2015/07/24 - Sit For A Spell

Post by **Dissension** » Wed Jul 22, 2015 3:32 am

[ Sit For A Spell ]

Title Text: Don't try doing the math, if we're going to nitpick the little things, we'll need a disclaimer after every comic

Will Satau be a fan favorite?

King's Men14 · Post by **King's Men14** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:01 am

Wow I need one of those spells in Spanish class

Gbr23 · Post by **Gbr23** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:03 am

What´s winning ? What´s losing ? Does it matter ? ... Well ..

Mickey · Post by **Mickey** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:04 am

I'm gonna do the math anyway.

Niftyness · Post by **Niftyness** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:04 am

King's Men14 wrote:Wow I need one of those spells in Spanish class

Why limit yourself to Spanish Class when you could go to Europe and use it everywhere? Honestly that spell would save a lot of time and effort. Although I guess all the translator jobs would be useless, then, if everyone were able to use it at will...

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:05 am

I wonder how Satau's going to react when he finds out neither Dragon or Pete won?

Dissension wrote:Will Satau be a fan favorite?

Maybe.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:08 am

Satau seems to be a nice guy, I'm sure he'll take it all in stride.

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:09 am

I can't wait for this arc to get rolling, its going to have a lot of interesting backstory for sure.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:17 am

Anyone else notice that Tarot is looking sleeker here? I'm glad, I didn't really like the really puffy Tarot from before.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:19 am

sooo...here we have an apparent zealot. One who may NOT be pleased to learn of Dragon's and Pete's fate, and even the less happy to learn that Dragon wasn't really caring for the world. With some luck, he'll say that he's been happy and honored to be dragon's second boyfriend.
Oh, and Sabrina? Please keep this guy away from King and Bailey. A LOT away. Or perhaps you shouldn't even mention them. yup.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:21 am

Peanut, please get in the picture
so you can prove you're not sidelined;
Resist the urge to give Tarot the lead
even if you're gentlemanly inclined.
Sabrina has the gift of knowledge
and grants it freely for talks' benefit
as Satau resides inside the arcane;
all he needs to do is kneel or sit.
He has much to catch up on, the ancient,
through so much history he was trapped.
There's so much he needs to know now.
His route to information isn't mapped.
Come, guys, help him back to his temporal place
It'll be easier than explaining Dragon's 'grace'.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:27 am

I guess I was a bit nit-picky about the last strip - I see no reason to nitpick this one.

Hehe, I love the nose sniffing. ^w^

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:29 am

valerio wrote:Oh, and Sabrina? Please keep this guy away from King and Bailey. A LOT away. Or perhaps you shouldn't even mention them. yup.

Why not? I think they'd get along.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:35 am

SuperStar wrote:Why not? I think they'd get along.

King basically managed to convince Sabrina to give up the game (Tarot was already inclined to do so), and his actions caused DS and Pete to get stuck into new lives, powerless. The Game was invalidated and animals as a collective didn't get their happily-ever-after.
Hope Satau will be understanding -and not because of magic

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:42 am

Satau seems like a pretty nice guy, I'm sure he'll take it well. I mean, we can see from this comic that he seems to have originally joined with the Dragon because he wanted animal equality of some sort, and that's already achieved anyway, so I'm sure he'll be more or less okay.

ChekeBello · Post by **ChekeBello** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:43 am

So he is stuck in the present cuz the game finished, since Dragon is not around to do it, maybe Kitsune can return him. I would like to see Kitsune again

Still... a part of me wants Satau to stay around instead.

The Temple, the Gargoyles, that Keene's one(1) mana, Zach still being able to cast magic and now Satau, there many loose ends of the game x_X

Post by **Serence Frostbite** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:44 am

well , this could be interesting

HundKatzeMaus · Post by **HundKatzeMaus** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:57 am

Wow the 2nd avatar? I wonder who was Pete's second and who was the first Avatar of DS....the game really went long, didn't it?

Frank · Post by **Frank** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:59 am

Aww, no more akkadian?

And the math is simple: (5000 BC + 2015 AD) ÷ (150−2+1) = 47 years average life span per avatar
... + overlap/apprencieship/rearing time
... − time to search for a replacement if one died unforseably (before the replacement could start being trained)
...wait, would that even affect the average?

...I shouldn't be doing math this early in the morning

Post by **D-Rock** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:00 am

Yeah, I'm suddenly curious as to how he managed to travel through time like that. His own powers? Definitely a fish out of water, this guy.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:03 am

I'm guessing that Satau was knocked out of gameplay somehow in order for Dragon to have choosen 148 other avatars after him. Or he could've died - but that wouldn't explain why all of Dragon's other avatars haven't shown up.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:08 am

Maybe Satau was put in reserve for the grand finale and Dragon forgot about him?

IdleCurator · Post by **IdleCurator** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:23 am

valerio wrote:
SuperStar wrote:Why not? I think they'd get along.
King basically managed to convince Sabrina to give up the game (Tarot was already inclined to do so), and his actions caused DS and Pete to get stuck into new lives, powerless. The Game was invalidated and animals as a collective didn't get their happily-ever-after.
Hope Satau will be understanding -and not because of magic

When you put it like that it sounds like King has ruined the hopes and dreams of a powerful Jackal.

ChekeBello wrote:So he is stuck in the present cuz the game finished, since Dragon is not around to do it, maybe Kitsune can return him. I would like to see Kitsune again Still... a part of me wants Satau to stay around instead.

The Temple, the Gargoyles, that Keene's one(1) mana, Zach still being able to cast magic and now Satau, there many loose ends of the game x_X

I really want to know more about Keenes mana and the still supernatural happenings of Babylon. But how can Satau still be alive? Is he immortal? Where has he been? Since when can the cosmic nerds time travel? This is going to be a real joy ride.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:28 am

Number9Dysonsphere wrote:Since when can the cosmic nerds time travel?

Since always! It's actually fairly trivial for them, I imagine. For the rest of your questions, I suggest staying tuned! I'm sure a lot of them will get answers soon.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 1:30 am

Douglas Collier wrote:I'm guessing that Satau was knocked out of gameplay somehow in order for Dragon to have choosen 148 other avatars after him. Or he could've died - but that wouldn't explain why all of Dragon's other avatars haven't shown up.

Suddenly, CROWD!

Number9Dysonsphere wrote:
valerio wrote:King basically managed to convince Sabrina to give up the game (Tarot was already inclined to do so), and his actions caused DS and Pete to get stuck into new lives, powerless. The Game was invalidated and animals as a collective didn't get their happily-ever-after.
Hope Satau will be understanding -and not because of magic
When you put it like that it sounds like King has ruined the hopes and dreams of a powerful Jackal.

Well, not really, technically: That was all Pete's doing. All the gryphon needed was to be sensible with his avatar, play the card of good PR and ESPECIALLY let King and Bailey stay together in that final fight. He built up the foundations for the end of the Game.

Roboplayer52 · Post by **Roboplayer52** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:28 am

Anybody else notice that Tarot has a new tarot card tag and collar?

Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:32 am

Roboplayer52 wrote:Anybody else notice that Tarot has a new tarot card tag and collar?

she had that last time we saw her, in this arc
her old tag was Dragon's symbol, so she kinda had to change.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:47 am

HundKatzeMaus wrote:Wow the 2nd avatar? I wonder who was Pete's second and who was the first Avatar of DS....the game really went long, didn't it? :shock:

Pete was locked in his temple and prevented from obtaining an avatar, making Bailey... his one and only.

SuperStar · Post by **SuperStar** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 5:22 am

Dissension wrote:
HundKatzeMaus wrote:Wow the 2nd avatar? I wonder who was Pete's second and who was the first Avatar of DS....the game really went long, didn't it?
Pete was locked in his temple and prevented from obtaining an avatar, making Bailey... his one and only.

Man that's sad almost. Imagine how embarrassing it would've been if King and Bailey just did nothing, then he'd have no avatar at all in all of 7000 years,

Furryface18 · Post by **Furryface18** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:15 am

I think I might like Satau. He seems nice so far and so handsome too.
I'm glad some of the "magic" is coming back. This will be fun!

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:44 am

Furryface18 wrote:I'm glad some of the "magic" is coming back. This will be fun!

The reason for the celestial game ending was because of fan disapproval though. Many readers disliked the magic themed stuff and drama and wanted the comic to pivot back to its original slice-of-life format.
I've nothing against it but I'm sure Rick will be able to strike a nice balance between the two.

Also, I'm guessing that Satau's gonna turn out to be the bad guy of the arc.
I'm all for buff villains

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:51 am

AWKWARD!

So either there were gaps where Dragon had no avatar, or avatars live longer than the average pet.

Niftyness wrote:
King's Men14 wrote:Wow I need one of those spells in Spanish class
Why limit yourself to Spanish Class when you could go to Europe and use it everywhere? Honestly that spell would save a lot of time and effort. Although I guess all the translator jobs would be useless, then, if everyone were able to use it at will...

http://translate.google.com/

Plus, we're all telepaths thanks to Samsung and Nokia and Motorola and Apple...

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:04 am

deepskycyan wrote: The reason for the celestial game ending was because of fan disapproval though. Many readers disliked the magic themed stuff and drama and wanted the comic to pivot back to its original slice-of-life format.
I've nothing against it but I'm sure Rick will be able to strike a nice balance between the two.

Also, I'm guessing that Satau's gonna turn out to be the bad guy of the arc.
I'm all for buff villains

What if he turns out to be good?

Satau seems to be to me like a pretty sweet guy already. and seems to love supporting Spirit dragon's cause. That can go two ways, though, but i'm sure so far he seems like the understanding type. Just look at those expressions :3

On another note - Him and Tarot sniffing each other is adorable. X3

Dissension wrote:Will Satau be a fan favorite?

I have a hunch he will be if time travelling is involved.

ascdren · Post by **ascdren** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:22 am

ok, so after many long and complex bits of maths that did all sorts of weird things (including bringing an ancient Egyptian jackal into the present day) I have concluded that the answer is .... 42

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:26 am

Dissension wrote:
HundKatzeMaus wrote:Wow the 2nd avatar? I wonder who was Pete's second and who was the first Avatar of DS....the game really went long, didn't it?
Pete was locked in his temple and prevented from obtaining an avatar, making Bailey... his one and only.

well, technically King was his first one in this age, but during the 'dog days of summers' King legaled his way out of Pete's control.
Also, during the 'trial in heaven' arc, it was clear that at least once between his entrapment and modern times Pete had a human, medieval-looking avatar. I think that it is possible he was at least able to lure someone to his presence into the temple.

Post by **Dissension** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:40 am

I don't believe King officially became Pete's avatar.

My understanding was that the avatar depicted in "The Trial In Heaven" was from a different game than the one in the Housepets! universe.

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 7:56 am

Dissension wrote:I don't believe King officially became Pete's avatar.

My understanding was that the avatar depicted in "The Trial In Heaven" was from a different game than the one in the Housepets! universe.

Oh, yes you are right: During the DDOS arc, Pete tried to convince King into becoming one through unauthorized mind control.
On the second point, it's not been very clear. But thanks to the "Temple Raiders" arc, we know that it is possible at least to enter the temple, plus the fact that it's hard to sneak inside, it doesn't mean that Pete cannot get in touch with whomever is close and receptive enough (woodland animals, Henry Milton...)

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:01 am

I can expect Snafu's beliefs to be funny in this arc.

Cat and Dog working under the same roof? Sounds like a Peanut and Grape shipper to me. :3

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:13 am

Spell of Mutual Understanding? Please, you're not fooling anyone, Sabrina.

We all know you just used a Babel Fish.

Buster · Post by **Buster** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 8:56 am

So, avatars on average remain active for 46.6 years?