Old Comic Discussion: "Imaginate" to "Imaginate, too!"

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:21 am

Daryl and Miles show up to ruin everyone's fun. *laughs* Not entirely unexpected. This begs the question: are Lucretia and the pups at home, or on interior guard duty?

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:55 am

Figures that the wolves be on guard duty. guess that's how he gets paid then =P

but this also could mean how close to the Ferrets that Miles's family is now i would presume. almost like what i could consider a bodyguard of the president kind of thing

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 3:12 am

So the wolves are working for the ferrets. As guards. I bet that Lucreatia is guarding that other escape route, but we'll see

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RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 4:44 am

Wolves saluting to the human-guard (you can see his arm in the second panel) looks so nice...
"Yes, sir!"

Keeshah · Post by **Keeshah** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:19 am

I should have saw that one coming. but didn't believe Rick would ever show us what the wolves job would be..

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:21 am

W.O.L.F.
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i can't come up with anything.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:42 am

I wonder how large Miles's pack is. There could potentially be a dozen or more wolves around the premesis, assuming they all have the same "job," which I generally have been. If it's just Miles, Lucretia, Daryl, and the kids, then I guess my original question is still valid. (Where are Lucretia and the cubs?)

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:06 am

Dissension wrote:Where are Lucretia and the cubs?

They are at home, obviously... Even though Lucretia is a wolf - she is a women and mother of three (or four?) cubs. So I have big doubts about her working as guard...

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:11 am

Being female and a mother does not disqualify one from being a guard (or police officer, for that matter).

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:37 am

Dissension wrote:Being female and a mother does not disqualify one from being a guard (or police officer, for that matter).

In my view, if women isn't a feminist (it's the same like insane) she mustn't work on dangerous jobs. I'm not a shovinist, but in my view, men usually don't like their wifes to work on dangerous jobs, cause they want to protect their wifes. And on such kind of a job it's impossible. And there is no worst thing for a man, than helplessness.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:00 am

Dissension wrote:Being female and a mother does not disqualify one from being a guard (or police officer, for that matter).

Wolves *do* develope a very strong family bond when it comes to cubs. They are NEVER left alone. Usually some beta or even omega cares for the cubs when the mother is out foraging, but she'll stand by them as long as she can. She can even decide some of the pack's politics in order to ensure a sure den.

Ebly · Post by **Ebly** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:03 am

valerio wrote:
Dissension wrote:Being female and a mother does not disqualify one from being a guard (or police officer, for that matter).
Wolves *do* develope a very strong family bond when it comes to cubs. They are NEVER left alone. Usually some beta or even omega cares for the cubs when the mother is out foraging, but she'll stand by them as long as she can. She can even decide some of the pack's politics in order to ensure a sure den.

> implying Housepets! wolves work in exactly the same way as real wolves

sexism is okay as long as it's animals, guys
keep telling yourselves that

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:07 am

I never implied the cubs were left alone; I believe I stated that they might also be on guard duty, which would be valuable for learning how to track (among other things) as a cohesive group (or pack).

Let's not get into sexist generalizations, please. I find all such commentary offensive.

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 8:16 am

Dissension wrote:I never implied the cubs were left alone; I believe I stated that they might also be on guard duty, which would be valuable for learning how to track (among other things) as a cohesive group (or pack).

Hmm... And I even didn't thought about that. So, this seems to me plausible...
P.S. I have no idea where did you found sexism in my words, but it's ok and I'm not going to get into this.
So let's speak about something else, for example that seemes to me rather hard to distinguish Miles and Daryl just with color of their eyes, that was much easier when Daryl was wearing a cap.

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:12 pm

Jack wrote:W.O.L.F.
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i can't come up with anything.

Whoa
Ominously
Lively
Ferals

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:55 pm

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 1:59 pm

It's not an issue of sexism whether or not Lucretia and her cubs are part of the security force, but one of common sense: They protect awfully rich clients, potencial targets for all sorts of (more competent and ruthless) criminals. What if for example some of them try to kidnap one of the ferrets? I don't want to think of the possible consequences an escalation could have.

Miles: "Hey, Starlaser97, about that assault the other night, your Mother's got shot. Oh, and guess what wacky hijinks Grape and Peanut stumbled into this time!"

By the way, do you know why I would be more afraid of human instead of wolven guards?

Guns.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:04 pm

Liam wrote: By the way, do you know why I would be more afraid of human instead of wolven guards?

Guns.

You realize the entire thing with proper thieving is that once you're detected, it's over, guns or no?

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:18 pm

implying Housepets! wolves work in exactly the same way as real wolves

more like, since *these* wolves come straight from the wild, they are more likely to act like our feral counterparts. No sexism at all, if we were talking 'bout penguins, we'd be saying the males are left at home.

Anthroguy101 · Post by **Anthroguy101** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:25 pm

Yeah, I was getting bored with this arc and was hoping for another interesting plot twist. Now that we've got it, I'm happy.

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 5:32 pm

Liam wrote:It's not an issue of sexism whether or not Lucretia and her cubs are part of the security force, but one of common sense: They protect awfully rich clients, potencial targets for all sorts of (more competent and ruthless) criminals. What if for example some of them try to kidnap one of the ferrets? I don't want to think of the possible consequences an escalation could have.

Miles: "Hey, Starlaser97, about that assault the other night, your Mother's got shot. Oh, and guess what wacky hijinks Grape and Peanut stumbled into this time!"

By the way, do you know why I would be more afraid of human instead of wolven guards?

Guns.

That's just what I was trying to say...

rickgriffin wrote:You realize the entire thing with proper thieving is that once you're detected, it's over, guns or no?

Thieves could be well-equipped optimists, so they would try to get out of the house as fast as possible, killing everybody on their way. I'm pretty sure that not all criminals in situation of force majeure first think and only then act.

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:18 pm

If you have to shoot your way out of a joint, your already beyond screwed.

And I seriously doubt we are going to see any gunplay here. This is Housepets after all.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:35 pm

Liam wrote:Miles: "Hey, Starlaser97, about that assault the other night, your Mother's got shot. Oh, and guess what wacky hijinks Grape and Peanut stumbled into this time!"

That would be a very tactless and uncaring way of informing anyone of another's death. You are giving Miles too little credit as a father, I think.

Happily, this is an issue which never arises in the real world, since women clearly do not hold potentially dangerous jobs. I know I've never seen or heard of a female firefighter, paramedic, police officer, security guard, or member of the armed forces. Yes, women are safe in their jobs as hair stylists, supermodels, and homemakers and of course do these things with the permission of their husbands, whose first concern is to appear tough, because every woman gets married and homosexuality does not exist.

Liam · Post by **Liam** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 6:42 pm

rickgriffin wrote:
Liam wrote: By the way, do you know why I would be more afraid of human instead of wolven guards?

Guns.
You realize the entire thing with proper thieving is that once you're detected, it's over, guns or no?

Depends on whether or not the thieves are armed...

*stops before leaving PG-13 territory entirely*

Dissension wrote:That would be a very tactless and uncaring way of informing anyone of another's death. You are giving Miles too little credit as a father, I think.

That was a joke, actually. ;P

Buckdida · Post by **Buckdida** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 7:25 pm

Okay, discussion about what jobs women can hold need to stop. Everyone can have their own differences of opinion, and their own reasons behind it, but it's quickly headed into flame territory. That talk stops now; any further discussion on it will receive a warning.
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So I guess that my earlier guess was wrong. But this is even better than what I predicted! Rick promised us the wolves, and now the wolves are here!

Part of me wants to see that Thomas sucker get pounced by the cubs...

Two_Twig · Post by **Two_Twig** » Fri Jan 29, 2010 9:34 pm

I don't know what Thomas is talking about, I speak in vivid metaphors all the time.

cooljoe224 · Post by **cooljoe224** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 2:06 am

We've got a bad case of gullibility, Get her to the ER stat!

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 3:19 am

There must be some kind of way out of here / Said the joker to the thief...

D.Z. · Post by **D.Z.** » Sat Jan 30, 2010 10:45 pm

W.O.L.F.

Watchmen Of Loaded Ferrets.

Keeshah · Post by **Keeshah** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 3:06 am

Foxstar wrote:If you have to shoot your way out of a joint, your already beyond screwed.

And I seriously doubt we are going to see any gunplay here. This is Housepets after all.

Oh there could be gun play!!

But it would most likely be the Ferrets shooting the crystals off the Chandlers.

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 4:19 am

D.Z. wrote:W.O.L.F.

Watchmen Of Loaded Ferrets.

oh wow. thats a good one. that should be in a sigi!

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sun Jan 31, 2010 6:51 pm

Man, he's lucky that one of them wolves don't have the nick name "sniper" wolf.

Once a Sniper Wolf has you in his/her sights, there's no sleep!

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:46 am

When I read today's comic - I was really surprised, cause my pillow is missing too. I think it is a conspiracy...
Is there anybody, who lost his pillow in the night too?

Jack · Post by **Jack** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:48 am

nope. mine is still here. but im sure you can blame it on little elves who walk around in the night stealing peoples pillows and tangle up the wiring behind your computer.
>.>
<.<
muffins and cookies those elves.

RaptorAnton · Post by **RaptorAnton** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:29 am

- In my dream I was eating mashmallows!
- Who cares? It's just a dream...
- Heah, but when I woke up, my pillow was missing...
- ... uh... hmm... Were those mashmallows tasty?..

Teh Brawler · Post by **Teh Brawler** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 1:18 pm

Thank you, Rick, for making my day a little less terrible with this comic. I really laughed at it.

D.Z. · Post by **D.Z.** » Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:50 pm

GameCobra wrote:
Once a Sniper Wolf has you in his/her sights, there's no sleep!

And someone was previously talking in the comments about the wolves spitting bees.

I guess a "sneaking around" plotline brings out the Metal Gear in everyone. Next I expect to see an "ALERT 99:99" show up in the comic itself.

... anyone want to add that with an edit? :p

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:22 am

I think an intermission is what we were all expecting at this point. Highly prudent.

Notice that Peanut wrote "Let's go out to the lobby..." instead of "Let's all go to the lobby..." Maybe he doesn't have a lot of experience with old-timey intermission music, or changed the lyrics to avoid copyright infringement.

Also, the prices are both fairly accurate and hilarious. <3

Icharus · Post by **Icharus** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:39 am

I like how he denotes that last punch with an arrow, in case we couldn't tell that that is where the punch is happening.
Also I think Peanut should draw bigger if he wants to color his comics, it might make it a tad easier to stay inside the lines.

The grey dog's anatomy-defying perma-scowl is also amusing.

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:51 am

you do realize that if Spot ever punched anyone it would send their head flying off their shoulders like a cannonball

i'm just saying