What do you think about Firestar and also Tigerstar I? Both as individual characters but also on how their rivalry was handled by the writing team throughout the arcs.
I really like Firestar, I feel that he had enough strengths and weaknesses to form a well-rounded character.
I enjoyed pretty much all the relationships he had with the other cats, and he didn't have some love drama that took over several arcs.
I know there was that annoying Spottedleaf thing, but compared to other things, it's just a small bump in the road.
I thought Tigerclaw was a pretty good villain in the first arc, but when he came back after he died, it was annoying, I was ready for his story to be over with, and there he is again, a villain until the end of OOTS.
His POV in Tigerclaw's Fury was hilarious though.
As for how their rivalry was handled, it was okay I guess, I mean, I can understand why Tigerclaw hates Firestar, he ruined all of his plans for forest domination, but I wish it would have ended after the first arc, so they could have moved onto new things.
I think it's a bit odd that Tigerclaw didn't care that his son was mates with Firestar's daughter as well, but I guess he had other things on his mind.
Overall, I'd rate Firestar a 10/10
Tigerclaw a 6/10
and their dynamic a 7/10.