#MIXED BREED CATS HAVE A NAME LIKE MUTT IS FOR DOGS

[lesbian-cowpoke]

Man attempts to resist urge to spout cat facts, more at 10

[anonmousegosqueak]

Fluff here we come!

So, your hybrid!AU. This kind of turned into something fleshed out, so consider it a gift in your trying time. Expand upon if you wish.

Everyone knows that Johnny hates dogs. He's relentlessly teased about it due to his cat nature, and Gaz is always quick to point out that "I'm not some wimp, ya know. I love a big dog."

Then Simon finds a stray dog on base. It's not a mutt, the breed clearly some kind of Carin Terrier mix, small enough that people hardly notice it. But when rabbit carrion starts popping up around base, people notice the dog.

Simon knows better than to bring it up to the team. So he slips away during the rare solo lunches, feeds the dog whatever protein was in the canteen that day.

It doesn't take long for Johnny to follow him one day, to see the small dog pressed up against Simon's leg, and have his hair standing on end. He approaches slowly, a hand on the hilt of his knife, waiting for the dog to attack. But the Terrier barely spares him a glance, and Johnny manages to make it all the way to the crate opposite of where Ghost is sitting.

"What are ye doin' with that... thing?"

"I's called a dog, Johnny. Been killing the rabbits 'round base, stinkin' tha place up with carrion. Figured feeding the damn thing was the betta' option."

It becomes routine. Simon feeds the dog, aptly named Half'a because of his stupid "half a dog" joke, and Johnny watches from a safe distance. Eventually, Johnny inches closer, and closer, until he's sitting on the ground next to Simon, still wary of the "devil creature" sitting on Simon's left.

I don't think Johnny would ever actually make it up to petting the dog, but he does allow the animal to sniff him. He nearly cries (he did, Simon wiped the tears away) but he can admit that maybe the creature's not all that bad.

-🦴

AGHHHJ- MY BABY!! ASK ABOUT MY BABY!

*dies because y'all spoke about my own original hybrid au*

I'm not even being dramatic, I literally freak out whenever y'all speak about it. It's like "damn. Strangers have thoughts about something I made. I made something that, not only do people like, it also gets creative juices flowing." I see so many hybrid au's, it's nice to know mine is still out there and growing.

Okay, silly furry war criminals

There is exactly one (1) dog he likes. He's a hybrid they paired up with for a mission and Soap *didn't* immediately hate him. That's it. That's the only dog he feels comfortable around.

[who's the hybrid, you ask? It's a secret~ a new challenger will be coming out... Eventually?]

So imagine his displeasure when *his* Ghost comes around, not smelling like bird and dirt (his normal scent(not in an omegaverse way, he just smells like that)), but smelling like dog. Soap literally hissed and hid in a cabinet, Roach kicked him out because that's *his* cabinet and Soap isn't allowed in.

So yeah, he follows Ghost around for the next week, trying to figure out why his husband smells like his worst fear.

Que exactly what was described in the ask.

I think Soap likes to hide behind Ghost's wings, watching Half from behind a nice, safe feather shield. Occasionally he'll sit next to Ghost, usually he'll just stand.

He eventually lets Half into his room, not exactly happy about it but it was pouring and the poor thing was soaked. He didn't cuddle or pet, he just *watched* as the dog curled up on one of his shirts and took a nap until it stopped raining.

It's a shaky relationship, but not a bad one. More like "you're a stinky little dog but my husband likes you and you're actually kinda cute so I guess you're alright."

Okay the end! I didn't add much, but like, I think the ask was more than enough? Anyways, I love Half and he's mine now. Fight me.

[bonefall]

So this has been a thing I've been wondering for a while ever since asking about the difference between the words the cats used for hound and dog: you mention that toy breeds are all one word which fair, but if one were to be given the prefix Yarf-, how would that be translated to english? Toybreeddog- literally yes, but how would you simplify the name so it's not a mouthful? Like for the other two they could be Dogkit and Houndkit but what would yarf be? Closest thing I've got is maybe puppy or terrier though that wouldn't be quite accurate either way, since puppy implies those dogs are all young or all terriers (I mean a decent amount of terriers are about cat sized, even some toy breeds are terrier in name alone, like yorkies and bostons).

Whelp, pup, pooch, or tyke would be the easiest translations. Tyke is actually a word for small, mixed-breed mutts which gets applied to human children as slang. You could shuffle the middlemost dog category, but try not to think in terms of the official, human conception of dog breeds! Remember that you're translating from a different language with a totally different view of these animals. It's going to be an approximation either way.

You could do Hound, Cur, Dog. Or you could do Hound, Mutt, Terrier. Or you could do Canine, Mongrel, Toy. You could even just describe the sounds they're making, Bay, Bark, Yap. At the end of the day, the Clanmew categorization of the three types of dogs is as loose and arbitrary as the English ones.

I'd also think about what exactly the name is meant to invoke. The kitten might have been named after a specific dog-related incident, so the most "accurate" translation would really be whatever is closest to that particular dog. Yap, Toy, or Terrier make a good enough words, but if the name was supposed to mean that they're a little ruffian who likes to fight, you can just say Scrappykit or Punk-kit.

If you did go with "pup" though, that would be perfectly acceptable. Clan cats don't have a dedicated word for baby dogs, so if you said "Bayao Yarf," they'd understand that as you saying "hound pup" or maybe even "basset hound," depending on the context.

WHILE I'm at it though, here is a new word for most young predators. This describes fox kit, badger cubs, and dog pups. It can also be applied to young hogs, but they actually have a LOT of terms in Clanmew for specific age ranges.

(kinda like how you can call a fox kit a "cub" or a "pup" and it's still fine.)

Gnich = Baby predator, brat, troublesome child

[mouthsfullofsharpteeth]

literally share the headcanons! dont tease!

HAHAHAHAH but i love teasing!! cant help it!!! okay well the ones im thinking of the most right now are about the characters and the kind of pets they have, animals they like, etc.

Also this ended up super long so.

trigger warning for animal/pet death. O_O

Alex loves all kinds of animals. He thinks they're all really cool and cute and sweet, rodents, dogs cats, reptiles. Mostly, I think he is definitely a cat person, but he also loves dogs. He had Rocky of course, and I don't really have a set breed for her, she's probably just a really mixed up mutt lol. Medium sized somewhat patterned brown dog with big ol sweet puppy eyes. I think during the summer of marble hornets, Rocky ... "ran away".. Alex doesn't know what happened to his sweet puppy, but he's just glad she wasn't one of the animals that turned up dead in his front yard. After he lost Rocky, he really didn't think he would ever have another pet. But because I love my little revival/nobody dies au's, I think as he's slowly recovering alongside the others, he starts getting really into the idea of owning a ferret. He probably saw some cute video of one, and it kinda became a little hyper-fixation since he had no hobbies or interests anymore. He still likes movies, but he doesn't ever want to make one again. He likes writing scripts, but would die before filming anything for it. He has nothing else he likes to do anymore, so he just gets really into ferrets. Ferrets are big thing to take care of, but Alex is very confident he can do it. So he gets one. And I think he is really successful at caring for it. He really loves that thing. And he takes the stupidest little up close pictures of its face. I think he would get the chocolate coloration, or maybe a sable mitt. I also think he would really enjoy owning cats. In the many little au's I have, he's owned several, but in a high school AU, I have him owning two little cats, a tabby boy named Neo and a black kitten girl named Trinity, after the Matrix characters lol. I don't think he ever gets a dog for himself aside from Rocky, though.

Tim also likes animals, but has never really had a pet of his own. When he was a kid, he had a hamster, but killed it during a Masky episode. His parents tried letting him have a dog, but again, during those Masky episodes he would just get too violent with it, and they had to give it away. I think, on that note, about his Masky episodes- when he was an unmedicated kid going in and out of psychiatric hospitals all the time, they would happen when he felt scared or threatened. Which is why later in life, when Alex Kralie attempts to kill him in college, thats the trigger for Masky coming back. I think there was probably a long period of time before that where he had grown out of Masky, and the episodes would have stopped. So, Tim has this sort of idealized dream where he really does want a dog, or honestly any kind of pet, but has told himself he's not allowed to have one. I think at some point, in that same recovery au, he ends up getting a seizure alerting/PTSD and anxiety service dog. I think it's a saint bernhard and german shepherd mix, one of those massive strong saint shepherds. It would be big and strong enough to give Tim good pressure during seizures and not be hurt, and it would actually pose enough of a threat to Masky that he wouldn't be able to hurt it. Just a big sweet gentle giant that adored Tim and isn't scared of Masky. Masky would manage to get past his scary little pet killer instincts and would be obsessed with this dog.

I don't really have anything to say about Jay or Brian, BUT I do have a lot to say about mr side background character Seth Wilson. Hes so real to me.

So much of this is based off of @drowsybugs portrayel of him in our shared AU's lol, but basically I feel like Seth has really severe asthma, and so he's got a service dog for that. And Seth isn't exactly very good at naming things, so his dog (you brought your dog) is just named. Seth Jr. Seth Jr is a sweet little chocolate lab, just adorable and so friendly. I adore this puppy. I love him.

But yes. This is what lives in my brain ty for asking

[sunpoweredog]

My journey of self-discovery as a therian was quite a fun ride. I've described it several times to my friends but I guess it would be nice to document everything into one long post.

My very first ?sona? (not as a fursona, but as an image of myself??) was a dark blue dragon with yellow wings and belly scales. I don't have many pictures of this form left, and don't feel connected to it anymore. It was some kind of a night+stars+water dragon, I guess.

I will add a picture here once I find my childhood drawings of this dragon form

Next one was a cat, but it felt forced and emerged more as a result of my Warrior Cats obsession in middle school. It was a diluted tortoiseshell longhair cat. I was clinging to this form for a long time, though, but it was nothing more than roleplaying.

At the same time I was obsessed with wolves, howling and growling at my peers, googling "How To Become A Werewolf Real Working Spell", etc. But a wolf identity never felt quite fitting either. Some interactions with wolf therians and their experiences made me realise That's Not Me. So I started searching.

Some other animals that I have considered to be connected to were:

otters (legs waaay too short and I'm not That Much of a water person)

smilodons (i do sometimes get mild shifts of being a Big Beast though, but my claws are DEFINITELY not retractable)

cheetahs (their body is quite similar to what I feel but the vocalisations feel WRONG)

I was searching for both physical and behavioural characteristics that I felt, such as:

Height. I feel that my point of view shouldn't be much higher than 1m off the ground

Limbs should be LONG and lanky

Claws are non-retractable, I feel them clicking on the ground as I walk

Ears aren't big and pointy, they are either rounded or floppy/drooping

I have a mane??? Weird?? Maybe not a mane but some kind of long and/or thick fur on my neck

No small spots or stripes on my pelt, colors blend in quite smoothly

No real preference for a certain terrain. I like forests, plains, rivers, hills, swamps, steppes and even deserts, but not the seashore, not the mountains, and not the tundra.

Definitely not a solitary but neither a big pack animal, lives in a small family group?? Also tolerates humans and human environment well.

I bark.

It was a bit frustrating for me to realise that I wasn't some Cool Beast like a sabretooth cat, or a reindeer, or a dragon, but... Just some dog.

But what kind of dog?

My first choice was a Caucasian Shepherd Dog. The mane, the colors, the size felt quite right, but not the bulkiness and the thick fur. My human body isn't very strong and sturdy, and I considered it wishful thinking to think of myself as of such a beast.

Next pick was a sighthound, a borzoi or a saluki. But I've never seen a borzoi that has the right pelt color, and they are way too tall and social for me. And salukis don't have the mane, though the overall body shape was similar to what I felt myself, and the "grizzle" color feels almost right.

So for a while, I presented as a weird mutt, a pariah mixed breed dog looking somewhat like this:

Being a mutt felt like a permission to go wild and add whatever features felt right, so I experimented a lot. And then I stumbled upon a photo of a silken windhound. That was like a revelation. The colors were off, but the shape felt So Correct that I felt euphoric just by looking at pictures of this breed.

So this is the form I'm content with, and feel comfortable enough. The only weird features are that I feel still a bit bulkier than average windhound, and have an additional toe on hind paws!

(The dog on my profile picture is named Tangaloor Prizzi's Honor, by the way!)

[cupidsnumberonehater]

Draft but I thought I'd post this before season two comes out and rots my brain even more. Also this was made with a sort've "everything's figured out and everything's fine" sort of vibe in mind so 🤷

My friend and I somehow got onto the topic of what animals the crew members would adopt if they could but it ended up just being us planning a DogDad!Izzy AU

I drew things for it

We are ignoring any historical shit on the breed we chose bc we think it's a perfect fit so yk

Made excuses for why Ed would break his no pets policy

Made excuses for why Izzy would break the no pets policy

The dog's name is Mutt bc that's all Izzy calls him and by the time the crew found out and wanted to try calling him different names, the dog was kinda attached to the name Mutt so..

He's a rottweiler/lab mix (for now). For historical sake, if you want, we can just say a rottie mix. Labs weren't bred til the 1800s according to a very shallow google search.

Doodles!!

Comic!!

Notes!! Headcanons!! Whatever have you!!

Izzy didn't plan on asking Ed to keep him, or keeping him at all actually. Mutt followed him, and probably snuck aboard. We thought it'd be funny if Stede and Olu found him since they probably wouldn't know about the whole "no pets policy" thing Ed has. They bring him to Ed and are like "hey look" and Ed's like "wtf, get him off the ship" but somehow, Mutt runs off, finds Izzy and vavoom or something.

Loving the idea that Ed would be convinced that Mutt is a pure bred killer, which is why he allowed him to stay, only to watch him smother some of the crew with kisses and cuddle every fucking day

Izzy and Ed both are literally perfect for the "dad who said no then became the dog's best friend" thing just thought I'd point that out

Wee John or someone sewing him up a bandana so he "looks like a scary pirate dog" <3

Frenchie is excited bc dogs chase cats away, but Mutt just makes friends with other animals so..

The only one who's able to actually ignore the puppy eyes tactic is Buttons. It just feels correct. Izzy and Ed almost can. Almost.

Mutt has to wait outside Jackie's bar when they're there. One of the crew always stays with him.

Really liking the idea of "dog" being a negative term from Izzy whilst "mutt" is somehow more positive so the name wasn't bad in his eyes

Normally sleeps besides Izzy's bed, since Izzy was the first one he got attached to and kinda the whole point of this AU of sorts, but sometimes he sleeps with the crew or Stede. Izzy won't let him stay with Ed alone quite yet, juuuust in case.

Izzy lets him sleep on the end of his bed, most of the crew lets him sleep curled up with them, and Stede doesn't like to let him sleep in his bed for fear of fleas and dirt and etc etc, but also there's no way in hell that man can say no to puppy eyes (I mean look at s1 Ed)

Izzy (maybe partnered up with Stede) tries to train Mutt well, but unfortunately Frenchie and Roach like to "untrain" him in a way, or train him in ways that aren't so Izzy-approved.

Whilst Stede reads to the crew, Izzy reads/tells stories to Mutt.

Roach learning to make dog-healthy treats for him!

It takes a while for Mutt and Ed to warm up to each other but once they do, they're homies. Ed still treats him like he can be a beast but learns not to push anything. "Go fucking kill that crab over there and I'll have Roach make you something real special." "No? Alright fine. No treat for you. Just regular food..maybe a singular treat for your effort."

Lucius turning Mutt into a little model, Wee John and them making him different little clothes to wear for said modelling, and somehow they convince Izzy to sit long enough to be sketched with him once and probably only once. Fang likes to sit and hold him whilst being doodled.

Jim and Mutt having little chats after raids and stuff. "Captain says your a born killer. Same." Mutt can't answer but they know he's listening as much as he can.

That said, Mutt is 100% most of them's personal therapist. He doesn't understand human problems nor has the ability to give them advice, but it's nice to talk about things anyway. My friend is a massive Stede fan so ofc they had to offer up Stede crying but hugging Mutt so it ends up being a good kinda cry. And honestly yeah I dig it.

Izzy's 100% worried that the "no pets policy" is gonna suddenly come back and likes it best when Mutt stays with him bc of it. This is a feel good AU, obviously, but angstwise, Mutt could totally be used against Izzy and the crew.

Fang definitely teared up finding out Mutt was staying, but got attached immediately and 100% wants to help Izzy protect Mutt.

For some reason, Stede gives off "has a pretty bad dog hair allergy, would hug a dog anyway" vibes, so that's something we like to joke about. "Your face is a bit puffy there, Bonnet." "Oh yeah, I'm terribly allergic to canines." "You what?" "I said I'm terribl-" "Get your face out of his fucking fur you absolute twat!"

Mutt likes to roll in mud when on land and some of the crew probably think "why not join him" every single time. Who? Idk. But some of them.

Mutt joining in on the fuckeries. Somehow.

The Swede singing and Mutt howling with him.

Frenchie singing and Mutt howling with him.

Izzy yelling at someone and Mutt barking/growing with him.

For the most part Mutt is an absolute sweetheart, but Izzy is his dad, and he's a fast learner. 100% acts all vicious whenever Izzy's feeling aggressive (but it's mostly an act and he just kinda idly stands by Izzy like "yeah I'm tough shit too" then goes back to acting like a puppy the moment Izzy shuts up).

Okay that's all for now, good night, AND SEE YAH WHEN SEASON TWO AIRS!

[lovesicklyzz]

about what music i like i love little mix, taylor swift, sabrina carpenter, olivia rodrigo also love some good older Sia, she has some good songs one of my favorite sia songs it call “death by chocolate”, i wish a lot of her less popular songs had the appreciation of her more popular ones as i find them better :3 i also love blackpink my favorite of them is jennie :p

do you have any pets?🥺

I do! :D i have a dog named barney, hes a mixed breed mutt, and a cat named peanut (whos black).

[dynamighted]

ever since childhood, katsuki has had a multitude of pets, ranging from spiders to snakes to cats and, of course, the ever-classic dogs. though the number of them has decreased since, his nature as a pet lover hasn't changed as an adult, in spite of his demanding job. he's currently the owner of three pets he spoils completely rotten.

● ⸺ kumahime ( 熊姫 ) affectionately known as kuma, she comes from a long line of bakugou family dogs. her mother was mahime, the original family pet ( given to katsuki at age 7 ), who was in turn the pup of one of his uncle natsuge's dogs. while her father, to whom she owes her looks, was a purebred cane corso, mahime was a mix of spanish mastiff, rottweiler, and presa canario, making kuma a mutt. like her name suggests, kuma is a big, cuddly bear of a dog despite the usually energetic nature of her breed, in no small part because katsuki absolutely spoils her.

● ⸺ aoi ( 碧 ) was the result of several experiments with cobalt blue tarantulas in hopes of breeding a variant that wouldn't have its venom. she was specifically gifted to katsuki on his twenty-fourth birthday and is the proud owner of a massive terrarium all of her own. despite aoi's subspecies having the venom bred out of them, their skittish, sometimes easily defensive tendencies, have not. she's mostly left to her own devices, happily burrowing away.

● ⸺ yuan ( 柚杏 ) is the newest addition to the family. initially just another shelter cat in a campaing to raise awareness about sterilization, katsuki immediately fell in love with the ornery kitten that hissed, scratched, and bit her way out of every hero's arms. her curious nature and adorable looks have garnered their own following. yuan oversees the vibe checks of anyone in the house, as she only cuddles up to those she's comfortable with—she's especially fond of kuma, who sees her as her "baby."

[dynamighted-moved]

ever since childhood, katsuki has had a multitude of pets, ranging from spiders, to snakes, to cats, and of course the ever - classic dogs. though the number of them has decreased since, his nature as a pet lover hasn't changed as an adult, in spite of his demanding job. he's currently the owner of three pets he spoils completely rotten.

● ⸺ kumahime ( 熊姫 )–affectionately known as kuma–comes from a long line of bakugo family dogs. her mother was mahime, the original family pet ( given to katsuki at age 7 ), who was in turn the pup of one of his uncle natsuge's dogs. while her father, to whom she owes her looks, was a purebred cane corso, mahime was a mix of spanish mastiff, rottweiler, and presa canario, making kuma a mutt. like her name suggests, kuma is a big, cuddly bear of a dog despite the usually energetic nature of her breed, in no small part because katsuki absolutely spoils her.

● ⸺ aoi ( 碧 ) was the result of several experiments with cobalt blue tarantulas, in hopes of breeding a variant that wouldn't have its venom. she was specifically gifted to katsuki on his twenty-fourth birthday, and is the proud owner of a massive terrarium all of her own. despite aoi's subspecies having the venom bred out of them, their skittish, sometimes easily defensive tendencies, have not. she's mostly left to her own devices, happily burrowing away.

● ⸺ yuan ( 柚杏 ) is the newest addition to the family. initially just another shelter cat in a campaing to raise awareness about sterilization, katsuki immediately fell in love with the ornery kitten that hissed, scratched, and bit her way out of every hero's arms. her curious nature and adorable looks have garnered their own following. yuan oversees the vibe checks of anyone in the house, as she only cuddles up to those she's comfortable with—she's especially fond of kuma, who sees her as her "baby."

[wheeboo]

i will gladly accept if it's from u<33 seungkwan is literally an angel and no one can tell me otherwise and YES JEONGHANS MU BIASS 😭😭 i will greatly love u for even saying that istgg

JSHSK MAKE SURE TO GET REST THOUGH ITS IMPORTANTT 💗 u can take all the time in the world and people will gladly be waiting even if it's centuries fr, the day it comes out i will be it's biggest fan and i will fight off other ppl for it 🤞🤞

the meaning really does describe uuu, urw genuinely so heart eyes 😭 shdgis I GET WYMM CATS ARE JS SO ADORABLELE and they def make fics sm more wholesome !! if u ever go back make sure to take more picss id love to see those angels and im a dog person but these days cats have just been so cuddly istg i need onenen 😭😭 i used to feed stray cats back home but they used to be scared of me so they never came close but each time i wanted to pick them up and just kiss their tiny little headss

stop rabbits are so cute, how many did u havee and did u name themm?? i will pray that u have a pet one day bc they are js heaven idc 😭😭 CORGIS ARE ADORABLEE I LOVE THEMM, if u ever do get one, please please send a pic 🙏 omg i feel like ud be perfect with a cute little brown cat, they js feel like ur vibebe 😭 and i own a dogg, he's a pomefanian but i think he's a mutt so it's like a debate in our house 😭😭

alsoso have u ever been to any other cafess? i heard there were red panda ones and im like omg??? i really wanna go 😭😭

this is gonna sound so weird but everytime i imagine u, i keep imagining a panda like those baby ones and i had to tell u im sonsoryry

(id love to listen to u ramble bae it's so cute 😭)

okay i was gonna send a jeonghan edit but then i found this seungkwan n jeonghan edit I LOVE THIS EDIT SO MUCH DKFL;SDF that is literally us frr ☝️☝️

DJFHDSF THANK UU :(( my sleep has been slowly improving lately hehe but make sure U get a lot of rest as well !! and aaa ur so sweet how do i deserve u omg :((

HEART EYES ?? gonna sob fr 🥺🥺 LITERALLY i get the cute aggression whenever i see or write a cat in a fic LMAO and don't worry if i ever go back i will for sure send more pics !! byee not the two of us falling in love with cats 😭 stop thats so cute feeding stray cats n kissing their lil heads🥹🫶 i used to have some cats somehow get into my backyard at times HAHA. i would def take them home n care after them if i could 😔😔😔

i had 2 rabbits and their names were sheldon and cinnamon!! we also used to care after stray rabbits too n gave them away to some family/friends !! dw i will send ALL of the pics of my corgi i'll become a literal menace DFHDSFSD STOP A BROWN CAT IS SO CUTE :(( i'm not good at cat breeds but i've always wanted to have a siamese or a ragdoll !! AWW A POMERANIAN THATS SO CUTE :(( what's his name?? <33 maybe he's a mix too!!

if we're talking abt animal cafes i haven't!! my sister has an australian shepherd tho n she lives in the city and theres a lot of dog-friendly places n cafes there !! THERES RED PANDA CAFES??? WHAT I NEED TO GO TO ONE RIGHT NOW I LOVE RED PANDAS SO MUCH 😭😭😭😭

whwaa i love pandas too i'm glad u can imagine me as that :<< hmm idk why i imagine u as a samoyed dog u seem so quirky, cute, and fun to talk to!!

[starlitink]

An AU that no one asked for

So anyone remember the Dogsies AU my sisters created where the newsies are all dogs in an animal shelter?

No? Well, I’m making this a thing.

Alright, so the base of the whole thing is as follows: the Manhattan newsies are all dogs living in an animal shelter run by Mr. Kloppman. Most of the dogs were found near the Irving Hall theater by Ms. Medda Larkin and the Bowery Beauties. Wiesel works for Animal Control and Snyder runs the city pound, and they tend to mistreat the dogs they catch.

JACK - Jack is a mutt who was found by Medda after he managed to sneak inside the theater and somehow cover himself in paint. Kloppman thinks he may be a Boxer/German Shepard/Terrier mix, but they aren’t sure. He is missing most of his tail (he only has a little bit of a stub left) as a result of Snyder, and he is determined to make sure that none of the other dogs wind up in the pound.

CRUTCHIE - Crutchie is a small puppy of unknown breed who only has three legs. (That doesn’t stop him from running around the shelter at top speed, though.) Kloppman thinks he may have been the runt of his litter, and his owners abandoned him because of his missing leg.

DAVEY AND LES - Davey and Les are two Pomerian/Husky mixes (possibly brothers, but Kloppman and Medda don’t know for sure) that were found on the street by Medda. They were found with collars, but no tags, so they’re staying at the shelter until their owners can be found. Davey is larger, more quiet (rarely barking unless it’s an emergency, like if Les gets stuck behind a kennel) and careful, while Les is tiny (like ‘fit in the palm of your hand’ small), loud, and very hyper.

SPOT - Spot is a stray cat (named for his brown and white spots) that likes to hang out around the shelter. He’s mostly indifferent to the dogs, but he seems to have taken a liking to Race. (Kloppman has a few pictures of Race and Spot taking a nap together.)

RACE - Race is a golden labradoodle with a lot of energy. He likes to chew on things, including Spot’s tail that one time (which resulted in Spot swatting his nose). He tends to stick with sticks now.

ROMEO - Romeo is a beagle who loves people - if you sit down, he’ll probably climb in your lap and take a nap. He was found in the Dumpster behind the Irving Hall theater by a Bowery Beauty named Juliette (hence the name).

SPECS - Specs is a Dalmatian who has two spots around his eyes, hence the name. He was found in a recycling bin full of newspapers, and no one knows if he was abandoned there or if he somehow managed to get in the bin by himself.

KID BLINK - Blink is a dog of unknown breed who is blind in one eye, hence the name. He tends to hang out with Mush (a border collie), who helps him with his vision impairment.

KATHERINE - Katherine is a cocker spaniel who ran away from her owners and found her way to the shelter. 

THE DELANCEYS - The Delanceys are two Dobermans owned by Wiesel. A lifetime of being mistreated by their owner has made them pretty mean, and Kloppman sometimes wonders if Crutchie is missing his leg because one of the Delanceys bit it off.

If anyone has any additions, feel free to go ahead and add them.

[nhinxsworld]

I love pet play so here is me doing pet play scenrios ♡♡♡♡ just some thoughts what pet i think they would have and what they'd do uwu

my list!

Characters: Gojo Satoru x reader ; Megumi Fushiguro x reader ; Toji Fushiguro x reader ; Naoya Zenin x reader and Itadori Yuji x reader

warning: nsfw ; petplay ; dom/sub ; humiliation ; dumbification and idk???

Gojo Satoru

He peaks as the soft/slutty bunny type of guy or a cunning fox

Honestly his white hair just gives me snow bunny vibes, but any kind of bunny would be cool with him.

On one side he likes to corrupt the innocent looking ones, cute little bunnies who get feral horny with him. Pretty costumized bunny ears for his pet, he can afford it. Pretty pillow princesses he fucks stupid, in any position, but it's a plus if he can see that soft pretty tail.

Or maybe just the classic playboy bunny type, model body. Curvy, pretty ones, the nice lips, nice everything with those skin tight skimpy bunny suits. Fishnet or nylon doesn't matter, he'll rip them apart, he loves that clean sexy look, before he messes everything up.

Why fox? He just peaks me as somewhat you know special out of the usual. Foxes are rather rare for pet play since they aren't the average pet either. Though I can imagine a pretty fox, who would tease him back and is playful would keep him interested. He just might put a collar on you and tugs you around for the fun of it.

He thrives at any title master??? fuck yes baby push his ego. Sir??? hell yeah push his authority might as well call him sensei. daddy?? sure as classic he'll call you little one and other sweet nicknames

Really depends on his mood that day or what you'd want him to do, he can do anything, if you're a good pet for him he'll praise you, if you want to be degraded sure he'll call you his slut and spits on your face.

You just want to fuck ? Sure, he'll fuck you stupid and breeds your bunny/fox hole/cunt. You want him to actually treat you like a pet?? Yeah sure he'll put down a water bowl and all that shit down for you to use, he'll give you hella foreplay.

jokes about animal abuse in the end lol

Megumi Fushiguro

He is my baby, but if I had to pick for him? I'd just say puppy's. Megumi is a confirmed dog person, so yep I think he'd like obedient puppy's. Probably blushes when you put on the ears and the tail, at first he was like nah he isn't into it, but now it gets his dick hard.

He is very soft and sweet, so I can imagine that he'd get along with a playful and obedient puppy's. Loves it when the soft fur of your tail brushes against his skin and how the cute puppy ears peak through your hair. He'll praise you and would call you his good pet as he fucks on all fours. Probably wouldn't tug too much on your collar and leash, it just looks pretty on you.

Would get so flustered at the beginning if you want to call him titles, even if his name is girly, he'd probably still likes the intimacy when you call him by his name between titles.

probably thinks it's a bit weird at first, but you can ease him into it, and he'll tell you what he likes or and what he doesn't like

Toji Fushiguro

I'd just like to think the bias towards dogs runs in the family if not I think he's just the basic cat type same shit but calls you kitty

unlike Megumi, Toji isn't soft. He probably wouldn't care if you'd wear gear or not, actually he might tease and bully you, if you want to wear pretty puppy ears and a tail. Would call you slutty and weird, but he'd still fuck you. He is probably older so he'd just might call you childish and the whole 'You want to be a what kid??' Other than that he wouldn't always call you a good puppy, he'd call you his dumb fucking mutt. Just lives to degrade you and call you stupid. If you want to wear a collar and leash he'll fucking yank you with it, piss him off, and he will choke you with it.

He will literally choke you when you call him daddy. It's unknown of whether he likes or he hates it, he'd just allow it. Sir might be too formal for him a lot of people call him that probably since he is a bit older and works at weird places where he doesn't give his name often. Probably doesn't like master as it might be too touchy towards his family issues back when he was a Zenin.

If it's the cat type he probably is an absolute brat tamer, if you're an egoistic little kitty you're fucked. Get down on your knees for him, he'll fuck your throat until you cry. Be a good kitty for daddy, milk him. Behave and he just might help your little drenching pussy out.

He is just here to fuck, but he would humor you a bit with dirty talk, if you do well, and he likes you. Otherwise nah he wouldn't really go deep into petplay. He is an adult man who was married to what it seems a very normal women so he probably doesn't want to do something super wild or new.

Naoya Zenin

hmmmm I think it's a bit difficult because one dogs are obedient, but they're also often considered dirty mutts I feel like he'd rather like something expensive like one of those white beautiful fur blue eye cats (lmaoo gojo) though cats are seen as arrogant, and he wants his to submit to him fully

probably looks and acting wise he'd like cats but he'd go for dogs too

He just seems like the type to degrade you, and it's easier to insult a dog than a cat y'know?

LMAOO FORGET THE GEAR WITH HIM you won't ever get to ask him to put on ears. He is a traditional man, the max he'd put on you is a collar. I just don't see him wanting to take you on your suggestions and I don't see him suggesting it himself.

If you're very, very, very well-behaved he just might call you a good dog. Yep, don't expect him to call you something cute like puppy. Probably the type to not let you wear any clothes, but your collar. Makes you crawl around with a leash attached, he wants to see you suffer, he wants to dehumanize you. He fucking owns you, he does whatever he wants with you. You're here for his pleasure not yours and he gets off to you being embarrassed and humiliated.

Bark back and he'll put a muzzle on you.

Don't even hesitate to lick the floor he walks on, don't look at him, when he doesn't allow it. He will punish you upon misbehaving and his punishments are real torture.

With him, you need to be well-trained and groomed, a dirty disobedient pet isn't going to stay anywhere near him. Be a good pet, and he just might let you sleep next to his bed, if you do very well and present yourself well in front of his family he just might treat you well and allow you to sleep on the bed.

This isn't pet-play to him he is just an asshole. If he makes you eat face first from a bowl like a dog, he does it to humiliate and laugh at you. Calls you pathetic.

Yuji Itadori

lmaooo its said he is mixed between dogs and cats, but I think he'd have a cat lean when it comes to pet-play

it's just the whole catgirl/catboy/catenby on the internet for him, he thinks cat ears are cute

would totally be exited if you wanted to wear cat ears and tail, he'd just be fascinated about them for while, thinks it's super cute nothing weird at all

hell he'd love it if you wore the cat ears outside bedroom activities too

Would coo and praise you, goes pspsp and all the shit like you're a real cat

wholesome sex but would get horny af if you meow while he pounds you

absolutely mad horny when your collar jingles around while he fucks you, it's too cute

Thinks it's super fucking cute would totally be intrested to look further for fun, probably would platonically treat you as a pet too. Calls you kitty outside the bedroom.

Neck scratches !!

Calls you his pretty kitty, would be down to do anything.

He is your biggest simp :)

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you know that thing from 101 Dalmatians where people walk dogs that look just like them - that but for rogues?

Oh ho ho ho fuck yeah man I got you. I’ve got everything under the Readmore bc this got pretty long.

Rogues + Dogs

Bane:

He has a massive mutt. No one knows what breed Bane’s dog is supposed to be, and you could honestly mistake her for a bear. You think you can see some German Shepard in her? Maybe some Rottweiler? It’s a mystery. Bane has always been pretty blunt with names, so she’s just called Cachorra.

Cachorra used to belong to a guy who distributed Venom, and was presumably going to be trained into a guard dog. After Bane busted his operation he saw her hiding in the corner and was like “Ohhh,,,, Cachorrita 🥺”

She’s protective towards Bane and anyone else she deems worthy, especially towards children. Bane considers her to be more of a companion than a guard dog though.

Catwoman:

Yeah, even Selina has somehow ended up with a dog. She has a refined, fiercely independent Saluki hound named Onyx.

Selina found her while she was sabotaging an animal testing facility, and she initially took her in as a foster. Selina eventually just got really used to having Onyx around, and since she gets along well with her cats, Selina figured that there wasn’t any harm in letting her stick around.

She only obeys Selina’s commands (mostly) and has been known to snap at the hands of anyone who touches her ears. For that reason, Selina loves having her at parties because she can terrorize the guests.

Harley Quinn:

I mean... She already has a pair of dogs. What could I possibly say that hasn’t already been stated by the comics.

Joker:

Idk a Pomeranian with a gun

Killer Croc:

A big ol’ three-legged mutt named Hal. Waylon found him as a stray, patched him up, and the two have been inseperable ever since.

Hal definitely has some kind of water dog in him, because he loves swimming and will jump into any body of water he can find, in spite of his missing leg. Waylon was kinda weary at letting him in the water so much at first, but his dog is basically indestructable so now he just goes with it.

Everything is a game for Hal. Oh? You looked at him? does this mean that it’s time for,,, ball??? I see you are going to sleep- perfect time for ball. Waylon has this game with him where he’ll hide one of Hal’s toys between his legs or he’ll sit on top of it and eggs Hal on like “Ohhh!! Go find your toy!! where is it???”  it drives his dog absolutely batshit crazy.

Mad Hatter:

Jervis has a terrier-shih tzu mix. He named her Biscotti and she is insufferably cute and quite possibly the most spoiled dog you’ll ever meet. Extremely yappy.

She’s not very smart but she Is Very Pretty and Nice that’s all that Jervis could want in a dog. She is extremely good at begging for food and Jervis would probably let her eat directly from his mouth if it wasn’t bad table manners.

Yes… he does have little outfits for her that match his own clothes. He’s that bitch

Penguin:

I don’t care if this is cliche or overused but he has a purebred Pembroke Corgi named Fitzwilliam.

His corgi is immaculate. His fur is glossy and plush, if you look carefully, you can see the mischievous twinkle that lies beneath the stateliness in his eyes. Yeah, he’s chunky, but so what? He’s kind of spoiled and bossy, but he’s a herding dog- it’s in his nature to command stupid animals.

“I will have you know that my Fitzwilliam is a five-time champion for the Gotham National Dogshow. I have people from all over the world who would pay thousands for Fitzwilliam to have puppies with their dogs, but I refuse them all. Fitzwilliam is too good for the common rabble, and I would never allow the stress of fatherhood to weigh down his ingenious mind. He only drinks pure water that is illegally smuggled out from Themyscira, and his personal chef ensures that he gets the finest foods every day. Anyways, I’m sorry that he *allegedly* bit your child but frankly your son had it coming.”

Poison Ivy:

Pammy has never considered herself a dog person, but through convoluted circumstances, she owns a Spaniel named Daisy. You can tell from the way sits that she used to be some kind of show dog, but living with Pammy has allowed her to become more at ease. Her paws and muzzle are perpetually caked with dirt.

Pammy took Daisy in after she fed her former owner (a filthy capitalist swine) to her plants, and Harley convinced her to spare the dog. She reluctantly agreed, and by the time she had realized what she had gotten herself into it had been well over a year since Daisy had “temporarily” moved in.

Daisy loooves to dig holes in any patch of dirt she can find. Pamela has miraculously trained her to avoid digging out her plants, and she always leaves some open space of grass for her dog to go absolutely batshit in.

Riddler:

OKAY OKAY OKAY. HE HAS A RED MERLE AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD. He named her Cookie, and she has a meatloaf-shaped body that is covered in freckles. She doesn’t have a tail so she does that Aussie thing where she wiggles her butt super fast up against your legs for pats.

Super smart??? And a psycho drama queen?? If Ed ignores her for longer than five minutes she’ll start screaming and aggressively wiggle her butt at him

Wicked creature. Wretched. Eddie got her housebroken but beyond that, he is absolutely terrible when it comes to training dogs, so she basically does whatever she wants and Eddie just kind of lets her. She also knows how to open doors, tip the trashcan over to eat whatever is inside of it, and she makes a big fuss if Edward doesn’t let her sleep in his bed with him each night.

Scarecrow:

Jon owns a really old bloodhound-mix named George. He’s past his prime, wrinkly, the brown fur around his muzzle has turned white, and he can’t hear too well anymore, but he’s still keen enough to tell when Jon opens a bag of chips in another room.

He’s had George for a looong time, all the way back to his years as a professor. He picked him up from a shelter because he wanted someone to greet him whenever he came home from work. Jon genuinely respects George more than half of the people in his social circle, and he makes sure that everyone knows that,

Jon would never use George in any of his plots *but* anytime George starts baying at some inane shit outside, Jon will turn to his test subjects and say some bs like “Do you hear that? Do you hear my vicious hound? He smells your fear, and is salivating at it. Should you try to escape, you shall be at the mercy of his wrath.” Conveniently glossing over the fact that his dog has always been too lazy to chase anything, and is currently on medication for his creaky joints.

Two-Face:

He actually owns three dogs? He has a black lab named Lacey, and two Doberman pinschers named Romulus and Remus. He had Lacey before his face was disfigured, and she currently lives with Gilda (although Harv still considers her to be his dog). He got the Dobermans as young adults, so they already had their ears docked at that point by their previous owner.

His dogs are indisputably the best behaved and well-trained of any of the other dogs. Harv is an extremely dedicated owner to his babies and he takes dog training extremely seriously. God forbid that you lay a hand on them because that’s a fast way to get disemboweled.

He’s the only other Rogue besides Waylon who personally sets time aside to take his dogs out and play with them. The other Rogues take care of their dogs too ofc, but Harv makes it a point to dedicate at least part of the day towards his. Taking his dogs out for walks, or roughhousing with them is kinda therapeutic for him and it gives him some semblance of normalcy.

[the-new-mr-imagin8ion]

Meet the characters:

Dixie Vanderdoozen: Doozy (of Mutts) meets Dani (of Dumplings). An animal-loving, school-averse 13-year-old girl. She has grown significantly since her punitive portrayal in "Mixed Breeds", and is trying her hardest to make up for the decades of leashes by introducing her dog Brunswick to all forms of fun.

Brunswick: Sparky (of Mutts) meets Benny (of Dumplings). A big guard dog who feels no need for toughness anymore. Ever since being unleashed in "Mixed Breeds", he's developed a new character trait in the form of a desire to get moving and go see beyond the world.

Butter: Mac (of Dumplings) meets Brutus/Loveycakes, the cat Doozy fostered in a lesser-known Mutts story from 2011 (image). A cunning cat who always has a plan to get anyone out of trouble, and Brunswick's new best friend, whose ownership is left ambiguous. As you may remember from his debut, his name is short for Buttercake, a label he wears with great shame.

Brandy Bushenwitzer: Bushy (of Mutts) meets Franny (of Dumplings)... except in school situations, when Dixie takes Franny's place and Brandy takes Dani's. Dixie's best friend ever since her debut in Mixed Breeds comics like this one, who's more motivated to get schoolwork and athletic work done. The friends' relationship is quite the opposite of what it was back in Mixed Breeds, with Brandy wanting to lock things down and Dixie talking her back to reason.

Tom: Tom-Tom (of Mutts) meets Leo (of Dumplings). Brandy's cat who she's had since Mixed Breeds, and the mayor (whose authority is in name only) of the characters' new hometown of Self-Determination Falls, Maryware. He's curmudgeonly and hates the other characters, but will still gladly associate with them. It was his idea to move himself and Brandy to Self-Determination Falls: she hated it.

Roland: Counterpart to a fish from "Dumplings" who has yet to be properly introduced. A liberated tuna that Butter once wanted to eat, who is now a total libertarian and lets nobody tell him what to do.

Beldrich and Tobi: Counterparts to two equally anticipated Dumplings characters. Roland's really loving, doting parents. They have made no appearance in "Dumpling Mix" so far (as of December 2024).

Bryant and Crayne: Doozy's classmates meet Dani and Franny's teammates. Bryant is a bully who plays wingball and is skeptical of everything he sees (and he also has albinism because we feel like people with albinism are underrepresented in media). Crayne is a more considerate, compliant boy who's also Latin.

Miss Treat: Counterpart to Ms. J from Dumplings. Dixie and Brandy's demanding, obstinate teacher at Ashly Burch Middle School. She is also a total prepper, insisting that work gets done before the end of the world. It is made clear that Miss Treat is not her real name, but something that is easier for her students to pronounce.

Eugene: Doozy's lesser-known brother (from a 1998 Mutts story and its corresponding Mixed Breeds) meets any combination of Franny's four brothers (from Dumplings). Dixie's little brother, who admits he's always felt overshadowed by her, and now wants to be an attention-getter but avoid trouble. Whenever he shows up or someone says his name, it is accompanied by a guitar riff.

Mr. Ximmerman: Counterpart to the owner of the Dairy Mart from Dumplings. A man who runs the Dairy*mar, the town ice cream shop. He believes himself to be an alien and the Dairy*mar to be his home planet - it is mentioned he's a bit off his rocker, but it isn't clear how much of it is right.

Abilene: Counterpart to a forthcoming Dumplings character. A dachshund mix introduced as a love interest for Brunswick. She's duplicitous, and helps others to help herself; she speaks exclusively in rhetorical questions just so she can say that she never lies.

Parker: Counterpart to a forthcoming Dumplings character. A tiny dog appointed to Dixie and Brunswick to help teach them everything they need to know about their new hometown. He wears an algorithm-powered set of glasses whose lenses change color depending on his mood.

Strazzini: Counterpart to a forthcoming Dumplings character. A ferret (apparently) who has a special brand of help that makes things more unhelpful. He (or maybe she, we do not even know that much yet) has made no appearance in "Dumpling Mix" so far (as of December 2024).

I shall see you tomorrow.

Dumpling Mix: a spinoff

Developments happened in 2024. After Guard Dog from Mutts, and by proxy, Brunswick from Mixed Breeds, was unleashed, "Mutts" suddenly went into sabbatical and turned into reruns from twenty years ago.

I thought that meant I was done and finished with my soon-to-be famous comic rewrite project "Mixed Breeds". I thought that and thought that and thought that until I could think no more. But a few new things came up. First, "Mutts" still did occasionally produce new strips comics drawings, all completely nugatory vacancies that almost made "Mutts" look like a comic, showing the guard dog's loving but completely facile new life. Second, a new comic arose, "Dumplings" by Victor Van Acker, also coincidentally about a young girl and her dog who befriends a cat, just as empty but thankfully less preachy. After, I lost my password, losing my demonstrability with it. Finally, December came.

Altogether, I reached one big conclusion... If anything can prove that this is still me, it's this. Within the Mixed Breeds canon, now that "Mixed Breeds" is finished, its time-traveling artist Notrick McDon'tell hops forward in time once more, to rebirth himself under the name of Victory Van Altered, unwrite "Dumplings", and create a spinoff titled "Dumpling Mix".

In "Dumpling Mix", a schoolgirl and her recently unleashed guard dog move to an observatory town, meeting new friends and old, and taking the biggest slices out of life.

It will still be based on Mutts, but only whenever there is a Mutts to base it on; it's based on Dumplings the rest of the time. It will feature the same hilariously warped witticism, thrillingly heightened stakes, and increased gimmickry of its parent series. (With a side dose of magic to make up for the loquacious egomania of "Phoebe and Her Unicorn", in much the same way Mixed Breeds made up for Calvin and Hobbes.) It will last as long as its inspirations decide is fit for their things to last.

[rpmemesbyarat]

RP Meme from "Chapter One: Caliah (Lore)" in the Bastet breedbook from "Werewolf: The Apocalypse"

Once there was a cat who dreamed he was a man.

Like the morning mist, she appeared from nowhere, or so it seemed.

The winds have spoken of your dilemma and I have come to show you the way home.

Why do you call me brother?

We are family.

We have different parents but share the same blood.

You need to meet your people

You are my sister

I have no other family. Don’t leave me!

We all have family

What are the dreams of a cat?

Let us welcome each other and speak of hidden things.

If they come in peace, we welcome them.

I’m just a mutt.

Listen up and listen close, ‘cause this isn’t stuff you’ll hear from any old place.

I’ve got friends with friends, if y’know what I mean, and this is good stuff.

They don’t get along, y’know.

A good lorespeaker tells different stories every time, and she makes ‘em as cool as possible.

Sound like anyone we know? Nah! Couldn’t be!

So how do you trade secrets, anyway? After all, isn’t a secret shared a secret lost?

If you don’t play the game, you don’t learn a thing.

Each element of the message becomes a metaphor, and the message becomes a story.

Florid? Hell yeah! But ya gotta admit it’s more graceful — and exposes a hell of a lot less — than blurting out the truth.

You might say, “I heard a story about so-and-so” but you’d never say “I did so-and-so.” If your audience has a clue, they’ll catch on.

Everything’s told in metaphors.

A good obtuse metaphor makes you look imaginative if someone gets it, really stupid otherwise.

Everything is larger than life. People don’t just cry, they “explode in showers like the sea.” Folks don’t just get mad, they “turn into coals that burn through the floor.”

If what you’re saying is important, bigger is better.

Simple? Not if you don’t get the lingo.

A wounded cat can surrender without disgrace.

Not enough to go around.

Hey, don’t let on you know what I told you, huh?

It was a time before life, a longing when the dream of birth was yet to be.

This marked the end of peace and the beginning of struggle.

Such promises are soon broken.

Why does even the skin of my daughter flee from my hands?

Why must I always be alone?

Master, what would you have of us?

Nothing exists for him but annihilation.

Go across the world

Let that which is pure stand whole, but erode that which is impure from within.

He tells many tales, but all of them are lies. He is rage made manifest, and he coils within us all.

There was no want, no war, no anguish, and all living things gave of themselves to help others exist.

Until some cataclysm happened, everything lived in peace and plenty.

Life has ever been a struggle, my brothers and sisters. Life has always meant that some may die for others’ pleasure.

That pleasure may be as necessary as hunger or as frivolous as sport, but it has always been fatal and always will be.

Only through struggle can we progress.

Only through sacrifice can we succeed.

We were born from conflict and we grow through adversity. Our ancestors are predators, great cats and human hunters who rose above their surroundings and mastered them.

We know our place in the Great Order, and it is not passive.

Like the moon, our world waxes and wanes.

Each era glows brightly, then fades into night before rising again as some new age.

As creatures of light, dark and twilight all, we are not moved much by the vagaries of fortune.

Each tribe has its creation story, and they differ in many ways.

I have my own ideas.

We are a breed eternally apart, and we are rare.

Water runs silent, yet crushes with the power of an elephant.

Its depths hold secrets that only the brave can find.

The first of our kind were nearly the last.

Those it caught were devoured.

Let this be your legacy

My tears, shed for you, will boil in your veins.

All people will fear you, and all animals, too.

Begone and tend the flocks that need killing.

I banish you from sight!

They still live on in us, and we carry their curse to this day.

As the humans prospered, they grew quickly out of hand.

It was a bloody, useless time, and we fractured as a people.

Secrets became the only thing to bind us.

It’s hard to forgive these raging bastards.

Very territorial, and I know how that feels.

There are enough horrors in the night already.

Corruption has a million voices; sometimes they drown out the song of the moon and lead us over cliffs.

That song wails from nightclubs, boom boxes and televisions every day.

Stop up your ears, my friend and listen to the wind.

Those secrets led the wolves to our door — literally.

Gods damn the dogs for that!

Their misbegotten crusade killed hundreds of our Kind and Kin.

She mated with serpents, wolves and great cats in an effort to become like them, but gave birth to monsters instead.

Some legends portray her as one of our kind, but we know this isn’t so.

If the tales I’ve heard are any measure, they have no pity for us at all.

We are where we are born.

I think our unique insights show us that humanity is a mixed blessing — especially where the earth and the wild are concerned.

Men are the cleverest monkeys, no doubt, but they don’t have much sense of self-preservation.

Our forebears fought to let humanity prosper.

We have an amazing world at our fingertips, but it’s filled with poisons and lies.

Honor seems to be a fading dream in lands where the rich starve their people and the poor kill each other.

We hold magic within ourselves, within our hearts and minds and spirits. To dishonor ourselves is to disperse that magic and scatter our souls.

It’s acceptable to lie to other creatures; they’re not of our blood and not bound by our laws.

We will flee to survive a fight, but will not run when others depend on our strength.

We must make restitution to those we deceive, in deeds, trade or money.

We may be exiled or branded.

Our weapons are many — secrets, claws, teeth and allies — and we will not hesitate to employ them for our world’s

survival.

Our people have walked too close to extinction for us to take such matters lightly.

We will not ally ourselves with shadow powers or drink corrupted wisdom.

We do not fail our Earth and mother. That path leads to death.

We are the keepers of secrets, and our fates depend on silence.

Each of us bears the hidden doom of our own people, and we know the cost of betraying that trust.

We also know that we have what others want — or what they think they want — and it amuses us to make them squirm.

Our knowledge is our concern.

We will not share it unless we wish to.

We will hide ourselves from outsiders; they will think they know us, but we will delude them.

We will wrap our lore in riddles and tales; let the clever ones puzzle out their meaning.

We will act as if we know even more than we do, for it keeps outsiders guessing.

Let them wonder at our insight; they value us more highly when they do.

We will cover our tracks with misdirection, pretend to be other than what we are, fill the air with idle rumors and hide messages in code.

There is no forgiveness for this crime.

Well, let’s just say I know what I’ve seen. And I’ve seen a lot.

His eyes were so filled with pain that I decided to help out.

I’d swear he was grinning as the semi ran him down.

That felt good.

Guess they’ve gotta live here, too.

I say they’re not as smart as they might think.

Maybe I’m the one who’s being fooled.

I could tell you stories all night, all week, all month and more.

As the temples rose and the hordes crossed through, our parents sat on the sidelines of history and observed the passing of kings.

The cultures we witnessed shaped our own ways.

Cities rose, each with secrets too tempting to ignore.

For a long time — 4,000 years — there was all the room in the world for us, and no lack of secrets to keep us entertained.

We should have seen the signs in the Classical Age, when armies swept across the land in the names of gods, kings and conquerors.

We should have met en masse when trade and crusades brought East and West together.

I will not belabor the point. We know what happened.

Explorers, slavers and great white hunters bounded into the wilderness and cast a chain around our kind.

Suddenly, we went from having all space to having little.

I can’t say I don’t share the sentiment just a bit.

We didn’t stop until a greater evil forced us to align, but that’s another story.

It’s a wonder anyone survived.

We studied their secrets, but could learn nothing from them.

We have no one to blame but ourselves.

For all our vaunted sight, we’re blind. For all our gathered lore, we’re stupid.

The world is falling apart.

I don’t know whether to believe it or not, but we are living in interesting times!

We must pool our secrets, combine our efforts, and bring the world’s secrets to light.

We must act on what we discover and disperse what we learn.

Do I lose my cool?

The modern age is the greatest puzzle we could want endless streams of secrets, enigmas, wonders and dazzles, wrapped up in an explosive package that could blow us all to hell.

Anywhere, at any time, the whole ride could fly off the rails.

Those who ignore the warning feed the vultures the next morning.

I’ll simply say the tigers are not where you’d expect.

People have begun to open their eyes, but they still need your counsel to see the cliff’s edge before falling off

Those stories are true — violently true — and they add up to an appalling picture if you string them all together.

They get an idea, work on it a bit, and try to rule the world. Typical. We’ve seen their kind before.

Look around you if you doubt it.

Surely the secrets you’ve uncovered have given you the idea that maybe, just maybe, something’s going on, something bigger than another plunder, another invasion, another city that falls to ruin in a century.

Discover what you can, but bury your tracks well.

We’re strangers to each other for most of our lives, and we like it that way — a few careful gatherings are all we

can stand.

The moon is our patron, but the shadows are our father too, and they call to us at our weaker moments.

Most of us dance on the edge, though, and that’s where we like to be!

Despite our pains, we’re spirited and wild, inquisitive yet careful, sensual yet refined.

Our beauty is our greatest pride, and our wits are second to none.

We know what we are.

To hell with them all!

Still, we cannot let pride blind us to the facts.

The morning it foretells is up to us.

We must come together, yet retain our pride.

We are the keepers of secrets.

Perhaps it’s time those secrets were revealed.

[passable-talent]

Do you have any pets? If not do you want any? Also I love you and I’m kind of obsessed w your writing lol

aww ily2!! sorry I don’t write as much anymore- or at least, not here. In the past week I’ve written 5 papers, two of which were more than 10 pages... so that’s where that energy’s at

I do tho! I have three cats. I’ve pulled together a good and bad photo of each, bc it’s funny

Ginger: The coveted female ginger cat. shes as rare as a male calico. a slut for a heater. other names include: mama bear, Boojee, gremlin, loud-ass

Puddle-of-Love (Puddle): a mutt. We’ve given her photo to a vet and they can’t even tell what the fuck breed she is. she loves going camping. other names include: bidgey, muddle, camper kitty, demon

Skippy Jon Jones (Skippy): the only male of the mix. used to look more like a Siamese, which is where he gets his name- not from the peanut butter! also, an attention whore. other names include: Pido, skippito, buddy, Asshole, Apple (asshole substitute when children are around)

I’m a cat guy, really. but I would love me a massive dog as some point in my life. so big I can wrestle with him. I want a dog so big he can send me to god with a hug.

anyway. there you go!

-🦌 Roe