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junkyard-gifs · 1 year

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The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore!

... you touch the Mistoffelees? You bap him on the shoulder and expect him to fawn over you like one of your fan club? Oh! Dramatic hissy fits for Tugger!!

Alex Snova as Tugger and Riccardo Sinisi as Mistoffelees; Vienna revival, March 2022.

#tuggoffelees #rum tum tugger #mistoffelees #mistoffeleesxtugger #alex snova #riccardo sinisi #s: rum tum tugger #ss: terrible bore #vienna revival #2021 vienna #220300 #cats the musical #c: mistoffelees #c: rum tum tugger

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vintagewildlife · 7 months

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Himalayan tahr By: W. S. Berridge From: The Book of the Animal Kingdom 1910

#this bitch got rum tum tugger swag #captivity #himalayan tahr #tahr #caprine #ungulate #mammal #1910 #1910s #W. S. Berridge #The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910)

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herooffire101 · 8 months

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Already, we're heading to one of the two fics I've written for Tuggerulina Week that is more...sad, for lack of a better word. Today's prompt was First Kiss, and I may had listened to some music while writing the end. @jelliclekay enjoy!

It was a quiet night among the troubled kids.

Bomba found him, up on a semi-hidden peak within the yard, starting up into the sky. Her left thigh throbbed a bit as the hours-old cuts that Macavity left on her slowed her down just a tad. Bomba, worried about Tugger, escaped the careful eye of her Aunt Jelly and Jenny. ‘Macavity really rocked our world today.’ Bomba thought, thinking back to Macavity. An adult cat already, he was giving Bomba herself unwanted advances, and Bomba could tell that he wanted her to do the Mating Dance with him, to be his mate, but she wasn’t having it. She could feel his magic, and as they grew up, his magic was at first okay, not really bad and certainly not repulsive, but as they got older, his magic aura just got darker and darker, and increasingly repulsive. It was now so powerful and dark that Bomba could taste it, and it tasted completely horrible. The closer he was to her made her want to choke because it was so bad she couldn’t breathe. Today, however, was the last straw. She snapped at him, her inner magic lashing out, her inner Flames of Creation lashing out, as her grandfather explained to her. She had the magic of the Theater Cat, and it was pushing back against Macavity’s more destructive magic. This event caused what Grandpa said the cards to collapse. “I will not be your Mate, Macavity! My heart does not belong to you!” Bomba words echoed in her head, as she looked at her best friend. He witnessed it, the entire confrontation. James, Dad, AND Skimble had to pull his eldest brother off of Bomba as he eviscerated her right thigh. Aunt Jelly and Jenny were worried that they would have to take her back to Jelly’s humans again, but luckily they didn’t need to. However, they did bandage it and tried to keep her in the medical den, but Bomba escaped. She needed to see Tugger. Limping, she went up to his left side, and laid herself down, right next to him, mindful of her bandages. “That was something. I didn’t think that he would do that.”

“…I don’t know what to think.” Tugger finally said after a few moments, looking out at the night sky, and the distant lights of the city. “He’s my big brother. I can even tell you’ve been brushing off his advances. You never liked him.”

“I know!” Bomba agreed, rubbing up closer to him. “His aura, Tugger. His aura is repulsive to me.”

A silence between them, their tails slowly intertwining with each other. “…His aura?” Tugger asked, speaking the silence.

Bomba sighed. “I keep forgetting that no one else can feel or see magic like me. Tugger, I see magic, and feel it too. I can identify any cat with magic. Grandpa Gus has it too, but mine is a whole lot stronger than his.”

“Oh.” A silence followed, Tugger’s paw finding its way to Bomba’s. “Do I have magic?”

“Yea.” A beat. “Yours is my favorite. Munk is comfortable, protective, but not my right one.”

“What does Dad feel like?”

“Like yours, but older.”

Tugger sputtered. “That can’t be right. Munk’s the heir. I’m just the annoying disappointment.”

Bomba huffed. “Deuteronomy and Grandpa explained to me earlier while Aunty and Jenny were bandaging me up why he tried to make me his mate.”

“Why?” Tugger asked, side-eying her, as she just faced towards the outside of the yard.

“I am like Grizabella.” Bomba said, her eyes never moving, “I’m able to have kittens with magic.”

It didn’t take Tugger long for it to click. “You are able to have magical kittens?!?”

“Yes, you dingus!” Bomba snapped, finally facing him. “If I mate with either Mac, Munk, or you, there is a chance that the kitten will be the Heir to the Tribe!”

“Then are you going to be mates with Munk?”

“No, idiot.”

A beat. And then another beat. “Wait, ME!?!”

“YES, YOU INSUFFERABLE DINGWAD!!!”

“B-but…”

“My magic is repulsed by Macavity. Munkustrap is compatible but is not my true mate.” Bomba glared at him, annoyed. “Neither can be my mate because my magic already chose my mate.”

“Who?” Tugger challenged.

Bombalurina groaned and grumbled. “What a massive idiot you are.” She looked into his eyes, and let her magic pulse, feeling in the bond that her magic made when they first met. “You. You are my mate. The Everlasting Cat destined us to be mates.”

“But you’re Bombalurina. You can have anyone you want!” Tugger said, trying to deny it.

“THE RUM TUM TUGGER, LISTEN TO ME.” She snapped, grabbing a fistful of his mane. “YOU carry the same magical aura as Old Deuteronomy. YOU have the ability to have everyone listen to you. YOU are able to calm me. YOU are my True Mate, and that is something that is once in a few generations, and it tends to happen in my bloodline, according to Grandpa.” She took a breath and relaxed her hold on his mane. Tugger sat there, flabbergasted at her. “Yes, I can have anyone I want, but Tugger. I want you. What I didn’t say was that my heart belonged to someone else, and that cat is you.” Bomba sighed, and sat back down, not facing him. “I just don’t want to be like my mother.”

A stunned silence. She could feel his eyes on her, and his magic reaching out, almost hesitantly. She let her magic relax and welcome his earthlier warmth against her flame’s warmth. What she didn’t say that while similar in magic, Old Deuteronomy had more of a Water magic aura like Munkustrap, while Tugger had the same feel of magic as Old Deut, his was perfectly mixed with Grizabella’s Earth magic. Tugger felt...scared, but also hopeful. “You…want me.” His voice felt full of bravado, but even Bomba could hear the unsureness.

“Whatever words I say,” Bomba said, her emerald green eyes facing the stars, “I will always love you.” It was a bit before she felt Tugger lightly moving her head to face his, and she felt his lips on hers, kissing her. She reciprocated, purring. Both their foreheads touched. “I will always love you.”

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I may have listened to the Cure’s Lovesong during the last paragraph. Also, for readers who make it down to the this author's note, tomorrow's fic I feel will make you have emotions, because I feel like i went hard on tomorrow's prompt.

#cats the musical #bombalurina #tuggerlurina #rum tum tugger #tuggerlurina week #I actually really love listening to 80's classic alternative #Like I grew up on that #i know that this is one of many universes I have for Cats #But if you are reading the tags thank you for the engagement

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emmikay · 2 years

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Rum Tum Tugger: Don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Rumpleteazer: What don't you do?

Rum Tum Tugger: I'll think of something.

#cats the musical #rum tum tugger #rumpleteazer #incorrect quotes #source: m*a*s*h

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cillyscribbles · 1 month

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i promised cats metaposting 2 bagpipe boogaloo and i am a bitch of my word here we go

cats 1998: the rum tum tugger + these hands are rated G for grizabella

(theory wank under cut call that catracter development)

(theory wank about munkustrap & grizabella here for those uninitiated)

RIGHT SO unfortunately this one is no longer semi-coherent overanalysis of microexpression but a full descent into conspiratorial madness, so please remain aware of the fact that this is a tangent missing textual support at the best of times. it's entirely possible and even likely that rum tum tugger is genuinely just a bitch to grizabella because that's who he is as a person and doesn't like what she smells like or something idfk. anyway.

welcome to my red string board of why rum tum tugger actually doesn't dislike her for no reason and totally has depth and yeah we're poor little meow meowing a white boy with more hubris than eyeliner, classic essay genre on tumblr, at least he's a catboy this time and the hubris-eyeliner ratio is actually a close call.

anyway, for any of my theorizing to make sense, here are the two headcanons it's all based on:

grizabella is an (ex-)wife of old deuteronomy and the mother of rum tum tugger (and munkustrap if you're so inclined)

grizabella left the jellicle cats at some point when rum tum tugger was a kitten or otherwise a very young cat

and honestly the rest just flows from the mommy issues to be honest. there's a load of alternate explanations and theories and headcanons and mine's by no means the right one necessarily, but i do have to admit the family angst it allows for is balls to the walls insane because it just. it fits what we see on screen so well!

look at this clown i love him. he ONLY does the puff-up at grizabella. and even though that supports my theorizing it's also honestly a bit of a loss i think. it's such an evocative cat-thing. i want him to do that when something jumpscares him lmao. i NEED him to do that at old deuteronomy jokingly and get cuffed on the back of the head by munkustrap for being a professional youngest child. anyway

don't get me wrong, the fact that tugger has a grudge against grizabella isn't anything special, most older cats do; hell, some of them deliberately walk past her Judgementally (bombalurina, notably) or shake their head at her in disapproval (jennyanydots), but it's so pointedly constant and so pointedly Pointed with tugger that it draws my eye. every time she appears, he has to clearly and explicitly broadcast his displeasure with the fact that she's daring to breathe at them.

like, she's not In His Way or anything here. he doesn't have to walk past her if he doesn't want to. he doesn't have to look at her; plenty of other cats pretend she doesn't exist when she looks at them. but not only does he do all those things, he explicitly looks at her and puffs his coat up again. he's walking at a fairly brisk pace toward her and actually slows down to do it. it's such a deliberately mean thing to do it's stuck between really extra and really petty. exactly the same with the jellicle choice scene.

my man's being so petty this should be constituted as bullying lmao. look at that! nobody likes you still! sucks to be you i guess! like. this man would be pouncival doing the fake pranks and scratching her if he was a kitten. he's just, constantly upping his level of mean to her. in the first scene he at least has the decency to walk out in the opposite direction of her.

a really professional youngest child. again, all that ^ is fairly grounded thought on character performance i think if you don't really connect it to anything, but i'm connecting it to abandonment issues for maximum ouch lmao.

so, bear with me for a moment: for whatever reason, grizabella leaves the jellicles, including her husband and kid(s). (if you're a fan of the theory about macavity being the third brother to munkustrap and tugger, i mean, she might've just left with him because he was her kid. i dunno.) and you're tugger. Baby tugger, even. you don't understand why she'd leave you. was it you? were you too much? were you not enough? of course not, but you're a little cat with a lot of pride and all the makings of a Petty Little Bastard in you, so you say fuck all that. i'm not too much; i'm actually more than enough. i'm the best! and i'll make damn sure you never forget it!

i feel like if you include munkustrap in that too it gets to be a really interesting dynamic. tugger's mean and angry and going out of his way to show it, and munkustrap is just kind of. "can we not do this" about it. really seems like he'd rather be somewhere else, but, i mean, welcome to The Unpleasant Shit being his job. professional eldest sibling.

she approaches him and he actively goes absolutely not oh look at that what a nice corner i'll just go stand over there. meanwhile tugger's determined to be all OH! OH LOOK WHO'S HERE!!!! WELCOME HOME CHEATER!!!!!! about it. like i already made a post about this so i won't get into it again but i really don't think munkustrap is all that mad at her, which gives tugger's attitude some nice contrast.

continuing with dynamics for a moment, i feel like tugger either has real Attuned Parental Figure Senses or is surprisingly perceptive for his character? this isn't necessarily connected with the point before, but i mean, he stops his whole entire number MID-DANCE MOVE to point out grizabella. he does do it with great flow though you must admit.

he loves attention!! that's established!! whether or not he's up for it at All Times we can have a discussion about (he really just dips out after his number to recharge for a good while lol) but he's here having the time of his life, BOOM one whiff of grizz and he's tearing down the party decorations, that's it, everyone go home.

i'd attribute it to him just Really Having That Big of a grudge if he didn't also kinda sorta activate his Deuteronomy Detect power during the lad's arrival LMAO.

look at that! he beats munkustrap to it! admittedly i can't see the rest of the stage so it might be that all the other cats already saw it and he's just pointing old deuteronomy out to munkustrap as the latter's too busy looking the other way. but it's still a funky way to get in character traits besides Mean & A Whore!

ok and another notable thing, and to me something really interesting, it that tugger never does end up touching grizabella, even though he has the choice to.

after she's first accepted back via touch from victoria, the cats sort of line up to show their affections too. it's a really nice scene in my opinion, you get the sense that all those cats really are happy to be able to take back an old friend and i'm all for it. but the cherry is that tugger is being Really Interestingly Acted here - he leads cassandra closer so she can reach out to grizabella, but tugger himself stays behind with this sort of blank expression over him. even those cats i mentioned before - jennyanydots and bombalurina - get the moment to hold grizabella's hands and smile and encourage her on. tugger doesn't do that.

grizabella doesn't touch every cat, granted, but even those she doesn't touch are reaching out to her, which is pretty much as good as. they all do enough of that sort of implied gesture throughout the musical that it shows it's affection and acceptance all the same whether or not physical contact is made, like for example old deuteronomy's greeting and the moments before the jellicle choice; the first one's posed similarly to grizabella's return, everyone's trying to touch old deuteronomy, but they're perfectly fine with sort of just reaching out and being reached out to (note mr mistoffelees and bombalurina). in the second one it's even sillier because both munkustrap and old deuteronomy could clear the like 10cm of distance between them, but the reaching and willingness is more than enough for that mutual understanding to come between them. basically intent > result (side note: this is not a good rule for life outside of the cats musical).

tugger doesn't reach out. doesn't try to get any closer than he already got and stays in the shadow behind the rest, just watching her go for a bit before he dips again.

with the way he's squashed behind asparagus jr here i can't tell if he's bowing or nodding or what, but i think it'd be really funny if he was just trying to make himself shrink a little. like hanging his head nope i'm not here don't look at me goodbye. so completely contradictory to his usual vibe it's hilarious.

it is interesting to think about though, in my opinion, that he spends pretty much the rest of the musical in the shadow and separated from the other celebrating cats. he climbs up onto the chest and stays on that platform for the rest of the show while the other cats are being directed by munkustrap to follow and then surround old deuteronomy.

it's interesting - he may be positioned above the other cats physically, but it makes him feel sort of separated if you know what i mean. there's usually this pretty clear separation between munkustrap and the other cats when they're on screen, they might crouch when he stands and reach out to him when he's talking, but this time munkustrap is just down there calling upon the vibes with the other cats, and only makes his way up to old deuteronomy's right after grizabella's gone and it's time for the closing number. rum tum tugger straight up bounces as they're going to the russel hotel LMAO.

he does hype her up as she's going up, which is also really cute. he's off to the side so the other cats aren't really looking at him, but even as old deuteronomy shows her the rest of them, grizabella's eyes linger on tugger's wee rockstar schtick and it just kind of melts me.

anyway. man may be conflicted but he's happy mum gets a retry whether anyone likes it or not. and i think that's nice. :)

#good god yall better enjoy this #cats 1998 #cats the musical #the rum tum tugger #grizabella #jellicle cats #my gif stuff #gifset #movieedit #musicaledit

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misaki-toko · 3 months

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“This Captain Must Die.”

Original story→ https://youtu.be/Uo81UqO54dg?si=beJgpn6VxISXA5Yh

Shiki🐈's raffish crew has a production that says, ``At the end of the Growltiger number, Munkustrap/Rum Tum Tugger/Mistoffelees/Mungojerrie appear, waving flags while showing their faces, dressed as Siamese.'' Therefore, my interpretation is that perhaps the raffish crew conspired to betray Growltiger.

That's why I drew this picture with the intention of ``the raffish crew plotting behind the scenes after joining forces with Siamese.''

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junkyard-gifs · 6 months

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wait what's Mungojerrie doing 😕

what's Jemima doing 🤔

what's coricopat doing what are admetus and cassandra doing what is going on

"The Rum Tum Tugger gets the party started and it's a bit confusing"—help help he touched me I must run off into the corner and fluster.

Matthew Levick's Mistoffelees is very baby and also a bit overwhelmed by the Rum Tum Tugger of Dominik Hees.

Vienna revival, 24 June 2022. With Jan-Eike Majert and Anna Carina Buchegger as Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, Nathan Luke as Bill Bailey, Nicholas Li as Admetus, and Anneka Dacres as Cassandra. Filmed by @falasta and @cryptidvoidwritings.

#cats the musical #2021 vienna #vienna revival #220624 #tuggoffelees #mistoffelees #rum tum tugger #mistoffeleesxtugger #c: mistoffelees #c: rum tum tugger #matthew levick #dominik hees #s: rum tum tugger #ss: terrible bore

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valefars-ghoul-outback · 11 months

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I'm still not over the whole verse implying that the Rum Tum Tugger lives with Mr Mistoffelees but also the lines IN HIS OWN SONG implying that he bounces around house to house despite probably having an owner. It just gives me this idea of Mistoffelees' owner(s) hearing their cat screaming from outside but instead of their dainty little black cat being out there they open the door to this giant fucking Maine Coon who proceeds to waltz into the house like he owns the place

#then 9 weeks later there's 7 kittens in a hat and they know DAMN WELL who the (other) father is #cats the musical #mr mistoffelees #rum tum tugger

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shorlibteens · 19 days

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April is National Poetry Month! Each week, we'll be sharing one great poem from a classic poet.

This week's poem is The Rum Tum Tugger by T. S. Eliot.

The Rum Tum Tugger

The Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat: If you offer him pheasant he would rather have grouse. If you put him in a house he would much prefer a flat, If you put him in a flat then he'd rather have a house. If you set him on a mouse then he only wants a rat, If you set him on a rat then he'd rather chase a mouse. Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat-- And there isn't any call for me to shout it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore: When you let him in, then he wants to be out; He's always on the wrong side of every door, And as soon as he's at home, then he'd like to get about. He likes to lie in the bureau drawer, But he makes such a fuss if he can't get out.

Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat-- And there isn't any use for you to doubt it: For he will do As he do do And there's no doing anything about it!

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast: His disobliging ways are a matter of habit. If you offer him fish then he always wants a feast; When there isn't any fish then he won't eat rabbit. If you offer him cream then he sniffs and sneers, For he only likes what he finds for himself;

So you'll catch him in it right up to the ears, If you put it away on the larder shelf. The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing, The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle; But he'll leap on your lap in the middle of your sewing, For there's nothing he enjoys like a horrible muddle. Yes the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat-- And there isn't any need for me to spout it: For he will do As he do do And theres no doing anything about it!

#books & libraries #national poetry month #t.s. eliot #rum tum tugger #cats

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shirubie · 3 months

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Saturday night sketch because I'm bored. Inspired by these posts, this is my idea for a design for The Green Claw, Virgil with the Black Cat Miraculous (credit to @jbarkerstargazer 's kids for the concept and name)

I got the idea to make Virgil look more like a bigger, older tomcat, compared to Cat Noir's slimmer teenage body shape. The fur collar might have been inspired by Rum-Tum-Tugger from the Cats musical.

#thunderbirds are go #thunderbirds fanart #thunderbirds au #miraculous au #virgil tracy #miraculous ladybug

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