❝Where did it go?❞ Character you're applying for: ☆Canyonkit! As soon as I saw her, I immediately got ideas for her character and knew I had to apply :00 ❝Where did I leave?❞ Personality (Simplified) {+} Confident, courageous, brave {=} Assertive, Ambitious, Blunt {-} Rebellious, impulsive, apathetic Personality (Detailed) ★Canyonkit is a very confident kit, being very sure of her choices and decisions without even a shadow of doubt. She is a courageous cat and laughs in the face of danger, wanting to put on a brave face to seem tougher to others than she really is. Quite assertive, Canyonkit isn't afraid to stand up and let other cats know what she thinks of certain things, good or bad. Canyon is also extremely ambitious, wanting to have a big impact on the clans and be remembered for years through stories, good or bad. Canyonkit isn't one to sugarcoat or exaggerate things. She believes that a straightforward and blunt answer is much better than trying to beat around the bush. This bluntness can lead to apathy, which also leads to her having a hard time making connections with others. Canyonkit's ambition and confidence makes it hard to think before she does, often resulting in brash and impulsive decisions. Canyon can be very rebellious. Finding it hard to put her emotions into words sometimes, she will instead act out and cause chaos. ❝Where'd I go?❞ Future gender + pronouns: ☆Canyonkit will be a cis female and use she/her pronouns throughout her life Future Sexuality: ★Canyonkit will be demisexual with an attraction to male and non-binary cats ❝I just want my mind to be a clear glass❞ Previous RP experience: ☆I've been roleplaying on scratch for all of the three years I've been here! I was in a lot of small, now-abandoned wcrps along with having three characters (Two of which are alive) in The Silver Shores wcrp which I am still very active in! I had a gens cat, Candytuftkit, in MC a while back, but she was unfortunately killed off after sneaking out of camp. ❝Clear glass with nothing in my head❞ Research: ★in N + C! ❝I keep thinkin', "Surely, somebody will save me❞ Activity level: ☆my overall activity level for rps during the school year is around a 7/10 due to homework and extracurricular activities, but I should be more of a 9/10 in the summer! ❝Or like a bug floating in the melted amber of a citronella candle❞ Other: ★ Canyonkit will be a very playful and carefree kit until Spoonbill dies. Then, to distract herself from the sudden shock and grief, she will distance herself from others, including her siblings, and put on a rebellious and aloof facade. Inside, she's grieving and unsure of how to handle it, so instead, she just masks it with distance. Family Dynamics: ☆ Spoonbill: Canyonkit will immediately become attached to her mother, idolizing and looking up to her after she takes her and her siblings in. After they pass, Canyonkit will become more rebellious and distant, not knowing how else to handle her grief, even if she only knew Spoonbill for a short time. She looks forward to the dream visits and lets her guard down when Spoonbill appears in dreams. ★ Siblings: Canyonkit will be very protective of her siblings, pulling pranks on them and causing trouble before their mother's death and then growing more distant after the fact. Trivia: ☆Likes: Any shade of blue anything, really large fish of any kind partly-cloudy days and rain midnight swims when she's older dewy, foggy mornings ★Dislikes: Super sunny and hot days Mice/other rodents large groups of cats super loud or consistent noises ☆Love language: gift-giving :3 ★Dominant paw: Left! ❝I will float until my mind is like a clear wax❞ (Side note: this is my first time making a project application for a litter, so please let me know if I missed something or did anything wrong!) Credits: ❝ Clear wax, melted in the dome (pa-pa-pa)❞
★Research for bobtail/ how it will affect Canyon: Bobtails, a trait that can sometimes be found in cats, are due to a genetic mutation found in the feline T, Brachyury gene. This mutation affects the vertebrae found in the tail, leading to a reduced tail length and sometimes fused vertebrate. They usually appear slightly curved or kinked, which differs from that of a cat with Manx syndrome. Bobtails and Manx syndrome are not the same thing, which is a common misconception among people. The lack of a full-length tail, which is commonly used for balance, can lead to issues when finding and keeping balance. Similarly, the lack of vertebrae in the spine can lead to spinal problems later on in life and sometimes neurological abnormalities due to the central nervous system running a long the length of a cat's spine. However, neurological side-effects are usually more common in cats with the same mutation but with no tail at all. Bobtail cats are also known to have an increased risk of kidney problems and the growth of cysts in one or both kidneys. Additionally, hip dysplasia, osteoarthritis in a lax hip joint is found to be quite common in cats with bobtails, as the mutation which affects the growth of their spine can also affect that of their hip joint. Along with All of these, back pain will start to develop slowly moon by moon. All of these side-effects will start to become more prominent as Canyonkit's life goes on. Arthritis and back pains will start to take hold around 40-50 moons and increase, becoming quite painful for her as she reaches elder age. Because of the balancing issues that come with having a bobtail, Canyonkit will often find it hard to hunt and maintain balance when pouncing on prey. It will also be harder for Canyon to keep her balance when fighting, which she I'll likely learn during playfights with other kits. Let me know if you want anymore research or would like me to elaborate on anything ^^ Sources: ☆ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3848309/ ☆ https://www.bioguardlabs.com/breed-related-disease-american-bobtail/ ☆ https://cfa.org/breed/american-bobtail/
