What's the WC controversy that you find the most ridiculous?

Well, not to be a broken record recapitulating what everyone else has posted. But honestly, all the discourse and vitriol that exploded from SqH
Made it so demoralizing to the point I completely repudiated contact with anyone on all platforms of the fandom for a very long time. Directly because of not only the impossibility to avoid the BrambleSquirrel drama. But also it being hopeless to have any good mannered discussion, with most everyone embracing dichotomous views, of Them vs Us. I never understood people’s insistence that if you defended 1 you were demonizing the other.


I might lean more in the opinion that Bramblestar had justified reasons for becoming upset and reprimanding Squirrelflight for undermining his authority and rebelling against his instructions. However, I do still understand and sympathize with her existential crisis to some degree. And can understand how she’d feel cheated from having more children if she hadn’t had been deceived by Starclan, coupled with 2 of her kits being stillborn. Which can make distressed parents yearn to have more children in order to cope or fill the agonizing void from the loss. Albeit, there’s much healthier means of dealing with such complications than passive aggressively making slandering remarks, or distancing yourself from your partner.

And although I’m inclined more in Bramblestar’s favor. I acknowledge he could have made a better effort to moderate his frustration and anger, rather than perpetuating their feud. Could Bramblestar have practiced sounder judgment and tried harder to defuse their conflict, rather than controlling it? Yes!. Was he in a stressful and frustrating predicament? Yes!. Does that make his actions fully excusable? No!. Could Squirrelflight have made better effort to achieve grounded understanding of why Bramblestar disapproved her suggestions and didn’t want more kits, and create a mutual path forward, instead of escalating to negligence and disregarding orders to fulfill her own desires? Yes!. Does that mean she shouldn’t rival or challenge Bramblestar’s decisions at all? Absolutely not, too much agreeableness can be as problematic or even more than being too disagreeable. There needs to be balance between the 2. Which she’s flawed towards oftentimes being far too disagreeable. Which honestly is kind of what gives her that fiery flavor and makes her an engaging character to discuss. At least used to anyways. Because it’s become so polarized in the fandom, to where she’s either disliked for her flaws and erroneous actions. or she’s completely adored because of her flaws, while simultaneously being granted full exoneration of said flaws or faulted decisions with negligible room for nuance or perspectives that doesn’t conform to either of those molds. which is frankly a rather unhealthy and exhausting mindset for people to adopt.