Cats Can't Cry

[Ten]

ooc|

"He thinks a leader is some sort of invincible god."
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That's not what he thinks, but that is the impression he should be giving.

"I think he's worse than both Woodstripe AND Grimykit."
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o-o That's saying something.

"they make the roleplay interesting."
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That's the reason they exist. Ya gotta have antagonists.
Come to think of it, Frozenheart's a gary-stu in comparision to the rest of them.
On a side note, I think it's ironic that all my characters here are very emotional, except for the female one.

bic|

"Pft, 'm-mistakes in lead-ding'," Shortwhisker quoted, in the same tone he might have used to say, 'I can break through the walls!' His amber-brown eyes were light with mocking amusement. "C-come on, r-really. What could a leader d-do wrong? B-build another enc-closure, inside th-this one?" The tom laughed.

[Gosh]

ooc|
"o-o That's saying something."
Yup. It is. =3

bic|
"Well, they could order the rats to be hunted too often, which could cause the rats to die out, and then where would we be?" a soft voice meowed. Frailheart had not come here to mourn her family-she had been drawn here by the discussion she had been overhearing for the last few minutes.

[Ten]

"We'd b-be in the same p-place where we are n-now, because th-that wouldn't happen! Sp-pecies don't 'd-die out'. Has th-that ever happ-pened before? No. And it w-won't. Who are y-you, anyway?"

[duckyaisha]

Ooc: Frozenheart's /deaf/. He's such a non-stu, it isn't funny. A disability without a special power to make up for it is one of the non-stuiest traits ever.

bic: "What if he sends a cat on a rat hunt that isn't ready? Then they might die. Besides, the mistakes don't have to be big ones. Small things, like having a strong but slow cat hunt crickets. They would get away. And it doesn't even matter if they make mistakes, I still don't like the idea of one cat being better than everyone else. They would get better food, better shelter, better everything. And why? Are they better than any other cat? I think all cats should have equal power, and live equally," Patchfur stated firmly. No matter what Shortwhisker said, his beliefs would never be changed.

[Thistle]

Branchkit meowed, "A leader might get treated better, but that doesn't mean he or she is better. A leader needs to be treated well so they can help the Clan. And if the leader makes a mistake, we can always speak up and help correct it."
It made complete sense, in the she-cat's opinion.

[duckyaisha]

"If they get treated better, that means they are better. Why treat another cat better if they aren't better than anyone else? Besides, if the leader and the deputy are the only ones with power, that means we have no power and they won't listen. All I want is for everything to be fair. All cats could have a say in their lives, and one cat woudn't be the leader. We all be leaders of our own selves. And if a big Clan decision has to be made, we all decide. We compromise and work together, so we all have a say in it. A leader would never do that. They'd just choose one thing without talking to the rest of us. I say, what did they do to deserve power? They were a normal cat once, just like us. We were all born equally, and we should stay equal," Patchfur replied.

[Thistle]

The tabby shook her head, meowing, "No. They need to have better treatment so they can help us more. They can keep us organized, safe, and we wouldn't go hungry either."

She paused, giving her dusty chest fur a few good licks.
"Plus, a leader can't make big decisions all by him or herself. If that happened, they wouldn't be leader for very long, would they? If the whole Clan disagreed, then the leader wouldn't have any control at all since everyone doesn't have to do everything the leader says."

[duckyaisha]

"We can keep ourselves organized and safe. We don't need a leader for that. And if the leader doesn't make decisions, what exactly do they do? Sit there and eat all the good food? Besides, they'd only be making small decisions, the types of decisions we can make by ourselves," Patchfur meowed. "Now, if there were a rival Clan that was very aggressive, I wouldn't mind having a very experienced cat give us battle instruction. But we're the only Clan here, and it isn't like the /rats/ are going to attack us. We don't need a leader, because the only decisions we have to make are small ones. I think I can trust myself to make the correct decisions. I don't need someone else telling me what to do every single day. With a mentor it's different, because you really need the training to survive. But we don't need a leader to survive. We can get along fine without one."

[Ten]

Shortwhisker rolled his eyes. "F-first off, we w-wouldn't put an idiot in p-power. They wouldn't m-make stup-pid mistakes like that. S-second, everything's the same q-quality, so a leader c-can't have what's better. There isn't a 'b-better' anything. And B-Branchkit, of c-course the Clan would have t-to do everything th-the leader says. Otherwise it's p-pointless. Now l-listen, both of you. The leader c-coordinates all th-the decisions overall, s-so they line up and f-fit together for the g-good of all."

[duckyaisha]

Patchfur sighed. "I don't think Branchkit wants to follow every single decision the leader makes. I certainly don't. And going back to an earlier agrument, you said that the leader makes all the decisions. Do they know every cat personally? No. So it would be impossible to know what's best for every cat. Since they don't know that, they shouldn't make all the decisions."