#TCK cat form

[beetlebug---1]

Promptober day 24: cats 🐈

requested by @sorion!! and also totally inspired by that one ukrainian catwin artist (@unicorngunter). they were all i could think about when making this. this is for you honestly

[majorlb]

Monty finds himself a shiny little trinket out on one his flights.

As he sits in the rafters of the cannery, playing with the chain, the reflective pendant casts the sun around on the ground.

It takes him a while to realize that several cats, including the Cat King himself, are chasing the sunspots around.

[papasyapperia]

Okay but I love thinking about how the cat kings cat attributes might still affect him in human form so please enjoy a bulleted list of funny scenarios I made up.

While meeting with him, one of the boys (really either of them would be good) slowly pulls out a laser pointer from their coat pocket. TCK is like “please don’t” right as they flick it on and start darting it across the floor. TCK chases after it, still in human form.

TCK is liable to just walk away mid conversation because he saw a bug in the corner of the room that he’s compelled to sit and stare at, occasionally batting it around limply. (This is kind of based off of my cat, who is many things, but a hunter is not one of them)

Will 100% gag dramatically at any kind of smell or taste he doesn’t like. If you have cats you know exactly what kind of gag I’m talking about.

Rolls catnip joints and smokes it like weed. Basically just makes him crazy and out of his mind for a while.

Gets the zoomies. Will wake up from a dead sleep to run around in circles for a while.

Speaking of sleep, falls asleep in the weirdest wackiest positions ever. Like you’d thing he’s trying out some weird yoga but no, he’s just asleep.

[ratboydefenselawyer]

I think Edwin is the only person that could scold The Cat King in his cat form like he was a disgruntled cat dad. No one else would survive scruffing the black void and holding him up so they could meet eye to eye.

If anyone else tried to do that, they’d lose their hand or their life.

It’s one of the ways that TCK gets himself into Edwin’s personal space without setting off Edwin’s sensory issues, then he’ll deal with the humiliation of dangling from Edwin’s hand while being scolded. If only to get a better look at his face and serious eyes.

[densewentz]

how many forms do you think TCK has?? I thought he had two, orange before he dies and grey tabby when he sees edwin in the last ep, but right after Esther kills him the cat that crawls out looks like a very small black cat? does anyone know?

honestly since he's a canonical shapeshifter (not just cat -> humanish but also to different people) I can't make any definitive arguments about it, but I personally think he only has one at a time. There are two instances where we know for sure which cat is the Cat King. His intro (the longhair orange) on the throne where we see him change, and the black cat that crawls out of his body and changes. The gray cat is part of another set of two. This is two that directly interact with Edwin without talking. The first one is in lighthouse leapers, and is the orange cat (short hair with white) that scratches Edwin's leg to get his attention, and that Edwin follows to the Cat King. (Note that we don't SEE this cat change, and there is no whooshing flame sound effect which has signaled the Cat King transforming all other times). The second is the gray tabby you mention, which is in the window and which Edwin once again follows to the Cat King (we also don't see/hear the Cat King's change in this interaction either). Here is a hastily thrown together (and badly lightened, but the show is so damn dark and i am so impatient lol) side by side of the known CK cats and the prospective ones.

I personally don't think the Cat King would (earlier in Lighthouse Leapers, or at this point in the show, tho I'm a sucker for it in fic) go personally to fetch Edwin. He's still playing his power games, albeit more softly at the end, and it seems more likely to me that he would send cats to summon Edwin. Whether he picks cats that are similar to himself as a way of enticing Edwin's extra attention, who knows In my own little canon, the Cat King is first the long-haired orange cat, and then the sleek black cat.

[deadboydetectives-confessions]

Responding to the previous Anon defending TCK: ALRIGHT STRAP IN THIS IS GONNA BE LONG.

Quick disclaimer, I actually very much like TCK as a character. Morally grey characters are so much fun to read and write about, and he's a great and interesting character. Doesn't mean I like when people defend all his actions though, lol.

"[The Cat King] is a trickster. He is eye for an eye. He’s all about equality. Punishment fitting the crime." While yes, TCK is a trickster and didn't necessarily abide by human laws/morals, he is absolutely not about equality or punishment fitting the crime. Punishment fitting the crime would have been slapping the bracelet on Edwin's wrist and sending him off to count cats. But no; his first punishment (emphasis on PUNISHMENT) is literally propositioning Edwin for sex. Even though he changes the punishment when Edwin is visibly uncomfortable, that doesn't change the fact that he's essentially trying to pressure Edwin into having sex with him. As far as Edwin is aware, TCK isn't going to offer another way out. As far as Edwin is aware, the only way to get the bracelet off is to have sex with TCK, and if he hadn't been noticeably uncomfortable, TCK would've gone through with it. Edwin could not fully consent to that situation regardless. He's pretty much being blackmailed into it. It's his freedom for sex.

"Also, if he hadn’t trapped Edwin, Niko would’ve died. (I will say that I condone his behavior in episode 2. I am perceiving his reaction to Edwin’s startled response, as rejection and it wounded his pride a bit.)" This point is irrelevant. He had no clue Niko would've died if he hadn't trapped Edwin; this isn't at all related to his moral standing or anything. It's just coincidence. Also included that last bit about you condoning his behavior because yay that's good at least.

"And I don’t know why people keep calling TCK a predator. (Yes, I know Yokey also called him a “predator”) He was respectful in his advances and never touched Edwin inappropriately. He backed off when Edwin declined his advances." He was most definitely NOT respectful in his approaches. While he did "back off" when Edwin declined his advances, it wasn't because he was being respectful. If he was being respectful and genuinely backing off, he wouldn't have kept coming onto Edwin. He would've stopped after the initial rejection, or at most just reminded Edwin he was available if Edwin changed his mind. Regardless of this though, there's the whole age thing, which we'll get into in a sec.

"In fact, he did literally everything Monty did, except he didn’t kiss Edwin without his consent." The biggest difference here is perceived consent. In TCK'S case, he knows he didn't have consent. He has no indication he has any form of consent. But in Monty's case, he thought Edwin was confessing his feelings for him. There was implied consent there, from Monty's perspective, and while that doesn't make it okay (consent should always be asked for, obviously), it makes it understandable why Monty would have tried to kiss him.

"Also we don’t know how old Monty is either. He could’ve been with Esther for decades or even centuries as her familiar. If we’re going off a plain old crow, those can live up to 20 years. So he could’ve been a teen or he could’ve been “older” than Edwin if we’re going off the argument that Edwin is still the age that he died at." While technically true, Monty still had a crow brain for all that time. Crows developmentally are like a human child's level of development (a big reason I actually don't like Monty and Edwin together). Monty very well could have been literally older than Edwin, but their development once Monty was turned human would be about the same, because even if Monty was technically 20+, he's only had human life for a couple days by the time he's turned back into a crow. It is heavily implied though that Monty is a teenager though, at least developmentally. He acts like one, at least, and the way he's talked about makes him seem like one. TCK though has had human levels of intelligence his entire existence and is implied to be more like mid-20's appearance-wise.

"And speaking of Edwin’s age, I think Edwin is both 16 years old and 123 years old. How? Because he died at 16 but that didn’t mean he stopped maturing mentally. It could’ve been a slow mental maturation (to make Cryland not also have a huge age gap) but it did happen." Agreed that Edwin is both 16 and 123; that's just the facts of the matter. But that doesn't mean he was actually maturing mentally. Memories/life experience do not equal brain maturity. People in comas who wake up after 10 years are still mentally 10 years younger than their physical body is, even though their brain and body kept developing. People with amnesia who lose two years of life experience don't suddenly have the brain they had two years ago, etc. etc. They are still developmentally 16, and will never mature past that. Also to bring back in the earlier mention of people calling TCK a predator: this is a very hard area to determine, but like you said, Steve himself called him a predator, and (might get this a bit wrong because I don't have the quotes pulled up right now) he talked previously about how TCK is literally meant to be this kind of typical role of an older gay man "teaching" a younger gay man things, in an often very predatory way, because again, the other gay man is younger and typically has little to no experience. He's literally written to encapsulate that.

"So by this logic, Edwin is 124 years old mentally. Like Claudia from Interview with a Vampire or Edward from Twilight, they might be shaped like a child/teen, but they’re much older than you or I." You mentioned slowed development. If that was true, Edwin would not be mentally 123 years old. That would be contradictory. Considering your previous Cryland point: Charles would developmentally be, at most, like 18. Two years maturity in 30 years time. So Edwin would be more like 19-20, mentally. But that's not counting all the trauma from Hell. Trauma slows brain development, so he'd probably be closer to 18 mentally, just like Charles. And the brain only fully matures around 25 for someone with a regular, healthy brain. Again, it slows with trauma. If I remember my facts correctly, Edwin would have to be closer to 30-35 developmentally to have a fully developed brain, with all the trauma he's experienced. Look it up yourself though, fact-check me, I may be misremembering. And he's not going to mature anymore; he's stuck at 16 for literally forever. Ghosts bodies don't change after they die, besides injuries. And those don't even leave scars, as far as we can tell, so they're not actually changing anything.

Anywhosies. That was really long. I love The Cat King but people need to stop defending his every action. He is, at most, a morally dubious character. He is not supposed to be a character who constantly makes good decisions. He makes plenty of bad, morally corrupt decisions, because he is morally grey, and he also makes plenty of good ones. He's like Monty in that respect. Neither character are paragons of righteousness, neither of them are in the right or justified in all their decisions. Doesn't mean you can't enjoy the skrungly little fellas.

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[petvampire]

1 and 9 with TCK, Monty, and Charles? I love love love your work btw I reread in the cards all the time

awwwh you’re so sweet! I’m really glad you enjoyed it!

also clearly a person of taste <3 double penetration + breath control, charles x monty x cat king (what do we call this threesome?) NSFW

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Monty is well aware that he is a lucky, lucky bird.

The fact that he’s able to regain a human form at all is proof of that. He’s got far more than that, though; a home, a job, and…

Well. A few very, very hot partners.

It’s not only each of them individually, though that would be amazing on its own. When they work together, though… shit, he’s pretty sure he’s the luckiest person alive.

Perhaps especially when it’s Thomas and Charles.

They both dote on him in their own ways, often soft and sweet with the crow in a way he certainly appreciates. He’s seen them together, though, and it’s all fire and sparks. So when the two of them are with him, things definitely get interesting.

Like now. He’d expected the usual competitive spark between the two, the typical drive they have to show each other up. Instead, however, they’ve decided to work together for the first time in… well, Monty thinks it might actually be the first time. Ever. And being the focus of their combined attention is a good bit more daunting than he ever would have imagined.

Thomas has him pinned to the bed already, has spent an extensive amount of time teasing him by licking over the feathered wings tattooed on Monty’s shoulders. He knows the magically-inked marks are more sensitive than they should be, and he exploits that at every opportunity. What Monty hadn’t expected was Charles sitting back and watching, every so often making a wryly amused comment, a “You missed a spot,” or “Oh, he moans so pretty when you do that.” He knows the ghost can be a bit of a voyeur, but he’s never been the subject of it until now.

He’s not sure if it’s better or worse when the Cat King slides two fingers easily into him, stretching him open, while Charles watches with a gleam of clear interest and amusement in his eyes.

Monty lets out a low, ragged moan when those fingers are replaced with the head of his lover’s cock, dipping teasingly into him, making him squirm. He presses back, and Thomas laughs, one hand gripping hard at his hip, the other tangling in his hair, dragging his head back. “Easy, little bird,” he purrs into his ear. “Take it slow.”

Yeah, right.

He thrusts his hips back, and he hears Thomas curse as his cock slides deeper into the crow, though it’s hardly a sound of discontent. “Greedy,” he chides softly, and his hand slips out of Monty’s hair, curves around the pale column of his throat. “Can’t have that. Charles, darling?”

The ghost seems only to have been waiting for his cue; he grins, one hand cupping Monty’s jaw, the other working his trousers open. It takes barely five seconds before he’s slipping his cock into the crow’s mouth, giving a short, sharp thrust that has him buried deep, Monty almost choking as that hard length presses down his throat. Thomas’ hand tightens just slightly, and he definitely can’t breathe for a moment, even if he could remember how to.

Between the two of them, he doesn’t get a full breath for - hours, it seems like. Charles’ hands bury in his hair, moving Monty’s mouth over his dick; Thomas fucks him in slow, teasing thrusts, grinding against his prostate and then pulling back, slipping a hand around his cock and stroking him to the edge, then leaving him whimpering and desperate. And all the while, one of the Cat King’s hands remains around his neck, a soft pressure, threatening but not cutting off his air again, not like that first moment.

And Monty can’t help it - he fucking loves that edge of danger, knows he can trust these two, of all people, not to actually hurt him.

So he pulls back off Charles’ cock for just a moment, panting, desperate. “Please,” he murmurs, and Thomas knows him so well; the way he leans into the other’s hand is enough.

He can almost feel the beautiful, vicious grin. “I think our darling crow wants us to stop holding back,” he drawls, and he slams himself into Monty, forcing a low moan from the bird.

Charles’ grin is less cruel, simply because of who he is, but he wastes no time shoving his cock back down Monty’s throat. His thrusts are rougher now, harsher, and the crow whimpers around him, even as he feels Thomas’ grip tighten.

He can’t breathe. He doesn’t need to breathe - he just needs to open up and be fucked from both ends, doesn’t need anything else. Black spots dance before his eyes, and he doesn’t fucking care, he just needs—

Monty is pretty sure he doesn’t entirely black out, but he comes hard enough that he might as well have, and he hears Charles swear as if from a great distance, tastes the other as he spills down his throat. Thomas’ fingers clench once more, and yeah, the crow is completely gone, body tensing and spasming around him. He’s somewhere else, Mercury maybe, fucking floating.

The Cat King’s touch turns soothing, fingers tracing softly along his neck, his collarbones, his shoulders. He pulls the bird against him, Charles nestling comfortably on the other side, both of them murmuring soft words of appreciation and praise. Monty hears them, he does, but he’s still drifting a little, can only make a low murmur of response, nestling back against Thomas and burying his face against Charles’ chest.

He really is a lucky, lucky bird.

[occasionaloneshots]

I want a female (or fem presenting) animal character from the Dead Boy Detectives universe. I want a character who has magic but in a more controlled and less exciting way than TCK or Esther.

Give me an emotional support animal who got humanized like Monty, give her powers like Jasper Hale from Twilight. She’s absolutely stone faced but there’s so much love that pours out of her that she’s damn near intoxicating to the characters we already know. Make her an analogy for addiction or for learning to overcome trauma for all I care but make her comforting with something unknown under her skin. Have her always deadpan, cozy but off putting.

I want her to feel so entwined to their emotions, to them, that she’s step in front of a gun (or witch, or iron object) for them just so she doesn’t have to feel it with them. So used to making them happier that she can’t handle letting it slip. She can’t let them slip.

Make her a love interest to a character like Jenny or Niko who obviously we have but we haven’t gotten to explore like our main three. Someone who knows grief and loneliness and meets this force with a gentleness and understanding that just feels otherworldly to them.

Give me Charles being attached at her hip because when she’s around he can’t FEEL his anger that bubbles under the surface (she’s upped his dopamine, being around him and feeling everything festering under his smile makes her recoil, not that it’s as strong as he thinks, just that it feels awful to harbor someone else’s bottled up anger). Have him chase her like a high, begging for her to join them so he can keep feeling better.

Give me Edwin hating her until he realizes he’s just a little less scared of himself when talking to her. Who when he understands her magic he genuinely wants to add her to their group because she’s got the same calming ability as Death without the threat of Death herself. Their relationship becoming softer and almost sibling like as they grow to understand each other.

Give me Crystal finally being relaxed if she’s around. Going to her begging for just a little comfort when she thinks too much about David or herself from before the possession, Crystal who later realizes that it was never the girl’s (dog’s perhaps?) powers soothing her but just feeling seen. That she never truly lost the emotional support animal training she was given as a child (pup?, major dog girl to rival the cat boy brain rot)

Monty having someone who understands what it’s like to be torn apart and have to learn to understand emotion. She’s become nearly maternal to him because her powers pick him up the same way they do a toddler’s feelings. She can feel him trying to understand himself and through her own experience she just wants to help. Giving him the gentle affection and care Esther never cared to, like someone finally wants to love him in any form without having something to gain.

Give her an on going and unexplained rivalry with The Cat King that can fall apart the second one of them is in trouble. She can’t stand feeling his fear or pain and despite swearing to hate her, he hates seeing her give way to her own emotions when she does so much to make others feel better (including the lonely cat himself, not that she’ll admit to it). Give me them getting into an argument and getting some sort of “Cat King” collar as punishment, making people think she’s in the same situation as Edwin (not that he wants her -or maybe he does idgaf- but that the humiliation of it gives him a leg up)

I want to see an animal character who has grown past their animal instincts to something not quite human but not primal. A character decked out in fur and animal motifs but they come off so real you’d never see the magic under the surface. So attached to her last life through magic and so detached from her instincts that if she saw her animal form she wouldn’t know it.

Honestly I could turn this into a fic but idk if anyone would ever want that (and I just want more animal characters and comfort for those very very sad teenagers and magic creatures)

[aria-bun]

Had an idea for DBDA s2 duo/trio posters, kinda similar to how the s1 character posters were. I'm thinking 4 posters of this.

We'll have:

-Niko and the Dandelion Sprites

-Charles and Edwin

-Charles and Crystal

-Edwin and TCK

The draw-overs are relatively the same except for Edwin and Niko, as well as the dandelion sprites having theirs. The dandelion sprites will probably have like fairy wings or smth idk. Niko will have a skull like Edwin and Charles did in s1, but the eye sockets are heart shaped and its pink, which is a callback to her s1 poster.

Edwins is based around my want for the potential Demon!Edwin because man went to hell twice, I think that's gonna have some alteration on your spirit. Instead of a skull, he'll have devil horns, but in the same color that his skull was in the s1 poster.

In the first poster, Niko is standing in between the two dandelion sprites, holding the bear charm that Mick Tragic gave her.

The second poster is Charles and Edwin are their bodies facing each other, but their faces facing the camera

The third poster is Charles and Crystal standing back-to-back with their heads turned to be slightly facing each other but still mostly towards the camera.

This last one is just to satisfy my Catwin heart, and its Edwin sitting in his chair with the Cat King in his cat form sitting on his lap.

[beetlebug---1]

working on dbda yuletide rn, but have a speedpaint for day 24: cats in the meantime 😋

[reallifetangent]

Baldur's Gate 3 and Dead Boy Detectives related moment

I'm having the most uncalled ship/mental fanfic between Astarion and TCK

Based mostly on this amazing cosplayer who I technically see them as TCK and them using Astarion's lines for Cat King.

Just dropping the mental ideas here, and see if I get people to share the vision

Cat King (Thomas or Cato, I mentally like calling him Cato as a middle point between Cat and Gato) and Astarion are the type of relationship that at first just are together to discharge tensions.

Cato just knows Astarion is a vampire. He either had his cats gossiping or he knows because he's a magic entity after all.

Astarion knows about Cato being The Cat King when he allowed this inoffensive cat to sleep with him and when he woke up in the middle of the night to feed on someone/something, he saw Cato sleeping with him like a human ball.

Or vice versa, one night he starts sleeping with Cato until he can't feel him and sees he shrunk to his cat form. Happens more often than they can control it, but that meant he felt safe enough to not care about shifting and Astarion didn't mind.

One night, Astarion asks Cato if he could bite him. Cato knew that Astarion was supernatural, he didn't tell the vampire yet because liked having that secret for now. While Astarion bites him, he uses the bracelet trick as a payback, doing the "As long as you have it, you're tied to this town, to me", proud of himself, of this trick, until he sees Astarion shocked and scared, betrayal in his eyes, panicking. Cato knows he made a mistake the second Astarion yells at him to take it off. It wasn't like when Edwin asked him. Edwin was about his own pride and an actual payback from using magic on one of his cats. This was a silly thing that escalated so fast and it was more than a silly pride fight. When he takes back the bracelet, Astarion still struggles, seeing his wrist scared, stepping away from Cato, until he reassures that his kingdom is about want and pleasure, also he's consensual, so, he won't do it again. He gives Astarion a time to explain himself, low-key using the cat scratch of truth and hears what Cazador put Astarion through. He's in shock. He understands now more than expected. Probably can't relate to most of the abuse, but he makes space for Astarion to open up and understand him. He does happen to understand what's like to crawl out of your corpse/tomb.

Or well, at least that's one of the scenarios. I've thought of them as a crackship. The other is the meme of "Shared trauma moment" or "Party Rockers/Party rock is in the" and the badly drawn kiss at the bottom.

I mean, that cosplayer has awakened me to that possibility, and there are tons of crackships and idk if y'all know that Zagstarion/ThanZagStarion/HalsinThanZagstarion account. Well, moreless that.

I should draw them. I owe so many Cat King Fanarts and even more now if I wanna start a Astarion×TCK agenda for me

[catfcng]

The desire to make the cat from Day One tck's cat form for icons even tho it has the wrong colors...but it has yellow eyes and screen time so i can make icons.

[madamhatter]

Smelly mutt gives Sophie her daily dose of affection. He's taller than her, so without any trouble, Sasaki nuzzles into her like a cat, gently head bumping her. ❤️

What a dog! What a dog!

From Sasaki's heavy coat, Sophie Hatter almost coughs up a hairball at the direct proximity of its faux fur collar. His behemoth size dwarfs her small form; his arms envelop her and could conceivably hold four more of her. 

The seamstress huffs indiginously, wordless but visually peeved, as the man is a literal blockade between her and the stovetop. The morrow's traditions of serving breakfast to Sasaki and his plus one and even enjoying a quiet start to the day always meet an interruption. Said interruption is from someone. That someone is invariably the person with whom she tries to help adjust their nocturnal schedule. 

"Have you not at all changed from last night?"  Sophie furrows her brows at the familiar, damp aroma that clings to his garments. Sasaki's whereabouts are as plain as stains on white china plates—far too evident to imagine any other alternative, given his history of vagrancy and preference for outdoor getaways.

As she clicks her tongue, she lets out a harsh 'tck'.  "Where have you even been? When I went to bed, you were on the couch watching television, and you said you would be sleeping shortly." Her mind aches as she pieces together the scenario, and her trust is admittedly the one hurting."Sasaki, are you sneaking out of the flat like you're a teenager, leaving past your curfew?!" Her discomfort prompts her to press her index and middle fingers into the pressure region on the side of her brow.

Sophie takes a long, deep breath in an attempt to find tranquility and avoid starting the day with a commotion. "You," she pats Sasaki's chest incessantly, "change." She tries to peek over his shoulder, standing on her toes. "The eggs are going to burn if you keep holding me hostage in my own kitchen!"  "What's worse, if your clothes stay wet, they'll mold!" The seamstress groans and leans on his shoulderblade. The damp material is visible, as is the humid odor that has clung to his garments. Her hands feebly gripped his shirt, sighing deeply and pressing her full weight against his.

What a tired thing. 

"Please?" Her resolve fades as her genuine nature appears—the the mousy murmured voice that spreads herself too thin for one woman. 

[ratboydefenselawyer]

I’m starting this out by saying THE CAT KING IS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER! I SHIP CATWIN! It’s now my time to throw my thoughts into the ring. I’m not looking to argue with anybody and I am aware that he isn’t a lawful good character. These are just my takes on this very divisive and complex character.

- His first meeting with Edwin, pulls him away to talk privately, offers up the idea to get physically involved for payment. When Edwin becomes visibly uncomfortable TCK immediately verbalizes it, stands up and tells him to count all of the cats in town instead. Doesn’t force him or keep pushing. He does continue to check in and flirt throughout the season.

-Edwin consistently sees these cats without seeing a single cat a second time, they usually come in 2-3’s? As someone who has cats of my own and feeds strays, that’s not normal behavior for cats. They don’t just leisurely stroll past and most of the time aren’t in groups. I firmly believe TCK was influencing them to be in certain places for Edwin. It isn’t an impossible task for the ghost.

-Edwin on multiple occasions meets up with TCK alone, he is always standing tall and never afraid to talk back to him. We know when he is afraid that he backs up or goes quiet. He doesn’t flinch away from TCK and at times leans into his touch.

-Speaking on touch! He makes it very clear that people touching/hugging/getting in his personal space isn’t his favorite thing. But on multiple occasions let’s TCK get in his personal space and touch his face, chest, lips, arm, etc. He even invades TCK’s personal space when he’s angry.

-Monty (sweet bird baby) was made human for the entire purpose of luring this fledgling gay ghost into false sense of security and into a trap. Monty even kisses Edwin without permission. Fast forward to the scene in the woods, we know TCK is an equal punishment kinda guy. He in turn kisses Monty without permission, and I think it was his own form of punishment for the bird. On top of exposing that he was leading the boys into a trap. (No hate on Monty, I love him, it’s just to make my point).

-During the scene from my last point, Edwin lashes out at TCK, who threatens (not very convincingly) that he’s going to stop playing nice. Edwin isn’t afraid of him. He keeps walking away. Then we see Esther literally KILL TCK for exposing her plan after the feline defends Edwin and tells her to lay off him. He loses one of his lives for helping Edwin.

-When the girls come to him for help with defeating Esther he puts his neck out on the line for Edwin again, the girls KNOW that he genuinely cares for the ghost in some way. Thats why they go to him.

-The bracelet comes off when Edwin gets dragged back to the Doll House. He didn’t technically finish his task of counting the cats. As soon as Edwin got back to town, he could’ve put that bracelet back on him. Instead he lets it go. He gives Edwin the flower and wants to say goodbye, EDWIN is the one who gets close to him, kisses his cheek, and smiles. He’s the one who teased TCK about forgetting to count himself.

-Bottom lining this last one for any of the TCK is a pedo/predator/rapist people. At absolutely no point in this show does he force any sort of sexual act on Edwin. We do not know how old TCK is. I do not agree with this argument at all, I think it’s grasping at straws. Edwin obviously isn’t disgusted by his flirting. He isn’t cowering in a corner, he isn’t terrified. Edwin has been dead for 100+ years. He has thoughts about TCK, that much is VERY clear. Edwin isn’t helpless, he’s experienced so much, and I think some people who infantilize him are doing the character a disservice.

I can keep going. Do I think TCK and Edwin are going to get together? No. Do I think they could/should share a few more sweet moments in the seasons (manifesting) to come? Absolutely. Do I think they would have a sweet understanding relationship as friends/possibly FWB? Unquestionably. At the end of this rant, I know TCK isn’t a saint. He’s a trickster, he’s a slimy little grungy stray. He’s a chaotic neutral type. He’s not supposed to give you the warm fuzzies but he’s not a monster. There isn’t an argument out there that could make me believe otherwise. They’re fictional characters, I’m so very tired of people being attacked for fictional characters that they enjoy by self-righteous close minded individuals. Enjoy the characters you want to enjoy, none of it is real and if it brings you joy? All the better.

That’s all folks. Rant over.

[thatneurodivergentqueer]

HIYA!!!!

20 and 38 for v's ask game????

[Bonus: i love that you keep doing your thinf even if your favorite characters/ship arent the popular ones- and not even rarepairs just you really like the cat king and i love that for you]

Thanks! TCK actually gave me a lot of confidence to be myself!

First 20: I started as a gacha kid (I *know*), and would make little glmv's and glmm's and would write stories about my OC's. I think it was a form of escapism for me, since I would always put a little bit of me into every character I made. It wasn't until 2022 that I wrote my first fic, (it was a oneshot for JRWI iykyk). Then after that, I wrote a fic for Companion since I **loved** that movie, and the rest was history.

Though I mostly write poems, since that's how I express myself

Next! 38: Prolly my Vigilante Edwin fic. Since I *love* writing TCK as more of a apathetic like antihero. I can't *wait* to start planning it out!

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" we can face these monsters together . " ( From TCK )

˚　.˚　　　.　　. 　 ˚　.　🔪 𓂃 ࣪˖ Body stands from seat the moment The Cat King jumps off of his lap and shifts back into human form. Surprising the other's in room who seem to not be listening and disregarding what Roman was bringing to the table. That's why he didn't really like engaging in these little meetings, they always wanted to make him feel like he didn't belong -- and perhaps he didn't with the families in Gotham, but he's certainly earned his place.

A glance is given around at shocked faced before giving a smirk at words, hand extends to give The Cat King a scratch under chin. "I think everyone is more open to suggestion now, or we can teach them all a lesson if necessary." One makes a remark about Roman always going for dramatics. And Roman gives Thomas a knowing look to take care of the man for his remark. "Whatever sends the message."