#very scritchable

[tadporridge]

gossan with some porphy :)

[rxttenfish]

also take this teeny tiny sketch of val from today

this sketch is over a year old and its not up to my current standards but god DAMN ive been meaning to line this for too long so im doing it now

[plantanarchy]

Are your Beasts getting enough scritches? They look very scritchable

Oh yes though they would claim they could get more.

[royalreef]

What if she was soooo lovely and cute and perfect and sleepy, and did a big stretch and yawned so cutely and tilted her head against your hand, all for the simple price of scritching under her chin? She's very scritchable. She's extremely adorable. You want to do it. You will do it.

[bakothemimic]

I suppose I should revisit my Kittymore post here! It's about time, with all the new Mortamors we've seen lately, plus Twitter is self-destructing and Tumblr is just easier to make these kinds of posts with.

Alright, super long post coming up!

Mortamor has long been a favorite of mine, and that comes mostly from his menacing aura -- ah, who am I kidding, he looks like a kitty!

Here I'm gonna rate all the Mortamors solely on their kitty-tasticness!

Artwork (Original)

Official Art Kittymore! The start of a legend! He has his whiskers and those feline eyes too, an absolutely phenomenal artwork! Unfortunately, Akira Toriyama didn't draw him from any other angles, leading to many disagreements on how he should LOOK when seen from any other direction. You'll see what I mean later on.

5/10 kitten pets! Respectable, but it's hard to rate his kitten power with just a head-on look! I need angles! I need to see his kitty muzzle!

Dragon Quest 6 (SNES)

The first in-game look at Kittymore! The sprite is phenomenally cute and very scritchable, unfortunately it suffers from the same problem as the artwork, albeit not as much because the animations of the sprite show some muzzle cuteness...though not as much as I would like.

6/10 nose boops!

Dragon Quest Monsters

I can't...really see what's going on with that sprite, but the little tiny sprite above his status is really cute and silly-looking!

3/10 face scritches! I like the tiny sprite or it would be lower sfhkkjs

Dragon Quest Monsters 1+2

Yet another stagnant sprite, the detail here SHOULD give him a little more of the kitten-tasticness that he deserves...unfortunately, more detail isn't always better. The original SNES sprite looked far more likely to claw up my bedpost, while I see very little of that desire in this sprite.

3/10 kitten treats for my kitten overlord!

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker

A full model means we get to see our beloved meowing monster king from the sides! And how does he look?

REALLY SCARY. He looks less like my evil demon kitty-kitty demanding pets and more like some kind of eldritch horror! This was my first introduction to Mortamor, actually, and when I first saw him...I didn't know WHAT he was, just that I needed him sffsshkls unfortunately, nostalgia doesn't negate the truth.

0/10 chin scratches. There is no kitty in that soulless stare.

Dragon Quest 9

This model has honestly grown on me over the years. And, due to being another model, we can see how he looks from the side too!

Not bad! Very pettable, I already feel sharp pains in my leg from all the kneading I can tell he's thinking of doing! For the limitations of the DS, this is very nice!

6\10 kitty bleps! Could be kittier, but not bad at all!

Dragon Quest Monsters Joker 2

Um.

WHERE IS HIS KITTY MUZZLE? HIS KITTY WHISKERS ARE WAY TOO DROOPY AND HIS EYES FOR THE FIRST TIME DON'T EVEN LOOK KITTY-LIKE!!

Slightly better, but he should look fully kitten the WHOLE time, not just during a few animations!

2/10 paw-pad rubbies! Absolutely disappointing!

[timexticksxby]

The bop of a nose was all the greeting Calvin needed before providing all the attention he could muster. Milo taking the opportunity to sniff at the much larger dog, before instead making his way over to the approaching figure of Lars. A steady and pointed thump thump thump of a wagging tail as the sausage shaped pupperoni saw a target.

"That's Milo, who will keep staring at you like you owe him attention or treats until he is provided with one of them... And this is Cog." One hand left Marsh's still very scritchable fur to instead pat a hand against the head of the orange hued clockwork knight. Who immediately offered a salute to the son of Boreas, a clear sign of respect from one fellow who looked to protect to another. "He's... He's very formal."

Then came the question, a slow hum escaping Calvin as he considered. "Well enough, I guess? There's been a lot since the trial, and everything during it, but I think I came out better for it."

marsh leaned down to sniff the sausage-shaped creature, tail already wagging in greeting before she let out a excited bark! a new friend!

lars, on the other hand, winced a little at the thought of marsh roughhousing such a small animal. be gentle, he thought to his companion. and all he got back from that line of communication was a lot of excitement, a lot of energy. marsh regarded calvin with a bop of her nose against the other's hip before she was trapped by the scritching, all too eager to receive the love. lars followed shortly after, hands in his pockets with a small nod at the son of cronus. thankfully calvin's name and face had stuck around from the trial.

"meet marsh," he said, a tilt of his head at the companion now letting out happy growls. "how you holdin' up?"

[meandaupod]

Tell us about the categories Kate would put the Selkirk characters into 👀

blorbo: Tony, Tony, 100% Tony, being cursed to death/brief immortality is exactly like having to graduate from school and I will take no further questions about how, exactly at this time

scrunkly: All Garretts are very shaped but especially Garretts in werewolf form (those ears! so scritchable!)

scrimblo bimblo: Shout out to Bigfoot the barista who actually has really good technique on the milk steamer even though he's for sure just using empty jugs.

glup shitto: That one sad fairy whose friend dies in the pilot episode? I don't know why but there's something about her

poor little meow meow: Okay yes Grace is "mean," yes Grace "talks in TV Tropes," yes Grace "lies constantly." But counterpoint - remember that one episode where they shot her in Bisexual Lighting (TM) for like five scenes?

horse plinko: Look I just need 50,000 words of Garrett angst okay? It's not my fault his actor does such good puppy dog eyes.

eeby deeby: We don't know her that well but I feel like the fairy queen could definitely benefit from a turbohell time out.

(Kate's version of Selkirk and my current first draft version of Selkirk are fraternal twins, so technically none of this spoils anything, I swear.)

[notabled-noodle]

He is very pattable, butttt even MORE scritchable!

His name is Poe and he loves u.

I can’t stop watching this video, it’s so so amazing! your dog truly is a lovely good boy :D

[angy-mouse]

ayy my business schlatt plushie came in while i was on vacation! its so cute i love it and im so happy to support schlatt he's great i can't wait to binge more chuckle sandwich lmk if yall want me to give him headpats or chin scritches for ya hes got a very scritchable little chin

[sharksandothernonsense]

it works perfectly until someone realizes he has very scritchable ears and now he's flustered and all floofy about it. he is NOT cute. he is a terrifying wolf. ignore the wagging tail.

optionally if we consider ex nocte wolfy daryan shifting to wolf form when he gets too flustered- its his punishment to apollo and klavier. they cant see him blushing now. there's too much fur. and theyre like noooo come on daryannn 😭😭and hes like (smug wolf)

[loverlylight]

Good morning! Ollie’s head is very scritchable.

[loverlylight]

Important information! His chin is very scritchable.

[serenehells]

Mememememememememememe please, I have been told I have a very scritchable head

God I wanna pet somebody and also maybe gently scritch their scalp

[arbutoideae]

this is echo and he has something wrong with him 💕

this is cato and he has nothing wrong with him (excluding the crimes) 💕

[kayzis]

kinda what i was thinking? declan doesn’t have enough hair to cover a lack of human ears so i just kept em. it makes more sense in the setting too, where non-humans hide themselves among humans. there’s def some settings where humanoids just have animal ears where their human ears would be - take wolfskins/kitsunes from FE, for example.

good fluffy ears, very scritchable

Does... does that catboy have four ears?

yeah. double the hearing.

in seriousness, Declan’s a skin-changer - he can go full or half panther! also in seriousness it’s been a real rough week so it probably just slipped my mind lol

[callmebliss]

She best likes to be held, IME, upside down with the back of her head in the crook of your elbow and your hand on her lower back/butt/base of tail. The belly trap is thus disarmed and becomes very scritchable.

She sees you