SeanWolf wrote:I just thought of this: The announcement said 'out of their cage'...what are the odds that either tomorrow's strip or Wednesday's will have the zoo putting Lois into a cage and not believing that she was a human?
We don't know that she's switched genders.Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!
Lois was pretty flat chested as a human, but I don't think she had obvious pecs before being transformed.Argent wrote:We don't know that she's switched genders.Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!
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.
I'm hoping she's female on the rules that she would be the first actual female human transformed into a female animal. That, and she's a cat. :3VeryAngryDeer wrote:Lois was pretty flat chested as a human, but I don't think she had obvious pecs before being transformed.Argent wrote:We don't know that she's switched genders.Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!
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.
So who else thinks that the next arc is going to be "My Life As A Teenage Lynx"?Sir Chestnut wrote:SeanWolf wrote:I just thought of this: The announcement said 'out of their cage'...what are the odds that either tomorrow's strip or Wednesday's will have the zoo putting Lois into a cage and not believing that she was a human?
I could see them somehow finding out about one of Karishad's tunnels to escape if that happens. I think Bruce & Roosevelt have one in their pen if I remember correctly.
She was, of course, wearing a non-form-fitting shirt.VeryAngryDeer wrote:Lois was pretty flat chested as a human, but I don't think she had obvious pecs before being transformed.Argent wrote:We don't know that she's switched genders.Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!
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.
Everyone's getting buffed in this strip.Argent wrote:We don't know that she's switched genders.Rikunda wrote:I kinda like whatever it going on. It is sad they switch genders though, but does look great as a male!
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.
I have a feeling that we won't see that. The announcement was probably just the joke without any real significance. My bet is Milton Manor or more likely Poncho just takes them home because A) he lives there and B) King is there.SeanWolf wrote:I just thought of this: The announcement said 'out of their cage'...what are the odds that either tomorrow's strip or Wednesday's will have the zoo putting Lois into a cage and not believing that she was a human?
The "To be continued..." implies there is going to be a break of some sort, but once part 5 (or whatever its called) starts I think I would find a jump cut to her behindSeanWolf wrote:I just thought of this: The announcement said 'out of their cage'...what are the odds that either tomorrow's strip or Wednesday's will have the zoo putting Lois into a cage and not believing that she was a human?
Building off that, the area between her legs is drawn like how Rick Griffin draws feminine characters (so not counting Grape). As fun as speculating is, we for sure can't say either way definitively as of now and we should get our answer soon after the arc resumes. Surely Marion and Lois are as interested in finding out if her sex swaped as much as we are.GameCobra wrote:I'm hoping she's female on the rules that she would be the first actual female human transformed into a female animal. That, and she's a cat. :3VeryAngryDeer wrote:Lois was pretty flat chested as a human, but I don't think she had obvious pecs before being transformed.Argent wrote: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.
She looks male to me, but there are hints of her being female from the glasses, sitting pattern and the cheek fur being messier. I'm also expecting Poncho to start hitting on her x3
I think there will be break (Checked how the last arcs ended and they were always followed by some one-offs). But yeah it would be funny to see that.Champion Wallace wrote:of some sort, but once part 5 (or whatever its called) starts I think I would find a jump cut to her behindbarsglass funny.
Well, curses are a form of magic. We don't necessarily have to have physical contact. Marion could have had virtual contact with one of the wolves while playing Overwatch. We know that at least one wolf plays video games online. A ten minute delay could have meant that he was asleep.Hagus wrote:Here's one of my takes on this. I skimmed and tried to make sure nobody else already said this so sorry if I'm repeating someone
The wolves are partially responsible. Not intentionally. My theory is that the wolves got cursed (by Dino Demon or someone else) to carry the transformation curse unknowingly. Since they have numbers, and are all across town, it can spread easier. So, in order for this to work, we have to assume a few things.
1. Marion touched a wolf shortly before going to sleep, whether it be a fist bump and then going inside or what.
2. The transformation takes at least 10 minutes, because Lois had pet Poncho, but didn't transform for a while.
3. Dino Demon (or an unknown) is involved.
If this is true, then Keene will no doubt discover this and most likely will send the wolves all over town. At school, it probably will be chaos. I know it doesn't make much sense but considering Poncho was the only other person around, and Steward didn't do it, I think it was caused by touching Poncho, or another wolf.
Thanks for reading and stuff ok byeeeee.
You know, that theory about 'punishment' was something I thinking of some time ago. If this is true, then I think this would be the first time the comic had a legit villain (Dinomon aka Dino-Demon) that poses a legitimate threat!RyanWilson wrote:Well, curses are a form of magic. We don't necessarily have to have physical contact. Marion could have had virtual contact with one of the wolves while playing Overwatch. We know that at least one wolf plays video games online. A ten minute delay could have meant that he was asleep.Hagus wrote:Here's one of my takes on this. I skimmed and tried to make sure nobody else already said this so sorry if I'm repeating someone
The wolves are partially responsible. Not intentionally. My theory is that the wolves got cursed (by Dino Demon or someone else) to carry the transformation curse unknowingly. Since they have numbers, and are all across town, it can spread easier. So, in order for this to work, we have to assume a few things.
1. Marion touched a wolf shortly before going to sleep, whether it be a fist bump and then going inside or what.
2. The transformation takes at least 10 minutes, because Lois had pet Poncho, but didn't transform for a while.
3. Dino Demon (or an unknown) is involved.
If this is true, then Keene will no doubt discover this and most likely will send the wolves all over town. At school, it probably will be chaos. I know it doesn't make much sense but considering Poncho was the only other person around, and Steward didn't do it, I think it was caused by touching Poncho, or another wolf.
Thanks for reading and stuff ok byeeeee.
Another Weak Theory: If you consider the possibility that Marion may have run over a (female) squirrel off-screen (we know that he has a car), Lois was turned into a cat of a type that we suspect Poncho is interested in. Both examples could be forms of punishment (if we assume that manipulating Poncho was "wrong"). If we assume that punishment is involved, we can justify Dino-demon. It is from a world of punishment. Dino-demon appears to be a smaller version of The Forgotten, so it's probably not insignificant in terms of power. If Pandemonium is a world of punishment, and Dino-demon is a variety of creature of torment, then it could be, without stretching the known plot details, transforming humans as punishment for their "misdeeds."
Of course, Marion could also be being punished for functionally dropping out of a match because he fell asleep, and one of his teammates was a dog, so squirrel. Zero potential timeline issue there.
I can't even guess what the actual story will be, as the comic is being written in a way that deliberately makes that difficult. That difficulty is probably necessary for a webcomic or you end up with a fanfic that matches your actual story. Rick could have had that issue already, since it is known that he made significant changes to the Heaven is not enough arcs at some point between planning and production. It left several (mostly irrelevant) plot points unexplained.
Also, near the beginning of this arc http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/201 ... king-news/, we actually did have the word "pandemonium" used instead of the more obvious term "chaos." Could have been a hint... or not.
Which reinforces my point. If the non-form-fitting shirt was hiding anything, then it'd be even stranger that her cat-form appears to have chiseled muscles where breasts would be.D-Rock wrote:She was, of course, wearing a non-form-fitting shirt.VeryAngryDeer wrote:Lois was pretty flat chested as a human, but I don't think she had obvious pecs before being transformed.Argent wrote: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.
She was already a strong girl. Now she a strong cat of sorts.CunningFox wrote:Maybe Marion likes strong girls.
Sure. Got a laser pointer?Dissension wrote:Alternately, Lois is now the villain. Can she be stopped before bloodlust drives her to commit unspeakable horrors????
Okay, that got a serious guffaw outta me!dr_eirik wrote:Sure. Got a laser pointer?Dissension wrote:Alternately, Lois is now the villain. Can she be stopped before bloodlust drives her to commit unspeakable horrors????
Given what we've seen, Marion has little to worry about. I dont think that she'd even blame him at all. Trip to the zoo was her idea, after all.trekkie wrote:I dunno, she recognized Marion, so she might resist her instincts. So Marion might be okay. Plus having a wildcat on his side nigh be good if Marion has to confront Steward.
Does she have all those instincts that come along with it? Marion gained tree climbing instincts, but being a squirrel didn't result in him having an insatiable need to eat nuts. Certainly, if he did feel any urges to eat nuts, he was easily able to ignore them when he thought about his nut allergy.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Lois has only seen Marion as a squirrel while she was a human. Now that she is some sort of feline and has all of those instincts that come along with it, we don't know if she will decide Marion is a tasty snack.
Moreso than usual.NHWestoN wrote:Everyone's getting buffed in this strip.
Seems like he has a bit more in common with King.CunningFox wrote:Maybe Marion likes strong girls.
Other than playing with chew toys I don't think King has ever exhibited any sort of canine instinct.VeryAngryDeer wrote:Does she have all those instincts that come along with it? Marion gained tree climbing instincts, but being a squirrel didn't result in him having an insatiable need to eat nuts. Certainly, if he did feel any urges to eat nuts, he was easily able to ignore them when he thought about his nut allergy.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Lois has only seen Marion as a squirrel while she was a human. Now that she is some sort of feline and has all of those instincts that come along with it, we don't know if she will decide Marion is a tasty snack.
Whilst it would be pretty horrifying to suddenly be having thoughts about how your partner would just taste so delicious if you just put them in your mouth and bit, I don't think Lois is likely to be overcome by such feelings.
Free will, yo. We don't choose our thoughts, but we can choose our actions.
Well, he fell for, married and had puppies with a husky, so there had to be some kind of instincts there.Sir Chestnut wrote:
Other than playing with chew toys I don't think King has ever exhibited any sort of canine instinct.
While I agree with all your other points, i personally feel as this one doesn't make as much sense as all the others, and a ship wouldn't stop a gender bender from happening, regarding the frustration and other points. Also, I don't think that's a ship that will most likely happen, unless rick griffin decides, or people demand Lois brakes up with marion (which doesn't seem fair to marion and is a bit cruel) to make their ship cannon, other wise a romantic/sexual (yes, I get this is more of a kid oriented "family" friendly, but still, sexual innuendos can exist...) ship will NOT most likely happen in the foreseeable future.fenrirblack wrote:I'm going to throw a guess into the ring and say that Lois did NOT gender-swap for several reasons.....
C. Poncho-Lois shipping is now a real thing without it being as weird. We know he has a thing for large cat species.
His taste in fedoras, maybe...….Sir Chestnut wrote:Other than playing with chew toys I don't think King has ever exhibited any sort of canine instinct.VeryAngryDeer wrote:Does she have all those instincts that come along with it? Marion gained tree climbing instincts, but being a squirrel didn't result in him having an insatiable need to eat nuts. Certainly, if he did feel any urges to eat nuts, he was easily able to ignore them when he thought about his nut allergy.Amazee Dayzee wrote:Lois has only seen Marion as a squirrel while she was a human. Now that she is some sort of feline and has all of those instincts that come along with it, we don't know if she will decide Marion is a tasty snack.
Whilst it would be pretty horrifying to suddenly be having thoughts about how your partner would just taste so delicious if you just put them in your mouth and bit, I don't think Lois is likely to be overcome by such feelings.
Free will, yo. We don't choose our thoughts, but we can choose our actions.
I think that and ship here would be one-sided, which Poncho is not exactly above doing. He had a crush on Gale which she only slightly pretended to be open to just long enough to get out of his trap. So, it depends on if his thing for Gale was for her specifically (she helped him with his wound when he was young) or if he just has a thing for strong cats.ZAR22 wrote:While I agree with all your other points, i personally feel as this one doesn't make as much sense as all the others, and a ship wouldn't stop a gender bender from happening, regarding the frustration and other points. Also, I don't think that's a ship that will most likely happen, unless ruck griffin decides, or people demand Lois brakes up with marion (which doesn't seem fair to marion and is a bit cruel) to make their ship cannon, other wise a romantic/sexual (yes, I get this is more of a kid oriented "family" friendly, but still, sexual innuendos can exist...) ship will NOT most likely happen in the foreseeable future.fenrirblack wrote:I'm going to throw a guess into the ring and say that Lois did NOT gender-swap for several reasons.....
C. Poncho-Lois shipping is now a real thing without it being as weird. We know he has a thing for large cat species.
I am all for ships. Just NOT that ship, because of who is dating them, and to some degree, I can relate to marion.
There is very little gender dysmorphism in Housepets, so it's really hard to tell. Looking back at the camping arc, especially in scenes with Miles and Gale, it is very tough to tell which is male and female if you don't already know the characters.ZAR22 wrote: On a side note, she does look like she has a guy's body though, or maybe just all female cats of that species are like that in the Housepets universe?
Yes, but then again, when doing fan service (or when fan service is involved), or forced to, or when paid alot of money, ships that most likely wouldn't happened or characters who wouldn't do that else it would be out of character, would happen in some cases. Not saying it's going to happen, hope it doesn't, but you never know.dr_eirik wrote:
Neither of those means Lois has to be even slightly interested in him. And I think this transformation, even into an incomparable species, will keep these two together for a while.
