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Simon let it rip and surely brought tears to the eyes of his captors, whose trigger trotters were just a tad too nervous...

Although our hero pig has not been blinded, his rage has, but his adrenalin rush might only give him a few seconds before them slopeaters descend into a similar atavistic madness. And it's dangerous for friend and foe alike if the faculties of either eyes or brains are impaired: did that gun hit Simon? Is that really Thaikong flesh that Mulefoot bores into? Fire has never been friendlier.

Meanwhile, off panel, somebody up on a tree takes his sweet time listening in on this story, and he must have his reasons for it. But then, fanboys always slaver over the origin story of their hero.

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Social Security took care of this lad - we watch in reverence - as Narcissus is turned to a flower

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Even if the gun missed Simon, with his nuts cut off, he's not in any shape for running.

And my bet it Pom's up in the tree yanking his dick furiously...

Uncle

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Well, if it ain't broke... Says right there "Simon hadn't been fixed".
Even so, running might be a bad choice and send the wrong kind of friend/foe signal, what with the purple haze descended upon Mr Foot's facility for judgment calls.

How on Earth did Muley get from here to celebrity bodyguard? It's still a looong story. And actually, with our esteemed homicidal hero in the here and now aware of Pomander's presence, he might thusly embellish his disembowelments for a specific reason. Why, with just a few silk veils and a navel piercing he would make a veritable Sheherazade.



Watch out for those, um, bird droppings, Rita.

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A lone figure sits still by a pool - he's been stamped human bacon by some butchering tool - he is you...
Social Security took care of this lad - we watch in reverence - as Narcissus is turned to a flower

Ha hah hahhhhhhh!!!!! YES!

Beautifully-worded Halbherz....

Although imagining Tony-Ray dressed in such a way could make me laugh until I puke,....or just puke...

Honestly though,..this is quite a great page,....especially considering the multi-layered event concerning the memory being delivered, Tony and Rita,..and Pomander's prying eyes...

It's going to be amazing to see how all of this resolves itself...

Great work, my friend!

Jadúgara ^_^

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Excellent work. And if you think you're about to go down, a little revenge-in-advance is never a bad thing.

Of course I'm kicking myself for not seeing this coming. How could I forget those tusks?

That meant Simon hadn't be de-scented. I would think that in "polite" society, Simon's kind would have themselves de-scented to avoid embarrassing accidents. Probably a parental choice at birth much like circumcision is.

*laughs* Probably a bunch of misfits running around trying to sue their parents for "mutilation at birth without consent" as well. Along with a market for prosthetic scent glands.

Uncle

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I'm not sure there's be replacement scent glands...but I can see how some might have body washes with a hit of scent to make them come across as more natural.

I need a name for Simon's people. Haven't thought of one yet.

And Uncle is right about the de-scenting thing. And let's not forget what JJ said about the Muley's group...
http://rustedtusks.com/slop/index.php?v ... 1&p=8&nc=1

....But we don't know for sure that Simon has actually been castrated... Sure his "unfixed" scent glands shot off, but it may have been voluntary prior to the cutting, as opposed to reflexive as it was happening...

We haven't seen the "proof" yet....

Jadúgara ^_^

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Just a bit of speculation here...

1. This is the Slop Universe.

2. It's entirely possible that Simon took a bullet when one of the Slopeaters went nuts and was blind firing a stolen .45 auto.

3. Page 28, you can clearly see Simon's nutsack in the guy's hand and the knife in the other hand.

4. Simon could have been purposely NOT "discharging" in an effort to prove "I'm better than these assholes, I'm a real man*." (Ala the scene in the movie The Deer Hunter.) Up until the knife cut into him and he went off reflexively.

*Note: Man used subjectively in this case as there aren't humans involved.

5. See #1. "Life ain't fair."

Uncle

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Ohnoes! Simon suffers from a case of Schroedinger's nuts! Are they off? Ain't they? Is he still in a condition where it makes a goddamn difference? Wouldn't it be quite slopesque if they'd only cut the sac halfway open and Simon now tries to escape with its contents hanging lower than ever before?

Let's cut a compromise and say he's got one ball left, until proven otherwise.

You know, I really should have listened to that past perfect progressive; it could have hinted me off that "fixed" was referring to his glands.

Naming Simon's species, hmm... Segonku? Phidders? Fixems? Pews?

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Wed Oct 04, 2006


And beauty it is!!! So much love for this week's page I can barely stand it. Truly.

I'm rootin' for your nuts, Simon! And your ass, because with that blind firing it looks like you might have got one in the cheek. Or, lord forbid, between 'em. Yachaw.

Wiki to the rescue, being as how a lot of the names here are derivatives of the names outside the Slop universe.

# Family Mephitidae

* Striped Skunk, Mephitis mephitis
* Hooded Skunk, Mephitis macroura
* Southern Spotted Skunk, Spilogale angustifrons
* Western Spotted Skunk, Spilogale gracilis
o Channel Islands Spotted Skunk, Spilogale gracilis amphiala
* Eastern Spotted Skunk, Spilogale putorius
* Pygmy Spotted Skunk, Spilogale pygmaea
* Western Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus mesoleucus
* Eastern Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus leuconotus
* Striped Hog-nosed Skunk, Conepatus semistriatus
* Andes skunk, Conepatus chinga
* Patagonian Skunk, Conepatus humboldtii
* Indonesian or Javan Stink Badger (Teledu), Mydaus javanensis (sometimes included in Mustelidae)
* Palawan Stink Badger, Mydaus marchei (sometimes included in Mustelidae)

Note the the semi-domesticated "pet" version is the Mephitis mephitis.

Interestingly enough, the german word for skunk is stinktier.

Uncle

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I thought you'd named them Sekakwa. Or did you just sneak that into the slopedia?

Like this. "Say, you were in the military? I know a great job an ex-Vietcong like you would fall right into. Real cushy, great pay."

"Tell me more."

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In italian it's moffetta.
In portuguese it's jaritataca.

We could look at the physical traits and see what words might seem like good suggestions. Simon's got a striped tail, nearly conical-shaped head, and black & white fur patterns. That gets me these words in:
german - streifenendstück, kegelkopf, shwarzwiesser pelz;
italian - coda della banda, testa del cono, and pelliccia bianca nera;
french - queue de raie, tête de cône, and fourrure blanche noire;
portuguese - cauda da listra, cabeça do cone, and pele branca preta;
and spanish - cola de la raya, cabeza del cono, and piel blanca negra.

Mangling these word combinations should give us some candidates. If I were to select a one from each language for consideration I would choose (in reverse order) Raycos, Bedocos, Lakwire, Contestas, and Tucks.

To an earlier argument, the cutting boar is clearly seen on page 29 with nothing loose and meaty in his near vicinity and lacking signs of blood on either his hands or his knife. Our esteemed artist is very concious of important details and this strikes me as being important. Whatever problems Simon has at the moment, neutering is not one of them.

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