Housepets!

I personally think he should remain king. If he turns back into Joel...well, he wins a free trip to jail. Plus, I like him for a character.

I think his remaining King opens up a lot more possible storylines and gags than his becoming Joel again - hence all the discussions over in the comments.

1. Everything will depend on context. If Fox is in good mood and able to see the difference in front, he may renounce to strangle King, or maybe to accept him as a friend. And I think it will take at least a little about how a human has to become a dog (Pete will return).

2. Joel/King is much cuter when he is a pets. xD
Seriously, I think still everything will depend on the context, although I tend to see more interesting situations if he is always a pet. That is my simple writer opinon. ^^"

1. Yes, but in the Spirit of the holiday, and in realizing the Joel/King is actually very lonely, Fox will forgive him.

2. Yes, cuz it gives him more face time.

I'm not so sure about "context," but I think that eventually King will confess to Fox and apologize, and Fox will forgive him because...I dunno, because, and King will stay a doggy!

Well, if Fox actually remembers Joel's dialogue during his petnaping, he may not blame Joel for much beyond being too easily led.

well, I say that King should stay, if only because his opinion has a lot of opportunities to add to the jokiness and other plot potentials... I'd say that Pete does too, but mostly as an overpowered player character.

as for Fox/King... well, I've always had this feeling of "something's gotta give" almost every plot arc. everything from the love square (including Tarrot it isn't a triangle, there's four players) with Grape and Peanut; Bino's... well Binoism; Fido and Sabrina are GOING to get found out sooner or later; the Wolves are definately going to cause a stir, even if it's not too plot altering or such they're still going to stir things up; the Ferrets, much the same really; Mr Bigglesworth, I'm still surprized that none of them have gotten a complex like Joey or something over that; Joey... well, Joey is his own set of problems all in one character; and most importantly, what happens in the Pridelands series?!!!

would it surprise anyone to know that I started making a story that was somewhat inspired by housepets but mostly by the current story arc? I won't tease/bother anyone with any details until I've got something to show but still, does it surprise anyone?

well now that sasha has kept King from killing himself.. I think pete is going to offer to change him back into a human, an he is going to choose to remain a dog, as he is going to deside that he is going to be happier as a dog.

King is going to tell Fox who he was.. that is if he can. he maybe not be able to talk about his past as a human directly, just like he can't say his name is joel.

Nope, he should go back. He does have his old pets to find after all.

I'm pretty sure his old pets are long gone by now. (Make of that what you will.)

I think he should remain a dog because, as some others have said, there are quite a few storylines to be had this way.

If they are still alive who's to say they don't have good homes already? It would probably also be nearly impossible to track down two pets who aren't necessarily even in the same place.

Foxstar wrote:Nope, he should go back. He does have his old pets to find after all.

I suspect the odds on that are poor. Joel-in-memory looks about eight or so. Joel-as-adult looks to be in his 20's or so. His old pets appeared adult - making them 4-6+. Even if we presume that nothing nasty happened to them (Joel's statements during the PETA arc might indicate that he knows what did happen and it wasn't good) mid-to-late 20's is getting kind of old for a pet even with a doubled lifespan.

Looks like he is staying as king

1) If King cared to give out a full explanation to Fox, I think Fox would be at least inclined to understand him for the moment, though their relationship would become difficult. Of course, I think that such disclosure would be done quite in private, so that Fox only knew the truth.
2) YES, Joel has a lot more potential as canine. But, if he was turned a human, at least I hope he can adopt Sasha in the end.

valerio wrote:1) If King cared to give out a full explanation to Fox, I think Fox would be at least inclined to understand him for the moment, though their relationship would become difficult. Of course, I think that such disclosure would be done quite in private, so that Fox only knew the truth.
2) YES, Joel has a lot more potential as canine. But, if he was turned a human, at least I hope he can adopt Sasha in the end.

Sasha's drunken dad with have to be willing to give her up, or sell her.
before anyone else could adopt her, since he does own her.

Keeshah wrote:

valerio wrote:1) If King cared to give out a full explanation to Fox, I think Fox would be at least inclined to understand him for the moment, though their relationship would become difficult. Of course, I think that such disclosure would be done quite in private, so that Fox only knew the truth.
2) YES, Joel has a lot more potential as canine. But, if he was turned a human, at least I hope he can adopt Sasha in the end.

Sasha's drunken dad with have to be willing to give her up, or sell her.
before anyone else could adopt her, since he does own her.

Maybe a little girl can adopt Sasha, that would be great!

he should sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo remain King. He kinda has friends, something close to a girlfriend, an enemy, and secret!!! That's everything a character needs.

if he became Joel.....
Bino would probably respect him
Sasha would...never mind
Fox would freak
Pete would haunt him
if he went to jail, bars would keep ostracized from the rest of the world, his life would be a rut; same routines everyday, and he would eventually go mad!!! MAD I SAY!!!!!!!! *mouth foams*

I feel the need to stand up and say, "This thread no longer has a point. Thank you. You may resume normal activities."

caesalson wrote:I feel the need to stand up and say, "This thread no longer has a point. Thank you. You may resume normal activities."

Oh, I wouldn't say that...

Recall that Joel seemed "genre savvy" when he and Pete first met. If he, as King, believed this change was permanent, his feelings would be more authentic and less driven by the whole "oh, I just need to do this to change back once and for all" mentality/line of thought. Of course, we don't know if he'll want to change back by then...

I dunno. Personally, I'd like to see him change back at the end of all this; not now of course, but a good while later, if not for the plot potentials. If anything, it's mostly because of the whole lifespan bit, and my personal feelings regarding such things (Yeah, yeah, it's fiction, I know, but still.)

caesalson wrote:I feel the need to stand up and say, "This thread no longer has a point. Thank you. You may resume normal activities."

normal?

caesalson wrote:I feel the need to stand up and say, "This thread no longer has a point. Thank you. You may resume normal activities."

I think I agree...
did i mention how we really look to deep into this thing????