Analyzing villains. Again.(spoilers) by Shadowedpaw

Shadowedpaw delves into the psyche of Warriors villians.

Art by Warrior-Junkie

Let’s start with Mapleshade. Go check out my other articles on Mapleshade.😛

Being serious, let’s start with Tigerstar 1.0. When I was younger, I used to blame his evilness on Thistleclaw, but looking back, I disagree. As a kit, he was ambitious, jealous, and stubborn. That’s okay. Ambition can be good, jealousy can wear off, stubbornness can be good. He gets apprenticed to Thistleclaw. I think this is a turning point. While Tigerpaw was ambitious, Thistleclaw made him more ambitious, bad ambitious. You can’t entirely blame it on him though. Tigerstar has to make his own decisions, Thistleclaw being his mentor just guided him along to the path of evilness.

On to Thistleclaw. Why is he in the dark forest? Because he manipulated Tigerpaw and Spottedpaw, indirectly harmed a kit, and threatened Bluestar. You don’t do that without punishment. “But he didn’t kill anyone.” Would Scourge and Tigerstar be at their level of evilness if not for him? I don’t like blaming people for other people, but Tigerstar and Scourge might be slightly saner if not for him.

Next is Ashfur. I COMPLETELY disagree with what I said awhile ago. He is evil. Like Jetty said, loving is different from obsession. Being rude to Brambleclaw is okay. Attempting to kill your clan leader and warriors just for the sake of making your ex feel the pain you did when they broke up is NOT GOOD.

Crookedstar. I know he’s not a villain, but I’m going to wedge him in here. He gets in a possibly fatal accident, and his mother shuns him for his looks. Mapleshade manupilates him to let everyone he loves die. Does he go on a revenge streak and kill/attempt to kill everyone? No. He became a good warrior and a worthy leader despite the wrongs committed against him, which sets him apart from villains, because he chose to do the right thing.

Brokenstar. “Yellowfang gave him to a bad mom which is obviously her fault.” No. Like Crookedstar, his mother shunned him, and made him feel left out. How is that an excuse? At least Mapleshade and Scourge targeted certain people they believe wronged them, not become a complete tyrant letting kits die without caring. Crookedstar kept going and became a better person for his troubles. Brokenstar killed random people who did nothing to wrong him, and if he got placed with the best mother ever, I doubt he would change.

Breezepelt. Like Brokenstar and Crookedstar, he has major parent problems. So he lets the dark forest use him and doesn’t care, and attempts to kill his littermate out of jealousy. You don’t do that.
So that concludes this article.

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25 comments

  • Oo cool! I agree with the parts about Reezepelt, Brokenstar and Ashfur. The others, I don’t really know what think 😛

  • I agree with everything in here 😛 This was really good Shady 😀 *off to read Shady’s articles on Maleshade* 😛

  • I agree, but Ashfur and Squirrelflight were never together and that’s a good thing to note. They never broke up and Squirrelflight was only his friend. But I like that you note that love and obsession are different.

  • I agree about all of that. And Ashfur was completely messed up (redirects to my article about Ashfur that hasn’t been posted yet)

  • Cool article! (hey Shady when will you come back to your Clan??! I feel like I am temporary leader at the moment since I’m your deputy 😛)

  • Okay, so why does everyone blame Thistleclaw for… well, everything? Tigerstar number one chose to be evil. In fact, I would argue that PINESTAR is more at fault than Thistelclaw. Also, if I got bullied and even almost killed, I wouldn’t turn into a raging villain, turn against my siblings no matter how mean they were, and start turning into a psycho. If you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m talking about Scourge.

    Squirrelflight was never Ashfur’s ex. A friend can also be someone you lean on, even if that friend is the opposite gender. Why does everyone think that if two cats of the opposite gender are friends, they will eventually become mates/are mates? Ashfur was Squirrelflight’s shoulder to lean on. She thought of him as a FRIEND. They were never together in the first place, so how is she his ex?

    It’s not Yellowfang’s fault. The “bad mom” she gave Brokenkit to was the only queen with milk! She had no choice! Plus, I’d say that Brokenstar was pretty messed up every since late kithood. Seriously. There. Is. ZERO. Excuse. For. Killing. Kits!!!!

    So many people have sympathy for Breezepelt. Why? Because he had a bad dad? Suck it up, bud, cats have those. It’s no cat’s fault but Breezepelt’s for what he did and then he suddenly gets the free ticket out just because of WindClan’s pride and the fact that he was the only living cat who turned his back, so majority gets out, so does he. What??

    Haha, I pretty much agree anyways.

    • I would agree with everyone, but Breezepelt. I’m not his number one defender, but at the moment he neutral and made up for what he did.

      • What has he done to make up for trying to murder a pregnant queen and betraying his Clan and trying to destroy all of the Clans? We’ve barely seen him since the Great Battle, he hasn’t been shown to do anything to make up for it that I can recall.

        • I haven’t read AVOS but does he seem nice to his kits? Does he seem like a good mate to Heathertail? I hope so 🙂 He needs some redeeming. I always felt bad for him because of how horrible his father was. But then again I wouldn’t do those things. But I think he just wanted to hurt Jayfeather and StarClan to show them that he isn’t afraid to go against them to show how stupid his life is and how it isn’t fair. I think he wanted to destroy the Clans because he felt as if all they do is break the code. Since he has such a big rivalry against Leafpool and her kits, it’s obvious he would feel neglected and angry that the Clans did nothing except just make Leafpool step down from her meddie position. He was like the male version of Hollyleaf. He was just against Leafpool (and her kits) as much as Hollyleaf was. Hollyleaf killed Ashfur to keep his mouth shut but once she figured out who her true parents were, she believed that getting it out would actually cause more pain which she wanted. Breezepelt wanted to cause her and her littermates pain however now because he was so against them. He went as far as killing to get what he wanted: revenge. Hollyleaf was the same way. The only difference between them is that Hollyleaf redeemed herself and regretted what she did while Breezepelt was less forgiving (on top of a neglectful father and a mother who spoiles him to death, I don’t find it surprising that he was less forgiving and stuff. Hollyleaf had a loving uncle and aunt who were like her parents and she grew up with that so….) though he did end up finding love which is nice.

          I know what you are gonna say. I know that you will highly disagree with me and find all the arguments against this. I know that there are arguments against this. But I don’t feel like debating so plz keep it low. This is just my opinion and that is yours and everyone else who hates Breezepelt. 🙂

          • He hasn’t been shown interacting with his mate or daughters at all since AVOS started, if I remember correctly. There just hasn’t been any focus on him since the arc started, which is kinda surprising but eh.

            I’m not against a redemption arc for him. But he needs to actually earn that redemption, rather than it just being taken for granted, which is more what I’m worried about happening.

            As for Hollyleaf, she killed a cat who tried to murder her and who would have killed innocent cats just because a she-cat broke up with him – Breezepelt tried to murder an innocent she-cat who did nothing to him, and her innocent unborn children, and then he tried to destroy the Clans entirely. Redemption isn’t the only difference between them. 😛

        • I agree. He’s done very little. In fact, from what I’ve seen in Thunder and Shadow (I think that’s the only time he’s appeared since Omen of the Stars), he was itching for a fight and had to be told to stop. He hasn’t really changed in his behavior.

  • Nice article! Ashfur and Squirrelflight were never together, though. I agree with most of this 🙂

  • I think that with Brokenstar, Lizardstripe wasn’t the only reason Brokenstar became who he was. I also think it was particularly Raggedstar’s fault for letting him get away with everything, praising him for starting fights with other clans, and making him an apprentice early himself. It’s still Brokenstar’s fault for being who he is.

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