Big Jack and the Lone Wolf

[@butteredpopcornva]

WOAH the videos getting traction holy cow thanks guys! If you’re new please consider subscribing it helps me out a tonnnnnnn. I’m hoping if I can grow the channel more I can pay for more VO classes to improve my skillzzz and bring you guys better videos in the future! I appreciate all your kind words the support is a huge morale booster, stay tuned for more!! And WELCOME to the Popped Opportunities ;)🍿🎙️

[@arklaw8306]

You ain't seen nothing yet.

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@arklaw8306 RAAAGHHH thank youuuu

[@mooncll1]

Your voice is amazing already! Great comic dub, looking forward to anything else you post

[@Eric_The_Cleric]

I dunno, bud, you've got the "rugged farmer/soldier" voice down pretty well already. I'll sub, though. Let's see what else you got!

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@Eric_The_Cleric I won’t letcha down 😤👊❤️

[@MrSockez]

I watched a sheep eat a freshly hatched chick once. That was the day i learned most "obligate" herbivores eat animals every once in a while. Apparantly, bones are a great source of minerals for deer to regrow horns after winter, maybe thats why people who die in the woods never get found. Carnivores and bugs eat the flesh, and herbivores eat and scatter the bones. Theres even a trailcam video of a deer eating a rib.

[@FabianDialer-vw1zk]

Damn those people who protest against meat consumption, telling to go vegan or vegetarian even get betrayed by herbivores. They truly don't admit to being wrong.

[@generalalduin9548]

@@FabianDialer-vw1zk I would kill to see how a militant vegan reacts to learning most animals on Earth are facultative herbivores

[@idrathernot_2]

The idea of herbivores being sweet soft harmless balls of fluff is a modern western invention of people that don't know what inside a chicken nugget

[@moonshine6304]

​@@FabianDialer-vw1zkMost people who are vegan aren't against meat and animal product consumption but rather how it's produced, have you seen the state that chickens are in industrial egg farms? Genuine man made horrors beyond our comprehension

[@sirkana]

Yeap, pretty much only koalas and similar hyper specialised animals eat no other animals at all. Everyone else eats when they got the chance.

[@mizu7662]

Sheep dogs have a lot of time to think.

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@mizu7662 Big Jack left em speechless 😇

[@SchwarzSchwertkampfer]

Speechless with the truth. ☮🖖🏿💯

[@shepherdsofmelchizedek1985]

But he is wrong? He isn’t like the Wolf, he has more in common with the sheep than he realizes The sheep would be able to kill him in a heartbeat if they were allowed to keep their horns … even female sheep in nature have horns The difference between him and the Wolf is that he has an owner and a master that he is accountable towards, and that master loves the sheep The Wolf has no master, and without standing together, they fall The viciousness came from the desperation, but the desperation is not just alone Sure, the wolf could spare the sheep who have no means of defense, as he does with fangs and claws Ultimately, he’s preferring the easy option and hoping that he can get one off on the master , which is why the master has a dog that serves them The dog is bread specifically to exist as the opposite of the wolf, the wolf is his prey As kin as Scot’s and Germans in the 40s… and among the Maccabees we find the inspiration for all Jewish justifications for combat… like sheep, they are kept without natural defenses to ensure they are more passive… Prisoners are prisoners, and to establish such dynamics as Big Jack did (dual consciousness aside) will lead to further isolation n depression, further his dysphoria Much like Chiririn’s Bell, it’s a really good story- as was this, I really like this kind of work and It’s very thought-provoking

[@thanhannguyen5609]

I​f a dog is abandoned by its owner, do you think it would rather choose to starve to death in front off a delicious cattle? Sure, if the dog is well-trained it may control its instinct to live. But it wouldn't be 100% of all those dog. It would take character, training and perception, and even more. The point is, the sheep said its a good thing its kin is dead. It's understandable, but hardly justified.

[@shepherdsofmelchizedek1985]

@@thanhannguyen5609 but by proxy you’re admitting then that it’s good. The sheep should die to feed the wolves, you can’t have it both ways you have to acknowledge the truth. The sheep have a right to not want to die and they have a right to see the predator as what it is. Something that feeds upon them, especially when they had their weakness specifically to feed itself. There’s nothing stopping them from eating meat, cattle and livestock do it all the time- but we’re assuming that the sheep don’t go around eating little animals for the extra nutrients Sometimes things are just what they are, I’m not familiar with the series- or the direction that it’s going- but philosophically, sometimes a noose is a noose- not just a good loop n knot Functionally, none of them would exist without the owner- and if the owner is a nonexistence, then yes, you would be right- but the implication is that the damage was already done by the masters presence- the domestication cannot be fully realized nor reversed is the notable thing we are discussing I suppose? It’s not so much that is wrong but that he’s only half right, like half of the equation being given before him I’ve seen the trope before which is why is said this is a good contrasting view to the same set up in Chrinin’s bell- it’s about a young Lamb who is on a vengeance quest to kill a wolve- and it’s a really messed up coming of age story- one of the few that can get me to cry at least lol The duality is something I think would be worth watching unfold, even with philosophical differences- as art and interpretation are not completely correlated, even if they are causal- or maybe have that reversed it’s one in the morning But I do like the implications of your reply, partly why I asked “ the lion will die down with the sheep” indeed could be an argued influenced on my take, but it’s an interesting notion- the application of ethical structures into a prototype based on mammalian limitations rather than solely personification alone

[@crpineo]

1:38 _"...alright Carl, they're gone. You can get up now."_ _"Oh thank _*_GOD!"_*

[@sp5885]

U trick me ;-;

[@comidyseeker]

The one wolf who is deathly afraid of sheep!

[@crusaderanimation6967]

Reminds me of the quote from one of the Tolkien's books: "It was Sam's first view of a battle of Men against Men, and he did not like it much. He was glad that he could not see the dead face. He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would rather have stayed there in peace."

[@JS-kr8fs]

That passage always stuck with me, even though it's been over 30 years since I last read it. I don't feel like I ever truly grasped empathy, until I grew up enough I could relate to Sam putting himself in a foe's boots.

[@bestaround3323]

The reason I dislike wishing ill on others. Doesn't mean I never do, but I still try not to.

[@graveyardshift6691]

Just because Big Jack kills them doesn't mean he hates them. He respects them for what they must do to survive. But he still has a job to do and if he don't do the job, he don't eat ether.

[@stupidmangoz]

Yeah I can see that when watching the vid too

[@shepherdsofmelchizedek1985]

@@graveyardshift6691 Big John’s point is impressive, and correct in regards to that’s how many GIs felt towards the Nazis, it’s how a lot of people feel towards the people they have to fight combat like the union towards the southerners It’s capable to love thy enemy and to kill him meaning no will too engage- we the capably to hate thy ally and to kill him indiscriminately, with no scrutiny given to the effects…

[@redisanuber]

@@graveyardshift6691 really? 🤯

[@tizianotrasmondo6011]

I studied wolves and, contrary to popular belief, they aren't so fond of Sheep meat. They prefer much more Wild ungulates like Wild Boar and Red/Roe Deer, even Bisons (and they're way harder to catch). The reason for eating lifestock is actually pretty understandable: as humans have cut off woods and forests to get room for lifestock, their natural preys' supply gets short, they starve and get forced to hunt the only reliable source of food left: lifestock. Sure, they may eat sometimes an abandoned sheep but in natural conditions this is very rare. About humans, well...they are utterly afraid of us and they're far less likely to attack than domestic dogs. Keep it in mind.

[@claudiostraniero4919]

Exactly

[@Tomeroche]

"It gives me no pleasure but it gives me some relief. Like it or not, his life is a threat to my own. And just like him, I too wish to live."

[@mr.whocares8787]

that is an understandable and relatable way to see it. sadly the sheep dont seem to share that sentiment by wishing that the wolf suffered.

[@Tomeroche]

@@mr.whocares8787 "Ah, the way I see it sir is that be it that he managed to snatch me me in the night or I he found me laying out here in the same sorry state, I reckon he'd be grateful for the meal, some might even be happier about not needing to risk their neck to find me cold. I figure we might be allowed to feel the same. Cruel though it may be, dead is dead, but if he freezes no one needs to stick their neck out for him to snap at. Dead is dead, and while I don't wish him pain in his final moments I don't feel need to judge those who draw some small comfort from it, the sheep they managed to snatch ain't always so lucky as this one. I mean, to the wolves fed is fed, doesn't mater if it's still kickin' a bit when you're hungry now."

[@pedrosso0]

The thing is that the sheep said he deserved it.

[@Tomeroche]

I had a whole little in character continuation to this but youtube did that BS where it silently erases your comments without telling you. Ten minutes wasted...

[@GreysonAuctor]

@pedrosso0 i think what the commenter is trying to say is that was a knee-jerk response of the prey. But after the guard dogs speech he relents a little and explains his motivation.

[@devinhallsworth5531]

I love how this story isnt even about the wolf. Its about the sheep who take the dog for granted.

[@live4life551]

"Y-you're one of the Good ones tho." Vibes

[@obolisk0430]

Not really.

[@pyrrhicvictory6707]

Yeah, they even said the dog was nothing like the wolves. It was Ol' Jack who disagreed with them on that point.

[@raventamer99]

"You're still my enemy in the morning." "You're my enemy now, but even enemies can show respect." - Priam to Achilles, Troy

[@Culebrunch]

A real point of maturity I saw was that he knows what they can't help but think of the wolves. Rather than changing their minds, he simply told them the harsh truth of reality and allowed them to do what they wanted with that info. He didn't deny the sheep the satisfaction of seeing their mortal enemy dead. Simply to keep it quiet, for ignorance may be bliss, but it is hell for all those who aren't you.

[@welpimf0cked654]

It ain't that deep

[@samuelsanabria4439]

@@welpimf0cked654 you wouldn't know a metaphor if it hit you in the face

[@XDrotkon]

Agree. Even most adults still think they have to shape the world with their ideology.

[@NicoleColenico]

@@welpimf0cked654 This whole comic is literally trying to be deep

[@welpimf0cked654]

@@NicoleColenico and it doesn't really succeed, anyone can realize that the carnivores need to survive too and that means the death of the herbivores. Again, it's not philosophical, it's just basic ecology but with talking animals.

[@haijin7484]

My uncle was a farrier, he’d visit farm to farm at different states. One time he was working on a farm during heavy winter. Had to take the horses and run them on circle for their hoof and joint health since during winter they are often inside the barn. My uncle saw the farmer’s Belgian Malinois on a distant. He approached it and suddenly the environment and the windy winter felt quiet The dog was staring at the dead body of a wolf, he’s not eating nor dragging or sniffing it or barking for the very least. He just sat there staring at the dead wolf. My uncle got off the horse and approached the dog and pet it, he understands the situation. Even my uncle felt pity to the dead wolf. At the end of the day we are just animals that just trying to survive. We often forget or never think about the unfortunate ones who couldn’t survive. Later after their period of vigil, my Uncle ask the farmer if he can dig down a grave somewhere on the farm. It was an incredible moment because it was my Uncle first time witnessing a dog who is not only loyal but shows empathy.

[@sayanmullick7559]

He feels sad for the wolf He doesn't blame them for showing any sympathy He just doesn't want them to keep telling him about it

[@mathieuguenier3658]

The master in question tonight "WHO'S A GOOD BOY ?!"

[@AndrewAce.]

LOL

[@alarictenorio1076]

This might even hit harder for Big Jack if it's a continuation of that other comic. He wouldn't regret his choice for sure, nor think of it as wrong, but he knows that that choice contributed to that wolf's death and is saddened by it.

[@clan741]

There is a quote from a book on coyotes “neither cruelty nor compassion” when animals hunt they are shown neither enjoying or disliking it, their faces are purely blank when hunting and killing their prey. For them it’s a purely instinctual act they cannot turn off.

[@LordHeraklion]

Which is a romanticized view of animals. In reality, many predators like to play with their victims. It only makes sense that what is good for survival is rewarded by evolution with pleasure.

[@YOOOOITSTY]

And that is why I do not keep coyotes or any kind of wilderness predators as pets

[@Karo-AUTTP-UTTD]

I think it depends on the level of intelligence and sociality. You see, creatures like orcas are widely recorded to show cruelty towards their prey

[@ut2819]

@@Karo-AUTTP-UTTD dolphins also

[@lnsflare1]

​@@LordHeraklionThere's a reason why dog toys are often made to squeak like a dying animal.

[@VitaeLibra]

Every guard dog is only one empty bowl of food away from being the starving wolf

[@irfanalfian8164]

Can confirm. Family used to keep chickens for eggs, but gotta watch out for them, cuz when they go too far, stray dogs snatch them up, drag them away and kill them for food. Lost a few chickens like that

[@Elmithian]

​@@irfanalfian8164 How is a stray dog the same as one that has bonded with the pack that is your family and the animals in the farm?

[@Belialqueenofdarkness]

​@@Elmithian for someone with a Lightbulb PFP you aren't very bright

[@Elmithian]

@@Belialqueenofdarkness Rather than insult someone, could you instead try to come with a good argument to counter my stance, that way, I am much more likely to change my opinion? I am fine with being proven wrong, but I do hope you try a bit harder in trying to turn my opinion around than throwing insults. Edit. Also, I use lightbulp because I am always willing to learn something new and to innovate, not because I consider myself somehow smarter than everyone else.

[@ByzasTT]

Hello holy beauty

[@a.n.9800]

It’s neat seeing all the different interpretations being taken from this. What struck me was the idea of the sheep being blind to the dog’s privilege and how it influences both the dog and their own safety, believing that the dog is different from the wolf by nature rather than by circumstance.

[@madadoxus3506]

The sheep see a monster and the dog only sees himself. I like the dog understands his role to the farm and understands why the wolves need to hunt. Lots of people tend to not take a moment and try to understand and self-actualize

[@a_jong]

like how u made that sheep laugh like well, a sheep very nice attention to detail

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@a_jong haha TANKS! I was very happy with the subtle sheep mannerisms I was able to sprinkle in

[@907norseman]

"he is my opponent, not my enemy"

[@14reasons58]

If there is no hostility between an enemy and their opponent, the side choosing such perception are open to death and masochism.

[@finnthebeefyhuman2174]

"Keep that in mind little sheep, I dont eat you because I dont need to" I would say that XD

[@dewmilk17]

I like how the sheep refer to the wolf as it and the dog refer to wolves as him

[@plague243]

I love this type of idea. Not all "monsters" have to be bad. Some are trying to serve due to a shortage of food or their territory being under attack and the impact and sanity when the hero find out there just trying to live and answer the question if what there doing is good to the monster the hero is the bad guy also love your work keep it up

[@CrazyAnimeGamer3]

It makes sense the sheep would really hate the wolves for killing them. But at the same time the wolves are just trying to survive. You are a very talented voice actor.

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@CrazyAnimeGamer3 THANK YOUUUUU 🥹

[@CrazyAnimeGamer3]

@butteredpopcornva Your welcome and Merry Christmas!!!!! 🎄🎁

[@butteredpopcornva]

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[@CrazyAnimeGamer3]

@@butteredpopcornva your name is making me want popcorn. Hahahaha. 🤣🤣🤣

[@butteredpopcornva]

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[@Harry.117]

DAWG sounds like he was Halo Spartan in his previous life.

[@JDdeleon1]

The respect and understanding the dog has for the wolf truly shows his mindset. His understanding that their situation differs only because of their habitat. The Apex Wolf and the top tier Kangle. Though both dangerous, neither are monsters. They are Kin.

[@michelangelobariletti3000]

Dying of starvation in extreme cold must be one of the worst ways to die...

[@redfog2010]

It's an aweful way to die. Often when peopke have been found dead from freezing they arr found naked. Not due to lack of wearing protective gear; but to the person feeling a sense of heat and loosing their senses. When in a cold environment keep clothing on. Whike freezing you feel in order; cold, pind and needles, then superheated. Fall victim to the last, and you are a dead man walking.

[@Dargonhuman]

@@redfog2010 Yep. The "heat" you feel isn't your body warming, it's actually your body rapidly losing heat. The cold we "feel" is actually our brain reacting to the temperature difference between our bodies and the ambient air temperature around us. The false "warming up" we feel during hypothermia isn't our body temperature rising, it's actually the opposite as our body temperature is rapidly decreasing and matching the ambient air, which our brains incorrectly interpret as a sensation of warmth.

[@The_Big_Bad_Rice_Wolf]

THE HATCHING ON THE SHEEPDOG IS SO BEAUTIFULLY DRAWN AAAAHHHH

[@jessegamer2503]

Never seen a dog give of that much giga chad energy

[@NuggetGal]

I personally call this form of respect "Soldier's Honor"

[@waegit1697]

If only the sheep knows why they're there for

[@penyu1913]

the sheep have more power in numbers than the wolf, man, and dog combined yet they're the one needed protection.

[@A.T.O6969]

They're for wool. You don't kill sheep to make wool.

[@Over0w0MeAmTheHotel]

@@A.T.O6969yeah theres not that much demand for mutton as opposed to steak, pork and chicken

[@waegit1697]

@@A.T.O6969Sadly the price of wool is very low and it might not cover the cost of shearing unless it's of particular breeds, so it's mostly for their health and are kind of a byproduct at the moment

[@bitwize]

There was a rash of dead rabbits found in Scotland or someplace. Scientists determined the killers to be... sheep. Sheep aren't obligate herbivores. They can and will kill and eat meat if the need arises. Squirrels, too.

[@runic_raptor]

Yeah, as far as I know there aren't really true obligated herbivores. Most herbivores will eat meat or bones given the opportunity. Meat is easy to digest, but plant matter is not. So it makes little difference to them if they get a tasty meaty snack or not. Cows and horses also will occasionally slurp up baby chicks. Not always on purpose necessarily, but they'll just swallow them whole of they get within range of their mouth. Nature is weird 😂

[@SgtHawk45]

@@runic_raptor YT video I saw had a horse slurp up a chick. That was brutal and unexpected. Could hear the crunch too.

[@userjames2009]

There are videos of sheep, goats, cows, and horses eating baby chicks.

[@ZAP_SAP]

This dog knows something the sheeps don't. He knows how hard it is to survive on your own. Sheeps have home, place where they can sleep and a guard so no one will hurt them. They never felt the feeling of hunger or cold. They're living the best life they could get. But wild animals have it different. They need to hunt so they won't starve, they need to find a place to sleep, so they will be safe. And dog knows it, that's why he understand the struggle of wild animals. This comic is amazing ❤.

[@SuperiorFanBase]

I think it also draws to a pointed fact: Sheep aren't capable of thriving in the wild, they'll literally die without human intervention as we've bred them to be wool-producers first and foremost. They will literally get suffocated by their wool and are incredibly vulnerable to predators and environmental hazards that something like a mountain goat doesn't have to worry about.

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

And now start to think how many of these parallels exist in human society. At what price our safe and secure societies came.

[@Ares_pb]

@@SuperiorFanBase old sheeps really just looked like goats until we decided wool was the only thing they were needed for

[@devilsadvocacypress3151]

Formerly homeless here. I felt this. One updoot for you.

[@AlaskanHuzky]

How you being homeless has anything to do with the video? Did you go around murdering people and eating them?

[@devilsadvocacypress3151]

@AlaskanHuzky no, you idiotfur. But if id starved in the cold, a lotta sheep would say it was a boon. Hopefully a few real dogs would stand up for me

[@devilsadvocacypress3151]

@AlaskanHuzky 14 other people thought it made sense

[@AlaskanHuzky]

@@devilsadvocacypress3151 What 14 other people, I only see me in here. Are you hallucinating 14 people that do not exist?

[@devilsadvocacypress3151]

@@AlaskanHuzky 22 now

[@E-Washer]

The relationship between sheep and sheep dogs is actually very interesting. The sheep fully understand everything the sheep dog does for them, understands how much danger the sheep dog faces. And they respect the sheep dog. In fact, sometimes the herd will comfort the sheep dog when it becomes injured. There are even times when the sheep adopt the dog’s puppies, raising them with the lambs.

[@ArtichokeAnarchy]

I love how the sheep's voices all have a "baah" intonation, thats a nice detail

[@josetomascamposrobledano4618]

Another play on the Jaws effect. Although nature forces things to happen, people really thought they were heroes for hunting sharks for a time. Thank god for science and how it teaches us not to be complete idiots. Ecosystems shouldn’t be destroyed in a whim.

[@KDizzy6]

Big Jack is a dog & also somehow a man I aspire to be.

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@KDizzy6 ain’t that the truth

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

The sheep, while walking away: Has he been drinking again ?

[@simplestickland3367]

Sometimes you think, and then you get hungry. Then you *EAT.*

[@certifiedtoaster5000]

You ain't you when you hungy

[@ChupeTTe]

Samurai mourns the death of a ronin

[@greenfolder2437]

"Do not be too eager to deal out death and judgement."

[@Larsgman]

The definition of being a hardass , but respectful.

[@ejsteele8482]

Him going back over to the wolf after the chat seems like he's paying some respect since in a way they are kin and the others trash talking made him see how it might be for him if he was on the wolf side

[@emeraldmaster5388]

a wolf must hunt to feed itself and its pack. it may not have remorse but it won't have malice either. it how nature made them, don't blame the wolf just becasue nature made us differant.

[@eliepepin317]

why did you write ''us'' ? you're not a wolf (or a dog), are you ?

[@emeraldmaster5388]

@@eliepepin317 because people also see wolves as monsters for these same reasons

[@PhoenixBorealis]

​​@@eliepepin317 I think they mean "us" as in humans vs wolves. Nature made us different from one another.

[@eliepepin317]

@@PhoenixBorealis thanks, it makes it clearer ^^

[@eliepepin317]

@@emeraldmaster5388 oh, ok, sorry I missunderstood your sentence (I thought the 'us' refered to wolves and you, not humans and you, which made it weird ^^' sorry english is not my first language) I don't see wolves as monster, but I see what you mean now.

[@A.T.O6969]

Pet foolery got real dark after Brutus moved on...

[@shadowldrago]

I have nothing clever to say to this, this is just spot on.

[@Juan4444]

The secret sense: Understanding that there's not such a thing as evil and goodness in nature, just survival.

[@starhammer5247]

Chimps, Dolphins and Orcas beg to disagree. The same applies to Humpbacks and Gorillas for different reasons.

[@JP-1990]

I feel like I learned a better lesson than from Zootopia.

[@quentinclementnarratif]

My father was a prison guard, and he had the exact same perspective as this dog. His job was to enforce order, but he knew that if his life had been just a little different, his position and that of some inmates could have been reversed. Very beautiful speach and lesson.

[@ardidsonriente2223]

The difference is the people your father controlled were criminals, and most of them were kept alive. This dog kills wolves for his patron favor, and then say supossedly deep stuff with the same jaws. He's is not a jailer for justice, but a merc for tyranny.

[@quentinclementnarratif]

@@ardidsonriente2223 Most cops and prison guards are wolves who use their fangs for the right cause. Most criminals could have been shepherd dogs if they hadn't been born in the wild.

[@Accrovideogames]

Good prison guards are the ones who understand that keeping the inmates safe is part of their job.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Mostly agreed, but I think there's a major difference. There are also many criminals, the ones with the more brutal crimes imo, who ended up in peison despite having a better choice, rather than being pushed by circumstances, they chose to commit a heinous act when it wasn't needed. Dor the wolves, all of them only do what they do for survival. No ulterior motives in anyone's case. While a fair share of prisoners are falsely convicted or people who were barely given a choice, there are still many who did things that were just as unnecessary as they were disgusting. Human is an animal whose desires have become farther than survival at this point, for better or worse. Those types of people shouldn't get any sympathy if you ask me, even if a prison guard should treat them equal as solely part of his job.

[@FBI20303]

​@@ardidsonriente2223dogs also don't kill wolves? They mostly warn them with barks and growling to drive them away. Actual fight and life taking is later. Like Police Encounters. Also... this isn't that deep. Chill

[@brianroberts783]

"There, but for the grace of God, go I."

[@Kaleidoscope_77]

The voice acting is just.. On the flippin' spot! I love every second of this. The dog just understanding the wolf's pain of hunting their own food with the risk of their lives while he just feeds off by a different animal. What a story indeed.

[@Ccorleone1609]

A thousand times better than the stuff hollywood is pumping out these days.

[@billie-ve_in_yourself6464]

Sympathy for the prey, understanding for the predator.

[@Left4Cake]

"The enemy is never a cruel as we imagine. Nor we as good."

[@pedrosso0]

The first is fair. The other however doesn't seem to apply.

[@xxJC22xx]

@@pedrosso0 It applies to everyone. Much the like the video there are nuances to this quote

[@Left4Cake]

@pedrosso0 The fact that sheep seek the Dog for protection yet see the Wolfs as vile when the point is they are one in the same just under different circumstances.

[@XDrotkon]

​@@pedrosso0 we're always a hero from the one side, but what if we're villains from the other?

[@mangjitnijjhar1390]

This is interesting because even humans are only a few missed meals from turning back into monkeys.

[@меффин]

Reject lunch, return to monke

[@shinraset]

All wish to eat. None wish to be eaten.

[@isabelladunbar8770]

except really weird kinky people.

[@hggpi]

​@@isabelladunbar8770here we go again. Societal collapse moment

[@DiogenesOfMashad]

The laughter as bleating was a nice touch. Great job!

[@AbdoG-e8m]

Let's take a moment here to appreciate the marvelous voice acting and the beautiful art style Ignoring invisible hate comments and misunderstandings It's just a simple video made by ambitious voice actors from an ambitious artist who made a beautiful comic

[@RelativelyBest]

Dogs are, in fact, wolves. _Canis Lupus Domesticus._ For a while there we thought maybe they were closer related to African wild dogs, but nope. Once we took a look at their genetics, turns out they're just wolves we managed to breed to be docile, kinda dumb and looking funny. As Sir Terry Pratchett put it: If humans somehow disappeared, every dog in the world would be about two meals away from becoming wolves again.

[@Teth47]

Every human is three days' food from being an angry chimp. We're the same animals we were 50,000 years ago, we've just gotten better at making food.

[@RelativelyBest]

@@Teth47 Well, not quite. We're an entirely separate species for chimpanzees, compared to dogs which are still just a wolf subspecies. And, if anything, I'd say a human three days removed from a meal is _considerably_ more dangerous than an angry chimp.

[@caralho5237]

​@@Teth47Dogs can breed with wolves, humans cant breed with chimps...

[@melonelon7590]

​@@Teth47 dumb take honestly. Hahahaha.

[@TK-7193]

*ghastly echo* "The requirements for survival cannot be met on an empty stomach." -The Ancestor

[@shibo1221]

I'd differentiate between relief and pleasure to understand the dog better. In the sense that it's understandable to be relieved by seeing someone die who could've killed you or your family. However, getting pleasure from someone's death implies that one would actively want to see things die who might threaten you. The latter has a darker implication as mentioned by the dog in the sense that searching for the pleasure of seeing someone threatening die could very well be turned towards the dog himself instead of the wolf if the circumstances were different.

[@darenabryant9100]

Or the owner of the sheep, who are just as likely to kill one for food or clothing if need be.

[@JosephTemplar]

This..... Can be use as a context of war. The sheep represent the politics and the people. The dogs are the soldiers, the wolfs are the enemy. Think about it.

[@Victor-056]

One has to also remember that during WWII, German soldiers were usually portrayed as "Savage Wolves" in Propaganda Cartoons, while the allies were usually portrayed as either Sheep or Pigs, animals usually portrayed as "Friendly" back then. Of course, anyone who has had to handle _actual_ pigs or wild hogs, would tell you that they are anything _BUT_ "Friendly". They are actually _MUCH_ more dangerous than wolves are, and are even more destructive. A Wolf would only attack if you do not heed their multiple warnings (An unprovoked attack means the wolf was delirious from some kind of sickness), but a Wild Hog would attack without even the slightest provocation or warning. Anyway, more often than not, once you take away the politics, there really wasn't any real difference between the two sides. Both factions had their "Masters" with underground organizations that did horrible things to their own people under the pretense of "Protection". I mean, nobody ever talks about what the US Government did to Japanese-American Farmers and their Farms... Or to Germans who had migrated to America before the war and had no part in _ANY_ of the wartime politics, instead being innocent civilians who just wanted to live their lives. Hek, The Japanese American Farmers actually ended up in _Prison Camps_ simply because the US Government wanted an _excuse_ to seize their land... Only for it to backfire when the People they replaced the Japanese Farmers with, had _NO IDEA_ how to handle the crops and ended up _RUINING_ many of the farms, meaning those farmers who survived the camps had _NOTHING_ to return to after the war and were saddled with debt they could not settle. One Japanese-American Farm only avoided the same fate because an entire farming community stood firm and tended to that farm in the absence of the original owners, allowing that farm to _THRIVE,_ which brought those farmers to tears at how a community stood up for them. (The Government actually tried to bully those helpful people off the farmland, and the local farming community told them where exactly they could stick it). Of course, we don't hear about the US Prison Camps that housed innocent farmers, because the US Won the war, and thus could hide the truth of what they did out of _GREED._

[@enhdure8951]

Soldiers don't kill for their own survival. They kill for the government. If it was all a matter of survival, they wouldn't be in the battlefield and rather flee somewhere.

[@HubiKoshi]

@@Victor-056 Oh I'm sorry, do you think that Internment Camps where at most a couple thousand died, mostly from neglect I imagine, are the same damn thing as Death Camps where people were killed on Industrial Scale in their millions? Allies had their faults but to try and make them look as bad as the people who ravaged my country is just... ugghh

[@lucky4d725]

​@@HubiKoshiwhere in that whole comment did you see them say that they are the same ? Ignoring the fact that you're trying to compare suffering of course.

[@HubiKoshi]

@@lucky4d725 Anyway, more often than not, once you take away the politics, there really wasn't any real difference between the two sides. Both factions had their "Masters" with underground organizations that did horrible things to their own people under the pretense of "Protection".

[@geraltissuperman1749]

This is how my dog 🐕 feels after barking at mail man

[@porrehomerico]

"BROTHER! May i have some sheep?" "NO."

[@premopreoni]

"I AM STARVING BROTHER!"

[@felllucas123gaming8]

I really liked the dubbing, very professional. Also, it showed me a kind of logic and fact about survival.

[@genikit5795]

This character here really knows how to care for both prey and predators in such a respectable level.

[@rebekahk9709]

It's so interesting, because the dog would have killed the wolf, if they'd found it lurking among the sheep instead of dead in a snowdrift. But since it died of the cold, the sheep mock it, out of relief that they had to make no sacrifice for its life. What do they care that the wolf has to eat to live, when it's *them* he has to eat? From the sheep's perspective, the dog is preaching to the wrong group. The sheep will never, ever understand, and nobody could possibly expect them to, and yet... The dog feels a kinship with the wolf. he feels how easily it could be him in that snowdrift, he feels the lines separating him from the beasts like the floss of spiderwebs. He would have killed the wolf, yes. But when the wolf dies, and its blood stagnates and grows cold in its veins - none of it spilled - he can only see their similarities. When the sheep mock the dead wolf, they're mocking him. But then again, they're not. The dog was born into different circumstances, leads a different life from the wolf, and makes choices that are kinder to the sheep because he was given those choices to make. Sure, the wolf was never given those choices. But that isn't really the sheep's fault, is it?

[@Tenhys]

_" The dog was born into different circumstances, leads a different life from the wolf, and makes choices that are kinder to the sheep because he was given those choices to make."_ Not quite. You have to remember a very fundamental fact about dogs : they've been created by man domesticating the wolf into serving him. Generations after generation of selected breeding and eugenism contributed to specific behavioral traits to emerge into dogs that contributed to them become "man's best friend." Ergo, dogs aren't free : they're bred slaves. And that dog comes from a "breed" that, by definition, was purposefully engineered to follow orders and go as far as killing to protect the livestocks. The irony of it all is that they're grateful to be protected by an extremly artificially modified wolf breed without realizing it, whereas that dog looked at the wolves seeing his natural past. And the cherry on top is that the sheeps also aren't aware that they themselves are the artificial breed of wild sheep ; created for having their wool shaved from their skin and potentialy reduced to stew to be served as food for humans... and even dogs. What a wonderful world.

[@Sarinkame]

@@Tenhys I guess that's what life is, unfair and cruel but necessary... Living beings grow and adapt to things that let them continue to live even if it means living a life of servitude. Some are well off, some are not. Those who make the right choices get to live, and those who don't do not. What I mean is... Life is 'desperate'...like there's this whole uncaring world around us that wants us rather dead than alive. The starry sky is cold and harsh, the planets and stars brimming with things that could kill us with few able to sustain life not to mention the distance between those celestial objects counts in light years. Life is trying to live in this uncaring world and to do it, it adapts to whatever is good for its survival even if it means it would rather die than be alive. This is depressing :

[@rebekahk9709]

@@Tenhys _Ergo, dogs aren't free: they're bred slaves._ Ah, well said! There are so many layers to this story. The sheep and the dog live in an artificial world where they have the 'freedom' to mock the wild, the dangerous and the free, while entirely blind to their lack of any true freedom at all. A wonderful world indeed.

[@Eramor]

Most insightful comment here

[@Gabe600]

It's their fault for being a dick about it, like Jack said "keep to yourself".

[@markopujic660]

It's about survival. Wolves need food. And they have to eat meat. That's a mere fact. Do they all deserve a slow and painful death due to it? No. That's just how nature made them. Unlike us, they cannot defy their own.

[@gamexstreams1731]

I bet u r one of those people who re-assess what u just said here...when u see a pack of wolves tear down and eat ur family ( God Forbid ) or it's biting down on ur leg and taking a chunk off. It doesn't matter if they are animals who hunt for food or not - Pain is Pain and the Human mind hates cruelty becuz it doesn't want to see itself as an object something that needs to be consumed by an animal or person. Sure there are messed up things we do for Food but doesn't mean we should relieve ourselves of the guilt we have to do in order to survive. The difference between Animals and us is we feel Guilt and they don't. Best we keep it that way.

[@KlausiboyZ]

​@@gamexstreams1731 I don't think I understand what point you're trying to make in regards to his comment. I think his comment was about not blaming and hating the animal for it's nature, recognizing that the wolf isn't malicious or evil. It is just a wolf doing what a wolf does. And yes, if a wolf attacks him or his dear ones, he won't be thinking "Ah, let the wolf do it. It's just how it's supposed to behave". He would very likely be fighting off the wolf, protecting himself and his own, even to the point of disregarding any pain or injury he'd inflict on the wolf. But that doesn't mean he'd be changing his mind about the wolf. He could kill the wolf without hesitation, but still not hate it or blame it and still recognise that the wolf wasn't evil. It was just in opposition to him. You can be enemies but still respect the other's perspective.

[@godofmath1039]

Yes! I love Pet_foolery (especially Pixie and Brutus). I'm proud to say I also immediately recognized the art style, in conjunction with the classic text bubbles

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@godofmath1039 they’re an amazing comic artist and everyone should check them out for more!

[@Sinfilled66]

The same feeling when your friend says something crazy and you have to call them out on it.

[@soulechelon2643]

Powerful message, one I wish more folks would realize when it comes to wild animals. They don't hunt you or your pets just for sport. They do it for survival. By all means protect yourself and your property, but remember that this land was theirs first, and they're just doing what they can to live another day.

[@sunofabeach9424]

ok and?

[@inanefabas4402]

Nobody is entitled to land on earth. Nor humans nor animals nor microorganisms.

[@itubemember]

Dog is looking at his own spool of wire, in a different way

[@johntrohn3158]

nice reference

[@Hedgeknight420]

Love the scruff on the big pup . Bet he’d love protecting the sheep IRL tho

[@melenaenrique789]

That was intense, and hit harder than I thought it would.

[@fraydizs7302]

ill say...

[@4-art-ver469]

Big Jack Feels for his Cousin Even if he didnt know him

[@Omnywrench]

"Goodbye Ralph." "Goodbye Sam."

[@deadlydingus1138]

Please… don’t do this to me.

[@butteredpopcornva]

@@Omnywrench oh this is a deep cut reference :0

[@commonmockery1074]

I was almost hoping at the end for the wolf to turn out to be alive so Big Jack could help him.

[@PixelTheMushroom]

that was such a wonderful short story. Big Jack, in a way, reminds me of family.

[@hkayakh]

This is made by the same person who makes Pixie and Brutus comics. Wow

[@alarictenorio1076]

@hkayakh imagine if it's actually set in the same universe and the reason it looks lighter and happier in the other is because it's from Pixie's perspective.

[@piratekingthaszar7912]

Yes. The wolves are viscous. Nature demands a certain level of viscousness from all her children. If one fails to measure up to her demands, it's unlikely they will live a full life.

[@1BeGe]

Yes, the viscosity of wolves is quite high. That's why they don't flow into containers very quickly.

[@fraydizs7302]

@@1BeGe LMAO

[@dominickeijzer5844]

The only reason we get the choice is because we force others to make it more. Farmers killing livestock to fill our plates, soldiers laying down their lives to defend or attack countries, we get to feel innocent because someone else can do the job for us. Most animals don't get the privilege of living in a community that will care for them.

[@jacobp249]

Standing here, I realize you were just like me

[@LiandriMatrix5]

I understood that reference and I salute you sir

[@DarkParagon]

Trying to make history~ But who's to judge, the right from wrong?

[@albedo9617]

When our guard is down, I think we both agree

[@dead.ahead_sonya.parker1]

That violence breeds violence.

[@sgtwhisker26]

Life requires sacrifice. The sheep take the life of the grass to live, and the wolf takes the life of the sheep to live. It’s just cold, hard facts.

[@korg2072]

This is really sick man, I love the different voices, awesome work

[@butteredpopcornva]

Glad you like it :)

[@Kexaru]

Somehow, this complements the other shepherd dog comuc and feels even heavier.

[@zelda1420]

This reminds me of my D&D character Hefra. She's a changeling, and she and her friend were kidnapped by doppelgangers, who took their places. The two of them suffered a lot because of that, and her friend wanted to (and eventually did) brutally murder the doppelgangers, which pained Hefra. All they wanted was a place to belong. That's also all she wanted. She hates lying and pretending, but she still does to keep herself safe and try to belong (it doesn't work). What makes her any better than those doppelgangers?

[@godofmath1039]

She's better because she (presumably) doesn't kidnap people. If you try to say something profound, then you will ultimately fall flat.

[@wontonschannel]

all i wanted was a home to live in so i moved into yours while you were out on vacation. what makes you any better than me? a lot of people would say it's the fact that you didn't intentionally do an immoral act against me, while i did one against you.

[@zelda1420]

@wontonschannel I'm morally secure enough to realize that, but my character is not. She's felt guilt for what she is and how she had to lie ever since she was a child, when her parents were killed for it.

[@zelda1420]

For being changelings, I mean. Their village was burned down and survivors hunted after a conflict with some humans. Since the changeling survivors lived among humans, they and my character saw the fear the changelings caused, and she can't blame them for their actions. She just feels shame, unfortunately.

[@chefffs]

bro that was hard af, make more of this.

[@LeviFurr]

Now this is a type of movie I will definitely watch.

[@welderbear6757]

Compassion for one’s enemies is the highest form of honor.

[@Maia_Cyclist]

The moral is not everybody get the other side, but some do and respect, dispite different ideias.

[@nonusbusinissus5632]

The moral is that there are no morals. In nature there is only circumstance and need. Morals exist for human beings only, which had left nature and its laws. Only when you live in excess instead of need, you start to wonder what is right and what is wrong.

[@fqertexirte3054]

​@@nonusbusinissus5632too many people forget that animals are just animals. Moral belongs only to higher beings

[@truthseeker7815]

@@nonusbusinissus5632, close, very close, but as much as we can leave nature, nature doesn’t leave us

[@truthseeker7815]

@@fqertexirte3054, too many people forget that humans are just animals

[@boxcat1755]

​@@fqertexirte3054Morals is a code of conduct. Hopefully the code of conduct is commonly shared among neighbors to not fall to temptations to cause harm to other humans and animal companions unless out of self defense nor take advantage of those in a vulnerable state. Hopefully there is enough morale in a common morality to occasionally give occasional gestures of kindness and help this in need.

[@hazyphantom3892]

Yeah, they don't hunt they don't eat. And that also means they have to kill. So it was either the Sheep live or die. In the eyes of the Sheep, yes, the Wolf is a Monster since the wolf will kill them.

[@stupidmangoz]

Ok and why should they laugh at someone else's suffering?? Everyone trying to make a point to excuse or explain their actions have yet to realize - you can hate someone and not be a garbage person about it.

[@hazyphantom3892]

@@stupidmangoz Valuing your own life above the one attempting to kill you doesn't make you a garbage person. Besides, do you think sympathy would be given from the monster to you once it is done killing and eating you? No, they would probably see you as lesser.

[@meetmadmat3995]

"To a canary a cat is a monster, we're just used to being the cat."

[@MadProphet-iu9ke]

@@hazyphantom3892I figure valuing your life over an enemy’s is okay, but I think actively wishing suffering on them is a bit more than what’s necessary.

[@Gabe600]

Why don't stop pretend to philosophy student and go learn some biology, nature needs predators as much as prey, if the herbivore population isn't kept in check they will just grow out of proportion and consume all the natural resources until there's nothing left and they just doom themselves not that much different that what we as humans are doing with our world. If you want a real world examples look about wolves in Yellowstone and how people had to airdrop more of them because in past they killed too much of them and the prey population was starting to grow to big their own good and ours too.

[@evankearney6781]

I like how the sheep have a kind of bleating tone to their words if that makes sense

[@XDrotkon]

I feel the same to so-called "criminals" in my country that get sentenced to prison for minor crimes like stealing some food to survive, literally forced to die by society. While the politicians who regularly got exposed for robbing millions just get home arrest for a few days without any punishment whatsoever. At some point police turns into mercenaries of the ruling cast, and not keepers of law Of the people For the people, but they still try to make us think they're in the right.

[@DanielZamarripa]

You're a criminal if you steal. Period

[@shamanking2695]

​@@DanielZamarripa, very small number of people would care if they are a criminal if that's what it took to survive. Staying alive is above being lawful.

[@patrickhector]

@@DanielZamarripa it is the responsibility of the government to provide for it's people, if those people have to resort to running afoul of the government just to survive it's the government that's failed them.

[@naiveveg8447]

I'll agree with the food thing. But not nikes, tvs, and phones.

[@XDrotkon]

@@naiveveg8447 Exactly. There's difference between stealing to survive and stealing for comfort. I'm saying that in my country there were multiple accounts of people who stole to survive being punished more than those that stole for comfort (or no punishment at all) which is just baffling. And some of them just continue living with no repercussions, too, ready to do it again.

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

0:38 I think the dog was speaking first in this panel.

[@butteredpopcornva]

Ohhhh man my bad I was debating that in my head too when I was editing but I see how it would’ve flowed now. The way I initially took it was that the sheep was confused but quick to insert their perspective right after, and it gave the Jack more build up time to land his impactful words then doubling down on the next page with “they ain’t so different than me”. Both ways work fortunately :)

[@maxwellvinyard8516]

@@butteredpopcornva When i was watching it I thought it was an artistic choice, like to extend the dog's monologue, and I think this version works better

[@golfshores97]

I don't think it kills it. Makes sense in the context still

[@KlaxontheImpailr]

@@golfshores97 I don't think it kills it either, it's just mildly annoying. Otherwise it's still well done. 🥳

[@Abominable_Intelligences]

He pays homage to his ancestry, props to that

[@ThePa1riot]

I’ve heard Big Jack with the voice of a burly Scotsman and now small town Sheriff. Somehow they both fit excellently.

[@thelaststraightguy990]

We are not Enemies, only warriors from different sides.

[@Heylon1313]

panel at 0:38 the dog speaks first, it's almost always meant to be read from top to bottom

[@sunofabeach9424]

sigma shepherd dog isn't much of a reader