Purrcy is actually ... CAT.
- not a cuddlebug BUT
- has to be near his people BUT ALSO
- mighty hunter (indoor-only Rodent Patrol Officer) BUT ALSO
- bizarrely unmotivated by food AND
- loves pets UNTIL
- nips & it's time to zoom away
Started to work this out and it got too complicated. We have twelve cats. They sometimes fall between cracks on the chart. We have no violent rats or floor poopers...
My cat is a study in contradictions. Screams at me through closed doors, then runs away when I open them. Rubs against all the furniture and doorways, but absolutely refuses to rub against me. Acts like she NEEDS petting, won't let you touch her. Any play involves claws and teeth. Will not purr.
I have in the past been owned by a True Rat Bastard, who literally stole a whole chicken out of our fridge, and also once came home with a whole cooked leg of lamb 🙀
We used to have a True Bastard. RWBY is possibly a True Baby & Qrow a Rat Baby (although he's more dog)
None of the others even anywhere near those descriptions
We had a cat who once came home with a leg of lamb too! Closely followed by a box of Paxo stuffing. She was definitely a gourmet. And she could open screwtop plastic storage jars too. Cleverest cat we ever had. The others managed by sharing one brain cell.
True, they have so many varieties. Currently I have a male orange who alternates between great big loveable pussycat and demon who gets bitey and scratchy with rapid cycling.
She is a very pretty cat, which might be her only positive quality tho my husband has trained her to remind him to take his am meds so I guess she has two positive qualities?
True baby but also, when he pats me to get my attention, he tends to put down the paw and dig in a bit with his claws. Meet Julius, who is a very good cat.
There's not really a curmudgeon kitty alignment here for my grumpy old boy. He'd be somewhere in between true distinguished and cat. Loves everyone, rarely misbehaves, but he just gets a lil moody sometimes and wants to be alone.
O: True Distinguished except her strong opinions are that her things are to be kept clean.
B: N/A. Adventure Game Protagonist. Has already figured out how to enter the secret rooms; just needs someone with the Opposable Thumbs ability on the team. Loves minigames.
On second thought, B might be True Baby. He's just not as snuggly as his sisters thanks to lots of warm fluff and wanting to be on the move—but he does love to be carried around.
Left: Saoirse the Rat Baby. Extremely social, has a foot fetish, destroys every plant, limits cuddling to sitting on lap. Right: Caoilfhionn. Anxious, demon, hates everyone except me and demands cuddles and being held. She will attack you if overstimulated or just in a bad mood. She’s me frfr.
1 rat baby
1 distinguished baby
1 true distinguished
1 true bastard
1 actually sweet and VERY funny rat baby (no climbing)
1 sorta distinguished baby that really does the true rat thing on the lowdown
Erika is ABSOLUTELY True Baby, but also a tiny gremlin who screams at me all day (idk what you call the noise when she talks but it is definitely NOT a cat noise 😂). But she also will demand my attention by biting the edges of my phone or sitting in front of my sewing machine. 😅
My cat is definitely some flavor of "baby" - we call her a victorian orphan. Polite, but very needy, sneezes right in your face but gets deeply offended if *you* sneeze in the same room as her. She is surprisingly good at catching mice, though, so I guess there's some "cat" in her? XD
My mom's is a nice Distinguished Baby, but with definite hints of Rat.
My sister's is solidly Cat. No actual mice have been found in shoes, fortunately.
Mine is a Rat Baby. So very Rat Baby.
True distinguished. My youngest daughter’s cat. She chose him as a kitten because her hair is the same colour, and …”a girl should accessorise her pet”. He spends quite a bit of time with me
And…. Absolute Rat Bastard. My cat. Play bites, is nice to me when food is in the offing, but prefers the company of my middle daughter and my wife’s dog.
Where is the one for the cat that plays fetch and wants to be bffs with every dog but is fearful people? (I had a weirdo and I miss him, he died when he wondered to the nearby dog park)
I have little calico combo true baby/rat baby.
True baby has a special plaintive starving kitten meow when wants something.
Rat baby jumps onto and starts stomping on my pillow if she needs me to wake up.
Nova (grey tabby) switches between Rat Baby and True Distinguished as it suits him. Padmé (black smoke) is 100% True Rat and has not a single thought in her tiny head besides 'more food'.
One distinguished baby, one rat baby (tending towards true rat). Distinguished baby is loved by all, including those who haven't met him. Rat baby is intermittently possessed by greebles.
Well. I’ve had 2 of the “cat” variety! Different to one another but fall mostly in that box. One did become “rat baby” for several days if abandoned (we went on holiday for 2 weeks).
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- not a cuddlebug BUT
- has to be near his people BUT ALSO
- mighty hunter (indoor-only Rodent Patrol Officer) BUT ALSO
- bizarrely unmotivated by food AND
- loves pets UNTIL
- nips & it's time to zoom away
None of the others even anywhere near those descriptions
Whattay scattywag
I love the little monster more than anything on this misbegotten planet though
But rat baby that loves to sleep on your lap sometimes.
Cats are all, fundamentally, a kind of goblin.
Willow: Rat Baby. She does not ask permission, yet very vocal. You are going to hold her RIGHT NOW. Closed doors will be systematically destroyed.
She even comes requesting to pet her (okOk she does claim the blanket if you're under one)
*Gives scritches behind the ear*
Somehow I never managed to unlearn this
#Annabelle
Reshared while trying to find a different older post, and this popped up.
Damn you Otto von Karrekt
B: N/A. Adventure Game Protagonist. Has already figured out how to enter the secret rooms; just needs someone with the Opposable Thumbs ability on the team. Loves minigames.
M: Distinguished Baby, no notes.
Winston, Cyrine, Buffy: Rat baby
Daughter's cat: Cat
Gloria: true baby
Unrelated. My hand really hurts today & I feel crappy and very sorry for myself
Kaboom: true rat/rat bastard
1 rat baby
1 distinguished baby
1 true distinguished
1 true bastard
1 actually sweet and VERY funny rat baby (no climbing)
1 sorta distinguished baby that really does the true rat thing on the lowdown
lololol
My sister's is solidly Cat. No actual mice have been found in shoes, fortunately.
Mine is a Rat Baby. So very Rat Baby.
She bites and she needs affection.
Was this an avent calendar ?
Every minute I got a new cat.
Love it.
Mais oui, miawdoradble quoi qu'il arrive. C'est MON chaton.
Pep: rat baby
But it should be pinned part of Caturday.🥰
True baby has a special plaintive starving kitten meow when wants something.
Rat baby jumps onto and starts stomping on my pillow if she needs me to wake up.
He was a stray we found one winter, the tips of his ears froze off. So I named him, Stubs.
The other 4 are some variant of baby...
Xander: Rat Baby.
Shadow, when alive, was a Distinguished Bastard.