Forum:Forbidden Love...

I got into a ranting mood lately after someone commented that the possible relationship between Cinderpaw and Jaypaw is rediculous because it's forbidden love and forbidden love is overused.

I do agree with the second part of that statement. Forbidden love is used WAY to much in the books, Graystripe and Silverstream, Crowfeather and Feathertail, Leafpool and Crowfeather, Stormfur and Brook, etc...

However it's the definition of forbidden love that I argue with.

All the relationships I mentioned above are forbidden for one HUGE reason: they're between different clans.

If cats from other clans intermingle like that all the time it would only lead to confusion and frustration during inter-clan battles. Mates battling each other, parents vs. their children. It would cause cats to look at what benifits their family rather then their clan.

This brings be to the second definition of forbidden love in Warriors and that is the realtionships of medicine cats. Spottedleaf, Yellowfang, Leafpool... All had (or might have had) relationships with warriors inside or outside their clans.

Ignoring the whole CrowLeaf thing let's take a look at the relationship between Yellowfang and I forget his name...

To begin with it's decent enough. Both are from the same clan. The only problem is that Yellowfang's a medicine cat. And a she-cat...

The only point of the "medicine cat's can't have any kits" rule is to keep female medicine cats from carrying litters.

Why? Because with any birth there is the danger of the female dying during or even after labor. This would leave her clan without a medicine cat and thus without the protection and knowledge one offers.

That is why one does not see female leaders or deputies having kits. If they die the clan is left leaderless and in danger of almost anything the forest can throw at them.

Now looking at the possible Jaypaw-Cinderpaw relationship as compared to Yellowfang's realtionship.

Jaypaw and Cinderpaw are both from the same clan.

Jaypaw is a medicine cat. Scratch that a medicine cat apprentice.

And he is a tom.

As a tom he is in no danger from dying while giving birth to kits and thus there is no danger of leaving his clan without a healer.

Thus the "forbidden love" rule does not apply to him.

Hope you enjoyed this little rant courtesy of Aurorastar 21:06, 18 February 2008 (UTC)