Expi

Expi Feliton is one of the main characters of The Two Cats. She is a cat who is introverted, but at heart is creative, imaginative and loving towards others. She seeks to one day achieve success with her works. However, she tends to have anxiety after growing up with a disfunctional family and can sometimes make a big deal over a small situation. Her main priority for now is to help Mariko, and make sure they are both living a good, comfortable life. She enjoys reading, writing, drawing, cartoons and politics.

Design
Expi is a tall, purple cat with dark purple hair with turquoise highlights and a turquoise tip on her tail. She sports a blue shirt with a rose and wears pink glasses. Her original design did not have any clothes or glasses, however in her summer 2018 redesign she was given these features. Her 2018 redesign also showed "Democratic Socialists of Paitoca" lettering under the rose, which was shown throughout the first season (even referenced in Stop Thief!), however this was removed in 2020 to simplify the character and make her easier to animate, as well as to remove any stigma surrounding the political nature of the character.

Relationship with Mariko
Expi's relationship with Mariko started out as a friendship while in high school, but later developed into a lesbian pair as Expi started to notice she started to have affection towards Mariko as her high school year went on.

Family Life
In The Journal and Moving Out, it was revealed that Expi's parents had been in a dysfunctional relationship. This reached it's peak when during one of their fights, Expi called the police on her dad after hearing a crashing sound from their bedroom. While her dad wasn't arrested and no charges were pressed, Expi's mom had forced him to leave, meaning they were separating and getting divorced. Due to Expi's mom not being able to afford their house without their father's pay, her family ends up driving to their aunt and uncle's apartment in New Yolk City. Expi then began feeling guilt about this situation, thinking she tore her family apart and was the reason why they moved. However, it is revealed that her parents' relationship was having issues even before then, and her mother tells her that her calling the police was "if anything, a wakeup call" to her.

Trivia

 * Expi's name was originally derived from the Microsoft operating system "Windows XP." ExpitheCat, the creator, wanted to make a fursona that had a computer-based name like some of his friends, and eventually settled on the name of "Expi."
 * This was referenced in the first picture of her redesign, where the background is a blurred version of the "Bliss" background. Her 2021 "default" picture also shows elements of the "Bliss" wallpaper.
 * When the original plans for The Two Cats were being drafted, Expi was more similar to Mariko in terms of personality and vice versa, but they ended up switching personalities over time in order to make more sense of the overall story.