#and the cat midnight

[sydneyofalltrades]

a cute monason idea i pulled from the trenches of my brain bc why not?

Moni was in her room, stroking her cat Midnight, who purred contently. She was drawing and was feeling very at peace with life.

Then the doorbell rang.

Moni scratched Midnight’s head. “Wait here, little guy, I’ll be right back.”

She left her room and walked over to the door.

“Mason!”

She hugged him tightly and he smiled.

“Hey, Mon! I was in the area and thought I’d say hi.”

Moni smiled. “Well, hi. Oh, I have someone who wants to meet you. Come in!”

Mason walked in and took a seat. Moni ran upstairs and gently picked up Midnight.

“Come on, you have someone to meet,” she said softly. Midnight complied, for a little.

“Ugh, you silly cat!”

Moni picked him up again and took him downstairs.

“Hey, are you allergic to fur,” she called as she walked.

“Uh, no,” Mason answered, “Why?”

Moni walked back into the room, carrying Midnight like a proud mother.

“We have a cat! I named him Midnight. Noel and I found him in an alley and we nursed him back to health.”

She placed the black cat down and he arched his back, finally free from Moni’s smothering.

“Oh, wow, he looks like you if you were a cat,” Mason said. Moni laughed.

“And what is that supposed to mean?”

Mason shrugged and went to pet Midnight, who let him eagerly.

“He’s just like you. He’s a fighter, and he was saved by someone who truly loved him.”

He looked up and smiled. “Just like you.”

Moni sat down and smiled. Midnight curled up on the floor and she stroked his fur slowly.

“I guess you’re right. You’re always right.”

She turned to him and he shrugged.

“It’s a curse, Monini.”

He kissed her head and pulled her in a hug. His head rested on hers and Moni picked up Midnight.

“You are a lucky cat, Midnight,” she said, “You have a mother and a dad, and an older brother.”

Mason laughed. “Who’s Midnight’s dad, Moni?”

Moni looked up at him cheekily. “You, silly. Midnight is my baby, and you’re his dad.”

Midnight meowed approvingly, and they both laughed.

“Final decision, you’re either in or out, Lovett.”

“Fine! I’ll take on the duty of being this needy cat’s father, okay?”

They laughed again and Midnight rested his head on Moni’s arm. That little cat was lucky, all right.

[straycatj]

やめてくれよ猫族よ

家主は寝るんだよ💢

Hey, stop it, the cat clan! I'm going to sleep now!!

[xxacidnekoxx]

✨angel cats✨

[d-does-art]

Welcome to Punk Hazard!

Ace Lives Au part 1

[taylorismytherapy]

SAME ENERGY

[motherofplatypus]

With Katy Bee and Mr. Finnegan being Scar's new kitties, they can legally be called Scitties, just saying.

[mxmorbidmidnight]

I think we need to start putting up some of those classroom kindness posters in the nonhuman community or something. Can we all just calm the fuck down please and stop acting like territorial animals butting horns. Someone experiencing nonhumanity in a way that is different to you doesn't mean they're faking it. If this person's identity and self expression isn't causing any harm then it's not an issue! you can't justify cyberbullying someone just because "they made me mad".

It's really not that deep. Someone getting their theriotype wrong? not a big deal. Someone accidentally makes a mistake with their terminology? not a valid reason to harass them. Someone has a common theriotype? doesn't mean they're faking. This person identifies as physically nonhuman? also not a valid reason to harass them.

This community has so many fascinating critters and beings, there are so many wonderful acquaintances and conversations to be found. So please let's all calm down and read some posters.

(if still feeling the need to cyberbully others please re-read posters).

[rookclan]

Moon 6: Grandpa!

[yourlocalbadgerscales]

I don’t dress for women, I undress for them or whatever the fuck it was Taylor Swift said.

[bettysw]

like mother like daughter💜

[flanaganfilm]

Hi, I'm a big fan of your work. Sorry if this is a dumb question, why kill the kitties? I notice it a lot in horror in general, and it completely takes me out of the story and just makes me feel bad for the cat. I feel like I'm missing something.

Not a dumb question at all - and I knew I'd be getting some of this the moment we decided to include Poe's The Black Cat in TFOTHOU. The comments sections of the world are full of accusations that I hate cats and/or hands, and - well - neither is true. I've admittedly gotten a little flippant with my humor in the past when people have brought this up. My knee-jerk reaction is always to say something along the lines of "well, Websters defines 'horror' as..." But honestly, as far as I'm concerned, it's just not a thing.

A brief history of cats in my work:

HUSH - Maddie's beloved cat, "Bitch," escapes the danger of a home invader completely unharmed and is alive and well at the end of the movie. The last shot of the movie is Maddie lovingly petting the cat on the porch.

THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE - Yes, a malnourished stray kitten dies within Hill House, only to be horrifically reanimated. This was done to show the horrors of Hill House, serve as a warning to the family, and foreshadow the deaths of several human beings (who would meet more horrible fates) later. Hill House is an evil place, and it killed and collected all sorts of living things... there are dead humans aplenty, and also phantom dogs, which Stephen and the kids hear several times and see in episode six. I'd argue that Hill House is an equal-opportunity horror show.

DOCTOR SLEEP - Azzie the cat is a great friend to Dan Torrance. Azzie also has a "shine" of her own, and can sense when patients at the hospice are going to die, and goes into their rooms to comfort them. Azzie is never once in any danger throughout the film and, we presume, lives a long and happy life.

MIDNIGHT MASS - All of the residents of Crockett Island, which include 157 people, a huge population of stray cats, and at least one particularly sweet dog, do not fare so well in this show. But nothing against the cats - everybody dies. The arrival of a certain evil creature marks doom for literally every living thing on the island (except for two people). And yep, it started with the cats, because they were plentiful and would not alert anyone to its presence. We see its lair full of dead rats, birds, and raccoons as well, all eaten while the creature was in hiding.

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER - we adapted The Black Cat, written by Edgar Allan Poe. If you're familiar with the Poe story, you know that it involves the horrible death of a cat, which then seems to get revenge from beyond the grave. This is Edgar Allan Poe's story - we did not write it. HOWEVER, we decided to make a huge change to Poe's story. At the end of our retelling, we reveal that Pluto the cat is alive and well (and still wearing the Gucci collar), and that the supposed violence against the cat existed entirely in the person's mind. Pluto 2 - the terrifying, supernatural replacement that stalked Leo - is not real either. It is just Verna, taking another form (hence the injury to VERNA'S eye). So in this show, not a single animal is harmed AT ALL. We did that on purpose. We decided to change Poe's classic story so that the cat lived. We went out of our way to do that. I truly don't have anything against cats. I do tell horror stories... but that's about it! I hope it doesn't make it more difficult to enjoy the story, and thank you for watching.

[cheesecakeyuri]

Boop the boy

[musubiki]

tcwg poster: 6th anniversary 💫

[catfindr]

[magickpancakes]

the besties!!! >w<

[thechloris]

forbidden belly floof…