Can we have a cat personality for a Khajit?

ArchMikem · September 2016

Abeille wrote: »

Question here from someone who is not as familiar with Khajiit society as with other mer societies...

Do Khajiit actually act like that?

Most likely not, or, not the Humanoid subspecies anyway. From what I know, they're Agile and very materialistic as is shown by their success as thieves and pickpockets. Though I'm sure they're also similar to real cats as well. Social, affectionate, and their well known obsessions with sweets, so you can imagine them lounging around munching on Sweetrolls.

...the more I think about it, the more it seems they actually do seem like every day cats actually. Just, they walk on two legs and can talk to you.

Mojmir · September 2016

Kram8ion · September 2016

great idea and this one could turn his back swish up his tail and show his bum purrrfect

Luigi_Vampa · September 2016

Abeille wrote: »

Question here from someone who is not as familiar with Khajiit society as with other mer societies...

Do Khajiit actually act like that?

No, they don't. They have a very rich culture from a lore perspective which gets dumbed down to "yay catz!" by a lot of the Elder Scrolls community. They don't lick themselves. They don't chase balls of yarn or play with strings. They are not just big human shaped cats.

SantieClaws · September 2016

Typhoios wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

Question here from someone who is not as familiar with Khajiit society as with other mer societies...

Do Khajiit actually act like that?

No, they don't. They have a very rich culture from a lore perspective which gets dumbed down to "yay catz!" by a lot of the Elder Scrolls community. They don't lick themselves. They don't chase balls of yarn or play with strings. They are not just big human shaped cats.

Khajiit agrees and will state what she has stated before. Santie likes yarn and drinking and fishing and a life of mischief. That is the life of this one. It is the only life this one she knows. It is not the life of all khajiit. To take just one and from that to assume the personality of an entire people is not correct.

Many khajiit are traders and scholars and mages and warriors and spiritual leaders. Yes some of us are also drunks and thieves - no different from any of the other peoples of Tamriel.

This one though she is here and many of the scholars and traders are not. Perhaps if more khajiit were willing to write here then a more rounded picture it may be formed.

That was a long post yes. This one now needs a drink and a nap.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

RAGUNAnoOne · September 2016

aidenmoore wrote: »

Off topic, I always wondered what shaved khajiit looks like.

Probably something like this
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Jurand80 · September 2016

or like this

Dark_Claw · September 2016

Typhoios wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

Question here from someone who is not as familiar with Khajiit society as with other mer societies...

Do Khajiit actually act like that?

No, they don't. They have a very rich culture from a lore perspective which gets dumbed down to "yay catz!" by a lot of the Elder Scrolls community. They don't lick themselves. They don't chase balls of yarn or play with strings. They are not just big human shaped cats.

Whilst I agree with your assumption that (most) Khajiit don't chase balls of yarn or play with string, I also doubt that they sweat on account of their fur and therefore probably do lick themselves to stay cool. If you're referring to how they bathe however, I concur that they'd do so like every other race.

mildlylucid · September 2016

aidenmoore wrote: »

Off topic, I always wondered what shaved khajiit looks like.

Angry.

It looks angry.

SantieClaws · September 2016

Khajiit is finding the discussion of the personal habits and baldness most fascinating yet disturbing.

Do continue the entertainment yes.

For the record there is a bathhouse in Wrothgar that khajiit she is known to visit occasionally and if anyone tried to shave this one it would be the last thing they ever tried. Ever tried shaving a whirlwind of flying knives?

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Abeille · September 2016

Typhoios wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

Question here from someone who is not as familiar with Khajiit society as with other mer societies...

Do Khajiit actually act like that?

No, they don't. They have a very rich culture from a lore perspective which gets dumbed down to "yay catz!" by a lot of the Elder Scrolls community. They don't lick themselves. They don't chase balls of yarn or play with strings. They are not just big human shaped cats.

Thanks, that what I got from the exposition we got too. I believe I remember Pacrooti saying he was confused (and seemingly offended) when some Breton threw him a ball of yarn.

AnviOfVai · September 2016

Sounds like a good idea! I would love it.... However...if this was brought out it would mean other species could use the emote to look like a cat as well.. if this happens i wish to have some cat ears for a hat please. I mean Destiny are doing it

SantieClaws · September 2016

Hmm the cat like personality and the wearing of the proper ears seem to be popular yes?

It seems to this one like some of the hairless ones perhaps follow a khajjit worshipping cult.

This one will be accepting offerings of coin, moon sugar and silk handkerchiefs in order to ... um... er communicate with the great gods on behalf of the elves and humans who wish to be khajiit.

Yes this one could perhaps be a very fine leader of such a cult ...

Yours with paws to the heavens
Santie Claws

AnviOfVai · September 2016

..... I want to keep you, and worship you with wool, and little jingle bell balls.

SantieClaws · September 2016

katiesmith12341 wrote: »

..... I want to keep you, and worship you with wool, and little jingle bell balls.

That is the nicest thing anyone has ever said to Khajiit. Sniff snuffle.

Can this one also have some booze yes?

Yours with emotional paws
Santie Claws

Jurand80 · September 2016

How about some skooma(DMT) ?

SantieClaws · September 2016

Jurand80 wrote: »

How about some skooma(DMT) ?

All legitimate liquids they are welcome. The not so legitimate ones ... this one will need a drink to think about it.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

Milvan · September 2016

OMG! This is actually a very awesome idea.

For the eight and yet to be born lord and savior Talos, who do we have to kidnap to make this happen ZOS?

Suter1972 · September 2016

If you have a race specific personality you need to have one for all the races as they all have specific ‘traits’ that make them unique.

Personally, as a Breton, I see khajits as overgrown house pets that should know their place in society so how about a drinking milk from a saucer emote

<don’t flame me, im just trolling on the second point!>

Takes-No-Prisoner · September 2016

SantieClaws wrote: »

Khajiit admits though there is a very big part of her that really wants to see the snooty elves playing with balls of yarn ...

....I admit, I am morbidly curious to see this..

elantaura · September 2016

But there is not enough stuff to push of shelves and tables, lore books to sit in the middle of, or guards to trip up.

Here's a true story about 4 months ago, my youngest cat he's just one, broke first out of our house ( through kitchen exhaust fan in the roof) then into my neighbours house (opened there back door) , procured a cat toy - from there Burmese kitten he used to play with. He came home with it ( broke out) neighbour came knocking a few hours later he was spotted jumping the fence. ( as they were chasing there freed cat) I knew he had it thought he found it on the side of the road In a clean up etc.
Obviously a kajhit would never do anything involving break and enter and theft of a coveted item, not at all like my Cat.

Rohamad_Ali · September 2016

Jurand80 wrote: »

or like this

Vampirism stage 4 is so brutal .

Wreuntzylla · September 2016

I wonder if Khajiit in heat would be hilarious.

Kartalin · September 2016

Jurand80 · September 2016

Rohamad_Ali wrote: »

Jurand80 wrote: »

or like this

Vampirism stage 4 is so brutal .

lookz soul-shriven to meeeeeeeeow

LaiTash · September 2016

This one would like to see monkey personality for humans. However, humans tend to act like ones already, so it does not really matter.

Sparky617 · September 2016

This one thinks that it would be fun to catch a passing bird as it flew by. Yes? Such a tasty little snack.

Magic_Doogies · September 2016

On an extremely superficial level it would be fun.

But from a lore perspective it would be shallow and disrespectul.

The Khajiit are basically mer that take varying forms of feline depending on what moon they were born under. Other than that- that's about the only thing relating them to actual felines. So having khajiit 'catch yarn' or 'lick themselves clean' would be wholly unrepresentative of the race as a whole.

And if we are going to do something like that for them, what of the other races? Are Orcs just going to have a 'brute' personality?
Bosmer just look like wild tree huggers?
Argonians are downtrodden slaves and tree hippies?

Personalities are fun, but they should just be kept them to general ones. None of the races fit a stereotype. And none of them certainly act like animals regardless of their looks.

SantieClaws · September 2016

To all those concerned that the most personal personality of this one is badly reflective of her race khajiit would like to add the following.

Khajiit first walked in Tamriel on the ninth day of Evening Star. Some say as the living spirit of Fishmas itself.

Thus the personality of this one - personally - is a reflection of Fishmas. Drinking, fishing, napping, so much food and the quest for ever more of the shiny, shiny objects.

So of course Santie is khajiit but this one is also an individual formed of the light from the moons under which she was made. As we all are yes.

Yours with paws
Santie Claws

WhiteMage · September 2016

Yes, please, give us a cat personality so my Breton can role-play an anime girl. You may call her Neko-chan

Kartalin wrote: »

@Kartalin Love the Log Horizon reference! Have an awesome.