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Is there ever any doubt in wolf comics as to whether a prophecy will come true?

It never seems to occur to any wolf comic individual, including the hero, to question anything. I suppose, in one way, it underlines that wolves can be unquestioning brutes bowing to their chain of command, but on the other, the Mary Sue crap of “I’m never wrong, bitches!” gets tiresome, no matter how much fur and wild majesty/cuteness one wraps it up in.

Any predator is always interested in food. This as a core motivation/character-value-with-stakes almost never shows up in wolf comics, and I honestly can’t say why. Many comics treat eating like Burger King, despite natural statistics suggesting that a predator is more likely to fail than succeed most of the time. When killing is depicted, its usually to establish A) the badass nature of wolves B) their noble ferocity, or C) how ebul/cool the villain/hero is. This is yet another critical window of opportunity to celebrate lupines that is often missed, bypassed, or ignored.

Killing is a huge part of any predator, and as such, ought to be a big part of their culture. (Talk to any undeveloped country about food culture. The first cave men didn’t make up stories about how easy that deer was to kill.) Desire, nay, downright life-or-death desperation should drive every page of every wolf comic ever, because holy crap, these guys are one meal away from dying. Instead, “the hunt” is something tertiary, a nod to something that has no story relevance, but acts as more a “Oh, by the way, this has to happen cause they’re wolves and all.” Hunts are never, EVER used to characterize, as rites of passage or transformation (say, coming of age or a shift in power because scrawny guy suddenly became alpha material in the eyes of the pack
taking down that bull moose), or as a tool for driving tension or character dynamics (you never see a hunt fail because two snarks are bitching at each other, do you?)

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CrimsonFea's avatar

Is this comic following the trope or not?