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Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:59 am
by Eraden
I thought the matriarch was a great grandmother. Perhaps I am wrong. Is she Mugi's grandmother or great grandmother?

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:43 pm
by paarfi
Eraden wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:59 am
I thought the matriarch was a great grandmother. Perhaps I am wrong. Is she Mugi's grandmother or great grandmother?
She's Mugi's grandma and Yaku's great-grandma.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 1:04 pm
by jkhartl
paarfi wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 12:43 pm
Eraden wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 11:59 am
I thought the matriarch was a great grandmother. Perhaps I am wrong. Is she Mugi's grandmother or great grandmother?
She's Mugi's grandma and Yaku's great-grandma.
But is she Megumi's grandmother?

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:36 pm
by Ningen 2
I don't believe that has been clearly established.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:38 pm
by Teddy-Werebear
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Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:09 am
by Roamer
Teddy-Werebear wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:38 pm
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Ningen 2 wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 2:36 pm
I don't believe that has been clearly established.
Right now I think Megumi is questioning her lineage as well. Previously supplied information may be in error. Hopefully not lies, that seems like an unsafe thing to lie about to a brand new nine-tail.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2021 3:02 pm
by Invisigoth
I'm for one hoping that Grand Ma will be able to offer some extremely bawdy explanation as to what might have gone on that could have resulted in Megumi being a Fabled Creature

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:30 pm
by NinjaDefenestrator
This is just me trying to consolidate what I personally remember about Megumi’s family tree- please correct me if I’m mistaken!

Lineage-wise, the grandma Megumi grew up with (I’ll call her sex grandma) was “adopted into the family” at some point, and is Megumi’s legit maternal grandmother based on her earlier comments in [1543]. https://megatokyo.com/strip/1543 We have no idea who Megumi’s maternal grandfather is (hence Vis’s theory that sex grandpa is a powerful kitsune). We also don’t know why sex grandma was adopted into the family in the first place.

We can also infer that Mugi spent at least some time living with either sex grandma or Megumi’s parents after Mugi’s mother threw her out for getting pregnant as a teenager, which is why Mugi and Megumi have a contentious but sisterly relationship. We don’t know exactly how familiar Megumi is with the extended kitsune family beyond Mugi/Yaku/whoever works at The Fox Hole, because she has no direct relation (that we know of) to tails grandma.

There’s no mention in the comic about Megumi’s mother being a kitsune, but it seems unlikely given that Megumi had no idea where her new ears and tails could possibly have come from. We also don’t know anything about Megumi’s father or her paternal grandparents at all, unless I missed something that wasn’t discussed in the comics.

So there are a few ways Megumi could have inherited kitsune blood: grandfather, father, or sex grandma not being quite honest about her origins. At any rate, sex grandma has a lot of explaining to do.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 1:37 pm
by paarfi
I wondering if grandma got adopted into the family for the purpose of taking care of Megumi. Nine-tail foxgirl infant is born, and great-grandma eight-tail sees a problem. With the way the TPCD monitors and freaks out over idols [597] and teenage magical girls [1109], who knows what they and Stability would do about a teenage (or toddler) nine-tail. At the minimum, you'd think it would be intrusive surveillance that the clan would not be happy about, and at worst they might decide to "take care of the problem" [717]. Not to mention that a nine-tail might be eventually cause an intraclan power struggle.

So foxgirl magic hides the baby's tails; grandma adopts the infant and is in turn adopted into the clan with a job at a clan hotel where they can keep an eye on them both; and Megumi grows up knowing that her ancestors are normal non-foxgirl humans so there's no possible way she could be a foxgirl herself. And it all worked fine, until the hiding magic failed for some unknown reason.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2021 7:13 pm
by Teddy-Werebear
Roamer wrote:
Tue Mar 02, 2021 11:09 am
Teddy-Werebear wrote:
Mon Mar 01, 2021 9:38 pm
This morning needs to be improved by the power of the BIG BREAKFAST!
Flapjacks, fruit, bacon, sausage, ham, eggs, coffee, orange juice, butter, rye toast, and extra maple syrup!
BIG BREAKFAST PLATE... ASSEMBLE!!
#$%@% #@ !$$ Teddy, you're making me hungry.
The power of Chow Hound is strong with this bear...

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 6:54 pm
by NinjaDefenestrator
Have Megumi’s actual parents been discussed at all? The comic has only addressed who her maternal grandparents are (an anonymous john and a prostitute who was adopted into the clan for some as yet unknown reason). We have no idea who her parents are or what happened to them. For all we know, they could still be around and just not mentioned in the comic yet!

So obviously at least one parent must have had kitsune blood, or else Megumi wouldn’t be one. My guess is that her father is the culprit. That would fit nicely with paarfi’s theory, if Megumi’s parents peaced out/died and sex grandma was left holding the baby.

Argh. This is going to drive me nuts until the next comic comes out. It’s already been two weeks, so hopefully we’ll get a new one soon.

Edit: I have no idea why I thought Invisigoth’s theory involved Megumi’s grandfather rather than her father. Brain fart.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:53 pm
by maldrul
I still haven't been subpoenaed for a paternity test yet ;>

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 12:38 am
by Invisigoth
maldrul wrote:
Sat Mar 06, 2021 11:53 pm
I still haven't been subpoenaed for a paternity test yet ;>
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Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:27 pm
by Ningen 2
Maldrul may or may not be all he claims, but I'm pretty sure he's not a hyena.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:35 pm
by maldrul
Ningen 2 wrote:
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:27 pm
Maldrul may or may not be all he claims, but I'm pretty sure he's not a hyena.
I think Vis is trying to say that the hyena is sick of my sh1t ;> LOL

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:38 pm
by Eraden
Correct me if I am wrong, but that is not a Hyena. That is an African Wild Dog. Hmmm, "looks at Maldrul". I wonder....

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Sun Mar 07, 2021 11:54 pm
by maldrul
Eraden wrote:
Sun Mar 07, 2021 10:38 pm
Correct me if I am wrong, but that is not a Hyena. That is an African Wild Dog. Hmmm, "looks at Maldrul". I wonder....
Both my Ancestry DNA and my 23and Me results put me at 25% Kitsune, 25 % human and 50% magical boy ;>

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 6:51 am
by Invisigoth
maldrul wrote:
Sun Mar 07, 2021 6:35 pm
Ningen 2 wrote:
Sun Mar 07, 2021 5:27 pm
Maldrul may or may not be all he claims, but I'm pretty sure he's not a hyena.
I think Vis is trying to say that the hyena is sick of my sh1t ;> LOL
:lol:

That's an African Wild Dog, one of my alt identities is Dog Soldier. The AWD is one of my favorite critters in the whole world.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2021 3:30 pm
by Ningen 2
My bad. The ears led me astray.

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:14 pm
by Voyager
The AWD does have the same energy as Sturmvoraus' death glare, from Monday's (3/8/21) Girl Genius...

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:49 pm
by Eraden
Voyager wrote:
Tue Mar 09, 2021 1:14 pm
The AWD does have the same energy as Sturmvoraus' death glare, from Monday's (3/8/21) Girl Genius...
Ya, I saw that too. Three things came to my mind when I saw that glare. A) He's gotten up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. B) He knows damn well what Rakethorn and Princess Neena are up to. C) The muse and the cat are in for a rough time.

Now as for Invisigoth, I would suggest if that AWD glare is any indication, Maldrul had better be treading lightly! Some young male kitsune's tail might get chomped off!

Re: [1591] there's no way...

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2021 5:58 pm
by Voyager
I would take it as a bit of B) and a bit of C). He knows what's up, is studiously not noticing her advances, and would rather the cat and the muse not point it out let's plans and diplomatic negotiations be disrupted.

I'm pretty sure he's going to end up with Agatha, and Seffi is going to get ahold of her Wulfenbach.