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I was in fourth grade (I’m 24 now 😭) and there was this girl in my class who was OBSESSED with these cat books. Like genuinely obsessed. She carried them everywhere and people used to make fun of her because “all she reads are cat books.” I’ve always kinda leaned toward the underdogs though, so I became friends with her. One day she convinced me to read the first arc and that basically changed my life LOL.

I remember being SO confused reading it the first time. When they talked about “twolegs” and “monsters” I legitimately thought there were actual monsters living in ShadowClan territory 😭 like little creepy wood creatures hiding in the forest. I don’t think I realized they were cars until near the end of the book. Same with queens. I remember thinking “why do these cats have queens and kings???” not realizing queens were pregnant cats 💀

What’s funny is these books weirdly changed me as a person too. I’m super spiritual now, and honestly I’ll die on this hill: warriors probably gave me my spiritual awakening LMFAO. Something about StarClan, medicine cats, signs from ancestors, walking alone at night thinking about life… it hit me HARD as a kid. I connected with the medicine cat side of things so deeply.

I also remember begging my parents for the books after I finished everything my library had from the first arc. They accidentally bought me Power of Three instead of the next arc, so I skipped ahead completely confused out of my mind 💀 But honestly? I fell in love with it anyway. I know a lot of people dislike Power of Three, but to me it’s hands-down one of the best arcs in the series. I DO remember originally thinking the powers were dumb as hell though 😭 over time it grew on me.

And forever my favorite character will be Hollyleaf. Followed by Cinderpelt and Yellowfang.

I’d genuinely love hearing everyone else’s first experiences getting into Warriors. What confused you the most at first? What arc got you hooked?

Major edit: I can’t believe I forgot to add this, but we had a fourth grade talent show, and me, and the girl did a warrior cats bit. Where I would ask her trivia questions about warrior cats and she would answer. And that was our talent. 😅😆

Also say hello to Dove (Yes I named her after Dovewing

I think the reason Unwind stuck with me more than most dystopian books is because the actual concept of unwinding is genuinely horrifying once you really sit and think about it. At first it almost sounds clinical or “clean.” The government and adults in the series keep repeating that the kids technically don’t die because “every part of them still lives on.” But that logic is EXACTLY what makes it terrifying. Society found a way to make murder sound humane through wording and legal loopholes.

What got under my skin was the psychological side of it. These kids grow up knowing that between certain ages, their parents can literally choose to have them unwound. Imagine living your teenage years knowing your existence is conditional and that adults around you might see your body as spare parts instead of you as a person. The fear in the series never really goes away because even normal conversations have this looming threat hanging over them.

And the actual unwinding process itself is one of the most disturbing things I’ve ever read. Not because it’s overly graphic, but because of how calm and systematic it is. The scene where the character is consciously unwound piece by piece genuinely made me stop reading for a second. The fact he stays aware while parts of his body are being taken apart made it feel less like a death scene and more like someone being erased in real time. It wasn’t written like shock horror either. It felt cold. Procedural. Efficient. Which somehow made it even worse.

What I also loved is how Neal Shusterman showed how normalized it became. There are advertisements, facilities, casual conversations about unwinding like it’s healthcare or public policy. That realism made the world feel believable because real societies do normalize awful things over time if enough people benefit from them or if the language around it becomes sanitized enough.

The series honestly made me think more about identity than almost any other dystopian series I’ve read. If every piece of you is still alive somewhere else, are you still alive? At what point does a person stop being a person? The books never stop asking those questions and that’s why the concept stuck in my brain long after I finished reading it.

Has anyone else here read this series? Because I swear I never see people talk about it enough, especially considering how insanely disturbing some of the ideas ar

Justice for our sweet rose

I swear ever since Rose Theory started people have been treating the color rose like it committed some horrible crime against humanity 😭 I never even used rose much before all of this either but after hearing everyone complain about it nonstop I started picking it almost every game and honestly it became one of my favorites super fast

Rose just has good energy to it. It stands out in lobbies without looking sweaty or tryhard and it somehow always makes the lobby feel more alive. Everybody always fights over black white or red but rose has personality to it. The cosmetics look weirdly good with it too especially the dumb little hats and pets. I have genuinely had some of the funniest games while playing rose

What gets me is how people started acting like rose players are automatically dumb because of one streamer trend 😭 like come on bro its literally just a color. Half the people hating on it probably never even used it before. It feels like people just saw everyone else clowning on rose and joined in because its the easy joke now

At this point rose has become iconic and im tired of pretending it’s not. Let our sweet rose live in peace

My very first memory of Harry Potter was a scene of Harry and moaning Myrtle together. (I had no idea who moaning Myrtle was until I read the books ) I was probably seven, so I knew nothing about the movies either. I just distinctly remember being like oh he has a sister. And that memory has always stuck with me until I actually started reading the books 7 years later…. And was confused when Harry didn’t have a sister…..

I also never ever see anything about them looking alike…. Am I the only one 😂

I’m 24 now and weirdly think about this to this day…

I’m new to the game, just wanted to share and mourn my twin brother. Fun fact another plankton joined so there was three lol

So far, sheriff is the best. What’s your favorite role

I put on a random episode and this in particular made me crack tf up and had to make a post 😂

I was not expecting to see actual hand marks

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I hope you get the emoji reference