Fan ArticlesOtterpaw defends Lionblaze against popular arguments.
People hate Lionblaze. Lionblaze is one of my favorite character. As you can see from the title, I am going to defend Lionblaze.
One reason that people hate Lionblaze… “he couldn’t die!”:
Ah ah ah, did Lionblaze ask to get his powers? Was it his fault that he was a part of a prophecy? And let’s remember that he lost his power after The Last Hope. People get annoyed that he complained that a tree branch hit him on the head, but he doesn’t have his powers and he’s struggling to live a normal life. He had his powers for most of his life and he has to adjust to being a normal cat.
A second reason why people hate Lionblaze… “he’s a Gary Stu!”
A Gary Stu is a character with no flaws that is perfect. Lionblaze has many flaws. For example, he met with Heatherpaw who is from another clan. A Gary Stu wouldn’t break the code. He did stop, but a Gary Stu wouldn’t do it at all. Also, he refused to get the catmint, while a Gary Stu would get it right away and be a hero.
Also, another flaw is that Lionblaze trained in the Dark Forest with Tigerstar. Gary Stus are perfect and they wouldn’t train with an evil cat. He has many flaws, like the three that I just stated.
Reason number three people hate him… “He killed Russetfur!!!”:
Well, it’s not Lionblaze’s fault. Russetfur was too old for a battle, and he did it completely by accident. Lionblaze accidentally kills her while he was trying to save his leader. It was Russetfur’s fault that she tried to kill Firestar, if she didn’t she could still be alive. It wasn’t Lionblaze’s fault that he killed Russetfur, he was saving Firestar.
So overall, Lionblaze was a regular cat with a power. He isn’t perfect, he has his flaws. It’s not his fault that he killed Russetfur – it was completely by accident and he saved Firestar.
I hope you enjoyed! Remember, this is just my opinion. I’d like to hear some cats you’d like me to defend in a future article! 🙂
🩵🦅 Eagleflight (Aquila)🍃🎶
![[a full-body design of Ravenwing uneasily looking over her shoulder alongside her colour palette]](https://blogclan.katecary.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/ravenwing-warrior-cat-designs.png)
Personally, I feel things differently. I’m gonna be honest, Lionblaze isn’t my favorite character, and I kind of dislike him as well. I don’t want to go against this defense article, but I have two reasons:
#1. He takes too much advantage in battle.
I know it’s not his fault, but killing Russetfur and almost killing Crowfeather? You don’t just let the murderer go of with a free pass and say “ it’s Russetfurs fault!” That just goes over the edge.
#2.he’s not interesting. (At least for me)
He is, bye he means, a Gary Stu, but he is rather boring. His power is just an advantage in battle. And then their is: “he’s a forbidden romance cat.” Leafpool, gray stripe, and many more had the same thing.
Those are my reasons for why lion blaze is just not my favorite character (sorry, it’s long😂)
I agree with you on the Russetfur part. The book states that he didn’t do it on purpose and he was equally shocked.
its not his fault he can’t be killed. he is my favourite character
I absolutely love Lionblaze and he is my favorite character people saying Lionblaze was bad because he was a killer even though cats like Hawkfrost, Tigerclaw, mapleshade, etc also killed cats. Many cats killed other cats and got away with it like Ivypool who killed antpelt. Others saying he is boring BUT him being seen as a killer when he killed cats by accident because he doesnt know his own strength was a huge emotional spike in Lionblazes personality and it was amazing! Anyways amazing article!
1. True enough! But I find it okay that people hate characters for the way they’re written. I hate what Mapleshade did, but I love her because she is wonderfully written!
2. I disagree about Lionblaze being a Gary Stu ;w; Nothing to say on that one.
3. He did kill Russetfur, and not “completely by accident”, it’s kindaaa hard to kill someone completely by accident. And he shouldn’t get away with it. Also, it’s NEVER the vicitm’s fault. Firestar had a lot more lives than Russetfur, the BATTLE itself was ThunderClan’s fault (technically Tigerstar’s) and NOT ShadowClan’s in any way!
But great article!