#tried to stick to canon examples but tbh id do some shuffling in my hyporewrite. and yes put undeserving cats in the dark forest

[yuridovewing]

Bit of a "going against the grain" warrior cats opinion here, but I actually like playing around with who goes to StarClan or the Dark Forest. Partly cause uhhh don't really like the ultra christianity here, don't really like discussing who "deserves" a peaceful afterlife. Especially since canon literally says that cats aren't allowed out of the Dark Forest once they're in.

But ignoring that and looking at the StarClan trials and who is allowed in StarClan, it's fun to pick out like. Where bias would come in, yeah, but just... what this society allows and just how unfair and cruel it can be. Like, they let Mudclaw in despite trying to assassinate Onestar... cause he was "just acting in the clan's best interest at the end of the day". He didn't TECHNICALLY break any rules since he failed to kill him, right? He just wanted to protect his borders. That's what a warrior is supposed to do!

Frecklewish, on the other hand, was unlucky enough to get StarClan's wrath. They wouldn't dare put a medic or a leader in there, not unless they were "born evil", despite doing worse than she did. They wanted at least one scapegoat for "letting Mapleshade loose". And her witnessing the kits' deaths was an easy excuse to lock her in the Dark Forest, putting all the guilt on her.

It's not black and white, "StarClan is good, Dark Forest is bad". In reality, both places are corrupt. They are tools used to control the warriors and play with fate.