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[soh-da-meatball]

Baby’s first zine participation!! It was an absolute honour to be invited on as guest artist and been given the chance to work with some of the community’s most talented creatives in the @namingofcatszine ! This was definitely one of if not the most ambitious pieces I’ve ever attempted over the course of a few months in 2023 but I wanted to push myself out of my comfort zone and create something I can truly be proud of. Thank you so much to all the mods, artists, writers for their incredible efforts and of course the unwavering support of the Cats community for making this happen 🫶 it has been an amazing experience from the beginning until the end 🥹

[hysterical-cats]

Etcetera ref!! She's one of the cats that's always been hardest to nail down for me, but I think I've finally got her design locked down!! Based on broadway etcetera obviously because that's the best one

[mysticalcats]

hello, i love your art! the way you use colours is just so lovely and if requests are still ok, may i request an etcetera or maybe an electra :D

I LOV YOU ETCETERAAA

(reference under the cut because she looks soo cute)

[bleachersgirl]

the thing that people who hear about the core four polycule via an article they saw on twitter will never understand is that it wasn’t like a crazy twist for shock value it was very much set up throughout the season

[hibiscuit-rose]

i can post my art yippee!!

had the pleasure of drawing electra and etcetera for @namingofcatszine! working on my first zine was so fun <3

[issacharmastersdp18]

Ultimately, the reason Cats (2019) didn’t work is that it never took itself seriously.

You may say “well, how could they possibly do that? The premise is ridiculous.”

Yes, the premise is ridiculous. But the show didn’t earn (at one point) the honor of “longest running show on Broadway” by simply being ridiculous.

People singing and dancing, dressed as cats, only works by suspension of disbelief.

You can’t suspend disbelief if the narrative isn’t trying to take itself seriously.

Will everyone enjoy the show, even when done right? No. There is, thus far, nothing everyone enjoys. We’re all different that way.

But this

Is not taking itself seriously.

They look more anatomically accurate and cost much more money to make, but that’s how they come across as less convincing.

Having the physical attributes. The exaggerated features to play off of is INVALUABLE to a Cats performer and their performance.

Cats (2019) doesn’t try too hard for feline mannerisms, but when they do, it doesn’t work. Why? Because there’s nothing actually there to play off of except imagination.

Imagination is a powerful thing, yes, but practical makeup, costumes, and effects are very useful. CGI is more beneficial when trying to create fully fictional or dangerous to film in landscapes. The ocean, an asteroid field, etc.

While humanoid cats aren’t a real thing, they have been created with practical means on stage for decades.

You can stack a cast until they reach the moon. You could have the absolutely most talented singers, dancers, and actors. It will all be meaningless if the overall production is not being taken seriously. Individual actors taking the project entirely seriously (Ian, Judi, etc.) will not make up for others (editing, effects, producers, etc.) not doing the same.

This absolutely goes for anything, with or without a ridiculous premise.

[emimii]

could you draw obc etcetera and/or jemima

OBC CETTIE 4 U ANON!!!

[dizzybeeart]

Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?

[pwicniq]

i cant explain my poetry often

[missing-sock-misto]

Dreidel with the kittens!

Description below cut, because the “ALT” likes to go right where I put my signature

A digital drawing of 5 kittens playing dreidel. they are standing on a teak brown coffee table with a blue place mat. the walls are light colored, with a lit menorah in the background. from left to right the kittens are: 2 white and russet kittens (Tumblebrutus and Pouncival), a black and orange tortoiseshell (Electra), a fluffy white, grey and cream kitten (Etcetera) and a black red and grey tabby kitten (Jemima)

[the-cat-at-the-theatre-door]

Cettie for your troubles

[eldstunga]

Lil doodle of Etcetera to tide you over and warm my wrists up. Thanks for sticking around while i get back to arting properly <3

[mysticalcats]

could you draw etcetera and pounce? just like hanging out and stuff? or maybe sibling-like mischief? (all /nf)

they are hanging out!!

[logophile-18]

stop apologizing for bruce wayne. especially dick grayson fans!! like, what??? guys! you're failing dick if you're seriously defending anything bruce wayne has done to his kids SPECIFICALLY for the sake of this post, dick grayson!

kidnapped him

forced him to eat RATS

slapping him

fighting him several times

literally put him back into the orphanage

spanking him on his birthday?? guys that's still a form of abuse. and whoever changes that into a kink, fuck you. sincerely. do whatever you want, but don't romanticize an older man spanking a child on his birthday

... skinny dipping?? with dick?? and a bunch of other boys???

forcing him to fake his death & not caring abt the aftermath (made dick clean it up himself, the people that mourned him never really forgave him, and it wasn't even his fault)

forcing him to dig his own grave

having sex with barbara (i know it was before they were dating, but still. he had sex with a coworker and then literally caused babs' miscarriage due to rage and stress because he fucking TOLD dick behind babs' back??)

fired him, essentially

fucking ETCETERA

listen. i love a fix-it fic as much as everyone else does--i love silly headcanons and looking at au's where bruce is a good father. but in reality, he's not. and i personally see so many bruce wayne apologists on tumblr especially that are also dick grayson fans? how? don't you guys follow canon? don't you guys know what he did to him? there's more beyond this list. there's more beyond this list.

stop defending bruce wayne. he's not a good father. not to dick but also not to any of his other "kids."

[couldtheycatchkira]