Fan ArticlesHollyleafTheGreat discusses the notorious Tigerstar and the lives that he was given as leader.
I was disappointed with Tigerstar’s death. I mean, why make Tigerstar leader of ShadowClan if they weren’t going to make him more of a threat because he could die multiple times, instead having all 9 lives ripped out. But who’s to say that even happened? What if Tigerstar, like Nightstar, was denied his nine lives? Well folks, instead of nine lives for Tigerstar, we’ll list him six reasons he can’t have them.
Reason 1: He’s Evil. I know Brokenstar was also evil, but Brokenstar was the reason ThunderClan allowed Rusty to become the great Firestar, so he becomes leader so that a greater good can be brought to the Clans. He was also punishment for the Clans pushing out SkyClan, and Firestar ended up finding them with Sandstorm so they could return to their rightful place, so that’s his reasoning for being allowed. But nothing could even come from Tigerstar, as he was killed immediately, so why give him a pass?
Reason 2: He’s a Liar.
If Tigerstar were never to receive his nine lives, do you think he’d just admit that? “Oh yeah, I never got my lives but, uh, obey me anyway!” Not only that, but Nightstar never said anything either because it makes ShadowClan look weak.
Reason 3: Tigerstar rejected his lives.
Every life given to him he rejected. Internally, yes, but he still rejected them. He rejected mercy and compassion, and if he rejects the values the life gives him, does he even have the life? I don’t think so. If he can’t take on the things that could have changed him, he probably doesn’t get the life at all.
Reason 4: That’s really useless.
Why give him 9 lives, making him 9x more dangerous, just to kill him off in one blow. What’s even the point? He might as well be a rogue.
Reason 5: He died INSTANTLY!
If Tigerstar had his nine lives, he’d have died, gotten up, staggered for a few paw steps, collapsed, and repeated the cycle 7 more times. But instead, he died INSTANTLY! No sign of losing lives, just dying immediately.
Reason 6: Scourge used the same move on Firestar.
It’s likely that Scourge would use the same or a similar move on Firestar, so why can Firestar get back up? Because he had his nine lives, and Tigerstar didn’t.
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The last part- you really got me there.It doesn’t make sense that Firestar survived when Tigerstar died when Scourge used the same move.
Great article!
Yay, no wowsThat is very ture
I think Firestar survived because Scourge would have to be quicker and less accurate in battle, as he has to move faster, while he had time in his mind to calculate his next move while with Tigerstar. Also, Tigerstar DID loose his lives one after the other, but he didn’t attempt to get up, so it’s possible that StarClan told him that he’ll loose all his lives that day.
I’m not really sure how I feel about this but some of those points make sense.
Agreed
Maybe StarClan had hoped that receiving the lives would help him be better. As Scrouge killed him though, StarClan realized that the lives had be given in vain and he wouldn’t be better so they took away the gift of the lives. I like the idea he never had them in the first place though.
Well, he missed, and it had signs like he gasped, then was still, then repeated eight/nine times.
thats wut i meant
Yeah I had an extremely long quote of his death.
Hmm, interesting!
Sirius X Lupin foreverThat could be a new theory – Tigerstar never got his lives, he lied about it like Nightstar. We know for sure that Blackstar received nine lives, so prehaps Starclan still considered him the rightful deputy after Brokenstar’s death.
I don’t think so…
Tigerstar did get his lives, Scourge ripped open his stomach and tore open his organs. Scourge attacked Firestar’s head, not his stomach.
The book says that Tigerstar sort of winced(…?) nine times when he got killed.
Which makes it seem like he had ninereally weaklives.Perhaps his lives were weaker then, since he had rejected then values.
Yes this is very interesting…
Great article!
Awesome article!! I never thought of this theory before :3
I agree with everything but the last one, when scourge did it im pretty certain that it said the it was horrifying to see him die, over and over nine times.
“ A desperate scream of fury erupted from Tigerstar, then broke off with a ghastly choking sound. His body convulsed, limbs jerking and tail flailing. For a heartbeat a stillness settled over him, and Firestar knew he was falling into the trance of a leader who loses a life, to wake after a little while restored to strength and with the rest of his lives intact. But not even StarClan could heal this terrible wound. Scourge stood back and watched coldly as Tigerstar’s body convulsed again. The dark red blood kept on flowing, spreading across the ground in a ceaseless tide. Tigerstar let out another shriek; Firestar wanted to cover his ears so he didn’t have to listen anymore, but he was frozen to the spot. Again the massive tabby’s body grew still for a heartbeat, but again the wound was too terrible to yield to the healing trance. Another spasm seized Tigerstar’ body. His claws tore up clumps of grass in his agony, while hiss re eches turned from fury to fear. He’s dying nine times, firestar realized, oh, starclan, no… it was a death that he would not wish on any cat, not even tigerstar, and he thought it would never be over.”
Sorry for the SUPER long comment.
Your other points were really nice though. Good article!
Oop- It was a while since I read The Darkest Hour when I wrote this and I don’t have a copy (I’d checked it out from the library.) Well, theory disproven. It was fun to make tho.
good job