Touch Tone Telephone - Mapleshade Animatic 

I like how even when she get into starclan she's like "I'm not done with my rant yet-"

In Mapleshade's defense, if I didn't know why Leonard Nimoy wasn't answering my calls I'd go insane too.

2:29 when your in a office chair and the other cats are like: Wtf are you doing.

plot twist: the judge becomes the judged

I like to imagine that this takes place before Heartless That Appledusk was let into StarClan at first without any questioning, but after Mapleshade showed Silverpelt her side of the story, made them see that she wasnt the only one at fault and created the Dark Forest to separate herself from the cats that hurt her, Silverpelt decided to see Appledusk's side of the story, and when he fabricated a tale of a cruel and heartless she-cat killer, they knew that he deserved to be sent to the Dark Forest, where Mapleshade got to finish what she started. Also, maybe the others were questioned a bit too but learned from Appledusk's mistake and showed remorse and accepted fault and so were allowed to stay.

I can imagine Mapleshade sitting in her little patch of dark forest, so proud of herself for making it, and the judge is just sitting there like "ah fuck"

I just realised draikinator has done a whole load of mapleshade.

i like the fact that mapleshade could have started the dark forest as she was chronologically the first mention of it

"Disbelieving, that's the real crime." Man that lyric fits this perfectly. While I don't headcanon Mapleshade as creating the Dark Forest, the cat who did it in my headcanon did it in a similar way to her! I'm obsessed with this!

You know I actually really like the idea of cats rejecting Starclan rather than being rejected b starclan, because plenty of cats have had such a disservice done to them and I hate how cats who were treated so badly like mapleshade are kicked into the dark forest after the world turned them into the monsters they became. Also thunderclan was literally like "FUCK YOU, MAPLESHADE, we can't have riveclan cats in our clan!" and then they get a riveclan medicine cat because I guess they can ignore their own morals when it's convenient to them

3:33 is anyone else obsessed with this scene where she’s got her head back like that, it’s just too freaking cool.

3:10 rare footage of my baby brother when he doesn’t get his milk

Honestly, Mapleshade creating the Dark Forest instead of One Eye, a rouge and a cat who just killed for fun, over a she cat who was ignored by Starclan, and turned to killing because they left her behind sound better!

Me : **falls in love whith this song** Draikinator 0.9 seconds after:

Are you saying that Mapleshade kinda created the Dark Forest? That’s actually a really cool idea!

For all the people in the comment section arguing about mapleshade. Mapleshade knew that here relationship with Appledusk was against the warrior code but she continued on in here relationship. Lots of cats have done this. Frecklewish assumed that the father was Birchface. But Mapleshade did let her assume because she thought here kits would be safer. Oakstar exillide mapleshade and her two month old kits during a storm. Exilling two month old kits would put the kits at risk of more dangers then if the kits were in a clan. Exiling Mapleshade is understandable. Because Appledusk murderd Birchface. But exiling two month old kits who did nothing wrong is different thing. Mapleshade could of went to the two leg place but did not. She thought they would be better of in riverclan. When she left thunderclan. She was angry and just wanted to get as for away from thunderclan as possible. She did try to save here kits but she hit her head on a rock. And it was mentioned in the books that Frecklewish saw the kits drowning and did nothing. And the warrior code states that you cannot neglect any suffering or dying kit dosen't matter if the kit is from a different clan or not. Appledusk cheated on both Mapleshade and Reedshine. Appledusk also broke up with Mapleshade right after her kits died. Mapleshade was angry and sad after losing everything. She started to hallucinate her kits crying out for here. Mapleshade fought avenging them would be the only way to help them there is nothing like a mother's wrath. Mapleshade did deserve to go to the Darkforest yes I agree. but all the cats she killed where not good cats either.

i love this idea! mapleshade definitely shouldn't have gone to starclan, but in a way, that's ultimately starclan's fault. they did nothing about her situation despite her pleas for guidance and help from them. they showed no sign that she was doing anything potentially wrong. she knew it was wrong to have kits with a cat of another clan, but there are numerous other forbidden couples that weren't punished to the lengths she was (that isn't to say they weren't punished at all, but she definitely got fucked over by literally everyone in this story.) overall, starclan definitely did a shitty job watching over them. it's their fault mapleshade had turned out the way she did. in other words, they could have done more to prevent this turn out. maybe birchface in starclan convinces ravenwing in a dream that he actually was the father of those kits. or they could have saved her the grief of losing her kits since she pretty much lost everything at that point. no one in that book deserved what they got. except for oakstar. seriously. fuck that guy.

3:10 That moment when you get so pissed you go super sayan

StarClan cats: So um basically.. Mapleshade: *Creates dark forest* Starclan cats: Ah fuck, I can’t believe you’ve done this

FAQ: Q - What song is this? A - "Touch Tone Telephone" by Neil cicierega AKA Lemon Demon Q - who is the cat mapleshade is talking to? A - my OC, silverpelt, usually just referred to as "the judge." they represent the judgement of starclan in determining if someone goes to starclan or the dark forest. They first appeared in one of my previous MAPs, "Heartless." Q - Why are there comments here from before the video was posted?? A - My videos are posted early for patrons! For just a dollar, you could have watched this video early, too! :P Q - Are you going to run a MAP of this? A - Nah Q - Can I run a MAP of this? A - sure, i guess leave a comment and ask. Must have completed one map in the past. thank Q - Can I use part of this animatic to practice animation/redraw? A - Sure, but please put a link in the description back to it. thanks!

Late but what if Silverpelt was the first dead cat but couldn’t stand being useless so they created starclan, and since it’s their creation they judged others to enter.

Everyone else: Arguing about what Mapleshade deserved Me: Jamming out to the song

Love this animatic! I love all animatics you do and I just love the idea of MapleShade passing judgement on StarClan, instead of allowing them to do it to her! Loved it!

She went super sain tho

3:28 god I love this pose, the teeth are beautiful

Mapleshade: *makes a place out of her pure anger (the dark forest)* The starclan cats and the judge: right what’s all this then?

dude youre the reason i got plunged into the lemon demon loophole thanks

So you know how when Maple shade creates the dark forest, everyone else runs? I’m guessing they run because they don’t want to get trapped. But maybe in this interpretation/AU Freckle is too close and gets trapped in the dark forest with Mapleshade. And turns dark after being separated from her brother once more

Your anamatics never fail to impress me, amazing work once again! Expressive, fluid and beautiful :)

I know a lot of people think Mapleshade is a horrible and overated character. But to me, the characters in Mapleshade's Vengeance are some of my favorites of all time because they actually have faults. Mapleshade is an incredibly naive character, as mentioned in the desc of this animatic. She expects that StarClan will come down to negate her every move, tell her every time she's wrong. But they don't. When her kits are born, she only tries to protest once when Frecklewish proclaims their father MUST be Birchface (which btw what was that Frecklewish, I know you're grieving girl but c'mon, don't just make assumptions. Frecklewish is acting like Rosetail here lol). Mapleshade foolishly brings her kits to the river to see Appledusk, where literally ANY CAT could see her. A cat does see her, Ravenwing, who proclaims that he had received an omen about three pieces of reed that were washed into his den (which again, wtf was that StarClan, there was no reason for them to need to send an omen about that. The omen is one of the driving reasons for Mapleshade and her kits to be driven out. Maybe her kits wouldn't have died if StarClan hadn't sent an omen saying they didn't belong in ThunderClan.) When Ravenwing reveals the secret on a stormy day, Oakstar is incredibly biased and cruel. Just because Appledusk is there father and he supposedly killed his son Birchface in cold blood. Frecklewish, who is the one who first ASSUMED that Birchface was their father even though Mapleshade was VISIBLY uncomfortable when that was brought up every time. Frecklewish, puts all of the blame on Mapleshade and attacks her. Mapleshade shouldn't have done what she did sure and expected StarClan to give her a sign about her every move, but Frecklewish, Oakstar and Ravenwing didn't have to be so clear. Ravenwing is clearly made out in the scene to HATE Mapleshade for her actions. So, Oakstar decides its a grand idea to exile Mapleshade AND her two month old babies in the middle of a storm. These were eight week old babies with a single mother who was practically having a panic attack. Now, I'm not really sure what happened at this point because Mapleshade seems to completely forget about the twoleg bridge when she's trying to cross the river. I would just assume it was intended for her not to be thinking straight, which she probably wasn't, or the authors conveniently forgot about it. Next, Mapleshade attempts to cross the river during a storm, yes this was stupid. But was it mentioned the river was flooded at this point? NO. It was a FLASH FLOOD, Mapleshade, who had no experience with the river, would have had no idea that the river was about to flooded. This never seems to be mentioned by the fandom. Whilst Mapleshade should have crossed at the twoleg bridge, she was NOT responsible for the death of her kits. No one truly was, though I think Oakstar is partially to blame. A RiverClan patrol manages to recover the bodies of the kits and save Mapleshade, and at this point Appledusk is treating the situation as a responsible adult. When he finds out that Mapleshade intentionally tried to cross the river though, he acts like she would have known it was dangerous. Yes, it was during a storm, but to her the river looked NORMAL. He acts like this panicked woman would've been able to read the river well enough and understand the situation enough to not cross the river. They take Mapleshade and the dead kits to RiverClan camp. At which point Darkstar, who is overall better than Oakstar, but still forcefully takes away her dead kits and buries them, not allowing her to even stay for a night. This is a situation where a women is treated worse than a man. Darkstar acts as though Appledusk has been punished adequetly due to the death of the children he met ONCE and then proceeds to Mapleshade she can never come back or visit her childrens graves?! As the book mentions, Appledusk pins all of the blame on Mapleshade and doesn't even allow her to speak for herself. ALSO, Appledusk was cheating on Mapleshade and Reedshine simultaneously?! Appledusk is a horrible man, please do not make him out to be a good guy. He is a bad man. Reedshine's reaction is little weird and she doesn't even consider this thought and goes right back to being lovey dovey with Appledusk. Mapleshade then of course goes on her killing spree before being killed by Pikepaw. Yes, murder is a horrible crime and is never the answer, but cut her at least a little slack. She thought she was seeing and hearing the ghosts of her children, the children others seem to keep trying to convince her that she murdered, the children she watched drown. Warrior Cats makes she-cats give leaders lives for a mothers love, they ADMIT that it is one of the strongest bonds and forms of love. Then after all of this, Mapleshade is the only cat to be sent to the Dark Forest. Not even Oakstar, the cat who would go on to heartlessly murder kittypets, is sent to the Dark Forest. Not Appledusk who cheated on his wives simultaneously, then blamed his wife for the death of her children. No, they sent Frecklewish of all cats to the Dark Forest because she witnessed them drowning. As if she could've down anything without drowning herself?! Again! WTF STARCLAN?! Mapleshade's Vengeance is such an interesting book filled with so many missed opportunities to weave a brilliant story. I wish we had gotten a Super Edition that fully detailed all of the events leading up to this, a book that gave the characters proper characterisation and acknowledged their faults. But that will never happen, but because of this these characters are some of my favorite and least favorite characters simultaneously for what they could've been. Thank you if you read this who comment lol. I just scrolled up and realized how long it was XD

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I love how Mapleshade doesn't try to justify her actions but shifts the blame onto StarClan- it's a really cool idea that she manipulated Silverpelt.. kinda?? I really like this map, anyway! Good work!

Ah, Mapleshade. Such a complicated character for the things she done. Kinda disappointing that most of comments only lean one sides, either Mapleshade is wrong or right. For me...she's kinda in the middle, honestly. Remind me of a character from Fire Emblem: Three Houses that's a bit similar in their actions that cause a devide in the fandom.

I love the concept of the judge, and I hope that I can see more similar to this! I love your art style and how expressive you make the characters, it's all amazing^^

Even though i do not forgive what you have done, i am quite happy that you blurred them out at the end so they dont get associated with the bad shit uve done. Thsnk you, thiugh, for acknowledging all your wrongdoings. Most people would just, even when they are revealed, never talk about them

I missed your AU ideas so damn much! Even if you're not back in the fandom, this animatic is still really good and I'm happy that you made this one public ~

Honestly, i never imagine that fact of Mapleshade, I never imagined that she would feel disappointed and betrayed not only by Appledusk and her clan, but also by Starclan itself This AMV give me a lot of ideas and inspiration :'0

I'm so glad you feel able to continue to make things you love!!! Not only because I missed the Warriors content you made, but also how passionate about it you always were. We missed how excited you would get over them.

This is the first animatic that ever made me cry, you really out-did yourself! This is a beautiful Mapleshade animatic, and you created a great AU! If this is how the dark forest came to be, it would be really awesome! I love how you added Silverpelt :>

DONT SAY you are not in the fandom and are stepping back from it then proceed to fucking make an animatic. I can’t tell you what you can and cant post but really?? fuckin’ really?

I adore this! Like, the whole concept is amazing :0 And honest to god, I've missed your Warriors content. I sincerely hope that eventually things will die down and you can return to making more projects like you used to, even if there's less than half as many. Welcome back.

3:11 When shit starts going down and after that the pure emotions that you show from Mapleshade are my absolute favorite! I LOVE THE EMOTIONS YOU SHOW WITH HER!

You need to stop waving stuff like this in the faces of the people you hurt. Go put it on another channel, holy shit, it's not that hard.

I ADORE the Judge character! I already really liked the idea in the Heartless MAP, but they get so much more characterization here! I love it! And the idea that Mapleshade brought forth the Dark Forest is beautiful, I love it, it's cannon now!

[3:32] MapleShade: "I just gotta say- "[Snaps neck] "Oh, nevermind."

Even if darkinator quit, I could watch all these videos over and over again like they were new videos and be satisfied

0:51 Is it just me or did I hear space Nazis?

To be honest, I don't really like Mapleshade. Like, I get it, you want vengence for your dead children. That's fine, I'd want some too, but murdering innocent cats (besides Appledusk) that were sort of related to your exile? Nah man, Frecklewish didn't deserve that, neither did Ravenwing. Plus, did she know it was flood season? If not, okay. But if so, what the heck was she thinking? 3 kits born like 3 months ago crossing a possibly floodable river in the middle of the night? I guess I just find it difficult to understand why she's so popular, and how people can just say her actions were justified. I like Nate's animatic, and no hate to them, but Im just confused on how people can label Mapleshade's clearly wrong actions as justified. Side Note: her exile was completely justified in my opinion. Of course Oakstar and the clan would be upset, you had children with the man who murdered your son and lied about how he was the father of your sin children? :/ So yeah, Mapleshade is a poopy head.

Crazy old lady screaming in heaven then creates hell

Everyone here be talking about the animatic Am I the only one who is just freaking out because it’s a song by lemon demon..??

When you want to host this as a MAP but your MAP is not even done: Oh I'm crying out authentic tears :"">

I love how the line work got darker, and so did the background, as it progressed.

I really love the idea of Mapleshade having created the Dark Forest

This entire video lives rent free in my head at all times

Aaa I love this! You drew the expressions so well as well as the body language! The story is really interesting and creative I love it! And even if some people disagree I still love your warriors content💕

I'm happy you did this I was really sad when you stopped posting warriors content, as I loved your AU's and map ideas. I understand what happened, you made a mistake and dispite what some people think everyone makes mistakes. The difference is wiether or not your willing to admit you made them. Which you did. I don't think you should have to stop doing what you love because you made one. And I also believe you do not disurve all the hate you get for it (and before any of you in the comments comment on this I am not some little kid who doesn't know what happened or what I'm talking about, I just differ in opinions then you. Deal With It.)

I thought the spinning was gonna suddenly stop on her spotting her kits and I was fully ready to cry

I don't know any of the drama that's been going on, and frankly, I'm glad for that. You just keep doing what you love, and as long as you ain't hurting no one, I won't mind, and hell, I might even enjoy the things you make Great drawings, as always, and truly an,, interesting concept for how the whole StarClan/Dark Forest thing works

this is insane! mapleshade is my favorite character, touch tone telephone is my favorite song, and you are my favorite warriors artist. literally most perfect video ever

this is such a good way to utilize the high-energy, chaotic music lemon demon creates. i love this. so much. absolutely amazing

Oh, well I’m happy to see more warriors art from you Nate! Personally I think you might still want to stay far away from the fandom, as this comment section shows you are still very unwelcome by other fans. But I don’t really blame them, just stay humble and know people have the right to criticize you no matter how many times you say sorry. But I’m here for you for the most part.

I love everything about this, especially the part where she tilts her head way back when saying radio. :D

First of all, this animatic is truly wonderful. Secondly are you going to return to making warriors videos, i know you said in the past you would not but you’ve posted two warriors videos this month so i didn’t know if that was still the case.

Wow ! This is so amazing my god ! *^* can’t wait to see it finished !! *^* keep going !

just a thought... the darkness/redness that spread out from mapleshade in starclan was able to catch some of the cats there that also pergaps deserved it

Listen you've had your punishment and hopefully learned your lesson. Everyone deserves a second chance and while I thought it was an accident to begin with I understand why some people thought you should have consequences. But you've had your fair share of punishments and how you should be able to move on and do better. This is great work, keep it up 💞 Dont let people discourage you, those who act like they've never done anything wrong before. Just do your best and be kind to people.

I’ve probably commented on this video before on a different yt account like a million times but it’s honestly what set me on my path to becoming a RU-vidr/artist. Every time I watch it it just brings back memories and inspiration.

YAWSSSS IVE FINALY FOUND SOMEONE THAT ANIMATED THIS SONG ITS SO GUUDD

Welcome back as we hope you’ve grown from the mistakes that happened and you have learned and improved ^^

I love how the starclan cat is like: "wtf"

^w^ it made me really happy to see Mapleshade in your art again! This was a really good animatic! You did great!!!

Free will. The judge cannot stop free will. N they live in a world full of darkness.. Even the most purest have some form of wickedness in their hearts.. The clans have forgotten their code. Leave no kit behind. Regardless of which clan they're from.

Every time I see or hear how mapleshade became who she was, I keep thinking how cruel every cat was to her and how she tried to justify her actions with whatever she did. Claiming it was for her kits or to seek justice where she was unjustly ruled with no help whatsoever. Her story is really sad and dark at the same time. Put it to human terms, it has been proven by science that if you make someone angry enough they can and will kill people even if they were angels before. Her story makes complete sense if you see it like that and that she was angry and sad enough that she went from being a good cat and mother to a "Monster" in every other cats eyes. I love how nicely its portrayed in this video bc that's all I've ever seen her as for years!! Great work and I love your style!!

This is really cool! UwU the characters have so much expression in there body and Faces which is really nice to watch

3:33 *S N A P*

2:30...microvave

I'm so glad you uploaded this, it looks amazing 💕💕💕

I really love the effort you put into your animatic. The idea behind it is just stunning and original. The choice of music is kind of risky for such a theme (kind of) but you made it work perfectly and the expressions are really well done, honestly I got goosebumps from watching this and I could really feel with the character. Its kind of sad that Ican't give more than just one like xD

OMG this is one of the best mapleshade aus i ever seen! Keep it up uwu

*Actually goes to starclan* AHEM-

Oh my GOSH i love this animatic so much, probably the best one ive ever watched ( no exaggeration ) i love the idea of Mapleshade having a judge and creating the dark forest, its a all so good!

Thank you so much I love this song after listening to it once, I played it several times, atleast 5 times a day or even 9.

When I saw this was a Mapleshade pmv I was so happy that u posted something Warrior Cats themed. But before I was all "U JOINED BACK INTO WARRIOR CATS!?!" I read the description 1st and now I understand. Planning on making a bit more Warrior Cats content of not, I'm still very happy that u made this. Oh! If I'm not mistaken, u said u dont even know what books came out (or if u were joking). The books that came out are Squrirrlflights Hope, Lost Stars and The Silent Thaw 😊

Yeeeeeesssssssss!!!!!!!! More Warriors!!!!!!! I swear you don't know how happy I am to see this!!!!

Aw shit here we go again

I was so flipping happy to see this!! So glad to see you coming back Nate, even if just a little bit.

I can’t stop replaying this, it’s so good 😭

"All of the characters except the kits were villains in this story!" *Ravenwing and Frecklewish: Did literally nothing wrong, Frecklewish even defending Mapleshade at the beginning and Ravenwing just being a medicine cat trying to do his job*

Thankyou so much for making warriors content again. Even if it’s not your main content. It’s bullshit people kicked you out of the fandom. I hope this is received with the love it deserves

Draik, this is absolutely beautiful and one of my favorite songs too. Don't feel too pressured about doing or not doing something like this.

this literally has been and will always be, my favorite warrior cats animatic. everything about it is awesome. the concept, the art, the execution. Stellar. Thank you for making and sharing this!

I’ve watched this over 500 times in the past 4 days. Help. I’m addicted. It’s sooooooooo gooood!!!!!

Mapleshade: *Get angry at Starclan , Her Rage Becomes Wild Spreading Over half of Starclans territory and Therefore Becomes The darkforest* The Judge: Oh Frick........Were screwed

This looks amazing, excellent art work!

mapleshade deserves to go to the dark forest

0:52 Hold up, did they just say “space nazi’s”? Lol! I cracked up 🤣

Ya know what, Starclan is the worst when you look at it closely. Fuck, they could make a cat have visions of their friends death and can’t do anything about it. This is why, I’m Anti-Starclan

0:45 I wonder what hair products Mapleshade uses

Wouldn’t it be cool... If Drakinator’s OC was the creator of Starclan... *think about it*

How am I able to see this?! (Commented after draikinator deleted their channel)