Should Spottedleaf have yelled at Leafpool?

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And there's yelling, and then there's just scolding, which doesn't always require yelling. If anything, Spottedleaf was doing the latter since there's no mention of her necessarily raising her voice at Leafpool, only that the latter felt the lashing of her tongue. There's also mention of sorrow in Spottedleaf's voice, as well as warning when she said that it was too late for excuses.

That said, I'd say Spottedleaf was right in scolding Leafpool for her mistake... if it weren't for the fact that it was Spottedleaf herself who told Leafpool to follow her heart in the first place. Even then, I guess I can kind of see why she'd be angry since Leafpool still broke two codes, but still...

I don't think it was a trick though—Spottedleaf genuinely cared for Firestar's kits as though they were her own as even stated in her short play and Leafpool was a young cat and was already distracted enough with her thoughts of Crowfeather before she ran away and would've likely always wondered "what could have been" had she said no, even though her heart always belonged to her job more than it did to Crowfeather. Spottedleaf even says that the reason she wasn't more clear was because Leafpool had to know that going with Crowfeather was the wrong choice.

Another thing, part of the reason Leafpool left ThunderClan was also because she thought that Brightheart was taking her job.