Yeah, it wasn’t hard coming up with a title for this strip…otherwise I would have half-assed it, as usual.
So our friends have made it up to the roof, and K’ip/Kippu-kun is still acting in stereotypically cat-like ways. Those things about nap-attacks and sunny spots being so well-known cat stereotypes that neither Snuka nor the Professor are surprised about it. The Professor, of course, shouldn’t be surprised about anything concerning K’ip, given the long time they’ve spent together – but since most of that happened off-screen, he’s still as surprisable as Snuka in that regard, since off-screen happenings aren’t real.
As for letting K’ip just lying out there in the glaring sun…uh, either they both understand cat guy physiology enough to know he’ll be okay, or they’re both callous enough to simply assume that. Your choice. And once again, the much deeper friendship that the Professor should feel for K’ip doesn’t really enter the equation, since it happened off-screen.
More on Monday.
What about the Professor understands cat-guy physiology enough and Snuka is callous enough to simply assume?
Hmm, I guess the Professor would understand a lot about cat-guy physiology…he’s traveled with K’ip for a long time, and is just too scientifically minded not to use the opportunity to test and experiment until he knew how cat-guys work (poor K’ip…).
But I think that Snuka wouldn’t be that callous…his outward criminal tendencies contractually oblige him to have a heart of gold. And be appropriately embarrassed about it whenever the subject comes up… XD
This made me think of some moment where the cast is expecting Snuka to have committed some criminal act because you know, Snuka, only to find out he actually made a much more (suspiciously so) charitable act instead, and when they call him out on it he admits he’s as surprised as they are, and is going to have to steal a whole town blind just to make up for that damn heart of gold
That’s actually a very nice idea…usually it’s only Mopey who has issues with her heart not being as black and unmovable as she would like it to be, but on some level Snuka could easily have a similar problem with his heart not being as hard and ruthless as his experiences should have rightfully made it. With his background, he would feel that compassion equals weakness…or at least feel that that’s the way he should be feeling…