2015/01/05 - In A Soap Bubble

Post by **Obbl** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:04 am

[ In A Soap Bubble ]

Title Text: No I know they're fiction, but why would they get such obvious details wrong?

And that's the way the bubble bursts

ArcFlight · Post by **ArcFlight** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:09 am

"Will the Holloways get divorced? Will Lucretia's baby shower be successful? Will there be a masive plot twist? Next time on Housepets! *theme tune and credits roll*"

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:12 am

Haha, Soap operas, don't let subcultures wolf's watch them, that'll give 'em the wrong idea.

I'm still want to find out who the Holloways are.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:19 am

I'm convinced she has, at least, been watching "Look whose talking" at one point. Just be glad she isn't talking about men's heads exploding. X3

Bucky-Roo · Post by **Bucky-Roo** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:20 am

If we shouldn't let wolves watch soap operas, it will probably be a bad idea to let them see a Micheal Bay film.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:21 am

Getting information from shows isn't hard
but believing what you see is.
Compared to 'Bold', 'Restless' and 'Sunset Beach'
real life is truly a right swizz.
No duplicates or murders or turkey basters
unveiled in preposterous plot.
No bed shedding and hopping shenanigans;
you stay with the one you got.
Examining humanity through the spectrum of soap
isn't to see us at our true best.
The only way to see is by giving us enough old rope
and going to put us to the test.

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:21 am

And Micks is late for first again!

Anyway, I hope Lucretia doesn't literally make it shower babies. Don't let the cubs see your stories, who knows what their names will be then!

Post by **D-Rock** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:25 am

Man, soap operas are weird. This should be a fun one.

Keep forgetting how short the wolves are in comparison to the humans.

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:27 am

D-Rock wrote:Man, soap operas are weird.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:31 am

The Holloways are lucky: Lucretia didn't plan the Shower after the "Friends" telefilm!

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:37 am

Wow, life in a soap opera must be terrible - up to 3 year long pregnancies and very unhappy marriages. =P

Silly Zealot · Post by **Silly Zealot** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 1:48 am

Okay, I had to get back to posting on this strip, it's just too hilarious to ignore!
AND we finally get to know that Housepets! wolves need twice as much than than in real life to give birth. Awesome, right?
......
Right?

ArcFlight wrote:"Will the Holloways get divorced? Will Lucretia's baby shower be successful? Will there be a masive plot twist? Next time on Housepets! *theme tune and credits roll*"

Oh, boy, more romance in the comic, just what we needed!

GameCobra wrote:I'm convinced she has, at least, been watching "Look whose talking" at one point. Just be glad she isn't talking about men's heads exploding. X3

Bucky-Roo wrote:If we shouldn't let wolves watch soap operas, it will probably be a bad idea to let them see a Micheal Bay film.

Your comments complement each other perfectamente!

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:17 am

Gee. Lucretia is shorter than I expected. That or that lady is very tall.

She's clearly taller than the bigger dogs though. Do we have any pictures of Miles up against humans for comparison? I'll have to go hunting through the archives to find out...

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:21 am

Try the one where they went to the zoo, Mr. Roo.

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:32 am

Gestation, it's amazing what you learn.
Rick has realy been working on his humans lately.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:52 am

Let's have a baby!

Let's have a wedding!

Let's kill someone off!

RockstarRaccoon · Post by **RockstarRaccoon** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 2:58 am

And I'm watching this arc religiously.
It's like a train wreck you can see before it even leaves the station: you just can't look away...

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:01 am

Hlaoroo wrote:Gee. Lucretia is shorter than I expected. That or that lady is very tall. :P She's clearly taller than the bigger dogs though. Do we have any pictures of Miles up against humans for comparison? I'll have to go hunting through the archives to find out...

Here's a size comparison.

Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:12 am

I believe that reporter is short. or this lady, Jeeves, Bill, and this ticket booth are really tall

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:01 am

If the reporter is the strip at Sabrina's and Jata's "wedding" then Miles is actually standing on a person so that's why he looks taller. The lady on the ticket booth is sitting so that doesn't help much. But the others do though. So I guess the wolves aren't as tall as I thought. Go figure. Also, I love that Rick's fans are that dedicated that they know where to find any strip you like so fast. ^^ That's awesome!

If Lucretia is learning everything from soaps then I can understand her confusion.

We have some terrible ones over here.

gamepopper · Post by **gamepopper** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:06 am

It still surprises me to see how short the wolves really are, it's kinda surreal since they are way taller than most of the other housepets. Heck, Peanut is only a few inches taller than Miles' cubs.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 5:33 am

"Mrs. The Wolf".

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 7:02 am

First off I am deeply sorry for my previous post, I did not realise the images would be so large or that I had included the same one twice.
On the other hand, I would say that we need to take into account that as the comic progresses the characters gain more depth to their illustrations and that over the years rick seems to have made modifications to the size and muscular build of Miles. So let's just focus on his size in the most recent of strips.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:20 am

Which one of the wolves will volunteer to be the long lost cousin with amnesia?

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:25 am

Liam wrote:Which one of the wolves will volunteer to be the long lost cousin with amnesia?

Four finger discount. It might get him off certain charges.

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:27 am

Must. Push. Face. Into. Neckscruff.

What do wolves know about tradition anyway.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:32 am

A lot - just not human tradition.

Aarden · Post by **Aarden** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 11:57 am

Gotta say it, this is my favourite strip of the year!

But seriously, I love todays strip!

dtlux1 · Post by **dtlux1** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:08 pm

Glad I don't watch soap operas, they seem so complicated.

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 12:51 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:If Lucretia is learning everything from soaps then I can understand her confusion. We have some terrible ones over here.

"Over here"? Gasp! You don't mean... there could be telenovelas in that mix too, do you? The horror!

dtlux1 wrote:Glad I don't watch soap operas, they seem so complicated.

Not at all, it's easy! Boy meets girl, girl falls in love with boy, boy is actively clueless as to the love of the girl, second boy falls in love with girl but this is forbidden love, second girl falls in love with...

oh and loving "Mrs. The Wolf"!

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:03 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:If Lucretia is learning everything from soaps then I can understand her confusion. We have some terrible ones over here.

The only one I remember is Number 96.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:10 pm

Ah soap operas aren't that bad once you get into them. You just have to throw caution to the wind, because a child who was born in 200 might come back in 2010 as an 18 year old.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:14 pm

Argent wrote:
Hlaoroo wrote:If Lucretia is learning everything from soaps then I can understand her confusion. We have some terrible ones over here.
The only one I remember is Number 96.

You mean the U.S. never got The Sullivans, Sons And Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers, MacLeod's Daughters, Neighbours or Home & Away?

Did I miss any?

Anyhow, none of them are as odd as Sunset Beach was.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:21 pm

Sunset Beach was native to the US, so yes they did get it. Neighbours plays on Hulu as does Coronation Street. Most UK and Australian soaps are on YouTube, which is how I got into Eastenders.

As for the rest The Sullivan Show was syndicated in the late 1980s, we never got Sons and Daughters, The Flying Doctors or Blue Heelers. McAllen's Daughters was released on DVD. Home and Away isn't aired over here either.

UK and Australian soaps are generally more superior than US soaps. We only have 4 left.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:26 pm

Welsh Halfwit wrote:
Argent wrote:
Hlaoroo wrote:If Lucretia is learning everything from soaps then I can understand her confusion. We have some terrible ones over here.
The only one I remember is Number 96.
You mean the U.S. never got The Sullivans, Sons And Daughters, The Flying Doctors, Blue Heelers, MacLeod's Daughters, Neighbours or Home & Away?

I have no idea. The only soap operas I ever watched were whatever my grandmother watched in the '70s in Sydney. The only TV I watched on my own initiative was Doctor Who, and I gave that up when that appalling clown Baker took over from Pertwee. After I moved to the US I didn't even have a TV until I got married.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:29 pm

I wonder what one Lucretia watches. The most popular one right now is "The Young and the Restless", followed by "The Bold and the Beautiful", then "General Hospital" and finally "Days of our Lives"

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 3:55 pm

Does anyone notice Lucretia's tail wag in the last panel? It's so cute.

Cesco · Post by **Cesco** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 4:58 pm

You're old and think old, Mrs. McLuhan, trust in her!

With an innocent sweet wolf like Lucretia organizing an event, it always turns special in something, just remember of this.

It's not something new about how weird soap operas are, you got a point there, old woman.

Oh, Lucretia, there's a lot to explain to you, but should be enough say that anything in them is a fiction, pregnancies times included (unbelievable how they fake them too...). The divorcing and remarried thing is more realistic, but dunno if that can happen even during a pregnancy...

Fortunately, she seems to haven't watched (and believed to) Beautiful, because a character experienced something surreal there: the resurrection.

Got some more info about this "baby shower". It's kind of you, Lucretia, and can't wait to see Mrs. Holloway's happiness.

Roarin · Post by **Roarin** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 9:53 pm

That expression on the last panel ^w^

RockstarRaccoon · Post by **RockstarRaccoon** » Mon Jan 05, 2015 10:44 pm

Since it was brought up, does anyone realize how racist Bill is being here?

Wolves bring in "Violence, Drugs, and Gambling".

That's incredibly bigoted of him, and even worse that he says it out loud...