Comic 443 - Do I even need to
Bakery Notes:
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?
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!
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).
Pucho because it's simply ridiculous.
Dante because it reminds me Divina Commedia.
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!
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
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.