He works for Pete! HE WORKS FOR PETE! RUN KING RUN!

king watch out its the paparazzi

bailey is not going to like this...

I don't think its just Keene, Rock seems to be in on the undecidedly malicious planning as well :/

I can tell this is going to be a crazy Arc and yeah im just waiting for Pete to show up at this point.

Rabid Corgy in 3... 2... 1...

Cameron, the cameraman and "Boom", the audio guy? XD

So Pete is starting to move his cards, this is going to be very interesting

So who thinks Tarot and Sabrina will inform King about Keene's allegiance? Somehow even I doubt it.

He doesn't like Dragon any more than Pete. He might listen to Sabrina but he slammed the door in Tarot's face the last time she tried to warn him about something. Not that she was warning him out of altruism.

Cosmic JERKS.

And...Pete will make his appearance....soon!

I can just hear Morgan Freeman's voice narrating the show! XD

I had to hold the laughter with that alt-text. XD

I now imagine the mini-series narrated by David Attenborough.
David: "The human-turned-corgi-by-a-magical-gryphon-thingie-from-outer-space is a dying species......."
Bailey:"The what, now?"
David".... In this time and age. As such, it must find a proper mate before..."

(I won't continue the dialog 'cuz I fell asleep while watching it)

I wonder how King will look on Animal Planet.

I hope Pete won't disturbed the wedding and rejected.

Uh oh, I have a bad feeling about what's going to happen in this arc now if Pete's involved.

On another note, King and Bailey hugging is adorable.

Poor Bailey, she doesn't want someone else to hijack their wedding. I can't help but feel that the Miltons are exploiting Bailey and King's marriage for their own purposes.

Wow... Pete is playing this remarkably subtly. My only question is how on earth is he going to get King into a position of having to accept becoming Pete's avatar rather than lose out with Bailey.

Wait, does he even actually need King's willing consent? Is connection to his followers enough? I don't remember, has this been explained?

Also possible: He could be playing for smaller marbles than getting King to be his avatar and instead just settling for keeping King as a dog permanently, which at this point is well within reach (until now I was under the impression that proposing to Bailey counted as "making a choice" but maybe I was wrong and it needs to be more explicit).

I had a cringeworthy pun about a female dog version of "The Bachelorette", but it was foiled by censorship. Too bad, I'll just have to leave it to the imagination.

I don't think Pete IS manipulating things. HE didn't arrange for King to fall for Bailey, after all.

He doesn't need to forward his plan to profit from theirs.

maybe not, but there are indications that he may be making it work for himself.
This strip indicates that the fact of King having a girlfriend makes him laugh maniacally.
then someone bought Bailey's owner's farm, we don't know who. But we do know Keene would be able to afford a farm he didn't actually have plans for just to make it so Bailey would have to move to BG. and He's Pete's minion, so Pete would be able to influence him to do so.

I was wrong when I said that everything's going to Pete's plan, but I still think this part is.

Daw.... That's kinda heartbreaking. Poor Bailey...

Here goes my mind: if Bailey really doesn't agree to all this exploitation, she may ask for the wedding to be another time, or to just not have it official. King would somehow end up heartbroken and discontent... which, if he still is the "dark paladin" of the U&U game, would be a power boost for him...

Darnit, Pete! If you are involved in this... LEAVE THE POOR CORGI ALONE!

Two good ways the king saga "Ends"

A) King is turned back into Joel, and he tries to keep his relationship with Bailey. His relationship with Fox either makes or breaks itself, knowing Fox's nature, the relationship keeps. Joel wanting to be with Bailey is the "Catalyst" to starting animal/human co-habitation. How this affects "Meat" or animals hunted with meat I dunno, 99.99% of the human race overnight is going to fight moving to a special brand of tofu that keeps them alive just as well as meat. How Joel became King is exposed as magic, which has the downside of the human race, which seeks power, goes on another religious movement and crusades to "Find the power" etc.

B) Pete tries to turn King back into Joel, and he proves his relationship with Bailey, and is turned back into King again through some means (Declares his soul dog, dragon/kitsune turns him back into dog etc etc). His relationship with Fox either makes or breaks itself, knowing Fox's nature, the relationship keeps. The "Catalyst" of animals/human's living together does not happen at this time.

There is a third one, but its far darker in tone to what the comic is trying to head towards (Happily ever after)

C) King is turned back into Joel, and Bailey rejects him. Joel resumes his thoughts that animals are "Petty" creatures. Fox breaks up his friendship with Joel.

For now, King *does* have a legal way out of being filmed:



unless something changed between first panel and the first time Keene introduced himself to King...



Keene can't force his will over King since the corgi is not owned by the ferrets. He's part of a social rehabilitation program, but that doesn't mean he has to accept every decision of the ferrets blindfolded.

I'm still hoping for a happy end

I have a feeling this is the quick endgame Rick was mentioning.

Poor King and Bailey ... ... *looks closely* that camera has antlers!

If the paparazzi didnt ruin it for them, they would be the most adorable couple in the world <3

The six part series opening will contain a floating King piece everytime it involves these two with some violins and drums.

so the other ferrets are aware it looks like. Or they have free reigning opportunity for this wedding. I'm starting to see where this is going...

Now all i have to know is if Simon got himself a talk show yet.

Rock is drawn to publicity like a moth to an arclight.

"End up"?

No, he just laughed like a B-movie villain when Dragon brought it up.

Yeh, that.

well if the paparazzi does get to bad then Bailey might do this.

You know what they say about Kodak Cameras being able to capture ghosts? Well, what if when they view the camera footage, they see a hazy Joel-ish figure overlapping wherever King is?

Wait Wait wait. An animal planet documentary showing more animals than humans? What kind of crazy tv show is this?

Now I sort of think of Dragon and Pete being the Law and Chaos faction in this one game I played, respectively. Both have their own reasons for doing what they do, whether or not the actions are viewed as good or evil on the part of mortals.

The Animal Planet series can't not be called Puppy Love.

Pete is forbidden from messing with King as of now... that includes sudden transformations back into a human being. It may be that right before the wedding he has to make his choice, but that would be about it....

Also, Pete is not allowed right now to mess with King, so he cannot directly influence the wedding. He has his minions there who share his vision, so that should be enough. The Milton Ferrets will make it so that the wedding furthers animal rights. King does not need to be Pete's avatar to aid him. Probably why he was laughing in the first place in that strip at the end of the Trial In Heaven Arc.

Yay, I get cute cuddles for my birthday strip!!!

Hmm, why do I have the funniest feeling that other-worldly powers are involved?

oh, you

(sighs) when are they not?

Yeah, but that doesn't include that he isn't able to make King agrees to be his avatar, even if he deceives him or convinces him somehow.



I don't want to contradict you but:



And happy birthday copper!

Still doesn't mean Pete needs King as an avatr for King to aid him, not just yet.