seconding a few of the ones listed already:
petunia and marigold: yeah petunia is so sad to me. i would literally read a petunia book but she's such a fairly unimportant character in the grand scheme of wc i get why one doesn't exist lol ): and i'm invested in the unlikely theory that gv marigold is the marigold from tigerheart's shadow- i think it would be interesting and bittersweet to have one of the gv cat's travel that far and die somewhere less miserable
bumble: yeah her entire story was so messed up ): i always think about that big "canon misogyny victims tournament" thing on tumblr that she won and i don't fully agree with her winning (iirc another one of the top 3 was cordelia from buffy and that one bothers me more given that a real person played her. but i also didn't participate in it sooo) but it IS telling of how absolutely horribly bumble was treated that this one side warriors character got that far in a poll series like that to begin with
cinders: interesting and it rubbed me the wrong way when people just defaulted to Cinders One of the Worst Moms Ever So Evil for years. idc if she was "unpleasant" she had every right to be angry
stormtail: but for me it's entirely about his illness in SH. i know why it isn't discussed much given that SH has a well-earned reputation for being a garbage book but i am just still so baffled by it because of the unintentional in-universe implications. it very much reads as stormtail being diabetic, and spottedpaw and featherwhisker acknowledge that they can't cure him- but they do find herbs that help manage his illness. but then like why did leopardstar die later on. did spottedleaf and featherwhisker not think the herbs were important to share info on
BUT ALSO:
cloudberry and ryewhisker: if i were them i'd have been sooo mad that the clans decided the solution to rye's tragic death was to ban interclan romance dramas instead of going "hey maybe we shouldn't default to killing each other always lol". i wonder what they think about the code being revised. also i think it's interesting that if you really stretch it the last halfclan romance kitties before the code was created and the last ones to have some tragic death moments before the code was updated (bristleroot) look vaguely similar
stonestar: has some of the best official art in the series, plus i randomly chose his era of windclan as a setting for a shitty fanfic i wrote years ago. so now i'm invested. plus you could probably imagine something interesting about being the leader after the guy who began the code or something
aspentail: convoluted entirely noncanon hcs i have about her aside why do we not talk about riverclan's ominous ghost helper for a sunningrocks battle more often like does this mean starclan approved of riverclan's continued claim to sunningrocks or was aspentail just particularly petty
birdflight: i'd kill to see a birdflight novella. she had such a rough time- how did she feel about raising her kits in the clan that had been so eager to drive out her original clan, especially when the clans were determined to forget skyclan? i think it would have been nothing but fair if she held some resentment for thunderclan.
graywing and the windclan kits: just a really messed up story there
birchface and flowerpaw: also a lot of convoluted non canon hcs here but i also think they're just fun to wonder about in general. was either one involved in the omen in MV? what was birchface like in general? he seemed beloved and his apprentice was willing to brave the river to try to save him- but was he really that great, or just what mv-era thunderclan- a clan willing to exile a queen and kits- would have admired?
rushtooth: i don't know why but this is the useless undeveloped bg df cat i'm most invested in
batear and fenneldust: don't exist but did at one point but do exist but not as batear and fenneldust but don't realllly exist etc that was a wild time for canon warrior cats
doestar: has a few canon backstory bits already and is just kind of neat.
ebonyclaw: always reminded me of my grandma's cat irl named ebony. i'm a little glad she stayed behind because now i don't get to see her die in the background lol. irl ebony has been gone for years now but she was a very sweet cat.
all 3 darkstars: they all have SOMETHING mildly interesting to me lol
sneezecloud: sneezecloud
raincloud: did she become leader? that must've been awkward. i wonder if she'd have tried to reverse darkstar's code addition. or maybe she died before he did somehow. who knows
everyone from a sign from starclan: there is a reason this seems to be one of the more popular code of the clans stories.
featherstar: just seems kind of messy and i think she's interesting for it. like an off brand bluestar
pinefur: quite possibly the most bg feeling bg cat ever to me her existence is so blandly uninteresting i always end up remembering her.
yew tail: i decided to say i hated him jokingly once and now that's just a thing booo yew tail
one eye: WAY too dramatic and interesting to be killed off in the same book he's introduced in and replaced with SLASH of all villains ugh
sparkpelt: i would have gladly read an arc of sparkpelt instead of her garbage son
flywshiker: mad respect for just up and leaving i think she would've been more than justified if she'd done so even earlier
heatherstar: she is bald to me i don't care more bald cats woooo
ripplestar and marshscar: what was ripplestar's problem lol. and for marshscar presumably he became leader since ripplestar died but would he have been any better? and also what a lame leadr name change...one letter
milkfur and milkfur: why the EXACT same name, the exactsame boring boring name
lionstar: idk i just love that he sounds so generically goodguy thunderclan leadery but we only ever saw him being a huge asshat
rock: i hate him but i'm also invested wtf is his deal
morningstar: pathetic loser but in a fun way to me because i don't think they acknowledge enough that yes, it was stupid of him to admit weakness to cruel neighboring clans and refuse to fight even when his warriors were willing, but he was also in a uniquely shitty time. i like to imagine that he ended up going too far in the end and became just as cruel as his fellow leaders at the time. like a "went horribly right" by clan culture standards type of deal
pumpkin: who is he...
mosspelt: i believe in her she needs to keep going now that mistystar is gone. plus she's just genuinely been through a lot and i feel bad for her
the characters from the medicine cats decide or whatever it was called? especially spottedpaw and mossheart and kinktail: also a messed up story. spottedpaw's words to mossheart are so memorable to me because of how sad and horrifying his death is: just simple and brutal, in a way that is normal for the clans but never should have been. as for kinktail how did a riverclan kit get hit by a car anyways but also how only her tail too kitten tails are so tiny she got lucky lol
i'm sure i'm forgetting several too. i know they're basically nobodies and etc and so on but i'm having fun sooo
edit: no one talk to me i mixed up featherwhisker and thrushpelt somehow. also i did forget hollytuft, crowfrost kinkfur and wasptail, and briarlight.Β