The art of the first trade wind cat in the tutorial looks like some of their appendages are doubled up - two tails, four front legs, four eyes. Is that how they're usually portrayed in not-cat mythology? It's a really cool concept

@magpie

Some Daily Rituals (not previously mentioned): Even though they're not technically cats, not-cats still probably spend at least 3-8 hours a day on personal grooming, hygiene, and fashion (eg: Dressing up, decorating themselves, brushing their fur, washing their ears and tail, changing outfits, etc.) They have to look maximum cute and have clean paws so they don't get their floors and blankets dirty!

Not-cats probably also spend a large amount of time each day tending to their belongings. Making sure their trinket is clean and in good repair, cleaning their house........ moving items, arranging collections, re-decorating, cleaning the floor........ Gotta make sure the house looks just as cute as the self, yes?

I'll have to come back to this question later for the expressions part.


@ghost It's just a game mechanic, seasons are probably actually a few weeks longer than they are on Earth.


@Sallin As far as lore is considered, there are no other species of not-cats, so this is yet to be seen! I answered a similar question here.

Though I should note that there are no other devs. It is only me and my whims. Unless we count Pilot as a dev? Yes I think??? Either way, it's fun to think about but this is so far off my radar right now as I have a lot of other stuff I want to play around with and design first.


@Lem Reproduction: I think we can just chalk it up to incompatible magnetic forces at time of nose boop.

LGBTQ+: Not-cats really just don't have the same ideas of gender, gender roles, expectations, etc. that we might, so the concepts of being lgbtq+ just... don't really exist to them in quite the same way they do to us. Their identities are fluid and based on their own feelings and probably change regularly, so it's unlikely that in the not-cat language they would have any special "lgbqt+ identity" because all of it is just the normal experience of being a not-cat. They don't really need pride in the same sense, because not-cat society has not defined gender roles at all, nor has it othered anyone for their identity, who they decide to partner with, etc.

And it's not that they have no gender at all, they do have pronouns, and winds, and such, it's just more like an all-you-can-eat gender buffet where a not-cat could change their name or pronouns or the way they dress, or be partners with any particular cat, and nobody would think anything of it.

That said, the pride shop is not there for the not-cats, it's there for us, the players. They might not need pride, but we live in a society and we do need it. As a gay/nonbinary content creator, I take comfort in making things with characters and creatures that share my identities and experiences... and other players may feel the same way and want to express that through their not-cats as well. Having the items brings joy to the players who identify with them, lets people explore their own identities through their not-cats, and also sets expectations and tone for the site as a whole.

But, going back to the lore, this doesn't necessarily mean that not-cats don't like or can't relate to celebrating their own identities, it just means that they're all coming at it from a more casual, fluid lens and all operating on equal grounds. It might not mean the same thing to them, but that doesn't mean it's not meaningful at all.

The not-cats lived on Earth in cities for a long time. It's likely that they were exposed to human culture. They may have identified with some of it, liked it, or picked it up from us. They might be the world's biggest allies to human pride, or maybe they just think it's neat and fun to have flags and celebrate their identities, or maybe they heard a human talking and went 'hey I relate to that experience" and brought it with them to Not-Earth.

The specifics here are up to the individual player and how they feel about their own cats. There is no right or wrong interpretation of how not-cats interact with pride as a concept.


@Quid Yes! Trade winds always have double features in depictions, especially of the first trade cat - they've got both winds represented! Their dual-tone coats make it sort of look like they're two cats molded together, and so that's often how they're reimagined in legend.

Plus, we all know that a 4 legged creature + a 4 legged creature = an 8 legged creature (and so on). I think. This is definitely how biology works.

is nestor a not-moose? if so is the plural of that not-meese, since theyre not moose so maybe the same plural rules dont apply?

also are null cats not magnetic
do notkittens stick magnets on adults like a fridge or do they not work like that
omg do they hang the kittens drawings on themselves...

How would astrology work on Not-Earth? Are there other planets or constellations besides the aspects? Is there a astrological system lore-wise or is that up to user interpretation?

Is Nestor [and Nestor's eyes] material? And if so, could the floating eyes support the weight of a not-cat or a small bean?

is this the lore question room. it is?
i need Everything. we know about dragonbreath isle. Thanks.

Hello again! I hope you're having a good day I've got a few new questions related to not-cats not dying lorewise, something I saw being talked on this post.

1- If not-cats don't die, how do they control overpopulation and the struggles that come with it? I guess right now it's not a problem really, but in the future?
Though that could mean that earth was full of strange looking cats too

2- How is possible that they didn't remember anything about their home when they were in earth. Were their memories removed? Maybe with time they started to believe those memories were all a dream?

3- Didn't felt weird for them that normal cats (which they believed were) died but not-cats keep living?


Also, this other random question that has nothing to do with the last theme, lol:

4- Do not-cats that came from earth have different habits and way of acting depending of were they lived? Like, I saw it on some documentaries that, due to the people's different customs, cats would have different personalities from country to country; I think it talked about how, in USA, cats were more open and friendly while Japanese cats acted more shy and loners (though I may be mixing the two)
Also, since not-cats can understand humans better, maybe they also took some customs and ideas from their places?

Today shall be lore day I think.


@gamingcookie 1) I would say that Nestor is not a moose, but also not a not-moose. Not-moose I think would imply that they are an alien species from Not-Earth, such as not-cats and not-cardinals, but Nestor is more of an ambiguous supernatural entity.

Null cats are still magnetic but much less so than the others. The decreased magnetism allows them to go further into the Impact, but it doesn't allow them to get that much further than the others.

I think that possibly you could stick fridge magnets to a not-cat, but they would not stick very well because not-cats are a very irregular, fluffy surface and quite wiggly. The magnetism is also not particularly strong. I imagine they'd fall off at the slightest touch or movement. If you shaved them they'd probably stick better, without the fur blocking the magnet.


@BakingTray I actually don't know if the not-cats would have a concept of astrology. They might have picked it up from humans, but Not-Earth has completely different stars and planets than Earth did, and that would definitely throw their knowledge off.

There are definitely other planets in the Not-Solar System, though they are not yet named. Other constellations as well!

I would say that the wind system is probably their "version" of it. The not-cats put a lot of emphasis and meaning on the direction the wind is blowing at any given time or at time of birth. It's not exactly astrology, but it does have some parallels.


@TinyTigon I think they would probably not be. They're more like glowing light sources. A not-cat or small bean chasing after one would be a bit like chasing a laser pointer.


@magicmothvirus They haven't gone there yet because of the difficulties in getting there, but here are some small fun facts!

1) Dragonbreath isle is very craggy, very volcanic, and also extraordinarily cold. It's difficult to even get close to it because of all the ice in the waters, but the eruptions can be detected from pretty far away anyway, so the not-cats are definitely aware of it.

2) There are two main volcanoes on Dragonbreath isle, one to the northwest and the other to the southeast. Each has two main peaks... such that when you look at them from far away, it kind of looks like a cat but with 4 ears.

3) There are absolutely large flying creatures living up there.

4) Sometimes ice chunks wash down to the northeast coast of Nestor's Wood from Dragonbreath Isle, and Fascinating and Intriguing archaeological finds can be found within.


@Lemon

1) I would not necessarily say that they are immortal, but their aging does seem to be different. I would think of it, rather than ascending and living forever, a bit like how butterflies go through metamorphosis and reach a very different stage of existing.

They are still susceptible to injury, illness, and so on, and while ascension is sometimes a rather long life stage, but it does not go on forever. This is particularly noteworthy as life on Earth was very difficult for not-cats. They primarily lived in cities, which meant they were exposed to all the problems humans had going on.

They may also just fizzle out into magical space dust after being ascended for a particularly long time.

2) Not-cats were on Earth for a really, really long time. Somewhere between 1000-3000 years. Far too long for any individuals to really know what was going on and for much of the original knowledge to have slowly been lost to time.

3) Ascension doesn't seem to have happened very often on Earth, so perhaps this was less confusing than you'd expect. They'd just have legends of the particularly powerful cats that went on to become supernatural beings. I think they always knew something was a little "different" about them compared to other cats, but they probably were more on the side of "I guess we're just weird cats. Special cats."

And the other one:

4) Yes, absolutely! They would have been influenced by the humans and cities around them, as well as just developing differences slowly over time in the different areas.

hi!! these aren't really lore questions but i'm not really sure where else to ask this --

curled/folded ears in cats usually link to deformities, joint disease and chronic pain; would this also apply to not-cats (if curled/folded eared not-cats exist in the first place, that is)?
could hairless not-cats exist?
could other cat mutations/defects (like being a polydactyl, having a bobbed tail or no tail at all, having vitilligo, etc) translate over into not-cats?
...could janus not-cats exist???

What do the not-cats know about Tigerlily Meadow so far? It's pretty close to Nestor's Woods so I'd imagine they know a bit more about that area than some of the further places on the map.