Is V taking care of all the animals?

[CowardlyPaladin]

I was rereading the later strips and in this comic
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0950.html

and I noticed that in the background that Mr. Scruffy and Bloodfeast the Extreme-innator are sleeping together on a bed of hey, which implies this is their home.....or that Belkar and V are sharing a room which seems less likely considering

THE EVENT

ANd in a later comic
http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0950.html
Mr. Scruffy's bowl is in V's room, which again implies this is where Mr. Scruffy is. Is V just taking care of all the animals? If so why? Blackwing and Scruffy don't seem to like each other, though Blackwing does love Bloodfeast. What do you guys think?

Also the fact that V says "I summoned you here" implies this isn't Belkar's Room

[TinyMushroom]

You linked twice to the same comic

[zimmerwald1915]

You linked twice to the same comic

Pretty sure OP meant the second link to go to Strip #960. It comes after Strip #950, contains Mr. Scruffy's bowl in V's room and V's reference to "summoning" Belkar, and its link is differentiated from the link to Strip #950 merely by one nearby and easily mis-hit key.

As for the actual question posed by OP, V's probably just grown accustomed to having the animals around. She, not without mishap, looked after Mr. Scruffy while Belkar was locked up in Bloodstone, after all. As for Bloodfeast, it was Blackwing that rescued him, and probably insisted that the dinosaur be allowed to stay. V might be placating him on that point.

That or it's a cheap way to garner some sympathy. Show a character not actively abusing small animals and some of the cuteness is bound to rub off.

[D.One]

[QUOTE=CowardlyPaladin;19377284...or that Belkar and V are sharing a room which seems less likely considering

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Also the fact that V says "I summoned you here" implies this isn't Belkar's Room[/QUOTE]

Let's go from the last to the first.

"I summoned you here" only means Belkar was somewhere else and then V called him to talk about the dagger. It could imply that's not Belkar's room, or could not.

Which brings us to the point. They are in a pirate ship. I find it difficult to imagine they have so many spare roons that each one of them was entitled his/her own room. It's perfectly possible, and likely, that they are sharing rooms, and that Belkar would prefer to share the same space with V instead of sharing, for example, the same room with Roy and Durkula.

[Hazetar]

I know it was a long time ago and certain things sure has changed but here is the point - I don't think V wants to share room with Belkar.

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0225.html

Panel 5.
Three rooms. I room onyl with miss Starshine.

And since Haley is sleeping in another room as we see it in comic number 959 maybe he/she just needs some peaceful place where he/she can prepare for the battles ahead?

My bet is that V just chose a room with the animals to not be disturbed during his/her preperations or resreach. Besides... I dont think floor plan of the Mechane is that important. xD

[Keltest]

It strikes me as unlikely that the Mechane has so many spare rooms that each member of the Order is able to have a room to themselves. However as V does not require a bed to trance (nor indeed, would he benefit from it at all since he floats while doing so), its possible that he has simple taken up full residence in the study to prepare for the upcoming battle.

[littlebum2002]

V is TCB. You know, taking care of business.

[kivzirrum]

They are sharing a room--following their divorce, V sought comfort in Belkar's strong, manly arms. This development occurred entirely off panel.

[littlebum2002]

Save it for the fanfiction sites!

[Gift Jeraff]

I don't see why you can't summon someone to their own temporary room.

[CowardlyPaladin]

Wait....has V ever used a bed before, we've seen her trancing without a bed so...whose bed is that in the room?

[Gift Jeraff]

Wait....has V ever used a bed before, we've seen her trancing without a bed so...whose bed is that in the room?

Belkar B's.

[Rogar Demonblud]

Mr. Scruffy's. All beds everywhere are owned by cats, they just let us borrow them on occasion.

[malloyd]

Wait....has V ever used a bed before, we've seen her trancing without a bed so...whose bed is that in the room?

Most likely Julio Scoundrel's. He would definitely have a separate room on his airship and isn't using it at the moment. There may be a few passenger cabins, but this is a big room and volume is tight even on a fantasy airship.

[CowardlyPaladin]

Most likely Julio Scoundrel's. He would definitely have a separate room on his airship and isn't using it at the moment. There may be a few passenger cabins, but this is a big room and volume is tight even on a fantasy airship.

WOuldn't it make more sense for V to be given a room without a bed and let somebody else use the beD?

[malloyd]

WOuldn't it make more sense for V to be given a room without a bed and let somebody else use the beD?

Why would you even have passenger spaces with nowhere to sleep?

Anyway there's no particular reason to assume nobody is using the bed. For all the evidence to the contrary most of the OOTS could be spending the night in the same room.

[Bulldog Psion]

WOuldn't it make more sense for V to be given a room without a bed and let somebody else use the beD?

The only free space without a bed may be a broom closet.

Since the scoundrels at my university stuck me on a cot in a tiny space used for storing giant stacks of lightbulbs, I can speak from experience when I say that, even ignoring the bed, living in a small janitorial space is not restful or remotely convenient.

[Cicciograna]

They are sharing a room--following their divorce, V sought comfort in Belkar's strong, manly arms. This development occurred entirely off panel.

So you're meaning that he wants to be filed under the "Lust" response AGAIN?!?

[kivzirrum]

So you're meaning that he wants to be filed under the "Lust" response AGAIN?!?

There's a lot of emotional stress in V's life right now. I suppose they have decided to take comfort where it can be found--which in this case, is with an emotionally stunted rage-driven Halfling.

(One has to really read between the lines to see the truth of their relationship)

[martianmister]

So you're meaning that he wants to be filed under the "Lust" response AGAIN?!?

Elan, Haley and Roy are already taken, and Durkon is currently an evil parody of life. There is no other choice to make.

[Reddish Mage]

That or it's a cheap way to garner some sympathy. Show a character not actively abusing small animals and some of the cuteness is bound to rub off.

This needs a TV trope!

[Elenna]

This needs a TV trope!

Pet the dog?

[Reddish Mage]

Pet the dog?

Wow! It even has that "cheap" and "cynical" vibe going on. I am feeling the Zimmerwald/V moment here, but personally I don't think taking care of animals is cheap, especially as V was formerly incapable of even acknowledging his familiar's existence, and the prospect of V taking care of anything, would have been out of character prior to recent events.

[zimmerwald1915]

Wow! It even has that "cheap" and "cynical" vibe going on. I am feeling the Zimmerwald/V moment here, but personally I don't think taking care of animals is cheap, especially as V was formerly incapable of even acknowledging his familiar's existence, and the prospect of V taking care of anything, would have been out of character prior to recent events.

I meant "cheap" in the sense of "easy to do." Showing V with the animals doesn't demand any panels specifically devoted to it, any dialogue specifically devoted to it, or much drawing time. Plop the vectors in the background and it's done.

[ti'esar]

And here I was thinking you meant it as self-parody.

[Reddish Mage]

The pets in the background are a good example of Rich's attention to detail and the subtle hints and nods he's giving about both his intentions and the fact that the characters operate in a rich and varied world.

It's why he said some time ago in a thread dedicated to his thumb and someone's impatience at strip progress, he'll never let anyone else assist in the drawing. He's too particular about these little details and does the thinking as he draws.