Riverspirit wonders what really happened to Goosefeather.
Hey everyone! So this is a Warrior theory t hat I’ve had in my head for a while now, so I’ve come to express it.
THE FOLLOWING CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM GOOSEFEATHER’S CURSE AND BLUESTAR’S PROPHECY
Goosefeather- A speckled gray tom medicine cat with pale blue eyes.
So let’s jump to the point. We know that Goosefeather was born with a special power to see StarClan cats daily and to always see the unchangable future. Was he aware of this as a kit? No. In fact, this tom’s kit-hood was debatably better than the rest of his life.
When do his problems start? Well, they start when he is made an apprentice and given his medicine cat name before his sister or her friends. This caused tension between all of them. Not only that, but when Goosefeather learned of his so called ‘gift’ we learn that he is very unhappy.
Later on in his life, he tells Pinestar that ThunderClan must destroy WindClan’s medicine stock, resulting in his sister Moonflower’s death. This causes an extreme hate towards Goosefeather from the entire clan.
THEN we learn that Goosefeather isn’t taking care of himself from Crookedstar’s Promise when we hear from Stormkit’s perspective, in which the kit believes he’s a cranky elder who hasn’t washed his pelt in what looks like moons. He’s still able and
totally capable of cleaning his pelt, yet he doesn’t.
While it is a solid theory and is probably true that the medicine cat isn’t right in the head due to the amount of constant hate from his own clanmates, I also believe that Goosefeather had some evil desires inside as well, though he never acted out on them, resulting in his current rank in StarClan.
Why do I think this? Well, I did a bit of comparing to Ashfur. Ashfur had Squirrelflight turn on him, resulting in his utter irrational ways. Now think of having your entire clan turn on you. And also having no reason from StarClan for being cursed. This is what Goosefeather dealt with.
In the end, Goosefeather settled in with helping his clanmates as opposed to hurting them, but what do you think, did Gossefeather have evil desires derived from his troubles?
Let me know what you think below!
Great article! I have no idea. Goosefeather is a tricky case.
Great Article! After reading his novella, I came to understand him more, and I just have pity for him. All the hate and how different he was from his Clanmates turned him crazy, but hopefully he isn’t like that in StarClan.
Great article! Goosefeather is always going to be a weird cat…
Great article! Personally, I’ve always thought that Goosefeather did have thoughts of being evil, (as a idea to get revenge for his clan hating him? FANFIC IDEA!!!), But never acted on it.
I feel sympathy for Goosefeather. I don’t think he was evil (and don’t worry, I DID read the majority (or all idk) of books with Mr. Goosey in it). Good article, Rivirspirit!
great article!! That actually makes sense…. I really hate Goosefeather tho, i find him ridiculously annoying
honestly i really feel bad for goosefeather. he was doomed to know the future but not be able to stop it ;; its kind of like knowing when ur clanmates will die but not being able to prevent it, so you’re always being haunted by the future 24/7
Great Article! This is a very interesting idea that I think is possible. Did you know Ashfur is actually related to Goosefeather? Goosefeather’s sister is Moonflower who’s children was Bluestar and Snowfur, Snowfur’s kit was Whitestorm, Whitestorm is Ashfur’s dad.
ahhhh its a whole family of *no offense* some cats that were delusional during their lives
yay my first article was published! Glad y’all like it!
Great article! It’s StarClan’s fault for the curse blame everything on StarClan as its always wrong
I agree with your theory Riv! I had noticed some of those things too and it honestly makes a lot of sense. Great article💗
I think goosefeather went a little CRAZY