Research? Research is for losers. Or I'd guess that was how the average badfic perpetrator saw actually taking the time to actually look things up for their fanfics, anyway. If I was going to Sue myself up (not that I ever would) I'd go looking for less common cat breeds. With the exception of Manx and Persia, most of the cat breeds used for codenames aren't exactly all that well-known. I mean, I'd never heard of a Birman before I got into WK, and I thought Siberian was only used to refer to tigers.

If 'Calico' is a breed name, then so is 'Black With White Splotches'. My landlady's cat is a pedigree Black With White Splotches.

Yeah, I agree with you on the writing for fun thing. I couldn't see the fun in that either. It's not fun at all - it's just plain sadistic and done for the hell of it, which makes the scene both gratuitous and lame. It's enough to make me want to write as much Cute stuff for Ken as I can stand before my brain gives out. Just in reaction. He does not deserve that. And if you still remember it that vividly, I begin to see the attraction of Plot Contrivance Amnesia.

Heh. I started it. It's stupid. It's fluffy. It's going to have a kiss in it. See? I said that fic made me want to be cute. ^^