Three Cats that Don’t Deserve StarClan but Shouldn’t go to the Dark Forest Either by Brackenpaw

Brackenpaw shares why they think these three cats have no place in either StarClan or the Dark Forest.

Hello! This is Brackenpaw, back for another article! Today I will list three cats who I think don’t deserve StarClan, but don’t exactly need to go to the Dark Forest.

SPOILER WARNING FOR MAPLESHADE’S VENGEANCE AND DOTC!!!!!

3) Star Flower
Star Flower isn’t a great cat. Even at first, she does seem a little sus, running off with Thunder and pretending to be his dream girl. And then she totally BACK-STABS poor Thunder and helps nearly kill a lot of cats with One Eye, her murderous father! But then she comes BACK and gets all lovey-dovey with Clear Sky. um, WHO DOES THAT?!? Break your supposed boyfriend’s heart and then marry his dad? And then she basically rubs it in Thunder’s face like “Oh, hi, Thunder, yeah. I broke up with you, and now look! I’m mates with your dad, so take that! HA!” Ok, maybe not exactly like that, but you get the point. Another thing: She spies on the groups and uses Thunder for evil. She learns about the sickness and tells One Eye, who uses the info to attack the groups when they are weakest, hence almost killing a lot of cats like I said before.

Why should Star Flower not be in StarClan?
Because she used the cat who was so deeply in love with her for nefarious purposes, which could have potentially caused a lot of innocent cats their lives, including kits. She also shouldn’t be in StarClan because of how jerky and manipulative she is! I know, I know, Berrynose is also in StarClan, but he wasn’t evil.

Why shouldn’t Star Flower be in the Dark Forest?
She isn’t particularly evil, per say. You may be thinking, “Didn’t you literally just accuse her of being evil? Ten seconds ago?” I never actually said she was evil. I was just saying that Berrynose never endangered kits or innocent lives, like Star Flower.
Anyway, after the whole One Eye fiasco, she’s ok. She’s super brave when she gets kidnapped by Slash and his gang, but her past actions keep her from being worthy of StarClan, in my opinion.

2) Frecklewish (TC)
Now, I know a lot of you guys out there will defend her at any cost and accuse Mapleshade of just about anything, but hear me out for a second: I don’t blame Ravenwing or Appledusk as much for Mapleshade’s kits’ deaths as I do Frecklewish and Oakstar. I’ll do Oakstar some other time, but for now I’ll focus on Frecklewish.
A lot of the defenses I hear for her are that Patchkit, Petalkit, and Larchkit were half-RiverClan, so Frecklewish thought that they would survive, and that it wasn’t her fault because she didn’t know what would happen and that she was still grieving for her brother, Birchface. True, the last part about Birchface is probably the only valid defense for her. As for the first defense, it’s a horrible one. Um, IT WAS STORMING!!!!! And yes, while they were born with natural talent for swimming, they had no actual training and were only at least two moons old. Also, she could have very well predicted that the kits needed help and would probably drown. MAPLESHADE CAN’T CARRY THREE WHOLE KITS, FRECKLEWISH!

Why should Frecklewish not be in StarClan?
Because she looked on as three innocent lives were taken away, when she could have helped save them. Even though she probably couldn’t swim very well, trying is better than just looking on and watching young kits die simply because of their parentage.

Why shouldn’t Frecklewish be in the Dark Forest?
Because, even though she did let the kits die, her mind was still probably blotted with grief from her brother’s death, and therefore not thinking straight.

1) Clear Sky
Yup, he’s on this list too. Why? Well, I’ll tell you why! Because he caused at least seven innocent deaths, maybe more: He caused Jackdaw’s Cry and Falling Feather to kill each other, and even worse, they were siblings. SIBLINGS!! Then one of his cats, Snake, kills a former Clear Sky cat named Frost in battle, who Clear Sky banished simply because he couldn’t perform his duties because of an injury. He also kinda murdered Rainswept Flower. In the Great Battle (DotC), Hawk Swoop is also killed. Fox was killed in Gray Wing’s paws, but only because Clear Sky was too stubborn to see that the borders would only make trouble. And finally, he killed Misty, who was nursing two tiny kits! Sure, Misty was an awful, horrible jerk to Petal and Fox, but Clear Sky never gave her kits the chance to know their mother.
His defense: He did redeem himself when he admitted to his mistakes later on in the books, and for the most part, he was a good leader! Also, he was the founder of SkyClan, so… yeah.

Why shouldn’t Clear Sky be in StarClan?
Because he killed a ton of cats and caused a rift in his entire family. He also banished his own brother because he got injured and “was a deadweight”. Similarly, Frost was also banished because of a burn injury that refused to heal. He was also a terrible mate to Storm. He was the cause of her death as well, because he was pampering her too much.

Why shouldn’t Clear Sky be in the Dark Forest?
Because he was a good leader after the whole battle episode and started to actually care about his family again. And because, since he’s one of the cats who founded the Clans, it would be super awkward if he was in the place where evil cats go.

Well, that’s all for now! Hope you enjoyed it, tell me what you thought of it in the comments! Until next time, Brackenpaw out.