#my cat went missing and he acted like I was faking it and that it wasn’t real (?????) because he was blaming himself for it

[musicaldeductions]

Me: *casually complains about my mild UV ray allergy, something I’ve self diagnosed but is very mild and rather common for people like me where I live and doesn’t bother me that much, because I got a sunburn without realizing it today and like to be dramatic when mildly inconvenienced*

My dad: you know it’s probably *type of dermatitis he has that is nothing like the allergy* and you should do x about it

Me: that’s not what I have and I don’t need to do that

Him: *gets mad* I know about your body better than you because I know more about our family health history and you really should consider what I’m saying

Me: ok (I will not be doing that)

[awkward-walking-potato]

Wolverine Masterlist

My requests are open - I am no longer accepting requests for headcannons

Main Masterlist

Multiple part Series

Bruised not Broken - Non mutant Cage fighter logan and reader who is a nurse and helps patch him up after his fight - Ongoing

Part 1 Part 2

Apple of his Eye - Biker!logan x Baker! reader. The tough Biker falls for the kind baker who always has a slice of apple pie for him - Ongoing

Part 1 Part 2

The Buddy and Scratch series

- Claws and whiskers - You come home with a cat Claws whiskers and paws - Sequel to claws and whiskers Logan's Soft Spot - Logan didn't notice you coming home cause he was busy playing with the dog

Logan X mother nature

- The hidden Sanctuary - Logan meets a dragon

Wild Interuptions - you try and escape wade for some private time with logan

Oneshots

Just keep trying - the reader is upset with themselves because everything they do or say, even in good fate, turns out wrong or the situation gets worse. Logan knows that they meant well so he tries his best to comfort them.

A Caring Gesture - reader who suffers from iron deficiency like one day reader just faint and it took some time for logan to notice makes him very panicked so since then he started putting more attention to you like reminding you to eat healthy stuffs

A wet mess - After a long trip out you decide to wash Logans bike for him

Laughter at 1 AM - Watching Jenna marble tik toks with Logan

Unspoken Understanding - Logan helping reader with anxiety

Domestic Bliss: A Wade Wilson Retrospective - Logan and readers relationship from wades perspective

Beneath the bruises - Meeting cage fighter logan for the first time

A Heart of Adamantium - Valentines day spent with logan

Purple Claws and Velvet Dreams - Logan catches you singing and dancing to Prince’s "Purple Rain" in your pajamas.

NSFW alphabet

SFW alphabet

The plan - Fake boyfriend trope

When the Sunshine Fades - Grumpy!logan x Sunshine!reader something has been bothering reader or something happened, and because of it, she’s just not acting like herself and Logan starts picking up on it

Dancing in the Kitchen - Dancing in the kitchen to 1950's music with logan

Jeff the land shark - The baby shark taking up all the reader’s attention and just being he’s cutie self while making Logan feel extremely jealous.

Something to keep you safe - When Logan has to leave he leaves you with a certain something to keep you company

A clumsy heart - Logan doesn’t take kindly to someone causing his girl Dumb

Surprises in the bedroom - Logan finds out you collect teddies

Between two worlds - Logan with a significant other that’s basically an oujia board? Like they can talk to dead people, maybe possess people or haunt their dreams

Randonauting with the X-Force - Reader, Logan, Wade, and Mary puppins went randonauting together

Casual Affections - It's hard being in love with a man when his heart is with another

Tipsy Affection - When you have a few too many drinks at the halloween party you can't help but want some attention

Costume Confusion - With not long to go till the halloween party you have to come up with a clear idea for a costume

Halloween Heroes - You get to see a different side to Logan once the kids come out trick or treating

Whispers between worlds - Logan Howlett x gn!reader that has the mutation to summon, speak and communicate with ghosts and the undead

Its in the stars - stargazing with Logan Howlett and GN!Reader

Close enough - Logan with a reader who loves physical touch but is kinda scared to initiate it

Five Times You Were Possessive of Logan, and the One Time He Was Possessive of You

Taking care of Logan

Logan helping you recover after ankle surgery

Logan helps werewolf reader with their first transition

My Kitty Cat - Logan hates his nickname, Well that is what he tells people

Missing Cat - Logan realises who you are after losing his memories

In the Shadows - Logan helps reader who has migraines

[yyh4ever]

BOING BOING 🖐️

A funny scene from the 1994 "Yu Yu Hakusho Gaiden" game for mega drive, an original story that takes place two days before the Dark Tournament.

Demons are popping up all over town, so Koenma sends the guys off to investigate and get to the root of the problem. Reminded me of Maji Battle a little bit.

My favorite part of the game intro is when Botan is looking for the guys to inform that Koenma wants to have a word with them. Hiei's line, "who's disturbing my nap", is the best 😂

The first part of the game is divided into 4 chapters: Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei and Kurama. Each one takes to the streets to investigate, and eliminate demons.

Yusuke's Chapter

Yusuke is so upset about Toguro being so much stronger than him that he forgets about the mission. He asks this seemingly strong old guy, who saved Keiko from a gang, to teach him his technique. But ... he's trouble.

Gladly, Master Genkai comes to his aid.

Kuwabara's Chapter

All delinquents in town are acting strange. They have suddenly become just and been refusing to fight (isn't that a good thing? lol).

Apparently, they are all attending this strange place called the "Touzai Seminar". Kuwabara sneaks in to investigate, and fights a pumpkin-demon.

The power of love is invincible XD

Guess everything went back to normal.

Hiei's Chapter

Hiei comes across this little girl, but he doesn't have time to play with kids. It's cute that she calls Hiei "onii-chan". Hiei also mentions he's not good dealing with children XD.

Later, she goes missing.

He senses a nostalgic youki in town, and suspects the mastermind behind it is Kuroneko (dark cat), a cat demon who was Hiei's partner during his bandit days.

Kurama's Chapter

It's basically a story about Kurama's mother being kidnapped. Kurama fights some demons and rescues his mother in the museum.

I like this illustration included in the game manual. Kurama is in the museum fighting the dinosaur fossil youkai.

That blue-haired girl is also interesting, looks like Botan a little. She's looking for her dog, Pochi, but Kurama didn't see it. Then, she re-appears as a youma, and Kurama defeats it.

My Red Rose Prince ♡

After investigating and eliminating random demons, they gather at Yusuke's place. They found out that the source of the problem is in a place called Gokumon Island. It's time to go to the Demon World.

After you clear the first part, the familiar eye-catch from the anime shows up.

The second part of the game is on Gokumon Island - Makai.

The imaginary illustration of the island is beautiful (taken from the manual). I think it was inspired by the Maze Castle in Demon City.

Well, Gokumon Chapter is kinda boring. They basically walk around the island, fight demons, help human souls, and defeat the final boss in his tower, a youkai called Choujou (超嬲).

The manual illustration of the final boss castle with Kurama and Yusuke is more exciting.

Btw, even though she's not the real Keiko, it's a cute scene ❤

After defeating the final boss, Gokumon Island disappears. Mission complete! Now, it's time to go to the Dark Tournament.

But, before that, Yusuke meets the real Keiko boss XD. The game ends with the classic boob scene. Yusuke wants to check her reaction, because he was deceived by a fake Keiko last time.

IT'S THE REAL KEIKO!!!!

In the end, the guys lose the shuffle boat to Hanging Neck Island (Dark Tournament) 😂

Poor Hiei and Kurama...

The credits show monochrome images of the Dark Tournament. I like that Atsuko Urameshi appears with the girls instead of Jorge Saotome. Just like the manga!

Sorry for the lame summary, I just shared my fav parts 😅

You can find full walkthroughs of this game on YouTube.

Lastly, some love for my boy Kuwabara ♥ (illustration from the game manual)

[randomnumbers751650]

Talking about a ship for me is complicated because the feeling that I might be missing something or extrapolating too much. But still, I want to talk about Kafka/Blade.

Since HSR is a gacha, the chances of playable characters having romantic relationships are very low, so the fans have to pick the crumbs. Sometimes it’s pretty much obvious the devs want certain characters together, but the hand of the gacha business model holds them back. Other times, not really, maybe the devs are really aiming for platonic or other. And, of course, fans are free to interpret their own. So, I’m here to give my interpretation of KafBlade, why it called my attention.

From their interactions, they are working together and they have a level of affection: Kafka calls him Bladie (and he’s upset if others call him by that), Blade loves hearing her singing and is receptive to her whispers; they also seem to have good synergy in the battlefield. It also works in accomplishing missions, with Kafka’s lack of fear making her prone to injuries and Blade acting as her immortal bodyguard. Plus, there’s the implication they had to fake being a couple for a mission, which I hope it never gets a full flashback because imagining how it went is funnier. How they complement each other is what makes them so interesting.

They are both fundamentally broken people. We know Blade’s story, but it’s pretty implied Kafka has some tragedy in the closet (with Blade commenting he doesn’t want to see her sad; would it really be surprising?). And, they are villains after all.

But still, what I see in them is how they can still experience with each other things that they couldn’t imagine to experience or that they thought that they’d never experience. For example, Kafka is a liar. It’s a strength in her job, to the point even when she’s telling the truth it still feels she’s lying. She uses her whispers to dominate men and then discard them when they’ve done their jobs. She goes full “nothing personnel, kid”, because for her everything is just a job.

And then, one day, appears a guy who’s like “can you do that again?” A guy who wants to be whispered, whose lies sooth and motivate him. And then she learns he’s an immortal that wants to die and then she decides that she’ll help, but that she will strive to make his life more fun until that day because he amuses you. She has no feelings for him, because she has no feelings at all (or are very different from what normal people think to be); either she wasn’t born with them or the organization she learned her skills remove them, but still she just wants to make him feel good about his journey to death.

Blade is similar: he wants revenge. He crafted his entire life and used all his bladesmith skills to pursue that goal; it’s easy to imagine him forgoing everything, his feelings, his self-care, eating whatever slop he puts on his face, a very miserable life. And then one day a woman appears saying “join me” and she’s actually…fun to be around. Sure, they are using each other to their respective objectives, but there’s something more to it. He starts to pick her habits and helps her whenever she needs carry her stuff. And then he starts to wonder that, yes, his life sucks, but it sucks a bit less with her around. The blade he crafted for revenge can be used to protect, unexpectedly.

It should be noted that the devs already had opportunities to portray their relationship as toxic and abusive, but they haven’t. I’m not sure I’d call healthy either, but there seems to be a mutual respect and trust about them. I mean, they are dangerous (along with the rest of the Stellaron Hunters, Silverwolf, Sam and Elio himself (it’d be really funny if he was the cat)), but still it’s not hard to imagine them as a found family. We have to wait for future updates to see how they’ll be developed, but their Team Rocket dynamic with the heroes is fun.

One last thing is how I think it’s funny that KafBlade is “what if Gojo and Marin (from My Dress Up Darling) were evil?”. Kafka is the extroverted girl that loves shopping and fashion, while Blade is the recluse artist, but that grew bitter - as Yingxing, he was one the best bladesmiths of the Xianzou, he knows what beauty is (also please read the fanfic “dal segno al fine”, it really captures this side of his) – and would be reluctant even if Kafka’s feelings were like Marin’s; Kafka would have to have a lot of patience, but I think she’s not one to give up once she set up a goal.

I didn’t really review their text and quotes, I’m remembering all of it in the game and some comments in the internet. Even so, I wonder if others share these thoughts on them, especially the fact they bring out things that were previously kinda buried in each other, so it has potential for a more mature love story.

[maiko1]

I would still be holding you like this..

"im sorry but I'm not into you."

kazuha hand your confession paper back politely. "wait! Can we atleast be friends?" he looked at you and nodded. "I'm glad we can still be friend.. And here I thought u were gonna hate me for this..would you like me to company you back home? Its getting quite late.. " of course, kazuha wouldn't let you walk home alone in this time. What kind of man would he be if he didn't?

"haha.. Sure, I don't see any harm on it. Also no way, I'm not gonna hate someone who's not into me, rejections is a normal things. Everyone experiences it, though you may not experience it now, soon you will. That's just how this world works." you smiled brightly as he smile at you.

He's an extrovert while you were introvert. Though, your not that highly introvert type he still think you as a shy friends. He helps you order foods and even help you talking when there's too many crowded people.

He understands what you have been go through. Both of you had gone through alot yet he's comforting you as if his situation is not that big. So you comfort him whenever you notice his weird behaviour.

Alot of people find it hard to find when he's sad but not you, you can notice his voice a little bit low when he's sad. You aren't a good comforter so you treat him the most.

After the rejection you acted as if it's nothing while you're literally embarrassed and... Sad. You knew you shouldn't confess to him. He seem like the type who's not interested in relationships yet you still confess. It's embarrassing to talk to him after getting rejected but you buckle up your emotions and put it aside.

You wouldn't want him to comfort you for this, you think it's rather embarrassing and childish.

"hey, hold on my hand. I wouldn't want to lose you.." kazuha said as you turned to him. "excuse me you think I will get lost??"

You did once. "well uh the last time--" you hold his hand and start walking. "alright alright! Let's just go" you laughed. While he was busy looking at the other shop you happen to see someone staring at you. You blinked once and he's already gone.

You turned around to find him once again but he's just... Not here. "something caught ur interest?" you came back to reality and shake your head. "n.. No. I was just, surprised that there's so many people here.."

"i guess.. Every shop was on sale, who would wana miss the chance?" he laughed as you did. The guy who eyed you was still on your mind. He was wearing a hat...

"thank you again for company me to go shopping.. The place was really crowded.." you bow down. "i feel like something isn't right. You wana tell me about it?" kazuha said with a crossing arm.

"what do you mean?" he holds your hands and sigh. "something tell me that you saw something until now you can't seem to get that person out of ur head." he really are a weird person sometimes. Atleast he care..

"it's probably no one. Let's go home. I'm tired" you said as he nodded. Maybe sleep could get that person out of ur head.

"thank you kazuha once again for everything. I wouldn't know what to do without you." you laughed. "it's no problem at all, call me when you need me"

Getting ready to bed you went to close the door before sleeping.

"you saw me didn't you?"

What?

"you were still thinking about me."

What the hell is going on..

"aren't you curious about me?"

I... I guess but who are you?

"come meet me mingyun village. Come alone"

You woke up to your cat jumping on your stomach. "oh rika..! You scared me to death." you turn around to look at the clock. "it has only been 5 am.." the cat purred as you pet her. "should I..?"

"what the hell am I saying.. Its a dream, its not real (name). None of these dream were real." you took a deep breathe before getting to bed again.

"what if the sky were actually fake? What if the 'dreams' you have been having is actually true? Aren't you curious?"

....

"Don't pretend like didn't hear me."

...

"you are the chosen one."

What the fuck are you talking about.

"i have the answer to your questions. The second you laid ur eyes on me, I knew you are worth something to me."

As if I'm gonna fall for that.

"cmon (name) aren't you curious on how these gods were so careless?"

How the hell did you know my name..

"come with me (name) you will know what I'm talking about soon."

Leave me alone, just because I accidentally see you doesn't mean I have to follow whatever u say..

"Give me a chance would ya?"

..... Will you leave me if I did..?

"depends on your answer."

Waking up once again you feeling ur body getting hot. "i don't feel well.. What the hell is going on?" you cursed to yourself. You got up and get ready to meet the guy who won't leave you alone in your dreams.

He will leave you alone if u meet him... Its 10..it should be good.. You went out to mingyun village alone. This is a stupid idea but if he ever tries to do anything dumb you have your pyro vision to attack him.

There was a figure standing from afar already looking at you. You slowly went over there. "you look horrible." he commented. "I know.. I suddenly got cold and now I'm sick. Anyway what do u want?"

He smirk and walk towards you slowly before you quickly draw your swords and point at his neck. "don't come any closer." you cough a little.

I have no idea if I should continue or not. This is from 2021(?) 💀

[defhope]

short uni kuroo/3rd year kenma to celebrate kuroos bday!!!

!! – english is Not my first language, so i apologize for the mistakes!! and it gets a little heated in the end (no smut tho)

kuroo and kenma were inseparable. since they were kids, they would always find a way to see and be with each other.

but, as always, growing up had other plans.

it was tetsurou's first year in uni and, to say less, he wasn't very present in kenmas life anymore. – i mean, of course, he kept sending messages and calling every night, but he wasn't there. and that was enough to make kenma feel a little.. uneasy.

he never realized how much he enjoyed physical touch, especially kuroos. yes, he would hug other friends sometimes, but it wasn't the same.

it was particularly a hard day today, being the third day of the training camp without kuroo. besides, kenma hasn't seen him in four months and a half, both being just too busy. so being somewhere he associated with kuroo was just harder.

at the very least, he saved one (or five) of kuroo shirts to use, and, if you squint, it still smelled like tetsurou.

kenma brought the shirt collar to his nose and sniffled before going out of the room – he was the last one, he would never ever do that somewhere where tora could see and make fun of him for being so in love with his best friend (for the record: he wasn't, he just really liked his smell and missed his touches and missed seeing him and running his fingers through his hair and-).

the day went fast, nekoma won almost all the games – of course karasuno would make an insane twist, they have main character energy after all

also, shouyo was way better than the year prior.

kenma, yamaguchi, kageyama and hinata were chilling on the side of the court. kenma showing a video to kageyama because of course he, shouyo and tadashi were making niche brainrot jokes without realizing.

kozume heard tsukishima laugh a little and looked up to him, turning to the door in the exact moment that kuroo entered the court.

tsukishima didnt even placed his glasses correctly before being attacked by a big hug from tetsurou. yamaguchi shook his hand, kageyama just waved and hinata also hugged.

kenma was standing and waiting, almost in disbelief that kuroo was there. his kuro, right there. after four months and a half.

when their eyes finally met, kenma could pass out. he missed his best friend. he almost felt like falling but kuroo was there to catch him in a big hug.

yes, he wanted act unbothered and annoyed but he just couldn't

he hugged back and took a deep breath, enjoying everything about the contact.

"hey, kitten", said kuroo. "missed you".

"missed you too", kenma managed, sounding muffled for being burried in kuroos hoodie.

"i can tell. is that my shirt?", kenma just nodded. "you look so pretty in it"

kenma looked up, his chin on kuroos chest. they were just enjoying each other before-

"BRO?!" bokuto screamed and kuroo looked away from kenma, the last actually considered killing the owl look-alike for being in the way of their moment.

the dumb and dumber started screaming-talking to each other because why wouldn't their visits coincide.

it was just a few moments later, after a little scolding and a lot of cleaning, that kenma went to the locker room after everyone had already left.

well, everyone except kuroo.

kenma was getting his clean clothes when tetsurou hugged him from behind, burying his nose in kenmas neck.

"kuro, i'm pretty sute that im not smelling very nice right now.".

"i don't care, i missed you.".

kenma faked a disappointed sigh before turning and hugging kuroo back.

"you're such a clingy cat, you know that?", kenma teased.

"am not. seeing you in my shirt after so much time just did that to me.".

"be honest with yourself, you would've glued on me even if i was wearing rotten meat.".

silence for some seconds before kuroo grunting, trying to disentangle from kenma, who laughed and held tighter, not letting kuroo go.

"i missed you so much." he let out, not really thinking.

"i missed you too". kuroo said and looked at kenma.

once again, the moment seemed to go in slow motion. they were looking at each other, so close that their breaths were ghosting each others face. it just seemed right, so kenma gave kuroo a little peck on the lips. it lingered for some seconds before he pulled away, opening his eyes to see if kuroo was uncomfortable but then he was hit by an actual kiss.

it started slow, just lips moving together. then, kenma gave an unconscious but needed lick between testsurous lips, the kiss deepening immediately.

they broke the contact when kenmas back hit the locker.

"shit- sorry." kuroo apologized. "i'm so sorry kenma-"

"i really hope you're apologizing for stopping."

"y-you want to keep going?"

"kinda", kenma shrugged. "you don't..?"

"i do!" he answered pathetically fast, cleaning his throat before saying "i do, yes." more calmer.

"then kiss me.".

kuroo always obeyed kenma, so he didn't even had to ask twice before tetsurou kissed him once again.

"neck hurts", kenma muttered.

kuroo only hummed before grabbing the back of kenmas thighs and manhandle him up.

the kiss got heated after that, both unconsciously seeking friction.

"i missed you so much", kenma pulled away to say, leaving little kisses all over kuroos face.

tetsurou laughed shyly and gave a little squeeze in kenmas thigh, pressing their bodys even closer. "i missed you too, kitten."

"is this a bad moment to say that i think i'm in love with you?" kenma asked and kuroo shook his head no.

"i think i am, too."

then they kissed again.

and again.

and again.

until kenmas phone started ringing and they heard shouyos voice outside saying something like "i guess they got lost" and tobios voice saying that it was impossible and a fight starting.

kuroo let go of kenma and gave him one last peck. "i think thats our cue".

being away from kuroo was bad, but if that meant a good makeout sesh, then let another four months and a half be.

[slutforsfender]

"You're so fucking hot when you're mad" (Smut)

Sam Fender x Reader

You were currently in the midst of a very heated argument with your best friend, Sam. These happened regularly, you were like a toxic couple. 

"What? Now you're just going to go quiet. For fuck's sake, you hit a lad in the fucking local pub because you thought I didn't look comfortable. We go to the fucking pub most day's like" You shout at him in the middle of your kitchen. 

"Aye I'm so sorry for fucking looking after my best friend" He shouted back at you. 

"Fuck you! I'm a big girl Sam, I can manage boys in a pub. I fucking worked there, I got hit on most days" You spat at him, seeing red now. 

"Such a great thanks for saving your ass from some fucking slease" He shouted, anger rising.

"My ass didn't need saving. I wasn't uncomfortable. I wasn't being hit on. You saw red and hit him, like you always fucking do. There's no fucking thoughts in your head. You just act and I save your ass every fucking time" You shout, your grip on your kitchen counter tightening. 

He went quiet. Everything went quiet. Silence took over. You blew a piece of hair out of your face and you couldn't miss the look on his face. His eyes changing. 

"What? Why have you now gone quiet? Cat caught your tongue like?" I say at him, spite dripping off my tongue. 

"You're fucking hot when your mad" He smirks at you. 

You wanted his words to cause more anger but instead they caused butterflies so you faked it.

"As if Sam, fuck off" You mutter at him, turning your back. 

"I'm not lying, why do you think I cause most of our arguments?" He asks, stepping closer to you. 

You could feel your heart tighten as you felt his presence behind you. His hand started tracing the tattoo on your ribs. Slowing going higher, playing with your bra stop which was peaking out from under your tank top. You hum contently, loving his touch against your red hot skin. 

"That's it darlin', it's just me and you, you don't need to pretend to be angry. We both you don't want that boy" He whispers in your ear. 

You let your body fall against him, your hand reaching to his hair on the back of his neck. His hand now going down your body, slipping into your jeans. 

Your body tensed causing Sam to pepper kisses all over your neck and jaw to calm you down. You pulled the hair in your hand causing a low groan to leave his mouth against your neck. 

This pushed him to start playing with your clit, teasingly slow. You lost all control, your grip tightening on his hair. 

His fingers then slipped into you so easily, his thumb now moving to your clit. His movements continued over and over until eventually you felt that familiar tightening in your stomach. Your head fell further into Sam's chest as you released onto his hand.

"Good girl darlin'" Sam whispered as he placed you on the kitchen counter. 

His fingers fell into your mouths, his eyes watching every move. You enticed him more as you let them go with a pop.

His lips connected with yours as you pulled his shirt off. You both groped and ran your hands all over each other as you stripped of all clothing restrictions. Moans bouncing off the walls. 

He started teasing you with his cock, rubbing it up and down your hole. Making you a crumbling mess already. You reached breaking point, grabbing his cock for yourself and aligning it with you. He entered you with a slam, both of you letting out loud moans at the feeling. 

The sound of moans, skin slapping and your lips rubbing against each other echoed off the kitchen walls. It all felt so intense yet calm at the same time. Your brain couldn't catch up with your actions. 

"Sam I'm close" You whispered into his mouth, your hand gripping his shoulder as you looked into his eyes. 

"Hold on a few more seconds my love" He whispered back. 

"Let go" He whispered again, this time his lips placed against your ear. 

"I love you darling" He said as he came.

You both let go at the same time, eyes connected with loud moans and groans. You both stayed in that position for a while before catching your breath. 

"I love you too Sam" You replied, once you had both slipped into your underwear and he passed you his discarded t-shirt. 

You both just stood there staring back at each other with smirks before he walked up to you and picked you up, running upstairs. 

[cassandra-has-moonlit-eyes]

Notes on the Il Sistina Cats production

I was able to see the Il Sistina Production on three seperate days: 19.10.2023 20:30, 20.10.2023 20:30 and 21.10.2023 16:00. These are my notes on this production.

I will use headlines so you can skip parts you don't want to read.

I'm a lazy ass bitch so I will use the English names and not the Italian ones.

First day I had the full cast.

Second day Grizabella was covered by another actress who played Grizabella a little bit different. Unfortunetly I didn't catch her name when they anounced it.

Third day Quaxo was missing so his lines went to Alonzo.

Stage/Setting:

The Il Sistina production doesn't take place in London but in Rome. This is mostly shown by the setting but is also referenced in the lyrics (I do not speak Italian, but I understand some words). There is for example a street sign on stage which says: "Largo di Torre Argentina" which is a place in Rome and the LED wall in the background shows the Colosseum most of the time. There is also a Roman water fountain on the right side which even dispenses (fake?) water. The is also a street sign with "Via della Gatta" (Street of Cats)

Characters/Cast:

They have a lot of chorus characters: Quaxo is a seperate character from Mistoffelees, they have Jemima AND Syllabub, Electra, Etcetera, George and Bill Bailey who is also named Carbuckety.

This season Bustopher Jones and Skimbleshanks are palyed by the same actor, he plays Bustopher Jones during the first act and Skimble during the second.

Gus is a seperate character with a very strong chorus identity which also takes part in the ball and in the Macavity fight.

The Macavity chorus identity is called Admetus.

Songs and characters:

Jellicle Cats:

Munkustrap is the first character on stage. His make up and wig are the only ones I do not like, but the actor, Sergio Giagomelli, is very good. He does a lot of dancing too. Second on stage is Demeter but she is later scared away by chorus Gus who wants to sit on her spot.

The number is very energetic and I really love the choreography. It "quotes" some of the Lynne Choreo but also the new Broadway one.

The Naming of Cats:

During this song they have the poem on the wall in the background which I found very distracting. They also changed some of the names. One name was Marc Aurel which was fun. The cats move when their names are mentioned. Bombalurina is very dramatic. Her collar sparkles a lot.

White Cat Solo:

Victoria dances next to the fountain. It was very beautiful. At the end Munkustrap joins her and lifts her up.

Invitation to the Jellicle Ball:

After Victoria's solo the lines usually given to Misto are given to the Quaxo character. On the day Quaxo was missing it was given to Alonzo. Still Misto isn't a mute characters, he has some lines later in the play.

The Old Gumbie Cat:

Il Sistina plays that bit where Misto thinks Munkustrap wants to sing and where he is quite disapointed when he doesn't. He needs som comfort by Tanto and Cori afterward. Meanwhile Tugger is still on stage which I've never seen before. Now it's his chance to be annoyed by her. The Gumbie Trio is absolutly amazing, all three of them are even more prominent during the musical. Gus wants to play with Demeters tail but she just smiles at him and goes away to dance with Jelly and Bomba.

Jennyanydots wears a ball of wool. There is tap dancing and rope jumping, mice and cockroaches, but the cockroaches are just knee socks. The number is very fun and energetic.

The Rum Tum Tugger:

First of all I absolutly adore the Tugger design. He is not black but gold, has amazing Make up with a heart and golden glitter eyeshadow. He doesn't have his mane but a big belt and during his number he also wears a white leather jacket. Gus more or less introduces him by showing the audience a poster which advertises one of his shows. First the Gumbie Trio, two younger kittens, Mistoffelees and Mungojerrie dance while Tugger sings. One after another the other Cats return. First Mistoffelees and Mungojerrie try to hold the other girls back (Cassandra and Tanto included) but no chance. They storm the stage.

The line usually sung by Misto, Alonzo or Munkustrap is given to Quaxo again (The terrible bore one). On the day Quaxo was missing it was given to Alonzo again.

The Gumbie Trio also plays a very prominent role in this song. Bombalurina has a great interest in Tugger, Jellylorum is very entertained and enjoys the show and the flirting, Demeter is not that amused by Tugger and his flirting but Vibes with the other Cats and joins the choreo. Sometimes she looked very shocked at him, it was really fun. The acting by Viviana Salvo (Demeter) and Natalia Scarpolini (Jellylorum) is absolutly great during this number, same for Giorgia Cino (Bombalurina).

Giorgia Adamo who plays Tugger does a really great job with his voice and acting. I flirted a lot with the audience. Really cool, really flirty Tugger.

Interesting staging choices were made too: At the end the fangirls do not stay on stage. They place themselves between orchestra pit and audience and look up to the stage where Tugger is performing, so they themselves become part of the audience. Jemima is fangirl number one and screams for Tugger until he shushes her.

Grizabella: The Glamour Cat

All in all the auditorium (Zuschauerraum) is playing a big part in the staging choices. At the end of number Tugger goes down one of the corridors and starts to hiss because he sees Grizabella. He turns around and goes back on stage. Grizabella is following him. First part of her song she sings next to the orchestra pit, then she wants to enter the stage. Munkustrap doesn't want that to happen so he blocks her path. He doesn't want her on stage, as part of the Jellicle Ball or even the play on a meta level. They stare each other down and Grizabella wins the fight. Munkustrap steps back and she can enter the stage.

Tugger attacks her coat and Electra hisses her while Jeima wants to touch her, but not on Munkustraps watch. Demeter and Bombalurina sing the rest of the song, then Grizabella leaves on the other side of the stage again.

I would say in this production Munkustrap and Tugger are her biggest foes. They do not want her around, while Old Deuteronomy and Jemima are her biggest allies.

Bustopher Jones

There is a stone foot on the right side of the stage. This is where Bustopher Jones lives. There is a hole in the foot and he pops out of there on multiple occasions. I didn't understand much of the lyrics but this Bustopher Jones loves Sushi. Jenny is very happy to sing about him, Bombalurina not so much.

Similar to the Broadway Revival this number works with a lot of food shaped props. It's very wholesome and fun.

Bustopher Jones is very involved in the first act, sadly he wasn't in the second act because then the actor plays Skimbleshanks.

Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer

After Bustopher Jones the Macavity scare happens and interesting enough Macavity really makes an appearance. He wears a coat and a hat. There are lights on underneath his brim (Krempe?), so you can see his face. He has a very evil laughter.

Rosella Lubrina (Rumpleteazer) and Simone Raggozino (Mungojerrie) are both absolutly amazing. Simone does a lot of acrobatics, not just during his number but also during other numbers. The number is very fun with its own choreography and some propbs, like a newspaper article which is about them, a fifty Euro bill and a bucket with holes. The ending of the number is more dynamic but they also do a short version of the cartwheel.

Also Bustopher Jones makes another appearance. He wars a cooks head so I think he sang the line conected to the cook in the lyrics.

The other cats do not seem to dislike them but celebrate them which makes a lot of sense. They do some sort of Polonaise to celerbrate them.

Old Deuteronomy

Mistoffelees announces Old Deuteronomy and then Munkustrap and Tugger sing the song together while Old Deuteronomy goes around in the auditorium, mostly on the first floor.

I think Fabritio Corucci who plays Old Deuteronomy is an Opera singer because sounds very operatic.

The Jellicle Ball

The ball starts and I absolutly loved the choreography. Very fun. One thing I noted during the whole show is that there is a lot emphasis on individuality during the dance numbers. They are synchron but do not move exactly the same, the dancers bring their own style and interpretations to the movements which fits cats very well. Also there are dance groups but these groups are not strict. Cats leave their groups to join the dancing of other groups. Absolutly greatly thought through.

At the beginning of the Ball the make a formation where Cassandra is front center. There is a part during the choreography where Demeter dances alone while the two other groups dance around her. The choreographer knows which characters are important!

The first part of the Bomba section is danced by Bomba, Demeter, Jennyanydots and two other Cats. It's very acrobartic with jumps, splits and floor work, the second part of the Bomba sections are pairs, but other Cats: Tanto and Cori, Mungo and Rump, Misto and Etcetera(?), Munk and Victoria ... They do a dance with lifts. All in all there are more lifts than in the Lynne choreo, more like the Broadway choreo.

Also there is no Victoria x Plato dance. The cats dance in a group while Jemima has kind of a solo next to them. She feels Grizabella's presence. Than the cats lay down. Old Deutoronomy who sits left wants to invite Griz on stage, but Munkustrap is again not happy and so she leaves again, scared away and the ball continuous without her.

The second half of the ball is very energetic and so much fun. There are lot of acrobatics, even Bomba, Jelly and Jenny do some, as far as I remember. Like everybody has to do some. And Gus also does a lot of dancing during the ball which I'm not used to. Absolute great choreo and great energy.

At the end Grizabella returns on stage and the cats hiss at her. Interesting enough Admetus is really, really aggressiv towards her which could be the directors take on the riveraly which Macavity has to the other Jellicle Choice contenders in the 2019 movie. Admetus is really very hissy and aggressiv, he nearly attacks Grizabella but Munkustrap steps between them and hinders him. Admetus is still hissing but leaving the stage (Simone Nocerino played this part so well, he was legit scary, more scary than as Macavity). Cassandra hinders Victoria to touch her. Munkustrap hinders Jemima. Jemima is the last one to leave, Grizabella reaches out to her, but she goes away. Only Old Deut stay back on the side of the stage.

This scene was very interesting. It was like: Munkustrap doesn't want the cats to touch her and to be close to her but he also doesn't want her to get hurt by them so he protects her from Admetus.

Memory Part I

Grizabella is alone on the stage, Old Deut is still near by. She starts her sad dance and sings her song. Malika Ayane is an absolutly amazing singer, voice vice one of the best Grizabellas I've seen live. Old Deuteronomy wants to touch her, to welcome her back. At the end of her song it starts to rain. Curtain.

Intermission

Towards the end of the intermission the courtain gets lifted and people are alowed to take a picture with Old Deut. More and more Cats enter the stage and play with a tennis ball.

Moments of Happyness

I really loved Old Deuts voice, loved that it was very Opera. Jemima is great too, beautiful voice. Her design reminds me a little mit of the E-Girl trend. She is very cute. Also at the end Jellylorum hugs her before she starts singing about Gus.

Gus the Theatre Cat

Interesting choices were made again: A red curtain appears on the left side of the stage. There is also a door on the right side. For the first part of the song Gus ist not on stage. While Jellylorum is singing his shadows are projected on the curtain and the door. Only when he starts singing he steps on stage, but he doesn't sit down. One time he nearly falls but Rumpleteazer catches him. Also Munogjerrie does a salto when he calls on him (maybe it was the kittens these day part).

They also updated the lyrics. He sang something about Tiktok, Facebook and Likes and one day a woman in the audience was shouting "bravo" to that.

This Gus doesn't seem as frail and old as other Guses. He hardly even hesitates to start the Rumpus Cat number.

Rumpus Cat

The number is mostly sung by Gus and Munkustrap. It's musically quite similar to how the international tour does it, but I think different dog breeds are mentioned. What I also really liked was that the dogs are not seperated by gender. Both genders played both dog breeds. Bomba and Demeter do the wau wau part which usually goes to Rump and Mungo. Bomba, Demeter and Tugger were great dogs. I loved the choreo where all three of them were stomping and they were all so great. Etcetera was also a dog but she was a little bit more scared.

Gus comes out in a costume that reminds more of a pirate which was a fun wink at older productions. He also had a sword and he killed some of the dogs, I think Bomba died first. She did a great job at dying.

They do not play a reprise of Gus the theatre Cat. Gus just leaves and the Skimble number starts.

Skimbleshanks

At the beginning of the number the cats act in the front of the stage. Cassandra is crying (I do not know why) and Misto gives her a handkerchief so she can try her tears. It was quite funny and Gaia Soprano is an amazing Cass all in all, very beautiful, very good dancer, very dramatic, very expressive and also fun. Less proud than your usual Cass I would say.

Skimble appears wearing his uniform und sings his part. The LED wall shows a map of Italy and the route of the train. It goes through Italy, I think south. They also use long glowsticks to build a train. It seemded modernized.

Similar to the 2019 movie the stage production uses tap dancing (even the same step and later a second different step) and the other Cats sit on the ground and drum. It really sounds like a train and at the end Mistoffelees makes a really realistic choo choo noice.

The tap dancing was very simple but very effective and the audience loved the number.

Macavity

At the end of the number Macavity appears again. There is also a Macavity decoy to show his ability to teleport. The Cats attack him with Mungojerrie leading the way. But Macavity drives them away. He doesn't kidnap Old Deuteronomy yet. Old Deut stays on stage while Demeter begins the song. Macavity is also on stage, moves around in the background and listens to Demeter and Bombalurina, who mostly ignore him.

I really liked the arragement and the choreography of the number. Slightly sexy but also acrobatic and I really did love Bomba and Demeter so much. They are both great actors and dancers, active and central in every single number. Demeters make up is so fucking beautiful and it really just shows that you can do so much more than slap red lipstick on a female character to make her attractive.

There was more jumping at the end of the number. The backgournd dancers later are: Cass, Tanto, Electra, Etcetera Syllabub AND Jellylorum. They enter the stage from different sides and join the dance one after another. Loved the number so so much!

Macavity fight!

The cats come back and attack Macavity. Jenny is the first one to attack. Tugger tries to protect Old Deut but Macavity seems to be winning, so Rumpleteazer attacks Macavity from behind and saves Tugger. Mungojerrie attacks him again too but has to flee. At the end Macavity wins and disapears with Old Deut. He has a very evil laughter.

The fight has also some dance elements. At one time Macavity lifts Victoria, at another time he is lifted by two toms to attack Munkustrap. But all in all it is less brutal than in other productions I've seen.

Also, this production doesn't play the romance between Munk and Deme (or between Victoria and Admetus), as far as I saw, they are just cats, they are just vibing.

Mr. Mistoffelees

The cats do not seem very traumatized but they still want to get Old Deut back. Tugger starts the Mistoffelees song and Misto enters the stage quite at the beginning. He dances a lot and does A LOT of Magic tricks. Similar to Budapest this production descided to do more tricks and less dancing. Cassandra is his magical assistant and even does one trick by herself (cards out of the top hat). One time she is also in a floating box.

Pierpaolo Scida is a very happy, very fun Mistoffelees. He also does a good amount of dancing during the number. I think he was more happy and confident than the 2019 Mistoffelees but the production still took one idea from the movie here. Mistoffelees tries to bring Old Deut back two times, but fails two times. Macavity is seen up on the right side, laughing and holding Old Deut hostage. It seemed a little bit like a magical fight. Whose magic is stronger? Mistoffelees or Macavitys?

After failing two times Mistoffelees is very sad and he crouches on the right side of the stage, hiding his face. Tugger sits next to him, starts to sing again to encourage him to try one last time. He takes his hands and both rise up. Misto tries again and this time old Deut is back.

The Cats celebrate with a very fun choreo, Misto does some turns like in the Lynne choreo and a magic trick (turning a handkachief into a staff) and the number ends.

Memory

Grizabella is back and sings her song. I really liked both Grizabellas. This Grizabella is very strong. She didn't fall down, still Jemima sang her part.

Old Deuteronomy does announce her as Jellicle Choice, Victoria is the first one to touch her, Munkustrap second (so he doesn't hate her no more). The other Cats greet her and she goes to the heavy side layer.

The Ad-Dressing of Cats

Old Deut sings the number and the shows end. They dance a little bit on stage and go into the auditorium. End of the play.

End Notes

I really liked this production especially the make up, costumes and choreography. And I loved loved loved Demeter, Bombalurina, Jellylorum and Cassandra. Tugger, Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were absolutly great too.

The whole play seems more fun and less sad and dramatic than in replica productions. The fight was not very brutal and nobody got seriously hurt. Less romance, less violence, less sexy, less nearly dying but very entertaining and with a positive vibe to it. Neither Grizabella nor Gus seemed really like their end was near.

These cats just enjoy each others company and they love celerbrating together, which was very clear during the jellicle ball in a part where they kind of twisted with each other.

This production was really worth the trip!

[httpiastri]

OMG hi, okay so thank you for not immediately getting angry or upset with me for asking that question about feeling like ollie’s puppy persona might be a little bit fake.

also idk if you do anons, but if you do, can I please be the cat anon?

so like you mentioned, as a fan myself obviously, he does seem genuine to me, like mostly, and you can tell that he is very sweet. he is so sweet with fans and is well liked by people that know him.

but sometimes, and i know it's for privacy and boundaries, considering that he's young and has a whole social media manager and like all these company decisions behind him, i don’t know, it throws me off a little. like i know that every f1 driver has their brands, sponsorships and franchises behind them, it just throws me off because ollie is younger than me, so it just feels so weird…

also because I'm british too, i see him as someone i could go to school with ??? and it throws me off because like british boys aren’t great but ollie seems so sweet and it’s just like… weird idk 😭 it’s just my brain being weird

also the cheating rumours, with his ex gf estelle etc idk ughhh im half doubtful the cheating thing was even true, i mean would she have an nda for an f2 driver lol? considering she has a whole tiktok, why didn’t she outright say he cheated on her or do a whole exposè? lol anyways idk

thank you for reading this long ramble!! i think maybe 1 sentence made sense 😭❤️

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no no ofc i wont get angry for you just stating your opinion!! its very interesting to hear other ppls opinions, it's not fun it everyone just agrees all the time 🤣

but yeah, i get what you mean more now! ollie is so young and still he has such a big team around him and everything. and it's only gonna grow and get crazier once he gets into f1 and eventually ferrari... but yeah i understand that it feels extra weird if you're british too. i feel the same way when it comes to dino? since im swedish too and he's just two years younger than me but he still acts so... idk how to explain it 😭 and esp since he only went to school until he was 15/16, he missed out on a very big part of swedish life idk?

like i think that when young people grow up like them in the spotlight, their personalities are going to be a bit... fabricated in some way? because, and especially drivers growing up in an academy like them and esp probably a proper academy such as the fda, you're gonna grow up hearing that they need to act in a specific way to get fans and sponsors and jobs etc. so it's not weird that it feels a little fake! im sure they also themselves have issues with knowing exactly how they wanna act and what their true personalities are like (i too have these issues so it feels natural that celebs would) 🤷‍♀️

yeah i also dont rlly believe in the cheating rumors... definitely don't think she had to sign an nda for that 😭 idk im kinda sick of former wags (cough her and hermes cough) going out there and talking so much and throwing dirt on their exes who "cheated", like even if they did do you really need to go out there and post abt it in that way???? if it's something you need to share, for whatever reason i don't understand, then at least do it in a mature and mindful way. idk im just tired of this 😭

no no it all made sense, dont worry!! thank you so much for sending it all in <333 hope my answer was at least somewhat satisfactory lol and pls lmk if there was anything unclear!! (there def was bcs im pretty tired skdjhfdkfj sorry) and ofc you can be cat anon, very warm welcome!! 💗

[greatrunner]

"Just stay alive! I'm not going to lose you!" - Women and their function in 'Mission Impossible' as motivators

For whatever reason, Mission: Impossible Breaking Dawn, Part One decided to get rid of Rebecca Ferguson's Ilsa Faust in favor of keeping newcomer Hayley Atwell's Grace, a pickpocket-turned-IMF rookie.

And as someone who wasn't all that into Faust as a character (because so much of her construction seemed exclusively to lift from action heroines from foreign films, like The Villainess, and not necessarily out of love for said films), I really do not understand the motivation behind the move. Even as a fake-out, which I don't think this is.

If it was to drive home that new badie (Gabriel) was a genuine threat, it was a bad move. For one, this is an old hat in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Since the first film, killing women who were spy contemporaries in Ethan Hunt's line of work as a way of a) raising the stakes or, b) motivating Ethan Hunt (manpain central) has been this franchise's M.O.

You see it coming a mile away like a '"you killed my wife" plot in a Mel Gibson film. It's an antiquated writing device that turns women characters into objects. The only time this seemed to stop was after the third film around the time Cruise was married or still entangled with Katie Holmes).

During that time Hunt's character was married to a woman (played by an actress who is very much a Discount Katie Holmes), whose life was threatened throughout the time she was even considered important to Hunt's story.

In terms of selling the villain on that note (threatening the woman), It doesn't work with Gabriel because whatever dynamic he's supposed to have with Hunt as an old enemy never translates. We get a single flashback where he kills some nondescript woman that Hunt liked before he became a tool of the US Empire (when he was a thief, I guess). But that's it. It's a flashback without substance, a blink-and-you-miss-it moment. It never tells us anything about Hunt's specific relationship with Gabriel besides "You killed my girl!"

But who was your girl? What she did do besides exist in the same moment as you and then die in front of you?

Compare this to how John Woo communicated the relationships between Hunt, Nyah Hall, and Sean Ambrose (Dougray Scott) as rivals and lovers in the second film. Hunt and Ambrose knew or knew of each other as IMF agents IIRC. Ambrose went rogue, an action that flies in the face of Hunt's principles as an agent of IMF. They both fell in love with Nyah, a career criminal (cat burglar, etc). With Hunt it was recent, but Ambrose had a relationship with Nyah long before Hunt met her (IIRC. It's been a minute).

They both had something to lose and gain in either her survival or death once she was infected by Bellerophon. Ambrose had friends that Hunt knew he cared about and could use to hurt him. Oppositely, Ambrose never thought to go after Hunt's team unless they were actively antagonizing him. There were emotional anchors in the story that raised the stakes accordingly.

With this Gabriel character, they try to make him into something like Christopher Nolan's Bane ("I paid you" / "and you think this gives you power over me?"). He can't be manipulated and is "for the cause" through and through. They do this basically by saying he has no emotional connections to anyone, he just enjoys killing and harming people.

But the Impossible writers seemed to forget that Bane was doing all of this, primarily, because Talia Al'Ghul came back for him after he rescued her from being harmed by the men they lived in that pit with for ages. Bane was acting out of loyalty. Gabriel's whole spiel is that he lives to serve an omniscient Skynet like A.I. trying to destroy anyone it considers a threat. Like a religious zealot stereotype.

I'm sorry, but that's boring as hell (in this case).

At least with August Walker (Henry Cavill), their conflict (at first) was embedded in how they served and were loyal to the US Empire. Walker's dedication to state power (as represented by Erica Sloane, his handler) was in direct conflict with Hunt's ideology that people come before the mission and the state. (Then they fumbled that whole dynamic by making Walker a mole for Solomon whatshisface zealot, but I digress).

So killing Faust for this Johnny-come-lately guy with the presence of wet drywall was not great. The lack of depth in Hunt's relationship with Gabriel, the woman Gabriel killed just to spite Hunt, reduces Ilsa's death to a meaningless one.

This most recent Mission: Impossible film might feature the highest number of women with starring and speaking roles. There have only ever been a few female characters in the series (maybe never over three). The one that got the most Facetime usually was the one Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) was interested in. Vanessa Redgrave might be an exception to that rule, though.

In this film, we got:

Pom Klementieff (Paris) playing Discount Bond Henchman (think Xiana Onatopp),

Vanessa Kirby (White Widow) plays the ghost of Max Mitsopolis (Vanessa Redgrave, Mission Impossible),

Hayley Atwell (Grace) plays Nyah Hall (Thandie Newton, Mission: Impossible 2) sans the romance,

and Rebecca Ferguson (Ilsa Faust) plays the femme version of Ethan Hunt.

That's four women. They had considerable screen time* and a role in pushing the narrative forward.

For the time that Ferguson was in the series, the writers never went beyond innuendos and suggestions with Faust/Hunt. So, when this film started really laying on thick with the open affection Faust and Hunt showed toward each other, I knew she was cooked from the moment she appeared in the film looking like Big Boss.

I guess I'm wondering what was the point? If it wasn't a decision on the part of Ferguson to exit stage left, what did Ilsa's death serve beyond freeing up some space for Hayley Atwell?

And this line of questioning is operating on the pretense that Cruise and Co don't want more than a few women with major roles in the film. Because it's not like Grace and Ilsa couldn't exist in the franchise together.

*(considerable if you think about how Cruise-centric the Impossible series is)

[blimbo-buddy]

Cats in the City of Plague: Final Thoughts

I enjoyed this book quite a bit! It's nice to break away from Warrior Cats to read other xenofiction books, seeing as this is A.L Marlow's first fiction book, I'd say it's a great start! So let's go over what I think the pros and cons of the book are: Spoilers ahead, proceed with caution

Some quick content/trigger warnings:

Self mutilation and harm (Via the group of Flagellants, who scourge themselves with whips that have sharp metal spikes to lash their own backs with. It goes into detail about their wounds)

Religious manipulation

Animal death/harm (One of the cats killed is a child as well)

If there's any other warning that I may have missed, let me know and I'll add it

Pros:

Short and sweet. It's only around 130 pages long, it's not an incredibly intimidating read so it's good for those who want to read a good beginner book that isn't Warrior Cats

Neat setting, it takes place in 14th century France

Simple but effective descriptions of locations. Marlow's descriptions for some of the settings within chapters is well executed, the strongest ones in my opinion is when the cats are going to see the Flagellates and when the cats are in the graveyard

The deaths actually have some sort of impact on the characters

Innocent. Read the book to read about Innocent.

The characters have pretty good, fleshed out personalities, well, as much as Marlow could fit into a short 16 chapter book

The world building is simple and very casual, nothing is really that complicated. It's very down-to-earth, as down-to-earth as a xenofiction book can get

The characters have small details that give them so much to work with, such as one of the servants having scars on her face from previously dealing with cow pox, it makes you wonder what she went through and adds just even a little bit of layer to her

The book actually focuses on the humans too, it's not just focused on the cats 24/7

The scenes of cats running around while everybody is trying to catch them is greatly written, Marlow can capture chaos in the text well

The book doesn't act like the forest is where every cat must belong to, it actually details how harsh the environment is

The ending epilogue was so fucking sweet, genuinely great

Cons:

It sort of rushes towards the end

Way too many fake out deaths. I think some of them should have either died right there or have their fates unknown

This is just super common in xenofiction: More male characters compared to female characters

The chapters get. Way too short towards the end. So it's bad that there's a chapter that's only about Leander, Innocent, and Jean about to fight each other because there was a female cat nearby in heat, so Juno had to go find her and kick her ass. This goes nowhere.

Leander should have gotten humbled more I'm sorry, Lavinia should have kicked his ass

While the character deaths do impact the others, I wish it impacted them more. Leander kind of forgets about Argent two chapters after he dies

I do think the book could have been a bit longer

The story of Le Chat was a bit underwhelming as much as I enjoyed it a bit

Would I recommend the book? Yeah! If you want a short read and something different, I'd recommend it. For his first fiction novel, A.L Marlow did pretty well. It obviously has its flaws, and I advise that you don't go into this book expecting something grand with lots of world building, it's a quaint world and a simple plot with neatly packed world building both based on fiction and reality (what with the plague and all).

If you want other cat xenofiction books to read, here's a Tumblr post compiling some of them, it's how I found this book to begin with!

[hiro--aoki]

CHANDLER RIGGS IS A MAN AND I AM SICK AND TIRED OF PEOPLE SAYING HES A GIRL WHEN HES FUCKING NOT!!!! HE IS A GROWN ASS MAN AND HE SURE AS HELL WOULD NOT LIKE YOU, YOU STUOID RETARDED BITCH. HE IS A MAN! JUST BECAUSE HE HAS LONG FUCKING HAIR DOES NOT MAKE HIM A GIRL. I FUCKING HATE YOU AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU. I HOPW YOU KILL YOURSELF, I HOPE YOU GET RAPED AND BEAT, I FUCKING HATE YOU SO GOD DAMN MUCH YOU STUPID FUCKING RETARDED DYKE, I HOPE YOU GET RAPED YOU SICK FUCK. FUCK YOU I HATE YOU SO MUCH SO FUCKING MUCH YOU SICK FUCK

“Tell me why ur ears are in the nether yo eyebrows are on max brightness and yo neck be in incognito mode. Boy you be looking like the muffin man’s drug dealer level 6 diglet sticking out the top of yo head you look like you got baptized in the chum bucket yo mama use bakugons as a anal beads and you lost ur virginity to an armadillo on a trampoline in mid air, AYO stfu you cricket FROG NOISES Spinner fidget stupid midget genji main mega brain grandpa beat you with a cane. Half eaten onion ring Burger King mustard packet UPS EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH. Waluigi dirty squeegee. I bet you talk to other girls saying “Rub my dick and you’ll see a genie” Demon slayer, HOWDY NEIGHBOUR 353 POUND Fortnite player looking ass up boy. Open yo mouth and take my cupcake and swallow it. Everytime you burp fruit flies come out of yo mouth stinky ass boy. You discord mod, You wear ur cat ear headset for to fucking long to the point there’s a dent in ur big ass skull. Like to be honest bro, I’m fucking tired bruh, I’m tired of yo ass bruh, I’m tired of all theses goofy wannabe unoriginal view hungry cringe radiating YouTube shorts creating egotistically falsely empowered muscle shirt wearing Lamborghini driving food wasting prankster. You think you so gangster so you went to dollar tree and took a fake ass cold Chain from the Saint Patrick’s Day section and wore it around ur school thinking you got drip and shit, Like boy just stfu.” “You puted a balloon on yo head and thought it was a Durag like ain’t nobody cares about you dirty ass hell boy you got a drop off dark exlier pouring down ur hair right now you like a chipmunk you better get yo Christmas comes , This time of yearrr Bro like stfu you look like Ronald McDonald from a sex cult. You be looking like muscle man from regular show you be looking like ice spice, nah you actually look like water sugar get yo stanky ass away. When you walk downstairs your whole house starts fucking rumbling bitch you bring power of eren Yeager and 37 collosal titians down ur staircase. After you eat dinner you eat the plate and then you eat the table aswell CHOMP CHOMP. You rent out the gap between your teeth as a parking space for ants you be looking emo af CUT MY LIFE IN 2 PIECES THIS MY LAST RESORT, SUFFICATION NO BREATHING Ur nose be looking like two Mario pipes coming off ya face. INFACT when you tilt your head up be ugly af tell me why the bottom of ur nose look like the discord logo. You got a bikini bottom butthole you got spongebob flipping krabby Pattie’s in ur uterus ORDER UP MR KRABS! they made a sequal of finding NEMO based off yo ass called locating chromosomes in theatres this July! You was water boarding a mouse in ur kitchen sink to solve “the mystery of the missing cheese” You act like a whole ass Karen you better get yo “My names skyler white! YO, my husbands Walter white, YO!” Shut yo dumbass up your last poop was directed by micheal bay you got gfx explosions erupting in ur TOLIET bowl.”

[running-on-coffee-and-anxiety]

An Orphan's Journal, Entry 10

Monitoring increased for Samuel Elliason due to unusual activity. Cat Nap’s handler reported odd behavior, no deployment of Red Smoke when interacting with the subject and seems to potentially retain full or partial memories of prior friendship. Attempts to speak despite the broken voicebox have been reported. Concern of Experiment-1188 potentially losing conditioning are expressed but unlikely.

December 18, 1990

They said Christmas is in a week, a week is seven days and Christmas is December 25, and 25 minus 7 is 18, so today is December 18. I’ve gotten a lot better with words and numbers this year, so that is really nice. Things are okay I guess. Marie has been really jumpy since Cat Nap came to meet everyone, scared of loud noises and always looking around the whole room and sitting in the back of every class. I don’t understand what she seemed scared of, but she’s still really nice to me and she does not look really bothered by it, so I guess it’s okay. She isn’t acting like Theo did so she has to be okay. Maybe it’s a part of growing up? Miss Stella said that Marie was going to turn thirteen next year. She’s a big kid now. I hope she doesn’t leave, I don’t wanna be alone again.

Cat Nap sometimes comes out at night, but I don’t think I’m supposed to know. On nights when I can’t fall asleep, sometimes I look out my window and stare at the fake moonlight in Playcare and watch how all the colors look different in the dark. It doesn’t make me feel better or feel sleepy, but I don’t feel angry when I look outside. I’ve been feeling angry a lot more, but I don’t know why. I have not told the adults, I think they forgot over time. I think it’s been a lot of months since Theo died, the doctors stopped coming to make sure I was okay after a while. I have no clue when the last time Doctor Kovach read my writing.

I got distracted. That’s a bad thing when writing, Miss Delight says so. The Miss Delight that teaches English? I forgot they are all sisters and have the same last name. I’m gonna call her ‘Miss De-write’. But Cat Nap sometimes comes out at night. It looks like he lives in the Playhouse, but I never see him during the day after the first visit so I don’t know. He’s very stretchy, if I’m awake and looking out the window long after I’m supposed to be asleep, then he leaves the Playhouse and most of the time he sees me and walks over to stretch up and rest his head on my window. We can’t open the windows, so I just put my hand on th glass and watch and listen. They said Cat Nap has a broken voice, but I think he’s trying to talk. He starts wheezing sometimes, but the wheezing changes like he’s trying to say words.

I started trying to talk again too. Only with Cat Nap. I can’t make words yet, but I’m making sound, like Cat Nap. Maybe we can learn to talk again together. Cat Nap keeps coming to me. It reminds me of every time I went to Theo before. Is Cat Nap treating me like a good friend? Family? Theo was family, he promised to try and get us adopted together. I don’t know if I want a family anymore, but I like Cat Nap. Maybe when I can talk again I can read to Cat Nap. I think he’d like that a lot.

But I’m not stupid. I know the adults like to think they know everything because they are all older than us, but they don’t. I don’t know about the other kids, but I see things I think are supposed to be kept secret. I was hungry and wanted to get a snack, so I left my room, but I saw Cat Nap go to another kid’s room and I got curious. I don’t know Paige well, but maybe if Cat Nap wanted to play I could play with them. Maybe I could make a new friend playmate. Not a friend, I don’t think I want anymore friends. But when I looked in the room, Cat Nap breathed something that looked like smoke but was bright red in his face and Paige fell back on his bed and was asleep but his face was all scrunched up. I got a smell, it was like the Poppy doll’s hair, but I felt sick and dizzy after and went back to my room. I felt really bad and I had a nightmare when I finally fell asleep that night, though it was all fuzzy and I don’t remember what it was about, just that I was scared.

I wonder if that’s why Marie has been so jumpy? I don’t wanna think about it. Cat Nap probably just wants to help us sleep, the nightmare can’t have been caused by him.

But why does he never put me to sleep, then?

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Shower-Thoughts - Deacon/Female Sole Survivor

Summary Female Sole Survivor and Deacon enjoying the pleasures of hot water in Vault 81 Notes So this is the first fanfiction I wrote ever but I hope you enjoy anyway. (It's from 2016 guys lmao) _________________________________________________ Tags: shower sex, fluff at the end, mild smut, first person POV, I don't think there is a plot _________________________________________________ ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/6227689

The cat was back, the medicine for the boy was found and the mole rat threat was gone.

As a reward I got my own small apartment in Vault 81. 

„Mhmm cosy“ I mumbled and it wasn’t sarcastic at all, I was happy to have a safe haven where I could go when I wanted, if I wasn’t close enough to sanctuary. I let my eyes wander through the room, a small bed, some storage space and a bathroom with a shower. Was it working?

The overseer who had shown me the room noticed that my eyes lingered on the shower. „So I know its not much, but we agreed that we could spare a bit of our hot water, lets say for once or twice a month.“ She cracked a smile. „This is great, thank you very much and I mean it, really, one of the things I miss the most is a hot shower.“ The overseer nodded understanding and left.

I was working on warm water supplies in sanctuary, but there were still a few supplies missing and I expected I would have to clean myself in ice cold, with radiation contaminated water for at least the next month.

I locked the door and undressed as fast as possible. „Um so you will take that shower now I guess?“ Deacon asked. „Yea wanna join?“ „Nah I think I‘ll pass.“ „What?! Are you serious, why?“ He sat on the bed. 

„I have had bad experience with a shower once.“ he replied and leaned back „You know, when I was on a trip for the Railroad three years ago.“ „Mhmm tell me about it“ I mumbled while I tried to get my armor parts off. He leaned forward elbows resting on his thighs „I was in a Vault like this once and there was it: a SHOWER“ he told me like it was a horror story „and I thought ‚Hey why not, you should clean yourself and maybe, but just maybe the water will be warm, like a small pond or a barrel in summer.‘ But then after I was completely naked and was about to step under it, Raiders appeared and took me and my clothes with them.“

I unzipped my Vault suit to my navel and asked with a pretended shocked voice „Oh no Deacon what happened?!“ I knew he was lying, his acting was over the top again, if he tells the truth, most of the time he’s rather uncomfortable with it. „They made me into a Pin-up Model for Raider Recruitment. It seemed it worked well.“ he shrugged his shoulders and went back to his traumatized voice „Anyway since that day I swore to myself that I will never take a shower ever again.“ He was staring at the wall and brushed away a fake tear under his shades. I started laughing and he joined. „Sometimes I am very relieved that half of the stories you tell me are lies.“ „Only half of them?“ he raised his eyebrow.

I stepped out of my Vault suit and Deacons mask slipped for a second. I turned, stepped under the shower and cast one last glance to him, he was now leaning against the door frame, arms crossed and opened his mouth but I pushed the button for the hot water and Deacons response drowned in a moan. „Oh my god yes“ The water ran down my head over my back and it felt so, so good. Not only the dirt and blood vanished in the drain, even my sorrows were gone for the moment. Its been 210 years, but back in the days taking a long hot shower at least once a week was natural. I had almost forgotten the pleasure of it.

It wasn‘t long before I heard clothes being dropped on the floor. „Is it hot in here or is it just me?“ Deacon stepped behind me in the shower, pressing his front against my back so he got something of the water as well. „Oh my god yes, you were totally right.“ he moaned deeply and I felt his growing erection against my ass. I turned around and raised my left eyebrow „You are hard. Already?“ „Keen perception Professor. And I have to admit the water here plays an important part“ he blew a kiss to the shower head „Oh yea and by the way, the last time I heard a magnificent sound like that come out of your mouth was two weeks ago and I am a little envious of that shower“ His Hands now on my shoulders slowly brushing my collar bones with his thumbs. „Mhmm Why?“ I played along, he leaned forward „Because it has this beautiful woman all for itself“ his voice low and cheeky, right next to my ear, his hands sliding down my shoulders to my back. „The water flowing down here to this well formed butt of yours" his hands squeezing my ass firmly and I giggled. He guided me to the wall kissing my neck and I gasped as I met the cold, wet tiles. One of his hands lift my thigh up and placed it around his hips „And the only one“ I put my arms around his neck, an open-mouthed kiss „who makes you moan like that“ he looked me straight in the eyes „is me.“ and he thrust into me.

Some time later we were both screaming. Not only because we reached our climax, the hot water that was available for us was empty and now it was as cold as ice, my head felt like it was on fire. We both jumped out of the shower and he threw the only bathrobe that was hanging next to it over „Thanks asshole“ I shivered from the cold and walked straight to the bed and slipped under the cover and Deacon followed, taking me inside of his bathrobe „Mhmm body heat“ he whispered and I giggled. We lay there like this for a few minutes until we reached a normal body temperature. „I think you healed me, we should take a shower more often together.“ he chuckled and I joined „I love you“ I said and clung myself closer to him. He put his arms around me holding me tight and kissed the back of my head before I fell asleep „I love you too.“.

[winderlylandchime]

Hello! So to recap my day: took the dude to the doctor. He in all seriousness during HIS OWN IMPORTANT CHECK UP, asked the doctor about testicular cancer and what can happen to a person. The doctor obviously got a bit worried and started checking his test results thinking he missed something. My brother continued to ask questions about it, such as ‘how can chemo affect sex? Is chemo or radiation the same for testicular cancer as it is for other cancers?’ And so on. I am trying to intervene to stop this madness and my brother talks over me so it’s as if im not even in the room. And mid questioning, the doctor is going through the test results looking kinda more and more worried until you could actually see a lightbulb go off and he just stopped dead in his tracks and went ‘(his name), please for the love of god, tell me that this is NOT about that guy from the tv show and that you have a legitimate reason as to why you’re asking me this’ And this idiot goes ‘okay, sure…but i think we both know the truth.’ The doctor got a little angry at him and had to explain that his check up is real life and Brian’s cancer is fake and my brother actually fucking gasped! Hand on his fucking chest! And went ‘well its real to me, it literally just happened!….hey did i tell you, I got a cat named Brian?’ Then he started showing pictures of Brian the cat to the nurses and the doctor had to bribe him with a coffee (for the next check up) if he focused on and i quote ‘himself and not a version of brian human OR feline’ also keep in mind, he is wearing his Team Brian shirt while all this is happening.

ANYWAY, then we got to the vet. And for some reason i thought he got all his weird energy out of him. Wrong. We walked in and he was holding the fucking cat like a baby. Mind you he IS STILL WEARING THE FUCKING SHIRT. He explains he is there to get any type of papers he would need and shots and all that for his new cat. I’m thinking wow look at him actually acting like an adult. Just to set the scene: it’s a waiting room with a counter and there were 3 people behind it, two are standing behind the receptionist (one was the vet and the other vet tech). And theyre like helping her with the cats file she’s putting together. She asks for his info and is writing it down and then she goes ‘and the cat’s name?’ And he looks at them (while he is holding the cat like a baby) and goes ‘this sweet little baby here, is Brian’ and they all look down at the file and she goes ‘…Brian. Okay’ and then they all stop and just slowly look up and look at his shirt and he’s confused and looks down and goes ‘oh no, that’s a different Brian. *long pause* he’s also a sweet little baby…except when he’s a dick’ And I’m dying inside but i think we can all tell by now I’ve experienced worse with him. So the vet asks to go with him and we’re in his office and he casually points to the shirt while checking the cat and goes ‘so who’s that Brian?’ This man went ‘okay so. My Brian is named after my other Brian’ and the vet tech nicely goes (thinking she’s dealing with a normal person) ‘oh so is that your boyfriend?’ and he goes ‘ha, i wish. No, it’s a tv character..besides he’s already taken so not like id have a shot’ and the vet tech clearly still trying to make conversation asks him ‘what tv character is that?’ And then all hell broke loose. It was like a kid in a candy store that was on speed. In a span of 5-10 minutes, he managed to tell the entire plot of season 1-3. And then he finished it off with ‘now I’m on season 4. They just broke up…again. AND HE HAS CANCER! On his balls! That’s just cruel. And now he’s all sick and Justin is gone and I am so so so scared. Thank god, i have my other Brian’ and then the receptionist walks in with papers and no knowledge what all happened and goes ‘so Brian is now all yours to take home’ and the fucking vet goes ‘i bet you wish she was talking about the other one, huh?’ And then when we got home, he called our parents on zoom to introduce the cat and that’s also a whole other story.

Dear sweet anon! I had a few minutes between meetings today and read these messages and showed up to a meeting where I'm the boss completely laughing and with tears streaming down my face.

Your brother is doing research about testicular cancer with his actual doctor. I'm dying. This is some fanfic prep he's doing. (Also, can we discuss Brian's death wish for a cancer with a 99% survival rate? And he calls Justin dramatic!)

‘oh so is that your boyfriend?’ and he goes ‘ha, i wish. No, it’s a tv character..besides he’s already taken so not like id have a shot’

DEAD. He, too, has a crush on Gale. Lesbians and straight men, I guess!

[weirdcat1213]

TRIMAX VOLUME ONE LETS GOOOOOO ....i didnt remember this was just 6 chapters...wow

ANYWAY LETS GO

chap 1:

-youre right IT MUST BE TOLD TIL THE END OF TIMES

-1st act of god you say...huh

-yeah who could believe that...thats insane....jaja

-ERIKSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

-ik this was written in the 90s but i still dont like eriks saying that, like wth man lina is right

-hey lina :3 missed you

-....i like the new glasses...

-THAT SHOT REFLECTING VAHS YES THATS NICE LETS GO

-"lina cover your eyes :]" oh :c

-"oh is eriks again" :c

-YEAH GRANNY KILL THEM ALL >:D

-"stop. some legend that is" ow :c

-this is all just so sad cuz he rea;;y wanted to retire but he cant :c hes vash the stampede

-ww laughing at fake vash is the best xd

-YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH >:D

-also thats funny cuz yeah vash COULD shoot you in a matter of seconds but thats not what his name means and i really like that :3

chap 2:

-aw lina :c

-imagine going to the store and finding the silliest/most depressed wet cat in the universe ready for adoption

-GIVE ME THE PONY TAIL STAMPEDE GIVE IT TO ME PLS

-ok but how did you (from the perspective of a stranger) figure that knives was a name? knives comes from knife, so if a random person read "knives" wouldn't they think about the utensil first?????

-vash: how do you know so much about this evil entity that is my brother?

ww: hehe, please

-ily lina theyre talking bs

-YEAH >:D FREE BODY GUARD

-...im not ready for stampede eriks i will evaporate

-OH MY GOD THE HAIR

-BRO SHUT UP OFC SHE SAYS SHE DOESNT HAVE THAT POWER WHEN HE KICKED (i think) A FUCKING BULLET IM SO SAD

-....I WILL EVAPORATE IM TELLING YOU

chap 3:

-YEY MERYLS BDAY :D

-go get your vacation queen ily

-keele i will yeet you into the sun

-im never not going to be so fucking mad at HOW EASY THAT WAS BECAUSE THIS BASTARD MENTIONED MERYL LIKE IK YOU MISS YOUR DEAR FRIEND BUT OMG it just makes me sad

-wolfwood :3

-i like that :3 meryl just cant be an office person anymore when shes discover more of her world and people like vash. even if she almost died a lot of times, those were also the times when she was alive.

-YEAH MILLYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

chap 4:

-:c

-ok but that panel with mostly shade is scary

-i also want to lift my whole self with my arm :D (she said even though just walking places makes him tired)

-ok but if he trained like that for 150 years no wonder he's the only pro gunman ever

-i like his face on that panel, he's amazed and proud that one of his siblings survived for that long

-vash knows why is it always like that and he understands it but god he wishes so hard for it to just fucking stop and it breaks my little heart

-hes literally just an anime girl saying "hi-mi-tsu :3" (im so sorry i will never say that again but I'm right)

-he remembers people and names after so many fucking years

-also those children probably have never met him but vash gives so much ragdoll energy that they went with it (ok never mind maybe they did but you get the idea)

-cmon brad :c why are you so mean to him :c

-SHUT UP OMG SHUT UP

-all of this just backs up the SA interpretation and although it hurts my feelings....damn its just good writing. like not knowing what your own body can do and people taking advantage of that...makes me fucking sick (in a good and bad way i truly don't know how to explain it)

-BRAD LEAVE HIM THE FUCK ALONE AHHHHHH >:c WHY IS EVERYONE SO MEAN TO HIM

-noooooooooooooooooooooo :c every time someone calls/vash calls himself a monster this user loses 5 years of their life :D

-wolfwood sir your projection will make me want to eat my own arm

-NIGHTOW IM JUST PROCESSING WHAT WW SAID YOU CANT THROW CUTE LITTLE FACES AT ME SIR PLS NOOOO

-"run away run away ">:b" i love him so much

chap 5:

-the chapters cant keep starting with flashbacks I'm gonna start WEEPING

-is geranium tea a thing? maybe vash would like geranium tea

-how dare you, my vash the stampede would never side with the cops, he's acab i know that in my heart

-THAT ONE PANEL MY BELOVED (the onle about looking without his eyes)

-hes so fucking done

-yey conflict time :3 boi oh boi

chap 6:

-oh the title placement on this one :3

-i dont think he will (or that he is) fine after all of this but sure

-such a loud chapter and vash is so quiet

-and again, there all judging, expecting to see what will vash do

-"what do you know about my pain" brb I'm gonna EAT SOME GLASS REAL QUICK

-...

-its like....its like why, why make me suffer like this. its not even heavy stuff its just that everything hurts. his impulse and desire to help everyone, his reason why, how others see him while he tries and sometimes win while other times fails. it all hurts in a weird way.

-...legato why are you inside a fridge (i kinda forgot lol)

WHAT A VOLUME i need to lay down