#spotted panther

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[privateolives]

This is probably because I grew up watching 24/7 animal planet, but what finally made the allo/aplatonic thing click for me were the nature's of big cats.

Lions are powerful, regal creatures who are uniquely adapted to pack life. They need these connections to live a healthy life; A lonely lion is a miserable creature indeed.

Jaguars are solitary, beautiful creatures who live happily solitary. They prowl their lush world with self-sufficient majesty. A jaguar is not lonely without a pack. In fact, forcing jaguars to share space with others they do not enjoy is just as damaging as forcing a lion to live alone.

A lion may choose to head out on it's own for the most part, but in the end must return to the pack to thrive. A jaguar can choose to trust and enjoy the company of others, but they never feel the need to form a pack.

Is a jaguar selfish for this? A psychopath, a narcissist or any other such horrid assumptions? Is it a less moral creature than a lion, who seeks others like it to thrive?

Is a lion pathetic, or needy, or selfish for wanting community? For requiring contact with others like they require water? For their inherent need to string complicated webs of relationships that may seem silly or dramatic to others?

Of course not. These are ridiculous questions to even ask.

They are simply lions and jaguars.

In fact, is a jaguar that chooses to spend time with you not as magical as a lion's love? For a creature that needs no bond to thrive to still enjoy your presence enough to share it a time? Is a lion who can prowl the night alone not impressive in its strength and resilience? Is it not awe-inspiring in its ability to conquer a life it was never wired for and reign still?

Are they not both beautiful and awe-inspiring in their own ways, without being wrong?

Alloplatonics. Aplatonics. Are we not both special and beautiful in both our bonds and self-confident happiness equal, in each our ways? Is there not unique beauty in lifelong bonded packs and magical encounters that need no perpetuity to carry life forward?

Are we not but lions and jaguars? Neither wrong, neither selfish, but just different and beautiful creatures in each our ways?

That's how I've come to see it, anyway.

[ratatatastic]

cats attending a yacht party as if they werent at booze garden at 1am the same day is so incredibly-

also matthew MATTHEW THAT SHIRT. THAT SHIRTTTTT. WHAT IS THAT.

6.29.24 (x)

[zetterbabe]

just lemme scooch in there -chucky, probably (01.06.24)

[gridgegate]

it's gently holding your teammate who's too blasted to lift the cup without threatening to fall over around the middle season

[mycoblogg]

[marsuro]

Magma king

[barkovsasha]

if they all get sick after this it's because they're making out w the cup one after the other

[thecatkennel]

attempts at those three bozos from the prologue

[annieqattheperipheral]

matty being so good and not Not saying darryl sutter sucks💀

Matthew Tkachuk on 32 Thoughts | June 2nd, 2023

our majestic beautiful wild rat once stifled but now roams freely, scurrying from one pocket of sunlight to another causing mayhem and destruction with the cheekiest lil grin

[tkachukisms]

matthew's little :D stop it... stop...

[scarletenvy]

i hope the kitties save some for tomorrow too !!!

[ratatatastic]

there is genuinely nothing more delightful than to know that during dinner (before they migrated over to e11even later on that night) the restaurant played a custom intro as sasha came in with the cup with matthew leading the way with his emotional support belt and the cats absolutely lose their minds over their captain

my personal favourites are: mikksy clapping like a nerd, lombo capturing the whole thing on his phone like a proud mama, monty stolie and swaggy just grinning and shouting in pure joy and benny pumping his arms up and down

Catch (Miami Beach) | 6.26.24 (x)

[hazel2468]

I got an awesome pic of Bagheera stuffing his little face! He's holding TWO fruit flies there, one in each arm, and I gave him four. First meal after his second molt, so I think he needs it!

He's so small, but he's already such a goofy, expressive little guy.

[thedissociatives]

sports people do you guys have a team that you don't necessarily support but are sympathetic towards. like you don't follow them too closely but you like to see them do well. or is it just a me thing

[wuxian-vs-wangji]

Set my inner dragon aside for a moment and made myself one of the rarer crafted mounts in World of Warcraft: The Jeweled Onyx Panther