Housepets!

Wait wait just a sec, Bailey, tell us about your attractions heheh

OMG, it's so sweet. My computer is oozing sugar right now.

I love King in that last panel. Props for that.

Oh, man there is a scene from something that is so similar to this and the character says "How dare you" in a similar fashion and I can't remember it. My encyclopedic knowledge has failed me. Nick from Zootopia when Judy says he should become a cop.

I love it, that is super adorable. They have such a good relationship.

I y'all are all in agreement that you like this page. Good, because I do too. I'm kinda surprised that it took this long to see Bailey crack jokes about King's formerly-human status like this.

She trusts him enough to play
and shows that coolness wins;
she knows Sasha’s moving in
and a new stage now begins.
She can make her mate smile
and forget about his troubles;
well, except for his three pups
and their little nose bubbles…
She trusts him to be him,
so maybe he will soon
but at least, for the moment,
she’s got him grinning like a loon.

Good, very good King and Bailey~ Communication is always the best way to handle these unexpected feelings!

I really love King's expression in the third panel. Good to know King is still enjoying his life as a dog, jabs at former humanity included~

Good ol'Bailey! She's so fair-minded. Love that little head-scrunch she gives King.

That last panel was legit the most heartwarming thing I've seen in awhile.

Bailey is just awesome in every way.

Beautiful, smart, protective of her close ones, and understanding.

King is one lucky dog.
(yes, dog!)

This is so precious

Cue Billy Joel.

StarlightPath wrote:Good, very good King and Bailey~ Communication is always the best way to handle these unexpected feelings!

Sitcom avoidance maneuver successful.

"You're only human"

That is absolutely brilliant and hilarious.

Ryusuta wrote:That last panel was legit the most heartwarming thing I've seen in awhile.

100% Agree.

That is just super cute in so many ways

what Arcadic tradition practices the simple idea of mutual trust?

Dogs =P

So cuuute <3 Mad respect for Bailey, she's so loving and understanding.

Nice to see Bailey's still wearing her ring

Bailey is just absolutely amazing, and her single fang showing in the second panel absolutely slays me.

Adorable overload, check. A smile on my face? Also check. Even more love of King and Bailey, CHECK!
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Some dogs got the real problems,
That's for sure.
King thinks he can see through this,
But there's the red in his fur.

Bailey seems chill with this,
King's kind of taken aback.
He thought it'd be a problem
And she'd give him a whack.

That's not the case at all, though,
She gives him a boogie and a smile
Telling him 'affection's okay
If that's what it stays all the while.'

Moments like this are what makes the comic.

That last panel was great!!! A seems like a true relationship communication right there....

My only worry now is who are BAILEY's attractions, how long have they been going on, if bailey has make-out'd with another dog (basically like sasha, where sasha is in a relationship with Kevin, but made out with fox) or more, and hasn't told king about.

Oh great, now I am thinking: "announcer- the results are in!!! (Opens envelope) king...... I am so sorry, you are....


.....NOT(at this point king bursts out crying that he has been cheated on) the father.

Bailey- I think you guys are overreacting"

Not saying that's the case, but her statement kind of reminds me of that one show.

I don't think bailey would be one to do this, but IF it were any other dog, then I dunno.

But still, it's been awhile and it looks like we finally got a joke about king's past as a human!! Good one bailey!!

tomindex wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIljpItwhVY

Who you calling creep?

ZAR22 wrote:

tomindex wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIljpItwhVY

Who you calling creep?

I'm a dirty cynic I think baileys been cheating so that's why she's chill with it.

edit: scrolling up I think there was a misunderstanding: I wasn't calling you a creep, the song is related to the comic and what you were saying, but just seeing the song title I could see how you would take it differently.

Can I just say that I think that the look that King is giving Bailey in the last panel when she calls him human is ADORABLE? <3

tomindex wrote:

ZAR22 wrote:

tomindex wrote:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIljpItwhVY

Who you calling creep?

I'm a dirty cynic I think baileys been cheating so that's why she's chill with it.

edit: scrolling up I think there was a misunderstanding: I wasn't calling you a creep, the song is related to the comic and what you were saying, but just seeing the song title I could see how you would take it differently.

Oh, my abd then!!! But that's going to suck that bailey has been cheating on him, man, I know the feeling of emotional betrayal (not necessarily romantic, but a tight emotional friendship betrayal) from some one you care about. That's going to be really scummy if bailey DID do it to king, like actually made out with another dog when she was with king...

Aww! This strip is so adorable, and i absolutely love that last panel

After the way that the two of them were being playful with each other in the last panel, I very highly doubt any cheating is gonna happen or has gone on.

ZAR22 wrote:My only worry now is who are BAILEY's attractions, how long have they been going on, if bailey has make-out'd with another dog (basically like sasha, where sasha is in a relationship with Kevin, but made out with fox) or more, and hasn't told king about.

ZAR22 wrote:But that's going to suck that bailey has been cheating on him, man, I know the feeling of emotional betrayal (not necessarily romantic, but a tight emotional friendship betrayal) from some one you care about. That's going to be really scummy if bailey DID do it to king, like actually made out with another dog when she was with king...

I STRONGLY doubt she'd cheat. That's not who she is. We've seen many times how committed and forgiving she is to King.
Also worth noting is that the dogs have a different culture surrounding love than humans. They have a "no nonsense" approach. As evidenced by today's strip, unlike humans they're honest about their attractions, hence why King's been feeling guilty about his feelings for Sasha. That's just the norm for them.

Phew, good that Bailey understood the situation and didn't got angry, she's really smart. You're now knowing your boundaries, King, it's enough to remember that as a married dog you can't cheat on your wife. Yeah, he's only an human, like a famous song which this reminded me says... Aww, rub his head is way better than put him upside down.

Argent wrote:Cue Billy Joel.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p0pM5dm--yQ

Or

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nEIcTstEmnQ
(Music video isn't exactly G-rated, so this is the lyric video instead.)

Or:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6yYchgX1fMw



Something I wonder, though: Does Bailey care if King is loyal to her or not? Every time the subject comes up, her attitude is usually something like, "We're dogs; it doesn't matter who you do it with, so long as you enjoy doing it together." It seems like she thinks King's loyalty to her is nice, but not necessary.

Maybe I'm just overthinking, but isn't that the source of tension in King's mind? Doesn't he want her to only want him, and for her to want him to only want her? That's a confusing way to say it. Doesn't King want Bailey to want his loyalty to her? (I think that's better.)

I see a potential issue where Bailey doesn't really put a high value on Kimg's loyalty. She sees it as his benefit but not his responsibility. I think she might not really care about his accountability, where he cares deeply about his accountability.

Does anyone see this, or am I by myself here? If this has been discussed, I'd appreciate a link to the thread/threads.

Nathan Kerbonaut wrote:

ZAR22 wrote:My only worry now is who are BAILEY's attractions, how long have they been going on, if bailey has make-out'd with another dog (basically like sasha, where sasha is in a relationship with Kevin, but made out with fox) or more, and hasn't told king about.

ZAR22 wrote:But that's going to suck that bailey has been cheating on him, man, I know the feeling of emotional betrayal (not necessarily romantic, but a tight emotional friendship betrayal) from some one you care about. That's going to be really scummy if bailey DID do it to king, like actually made out with another dog when she was with king...

I STRONGLY doubt she'd cheat. That's not who she is. We've seen many times how committed and forgiving she is to King.
Also worth noting is that the dogs have a different culture surrounding love than humans. They have a "no nonsense" approach. As evidenced by today's strip, unlike humans they're honest about their attractions, hence why King's been feeling guilty about his feelings for Sasha. That's just the norm for them.

She did make it seem like she has either had flings with other dogs, or at the most, felt attracted to other dogs while she was in a relationship with king, based in the wording of her statement, and how relaxed she is with all of this.

I am hoping you are right, though, and that she just knows this through other means besides kissing other dogs or getting those certain doggy in heat feelings for another dog who isn't king.

I hope bailey doesn't do it or did do it to another dog besides king, and king gets over this thing he is feeling for sasha.

I think its safe to say that Bailey knows what the boundaries are far better than King does. He knows human ones, but is still learning dog ones. Bailey, I suspect, knows this far better than King. She wouldn't do anything to hurt him. What King doesn't yet know is what the boundaries are for him. It likely hasn't come up since he got the tail.

Does she have an attraction to perhaps another dog? Sure. She's not made of stone. There might be a moment of wandering eye for her. I doubt that it has ever gone beyond that, nor would it ever.

This is one of the things I love about Housepets!. When appropriate it has resolutions that are neither sitcom-y nor anticlimactic. It makes the characters feel more like real people. It's great!

Champion Wallace wrote:This is one of the things I love about Housepets!. When appropriate it has resolutions that are neither sitcom-y nor anticlimactic. It makes the characters feel more like real people. It's great!

Same. Conflict is important for stories, but contrived conflict is just annoying.

I like that these characters actually communicate. And even when they don't, it's commented on and used for character development (such as Fox in The Real Stories of K9PD - if he'd just talked to his superiors none of it would have happened... but it gets resolved and he learns a lesson. Contrast sitcoms, where Status Quo Is God means no one ever learns anything and they'll keep making the same dumb decisions over and over.)

In that instance, it makes you wonder why in the heck sitcoms are so popular.

Y'all Bailey is not cheating on King. Like seriously. Y'all. Seriously.

TheOne wrote:Something I wonder, though: Does Bailey care if King is loyal to her or not? Every time the subject comes up, her attitude is usually something like, "We're dogs; it doesn't matter who you do it with, so long as you enjoy doing it together." It seems like she thinks King's loyalty to her is nice, but not necessary.

Maybe I'm just overthinking, but isn't that the source of tension in King's mind? Doesn't he want her to only want him, and for her to want him to only want her? That's a confusing way to say it. Doesn't King want Bailey to want his loyalty to her? (I think that's better.)

I see a potential issue where Bailey doesn't really put a high value on Kimg's loyalty. She sees it as his benefit but not his responsibility. I think she might not really care about his accountability, where he cares deeply about his accountability.

Does anyone see this, or am I by myself here? If this has been discussed, I'd appreciate a link to the thread/threads.

Where are you seeing this? She literally said "There's nothing wrong with having an attraction," and "You might make mistakes but I trust you." King is being well-intentioned in his interactions with Sasha. Even if something goes too far for Bailey's liking, she'll forgive him because she understands that he's trying his hardest to do the right thing, and she also trusts that he will do his best not to let things go too far in the first place. I think that's wonderful

Amazee Dayzee wrote:In that instance, it makes you wonder why in the heck sitcoms are so popular.

Consider soap operas. They pretty much define lowest possible quality television, yet they are watched by millions every week.

Reminds me of a discussion about why One Punch Man season 2 was so much lower quality than season 1. Answer: The license holders felt that the drop in quality was worth reducing the time between seasons by a year, because the longer they left it, the fewer people would come back to watch it.

For normal people (as opposed to fans), there is little difference between an acceptable quality programme and a high quality programme. The majority of viewers will be normal people, not fans.

Normal people probably aren't watching sitcoms because of the quality, but because it can reliably and often provide them with an hour of entertainment. Its just something to watch.