Housepets!

... LET THE GAMES BEGIN !!!

What did I say? Something was going to screw her over. That is exactly what happened.

So is King going to wake up next to a Bailey clone...or is Joel going to wake up next to no one?

Xane wrote:Meh. I just don't find it entertaining to keep reading about someone whose entire personality is "being a jerk". I'll give it a few more strips but I think I need to just quit reading until the cosmic jerks are gone.

He's a bit more than a jerk - he has some legitimate personality underneath his jerky exterior. Or so I think. We'll see what happens in the upcoming comics.

Oh my, not good, not good at all!

WhoElseButQuagmire wrote:So is King going to wake up next to a Bailey clone...or is Joel going to wake up next to no one?

or , he'll be the only one who remembers her

This is exactly what I was afraid of. This arc is getting way too serious. I don't like it when a slice-of-life gets this serious....
It serious feels like a case of "Jumping the Shark".... And also I find King over-rated, so yeah....

What did pete do to king? I see one of two possibilities. 1) Joel time. I don't think that's likely because of, ya know, Bailey becoming Pete's avatar just to prevent that from happening. More likely I think it's 2) this is how we get our "it was just a dream.... OR WAS IT" cosmic nerds standard exit.
Also, 7 months? Are we talking real-time or subjective time?

Pete is dead...he is soooo dead!

SuperStar wrote:This is exactly what I was afraid of. This arc is getting way too serious. I don't like it when a slice-of-life gets this serious....
It serious feels like a case of "Jumping the Shark".... And also I find King over-rated, so yeah....

It's funny; the I'm on the other side of that coin. From my point of view, this comic's been hibernating as a slice-of-life comic for a while, and now is finally getting back to meaningful plot.

I find it suspicious that Pete had to cut the conversation short just because Dragon was starting to take notice.

WEBQ awwws at Max 7345's post...One of the kangaroos wants a hug! (Hugs said kangaroo.)

Great. King is going to be Joel again. And knowing this timeline, Bailey is legitimately not going to be seen for 7 months. Man, I hate this stupid arc. A lot.

Sorry, Rick...

So the duel is shorter on the inside? I know people are starting to complain about things again with these arcs, but I still find it fun to see wheres things go.

WhoElseButQuagmire wrote:WEBQ awwws at Max 7345's post...One of the kangaroos wants a hug! (Hugs said kangaroo.)

I suppose it does look like my avatar is asking for a hug. I'm sure he appreciates it.

Eh I feel this is to much Drama.

I hope all the magic stuff stop and go back to the normal comic >.>

For lightness to work there has to be dark as well. For those who keep saying 'where's the jokes' I simply ask where humour (with or without the u) would be without drama? Would there be any humour? Doubt it. Plus there is something I like about the 'bad guy' (undoubtably Pete) being the one fighting for Pet/Human equality.

With a soft kiss, the hard horror begins
the culmination of many millennias
of plot and counter-plot among the godgeeks.
Dark hope fills the world
as equalities dark champion strains
to beat the noble divider Dragon.
There's no trusting Pete, no matter what he seeks,
and King's Queen is now his pawn.
The beak has taken her 'outback'
to train in secret. To train to fight.
He's going to change her, no doubt;
you cannot believe she'll be all right.
The war has begun and the battle cry's sounded;
the world's in peril now Pete's not grounded...

Ryusuta wrote:Great. King is going to be Joel again. And knowing this timeline, Bailey is legitimately not going to be seen for 7 months. Man, I hate this stupid arc. A lot.

Sorry, Rick...

I thought King would "keep his life and his wife" if Pete got an avatar. Wasn't that correct? Even still, what kind of life does King have without Bailey?

There is Pete being a jerk again

also this is getting very interesting, keep up the good work Rick!

I have a few same guesses; a Bailey clone to keep up appearances, the memory of Bailey being there being wiped out from everyone but King, or maybe there's a third option. Joel becoming his old self was an interesting idea, and I wouldn't put it past Pete to lie about that, I mean, he hasn't shown he's the most trustworthy guy out there. Or maybe it's something that none of us have thought of yet.

It'll be interesting to see what Joel/King will do now.

And I've been wondering, I wonder if Bailey is willing to fight Tarot. True, the only interaction we saw of them was the last Imaginate, but maybe they've gotten to know each other since then.

That 7th panel was a futile attempt to contradict what I said in the previous thread. This is a Deus ex machina until an explanation is given. You can't just expect I'll believe that the whole thing was planned 7000 years in advance after seen all Pete's desperate moves and his sudden changes of plans. Besides it doesn't help at all when you say that this was planned 2000 years before the duel has even started.

And now Bailey is even stronger than what King would've ever been able to? Just like that? Why did he bother then?

Well, at least that last panel made this strip a little bit interesting. This would mean that we may see Joel in the following strip. Yeah, the drama begins!

Phlosioneer wrote:It's funny; the I'm on the other side of that coin. From my point of view, this comic's been hibernating as a slice-of-life comic for a while, and now is finally getting back to meaningful plot.

Finally someone with a bit of sense!

This strip was finished long before the previous thread even went up. There is no attempt to contradict you.

Ryusuta wrote:Great. King is going to be Joel again. And knowing this timeline, Bailey is legitimately not going to be seen for 7 months. Man, I hate this stupid arc. A lot.Sorry, Rick...

...and you may be right. ogod. Pete is definitely NOT used to throw words around.

Likely outcome: this year ends with Joel in his worst predicament EVER. Likely, on the run for avoiding being accused of dognapping Bailey.
Next season: switch to Peanut and Grape. As Avatar, Tarot will of course tell Peanut of her long-planned leave. And one like Peanut may even go buy popcorn and look for a cable channel to the 'brutal combat', whatever it consists of... But it's really likely that Peanut will suffer being left alone for such long time. What will Grape do to help him out?
I'd say that this parting of beloved ones fulfills the prophecy Tarot made some time ago.

Also, for how much I feel like detesting that gryphon in ways that I never considered possible...yet Pete has always been honest with himself being a jerk.
Dragon is MUCH more at fault, here: there was another Game before this, she KNEW the consequences of involving mortals, and how shatterful to their lives that could be, but NOOO, she had to play another Game! Congratulations, draggie: you love mortals so much, but you won't hesitate to throw them in an arena as well!

As for keeping "his life and his wife", that is subject to interpretation -heck, guys, we know Pete!
But the Bailey clone idea sounds fun, must admit it.

Gren wrote:That 7th panel was a futile attempt to contradict what I said in the previous thread.

Yes, because Rick looked into the future and predicted you would be complaining and wrote that in just for you.

Though I am also curious about his "7000" year plan, considering how much seemed to be desperate acts up till now. (Maybe he's trying to sound all smart in front of King? )

This just suddenly got a lot more interensting. One wonders what King is going to do when he "wakes up".

Obbl wrote:Though I am also curious about his "7000" year plan, considering how much seemed to be desperate acts up till now. (Maybe he's trying to sound all smart in front of King? )

Personally I think his 7000 year plan was

1. Get out of temple.

2. Get Avatar.

3. Beat Dragon.

4. Eat pizza.

As for why he keeps after King? He MAY have thought a disgruntled human transformed to see the benefits of Dogkind was his best bet but, in jumping the gun, he ended up imprisoned. He couldn't influence anyone else so King became not his best bet but his only bet.

Pete promised that at this point King could keep his life AND his wife... But that contradicts what just happened, by separating them and not for a short time!
King will have everything back when the final part of the Game is over. In the meantime, being him technically a Third Party in the game, Pete's best option, now that he isn't under magical restrictions anymore, is to turn the dog back into a human and put him out of any possible interference.
Our only hope, should this come to be (Rick give us a Sunday strip YESTERDAY!), is that somehow Joel teams up with Sabrina or perhaps even Keene (owner of a piece of Pete's magic) to get back in the Game and get Bailey back.

Welsh Halfwit wrote:

Obbl wrote:Though I am also curious about his "7000" year plan, considering how much seemed to be desperate acts up till now. (Maybe he's trying to sound all smart in front of King? )

Personally I think his 7000 year plan was

1. Get out of temple.

2. Get Avatar.

3. Beat Dragon.

4. Eat pizza.

5. ???

6. Profit. Or should that be prophet?

Obbl wrote:

Gren wrote:That 7th panel was a futile attempt to contradict what I said in the previous thread.

Yes, because Rick looked into the future and predicted you would be complaining and wrote that in just for you.

Though I am also curious about his "7000" year plan, considering how much seemed to be desperate acts up till now. (Maybe he's trying to sound all smart in front of King? )

I noticed the number 7 being thrown around. 7 months. 7,000 years. I wonder if he is speaking in a dog's frame of time? 1 human year is equal to 7 dog years, so by conversion, 7 dog months is about equal to 0.72 human months. Of course we weren't given a conversion factor to equate the passage of time in the realm where Bailey and Pete will be vs the one where King is, only that the 7 months would be about a couple years. Assuming 2, since that is what a couple is. so 2 dog years is about 2.28 human months. If the arc were to run in real time based on this conversion, the duel will end in about 9 weeks....

...why am I doing this?......

valerio wrote:Pete promised that at this point King could keep his life AND his wife... But that contradicts what just happened, by separating them and not for a short time!
King will have everything back when the final part of the Game is over. In the meantime, being him technically a Third Party in the game, Pete's best option, now that he isn't under magical restrictions anymore, is to turn the dog back into a human and put him out of any possible interference.
Our only hope, should this come to be (Rick give us a Sunday strip YESTERDAY!), is that somehow Joel teams up with Sabrina or perhaps even Keene (owner of a piece of Pete's magic) to get back in the Game and get Bailey back.

Separated from his wife, yes, but technically not losing her, at least in the way of never seeing her again and whatnot...at least that's what I think unless this duel is meant to the death or something.

...this is why I should never watch those cliched Spanish operas my aunt loves so much...

Im not gonna lie when i say this distresses me to no end. I mean Pete is such an enigma i cant get my head around him. Hes like a calm collected Discord. And as long as Bailey is in his clutches and stuff i cant help but panic a little. Love that husky girl. I do hope things work out. I really do.

And as this is my first post, Hi everyone! New die hard fan of Housepets here!

If King is unhappy now... Holy carp he is going to be a supercharged Dark paladin!
Well, that's if he goes to get Bailey back himself...

Kyuunado wrote:If King is unhappy now... Holy carp he is going to be a supercharged Dark paladin!
Well, that's if he goes to get Bailey back himself...

Pete, you have just made your most mortal enemy now. Let the lesson be learnt the HARDEST way!

ConvoyWolf wrote:Im not gonna lie when i say this distresses me to no end. I mean Pete is such an enigma i cant get my head around him. Hes like a calm collected Discord. And as long as Bailey is in his clutches and stuff i cant help but panic a little. Love that husky girl. I do hope things work out. I really do.

And as this is my first post, Hi everyone! New die hard fan of Housepets here!

Welcome, ConvoyWolf! I hope you enjoy your stay and make new acquaintances!
And yes, I worry about the events to come. Because it seems that no matter what they do, Pete has already planned for it!
I hope he doesn't see Bailey's spirit-powered "FACE!" punch coming.

I guessing Kitsune will allow King to intervene, there isn't really anyone else who can give him access to dimensional teleportation.
I can't wait to see how this turns out! *tails wag excitedly*

Kyuunado wrote:I guessing Kitsune will allow King to intervene, there isn't really anyone else who can give him access to dimensional teleportation.
I can't wait to see how this turns out! *tails wag excitedly*

King should be allowed to intervene anyway: he is technically a Third Party in the Game. AND he has his own Fate in his hands. Even if Pete has transformed him back into Joel, King has the option of being a dog, Pete or not.

Anyway, at least we know we have until June 3rd before some serious resolutions: 7 comics filled with the most powerful emotional rollercoaster so far. Bravo, Mr. Griffin!

OK, so here is my deal about things. By looking at the pattern established by the rest of the comic, there is a resolution coming, conflicts established in an arc, end there. The story may span several arcs but overall, trouble started, ends. And the story's haven't (at least for me), had a "bad" ending. An analogy I thought of is this: imagine a wide and dark hallway. And the far end of this hallway is a door emiting a bright light. On the other side of the light is the resolution. Right now its far away and youre deep in the dark. So, you take a step closer. The light gets bigger, brighter. But as a result we perceive that the darkness is getting darker. But we see the hope ahead. So we keep stepping. Light brighter, dark darker. Eventually you may start to fear that the darkness may overtake the light again. And then you get through that door, see the glorious and happy resolution and look back at how silly you were about the darkness. Sometimes I may feel mad about the events in the comic, but I'm not. I'm only unjustly venting about how long I have to wait before I take another step. Lol.

Keep up the amazing work Rick. I look forward to seeing where this adventure takes us.

This has been a rant by your friendly neighborhood lurker!

Obbl wrote:

Gren wrote:That 7th panel was a futile attempt to contradict what I said in the previous thread.

Yes, because Rick looked into the future and predicted you would be complaining and wrote that in just for you.

Though I am also curious about his "7000" year plan, considering how much seemed to be desperate acts up till now. (Maybe he's trying to sound all smart in front of King? )

Not every plan has needs every small detail to go right. He has King at a disadvantage, which opens up his options and thus gets Bailey. He gets an Avatar either way. And now that he has her, Pete has even more power over him unless King can find a way to beat him at his own game.

Either way, it looks like King has some 'splaining to do. Fox is going to be wondering where his cousin is...