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Millie
May 29, 2021 8:13:16 GMT -5
Post by Rainsplash on May 29, 2021 8:13:16 GMT -5
What do you think of Millie? I like her. I don't think she was a bad mother, and Blossomfall was more in the wrong than her. I really like Graystripe x Millie too, better than Gray x Silver.
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Post by Mothdapple on May 29, 2021 8:34:05 GMT -5
I really like Millie! She got way too much slack from the fandom for paying more attention to her paralyzed daugther than her other kits, which I actually thought was reasonable. She still loved Blossom and Bumble, but she was rightfully more worried about Briar. I absolutely love the fact that she can talk to dogs and I wish it was shown in the main series at some point. I also loved how she chose not to have a warrior name. Overall she was a really sweet cat.
And yeah, GrayMillie is much better than GraySilver.
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Post by Brindlefern on May 29, 2021 8:54:57 GMT -5
I really like her and very much prefer her with Graystripe over Silverstream.
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Millie
May 29, 2021 11:58:28 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on May 29, 2021 11:58:28 GMT -5
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Millie
May 29, 2021 12:06:21 GMT -5
Post by *Ottersplash* on May 29, 2021 12:06:21 GMT -5
I love GraySilver, but I'm fine with GrayMillie (I want all of them to have a poly relationship in Starclan)
As for Millie herself? Neutral.
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Post by Aqua on May 29, 2021 12:16:30 GMT -5
I actually like both Millie and Blossomfall and I see both sides here.
I don't think it's fair of people to judge Blossomfall for wanting Millie's attention. As someone who still needs their mother's help at an older age now and then, I can't find anything bad about this. It's disturbing to think that people here believe Blossomfall doesn't need her mother anymore. But a daughter should always feel safe and comforted by their mother, no matter what age. Blossomfall knew she was wrong to feel jealous of Briarlight. Because of this jealousy, she began to hate herself, and the Dark Forest picked at this.
Blossomfall knew she was wrong. She felt like she deserved being in the Dark Forest because of her feelings. She confessed to Ivypool that she already knew it was a bad place, so she wasn't stupid. She was different than most cats - she didn't join because she was stupid; she joined because she felt like she belonged there, because she felt so jealous of Briarlight. And.. this is why I can't really hate Blossomfall. She hates herself because of how she feels. She feels like she's a monster, and genuinely feels like her mother doesn't care about her, and Millie only confirms this from her PoV by not even trying to see if her daughter was okay after she came out of the tunnels. Millie was snarling, and she wasn't even aware that Blossomfall was hurt. She humiliated Blossomfall out in public, which only makes Blossomfall's insecurities about herself feel even worse about her. I understand why people despise Millie, and I understand why Blossomfall doesn't feel loved by Millie. Millie doesn't show it at all in Omen of the Stars; she only shows it before Briarlight's accident, and stops talking to both of her kits after Briarlight got paralyzed. Her feelings just grow worse as Millie says terrible things to her.
Don't hate Blossomfall for feeling jealous of Briarlight. Yes, she shouldn't be selfish, she has it better than her sister, but Briarlight is loved by all the clan, while Blossomfall is treated like shit from her mother. Blossomfall feels unloved, and I can see why.
However, I also understand that Millie is a very stressed, and paranoid mother.
She's very overprotective of Briarlight, and constantly coddles her every minute of her daughter's life. She ignores her other kits and doesn't realize that Briarlight doesn't even want her help anymore... But to be fair? Briarlight doesn't speak up for herself. She never once told Millie she didn't want her mother's help, just continue to allow her to coddle. It also doesn't help that there was a time when Briarlight starves herself, a moment I feel a lot of fans that hate Millie seems to forget. Millie must feel like she always has to be on the watch, and I understand why she's so stressed with Jayfeather. Jayfeather does everything he can, but the clan doesn't do much to help Briarlight with her confidence. They heal her body, but no one helps her confidence. They just pity her. It's even noticed that Mousefur doesn't even look at her. The only one who actually does try to do something about it was Bumblestripe, and his own actions almost got her killed. Briarlight's depression worsens Millie's worries. Millie knows her daughter is always unhappy and Briarlight shows it. To Millie, she wants Briarlight to walk again, because she knows that's what her daughter wants the most: to have four legs, catch prey, hunt for her clan, and serve a purpose. But she stays in her clan, helpless all day, feeling sad because she can't do anything. Millie gets angry at Blossomfall the most and takes out her stress on her because, to Millie, she's a perfectly healthy warrior who doesn't need help like Briarlight does. Even though she was harsh, Millie is right: Blossomfall wasn't doing anything to help the clan, while Briarlight is sitting down and literally CAN'T help because of her legs. Blossomfall was goofing off. Briarlight here wants to do everything she can, so this rightfully pisses Millie off.
Was Millie harsh? Absolutely. I'm not excusing her, but I really don't think people understand that Blossomfall was acting very irresponsible and even selfish in a way for her behavior. She disobeyed the rules, and went off to goof off. She put herself and Ivypool in danger for exploring a place they don't know about. She didn't think twice about her own actions, immediately going inside the hole. What if those pawprints were actually a living cat? She could have been killed.
Blossomfall was stupid. Millie was right to scold her, but she should have comforted her and asked if she was okay right after. Both sides were wrong, but I understand why there's a misunderstanding between these two.
Briarlight doesn't tell Millie to stop coddling her, and she makes things worse by starving herself and wallowing in self-pity; Blossomfall puts herself in danger by acting impulsive, and Millie completely ignores both of her kits and is completely focused on Briarlight so much that she isn't aware of her other kits having problems.
It's not fair to blame just Millie for the problems of the family. Where was Graystripe during all of this, anyway? He saw Blossomfall getting yelled at by Millie, and did nothing to help, but I don't see anyone critizing him for not stepping in to support his daughter. It's his job to support her. He's the father. And yet for some reason Graystripe gets a free pass for not doing anything to help Blossomfall while she was humiliated by her own mother.
Again, this is another communication problem with this family. Blossomfall and Millie should have talked so much sooner, but in the end I'm glad they did. You get to see Millie playing with Blossomfall's kits, and I actually support Thorn x Blossom - both cats seem to really love each other, and they have a healthy relationship. Millie is the grandma watching Blossomfall's kittens, and I think it's cute.
Briarlight deserved better tbh. I'm pissed they made her drown in self-pity while her own clan were so dumb that they had no idea how to support her. Nobody listened to Briarlight, and nobody tried to help her with her confidence. It pisses me off. This character deserves so much better, and she died from GREENCOUGH of all things. Greencough! And her death wasn't even done well; it was rushed, as though the Erins wanted her to die and get it over with.
Briarlight deserves better, she isn't a good supportive character, just gonna put that bluntly here. I'm disabled myself, so I have nothing against her. But she's a character I feel who should have been done so much better other than just sitting down in self-pity with nobody trying to help her. Briarlight would've been a good mediator, I feel, but nope, the Erins had to kill her off. It's just disrespectful to her character and the readers for not trying to do anything with her. I don't even LIKE how they basically made her immortal to the series until RoF, but they've disrespected this character time and time again, and the readers who loved her so much. Vicky should have never made Briarlight a supporting character. She just wasn't done well at all for that purpose.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on May 29, 2021 13:42:43 GMT -5
gray x millie > gray x silver
and also, i side with millie over blossomfall because blossomfall wishes she could be paralyzed like her sister if it means getting attention...that's messed up and very selfish. blossomfall herself knows she's selfish too. i view blossomfall in those moments as bratty, selfish, and very rude.
millie didnt need to be overbearing on briarlight, but i find it easy to put myself in her shoes: she gave up her kittypet life to be a warrior. she knew the risks, and heard stories about warrior life from graystripe, but to see it first hand, and to her own kits no doubt...that's way harder. it's made worse when briarlight almost died more than once as a kit. millie trusts her kits bumble and blossom to be adults and do their duties. thats why she was so disappointed and upset when blossomfall was exploring the tunnel and got lost. she wasnt doing her duties like she knew she should. if blossomfall wasnt being selfish and bratty and doing her own thing, she wouldnt have gotten hurt in the first place. millie's right. blossom should have known better by then.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on May 29, 2021 13:48:35 GMT -5
I like her and I don't think she's that terrible of a mother. I also really like her relationship with Graystripe.
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Millie
May 29, 2021 13:50:34 GMT -5
via mobile
Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on May 29, 2021 13:50:34 GMT -5
and also, i side with millie over blossomfall because blossomfall wishes she could be paralyzed like her sister if it means getting attention...that's messed up and very selfish. I'm not a fan of Blossomfall either, but I can't recall her ever thinking this. Sure, she wants attention, but that doesn't mean she actually wants to be paralyzed.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on May 29, 2021 13:54:10 GMT -5
and also, i side with millie over blossomfall because blossomfall wishes she could be paralyzed like her sister if it means getting attention...that's messed up and very selfish. I'm not a fan of Blossomfall either, but I can't recall her ever thinking this. Sure, she wants attention, but that doesn't mean she actually wants to be paralyzed. i think she said something like "if i get hurt do u think millie will notice" ?
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Post by Aqua on May 29, 2021 13:57:22 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of Blossomfall either, but I can't recall her ever thinking this. Sure, she wants attention, but that doesn't mean she actually wants to be paralyzed. i think she said something like "if i get hurt do u think millie will notice" ? Yes. However, you misinterpreted that. Blossomfall said she deserves the Dark Forest because she knows she hates her sister for being paralyzed, and says she feels like she belongs there anyway because everyone there treats her like an equal.
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Post by 🔥Firestar🔥 on May 29, 2021 13:58:10 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of Blossomfall either, but I can't recall her ever thinking this. Sure, she wants attention, but that doesn't mean she actually wants to be paralyzed. i think she said something like "if i get hurt do u think millie will notice" ? Blossomfall was thinking that Millie wouldn't care if something happened to her like if she died or if she got an injury, and that she would still ignore her for Briarlight. Not that she wanted to become paralyzed.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on May 29, 2021 13:59:41 GMT -5
I'm not a fan of Blossomfall either, but I can't recall her ever thinking this. Sure, she wants attention, but that doesn't mean she actually wants to be paralyzed. i think she said something like "if i get hurt do u think millie will notice" ? No, she doesn't. This is the exact quote. And even if she did, there are other ways to get hurt without being paralyzed.
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Millie
May 29, 2021 14:12:31 GMT -5
Post by Twilight Sparkle on May 29, 2021 14:12:31 GMT -5
I love Mille/Gray and I'm neutral, leaning towards dislike, on her actual character, especially OOTS.
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Millie
May 29, 2021 16:31:01 GMT -5
Post by 𝕱𝖑𝖚𝖙𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖋𝖆𝖑𝖑 on May 29, 2021 16:31:01 GMT -5
I'm rather neutral on Millie overall. She wasn't that bad of a mother though. Just a bit overbearing when it came to certain situations. I would still prefer GraySilver over GrayMillie but them all together in StarClan is fine as well.
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Post by Ṣanɗypaw™ on May 29, 2021 17:19:52 GMT -5
I really like Millie and I like GrayMillie, for pretty much all reasons said above.
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Post by cygna on May 29, 2021 21:00:37 GMT -5
She’s a nice lady. If Briarlight never got her injury everyone would definitely love her. It brought out the worst of her. We never talk about how awesome she was in Graystripe’s Adventure. Love Millie so much.
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Post by Seven on May 30, 2021 12:54:57 GMT -5
I kind of like her. I wish we got to see more of her talking to dogs
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Post by ❅Maplefrost❅ on May 30, 2021 13:19:08 GMT -5
I prefer Silverstream, SilverGray, and I side with Blossomfall over Millie. Overall Millie was just...unlikable in the main books, compared to her first appearance in the manga. And I think most fans prefer her characterization in the manga, but don't acknowledge her much in the main stories. She disrespects StarClan, is rude to medicine cats, gets defensive at anyone that corrects her brats, and then is uncomfortably ableist, and does some near Rainflower levels of nastiness when trying to put her two daughters against one another by comparing them. Gray and Millie would have been better off as just friends. The only reason I would even tolerate GrayMillie nowadays is because Gray is confirmed poly with both Silver and Millie, which makes sense in canon I suppose.
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Post by downfalls on May 31, 2021 10:38:21 GMT -5
I don't like her. I'm more of a SilverxGrey person, and Blossomfall > Millie.
I know how it feels when your own mother won't treat you like a normal person, and it hurts when people you literally just met make you feel more comfortable than your own mother does.
Millie is more ableist than literally almost anything I've seen in this series before. She ignored Blossomfall and possibly Bumblestripe as well, giving Briarlight every single shred of attention when she probably wanted it for her sister, Blossomfall, and not herself. Why? Because, of course, her back legs don't work anymore.
Briarlight wanted that attention not for herself but for her other siblings. It's fine to give your kids some attention when they're injured, but ignoring their siblings is just....awful and downright rude.
So, conclusion is that Millie took overprotection to the higher-than-creepy level.
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Post by 🔥Firestar🔥 on Jun 1, 2021 13:01:31 GMT -5
I've always liked, and always will, like GrayMillie over GraySilver. They had a lot more chemistry, were a lot healthier and developed, and honestly more likeable. On her actual character and shoving aside her drama, she's a strong warrior, with a headstrong, serious, very loyal, but still sweet and caring personality. Honestly she was a good warrior, i think she should have atleast had one apprentice. The cut below has my opinion on what's she's often criticized for. Warning for long text. And on her situation with Blossomfall, her reaction is honestly understandable and very realistic. Millie came from a place where she wasn't around danger almost every day. So i think that it made her become a bit overprotective, and it only added to the paranoia when Blossompaw climbed a tree, Squirrelflight shouted to her, and she almost fell and broke her leg. Also Briarlight almost dying three times only added to the problem. And even more when Briarlight began starving herself. Also, Jayfeather just added more to Millie's paranoia when he bluntly mentioned another cat that died with the same condition and never made an attempt to comfort her.
And at this point, it's understandable she considers her position in the Clan. Considering it only brought her and her kits danger. And some fans say she disrespected StarClan-- Well, Millie has probably been told a lot of times that StarClan are these oh-so-powerful cats who can do anything and have destinies prepared for each cat. And most of the cats say, "This is the path that StarClan has laid for them." So she must have thought, "So, what path did StarClan lay for my kits? One of danger?" It's completely normal for a Clan cat to question their ancestors, and how much power they actually have. She must have thought that they just put a lot of her kits in danger, then left them alone with their suffering. Honestly i can't see it as anything else.
Next up, the tunnel scene. I see a lot of people saying that she was wrong to scold her, but honestly i think it was understandable. Blossomfall and Ivypool, two fully-grown warriors, went behind the Clan's backs to get lost in the tunnels when they knew the danger, and had been warned in a meeting before. Not only that, but they'd been expected to feed their struggling, starving Clan during leaf-bare and not act like reckless, irresponsable kittens. They wasted an entire afternoon hunting, disobeying the Clan leader's orders, and making the Clan waste precious time by searching for them. Millie had absolutely the right to call her out, put her in her place, and tell her to grow up. And even if the comparision was uncomfortable, Millie has to watch as Briarlight wishes to hunt and fight for her Clan, only for her able-bodied daughter to waste her able body to be irresponsable, disobeying the leader's orders, and not hunt anything for the starved Clan. Unnecessarily putting herself in danger. I can honestly see why Millie might have compared them both. It dosen't make it right, but i feel like it has more depth than "Millie hates her."
In the same situation, i also see that she's criticized for not paying attention to when Blossomfall is just scratched and only caring for Briarlight. In my opinion, i feel like it's overexaggerated. Cats in these series are often injured-- and it's considered normal, considering in what environment they live in. She dosen't need to fuss over anything that happens to her, especially when she has bigger things to worry about. Blossomfall could have just went to the medicine cat to get it checked, there was no need for her to tell Millie about it; she dosen't need to worry and fuss over her, when she can take care of herself.
Furthermore, i belive saying that she never goes on patrols or does something useful to be fake. She dosen't stand around moping, she performs her warrior duties, helps Ivypool on her assesment, and helps Minty feel comfortable on ThunderClan when she joins.
"Your fur is fine." Millie, who was leading the patrol, glanced over her shoulder. "Concentrate on what we're doing, please." [...] Millie gave her a brisk nod. "Ivypool, head that way," she directed, flicking her tail at a narrow path around a clump of elder bushes. "I'll go this way."- The Forgotten Warrior, chapter 10.
"A gray pelt was moving beneath the bushes below. Graystripe. Lionblaze tasted the air. Cloudtail, Squrrielflight, and Millie too. It must be a dawn patrol" -The Last Hope, page 88.
"Nothing frightens you, Bramblestar" Berrynose responded. "I'm leading a border patrol. Do you want to come with us?" As he spoke, Millie and Rosepetal pushed their way through the prickly wall, closely followed by one of the new apprentices, Amberpaw" -Bramblestar's Storm, page 9.
"I want you to lead a hunting patrol," Squirrelflight told her. "But stick to one area, and come back before it gets too hot." Brightheart dipped her head. "Any particular place?" she asked. "You could try up by the ShadowClan border," Squirrelflight suggested. "Millie spotted a nest of squirrels there yesterday." "Good idea," Brightheart mewed. "Which cats should I take with me?" "Millie, obviously, since she knows where the nest is. Apart from her, any cat you like." -Bramblestar's Storm, page 15. In conclusion, i feel like her character is overhated and that i felt like she was a mother that cared too much about her kits, and it eventually caused her to let her emotions get the best of her. Briarlight's injury destroyed her so much emotionally, she became overprotective of her and a bit neglectful to her kits. Not saying she's the best mother, but i don't think she's that bad as she's made to be.
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Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Jun 1, 2021 13:50:33 GMT -5
I've always liked, and always will, like GrayMillie over GraySilver. They had a lot more chemistry, were a lot healthier and developed, and honestly more likeable. On her actual character and shoving aside her drama, she's a strong warrior, with a headstrong, serious, very loyal, but still sweet and caring personality. Honestly she was a good warrior, i think she should have atleast had one apprentice. The cut below has my opinion on what's she's often criticized for. Warning for long text. And on her situation with Blossomfall, her reaction is honestly understandable and very realistic. Millie came from a place where she wasn't around danger almost every day. So i think that it made her become a bit overprotective, and it only added to the paranoia when Blossompaw climbed a tree, Squirrelflight shouted to her, and she almost fell and broke her leg. Also Briarlight almost dying three times only added to the problem. And even more when Briarlight began starving herself. Also, Jayfeather just added more to Millie's paranoia when he bluntly mentioned another cat that died with the same condition and never made an attempt to comfort her.
And at this point, it's understandable she considers her position in the Clan. Considering it only brought her and her kits danger. And some fans say she disrespected StarClan-- Well, Millie has probably been told a lot of times that StarClan are these oh-so-powerful cats who can do anything and have destinies prepared for each cat. And most of the cats say, "This is the path that StarClan has laid for them." So she must have thought, "So, what path did StarClan lay for my kits? One of danger?" It's completely normal for a Clan cat to question their ancestors, and how much power they actually have. She must have thought that they just put a lot of her kits in danger, then left them alone with their suffering. Honestly i can't see it as anything else.
Next up, the tunnel scene. I see a lot of people saying that she was wrong to scold her, but honestly i think it was understandable. Blossomfall and Ivypool, two fully-grown warriors, went behind the Clan's backs to get lost in the tunnels when they knew the danger, and had been warned in a meeting before. Not only that, but they'd been expected to feed their struggling, starving Clan during leaf-bare and not act like reckless, irresponsable kittens. They wasted an entire afternoon hunting, disobeying the Clan leader's orders, and making the Clan waste precious time by searching for them. Millie had absolutely the right to call her out, put her in her place, and tell her to grow up. And even if the comparision was uncomfortable, Millie has to watch as Briarlight wishes to hunt and fight for her Clan, only for her able-bodied daughter to waste her able body to be irresponsable, disobeying the leader's orders, and not hunt anything for the starved Clan. Unnecessarily putting herself in danger. I can honestly see why Millie might have compared them both. It dosen't make it right, but i feel like it has more depth than "Millie hates her."
In the same situation, i also see that she's criticized for not paying attention to when Blossomfall is just scratched and only caring for Briarlight. In my opinion, i feel like it's overexaggerated. Cats in these series are often injured-- and it's considered normal, considering in what environment they live in. She dosen't need to fuss over anything that happens to her, especially when she has bigger things to worry about. Blossomfall could have just went to the medicine cat to get it checked, there was no need for her to tell Millie about it; she dosen't need to worry and fuss over her, when she can take care of herself.
Furthermore, i belive saying that she never goes on patrols or does something useful to be fake. She dosen't stand around moping, she performs her warrior duties, helps Ivypool on her assesment, and helps Minty feel comfortable on ThunderClan when she joins.
"Your fur is fine." Millie, who was leading the patrol, glanced over her shoulder. "Concentrate on what we're doing, please." [...] Millie gave her a brisk nod. "Ivypool, head that way," she directed, flicking her tail at a narrow path around a clump of elder bushes. "I'll go this way."- The Forgotten Warrior, chapter 10.
"A gray pelt was moving beneath the bushes below. Graystripe. Lionblaze tasted the air. Cloudtail, Squrrielflight, and Millie too. It must be a dawn patrol" -The Last Hope, page 88.
"Nothing frightens you, Bramblestar" Berrynose responded. "I'm leading a border patrol. Do you want to come with us?" As he spoke, Millie and Rosepetal pushed their way through the prickly wall, closely followed by one of the new apprentices, Amberpaw" -Bramblestar's Storm, page 9.
"I want you to lead a hunting patrol," Squirrelflight told her. "But stick to one area, and come back before it gets too hot." Brightheart dipped her head. "Any particular place?" she asked. "You could try up by the ShadowClan border," Squirrelflight suggested. "Millie spotted a nest of squirrels there yesterday." "Good idea," Brightheart mewed. "Which cats should I take with me?" "Millie, obviously, since she knows where the nest is. Apart from her, any cat you like." -Bramblestar's Storm, page 15. In conclusion, i feel like her character is overhated and that i felt like she was a mother that cared too much about her kits, and it eventually caused her to let her emotions get the best of her. Briarlight's injury destroyed her so much emotionally, she became overprotective of her and a bit neglectful to her kits. Not saying she's the best mother, but i don't think she's that bad as she's made to be. I pretty much agree. Millie questioning StarClan is literally no different than someone questioning God or some other higher power in real life whenever their own loved one gets seriously hurt. Disrespectful? Maybe. But it's also completely normal. In fact, I'd be more surprised if we hadn't gotten a scene like this at some point in the series. And it's pretty obvious it was in a moment of anger, considering this is the only time she does this. When Graystripe asks if she really believes this, Millie even says she doesn't know and is only concerned for Briarlight. And tbh, the entire conflict with Blossomfall felt forced. It's only ever brought up in one book with absolutely no foreshadowing beforehand whatsoever and even when Millie does scold Blossomfall, it felt like Cherith was trying too hard. Blossomfall herself isn't really that likable and the arc already had enough familial conflicts going on, it didn't need another one. I do want to point out that when Hazeltail told Millie that Blossomfall looked sick, the latter was mentioned to be looking ruffled and exhausted and was trying not to limp. And yet Brambleclaw puts her on a hunting patrol anyway. I don't know what that says about the Clan, but there you go. Another thing I want to point out is that it was actually newleaf when the tunnel incident happened, not leaf-bare (though part of the book does take place then). Regardless, the point still stands. Ivypool even tried to get Blossomfall three times to turn back, but she wouldn't listen. Her behavior is exactly why I can't really feel much sympathy for her. FE implies that Millie spoils her kits, given how she defended Blossompaw when Squirrelflight scolded her for climbing the Great Oak, and if that's the case, then suddenly Blossomfall's behavior makes sense. It's why I never thought of Millie as a great mother, but I don't think she's as bad as the fandom makes her out to be, either.
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