*finishes a movie* *rubs my little gay hands together* well…better head on over to ao3 and see what they’ve got
I like that queer fanfic culture has looked at media and said “you spent millions of dollars on putting together some good AU ideas…. I’ll see what i can do with it.”
“Mirroring” is a big thing with cats. It’s why they will lay in similar positions several feet apart, or will come and try to do things when you do them. It’s a sign that they love you and want to show.
This cat wants to be close to its owner, and also wants to do what its owner is doing, to be involved in some way.
Giving them their own thing to use is a really great way to redirect them and allow them to mirror the behavior in a non-disruptive way that frustrates neither party.