You do realize male tigers massively outweigh and are much stronger than females, right?

I do! Travis however doesn't

Thank you for your eloquent and nuanced criticism on the lack of realism in this cartoon furry comic, the fandom really needs more kings like you. Keep it up champ.

/s

Sarcasm ill become you, whoever you are.

To be fair, it’s not like Travis has met anyone whose first instinct was to deck him… Right?

Personally, if someone struck your upper body (upper chest, shoulders, face, etc) from the front of you, while you were standing up unaware, you’d end up falling backwards, towards the direction you were struck from, yes?

Even if Travis were heavier, I don’t think he would keep standing if he didn’t want to fight.

Not just heavier, but considerably more muscular. Even if the exact size difference don't track in "anthro" form, he'd be something like 50 - 100 pounds heavier than the tigress, and most of that would be muscle.

True, but considering Travis said he “can’t hit a girl”, he’d probably would have just let himself fall down to resolve the issue, rather than fight over a “room” he doesn’t like.

I mean, say Travis didn’t fall down or he got back up, wouldn’t that lead to him getting punched again?

Maybe, but he should strike back and call it a greeting. This is just sexist violence against males being played off as humor. It's not funny. Imagine if he smashed her in the face in this instead of her. Also not funny.

Won't help when the male is an insecure, confused pushover

It might trigger a violent reaction, though. Especially if he has predatory instincts like, I don't know, a cat. :D

Even the cutest little kitty is at heart an obligate carnivore. That means they're born to kill things.

Except Travis wasn’t *born* a tiger. He’s self-conscious about his “exposed” body, he ran up a tree in fear of a cat less than half his size and got thrown out of the house by his mother. You’re not going to say a female human can lift the weight of a “real” person male tiger that’s taller than her, are you?

Basically this. It hasn't quite clicked in Travis's mind yet that he IS 500 lbs. of pure killing machine yet. (and yes, he is much larger and stronger than the female and would win pretty easily if he fought back) He's just had a lifetime of conditioning from his mom to be very passive and conflict-avoidant (which I've experience firsthand and have seen in several other IRL friendships). Dude just doesn't fight back. (unless you're lawn gnomes or a pot roast) I think all he really wants right now is to curl up into a little ball in the corner and have a nice good cry.

A lot of his story arc throughout the comic will be the lad discovering his inner (and outer) strength and making the most of his new lease on life. As for now, though, he's basically a big -ol scaredy-cat. He's also not used to tiger customs, where fighting is a form of play/bonding and getting to know each other. Keep in mind it's still day 1 as a tiger for Travis, and he's had quite the long day as well. He's tired, stressed, and exhausted from everything that's happened. Tigers are also built to sleep for 16 hours per day, and Travis hasn't gotten a good catnap in since he woke up this morning. So by this point he's probably getting sleepy as well (though he hasn't caught onto that yet)


There's lots of clips of smaller animals fending off bigger ones through intimidation or being extra aggressive, so I don't think it's crazy unnatural for the female, especially one who's an experienced fighter, to fend off a larger but more inexperienced Travis. We'll learn more about her in the next few comics :3

I just hope he hits her back one day, and hard. It's true that there are a few examples of smaller animals occasionally warding off a larger one, but that's largely got to do with the larger one not wanting to put the effort into fighting and/or killing the smaller one.

Even so, you'd think he'd realize that he could win easily if he fought, and that this fact would give him a self-confidence he hasn't had before. The only reason he wouldn't realize that is time, as you said he just turned into a tiger. Hopefully, he'll be asserting dominance within a week, two tops. :D

She can't. Any depiction of her being able to move an unrealistic amount of weight is just due to cartoon physics.

Smart strategy to stay down. He can’t be knocked over that way.

He can be pounced on though!

When it comes introducing a new feline to an established group, experience told me it was going to start with a dispute over dominance, but to go down *that* easily… Travis should consider himself lucky that no-one he knew was around to see it.

He probably might want to lodge a complaint with upper management and/or Lucius about being beat up by his “roommate” though…

He probably will, and Lucius will probably ignore it lol

Travis will have to get used to the life of a tiger for a long time.

He better start practicing his pouncing!

The question of dominance is already answered, I'm afraid...

Hey, maybe she'll let him have a corner to cry in