I think this is a good example to explain what i mean by "this is becoming one of My AUs" 😂

This one is for the various Tigress Adopts AUs (Kung Fu Panda)

I decided i would prefer if Tigress adopted another cat, one thats medium to extra large sized (like her). So i found out every cat and/or cat subspecies currently native to China. Then i had to find pictures because i didnt know what they looked like, and the pictures had to show me the full body (which is actually not easy to find). Then i realized i couldnt tell the cat's height in all these photos, so i looked up how long each cat was. AND THEN i found out half of the measurements included the tail so i had to look everything up AGAIN and in some cases do the math, guess based on the tail, and metric to imperial conversions myself. So i have that done. I realize to calculate the height of the animal standing on its back legs i need its leg measurements. GOOGLE AGAIN. Then i do the math (shoulder height + body length = standing upright height).

(This is before i added the shoulder height and double checked the math)

I google giant panda and do the math again but for Po. Pandas are 7-8ft tall when standing upright. We know Po is taller than Tigress, which would mean she would have to be a small Indochinese or South China tiger. I chose South China because they're smaller (7ft).

Now i have a base measurement - 7ft. I choose the cats i think will be around that size and calculate their minimum and maximum heights (based off both male and female heights).

I then made a graph

(Po would be 8ft if Tigress is 7ft, so pretend Po has a solid line and not dotted at the top)

At this point i have no idea how many hours have gone into this. At least 3 was dedicated just to finding the measurements and doing the math (which may or may not be correct. Im notoriously bad at math and who knows if the measurements were right in the first place 🤷🏼‍♀️)

I decided to eliminate all the minimum heights (too short). And ended up eliminating Asian Golden Cat, but i dont know which cat to choose yet. Tbh i think its gonna come down to looking at baby pics and choosing the cutest one

And i did all this for a AU in my head i have absolutely no intention of writing at all outside of bullet points. Thats what i mean by "my AUs"

Forgot to say: i disregarded all the tigers and the snow leopard as options for the child simply because we have already seen them in canon. I wanted to do something different (and not give Shifu flashbacks if Tigress brought a baby snow leopard home)

"Tbh i think its gonna come down to looking at baby pics and choosing the cutest one"

Yeah so here we are:

And another option i forgot to consider

If i pick bengal tiger he/she is gonna grow up to be HUGE

I was leaning towards panther, and i thought the CL's tail could be a cool thing to integrate into kung fu training since its about the size of the actual cat. But now im leaning towards lynx or white tiger.

What the narrowing down process looks like lol

While im doing this i started thinking of reasons why Tigress would consider adopting this individual (outside the big scary cat orphan parallels):

I think this is a good example to explain what i mean by "this is becoming one of My AUs" 😂

This one is for the various Tigress Adopts AUs (Kung Fu Panda)

I decided i would prefer if Tigress adopted another cat, one thats medium to extra large sized (like her). So i found out every cat and/or cat subspecies currently native to China. Then i had to find pictures because i didnt know what they looked like, and the pictures had to show me the full body (which is actually not easy to find). Then i realized i couldnt tell the cat's height in all these photos, so i looked up how long each cat was. AND THEN i found out half of the measurements included the tail so i had to look everything up AGAIN and in some cases do the math, guess based on the tail, and metric to imperial conversions myself. So i have that done. I realize to calculate the height of the animal standing on its back legs i need its leg measurements. GOOGLE AGAIN. Then i do the math (shoulder height + body length = standing upright height).

(This is before i added the shoulder height and double checked the math)

I google giant panda and do the math again but for Po. Pandas are 7-8ft tall when standing upright. We know Po is taller than Tigress, which would mean she would have to be a small Indochinese or South China tiger. I chose South China because they're smaller (7ft).

Now i have a base measurement - 7ft. I choose the cats i think will be around that size and calculate their minimum and maximum heights (based off both male and female heights).

I then made a graph

(Po would be 8ft if Tigress is 7ft, so pretend Po has a solid line and not dotted at the top)

At this point i have no idea how many hours have gone into this. At least 3 was dedicated just to finding the measurements and doing the math (which may or may not be correct. Im notoriously bad at math and who knows if the measurements were right in the first place 🤷🏼‍♀️)

I decided to eliminate all the minimum heights (too short). And ended up eliminating Asian Golden Cat, but i dont know which cat to choose yet. Tbh i think its gonna come down to looking at baby pics and choosing the cutest one

And i did all this for a AU in my head i have absolutely no intention of writing at all outside of bullet points. Thats what i mean by "my AUs"

Forgot to say: i disregarded all the tigers and the snow leopard as options for the child simply because we have already seen them in canon. I wanted to do something different (and not give Shifu flashbacks if Tigress brought a baby snow leopard home)

"Tbh i think its gonna come down to looking at baby pics and choosing the cutest one"

Yeah so here we are:

And another option i forgot to consider

If i pick bengal tiger he/she is gonna grow up to be HUGE

I was leaning towards panther, and i thought the CL's tail could be a cool thing to integrate into kung fu training since its about the size of the actual cat. But now im leaning towards lynx or white tiger.

A/N in a fic: i was gonna have Tigress purr but it turns out tigers cant purr and that makes me sad :(

Me: oh yeah i forgot about that. They chuff though. Im not sure what chuffing means actually

Me: *runs to google*

So chuffing is a happy sound!! You can have Tigress chuff in your fics if you want! I think id be cute to read a fic where she greets the Five + Po by chuffing after they've been apart for a while. You could take it and make it another way Tigress feels alienated from others (have "normal" kfp cats purr). I have a personal headcanon she adopts a baby at some point and i can just imagine her holding the baby and rocking to sleep while making this sound

Supposably snow leopards (Tai Lung) can make this sound, so Shifu would definitely know this sound

Theres tons of youtube videos on this sound. It sounds like a mix of a breathy snort, humming, and like a super quiet "grrr" roaring/growl sound

Bonus:

(People thinks she's mad but its just how she smiles ☺️)

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But i also have to say: you can have Tigress purr! This is fanfic. Its literally designed because we dont like something in canon so we're changing it! No one stopping you from having a character purr! Do what you want its your fic 😘

I think this is a good example to explain what i mean by "this is becoming one of My AUs" 😂

This one is for the various Tigress Adopts AUs (Kung Fu Panda)

I decided i would prefer if Tigress adopted another cat, one thats medium to extra large sized (like her). So i found out every cat and/or cat subspecies currently native to China. Then i had to find pictures because i didnt know what they looked like, and the pictures had to show me the full body (which is actually not easy to find). Then i realized i couldnt tell the cat's height in all these photos, so i looked up how long each cat was. AND THEN i found out half of the measurements included the tail so i had to look everything up AGAIN and in some cases do the math, guess based on the tail, and metric to imperial conversions myself. So i have that done. I realize to calculate the height of the animal standing on its back legs i need its leg measurements. GOOGLE AGAIN. Then i do the math (shoulder height + body length = standing upright height).

(This is before i added the shoulder height and double checked the math)

I google giant panda and do the math again but for Po. Pandas are 7-8ft tall when standing upright. We know Po is taller than Tigress, which would mean she would have to be a small Indochinese or South China tiger. I chose South China because they're smaller (7ft).

Now i have a base measurement - 7ft. I choose the cats i think will be around that size and calculate their minimum and maximum heights (based off both male and female heights).

I then made a graph

(Po would be 8ft if Tigress is 7ft, so pretend Po has a solid line and not dotted at the top)

At this point i have no idea how many hours have gone into this. At least 3 was dedicated just to finding the measurements and doing the math (which may or may not be correct. Im notoriously bad at math and who knows if the measurements were right in the first place 🤷🏼‍♀️)

I decided to eliminate all the minimum heights (too short). And ended up eliminating Asian Golden Cat, but i dont know which cat to choose yet. Tbh i think its gonna come down to looking at baby pics and choosing the cutest one

And i did all this for a AU in my head i have absolutely no intention of writing at all outside of bullet points. Thats what i mean by "my AUs"

Forgot to say: i disregarded all the tigers and the snow leopard as options for the child simply because we have already seen them in canon. I wanted to do something different (and not give Shifu flashbacks if Tigress brought a baby snow leopard home)