Happy Fathers Day!

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Happy Fathers Day!

1daard23
Edited: Jun 16, 2025, 12:42 am

A murder of crows...a Pournelle of Kzins.

2bam2001
Edited: Jun 16, 2025, 3:12 am

The children's hour, eh? What does that remind me of...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgUpBTJsapE

(Never should have agreed to babysit.)

3EndofDiskOne
Jun 16, 2025, 3:41 pm

I wouldn't like to buy shoes for a Kzin, based on this illustration.

4GSSex-noob
Jun 17, 2025, 3:07 am

That doesn't just look like a hair dryer on the hip, it is one. Really needed with all that hair and fur.

But he seems to be genuinely afraid of the kittens.

Points for lack of hair on ears.

5Hammy_JLK
Jun 19, 2025, 7:30 pm

>4 GSSex-noob: Based on the rectangular shape of the butt of that hair dryer, it is missing the rechargable battery. Makes it kinda useless.

Is it the kits Dad's scared of, or that serrated thing sticking out of the trussed-up rock?

6GSSex-noob
Jun 20, 2025, 4:33 pm

>5 Hammy_JLK: Why IS the rock trussed up? This cover gets even worse.

If he keeps going on the vector he's got, he's liable to spike himself.

7ScoLgo
Jun 20, 2025, 5:01 pm

>6 GSSex-noob: 🎶 It came in like a wrreeecking baaalll! 🎶

I like the idea that it is a piece of siege equipment and papa-kzin is swooping in to protect the kiddens.

Also... does pop-pop have a rat-tail?

8Hammy_JLK
Jun 20, 2025, 6:57 pm

>6 GSSex-noob: Judging by how the kits are observing the scene, semi-hiding behind other rocks, it wouldn't surprise me that they trussed up the rock there, after having noticed the fissure that juuuuuust fits the spiky blade.

"Hey, let's watch how Dad reacts to *this!* It'll be a scream!"

Kinda like the Kzin version of TikTok videos....

9GSSex-noob
Edited: Jun 23, 2025, 7:09 pm

>8 Hammy_JLK: That's exactly the expression on their faces.

@ScoLgo: I think that's also true to the description; despite being tigeroid, their ears and tail are bare of fur.

No, I don't know why; I've neither looked it up nor bothered to ask Larry.