@Bwee I’ve had my cat plushie “Katzi” since I was a little baby. allegedly it’s from ikea, but I never found the exact model, so idk for sure. Maybe it’s from one of the other furniture stores here, XXXLutz, Möbelix or Mömax maybe.
At this point she’s so old that she doesn’t really look like a cat anymore. Most people misidentify her as a dog, since her whiskers are missing (they were plastic, I chewed them off early on, and later removed them fully because the stubbles were scrapey)
When I was around 5ish I decided that she’s agender (I didn’t have the words for that, I just said “she’s neither girl nor boy, she’s Katzi”) for some reason. Female pronouns because that’s the default for cats in german. “Katzi” is just the diminutive for cat.
She helped me through tough times, she means a lot to me, and even though I spend more time with my blåhajs nowadays she’s still and forever will be my favourite plush.
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