Editing 1013: Wake Up Sheeple
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| β | [[Cueball]] is going through the traditional street-protester refrain about the government having control over our lives and shouts "{{rw|wake_up|wake up}}, sheeple!" through a megaphone. ''{{ | + | [[Cueball]] is going through the traditional street-protester refrain about the government having control over our lives and shouts "{{rw|wake_up|wake up}}, sheeple!" through a megaphone. ''{{rw|Sheeple}}'' is a {{w|portmanteau}} of ''sheep'' and ''people'' used as a derisive term to describe people who thoughtlessly wander through their daily lives going exactly where they are "herded" by the powers that be. |
However, in this comic, the Sheeple are humanoid sheep-men who have slumbered beneath the Earth for ten thousand years, and whom Cueball has inadvertently awoken with his repeated mantra (much as in [[555: Two Mirrors]]). The Sheeple appear to be some kind of {{w|Cthulhu_Mythos|eldritch}} {{tvtropes|EldritchAbomination|abomination}} who will destroy the human race, and judging from [[Megan|Megan's]] reaction and the off-panel voices, Cueball seems to be the only one previously unaware of their existence. | However, in this comic, the Sheeple are humanoid sheep-men who have slumbered beneath the Earth for ten thousand years, and whom Cueball has inadvertently awoken with his repeated mantra (much as in [[555: Two Mirrors]]). The Sheeple appear to be some kind of {{w|Cthulhu_Mythos|eldritch}} {{tvtropes|EldritchAbomination|abomination}} who will destroy the human race, and judging from [[Megan|Megan's]] reaction and the off-panel voices, Cueball seems to be the only one previously unaware of their existence. | ||
