Empress of Mars: Undisputed @zebratron2084@awoo.space

@LexYeen@snouts.online i choose to believe this, mostly because of the implication that cats therefore sleep 140 out of every 24 hours. =^____^=

I promised @Troodon@occult.camp I would link them to this faked-up wolf documentary. n.n

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xgzl_EP1q9c

I have now cunningly isolated nine distinct strains of Thai letter: the birdies, the horsies, the owls, the sneks, the wiggles, the houses, the hooks, and flags, and the et cetera. 🙃

If you thought any of the above categories provided any clue whatsoever to their letters' phonetic properties, friend, you thought wrong. ​The birdies, alone, are pronounced "j", "k", "n", "ph", and "th".

Except when they're not, like if they're at the end of a word or they're a Sanskrit loan or you forgot to pay your consonant fees.

@Phorm Stripe Fishslammer!

@mona@cybre.space See most recent toot! :) It was Winnie The Pooh's name and gender. Turns out that at least the most bizarre theory related to it was just a literary satire, thank goodness.

Oh thank goodness. It turns out that the craziest theory on the topic is definitely a satire. It took me a while to find the source article people were talking about. Bear in mind, some people were repeating this theory as something someone had seriously advanced. *facepalm*

http://www.specgram.com/CXLVIII.4/04.buendia.pooh.html

This is the article that got me down that hole in the first place: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/winnie-pooh-actually-girl/

There's also some interesting stuff out there about why exactly it's spelled "Winnie-ther-Pooh" with an "r" in certain places. It gets into British regional phonetics and whatnot.

@LexYeen@snouts.online I still don't think it's a good idea to just tell you, but I can give you a safety-filtered sample and you can tell me if you're good to continue down this path...

i just fell down the rabbit hole surrounding [BELOVED CHILDREN'S BOOK CHARACTER REDACTED FOR YOUR SAFETY]'s "actual" name and gender

i had not known there was a rabbit hole there

there is and it is "there's where i'm a viking" level, i mean like it's brain poison bad, like it has elicited dr bronner levels of crazy in some of these people

stay well clear, kids, old aunt rezy is gonna put a sign and a fence next to this one...

Martians like to play up the stereotype that they're stupid, but they're actually a very intelligent and civilized bunch of tiger person things. They're all just basically Amethysts. Tons of potential, zero focus, excel at things they can actually be persuaded to care about (e.g. napping, eating, fighting).

My long-standing headcanon is that someone basically spat in their petri dish when the Terrans were synthesizing the prototype Solar races. It was a well-meaning pacifist subversion so Martian tigers couldn't be effectively weaponized, and it basically worked because we're just too flighty and crazy for corps discipline. But ADD is rampant on Mars and we all come off a little... spacey. *stares*

In summary, if anyone in the 23rd century creates a Ritalin equivalent for 600 lb. spacecats, y'all on the other planets are FUCKED. 🐯​😽​❤️​

​psa reminder
i am a tiger (fig 1: 🐯)
i go rar sometimes (see fig 2 below)
i usually don't mean it
and i really work hard not to bite
but i'm just saying
for my piece of mind as much as yours
you might wanna watch your step around my tail if i'm sleeping

(this is not a subtoot i'm having a good day am well fed and catnipped just thinking about tiger stuff 🐟​​🐠🐞🍩​​why is there no gazelle corpse emoji)

"I set out to be Steven Universe and wound up somewhere between Gene Belcher and Flame Princess. And that might be maybe not terrible?"

@JulieSqveakaroo See, Julie, this is why I like you. You understand predator things. Incidentally... you using that left arm for anything? *friendly sniff* =^______^=

I might be in a tiny bit of a 🐯​mood this morning.

🖼

@Momentrabbit *hugs tight* Love ya, rabbit. Been scattered and busy therefore quiet, but I think about you a lot. Antler Mom is right beside me. Rubbing her antlers for you. <3

@anthracite Of course!

@emanate I'd already had the line spoiled for me, but I didn't know _she_ was the one saying it! :D

Oh. Never mind. Sorry, Blue. <3

rezy you soft weak fucking kitten

if you can't even get past two lines of "love like you" how the fuck do you expect to live through the finale