I just posted this on Thursday’s thread. Quoting myself, “Opa! We have guests!”, tells us a lot about these opossums. Guests, not intruders, not enemies…..
Ah, wouldn’t it be wonderful if our human society could follow the opossum society belief: “We believe there is room for ALL …” This won’t happen in my lifetime but I sincerely hope it will be so for future generations.
In a true war between the raccoons and possums, the possums would just introduce rabies into the raccoon population and wait. Animals have no Geneva Convention.
The first rule of world-building, build in little idiosyncrasies. When you are doing deep world-building (i.e., Lord Of The Rings, Wheel Of Time, etc.), then you are designing everything from a language to world-specific holidays and caste system for your characters. I’m in awe of those writers.
Georgia’s world-building is doubly hard because, in addition to designing the world, she has to draw it so we can see the vision.
Perhaps ohumans were the oones who eliminated the extra ovowel from onouns. We would not have wanted to be linked to opossums and their famous fierce oteeth.
So with opossums everything starting with a P has an O in front of it? That… makes a weird sense to me…Also, I have loved this little story with the racoons and opossums. The opossums look particularly cute as they’re drawn. I’m always left slightly breathless by drawings by Georgia that takes place at night, it’s such stunning scenery!
Enemies become friends! While this is a sweet story, it does make me think the raccoons might have been the aggressors in the war against the opeaceful opoets.
KROverton 11 months ago
I love the extra ’o’s in front of the ’p’s
uncle snipe 11 months ago
Lovely to see the opossums adopt the way of opoets and ophilosophers. it opleases me very much.
McColl34 Premium Member 11 months ago
It sounds like the dispute was of the raccoons’ making!
WelshRat Premium Member 11 months ago
O, so they add a redundant letter to O so many things? Did OWebster remodel their language?
thelsrc 11 months ago
ovenerable oPericles indeed.
dmah Premium Member 11 months ago
So does this mean opossum the dictionary has an extra long section for O, and nothing for P?
DennisinSeattle Premium Member 11 months ago
Opa resembles Baba, except for the teeth.
Aspen_Bell 11 months ago
aw, “oPrincess”
LeslieAnn Premium Member 11 months ago
I just posted this on Thursday’s thread. Quoting myself, “Opa! We have guests!”, tells us a lot about these opossums. Guests, not intruders, not enemies…..
TampaFanatic1 11 months ago
One word to sum up the situation: detente! Perhaps Mag and Pericles will hatch a plan to bring back order from the chaos caused by Montague mole!
saobadao 11 months ago
Opposum and possum…regional? I refer to the “possums” in my backyard in San Jise CA as opposums
LeslieAnn Premium Member 11 months ago
Now I love opossums.
ctlum 11 months ago
Ah, wouldn’t it be wonderful if our human society could follow the opossum society belief: “We believe there is room for ALL …” This won’t happen in my lifetime but I sincerely hope it will be so for future generations.
kangtourcat 11 months ago
Great dialogue!
Last Rose Of Summer Premium Member 11 months ago
If only people would come together like this. OPeace on Earth would ensue.
Daeder 11 months ago
Oplease!
Leanne 11 months ago
I can imagine that Georgia is taking great delight in this thread!
YulanaLow 11 months ago
Georgia has a wonderful operspective of the animal kingdom.
Gent 11 months ago
Great war eh. You means the one oPpenheimer puts an end to eh.
mysterysciencefreezer 11 months ago
In a true war between the raccoons and possums, the possums would just introduce rabies into the raccoon population and wait. Animals have no Geneva Convention.
Michael Jones 11 months ago
peace negotiations are a great thing
Gent 11 months ago
Eh just says oPen sesame and they lets you into their forest.
lopaka 11 months ago
Georgia can tell excellent stories. She is telling one now. So far my favorite still is the Halloween one with Freddie and Tillie.
Lady Bri 11 months ago
oPportunity to gain excellent allies in the dispute with the moles lies before Queen Mag. I say dispute because it has not yet burgeoned into war.
Aladar30 Premium Member 11 months ago
So, this mean that her father was the bad guy?
Butterball 11 months ago
I’ve been kind of obsessed with all the hands for the past few weeks!
DorseyBelle 11 months ago
Can we oplease have a Squeee for opanel 2’s opink nose? Soooo oprecious opink!
Drag0nr1der 11 months ago
As Roseann, Roseannadana’s grandma used to say “Can’t we all just get along?”
Kitty Katz 11 months ago
Meanwhile, Back on the Nile
At the Artisans’ Studio
Obadiah Opossum: My, this is a lovely studio. How do you manage to supply it?
Maat-Tilda: Oh, ways and means. If you need something, and you hear giggling, you know you’ll have it soon enough.
Obie: And do you have gemstones?
Sophititi: We always have plenty of gold and gems. Our ancestors seemed to always have a store of them near the real treasures, the scrolls.
Obie: I love working with oPals and oPearls.
Adobe Style: We have plenty of them. And the crystal gemstones are practically indestructible, thanks to our elven friend, Fe-Anaro.
Obie: I would love to create artwork. Could I possibly use your studio?
Tillie: Of course. The more the merrier. And if you’re in Afar, we have a lovely studio there.
Obie: How do you get to Afar?
Adobe Style: Kara and Vann can get you there, no problem. Just take the oPun road.
lsnielson 11 months ago
So in reference to yesterdays strip, since they add o to everything beginning with a p, opa is actually “pa”. It took a while for me to get that.
rs0204 Premium Member 11 months ago
The first rule of world-building, build in little idiosyncrasies. When you are doing deep world-building (i.e., Lord Of The Rings, Wheel Of Time, etc.), then you are designing everything from a language to world-specific holidays and caste system for your characters. I’m in awe of those writers.
Georgia’s world-building is doubly hard because, in addition to designing the world, she has to draw it so we can see the vision.
alreadyinuse 11 months ago
I’m appreciating the oPportunty for puns
wesmorgan1 11 months ago
iThink we should be iUsed to iThis by iNow…iKnow iAm!
ladykat 11 months ago
What a wonderful Opportunity to Opresent Opeace between the two Ospecies!
misty 11 months ago
oPericles, oPericles
How lovely is thy lantern
oPericles, oPericles
How steady does it brightly burn
Your words, so wise in summertime
oPine warmly for a peaceful time
oPericles, oPericles
How much we all could learn from thee
- Ernst Anschütz – O Tannenbaum
Daltongang Premium Member 11 months ago
Time Has come
To bury the hatchet
See that anger
Is wasted breath
Admit wrong
See the hurt caused
Time Lost
Lives Lost
Through Anger
Bitterness
Ruins the taste buds
Disables families
Damages Reputations
Causes disruption
Creates white lies
Just who is to blame
In this blame game
Accept your errors
Learn from the pain
We, Me, You and Them
Have all been wrong
Anger has hurt
Killed, savaged and abused
It has taken its toll
Nothing Good
Comes from Anger
bonita.eley 11 months ago
Opossums are so cute – and well aread.
enigmamz 11 months ago
Can this arc be over tomorrow?
scyphi26 11 months ago
That’s precisely the stance the moles are NOT favoring though—they want the land they’re seizing for THEM and ONLY them, not for ALL.
But then again, all turf wars can be boiled down to precisely that in the end.
The Wolf In Your Midst 11 months ago
Well, he’s minding his oPs, but what about his oQs?
Catmom 11 months ago
O.T.
scaeva Premium Member 11 months ago
Omani Opadmi OOooooooommmm …
Quentin1992 11 months ago
Opossums live in North and South America and Possums live in Austrailia. There’s also a difference in their tails.
Tom Toro creator 11 months ago
These characters are operfect!
Felicity-the-cat 11 months ago
They only add an O to words that begin with P. Let’s have an oParty!
Red Bird 11 months ago
Just like there is room for all in our BCN community.
Kitty Katz 11 months ago
oPilot: Magic
Oh, oh, oh, oPossums!
And raccoons
Can reconcile, it’s so!
…….
oPossums!And raccoons
Can reconcile, it’s so!
…….
Let’s no longer be at war
Friends are better, by far
We can share the forest with everyone!
Even the moles can be
opart of the family!
Everything seems better in the morning light!
…….
Oh, oh, oh oPossums!
And raccoons
Can reconcile, it’s so!
anomalous4 11 months ago
OT: Speaking of “O,” remember this book? No, not that one… =slaps own mind= 8-)
Jon Premium Member 11 months ago
oT:
willie_mctell 11 months ago
I had a feeling there would be mutual accord.
Biskits 11 months ago
Perhaps ohumans were the oones who eliminated the extra ovowel from onouns. We would not have wanted to be linked to opossums and their famous fierce oteeth.
David Rickard Premium Member 11 months ago
Possums, peaceful poets and philosophers? I take it Ms. Dunn has never met a real possum.
FreyjaRN Premium Member 11 months ago
More should think like Opa. There’s room for all.
Rebecka A 11 months ago
So with opossums everything starting with a P has an O in front of it? That… makes a weird sense to me…Also, I have loved this little story with the racoons and opossums. The opossums look particularly cute as they’re drawn. I’m always left slightly breathless by drawings by Georgia that takes place at night, it’s such stunning scenery!
Katzen1415 11 months ago
Enemies become friends! While this is a sweet story, it does make me think the raccoons might have been the aggressors in the war against the opeaceful opoets.
Aspen_Bell 11 months ago
https://flic.kr/p/2oTKSmj
Honey lamp
Le'letha Premium Member 11 months ago
I get here late and all the good comments are made! Thanks everyone for a fun read.
Katecst 11 months ago
Could someone explain the last panel to me? was the war between the Racoons and and the ’possums because of star crossed lovers?
rgcviper 11 months ago
Opretty opleasing, today’s comic! Fun use of the Os and Ps.
Denny Wheeler Premium Member 11 months ago
Hm. Occurs to me that it’d be challenging to sing “oPoems, oPrayers, and oPromises.”