StarClanomgthistitleistooshortwhateverwillIdoooooooo

So in the original 6 books StarClan was JUST a religion and nothing more. It was relatively ambigious and pretty vague, leaving the reader to decide what they thought about StarClan and all that. They weren't some kind of supernatural force. And they were powerless, it seemed. Sure, they could give vague prophecies and whatnot and move clouds, but that was about it. And what I liked about it is that they focused more on the parts that I personally liked, such as going out on patrols and exploring new places around the forest. StarClan was just kind of another thing that gave the Warriors universe more depth. This was just kind of a compliment.

My problem with this is that it just didn't continue like that.

By The New Prophecy, StarClan's existence became fairly obvious, along with everything that made it mysterious. They were still powerless, as mentioned every single time they mentioned them, but now were just... Kinda stupid. They were all knowing, but had to make a long journey across the skies. And when they met the Tribe, they kind of went Crusader and were all like "OMG DEY R EVUL" which would have been fine except... Well, StarClan exists.

And by the Power of Three and beyond... StarClan influences EVERYTHING (Despite their whole shenanigans about not helping and only giving vague riddles), can make SUPERPOWERED CATS (Despite being kinda powerless themselves), and are generally just being kind of a bunch of d*cks.

This just goes to show that StarClan can help and does take sides, but during all of The New Prophecy and the First Arc, just chose not to despite it being vitally important. This ruins everything I learned about StarClan throughout the first books, which were to teach me of everything about Clan life that the Erins wanted us to know. Had they made it clear that StarClan was a regularly intervening omnipresent force that can influence everything in the Clans, I might have swallowed it a bit easier.

And the co-existing crap. I just... Didn't really like it, especially since StarClan's behavior in the New Prophecy. I found that Feathertail being in both StarClan and The Tribe of Endless blahblahblah was really retarded. It kind of removed any sorrow and pity I had for Crowfeather, seeing that he's going to see her when he too dies. And Scourge not going anywhere because he was a kitty atheist. Literally any antagonist can avoid eternal loneliness by NOT believing that the Dark Forest exists.

Also, the thing about StarClan cats disappearing after being forgotten and Dark Forest cats being able to interact with each other defeats THE WHOLE ENTIRE PURPOSE OF THEIR AFTERLIFE! StarClan cats are supposed to be in paradise while the Place of No Stars are supposed to be alone and bored. Forever. In a dark, inescapable maze of trees and thorns. It's just really stupid that there's some kind of magical plot hole that everyone in the DF jumped through to all meet up for an evil reunion to bring down the kawaii desu gud gais.

Just remember that everyone in ancient SkyClan have disappeared from existance forever. And almost everyone in ancient times. And all of those lovable characters from the first arc before everyone was a cardboard Mary Sue? Yeah, once they're all inevitably dead they'll be gone.