#they're like cats chasing laser pointers

[brb-on-a-quest]

reblog for a bigger sample size because this obviously sciences very well (*cough cough*)

[tanadrin]

Piggy-backing on that one reblog about how "progressivism" doesn't necessarily seem to be the best indicator of "willingness to fight Trump" and you see people like the Cheneys and the Bulwark ex-Republicans take it more seriously: Another thing about The Bulwark crowd is that they also seem to be more consistently good on social liberalism (like they have some trans "skeptics" like Cathy Young but who are a lot less strident about it than others, and other people like Tim Miller seem to largely get that stuff but in a way that knows how to talk to people on the fence about it) than a lot of the sort of anti-idpol "dirtbag leftists" who were seen as the right way to message to the middle last time - and many of those "dirtbags" ultimately became far-right Trumpians over time. One of the things that I think the left might need to consider is to stop making economic progressivism the purity test, because the issue of more where we need to keep the coalition together is how to message on social issues, particularly LGBTQ+ issues, immigration and racial equality. The right has figured out how to levy people's fears there, but in service of policy I really don't think most of those voters want. It probably would not be that difficult to find someone who can talk to the average voter about why they have nothing to fear from trans people, if the left abandons purity politics on other issues (or also, abandons the idea that you have to get what very young trans people on social media consider the perfect right way to talk about these things all the time in order to do successful advocacy there, but I think most people already know that). With the economic stuff, I think Trump's own ineptitude there and the effects of tariffs will largely sort that out, at least into discrediting Trump and whichever Republicans go along with him as people who can be trusted on "the economy."

But I do ultimately think that making that the litmus test is doing more harm to progressive goals as a whole, by insisting that someone like Hasan Piker who thinks Ukrainians can burn for all he cares, is a better "advocate" to "talk to the middle" than more sincere people who aren't as far left economically.

yeah the thing is there are every combination of "progressive/leftist vs centrist/center-right" and "pro-trump/soft-on-trump vs anti-trump," it's just that the specific combination of "soft on trump/trump-curious leftist" happens to be rare among elected officials, so we don't have to spend as much time worrying about those dingbats. they absolutely exist, a lot of them are the same people who were saying there's functionally no difference between kamala harris and donald trump (seriously), but they're not, like. in congressional leadership. they're dirtbag-left podcasters who nobody has taken seriously outside their own incestuous community since they started doing assad apologia.

i don't actually think the long term solution is finding the mythic Joe Rogan of the Left, i think the long term solution is the democrats building a political infrastructure that isn't based on spamming people's email for donations every four years and plowing all that cash into overpaid consultants who tell them to chase polls like a cat after a laser pointer. imagine if democrats had spent a fraction of the donations that went to the harris campaign on (as one person on bsky suggested) funding local reporters to investigate republican sex scandals and megachurch tax fraud--and another relatively modest fraction on a cannon to fire david shor and matt yglesias into the sun.

[dark-lord-of-awesomeness]

That video you reblogged earlier of an owner throwing a toy on the ceiling and the cat screaming, that's Fiddleford and Stan.

Everyone in Stan's family is guilty of messing with him via cat toys, but Fiddleford is the most guilty of all.

They are engaging in the Tom and Jerry shenanigans. Stan is hiding his socks, rearranging his workshop, and teaching his children how to commit crimes (of the non-science variety! Lol, hypocrite).

Fiddleford is hiding laser pointers strategically throughout the house to be used at any moment. Building cat toys with hidden features (surprise, this little spider bot is also a water sprayer!). Putting Stan in little cat hats when his unaware and taking pictures.

Fiddleford laughing and Stan just yowling is a common occurrence.

It gets so bad that Carla stages an invention, but they just can't stop. It's part of their friendship (and their enrichment). They still have to dial things back just a bit, but they don't stop.

At one point the cat vs man shenanigans gets so bad (annoying for others) that Carla puts her foot down and makes them stop.

It lasts three days, and ends when Stan and fiddleford simultaneously break. Them messing with each other is like, their whole thing.

Fiddleford stress builds a robot, which in his anxiety fueled mania he's designed to hunt down Stan. Stan, already on the move from similar crime mania of not messing with Fiddleford, has already broken into his house to do..... something. He isn't actually sure yet, when the robot smashes through the wall. Cue looney took chase around town, both of them suffering from mania and throwing quips at each other the whole time. Fiddleford uses a Lazer pointer, Stan has already stolen Fiddlefords wallet and is sprinting downtown to buy as much useless junk as possible. It ends when the robot finally catches Stan and just. Holds him. They're just starring at each other while the town is half destroyed around them.

Eventually Carla shows up to yell at them, and the family has another intervention where they just limit the amount of messing around with each other their allowed instead of outright banning it.

(The most important thing about their relationship is that they are still friends. Only Stan is allowed to scam and mess with fidds, and likewise fidds doesn't like it when people outside the family mess with Stan's cat habits. That's his job)

[cornerdreams-txt]

WAIT PEOPLE ENJOY QSMP AGERE CONTENT??

bro if i had known... IF I HAD KNOWN..... anyway hey hi have some q!cellbit regression headcanons :) what do you mean it's obvious i've thought about this excessively nuh uh no way i would never (lie.)

➤ what is age regression?

★ cellbit has no idea that he regresses. he just thinks its him being overly tired and stressed and maybe he just needs a nap? and - uh, is bad okay? why is he looking at him so oddly?

★ when he's regressed, cellbit behaves uncannily like his younger self - minus the violence. naturally, as a result, bad picks up on it before anyone else, and can't help but baby cellbit. just a little bit. pulling him on a few adventures, teasingly offering to carry cellbit around when he complains that he's tired, walking him home afterwards - you know, little things!

including a cheerful "good work today, cellbit!" as bad rubs his head, and cellbit bunts into it with a happy prrp! and then immediately pauses in disbelief at himself while bad giggles fondly, reminded of simpler times.

★ bad has to tell roier what cellbit's regression is, but once he understands it, roier introduces it playfully. teasing pet names, "let me do this for you, gatinho <3" lovingly, until cellbit finds himself comfortably allowing roier to do things for him and fussing over him and showering him in affection whenever he feels soft and tired and like his body is too big for him.

★ typically, cellbit is a sleepy regressor. sometimes he gets playful, rowdy, wanting to do something fun, but he's easily distracted with card games or being encouraged to work on his ttrpg.

★ roier likes calling him "gatito" when he's regressed. "little kitty." cellbit thinks its embarrassing and gets flustered over it. (he likes it)

★ pac and mike are familiar with regression, but didn't realize that cellbit does it at first. but once pac realizes, he begs mike to give it a try, just trust him on this, and suddenly they're dragging cellbit on adventures around their factory, and at some point ;

★ pac realizes that cellbit will chase laser pointers directly into walls with a startled meow when regressed, and laughs himself into tears of delight about it while cellbit gives him a sad, confused look, rubbing his now-sore head from where he slammed into the wall.

★ "cebe, you can't drink coffee all day! especially not when you're little!" "but guapito... :(" complete with the biggest saddest wettest puppy eyes a catboy could possibly muster. roier is a strong, strong man for forcing cellbit to drink water instead.

★ chews on his clothes. on his hands. on his mug. on his pencils. he'd probably chew on his shield if he could. dear lord someone get this little one a very very durable teething toy. he needs it.

★ oh you pick him up?? you pick him up??? sleepy!! sleepy cat be upon ye!! (falls asleep almost instantly upon being scooped up into someone's arms. always. without fail. every time.)

★ will laugh himself to incoherence playfighting with anyone who lets him. his favorite to playfight with is bad, who is strong enough and tall enough (and familiar enough with him) that he can get flung around like a ragdoll but never get hurt. he finds it delightful.

★ clingy clingy kitty. constantly hanging off roier's arm or wearing his clothes or carrying something that reminds himself of his husband. would carry richas around the whole day if he could. clings to bad's cloak and follows him like a personal shadow. scrambles excitedly to follow after pac and mike when they leave to go somewhere.

★ messes up his and roier's bed to make a big nest at the end of the day so he can roll around and make the bed and blankets smell like him, before grabbing roier and dragging him into the nest for snuggles, purring so loud he can't hear his own thoughts, and dozing off draped over his husband's chest.

[samo64]

Red Baldloon headcanons because i love that glitchy goober

Since they are just a glitchy monster, i feel like they would have cat/dog tendencies when meeting someone they haven't seen before. like if someone in the school house aside from the player ever found them Red would have either a fight or flight response to being found.

They rarely smile and only do that if they are close to someone that they really like.

They never blink. ever.

Their appetite consists of the walls, floors, ceiling, chalk sometimes, that cake from birthday bash or just sweet stuff in general, school paper.

if someone had a laser pointer it will and won't stop chasing it.

the reason why Red has sharp red nails is because Purple/56 had painted them with nail polish.

Red can't phase through walls like the other Baldloons.

Red does not even know why they scare Null/Filename2 so much.

If Red were to wear clothes i would cut holes around it's torso area so it's other heads can breathe.

The only other character they can only disguise as is Baldi himself.

They are not really a villian they're just misunderstood.

They can replicate voices but when they do it it ends up stuttering and glitchy.

Red really enjoys pats on it's back, it's multiple heads it just likes physical affection. it even purrs.

If someone were to give them a lil smooch, all the heads would fluster up and it would cover it's face.

If Red were to ever meet Bink (Null's crab) they would protect it at all costs.

Red has the same large appetite as baldi.

Red is scared of Playtime, NINENINE, Principal of the thing.

they can loaf.

they often rub their faces on people to test if the person is friendly or not.

If Red ever met Bladder or Badsum, Badsum would scream and cry while Bladder would reach his arms out wanting to pet Red.

They wont hesitate to bite a threat. and lemme tell ya it hurts like getting stabbed with a tazer.

When Red wants to taste something, it sticks out a thin long black tongue like a snake or frog to taste test it.

if one of Red's Heads were to bite a lemon, all of the other heads would taste the sourness and hiss in pain.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk.

[ichthysistoast]

Glad to see another member of the hyperspecific abnormality fanclub (I empathize far too much with that damn fox, he’s my baby) so does fishte flick their tail like an interested cat? I’m getting that energy from the pencil fishte. Silly guy.

yeagg i love ichthys, my favourite silly limbus abnormality!! mhmm yeah they probably would (even though they're half fish now..?) i attach cat-like behavior to them a lot.. at this point i should just start posting my ideas but uhh to much effort.. they'd probably chase laser pointers (and purr but thats also just me being big silly monster fan). the idea for it was that it takes place after the check up, so probably good they weren't like this while on the lakes, or the sinners would have to fish them out of the water oops

[are-they-therian]

Wander - Wander Over Yonder

animal/creature: Cat

reasoning: There's this episode where he and a whole city are brainwashed by a cat. Wander starts acting like a cat (meowing, purring, general cat activities, the whole nine yeards) but when you see the rest of the city, literally no one else is doing that; they're all just regular-brainwashed, and still talk and such. Only Wander got kitty cat-ified. Aside from that, he's also been shown to have other cat-like traits, like chasing laser pointers. He's itty

[etherealspacejelly]

📖

10. Do you read fanfiction? If so, what are your faves? 📖

yes i do read star trek fanfic! i also write it!

Here is the link to my collection of star trek fics. They're all reader inserts, very fluffy, lots of gratuitous cuddling, and they can be read as platonic or romantic depending on your preference! I love reader inserts but im aroace, so often they can make me a little uncomfortable if they're too romantic or include sexual themes, so i started writing my own for other people who feel the same way :]

as for my favourites that other people have written:

This fic is a super cute, super fluffy, old married spirk fic. Jim goes away for a work trip and Spock ends up missing him more than he expected

This is a cool exploration of what pon farr would be like for an asexual vulcan! its very sweet and a little silly.

This one was written by my mutual @spirk-trek! though i didnt know that when i first read it. its one of my favourites that i come back to a lot. Spock cuts Jim's hair and its very domestic and comforting, and it also features some excellent descriptions of what mind melding feels like

And just one more, for luck. This one is a crack fic about Spock chasing a laser pointer. You know, like a cat. Absolutely hilarious and a super fun read

[anoant-haikyuu-dump]

hi bb!! i love your nekoma headcanons, you capture them so well :) also thank you for enlightening me about fukatora truly. i was wondering what would happen if nekoma got a team pet. i KNOW chaos would ensue

Aaaa thank you so much!! I mainy made this sideblog to ramble about them so im super glad someone enjoys the text posts!! :D

Team pet is a fantastic prompt oh my god, you just know Lev walks into practice one day with a stray cat in his arms and it never leaves. At first Yaku's against it ("Why would you bring that inside, it could have rabies!") but all it takes is it rubbing against his leg and purring for Yaku to be converted into a full-blown cat mom. From then on he's the one bringing toys and treats and baby talking. Kuroo makes fun of him all the time and Yaku denies it but he doesn't stop.

Kuroo's canonically a dog person but he doesn't mind the cat, I think he's the type to talk to it like its a human and have (one-sided) conversations. When the team points this out he's like "Well at least he listens to me, unlike the rest of you". He also likes to ruffle the fur on it's head, reminds him of Kenma.

Kai brings a little bed for the cat and is the one to clear out a corner of the club room for it's stuff. If Yaku is the cat mom Kai is the cat dad. Everyone's always adding stuff to the cat nook, he's a spoiled little guy

Tora tries to teach the cat tricks as if it's a dog. He's really bad at it, he just commands it to do stuff as if yelling louder will make it suddenly understand english. Kenma tries to tell him to quit it but Fukunaga stops him— "I want to see where this goes." It ends with Tora rolling around on the floor like a moron while the cat just sits there watching. Who's training who? It's a mystery.

Inuoka chases the cat around, he's always the one to get it rilled up. He's been scratched the most times (along with Lev) but he hasn't given up hope, THEY WILL BE BEST FRIENDS. The cat can sense that he's the dog of the team

Teshiro's often found mid-staring competition with the cat, not intentionally they just get locked into it. They have a silent respect for each other

Despite being the one to bring it in the first place the cat has a love-hate relationship with Lev. He's not exactly delicate and always ends up scaring it or petting too hard. When school closes for holidays he's the one to take it home

According to promotional art cats love Fukunaga, and this is no expection. He brings laser pointers to play with before practice, his favorite thing to do it point it at Tora while his back is turned and watch the chaos ensue. The laser pointer also works on Inuoka.

Kenma and the cat take naps together, it's often found curled up on his lap or stomach during breaks. Very cute, the team has taken a lot of pictures

Petting the cat is Shibayama's stress relief after practice matches, especially once the 3rd years graduate and he's the main libero. He does this before games to get in the right headspace too, it's become a routine.

The cat is basically team mascot and it's in all their group photos. Their not allowed to bring it on the bus but whenever another school comes for a practice match they're sure to show him off.

Ok thats all woo pets!!

[dramatic-dolphin]

what are your favourite spider species and why?

less singular species and more entire families because there are too many cool spiders in this world!

jumping spiders because they look like this: °○○°. just a liddol creature. also they're like if a cat was a spider, they even chase laser pointers! absolute babies. also they make the best mimics. there's so many different species ant mimic jumping spiders and they can 100% fool me as well. completely flawless at it. it's fascinating.

tarantulas: oooh BIG boy. even back when i was more freaked out by spiders i loved tarantulas a lot, because paradoxically they are just. too big to be afraid of. for me. they're the size of a mouse and my brain goes "ohhh that's an Animal". also they come in funky colors and are soooo elegant when moving, i'm in awe. so sad i live on a continent where i can't just happen upon them on a walk.

for single species of spiders that are neither jumping spiders or tarantulas:

szongáriai cselőpók: this is a single species (lycosa singoriensis). steppe spider!!!!! biggest spider found here. very shy girl that i really want to see one day. also wolf spiders carry all their young children on their back. up to a hundred of them. which is objectively amazing and also objectively incredibly freaky-looking. (i love every other wolf spider as well, but my girl szongáriai cselőpok is the bestt)

diving bell spider: UNDERWATER SPIDER. the one, singular spider species out of every spider ever to live underwater. coolest guy that exists. literally builds a little diving bell out of silk so it can breathe air in the water. (also there's a beloved hungarian children's cartoon with a diving bell spider as a main character)

my other favorite spiders include whoever is chilling in our bathroom, because i STILL haven't managed to figure out her species. but i love her personally.

[anjel-x]

since Skellies eyelights glow...

what if the lights are out and they're looking around (especially red eyelights) would a cat launch/chase at them like a laser pointer?

Dust: Killer! get your cat outta my eye socket!

[azzydoesstuff]

lethal company is an amazing game, but forest keepers are in desperate need for reworking. the ingame lore says that they only eat you because they're curious creatures, and are essentially big toddlers, so why don't they behave this way ingame?

if the forest keepers really are this way in the lore, they shouldn't be so persistent on chasing you down and devouring you. instead, they should actually be, you know, curious like the lore implies.

forest keepers should get distracted by things like toys and trinkets, just like toddlers do. you should be able to use the laser pointer to move them around or drop stuff like toy robots or clacky teeth or boomboxes for them to play around with. after like a minute or two they'll get bored and just throw the toy away, or just straight up eat it. un-interesting items like bottles or bolts or axles would only stop them, for a couple of seconds before they put it in their mouths.

if they do catch up to you and grab you, they shouldn't immediately eat you either. they're meant to be curious creatures like cats, so maybe they could play around with their prey a little bit. might give you a chance to escape. maybe they could carry you to a secluded area, like a "play place" or a "nest" and inspect you and play around with you a bit. if you don't entertain them while they keep you prisoner, they'll just put you in their mouth and chow down (as toddlers do when a toy provides no entertainment or feedback).

methinks this would be a good way to execute their lore better in gameplay and overall make them less of a pain in the ass

[starandcloud]

Chat Noir Headcannons

Attempts gymnastics, fails

Separation Anxiety

Tends to fall asleep on late night patrols

He loves to give you forehead kisses, they're quick and easy

Might have an obsession with touching you, literally in any way

Purrs, like actively, when he's around people he likes

More cat like than he wants to admit

Does, in fact, react to catnip

High key possessive/protective, even as a civilian

Will knock full glasses of water off tables and counter

Adores it when you rub his head between his cat ears

Is a massive sucker for those videos with the birds and mice on the screen

Chases laser pointers when its just you and him

He's a lovable idiot

Will sit on your roof and watch over you while you sleep if he has anxiety

He will bring you birds he finds (they'll be alive, no worries) cause he thinks he needs to care for you. Basically he thinks you can't fend for yourself, it makes you laugh

Chat has licked you once, BUT IN HIS DEFENSE. It was really late and he was really tired and he just kinda licked you

Chat rubs his cheek against you when he's being clingy, he's "marking you" he says

He gets the zoomies at the most inconvenient times

[spritehouse]

in my "they can all turn into cats for some unexplained reason" phase so here are my thoughts:

CW: mentions of drug use in spencer's section + CSA in derek's

Luke:

i think transmasc luke with a calico cat form would be nice. when he was younger, he hated shifting bc it made him dysphoric, but as he got more comfortable with himself he stopped minding as much.

also just this little calico cat walked up to somone and they're like "aww such a sweet girl" and then it turns into a tall muscular man.

or bengal cat luke bc i said so

Spencer:

mixed breed, but definitely has orange tabby in him. all of his genius goes out the window when he's a cat. he yells for food, chases laser pointers & light beams, sits in boxes, just the most Cat cat to exist. he also has zero balance so he does all this stupid shit and ends up falling every 3 seconds

he's also terrified of catnip after getting clean because he's afraid he'll become dependent on it

Derek:

i looked up athletic cat breeds and idk why but abyssinian stood out to me. my other option is a bombay cat

he hates being pet because buford would pet him, and he sees his cat form as a vulnerability, but as he gets more comfortable with his partners and feels safe around them, he lets them pet him

[crystalelemental]

Kitties update.

We've seen some funny stuff with Gia. For whatever reason, one morning she was super spooked and wasn't calming down too much, so any time we moved she'd startle and run away. One such surprise had her run to the window alcove...where Bond was. Gia froze and just stared at him, but refused to leave the window. Bond, for his part, looked up at her, hissed, then laid back down and went to sleep. Gia hesitated a moment, but did wind up leaving. It was just...very silly.

We also got the laser pointer back. Turns out, Gia loves the laser pointer. It's the only toy we've gotten her to respond consistently to. She had active big play, even with us in the room. This is great for Gia, but also for Coco, who has destroyed her rope stick. There's a toy with like a feather toy attached to a stretchy rope thing, which is then attached to a firm rod you wave around to make it move. Coco, ever the gremlin, loved chewing on the rod part. Which finally broke apart to the point that, while playing with it, it just snapped off. Fortunately, she likes the rope part too, but goddamn girl, must you destroy everything?

Speaking of bastardry, we've been waking up to various items pulled out toward the back door, near the guest room the cats like. We had kinda assumed it was Coco, given...well, everything about her. Until one day, my wife caught Gia picking up the sponge from the sink and running off with it. So it turns out Gia might be the hoarder. Her desired items include the sponge, the TV remote, my exercise bands, among others. I found their lost jiggle bell beanbag toy, and that seems to have momentarily reduced their tendency to play with things that are not toys. But they are a problem. They tore up an entire roll of paper towels! Stop destroying everything!

Bond has been getting better about Coco being present on the bed with him. He isn't happy about it and will chase her away if she gets too uppity, but honestly at this point I'm on his side. He's no longer getting annoyed about her presence, or even proximity. He's losing patience with her flopping around on the bed trying to play while we're sleeping. So like. Honestly dude, just slap her a little. Don't actually hurt her, but kick her ass just a little. I think he actually may have one time. She has not learned any lesson whatsoever.

We also have confirmed, live evidence of Coco Meows. A fly got into the house, and she got really excited about its presence. When I got up to take care of it, she gave a non-distressed meow. Prior, we've only heard her meow when she's scared or worried, like when we close her out of the room at night or we have to put them in the carry case. But it turns out, much like Gia, she has a very soft, cute meow. Which is...deceptive, really.

We're also finding out that Bond doesn't actually like almost anything but Chicken. We'd assumed he wasn't eating much of some of his dinners because he just doesn't eat much, and got him little half-portion meals. But then he ate none of it for anything fish-related. He only eats the chicken. Boy just likes his land animals, I suppose.

All three have started to learn timing in the schedule. Coco will come snuggle just before bed, Bond knows exactly when 5pm is for dinner and when the wife is set to get out of work, and Gia's pretty aware of her meal times. She'll kinda hover outside of the room starting around 6am for breakfast. I've had to rotate less demands in the morning for her. She doesn't like to approach for fear of getting picked up, so although she's used to it and calm, she doesn't like it. So I have to switch it up so she can't tell when it's going to happen. Which shouldn't be often, we just have a vet appointment in two weeks.

They're doing well. No major updates, but they are goofs.

[threadsun]

Since my brain wont shut the fuck up until I tell you about it here's some basic lore for the hybrid au thing. Be warned their world is fucked

Hybrids are a man made creation, some folks in the government got a little god complex with gene splicing and now hybrids are just a thing. That was a good few generations ago tho so most hybrids that are still kicking were born from hybrid parents

Hybrids are looked down upon, either because people think they're dangerous i.e. tigers and lion and bears oh my, or because they're seen as pets i.e. cats dogs and rabbits

Most places wont hire hybrids still so they have to give themselves up in some way, whether that means giving themselves up for testing or for adoption is up to how dangerous people think they are

Hybrids can also be born mixed breeds. Say if a bird hybrid and a cat hybrid had a kid that kid might look just like a cat hybrid but they will constantly try to jump from high places because their brain thinks they should be able to fly. Being a hybrid is also a dominant trait so if you have one hybrid parent you will also be a hybrid

All hybrids also have small characteristics from the animal they are. So like, dog hybrids don't like their hand being held and might bark at the TV, cat hybrids hate wearing shoes and will run into walls if chasing a laser pointer ect. Most of these traits are masked as hybrids get older but hybrids feel the best if they are allowed to show them

Any questions?

Oooooh delightfully fucked up!! I love it!!

Where do they get adopted from? Are there hybrid pet shops or do they just choose to put themselves up for adoption on like... ebay or something?