Question for Mr. Simpson

The J.A.M. · Postby **The J.A.M.** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:44 am

[...unWARP!!!] Good evening. I couldn't help notice that here: <img src='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/2002/om20020909.gif' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> Millie mentions "weasel gravy". I know that this comic is not "Kevin and Kell", or "21st Century Fox", but what is the predation status in this comic? Is there such a thing as "weasel gravy" in this comic? Does Millie eat her food "raw"? Does she like the taste of "Kentucky Live Chicken"? I can just imagine Ozy and Millie, as teenagers, being fed up with Felicia and Jeremy that they have them both for dinner <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /> Zacatepngolas! Until next time, remember: I AM THE J.A.M. Good evening. [WARP!!!]

VisibilityMissing · Postby **VisibilityMissing** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:46 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (The J.A.M. @ Jan 13 2005, 09:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I can just imagine Ozy and Millie, as teenagers, being fed up with Felicia and Jeremy that they have them both for dinner <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />  </td></tr></table>  That may solve some problems.

allison · Postby **allison** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:49 am

I'm not sure where, but I think in one of his essays DC Simpson mentioned this. Let me see if I can find it... Huh. These essays seem to have dissappeared? Anyway, I think he said something about not wanting to get into that whole thing. I don't think the strip will ever cover it, or at least that's what I recall. Where have those essays gone?

Zylo · Postby **Zylo** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:49 am

He used to have an essay posted on his old sight that dealt with this issue, but there's no link to his other writings anymore.

allison · Postby **allison** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:52 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (DraganFox @ Jan 14 2005, 03:49 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> He used to have an essay posted on his old sight that dealt with this issue, but there's no link to his other writings anymore.  </td></tr></table>  Haha, it appears we both sat around and read those essays. AWESOME.

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 3:59 am

The page is there, the link is just gone. <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/words.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/words.html< ... > Found it on the <a href='http://web.archive.org/web/200401271942 ... illie.org/' target='_blank'>old site</a> using the Internet Archive's <a href='http://www.archive.org/web/web.php' target='_blank'>Wayback Machine</a>.

allison · Postby **allison** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:07 am

Aaaand, here is the specific link. <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/words23.html' target='_blank'>http://www.ozyandmillie.org/words23.htm ... r> Have fun! ...But, if you're too lazy to read it all, this is where DC sums it up:  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> All this leaves entirely unanswered the question of what exactly the foxes (and other carnivorous creatures) in Ozy and Millie eat. Presumably all the dynamics of the food chain are out the window. I am neither inclined to have characters in Ozy and Millie eating meat, nor interested enough in world-building for its own sake to concoct an elaborately explained alternative system. Anyway, the question isn't asked all that often, comparatively. (A lot more people ask questions about who Ozy's "real" father is. I have four cousins who are adopted, and I'll tell you in an instant that Ozy's "real" father, in any sense that matters, is Llewellyn. But that's another essay.) The carnivore or herbivore status of some of the characters' species isn't entirely usless. It's fun symbolically. Sheep and rabbits are bullies and antagonists. Foxes are victims and protagonists. Dragons are gentle and misunderstood. Cattle are in charge. It turns expectations upside down, which is perfect for a strip that's ultimately about misfits. (Some characters' species, like Avery's, are pretty neutral. I just think the raccoon mask makes him look a little devious. Of course, since Timulty doesn't at all, I'm probably wrong.) And incidentally, tofu is way underrated.</td></tr></table>

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:12 am

Although, I suppose it should be pointed out that these were taken down for a reason. At least, I think that's a reasonable assumption. I probably shouldn't be posting these links... Or maybe I'm thinking too hard...

allison · Postby **allison** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:13 am

Acutally, I would like to know why those were taken down. I found them immensely entertaining and amusing, not to mention well written. Or maybe I just have too much time on my hands.

GhostWay · Postby **GhostWay** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:18 am

Ah, here it is, I believe. From <a href='http://www.ozyandmillie.org/words21.html' target='_blank'>this essay</a>.  <table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (David Craig Simpson)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I suppose I ought to take down some of those older essays. I still get compliments on them, but they reflect a bitterness I no longer feel. I'll decide later.</td></tr></table>  I guess he decided... Darnit. I need to stop drawing these conclusions. That made me feel terrible last time...but I won't get into that now. I've already derailed this topic enough.

dcsimpson · Postby **dcsimpson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:22 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: </td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Aaaand, here is the specific link.</td></tr></table>  You beat me to it. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /> Yeah, all that old stuff is still there, I just don't link to it anymore because I don't agree anymore with parts of it--it's kind of a relic of my thinking 3-5 years ago. I see the world a little differently these days. But the bits on carnivorousness are still pretty much my thinking. I think it's overthinking to ask what the characters eat. They eat whatever's funny or plot-helpful for them to eat. (I can also guarantee that a live chicken will never be in that category. <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif' /> ) I have no idea what "weasel gravy" is. It's just sort of a nonsense phrase.

dcsimpson · Postby **dcsimpson** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:39 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (GhostWay @ Jan 14 2005, 04:18 AM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> Darnit. I need to stop drawing these conclusions. That made me feel terrible last time...but I won't get into that now. I've already derailed this topic enough.  </td></tr></table>  No worries. I don't mind people reading them; they should just understand that in places I express hostility toward people and things I no longer really feel. And then, in other places it's still exactly what I think--it kind of got old making the distinction. It's fine by me if anyone wants to read them with that in mind. (Maybe I should still have somewhere on the site I can write things. Something to think about.) <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... s/cool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='cool.gif' />

allison · Postby **allison** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 4:42 am

I, for one, would read them if you posted new essays. I love reading other people's points of views.

Burning Sheep Productions · Postby **Burning Sheep Productions** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 10:13 am

Hrmm... does that mean some of the ideas and philosophy in the comic are "out of date" too?

Ruedii-X · Postby **Ruedii-X** » Fri Jan 14, 2005 11:23 am

<table border='0' align='center' width='95%' ><tr><td class='quotetop'>Quote: (The J.A.M. @ Jan 13 2005, 10:44 PM)</td></tr><tr><td class='quotebody'> I can just imagine Ozy and Millie, as teenagers, being fed up with Felicia and Jeremy that they have them both for dinner <img src='http://definecynical.mancubus.net/forum ... iggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' />  </td></tr></table>  I would assume Millie would cook meat. I've always seen Ozy as a Vegetarian. He just strikes me as such, and Simpson has repetitively hinted that Llewellyn is a Vegetarian. Like Father, Like Son. As for Ozy and Millie as Teenagers. I would see a Teenage Millie wanting to go eat Felecia and Jeremy, but Ozy stopping her. I would also see them both as slightly punkish, not extreme or anything, just Millie wearing jeans or cargos and a loose T-Shirt, instead of the "in" fashions, and Ozy wearing something a little more eccentric than his current attire, but far from "typical punk attire." I don't wear typical punk attire either. I wear cargos and a T-Shirt. I doubt I'll get any peircings, or tatoos ever. They just aren't my style. I make a statement by not having them.

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