Lotta carnivore action today
Suburban Fairy Tales, 12/9/24
I was going to give you the deep lore behind today's strip but I think it's pretty obvious from context, right? Third little pig and lady wolf are in an unconventional species-crossing relationship, pig's mom doesn't approve, yadda yadda yadda, you get it. It's an allegorical tale about the dangers of prejudice, except the she-wolf is clearly contemplating killing and eating the mom pig in the panel three, so honestly maybe it's an allegorical tale about the dangers of not being prejudiced enough.
Rhymes With Orange, 12/9/24
Snakes are obligate carnivores and any snake of that size is going to primarily eat mice, so I'm really curious about the legal situation here. Is the snake on trial for murder? Surely a member of any species that exclusively eats mice would, in a civilization where mice have legal rights, immediately become an outlaw and face extermination, right? On the other hand, maybe this is a legal system like the ancient Norse one, where harms are weighed and fines assessed based on the varying social positions of the interested parties. In such a case, it makes sense to have a judge from a completely different phylum from either of the parties to the case, and they should be willing to put up with a bit of delay in return for his objectivity.
Hi and Lois, 12/9/24
Yes, by saying that he wanted to watch something other than what his mother and sister were watching, Ditto hoped his mother would give him permission to go to his parents' bedroom, so he could watch the thing he wanted to watch. I know I can't shut up about the new post-punchline Hi and Lois being good, but I do feel like I need a little more to work with than this.