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2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Title Text: Can YOU remember what Kari did? The answer is written here, upside-down!
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Don't know why you're saying that's written upside-down. It's right way up from my perspective! :P
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Like A Fox
Wait, what’s that supposed to mean??
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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vulpinator wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:16 am
Like A Fox
Wait, what’s that supposed to mean??
Whatever he did, he did it on the sly.

It’s better we don’t know what he did
as it’d probably be too mad to hear.
It may well involve the game of Corn hole
and be something for all of us to fear.
They’re popping off back to base camp
faster than Tarot’s speedy detection;
as something is revealed about Karishad -
He did, indeed, have some protection…
Tarot, you should have read it, perhaps
but you do know you’re not their mum?
But you’ve got the best surprise in store
because you don’t know what’s to come...
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Welsh Halfwit wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 8:10 am
vulpinator wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:16 am
Like A Fox
Wait, what’s that supposed to mean??
Whatever he did, he did it on the sly.
Ah okay, I’ll go with that. :D
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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I knew Karishad was a celestial!

He did do some stuff. He kept in touch with Tarot when she started her battle with Bailey so that King could find them and intercede.
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vulpinator wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 7:16 am
Like A Fox
Wait, what’s that supposed to mean??
Sung to the tune of "Make 'em Laugh"/"Be A Clown"....

Like a fox, like a fox, all the world, all the world likes a fox..
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Hopefully we have a good conclusion to what was in that contract and it was worth it. However I have a feeling that it won't be unfortunately.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Yeah, you haven't read the contract, Tarot... Why? :? Well, let's trust Cerberus' choice they agreed, and we'll see what it is, as Marion says. :roll: Finally it's all over and it's time to go. :) The celestial's snapping always does anything. :P Yeah, Karishad, you were somehow the guardian of the woods temple and of its mana, and now that also the mana in this Egyptian temple is gone, your rule is over. Apparently it's so, Tarot, but I really guess that Karishad did a protection to you all, eheh. ;)
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...Rick's a great writer, but IMHO going for weeks while doing nothing but dropping vague confusing hints at a resolution, which won't mean anything until that same resolution finally puts them in context is... not great.
Gimme some thought-meat to chew on already. Enough meaningless suspense :(

That kind of writing is okay in a book where you can just keep reading as long as you want, but in a webcomic, being forced to stop and wait a week for the next page, it can get annoying.

I enjoyed the suspense at first but... that was almost a month ago.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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I'm sure Kari did a lot of things - nothing to do with the on-going situation, but I'm sure he DID A LOT OF THINGS !!!

I "like a fox" - don`t you? ;)
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The suspense is unbearable, I hope it will last.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Vertigo Fox wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:30 pm I enjoyed the suspense at first but... that was almost a month ago.
Pacing a webcomic is hard, man. You gotta strike the right balance for engaging at one page at a time for people reading it as it's published and not too hectic for people reading in in chunks in the archive. Even as someone who spent as much time writing as I did once upon a time, I don't think I could manage the trick of it.
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I think Rick was managing it well before but the sometimes 1 sometime 2 times a week updates caused him to lose his momentum. Also, I think people are just sick of this arc.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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I feel that. Is it wrong that I stopped reading Housepets at around arc 130? It’s a strange mix of fear of finishing it too quickly but also I genuinely find the earlier years of the comic much more entertaining.
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Amazee Dayzee wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 1:24 pm Hopefully we have a good conclusion to what was in that contract and it was worth it. However I have a feeling that it won;t be unfortunately.
Will Arrdvark and Thomas be affected retroactivity?
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Kari helped the staff go back in time
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"Like A Fox" just makes me think of that "Like A Boss" song.

Do a thing, like a fox
Be cunning, like a fox...
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Really? Because the song honestly to me reminds me of the Ylvis son that was popular a decade ago. "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)" X3
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I thought “like a fox” referred to insanity?
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Harry Johnathan wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 3:09 pm I thought “like a fox” referred to insanity?
Sort of. Crazy like a Fox refers to someone who SEEMS to be insane but isn't.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Yeah, that seems to describe (the character) Karishad pretty well.
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Nobody wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 10:28 pm
Vertigo Fox wrote: Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:30 pm I enjoyed the suspense at first but... that was almost a month ago.
Pacing a webcomic is hard, man. You gotta strike the right balance for engaging at one page at a time for people reading it as it's published and not too hectic for people reading in in chunks in the archive. Even as someone who spent as much time writing as I did once upon a time, I don't think I could manage the trick of it.
That's fair enough I guess. Wasn't meant as an "oh, I'm gonna stop reading soon"... I still love the world and these characters.
Just hope something will actually happen soon.
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Amazee Dayzee wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 12:31 pm Really? Because the song honestly to me reminds me of the Ylvis son that was popular a decade ago. "The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?)" X3
What did the fox say anyways?
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If we are to believe what Ylvis said is correct, the fox says a whole lot of things. LOL
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Kari is a prime example.
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I don't think we can use Kari since he is not a normal fox. Which I'm sure many people have noticed by now, XD
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Yeah I just realized that Rick dropped a hint in this comic (https://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/20 ... arishad-1/) that Kari was a celestial and even a Kitsune.
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I think the joke is supposed to be that Karishad ISN'T a Celestial but he isn't exactly normal either. He is sort of special and mysterious.
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You're right. Karishad is an anomaly. Is he a god or is he just a normal fox? I think we aren't meant to know.
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Amazee Dayzee wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 12:21 am I think the joke is supposed to be that Karishad ISN'T a Celestial but he isn't exactly normal either. He is sort of special and mysterious.
I always thought the gag was that he was the actual human Karishad, somehow finding his way into the comic and doing crazy stuff because he knows it’s just a comic and can get away with anything, and since Rick is the author of the comic he gets special “privileges”.
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That could be how the gag works also. All I know and from what we all agree on is that Karishad isn't a normal fox.
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Harry Johnathan wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 6:17 am I always thought the gag was that he was the actual human Karishad, somehow finding his way into the comic and doing crazy stuff because he knows it’s just a comic and can get away with anything, and since Rick is the author of the comic he gets special “privileges”.
This reminds me of the scene in Family Guy where Chris is told he is dreaming and he immediately yells "I'm dreaming? YAY, no consequences!" and cuts his arm off with a machete.
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I'm just wondering how Tarot is going to freak out
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CryosR wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 7:38 pm I'm just wondering how Tarot is going to freak out
Like a Pomeranian.
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That sort of is OBVIOUS and probably expected by most people. :mrgreen:
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I’m still waiting to see the terms of the contract, and I have my Milli Vanilli record on paw in case something does happen.
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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Which record did you choose to use against Rick if the contract ends up screwing over Tarot?

(Not a dig at Rick. I'm joking)
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Re: 2023/02/07 - Like A Fox

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I will play "All Or Nothing" at top volume until Rick begs for mercy.
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That might be going a little too far but whatever works. :|
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