#comrade cat

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36. Which character do you connect with the most?

Comrade cat

[image id: screenshot of marinavermilion responding “TELL ME MORE ABOUT COMRADE PLEASE]

OF COURSE I WILL NEVER TURN DOWN AN OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT THIS DUMB NONEXISTENT CAT WHOM I LOVE

First off, thank you @marinavermilion for giving me an excuse to talk about Comrade, the cat I made up for my fic the stupidity of our existence (but he’s coming back, don’t worry)

So Comrade first came into being when I was talking with @tritonehorror about how, once Jon and Martin got their shit together, any cat they would get would have to have a title name in accordance with the naming conventions of Jonny Sims. From there it was us just sending increasingly obscure titles before, completely joking, I said what if he has no title, merely a fellow comrade. Well, the level up bot on the server thought it was a good time to level up, and so his name became canon. 

Of course I can’t do anything halfway so I then decided Comrade needed to have a specific description and, after more time than I care to admit scrolling though pictures of cats, I realized I already had a good image in my head for him. May I introduce my neighbor and best friend’s cat Eko:

[image id: black and white cat with green eyes lying on my stomach, reaching up with one paw and looking right into the camera]

He is very dumb and I love him as much as if he was my own, especially since I am very allergic to cats he’s as close as I’m ever getting to having a cat of my own. 

More fun facts about Comrade from the extended universe of this fic!

- He was named by Tim (as mentioned), but in this universe he survived the unknowing and his antagonistic relationship with Jon mellowed out to a friendship characterized by teasing and the mutual love of embarrassing each other - So early on post-Unknowing Jon mentions thinking about getting a cat and Tim immediately decides that he is going to bother Jon non-stop about how he’s “the best cat namer ever” and “if I’m going to nearly die for you and your Archives, the least you could do is let me name your cat” so Jon eventually gives in - Problem is, Tim doesn’t expect him to actually expect Jon to show up at his desk at the end of the work day and say “grab your coat we’re going to the shelter” - So now Tim is with Jon at the local shelter and Jon’s picked a cat out and oh shit he’s not prepared, he mentioned a cat with a title before right? - He panics and says “Comrade” (heavy Russian accent and all) and Jon just doesn’t question it and now his name is Comrade and Tim can’t decide who won that round - Also Jon always says Comrade in a heavy Russian accent and it’s a debate around the Archives if he’s doing it consciously or if it’s his Archivist powers - (It’s on purpose) - Martin is low-key waiting for the day when Jon is sleep-deprived enough that his Archivist powers think Comrade is Russian and starts to talk to him in fluent Russian without realising it

Thank you for putting up with my rambling about this cat that I have put more work into than the project I turned in this morning that was worth 30% of my lab grade. Have a bonus photo as a reward for making it to the end

[image id: same black and white cat, pushing up into my hand so that his eyes are all squinty and stretched out]