Hollykit shares their opinions on the conniving villainess from RiverClan, Mapleshade.
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I love Mapleshade. In my opinion, she is very underrated. Almost everyone seems to hate her, usually also because they think she’s overrated! Well, here’s what I think.
1. “She’s so unreasonable!”
She didn’t have to harm anyone. It’s true. She was hallucinating, though, and wanted vengeance for her kits. Tigerstar killed just for power and leadership. And maybe Mapleshade wasn’t the smartest.. that isn’t bad.
2. “She’s so cruel! Why did she kill Frecklewish?!”
Frecklewish was so kind, and helped Mapleshade take care of her amazing kits. Then Mapleshade killed her. Why? Frecklewish cruelly let her kits die. And maybe Mapleshade did something wrong by breaking the warrior code. Maybe Appledusk did something wrong, killing Birchface. But what did the kits do? Frecklewish could have saved those kits. Mapleshade loved them, and she wanted Frecklewish to feel that pain.
3. “She’s mouse-brained for bringing her kits across the river!”
She made a mistake. Not her fault that she didn’t know the river was flooding.
4. “She keeps killing everyone..”
Yes. Yes she does. She never stopped. She just couldn’t. She didn’t want a boring life in the dark forest. She wanted to kill. And maybe she isn’t relatable. “I drowned my kids and had a hallucination where they told me to kill everyone! So I did!! Yayy!” But she was never meant to be.
5. “SHE BROKE THE CODE!1!11!!!1!!”
She loved someone. And she broke the code to see them. So did Leafpool, Crowfeather, Bluestar, Oakheart, Graystripe, Silverstream, Dovewing, Tigerstar, Fallowtail, Reedfeather, Yellowfang, Raggedstar.. and is it bad that Mapleshade did too? And she killed others. There is no way I can get a list for the many cats who have killed others.
6. “She is evil.”
Yeah, she is. And I love it. Villains can be interesting. That doesn’t make her a bad character, simply because she’s evil. I hate some characters for what they did, like Rainflower. We all have opinions though, and I don’t think Rainflower had any story but being Crookedstar’s evil mother.
I think that’s it. I hope you enjoyed my first Blogclan article. This is just my opinion, we all have them. I’d love to hear your’s in the comments!
Great writing! I also love Mapleshade.
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I really like this article! As a Mapleshade fan, I totally agree.
i have heard (and read) a lot about Mapleshade but this article might make me change my mind
I’m a Mapleshade lover too, although I liked Frecklewish and didn’t think she should have died so cruelly
Hmmmm, haven’t read Mapleshade’s Vengeance yet, so idk
Yep!
Yes yes yes!!!!! Mapleshade is innocent! I love your points, and plus, the DF corrupts cats that go into it. Lovely article!
I also really LOOOOOVVVEEEE Mapleshade
I love Mapleshade!
Mapleshade wanted to kill the 3 cats most responsible for her kits’ deaths. Once she killed a responsible cat, one of them disappeared from her hallucinations. Actually, I don’t even know who put the rule that you can’t be mates with someone from another clan.
I likes Mapleshade, but even though her kits died doesn’t mean she gets to kill other guys…
Okay now that I’m reading this again I’m not sure if this made much sense. She’s still evil even if I tried to justify her actions lol 😛 But she doesn’t have to be a good person to be a good character, villains can be great characters
Also ty everyone :3