Leafpool used to be my favorite ThunderClan medicine cat. But after she blindly took Crowfeather - a cat she had never met - as her mate, my new favorites became Goosefeather and Jayfeather.
The reason why I started disliking Leafpool ever since she took Crowfeather as a mate is because she knew it was wrong but she did it anyway. Leafpool clearly knew that she should've been listening to her mentor, Cinderpelt. In the end, Leafpool temporarily lost her medicine cat duties and most of her fellow Clanmates completely lost trust in her. Leafpool was being a mouse-brain and knew it herself, but met the tom anyway.
Leafpool was barely punished alongside Crowfeather. It's because Leafpool is Firestar's daughter and she obviously gets a pass from being punished. Crowfeather only had to "prove his loyalty." But it's obviously since Onestar was a weak leader. Leafpool should've received a more harsh punishment.
Leafpool should've known better. She wasn't a kit anymore. What's more? She actually pulled Squirrelflight into the mess by giving her sister the kits. Now, I know that Yellowfang tricked Squirrelflight into believing that she could never have kits, but Leafpool decided to use the fact that her sister didn't have kits so she could get rid of them and keep the secret from her Clan.
Man, that plan backfired.
I'm kind of glad that Hollyleaf told the Clans at the Gathering that her true parents were a forbidden couple because Leafpool couldn't hide the truth for the rest of her life. I also wish that Leafpool ate the deathberries when Hollyleaf tried to force her to eat them. It would've just made Leafpool less miserable. I do kind of feel bad for Leafpool, actually. But that doesn't mean I like her. Never again.
Leafpool was stubborn and thought she could get whatever she wanted because Firestar was her father and she had a high rank. Leafpool could've listened to Cinderpelt and continue her life. Squirrelflight could've had her own kits who could've been the Three. But Leafpool's stubbornness changed the whole series.
