Arc 38: Hope of the Pridelands
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Life would be pretty boring if people were always exactly the same. Predictability may be comfortable to some folks, but people do swap roles, so it's not like this is coming out of nowhere.
In the context of the comic, I like that Peanut was able to display a measure of skepticism with that amused attitude, which does seem to be more in keeping with his character.
In the context of the comic, I like that Peanut was able to display a measure of skepticism with that amused attitude, which does seem to be more in keeping with his character.
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Predictability is what killed newspaper comics. You can't just have one of your characters eat too much food again. Sometimes someone's gotta summon a giant spirit dragon.
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So wait, will this arc be about Grape and her Pridelands stuff or will it be about the secret santa thing? Or both?
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I see no reason why it would not contain elements of both, but I will not hazard a guess as to whether one will be more prominently featured.
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Re: Arc 38: Hope of the Pridelands
IT's no doubt going to be about Pridelands.
I'm just thinking somewhere in the comic though, Rick will throw us a teaser moment. probably right on christmas day.
I'm just thinking somewhere in the comic though, Rick will throw us a teaser moment. probably right on christmas day.
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This actually happened in Blondie just yesterday.Sleet wrote:Predictability is what killed newspaper comics. You can't just have one of your characters eat too much food again. Sometimes someone's gotta summon a giant spirit dragon.
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No, yesterday his wife tried to get him to eat healthy.CaptainPea wrote:This actually happened in Blondie just yesterday.Sleet wrote:Predictability is what killed newspaper comics. You can't just have one of your characters eat too much food again. Sometimes someone's gotta summon a giant spirit dragon.
I think when Grape sees the author she'll faint and by the time she wakes up she's gone.
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Also, I'm curious about the skull rising out of the DS... what is Peanut playing?Zander wrote:No, yesterday his wife tried to get him to eat healthy.CaptainPea wrote:This actually happened in Blondie just yesterday.Sleet wrote:Predictability is what killed newspaper comics. You can't just have one of your characters eat too much food again. Sometimes someone's gotta summon a giant spirit dragon.
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Haha, that's awesome.
He was probably playing something like NSMB and he just died.
He was probably playing something like NSMB and he just died.
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anybody else find peanut and grape to be a little out of character this strip?
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Grape is definitely in character. Peanut is a little less excited than I would have expected him to be, but I'm not sure that really counts.
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Weren't we just talking about how people aren't static and friends occasionally reverse roles in real life?
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Re: Arc 38: Hope of the Pridelands
You'd think that Peanut would be more excited for a new Pridelands book, since he went so crazy over the last one...Sleet wrote:Grape is definitely in character. Peanut is a little less excited than I would have expected him to be, but I'm not sure that really counts.
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i get home at about six.Dissension wrote:Weren't we just talking about how people aren't static and friends occasionally reverse roles in real life?
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I was thinking that as well, that's a little inconsistent.Tha Housedog wrote:You'd think that Peanut would be more excited for a new Pridelands book, since he went so crazy over the last one...Sleet wrote:Grape is definitely in character. Peanut is a little less excited than I would have expected him to be, but I'm not sure that really counts.
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Actually it does make sense since he doesn't want to meet his hero and has obligations to the club plus he'll get to read it anyway when Grape brings it home, possibly first since hes a really fast reader. Also we didn't see how he acted when he first heard that it was coming out so he might have calmed down a bit since then.mariomarc wrote:I was thinking that as well, that's a little inconsistent.Tha Housedog wrote:You'd think that Peanut would be more excited for a new Pridelands book, since he went so crazy over the last one...Sleet wrote:Grape is definitely in character. Peanut is a little less excited than I would have expected him to be, but I'm not sure that really counts.
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In real life dogs can't talk.Dissension wrote:Weren't we just talking about how people aren't static and friends occasionally reverse roles in real life?
I think it works well for Grape, though, it makes her more interesting.
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Are you trying to invalidate my statement because this is a comic?
Why should characters not act in a manner analogous to real life if their creator so desires?rickgriffin wrote:If people actually pay attention to how others act, friends DO swap roles like that. I realized this while I was drawing the comic, and that when I've had Peanut express 'annoyance' before (like Grape would) it rang false, so I changed it to 'amused'.
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Doesn't bother me, I'm just pointing out that I don't worry about how the comic relates to real life.Dissension wrote: Why should characters not act in a manner analogous to real life if their creator so desires?
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Characters can change in responce to the will of there creator. Unless the creator developes an Authors complex, Then the characters tend to act of there own accord....
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Well yeah, characters change and shift. But you can also reveal a new side of the character without it being contradictory, too.Vespier Leo wrote:Characters can change in responce to the will of there creator. Unless the creator developes an Authors complex, Then the characters tend to act of there own accord....
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True, but that limits the ability for plot twists.
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It's like Peanut and Grape switched bodies or something.
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Awkward.BunchaCrunch wrote:It's like Peanut and Grape switched bodies or something.
I don't see the big deal...Peanut and Grape are meant to balance each other out...so if Grape is being too fangirlish, then Peanut has to calm her down a bit. That's how their chemistry works.
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That... -_- ...that actually makes sense. o_oTha Housedog wrote: Awkward.
I don't see the big deal...Peanut and Grape are meant to balance each other out...so if Grape is being too fangirlish, then Peanut has to calm her down a bit. That's how their chemistry works.
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Re: Arc 38: Hope of the Pridelands
Peanut's original line was, "Uh-uh, fool. Step back."
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It's true, I've seen it.
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Yes, but it's usually Grape who calms Peanut down a bit.Tha Housedog wrote:Awkward.
I don't see the big deal...Peanut and Grape are meant to balance each other out...so if Grape is being too fangirlish, then Peanut has to calm her down a bit. That's how their chemistry works.
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That's true, but in the end, Rick does what Rick wants.Alex wrote:Yes, but it's usually Grape who calms Peanut down a bit.Tha Housedog wrote:Awkward.
I don't see the big deal...Peanut and Grape are meant to balance each other out...so if Grape is being too fangirlish, then Peanut has to calm her down a bit. That's how their chemistry works.
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It's been reiterated several times, some of which by people who actually matter, that not every comic has to be a crazy guy and his voice of reason. Characters are allowed to be more complicated than that.
And an ATHF reference in Housepets! would have been weird. *giggles*
And an ATHF reference in Housepets! would have been weird. *giggles*
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And then everything Grape says at the end of this arc ends up being true.
except she gets Cake and Coffee.
except she gets Cake and Coffee.
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I've got the creeping sensation that tomorrow's comic will feature Peanut dancing around wearing a clown suit with Grape (wearing spectacles, a bowler hat, and a long coat) correcting him in a refined English accent just to spite us...
except that actually would be funny...
except that actually would be funny...
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Amusing as that would be, Tis highly unlikely. Of corse I could be wrong.
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I only JUST noticed that Peanut appears to have died horribly in-game in that last panel. Stop distracting a gamer, Grape!
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Don't get it...
I mean, it can't be like that
I mean, it can't be like that
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Looks like she's probably a human after all. Or is she?!
God only knows what she wanted signed.
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No fair hiding Grape in the third panel! She's never looked cuter!
Oh Rick, pushing the rating again, as usual....
Oh Rick, pushing the rating again, as usual....
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Re: Arc 38: Hope of the Pridelands
Last panel. Lol.
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Except that God doesn't want to know.Sleet wrote:Looks like she's probably a human after all. Or is she?!
God only knows what she wanted signed.