Is Mapleshade Evil or Misunderstood?

[Hexict]

Originally Posted by Trickster~

I agree with that, but why did the Clan exile the kits, who were only a few moons old? There were other queens in the Clan, surely, who could've taken them in, instead of them being exiled for their mother breaking the code? (Just my opinion though.)

Yeah... I'm not a huge supporter of some of the codes, so I don't like how they went about this. I believe the clans just saw the kits as a code violation personified. They may believe that the kits would refuse to fight for them if they went to war with Riverclan - the same as the fear for the parents, hence why the rule is in place. I'm sure to her clanmates, this punishment seemed to fit, but I'm not a huge fan of it either :/

[BEAR.]

The kits were banished because of who their father was and Mapleshade's deceit surrounding their parentage.

When Mapleshade was outed, it was revealed to the Clan the father of her kits was Appledusk - the cat they deemed responsible for the deaths of Oakstar's son (Birchface) and Flowerpaw (Birchface's apprentice).

While the code did have some influence over Oakstar's decision, it was primarily because he felt betrayed over Mapleshade's actions. She had led the Clan to believe they were Birchface's kits, and he was repulsed by the knowledge the father of the kits was the cat who "murdered" his son and an apprentice.

If it had been any other cat, it's likely Mapleshade and her kits wouldn't have been exiled .. or at the very least, her kits.