andrew lloyd webber: so, Skimbleshanks is a cat who works on the railway, he's a well-liked cat that many other cats look up to, he's like a fatherly figure
tom hooper: *scribbling furiously* train... daddy... got it
I love this pic so much… Suggests so much affection between Tugger and the kittens, yes they squeal and idolise him, but he also seems to just enjoy their company, hanging out.
macavity being the reason the other candidates (cat-andites?) go missing from the rest of the musical after their intro songs makes sense and shows that macavity is an asshole lives up to his reputation instead of just one song and catnapping old deuteronomy
it was a good lore addition the movie made
it gets 1 point for that
also i like the idea of the mister mistoffeles song being one of encouragement instead of just bragging but that’s more of a “good for in-movie universe thing” cuz as a song/scene it halted too many times for my liking despite still being a good song does that make sense god i hope it does
