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cloudselkie · 1 year

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You know what, Tumblr? Let's talk about a book series that I think you'll love that no one ever talks about.

Y'all should read the Cat Who mystery series by Lilian Jackson Braun.

They are wonderful and the main character is named James Mackintosh Qwilleran, or Qwill for short, a 40 something and single (when the books start) reporter who keeps getting put on strange beats by the paper and ends up with two Siamese cats named Kao K'o-Kung (Koko for short) and Yum Yum (queen bitch, honestly). This guy has an extremely bad habit of stumbling into mysteries he would really rather not have any part of, but them's the breaks for our dear Qwill. Fortunately, Koko is oddly good at helping him work out clues. Then a few books in, he inherits a place in a tiny town up north called Pickax and moves up there, only to have to deal with the sheer number of charmingly odd people that make Pickax their home. Oh, and he and the chubby librarian are a thing, too, and it's ADORABLE.

Qwill basically has classic Tumblr sexyman stamped all over him.

Every library ever has these books, and you can usually also find most of them at used bookstores for super cheap.

Here are the first five books:

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards

The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern

The Cat Who Turned On and Off

The Cat Who Saw Red

The Cat Who Played Brahms

Once you start reading, you'll be hooked. But look out, the whole series is thirty books.

Have fuuuuuuuuuun. ♥️

#the cat who mysteries #lilian jackson braun #book recommendations #mystery novels

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inbadgersdrift · 2 years

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estate of Lilian Jackson Braun release The Cat Who Smelled Smoke challenge

#figured some people here might relate?#the cat who #the cat who mysteries #lilian jackson braun #midsomer murders #bc i am a midsomer murders blog

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harriertail · 4 months

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exile

#sol is growing on me as a concept hes so like. wet and pathetic #warrior cats #sol wc #leafstar #skyclan and the stranger #idk if i prefer him as canon 'troublemaker looking for revenge adn seeking any viable way to do it' or like #some fanon views of him as super cunning. or other views as him as a mysterious messenger #i do like him as like. pathetic small boy who didnt get what he wanted and just latched onto whoever he saw to try cause issues #harriertail

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cardo-de-comer · 29 days

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Hey! The way you drew Mr. Qi makes me feral, thank you. I love that man in a way one would love their neighborhood cat. Mysterious, I wish to know more of where he comes from, who he is, yet it's better to be kept secret. Again, thank you for drawing him in such a nice way, loved it, will continue to love it, and once I've sent this ask, I shall continue to stare at it like the feral animal I am over that man. Thank you.

thank you anon! <3 i miss him lots lately so here's some sketches

#sdv qi #stardew valley mr qi #to me qi is like. you know. let me explain #imagine you go to a house of someone you really don't like. they have a cat. a huge and mean cat that doesn't let anyone touch him #he's a mystery because you don't know this cat but he's the only one in this house who is somewhat tolerable because well cats are great #you would love to pet the cat but you know he's mean and he will bite your hands off but he's a great company nonetheless #so qi to me is like this cat #does this make sense? i think not lol #but it makes sense in my head

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primaldialga493 · 10 months

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A Glameow hero 🎀✨

#pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky #pokemon mystery dungeon #explorers of sky #pmd explorers #pmd eos #pmd2 #pmd #pkmn art #pokeart #my art #glameow #ayy. guess who's drawing at 3am again lmao #but seriously tho- glameow is so underrated #it's literally just a cat. what isn't there to love

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emimii · 20 days

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if i made a fem munku might as well turn the deut bros into the deut girls

#i need to draw macavity more i like making em all messy and red #on the topic of macavity my brother saw a picture of him and wenr DAAMNNNN WHO IS THIS BADDIE #and im gonna think abt that a lot now #cats the musical #the rum tum tugger #rum tum tugger #macavity the mystery cat #macavity #art

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instarsandcrimeah · 1 month

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I love Sif's design-

#in stars and time #isat #in stars and time siffrin #siffrin #This game has very quickly jumped to one of my favorite games of all time #I cannot wait to see what they make next #tbh I want to see this new journey but that's prob not gonna happen #I also really wanna know what happened to the Northern Island!#Also! I want to play through Maribelle's journey!#There is so much I want to see from this world and idk if we will ever see it #it's like the cat in the box #If I open it I'll know the answers #but if it can never be opened then there will always be a mystery and always be something to think about #but who knows maybe opening that box you'll find something else #something even more mysterious inside #you never know #and you'll never know if those things should be answered #thats the fun part

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icewindandboringhorror · 1 year

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#i feel like I posted this already but I also can't find it in any recent posts so...#......he #cats #EVEN if I did post it.. why not poast himb again? it's he #I'm like halfway through actually editing aforementioned costumes and stuff and i WANT to work on sculptures again and I have video #s and that worldbuilding slideshow and all of these things so hopefully like.. more usual stuff soon maybe.. to be posted #for now though yeah.. just cats #The end of the year is also when I panic about the passage of time and how little I've gotten done and how I will never actually be a #sucessful game maker slash author slash cat cafe owner slash set designer slash costume designer slash psychologist #who lives in like Scotland or somehting and also owns my own candle company or something ghbjhb #and will probably just be a mentally ill hermit recluse all my life who dies early of mysterious health issues with 5000 projects left #undone and blah blah the crushing weight of chronic illness and capitalism and so on and so forth #So then I scramble to get projects done to try and meet some goals but usually that means I scatter between projects #so it takes longer to finish all of them. Like instead of dedicating 8 hours to one thing and finishing it one sitting. I'll do 2 hours on #this then 2 hours on that then 2 hours on another things. so they all get done slower even though I'm still technically making progress on #them all. This is also a very poo poo pee pee stink brain way to work and is not like. the most efficent thing but it's just how my brain #organizes tasks sometimes lol #***#(<ignore this its part of an OCD compulsion lol. anytime you see me type three asterisks I'm not bleeping out a curse word #it's just a Special Secret Foolish Thing I Have To Do At Specific Uncontrolable Times When Brain Says So gbjhhj)#ANYWAY... eeeee #Still haven't resolved my mystery chest injury though so being at te computer for too long is also kind of achey-inducing #Better get over it though because I have like 30+ hours of slideshow vidoe to edit hahaha hee hee hoo!!!!!

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kikie-e3 · 1 month

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Small CS art dump of stuff I haven't posted

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dorkofspace · 1 month

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Sins Of The Father/Consequences Of Your Actions (Child Abandonment)

Pinestar’s having a really hard time after being revived, he never could have guessed things would get so bad after he left clan life. (Starclan’s Last Resort AU)

#warrior cats #wc #wc art #wc au #pinestar #featuring mystery cat! Do not ask who they are I do not know yet #au #warriors #warriors au #Also that’s Tigerstar’s shadow in the second pic if it wasn’t clear #also featuring swiftpaw brindleface gorsepaw and redtail #Starclan's Last Resort AU

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bobzora · 6 months

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i dont remember if i've ever mentioned my mew mew au lmao. but i drew some of that

#my art #p5 #persona 5 #the designs r just about as loose as this thing's 'lore'#i dont have mew form joker bc well this whole time ive just been drawing him in ichigos outfit.which i might theoretically want to change.#lol.#this has been a thing for a while #i thought it would be funny if haru and akechi had like a. rabbit/wolf thing.also obligatory cat/dog thing w joker #sorry for goro akechi midriff by theway.#i gave mew form ann low pigtails because i have low pigtail bias.its so hard to hide where the human ears would be for these guys LOL #w.akaba was a Mew Scientist before she died in a mysterious fire.now futaba is continuing the craft.or something.#(name censored bc shes not here btw lmao)#yusuke's not a scientist or anything hes just some guy who is there.#ryuji is also not a mewmew hes just a good pal.#morgana lost his memories also in that fire? at least thats what im going with for now.#i dont know if hes a robot...? or just a mew mew science talking cat or. something. this is literally so loose #dont even worry about it.#(full disclosure i havent actually seen that much tmm it was always my brother's thing. i just like it and think its cute :/ )#'mew mew' is such a funny thing to say.

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leaffiii · 8 months

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Quin/"Gold Spider"

A relatively inexperienced Spider-Person for his age, gaining his powers during his college years. Goes by Spider-Man but I call him Gold Spider for convenience. He's very mistrusting and hard to connect with, which isn't helped by a few anomalous properties.

#hiiiiiii guys i'm still alive hehe #this isn't my spider-sona but rather a concept that's been brewing in my head :)#quin/gold spider #spider man #spiderman #spidersona #across the spiderverse #spider man oc #feel free to ask about him!! he's my current oc brainrot lol #OH YEAH he's distinctly not related to leafverse in any way #he's just my wet cat of a man #theories or observations about who he is are also welcome! i like giving people a good mystery :)

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hazeyclan · 2 months

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moon 10

shes getting so big </3

#hazey moons #moon 10 #big lore one this time!#mystery shost cats the one who named her btw #clangen #clan gen #clan generator #warrior cats clangen #clangen blog #warrior cats

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innytoes · 4 months

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uhm... 👉👈 Ray hitman AU? maybe? if you were up for it? pretty pretty please? 🙏

-For those who don't know I made a shitpost about Ray being a hitman because I looked up housing prices in Los Feliz (and how medical debt works) and SIR HOW THE HELL DO YOU AFFORD THAT HOUSE ON A PHOTOGRAPHER'S SALARY.

-It starts when one of the Petal Pushers has a very abusive, stalker ex. She had tried everything, but even with a restraining order, it isn't enough. Law enforcement just shrugs and suggests she moves (again) after 'someone' breaks into her house, ransacks it and kills her cat.

-It's not like Rose and Ray meant to kill him. But it's what happens. They manage to make it look like an accident. They never tell Violet, but deep down she knows.

-Somehow word gets around and they suddenly have a booming side hustle of taking out abusive spouses, partners, exes, stalkers, etc.

-Ray starts to take on the most of the wet work, with Rose doing the research and being his alibi.

-He's always been a great shot. He won Rose so many stuffed animals at carnival shooting games that they had to start donating them to shelters.

-They do have very strict rules on who they work with and who their targets are. Ray gets very good at stalking people with a giant long distance tele-lens. Both the people who hire them (to make sure they're telling the truth) and the targets.

-The prices they charge vary, and they even have perfected the scheme of 'take out life insurance on him and we get half of the pay out' for people who are in a bad financial situation. Those are trickier because he has to make the deaths look like an accident.

-Listen I'm not saying a few of the plants in Rose's Plant Wall in the studio are toxic. Of course they aren't, they have children running around in there.

-The ones under the grow-light in the attic though....

-He tells everyone he's a photographer but really, he only knows how to work the tele-lens. Rose jokes he could become the world's greatest paparazzi if he wanted to.

-Rarely does he get up close and personal with the targets, but he did made an exception once when 'My Ex Is An Abusive Scumbag number 87' really, really wanted Ray to know the client was right by going after his kid from his first marriage, because his favourite target (their client) wasn't there to take his rage out on.

-He starts hitting the gym after that because it was a liiiiittle too close for comfort.

-As spoken by @floating-in-the-blue: THAT'S WHY HE'S SO FIRM.

-They buy a big house and have money to send the kids to summer camp and fancy music school and the likes. When people ask he just smiles and shrugs and said he signed an NDA so he can't talk about most of his Big Photography Clients.

-Carlos and Julie think their dad is the biggest goober and he totally is. He forgets where he put his phone because he's too busy with the 700 other details of his job. He can tell if any of the parts of his work-toolbox have been moved even a millimeter.

-Just imagine Reggie like: wow Ray really does a lot of research about his photography clients, I wonder if it's like an engagement shoot or something.

-IT WAS NOT AN ENGAGEMENT SHOOT. There was a shooting, though.

-He's a little shell-shocked but still follows Ray down to where he meets the client to promise her it's done, and she cries and tells him thank you and mentions some of the awful things the guy has done or threatened to do, and then he gets it.

-They stage it to look like a break-in gone wrong. Reggie helps knock some shit over when they're distracted like: he's a ghost there are no finger prints. He stays after Ray leaves and watches the woman 'come home' and call the cops. She's either a really good actress, or the tears are just more tears of relief.

-He's really, really glad the abusive guy didn't come back as a ghost though, that would have been so awkward.

-Reggie decides that Julie can never, ever know.