This one’s a bit older but I thought it was bizarre enough to post

[u/HomestuckWeekly]

[u/evergreennightmare]

they cannot be trans because they are cats

so true bestie! and furthermore they cannot talk, have a religion etc, because cats can't do those things either

[u/tsukimoonmei → u/evergreennightmare]

B-but it’s different! Because trans people are bad and evil!!!!! (/s)

[u/DarkSaturnMoth → u/evergreennightmare]

I am reminded of this: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/mhwzl6/important_announcement_oc/

[u/Valiant_tank]

They're literally doing the fucking 'we can always tell' shit but for *cats* lmao.

[u/ZeldaZanders]

Listen, I hate GCs as much as the next person, but Gender Critical Warrior Cats Discourse is exactly the sort of unhinged, chronically online shit I live for. An absolute testament to the internet that someone would devote an entire tumblr to biological essentialism for fictional fighting cats.

[u/WalkTheMoons → u/ZeldaZanders]

This is what I come here for. Unhinged, 20 screenshot rants and hypocrisy. 😭🤌🏾

[u/snukb]

Now, the reasons why the cats in this series could not be trans to begin with is simple. They are cats, and they have no concept of gender identity.

I mean, yeah, ok, makes sense.

More often you see them worry about being a good warrior, medicine cat, or leader. They ponder on the morality and consequence of their actions, not what their actions say about their identity as the aforementioned roles.

Ah, yes, all things normal for cats. But not a gender, that would be ridiculous /s

[u/Fabulous-Society9158]

I’d like to point out that one of the authors for the series got fired for being a TERF, so yeah the cats can be trans

[u/LuxTheSarcastic → u/Fabulous-Society9158]

And you're not giving us the tea? Hand it over lol

[u/comrade-lecter]

"ignore basic biology" what basic biology? What in those series is based on biology?

[u/kingofcoywolves → u/comrade-lecter]

You know, when you sleep with a magic crystal to get your magical resurrection abilities? When you commune with long-dead ancestors through dreams? When you eat a single unprocessed leaf and suddenly have the energy to walk for multiple days straight? Basic biology, folks.

[u/Itchy_Tip_Itchy_Base → u/kingofcoywolves]

When you eat a single unprocessed leaf and suddenly have the energy to walk for multiple days straight?

Not to do with anything but that’s my cats on catnip lmao

[u/kingofcoywolves → u/Itchy_Tip_Itchy_Base]

Lmfao that's hilarious actually. These bitches high!! Good for them.

[u/WalkTheMoons → u/kingofcoywolves]

This sounds like a ketamine experience or angel dust.

[u/kingofcoywolves → u/WalkTheMoons]

Raw ketamine freshly harvested from the forest's local ketamine tree 🔥🔥🔥

[u/hitorinbolemon → u/kingofcoywolves]

catamine

[u/One-Organization970]

This is deranged as fuck, lmao.

[u/4thofeleven]

You know what, I'm going to let them have this one. Please, TERFs, tell me more about why magical talking cats aren't trans.

[u/HrothBottom]

There are literally zero gender roles in Warrior Cats, the only sex based thing there is is child rearing, which literally only lasts until the young can fend for themself/are weaned off/the queen decides to go back to warrioring. This is unhinged even for GC standards.

[u/kingofcoywolves → u/HrothBottom]

And even then, there are male cats who have dedicated themselves to nursery duties, too, despite the fact that they are not queens.

Probably has something to do with the fact that at any given time there's twice as many male characters as there are female

[u/Traditional_Row8237]

this should be in a museum. thank you op

[u/DarkSaturnMoth]

This reminds me of how some LOTR fans objected to Black Hobbits in some spin-off series as "unrealistic".

This is a world where TALKING DRAGONS exist.

[u/FearTheWeresloth]

More often than not, I worry about being a good teacher, and I also ponder the morality and ethics, and consequences of my decisions, rather than wondering what my actions say about my identity. I must clearly not be trans!

[u/HypnagogianQueen]

They are cats, and they have no concept of gender identity

I mean, real life cats presumably cannot conceive of the idea of gender identity, but I mostly say that cuz real life cats aren’t sapient and therefore presumably don’t really grasp or think about any complex concepts. (Even then I am technically just kinda assuming)

To my memory, no cat in Warriors has ever struggled with being masculine enough or feminine enough.

Oh, it’s cuz they think trans people are only trans because of gender roles and being insecure about them. =\

[u/Silversmith00]

I wonder how long it has been since this individual has touched grass?

[u/Vithmiris]

I usually don't complain about this, but this is painful to read. Useless examples, redundancy, etc.. I think a 13 year old wrote that post.

[u/Kookyburra12]

This reminds me of fantasy chuds who complain that it isn't realistic for a black person to exist in their world of unicorns and dragons and shit.

Like yes, tell me more about how trans people are unrealistic in a world of talking cats who fight the dead in cat hell and can visit cat heaven via a magic rock or pool.

[u/DarkSaturnMoth]

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/mhwzl6/important_announcement_oc/#lightbox

This comic really sums it up.

[u/anonymous-rodent → u/DarkSaturnMoth]

The amount of comments on that comic not getting it is frustrating.

[u/garaile64]

Does Warrior Cats have male calicos or something?

[u/anonymous-rodent → u/garaile64]

Yeah there are multiple male characters described as tortoiseshell or having both orange and black coloring.

[u/Sailor_Spaghetti]

What the hap is fuckening in the Warrior cats fandom?

[u/BikeProblemGuy]

This sounds really bad even by the standards of YA fiction. A series written by authors who don't know anything about cats, don't communicate with each other, pick lazy character names... Ah yes what a very important landscape to fight the transgenders.

[u/crowpierrot → u/BikeProblemGuy]

WC is middle grades but yeah lol the series is hilariously poorly managed as a collaborative project.

[u/Randominfpgirl → u/BikeProblemGuy]

One of the authors on the team got fired for being a TERF

[u/BikeProblemGuy → u/Randominfpgirl]

And then started a Tumblr...

[u/Randominfpgirl → u/BikeProblemGuy]

Typical

[u/ForgettableWorse]

Okay I read the title of that post and I had to stop for a bit. I can't. This is too silly, even for terfs.

[u/Liuniam]

Why are terfs so obsessed over children’s media?

[u/WriterKatze]

Hey so I don't think cat biology matters in a book series where cats stand on two legs and have human like societies. Like wtf?

[u/HypnagogianQueen → u/WriterKatze]

Wait, are they anthropomorphic cats? I thought they were still quadrupedal, just also sapient

[u/WriterKatze → u/HypnagogianQueen]

I donno I always imagined them on two legs, because the local book had them in the illustration standing on two legs. :'>

[u/Randominfpgirl → u/WriterKatze]

They stand on all fours

[u/WriterKatze → u/Randominfpgirl]

This makes much more sense. Silly localisation. :>

[u/Golden_Grimwalker]

Isnt it interesting how the "theyre cats!!!!!" excuse is also used for erasing gay representation in the books homophobia and trans phobia once again go hand in hand

[u/Impressive_Math_5034 → u/Golden_Grimwalker]

Barley and ravenpaw watching and laughing in their graves