I want to talk about Jayfeather

I absolutely despise him. He is annoying little sociopathing brat that cares for only himself and doesn't value anything until there is a possibility of him loosing it. Maybe Brightheart didn't handle him the best way, but he seemed bratty to her in the moment she became his mentor, calling her "half warrior".

He never seemed to mature. I mean, we saw Hollyleaf, Lionblaze, Ivypool, heck, even Dovewing mature but Jayfeather? He never seemed to grow out of his emo phase.

He has unhealthy obsession over the prophecy and stick. He and Lionblaze were pushy to Ivypool and Dovewing and I just didn't like that.

And dear lord, don't even get me started on AVOS. Alderpaw was a nervous cat and Jayfeather just seemed to snap at him every time he did something wrong. Even when he did something right. He gave his apprentice one compliment at the end of second book. About Twigkit - he didn't care at all how she felt, for him she was just another dumb kit that got under his paws.

I will be praying for him to die off.

I used to like him, but now? I hate the way he treated Alderheart and Twigpaw, especially when they were younger. I guess I'm neutral.

Neutral. There's no concrete reason for his grumpiness. It's one of those "just cause" things, and that irritates me. But at the same time, I like him more than Lionblaze and Dovewing.

Or Briarlight falls on him during her exercises and crushes him.

No. I wanna see him suffer

I like Jayfeather, but it seems like the grumpiness and strictness is a bit overdone in the recent books. He has other personality traits, but the Erins don't seem to want to show them.

Then again, his father is Crowfeather, and Crowfeather is shown as being prickly to all but a select few… I do know Crowfeather mellows out over time, but it seems like Jayfeather is going in the opposite direction…

What would be interesting is if Jayfeather was facing something like what happened to Cinderpelt, where he sees a vision of himself dying or something bad happening to his Clanmates. And just like her, he wouldn't be able to tell anyone. However, if this is the case, then the two characters face the same problem in different ways. Cinderpelt does it with dignity, while Jayfeather becomes more prickly and defensive… Again, it's something that is a realistic reaction out of him, considering his father is Crowfeather… And it would be a good explanation for the personality change…

Rabies.

I don't think Jayfeather has been that bad.

He has a prickly personality which I personally don't mind, though I can understand why it may not be for everyone. However, keep in mind that especially when he was younger even Jayfeather's own Clanmates underestimated him. Even Brightheart and Ferncloud seemed to think he wouldn't make a good warrior, so of course he'd be frustrated and he gets better as he grows older anyway. And he did feel guilty for hurting Brightheart, so he does care for her and the rest of his Clanmates.

As for his mentoring, I can sort of see where Jayfeather is coming from: Alderheart, his first apprentice and the one who will succeed him, was spending a lot of time being concerned over Twigpaw instead of doing his job, or at least that's how Jayfeather saw it. And he wasn't entirely wrong, either, especially since Alderheart has shown to get distracted before. He also saw as Twigpaw getting in the way and, again, he wasn't entirely wrong on that either.

There's also the fact that Jayfeather may be a little jealous of Alderheart for being Bramblestar and Squirrelflight's biological son, as well as trying to push him to be the best medicine cat he can be. After all, it has been shown that despite everything, Jayfeather is proud of Alderheart.

Also, just because someone looks fine on the outside, doesn't mean they are on the inside. Jayfeather doesn't even appear all that much in either Dovewing's Silence or Bramblestar's Storm, so for all we know, he could've been upset about it all this time and we just didn't even know it. Jayfeather isn't exactly the type of cat to let his true feelings out anyway. Lionblaze and Dovewing didn't get used to the loss of their powers for a long time, so who says the same thing can't be said for Jayfeather?

The life of a medicine cat is also a very lonely one, and this is especially true for Jayfeather. He's blind and was forced to become a medicine cat, he lost his powers and doesn't seem to have as strong of a connection to StarClan as he used to, he doesn't seem to be close to Leafpool even before he knew she was his mother, many of his Clanmates died in just a few moons alone, including his grandfather and sister in the Great Battle, he doesn't seem to be very close to Bramblestar and Squirrelflight nowadays, he isn't all that close to Alderheart and Sparkpelt, his brother has a family of his own, his real father is in a different Clan and his half-brother hates him, and the only cat he's ever loved has been long dead for years.

And then there's this quote from Thunder and Shadow:



Jayfeather has also shown kindness regarding Twigpaw.



Then there's his age to take into account. Jayfeather's referred to himself as old, and while he may not be that old compared to other cats, stress is a cause of aging faster.

Jayfeather isn't that bad at all. If anything, I see his behavior towards Alderheart more as tough love.

I'm amazing. End of story.

Sure. Why not.

Dude wot 

jayfeather sucks

He's my favorite he's very complex in his emotions just like Yellowfang. He dose seem rude and mean but a life time of dissapointed and secrets may have made him that way. He also is probably feeling more vulnerable for not being able to see others thoughts. He's probably upset that he is not feeling the closeness he did with Half Moon.
I think he is being rude and mean to Alderhart and twigpaw is that he doesn't want to grow found of another just incase he gets hert again.