#very affectionate cats

[ironinkpen]

The dynamic in Rise between the rest of the team and Leo is. so fucking funny. Because like you've got these three extremely talented individuals who all seem like perfectly reasonable people at first glance, right, but then if you squint hard enough you realize they're actually all batshit insane (affectionate) and the clown boy standing behind them is secretly their common sense.

Clown boy will occasionally put himself and the others in danger to Prove Himself or Prove Someone Wrong (see Minotaur Maze and the movie) but like otherwise... i think people forget Leo's overwhelmingly the voice of reason in most situations?

Raph, Mikey, and Donnie are all incredibly powerful boys with very specific skill sets. They are also, as a direct result of this, the WORST decision-makers on god's green earth lmao. When presented with a problem, Raph will smash, Donnie will blow shit up, and Mikey will razzmatazz. They will all run straight toward death with the same oblivious enthusiasm of a dog about to run straight into a screen door. None of them realize this and all of them think they are Extremely Good At Problem-Solving.

And the guy cursed with the common sense to realize this is literally the LAST person anyone would expect.

When you look closely, the entirety of Rise is actually a chronicle of Leo trying to find new and creative ways to keep this team of superpowered fools alive while simultaneously white-knuckling his Cool Fun Guy persona so the others don't realize he's secretly the Boring Responsible One. Haha, you know what would be Cool and Fun, guys? Not going after the Spine Breaking Bandit lol. Getting home before the sun goes up lol. Evacuating that civilian lol. Not telling the guy dangling me off a roof "you won't, no balls" lol.

The sacred struggle of every iteration of Leonardo is thanklessly wrangling the most trigger-happy siblings in the world, and Rise Leo has not escaped it. He just does an occasional shenanigan to avoid detection and his brothers fall for it every time.

#rottmnt #rottmnt leo #rise leo #leo #donnie #mikey #raph #raph has the Older Brother Stress while leo has the Common Sense Stress #GOD i adore Rise's take on leo so much #just a funny little guy subtly herding his brothers away from danger like cats while trying desperately to be Chill and Cool about it #he's been dodging the responsibility allegations for YEARS but Splinter caught him right at the very end of the show lmao #because like listen. listen. is rise raph responsible? yes. #is he--in practice--the Responsible One? absolutely NOT #raph is a RUFFIAN and a HOOLIGAN (extremely affectionate) #anyway i think the movie has made people forget that like. for a vast majority of the series leo's the voice of reason

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

misc oldish scribbles i found of these two being Sweet <3

#god i love them.... #is there a better dynamic than A Big Guy And His Little Buddy #and vice versa #many many feelings about them #soft feelings. wholesome feelings. Feelings. #scribble salad #welcome home #god i wish i were wally... #id love to have a Large Friend who could treat me like one of those little dogs you keep in your purse #i wanna be someones special lil guy. #i swear im pocket-sized Please tote me around like an accessory #anyway Anyway getting off track here. who wants some Thoughts! #i love the concept of wally and barnaby playing card games but wally just like... sits/reclines on him #barns is a big cozy couch yk yk #and then the thought of like... barnaby clinging to wally like a stuffed animal during his Naps #they are very cat/dog To Me #whenever i watch a video of a cat or kitten curling up on / being playful or affectionate with a big dog #i think of these two

[uncivilliberties]

My cat just climbed up onto the bed next to me, sneezed directly into my ear, swatted me on the forehead, and left with the satisfaction of someone who just crossed the last thing off a to-do list.

#asshole started purring as he did it #hes really very affectionate #just a doofus #cats

[martybaker]

Thinking about Dream cat behavior.

Especially retired Dream behavior I think would be very cat like.

Climbing into Hob’s lap as he’s sitting in his home office, trying to work, suddenly finding himself with a lapful of warm Dream. Pale arms wrapped around him, tucking his nose against Hob’s neck, purring, falling sleep. Well guess that’s all the work Hob’s gonna do today, he can’t move now. He’s not a monster.

Curling on Hob’s chest as he’s lying on the couch.

Getting impatient when Hob takes too long in the bathroom, and either joining him or complaining behind the door. “Hob,” he says, not whining at all.

Coming to inspect what snack Hob’s got at every crinkle of a packet.

Enjoying Hob’s scratches and pets with a blissed out expression on his face.

Having moments of frantic energy highs when he snoops through Hob’s stuff, roaming from room to room, until he finds something that piques his curiosity and sates his agitation.

Doing nothing but sprawling on bed the whole day.

Launching himself at Hob from behind and nuzzling against his back as he’s scrubbing the dishes, scaring him shitless.

Leaving scratches on Hob.

Perching on every surface possible, counters, desks, tables, the back of the sofa, the windowsill.

Hissing at appliances when they don’t cooperate with him.

Biting.

Demanding attention when he’s left alone for too long.

Waking Hob up at ass o’clock in the mornings, because while sleep and dreams are important so is cuddling your Dream close and Dream’s been awake for some time already so he needs attention now.

Hating getting wet. Rain is evil.

Birds are fascinating.

Licking.

Nuzzling against Hob’s legs, chest, back, face, anything.

Seeking warm spots in the house.

anyways that’s all I have for Dream’s a cat agenda for now 🐈‍⬛

#dream of the endless #the sandman #morpheus #dreamling #dream the endless #sandman dream #sandman #hob gadling #retired dream #sandman morpheus #hob x dream #dream x hob #cat dream #dream is a cat agenda #my ramblings #he’s a cat your honor #hob being like a have one very affectionate very naughty cat at home #his students and colleagues not realising he’s talking about Dream until they meet him

[cozylittleartblog]

that anime sure could midwest

#doodles #ms paint #dat me #anime midwest #so this was a good purchase #listen i love to be annoying and i have always wanted a little cat ear headband #it's just. its ridiculous (Affectionate) #and it has bells on it #wearing a cat ear headband and amogus bean earrings and looking like a very normal person #bops my head around so hard i earn my 9th concussion 💖 #art

[bonefall]

could fern leaf be a former park cat or something that clear sky sends to spy on tall shadow & then defects? or, since she’s important to the rescue of star flower in the books, maybe she could be involved with one-eye somehow…? even though star flower is totally different now, so she doesn’t really Need rescuing from any situation she’s in that you’ve talked about so far. guess it depends on which aspects of the character best serve the story, and whether she would work better as part of DOTC proper or thunder’s SE

i also genuinely can’t remember if bb!clear sky’s original M.O. for his group is Tribe Cats Only, or if he is willing to take in anyone who kisses his ass enough. could make sense if fern leaf (or more accurately, any tom willing to vouch for her) appeals to clear sky enough. hell, maybe she could be a mole on one-eye’s behalf instead?

(Follow up ask to this post)

The new rub to the formation of the groups in BB is that there is two distinct cultures in the forest: Park Cats and Tribe Cats. They're divided by a language barrier, with the Park Cats speaking Parkmew and the Tribe cats speaking what we now call Old Tribemew.

So Clear Sky doesn't have the same "options" like canon. These ""rogues"" don't speak his language and he simply would not learn even if the chance was offered to him. It doesn't even really cross his mind that these are full people to reach out to; in his mind they're intruders. The flavor of bigotry in the modern era hasn't quite evolved yet, so he has the most straightforward kind of xenophobia you can imagine.

He only starts changing his mind after the First Battle, after his revelation, when he's back on his bullshit in Thunderstar's Justice. In my head it's kind of like... a mockery of Thunder Storm's way of life, that allowed him to live in defiance of him for so long. "See, now I do what you do. Since Gray Wing approved of you so much." kinda thing

There's two park cat groups; The River Kingdom, and The Wind Coalition.

The first conflict the Sun Trail Pioneers run into is with WindCo up on the moor, who chases them down into the forest! The Park cats who lived in the forest weren't united, just various individuals that had little "homestead" territories.

The conflicts with them start after the Shadow/Sky split that follows the death of Jagged Peak. Shadow's Clan moved eastward into the caves at Snakerocks, where no one bothered them, but Sky's Clan started getting hostile towards the little homesteads and pushing cats westward, back to the River Kingdom.

SO with that recap out of the way...

I have two and a half-ish cats already that I'm heavily interested in using to turn on Clear Sky for Thunder's Clan. So I'm not sure how to slot Fern Leaf in there.

1: Snake. Snake is the only cat in-canon who said that maybe Clear Sky shouldn't be their leader after letting One Eye into the Clan against all warnings, and then he gets DOGPILED for it, and the very next book shoves him into the arms of Slash to undermine the fact that they accidentally gave him a good fucking point.

I'm RIDICULOUSLY fond of him because of this. I love him out of spite. I've spoken before about how I plan for him to be a Tribe-descended cat, and a lot of that is because I want to keep his goon roles serving Clear Sky. One of which is that he is going to badly injure Sunlit Frost in the First Battle.

So thinking about it... it makes the most sense for Snake to turn on Clear Sky in Thunderstar's Justice. Still unsure when. But if I have any roles where a cat needs to get help, stop a battle, or call Clear Sky out for making a really bad decision, it's gotta be him.

I'll keep him in my hand for a while; this feels like a piece that will fall into place.

I'm also unsure of what family he's going into. I keep waffling on it. I'm leaning towards the Claw family and possibly the son of Fox, since he's going to be living a bit longer. He's going to be about the same age as Thunder Storm, maybe a bit older.

2: Red Claw Since Acorn Fur is now Acorn Swoop, and she's not nonsensically going to go join the guy who killed both of her parents because it would be too sad to go home where they're not alive, her love interest has to end up in Thunder's Clan.

I'm already pretty committed to making Petal into Petal Claw and Fox into Fox Claw, so it follows that Red Claw would be in the family. Thinking about it, maybe Red should be the son of Fox instead...

Especially because he could defect earlier. Moth Flight's Vision is totally overhauled anyway and I'm planning to shift a lot of the original plot to something for another character anyway...

Plus, enemies-to-lovers is fun and I haven't really had a chance to do it yet. Acorn Swoop is absolutely the kind of punk who would nab one of her worst enemy's best soldiers, and the type of nerd who would frame it like her biggest catch yet.

("OI THUNDER!! LOOKIE WHAT THE CAT DRAGGED IN")

And most relevantly... this is leaving Fern Leaf's backstory up in the air. Him leading a dog pack into the heart of camp and getting Beech and Frog killed is what kicked off the Bunny Bones plot of the original MFV that I like so much, and I feel like it's an important part of Fern Leaf.

So not only am I here planning Red Claw as a high priority for being someone to turn against Clear Sky, but also, he complicates Fern Leaf a bit.

Maybe I should step back a bit on the two and start from scratch with them, and replace their backstories with new ones that preserve the "emotional core." I'll have to think about it.

That 1/2 Cat: Alder or Birch The kits that are stolen from Misty, that queen who was murdered by Clear Sky and whose kits are given to Petal. In BB, that's something I want to examine for how fucked up it is. It becomes the basis of Kit Stealing later, an awful practice that the Clans will struggle with for many generations.

These ones are SUPER important, but I say 1/2 because it doesn't have to be Thunder's Clan they turn for. But I do want one of them to eventually learn their origin, and end up finding their family in River Kingdom or the Wind Coalition.

I mention them because I keep going back and forth on if they're going to get combined with other characters. Basically imagine me next to a big conspiracy chart and I'm connecting a big red line between possible plot threads back to Fern Leaf. Maybe her? Maybe she can be one of the stolen kits?

I could even make it so Birch is actually an older sibling, or a half-sibling, or one from the same litter who was saved... maybe even end up making it a litter of 4. Slots in well with her canon story, too, where she mentions her mother abandoned her.

The truth can be that it was a lie. Her mother didn't abandon her. One of them was murdered and the other was chased off.

And, of course, I could save her to be a "One Eye Cultist." None of my drafts so far have brought in any extra followers of One Eye who will follow him from place-to-place besides Star Flower herself. I would like to add some, and that's a fine place for Fern Leaf, but somehow I feel like I can do her better.

#better bones au #BB!DOTC #BB!Fern Leaf #also for the record I am both Very sorry and Not sorry that-- #--Acorn Swoop ended up changing so much from her mild-toned canon counterpart lmaooo #My lover showed me a clip of a british TV show with a character called Vyvyan ranting about bad sitcoms #RIGHT around the time I first designed her #Because I was yelling about the original arc and partner was like ''this is u (affectionate)'' #And somehow that evolved into an inside joke about Acorn Swoop and now I cannot unhear it #''being hungry makes me lose my easygoing approach to living with other cats'' #(THROWS A MOLOTOV AT SKY'S CLAN)

[thetimecrystal]

hi everyone, meet luna! she is my older sibling’s cat and she is an old lady who hates feet and gets weirder by the day, plus she is addicted to dreamies (i may or may not have done goofed and given her dreamies for christmas) and cuddles. like seriously. she hates being alone and will meet you at the door, even if you just take out the trash. she will scold you if you leave.

plus, when she was a littol bab, she had a tiny, turquoise and red, bratz purse. rip the bratz purse.

#mica speak #cats #my sibling's cat #driteguri #food // #she did also have the runs last week so we have been calling her all types of poop nicknames (very affectionately)

[the-punforgiven]

Kinda wild to me the knowledge that there is a violent and vicious predator that lives in my house, who kills and mutilates other living beings nearly daily, who I have personally witnessed rip apart other living creatures with tooth and claw, who is also just the sweetest little baby who loves to cuddle and often yells at me if I don't pick her up and kiss her little forehead from time to time

#this post is about my cat #who is a sweet and gentle baby #has never been anything other than an affectionate and loving beast to me #who also left half a mouse in front of my bedroom door #like #my sweet little kitty I love you but I can't eat that #we have very different immune systems and I have no idea how to articulate that to a cat #pun's text posts

[sjweminem]

when we went to the cat shelter i was intent on adopting an older cat once again since they have the hardest time finding homes, but the staff informed us that ollie, who was a kitten at the time, was being consistently looked over bc he was very antisocial and hostile towards people, so naturally i picked him. he wouldn't let us NEAR him. with a lot of love he's come a long way

#curled up on/between my legs while i drink my morning coffee on the couch is his favorite place to be #he's actually VERY annoyingly affectionate lol #ft my reading glasses bc i'm fucking old #i wish you could read my socks bc they appropriately say 'my cat is cool as fuck'

[valleyofgays]

here’s your "Alwx remembers he can post art outside of discord" of the month

last one are the friends i play sky with the most ( and me ), we called our group sky mischief :]

#sky children of the light #sky cotl #thatskygame #sky cotl fanart #sky cotl oc #skyblr #alwx.png #most of these are from a little while back I've just been busy with exams and artfight #my cat is being very affectionate as i type this post #the mischief

[maxsix]

#you can see the very moment yunho regrets it #Jeong Yunho #Choi San #San #Yunho #ateez #so cute #this video was 3 hours long #how tf does any atiny editer ever get anything done at all #it's ridiculous #this is a Golden Retriever with an unusually affectionate cat

[spongebob-connoisseur]

#Slappy violence time babey #Pov: you just denied him sweets #the spongebob connoisseur #spongebob squarepants #spongebob #spongebon squarepants #sb #spongebob meme #slappy laszlo #slappy spongebob #laszlo spongebob #Peter lorre fish #The Patrick star show #The patrick show #I picture him as a dumb orange cat #He causes no harm but he manages to get himself into situations on occasion and loves food #And he's very affectionate to whomever gives him a shred of attention

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

Letti, usually: noooo don't put your face near my face noooo i hate it

Letti for an hour this morning: i'm going to sleep with my nose in your eye socket and you're going to like it

#cats am i rite fellas #i did. i did enjoy it it was very sweet #tho i did turn my face so that her Very Cold Tiny Nose was pressed into my cheekbone instead #i woke up to a cat on my chest and she like #spent a minute gauging which side of my face to lay on #so of course she crammed herself between me and the squishmallow #IT WAS VERY CUTE I WAS VERY HAPPY #and she's half the size of your average cat so i could Breathe! she's not that heavy! #absolutely unprompted #sorry i had to share this Experience <3 #she is currently loafed between me and my laptop as i type this #she's been getting even more affectionate #i am not opposed! she's very patient about it! #and i do not mind having a lil kitten on my chest while i sleep! its Soothing <3

[ask-the-totally-real-peppino]

What would happen if I booped or gave mint Chip a face squish? Would he like it or just go crazy? (Holy shit I'm actually asking a question)

(That's a sure fire way to get your fingers bitten off!!!

Mint Chip's response to pretty much anything is to bite it, so it's not necessarily an aggressive bite, it's usually a curious/playful one, but he does not realise how bloody sharp his teeth are, or how strong his jaw is

You might be able to give him a boop or a squish if you bribe him with snacks first (he'll do anything for food), but I still would not recommend getting your hands anywhere near his face

#ooc post #Mint Chip the Peppiclone #besides being bribed for it he is not very affectionate! #if he likes you then he'll leave fish and shiny things he's found on your pillow like a weird cat #but I have only seen this behaviour with one other being so idk the requirements for him to like someone lkjsdlk

[pentragonart]

Time to reupload my Catfrey & Purrogio drawings

#witch hat atelier #tongari boushi no atelier #olruggio #qifrey #orufrey #Catfrey #Purrogio #Qifrey #Olruggio #Orugio #Orufrey #just cats being cute #That concept art is so old that I think many don’t know it #so here it is again #Qifrey is a siamese #Lean and slender and very affectionate with the ones he loves #just looking otherworldly and fairylike #Olruggio is a chartreux #Thick fur since they came from the mountains and dealing well with the cold #Though having a monochrome fur and nothing „special“ standing visually out they are beautiful in their own special way

[jacenbren]

He’s so silly and goofy you guys

#trigun #trigun stampede #millions knives #knives millions #knives my beloved #he’s such a wet cat #and very autistic #i hate him (affectionate) #trigun 2023 #text post