Arc 42: Not All Dogs

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Fri May 06, 2011 11:42 pm

turns out that pete has tentacles

Post by **Sleet** » Fri May 06, 2011 11:45 pm

The guy can turn between a gryphon and a Chrono Trigger character, kupo. I'm sure he can have tentacles and a form that drives men mad if he'd like.

Post by **Obbl** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:03 am

I love how short King is

And I love his freak out expression, and his cynical expression, and his I'm so tired expression, and his I'm so doomed expression...
In short: King is freakin' amazing

Esquire Fox · Post by **Esquire Fox** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:09 am

Esquire Fox wrote:So if I've got all these connections and references down right...
Can we make the rational assumption that fate isn't waterproof?

So now it is raining. Coincidence!? I think not.
The question is what happens if the watch stops.

Barkeron · Post by **Barkeron** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:18 am

Obbl wrote:I love how short King is
And I love his freak out expression, and his cynical expression, and his I'm so tired expression, and his I'm so doomed expression...
In short: King is freakin' amazing

This. ^

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat May 07, 2011 12:18 am

"Next thing you'll be telling me i should be expecting people with guns at my doorstep soon."
"Vocal Apocalyptic usually is the usual term these days in heaven"

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat May 07, 2011 4:42 am

Esquire Fox wrote:
Esquire Fox wrote:So if I've got all these connections and references down right...
Can we make the rational assumption that fate isn't waterproof?
So now it is raining. Coincidence!? I think not.
The question is what happens if the watch stops.

It doesn't show time anymore >_>

Anyway, King and Sabrina in the same comic is awesome

! Also, Sabrina said "piece of soul". Not the whole soul, just a piece of it. So even if the watch stops, can we assume that King isn't doomed? Just a piece of him... but what piece?

angelusbr · Post by **angelusbr** » Sat May 07, 2011 5:58 am

Maybe it's just the dog piece of him.
Well, I must say I didn't think King would be that angry about doing 'human' thing in the wolves house. I thought he was actually thankful. Lot of stuff must have happened off-panel.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:18 am

angelusbr wrote: Well, I must say I didn't think King would be that angry about doing 'human' thing in the wolves house. I thought he was actually thankful.

So he's thankful for having to practically babysit a pack of wolves, and express this thanks at two in the morning?

Post by **Dissension** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:31 am

I wouldn't be particularly thankful. x3

angelusbr · Post by **angelusbr** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:16 am

rickgriffin wrote:
angelusbr wrote: Well, I must say I didn't think King would be that angry about doing 'human' thing in the wolves house. I thought he was actually thankful.
So he's thankful for having to practically babysit a pack of wolves, and express this thanks at two in the morning?

Well, is it better then be used by a manipulative, powerful and jerkish gryphon?

Post by **Sleet** » Sat May 07, 2011 10:18 am

angelusbr wrote:Maybe it's just the dog piece of him.
Well, I must say I didn't think King would be that angry about doing 'human' thing in the wolves house. I thought he was actually thankful. Lot of stuff must have happened off-panel.

One of the good things about being a pet is being able to sleep whenever you want and no one giving two cusses, kupo. So doing a human thing there is not fun, even if someone wants to be a human.

angelusbr · Post by **angelusbr** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:10 pm

And I almost forgot, the 9 talied fox said that a REWARD was waiting for King to compesate Pete's evil doings.
https://www.housepetscomic.com/2010/07/ ... ts-not-so/
So yes. I do think Mile's family was a good thing for him.
edit: okay now I understand what you meant.

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Sat May 07, 2011 1:26 pm

man I am totally spoiled by this updating every day thing

I don't know if I can go back to three strips a week, daddy needs his medicine

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Sat May 07, 2011 5:42 pm

Sinder wrote:man I am totally spoiled by this updating every day thing

I don't know if I can go back to three strips a week, daddy needs his medicine

Would you prefer Grape or Peanut flavored?

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat May 07, 2011 5:48 pm

Tha Housedog wrote:He just wants to stay away from his human life.

Well, I just saw it this way: what would you do if you had changed your name, and then something fell from the sky with your old name printed on it? I'd be a bit spooked, and I'd probably either ditch it like King does or keep it and then get paranoid.

IceKitsune wrote: Nope me and Sinder were right!

Based on what, exactly? All we know right now is that bad stuff is expected to happen, and it's implied that it's connected to King throwing away the watch.

Sleet wrote:
angelusbr wrote:Maybe it's just the dog piece of him.
Well, I must say I didn't think King would be that angry about doing 'human' thing in the wolves house. I thought he was actually thankful. Lot of stuff must have happened off-panel.
One of the good things about being a pet is being able to sleep whenever you want and no one giving two cusses, kupo. So doing a human thing there is not fun, even if someone wants to be a human.

Given his tendencies towards cynicism and bad luck, I'd doubt if King will ever be in a situation in the comic where he's perfectly content.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:14 pm

CaptainPea wrote:
IceKitsune wrote: Nope me and Sinder were right!
Based on what, exactly? All we know right now is that bad stuff is expected to happen, and it's implied that it's connected to King throwing away the watch.

Actually we don't know if the trouble has to do with King throwing the Watch away, and that would be kind of stupid if it did. Why would that make it any more of a problem then the watch falling to earth in the first place? As for me and Sinder being right about him not seeing the name on the watch, well he didn't even go back for it now did he. Along with everything I said before.

Edit: Plus its a much simpler explanation anyway.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:19 pm

IceKitsune wrote:Actually we don't know if the trouble has to do with King throwing the Watch away, and that would be kind of stupid if it did.

That's certainly true, it was already uncharacteristically dark yesterday before he threw it out.

IceKitsune wrote:As for me and Sinder being right about him not seeing the name on the watch, well he didn't even go back for it now did he. Along with everything I said before.

Why would he go back and get it? What I assumed was that he found it creepy, and people generally avoid things that they find creepy. That's the kind of thing most people would push to the back of their mind and try to convince themselves they imagined.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Sat May 07, 2011 6:33 pm

CaptainPea wrote:
IceKitsune wrote:Actually we don't know if the trouble has to do with King throwing the Watch away, and that would be kind of stupid if it did.
That's certainly true, it was already uncharacteristically dark yesterday before he threw it out.

IceKitsune wrote:As for me and Sinder being right about him not seeing the name on the watch, well he didn't even go back for it now did he. Along with everything I said before.
Why would he go back and get it? What I assumed was that he found it creepy, and people generally avoid things that they find creepy. That's the kind of thing most people would push to the back of their mind and try to convince themselves they imagined.

But He knows about the game and everything having to do with that, so I think that he would be a heck of a lot more interested in something that had his original name on it. I would think that he would want something that fell from the sky with his name on it to be checked out at the very least and he even knows someone who could do that. In fact it would be really stupid on his part if he didn't do that and throwing it away would be even dumber. So it's just a lot more likely that he didn't see the name at all due to the small print and darkness.

Post by **Sleet** » Sat May 07, 2011 8:36 pm

I find it odd that Rick would write King throwing the watch away in a dumpster and then getting it later, kupo. I'd think if it gets thrown away, that's suggesting that someone else will find it.

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Sat May 07, 2011 9:18 pm

Sleet wrote:I find it odd that Rick would write King throwing the watch away in a dumpster and then getting it later, kupo. I'd think if it gets thrown away, that's suggesting that someone else will find it.

Like Peanut! *crosses fingers*

Crazy-8 · Post by **Crazy-8** » Sat May 07, 2011 11:53 pm

Of course, the most logical course of events is "other pets find it, mess with it, king in trouble, gets watch back, happy timez" however its the way that all of this happens is the interesting part, like what WOULD they do with the watch, and how WOULD it affect king

copper · Post by **copper** » Sun May 08, 2011 12:00 am

I think it is obvious that the watch will become a part of Rex's watch collection.

Foxstar · Post by **Foxstar** » Sun May 08, 2011 7:32 am

Sinder wrote:man I am totally spoiled by this updating every day thing

I don't know if I can go back to three strips a week, daddy needs his medicine

Now now Sinder, we can't be burning the furret out.

FlyAwayNow · Post by **FlyAwayNow** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:01 pm

I really have to ponder on what exactly is at stake in this game.

Cosmic Level Horror brought upon by a disgruntled player playing a cosmic-version of Life has to have a little more to it.

copper · Post by **copper** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:36 pm

Y'know, with Pete captured, and presumably in heaven's version of jail, this might mean the end of the game. I wonder if this is how it ends.

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Sun May 08, 2011 6:54 pm

he has to roll doubles to get out

or pay a fine, but he's naked, so he probably doesn't have any money

Sinder · Post by **Sinder** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:04 am

oh no

not my precious, nubile neck

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:07 am

Well he knows what hes looking for and where it is but I bet someone,most likely a feral,has already taken it in order to keep the arc going. I really doubt its going to be as simple as going and getting it from the dumpster he threw it in.

Skruffy · Post by **Skruffy** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:08 am

This is why Sabrina is so awesome

Love king in the third and fourth panels

Post by **Sleet** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:12 am

Oh Sabrina, you make exposition-heavy comics so much more enjoyable!

copper · Post by **copper** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:16 am

I do believe that Sabrina loves to mess with her doggies. Too bad Peanut is immune!

I love how much trouble king is right now.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:31 am

<Cens'd>! I lost the game again,

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:55 am

Awesome, as usual. I love Sabrina! And King's expressions are funny, too. I wonder if someone has found the watch by now....
*Still thinks the raccoons will find it*

Barkeron · Post by **Barkeron** » Mon May 09, 2011 8:50 am

Just commenting on King's expression in the second and thrid panels.

That's the expression of, I totally screwed.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Mon May 09, 2011 9:12 am

Okay, this wasn't something that quite fit in the exposition and isn't completely necessary to fully explain, but I will explain it here: there was an issue with transforming King into a dog. His soul had to be transferred to dog heaven; however, the rules to get into dog heaven are much more lenient. He's still got some human-rooted bitterness inside him, and some of the celestial bureaucrats think that basically handing him a free pass is unfair. That's why his soul is in limbo (but not Limbo, or the game limbo) until he either fully embraces being a dog or else goes back to being a human.

I might fit this in later in the comic, since clearly King wouldn't intuitively understand this either.

Post by **Obbl** » Mon May 09, 2011 9:17 am

OK that is really great Rick! Thanks for sharing that with us. Oh poor King

angelusbr · Post by **angelusbr** » Mon May 09, 2011 10:50 am

rickgriffin wrote:Okay, this wasn't something that quite fit in the exposition and isn't completely necessary to fully explain, but I will explain it here: there was an issue with transforming King into a dog. His soul had to be transferred to dog heaven; however, the rules to get into dog heaven are much more lenient. He's still got some human-rooted bitterness inside him, and some of the celestial bureaucrats think that basically handing him a free pass is unfair. That's why his soul is in limbo (but not Limbo, or the game limbo) until he either fully embraces being a dog or else goes back to being a human.

I might fit this in later in the comic, since clearly King wouldn't intuitively understand this either.

It'll be better if you fit it in some exposition later in the comic, because it's better to let the comic tell its own story. Don't get me wrong, I liked your explanation here, but someone who don't see the forums is going to think "What the (censored) is going on?" like I was until you made things clear here.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:01 pm

rickgriffin wrote:Okay, this wasn't something that quite fit in the exposition and isn't completely necessary to fully explain, but I will explain it here: there was an issue with transforming King into a dog. His soul had to be transferred to dog heaven; however, the rules to get into dog heaven are much more lenient. He's still got some human-rooted bitterness inside him, and some of the celestial bureaucrats think that basically handing him a free pass is unfair. That's why his soul is in limbo (but not Limbo, or the game limbo) until he either fully embraces being a dog or else goes back to being a human.

I might fit this in later in the comic, since clearly King wouldn't intuitively understand this either.

Thanks for the explanation Rick. Now this brings up a minor question that I must ask or it shall bug me: 1. If there is a Heaven for every type of animal (which is implied by there being a dog heaven and it not being an Animal Heaven.) can the other heaven visit each other?

Post by **Sleet** » Mon May 09, 2011 12:43 pm

rickgriffin wrote:the rules to get into dog heaven are much more lenient.

That doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.

We need to come up with a more concise name before we release this movie.