I already posted this in the chapter 5 discussion thread but since it's speculation I'd like to see other people's thoughts on (and the animal spectrals thread is ancient) decided to make a new thread for it:
So, a thing that caught my attention when rereading, in chapter 5, on page 23 where the mindcontrol spirit releases the dog and takes over Jeff. We see the spirit's energy and it's a brownish sort of orange... Then when the dog runs away there's a dust trail behind it in exactly the same colour... and the alt-text on that page is "THAT AIN'T DUST"... I know alt-text isn't usually serious but:
While looking through the forum I saw there was a speculation thread about spectral animals and
- ElHuesudoII wrote:
- Zack did say that spectral animals is a thing that will be addressed in the future, and on Dan's stream last night he mentioned that one of the new characters coming up soon in the comic will be a dog (he proposed "Special" as the dog's name).
I guess we don't need to be rocket scientists to know what will make this dog to be...
...special.
Also there's the plot point of Isabel needing to get over her fear of dogs. Though for someone with a phobia she seemed pretty chill with it following her around after a while...
What do you guys think? Could this be actual foreshadowing for a spectral dog joining the cast soonish or am I just barking up the wrong tree?
(See, I can do puns! I think... I'm not even sure if that expression makes sense in this context... Does it? English isn't my native language.)