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Exalted isn't just a game for perverts who like lore, it's for absolute sickoes who like lore that's backed up by game mechanics.

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I have a hypothesis about cats, and I call it the Guy-Creature Spectrum. Basically, all cats fall somewhere between being a guy and a creature. This is not necessarily a new idea, I have simply put it into pseudo-academic language to give it an air of authority. I will demonstrate this hypothesis using my own two cats, who occupy opposite ends of this spectrum.

This is Misty.

Misty is literally a whole guy. When I look into her eyes, I see an entire soul. It feels as though we have full-blown conversations. She has a distinct personality, wants and needs, and the capacity for evil and deceit. She's a chatty, judgmental, grumpy, affectionate, demure old lady. She even meows at a generally human female pitch. This cat is basically a person, and is only overtaken by instinct when she sees curly ribbon, which is her own personal brand of heroin for some reason. She doesn't like to be picked up, but it's more out of principle than comfort; she needs to feel like she has agency when giving cuddles. She is offended by loud noises such as sneezing, and will reprimand you for doing so, because it upsets her delicate constitution.

Then all the way on the other side of the spectrum, there's Echo.

There is no spark of intelligence behind Echo's eyes. This is a creature. She's not just a dumb baby either, this cat is 6 years old. She is driven by pure instinct and a single braincell bouncing around in her head like the DVD logo. Echo is afraid of literally everything, but I can also pick her up and carry her around like a stuffed animal as long as she's comfy. When she's not sprinting across the house in fear of a vacuum or shower running, Echo can be found in the position shown above: paws in the air, head tilted all the way back, making tiny baby pitiful chirping noises. She also likes to supplement this position by placing her paw on the nose of the person holding her. Not for any discernable purpose, just for...stability? Comfort? The world may never know. I genuinely cannot imagine Echo speaking, because she has no thoughts complex enough to require language. Echo does not walk, she slinks around like a feral alley cat, despite having lived in suburban bliss all her life.

Of course, not all cats fit cleanly into this dichotomy, which is why it's a spectrum. There are incredibly smart cats who are driven solely by instinct. There are cats with a soul and complex emotions, but no real intelligence (in my experience, most dogs are like this as well). I have not included other animals in this theory due to lack of firsthand knowledge, but I'd imagine that it can extend to many other species as well.

It also bears noting that there is no inherent morality attached to this theory. A guy is not superior to a creature, and neither is more or less deserving of love and respect. Additionally, the use of the word "guy" here is intended as gender neutral, and is used instead of something like "person" to imply a sense of familiarity and normalcy (i.e. "That's literally just some guy").

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oh so we're doing scooby doo crimes now

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it used to be 2007 you know

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normally it's frustrating when mystery games hand you answers on a silver plate but in ace attorney, the witnesses' tendencies to conveniently say far more than what they were asked for is so hilarious that it becomes its own reward. ace attorney witnesses will be asked what time they saw the murder and they'll say it was 10:40 and they know it was exactly that time because that's the exact minute they open the can of Fancy Feast to feed their elderly russian blue cat, father of 12 kittens and phoenix will be like umm actually i spoke to your cat and here's a written affidavit from him that there was a recall on Fancy Feast and also he's never been to russia nor known the touch of a woman. you're going to jail buddy

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Corvid Christmas tree. Simple, but beautiful.

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PSA

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the holidays are never officially here until i see the christmas light extension cord of death by electricity and I have yet to see it.

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CHIMERA

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why are these kinds of levels so alluring...

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normalize making sounds at eachother. if i can meow at you unprompted ESPECIALLY if you meow back we are best friends. meow mrrow

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my ghoul...

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more cishet people should crossdress. builds a vibrant ecosystem

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How do they keep making later and later stages of late-capitalism