2014/12/17 - Reindeer Games

Post by **Obbl** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:25 am

[ Reindeer Games ]

Title Text: No not magic with a k, that'd just be silly

Blitzen is shorter than I thought he'd be...

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:27 am

I´ve got the magi(k)c in me (8)

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:28 am

I felt dirty listening to King.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:32 am

I think King only decided to go full description spoof after Peanut mentioned being 'but a man'...

A bitter King makes a better Deer
as questions rise to the fore
Like 'how do I get outta here'
and 'why aren't my feet on the floor?'
Talking wise, with hidden eyes,
Blitzen rises high to score;
teaching noble George how the Reindeer flies
as has never been done before.
They're all magic guys with magic reins
as into the sky they roar;
just so long as a little Elf deigns
to open up the stable door...

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:35 am

Yay, King! It's good to see King is staying active in the canine community. It is sort of funny to see him talking to a dog pretending to be a human-turned-animal.

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I felt dirty listening to King.

Biology can have that effect on people (even fake biology).
Hey, Rick, I think you spelled "sebaceous" wrong - that is, unless it was intentional.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:46 am

KINGY!!!!

This is the first time we saw Peanut and him directly interacting, and it is as much as fun as I'd hoped to be.

Also, Reindeer biology is disgusting. Merry Christmas.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:55 am

Oh, and Peanut is spot on with his timeframe. 'It's a Wonderful life' is from 1946 and Rudolph was first written about - thus created - in 1939. So 7 years.

RockstarRaccoon · Post by **RockstarRaccoon** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:00 am

Just to be clear, if there's a reference here, it's lost on me...

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:06 am

RockstarRaccoon wrote:Just to be clear, if there's a reference here, it's lost on me...

If you mean in my post, Peanut states that, for him, Rudolph was only invented about seven years ago. As he's a character from a 1946 movie, he's correct.

Post by **ArcWolf** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:39 am

The pancreas is a rather magical organ, though.

RockstarRaccoon · Post by **RockstarRaccoon** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:39 am

Oh, no, I totally got that when he said it.
I meant the whole thing going on where Peanut has apparently been transformed into a reindeer and they're doing this random stuff...

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 2:41 am

The awkward moment when King tells someone who used to be human how to be an animal.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:29 am

Xane wrote:Since when does King know how to have fun?

I don't know, but he knows all about being a human turned into an animal.

And, hey, Peanut used "literally" correctly. Rudolph was literally invented 7 years before George.

It figuratively gets my goat when people use it wrong.

I also hate it when supermarkets put up signs reading "X items or less". It literally bothers me.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:14 am

Argent wrote:
Xane wrote:Since when does King know how to have fun?
I don't know, but he knows all about being a human turned into an animal.

And, hey, Peanut used "literally" correctly. Rudolph was literally invented 7 years before George.

It figuratively gets my goat when people use it wrong.

I also hate it when supermarkets put up signs reading "X items or less". It literally bothers me.

"Oh but, just now, you said
You literally couldn't get out of bed
That really makes me want to literally
Smack a crowbar upside your stupid head"
-Weird Al Yankovic, 2014

Macsen · Post by **Macsen** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:01 am

Xane wrote:Since when does King know how to have fun?

Well, he did just get back from his honeymoon...

GarrisonSkunk · Post by **GarrisonSkunk** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 8:06 am

Did Rick run out of room for Peanut/George/Rudolph to say 'Are you joking?' in the third panel? Just seems odd for King/Blitzen to start out saying 'Yes, I'm joking!' In the fourth.

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:19 am

Peanut's expression conveys all that needs to be said.

KingFan202 · Post by **KingFan202** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:30 am

So adorable XD

HundKatzeMaus · Post by **HundKatzeMaus** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:18 am

It's funny to see King playing a grumpy character, it fits him somehow

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:30 am

HundKatzeMaus wrote:It's funny to see King playing a grumpy character, it fits him somehow

Somehow I picture King aging into the grumpy old ~~man~~ corgi type.
"You pups stop peeing on my lawn!"

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 11:15 am

Xane wrote:
Argent wrote:And, hey, Peanut used "literally" correctly. Rudolph was literally invented 7 years before George.

It figuratively gets my goat when people use it wrong.
Unfortunately they literally redefined it to be acceptable to use as a figurative expression.

Which means we now need to invent a new word that means literally as an actual fact rather than literally as an ironic emphasis.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:46 pm

Douglas Collier wrote:
HundKatzeMaus wrote:It's funny to see King playing a grumpy character, it fits him somehow
Somehow I picture King aging into the grumpy old ~~man~~ corgi type.
"You pups stop peeing on my lawn!"

WIN!

Nobody · Post by **Nobody** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 1:52 pm

I'm getting the sense that this whole imaginate is just Flight of Dragons with the relevant details replaced by Christmas stuff. And hilarious sarcastic quips.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:14 pm

It's great to see King and Peanut interact for the first time.

renato · Post by **renato** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:39 pm

Saturn381 wrote:It's great to see King and Peanut interact for the first time.

Yeah, this is the very first time they interact, but just from Peanut's point of view, and with Joel/King in his canine form

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Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 4:56 pm

Looks like King is improvising the reciting, and he's doing it better than Tiger.

First time we see he's talking with Peanut, but if their future talks must continue in this so complicated way, that's totally unnatural for Peanut, maybe is better make it the last too (or, they could do them in private).

Funny see that King is giving of an human to Peanut.

It's always a magical thing, indeed, and say that previously you even asked for it and got a bag full of it... Just start to use these magical powers! I don't think that Christmas is going to be saved...

dryideabat · Post by **dryideabat** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 5:18 pm

At least King didn't suggest red bull... But yeah, the biology of ungulates in general is not a great dinner conversation.
Anyway, I'm really loving all of this; a little bit of everyone getting a say in the matter. They really should turn Peanut's idea into the next Christmas movie... Complete holiday chaos

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:10 pm

dryideabat wrote:At least King didn't suggest red bull...

I see what you did there.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 9:22 pm

Just be honest, Blitzy ~ The red nose can defy gravity with the power of light.

Humorous note - Blitzen is married. Who knew?

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:13 pm

dryideabat wrote:But yeah, the biology of ungulates in general is not a great dinner conversation.

It is if you're a wolf.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Dec 17, 2014 10:42 pm

Sleet wrote:
dryideabat wrote:But yeah, the biology of ungulates in general is not a great dinner conversation.
It is if you're a wolf.

http://www.housepetscomic.com/2009/10/1 ... e-forever/

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:04 am

Are those the scientific terms?

It is great to see Peanut and King interacting, I love it. It also shows that King is willing to be there and do stuff with the other dogs. Guess he is starting off after choosing to stay a dog.

That, or Fox dragged him there and he would rather be somewhere else.
I love it how King is lecturing a dog pretending to be a human who turned into (fused with) an animal.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:15 am

dtlux1 wrote:Are those the scientific terms?

It is great to see Peanut and King interacting, I love it. It also shows that King is willing to be there and do stuff with the other dogs. Guess he is starting off after choosing to stay a dog.

He was (just about) involved with the last 'Imaginate' arc too.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 1:39 am

Am I the only one that wants to see Peanut attempt to do all those things?

Welsh Halfwit wrote: He was (just about) involved with the last 'Imaginate' arc too.

Oh yeah, forgot about that Arc. I need to read through the comic again.

Seems like he is choosing roles that don't require much. He was probably just in the last one because Bailey was there.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:04 am

I'm sure that if Peanut did try to do all of those things he might end up permanently injuring himself.

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:27 am

Amazee Dayzee wrote:I'm sure that if Peanut did try to do all of those things he might end up permanently injuring himself.

He would probably also end up being tied in a knot permanently, and no longer look like a dog.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:23 am

"Who're you calling gullible? I didn't believe a word you said!"
"You're taking notes, George."

Mmmm peat moss.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Dec 18, 2014 5:53 pm

"I'm only taking notes for a story!"

Wolfbane · Post by **Wolfbane** » Fri Dec 19, 2014 12:12 am

GarrisonSkunk wrote:Did Rick run out of room for Peanut/George/Rudolph to say 'Are you joking?' in the third panel? Just seems odd for King/Blitzen to start out saying 'Yes, I'm joking!' In the fourth.

They were both squatting to avoid the imminent speech bubble wall, and during that time Peanut must have said it under his breath.