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[staranise]

Just how widespread is the fanon that Kent Parson has a cat?

So far I've seen Kit Purrson from Idrilka's Maybe I'm Waking Up mentioned a few places, plus original cats like in Misandrywitch's Angles of Unfair Advantage and this fanart

But the only thing I've seen from Ngozi addressing it is when she calls it "the opposite of canon on every level." And I'm kind of heartbroken that it might not actually happen.

Is there possibly just a critical mass of people who believe in Kent's cat hard enough that we can just ignore canon and float away of our own volition?

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[cesy]

It is such common fanon that I didn't realise it wasn't canon.

[staranise]

Additional Parse headcanon: He's a foodie and he likes to cook. When Parse Instagrams himself in his apartment making cookies with Taylor Swift Bitty is FINE, okay, he is NOT JEALOUS and TOTALLY FINE. He already knew they were friends! (The entire world knows they're friends. Taylor responds to questions about their "relationship" by laughing and saying, "I could never go out with him! Our cats hate each other.")

But two weeks later he and his apartment appear on an episode of My Drunk Kitchen and Bitty is swiftly and unexpectedly nOT OKAY WITH THIS??? And spends two weeks muttering and huffing and even at his most in denial and oblivious Jack has to laugh and reel him in for a hug and tell him to leave it alone and join the club because he just DOES casually achieve the life goals of other people. That's his THING. "Do you want a selfie baking with me?"

Bitty doesn't post it. It's a little too embarrassing and revealing. But he has it and nobody else does and that is a great comfort.

[grammarwoman]

*wishing for a kudos button for comments* :)

[seraphina_snape]

I'd say very widespread. It's just one of those things. Kent Parson, Aces Captain, anime eyes, has a cat.

I feel like I've read a lot of fics where he has a cat.

[exbex]

Notes on 3.7: "This is Bitty’s story, so we’re not totally privy to what will happen to Kent Parson during the rest of Bitty’s junior year. Maybe he’ll work on himself and adopt a Maine Coon or something. Kent Purrson (Jr.) has a nice ring to it?"

I mean, Troy is still being called Swoops eh?