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Why I Hate Flamepaw by Brightmoon

Brightmoon states her opinions on Flamepaw.

Art by mischief-and-lava (tumblr)

*CAUTION! SPOILERS! This article includes spoilers for the newest warrior book “A Starless Clan 1# River.” Turn back now if you haven’t read it.*

Hi! It’s Brightmoon. This is my first article and I hope you like it and it goes well. Today I am going to discuss Flamepaw and why I do not like him.

The Flamepaw I am talking about is Sparkpelt and Larksong’s son, not Rowanclaw and Tawnypelt’s son. That Flametail fell through the ice RIP. So, in “A Starless Clan 1# River” Flamepaw is one of the main characters. He failed his warrior assessment two times before he became a warrior. The first one time he failed was basically his fault.

He was hunting in the forest and he knew that Lilyheart was watching him and guess what he did when he came across a decent mouse. HE REFUSED IT!!! He decided that a mouse wouldn’t be impressive enough and continued on his way. I mean what kind of mouse-brain would do that? Even if it was just a mouse it would have kept a starving apprentice alive a few more days.

He turned down three perfectly good pieces of prey and when he came across a fat juicy squirrel he finally decided to catch something. But OF COURSE he had to get it using the most impressive way possible and ended up with a mouthful of leaf litter and no squirrel. At the end he hadn’t caught anything to show for so he had to watch his littermate get her warrior name. The second time he was trying to get any prey he came across but couldn’t find any. Then he finally saw a thrush but a hawk was eyeing the small bird as well.

Since he was desperate and thought that Lilyheart (and Squirrelflight who was standing in for Bramblestar) would be impressed if he used his speed and skill to get to the thrush first. He decided to go for it. He successfully caught the thrush and the hawk did not come after him but Squirrelflight still FLAT OUT FAILED him! That time it was not his fault and I was mad at Squirrelflight for doing that. I felt bad for him.

He passed the next time and I was happy for him but what he did next made me SO ANGRY! He hadn’t had the best relationship with his mother and had never known his father. He was struggling under the weight of Firestar’s (Firestar is his Great Grandfather) legacy. He was mad about his name because it didn’t describe him or something. So when Bramblestar named him Flameheart, which was part of Firestar’s warrior name, he finally snapped and REFUSED HIS WARRIOR NAME!

I was so mad and so was Squirrelflight and Sparkpelt that he refused his name. Then Flamepaw/heart explained that he wanted his own name, not an echo of Firestar’s, something about how he didn’t look like his name. Then Bramblestar renamed him Nightheart. Who refuses their warrior name?! Young cats these days.

That is why Flamepaw/Nightheart is now on my least favorite characters list. I do feel a little sympathy towards him. I just don’t like his actions. I will NEVER get used to calling his Nightheart so I am sticking with Flamepaw. Many of you will most likely disagree with my opinions but anyway have a good day!

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  • I haven’t read a Starlessclan, I actually just learned about Sparkpelt having kits with Larksong. But I completely understand Why Nightheart changed his name, I feel the name fits him. I also just found out Larksong died, while his wife was giving birth
    no-doubt, and that Flickerkit was Stillborn, but Sparkpelt felt the need to name him, Which I thought was cute. I’ve been so confused on who ‘flamepaw’ is these past few days, then I Saw your post and it cleared it up for me. I have a ‘draw your favorite warriors’ thing, and Im gonna add Flamepaw and Firestar in the ‘grandparent and Grandkid’ section. I like Nightheart, he’s got a fiery personality, much like his Great-Grandmother, Sandstorm.