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I got a new housemate recently and he brought two cats with him; they're rescues and were very briefly street cats so they're slow to trust people, they've spent a lot of their time staring at me from a safe distance and then running away if I get too close (pippa I'm sorry but if you sit at the top of the stairs while I am at the bottom of the stairs, this is going to happen eventually).
It's been a month of trying to be slow/quiet around them so I don't startle them, offering them toys and treats by showing them what I have in my hand, putting them near them on the ground and then backing up. One of them has been more comfortable with me than the other, always sniffs my hand if I hold it out to her but hasn't been overly fussed About Me, if that makes sense. Well about five minutes ago she was sat meowing outside of my bedroom so I opened the door and held out my hand and she did the headbut into my hand and let me pet her 😭 it felt so nice to feel trusted by her I'm crying
Pictured is the cats, the one you can actually see is Posey, she's the one who trusts me more & let me pet her. Pippa is the one hiding in the back and honestly that sums up their personalities pretty well. (their owner took this picture when they'd been here a day or so)
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It took about a year of trust building to let me pet her and now she is so snuggly and loves to sit on my lap. She still doesn’t want to come inside though maybe one day but if not that’s okay too. She has an insulated cat house that she loves. Her name is no-tail because she’s a Manx. I love her very much.
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literally my best friend
I love her sm
(We’ve had her for about 3 years now and she gets a little more brave and trusting every day)
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There's potentially a version of reality where we never got this film. Where we either just got a Season 3 right after season 2, or where Frost's vision of a direct sequel won over Lynch's insistence on a prequel. But I cannot for the life of me imagine a version of this story without FWWM at it's centre, without it putting Larua Palmer at the beating heart of everything like it does. It is harsh and brutal and unforgiving, but it NEEDED to be a part of Twin Peaks. Who Laura Palmer was, and the tragedy of what was done to her, was always more important than the mystery angle. Season 2 of the show lost sight of that, but FWWM rightly re-centers her.
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