RETURN OF STRIP MANIP!

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

All I can find on Kuhimo is "nine-tailed fox" (one of which I recall showed up in Majora's Mask, and there was a card called "Eight and a Half-Tails" in Magic during the Japanese-myth-based sets), so I'm going to go out on a limb and guess... something to do with the Japanese myths about the kitsune spirits?

[mindstalk]

All I can find on Kuhimo is "nine-tailed fox" (one of which I recall showed up in Majora's Mask, and there was a card called "Eight and a Half-Tails" in Magic during the Japanese-myth-based sets), so I'm going to go out on a limb and guess... something to do with the Japanese myths about the kitsune spirits?

Come on people, Wikipedia's the top link.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumiho

Korea...

It can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful girl often set out to seduce men, and eat their liver or heart

However, while huli jing and kitsune are often depicted with ambiguous moral compasses, possibly good or bad, the kumiho is almost always treated as a malignant figure who feasts on human flesh. It is unclear at which point in time Koreans began viewing the kumiho as a purely evil creature, since many ancient texts mention benevolent kumiho assisting humans (and even make mentions of wicked humans tricking kind but naïve kumiho).

Some tales say that if a kumiho abstains from killing and eating humans for a thousand days, it can become human. Others, like the drama Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child, say that a kumiho can become human if the man who sees her true nature keeps it a secret for ten years.

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

I already looked there, and for some weird reason, that article didn't come up at all.

[Freemage]

The Korean soap opera dramedy, My Girlfriend is a Gumiho (look, we're going between completely different writing systems, spelling gets mangled, 'kay?) features the titular Gumiho's quest to become human by consuming a potion and then placing her 'fox pearl' inside the male lead for 100 days. Unfortunately, she was tricked, and so the process will also kill the man. Been watching it on Netflix Streaming--it's cute.

[Valerie]

Some tales say that if a kumiho abstains from killing and eating humans for a thousand days, it can become human. Others, like the drama Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child, say that a kumiho can become human if the man who sees her true nature keeps it a secret for ten years.

Wait, so... If Iseul is still a Kumiho, that means Theo must have told someone, assuming he's known all this time. D:
Eat him, Iseul.

[Alice Macher]

Eat him, Iseul.

If Iseul really wanted to "eat" Theo, she wouldn't have gone fooling around with Elizabeth.



Thank you; I'll be here all week; tip your server.

[svenman]

I already looked there, and for some weird reason, that article didn't come up at all.

Probably because you typed "Kuhimo" instead of "Kumiho".

[Zanosuke Kurosaki]

I already looked there, and for some weird reason, that article didn't come up at all.

Probably because you typed "Kuhimo" instead of "Kumiho".

Likely, and I take it you accidentally did the same thing? I didn't even realize I'd transposed the letters until I just now caught it in my original post.

[Alice Macher]

[Ameyal]

Some tales say that if a kumiho abstains from killing and eating humans for a thousand days, it can become human. Others, like the drama Gumiho: Tale of the Fox’s Child, say that a kumiho can become human if the man who sees her true nature keeps it a secret for ten years.

Wait, so... If Iseul is still a Kumiho, that means Theo must have told someone, assuming he's known all this time. D:
Eat him, Iseul.

She told Iseul....

But now there is a canon explanation of why certain characters don't show up later in the game.

[Alice Macher]

[Lia S]

I want to hear this song. This needs to be a real song.

[Mr. Brightside]

...I'd kind of figured it was.

[Alice Macher]

...I'd kind of figured it was.

Fortunately for the world...it isn't. I made it up.

I was originally going to have Iseul sing Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know," but where'd be the fun in that?

[Lia S]

Please please please complete the lyrics. I was imagining it sounding like Annette Hanshaw suddenly switching to (almost) screamo, which was awesome. Maybe this can become the first QUILTBAG-forum-composed song!