Why are people still reading "Pets" and "Pets: Rebellion"? It's bad enough that they're reading "Pets" but the much, much worse sequel too? I really don't understand why they like it. Actually, I don't know why any of them don't comment on how bad or good it is. There is a single comment of any of the stories my 15yr old brain created and spat out, but in a more horrendous fashion.
I had to delete an entire chapter because it was technically filler, and I didn't want it to be canon at all because of the mistake called incest. Some people may remember it, but I certainly hope they don't. I made this story when I was younger, and after reading back on it now, I definitely had to pull the god forsaken chapter out. In Pets, there are a ton of mistakes that I wish I hadn't made.
It has potential to be a story about animal cruelty or something, but it turned into the most backwards, improperly paced thing I've ever read. It goes too fast, and there is hardly any details at all, which makes sense because I didn't want to tire myself out with writing at the time. There are also moments in the story where it just doesn't make sense at all from a random person's perspective. It's sort of like this story was made for me, and me only.
Of course, I tried to edit some things but "Pets" fried my brain when I tried to edit it. There's a certain part of the story that I just won't stop thinking about for some reason. It's when Blossom died. Actually, it's Blossom as a character. She is so one dimensional it hurts, and she hates her brothers and father for no apparent reason. However, she only expresses this a few times in the story because she has so little "screen time" in the entire book.
Not only does she have very little screen time, but so does all of the other kittens and the main characters themselves. I say the main characters as well because we hardly get to know them. For the most part, we get "Jet is a very bad cat and is obsessed with his boyfriend". We do get to see a little of who Rudy is, for instance, he is still a bit of a child, and retains most of that Innocence. He's also kind in nature, and will put the people he cares about above his own life.
Unfortunately, that production gets thrown away and is only seen in some slivers of text. What also bothers me is that some of the main themes here is sex and getting kidnapped by humans. There's also the main plot, but we'll get to that in a moment. The first thing we're introduced to is auctions for the humans that share physical and mental genetics with animals. Cats and dogs are only animals mentioned "Pets", but in "Pets: Rebellion", wild foxes and other wild animals are mentioned, but no other genetically modified humans.
From what I can explain, these auctions are very dangerous for the "pets". Their fate is determined if their new owner is a kind soul who wants a friend, or an absolute dunce who wants to get his noodle wet. The fact that there are auctions suggests that there's human trafficking and social injustice for the pets, which is absolutely true.
This shows especially later on in the story with the pets living in alleyways with cats or dogs, hiding away from the humans. Beyond the auctions are the higher members of the society in this world, which has a name. According to what I've written and am now currently editing, the planet they live on isn't even Earth. They live on a fantasy planet called Nalo, and this entire part of the world where "Pets" and "Pets: Rebellion" takes place is what people on this planet call "The Slums".
Anyway, the higher members of The Slums are corrupt, especially to their pets. They teach their pets how to act around them, and other members of the higher society. This includes keeping their heads down, and never speaking unless spoken to. It also includes doing whatever their master asks of them, keeping their master safe at all costs, and never calling anyone by their real name. Instead, they would have to call them sir, ma'am, or master.
Hm, yes. Slaves. Of course, this practice is encouraged by the other members of the higher society. Now, this is further into the story and is directly entangled within the plot, but there is also a laboratory where pets get manually and scientifically created, and tested on by humans. Animals already have a natural way of turning into what a pet really is. Unfortunately, this is only seen by cats in the book.
It has something to do with the blessing of "the magic of the moon" and "the power of the sun". This isn't explained in the book, but it does show that it can just happen naturally to animals at a young age. In the story, it's also said that sometimes the process doesn't work. Most of this information is on a totally separate note, which means I probably wrote it after I finished "Pets".
If all of this sounds crazy, wait until we get to the plot. Oh, sweet jesus the main conflicts. We're introduced to our main character, Rudy. He's blind to the world because he grew up in a facility or something, it isn't that evaluated. He gets auctioned off to a rich guy's butler and is brought back to a mansion. The son of the house, Tim which I hope is short or Timothy. We also meet his father, who is definitely important later on.
His father is of the higher society, so he forcibly taught Rudy to behave. This isn't that elaborate in the first part of the story, but it sort of will be later on. There's a time skip, and Rudy knows how to behave now, but he doesn't act that way in front of Tim. His father finds out and lets them off easy, but Tim is forced to go outside with his friends. We then meet the bunch of characters that kill my soul.
There's Jack and his dog pet Cleo, and Tony with his pet cat Jet. I cannot stress this enough, but Tony is the absolute worst twist villain ever. Moving on, Rudy makes new friends and after the friends leave, Rudy gets punished for having his head up. In the next chapter, Rudy is in the damn basement. He escaped through a conveniently huge ventilation system, and crawled over to Tim's room. When Tim gets Rudy out of the vent, he notes that for some god forsaken reason, his father told him that Rudy ran away. I honestly don't know why.
Part two will come soon.. read the story yourself if you'd like, but I don't recommend it.