by @marathemara

The Land of Little Cubes and Tea (hereafter LOLCAT, because a Leijon without cat puns is one sad kitty) is a lovely little candyland planet, with mountains made of sugar cubes and rivers of tea flowing from the teapots at their peaks. Sometimes a giant cat hides in one or another of them, Vodka Mutini-style. It’s all very cute and relaxing-looking.



But wait, you say, isn’t this place too relaxing? Given Nepeta’s reputation as a fearsome hunter, shouldn’t she get a more violent planet? Maybe something inhabited by giant hearts, since she’s a Heart player, the way Sollux’s planet has brains and Karkat’s has oceans of blood?

First of all, that’s gross. Second, LOLCAT holds plenty of danger for Nepeta to test herself against. The local underlings, though mostly a harmless-looking pink, are big and ferocious; and even the terrain itself may not be as stable as it looks.

Little cubes everywhere sounds like treacherous footing, especially if they’re constantly being eroded and dissolved by rivers of tea. As far as going for walks is concerned, I prefer the Minecraft version of LOLCAT, as it’s less likely there that an underground tea river will suddenly pull the ground out from under my feet. But the real Land of Little Cubes and Tea is well suited to Nepeta, because it’s exactly as dangerous as she is.