cats, feels (~)
But all kidding aside, given how much of a worrywart i am, there's something godawful and raw about having another vulnerable living being to care about.
It was a fucking nightmare-blessing, for instance, when my aunt and stepsister had their kids. MONTHS of sitting up fretting over babies I hardly ever even saw in person.
And now I have this stupid lovable cat. And her two stupid lovable kids. And an overwhelming awareness of how little I know about how to take care of them, and how limited our resources could get.
And the idea that we could fuck something up and let them get hurt or worse is gnawing on me constantly. Just a little gnaw in the background, often overshadowed by the joy of having the little purrballs around.
But I didn't ask for this, and I tell Shadow almost every day: you chose US. We're gonna do the best we can for you. But you're gonna break our hearts someday, aren't ya, little charmer.
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shadow is kneading me while i try to play video games and i just love her so much ;____;
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(oh bast that last part was her <3 <3 <3 <3 <3)
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Having Shadow around has even been good for Noelle, who for those of you who haven't met her, is my sweet-as-southern-tea unicorn aspect, a proto-MLP who's been with me since I was like 14.
Noelle took some serious damage in the explosion of Transliminal Station and my exile from Seattle, and had effectively been comatose for the most part.
But having someone to care for (aside from Peggy who is largely self-maintaining and has SO MANY MORE HIT DICE AND ARMOR LEVELS than me) has awakened what is basically my Inner Fluttershy and she's been coming to the forefront for the first time in several years.
Please, please Shadow, don't break our hearts. Heal fast and have a wonderful long life.
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also i can now join the chorus of catlovers saying everyone in human history who has ever said cats only think of themselves and don't really love their human friends is full of shit and can go soak their heads in a bucket of kitten drool
she just says it in cat is all, a language i of course am a natural at from living with a grouchy tigress, and 200 noseboops later i am one of the faithful
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@zebratron2084 I kinda feel; dogs, being basically paedomorphic wolves, are very accessible to humans as group dwellers. Cats think less like us; bigger social groups are relatively new to them, but cat colonies definitely exist. Even without how some cats understand humans better than others, I think they definitely feel love, it’s just on cat terms which have a bit more place associations built in than dogs get. We can’t fully understand, but we don’t have to.
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@zebratron2084 the domestic guys who are really out there are horses. They go all the way from “pretty much a very large strong human with some bad anxiety” to “this person definitely has their own agenda and it doesn’t include me unless I have food or want to sit on them.”
