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[ Chaos Rains ]

Title Text: ''I am just going to pretend this is a normal occurrence because it has benefited me slightly''

Pete's pretty cute in this one. Poor guy!
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"I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those... moments... will be lost in time, like [small cough] tears... in... rain. Time to die..."

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Pete being humble?? :shock: Never thought I'd see the day...
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"I'm a terrible person!"

...Um... Yeah?
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Dragon, you're not really a person, your a very nerdy demigod. And, did I just hear Pete apologize? No, that couldn't be.
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Miles the Wolf wrote:Dragon, you're not really a pearson, your a very nerdy demigod. And, did I just hear Pete apologize? No, that couldn't be.
I suspect a good, yet insincere act.
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I love Cerb's hat and Rock there, hiding way back...

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I'm going to be honest. This strip did the impossible. It actually made me a bit sad (I NEVER get sad at comics, movies, music, or games). Seeing Pete, who until this arc thought he was going to win the game and thought he was better then Dragon, just break down and apologize like that...not only made me a bit sad, but reminded me of myself at one point in my life. :cry: I love the Blade Runner reference on his shirt (I have yet to finish watching the movie).


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Never though id ever want to hug Pete....but i do. And perhaps maybe Cerb is ready to five him too? I am. As for Dragon.....honestly i cant stand to see a lady cry, even if its her.
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But wait, if Pete is sorry, does this mean he'll offer Joel to resume his life as a human?
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So, I'm guessing that the arc should be over pretty soon. All that Pete has to do is give the watch back and everyone gets on the plane back home! Unless it rains for a week, as what usually happens in deserts.
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I'll believe in Pete's start to redemption when he starts ACTING and earn his own path.
So far, Dragon is being more believable. Emotional as she may be, she can understand when she has crossed a line.
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And then the Spirit Dragon was the Light of Zartha.

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I must ask is Cerberus female? Doesn't look like it to me but I could be wrong. Also Kari seems to have been absent since kitsune showed up. Coincidence? I think not!
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So many questions still need to be answered lol. I still dont trust pete. I really wanna see what happens now.

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So I'm not the only one feeling a little sorry for Pete right now, am I?
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Sheogorath wrote:I must ask is Cerberus female? Doesn't look like it to me but I could be wrong. Also Kari seems to have been absent since kitsune showed up. Coincidence? I think not!
That sly fox foxed us by turning into a fox while still being the same fox...........foxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfox(can someone please brick me, I think I've gone insane)

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I wonder how big the rainstorm is, is it the entire country, the city, or just the one city block over the restaurant. Hope Bruce and Roosevelt didn't have any outdoor plans for the day.
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Miles the Wolf wrote:
Sheogorath wrote:I must ask is Cerberus female? Doesn't look like it to me but I could be wrong. Also Kari seems to have been absent since kitsune showed up. Coincidence? I think not!
That sly fox foxed us by turning into a fox while still being the same fox...........foxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfoxfox(can someone please brick me, I think I've gone insane)

But yes, she is a female
Well then I must say that she is the manliest female I've ever seen. And you're not insane! You've simply seen the Devine glory of foxes!
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*drinks his tea as he see the first panel and set his tea down* You know those those days where you wish you were wrong and you think you going to see something new? Well I guess I was wrong. So I made my analysis in the previous post and came to a conclusion that could have been one of many possibilities. Come to find out from the first panel, when Cerberus paw lay on Pete shoulder all I think was I was really on the mark and with that I read the rest of the comic. The shirt said it all, the loss crushed and consumed him, the pain changed him and took a friend and the girl he though he left to pulled him from the darkness he trapped himself in. I think will do something about Dragon tomorrow, but for tonight, I will enjoy this comic.

I will raise the flag for Pete though and even though he has to be punish for his actions, I want them to help get the old Pete back, to see what he was like before he fall away. I want to see what the game would be like when it not about false promises and illusions of grandeur, where they fight Archdemons and all that as Pete mention, how cool would that be?! I am sure there are plenty of mortals (even myself) who would love the chance to take on that challenge see that game to the end.
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Though I want to say that I don't feel bad for Pete, I can't. The Vulcan side of me wouldn't allow that. (I'M SUCH A NERD! ._.)

Could Pete actually be showing a more humble side of him? Will things play out ending in a win for BOTH Pete and Dragon? Will they actually learn their lesson from their little game? FIND OUT IN THE NEXT EPISODE OF HOUSEPETS!: HEAVEN NOT ENOUGH PT. 3!
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Sheogorath wrote:I must ask is Cerberus female? Doesn't look like it to me but I could be wrong.
I imagine they are free to appear as ether gender they please, judging from the fact that Dragon was male a few times in Galafrax. But yes, she is generally portrayed as female.
Sheogorath wrote:Also Kari seems to have been absent since kitsune showed up. Coincidence? I think not!
He's probably in the back setting up the Cornhole board for P & D to settle their difference on, winner take all.
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I have a lot to say here.

In this strip, we see the two main cosmic beings utterly broken. Pete realizes the futility of trying to keep forcing mortals to do his bidding, and we have been seeing through what is likely a hardened shell. Dragon, who believed she was the good one, as most of us did at first, coming to terms with what she was really doing, manipulating the lives of those who were loyal to her, and finally losing even that.

With Pete, we briefly saw his as good, then immediately saw how much of a jerk he really is, and just kept going with that. I never viewed him as unlikeable, just antagonistic. Here, we finally see a glimpse of his own insecurities.

Dragon appeared as the "good" one, though as time went on, we saw a bit more of her personality, and it wasn't entirely a good one. She wasn't perfect in her treatment of her followers, and here she finally sees that.

Now, I've seen a few comments saying they're faking it. I really hope not, as that would mean yes, they have become unlikeable. We see them growing more over the past few years, it would be terrible if we were led astray all this time. Will that happen? I don't know, who am I to tell the author how his own story should go?

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Xane wrote:I'm starting to wonder if Dragon is to blame for various disaster floods over the years.
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I love the little start Pete has in the first panel, and all three expressions on Cerb's faces capture such a wide sample of the emotions that helping your friend through an issue can bring out, and the look of brokenness in the third panel with the firm squeeze on the shoulder by Cerb. That whole sequence in the first three panels really resonates with me. This is some great characterization, and I'm really enjoying seeing it.
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What... did I just read... I mean seriously, I have had faith in Rick, but I think I'm about to lose it, next update better clear that up. Dragon is inconsiderate, but she isn't "a terrible person", Pete on the other hand...
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I know Pete is kind of a jerk, but honestly I feel bad for him. I'm pretty sure there is some major backstory to him though, that has made him the jerk he is today. I might be reading a lot into it, but jerks aren't born they are made. I'm curious if it has something to do with his parents, or if it has something to do with a bully in school. I'm a Nerd and a Geek myself, but that doesn't make me jerk. So I really want to hug Pete honestly, as Nerds get bullied and they gotta stand up for themselves somehow. Pete has done a lot of bad things, but he has done a lot of good as well.

He helped Joel a lot honestly, as does anyone really think prison and in a cell, would have helped him curb that hatred towards housepets and strays? Nah, I think in all honesty he would have grown that hatred. So Pete gave him a chance at redemption, as proven when Fox accepted him as the truth came out. Would he have had chance at redemption in prison? Probably not, he would probably be rotting in a cell thinking of revenge. Pete may have forced him to become a Corgi, but was he forced into the game not entirely. As Pete may have tried to convince him, in a lot of ways but he never once after turning King into a corgi forced him to become his pawn and bend to his will.

While Dragon, there is a lot I can about her and well most of it is not good. She is a crybaby, but the way she acts it's like everything she wants has been handed to her on a silverplatter and that she should deserve it. Also she pushed Tarot to date Peanut whom she didn't know at all, only because of the game and to stop Pete from gaining a powerful avatar. Also Dragon interfered with Sabrina's love life, making her break up with people only to stop Pete from gaining a pawn. If anyone is darker/more of a jerk, I would vote dragon hands down. But I'm glad Tarot loves Peanut, as they fit well together.

Anyways I know what class King is, magical fairy corgi That can breathe fire lol. I wonder what will happen to Pete and dragon now though, anticipating the outcome.
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SuperStar wrote:What... did I just read... I mean seriously, I have had faith in Rick, but I think I'm about to lose it, next update better clear that up. Dragon is inconsiderate, but she isn't "a terrible person", Pete on the other hand...
Something I've noticed over time is that it's often those who least deserve to feel guilty who struggle the most with it. The truly good people who try and fail to meet their own standards often end up feeling a good bit worse than they really need to over each stumble. It's part of what makes them good people, really. Being willing to acknowledge their faults; and it's a fine balance between recognizing legitimate faults and misperceiving the gravity of those faults.
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SuperStar wrote:What... did I just read... I mean seriously, I have had faith in Rick, but I think I'm about to lose it, next update better clear that up. Dragon is inconsiderate, but she isn't "a terrible person", Pete on the other hand...
what's wrong with this comic?
Pete may have at last come to his senses for once in his life.
And Dragon has realized she has crossed a line with her manipulations of Tarot's and Sabrina's lives. She's not a 'terrible person' in the sense she didn't act like a jerk (as Pete did), but she was no saint either.
Now they only need to amend, without further kicking. I mean, they are omnipotent! How hard can that be??
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I think Pete is just in complete disbelief that he has lost, I doubt that this would change him at all, at least not immediately. :lol:
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Hey... anyone else saw the Blade Runner Reference in the third Panel?
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Ya gotta understand. They're about the lose the game, so a spread of emotion is consuming both of them, and not just one emotion either. They're going from having total power to no power. From being strong to being weak. Prideful to humble. Such a change/loss can break even the most arrogant of people.
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John-056 wrote:Hey... anyone else saw the Blade Runner Reference in the third Panel?
I put the full quote in my first post towards the top.
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My mind literally blew when I noticed Roy Batty's dying words from Blade Runner was on Pete's shirt...it's almost like he predicted the rain.
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John-056 wrote:Hey... anyone else saw the Blade Runner Reference in the third Panel?
first thing that I had translated :mrgreen:
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Wow, Pete actually said I'm sorry... maybe this will be the turn of the events.

Also... I just realized that the TV crew is taping the event the whole time. Cue for Piccolo to explode his camera?
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I've seen things you people can't possibly imagine. Burgers on fire at the wolves barbecue. I watched Rock's jacket glitter in the sun by a pool full of custard. All these moments will be lost in time, like drool in the rain. Time to Wake up.

Did you guys know that Rutger Hauer ad-libbed that speech?

So, this answers the question of whether Cerberus is rocking three heads down here on Earth. Speaking of whom:
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Argent wrote:I've seen things you people can't possibly imagine. Burgers on fire at the wolves barbecue. I watched Rock's jacket glitter in the sun by a pool full of custard. All these moments will be lost in time, like drool in the rain. Time to Wake up.
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