#If you love Cats or a Cat owner

[kuhuc]

Turkey wearing a mask as Cat saying Meow Meow to survive this Thanksgiving

link to get

[lotus-pear]

nothing can best the bond between a boy and his cat (ref)

[error04landonotfound]

I was tagged by @a-amvryllis (thank you for the tag!! I was DYING to do this!!)

Tagging: @dirtylandotini and @khaoticspartan (aka my newfound besties on this app 🥹 but also only if you want to!!)

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Poorly Drawn Cats 2: The Squeakwail

(Part 1)

[nonranghaes]

seungcheol is a dog person.

and yet two years into your relationship and post-him moving in with you... he's fallen asleep on the couch with your cat curled up in his lap. seungcheol is a dog person, he tells himself. he still loves kkuma, who eventually grew to adore your cat after she grew used to him. he still loves seeing puppies when he takes her for walks. he always teases you about getting another dog to keep kkuma company--a puppy that'll grow to love the orange bastard you own (your words, not his).

and now he's woken up because the your cat is kneading at his stomach, slowly blinking at him before settling back in. he curls into himself, round like a big loaf of bread. kkuma is watching him from her bed. your stinky little man (again, your words, not cheol's) just dozes off without a care, nuzzling his head against him like he hasn't done the exact same shit to you while looking cheol dead in the eyes to say this is my person, not yours.

(yes, seungcheol did have a short, one-sided rivalry with your cat. he swears he knew what he was doing whenever he climbed in the way, demanding your attention during date nights. those days are long gone, sure, but he still adamantly swears that it wasn't so one-sided whenever you tease him about it.)

seungcheol is a dog person. but for you and your orange bread-loaf of a son... he'll make an exception. especially when he feels the accepting purr from your cat, happy to live in harmony with him.

[mcyt-cats]

Quick question, am I allowed to ask for a tally of how many life series people own cats to your knowledge?

If so, what is the ratio of cat owners to non-cat owners?

Sure!

Grian: 2 cats, Maui and Pearl

Pearl: 2 cats, Olive and Nugget

Scar: 1 cat, Jellie

Impulse: 1 cat, Luna

Martyn: 2 cats, Kiki and Pascal

Jimmy: 2 cats, Norman and Flick

Cleo: At least 2 cats, Atlas and Glados

Skizz: At least 2 cats, Ginny and Ravenclaw

Scott: 1 cat, Elle

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Mumbo: Technically no cats, as Benji lives with his mom. 1 dog.

Lizzie and Joel: No cats. Sadly, Buddy passed away. 1 dog of course, Meri.

Bigb: To my knowledge, no cats.

Bdubs: To my knowledge, no cats. (Edit: 1 dog)

Tango: To my knowledge, no cats. (Edit: 2 dogs)

Ren: No cats, 1 dog though (edit: no dog cries)

Etho: To my knowledge, no cats

Gem: No cats. 1 dog, though.

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Final ratio: 9/18 have cats, so right at 50%!

[copperpipes]

*long sniff*

[canisalbus]

*fixed version* why doesn’t machete show as much affection as Vasco?

He's just a lot more reserved and cautious person in general. The environments he grew up in were strict and religious, he was raised by monks and started his priest training at a young age. Expressing and receiving endearment doesn't come naturally to him because he doesn't have much previous experience on it. He understands approval and respect and knows how to seek those, but affection might be something he never even considered as a thing he should want or that could perhaps be available for him.

Vasco's primary love languages are physical touch and words of affirmation, which are very direct, active and visible ways to communicate fondness. I think Machete veers more towards acts of service and quality time (as well as sharing interests/infodumping). Most of the time he tries to show Vasco that he cares by being thoughtful, attentive, loyal and helpful. He's used to needing to feel useful so that people think he's worthy of keeping around. Over time he does open up a lot, their wavelengths even out and he gets more confidently touchy-feely.

[livelaughliushen]

The endless abyss except Shen Yuan decides the best course of action is to kill Luo Binghe right there and then, because he won’t have to deal with the protagonist getting revenge if his head is sitting on Shen Yuans shelf.

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[leclercskiesahead]

F1 driver blind rankings for types of pets

[green-tea-lemonade]

C r o m c h

[kiruamon]

Cat AU - Spider

Moon found something. I hope you are ready to get a little 'gift' from him...

[shizuostrans]

Title: Much Much More!!

Circle/author: Gunjoh/yuzi

Characters: Izaya with most of the main cast

Pairings: None/gen (or Shizaya if we're being very very lenient)

Summary: The daily life of Shizuo's pet the amazing and peerless cat informant known as Izanyan!

This is the 1st book of 4 that are based on the Izanyan concept. I hope to get to them eventually, but there is no schedule. (　´_ﾉ` )

Download here

[cannedf0wer]

Highschool Kyo x y/n yumeship fanfic thing

↓fanfic tweets. ※Japanese + Haruki x y/n fanfic

[y-rhywbeth2]

I can't find the original twitter conversation to quote - where it's revealed that Bane (and possibly all the Dead Three) actually died and that's how he/they got into the city of the Dead and were actually very much under Jergal's thumb as a result - only the follow up where somebody asks if Bane knows he's dead.

But it did bring me back to my crackish brainrot nonsense:

Bane is a terrible god to serve, loves torture and mutilation and murder, a garbage father, not dissimilar to Gortash in many respects, and also dead. Truly, how is my Durge to resist this mess? He just ticks so many of their boxes.

[phoenixkaptain]

I feel it’s a disservice to the character to make Dick out to be younger than he actually is.

Dick Grayson is a power fantasy, same as Bruce Wayne is, but he’s a very different type of power fantasy. This is mainly because he isn’t for the same type of audience. He isn’t for adults to relate to, he’s for teens to relate to.

What do I mean? Well, I don’t think we actually get many confirmations on Dick’s age. When he joins Bruce, there are a few clues to his age, but nothing really substantive. He’s old enough to know that his parents are dead; he has an understanding of what death is. He’s young enough that while adults seem to like him, they don’t take him very seriously. He isn’t particularly tall, but when he’s shown around actual children, he is quite a bit taller than them, I’d say at least a foot, and he is portrayed as a bit taller than most of his peers (peers that aren’t superheroes! Dick is always very nearly the shortest member of Teen Titans, but that’s not fair to judge him on because superheroes are huge) He’s young enough to attend a private boy’s school for undercover, and he’s young enough that younger children seem to trust him enough to do what he tells them to.

If I had to make a guess as to how old I thought Dick Grayson was, I would say 13-15, but leaning heavily on the 15 end. His personality is pretty set for most comics you read him in (barring extremities) which implies he’s developed a good portion of it already. And, to be honest, even if Bruce and Dick first met when Dick was 13, he didn’t become Robin until he was 14. He’s portrayed as either being taken in but trained for several months (I’d give him a low estimate of six months. He needs to learn science. He may be physically fit, but that doesn’t mean that he’s mentally ready) or taking a period of time in an orphanage, being taken in, then spending several months training. Dick becoming Robin wasn’t instant. I always assume he’s 15 when I read early comics because Dick’s brand of petulance - being annoyed at something Bruce said and snapping back with verbal quips, taking Bruce’s instructions and patiently listening to them for all of, at most, an hour before running off to do the opposite, judging Bruce for going out without him - feels like a mid-teen.

So, why is Dick a power fantasy? Well, he’s the embodiment of teenage desire:

Adults listen to him.

The main one is Bruce. Bruce Wayne, who is rich and notoriously a loner and who is considered a detective on the level of Sherlock Holmes, listens to Dick and never doubts him. He takes what Dick says at face value, he talks to Dick to spitball ideas at him, he answers any question Dick asks him and he never seems particularly impatient in doing so. He tells Dick that they’re partners and equals, and he treats him as a partner and an equal.

And there are other adults. Robin is famous in early canon. Everyone knows who he is. Adults in other towns don’t listen to their own children, but they listen to Robin because they kind of have to. I assume people who bully Robin are sent Batman’s patented, ‘live bat in a box mailed to the door.’ (I assume this because it’s funny, mostly.) But no matter why they listen to Dick - they do actually actively listen to him and try to improve in the ways he suggests.

This is what every teenager dreams of. Dick Grayson, a mere teenager who probably can’t legally drive a car yet, has the respect of adults around the globe.

Robin almost always has the respect of at least one adult, that being Bruce, no matter who is actually Robin at the time. I haven’t read many Jason comics, so I can’t say for sure on him, but Bruce treats Tim as an equal. He listens to him, and while he’s protective of him, he trusts that Tim can do things alone.

The only real example of Bruce treating Robin like a child comes with Damian. And even in the cass of Damian, he still makes an effort to listen to Damian and not ignore him. Which, the reason he treats Damian differently is because Damian is a child. I don’t think Damian is even 10 when we first meet him, let alone 13. I think, later on, he’s around 11-12, but Damian just doesn’t start as old as every other Robin. It’s necessary for Bruce to treat him differently.

“Well, what about comics where the adults, including Bruce, are terrible and don’t listen to Robin at all?”

I consider these an example of we in the intellectual world call: bullshit.

I’m sorry, but nine times out of ten, Bruce listens to Dick and praises Dick and believes in Dick ten thousand percent. The Bruce who doesn’t listen to Dick just isn’t Bruce. I don’t know who this poser is, but it’s literally impossible to him to be Bruce. It’s worse than bad writing, it’s blatant mischaracterization and a lazy plot device. Bruce would die for Dick without a second thought, he loves and respects Dick more than anyone. This man cannot physically or mentally resist the urge to listen to Robin and pat his back and say “we all make mistakes, chum, don’t worry about it.”

I need to emphasize here that Dick does the complete opposite of what Bruce tells him to multiple times, and end up kidnapped or in a tight spot for his efforts, and Bruce just isn’t upset. He’s worried, but he doesn’t even fucking care. He doesn’t get mad at Dick, I feel like he can’t even look at Dick without feeling a bit happy, there’s no way- are you really trying to tell me that Bruce goddamn Wayne would blame Robin for not preventing a crime that DiCK WASN’T EVEN PRESENT DURING?? He wasn’t even fucking there, he was off getting a police officer! You know, an adult! Because there was a crazy gunman shooting up a rally, what the actual fuck is Robin, a mortal child, supposed to do against an adult gunman twice his fucking height??? What did you want him to do, Bruce, get fucking shot? Because that’s what would have fucking happened, you absolute lunatic piece of shit, you want him to goddamn die to save one fucking person-

Ahem.

For the majority of comics, Dick represents teenagers. He fulfills that desire that teenagers have, the desire to be listened to and trusted. Dick is the first person in comics to ever know that Bruce Wayne is Batman. And while timelines shift and change, Bruce and Dick’s mutual respect for each other doesn’t. They get mad at each other later on down the line, but for a good 40 years, Bruce talked to Dick more than his own fiancée.

Dick isn’t a child. He and Bruce never met when he was a child. Dick also isn’t an adult. He still has a few years that he needs to spend growing into an adult. He’s that middle ground we all faced. That awkward period where adults expect you to act like an adult but don’t treat you like one. The power fantasy inherent in the character of Robin is that adults treat him like an adult while allowing him to make mistakes and act like a child.