#m'aiq the cat

[potatoplace]

"Who was the cameo in the last chapter"

IM GLAD I ASKED

Let me introduce you to the majestic and beautiful:

M'AIQ

She is my child, my sweet sweet baby, my goofy little potato. The light of my life.

SO. Now you guys have her as your cat too in The Afterthought!

[transekiro]

the only skyrim mod that matters

[redaynia]

Look at my saggy little carpet bag (affectionate)

[silver-horse]

M’aiq the Liar

[cuntymcshitface]

[anavatazes]

I have a Kajhiit.

He is M'aiq the Bob, and he has wares if you have coin 🪙. He is the older brother of our Queen Raz'um Bob, and a world class snuggler 🥰. And yes, he is named after THAT M'aiq 😏.

[diamontrouge]

[what-even-is-thiss]

It’s interesting how in-jokes often turn into regular surrealist jokes to outsiders.

There’s this recurring character in the elder scrolls series named M’aiq the liar who says things that only really make perfect sense if you’re familiar with previous games in the series, previous versions of M’aiq, and fan discourse leading up to the game. And there are people like that. But most people playing the game don’t know he’s a meta developer insert character and don’t know everything he’s referring to.

I was one of these people until literally two days ago when I got confused by running into this seemingly useless weird cat man again and again and wondering what the hell he was doing there. I dove down the rabbit hole and now I understand. And I understand both sides of experiencing this character.

Take for example this quote he has in Skyrim:

"Werebears? Where? Bears? Men that are bears?"

This is a weird line out of context. Funny, I guess. What’s a werebear? I haven’t come across any of those yet. Later I’ll come across one as an enemy on Solstheim but I don’t know that yet. What is this cat talking about? Whatever.

But what this is referring to is twofold. In Oblivion, the previous game one of his random lines was:

"Werewolves? Where? Wolves? Men that are wolves? Many wolves. Everywhere. Many men. That is enough for M'aiq."

THIS was a reference to werewolves being cut from Oblivion. The player can’t be one and they don’t appear as enemies.

But the werebear line also refers to the fact that in previous games people claimed there were werebears in skyrim so a bunch of people hoped they could become a werebear in Skyrim the game. That was never made an option and werebears weren’t added as an enemy until the Solstheim DLC.

But to me who doesn’t care about discourse outside of the games just running into this cat asking random things about bears is just… what is this man? He’s dressed like a priest, he’s talking about bears, his name is “the liar”. Funny, I guess?

Inside jokes, author self inserts, 4th wall tapping. Your experiences of all these things depends on how who you are and what you know and who you know. As a writer studying this one example is weird to me. I’m dissecting M’aiq like a frog. And not in a fandom or blorbo kind of way. Like as a professional inspecting someone else’s technique.

[tanlorin]

"Well, if it isn't my second-favorite Khajiit."

Sharp's line if you speak to M'aiq the Liar while playing as a Khajiit.

(About the title: I named the audio file "second favorite khajiit," but when I tried to spell "khajiit," my cat walked on the keyboard. So I'm leaving that as the title, too.)

[soap-askblog]

Oh, forgot to share my cat that's not my cat:

This is M'aiq! He's my brother's cat but I am his human 🥰

ORANGE KITTYYYTT

ah always thought orange cats were me

[beastiesandsundries]

M'aiq The Alfiq is the best mod, actually.

Inigo would 100% pick him up like Long Cat. Allow my shitty doodle to demonstrate:

Mod by @dawns-beauty

Please go download it. I giggle with glee every time I come across M'aiq now.

[potatoplace]

Here's M'aiq doing spins for her food this morning 🤭 SHES SO CUTE @thelov3lybookworm

[dynamite124]

I have to ask... How does Tally feel about M'aiq? (M'aiq my beloved <3)

Taliesin: That cat is everywhere, he's so mysterious and his thoughts are so controversial yet true....I want to pester him. I must!

[gamercats-fight]

Welcome everyone to the Gamer Cats Tournament!!!

Under the cut is a list of all the participants in alphabetical order!

I will come up with the bracket hopefully in a couple of days, and I'm aiming for the voting to start AT THE LATEST on Feb. 4th, but I'll keep you all posted!!

#'s

707's Robot cat from Mystic Messenger

A's

Alexander the Great from Identity V

Ankha from Animal Crossing

Ann's cat from Identity V

Ashes from Fallout 4

Astrid from Spiritfarer

B's

Big the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog

Blaze the Cat from Sonic the Hedgehog

Bloodfang Sabertooth from Far Cry Primal

Bob from Animal Crossing

Bongo from Life is Strange

C's

Cait Sith from Final Fantasy VII

Castle Town cats from The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

Cheka Kingscholar from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Cheshire Cat from Alice: Madness Returns

Chilly from Soul Knight

Cisco from Gotham Knights

Coco from Cattails: Wildwood Story

D's

Daffodil from Spiritfarer

E's

Ebony from Marve's Midnight Suns

Eevee from Pokemon

Elizabeth the 3rd from Mystic Messenger

Espurr from Pokemon

Eve from Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney

Evil the Cat from Earthworm Jim

F's

Frou-Frou from Scarlet Hollow

Fat Cat from Final Fantasy XIV

G's

Giovanni from Spiritfarer

Giovanni's Persian from Pokemon

Gizmo from Sally Face

Goomba Cat from Super Mario 3D World

Gouto-Douji from Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army

Grim from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

H's

His Majesty from Baldur's Gate 3

Hunter Slime from Slime Rancher

J's

Jean from Stardew Valley: Jorts and Jean the Helper Cats mod

Jibanyan from Yo-kai Watch

Jorts from Stardew Valley: Jorts and Jean the Helper Cats mod

Judd from Splatoon

Judge from Off

K's

Kabegami from Ōkami

Keats from Professor Layton and the Last Specter

Kiki from Animal Crossing

King Tom from Ni no Kuni

King from Tekken

KITR from ULTRAKILL

Kitties! from Rhythm Heaven Megamix

Kittyball from Chuzzle 2

Krampy from Cattails: Wildwood Story

L's

Léon from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

Leona Kingscholar from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Leopard from Shadow of the Tomb Raider

Lucius from Disney Twisted-Wonderland

Lumi from Cats are Liquid

M's

Mae Borowski from Night in the Woods

M'aiq the Liar from The Elder Scrolls III

Meowth from Pokemon

MEWO from OMORI

Minecraft cats from Minecraft

Mitzi from Overwatch

Momo from Love Nikki

Morgana from Persona 5

Mr. Mew from The World Ends with You

Mr. Midnight from Fran Bow

Mr. Whiskers from Identity V

Ms. Fortune from Skullgirls

N's

Neko from Genshin Impact

Nintendogs + Cats's cats from Nintendogs + Cats

Nyan Cat from Nyan Cat: Lost in Space

O's

Orchynx from Pokemon: Uranium

P's

Pepi from The Arcana

Pete from Digimon Story Cyber Sleuth

Pixel from Scarlet Hollow

Pocket from Boyfriend Dungeon

R's

Raymond from Animal Crossing

[REDACTED] from Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective

Remlits from The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword

Rover from Animal Crossing

S's

Saber-toothed Tiger from Sacred 2: Fallen Angel

Stardew Valley cats from Stardew Valley

Shoe from Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Justice for All

Simba from The Lion King (video game)

Sims Urbz cat from The Urbz: Sims in the City

Slip from Cattails: Wildwood Story

Spider-Man/Bodega Cat from Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Spring from Lies of P

Steelclaw from Baldur's Gate 3

Stray cat from Stray

Super Mario 3D cats from Super Mario 3D World's + Bowser's Fury

Sushi Cat from Sushi Cat

T's

Tabby Bee from Bee Swarm Simulator ROBLOX

Tabby Slime from Slime Rancher

Talking Tom from My Talking Tom

Tally from American Acardia

Tango from Mega Man V

Tara from Baldur's Gate 3

Temmie from Undertale

The Beast from Slay the Princess

The Empress from A Hat in Time - Nyakuza Metro

The Star from The Arcana

The Tiger from Dr. Langeskov, The Tiger, and The Terribly Cursed Emerald: A Whirlwind Heist

Tiger from Tomb Raider 2

Toro Inoue from Doko Demo Issyo

V's

Vivi from Project SEKAI COLORFUL STAGE! feat. Hatsune Miku

W's

Wagahai from The Great Ace Attorney: Adventures

Y's

Yuumi from League of Legends

[m-aiq]

m'iaq do khajiit use soap and water to bathe or do they lick themselves like cats do?

M'aiq thinks this is a very weird question to ask.

[moonpile]

Hello, Nirn

I'm MoonPile on PC NA and this is just a place to put my ESO screenshots & housing builds.

YouTube: Moon-Reacher

Housing Feature Wishlist (Forums)

ReShade info & screenshot tips

Moon's Houses ☾⋆

With few exceptions, I don't use Home Tours. My houses are accessible on PC NA via the visit script, or search via addons: PTFH; EHT Housing Hub.

Directory (new to old):

The Journey – a druidic reskin of Daggerfall Overlook

Khajiit's Pocket Winter Realm - at Proudspire Manor

The Blackfeather Court - at Hakkvild's High Hall

The Cursed Crow Cafe - at The Ebony Flask Inn Room

Little Cabin in the Woods - at Ravenhurst

The Moons-Blessed Springs at Willowpond Haven

Autumn’s Gate - an autumnal garden in The Rift

Khajiit’s Tenmar Retreat (v1) - at Serenity Falls Estate

M'aiq’s Melon Shrine - at Barbed Hook Private Room

For the Love of Fantasy - at Ald Velothi Harbor House

An Apocr-awful New Life - at Velothi Reverie

A Tea House for Azandar - at the Ample Domicile

Khajiit’s Garden of Curiosities at Sleek Creek

Best settings for most of my builds:

Why MoonPile?

Unfortunately(??) that's the @ I made 10 years ago when ESO beta launched. Not at all related to the cookie – it's about a bit of Khajiit lore I enjoyed; AKA "the khajiiti space program":

"Khajiit will stand tall as Alkosh, cat upon cat upon cat. And in doing so, it will climb to the moon as it has been told so many times." ... Khajiit saw reason in these words and so it climbed and climbed, cat upon cat, for a hundred days. Much sugar was brought there to support the climbers and in the end Khajiit climbed high, so very high that it was in fact closer to Jo'Segunda than to Nirni below."

– Pocket Guide to the Empire, Second Edition

Why Khajiit?

Because we are "the fastest, cleverest, most beautiful people" ;3