Draft: the big But I’m A Cat Person spoiler-knowledge chart!
I’m working on a big chart of Which Characters Know What Spoilers. Any readers want to help fill in some blank spaces?
Current as of this latest chapter…so if you haven’t read that far yet, don’t click the image!
Other feedback I’d like:
– Are there any characters whose knowledge you’d like to see tracked in those last two rows?
– Any other plot-relevant details that you think should have a column?
I might be changing heights and widths depending on what people ask for…or maybe I’ll straight-up swap rows with columns. (So it’s a good thing I didn’t fill in the whole thing yet, heh.)
If I knew more about Flash, I’d make a whole interactive chart, where you could click different characters/reveals and get little comparative graphs about who learned what when. Orrrr maybe that only sounds fun because I’ve been staring too much at Google Analytics lately.
Update (Sunday night): Version 2!
I went with the row/column swap. And instead of Dr. Rosen getting her own column, there’s now an “Other” column that includes relevant-but-poorly-informed parties like Rosen, Dr. Gaillard, Dr. Köhler, and Sparrow’s mom.
…given how much of this has been successfully kept from Walker, maybe I should fold her into the “Other” column. (Or maybe I’ll split that last chunk into 5 mini-columns, no details, just chapter numbers as applicable…)
The rows, meanwhile, are in the order of “when was this detail revealed to the readers?” And there’s a convenient split down the middle for the spine of a book.
New questions that readers can help with:
– Fill in the blank green boxes! When did those characters find out those things?
– What are the exact chapters when the readers found out these things? (The early ones are gimmes, but some are a bit more obscure.)
– Have Rosen, Gaillard, Köhler, and Mom Applebaum gotten in on any other secrets?
– Anything that should go in that one last row?
– Did I ever confirm whether Bennett knows what’s going on? I don’t want to impose any continuity errors…but I kinda feel like he doesn’t.
Off the top of my head, I can recall these things! I don’t remember exact chapter numbers, but I’ll do my best to note approximations of what was happening at the time in case it either helps you look things up or helps other readers recall chapter specifics:
>Bennett knows Cohen was the master of Patrick. He had his interns do their research, and Cohen confirmed and told him more as they bonded.
>I… think he was also told about ‘erasing the name off the contract’? After Sparrow spooked him and Cybele with the knowledge that it was possible, he confronted Cohen about it, and Cohen came clean – if not then, then he did so a little later.
>Speaking of; Bianca and Sparrow informed Timothy/Camellia & Reseda about ‘erasing the name of the contract’ I think around when the power went out that one time?
>Rosen knows about Cohen erasing his name, although I don’t know if she found out before or after 26. She like, just confronted Cohen about it. Holy heck.
>Walker, on the other hand, does not know- unless she found out somehow- because part of the plan is banking on Cohen pretending to still be Patrick’s master.
>Jany was told about Cohen being the old master (and maybe contract erasure?) when Bianca told her about what they knew about being research stuff in the US; because they wanted to keep her away from Cohen. She also knows that Bianca is the new master of Patrick.
>Timothy/Camellia, Mandy, and Cohen also know about Bianca being the new master of Patrick. Tim & Reseda found out when they met at the church, Mandy found out because she’s clingy as heck in the early story, and Cohen was informed shortly before Big Plan Go Time.
>Patrick, Bianca, Sparrow, Timothy/Camellia & Reseda, and Cohen know that Miranda is the master of Poe. Patrick and Bianca would have found out when Bianca first met Miranda (empty theater, production of Cats, I don’t recall the chapter); Sparrow was probably filled in afterwards; Tim and Reseda learned before or when they went to the graveyard to bargain, and Cohen was told in the Father/Daughter Bonding Incident when he mistook Mandy for gay.
>Sparrow knows that Bennett is the master of Cybele; Miranda told her shortly before Contract Modification 101 at the Cohen institute. I don’t think any of the others have been filled in, though.
>As such, Sparrow would know that Cybele was released, because process of elimination really. Can’t modify someone’s contract if they haven’t been released.
>All the main cast (Patrick, Bianca, Sparrow, Timothy/Camellia & Reseda, Mandy, Cohen, and I think Dr. Rosen?) would know Walker has beings kidnapped. The Sparrow/Patrick/Bianca trio found out from Jany shortly after Coromant Fight, and everyone else got roped in shortly afterwards.
>Honestly I’d be slightly concerned if the Beings didn’t know they were golems, unless they somehow forgot. Either way, the Beings connected to the cast who knows would probably know, unless they decided to keep it from them for some reason?
>Miranda definitely knows, since she took over research at her dad’s place. I dunno if she knew pre-series or not, but since she knows what her dad did to Patrick, and knew before the comic started, it is possible that she’s been aware of that this whole time.
>Bennett would also probably know! Since he saw Cybele taken apart into her Contract Form and all that.
As far as ‘people who might be interesting to have in this’, I’m kinda curious about Henrietta and Köhler’s knowledge base (since they’ve been roped into the plan and thus at the very least have some of this information), but I don’t know if anyone else is!
Bennett might not be wise enough to realize that Beings are golems based on seeing Cybele in Contract Form. And yes, the Beings themselves likely forget they are golems.
Regarding other spoilers, I would definitely add “knowing magic”, “knowing people can cast being magic” and “knowing about that knowledge sigil working”. Also, maybe we should add Sparrow’s mom, although only secret which would really be important if she knows is Sparrows dad …
Also, if you change the chart from image to something else, it would be nice if it would link to specific comic and not just chapter. In image it’s probably not worth it, unless you make it image map …
Being-related magic is public knowledge — Cohen did it on live TV with no reservations. But Miranda in particular has kept the skill secret for a long time, so I added a note for that.
Sparrow’s mom now gets a spot in the “Other” section!
Only Cohen and Rosen know about the knowledge sigil, so I’m not going to give that a whole column. Besides, it was revealed so recently that people won’t need a recap XD
Linking to all the specific pages would be a ton of work. I understand the appeal, but I make no promises…
This has been hugely helpful, thank you! The post has been edited to include Draft #2, and it has at least some data in every block.
I don’t think Henriette and Köhler know a whole lot, but they’re now in the last column as far as I can remember!
This coincidentally popped up in the “From the Archives” box, so here’s when Bennett got Contract Erasure Confirmation from Cohen:
http://www.bicatperson.com/comic/chapter-twenty-page-10/
Oh, cool! I think that’s the most useful that widget has ever been.
Not a character, but I’d be interested in seeing when the audience learnt stuff/it was revealed in comic if you have spare rows.
This is a good thought! I’m folding it in with the actual descriptions of the reveals.
I love this! Thanks so much!