Suggested bloody pairing: Bloody Maria.
The problem with basing a cartoon floorplan on a house you’ve been in is that you realize, after the ink is already down, that there’s no reason these two would have a kitchen table and a dining room table. The problem with pointing that out here is that you wouldn’t have noticed it otherwise. The saving grace is that imaginary dining room tables can disappear next time with no explanation.
Chim knows that he’s in a cartoon, but he doesn’t know that Ago-Ham is in a cartoon.
Chim DID (correctly, to a degree) call himself the main character once, but Hamster was commenting on Mountain Time as a viewer probably before Chimneyfoot was even introduced. Being his best friend and roommate, it’s safe to assume that Chim knows that Hamster knows he’s a cartoon.
I mean, Chim was willing to risk being turned into a rock at the bottom of the ocean to save Hamster, so I think he knows him pretty well.
I’ve been to a house with multiple “eating at” tables before. People in the real world have had far stranger furniture decisions in their houses, honestly.
What about that hedgehog from June 25, 2009
The sad thing is they both think this is an animated cartoon, with a huuge budget and it’s won all these awards…
I meant that Chim knows that Ago-Ham knows he’s in a cartoon, but he doesn’t know that Ago-Ham is in a cartoon. It’s very confusing.
Xin: Yeah, but this is just two guys who never have company. Chim hangs out with friends at Joe’s Pool Hall, and Hamster’s only friend is Chim. In-universe, Hamster has no need for a dining table. I know this because I eat my meals on a coffee table. If I eat with friends, it’s not in my home. It’s usually in the park—though squirrels are capricious dinner guests.
Ahno: He can turn into a ball of spikes.
Cold: I’m sure that will come to pass in another 15 years or so. I’m gaining readers at a, um, pace. (One a year is a pace.)
Circle: Sorry! I didn’t understand you at first. The thing is that meta jokes are, well, meta, and thus only make sense metafictionally.
Hey waitaminute! I recognise that place mat! https://www.maisonapart.com/images/auto/640-480-c/20130523_184708_dsc0253.webp
Very clever of the hamster — normally, it defeats the purpose of a Chindogu if you actually use it in real life, but since he doesn’t live there anyway, he can do whatever the hell he wants.
Man, I was worried about drawing the right kind of oval for that plate, and then told myself, “There’s no law against square plates.” And now it’s a some weird place mat, and maybe Hamster doesn’t live in his own house? Life is complicated.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who cannot figure out how to oval a plate onto a table.