#I JUST REALIZED THE DILUTE/NON-DILUTE THING THATS SO COOL

[dykesquirrelstar]

also! Moonpaw being canonically a chimera (with proof to back it up not just a statement) that means she's not a tortie!

she's just a self black cat and a red cat mixed together. which means she only passes on one of the two colours to future (if any) offspring.

and fun fact abt chimeras, the traits they pass on depend on which colour their reproductive organs are surrounded by. so if theyre orange she'll pass orange onto kits, if theyre black she'll pass black onto kits!

ALSO ALSO!! She looks like a cream/black chimera, since her red colouring seems to be lighter. which means half of her is diluted. which also is another note in the bucket for "real chimera" along with the eye colour