But I wanted to see Sasha glomp King...
It was a nice present though.

EDIT: All hail the page king!

Ah yes. i guess they were typos since they're gone now.

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Kind of, yeah....

I just hope that King doesn't feel insulted about her putting Bino's stuff into the doghouse he gave her....



Anyway, I'm going to assume that Bino's calling King her "latest boyfriend" is an assumption on his part, and not (shippers notwithstanding) that there's any truth to the matter.



EDIT: It occurs to me that King is the only one who actually got her something she NEEDED....

i would imagine it very hard, almost impossible to draw something that portrays slowmotion in only one frame of time reference.

I'm going to combine them a little Bino: an Insecure Loveable Jerk. I was also touched by it Bino needs it after the way he looked in the second panel.



I agree its probably just an assumption on his part as much as I kind of want it to be true.

If the pillows are limp, it's slow motion. If not, it's fast motion.

Other pets, sure--it's Bino in particular I'm not as sure about. Then again, maybe in the time he's had to spend with the other pets, he knows that Sasha is Bino's "sort-of" girlfriend, in which case it wouldn't bother him.... Plus if Bino isn't as negative toward King now as he was at Christmas, maybe the same goes for King as well....

I think he was, too.

Definitely. I think this is the second real "good deed" that we've seen him do (the first being staying with Sasha on Christmas Eve). That's a real step in the right direction. And he did this back in February.... Wonder how much more progress he's made since....

or they could be swinging it so hard it bends around so it looks limp.

I don't think King would say anything about it because he obviously wants Sasha to be happy and safe and I think he would understand that stuff from Bino (and the rest of the neighborhood) makes her happy so even if he hates Bino he would care more about her happiness then his hate for Bino and wouldn't care about it.

That's why I say it's a big step for King. Other than the time he stayed with her all night we haven't really seen him do anything GOOD until now, as Joel or as King. Even staying with Sasha on Christmas Eve might be construed (at least I take it that he himself thought this) as being somewhat selfish, as he was trying to make himself learn empathy in hopes of a greater awareness (and possible reward of his human self back), though he didn't achieve it just then.

For the most part he's kind of been a "poor me" type, trying to be nice to animals but getting angry and yelling at them when they aren't being nice back to him. This was a very unselfish deed on King's part--hence it's a big step in the right direction for him.

You might be right it might be a little strong since the Catnip Incident was in December and its now May Kings feelings might have cooled down.

I have to disagree with you about the Christmas Eve thing. I don't think he cared about using that to turn himself back into human until Pete showed up. And really even then he still told Pete to go away at first. He stayed with Sasha on Christmas Eve because he felt sorry for her. But yes this was a very good step in the right direction for King.

I don't say his reasons were entirely selfish, or even primarily so--just considering the possibility based on his words.

And he didn't tell Pete to go away, he said, "Cram it, you old bird."

Still the point is he didn't want Pete around at that the time he may not have said for him to go away but IMO the intention was the same.

Edit: Also did anyone else read the Alt Text in Zapp Brannigan's voice or was that just me?

I can't think of a better thing King could have gotten her, it's perfect for when she gets locked out of the house again.

I agree with Kyderra. And man, this comic was funny. It seems like Sasha still likes Bino the most.

the best thing about this present is that King has worked his butt off to make it on time, meaning that he kept on caring for Sasha since that fated christmas.
And the fact that he made this gift for Valentine also implies some deeper feelings for her... YAY!

he seems to feels responsible for her safety and wellbeing.
*cough* "new owner" *cough*

I have absolutely nothing against the 'new owner' development (though I'm still rooting for doggie romance), but it's likely that, should it come to a confontation, King will kick Bino's butt into taking some responsibility toward Sasha himself instead of keeping that absurd on/off relationship.
This arc is great! Can't wait to see what 'meaningful' deed will do Sasha...

erm, er... ermmmmm ..
*thinking not much*

I think she only likes Bino, because she still hasn’t realized how mean Bino really is to others, especially King and Peanut. And if she were to see how she treats them (especially King) her attitude toward him would probably change very fast, but then again she is pretty dense. But I think she would realize King cares more about her then Bino, with it be as friends or something else...

it only takes time, and we know how the teaser Rick can be...

Ya and how he loves to twist are arms at the last second, with an unexpected twist. That always shocks us, and in a 24 hours we have commented on it and gone through 5 or 6 pages for the current comic.

Slow motion pillow fight. Lol. *Calls Peanut* But anyways, King giving Sasha a dog house could had been related to the Christmas arc when he stay with her all night, just out of the kindness of his heart. Looks like the jealously side of Bino is showing again.

Well, that kinda explains itself really (relative to my previous question).

I'm gonna try to piece together what I think happende from King's POV...

King gets a doghouse,

King feels degraded for having to have such a thing,

King decides to give dog house away so he doesn't have to use it himself,

King thinks that nobody would accept it without adding a few "ammenities(SP?)",

King adds a bunch of cushy stuff to it,

King "gives" it to Sasha, more to get it away from himself then to give it to anybody in particular,

Sasha loves it... obviously



There might have been a point where there was some time spent thinking "how can I get rid of this"/"who can I give this to" and then Valentines day shows up and he gets an opportunity.

I like Rick's general forum attitude. Some of the forums I attend/lurk around the "author" is mean. Being a tease is something of a model for me. I hope to have my own webcomic(s) and forum someday and I hope to be able to keep a good "I'm gonna tease/mess with your heads today" kinda attitude.

...Except Sasha clearly explains how King scavenged all the supplies and built it for her. He got the doghouse from another dog that was disposing of it, then went to a scrapyard to get insulation, then added a heater to it. The heater and such is a reference to the incident on Christmas.

Or it could just mean that it took him that long to finish everything--1 1/2 months, and so since Valentine's Day was coming up by the time he finished, he gave it to her for Valentine's Day. I still remember King's Valentine's Day card....

BinoXSasha...there, I've said it...For argument's sake, Sasha seems more then happy with Bino and he seems happy with her. Sure Bino's a jerk, but nobodies perfect...only problem being how Bino didn't trust Sasha as much when she started talking about the present. They aren't in love...but a nice lil' relationship.

Sure, one could argue that Sasha doesn't know how Bino treats other dogs...no offence...but really? She is in the good ol' dogs club (as seen here) so anything that has gone on there she has more then likely known about. I'm sure word came across about Bino's prank on King as well. She's a lil' dense, but not too dense to not realise Bino's attitude for so long!

OK, so ignoring the above, the fact that King put effort into building it means he cares even more, right? (What's better? A self-made card or one you've bought at the store.)

Agreed and it was in this comic strip.

Unrelated but whatever: I've got an idea of what King and Sasha's song would be if they were actually in love. Elton John's "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" seems to describe their relationship pretty well. Video and lyrics.

And if this makes no sense, it's because I'm really quite tired and should probably be asleep.

I really am tired...thanks Zander.

it would be [u rl=http://www.eltonography.com/songs/can_you_feel_the_love_tonight.html]lyrics.[/url]

Thanks a lot Bolly now I have that song stuck in my head. Luckily I like it.
Edit: worded it a little better

But do you sorta get the lyric thing I'm getting at? "It's enough to make kings and vagabonds"...COME ON.

Yes I did get it. It really does work.

Bah, I cannot be bothered listening to cannon as I am much too busy reading only what I want to read and/or what makes sense to me.

Bad habit.

Also, I see what you did there.