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planeoftheeclectic:

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redcabbageparty:

mzminola:

tanoraqui:

bladeoffenris:

amiseeingyourcolourormine:

raserus:

LIL BABBY

U CANT SCARE THE OCEAN

GO LAY DOWN

IT LOOKS LIKE TOOTHLESS

I like to believe that all the dragons in the world were magically cursed and turned into cats. But cats have never forgotten where they come from, hence the attitude.

I nearly didn’t reblog this but the above comment makes more sense than anything I’ve ever heard.

…that’s…that’s actually a story my mom used to tell me when I was little? That a dragon showed up at someone’s cottage so they gave it milk. And the dragon enjoyed the milk, so it kept coming back and got smaller and softer and purry-er until eventually it wasn’t a dragon anymore, it was a cat, and that’s where cats came from and why we keep giving them milk.

She might have gotten the story from Ursula K. Le Guin, or I have confused it with a different dragon story.

That’s also why cats tend to hoard their toys behind the couch!

Actually the story is even older. Written by a woman named Edith Nesbit, first published in 1899, it is called “The Dragon Tamers”. It predates Leguin and other fantasy biggies like Lewis and Tolkien.

Nesbit actually can be credited with being one of the first authors that began to shift myths and legends to more fantasy-like stories (fantasy as a genre how we know it, wasn’t around then because it was just part of literature, especially British literature). In fact, many scholars who study fantasy literature and children’s literature believe that, since her children’s stories were so popular with children in England, the stories and their content prompted Tolkien (the first to coin fantasy as its own genre in his essay “On Fairy Stories”) to take up the stories of dragons and elves and fairies as they’d have been children when she was writing.

Tolkien was born in 1892. He would have been 7 when “The Dragon Tamers” was first published. Edith Nesbit did a LOT for modernizing myths, legends, and lore as a children’s author, maybe more than we will ever know.

http://www.online-literature.com/edith-nesbit/book-of-dragons/6/

Let’s hear it for Edith Nesbit.

[profile] nerdnag dragons are cats!!!

I’ve been saying for so long that cats originate from dragons!!!

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justcatposts:

“Attempted to take a cute video of my cats licking each other, and then this happened…” 

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notcaycepollard:

dualclock:

My cat, banging the cabnet door over and over and over: bang bang bang

Me: you will not earn what you desire by banging the cabinet door.

My cat: This is a test of wills, is it not? We shall see if your ability to put up with my incessant banging outlasts my eternal lust for snackie treats. Years of conditioning have hardened me for this purpose. bang bang bang

Me: ksst!

My cat, throwing herself to the ground like she’s been shot: Oh! Oh I have been assailed in my own home! Have mercy, have pity! Surely in the cruel darkness of your heart there is some mote of goodness that might stay your hand! Do not strike me, I pray you!

Me: ok

My cat, after waiting about 3 minutes: bang bang bang

rowantheexplorer:

I am so incredibly glad we finally moved on from “i can has”. Cats are clearly smart enough for advanced sentence structure and dumb enough to draw entirely incorrect conclusions about what they’re talking about.

abraxaswithaxes:

Glad to see we’re all in agreement that cats talk like disparaged victorian children

shydestinybread:

May i add the piece from artist Verbal Vomit

manicgoblinnightmarewoman:

Might I also add

cryoverkiltmilk:

The spiritual successor to Miette

froody:

Me: *Removes my cat from my lap to do something else.*

My cat: Father is…evil? Father is unyielding? Father is incapable of love? I am running away. I am packing my little rucksack and going out to explore the world as a lone vagabond. I can no longer thrive in this household.
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snootyfoxfashion:

Cat Prints by EmiTownShop

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bunjywunjy:

the-spooky-birdy:

blizzardofjj:

someone doesnt want to face the day

This is a mood

WAKE UP and FACE YOUR PROBLEMS, CAT
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copperbadge:

dame-of-dames:

itscolossal:

Three Cats in Japan Have a Closet Full of Custom-Made Hats Felted From Their Shedded Fur

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A) Those hats are AMAZING

B) I definitely don’t have a small box full of my cats’ shed/brushed-out fur waiting to be enough by weight to have spun into yarn. 
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theycantalk:

allergies

For anyone wondering why this happens: the body language cues that humans use to mean “I’m not interested in contact, please ignore me and leave me alone” are the same body language cues that cats use to say “I’m not a threat to you and we could chill together if you want.”

The term “i speak cat” is kind of a misnomer because 95% of cat communication is NON-VOCAL.
Cats who want to chill will look at you and then look away and/or blink slowly when you notice them staring. They will fold up their body to be smol and non-threatening. They will yawn and purr and act like they don’t care you’re there.
All of these things say to a cat “we’re cool, bro, we should hang out.”

Humans trying to avoid contact will adopt a closed body posture (legs close together, arms crossed, head down/slightly hunched over); to a cat that looks like trying to be smol and non-threatening.
Humans trying to avoid contact will try to watch other people without the other person catching on to being watched. So they look and then immediately glance away when acknowledged; to a cat this says “yeah, I know you’re there but I’m ok with it, we’re cool.”
Humans trying to avoid contact will keep fairly quiet and act bored to discourage interaction; to a cat that says “you can tell I’m totally ok with you being around because I’m not actively screaming and showing displeasure at your presence.”

If you’re allergic to cats, learn some cat body language so you stop accidentally inviting cats for a snuggle when you actually want them to avoid you.

I used to tell my friends that if you wanted the cat to avoid you, step one was to yell “KITTY!” and come running at her and try to pick her up without her permission. Et voila, the cat now wants nothing to do with you. They never believed me for some reason.

This is also how I manage to look like some kind of freaky cat whisperer - Sit quietly doing something else and let the cat come to me.

It’s awesome.

(The “You’re a kitty! :D” comes later, with the cats who know me and are okay with the fact I’m a dork.)
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cat: hey you gonna eat that?

human: uh, that’s a rat. They’ve been showing up ever since we started harvesting grain. We don’t eat them, they eat our food.

cat: free game then. Cool.

human: be my guest.

cat: hey is this spot free? It looks warm and I need a place to have my litter.

humans: this is my house. Feel free, I guess, just don’t get stepped on.

cat: hey can you watch my kittens for me? I need to hunt and I don’t want predators finding them.

human: holy shit these buggers are cute. Nothing will happen to them.

cat: I am going to climb on your lap now and you are going to love me.

human: I’m ok with this.
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“Thanks for the little chair, Human”

More cat photos… (via @Buzzfeed)

one of my favorite posts in recent months, tbh

@kickingshoes <3
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purebred-cats:

Incredible trio!

© Photo by Amy Works

@fandomfeministe loooook! 
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i needed the full songs worth of this not 15 seconds

Have an unproblematic cute. Definitely turn the song on.

Because everyday needs to begin with a smile

And again this shows up at the top of my activity feed 🔥

the thrashy thrashy by the fridge gets cuter each time
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alloverthegaf:

alloverthegaf:

alloverthegaf:

thecapslockbrony:

alloverthegaf:

do you ever freak out about how close cats are to dragons

what???

okay hear me out:

they love to hoard things (dragons = gold, gems, cats = dead birds, mice)

they’re adorable

they curl in on themselves when they sleeping

they act superior to humans (which they both are)

they move gracefully but are huge dorks

they play with their prey

honestly cats are basically dragons without the scales and wings??

also obsession with shiny things??

pointy ears!!

cannot resist dark hidey holes!

• like sitting on/in warm things
• sharp teeth
• will let you pet them only if they say ok first
• slit shaped pupils!!
• take really long naps all the time

sure i guess???

what will it take to convince you this is pure science
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deadmomjokes:

I know cats have a stigma of being evil little robots who care for nobody but themselves. I don’t deny that there are some out there like this. But in defense of the large majority of darling cats who have been given a bad name due to the wicked few, I would like to tell you a story…

I am asthmatic. I’m not as bad as some; my asthma is generally well-controlled, and I don’t have much trouble with it on a daily basis. However, as all asthmatics know, getting sick becomes a nightmare. Even a small cold can turn into a days-long asthma attack, one that is very painful, and very annoying for me and those around me. The asthma cough sounds like an ill seal at best, or an angry moose with a nasal condition at worst. Y'all with asthma, and y'all with asthmatic friends, know exactly what I’m talking about. The bark. The hack. The Cough Heard Round The World. It’s painful, it’s loud, and it doesn’t stop. Even the rescue inhaler can only do so much to calm it. It just has to run its course with the cold.

Well, this week I caught the crud, and in the past few days it deteriorated into The Cough. Last night, I took some NyQuil to try and stave it off for as long as I could, just to try and get some sleep. That meant that for a few hours, I was cough-free. After that, I was still doped up enough to sleep through some of it. However, by 2am the sleep aid had worn off and The Cough woke me up. Since lying down makes it worse, and I didn’t want to wake my sister, I sneaked out of my bedroom into the living room, where I sat on the recliner and proceeded to hack up a lung while I waited for my next dose of NyQuil to kick in. That is when I noticed Simon.

Simon is a Russian Blue with a masterful resting-witch-face and an attitude to match. She (yes, she’s a girl, that’s another story) is old, fat, proprietary, and attitudinal. She isn’t shy about telling you when she is displeased, and does so with a loud shriek and some teeth or claws thrown in. She is convinced she owns the place, and owns all of us in turn. She is particular about where you can pet her, like most cats; and, like most cats, she loves her sleep and hates to be woken up.

And of course, my hacking woke her up.

Attempting to whisper an apology in between bouts of coughing, I noticed she was getting off her perch atop the chair nearby. She stretched, made a little squeaking sound, and trotted over to me.

I expected her to demand petting as payment for having woken her precious sleep, but she did not. Instead, this traditionally cranky dragon of a cat did something that amazed me.

She began to purr loudly, and sat herself directly on my aching chest. She kneaded my sternum softly, and nosed my chin as if to say, “I’ve got this, you sleep.” Even though I was still coughing, and bouncing her horridly in the process, she remained settled on my chest right above my diaphragm, purring loudly so that it vibrated through my ribs. I don’t know what magic spell she was chanting between her boat-like purrs, but within minutes my cough had subsided and I was able to sleep.

I didn’t wake up until about 4:30. When I did, it was to discover that my lap and chest were devoid of Simon’s presence, and I was coughing again. As I started coughing once more, I heard her familiar “I’m here” squeak from the area of the water dish. I heard some hurried lapping, and then her heavy gallop across the floor. She flumped onto my lap again, and resumed her purring and kneading. She had evidently been doing that for the past 2 hours, and had only left to get some water. Hydrated, she had returned to take care of me.

So yes, she has her share of evil, jerk-cat moments, but I can no longer pretend that Simon is entirely heartless. For that matter, I now refuse to believe that about any cat. Just because they act like a jerk doesn’t mean that they don’t love you.

So, fun fact. Scientists have not figured out why cats purr but one of the leading theories is that it helps stimulate the healing process because cats purr even when they are sick or hurt.

@rileyav

i’m crying, holy shit i love cats so much.

ah, yes, the traditional crying over cats in the crowded laundromat time is upon us.
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Did medieval witches baby-talk to their familiars?

“Who be the finest rat in all of this hamlet? Be it thou? Be it thou?? Yes it be!”

Corollary question: did they come up with the same kind of brain-drivel I spit at my dog?

“I hath thine foot. It be mine now. Thou need'st the wheel of a very small ox-cart to replace thine foot.

Okay. I will lease thee thy foot, so thou no longer need'st the wheel, for I be very generous. Thou be welcome, small friend.”

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