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dr_eirik wrote:Keene: Oh, he's so adorably dorky. I could just eat him up.
Lois: Yeah, me too...

Not literally. Larger mustelids like martens are quite capable of holding off a bobcat. Martens are more closely related to wolverines than ferrets.

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Sir Chestnut wrote:I wonder if we'll get to see her take on Steward. Even though she still has a bit of a height advantage a badger would be a good fight.

Badgers are tough, they're basically built like a muscle covered in muscles.

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I think you'll find that actual bobcats do not talk, wear glasses or bandanas, or have squirrel boyfriends, ergo Q.E.D... They also need to be careful of taking on mustelids. (predator fail, nobody dies) Keene probably isn't quite that much of a challenge, but Breel's right there and martens are bi...

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Nobody wrote:Where did this statement happen?

The @RicksWriting twitter.

https://twitter.com/RicksWriting/status ... 8105998336

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I don't think anyone has mentioned this yet, but technically Marion doesn't have to worry about "that time" either. Humans are actually the only species that still undergo that process. Other mammals have evolved to not need it. I noted that already, and it's the other way around... only ...

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Title Text: or like, a seasonal estrus cycle, or however it works in this world, look I don't know I just write it That's actually a fascinating subject. Humans are about the only animal that has that particular problem. Other animals have nothing like the horrorshow humans put up with, which seems...

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I think we use it without realizing it refers to British money. It's a malapropism if you're comparing currency to weight, but it still works as a comparison of tiny thing to large thing. We also use penny wise, pound foolish. Also not entirely sure how widespread the usage is, but I've heard both ...

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For the moment, you can't lump Lois and Marion with Thomas and Steward. Setting aside Occam's Razor and Chekhov's Gun, you STILL can't use "bobcats are special because GRRR dangerous predator or something" as an argument against it. Badgers are not to be messed with. Same goes for anyone'...

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It's such a shame the novel Stuart Little would never exist in the HP! world.

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Maybe it only turns people into female animals, regardless of whatever they were before. Ever think about that? :D Thomas and Steward suggest otherwise. While i'm still convinced that the Temple Treasure (Specifically, Steward's Coin) is responsible, a Bobcat does seem to be quite a departure from ...

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Lockely wrote:I have a mighty need for that picture of Keene as a print.

Elwood: contiguous means "in one piece" and I should *hope* Marion is contiguous!

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Keene, I seem to recall, had originally wanted to use the temple's power to turn all humans into animals. He was actually against humans turning into animals a few strips back and only then realized it could help the ECP. And he hasn't really had time to implement any diabolical schemes since then....

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Keldor wrote:"Lois was always a bit of a tom boy. Now she's a tomcat."

Sorry. Had to.

Rick already did that one in the "what gender is grape" arc.

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Wolves are not believed to have evolved from some type of jackal. To be more precise, the Golden Jackal is actually a wolf, not closely related to the actual jackals, and one subspecies has recently been renamed the African Golden Wolf. Zoological taxonomy is a mess. People are arguing about how fa...

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VeryAngryDeer wrote:A middling outcome, then. Still gets her free, but also means she'd be 20 miles away. Long way to walk back from.

Bobcats can get up to 30MPH in a sprint but they're not cursive hunters like wolves or humans so she can probably not sustain better than a walking pace long term.

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Amazee Dayzee wrote:I guess we will see in the future then if Lois is still a female. If she has went from a "Lois" to a "Lowell", then we'll get it if Poncho who seems to like big cats doesn't melt into a puddle of goo.

Louis is a male name. Lois to Louis would be more euphonious.

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I still suspect Chekhov's Magpie - Trinket.

Mr. Whisper wrote:I think there is a big possibility that the wolves' ECP tags are actually coins from the temple.

That would mean Keene wanted to turn humans into animals before he changed his mind on that being a bad thing that would distract from the ECP.

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Please don't go full metal tinfoil hat, Marion. Once that's done, they could either throw her out (optimal outcome) or put her in a cage anyway , but that would probably require a lot of paperwork just to make it legal. They'll call Animal Control who will haul her 20 miles off (or maybe all the way...

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Obviously they need a SDN (software defined network) so moving a server doesn't change its IP address.

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I'm gonna throw in one more theory: What if all the events, meaning from the time he was in he first turned to the when he witness Lois turn, was just Marion having a major nightmare that was brought on by someone as a way to get him to atone for something he did like, say, mistreat an animal? http...

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NHWestoN wrote:Everyone's getting buffed in this strip.

Moreso than usual.

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Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!

We don't know that she's switched genders.

1. Felines are hard to tell. Consider the 'grape's a girl?' opener and the whole running gag with the Bigglesworths.

2. Gale is totally buff.

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Amazee Dayzee wrote:In Australia, Toltoys held the distribution rights over there and it used the title Creepy Critters.

YES! thank you.

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Does it need to be a whole coin?

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Oi, I already made the missing lynx reference a page back. ( There's also that random bird flying off in the background, which could mean Trinket dropped a coin recently onto Lois if we go back to the coin theory ) I think you have just come up with the most viable new theory yet. This kind of confu...

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Pretty sure I had that game when I was a wee nipper. I think it may have had a different name in Australia.

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We found the missing lynx!

OK, my theory is that Thomas had another coin and he's ground it up into little bits that he can spit with camel accuracy all wrapped up in a big loogie of camel cud. Camels are notorious for that.

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Amazee Dayzee wrote:Even if he isn't feeling more animal, he certainly is acting like one and not a camel but more like an evil boar. :/

Camels are notoriously evil already. Haven't you read your Pratchett?

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Gbr23 wrote:I’m sure that at some point that was Keene’s plan

Keene just started thinking about that plan after Marion had already been converted.

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fenrirblack wrote:Could Thomas or anyone really prove that the Milton's are responsible?

Even if he can't he's likely to mess Marion's life up even more as it plays out.

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No, it was the same woman or giantess if you prefer. Angrboða gave birth to all three. He did transform into female horse to mate with a different horse one time but we don't talk about that. Oh but Sleijpnir is so cute! Depends on your rendition. https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/reindeer_2x.png This i...

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So if we're like playing poker and I don't show you my hand and you lose, that's my fault?

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Four kids by four different women and species at that? Loki for being the God of Mischief sure did get around a lot. LOL No, it was the same woman or giantess if you prefer. Angrboða gave birth to all three. He did transform into female horse to mate with a different horse one time but we don't tal...

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Last direct heir? It’s a good thing for Thomas that no one told Marion about Celia. It's convoluted, but technically that part is more of a lie then the cursing since it could be argued that was Keene's fault. He didn't warn someone who was trying to rip him and his whole family off that the money ...

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Mythology is full of characters and siblings who are vastly different and still technically siblings by birth. I used the example of Fenrir (a wolf) before whose siblings are Hel, the goddess of death, and Jörmungandr, the World Serpent. Loki and his/her kids are kind of an edge case. https://philo...

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I'm just another little boy having a dream

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That would mean the curse is relatively new, and there is someone walking around out there that either is stuck as an animal having been unable to decipher the scroll or is a human who spent some time as an animal. I don't know how much importance to give to details like this. If that's Henry's gol...

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By the way... If any of y'all haven't seen Office Space , go out and rent/netflix/youtube/amazon it now. It had to be Henry Milton. He was the only one who we know had contact with Pete. It would explain his weird fascination with animal equality, the ferrets, and why he chose to become a ferret in ...

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Yeh, uh, nice stapler...

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fenrirblack wrote:That is the problem. You can't put moral and social values over nature.

Turns out you can. It's called civilization.

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