It's more of a trope. MANY web comics have pets for no aparent reason. Right here on the escapist critical miss has the hamster. Many times it's for comic relief or to upgrade the cutness factor. I think it has some relation with the Team pet trope [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeamPet].Zhukov said:I... uh... what?
Am I missing a reference here?
Cthulhu's already taken. He's Lio's pet and named Ishmael.Evilsanta said:Ok...I guess the comic needs a mascot...But a squid?
Well, it's not Chtulu(I might have spellet that wrong)
Wait a minute... What? Are you calling men slimy? I assure you that I'm not slimy. I shower every other week![sub]most of the time...[/sub]This_ends_now said:Octopuses are NOT cute. And women tend to not like slimy things...if they did, I wouldn't have spent most of my life lonely. Start making sense.
Won't be me. I am still recovering from a 6-day TVTropes binge (approx 60-70 hours on that site in the last week).MasterSplinter said:It's more of a trope. MANY web comics have pets for no aparent reason. Right here on the escapist critical miss has the hamster. Many times it's for comic relief or to upgrade the cutness factor. I think it has some relation with the Team pet trope [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TeamPet].Zhukov said:I... uh... what?
Am I missing a reference here?
PS: yes yes i know everybody has lost all day for that link there.