Mythical
When your doctor nonchalantly throws away thermometers, you know he’s in a good mood xD
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Prepare the lab, for experimentation
Dexter’s laboratory theme playing xD
The doctor is a LOT calmer than I expected him to be. XD
He’s probably thinking about all the grant money he can get by claiming to be the first to doctor to record the data of a mythical hybrid that was previously thought to be scientifically impossible.
That’s the thing! All that grant money and fame should be subjects of greater excitement than what he’s showing. XD
He can contain his excitement :p
Well, you’re something that didn’t exist, Kai,
twice over, in fact, my friend
and the truth is your very existence
is proof adaption doesn’t end.
The Doctor’s burning bright right now I think
as new frontiers arise
and, knowing what he knows is true now,
he wants to help these guys.
A burning passion for the newest things
will take him through the day
and if they’ll ever come back to him?
Well, he can only pray.
I love the expressions. Especially on the fourth panel, the doctor`s. It’s like: Nobel-prize here I come XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8yrTvz6QMI
Haha, better than how he was before xD
The truth comes out and the doc ain’t phased. We’re cool.
Yes Kai, you’re a mythical hybrid. Didn’t you know?
makes you wonder what other mythical hybrids are out there – the way the doc reacted i´d say they are rare but NOT unheard of
Kai though is thinking that hybrids are real, not mythical.
Hybrids are real. But, up to now, the Doctor has only encountered hybrids of animals that actually exist.
His previous doctor must not have been in the loop about this :p
Good reflexes! The doctor blocked the yoga flame and only took a small amount of chip damage.
I like Kai’s confused expression in the last panel. Is that a callback to this page? https://www.twindragonscomic.com/comic/water-drills/
PS: GOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLL!
Good catch,
yeah, it’s his “what the heck are you talking about?” face
Thanks ^^
It’s not really a callback, just a consistent confused face for Kai xD
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a doctor so casually toss away broken medical materials before, let alone write off damages without adding it to your bill. Are we sure he’s a real doctor?
Meanwhile some hapless nurse comes in…”Doctor, I got the extra thermometers you wanted and…” *THONK!* “OW!”
He’s a real doctor, albeit not the best one they have xD
Yes a Mythical Hybrid, a teenage dragon that can exert self control.
Jake Long’s got nothing on him, then?
the self control part is important :p
Panel 4: There should be a comma at the end of “damages”.
Oh, I missed that one. Thanks 😀
Kickstarter comic, panel 1: “We made /it/, everyone!”
OH F**K NOW , this doctor is really blocked
*grabs the doc and shocks his head against a wall* : he’s a REAL dragon , not a mythical unknown hybrid ; UNDERSTOOD , you stupid empty headed human ?
Kai , in last panel : “- This doc is beginning to be really pi**ing off”
I doubt dragons actually exist in the world, so they’re a previously unknown hybrid of a mythical creature aka shouldn’t exist. Anyone even in our world who finds proof of a mythical creature (dragons, gnomes, loch ness monster, big foot, etc) would have a new level of fame given to them.
It doesn’t matter : i deal with the doctor because i can , then it’s funny and relaxing XD
Shouting foul language at a PG comic is supposed to be “funny and relaxing”??
No ; but shock the doc’s head against a wall , yes ^_^”
And i haven’t used foul language yet ; but i don’t want to be kicked out ^_^”
Me, facepalm: “Nurse, prep the CT scanner, we may have a head injury that needs an emergency spiral scan.”
He’s not saying Kai isn’t a dragon, he’s just classifying him as a ‘Mythical’ class of hybrid, because he can’t fit him into any other class.
Scientists HAVE to fit everything into a classification, and ‘Mythical’ is a nice catch all for anything that doesn’t fit into the norm.
It’s far better than being classified as a ‘fire breathing lizard hybrid’ anyway.
We can say it , yes
*frees the doc and watches him slide to the ground* ^_^”
@thisguy: I prefer the term elder dragon for the classification of “anything that doesn’t already fit somewhere else”
[Thisguy]:
Cryptozoologists refer to “Folklore-based species” as “Cryptids”, so it may be better to classify Kai a “Cryptid Hybrid”, or a “Folklore Hybrid”.
As for the broken equipment, I say yet-again: “Ear Thermometers”.
Because nothing-&-nobody, from ANY species, has EVER broken a thermometer by flexing their ear-muscles.
#I’m_Just_Sayin’
😉
🙂
Now now, easy with the violence and namecalling there :p
Well , i’ve tricked all peoples : i can put the clear text now XD …………
“”” OH FUNK NOW , this doctor is really blocked
*grabs the doc and shocks his head against a wall* : he’s a REAL dragon , not a mythical unknown hybrid ; UNDERSTOOD , you stupid empty headed human ?
Kai , in last panel : “- This doc is beginning to be really pilling off” “””
Pilling : https://www.thefreedictionary.com/pilling – look in “thesaurus” , third example ^_^
I’ve written what i’ve written and it was right ; you have read what you’ve read and it was wrong . You all have failed in your training , young padawans ^_^”
I would really, really, calm down if I were you.
Friendly advice from an old Apache.
And let peoples think i say foul language when it’s not the case ? No way ; but i’ll remember it from now on , for my future comments
Doc got over his surprise real quick, to be replaced by his excitement at a chance at medical history! XD Just be sure to rein him in if he get’s a little too excited Kai!
It was all just a mythunderstanding! 😉
He can keep the doc at a distance with his flames xD
Yeah, you know! Mythical! Like dragons, sphynxes, catgirls, centaurs, satyrs… Then again…
… fairies, elves, minotaurs, hydras, medusas, nymphs, dryads, mermaids, … angels, devils … of course, most of those are already humanoid.
You forgot unicorns, gryphons, hippogryphs.
Fully expect to see a unicorn hybrid at some point. If for no other reason other than, at the end of the day, a unicorn hybrid would just be an equine hybrid with a forehead bone growth.
I imagine a werewolf/she-werewolf in this hospital : how he/she’ll be “classified” ? Wild wolf ? Bloody wolf ? Savage wolf ?
Would you say they’re in…
*Puts on sunglasses.*
…dire straits?
YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
@ JonesNate
Weebl and Bob – CSI:Pie ami
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TvyKS1JMME
@ Thisguy
Check out Bryan Talbot’s Grandville: Nöel for a unicorn hybrid/anthro.
Bryan describes the series as inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Rupert Bear and Quentin Tarantino.
The whole series is worth reading
I love them.
…Lovecraftian…
Hey, Deep Ones need love too.
*snickers*
I’m not looking forward to “take your shoggoth to work day.”
Yep; my point exactly! There’s not really much reason for the doc to get so excited; at least, not in the sense that this should be unexpected. It was bound to happen sooner or later. Even our real world has the kimono dragon. (Please pardon if I spelled it wrong.) That real-world dragon might not be the fire-breathing type, but it’s considered a dragon, nonetheless.
Let’s just imagine that Kai and Kaya’s tongues aren’t as lethal.
Trying to picture a Komodo dragon dressed in a Kimono
Better yet: Kaya dressed in a kimono! 😀 Please, Robin and/or fan artists–make it happen!
It’s not really a kimono, but it’s close:
https://www.deviantart.com/thenekoboi/art/OCpageant2016-Round-1-Kaya-Romero-595975630
@Lord Vagrant — Oh, it’s Komodo? Okay. 😂 I only knew about it from the Discovery channel, and my Google ears are terrible sometimes. (Especially when watching on a 1990’s picture tube TV with not-so-great speakers, lol!)
Catgirls are mythical nowadays? xD
Well, myths are just stories. So I guess you could say they are. 🙂
Oh man. Kai, you just sent this guy from amused, to terrified, to angry, to over-the-moon ecstatic in the span of a few moments. Be prepared for every one of those emotions to all catch up with him in a moment. “DOCTOR.EXE HAS STOPPED RESPONDING. PLEASE REBOOT AND TRY AGAIN.” Either way I have no idea where this is going, but I can’t wait to find out. Good job continuing to hold your throne as the King of Cliffhangers Robin. Keep up the great artwork, and as always, stay awesome! (Good luck with the Kickstarter by the way. I’m between jobs right now, but I hope to be able to contribute before it’s over!)
The king of cliffhangers xD
Thanks Alpha ^^ I think I need a bit more experience to really be the king of that, but hey, I’m at least good at it if you say that xD
The doctor can handle it, so far. He’ll be fine I think :p
The kickstarter really is doing great 😀 We unlocked one stretch goal already!
Someone will be waking up in a government research lab after the next “flu-shot”.
Don’t say that the government might find out about you knowing about Area 51 oops….Bang Bang! f.b.i open up!!!🕴🏿 help me!😢😢
Haha, you’re not the only one thinking that xD
Dragon Boy’s confused
About the doc’s sudden change
In behavior, yeah
Doc’s not even mad
That his doc tools got destroyed
Should Kai be worried?
One must now wonder
What this might mean for the twins
Hope it’s nothing bad!
Very confused Kai :p
Hmmm… I wonder… Does this mean actual pure dragons are not as mythical as we thought??
If they are truly “hybrids” then there has to have been something back there, doesn’t there?
Otherwise wouldn’t they be defined as “mutants”, or possibly “sports”?
That’s one possibility. Another might be convergent evolution. Similar traits are expressable in nature. Certain insects produce high-temperature fluids as a defense, so it’s theoretically possible with different chemistry.
Dragons never existed, but Kai and Kaya are some. Have fun coming up with theories about that xD
At least not on Earth. Although if we check out Rukbat, in the Sagittarian sector…
Meanwhile, in the other room, Kaya’s Doctor has already discovered this because she asked simple questions of her patient. Such as “do have have any specific hybrid abilities?”
Seriously, for someone so exited about finding an unknown hybrid type, I’m surprised his investigation skills aren’t better.
Wonder how long until he works out that there are TWO dragons in the hospital, or will Kaya slip through the cracks (assuming I’m incorrect about her doctor asking questions 😛 )
Regarding the ‘Mythical Hybrid’, I believe that this is used as a classification, for hybrids who can only be attributed to mythical creatures, rather than normal ones. He’s not saying Kai isn’t a dragon
Probably not too long. He’d have reason to access Kaya’s patient records as well, because that’s relevant to patient history and Kaya is his twin.
Kaya slipping through the cracks? You really think she will remain unnoticed? xD
Kaya couldn’t stay unnoticed if you bribed her with a dumptruck load of chocolate!
…ESPECIALLY if you bribed her with a dumptruck load of chocolate!!!
Mythical hybrid. Probably a “catch all” for phenotypes matching mythical species, though not necessarily having a genotype. Say, a goat hybrid with an expression including the lower legs, tail, and horns might be a “satyr,” a cetacean or piscine hybrid only expressing the tail might be “merfolk,” a snake hybrid missing the legs might be a “naga” or “lamia,” or a horse hybrid with expression limited to the waist down and the ears might be a “sileni.” It might also include other more unique traits like a spiral horn on an equine (“unicorn”), multiple tails on a vulpine (“kitsune”) or like Kai and Kaya (“dragon”). There may also be “elves,” which would be animal hybrids with such low levels of expression that only the ears get pointy.
We also haven’t ruled out paleo hybrids (dinosaurs).
I think the only real biological limit is that the species have to be some form of subphylum Vertebrata in order to be viable in high level expression. I mean, if we see butterfly wings on a human, it might be a “faerie” hybrid because higher levels of insectoid expression might lead to stillbirth.
I think the doctor tries to keep Kai in a normal and natural classification to save his own datas , more than accept the reality of a living dragon ?
What about the dragon hybrids they are Dinosaurs just not discovered yet
So what you’re saying is, we could have an “actual” Batman in this comic?
Da nananana Batman!!
Very nice and in-depth analysis there. Not much to add to that. It’s indeed for the ones considered a mythical species or having similarities to mythical species. More will be said about it in the coming pages. 🙂
Congrats, Kai, you are about to become a MEDICAL PAPER!!!!
The doc now has visions of AMA immortality dancing in his head…….
Kai evolved into medical paper xD
Heh then we have the imaginary hybrids… Huh no one but me? Okay then.
You mean invisible hybrids.
Haha, no, I don’t think they would go that far xD
That’s when you take the square root of a negative hybrid. If you add a real number, you get a complex hybrid.
I’m guessing there are very few hybrids in the “Mythical” category on record. I wonder how Kaya will show off her draconic properties, hopefully in a manner less destructive than her brother. I take it Kai doesn’t like having facts he gives marginalized or outright ignored, he strikes me as a very “these are the facts, why are you ignoring them?” type of person.
That said, I think it would be amusing if the twins met a unicorn and/or griffin from other communities. a Kraken hybrid would probably just be categorized as some sort of squid hybrid, seeing as the Kraken is basically described as being a kind of giant squid.
There are a lot of different kinds of dragons in mythology, legend, and lore, most of which aren’t referred to or referenced in western media and literature, sadly. The Lampton worm, which exists in English lore, is a dragon or dragon-like creature that is described as having the body of a giant worm and head of a dragon, it isn’t described as having any sort of breath weapon but is described as having the ability to grow cut pieces of its back together (go read the story of the Lampton Worm to get more in-depth details, and how it was defeated); in Vedic and Hindu mythology there is a creature called the Vritra, its described as being a colossal serpent-like demonic dragon so massive it can wrap about mountains and a hunger so great that “it seeks to swallow the sky”
With all that out of the way, I still think it would be interesting to see the twins end up in an Asiatic community during Chinese New Year on the transition to Year of the Dragon.
Oh my, the year of the dragon would be so interesting for them xD
Those are some interesting dragons or dragon-like creatures you mention there. I have to research them xD
I wouldn’t be surprised if a kraken hybrid owned the restaurant in Jesse’s Adventure.
Nurse! Prepare the Nerve Weasle!
I’m sure there aren’t any government sponsored vivisectionists.
I don’t know what that is, but let’s not xD
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I hope you have lots of extra art time with the number of commissions in the kickstarter 😀
I couldn’t find your normal price list to compare.
Ha, I will just have to accomodate them in my schedule xD
If you want to check out my normal prices, you can see them here:
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he thinks dragon are mythical. how can he think dragon hybrids are mythical when kai is right in front of him and his sister is in the next room. There is already a logical reason dragon and hybrids exist (check last comic comments to see why hybrid exists) robin how do you keep this comic up without a holiday or even a one day trip? Is it coffee ☕️ are you a robinbot!?🔋📟🎚 (I May be over reacting you did miss replying to half of the comments on the last comic so probably more cyborg than robot)
I think the doc is using the term “mythical” only in the sense that Kai has abilities which coincide with a creature of legend.
Or put another way, there are dog hybrids, but they don’t have an insanely high sense of smell. There are cat hybrids, but they don’t have great nightvision. There are snake hybrids, but they don’t have forked tongues. The list goes on. Perhaps the doc has also encountered a lizard hybrid, but the lizard hybrid didn’t have independent monocular vision; nor did the lizard hybrid have chameleon-type skin.
Kai, however, has fire breath. Apparently, this has not been displayed before in any hybrids, as it is a trait shown only by “mythical” creatures, i.e. dragons.
For another hybrid to be classified as a “mythical” type, he/she would need to demonstrate abilities/characteristics of that type. For example, if Rex only assumed hybrid form at night, or under a full moon, he could be classified as a dire wolf. (werewolf) If Cleo had no legs, but instead had the lower half of a snake, she could be classified as a lamia. The examples can go on and on, but you see my point, I hope.
yeah, as a cyborg, I’m still plenty flawed and not a machine, so I don’t get every little comment xD
It’s discipline and passion that makes me keep up the comic without a holiday or hiatus. I do take a day off every week to make sure I don’t burn out, though :p
“Don’t worry about the thermometers. We can always increase our health insurance premiums to cover the cost of damaged equipment.”
Yep, it’s a Brit satirising US healthcare system.
One such thermometer costs like 3$, so i would worry more about the money the doctor gets per hour.
Sounds like our Insurance companies.
The exact thing that we are getting paid for just happened? Now we need to increase the policies. We can’t have a profit if we actually have to *gulp* pay out!
Good luck with kickstarter, it seems at the time I’m writing this you already reached 100%. I’m one of the first 50 backers and I hope some stretch goals will be reached.
From my experience, you will see the most activity the first few days and the last 2-3 days. In between, the backers will come in much slower.
Thanks for backing 😀
We just now reached one of the stretch goals. We unlocked the Benji card ^^
Yeah, I know from reading up on it that the start and end are the busiest days. So far, that trend seems to hold up ^^
Okay, wow. That one word set off a semantics storm that even I think is going overboard.
Sometimes that’s the fun of it. Calmly being ridiculous.
I don’t think a storm on board is where you want it. Overboard is more acceptable. There isn’t a lot of shipping here though.
I… Wish I had a clever comeback to that. Well done
And I just love reading it xD
Huh…… is Kai just simply offended…. or did the twins actually not know that dragons aren’t real?
Well…. weren’t real until they were born.
Well, if you actually ARE the thing that isn’t real, it can get a little confusing :p
Probably didn’t help their parents may have let them watch “Pete’s Dragon” (the ORIGINAL version) when they were younger.
What is the thing in Kaya’s mouth for the kick starter thing