One of the worst aspects of speculation is that it tends to be contagious. >_> With Mopey engaging in such a mental exercise so unashamedly, the Queen simply cannot resist the temptation to do likewise.

On the plus side, she does is so efficiently that she covers three (or two if, you consider the twins one person) characters in only one speculation, saving us at least one additional strip. Commendable! And still completely plausible – I don’t see anything in her hypothetical run-down of events that strikes me as far-fetched.

Since tentacles had been introduced as the Queen’s nemesis, a scene like the one in the second panel would have been pretty much inevitable – and it’s definitely what every connoisseur of tentacles would have looked forward to.

The next step is more speculative. But while I’m not sure whether the Queen wouldn’t have been able to save herself, her friends and subjects coming to her rescue also seems very plausible. After all, the twins have already been shown to share some sort of telepathic link between the two, and it’s quite possible that their closest friend and confidante could get in on something like that. And aside from friendship and employee-ship, royalist convictions would give them added zeal in coming to the Queen’s rescue. And given their past status as high-ranking supporters of a royalist regime, royalist convictions can, at least, not be ruled out for them – even if they’ve never given any particular demonstration of them. Nor supplied any justification…>_>

After that part, the speculation comes back to firmer ground of probability. In fact, I’m practically sure that that is exactly what the twins would be doing to save the Queen from her tentacular oppression. Naturally, the mental image alone left me deeply traumatized, so a super-sized helping of censorship bars was called for to save you from the same fate.

I just hope those censorship bars have fewer calories than a Snickers, otherwise that sort of over-use could be seriously fattening…

More on Thursday.