Comic 443 - Do I even need to

21st Oct 2016, 12:00 AM

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El Zorrito 21st Oct 2016, 12:00 AM edit delete

Hellows my cookies!

You know, in all those fantasy stories, video games, creatures and such. When characters deny to say their name in fear of the power of names, I agree. Knowledge of people can have GREAT power over them and it all starts with knowing their NAME.

So, answer me this, Which character name in the series do you like best?

Drooken 21st Oct 2016, 12:03 AM edit delete

Either sir pen tyne for pun, or astrid for just as it is :T

Iamabrawler 21st Oct 2016, 12:04 AM edit delete

Ouch, Pen Tyne got him by the feelings. Now Pervy will follow if only to get to know exactly what this bastard knows about him and his situation. Now he's falling into the trap.

Plots to be thickened!

As for the best character name... I like Pucho and Pituka. For worst... um... Ciallmhar? The guy's fun, but you need to remember how his name is spelled!

Guest 21st Oct 2016, 12:22 AM edit delete

so wait did Pen's green eye just turn red in the last panel or what

ElFreakazoide 21st Oct 2016, 1:00 AM edit delete

WHAT A PUNCH! Also either Pen swaped eyes or he awakened the sharingan on his left eye after all these years XD

I guess this is what you meant with being emotional. I felt it, man.

So Hos has a brother!!!? A very nice twist! Maybe that pup is his twin, I want to know him! :3

I don't know what to say... it's as if it didn't belong here, I mean I didn't think you would dare. Well... I love the angles, the shadows, the body language and the feel of this is amazing, you could argue this is the best strip or at least top 3, regardless let's jump to what MATTERS.

Ok this has a bunch of implications:

First: Hos' solitude has been amplified, right now he is the most vulnerable he's ever been in he's life, the bullies don't even compare to this, if he breaks in tears in front of Tyne I wouldn't blame him for it at ALL. beliettling him in comparison to Nelly also adds to this, Tyne is merciless.

Second: the social aspect of this, it reveals more about the values that have been passed on through this society, man I'm never moving to paws den, never knew it was simmilar to China until recently where if you have two children and the other is female you can toss that child away. Another social aspect is the opportunities, so an orphan, stray and... blue?... you need to answer that one soon or we'll die, but whatever being like that OF COURSE he can't keep a job, this society is messed up just like almost any other.

Third: Tyne is basically buying Hos with all this, or at least he intends to do so, he was never going to accept a no for an answer, it was ALL already taken care of, ironically makes me want to know more about Tyne now, I mean I want to know how did this guy come to be who he is and hey there is no denying Tyne's the textbook definition of a psychopath, that or he is storing all this evil on his conscience and it will cost him dearly at some later point.

Fourth: Hos' origin, depending on what we find out some previous clues might add up, I have a few suspicions about him but I'll save these for another time.

Now the most important thing, the character name I like the most is Luna's, definitely a sober name for a character like her but surprisingly fits. But who cares? You KNOW a good character name would need to be on the lines of Chicha and Pisco XD (yea I'm never going to shut up about it XP).

Gravity falls-owers #1 21st Oct 2016, 1:30 AM edit delete

THAT WAS FUNNY >:D

Amber Cat 21st Oct 2016, 8:00 AM edit delete

Pucho aka (if I remember correctly) Dante.
Pucho because it's simply ridiculous.
Dante because it reminds me Divina Commedia.

SuperDS64 21st Oct 2016, 8:55 AM edit delete

And the snake is spreading their venom. Whoo Penn, you're not nice. But you do have a nice pun of a name.

triforce fandom 21st Oct 2016, 11:12 AM edit delete

hos's back story omg the feels this has more feels than the "stan is not what he seems" episode of gravity falls

Dr Mad 21st Oct 2016, 7:04 PM edit delete

There was a Sir William Penn who founded the state of Pennsylvania, who was an extremely religious and pacifist Quaker, who created a "Framework of Government" which inspired the United States Constitution, who was put into debtor's prison several times during the course of his life, who died penniless and incapacitated in England... and is also completely unrelated to Sir Pen Tyne here. What were we talking about again? Names meaning something? Or maybe more about the evils of social media and putting real stuff about a person up on the internet? THEY ALREADY KNOW: The All Important Dossier the Gub'ment Has On YOU???

So Paws Den is like a Chinese Police State, headed by a Queen of the Fascist Regime, administered by fanatical religious Dream Soldier nutjob megalomaniacs, with its own brand of social stigma attached to skin color? Sound like dystopian Rapture or Columbia from the Bioshock series. Maybe more like a Gerontocracy/Autocracy or Plutocracy with inherited power and wealth, and easy availability of population's dossiers to the select elite? Must be a faction of the populace planted to spy on everyone, like Stalin's Cheka and KGB. Sounds like the best place to live.

Paws Den! Stay because we've kidnapped you, turned you into a monster, and erased your memory. Enjoy your forced mandatory employment, one child policy, repressive police state, and autocratic, monarch-dictatorship-styled leadership! Live well, as Big Brother is always watching, and also because you have no other choice!

Thisguy 21st Oct 2016, 8:46 PM edit delete

Francis Silverfist
It's classy, awesome, powerful, and because the man behind it is a legend, it is a name that has a big impact when spoken.

And names do have power. If you have a reputation, saying your name to an enemy and having them go "oh shiiiii" is just awesome. And denying someone the chance to tell their name works too. In some fighting series, opponents will often ask or speak their names, as a sign of respect, but their opponent will be like "I don't need to know your name, I don't need to know the name of the countless people I've defeated. Which is a power in itself.

And then there's this: http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0472.html

Octyfox 22nd Oct 2016, 12:22 PM edit delete

Damn it, ThisGuy beat me to it. Francis Silverfist, classy and all that. Just read his again.

Guest 22nd Oct 2016, 1:59 PM edit delete

i see pen's eye changing color was too silly even for this comic lol nice fix

The Brando 22nd Oct 2016, 6:13 PM edit delete

all the faces on this page are too good

Flufflepuff 23rd Oct 2016, 3:07 AM edit delete

The writer seems very careful about the eyes. Sir pen tine has his red eye on his right and his green eye on his left. It seems to be a common mistake but that is not the issue i have with this comic. The issue i have is..what is the reason why the pup is blue?! I have an idea but it seems like suck an easy grab at a dirty joke that has been alluded to a lot through the series but i doubt this comic is that kind of low brow for such a great comic.

triforce fandom 23rd Oct 2016, 2:49 PM edit delete

Have you (el zorrito) seen the gravity falls episode "Stan is not what he seems" ? Please celestia you've watched it.

triforce fandom 23rd Oct 2016, 2:49 PM edit delete

Have you (el zorrito) seen the gravity falls episode "Stan is not what he seems" ? Please celestia you've watched it.

Ajax 23rd Oct 2016, 8:30 PM edit delete

I believe Dr. Mad hit the nail right on the head. Paws Den. A world more advanced and "safer" than that of the outside world, but if you step even one centimeter out of line...BAM! No more you.

Ohogamer 23rd Oct 2016, 9:43 PM edit delete

I like where the story is going. >:3

I liked Sir Pen Tyne already and now that he finally begins to actually be evil, he becomes even more interesting.

I personally like the name Dante best.

triforce fandom 24th Oct 2016, 12:00 AM edit delete

is pucho secretly a demon/demon hunter or is this the wrong fandom? (troll face)

Guest 25th Sep 2018, 7:33 AM edit delete

His right eye was always the red one ya idiots

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