2013/08/19 - Tearing Down The House

GarrisonSkunk · Post by **GarrisonSkunk** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:50 am

Vuk91 wrote:... also have you noticed Tarot's behavior is... rude?

Yes, I have. Wonder if she'll still be so high and mighty if SD decides to use replacement Sabrina and take away all her powers.

Nohbody · Post by **Nohbody** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:27 am

Hotrod wrote:Peanut in the first panel looks so scared

Squishy doggie, frost giant fighting dragon. You do the math.

"Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

copper wrote:That sound! It is the sound of ultimate suffering... my heart made that sound when they killed my father. Points if you get the awesome reference!

In this crowd, no one at all recognizing it?

INCONCEIVABLE!

(And, yes, in this case that word does mean what I think it means.

)

Vuk91 · Post by **Vuk91** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:28 am

Uh oh:
https://www.housepetscomic.com/2010/07/ ... thing-but/
The part where she nearly confesses her love for Peanut suggests something awful to happen.

Titanium Dragon · Post by **Titanium Dragon** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:32 am

Now we just have to wait for the next strip where he realizes he doesn't know Tarot very well either.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:45 am

Dissension wrote:
Gren wrote:The problem here is that she's not a teenager at all.
Um. She is, kind of. The whole Universes & Unrealities crew is a group of adolescents playing a game.

In any case, teenagers aren't the only people who don't operate 100% on logic.

0.o I just thought of something. If they're just adolescents/teenagers then WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS????

Can you just imagine Pete's Momma? 0.o

Heehee, can you just imagine that as an ending for the game:

Pete's Momma: "Pete, Dragon, time to pack it up. Dragon's father is here to pick her up."
Pete: "Oh, but mooom-"
Pete's Momma: "Now, Pete!"
Pete and dragon *packs up game, leaves all the "pieces" as they are currently - i.e. King as a dog, Peanut and Tarot dating, Sabrina and Tarot with their powers, Zach and the woodlanders...

Vuk91 · Post by **Vuk91** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 2:46 am

Hlaoroo wrote:
Dissension wrote:
Gren wrote:The problem here is that she's not a teenager at all.
Um. She is, kind of. The whole Universes & Unrealities crew is a group of adolescents playing a game.

In any case, teenagers aren't the only people who don't operate 100% on logic.
0.o I just thought of something. If they're just adolescents/teenagers then WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS????

Can you just imagine Pete's Momma? 0.o

Probably a bigger jerk than himself XD

Tatsuo · Post by **Tatsuo** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:06 am

I swear Dragon's neck length changes to every panel =P. The last panel of Dragon, is my preferred anatomy of her. I've never really like long necks on dragons.

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:07 am

So the choice is made
and the floods have come.
The forced decision has hurt the sweet old eternal
and, yet, Peanut hasn't run.
He never wanted to hurt
this tender old Dragon,
but the matters of the heart couldn't be rendered null
and, even though she's ashen
he knows she can heal
with help from her friends -
whether from Tarot or even from him who denied her pull.
Heartbreak, like love... ends.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:26 am

This is how villains are born

gameangel147 · Post by **gameangel147** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 3:58 am

Oh man, I can't handle crying very well. Will someone please hug her! Please!?

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:06 am

Aww, I feel sorry for dragon!

...But hey, maybe Great Kitsune is also still single

kurowolfe · Post by **kurowolfe** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:46 am

Heh, I was thinking about Spirit Dragon's predicament, and this song came to mind: EXEC_FLIP_FUSIONSPHERE/.

Can't help feeling sad for her though.

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 4:47 am

Alternate title: "cry me a river".

Or is that Wednesday's strip?

Sabrina comes to the rescue and nearly drowns. Everyone has to put aside their differences and work together to rescue her. HAPPY ENDING!

valerio wrote:She IS a teenager, it is explained in the dead tree book 4 of Housepets! And by Sabrina herself!

She's what, fifteen million?

Seriously, folks, I'll tell you all a secret. Everyone you meet, they all have a place inside them where they're fifteen and wondering what the heck happened. Even when they're 70.

Housepets #4 is on Amazon yet?

valerio · Post by **valerio** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 5:36 am

Housepets! #4 is on amazon
the quote was from "The Princess Bride"
Peanut will NEVER let Dragon stand there and cry him a storm.
Max is SO gonna find all this adventure cool, eventually! He's the kind of cat who loves a tough challenge.
Pete is SO gonna laugh his kidneys off.
I wonder how the Game will be affected, other than me losing it...DANG!

matthew Wolf · Post by **matthew Wolf** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:08 am

._. well then -slowlie walks away- was that a wave? STARTS RUNNING

Hukley · Post by **Hukley** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:18 am

Oh and by the way: Can someone please cheer up dragon? It's been raining buckets all day!

Welsh Halfwit · Post by **Welsh Halfwit** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 6:28 am

Hukley wrote:Oh and by the way: Can someone please cheer up dragon? It's been raining buckets all day!

Housepets! So powerful it affects multiple realities!

deepskycyan · Post by **deepskycyan** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:13 am

Has dragon always had such a long body, like in panel 2?

Maybe it's just me.

TOOOOOO LOOONNGGGGGGGGGG CANBARELYFITINONEPANEL.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:14 am

I like how Peanut is basically ducking his head. Poor guy. X3

Sucks for Dragon, too. But I'm more curious if she will move on? Or will she hold a grudge?

Now I bet the rain will affect Grape and Max's date, but it's a question if it's for better or worse? Max always seems to turn a rainy situation into a romantic one =P

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:26 am

Welsh Halfwit wrote:
Hukley wrote:Oh and by the way: Can someone please cheer up dragon? It's been raining buckets all day!
Housepets! So powerful it affects multiple realities!

Oh yes, it was raining here this early morning when the strip was released...
And I really hope that this is fixed prior the weekend for the BBQ!

Gamewolf67 · Post by **Gamewolf67** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:27 am

*Escapes The Flood*

Grip the Wolf · Post by **Grip the Wolf** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 7:38 am

Where's Noah when you need him?

CHAOKOCartoons · Post by **CHAOKOCartoons** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:23 am

Render wrote:
Welsh Halfwit wrote:
Hukley wrote:Oh and by the way: Can someone please cheer up dragon? It's been raining buckets all day!
Housepets! So powerful it affects multiple realities!
Oh yes, it was raining here this early morning when the strip was released...
And I really hope that this is fixed prior the weekend for the BBQ!

My DOG! Dragon's sorrow Is now spreading from LA onward!

Argent · Post by **Argent** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 8:36 am

Can you send some of the rain to Houston?

jrh150482 · Post by **jrh150482** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:00 am

Nohbody wrote:
Hotrod wrote:Peanut in the first panel looks so scared
Squishy doggie, frost giant fighting dragon. You do the math.

"Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup."

copper wrote:That sound! It is the sound of ultimate suffering... my heart made that sound when they killed my father. Points if you get the awesome reference!
In this crowd, no one at all recognizing it?

INCONCEIVABLE!

(And, yes, in this case that word does mean what I think it means. )

"Good heavens. Are you still trying to win? You've got an overdeveloped sense of vengeance. That's going to get you into trouble someday."

Perfesser_Bear · Post by **Perfesser_Bear** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:51 am

Rather than try to quote all the various comments about the length of Spirit Dragon's neck / body / claws / eyelashes, I'll simply respond saying that she (and the rest of the Celestial gang) only appear as projections in any given universe or dimension. I think that, more than the others, SD's mood effects her appearance wherever she happens to manifest. After all, Pete changes his appearance pretty much at will.

Post by **Render** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:53 am

Argent wrote:Can you send some of the rain to Houston?

*filling water canister*

I just imagine wednesday's strip:
Max and Grape walking away from the trash cats. It suddenly starts raining. Max: "Oh yes! That's what was missing..." Grape: "It taste's salty. Is it raining salt water?"

Nohbody · Post by **Nohbody** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:55 am

Before I saw everyone making the same comment, I was amused that it was raining here in NW South Carolina when I first opened up the Monday strip.

Now, not so much. It went from "light but steady" to "Where's Noah's phone number, again?".

hypernovatic · Post by **hypernovatic** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 9:56 am

I want to give Dragon a hug. She really needs one.

Karl · Post by **Karl** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:01 am

Gee, talk about acting like a dramaqueen ;p

Saber-Sonic · Post by **Saber-Sonic** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:30 am

well i still think he should get to know her then chose the dragon l

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 10:38 am

Two things I forgot to mention: Peanut's black paw pads are amazingly detailed and very well in this comic. Also liked Dragon's teeth in Panel 3.

I have a hunch that Pete and Kitsune will pick up on S.Dragon's break-up with Peanut.

Post by **D-Rock** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:31 am

Argent wrote:Can you send some of the rain to Houston?

Yes, please! Summer heat kinda sucks over here.

Post by **Sleet** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:32 am

*hugs her*

Gbr23 wrote:... Someone hand her some ice cream ... now.

Crying into a bushel of rocky road ice cream...

RandomGeekNamedBrent wrote:I didn't think anything that relevant to future arcs would be revealed in the book only.

I dunno, they behave a lot like teenagers already. The book just explicitly spells it out.

JohnWillow · Post by **JohnWillow** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:03 pm

She must have watched Shrek a lot of times to convince herself this could work. In all honesty I'm glad this didn't go the other way. We might have had a load of unwanted Draggies running loose in heaven and earth.

But now I wonder how much this'll affect the game, it doesn't look good to me unless all of Tarot's powers can be transferred to Sabrina.

Saber-Sonic wrote:well i still think he should get to know her then chose the dragon l

I don't think a date between them would work

Dragon is a serpent so she can probably make Peanut fall in love with him by hypnotism and if Dragon can see into the future she already knows a date would end badly. Also the gods don't apparently have to reside in their avatars body to walk among mortals but i'm going to assume that they can only transform into humans. As far as I see there's not enough evidence to say that Dragon is really shy, so if she could transform into a dog i think she'd have done it by now so she could get closer to Peanut. She could use Tarot's body but I doubt Tarot would let it get serious

Ryusuta · Post by **Ryusuta** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:29 pm

IceKitsune wrote:
Ryusuta wrote:Well... This isn't looking good for those three, is it?

I'd say smart money is on Pete at the point, even though he has been known to do some boneheaded things from time to time as well. <.<;
If this goes the worst way possible, Tarot no longer being Dragons Avatar, or even pretty bad, Tarots powers weaken even more due to them fighting, (which I think will happen) then yeah I would put money on Pete as well.

However saying Pete has only done some boneheaded things is kind of an understatement really. I think only one of his plans has even worked at this point, having the temple moved (and that was actually a retcon), every other plan hes had has been either out done by Dragon or backfired on him.

Not all of them. King HAS found a reason to want to stay a dog (thankfully). Whether he DOES want to stay that way hasn't been definitively stated yet, but you have to admit that Pete got what he wanted there.

Darastrixen · Post by **Darastrixen** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:33 pm

JohnWillow wrote:Also the gods don't apparently have to reside in their avatars body to walk among mortals but i'm going to assume that they can only transform into humans. As far as I see there's not enough evidence to say that Dragon is really shy, so if she could transform into a dog i think she'd have done it by now so she could get closer to Peanut. She could use Tarot's body but I doubt Tarot would let it get serious

Keep in mind that any limitations to the powers of the celestial beings we've seen thus far has been solely because they agreed to limit their powers for the sake of the game. Even if Dragon can't take physical form as whatever she wants right now, she'd be under no such restrictions once the game is over (for the record: that's regardless of who wins, considering the details of the punishment).

Regardless of what happens next, we'll be seeing the aftermath of this event for a long time to come.

pokeblue · Post by **pokeblue** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:44 pm

Aw, I feel so bad for Dragon now.

(Then again I probably would've felt bad for Tarot if he had chosen Dragon instead)

*sighs* Poor Peanut as well, he caused Dragon to be like this, and he probably isn't feeling too good either. And, to think, he was having such a great time too at the start of this arc.

Hlaoroo wrote: 0.o I just thought of something. If they're just adolescents/teenagers then WHERE ARE THEIR PARENTS????

Can you just imagine Pete's Momma? 0.o

I'd think she'd probably be very easy to beef consumme off right now. Cause, I dunno about everyone else, but I'm sure my mom wouldn't be too happy if I had done something to land myself in the court of law.

Hukley wrote:...But hey, maybe Great Kitsune is also still single

Bahahaha! Oh dear lord, that's probably the single best comment on this thread so far in my opinion. I must thank you, you have single-handedly made my ~~morning~~ day so much better now.

bhPixelFire · Post by **bhPixelFire** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 12:48 pm

It's okay Dragon...

Let me comfort you and dry your......well everything.

I'LL DATE YOU

IceKitsune · Post by **IceKitsune** » Mon Aug 19, 2013 1:01 pm

Ryusuta wrote:
IceKitsune wrote:
Ryusuta wrote:Well... This isn't looking good for those three, is it?

I'd say smart money is on Pete at the point, even though he has been known to do some boneheaded things from time to time as well. <.<;
If this goes the worst way possible, Tarot no longer being Dragons Avatar, or even pretty bad, Tarots powers weaken even more due to them fighting, (which I think will happen) then yeah I would put money on Pete as well.

However saying Pete has only done some boneheaded things is kind of an understatement really. I think only one of his plans has even worked at this point, having the temple moved (and that was actually a retcon), every other plan hes had has been either out done by Dragon or backfired on him.
Not all of them. King HAS found a reason to want to stay a dog (thankfully). Whether he DOES want to stay that way hasn't been definitively stated yet, but you have to admit that Pete got what he wanted there.

Ok yeah I forgot about that one, still its really only two plans (one of which was a retcon anyway so I don't know how much of that should really count but I'll give it to him) and his newest one to get King to be his avatar, that has a 99% chance of working even though it should logically just blow up in his face pretty easily.