Nice flashback, good that was right Gale who cured him, and at least, we see that Poncho was young when he got that very bad injury (but, how did he got it?). Poor him. 
No scar on Gale's face, too. Uncle Deadeye has a bandage, so probably, he lost his sight recently before that... 
Eheh, well, she could stay better than hanging upside down, actually. 
Come on, now free her, let her free all the wolves, and start a talking all together to peacefully solve your old grudges. 
Sorry for stepping on your line. If you don't mind, could you provide a definition of The Transference trope. I tried googling it but was met with a lot of flak.fenrirblack wrote:I can’t believe he did it. Rick actually pulled The Transference trope. I would have bet anything that all that speculation about Poncho in a relationship with Gale was pipe dream of epic proportions. Now she’s either going to break his heart or they will end up in heartbreaking situation. I don’t see this ending well.*cough* I pointed that out the other day *cough*Champion Wallace wrote:Given that Gale was an adult when Poncho was a pup I'd say he probably doesn't have any romantic interest in Gale and it's more likely he's embarrassed to have plotted against someone who was nice to him as a child. Ya know, its very convenient that there was a plot driven reason for Poncho to be without the poncho that covers up most of his scar right before we see a flashback to how he got his scar...
It’s not unusual for young boys to develop romantic feeling towards “older” women. Whether or not those feeling are “real” or remnants of a time once forgotten now that he is older we shall see.
Excuse me while I faint again from the soul crushing defeat of being wrong about so many things. *collapses*
Poncho is Jack’s younger brother so there would be only be two generations shown. As he is here Jack looks more like a teenager then a parent or uncle.NHWestoN wrote:Interesting to see three generations of the Pack - all much younger - in one frame. Nice plot turn, Rick.
Initially I took the third panel as a blatant way of showing Poncho got his scar before Jack lost his arm, but upon further inspection there are multiple interpretations. As you said the ear notch is on the wrong ear. You can still only see one arm on Jack because Poncho is in the way so one interpretation is Poncho's memory mixed up his brother's left and right side so we get no information on if Jack had lost his arm by that point. Something else to note is Jack's tail is normally scraggly but in the flashback its healthy and fluffy. Another interpretation is if whatever scrape Jack lost his arm to also injured his tail then that would lend credence to the theory he still had both arms when Poncho got his scar.AlyxVixen wrote:Did anyone else notice that Jack's ear notch (and possibly missing arm) jumped to his left side during the flashback memory, given it's normally on his right?
I don't think we've ever seen Poncho without his poncho.Nobody wrote:Has Poncho always had that scar in this comic? I totally never noticed it until just now.
Yes, he had. In his forth appearance here we see him show it for the first time.Nobody wrote:Has Poncho always had that scar in this comic? I totally never noticed it until just now.
Jack is the wolf who's rising his right arm saluting Gale, in the third panel. Yeah, he had his right arm and an intact tail back in those days.Bill in OK wrote:I'm confused. Where is Jack in this strip?
As I've already supposed, I think he has it because he got blind not much time before Poncho's injury. Apparently, it seems because of some bad injury got to the eyes...Bill in OK wrote:I also wonder why Uncle Deadeye has a blindfold on.
Actually, this is the first time we see him without wear his poncho, but in several previous occasions, we've already got to see his body scar.Bill in OK wrote:I don't think we've ever seen Poncho without his poncho.
It's alright I'm just joking with you.Champion Wallace wrote: Sorry for stepping on your line. If you don't mind, could you provide a definition of The Transference trope. I tried googling it but was met with a lot of flak.
Canine vision encompasses roughly the same color spectrum as ours, it's just a bit more blurry around the edges.D-Rock wrote: Title Text: it's not sepia tone because it's the past, it's because it's from a canine-eye perspective
Wanderer wrote:You don't need a job, you need money.
Well, there's an answer for that. https://youtu.be/cxLEOcTrO_QLiam wrote:Canine vision encompasses roughly the same color spectrum as ours, it's just a bit more blurry around the edges.D-Rock wrote: Title Text: it's not sepia tone because it's the past, it's because it's from a canine-eye perspective
Dogs are dichromats, they have two kinds of cones as opposed to the three kinds most humans (and other trichromats) have.Liam wrote:Canine vision encompasses roughly the same color spectrum as ours, it's just a bit more blurry around the edges.D-Rock wrote: Title Text: it's not sepia tone because it's the past, it's because it's from a canine-eye perspective
As for Uncle Deadeye ~ it's pretty much indicating that Jack and Poncho have known the pack for a long time from this picture and they have been moving in with Elaine at this point. i'm also speculating that Jack at this point lost his arm when him and Elaine eloped. Why they eloped though is another story.fenrirblack wrote:Wait if wolves can see red then that would mean that the brown around Ponchos scar when he’s being sowed up is blood.
Something that’s been bothering me is something Wallace said about King’s story and I think he’s right. King has had literally no purpose in this chapter other than a Vechile to move the plot. It was his suggestion that inspired the camping but beyond that he’s only served as comic relief. So going on that idea it makes perfect sense that King’s story was in fact a message about what happened to Poncho.
Look at the scar. I think If an animal did that they would have to literally have dragged a claw through Poncho's flesh to get it to be that big and long and curve it around his side like that. And it’s only one so unless someone used a blade to carve Poncho it must have been some kind of accident. Given his age it most likely was during his coming of age test. Of course that still doesn’t explain what happened to Jacks arm or Gale’s face. I can think of a hundred theories from being crushed by a rock to territorial disputes. Given the other injuries they all have the best explanation would be that living in the wild truly does suck.
I still stand by my theory that there is history between Gale and the wolves that extends past her medical treatment. Whether it was territory or some kind of betrayal we have yet to see.
Whoa I just noticed that it’s raining. I thought that was the cave wall but it’s not. That would imply that Gale may have stumbled upon Poncho and treated him on the spot. Not because it’s her job or anything but out of the goodness of her heart. Maternal instinct maybe? Which means she may have stumbled on him and dragged him to that cave where she sowed him up. Poncho is wet so he was out in the rain for a period of time which further indicates that it was some kind of accident.
Something else I thought about that kind of funny is when Fox was kidnapped and said that he didn’t want to be feral because he did not want to bleed out and die whenever he got injured. This strip made me think of that.
Why Uncle Deadeye? Of all the wolves why him? Why would he go with Jack to get Poncho? Uncle Deadeye is Miles Uncle. I don’t think Jack would have married Elaine at this point which is how I thought Jack and Poncho ended up in the pack in the first place but this puts a new twist on things. It actually shows how very little we know about how the pack came to be. Jack and Poncho might have come before Elaine and Lucretia and it was because of Jack that Miles ended up with Lucretia. This is why backstory matters!
Fixed!fenrirblack wrote:Wait if wolves can't see red then that would mean that the brown around Ponchos scar when he’s being sowed up is blood.
It is raining kinda hard out there and Gale doesn't have a drop on her. It might be because of the art style, but I take it to mean Poncho came to her and she didn't leave the cave. I don't know if this is relevant, but the cave she is shown in here is different then the one she was hanging out around present day. Here there is flat ground around the cave, but in her introduction she was by a cave on a hill with the ground sloping away. Maybe one of those isn't her home or maybe when the wolf pack left she moved into the wolf's cave.fenrirblack wrote:Whoa I just noticed that it’s raining. I thought that was the cave wall but it’s not. That would imply that Gale may have stumbled upon Poncho and treated him on the spot. Not because it’s her job or anything but out of the goodness of her heart. Maternal instinct maybe? Which means she may have stumbled on him and dragged him to that cave where she sowed him up. Poncho is wet so he was out in the rain for a period of time which further indicates that it was some kind of accident.
One thing to remember is Elaine and Jack eloped so that meant Elaine's mother either didn't get to know Jack enough or she got to know him too much. I don't think this is how it works in wild, but it could be possible most of the wolfs we see in the comic lived together in the woods around Babylon Gardens peacefully even before they were all related to each other. A third possibility is something a little unsavory but I'm still surprised I've never seen suggested, that is maybe the wolf pack has it's share of inbreeding. I'm not saying I believe this, but it's not impossible for Deadeye to be Jack and Poncho's father or something.fenrirblack wrote:Why Uncle Deadeye? Of all the wolves why him? Why would he go with Jack to get Poncho? Uncle Deadeye is Miles Uncle. I don’t think Jack would have married Elaine at this point which is how I thought Jack and Poncho ended up in the pack in the first place but this puts a new twist on things. It actually shows how very little we know about how the pack came to be. Jack and Poncho might have come before Elaine and Lucretia and it was because of Jack that Miles ended up with Lucretia. This is why backstory matters!
Human tetrachromats don't actually see more colors per se; rather, they have an easier time distinguishing between colors. Indeed, color blind people still see the full spectrum, but they struggle to distinguish between various shades.Argent wrote:"Most" humans because a lot of people have only two kinds of cones, or have a defective opsin in one of their cones that duplicates the effect of red cones, so they're dichromats.
Incidentally, some humans are tetrachromat. They have four kinds of cones and can see colors that we are blind to. Because it is so rare (only two individuals have been identified that can probably distinguish colors based on all four cone types), there are no names for these colors.
Birds are tetrachromat too, and in addition their extra cone type extends into the ultraviolet. The only known mammal that can match this is the reindeer. That's a useful plot token for those of you with avian or reindeer fursonas.
Colors are not points on a spectrum.Titanium Dragon wrote:Human tetrachromats don't actually see more colors per se; rather, they have an easier time distinguishing between colors. Indeed, color blind people still see the full spectrum, but they struggle to distinguish between various shades.
And we know she's phenomenally strong. Perhaps she 'wounded' Jack?NHWestoN wrote:I assumed Jack and Elaine eloped because Elaine's mother knew Jack ONLY TOOOOO WELL ! .....
So, my guess is that Gale and the wolves had a good relationship at one time. Gale's proficiency in human tools might be an indication of former domestication. What if she and the wolves were, say, I dunno, in a zoo together and somehow broke out of the exhibit? Or, at the very least, Gale did. It would explain why, at a relatively "young" age, she would know how to use medical equipment, simply by watching the vet tech at the zoo.CHAOKOCartoons wrote:It may seem kinda small but has anyone noticed gale seems to have a lot of human tools? She has a spade, she has a first aid kit, rope, assumedly a shovel considering the giant pit (or she's just a really really good spader which honestly I'd believe). It's probably from campers leaving stuff behind (hopefully), but it's an interesting character quirk. She also seems pretty handy with em, learning how to stitch a wound isn't the simplest thing to safely learn on your own.
Also, clever censor there Rick
Actually there are a few. First being the obvious “uncle” which comes to make sense when you see Miles refer to “cousin Rodney” then there is the biggest where Snow and Rodney’s cub called Deadeye “grandpa .” Natalie is the biggest unknown but due to her coloring and relation to Deadeye they must be related.Xane wrote:As far as I know, there has never been any indication of who Uncle Deadeye is releated to, not even in alt-text or the descriptions from the old website. The only indication we've seen at all is Natalie clinging to him for protection and I'd say even that is barely canon since Natalie's current abrasive personality doesn't show any indication of being shy around strangers (unless they're really really attractive).
Miles/Daryl/Daryl and Lucretia's Mom/Lucretia/Elaine seem to be the original pack. Jack married Elaine and brought Poncho with him. Rodney/Snow/Uncle Deadeye/Natalie are unknowns.
That doesn't indicate one way or another whether they knew each other before they became a full pack together. They could have all been members of neighboring packs in the past. Jack and Poncho could have been transients with no pack. We just don't know yet.
One color? There's lots of colors not in the spectrum.Argent wrote:There is already one color that humans can see that is not "on the spectrum". Purple can't be found in the rainbow. It's not something you can map to a frequency of light: it's a combination of peaks near each end of the spectrum that can not be duplicated by any single frequency. It is literally a pigment of the imagination.
UV light looks bluish-white or violet-white, because all of the cones are sensitive to it, but blue cones are more sensitive to it. A mixture of all colors is interpreted as white, or as being a light shade.Argent wrote:It's supposedly possible to fake the effect of purple with low-intensity near-ultraviolet, but if you raise the intensity of the light it is revealed as an optical illusion, it was just a very dark blue. It's even arguable that this is a trained response, that this alleged dark purple we refer to as "violet" is not actually in the spectrum... it's just placed there to satisfy the narrative that all colors are in the rainbow.
The slang for Older Women, in that regard, is Cougar.Panther wrote:Why Poncho is blushing in the last panel ? Having some feelings for Gale ?
OK, I get your point about the neurological effect of multiple dyes in green cones, and I don't know enough about the development of the structures involved to argue one way or the other.Titanium Dragon wrote:One color? There's lots of colors not in the spectrum.Argent wrote:There is already one color that humans can see that is not "on the spectrum". Purple can't be found in the rainbow. It's not something you can map to a frequency of light: it's a combination of peaks near each end of the spectrum that can not be duplicated by any single frequency. It is literally a pigment of the imagination.
Look at a rainbow. There's no pink. That's because pink isn't on the spectrum.
Being a Collier, would you have preferred coal?Douglas Collier wrote:Since Gale is apparently older than Poncho, if she falls for him...
Would that make her a cougar? X3
*stoned to death with bricks*
Huh, I was thinking that the color of whatever that was was to hide that it's blood. Rick has yet to show that much, think all I saw was a nosebleed, but you can't really show the gravity of the wound without the blood. So I was imagining that the sepia filter was also to hide that. I'm aware of a game that needed to lower its rating, and the developers decided to add a gray filter to all of the kill scenes.Yamitora1 wrote:my guess to the first aid kit, campers or something a prepper or military camp/installation left behind. It looks rather old, like early 1900's As for know how, my guess its the same as to how humans figured it out. I wonder if that is honey on his wound? pure raw honey, for those who don't know is a wonderful anti-microbial.
I just thought Poncho was into ponchos. XD
