what...is a jingle bell cat? (CATS musical OOC/Planning thread)

yea yeah yeah yeah yeha

i'm not sure how to do this so i guess i'll just...toss some ideas at the wall and see what sticks?

how literally-cat did we want to play this? i think anything from "frequently refers to the humans they live with" to "functionally human themselves, just with tails" could be fun, so it's up to y'all! i will say that the idea someone mentioned in the main thread about kind of werewolf-y shifter cats sounded fun, but i'm game for just about anything :p

and while i definitely have a preference for misto, i think i could reliably play him, macavity, tugger, coricopat and/or tantomile, or mmmmmaybe munkustrap or demeter, so i don't wanna be a butt and dibs my fave right away unless we decide to use subaccounts

in which case i may have acted Too Hastily in my urge to shitpost

also if people want, should i go ahead and provide the "three words" for characters from the casting calls? they're a set of words given to the actors to influence how they play their character and might be helpful :0c

WHO'S WHO:

• @cassikat is playing mistoffelees
• @Birdy is playing jemima
• @dky is playing pouncival
• @raybot is playing alonzo
• @keltka is playing etcetera
• @Salted Earth is playing grizabella
• @seed is playing macavity

 

post the three words

 

YES DO IT POST THEM

 

provided with images to tie names to faces, not every character gets one so i'll list what we know about those

Spoiler: admetus/plato

friendly, easygoing, protective

Spoiler: alonzo

vain, uncertain, bravado

Spoiler: asparagus

frail, wise, historied

Spoiler: bill bailey/tumblebrutus

chaotic, imprudent, funny

Spoiler: bombalurina

generous, voluptuous, frank

Spoiler: bustopher jones

foppish, gluttonish, dapper

Spoiler: carbucketty/pouncival

acrobatic, energetic, accident-prone

Spoiler: cassandra

haughty, disdainful, aloof

Spoiler: coricopat

telepathic, unruffled, instinctive

Spoiler: demeter

skittish, cautious, paranoid

Spoiler: electra

adolescent, inquisitive, daring

Spoiler: etcetera

she didn't get three words, but she's the kitten who does the drawn out squeal at tugger and the one on the trapeze, so i imagine she's chipper, excitable, and acrobatic

Spoiler: grizabella

proud, hurt, indomitable

Spoiler: jellylorum

practical, busy, and depending on the production, cheery or dour

Spoiler: jemima/sillabub

innocent, compassionate, young, or dreamy, yearning, curious

Spoiler: jennyanydots

motherly, controlling, contended

Spoiler: macavity

hypnotic, jealous, dangerous

Spoiler: mistoffelees/quaxo

competitive, neat, electric

Spoiler: mungojerrie

mischievous, rambunctious, ne'er-do-well

Spoiler: munkustrap

imposing, energetic, courageous

part one because i hit image limit

 

part two yeehaw

Spoiler: old deuteronomy

wise, commanding, spiritual

Spoiler: rum tum tugger

vain, perverse, inconsequent or cocky

Spoiler: rumpleteazer

mischievous, rambunctious, ne'er-do-well

Spoiler: skimbleshanks

caring, bright, self-regarding, or punctual, proud, energetic

Spoiler: tantomile

telepathic, suspicious, sensitive

Spoiler: victoria

young, inhibited, inquisitive

 

@cassikat I think something glitched with Jemina D:

 

@keltka HGHSFHJ i thought i fixed it but it might be acting up on my end, can you refresh and tell me what it's doing?

 

it looks fine for me

 

@cassikat It's all good on my side!! I might've just seen it before you fixed it ^ ^

 

NICE

 

maybe I can be jemim?

jemim a cute

 

im super intersted!!! but.... unsure if i know enough about the characters not to do stuff incredibly OOC? Anxieté

 

@Birdy yell heah! :D

@raybot hmmm, cats is pretty loosey goosey with characterization, but if it would help you could maybe bounce your ideas off the thread and see if everyone thinks you're IC?

 

I'm kinda considering going for one of the kittens...Victoria, Electra, and Etcetera, right?

 

@keltka yeah! the tom kittens are pouncival and tumblebrutus and dubiously misto, but them's the girls

 

alonzo is cute, i could try rping him?

 

Aaaaa tiny kitties. If someone else wants first grab at them, I can wait, but Definitely one of the kittens

 

@raybot HELLL YEAAAAH

since no one's said anything about misto i think i'll nab that good good sparkly boy

 

@dky can't get to a computer rn, but he wants me to let y'all know he's thinking about either tugger or pouncival!

would it be a good idea after everyone picks to do a paragraph or so on how they're gonna write their guy? just 'cause there's so much room to go off of, it might help everyone to see ahead of time what we're doin'

 

i think that's a good idea