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Jan Special: Valerie, Snep By Snep
🕑 Added 2024-01-12 17:22:01 +0000 UTCFor our January special I encourage everyone to grow the heck up with our favorite tragedy cat, Valerie Jane Firn!
Kitten Val: Is there anything more precious in this world than teeny baby cub Val? I'll wait.
Kid Val: Our heroine's life as a Dickensonian urchin. Well, close enough. Her parents were starving artist poor and had to dress her in free clothes from the outreach bin. Mom or Dad probably made her diving beetle doll by hand (I didn't say they were very good at it).
Teen Val: Is she really goth or just a sadsack? Teen Val was a bit too loyal to her parents to be truly subversive, but she still did her due diligence at St. Charlies Thrift and the Piercing Pagoda. "IT'S NOT JUST A PHASE MOM oh god Mama I'm so sorry for yelling"
Youngblood Val: Her parents scraped the couch cushions and public fountains for change until they could send their kitten to St. Charlies University, where she found success and fulfillment on the swim team (she IS half diving beetle, after all). Maybe I should have drawn her with wet fur. I don't know, I don't sport.
Val Today: Having peaked in college and currently finding herself stuck in a middle management job she hates, Val has matured in to the hangdog cat we all know and love. Is there anything more precious in this world than teeny 40-something Val? I'll wait.
When We Fly (c)Kae
Comments
Must Love Frogs
That Manic Panic isn't just for manes!
Rachel Terwilliger
I very very very very very much appreciate that in her teen form, her spots are dyed too. Excellent detail.
Must Love Frogs
There's got to be a way! There's life after college, dear Val!
Must Love Frogs
I love your enthusiasm, and thanks for asking! Valerie went to college for business because her parents believed she would get the most bang for her buck. They so wanted her to avoid their level of poverty, and she hadn't the heart to tell them she had no interest in being a business cat. Valerie has only ever really been passionate about her sport, and you can't major in "swim". She keeps her loathed claims manager job because she is desperate to have her own money, despite the fact that Red could easily support them both (and Kittiwake). At present, Val is beside herself and does not know what would bring her fulfillment. Don't give up, Val!
Tineid
Oof, that one smile makes the rest so much more crushing. Hopefully she can someday find how to recapture just a bit of that joy.
Lopoddity
Ps. No pressure, but I'd love to see this sort of age insight thing with other characters!
Lopoddity
Omg I LOVE this?? ❤️ Look at her. Look at her ginormous goth pants. And wow is it wild to see young Val grinning ear to ear! And also sad, ha. I wonder what she dreamed of she'd do with her life back then? I believe you mentioned she studied business, did she have a specific goal in mind with that? Perhaps a dream of launching her own business? Or did she just kinda drift into her current job? What change to her life would make Val happy now? Does she even know?
Must Love Frogs
<3 <3 <3
owlcoholik
I love her so much…
Jonathan
I'm glad she kept them.
Must Love Frogs
She's living for the CURE!
Must Love Frogs
You bet! She often admires them and cries!
Badguy101
I am LIVING for Goth Val.
Jonathan
Kitty Val is WAY too precious. And cool job on the swim team! Does she still have that medal and/or other trophies she might've won?
RaptorC
Us: "we love you Val! Your precious!" Val: " Who the hell are you people? How did you get in here!!?? I'm calling the cops!"
