This strip illustrates and interesting side of the alligator’s personality. He is an alligator and therefore he is feared. He’s a bit slow, soft hearted, goofy, etc. But since he is feared, others are always nice to him even when he’s being a jerk.
@War Pig, lol!See, there’s a second week of strips that could have come out of today’s strip. Vachel hurts his wing and the alligator carries him across on his back, and vachel STILL can’t help but be his usual insulting self.
>>>Vachel hurts his wing and the alligator carries him across on his back, and vachel STILL can’t help but be his usual insulting self.
“”I couldn’t help it,” said the scorpion. “It’s my nature…”"
It’s from Star Trek: Voyager, “Scorpion, Part One.” I don’t know the precise fable name, but it’s the one where a scorpion persuades a fox to let it ride on the fox’s back across a river, despite the obvious concern that the scorpion will sting the fox. And the scorpion does so, in the middle of the river, so obviously the fox will die and sink.
“”Why did you do that?” asked the fox. “Now you’ll die too.”"
“”I couldn’t help it,” said the scorpion. “It’s my nature.”"
@Ronald, i have often cited that as a basis for humor (and a lot of good writing), having characters stuck in their nature.