Analyzing Spottedleaf: Is she REALLY a Mary-sue? by Frostkit

Frostkit analyses Spottedleaf

Yo it’s me, Frostkit! That video game obsessed guy!! yeah, that’s me!

Anyway, I’ve been getting so many compliments on how I’m such a quick and acomplished-for-my-age typer, so I might as well type another article, and this one’s about Spottedleaf. (Note, I will not be defending her, or saying why she’s bland and creepy, I’ll just be analyzing her, and noting her pros and cons and coming to a final summary at the end of the article.)

Is she a bland, perfect side character, or is she an acomplished medicine cat, with a personality?

Personally, you guys, I don’t really think any cat deserves to be called “perfect”, unless they are totally taking over. *Cough, cough, Firestar, cough*

Anyway, let’s get started!

As you all know, Spottedleaf is one of the firstly introduced cats in the series who literally lives for half of a book. But Spottedleaf is mainly focused on when she’s dead and talking to Firestar in his dreams, or the events that occured when she was younger in Spottedleaf’s Heart. I will organize this article in a way that shows you the pros and cons of this character. I’ll start with some cons, because for this character, they’ll be easier.

Usually people around the Blog, and all around YouTube and stuff actually, say that Spottedleaf is just a creepy stalker who walks around in Firestar’s dreams with her “sweet scent” all over the place. Also, they complain that she is getting in Firestar’s way, and sort of tricking her to love him instead, and I bet that really broke Sandstorm’s heart to think that Firestar loved another she-cat. They also say that the ship couldn’t even happen anyway because Spottedleaf is a medicine cat, and she’s also a little old for Firestar.

The majority of people hate Spottedleaf because of the reasons I just stated, but also, an amount of people support Spottedleaf. If you are a Spottedleaf defender, you are respected by me, and if you’re a hater, all the same.

Now for some good things about Spottedleaf:

That amount of people argue that Spottedleaf should be allowed to feel the way she feels as long as Firestar is okay with it, and their counter arguments for the Sandstorm issue is that Spottedleaf probably didn’t want to hurt Sandstorm in any way; she just wanted to talk to Firestar when she could. They also state that Spottedleaf sacrificed her StarClan life for Sandstorm, which was her final gift to Firestar. They say it was brave of her, and should be remembered. Also, in Spottedleaf’s Heart, they say she actually had a personality, and someone who’s perfect wouldn’t be as much of a thinker as Spottedleaf had been when it came to terms with Thistleclaw.

(Note that I haven’t read Spottedleaf’s Heart, but I’m planning to.)

Now that I’ve given supportive information from both sides, I’ll conclude. And it won’t be “nuetral,” or anything like that.

I personally feel that the hating arguments are much more powerful than the defending arguments. I think it makes much more sense to belive that Spottedleaf is a stalker than just wanting to see Firestar. The only powerful defending argument was saving Sandstorm, which was brave and kind to do for Firestar, and not only him, but for Sandstorm too. It was HER life.

Anyway, we have my own thinking too. As I said in the beginning, nobody deserves to be called perfect, unless they’re Firestar. And I believe that in the actual series, Spottedleaf WAS a bit bland, but based on the facts from Spottedleaf’s Heart, she was a courageous and brave decision maker, who knew what was right. Now I’m not necessarily defending Spottedleaf, I’m just saying that overall, she’s not typically a bad character, just not well liked around the place. Just think about her a bit, will you? Does she really seem horrible to you? You can tell me what you think, and I’ll be happy to hear your opinions!!!

Frapple out!
*Teleports to the other side of the planet*
Um… Uh oh…