Grrl Power #493 – MisidentifiCATion
Guys. The hoops I had to jump through so Sydney could drop some hot Arnold quotes… It’s literally the only reason they’re at a Mars chocolate warehouse. Pretty sure I deserve an Eisner or the key to a city or something. By the way, Hot Arnold sounds like a disgusting sex move, probably involving Icy Hot sports rub in place of lube.
Say what you will about Sydney, but she recovers quickly from surprise, shock, sqee’s, glomp… glomp is an emotion, right?
You do have to suspend disbelief a little to accept that Harem would mistake Pixel for a puma (slash cougar slash mountain lion). They don’t have spots. It’s especially weird considering she grew up on a farm. Not that that would necessarily confer knowledge about great cats, but you’d expect her to have slightly better animal literacy. We can just chock it up to a brain fart. I just really needed someone to say “puma” to set Sydney up, and Krona already knew Pixel was a were-jaguar. Sydney mistaking her for a leopard is more forgivable. Leopard spots look closer to jaguar rosettes that any other cat, especially from the front, where they’re basically just spots.
I know it’s tiny on the page, but Sydney is looking up “cat spots” on her wrist thing in the second to last panel.
Rereading the page now, I should probably change Harem’s last word bubble to read “My second guess would have been panther.” She’s obviously making a Pink Panther joke, but since she already said Puma, it’s a little confusing.
Of course, jaguars are panthers. Specifically black jaguars. Actually, according to wikipedia, nearly any large cat except a lion or a tiger can be called a jaguar. I was surprised to learn (actually only a few years ago) that there’s no discrete species of cat called a panther. It’s just a thing people call other kinds of large cats. I don’t know why. Panther only sounds marginally cooler than Puma or Cougar, and slightly less cool than Jaguar. These rankings are objectively true based on my opinion.
None of this answers how becoming a giant pink hybrid form jaguar aids in stealthily reconning the place.
Edit: It seems quite a few people aren’t as familiar with some of Arnold’s catalog as I had taken for granted, so here are references. As to why any single line from a movie becomes a meme, that’s simply up to the fickle will of the masses. It’s not a tumah! and Get your ass to mars. (which gets looped in the movie after the console gets smashed)
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Okay…I got the “Mars” quote…I assume the “Na-ht a pu-mah”…is another quote…but I don’ get it….help, please…?
From “Not a Tu-mah” from Kindergarden Cop
Personally, I probably would have gone with the Donald Pleasence route: “Pyumaman!”
Regarding DaveB‘s edit to his blog, above, I would suggest that inserting a speech bubble could help to point people (such as myself) towards recognising the quote.
In panel 2, Harem could say “Arnold Schwarzenegger quote?”. Sydney’s giggling in the next panel, would then serve as confirmation that she had called it right.
Had it been a direct quote it would have been more recognisable. Or if it had followed on from something referencing either the film, or the actor, then the connection would have been easier to make.
Plus, of course, once the name had been dropped, then the next quote would have been very easy for folks in this community to place. I imagine most of the readership will have seen Total Recall (or its remake), whereas there would likely be less who have seen Kindergarten Cop. I was only familiar with the scene from the trailer, despite considering myself somewhat of an Arnie fan.
I certainly needed the prompt, from the blog edit. So feel that the above addition to the dialogue would aid any new readers (or the rest of us on a re-read).
I was wondering why Pixel has distinct black cheek spots in panel 4 and in no other panels.
Funny, I can see them in all they should be…
There is a second more distinct set back and towards the jaw in panel 4 that don’t appear to be in the other panels – there is a set very forward on her muzzle that are consistent.
Granted, I don’t have the Hi-Res comic.
Specifically – they appear in the white portion of her fur, rather than the pink portion of her fur.
Pretty sure spots don’t move around in fur like that. At the very least, they don’t in the case of donkeys. :D
Study a cat’s muzzle up close sometime. Note how those ‘spots’ are in rows? Those are probably the areas where the whiskers attach. Those, being essentially part of the fur, show up like spots, but only when the whiskers are deployed at certain angles — they form shadowed openings in the layer of fur. The rest of the time the fur around them lies smoothly and they aren’t really visible.
Ehhh, the spots in question here are large, show up along the lower jaw line, and aren’t present in the other panels.
I’m assuming that it’s an allergic reaction to puppy dog eyes.
As the old saying goes, “A donkey cannot change its spots.”
…Or something like that…
If you are seeking change, how about playing a game of ‘pin the tail on the leopard’? You either get a very fast-paced game, or an … interesting… surprise. Given that it is played blindfolded, and leopards are less tolerant than donkeys!
Somebody’s subconscious mind was trying to save them from carpal tunnel?
Cause I was still figuring out how to draw/color her face and was using several different references throughout the page. I should probably clean those up.
Awwww, If Pixelicious went along with being called a Puma, they could have done a rule 63 of the movie “Puma Man”. They already have an Aztec on the Archon team. They just need a female version of Donald Pleasence for the villain.
For those not in the know look up the movie “The Pumaman”. Thank you Italy, Thank you. Honorable mention to MST3K.
*reads*
*stops wanting to read*
I don’t see the resemblance…
She’s closer to Manimal than that aaand she’s not very close to Manimal. (at all, cept the panther transformation bit)
Thinking on Manimal’s hawk form I reaaally hope we see a hawk were despite the magical virus whatsit being prone to mammals. Or an artifact that does the same thing would be fine.
+10 for the Pixelicious mention :D
Well, since Krona disappeared in the last panels the critical hit by Sydney probably caused her to fall to the ground or something……..and the eyes of “Gotta Pet You” Sydney………I needed a laugh today. Thank you!
The puppy eyes and Pixel’s freakout eyes, pretty much my favorite panel. :D
Yeah this is definitely one of my favourite panels now.
Clearly Pixel was not the only one terrified by Sydney’s ‘petting face’, as seen in panel 4. Clearly Krona did not want to get between that and its intended target!
But why is she pink?
If you look at the views of her in earlier strips you’ll notice her hair is pink. Apparently, that’s her actual natural hair color, since a dye job on the hair on her head wouldn’t translate to her full body post were-transformation
Or its a magical artifact thing. (or whatever makes her transformation possible)
Or she dyes her jaguar form too.
Or Krona decided she preferred Pixel with pink hair, so changed it, retroactively since birth.
There’s also that :D
Considering how she’s not to happy about the Pink Panther jokes and references, I doubt she would dye it since it seems to be a major point of annoyance
She’s a Time Lord now?
Did you not notice the allusion to control of time, in her name? Albeit that is just one of the dimensions she could choose to manipulate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfbBqBOSXlU
No doubt.
No, that was Aerosmith, No Doubt is a different (crappy) band
“Actually, according to wikipedia, nearly any large cat except a lion or a tiger can be called a jaguar.” I think you meant “panther,” Dave.
I guess “The Pink Panther” makes as little sense as “The Blue Carbuncle.” Which, come to think of it, is also a detective story.
And given I suspect he clicked my link to the great wiki from last Thursday’s strip comments, I second that.
was The Blue Carbuncle about a gem that looked like a sea creature? because the Pink Panther was actually about a diamond with a strange flaw that resembled a panther, (and was pink due to how light gets split up in a prism-like gem such as a diamond)
[if i recall correctly]
There was a flaw inside the diamond that, if you moved the diamond slightly while looking through it, appeared to be a “dancing panther”. Because the diamond was pink, it was thus known as…
The Pink Panther Diamond.
Hence the reason the credits portion at the beginning of the film has the animation (done by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises) we mostly all know and definitely love of a tall pink dancing panther.
A Carbuncle is a gemstone usually red garnet but does also show up as blue garnet as well.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbuncle_(gemstone)
you’re correct, of course, my brain was feeding me the definition of barnacle instead of carbuncle
Misreading aquatic animals. You have dyslex-sea-a.
Dat Back tho
Lovely female muscle.
Pixel’s transformed state looks like a snow leopard with the normally stained parts of the fur dyed pink. As for calling them leopards, that’s what the Mongolian Snow Leopard Conservancy calls their cats, so I’m going with them.
More spots, but then, she’s bigger.
Snow Lepoards have the rosettes but don’t have spots inside them. Jaguars have spots inside the rosettes.
Panel six I think makes in canon that Pink!Were-Jaguar!Pixel isn’t wearing a bra, to end a set of questions about that from the last comic’s discussion.
I guess you could say that Pixel isn’t were-ing a bra.
Yeah, pointed that out on page one :D
A pink spots bra would be hard to see there though.
Ogden Nash’s poem “The Panther”:
A panther is somewhat like a leopard
Except it hasn’t been peppered.
If you should behold a panther crouch
Prepare to say ouch.
Better yet, if called by a panther
Don’t anther.
Ogden Nash rocks.
And here are some Ogden Utah rocks.
https://thetrekplanner.com/the-indian-trail-hieroglyphs/
I’m sure somebody has already pointed this out, but I can’t be bothered to find them:
“Panther” comes from a mythical large cat that preys on everything other than dragons. When used to refer to a specific species, it most often does refer to cougars; however, a “black panther” is any all-black member of the genus Panthera, which does not contain cougars (plus I don’t think that mutation exists in cougars).
There have been rumors of a population of melanistic pumas in for a long time, but there’s never been a confirmed sighting. Most sightings are considered to be the result of misidentified melanistic jaguars, ocelots, or jaguarundies.
I think the plural of jaguarundi is jaguarundis.
Jaguarundies are what Pixel is wearing.
Technically, Jaguars are Part of the Genus: Panthera. It’s not specific, but it counts.
And it seems to me that Sydney might have stumbled across jaguar print undergarments or maybe a furry website with pink Juguars.
Also, I was really hoping for Sydney to make a reference to Thundercats like singing/ humming the theme song at least yell…THUNDERCATS HOOOOOOO!!!!!
Never ever call a cat-dervied therianthrope a ho.
So that’s why they’re at a Mars warehouse! Hate to tell you but you’re missing a chance at a three-fer joke. Mars makes way more money from selling *pet food* than from chocolate. Sending weres to a petfood warehouse seems a little speciest, doncha think?
+1
I got excited there for a minute when I realized that they owned Whiskas who makes those “Whiskas Temptations Blissful Catnip Treats” and thought about her walking into a whole warehouse of those…
Yup. With Mars, they get your dogs coming and going, literally.
Comment on the panther thing.
Some time ago (I think it was up until the 60’s) people though there were two species of spotted / black large wild cat in Africa/Asia: Leopards and Panthers.
That’s because there is quite a bit of size range in the Leopard family. So they thought the smaller ones, say 80 to 150 pounds, were leopards and the bigger ones, say 200 pounds and up, were panthers.
It wasn’t until the 1960’s when they realized that they were actually the same species.
Yes, academia really knows very little about big cats, Clouded leopards weren’t discovered until the early 70’s, and snow leopards were thought to be a myth up until the late 60’s if I recall correctly.
Also, all spanish speakers call all cats ‘el tigre’. No idea why.
And yes, I used to own leopard. And a puma. And a few other cats as well.
ok so now i’m just calling this but the werewolf takes off his shirt before transforming how come none of the female weres do the same. sexisim!!!!!!
Because PG-13 comic. Possible vote incentive though?
She did tale off her jacket, that probably would have shredded during transformation…
In One Piece, Oda said that he makes it so transforming characters have their weapons and clothes transform to-scale alongside them otherwise there would be far too much excessive nudity.
TOO MUCH excessive nudity?!?! But….I….argh…
Daniel here. I think Screwball just overloaded himself thinking about the One Piece ladies nude. He acts all cool, but as soon as things actually heat up a bit, he overheats. It’s actually kinda funny to watch… :P
Is smoke coming out of his ears? Or somewhere else? o_O
I suspect the proper answer to your question is simply, “Yes!”
Yep, ears, eyes, around the collar too, mouth, anywhere his Pretender Armour Human suit has an opening…
Dragged him outside, hosed him down & left him there. Aussie summers has hot enough without him renting steam off over the house…
my point here is not that i am crying out for soft porn its equality, also a good example of what ia m talking about is another comic i read called Hominids, there are women in that comic that are topless, and there is nothing sexual about it, its just thier socitey that is like that, now here is another good point in the case of her shirt if it didnt shred or rip to pieces with her expanded bust size the shirt would consrict her chest and lungs much like a corset, also if the our good webcomic maker and provider of our entertainment and enjoyment wants to keep it pg, there are ways around it, such has nipples being covered by fur meaning you wouldnt see them except before transformation or have the shirt shredding and ripping during transformation while covering the nipples until complete transformation, where upon they are covered in fur and cannot be seen, after all whats good for the goose is good for the gandure. =)
Clearly Gregor is too vain to wear a shirt that is either oversized or elastic. And he is clearly an outlier, as we see another male werewolf wearing not only a shirt, but also a vest here (https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2265)
Why don’t human women take off their tops in public, under the same circumstances as men?* Dave is representing our society as it is, and Pixel is a product of her society. She is a woman who can transform, but that does not make her any more inclined towards titillating behaviour, than other women in American society. Especially when you consider that she is on duty at the moment. Such behaviour, when representing Archon, in front of a major allied organisation would doubtless be frowned upon.
As for Clover, she would not want to get topless in front of a room full of stuffy old bureaucrats, and certainly not with her father present!
Katrina, the bunny, would have had the least issues, on first examination, but even then she is new to this supernatural organisation, and they clearly do have a number of influential ancient members, who would very likely cling to conservative ways. Acting in a manner that could alienate them would not be a sensible way for her to introduce herself to her new society!
Yes Lycanthrope women might take off their tops, when transforming, but only under circumstances where human women would likewise be inclined. Or if they know that what they are wearing would not survive transformation, of course.
* Except in less repressed countries, or designated topless or nudist beaches, of course.
Sydney wants to pet her, I want to spank her.
Well spanking COULD be considered a type of petting, right? Heavy petting? Hmm… We may need to consult an expert. Dabbler, what say you?
+1
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/2355 third panel
1) Not cool, Broette.
2) A spider genus.† Do I get a prize, for knowing the correct answer?
*wags tail eagerly*
† In answer to the question: what’s in a name?
Unless it is a statement, of course, in which case there is no answer, as there is no question.
Gotta love that she gets absolutely TERRIFIED at Sydney in “adorable puppy dog” mode wanting to pet her.
I have to wonder what Sydney typed in search.
WOD says “cat spots.”
And I’m now curious how that could be turned dirty. Besides the obvious rule 34 stuff anyway.
I just get lots of regular cat images. But results are personalised, and Sydney does search for stuff like hentai. So she may get cat girl tentacle porn mixed in with her results. Perhaps one who’s name is Spots?*
* From such epics as “Spots in a bind”, “Who Spots an alien invasion” and “How to get Spots out of clothes”.
“there’s no discreet species of cat called a panther.”
I would direct you to the endangered Florida Panther, but that’s actually just like a smaller puma aka cougar aka catamount aka mountain lion… wow. There’s more than one way to name a cat, apparently.
And that’s just wild animals. Get into wild plants and it reaaaally gets crazy.
But if you already know the Florida Panther is endangered, that’s not very discreet.
This is one of those where its more fun to reply to comments than to actually make an original comment.
Other than attempting to beam a thought directly into Dave’s heart and mind.
*focuses mental powah*
catnip
catnip
catnip
catnip
cATnip
caaaatniiiip
CATnip
CATNIP!
*passes out*
And with the request of petting, I’m fairly sure the relationship between Halo and Pixel went from ‘well maybe they can be friends’ back to ‘I am offended you even ask’.
I’m expecting Sydney to sneak in a pet sometime in the future, which’ll enrage Pixel, and then Syd whips out her Shield.
Now we know why Pixel wears flip flops. What does she do in winter or in cold climates?
Moccasins? Or maybe some kind of magic lump of coal that warms your whole body evenly or something.
Well observed.
I got cut off from my village, this week, by snow banks across the road, deeper than the car I was travelling in. And the snow is still deep on the ground, tonight. That still has not stopped me wearing flip flops whenever I go outside, such as to feed Feral Cat. Unless making treks to the other side of the village, admittedly.
Not to mention that Feral Cat managed to get through at least one winter, with temperatures as low as -30, without any human intervention. Cats are hardy and versatile.
Dave has mentioned that weres do gain some benefits even in their human form. Whilst jaguars are native to South America, and therefore principally adapted to hot conditions, they would have benefit from cold adaptations too, if needing to cross or even live in mountainous conditions. If so, then Pixel may actually be hardy enough to stay barefoot even in snowy conditions.
I’m starting to think one of those orbs gives Sydney super expression abilities, making her expressions comically exaggerated.
Heh. Nice thought. I doubt it though, as nobody around her reacts as if there is anything abnormal. They are just for comic effect.
Take Pixel’s terrified reaction in panel 4. This is just an exaggerated response to any creepy request, for a co-worker, to pet you, that anyone might have. Albeit worsened by the fact that Pixel would want to distance herself from being viewed as a cute pink kitty.
Whereas if Sydney had actually transformed, toon-like, it could lead to much longer-term negative reactions (for something so extreme, which already had an adverse response). Not to mention questions being asked.
I can see where you are coming from though. Sydney has exhibited a huge range of weird expressions. But unless the orbs also provide a mind-altering effect (e.g. ‘this look is not abnormal, nothing special to see here’) then we should take it as being purely comedically exagerating expressions for our benefit, as the readers.
DaveB- I’ve used Icy Hot as lube before. Learn from my very stupid mistake! The icy part was great, then it turned hot and water only made it worse! The pain man, the pain!
You are not the only one. Except in my case, it was a mistake. (In my defense, the lights were out, and the Icy Hot was sitting right next to the K-Y.) I spent 30 minutes lying face-down in the bathtub in the coldest water I could get.
Here’s something I discovered later: Icy Hot is oil-based. That’s why going straight for the water doesn’t help. So here’s what you do instead: wipe off the excess Icy Hot with a tissue. Then apply OLIVE OIL with a cotton ball to the affected area, and THEN rinse with water.
(This also works on any other product with menthol salicylate as the active ingredient, such as Pain Bust*r II, Ben Gay, etc.) Now, I won’t say it’ll get rid of the pain immediately, but it does at least make it hurt less and get rid of the smell.
P.S., Icy Hot now comes in a form that leaves a protective film protecting the cream (I guess to keep it from staining your clothes? I don’t know.) Anyway, if THAT is the kind of cream you’re using, you actually DO want to rinse it with water first (to get rid of the protective film), then use the olive oil, and then rinse with water again.
Haven’t done that; have gone to toilet after cutting up chilli peppers without washing hands in between…
“Aargh!”
You really don’t want to get chilli juice anywhere sensitive.
I don’t use chilli peppers when I cook (I have a sensitive palate that doesn’t cope well with spicy food), but I can definitely believe that you would want to avoid getting the juice anywhere sensitive.
Why do I feel like Krona needs to make a Red vs Blue joke?
Well it is set in the Halo universe. And she is standing next to Halo…
Plus Krona is very clearly a tech-savvy person, who uses a game cheat code as her personal banner. Whilst many of the Twilight Council might not get it, Krona is an obvious exception.
Whether or not her sense of humour goes that way is another matter. Clearly she is not humour deficient, as she got what Sydney was attempting. Either she is resisting the urge, perhaps out of professionalism, or she may just consider that it would be beneath her to make such silly comments.
Sydney may be a corrupting influence on her!
Dun dun dun. Da dun. Da dun. De Dee De Dee…
I know how being a giant pink hybrid form jaguar helps with stealth.
It’s a two-fold system. No one is gonna believe that you saw a giant pink jaguar person on the security cameras. And any guard you come across is gonna die. Everyone knows a dead guard can’t sound the alarm.
+1
Sooo… smallish young woman, experienced with ancient artifacts, turns into giant were-feline. Pixel doesn’t happen to have an übernerd adoptive sibling, does she? :D
Your Dave-ness, try pulling up some pictures of mountain lion cubs and I think you’ll find that they have spots which fade as they grow up. So you stuck the Puma joke after all.
not really a surprise that a person grown up on a mid-west farm would have no idea. she wouldn’t have seen a cougar and her only exposure to the big cats would have been through mutual of omaha. where you see more kittens than adults, the kittens have spots.
still it is a pretty sad commentary on the average american. if its not on TV they couldn’t tell you what in the back yard is food and what is toxic.
It’s a modern world, and the separation from the cruder reality has grown large. I was raised on a farm, and trying to explain some things to a modern urban type is a losing proposition since they lack a true point of reference…except for TV etc…
folks just dont know much outside the front door. crazy world these days.
Reverse cat-eyes and unintentional propositioning.
Yea I was never taught what a preposition was, nor how to avoid using it incorrectly.
*cute puppy eyes*
*reverses eyeballs, in sockets*
Hehehhe Krona got the joke at least. Didn’t WAN’T to, but yep, Got it.
Heh, these two have almost ensured hentai will be made of Pixelicious, which will attract more attention to the others, looking forward to seeing (good) images of Clover and, yes, even Sir Barkley (but not together)
Let’s do a rundown of all the fetishes Pixel now embodies (not all of them mine):
Very much not a dumb woman (this one’s definitely mine)
Tiny lady
Foot fetish
Spanking
Tomboy
Collar
Short hair
Gymnast figure
Amazon figure
Cat girl
Furry/Anthro
Tail play
Muscle girl
Little Miss Snarker
Breast expansion
Chest fluff
etc
Fetish Fuel Station Attendant up in here.
Quote (not all of them mine)
….yup we believe you too…you just happened to know how to name the complete list… could have been anyone.. got it…. honest…..
Oh, don’t get me wrong. A good proportion of them are mine, but I don’t have a foot fetish.
I think many of us men agree. Women can be charming in so many ways.
IT’S NOT A TUMOR https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU7b6xD7UmQ
“It’s not a Puma!” lol
I say we make Dave the new front man of Austrian Death Machine!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPIO86jTrQQ
so how many team members have the pink panther’s theme for pixel’s ring tone and what does she do when she finds out?
None. The first time anyone’s phone went off with that ringtone, everyone else went “too obvious” and promptly changed theirs.
Also, Harem didn’t even know about it, and she’s privy to the supernatural stuff.
Kindergarden Cop and Total Recall, I’m not a huge fan but I got the reference almost right away.
The word Jaguar comes from the old Aztec culture, apparently that is what their word for the big cat sounded like to the Spanish invaders and is how it got recorded into modern speech.. The Aztec had a caste of warriors specifically named for the Jaguar as shock troops and elite hunters. They were bas ass enough that the Spanish remembered their name.
The few Conquistadors who survived that is :P
Does she have to dye that before she untransforms? Does this mean werehair/fur is stored in hammerspace instead of being grown on demand?
Not if it is her natural hair colour. Or if the transformation just takes the hair as is and modifies it to the new form. Clearly that would need to draw on the magical side of the lycanthrope virus, of course. Or your options are possible, especially given the mass differential between the two forms. If it already uses hammerspace for that, then it is easier to rationalise using it for the hair/fur too.
Wouldn’t a were lady have smaller boobs since it’s less human?
Most depictions wouldn’t have them be bipedal, either. So really, 4 teats like a bitch leopard (if they use bitch for the females…) would be the most appropriate.
Pixel is not going to happy that you called her the ‘B’ word. You are confusing Canis and Felis. The best I can find on the web is that a female cat is a ‘Molly’ before having kittens, and a ‘Queen’ afterwards.
To make up for this you need to recite a poem to her.
https://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Ode_to_Spot
Yeah, it’s Queen for female cats at breeding age.
But I’m saying since she’s moving from human toward animal, not all the way to bipedal but you wouldn’t think her human features would become more pronounced than in her human form.
It is a hybrid form, which utilises whichever elements are useful. As the lycanthrope virus has got a magical aspect to it, this could either be rationalised magically or in evolutionary terms (or likely a combination of both).
In magical terms, Dave has told us that the hair/fur can be customised according to the desires of the were. Even as a novice, Kat (the bunny) has mastered retaining human hair in her hybrid form. If other aspects are controllable, then number of breasts and size would be an option that the were could choose.
Given that Pixel does not have large breasts as a human, nor would she as a cat, it points to this being the most likely option.
However the virus does actually store more than just the one were species DNA, so, when her hybrid form is being determined, if that is being done by natural selection, it may not actually be drawing purely on Pixel’s own human DNA. The magic may allow her to exhibit the unexpressed DNA she carries (apologies for not using the appropriate technical terms).
In other words, if Pixel does carry the correct genetic material for her potential daughters to have large breasts, the lycanthrope transformation might call upon that, in determining her hybrid form, rather than the genes expressed in her natural human form.
The latter explanation does require an extra supposition though, so Occam’s razor does still point to the former being the more likely.
However, if we throw evolution into the mix, it is more advantageous for hybrid forms to favour human aspects, where all other options are equal. Even if female lycanthropes do give birth in hybrid form, they are still bipedal, so will have the same problems that humans do. Humans have not fully adapted to their bipedal state yet, so childbirth is a lot more difficult than for quadrapeds, such as cats.
As such individual births, rather than large litters, would be more survivable. Given that driving evolutionary development, then there would be no advantage to having multiple nipples, versus just the two. As opposed to the social benefits of appealing to humans, by having human-like breasts. Given that human interactions will influence the survival of lycanthropes far more than feline ones, this is the more likely evolutionary pressure.
Given the preponderance of males tend to favour large breasts, this would also explain the dimorphism between Pixel;s two forms. Likewise the large body size would have clear evolutionary advantages, for surviving hostile situations, be they human or predator related. Or even just giving the option of being large where that helps, but small when it does not (such as if crawling through caves).
Were’s have been said to be able to move the “sliders” that control both their overall point between human and beast forms but also the sliders for each and every part of themselves. (though maybe that level of control has to be developed over time?) So she could stop her breasts from shrinking to a half beast like state and maybe even have them grow a bit to keep the same ratio with her new larger form.
This still doesn’t explain why they got this huge.
However, DaveB has stated in a reply on the last post that: “That will actually be explained. :)” So maybe there is a trick any were can learn or maybe Pixel is not an ordinary were.