Ask Bogo; Life, Career and Family Reprised!

 Bogo: Ugh, I've already told you that I'm not comfortable disclosing that information publically. Not only am I a very private mammal, and I respect my family's privacy, but putting their information out there would put them and their safety at risk.

Nick: For real? Don't you think that's a bit...excuse me for saying so Chief, overdramatic?

Bogo: You don't spend twenty-five years on the force, ten of which were spent acting as its Chief Officer without making a few enemies. Murderers, mafiosos, just plain maniacs, I've put away quite a few of them in my time, or at the very least acted as a constant thorn in their side. For any of them to catch a whiff of the names of those closest to me...well it would be like a drop of blood in a shark tank.

Nick: Oh, well...I guess I can't really argue against that logic...

Judy: But surely there's some little tidbit you can leave us with? Something vague enough, or non-incriminating enough to avoid aiding some maligned revenger plot against you?

Bogo: *Snorts* Alright...alright fine...but this is all you're getting from me. *Grumbles* I am mated, my mate is female, and we adopted several calves together.

Nick: Several big? Or more like...a couple of?

Bogo: I'm keeping it at 'several' to remain vague.

Nick: Okay.

Bogo: Hmm *Scratches chin thoughtfully* Oh, alright this is probably safe. Officer Clawhauser and myself have known each other since high school. We also went to the academy together, and essentially plotted ahead to work as partners, much as Hopps did with you Wilde.

Judy: Wow...you knew Clawhauser that long?

Bogo: Awkward outcasts attract. *Chuckles* Well...I was the awkward one...Clawhauser was the more social of our little pair. The issue being his far too hyper to the point where he drove off most other mammals. Luckily for him, I didn't talk much...so he got to do most of the talking for me. *Chuckles* That kind of personality gave him a great bedside manner on the beat when it came to consoling victims, cheering up calves, that sort of thing.

Nick: Seems like Benji's bread and butter...or rather, his croissant, cream cheese and lox. *Laughs*

Judy: But now you've got me curious, just why did Clawhauser switch to lobby work?

Bogo: Again, that's not my story to tell. It's his. But if you do broach the subject, please tread carefully. *Glares at Nick* That means no one-liners from the peanut gallery. 

Nick: Oh C'mon Chief, I would never! *Flashes Bogo a wide, cheesy smirk* Would this fox ever lie to you?

Bogo: *Huffs* Constantly...and then he lies about lying...thankfully Hopps is here to keep you honest...well as honest as a mammal like you can be. She may be pretty good at keeping you in line...but she's not a superhero...despite trying to play the part.

Nick: Ouch! Be honest Cheif, it's the fox thing, right?

Bogo: I am being serious here Wilde! It's a...delicate emotional subject for Clawhauser...and it has all the right to be. A mammal as sensitive as he is...*sigh*, let's just say that day was the first time I actually saw the value of being as socially detached as I was...but for benjamin, his greatest strength became his greatest weakness...

Judy: Sweet Cheese and Crackers...

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WT: Hey, sorry for basically pulling a re-answer here. I've had some of these asks sitting here for a bit and I forgot when I answered the first Bogo Question, there was another in a similar vein. Anyway, thanks for the ask! 

Ask Allison; Tiny Aunts.

 

And bam, surprise! Two strips in one week. Wanted to do this yesterday but have been struggling healthwise. Anyway, enjoy!

Ask Kodi; Hiding the Pole.

 

Ask Ulric and Honey; Tupacca and Dead Celebrities

 

Ulric: Me and Honey argue about this one all the time! Becaus-

Honey: Because I think sometimes famous mammals just die, and the general public wants them to be alive so badly they make up theories and make fake footage to try to prove they are alive somewhere.

Ulric: Pft...that's such a reductive way of looking at things, especially if you don't know what I know!

Honey: Tell them what you know then genius.

Ulric: Okay, so...my running theory here is that really famous and important mammals, like Tupacca, JFK, Elviss, Micheal Jackleson, all of them, they're being entered into some sort of program to preserve their consciousness, right? So the government-

Honey: Which government now?

Ulric: The one world government! The one that secretly controls everything, right? So the government is stockpiling these guys DNA and consciousness, i.e. souls, in order to replicate them upon the date of their death!

Honey: Explain replicate.

Ulric: They clone them! Raise them under new names and identities, and when they reach a prime age, their consciousness, i.e. soul is put back into them! They've got a whole school full of these clones in a secret town somewhere in Cowlifornia, just waiting to be activated.

Honey: Once again, Clone High was a cartoon Ully...a CARTOON!

Ulric: It was a blatant signal of truth! Blaring like a beacon in the night! Like lupa over a field of snow! They were rubbing in our faces what they were actually doing, muddying the waters by making the concept seem comical!

Honey: It was funny...especially the Joan of Bark and Abe Lincowln stuff...

Ulric: SEE!

Honey: Okay, well even so...if tupacca was cloned...and was a literal cria for like...two decades, then how would he supposedly be releasing music?

Ulric: Ah, well see that touches on the other part of my theory. Basically, those consciousness I mentioned early are not inert, or in stasis. They are all on individual computers where they can continue to produce content. 

Honey: So your theory is that...Tupacca is currently an AI that records and releases new records?

Ulric: Well, he doesn't release them, his lable does...I mean...it makes the most sense...to me anyway.

Honey: Of course it does honey, of course it does.

Ask the Author; Astrological signs and birthdays

 

For the sake of making it easier on myself, I would probably keep the current astrological signs as they are, whilst giving them an animal skew. Like Sagittarius ( Sagittaferus), instead of being a centaur, would be purely a horse. Taurus would be a bull, and Capricorn a goat, and they wouldn't even require a name change. I'd also probably squeeze in the thirteenth official unofficial astrological sign Ophiuchus (Which your's truly's birthday falls under.)

Now as for everyone's birthdays, I don't actually have hard dates for most of them, save for Dawn and Vern. Dawn Evelynn Bellwether was born on March 4th, 1989, making her a Pisces. Her birthdate being March 4th is a nod to the movie release date, but also based on my whole complicated gestation I figured out for wolves, sheeps, and hybrids sholfs in this universe, it plots her conception date to sometime in August which would align with the window for one of the two sheep remnant estrus periods for Clover.

Vernon James Hunter was born on June 14th, 1990, along with his brothers Wade, Trenton, and Ulric. Making them all Gemini's. They were conceived in January, and it wasn't related to any peak sexual hormone period with Auddey. 

You're probably noticing that neither of the gestation periods are nine months, as is the standard for humans. But I went and looked up wolf and sheep gestation, then compared them to human gestation, and found the mean number. Wolf gestation is 2 and 1/2 months. So I placed the gestation mean at about 6 months. As for sheep, they have a gestation of about 5 months. So finding the mean there puts sheepfolk at 7 months. For Paige, I found the mean of those two estimates, and put her at 6 1/2 to seven months. Since her birthdate is October 31st, 2022, that puts her conception date in late March, right in line with Dawn's bi-annual remnant estrus. But I've gotten off track. 

So yeah, I don't have anyone else's precise dates. I wanna say the first batch of Hunter sons were born the previous August, so 1989. That would make Zach, Yuri and Xavier Leo's. But that's all you're going to get from me for now...I'd have to do some careful time crunching to figure out all the birthdates and make sure they don't cause any story conflicts, and I'm not prepared to do that at the moment. It's something I usually do as the need arises. Thanks for your question!

Ask the Author; Bellhunter Blog Timeline

 

In terms of the Ask Blog, the general time period now is post Rehab, LAW, The Family Vulpes, and a portion of the as of yet unnamed last Dawn and Vern fic series. So generally were now situated with Paige being a toddler age. That would make it around...2023ish in their world. However, depending on the ask, I will jump forward or backward in the timeline if it provides a more entertaining response, or if it's required like in '20 years later' asks. But for the most part, we're at the point where nearly all the Hunter's are tithed to their mates (Aside from maybe Wade and Ulric), Audrey's new pups are a little over a year old, Paige is a toddler, and Cameron and Clover are married and just recently adopted a lamb.

I hope that's clear enough clarification for you guys.

Ask Special; Thermodynamics Refuted; With Professor Valerie Vulpes

 

A little late with this, but it required some extra elbow grease...and I lost a day due to being sick. This comic idea was prompted and funded directly by a Patreon backer, (Unformed8), and was a good enough idea I feel to feature as an ask special on the blog. This little strip features Val being a stellar Aunt and older sister by teaching Paige and her new little sister Cassie the art of mischief. (Cassie is still in the prototype design phase...not entirely sure this will be her permanent look. She's Cameron and Clover's eventual adopted daughter.) Luckily, when it comes to mischief, the laws of thermodynamics don't apply to Valerie Vulpes. Special note of Vernon being a stellar Dad here by the way, not coming down on Val teaching his pup how to light things on fire, but arguing over technique. A+ parenting there Puppy!

Before I go, I wanted to ask you guys something. Over time these ask comics have gotten more elaborate, from simple line art, to partial color, to full color with shaded backdrops. Of course, with increased polish comes increased time consumption and less content output per week. My question for the audience is, do you prefer these more colorful, high quality ask responses? Or would you rather go back to line art only or partial color in order to possibly facilitate more content per post. Maybe something in between? Lemme know either by commenting here or I guess emailing if you can't. Just head the email as not being an ask. Thanks everyone!

-Wasty

Ask Bogo: The Chief's Family and the Clawhauser Mystery.

 

Happy (Belated) Father's Day!

 

Ugh, always running late with my posts, but this one needed a little extra love. After all, this was my first time drawing the BellHunter Family Townhouse in the South Meadowlands. I want it to look properly lived in. Poor Vern is a tuckered Papa in this pic. Usually, it's Vernon who does the grocery shopping after work while on his way home, unless it's the weekend. This time around, I imagine he got an extra day off after a particularly busy week, and being the 'super dad' that he is, offered to watch the pups while Dawn went to the store this time. However, the ol' wolf was more tuckered from work and keeping non-nocternal mammal hours than her thought, and slipped into a midday nap despite himself. Luckily the pups don't seem to mind, especially Edison who seems to be using his Pa as a beanbag while focused on his Scritch games. Thankfully Allison seems to be more than willing to pick up the slack keeping an eye on Paige to let her Dad get some much needed shut eye.

Next week we'll be back to more standard kinda ask comic stuff. Until then, I hope this pic was worth it. Thanks guys!

-Wasty

Sick Leave. (Taking a week off)

 I wanted to have a nice Father's Day picture to share with you guys, but I've been having a flare-up of my medical stuff. Luckily it doesn't seem as bad as usual, but it still throws a wrench in the works. I feel the need to apologize, not just for this flare-up, but for what I feel has been kind of a weak return to form ask-wise this year. I was hoping to be doing much better by now...but I guess I'm still at about the same level I was in January despite the vitamins and the compression leggings and whatnot. I'll keep cracking at getting better, and hopefully, the blog will return to something more consistent as my overall health improves. I'm not giving up anytime soon, and I hope you guys will stick with me while I continue to figure this stuff out. Thanks for being fans.

-Wasty