May 7, 2021 17:48:31 GMT -5
When I was a middle schooler they were fine with it, it was just another book series that I liked and if I saved up my money they were willing to go to the bookstore on release day on their way home from work to get it. As I grew older it became a point of contention between us, with them constantly complaining that I was still “wasting my money” on a “kid’s book about talking cats”. I feel that their suppressing my passion for it has held me back.
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