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Purebreds - Scourge

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Right, then we're halfway through our round of purebreedified (listen to my wonderful selfmade word xD) pretties~

And lo and behold, have my alterated Scourge. For he isn't much like himself, is he? ;)

The canon Scourge is not the worst among the cats when it comes to genetic faults, but there were certain things that had to go. First of all, his one white paw; similar to Squirrelflight, he can not have it either, as none of his parents display any white spotting, and it is something that should he have had it, would've been more symmetrical. Secondly, it was his eyes; blue. By default, a coloured cat cannot have blue eyes, which are colour'less' - see what I'm getting at? 
That does not mean there are not exceptions. There is the Ojos Azules mutation. And there are rare instances where cats are born with blue eyes, caused by genes not working properly and activating colour enzymes in the eyes. But the underline; it's RARE. And I will not use that wantonly when this series' aim is for realism. 

The fandom often implies that Scourge's white paw is the symbol of his brotherhood to Firestar. I personally find that rather silly. So in order to retain a sense of familiarity between them, one that is actually more obvious, I made Scourge an Abyssinian as well, inherited from their common father. And as the icing to the cake, his eyes are now identical to those of his half brother. If that doesn't speak of brotherly familiarity, nothing does. (The scars I put on him I suppose come from Tigerstar roughing him up. Considering the gravity of the assault it felt more natural this way~)

Lastly, you find no collar propped with teeth, or any claw enhancers either (anyone explain to me how that weird stuff worked?) because the focus of my series are their physical designs. Petty trinkets and housecat collars? I couldn't care less.

(c) Dearly disliked Erin Hunter
Art: Me

EDIT: Watermarked because I am goddamn tired of finding these all over the internet without so much as a puny link back to me.
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This is a really nice design, The take on the collar is interesting, the books do talk about how he disliked them but wore them anyways because it showed status, but it is funny to imagine this supposed gang death god almighty cat villain struggle to get dog teeth in there!

I hope you realize that white spotting  is a DOMINANT TRAIT in cats, right? That’s like someone saying two blue eyed/people/green eyed people can’t have a brown eyed baby- it happens, and it’s far more common than you’d think, (I know personally and of people who had to deal with cheating accusations only for DNA tests to prove the whole fight needless just because of eye colour in a baby) That said and out of the way, I do REALLY like your argument on why green eyes would suit him far more, from a brotherly standpoint. Also, my god the body structure, the stature, it’s so life like 🤩