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Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27101: Jul 16th 2018 at 12:38:56 AM

You know, I'm starting to think maybe this whole thing is not going absolutely swimmingly.

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#27102: Jul 16th 2018 at 1:02:52 AM

Well, Coysengrin's at least willing to talk. So far, so good.

Spiral out, keep going.
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27104: Jul 18th 2018 at 1:20:43 AM

You know, he really does seem a lot happier these days. See, Jack was right, this is why you shouldn't just bottle everything up!

Adannor from effin' belarus Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#27105: Jul 18th 2018 at 1:44:06 AM

So, any guesses if he's something specific from a concrete mythology? The name alone is just generic "wolf" meaning.

Medinoc Chaotic Greedy from France Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Chaotic Greedy
#27106: Jul 18th 2018 at 2:47:48 AM

Well the same can be said of Coyote's name. Combine that with the fact Ysengrin is a wolf of French origin...

Edited by Medinoc on Jul 18th 2018 at 11:49:29 AM

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Kostya from Everywhere Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#27107: Jul 18th 2018 at 4:43:04 AM

Well at least now we have a name for him and confirmation he considers himself a separate entity. I know a loup-garou is a type of werewolf but I'm guessing he just means wolf.

Adannor from effin' belarus Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#27108: Jul 18th 2018 at 4:47:01 AM

Mm, the name change may be that he now considers himself a godly "wolf" entity, like how Coyote was a godly entity of archetypical "coyoteness," rather than an individual sapient wolf.

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#27109: Jul 18th 2018 at 6:01:40 AM

The first thing I thought of was Loup-Garou,a kind of werewolf

http://www.mythicalcreaturesguide.com/m/page/Loup+Garou

But that was probably just The Dresden Files fan in me

Edited by sgamer82 on Jul 18th 2018 at 7:05:47 AM

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#27110: Jul 18th 2018 at 6:01:43 AM

... Or it's just Coyote fucking with Annie. And with us, by proxy.

His declaration kinda feels forced, like he's grandstanding. Also, I wouldn't take anything said by a trickster deity at face value, TBH.

Spiral out, keep going.
GutstheBerserker from Haiti Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#27111: Jul 18th 2018 at 1:23:05 PM

Loup just means "wolf" in French. The same way Renard simply means "Fox".

By the way, did anyone notice how Loup called Antimony "My Love" in the previous panels?

Is this the culmination of Coyote's obsession and Ysengrin's brooding respect/admiration? Combine the both and you get romantic love?

Edited by GutstheBerserker on Jul 18th 2018 at 4:22:49 AM

phantom1 Since: Dec, 2009 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#27112: Jul 18th 2018 at 7:00:40 PM

Oh God I hope not!

Loup just Loup, wolf, Coyote is a trickster god, but Wolf/Loup, but than there are a lot of wolves in fairytales.

Millership from Kazakhstan Since: Jan, 2014
#27113: Jul 18th 2018 at 8:38:35 PM

[up][up]wild mass guessIt's Jenny the Witch masquerading as the Coyote all along.wild mass guess

Jack's got really strange taste in women.

Spiral out, keep going.
Medinoc Chaotic Greedy from France Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Chaotic Greedy
#27114: Jul 19th 2018 at 1:44:31 AM

[up][up][up]Nitpick: "Renard" doesn't simply mean "Fox". Foxes are named after Renard.

Edited by Medinoc on Jul 19th 2018 at 10:45:47 AM

"And as long as a sack of shit is not a good thing to be, chivalry will never die."
Adannor from effin' belarus Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#27115: Jul 19th 2018 at 5:00:05 AM

Oh?

"Replaced goupil (from Latin vulpecula) by euphemism – mentioning the fox by name was considered bad luck, so Renart replaced it."

Huh, interesting.

GutstheBerserker from Haiti Since: Oct, 2014 Relationship Status: Drift compatible
#27116: Jul 19th 2018 at 10:28:20 AM

[up][up] That's fascinating!

I knew that the Old French word "Goupil" referred to foxes as it appeared in some of the classics we read in school but I didn't know that it's disuse was due to superstition.

Kostya from Everywhere Since: Apr, 2011 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
#27117: Jul 19th 2018 at 10:42:29 AM

Didn't something like that happen with wolves too?

blkwhtrbbt The Dragon of the Eastern Sea from Doesn't take orders from Vladimir Putin Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me
The Dragon of the Eastern Sea
#27118: Jul 19th 2018 at 1:51:30 PM

Nope. Loup comes from lupus. Like the English word "lupine" meaning "wolf-like" or the Spanish word "lobo"

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Daremo Misanthrope Supreme from Parts Unknown Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: If it's you, it's okay
#27119: Jul 19th 2018 at 1:54:21 PM

You're probably thinking of bears.

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arahman56 Since: Aug, 2010
Arha Since: Jan, 2010
#27123: Jul 23rd 2018 at 12:47:51 AM

Well, that settles that. Coyote knew exactly what Ysengrin would do after all.

Jaabi slate furry thing Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: Singularity
slate furry thing
#27124: Jul 23rd 2018 at 3:01:09 AM

If Coyote knew exactly what would happen... how sure are we it isn't just Coyote...

Or maybe it's a bit of both. hm.

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Adannor from effin' belarus Since: May, 2010 Relationship Status: Buried in snow, waiting for spring
#27125: Jul 23rd 2018 at 3:04:37 AM

Hmmmm, I am leaning to him being legitimately dead and the fusion being a Thanatos Gambit rather than only pretending to be dead while piloting Ysengrin from inside. It kinda feels more thematic that way.


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