Indeed. There are many more important things: 1. Warhammer 2. Star Wars 3. Star Trek 4. Pets 5. Anything else that comes to mind And seeing as two of the most prolific characters on the forum are more or less neutral to Lovecraft it's evidently not one of the most popular topics here. By all means, start a Lovecraft thread someone, so that anybody who is a Lovecraft fan can post there, but I agree that this thread derailment needs to end... Yes... I'm not one of those people. Similarly to @Aginor I'm not really into strange stuff like that. I'm more of a mainstream fantasy man myself. How a about Redwall? That has cats (Wildcats) and dogs (foxes) in it.
Strange fact: My cat completely ignores catnip (fresh, in bags, spray, everything) but she goes crazy when I use curry and other spices in the kitchen and something of it ends up on the floor.