In Defence of Crowfeather by Frozengaze

Frozengaze defends Crowfeather.

WARNING: Spoilers for season two

Crowfeather does not get the attention he deserves! His apprentice life was difficult. Like when WindClan had to drink on RiverClans territory, and then StarClan gave him and three other cats an ominous prophecy. That must’ve been pretty stressful, carrying the weight of StarClans will on your shoulders. And not to mention he had to work with cats that weren’t from WindClan to fulfil the prophecy. He had to go against the warrior code, and he was an apprentice too, so his Warrior name was on the line. And when tragedy strikes, the love of his life, Feathertail, is killed. In an act of pure love, he asks to name himself Crowfeather, after Feathertail, on his Warrior Ceremony. In the book Dawn, when Crowpaw almost dies, Brambleclaw and Squirelpaw ask him what he’s doing. He replies with “I’m not frightened of joining StarClan. The forest is dying anyway. At least in StarClan, Feathertail will be waiting for me!” This shows that he really loved Feathertail.
Later on, he develops a crush on Leafpool. It must have been hard for him to move on, but at least that shows that he’s a strong cat. He confesses to her after saving her from falling off the tall ledge of the ThunderClan camp. She is relieved he loves her. Crowfeather plans to run away from the Clans with her. She agrees, but soon realises that her heart is with her Clan. In Sunset, they break up the relationship. This must’ve hit Crowfeather hard, considering this is his second relationship gone. He has kits Hollykit, Jaykit and Lionkit.
Eventually he settles down with Nightcloud and has a kit, Breezekit (paw, pelt). He later has to intervene when Breezepelt is about to kill Lionblaze. Overall, his life was really rough, and I think that not enough people respect that the reason he’s so grouchy is because his life wasn’t easy. Sometimes I wonder if Nightcloud actually loved Crowfeather. And I wonder if the only reason Crowfeather became her mate was because he wanted to prove his loyalty to his Clan. I think that Feathertails death really hit him hard. Another reason he is grouchy was because he carried the future of his Clan with every paw step through season two. The forest was being destroyed, WindClan ran out of food, and they had to leave the forest. Yeah, that would’ve been hard.

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