#staz

You get what you fucking deserve. - Joker

Welp... you made me do it...

If it hadn’t been for the two Home Discord servers I’m in I wouldn’t have even realized a new page was live on the 25th. (I’ve been cutting back on idle time-- especially social media in a bid to be more productive with my writing.) Page 184 was the last time Home had any real potential as a story and it’s been on a steady decline ever since. Lately, it’s been hard to feel anything for this comic, not even annoyance. It’s that stale and that bland-- even as a terrible story that’s little more than a lesson on how NOT to tackle a creative project.

The latest public page could be interesting in theory. However, everything is just so dark between the black pelted characters, black blankets, and a lack of atmospheric lighting. The only way to fully follow what’s happening is read this comic on a tablet or a computer with a gaming monitor. Geez. The last panel does try with rule of cool, but the more you think about the scene and the set up, the less it makes sense.

The Southspear Tribe notices some tents camped near their territory. They briefly wonder why anyone would camp near them since they survive by robbing other dogs. So they form a raid party, declare the area safe, and then five dogs set off to rob the occupants of the three tent camp. It’s one dog per tent to hold each tent hostage while a single dog from the Southspear group actually does the looting. Surprise! The camp was actually a set up from the Solar Stag Tribe’s bounty hunters. This capital tribe is somewhat responsible for peacekeeping on the island of dogs and lions-- yet they’re rarely shown to intervene in a 700+ page comic. (Even the Wiki says no tribe really has to follow the laws. See the crime section.)

While it SHOULD be cool to see the bounty hunters attack, it feels so odd.

Why hunt Southspear now when they’ve been left alone to do their own thing for ages?

Why didn’t these bounty hunters ever go after the Meteor Tribe in the north, considering how they literally kidnapped dogs to use as slaves and in some cases, sex slaves?

Who even put the bounty out on them?

And how did a bunch of dogs not know which tents were empty and which had a bunch of hidden dogs and one lion within?

Realistically, shouldn’t Solar Stag have filled all the tents with at least two waiting bounty hunters to actually take down the raiders? If everyone is concentrated in one tent, the other raiders can easily escape.

Is this a declaration of war against Southspear or will we never hear from Solar Stag again regarding this sting operation?

There’s a possibility Kique and Staz may actually answer some of these questions, but I’ve learned long ago not to expect coherent or even fulfilling answers to ANYTHING that happens in this comic.

Yayla moments are more going to happen in episode 2 and 3. However, I've been going back and forth on giving them a kiss in episode 4 as well. It just depends if I want Yaz to be with Layla in the tombs after they split off from Steven or if Yaz has her own misadventure, namely running into Harrow and getting her own head fucked with a little.

Also, note to self, give Yaz and Marc more moments together. I really only have them talk/bond in episode 3. In fairness though, he barely makes an appearance until then and Steven takes over in episode 4.

Although I do want Marc to threaten Steven by saying he'll seduce Yaz if Steven touches Layla. Could be fun at least.