Housepets!

NHWestoN wrote: ↑Sun Feb 12, 2023 9:08 am As I recollect, Karishad is kind of a homage character, named and modeled after a close friend of Rick's. Previous interactions between Tarot and Karishad suggest they are friends of a sort - otherwise, Kari's relationships with other characters seem more impish than palsy (a la Fox and King). Kari does seem to chum with Kitsune occasionally, but I assume that's a fox-to-fox camaraderie.

Not every reader of Housepets is a Tarot fan. A lot of these folks are "Grapenut shippers", and others just find her stodgy, cold, and emotionally constipated. While she's still a pretty uptight Pom, Tarot's developed some personal depth over the years, shown more complexity of late, and certainly punches at a hero's weight in this last saga. Or maybe I'm just warming to her because I miss the founding years "old gang" characters and find the "New Crew" of the last couple of years flat and uninteresting.

Clearly, her reactions to the "contract" will be interesting. I was a bit intrigued that she was not included in the "deciders" group (Keene and the "new characters on the block") that somehow framed "The Contract", given the role and the sacrifices she made to defeat Eudoant. She certainly played a more significant role than, say, ..... Todd. She's also emerged as a kind of counter-Keene figure, a polarization which could develop in interesting directions.