#el gatito

[pidoop]

I’ve been so conditioned to look at my cat’s behind that now I do it instinctively even though I don’t need to.

The first month he spent with us he was really young and we couldn’t tell if he was a girl or a boy so we’d constantly be looking to see if anything changed and we could tell.

Then I got him neutered and had to constantly monitor his little wounds to make sure they healed well. (Good thing I did too bc he was really good about it at first and then started grooming them too much)

Then he kept eating hair and getting poop stuck in his butt, so I had to be on the lookout for that.

And now he’s finally normal but my brain doesn’t trust it so any time his booty faces me I stare at it with the detective mode overlay monitoring for nothing specific before finally I’m like, wait why am I looking at your butt.

[thebekashow]

Sometimes, you just need a little distraction

[theceolacanther]

every time moose sots on my chest she bites my chin.

[nyaambxr]

[sirmidezz]

I DON'T KNOW WHO MADE THESE BUT THEY GIVE ME SO MUCH NOSTALGIA I CAN'T WAIT TO VISIT MY MOM IN MEXICO. 😭😭

[slag-of-all-trades]

It's el Gatito Gtuesday

[pigeonneaux]

EL

MIMI

[just-a-tiny-goldfish]

@hypnostanatos they are glaring kinda like your cat!

Simpkin at the Tailor’s Bedside, c.1902 by Helen Beatrix Potter (English, 1866–1943)

[burningthetree]

Me: :(

Cat: *purring on my lap*

Me: :)

[deep-fried-onion]

el gatito

[shrekshrek]

[thebekashow]

toast:

Toast wanting in my room at 6:37am

@lunaglitchercc @loemester @gokublacks-blog @weirdpal43 @fireofdoom17 @thebekashow @rapidbrychange @painnsuffering123 @ssj4-monkey @kn1ghtr1dersthings @leafith

[thebekashow]

My sonic (fast food) had a lil kitty kat on their window and i wanted to take a smol picture

[elbiotipo]

[hinderr]

The creature-fying agenda continues re; sleeping habits

[baambastic]

Spoilers ahead for Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

I can’t stop thinking about The Last Wish (go see it if you haven’t, seriously, it’s incredible) and I wanted to talk about a moment that I think carries a lot of meaning even though it’s easy to gloss over.

I want to talk about the moments before and after Puss draws his gatito blade against El Lobo del Muerte.

During Puss’s climactic duel with Death, the Wolf slashes Puss’s boot, bats away his hat, and knocks his sword out of his hand. The Wolf is destroying the symbols of the legend of Puss in Boots, stripping Puss’s mortality bare.

But Puss is no longer defenseless before Death. He has spent the movie’s runtime building bonds with other characters, finally letting others into his life, no longer walking alone as his legend demanded. His gatito blade, given to him by Kitty Softpaws, represents this development. Puss has cast aside his legend through learning the value of his life, and in doing so, he can stand against and block Death’s blows.

Ironically, Death’s attempts to take Puss early are the very catalyst for Puss’s success in redefining himself, symbolized by Death’s blocked blow allowing Puss to reclaim his symbols—his hat and sword—with their meaning now changed by the accompaniment of the gatito blade. The unstoppable weight of Death’s scythe has quite literally pushed Puss towards a new life.

The Last Wish is packed with moments of visual symbolism, but this one in particular is the standout to me, both because and in spite of its brevity.