Oh yeah ive seen so many videos of cats being absolutely unhinged, weird, "unique" etc. A cat would be much easier for me than a dog, I love how independent they are and not constantly attention hungry either. They can be so sweetly affectionate when they want to be, especially with the purring too and I love their trilling as well.
A lot of people I've known have all been major cat lovers including my therapist, several family members, former close friends, an ex GF at least etc, so it kinda feels like destiny for me to get a cat lmao. I was thinking the exact same thing the other day too tbh, I want a cat lol. I gotta be careful what breed though, as you said go for special breeds, something suited for therapy, more calmer breeds and such. Ive seen black cats and orange cats be the weirdest bastards in a good and bad way too, I love them, but ive had a fond affinity for tuxedo cats. I've heard Scottish Greys are a LOT of work and tempermental though recently.
I used to be allergic to some types of cats too but it doesnt seem to be an issue anymore somehow.
One of my aunts cats was a proper diva too, when i was on the sofa in my aunts living room, she would burst in, knocking the door open and strutting her way to the sofa, before pouncing up next to me, then meowing at me until I petted her lol. But god forbid if I petted her for too long too lmao. She was a high maintenance, diva cat but she was adorable too. I used to joke she was Beyonce as a cat.
One of my former best friends cats was also obsessed with me for some reason, whenever I rang him, his cat would go feral in an affectionate way, meowing at my friend louder and louder until he picked her up and then I get treated to loud meowing down the phone and purring, sometimes I couldnt even get a word in as she kept meowing in excitement. She always came running when I went around his house and one time I went round and he was still sleeping and I found both his cats sitting on him looking annoyed and I was laughing so hard. It looked like a very slow, patient assassination attempt.
Something like this too lmfao: