stealing what my friend said but needlepaw hate is the new squirrelpaw hate. yes! she is mean! she's so terrible! and she is also annoying! but she did not deserve to have literal grown adults indoctrinate her into their cult and one of those grown adults be romantically interested in her. she was too young for her warrior name when she got it and people forget that. she was a teenager
sorry but i will never understand grown adult readers viscerally hating an apprentice for being bitchy and turning around and obsessing over adult male characters who do a lot worse. you can dislike her idc man you can even hate her and be some "worse" character's no.1 fan, that's ok. but like oh my goddddd treat her like maybe shes a victim in the situation she was in as well rather than someone who knew what she was getting into at the ripe age of like 15
she died two moons younger than swiftpaw, btw
