I’m trying to start a collection of every xenofiction book from a cats POV that I can find!! this is my criteria list:
older middle-grade and up fiction stories (maybe some exceptions for children's books if I really like them)
Mostly or only cat POV, not stories about people with cat sidekicks
about actual cats, not a human that shapeshifts into a cat, nor cat-like two-legged humanoids
Focusing on domestic cats and maybe small wild cats, not big cats
It doesn’t have to be a traditionally published book, but it does have to be something completed that I can buy a copy of
Graphic novels count!
These are the ones I know so far, please let me know if you have any more that I can add! (not listing every book’s sequels, series are presumed to be lumped together)
(also note: I have not read most of these books yet, so I can’t say what kind of graphic/sensitive content they may or may not have. I'm just trying to make as complete a list as I can for personal reference)
Warrior Cats (obviously, this one is a free space)
Varjak Paw -- S.F Said
Tailchaser’s Song -- Tad Williams
The Wild Road -- Gabriel King
Catwings -- Ursula K. Le Guin
Stray -- A.N Wilson
The Book of Night with Moon -- Diane Duane
The Wildings -- Nilanjana Roy
The Tygrine Cat -- Inbali Iserles
The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents -- Terry Pratchett
The Familiars -- Adam Jay Epstein
In the Long Dark -- Brian Carter
Felidae -- Akif Pirinçci. Unfortunately! but I don’t want to talk about him and no one should buy his work. just adding so people know i’m aware of this book already
The Cats of Roxville Station -- Jean Craighead George
The Traveling Cat Chronicles -- Hiro Arikawa
Blitzcat -- Robert Westall
Cat House -- Michael Peak
Cats in the City of Plague -- A.L Marlow
Guardian Cats and the Lost Books of Alexandria -- Rahma Krambo
Cat on the Edge -- Shirley Rousseau Murphy
I Am a Cat -- Natsume Sōseki
The Alchemist’s Cat -- Robin Jarvis
The Stink Files -- Jennifer L. Holm & Jonathan Hamel
I, Scheherazade: Memoirs of a Siamese Cat -- Douglass Parkhirst
The Mouse Butcher -- Dick King-Smith
Heroes Rising: Book One of Catmage: Genesis -- Meryl Yourish
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Im going to be completely frank with you all... and admit that I read these options and wasn't sure how to take this chart,,, so uh. Under the cut is Another Version. I'd apologize but I've given you the option to keep scrolling ¯\_(・・)_/¯
(If you notice characters missing on Kim's side, I probably figured she doesn't know who they are lol)
For the record,,, if they *wanted* me to pull their hair-- *is shot several times before I can continue*
Uhh Matthew is here because I have been converted fully on he/him or enby lesbian Matthew I think. He lives in my brain rent free now, very gender. I'd pull his hair but also I think he mostly just deserves to have it played with nicely.
And Scott's here because 1) I enjoy trans Scott, 2) Kim Pine Brain Rot possibly, 3) idk he's like,, the exception. God damnit, I've fallen for the inexplicable Scott Pilgrim Effect. What the fuck--
I did think about doing this chart like everyone was actually applicable to my tastes, but even if they were I think the ones I didn't put up would have to fall on the caress side bc I just don't feel that way abt them lol.
Again, not to say that's the case for the gals over on that side,,, I just think I would want to be gentle w them shxkdjsdhbd with the exception for Lynette who probably deserves to have her hair pulled, but again I fear she would Hurt Me,,, but maybe in a fun way,,,
Anyway No One Look At Me....
(,, also,,, Ramona is so far over bc I think she would enjoy it,, otherwise she'd be closer to Kim in that section. Same thing w Roxie)
If anyone actually looks at this version, I'm not opposed to doing a version like this for Kim btw! Just ask for it so I feel like I'm not just Dropping This and scurrying away
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Seeing people talking about how fanon ruined MC for them in the tags of my asks is just really sad to me. Because they're absolutely right. Fanon MC is not even anywhere close to canon. The dynamic that people claim to love so much has become distorted and twisted so much that you can barely recognize it. I completely understand dreading MC episodes, not because of anything that will happen on screen, but because of how people will react off screen. The ways they will twist canon to suit their own image of what they think the ship is or should be, then berate others for "getting it wrong," but it isn't what they think at all. I totally understand and empathize with that.
Canon MC is great. Evillustrator made me fall in love with it. Fandom is 100% responsible for why that love died. It's 100% responsible for why I hardly ever share MC art or write MC stories. Because as someone who loves Ladrien and wants to create Ladrien content, I feel like I can't do both because when I've done so in the past, my comments get flooded with "Ladrien is so boring. MC for lyfe!!" "When are you gonna include MC in this story?" (It's literally tagged ladrien) "idk what it is but I just don't like ladrien lol. MC is my favorite side." "Sorry I just don't like Ladrien it's just so 🤢🤢🤢 I prefer MC"
Even when I've written MC in the past, if I write strictly platonic MC (what I prefer), someone inevitably asks when I'm going to make it romantic as if that's the standard expectation. For a side that "doesn't have to be pressured by feelings for each other" people sure do like making them have feelings for each other.
There is no way to filter which MC stans follow your content. I feel like if I post a lot of MC stuff or write MC fic that the ladrien hating shitheads will show up regardless of how obvious I make it that I like it and post about it. The only way I've found to keep them off this blog is just to not post MC and scream loudly about how great Ladrien is every week. And I think that's really sad. Because I have several ideas for stuff, but I genuinely dread going back to that and having my ladrien works flooded with people telling me they don't like it. My blocklist is filled with Ladrien antis, yall. But every time I go into the tag, I still find new ones. I honestly cannot wait for the reveal. At this point I can't wait for the love square to dissolve, so people can remember that they're the same people and shut the hell up.
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