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1. 2 days ago on Endtown

   Part of the fun of this strip (at least for me) is trying to guess what going to happen, and see if I’m following the clues in the story correctly. It’s also interesting to see how differently other folks have interpreted the same clues.

2. 2 days ago on Endtown

   “…But the rat came back the very next day, the rat came back—we thought he was a goner; but the rat came back, he just couldn’t stay away.” (altered a bit from a song by Harry S. Miller)

3. 14 days ago on Endtown

   09/16/2016 billions of dead realities; 10/18/2012 Duchess…many centuries; 06/16/2020 Comic left by marx as clue ; 07/22/2016 Rats are collecting refugees. Putting these bits together, it seems that steps might have been taken to preserve life in this isolated reality. Endtown took “many centuries” to build. Marx left the comic as a clue to show that he (probably) altered the biosuit material to block the dimension grex effect. Maybe Marx even engineered the dimension blend to save some spark of humanity. When Endtown “opens for business” as the bombs are falling, the Rats were already in place and controlling access. My guess is that the Rats were created as part of Endtown, as custodians and/or guardians. Their job is to secure Endtown, and after that “maintain Endtown’s Continuing Viability”(04/05/2018). The Rats’ only reason for existence is to do those jobs. They never existed outside of Endtown, and may have been Endtown’s only inhabitants for decades or centuries as it was prepared for the oncoming catastrophe. Self-repair or regeneration would be useful to preserve workforce. This would be necessary in a finite number of Rats, with no ability to create more (which would also mean they are sterile.) About 8 years after the castastrophe that drove them into Endtown, the Rats are seeing the refugees rather unappreciative that they are still alive at all—in fact, the refugees are acting in a way that could jeopardize the stability of the entire environment. As a few other commenters in here have pointed out—that would make the Rats a bit…annoyed.

4. 14 days ago on Endtown

   Endtown, s**t. I’m still only in Endtown. Every time I think I’m going to wake up back in the jungle….

5. about 2 months ago on Endtown

   Yes. When they harvested Mavis’ memory, Jacob got a list of 127 names. Near the end of that arc, Jacob observes: "Over a hundred known cannibals running loose in endtown. “The wolves are now universally despised.” “This isn’t over.”

6. about 2 months ago on Endtown
   It seems that there is an election. Jacob Jackrabbit is the current mayor. Who is running against him, and supported by the radicalized wolves? I’m pretty sure I won’t like the answer.
7. 2 months ago on Endtown

   Through various social manipulations and several bad decisions, Wolf anthros became social pariahs in Endtown. Only some of the Wolves became radicalized, the situation flared into extreme violence. Security Rats were activated, and it went badly for the Wolves. Apparently some of the Wolf radicals survived, and are doing violence; and the Rats seem to be trying to “handle” it. I don’t want to say more here, to avoid spoiling the story for anyone that hasn’t read it. This setup all unfolded in the story arc that started 01\02\2017, and ended 09\14\2018.

8. 2 months ago on Endtown

   Even in their early appearances, the Security Rats are authoritarians—and jerks. I went back and found these: [02/13/2009] “authoritarians” (first appearance); [09/17/2010] Flask: “What we do here is meant to keep this community safe”. “Trash like Anderson and Greene…”; [09/23/2010] Mallard “back the #$% off!” (Flask is their boss now.); [10/11/2010] The Rats recover sensitive information. There is property damage. And, they retrieve Jacob Jackrabbit.; [10/25/2010] Rats show they are basically unfriendly to everyone, including Walt, the Mayor. ; [03/16/2011] Official Rat in an office. Next strip, Rat doctor. All screening apparently done by Security.; [08/24/2011] Rat actually invites Wally to join a mission. ; [08/31/2011] Rat (wearing glasses) welcomes Wally to mission room. ; [07/27/2012] Rat trash talking Linda Kowalski (who’d just appeared in Endtown with Marx and the others).(I see here that Petey flew off with the brain from the other PT. I wonder if that person will reapper in the current arc.); [01/24/2013]The Rats come to visit Maude and Linda. “step away from the cake”. Property damage ensues. ; [02/25/2013] The Rats “greet” Walt the Mayor again. ; [03/29/2013] The Rats are handling the trial, and are also doing the media coverage.; [04/26/2013] The Rats come in to break up a fight—which escalates over the next few strips. ; [05/06/2013] Things have gotten really bad for the Rats. But no orders to retaliate. ; [05/10/2013]This shows that the carnage in Endtown at this time (such as wounding of Allie)—was all caused by Endtowners. The Rats were out of it. I had fogotten this. ;[05/30/2013] This is why the local cops hadn’t been involved. No one called them. “Security” has been sent out. Note the dates of the strips. Of course there are more, but I stopped after this, since I was only curious about earlier appearances. The latest of these is from 12 years ago. My recollection of the Rats as “comic relief” isn’t really correct.

9. 2 months ago on Endtown

   For those who might want a quick refresh reading: The Pork Conspiracy starts—01/02/2017. Or jump to the rats’ mission statement “We are security”—04/05/2018 ; Mavis’s description of how the wolves became patsies “a hated, stigmatized subclass”—05/28/2018; and finally, Grout’s (I like this character) dark forecast “justice has become a deadly poison here”—08/31/2018 . Highly recommend reading all the way through, though. In my opinion, some wonderful storytelling. Also note that what we see happening now was foreshadowed years ago.

10. 3 months ago on Endtown

    When we left Endtown (09/14/2018) the Pork Conspiracy had been uncovered, there was major rioting with Wolf anthros becoming major villains in the public eye, and along the way, the Rats gave Jacob a hint of their actual authority. (04/05/2018) I wonder how far events in Endtown have progressed since then.