Characters you DON'T feel sorry for?

MAPLESHADE

CLEAR SKY

STAR FLOWER

NEEDLETAIL

DOVEWING

I'm confused, people actually feel sorry for Onestar? Like, he did all this crap in the books, and the only thing he really had to face was killing his son who he abandoned, and who nearly destroyed the clans, and then, he doesn't even have to face the consequences because he gets a hero's death

Wow, what was their argument for the shadowclan thing?
I kinda wish I could still like a character that I originally loved in the beginning, a lot of the times, characters I initially like a lot become unbearable or die.

Onestar. He just... really really sucks.

why do so many people have no sympathy for Spottedleaf? Sure, she was in the wrong for loving Firestar, but she didn't deserve to be outright murdered.

I get you. I think there's a lot of characters I don't really feel sorry for but I didn't list because I did feel sorry for in some situation, just using spottedleaf for example. I felt sorry that she got killed but I didn't really feel sorry for her short-lived romance with Firestar. Idk, It's been a while since my last re read so a lot of characters I remember based off of how I remember them. If I remembered them in a favorable light, it was typically because I liked them as a character or they did something that made me respect them that drowned out the bad stuff. 

This is very nicely worded, it's an interesting way to look at things. 
His story always did remind me of Macbeth.

Onestar- I've read up to CT, and this poor excuse for a leader put his own clan in danger multiple times for the sake of his pride and ego. I've heard his behavior gets even worse in AVOS. I don't care how insecure he might be, or any other reasons for his behavior, I'm just so tired of him by now! It's ironic that he probably was a worse leader in the end than Mudclaw would have been. One of the worst leaders in Warriors in my opinion.

Rainflower- her character screams Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and I've had traumatic experiences with this particular disorder. Even if she doesn't meet the minimum criteria and just had severe Narcissistic fleas (it's been a long time since I've read CP, maybe she meets less criteria than I remember), I hate her guts for how she abused her kits (I believe making Oakheart the golden child was a form of emotional neglect since she didn't truly see him as an individual, and she very clearly abused Crookedstar by Scapegoating him).

Weather or not she's a narcissistic cat or one with the actual disorder of NPD, I cannot bring myself to feel any sympathy for her, or even feel neutral on her. I see no good in her whatsoever, no redeeming qualities. I hate everything about her. I have C-PTSD after years worth of Narcissistic abuse, I have years of my life I can't get back... I don't know if I can ever re-read Crookedstar's Promise because of how triggering and painful Rainflower's abuse was. It hit far too close to home for me to feel safe re-reading it. I might be splitting on her/de-valuing her, but she's one of the few cats I can never change my mind on or soften towards. I wish the Erins didn't send her to Starclan, after how severely she abused her kits without showing any remorse, insight, or positive changes to her behavior, much less emotions like empathy... I'd better move on to the next character.

Clear Sky- I skimmed DOTC when it first came out, but haven't read the whole arc yet. My memory's fuzzy, but Clear Sky kicking out Thunder was the final straw for me.

Lizardstripe- another child abuser who I'll never feel sorry for or change my mind on. I don't care if it was implied she didn't want kits- that's no freaking excuse to physically neglect and even physically abuse a helpless kit under your care! Rainflower still triggers me more, but Lizardstripe is a close second.

Sharpclaw from Skyclan's Destiny. I haven't finished SD yet, but him constantly undermining Leafstar and behaving in a smug and passive-aggressive manner really bugs me. I don't care if his heart is in the right place, his behavior really gets under my skin, and I'm only around halfway through the book. I think his behavior is absolutely terrible for a Deputy. Disagreeing with your leader is one thing, but his attitude makes me wanna scream.

Ashfur. While he has some similarities to Breezepelt and Hollyleaf (in the sense that Holly and Breeze threatened murder and so did Ash), I'm only going to put Ashfur on this list. I can move on from Breeze and Holly's past enough to where they are actually in my favorite characters list. But Ashfur? I might appreciate him more when I'm fully caught up with the series, but I cannot bring myself to feel sympathy for him now.

In the case of Hollyleaf, I can relate to the suffering of an identity crisis. With Breeze, I can relate to child abuse causing you to be susceptible to manipulation later in life. (I don't condone Holly or Breeze's past actions, however).

But with Ashfur... I don't actually believe he loved Squirrel, which was the excuse for his actions. So I don't sympathize with him at all since in my opinion, he didn't even truly love Squirrel. I can see him wanting to verbally hurt Squirrel after her rejection, or even attack or threaten her directly (not that I would condone this). But if he just targeted Squirrel, and it was shortly after the breakup (like the next day) I could see Yellowfang's terrible quote making more sense, since his wrath at the rejection would've been blind rage targeted to Squirrel alone. I still don't think this would mean he loved Squirrel in an unconditional, healthy way, this would be absolutely abusive, but in a sick, possessive, conditional and abusive manner, I could see how in this alternative universe, Yellowfang would think this sick possessiveness was close to love (again, I would still hate Ashfur for this and not condone this, and wish the Erins Dark Forest him in this alternative universe). (For the sake of this alternative universe, Ashfur would somehow die after going after Squirrel, and he would not have been murdered by Holly or any other canon events involving Ashfur after the breakup.)

But in canon, him taking out his pettiness on Squirrel's rejection on her kits and his own leader and her father? Attacking Lionblaze during that one scene and lashing out at him when he was mentoring Lion to the point where they didn't even have a normal or even neutral mentor-apprentice relationship? In my opinion, this is even further from anything resembling love than even that alternative universe from my first paragraph. His malice bleeding onto other cats is not his sick, twisted conditional love for Squirrel and pain over the rejection causing him to act irrationally. Him targeting cats around Squirrel to hurt her the most shows none of this was blind rage or really blinding pain on Ash's part causing him to act OOC. His actions were completely cold-blooded, if I'm remembering correctly, spanned years after Squirrel's rejection, starting with his attempted murder of Firestar. It was so calculated and cruel, I have a very hard time believing he just "loved too much" and was grieving and acting OOC. His actions remind me of malignant narcissism more than a grieving love-sick tomcat. I don't know if there will be any more insight on Ashfur later on in the series, but I cannot bring myself to sympathize with such a cold-blooded, calculated and malicious cat. I'm looking forward to reading TBC, but dreading it at the same time. I doubt my putting Ashfur on this list will change when I've caught up. I also hated how one of the field guides tried to paint him in a better light (it implied there were 2 sides to every story and he wasn't a trouble-maker like Squirrel and Bramble would say... in retrospect, this annoys me greatly! I don't have the direct quote, though).

Graystripe during Fire and Ice, but also his character in general after Fire and Ice. Same with Silverstream. Fire and Ice ruined Graystripe's character for me. Maybe I'll like him better after reading Graystripe's Vow, but I just don't like or sympathize with Graystripe.

Spottedleaf. I hated how she handled the Firestar love triangle, how overly-involved she was in his life and kits' lives, and Spottedleaf's Honest Answer made me dislike her even more. I can't bring myself to feel sorry for her.

Bluestar during TPB. I understand that she wasn't mentally well, but her petty naming of Brightpaw "Lostface", not giving any sympathy over the Snowkit situation, and overall incompetence and leader severely rubbed me the wrong way, to the point where while I understand her pain, I cannot bring myself to feel sorry for her.

Millie. Her severe emotional neglect towards Blossomfall, combined with her publicly shaming Blossomfall and guilt-tripping her (a pretty nasty type of emotional abuse), made me lose any sympathy I had for her, and I haven't been able to re-gain that sympathy.

Dovewing. I wish I felt more positively towards her since she has many fans and is headcanoned as Autistic, which as someone on the spectrum myself I can relate to her getting sensory overload and overwhelmed. She has positive character traits, good intentions... but I just don't like or sympathize with her, and haven't since I first read OOTS. She made many decisions I thought were selfish and showed poor judgement, didn't maturely communicate with Bumblestripe (not that Bumblestripe was Mr. Maturity himself, but still...) I don't know if I'll ever like or sympathize with Dovewing. I truly wish I could, but I almost can't stand her at this point. I liked her best in Dovewing's Silence, but other than that, I've just never sympathized with her or liked her.

Oakstar, Ravenwing, Appledusk, Frecklewish - The last three didn't deserve death, but I also don't feel much pity for any of them

Ashfur - For obvious reasons.

Needletail - Girl brought her situation on herself, never takes blame, and still gets painted as a martyr? Girl. No.

Dovewing - In the Ivypool context, I think Ivypool is right to cut her off. She's flakey and does things because she can or wants to. Too much following heart, not enough following brain.

Onestar and Darktail - Bad people. Darktail having daddy issues doesn't excuse drowning people, and Onestar...is dumb

That field guide (Cats of the Clans) was written before the fire scene and all that, so that's why it spoke so positively of him. From an in-universe perspective, though, it was Rock's narration and Rock is omniscient enough to be aware that Ashfur tried to kill Firestar...

I don't feel sympathy for Shadowsight either. I preferred him when he was that mysteriously intelligent kit, but they seem to have changed him so much since then

Thunder, Mapleshade, Breezpelt, Onestar, Crowfeather, Willow Tail, Blossomfall, Bumblestripe, Bramblestar. But ugh... it sucks so much to see that so many people hate Star Flower and Clear Sky... I love both of them. 

Clear Sky made DOTC so difficult.

Moonflower. Bluepaw's grief at her death was heartbreaking, but destroying another Clan's herbs (in the midst of a battle, no less) is just awful and warrants retaliation. Plus, Goosefeather's Curse made me actively dislike her with how callous she was to her brother, so I feel even less sympathy for her.