Thread:Wavesplash/@comment-31119604-20170502191038/@comment-27492740-20170502234245

Actually, Rainwhisker is relatively major :P

Yes, I would definetly consider names like Leafdapple or Fireheart to be canon.

It's kind of a tricky question. The two Ashfurs thing is weird, because they were definetly alive at the same time, even if ThunderClan Ashfur was just a kit/apprentice. Firestar knew ShadowClan Ashfur, yet he named ThunderClan Ashfur. The White Tail/Whitetail thing is relatively understandable because they're generations apart, but Ashfur is weird. In the real world they're all just oversights.

Well if you're using a major name like Cloudtail or Brightheart (and you've read that far), that's kind of like an insult to the author :P most people use canon names because they thought of it before they saw it in Warriors and/or they forgot about it. But it's really hard to miss names like Cloudtail and Brightheart, and most people understand when it's a major character. I mean, if you were writing a Star Wars fanfiction, you wouldn't make a completely original character named Luke, right?