Readers of Oops already know of my motley crew of cats... probably. lol They are all characters in my comic.
Socrates, Cassanova, Aristotle or Socs, Cass, Ares for short.
They are the gryphons in Oops.
He's no longer with us but still fondly remembered. He's named after the old tv show hero, Zorro, because of his mask. He was a Snowshoe cat, which are really smart/loving cats that with act like ragdolls when you pick them up. He used to steal silk flowers from a high up vase and leave them by my bed at night. XD
Socrates is a BIG cat. Not fat but just big for a normal house cat. He's named after the Greek philosopher Socrates and is actually a deep thinker in real life. His idea of play is to sit in the middle of the playing field and wait for prey to come to him. We adopted Socs from the Humane's Society because we fell in love with the way he sadly mooed at us in his cage. (it was a deep moo sounding meow)
Aristotle or Ares (the god of war) for short, is also named after a philosopher who was the student of Plato who was the student of Socrates. Aristotle, the philosopher had many conflicting ideas compared to Socrates (where Socrates lend more positive and idealistic, Aristotle was more of a cynical realist). This wasn't really the case between the two cats though. Ares LOVED Socs (just like in the comic).
[side story of how we adopted Ares] Jeramy and I had just finished a weekend at a comic convention and were driving home. We stopped at a Burger King to grab some quick dinner and upon leaving I saw a lady dropping a small less than 6 week old kitten in the bushes. He became apart of our family because the Humane's Society wouldn't accept a stray and Animal Control would have killed him. He lived a happy fulfilled life with us for 3 yrs till he passed away last August.
Cassanova, lives up to his name. He's a fluffy sweetheart. At the Humane's Society, he did a super special kitty dance when we first locked eyes (it was a sign that we were meant to be together).
And Cerin is the latest kitty to join our family. His name is Gaelic for Little Dark one. He hasn't yet made it into the comic series, but one day. XD [new character spoilers]
Yes! All our cats came with names too from the Humane's society but we didn't keep any of their previous names. They were terrible.
Zorro was Phillip
Socrates was Blanca
Cassanova was King Kong
Cerin was Billy
Ares is the exception. He's always been Ares lol
Also that picture of Pip is super adorable! OuO