2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
[2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here]
Title Text: surprise! There's actually a plot here!
I mean, if his problems have a tendency of smacking him upfront, I wouldn't blame a want for escapism every now and then.
Title Text: surprise! There's actually a plot here!
I mean, if his problems have a tendency of smacking him upfront, I wouldn't blame a want for escapism every now and then.
- CuriousCnidarian
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Mungo spending his heavenly vacation being a therapist does not surprise me in the least. And I guarantee at least one person will use Fox's face in the last panel as a pfp at some point.
Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Suddenly, Mungo.
Btw, last time I said Fox was not going to be the Heavendropper. I retract.
Btw, last time I said Fox was not going to be the Heavendropper. I retract.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
I wonder if Mungo got the chance to meet up with his Ancestors first before he started to work with Spring and Summer on this little plan of his...
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I was not expecting this plot, but I am so hype for this plot
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Mungo being a heaven therapist makes so much sense.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Well, you really can’t blame him
for really wanting to stay here.
It’s what had Kitsune concerned;
just how good the place would appear.
Sometimes you just need a good friend
to warn you not to accept fate;
of course you might not hear their voice
if they appear during your date.
Mungo’s heaven works with our Fox,
and he has the need to assist.
Just look at that happy face;
how can anyone resist?
for really wanting to stay here.
It’s what had Kitsune concerned;
just how good the place would appear.
Sometimes you just need a good friend
to warn you not to accept fate;
of course you might not hear their voice
if they appear during your date.
Mungo’s heaven works with our Fox,
and he has the need to assist.
Just look at that happy face;
how can anyone resist?
Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Well, stuck on an island with Captain Killjoy. One person's Heaven is another person's ... um ... Purgatory. Mr. Dante, Mr. Milton, call your offices, please.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
And being, essentially, a guerrilla therapist makes sense, too.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
I think everyone would love a therapist like Mungo
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
From last strip:
You had to jinx it.
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Even in Heaven, there are **** moves.
(I know Mungo's intentions are pure. But.)
(I know Mungo's intentions are pure. But.)
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Reason: Please censor the entire word.
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Aha. Rick fooled me :3
Though I like where this is going. I'm convinced a romance isn't what Fox is looking for at this point. Fix it, Mungo-senpai!
Though I like where this is going. I'm convinced a romance isn't what Fox is looking for at this point. Fix it, Mungo-senpai!
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I’m just gonna say it. I knew Mungo was gonna show up, and we all know this is gonna lead to one of two thing.
Fox being more sad than he was.
Fox hooking up with Mungo.
I was really hoping I would be wrong and it would end with Fox just being happy, but it’s not that simple is it
I do not like the Fungo ship (Fox x Mungo for those who don’t know). Like, it is the only ship I do not like I’m pretty sure, and I feel very strongly about it. I know discord is probably different than here, but I feel like I’m the only person who is against it. Why do I think they’re gonna hook up in the end? Because it’s literally the perfect storm for it. Fox talks about his feelings, Mungo makes him realize “oh I like Mungo” (even though I believe he just gets easily flustered and doesn’t actually feel attracted to Mungo) and then Mungo and Fox hook up and happily ever after or something. The alternative is Fox realizing his relationship with Spring and Summer won’t work, and Fox feels super alone and sad. They can’t come back from Heaven with Fox, and Fox can’t stay in Heaven. We’ll see what happens but I have been very accurate when I predict Housepets normally.
(I predicted Steward working with Trinket to bankrupt Keene after the 4th strip of My Life As a Teenage Squirrel).
Fox being more sad than he was.
Fox hooking up with Mungo.
I was really hoping I would be wrong and it would end with Fox just being happy, but it’s not that simple is it
I do not like the Fungo ship (Fox x Mungo for those who don’t know). Like, it is the only ship I do not like I’m pretty sure, and I feel very strongly about it. I know discord is probably different than here, but I feel like I’m the only person who is against it. Why do I think they’re gonna hook up in the end? Because it’s literally the perfect storm for it. Fox talks about his feelings, Mungo makes him realize “oh I like Mungo” (even though I believe he just gets easily flustered and doesn’t actually feel attracted to Mungo) and then Mungo and Fox hook up and happily ever after or something. The alternative is Fox realizing his relationship with Spring and Summer won’t work, and Fox feels super alone and sad. They can’t come back from Heaven with Fox, and Fox can’t stay in Heaven. We’ll see what happens but I have been very accurate when I predict Housepets normally.
(I predicted Steward working with Trinket to bankrupt Keene after the 4th strip of My Life As a Teenage Squirrel).
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Shipping, unfortunately, is far too easy a trick to fall into as a fan and as a writer. We care about the characters, we like seeing them happy. This character makes the character happy so we can't see them as just being friends, they have to have feelings for each other.Hagus wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:46 am I’m just gonna say it. I knew Mungo was gonna show up, and we all know this is gonna lead to one of two thing.
Fox being more sad than he was.
Fox hooking up with Mungo.
I was really hoping I would be wrong and it would end with Fox just being happy, but it’s not that simple is it
I do not like the Fungo ship (Fox x Mungo for those who don’t know). Like, it is the only ship I do not like I’m pretty sure, and I feel very strongly about it. I know discord is probably different than here, but I feel like I’m the only person who is against it. Why do I think they’re gonna hook up in the end? Because it’s literally the perfect storm for it. Fox talks about his feelings, Mungo makes him realize “oh I like Mungo” (even though I believe he just gets easily flustered and doesn’t actually feel attracted to Mungo) and then Mungo and Fox hook up and happily ever after or something. The alternative is Fox realizing his relationship with Spring and Summer won’t work, and Fox feels super alone and sad. They can’t come back from Heaven with Fox, and Fox can’t stay in Heaven. We’ll see what happens but I have been very accurate when I predict Housepets normally.
(I predicted Steward working with Trinket to bankrupt Keene after the 4th strip of My Life As a Teenage Squirrel).
Over on the Media Median, I've been putting up a story that's featured a fair few characters, many of which have paired off. Of all of them there was a pair (one guy, one lady) who I wanted to just be friends. No interest in each other, just friends. Unfortunately this had the side effect that I couldn't actually have them in too many encounters during the events as their interactions would only have brought them closer than intended simply because they were the characters 'on screen'. The focus, so to speak, would have been on them. The emphasis on everything they're saying and the interpretations insinuating things that were never meant to be said. So they got less exposure than they should have. As it's a one-off story, I could get away with that.
Rick can't. It's an ensemble piece, going over years, and people are invested in the characters. For Fungo to end, Fox or Mungo needs to establish relations with another character and, unless it's a lesser used character like Daisy, that will probably involve a new character. And inventing a new character just to be a love interest? That can be a different can of trouble unless handled carefully, giving depth to the new character. Which takes time and exposure...
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Spring and Summer could always incarnate. If Breel could here's no reason they can't.
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Fox suggested it at the time but they didn't really respond. Its possible that they have been in Heaven so long that they would be lost on Earth.Sir Chestnut wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:30 pm Spring and Summer could always incarnate. If Breel could here's no reason they can't.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
You're not the only one that feels that way.Hagus wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 10:46 am I’m just gonna say it. I knew Mungo was gonna show up, and we all know this is gonna lead to one of two thing.
Fox being more sad than he was.
Fox hooking up with Mungo.
I was really hoping I would be wrong and it would end with Fox just being happy, but it’s not that simple is it
I do not like the Fungo ship (Fox x Mungo for those who don’t know). Like, it is the only ship I do not like I’m pretty sure, and I feel very strongly about it. I know discord is probably different than here, but I feel like I’m the only person who is against it. Why do I think they’re gonna hook up in the end? Because it’s literally the perfect storm for it. Fox talks about his feelings, Mungo makes him realize “oh I like Mungo” (even though I believe he just gets easily flustered and doesn’t actually feel attracted to Mungo) and then Mungo and Fox hook up and happily ever after or something. The alternative is Fox realizing his relationship with Spring and Summer won’t work, and Fox feels super alone and sad. They can’t come back from Heaven with Fox, and Fox can’t stay in Heaven. We’ll see what happens but I have been very accurate when I predict Housepets normally.
(I predicted Steward working with Trinket to bankrupt Keene after the 4th strip of My Life As a Teenage Squirrel).
Mungo's personality comes off as the type who wants to help people and it does look like to me that Fox, in his desire for love, could be misinterpreting Mungo's desire to help as romantic interest (and Mungo is oblivious to that). I think Mungo would have to explain to Fox that there is more to love than just self gratification, which is what it seems Fox wants. Love is a wonderful thing but it goes much deeper than superficial things like hugging and kissing (I Corinthians 13:4-7 comes to mind) and there is much more to life. That being said, I don't think that having Fox and Mungo pair up would properly solve Fox's problem. I think Fox has been sad long enough though for him to stay that way by the end of this arc, but we'll have to see what happens.
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Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before,
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Or maybe they aren't from Earth in the first place.dr_eirik wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:42 pmFox suggested it at the time but they didn't really respond. Its possible that they have been in Heaven so long that they would be lost on Earth.Sir Chestnut wrote: ↑Wed Dec 09, 2020 12:30 pm Spring and Summer could always incarnate. If Breel could here's no reason they can't.
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There's been a lot of speculation about Fungo (or is it Mox?), partly inspired by (a) a desire so many of us have to see Fox paired up and "happy" and (b) for a trained, professional counselor, Mungo does seem to have an occasional problem with boundaries.
Again, Rick's been already to this well a couple of times (Fox + Spring + Summer + Mungo = Fox alone again ("naturally" - cue Gilbert O'Sullivan theme music!)). I never try to second guess the Rick-Master but I don't see this reversion playing out any differently; the Keene-Breel matchup already owns that thread. I'm still pretty much persuaded that Fox's place in the Housepet's cosmos is to remained the soul of constant, unarticulated longings.
But, the story's young. Let's just see.
Again, Rick's been already to this well a couple of times (Fox + Spring + Summer + Mungo = Fox alone again ("naturally" - cue Gilbert O'Sullivan theme music!)). I never try to second guess the Rick-Master but I don't see this reversion playing out any differently; the Keene-Breel matchup already owns that thread. I'm still pretty much persuaded that Fox's place in the Housepet's cosmos is to remained the soul of constant, unarticulated longings.
But, the story's young. Let's just see.
Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
He's never going to go back, no not ever,
Fox sure thinks that he's real clever
And Mungo's a little over-the-top,
Impromptu therapy has to stop!
This vacation was too good to last,
A sweet and sour blast from the past,
You can't escape forever, the world
Might end with you and friends together curled.
Fox sure thinks that he's real clever
And Mungo's a little over-the-top,
Impromptu therapy has to stop!
This vacation was too good to last,
A sweet and sour blast from the past,
You can't escape forever, the world
Might end with you and friends together curled.
You're a wonderful person! You can do this! Yes, you, person reading this!
Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Ah! Why Mungo is there? Actually, when you talk about therapies, our strong and funny therapy dog must be present. Those two huskies are so tender with Fox. What Mungo says is right, anyway: sooner or later you'll have to be back at your normal life and to your problems, Fox. All the good things come to an end...
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
He's helping. If he scares him to death he never has to leave. Clearly.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
I am pretty sure that Fox is going to resent the intrusion into his date night with his girlfriends by Mungo since he wants to stay. Though he did go in there for therapy so naturally he is gonna have to actually talk to someone. LOL
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Well, since the 2 Heavenly Huskies did drop Fox a line to take Mungo up on the therapy offer, maybe the three of them will gang up on poor Fox. Then he'll get some idea of how the crab felt.....
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Looks like I spoke too soon and we're gonna be keeping with Fox, and now Mungo has entered the fray!
I want Fox to be happy. When I saw his part in the Hot Springs arc, I felt really bad for him and I'm sure a lot of other people did as well. I think that Mungo and Fox would make a good couple, but of course nothing is written in stone. This could merely be a pivotal character moment for Fox. Rick might be writing this arc to where Fox comes out at bisexual, but doesn't necessarily get together with Mungo. And Mungo could be there to talk to Fox about how love is more than what you see on the surface, like what 96N64 said.
I'm curious to see what comes of this conversation between the two. And whatever the short-term or long-term plot holds for Fox and his romantic pursuits, I hope that however he ends up with someone, it's written well.
I want Fox to be happy. When I saw his part in the Hot Springs arc, I felt really bad for him and I'm sure a lot of other people did as well. I think that Mungo and Fox would make a good couple, but of course nothing is written in stone. This could merely be a pivotal character moment for Fox. Rick might be writing this arc to where Fox comes out at bisexual, but doesn't necessarily get together with Mungo. And Mungo could be there to talk to Fox about how love is more than what you see on the surface, like what 96N64 said.
I'm curious to see what comes of this conversation between the two. And whatever the short-term or long-term plot holds for Fox and his romantic pursuits, I hope that however he ends up with someone, it's written well.
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Yeah no, I'm a shipper at heart and love the idea of Fox and Mungo together, but I also don't think that's actually best for them.
I'm really looking forward to seeing Mungo Spring and Summer help Fox work through his feelings and find a better sense of peace. Cause he needs it
I'm really looking forward to seeing Mungo Spring and Summer help Fox work through his feelings and find a better sense of peace. Cause he needs it
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
I was sort of thinking to myself and thought it would be REALLY funny if Fox decides to double-date Spring and Summer with Mungo. Though he would need to choose which one to date himself.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
Hey if he can help me overcome my severe OCD then I would be all for it.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
not now, Mungo xD
in all seriousness, I don't see the Mox/Fungo ship really working tbh.
in all seriousness, I don't see the Mox/Fungo ship really working tbh.
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
I mean, that’s a shell that therapists might be needing to break through?
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Re: 2020/12/09 - But You Can’t Stay Here
If it is causing issues in ones everyday life and preventing them from functioning efficiently I would say that they do need to break through it.
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It may not be a shell at all, and some people want to know what TYPE of therapy they are getting themselves in before they go into it without thinking. Just because you expect one type, doesn't mean it's cool or nice to get baited into another...
Regardless of trying to help or not.
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I'm thinking that it might be just a big harder than a crab shell.