Sharptooth

[leah]

I have no idea where this should go; I hope I put it in the right place.

On "The Best Warriors", an amazing drawing was posted dipicting Sharptooth just before the stalagtite crushed him and Feathertail was in mid-fall.

This somehow made me realize something. I mean, I've realized it before, but I felt compelled to discuss it.

I know the new settings aren't based on anywhere, but if the first setting was in England that means the second setting is in England because the Clans never crossed any oceans.

So, can somebody explain to me how there's a MOUNTAIN LION in the middle of England?

There are other problems with this throughout the books where animals and plants that don't live in England are somehow IN ENGLAND, like, you know, HAWKS.

I just felt like bringing up another "MyGodErinWhatWereYouThinking.jpg" topic because, come on, how could you NOT know that Mountain Lions DON'T live in England?

[Grey]

This is a huge problem in Warriors. The original setting (the first arc) is in England, which is what Erin Hunter has confirmed. They were inspired by some place in the English countryside, and so they set the first series there (vaguely).

However, Erin Hunter doesn't do its research, and some of the things they write about in canon do not actually exist in England. Hawks, for instance, as you said. There are falcons, sparrowhawks and goshawks in England, but these are not the same thing as just hawks. I believe a hawk swooped down and snatched up the deaf kit Snowkit in one of the books in the first series. I can't find anything to verify that as a possibility for the setting.

Despite setting it in pseudo-England, Erin Hunter has done the most lackadaisical kind of description ever, I think. It's a pity, because it could have been really nice but instead, no. Let's only mention oak trees, because obviously, oak trees are the only trees in England. That's just my sulking, though.

The later books are said to no longer be set in England. Erin Hunter uses inspirations from North America, which explains the Mountain lion and wolves and other animals and plants that show up along the way.

Technically speaking, Erin Hunter hasn't done anything wrong here, because it's a fantasy series and can therefore have a fantasy setting. It certainly irritates me but that's me. I'm easily irritated by this sort of thing.

In short, Erin Hunter has set Warriors on a fantasy continent where English and North American habitats are separated by a mountain. I am quite sure (not really, I am just really hoping) they know there are no Mountain lions in England. They just don't care about staying in a real location and are "doing what they want".