#They had 1 singular leader between tyrants man riverclan is cooked

[bonebabbles]

It's a shame that moments like these are vastly outnumbered and washed away by calls to forgive and sympathize with cats who did shit like that.

It wasn't "being scared" of Splashstar that made the four cats mentioned here act like that. What's described is not the begrudgingly compliant behavior of someone just "doing what they had to do." They were revelling in their cruelty, would have drowned Whorlpelt if it wasn't for Frostpaw.

Icewing is right that they should aim for RiverClan to be better than the Clan it used to be. But it will never BE that Clan unless they can acknowledge that these cats DO have responsibility for their actions, and that those actions were NOT acceptable.

RiverClan has been struggling for a long time. Long before Curlfeather's plans. It's been struggling since the day everyone stood by and watched Tigerstar order the execution of Stonefur-- some cheering, others silent.

But the Erins will never acknowledge that, will they?