#My family owns to many cats

[ollies-moving-castle]

you reach a new level of friend/mutual when I send you pictures of any of my five cats

#My family owns to many cats #But my mom wants a sixth #I’m all for it #i have doubts that my dad is gonna go along with it #Apparently the only way we are getting a sixth cat is if one of the old ones dies (not my words that’s my sisters words) #Since two of our cats are around 12 years old #Or if a kitten needs a home quickly ish #That’s how we got our orange cat #He was being bounced around places since the person who had him was an idiot and didn’t realize how much work cats are #Especially baby cats

[walkman-cat]

hands up tell me abt Your star trek au right now!! on the double bro. what are the tensions it all looks too kind & magical i don’t trust it yet

(if it is literally kind & wonderful i am grateful i am thankful i am honored i’d just like to hear more)

-@jack-kellys

i'm ngl my star trek au au is mostly running on vibes wbwbwb so it is pretty kind and happy and warm (i just really like how much everyone in the enterprise's crew has such a respect and care for each other yknow. found family and all that innit).

that being said, here are some funky things about the characters ive been thinking about lately (under a cut because i'm incapable of being concise):

the stars were essentially jack's santa fe. he grew up surrounded by stories of starship captains and space and it became his lifelong dream and ambition to captain a starship, something which he dropped everything to attain. now he is captain of a starship– one of the youngest in starfleet's history– and it's wonderful and fantastic and he's never felt more alive! but there's always something gnawing at the back of his mind (he's based his entire life up until this point around this moment, it was a driving force and a beacon to look up to when times were tough. what if the experience is nothing like his dreams and he ends up disappointed? what happens when the mission's over? what'll become of him?).

also starfleet's assigned him a galaxy-class starship with families onboard and he's having a Time because of it (what if they get hurt under his watch. what if he gives the wrong order and a child dies. starfleet officers know the risks of space travel and are aware of this but the families. the children). other than that he's having a great time !!

kath's half-betazoid on her mother's side, but she never knew her mother nor has she ever been to betazoid (i really went woe! being mixed and only connected to one of your cultures but still being unable to fit in even there because of the fact that you're mixed be upon ye!). she's trying real hard to learn more about betazoid and who her mother is even though she knows she won't really feel like she "belongs" in betazoid either. she's working on understanding and using her empathic/telepathic powers more.

oh also!! pulitzer is a notorious and not-well liked admiral, when kath joined the acedmy she officially had her name changed to plumber and has since told no-one that they're related (this surely won't backfire terribly on her in the future)

also because this is the spot (cat) show, kath loves spot (cat) and wants to babysit her and play with her but alas. she is allergic to cats

race cannot catch a break– he's got a massive losing streak at senior officer poker night, spot (cat) hates him, he can't grow a beard but every time theres an impostor/clone/mirror universe situation the other version of him always has a beard (this is half in jest but also it amuses me wbwb)

jokes aside, i've been having a whole bunch of race as first officer thoughts (and a lot of riker and race parallel thoughts but. that's another story). i don’t really know how to explain it other than the way riker acts in the last episode of tng season two (yes, the riker montage episode) when facing death (joking around and keeping up the appearance of flippancy and courage in the face of agonising death because he’s first officer and there are people who look up to him and he has to set an example) seemed very race and very kony to me, in a way. (youve got this to blame for riker beard race. im not sorry)

race is also one of the first people to advocate for les becoming acting ensign. he makes it very clear that he's in les' corner and makes himself responsible for his studies and sometimes his training (and he teaches him poker).

OH ALSO! sarah and davey didnt know les ws going to be onboard and only found out about his presence after they'd set off. did he sneak onboard?? mayyyybeee (he just really wants to be a starfleet officer). after the initial shock (and notifying their parents) sarah and davey start the Let Les on the Bridge campaign (letting him watch the bridge from the turbolift, helping out in sciences and engineering, etc etc) the that eventually leads to les becoming acting ensign. it reaches a point where most of jack's senior officers would probably mutiny all for this kid.

there's more stuff but i'll stop rambling now because, again, i have a problem with being concise wbwbw. thankyou soso much for the ask rizz once again i love your star trek au so much and am always eager to hear more wbwbw!!! :D

#is it obvious that i've been thinking about this au maybe a wee bit too much #i have no plot but i do have the idea that spot (human) has a (adopted) klingon uncle he grew up with #the plot's just shenanigans and everyones pals and theres a cat near the warp core AGAIN #kath's experiences being half-betzoid growing up on earth without any connection to betazoid culture and never quite belonging #is kinda based on my own experiences growing up as half-asian but only having cultural ties to my greek family and stuff #idk my brain latched onto this and now i cannot let it go #idk why i felt that was important to mention but im mentioning it anyway #its real obvious im a tng enjoyer from this isnt it wbwbw #i have many other thoughts but they are minor and also this was getting reallll long wbwbw #that is all for now wbbwbwbw THANK YOU RIZZZZ WBWBWBW #very bouncy moment #newsies #jack kelly #katherine plumber #katherine pulitzer #racetrack higgins #les jacobs #newsies star trek au #answered #jack-kellys #this is a beast of a post im so sorry #once again thankyouu rizzz i love your au sm and im real happy you like mine wbwbw

[ryderdire]

I don’t know as much as i should about warriors to make this post but . I really like the idea of an au where one of mapleshades kits survives and become firestars grandparent or smth because imagine her finding out about leafpool and seeing ashfur go to starclan would she protect her great grandkids would she even know. so many thoughts

#warrior cats #warriors #Mapleshade au #see cuz from my understanding of the character she’s like pure chaotic evil right willing to do anything to avenge her kits and the #betrayal of her former mate. #even though her own actions lead too the kits thing #but like can you fucking imagine that anger directed towards the dark forest? or Tigerstar even? that shit is interesting it’s not cuz he’s #cuz like. that’s her family her kits kits the one thing she’s ever cared about was her kits so like watching tiger try and kill them ofc #she would be pissed but like does that make her a better person now her anger and hatred is directed at ‘’the bad guys”’’ I don’t know! #maybe? it’s really interesting ahajajaja #but also like #I don’t think i would wanna write this au cuz a I haven’t read the books so I’d miss details and it’s possible I misunderstand the charater #and b I have too many ongoing projects #this is a prompt #warriors au

[bllakcat]

feeling a little under the weather today, so i am going to be hiding in photoshop for the rest of today 🖤 take care everyone!! ✨

#⋄ ⊰ cat got your tongue? › ooc. ❜ #it is my overthinking brain that does this to me at leats monthly & we experienced a loss on my bf's side of family #because i know for a fact it is not true & i have so many amazing friends here - but sometimes i feel like i am bothering people by speakin #a lot - which causes me to draw back a little bit. & this is not because i expect people to respond immediately - god knows irl stuff alway #comes first!! &. i also take forever. but like said it is just my own mind playing tricks on me

[damnprecious]

you know, it's incredibly rude that my parents' cat Mauno, whom I see a few times a month and love very very much, gives me a shitton of allergies while my uncle's cat, whom I see very, very rarely (but still love very much), doesn't give me any allergies whatsoever

#noopa rambles #time to go catnap Tikru I guess #he deserves better than my uncle anyways #I unexpectedly met the cat at my grandma's place bc apparently uncle and co. is out of town for the week #so the kitty cat is under my grandma's care for that time #kitty cat was being incredibly friendly considering that I haven't seen him in ages #pretty much not since I moved out of my childhood home several years ago #(bc uncle was our neighbor then so I sometimes popped by to play with the cat) #I gave the kitty so many scratchies #but it's honestly incredibly unfair how much allergies mauno gives me in comparison #I don't think I've ever gotten allergies as bad from any other cat than mauno??? #like. I consider mauno my own even tho technically he's my folks bc I did live in the same house as him for a year or two #he's the family cat you know?? #except I can't be in the same room with him without my allergy meds bc otherwise I might as well die fjhgfd #this guy was no issue at all #it's incredibly bonkers how different the reactions to cats can be depending on the kitty allergy-wise #the allergies won't stop me from hanging out with mauno but they sure make me suffer jfdjhfdg

[biteapple]

? Olive has the same meow for "please come pet me while i eat" and "please come here and play with me" now, which only developed after i bought her a new toy (quickly became her new favorite) which is interesting. maybe this is a general meow for "pay attention to me" now .. she no longer really meows for being pet while she eats anymore after buying this toy for them both, for some reason, which is good (that was a REALLY bad habit of hers ive been trying to wean her off of)

#her meow for ''please play with me'' USED to be a very high pitched cry which changed #i feel like ive been playing with her in the same amount as i used to though so i dont think its that #she has the ''pet me while i eat'' habit because as a kitten my family had many adult cats that used to bully her #so i would make sure they didnt push her away from the food dish by staying near her when she ate. which she then wanted into adulthood #i then specifically would feed my cats upstairs in my room after that went on too long #that was a combination of a lot of bad things all at once that she grew up in (family only giving cats one food dish & free feeding them) #i would later atleast convince them to add a second and third dish to different areas that i'd maintain #while having my own food and water up in my room for my cats #.. still .. there were 7 cats. #its a lot better now though. there's only 3 cats that live in that house now. and i took my two girls with me here #i get to care for them how i'd like now .. its better that way #she developed the very high pitched cry when i left for a year while i was trying to sort out my living situation. #apparently she used to meander the house carrying a toy around and looking for me the year i was away #i know thats a separation anxiety thing (she also does this when i go to work and go to sleep) but she'll do it for play as well #they both have different toy collections and styles of play they prefer that im trying to add to and expand #i wanna get one of those kick-y toys next. those fish that wiggle. i think Olive specifically will LOVE that #Hope is more of a ribbon-toy and laser light girl. Olive likes to kick and kill her toys but has overlap with toys Hope likes too

[vazaez]

Dude i'm feeling hella homesick rn

#i wanna cry tbh #ouugh #i miss my dad and my dogs and cats #i miss my room #i miss my plushies #i miss the comfort of the small town #the warm feeling of being there with my family in the best place I've been #the place in wich I've had my best moments #the place where i got the help i needed when i was on my lowest point #gosh i miss it so much #this city is so big and im so small and there's so many things ill do from now on that I've never done before #its so so different and it's terrifying #i know i'll get used to it #everyone else around me has done it and was scared at first and it's normal but they pushed through and i know i will too #but in the mean time it's still so scary #i feel lost I've never been in such a big place #theres so much concrete and the sky is so dull #and i feel so alone in the middle of all this #fuck #i knos it was my own choice but i didnt expect to feel this way #either way i wouldve felt the same regardless of where i was so that's a relief because i don't think i made a mistake in deciding this #i just cant help but feeling so out of my element #sorry for the sudden rant #i needed to get it out of my sistem #anyways back to the sillyness 〜⁠(⁠꒪⁠꒳⁠꒪⁠)⁠〜

[yuridovewing]

phone died so i couldn't post, but im gonna be like au speculating as i go through these and i want a good amount of them to be Somewhat rooted in canon? and man i gotta figure out whats just the erins being bad at establishing genuine connections between characters and a character genuinely being distant.

anyways is it just me or does bramblestar feel very distant from his children here

#he has a nice talk with alderpaw when he fails to catch anything on day 1 but he feels weirdly emotionless towards them? #i mean im a ''bramble is a bad dad to both litters'' truther but im wondering how much is like intentional #or me just looking too much into things #actually i wont take too many piss shots at the fandom here (too many) #but this person sucks so ill do it real quick. i actually think dr********r's au where brambles a bad dad to alder #is interesting in concept. like hes ashamed of his kid for not being a great hunter so he shoves him in the medicine den #and later into another clan #buuuuuut tbh i dont really like the way they went about it? like bramble berating alder in the den doesnt feel right #bramble is more the passive aggressive type i feel. at least in my au he is #sometimes more aggressive than passive but thats his main form of being towards his family #like. he doesnt physically abuse squilf. but he DOES berate and isolate her #and idk to his kids i guess him being verbally abusive would work for his character? but it doesnt feel right to me #i think if i had to go at that au itd be more like. bramble keeps negging his kid. getting at his skin #not talking to him in public even when alder calls out his name. downplaying his achievements #''oh. you finally caught a mouse. ok. thats good progress i suppose. keep at it'' #idk subtle stuff like that that eats at alder's insecurities over and over and over until he snaps #and THATS when bramble snaps at him. then he pins the blame on alder for snapping first #and then he goes on about how alder is embarassing him and needs to ''go do something else'' #and alder chooses to be a medicine cat on his own but its bc hes been worn down and is ashamed of his skills #rather than him being shoved in the den bc ngl i really dislike the idea that being a doctor is ass #and you go be a doctor when youre a failure at everything #if i had to do it id have alder deciding be one bc he feels like hes horrible at what his dad does #and maybe actually i wouldnt keep him as a medicine cat. idk why i dont like him being one but i dont. maybe ill see why later #but he decides its not for him and goes back to being a warrior without his dad breathing down his neck. #wait i was talking abt the shadowclan au. or he goes to shadowclan instead yippee #avos liveread

[dopemonkshit]

if i ever get my own place i really want to get a cat but that also means my one brother who is really allergic probably could never visit and that sucks

#but yeah i never owned a kitty before and i want to so badly #some of my family members are anti-cat for stupid reasons and i kind of want to prove them wrong?? #there is also the idea of getting a ferret or rabbit as a pet too #too many possibilities #nancy talks

[theimpossiblescheme]

I have another pre-canon(-ish) Jellicle OC to inflict upon the world...

Myoraselle (”Mya”)--sentimental, empathetic, constant.  Formerly a domestic show cat, then resident of the Junkyard, now lost and wandering from house to house in search of it again.  Mate of Old Deuteronomy and Iphegenia.  Mother of Macavity and Rum Tum Tugger.

Voiced by Lucy St. Louis

#cats the musical #OCs #my headcanons #I have so many little useless headcanons about her too... <3 #She's nearsighted and makes little jokes at her own expense about it all the time. #She's a fantastic storyteller on par with Jellylorum who told the best bedtime stories to her kittens. #She's also *much* better at mimicking accents than poor Munk is. XD #She was a Hopeless Romantic With a Capitol H and R in her youth and still retains that in her old age. #She went out looking for Macavity multiple times after he left the Junkyard and was eventually chased out of the Mouser's Palace. #She misses her family desperately and longs every day to go home to them... #And if you're wondering why that particular song in the link especially since Lucy's not old enough for it... I'm setting up a Thing. ;)

[kuiinncedes]

hehe actually gonna reread candymakers sequel 🥰🥰

#i Actually do not remember a SINGLE THINGGGG about this lol so it’s not rly actually rereading XD #like candymakers it had been a long time since i read it but i think i read it so many times it was just like #everything slowly coming back to me which was rly fun with the way she unravels the story too <3 #but i mean who knows maybe something will come back o me lol #but i thinkkk i only ever read this once while i read the candymakers many times #anyway i want to reread a mango shaped space 🥺 i don’t rly remember it either but maybe the basic premise #i highkey want to own it bc i remember liking it lol and it has a cat on the cover sjdhdxhdh <3 so #jeanne talks #completely unrelated but we’ve been planning stuff for glowstick club and i’m excitedddd and just like #going back to college i’m excited (mostly) <333 i kinda just don’t wanna beeeee here 🥴 #today i was like oh yeah .... ppl usually don’t live w their parents at this age lmfao but yk #i don’t think that’s rly as much of a thing in chinese culture tho ?? or maybe just my family #anyway my parents are just being somewhat annoying all the timeee 🤪🤪 just with trying to get our old house ready to sell idk they’re just #arguing a lot and i was listening today and it rly just sounded like my dad wouldn’t listen to what my mom had to say but i mean idk anythin #anyway i just kinda want to have to not hear about it/not worry about it at all by having my own shit completely to worry about lmao #idk why i went into that lol oops i’m excited for our beginning of the year event things 🥺😍🥰 #not necessarily about classesssss XD #but not like dreading them or anything god i just rly hate thinking about it so i don’t and then i put it off and then i think about it and #stress about it 🤪 lol anyway i’m rly going off on a tangent lol i wanna was this book 😤 #maybe not as much as i think if i’m going on about nothing lol but anyway

[higgs-da-rat]

Honestly the easiest yet faithful form of enrichment is throwing dry food around the cage/ up on a cats tree

#I can’t say how many cats love that but like. #6/7 cats my family owns likes it #the seventh I just. never see LOL #second easiest is w a paper tube. yknow the one. stuff some treats and paper in there #THIRD easiest. uh. dandelion/similar plants leaves. what animal doesn’t like em #you could also do a non-fox tail grass :)

[mios-axe]

The owl and her serpent brother

#my art #The world since goldport fell #some of my ocs that i haven't done much with in the past year #i could still go on a many page long ramble about these four. #found family is sometimes you and a vampiric cat that you met because both of you are bound to the same god that is manipulating- #-you so it wont be blamed for the burning of a city all so it can fulfill its side of a deal with the god of greed. #the serpent god on the other hand is just there because he keeps an eye on his sister's antics. he finds them quite interesting to use as- #-the bases of stories. grander tales when lies prevail and all that #these guys are a secondary story. though i imagine they'd eventually end up meeting the main story characters #i mean they need to run somewhere after the whole burning a city and shooting its ruler thing #god of greed is very great at dealing with its own personal problems (getting someone else to kill the guy who wronged it) #ok thats enough rambling in the tags. sorry about the paragraphs it will happen again #i didnt make and run this world in my head as background noise for a year to not have thoughts(tm) on it

[always-a-slut-4-ghouls]

My cat, seeing me replace the filter in the brita I usually use for him and cooking: MOTHER! I THIRST!

I continue to run the water through the filter once as the instructions say

Me cat: MOTHER!!! >>:{ MOTHER I THIRST FOR THE REFILL! MY MUG LIES EMPTY UPON MY WINDOWSILL!

I finally fill up his mug and set it on his little coaster

Him: sigh, FINALLY! I thought you would ignore me forever! You kept trying to distract me with food but that would never work (for more than 45 seconds) for I am PARCHED and practically dying of dehydration! You left me alone for so long and I thought I would die!

I left him for less than 20 minutes to get a few groceries

#emma posts #he has his own mug in the window because then he ignores mine #and he drinks more out of mugs for some reason #he just doesn’t like bowls #I think he thinks my water is the best water and I drink out of mugs #so clearly the better water comes in mugs for some reason #because mother has high standards! in his eyes at least #to other people I’m just drinking basic filtered tap water #and mother got to go outside! without me! <-my cat #what could you be seeing that I’m missing out on because you abandoned me?! #the answer to that is a very busy grocery store which he would hate #he gets overwhelmed if too many people are in the hallway on the way outside or inside #and I have to carry him. despite him becoming very good on a leash #but town is scary with noises and people! #he says while having grown up on a farm with machinery noise and people #though they are usually the same people and not as many #so fair I guess. it’s not just us and extended family #although during beet harvest there are unfamiliar (to him) truckers working there. with trucks! the horror!

[ketchuppee]

During the 2008 recession, my aunt lost her job. Her, her partner, and my three cousins moved across the country to stay with us while they got back on their feet. My house turned from a family of four to a family of nine overnight, complete with three dogs and five cats between us.

It took a few years for them to get a place of their own, but after a few rentals and apartments, they now own a split level ranch in a town nearby. I’ve lost track of how many coworkers and friends have stayed with them when they were in a tight spot. A mother and son getting out of an abusive relationship, a divorcee trying to stay local for his kids while they work out a custody agreement, you name it. My aunt and uncle knew first hand what that kindness meant, and always find space for someone who needed it, the way my parents had for them.

That same aunt and uncle visited me in [redacted] city last year. They are prolific drinkers, so we spent most of the day bar hopping. As we wandered the city, any time we passed a homeless person, my uncle would pull out a fresh cigarette and ask them if they had a light. Regardless of if they had a lighter on hand or not, he offered them a few bucks in exchange, which he explained to me after was because he felt it would be easier for them to accept in exchange for a service, no matter how small.

I work for a company that produces a lot of fabric waste. Every few weeks, I bring two big black trash bags full of discarded material over to a woman who works down the hall. She distributes them to local churches, quilting clubs, and teachers who can use them for crafts. She’s currently in the process of working with our building to set up a recycling program for the smaller pieces of fabric that are harder to find use for.

One of my best friends gives monthly donations to four or five local organizations. She’s fortunate enough to have a tech job that gives her a good salary, and she knows that a recurring donation is more valuable to a non-profit because they can rely on that money month after month, and can plan ways to stretch that dollar for maximum impact. One of those organizations is a native plant trust, and once she’s out of her apartment complex and in a home with a yard, she has plans to convert it into a haven of local flora.

My partner works for a company that is working to help regulate crypto and hold the current bad actors in the space accountable for their actions. We unfortunately live in a time where technology develops far too fast for bureaucracy to keep up with, but just because people use a technology for ill gain doesn’t mean the technology itself is bad. The blockchain is something that she finds fascinating and powerful, and she is using her degree and her expertise to turn it into a tool for good.

I knew someone who always had a bag of treats in their purse, on the odd chance they came across a stray cat or dog, they had something to offer them.

I follow artists who post about every local election they know of, because they know their platform gives them more reach than the average person, and that they can leverage that platform to encourage people to vote in elections that get less attention, but in many ways have more impact on the direction our country is going to go.

All of this to say, there’s more than one way to do good in the world. Social media leads us to believe that the loudest, the most vocal, the most prolific poster is the most virtuous, but they are only a piece of the puzzle. (And if virtue for virtues sake is your end goal, you’ve already lost, but that’s a different post). Community is built of people leveraging their privileges to help those without them. We need people doing all of those things and more, because no individual can or should do all of it. You would be stretched too thin, your efforts valiant, but less effective in your ambition.

None of this is to encourage inaction. Identify your unique strengths, skills, and privileges, and put them to use. Determine what causes are important to you, and commit to doing what you can to help them. Collective action is how change is made, but don’t forget that we need diversity in actions taken.

#long post #some thoughts I’ve been having

[managodess]

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#personal #the life of mana #this is my last night sleeping in this room for a while probably #I dunno how I feel about it #it's kinda bittersweet bc I love my family and I like living with them #but ofc I'm excited to get my own place again #last time I moved out I came home for weekends and since it was a bit further away that made sense #but this time I'm moving one town over so like doesn't make sense to spend a night #I'm excited for so many things like cooking and fruit adventures and the fact that I painted every room! #and it's all different colors #and I have more space and less stress and pressure this time living alone #but it'll be weird no longer having a cat just randomly come in my room for example #oh man.....