Today I Learned...

[xp_catseye]

...Some people are truly the protagonists of their own stories.

And those stories are apparently YA dystopian fiction.

Comments

[xp_liono]

SHARON! you were not raised in a barn

[xp_catseye]

No, I wasn't.

I lived in a perfectly normal apartment with no dimensional incursions or radiation-eating arthropods whatsoever.

[xp_liono]

yeah, so you know to keep your inside-your-head-voice INSIDE YOUR HEAD

[xp_catseye]

Why would you assume I say anything I don't want to be heard?

[xp_liono]

I cannot with you

[xp_catseye]

Have you ever?

[xp_match]

whats tht word — dystopian

[xp_liono]

it means "unhappy dark future"

[xp_catseye]

What Kitten said. A place where, traditionally, things "aren't as nice". It's a popular genre of young adult fiction. Make believe.

Have you seen the Hunger Games? Maybe this is our next movie night.

[xp_match]

oh ok never seen it

[xp_catseye]

I'll put it on the list. It'll be educational.

[xp_rictor]

That's a terrible movie! And not in the fun way we like.

[xp_wildchild]

Did you see Hunger Games?

[xp_match]

nah

[xp_wildchild]

Divergent? Ready Player One? Alita Battle Angel?

[xp_match]

non of them, bt Cats & I are gonnaa watch the 1st 1 u named

[xp_wildchild]

Score, it's good stuff. Best of the genre.

[xp_cypher]

I mean, I say just skip the middleman and go with Battle Royale.

[xp_darcy]

Dystopian has never been my favorite genre.

You wanna come into the city tomorrow? I'll make you some Approved Chicken and give you small cat scritches with my working fingers while I do a few work reports.

[xp_catseye]

I would be delighted to associate with someone who isn't actively reward bad behavior with free lodging and endless indulgence, yes.

[xp_darcy]

My indulgence is not endless but it's okay to need adjustment time.

[xp_catseye]

First impressions are a predictor of future behavior, and this one came with tens of thousands of dollars in property damage.

[xp_darcy]

A predictor but not one hundred percent accurate, just keep that in mind. It's fine to dislike someone or something, but make sure you don't cross the line to active bullying, or I'll be disappointed in you.

[xp_shatterstar]

cats... they did that 4 u...

[xp_rictor]

¡Verdad!

[xp_catseye]

It's completely different. I spent days in cautious observation before approaching Alani and Sooraya with a petition for sanctuary, like a reasonable person.

And I've never destroyed anything bigger than a couch cushion.

[xp_shatterstar]

didnt u kill a chincken

[xp_catseye]

That's different.

(It's murder.)

[xp_shatterstar]

sharon... are you serious rn

[xp_hawkeye]

Pot? Kettle.

[xp_catseye]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[xp_hawkeye]

[xp_catseye]

Has a dimensional distortion somehow interfered with the journal system? I couldn't make that out.

[xp_hawkeye]

No one likes a hypocrite, Sharon.

[xp_catseye]

Plenty of people like me.

[xp_hawkeye]

Do they?

[xp_catseye]

The size of my TikTok following would indicate this to be the case.

[xp_hawkeye]

If that's what you think it means to be liked, I'm not sure how to express my actual disappointment in you.

[xp_catseye]

Don't worry, many have tried.

[xp_magik]

yes i am queen of limbo and think that qualifies for dystopia but i am maybe too old for teen label its hard to tell sometimes

[xp_catseye]

That's different. I've met Eris.

[xp_magik]

she is best cat. sorry, you are very good and close to best, but eris is #1 best. you can be #1 best purple cat.

[xp_catseye]

Eris is winged. I can't compete with that.

[xp_magik]

if forge was still here id tell him to make u wings. flying battle cat.

[xp_artie]

Yo. I was raised by a tribe of outcasts in the literal sewers under Manhattan.

Check yourself.