Re: 2019/05/01 - Simple Explanation
Posted: Wed May 01, 2019 3:36 pm
The answering machine, my true favorite character
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With Steward he probably started using his first name more. I think it was only mentioned the one time.Amazee Dayzee wrote:I went with formerly known as because I was joking as seeing how when Joel and (possibly) Steward had changed, their names also overwritten with new names.
Rick confirmed it when he streamed the next strips on Tigerdile yesterday.shadowlucario50 wrote:By the way, when was he confirmed male? I keep seeing everyone post "him" and "he" for Marion.
You know, I always thought King's voice would've changed to accommodate his new shape. It seems weird if I picture him with a grown man's voice in that corgi's body. The same is true for Marion. He is a teenager, though. Maybe he already sounded like the squeaky-voiced teen.fenrirblack wrote:“Formerly known as”? He’s still Marion. The only thing that’s changed is his species and appearance. There is no guarantee that his voice has changed either. When magic is involved the voice usually stays the same.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Now we know another thing about the squirrel formerly known as Marion. His last name is Ward apparently.
I always imagined a grown man's voice for King. Nothing too deep or anything but something essentially normal for someone in their late twenties/early thirties.Postcard wrote:You know, I always thought King's voice would've changed to accommodate his new shape. It seems weird if I picture him with a grown man's voice in that corgi's body. The same is true for Marion. He is a teenager, though. Maybe he already sounded like the squeaky-voiced teen.fenrirblack wrote:“Formerly known as”? He’s still Marion. The only thing that’s changed is his species and appearance. There is no guarantee that his voice has changed either. When magic is involved the voice usually stays the same.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Now we know another thing about the squirrel formerly known as Marion. His last name is Ward apparently.
you're assuming they were referring to their face. i find it telling that their (her?) derailed thought went to shaving a limb over shaving a beard.CunningFox wrote:Well, he apparently shaves.shadowlucario50 wrote:By the way, when was he confirmed male? I keep seeing everyone post "him" and "he" for Marion.
Jill Sandwich is a fairly good mom to Peanut and Grape.fenrirblack wrote:What is up with "moms" in this comic. Between Joel's mom, Marion's mom, heck even Max's mom, they are not coming out great. Keene's mom was good but she did die.......
As far as I know, this is the very first time the name Ward has come up in Housepets!.Gameb18oy wrote:So the name Ward come up before? I’m trying to figure out if there might be a pet in that house (gonna be awkward if a dog chases him out). Wonder if Rick thought it be funny for Ste-ward to go after the Ward family, or if that was just a coincidence. Regardless, I hope the squirrel gets a hug at some point in this arc, he clearly needs one
I don't think that's a tail check, as his eyes aren't pointed in the right direction. My first impression was he was looking away from the phone because he couldn't bring himself to say the word "squirrel".Cody wrote:Digression: I love the "tail check" he did to try and figure out exactly what he's become. I'm presuming from the "Just come home" comment that he's not even certain himself of what he is.
I'm not saying this is what I want to happen, but I think by happenstance Marion is going to run into Costume Ink first.Gameb18oy wrote:Okay, I’m just gonna make a list of some of the likely candidates for who he can run into, and we can figure out even if they don’t happen, who’d be the most amusing to see.
"Oh, I hope you didn't stake your career on cracking this one."Frank wrote:In other words, "Leads: none, witnesses: none, and you're not in the computer system yet, so resources: none!"fenrirblack wrote:Julia Ward, Marion's mother. Age: unknown. Appearance: unknown. Occupation: unknown.
Keene does know the gold is cursed so it's possible, but this seems to go against Keene and Lana's characters and it would also beg the question "Why now?".Frank wrote:What if he's in college, "home" is just his dorm, but he knows his mom will understand this? Conspiracy theory time: It's part of the ferrets' plan to get animals accepted into college to more than mail-order courses (yesterday we were arguing whether it was Steward's coin or just one they pulled out of the rubble)fenrirblack wrote:She most likely is somewhere in the city judging from Marion's "Mom you have to come home!" Of course there is no way of knowing if she is out of the country or something
...and the third panel, and the fourth panel (Marion's sitting on his knees).fenrirblack wrote:Rick’s Twitter. The odd fur patch is partly visible in the second panel.Gameb18oy wrote:Hey Fen, out of curiousity, where did you find that one pic of Marion? I’m still of the mindset that that was a roughdraft piece so elements like the necklace may or may not appear in the comic + still haven’t seen that odd patch of fur on his right foot that is a different shade from the rest of him, but I’m wondering if there are more possible future characters that can be discovered around it... and yes I am gonna see if there’s an otter amongst them, don’t judge me
Voices staying the same despite a character getting a new body or borrowing another (swapping minds) has always been a pet peeve of mine. What makes vocal cords so special?fenrirblack wrote:“Formerly known as”? He’s still Marion. The only thing that’s changed is his species and appearance. There is no guarantee that his voice has changed either. When magic is involved the voice usually stays the same.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Now we know another thing about the squirrel formerly known as Marion. His last name is Ward apparently.
Steward is always tagged as Steward, regardless of species. It might be revealed in the future he changed his name to avoid being connected to his past life, though he didn't technically do anything illegal and someone connecting him with the human would require them correctly guessing magic is real.Amazee Dayzee wrote:I went with formerly known as because I was joking as seeing how when Joel and (possibly) Steward had changed, their names also overwritten with new names.
That could be it too, for sure. Regardless, I find it both adorable and hilarious all the sameChampion Wallace wrote:I don't think that's a tail check, as his eyes aren't pointed in the right direction. My first impression was he was looking away from the phone because he couldn't bring himself to say the word "squirrel".
They were rubbing their face when they said that, then noticed their hand was furry as well and changed from face to hand. It's a classic two panel double take.Buster wrote:you're assuming they were referring to their face. i find it telling that their (her?) derailed thought went to shaving a limb over shaving a beard.CunningFox wrote:Well, he apparently shaves.shadowlucario50 wrote:By the way, when was he confirmed male? I keep seeing everyone post "him" and "he" for Marion.
He’s too old for “toys” or even collectibles. Judging from the computer probably more of a gamer. As far as family goes I going out on a limb and stick with it’s just him and mom.Frank wrote:New thought: he's going to want clothes in his size, and from what we've seen of his room, he doesn't seem to "do" toys
Does he live with a sister?
It does beg the question of “where” he lives? So far we’ve rarely ever left Babylon Gardens or seen any other part of the city aside from a few road trips, flashbacks, near death experiences, and one annoying video store. I want to say that he lives in BG because that would be the obvious setting but the problem is again teenagers are never seen and even if it’s not a “rule” I’m pretty sure to have to have (or be) a pet to live there. Depending on where he lives will be the ultimate determining factor of who he meets first. If he escapes to the woods then the cult would be number one but if he does go straight to Babylon Gardens then it could be just about anyone.Champion Wallace wrote:I'm not saying this is what I want to happen, but I think by happenstance Marion is going to run into Costume Ink first.Gameb18oy wrote:Okay, I’m just gonna make a list of some of the likely candidates for who he can run into, and we can figure out even if they don’t happen, who’d be the most amusing to see.
Simon said that Henry Milton"broke up his estate here and build affordable homes for middle-class families with pets.". One reading of that would be there is an ordinance or something that homeowners need to have a pet, or Mr. Milton wouldn't sell to prospective buyers without pets, though on top of the ambiguity Simon isn't the most reliable source. If that is the case than Marion either has a pet (it could be a Neighborhood Dog) or doesn't live in Babylon Gardens. If pet ownership is a rule in BG than it makes sense for there to be few kids because it's harder in that universe to have both a pet and a kid since pets take almost as much energy to raise as kids.fenrirblack wrote:It does beg the question of “where” he lives? So far we’ve rarely ever left Babylon Gardens or seen any other part of the city aside from a few road trips, flashbacks, near death experiences, and one annoying video store. I want to say that he lives in BG because that would be the obvious setting but the problem is again teenagers are never seen and even if it’s not a “rule” I’m pretty sure to have to have (or be) a pet to live there. Depending on where he lives will be the ultimate determining factor of who he meets first. If he escapes to the woods then the cult would be number one but if he does go straight to Babylon Gardens then it could be just about anyone.Champion Wallace wrote:I'm not saying this is what I want to happen, but I think by happenstance Marion is going to run into Costume Ink first.Gameb18oy wrote:Okay, I’m just gonna make a list of some of the likely candidates for who he can run into, and we can figure out even if they don’t happen, who’d be the most amusing to see.
I suspect more pet owners are like Mr. Hartford than like the Sandwiches.Champion Wallace wrote:If pet ownership is a rule in BG than it makes sense for there to be few kids because it's harder in that universe to have both a pet and a kid since pets take almost as much energy to raise as kids.
that's kinda alarming....Argent wrote:I suspect more pet owners are like Mr. Hartford than like the Sandwiches.Champion Wallace wrote:If pet ownership is a rule in BG than it makes sense for there to be few kids because it's harder in that universe to have both a pet and a kid since pets take almost as much energy to raise as kids.
That comic actually did have an answering machine tag previously. When the site got updated the tags had to be manually re-added. At that time, they tagged that strip with Professor D'Angelo instead. Technically, it is her dad's voice.Macsen wrote:Okay, now whoever does the website needs to go back and add "answering machine" as a tag wherever we encounter voicemail. Like in Jungle Fever:
That would be so terrible! Could you imagine Marion getting his life turned upside-down waking up as a squirrel, but to add insult to injury he's cursed to smell as bad a a human male teenager. Besides, Marion has an entirely new squirrel body. Why would he keep his human scent glands of all things?trekkie wrote:Also, I wonder if he kept the same scent he did when he was human, we know King did not, but at this point we don’t know how Marion became a squirrel.