- Jul 5, 2024
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TIGERKIT. For the striping of her fur; ancestral name | amab trans girl. she/her | unborn | kit of thunderclan
a scruffy brown tabby she - kit with white paws and mismatched eyes. All in all, Tigerkit views herself rather unremarkably. It's unfair, she thinks, that her mother and father's respective feathers did not make her into an interesting combination - but rather, a cat that is perfectly average. Just the right amount of whiskers, an unremarkable set of ears. Black tabby fur paints the picture of her father - but without the broad shoulders or anything else that makes him, him. It paints the picture of Howlingstar, but without her kind face and stout build. Perhaps the only thing setting her apart from the rest are her odd eyes, one of them a deep, rusted copper, and the other matching her mother's pallid gaze.
⤷ genetically LH black tabby w/ low white; carrying solid, dilute
penned by floppiecreated 7.8.2024 at 2 moons. ages every 8th
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Tigerkit was born into a slew of circumstances she never asked for. A sprawling family tree, one heavy with Lead Warriors, and the weight of the leader herself. A face that bears unfortunate resemblance to her father. Expectation that would be dropped onto her shoulders regardless of either of these things... From a young age, Tigerkit shows signs of insecurity. It starts small — perhaps hidden in innocent, kittish remarks like wishing she had the whiskers of someone else, or feeling shunned in nursery games.
It isn't enough to simply live up to the status of her parents; to just be another Lead Warrior, or even another Medicine Cat. She needs to be something entirely new, and that'll be...
Well, it'll come to her naturally, once she figures out everything else first.
She has a lot of little tricks to figure it out. Little white lies - maybe that she caught a mouse in her sleep, but she can't show anyone because she ate it already, or that, perhaps, she is the leader of a secret sixth clan - will be the name of the game in kithood. It makes others like her – whether that is older cats laughing at her antics, or her own peers finding her impressive for these things... She'd like to be impressive. Her parents would look her to be too, wouldn't they? She'll stick to this then – even if it seems to go away at some point, it never will. Only the nature of what she says will be different.
( But, it's getting obvious, isn't it? At some point... someone will notice. But it's too late — too hard — she can't just say, It wasn't true... who would ever like her, then? )
She likes the attention, just a little bit. Even if she's scolded for it... Someone was noticing her, right? She has a sibling, a dozen cousins, a dozen other kin... Why would anyone notice her? Maybe negative attention is all she'll ever get, and maybe she's happy with that.
...That's a lie, too. She'd really really like everyone to like her. For anyone to like her! So much so, that she'll bend herself to what she thinks others will like. Some cats may know a sassy, backtalking kit. Others may know a sweet one that does everything she's told. She thinks that's okay, so long as it's getting her somewhere. Anywhere. And if she's rejected... well, she isn't sure that she can handle that... She thinks its okay to hold grudges. That's basically what they did to every other clan, right?
She doesn't worry about her warriorhood... She'll be a good warrior because that's what her parents say she will be. In fact, she believes it's so cut and dry... why talk about it at all? They should talk about more interesting things, like... well...
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HABITUAL LIAR At a young age, Tigerkit will make a habit of lying to make her life seem more interesting. As she grows older, she'll eventually learn how to make these lies less obvious... or perhaps she won't. habitual lying may turn compulsive or pathological in life depending on ic.
CHAMELEON As she learns about her clanmates more and more, she'll begin shifting her personality to accommodate for whatever she thinks they would like better - which she will not always accurately assess - this could get to the point that her "true" personality becomes difficult to discern for others, and perhaps even for herself later on.
ATTENTION - SEEKER though she does mostly aim for positive interactions... any type of attention seems to fulfill her in some way, even if only temporarily. if she cannot get positive attention from someone, she would rather have negative attention than none at all
EMOTIONAL The simplest of things can become grand, sentimental gestures in her mind. If the stick she and her friend played with the day prior ended up accidentally stepped on, she would likely throw a fit. Similarly, is likely to put far too much weight on things such as the title of "best friend" and take issue with it being used loosely.
JUMPS TO CONCLUSIONS If she perceives that you looked at another cat longer than you looked at her... there is a decent chance she will instantly assume that you like them more, and may keep this to herself... or instantly cause a scene. Her swiftness to jump to conclusions will apply to all things. a whiff of otherclan scent anywhere it shouldn't be, and she may begin telling others that a full - scale invasion is coming.
CONFLICTING IDEALS Though she is mostly piloted by her insecurities, she will occasionally remember that she is the daughter of two prestigious cats, and will randomly gain an ego. Suddenly, she is the daughter of Raccoonstripe and Nightbird, and demands to have your mouse!
AVOIDANT Somewhat unconsciously, Tigerkit will sort of... ignore many aspects of warriorhood/apprenticeship. Prey is less of a thing she needs to catch and that the clan needs to survive, and kind of just a thing that is here now, and is something she brings to clanmates to get them to gossip with her. Patrols are just something she goes on and talks during. Training... does happen? Yeah, my assessment is soon. How about that weather, huh? If pressed upon, it becomes quite obvious that it is not her favorite subject -
RACCOONSTRIPE x NIGHTBIRD sister to Lightningkit, Stormkit, Twilightkit and Bayingkit | mentoring no one, mentored by no one
NOTABLE FRIENDS: None yet.
NOTABLE ENEMIES: None yet.
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