#top cat book

[houseofcatwic]

[terrifiedofconflict]

"Charles doesn't know he's bisexual." This. "Noooo, Charles knows he's bisexual but just hasn't thought about his best mate like that." That. Look, I don't know what Charles knows, but what I DO know is he is trying to get Edwin to reveal himself to be the top he needs. He's been working on it for 30 years. He tries to make his top in training jealous with a fully realized top (Crystal) for 2 minutes then some cat and crow bottoms think they can just swoop in and reap all the rewards of his hard work?

[tea-tuesday]

studyblr: cat edition

[easypeezysilverbreezey]

ivypool they will never ever make me hate you. god forbid a traumatized mentally ill woman behaves in a way that isn’t woobifiable to you :/

[bretzkysbs]

[mllenugget]

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[faaun]

we sang in the aeroplane over the sea tgth ☆

[devililmggf]

"I still don't forgive you. Everything I said is still true. But I'm a medicine cat, and I can't just let a cat die when I could save him."

Jayfeather

[rookflower]

grit my teeth and hold myself back from fighting someone every time i see the sentiment of "wow can you believe people actually think nightheart is sexist? and that liking nightheart makes you a misogynist? how crazy is that lol" out in the wild. nooooo that's not what the discourse actually was. you have fallen for the dismissive surface level takeaway people had from a genuine discussion about wider trends of misogyny in the writing, that makes said criticisms out as irrational and hysterical as possible. you will now associate any criticisms of misogyny in the series with this hyperbolic strawman

[marias-assumption]

This is such a sad song for me… it just has curiousest lyrics but w the profoundest meaning. —> Have i found you flightless bird? like… is it you? the one that won’t run away? have i found you already? or isn’t you after all?…

but at the same time is actualy a plaid for her to actually be the end-game for him.

and it says some weird stuff ab fat house cats, pissing on magazines 🐈 which i’ll explain 😝

first starts with “i was a quick wet boy diving too deep for coins all of your street light eyes wide on my plastic toys” which means i was a poor little boy who spend way too much time outside the house, even playing with my toys in the street, knowing all the people are there to stare… with surprised or horror. very driven and moved to “Do stuff” to find meaning of live but at the same time not believing much in miracles (skepticism- not valuing the coins of the miracle’s fountain) with more of a materialistic ambition, and also with “quick wet boy” makes an allusion to “quick witted” which means smart… so i was a very driven and smart kid hoping for too much, not putting too much faith into heaven but driven to find myself in the world.

Then concludes that w “Then when the cops closed the fair I cut my long baby hair, stole me a dog-eared map And called for you everywhere” meaning, then time got me and i was growing up, and realized i need to “cut my long baby hair” long time being an immature person and realized i need to find this other bigger than myself stuff, and realized i really wanted someone, not keep on playing w my toys on the street… also the disapproval of peoples got a hold on time and was tired anyways.

(yeah. deep)

then the chorus suggesting he has been in the field, searching for its partner. bc it says “Or lost you? American Mouth” which alludes to just another lips i kissed. fast-lived. pointing out that the American culture can be so detached and filled w ill-used relationships, but he does lives this as a loss bc he also says “or lost you- “ is a loss for him. and ends with “Big pill looming” the fear of loss, or the threatening “another failed experience thrown into the trash” and he can sees the pills prescriptions coming. like is just another paperwork. But also, alludes at the saying “that’s a big pill to swallow” which could also refer to as the threatening unpleasant truth that appears its coming, a hard truth which he is not ready to accept yet

Last verse “Now I'm a fat house cat Nursing my sore blunt tongue, Watching the warm poison rats, Curl through the wide fence cracks, Pissing on magazine photos Those fishing lures” meaning that now he’s comfortable with her, kind of playing too comfortable, so comfortable that kind of forgot to take care of the relationship or himself. If you are blunt, you say exactly what you think without trying to be polite, so he was nursing his blunt tongue, words were a little too sharp. a house fat cat is a tamed animal, so he’s watching the rats run (the toxic things) just “happening” without doing much.. again. a little too comfortable. getting comfortable on the big creeks the house fences has, the door was open, it wasn’t a secured future yet, bc they were getting through tough times. is now or never- get through this. but he was “sleeping” on the cracks. Being passive-aggressive (like cats when they piss on places where they shouldn’t lol), but not trying to get into conflict, so he’s not fighting for her. He “caught” all those fishing lures the devil was throwing at him, they looked like food but it hurt, he engaged into all the vices being tricked, falling on the trap of laziness and gluttony.

but then he got kicked out sleeping outside: “Thrown in the cold and clean, Blood of Christ mountain stream”, and then he even went to ask for the forgiveness of his sins, hitting rock bottom, realizing his bad habits and looking up to God. Took him to believe in religion to really repent, and realizing what he was ab to loose (bc the cat slept outside, is not fully over)- He had matured, was not a skeptic little kid anymore. he’s now respectful of the fountain of miracles and he takes life seriously, he was sleeping on it.

Last chorus slight change “Have I found you? Flightless bird - Grounded, bleeding - Or lost you? American mouth Big pill, -stuck going down-“ Meaning now that he repents he’s asking if even after all this war, all this bad times, could she stay with him forever and be the flightless bird? he feels sorry for her bc now that he truly sees her he can see the damage done, and he knows asking her to stay forever after all this is like a flightless bird wounded, bleeding. Now believing in repentance, mentioning “blood christ mountain stream” he swallows the blood of christ and maybe even ready to get married (thing he was being so lazy for before- thinking she was asking too much), so he asks again “can you stay? i know you’re wounded but i promise to solve this” (have i found you flightless bird .grounded. bleeding), he doesn’t feel good offering her this not-so tempting future w him, also alluding the guilt and regret he feels. Bc he repented he is ready to fully be what she needs, he will do it with the right way (alluding religion, sins, forgiveness, church, marriage maybe as well)… but he also gives her the the option to leave, because she’s free to decide, but if she does, this will be the big pill that’s gonna get stuck going down. like “have i lost you…? no. i’m not ready to believe it. it’s too hurtful to imagine now. you’re not gonna be just any hard pill to swallow, you’re gonna be the pill that’ll get stuck in my throat…” meaning, he will never be able to get over her.

So it’s like a realistic love song, after the hard times has passed… you can see he really loves her, putting the other person above your needs, or your selfishness, is really love… this song is a whole journey, talks ab his learning on learning how to love and how to live

**finishing writing this actually tearing up a little*** 🥲

[froot-of-the-vine]

finished zero year today and had to make a shitty doodle of capullo riddler lest i explode. what more is there to say

[digo3d]

I’ve been so overwhelmed these past days I hardly opened tumblr or breathed near it but you know what - ASKIE TIME

Got any HCs on 1)how the cats react to things that make them anxious in order to calm down, and 2)what is each’s love language/way of showing affection?

Yes I do and I hope everything's chilled out a bit 💃

1.

To be completely Frank, to be completely David even, I don't think T.C. has a single healthy way to get rid of negative emotions or anxiety. I think he just tries to power through it to try and not show any weakness and then he wonders why he keeps biting his tail so much and why he can't catch his breath sometimes.

Benny's usually pretty good at reminding himself that everything will be okay but when his feelings are a bit stronger he'll call his Ma for advice or just to hear her voice. Nothing like a talk with your Ma.

Chooch holds onto his tail and combs through it with his fingers for instant small anxiety relief, and then he usually goes and paints or draws to get rid of the rest of the anxiety or he talks to T.C. or someone else in the gang.

Spook listens to music or meditates for sure, he's probably the best at handling anxiety out of the group due to his 'go with the flow' groove. He's very much an 'it'll all work itself out' guy and usually has to remind T.C. to slow down and just breathe when he's high-strung.

Fancy's a bit like T.C. in the sense that he doesn't have a healthy way to get rid of anxiety, I actually HC him with mild OCD so he ends up pacing around and doing compulsions to get the thoughts to stop. His most frequent one is to twist and pull on his whiskers to 'pull the thoughts out' which sometimes leaves him with less whiskers than before.

Brain just goes and takes a nap. He loves taking naps. He'll walk right up to you and say that a lot of things can be fixed with a good nap. Headache? Nap. Tummyache? Nap. Sad? Nap. Anxious? Nap. He just flumps right on the ground and he's out like a light, problem solved. What a simple little creature.

2. (This might get a bit long fair warning also a bit corny perhaps but what's life without KoRn)

T.C. doesn't really have an outward way of showing affection but I suppose you could say that it's the fact that he knows every member of the gang almost inside and out. Sure some things elude him but he's taken the time to get to know them so well that that in of itself is one of his ways of showing affection. He knows that Benny's favorite TV show is Gunstroke, that Spook crafted his bongos himself, that Brain had part of his tail amputated by the ventriloquist at the circus, etc. You could also say that his way of poking fun at the gang is largely affectionate, as he knows what genuinely upsets them and what doesn't. (He does this with Dibble too but he typically doesn't care whether he upsets him or not.) Ultimately though I think that there's affection in everything that T.C. does for the gang to make sure they're taken care of and happy.

Benny is always complimenting the gang and giving them kind words and words of encouragement. He's the kind of guy who has the confidence to go out of his way to compliment someone just because it makes them smile. He can make a good day great, a fine day good, and a bad day just a little bit better. He might not always know the right thing to say when you're feeling down but he'll be damned if he doesn't try his best. He'll always find something to compliment you about, even just little things like that your eyes are really pretty or that you're wearing cool socks. He's just a happy little guy and making other people happy makes him the happiest little guy in the world.

Chooch's love language is touch to the point where he's almost constantly craving it, he'll rub up on people and get in their personal space like there's no tomorrow. Is he aware of this? Nope, it's entirely an unconscious trait. He's one of those people who'll like keep touching your shoulder if you're having a conversation with him, y'know? If he's told by someone that they don't like being touched he'll do his best to respect that of course but if you don't mind it you will have pink fur all over your clothes for like at least a week. He knows that T.C. usually doesn't like being touched but Benny likes using him as a pillow when they're watching T.V. and he's all over Fancy a lot of the time (while making sure he's not messing up his fur), Spook and him will wrestle, and Brain usually just lays on top of him. He's been told off by a few girlfriends before for this (and also for being clingy in general) but the burning heart craves warmth or however that phrase I probably just made up goes. He gives amazing (if a bit squeezy) hugs.

Spook likes making himself useful and so he'll do favors for you for his way of affection. Like if the dishes need to be done and you've been too busy to do them he'll go and do them for you. He's terrible at doing things for himself but if you ask him to do something most of the time he'll do it (given that he remembers/executive dysfunction doesn't get in his way y'know ADHD junk) because it's easier to do something for someone else than for yourself. Even if you don't have anything that needs to be done currently he'll go and do something for you anyway. This kind of blends into gift giving sort of, he'll go out and buy something for you if he sees that you want it at all so you don't have to go through the trouble of making the trip. (This is usually how Brain ends up with a whole box of muffins.) He just likes making the gang's lives just a little bit easier this way.

Fancy loves just spending time with the gang. Y'ever gone over to a friend's house and you literally just don't do anything other than just be in each other's proximity? Yeah he loves that shit. Whenever he's out with a girl I like to think that he's subconsciously waiting until he can see the gang again. It's in his nature to be the kind of guy who sees someone he's close to in public and be like 'ayyyyy! How you been??' He loves just talking with the fellas as well, pulling schemes with the fellas, just anything with the fellas. He doesn't believe in wasted time so long as it's time spent with someone he loves. He also loves touch but he's not nearly as clingy as Chooch is, he's just a really big fan of hugs. (He gives the best hugs out of the gang. Strong, warm, soft, and he always purrs.)

Brain's is definitely gift-giving, if he finds a neat little rock he'll give it to you because it's sparkly or it's smooth or just because he thinks you'll like it or because it reminded him of you. He also makes sure that if he's giving you a present for your birthday or a holiday that it's something you really wanted or needed. He might not think of a lot of things or get you a lot of things (because usually he winds up on a time crunch because he forgets it's the holiday or your birthday). He wishes he could get you more things but he always hopes you like the things you give him. The gang almost always keeps the little trinkets or gifts he finds and gives to them because it's a nice little reminder that they're always in Brain's heart. He doesn't make things very often but when he does it's always gifted to someone else. This is all probably because of the few gifts he was given as a kitten that he's managed to keep with him and cherish forever (Like his purple cat plushie and his iconic shirt).

Yep there we go I apologize if the grammar or formatting is bad fsr I'm only good at thinking at night when I'm actively sleepy

[your-local-uwu-artist]

sleepover~

had a lot of fun with this, I wanted to practice poses, character interaction, and composition: + I wanted to try out a softer color scheme ...well as soft as my endless love for super saturated colors allows

[shigussy]

i keep getting tiktoks of these younger gen z kids referencing a time they did something relating to fandom in public and now they're embarrassed by it and everytime i see one i sit there thinking over all of middle and high school and having genuinely 0 moments that i feel embarrassed by, like i definitely did a lot of shit these kids would be embarrassed by but i think these are all just really fucking funny

also photographic evidence of the kinda kid i was. these are from 2014/15 when i was in 8th grade

-desolation row one shot(still on wattpad gerard way/reader smut)

-twerk it on (mcr crack fanfic no longer on wattpad but i have another fic in my library called twerking in taco bell which definitely ALSO used for my reading log)

-frank iero must die(a serial killer/assassin frerard fic, still on wattpad)

-hair (really vague maybe a phanfic? nowhere in my wattpad library rip)

my binder i used in 7th grade i had a blue one that looked pretty similar to this for 8th grade but idk where it went, also the parts i scribbled out are my full legal name i had written on it. i wrote it normally and then the big spot is where i wrote my name REALLY BIG in elysian code from the vladimir tod books. also the lines are from when i used an exacto knife to cut up some papers and forgot that my binder was underneath

in conclusion yall can now see why im so shameless about talking about shigaraki the way i do

[amethyst-halo]

my excerpt thoughts

[frogcroak]

Icons from Graystripe’s Adventure: The Lost Warrior, art by James L. Barry