#no she wasn't solely responsible but crossing the river when it was raining and flooding was a choice that she made

[twistwhisker]

not to vague but (part of) the entire point of mapleshade is that she actually was, at least in part, responsible for her kits' deaths, yet she can't accept that she played a role in their demise so she strikes out against anyone and everyone else that was even slightly involved, and some of those she attacks were also responsible but others were only tangentially related. that's literally the entire plot of mapleshade's vengeance.

if you read her desperately bargaining with herself to absolve herself of blame for her kits' deaths and pin it on anyone and everyone else and thought "so true queen" that's a you problem.