2018/09/24 – Slap Happy
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2018 12:01 am
[2018/09/24 – Slap Happy]
Title Text: TRY TO KILL ME DANGIT
Miles...
Title Text: TRY TO KILL ME DANGIT
Miles...
dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria
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Careful, man, if Rick sees this he might completely revise how long this'll take.fenrirblack wrote:Okay that was funny.
This chapter has been so long that sometimes it has felt like this
Other times like this
Fair warning I'm about to make a lot of assumptions.
If Rick continues with his usual pattern there should be one more scene to wrap up this pointless fight.
Now if my theological timeline is accurate then this chapter should last exactly four months. That means the last strip should be on Oct 19.
Sept 26- Final fight w/ screaming
Sept 28- Breakdown with crying
Oct 1- Breakdown with screaming and crying
Oct 3- Long Overdue Conversation w/ Flashback
Oct 5- Looooong Overdue Conversation w/ Flashback
Oct 8- Reconciliation w/ jokes
Oct 10-Reconciliation w/ feelings
Oct 12- Reconciliation w/ the Return to Camp
Oct 15- Dawn of a new day
Oct 17- Dawn of a new day (King cooks everyone pancakes)
Oct 19- Back in Babylon Gardens
If he did I would be impressed that I was able to influence him that much.D-Rock wrote:Careful, man, if Rick sees this he might completely revise how long this'll take.
GameCobra wrote: Also, Max and Bino already did the wimp fight. These two are fully grown predators. No excuses :3
Housepets! wolves and mountain lions may not quite be the same as those in our universe.Champion Wallace wrote:Know your biology, Gale! Neither Cougars nor wolfs use their claws for fighting, both species using jaw muscles instead. Cougars and other felines will use their claws to climb and to hold onto pray after they've jumped on it. Wolfs' feet and claws are designed to give it more traction on the ground and to stay on the top of snow. Large felines' arm muscles are so strong the force of a slap will be more dangerous than aiming for a scratch so their claws can cut. This is partly because of their morphology, for example, real-world wolfs are incapable of moving their front legs in a swiping motion. In that regard, it does depend on how anthropomorphic their bodies are.
TL;DR: This would have been more realistic if Gale had said "teeth" instead of "claws"
For me it's more the fact that, if you ball your handpaw into a fist your claws will dig into your own palm pads but point taken good Squirrel.Dissension wrote:I also appreciate that, of all the magic and political intrigue and the bipedal animals with human language and cognition and stuff, you're pulling the realism card on use of claws in combat, which may be idiomatic.[/color]
Why is it even a claws for concern, I wonder?Dissension wrote:Housepets! wolves and mountain lions may not quite be the same as those in our universe.Champion Wallace wrote:Know your biology, Gale! Neither Cougars nor wolfs use their claws for fighting, both species using jaw muscles instead. Cougars and other felines will use their claws to climb and to hold onto pray after they've jumped on it. Wolfs' feet and claws are designed to give it more traction on the ground and to stay on the top of snow. Large felines' arm muscles are so strong the force of a slap will be more dangerous than aiming for a scratch so their claws can cut. This is partly because of their morphology, for example, real-world wolfs are incapable of moving their front legs in a swiping motion. In that regard, it does depend on how anthropomorphic their bodies are.
TL;DR: This would have been more realistic if Gale had said "teeth" instead of "claws"
I also appreciate that, of all the magic and political intrigue and the bipedal animals with human language and cognition and stuff, you're pulling the realism card on use of claws in combat, which may be idiomatic.
It has been established that animals are very similar to their real world counterparts, with bipedality, sapients, and the ability to talk being the only exceptions. I guess I reacted as such because of how immersion-breaking it was for me. It's not immediately obvious, but Gale's statement is like if she picked a fight with a professional boxer and said "this is a fight to the death, you can use your fingernails". Scratching someone could be considered underhand and you would think it would be advantageous to use everything at your disposal, but with the boxer example, it would be better to sick with what they're good at and punch. Then again, if they were fighting like wild animals trying to bite down on the other's neck, it would be hard to have witty repartee without wondering how they're talking with their mouth full.Dissension wrote:Housepets! wolves and mountain lions may not quite be the same as those in our universe.Champion Wallace wrote:Know your biology, Gale! Neither Cougars nor wolfs use their claws for fighting, both species using jaw muscles instead. Cougars and other felines will use their claws to climb and to hold onto pray after they've jumped on it. Wolfs' feet and claws are designed to give it more traction on the ground and to stay on the top of snow. Large felines' arm muscles are so strong the force of a slap will be more dangerous than aiming for a scratch so their claws can cut. This is partly because of their morphology, for example, real-world wolfs are incapable of moving their front legs in a swiping motion. In that regard, it does depend on how anthropomorphic their bodies are.
TL;DR: This would have been more realistic if Gale had said "teeth" instead of "claws"
I also appreciate that, of all the magic and political intrigue and the bipedal animals with human language and cognition and stuff, you're pulling the realism card on use of claws in combat, which may be idiomatic.
Cougars can retract their claws, so them digging into her palm pads wouldn't be an issue.Welsh Halfwit wrote:For me it's more the fact that, if you ball your handpaw into a fist your claws will dig into your own palm pads but point taken good Squirrel.Dissension wrote:I also appreciate that, of all the magic and political intrigue and the bipedal animals with human language and cognition and stuff, you're pulling the realism card on use of claws in combat, which may be idiomatic.
But... she's actually picking a fight with another wild animal similar to herself? And this is a fight to the death, so "underhanded" kinda doesn't figure in, no? Also he's not even punching (which would at least be effective); he's open palm slapping her. Even if it wouldn't make sense for them to actually use claws, the statement at least works metaphorically.Champion Wallace wrote: It's not immediately obvious, but Gale's statement is like if she picked a fight with a professional boxer and said "this is a fight to the death, you can use your fingernails". Scratching someone could be considered underhand and you would think it would be advantageous to use everything at your disposal, but with the boxer example, it would be better to sick with what they're good at and punch.
"listen, I am capable of applying *multiple methodologies* to anthropomorphization, and in this case it felt more appropriate" Rick has spoken!Champion Wallace wrote:Know your biology, Gale! Neither Cougars nor wolfs use their claws for fighting, both species using jaw muscles instead. Cougars and other felines will use their claws to climb and to hold onto pray after they've jumped on it. Wolfs' feet and claws are designed to give it more traction on the ground and to stay on the top of snow. Large felines' arm muscles are so strong the force of a slap will be more dangerous than aiming for a scratch so their claws can cut. This is partly because of their morphology, for example, real-world wolfs are incapable of moving their front legs in a swiping motion. In that regard, it does depend on how anthropomorphic their bodies are.
TL;DR: This would have been more realistic if Gale had said "teeth" instead of "claws"
What I gathered as happening in this strip is Gale wants a fight to the death, so she thinks everything should go, even if underhanded. Miles however, doesn't want a fight to the death, so he wouldn't do something underhanded like use his claws. My problem with this situation is using claws shouldn't be considered underhand because neither species uses claws for fighting. She might as well have said "this is a fight to the death, you can use your tail". Wolfs can't retract their claws, so if Miles punched Gale it would hurt him as much as it would hurt her if he used his claws on her. Miles sure does look muscular, even moreso than a real wolf (real wolfs don't have much muscle mass on their legs), so Gale's statement would only work if HP! wolfs had a bite force reduced to being closer to a human's but their claws were kept the same.Obbl wrote:But... she's actually picking a fight with another wild animal similar to herself? And this is a fight to the death, so "underhanded" kinda doesn't figure in, no? Also he's not even punching (which would at least be effective); he's open palm slapping her. Even if it wouldn't make sense for them to actually use claws, the statement at least works metaphorically.
This may be a stupid question, but where did rick say that? For that matter, what prompted the apology train back in the topic for Do It For The Team?fenrirblack wrote:"listen, I am capable of applying *multiple methodologies* to anthropomorphization, and in this case it felt more appropriate" Rick has spoken!