I'm a little hesitant posting this in the forums instead of a blog or something, but it's a situation that made me laugh a lot and I feel like at least some people here might get a kick out of it too.

Sometime within the past 2-3 or so years I started playing Final Fantasy XIV. I was a next level sprout back then, but still loved the character creator so spent some time just toying with that. I also had two older cats as pets, since passed. They used to hang out with me while I played.

My cats didn't really understand or seem to care much about tv. They just liked the company. One day I was messing around making a female miqo'te. The head and shoulders were on display. I turned around to talk to a friend, so the model was idling a bit.

Meanwhile, one of the cats is waddling into the room behind me. I see him freeze. He's locked in eye contact with the cat girl on the screen. I swear to god I could see the realization click in his head as his tail proceeded to explode and he started growling.

Scared the little guy by laughing. He calmed down after I scooped up and pet him for a bit, but my old cat seriously reacted like he was seeing something out of a horror movie from this miqo'te.

I'd love to hear if this kind of thing has happened to anyone else, it was just so weird. I guess cat/human hybrids aren't as cute for them as they are for us.