I still stand by what I said about Littlefoot being very bossy. As stated, I don't think of him as a bad character. Just that he was quite bossy and this attitude could have easily gone either way. Sure it might have gotten them to the valley, but at the same time, due to how difficult it was, it could have gotten them killed.
My point wasn't to say that Littlefoot should have been nicer, nor was it to state that he didn't get them to the valley. My point is that Cera is not the only bossy character; Littlefoot was like this in the first movie, then got softer in the sequels. Again, regardless if Littlefoot's urging got them to the valley or not, you cannot dismiss the fact that he was bossy, and in my opinion, more bossy than Cera was in the first movie. In fact I could easily say that Littlefoot of the first movie is just as bossy, if not even more bossy, than Cera in the sequels.
Littlefoot still could have offered more rest, however. Climbing up that mountain was tiresome, and Sharptooth couldn't get them up there, plus there's no flying sharpteeth nearby, so there's not much of an excuse on Littlefoot's part to not allow them some rest. It's not like the others were being lazy either. He assumed that they were quitting, but they weren't; they were simply tired. And by rest, I mean a few minutes or even an hour's rest to get their strength back.
Cera wasn't the cause of Littlefoot's mother's death. Littlefoot was. And yes there is a reason I put the blame more so on him than on Cera. Littlefoot's mother died from Sharptooth biting into her. Littlefoot, instead of staying by his mother while they slept, moved out to chase a frog, where he ran into Cera. Sharptooth showed up and attacked, and Littlefoot's mother had to save them. Littlefoot did try to tell Cera to go the right way, but she doesn't listen. But instead of just going his way so he would be safe, Littlefoot goes after Cera instead. So Sharptooth attacks him and chases him and Cera, when he could have escaped himself and his mother wouldn't have fought for him.
Of course it's not in his nature to let something bad happen to someone else if he could help it, so he ends up chasing Cera, even though he probably could have still helped her without doing so. Either way, he chases her, and his mom saves him and Cera from Sharptooth, but as a result gets mortally hurt. The earthquake happens and she falls down. It's not the fall that kills her; it's the injury on her back.
In short, it is Littlefoot's fault because he could have just stayed home and none of that would have happened. Sharptooth would have simply chased Cera instead. Cera's screaming may have eventually alerted her father and he could have saved her. I doubt her herd was too far away, though probably further away than Littlefoot's mother and grandparents were.
I'm not saying he's a bad character, and I am not trying to put a "guilt trip" on him. What I am saying is that it is unfair to say that Cera was the cause when Littlefoot made the biggest blunders. The only thing Cera did wrong was go the wrong way, and in the end, when you think about it, Littlefoot could have gone the right way instead. Nothing was forcing him to go Cera's way, which he knew was dangerous. Poor thinking on his part.
Yes Cera could have gone the right way and things might have turned out differently. But in the end, she made only one mistake, while Littlefoot had at least two chances to change how things went, by either staying at home or by going the right way anyway despite Cera going the wrong way. So that's two mistakes on his part.
And no I'm not trying to be harsh on him. I'm well aware of what he went through in the movie. But that doesn't mean I shouldn't be allowed to point out his mistakes. Anyway, no offense or anything.