Fan ArticlesRavenflight argues Tallstar’s last minute decision to make Onewhisker the deputy of WindClan.
Mudclaw should’ve been made leader instead of Onestar.
It’s just my opinion. I mean, look at how Onestar turned out. He became corrupted, made bad decisions, and forced out the help of other Clans. Not the best resume. He wasn’t even properly made deputy, so I don’t know how or why he was even allowed to be leader. I’m okay if the deputy ceremony is late, but if the leader is just dying on the ground and replaces Mudclaw without the actual traditions….how is that cat even deputy?
Plus, Tallstar was dying for StarClan’s sake! Do you think he was thinking completely straight? I think not. He was lying on the ground, the life draining out of him, certainly not in the best shape to make rash decisions about the future of his Clan. Also, in the field guides, it literally says that Tallstar picked Mudclaw to contrast his more peaceful leadership. He picked Mudclaw because of his aggresiveness, which is what we were lead to believe was the reason he later replaced him with Onestar.
Of course, Mudclaw was angry about that, which was totally entitled to be. He started a rebellion with Hawkfrost, unaware of the other cat’s darker motives. We know that the rebellion fails, though, and ends with Mudclaw being crushed by a tree, which becomes the bridge to the island where Gatherings are held.
It’s kind of creepy that everytime cats go to a Gathering, they’re walking over a dead body, but no one ever acknowledges it…
Anyways, Onestar is leader, he makes a bunch of terrible decisions, and is finally killed by his own son, Darktail. Oh, who’s Darktail? The son Onestar had with a rogue who developed a murderous hunger for revenge, came to the Clans, took control of ShadowClan for a while, killed a bunch of cats, and was the villian of the sixth arc. Most importantly though, pretty much all of that happened because of how Onestar dealt with the situation.
But…surely Mudclaw would have been worse? He was a terribly aggresive cat who would’ve lead WindClan into countless battles that would’ve resulted in many unneccesary deaths…right?
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Same with the four trees back in the forest
They were actually a burial ground for all the cats that died in the first battle in Graywings time
In the manga in Tallstar’s revenge: [spoiler title=”Le Spoiler box for Le Spoiler”] Tallstar sees Mudclaw lead them into bloodshed. Tallstar tries to stop that by making Onestar deputy. Hadn’t Mudclaw show signs of agression once they had all gotten to the lake? Mudclaw said to mark the borders first. Establish territory. But they had just got there! Tallstar was the voice of reason as well as Onestar. Tallstar couldn’t have predicted that Onestar would go corrupt! [/spoiler]
I’m not sure how Mudclaw would have turned out as leader, but surely he couldn’t have been much worse than Onestar. 😛
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its kind of creepy that in the old territories at the gathering all the cats are walking over a mass grave full of loads of rotting bodies. Actually probably skeletons. Yet none of them know
Honestly both choices were bad. Tallstar shouldn´t have chosen either of them, but I can see why he thought onewhisker would be a good leader. No one could have predicted onestars stupid, aggressive behavior.
yh
You are so right
The pressure of Mudclaw made Onestar like that, I think.
One thing Tallstar could see Windclan fall apart if Mudclaw became Mudstar. Onewhisker still was the better choice just because he made like 5 bad decisions but he ended up drowning Darktail and his self. He sacrificed his self for the clans. Onestar’s leadership ended good Mudstar’s leadership would end kinda like Brokenstar’s leadership.
I agree.
In tallstars defense, he was thinking straight, i quote
maybe its my age that grants me this clarity, if mudclaw leads it will only lead to bloodshed, i can see onewhisker- no, onestar leading beside thunderclan, as equals(i havent read tallstars revenge ina while so it might not be exact)
Though he didnt really make the right decision.
Since onestar became more mudclaw-like, Mudclaw wouldve become more onewhisker-like.
Guided by starclan to make good decisions, and he wouldve changed his overly aggressive ways.
Good statement though.
neither of them would be good lead, someone like ashfoot maybe? she is wise, brave, not raising kits, she would have been perfect!
agree
Agreed!
We will see Mudclaw’s POV in Winds of change. But i think Mudclaw should have been made leader.
“It’s kind of creepy that everytime cats go to a Gathering, they’re walking over a dead body, but no one ever acknowledges it…”
I thought I was the ONLY one who noticed that! Great article!
Aren’t you just saying exactly what the Onestar-leadership-rebels were saying?