Nahhh… he doesn’t need it; just a cheap Somebody Else’s Problem Field generator. They’re the bomb for mass distraction, as well as profitable for pickpockets. Just ask anybody who’s experienced the natural SEP field generated by Times Square…
mnem
SEP field generators are actually part of the standard toolkit with any standards-compliant time-travel device, and for reasons which should be obvious.
Reality alteration fixer manipulation event. Just like how some normal people can not see the (normal) extremely weird stuff like a singing dog. Tip’s ability/event is so strong that it could actually involve an eldritch being which was so strange/weird for them that they can not remember/see what had just happened.
I beleive it’s more along the lines of subtle mind manipulation. Not mind control, but warping the focus of attention. In between panels 3 and 4, Artie must have said something along the lines of “Well, let’s get going” and Tip and Virginia’s reply was “sure, why not”. Their brains, distracted by Artie’s power, just didn’t acknowledge that moving along with Artie contradicted what they were doing until they got to the bar.
This is also my general interpretation of how Tip’s power works. If his target wants him deep down, their brain loses focus until they get what they want. In this case, Virginia is being dragged along by Tip’s power which is being trumped by Artie. If Artie isn’t careful, he may end up in a threesome.
Or maybe he wouldn’t mind if Tip’s involved?
This actually happened to me once. The next thing I knew, I was 70 miles away, and in bed. To this day, decades later, I have no memory of the intervening time it must have taken to get from a to b.
Actually, come to think of it, that’s probably not true. I just remembered the ur-gerbils. And I’m not sure if that 50-foot gerbil of doom from that one Sunday was canon or not.
it also suggests that they have been there for a while… one would start with the lighter wines and move to the bolder ones (especially cabs). Mighty generous pours, as well – may add mild inebriation to the equation.
Met up with Artie, we started to talk,
Now I’m ten blocks away …
I’ll have a Cabernet or two,
I’ll have a Cabernet!
Look now, I’ll stand here, I won’t even walk …
“Good Lord, you’re right,” you say!
Let’s have a Cabernet or two,
Let’s have a Cabernet!
Just have a drink!
Don’t try to think!
Don’t make your head hurt asking why did
Artie pull the same trick I did!
Artie has caught us, as if he’s a hawk
And we’re his helpless prey!
Let’s have a Cabernet or two!
I’ll gladly be entrapped with you!
So let’s have a Cab-er-net!
I like the visual implication that Artie’s Hot Man Field transmuted the green grass and hills from panel 1 into the wine bottles and picture in panel 2.
Oooh, I know what’s going on. They’re about to learn they’re in a comic strip. Their imagination is no longer filling in the space between panels, so they’re becoming aware of the time jump. The title of this storyline, “My Brother Sam Is Dead,” is a reference to the self-referential and short-lived “Sam’s Strip.”
Well, if Ginny was going to get taken through a reality warp, at least those responsible were kind enough to have large amounts of alcohol available afterwards. Some things are just a necessity from a psychological standpoint, if not a physics one.
Virginia should really be used to the talk-to-a-hot-man teleportation technique. It happened the first time she met Tip, too.
Which is why she recognized it in panel 2.
Artie is misusing his access to the time machine?
Nahhh… he doesn’t need it; just a cheap Somebody Else’s Problem Field generator. They’re the bomb for mass distraction, as well as profitable for pickpockets. Just ask anybody who’s experienced the natural SEP field generated by Times Square…
mnem
SEP field generators are actually part of the standard toolkit with any standards-compliant time-travel device, and for reasons which should be obvious.
I hope the use of SEP fields does not eliminate the possibility of disguising your time machine as a London police box.
Never heard of a perception filter?
No, just the teleportation network.
Come on Virginia, make your will save vs charm person!
Oh dear. Tip’s makeout powers are actually capable of warping spacetime, and without his conscious control, either.
It’s not Tip, it’s Artie. Apparently Artie’s superpowers trump Tip’s. (And, let’s face it, Mad Science is helpless against Sex Magic. 😉 )
I’m confused. Since when did _Artie_ have magical powers?
since he gained human-level intelligence, speech, and the ability to shapeshift into a human?
Forget sex magic, this is more along the lines of Pinkie Pie!
Reality alteration fixer manipulation event. Just like how some normal people can not see the (normal) extremely weird stuff like a singing dog. Tip’s ability/event is so strong that it could actually involve an eldritch being which was so strange/weird for them that they can not remember/see what had just happened.
I beleive it’s more along the lines of subtle mind manipulation. Not mind control, but warping the focus of attention. In between panels 3 and 4, Artie must have said something along the lines of “Well, let’s get going” and Tip and Virginia’s reply was “sure, why not”. Their brains, distracted by Artie’s power, just didn’t acknowledge that moving along with Artie contradicted what they were doing until they got to the bar.
This is also my general interpretation of how Tip’s power works. If his target wants him deep down, their brain loses focus until they get what they want. In this case, Virginia is being dragged along by Tip’s power which is being trumped by Artie. If Artie isn’t careful, he may end up in a threesome.
Or maybe he wouldn’t mind if Tip’s involved?
Or both! I’m sure there’s an R34 fanfic in there somewhere.
This actually happened to me once. The next thing I knew, I was 70 miles away, and in bed. To this day, decades later, I have no memory of the intervening time it must have taken to get from a to b.
Blame alien abduction?
Called too much booze -> blackout :p
What Tip & Dr. Lee don’t realize is that Artie simply carried them to that bar.
Carrying two people is but a trifle to the Strongest Man in the World, after all.
He’s the strongest gerbil in the world, anyway.
Actually, come to think of it, that’s probably not true. I just remembered the ur-gerbils. And I’m not sure if that 50-foot gerbil of doom from that one Sunday was canon or not.
Sorry to not get the joke, but what are “the Cabs” in this context?
Booze, in all likelyhood.
Cabs = Cabernet. Artie has spirited them off to the wine bar.
it also suggests that they have been there for a while… one would start with the lighter wines and move to the bolder ones (especially cabs). Mighty generous pours, as well – may add mild inebriation to the equation.
(TUNE: “Cabaret”, Fred Ebb & John Kander)
Met up with Artie, we started to talk,
Now I’m ten blocks away …
I’ll have a Cabernet or two,
I’ll have a Cabernet!
Look now, I’ll stand here, I won’t even walk …
“Good Lord, you’re right,” you say!
Let’s have a Cabernet or two,
Let’s have a Cabernet!
Just have a drink!
Don’t try to think!
Don’t make your head hurt asking why did
Artie pull the same trick I did!
Artie has caught us, as if he’s a hawk
And we’re his helpless prey!
Let’s have a Cabernet or two!
I’ll gladly be entrapped with you!
So let’s have a Cab-er-net!
I like the visual implication that Artie’s Hot Man Field transmuted the green grass and hills from panel 1 into the wine bottles and picture in panel 2.
OK, now that’s how you lampshade a Gilligan cut!
The lesser north american gerbil man claims another victim with it’s hypnotic teleportation powers.
Oooh, I know what’s going on. They’re about to learn they’re in a comic strip. Their imagination is no longer filling in the space between panels, so they’re becoming aware of the time jump. The title of this storyline, “My Brother Sam Is Dead,” is a reference to the self-referential and short-lived “Sam’s Strip.”
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QNRGZoc1q48/ULMkeEDZXoI/AAAAAAAAfHs/A9EQ57KubPg/s1600/Sam.jpg
(No? Oh, okay.)
That is a mighty fine depiction of your typical central-California winery, if the ones I’ve been taken to are representative.
Well, if Ginny was going to get taken through a reality warp, at least those responsible were kind enough to have large amounts of alcohol available afterwards. Some things are just a necessity from a psychological standpoint, if not a physics one.
A mutant gerbil, a transvestite and a neuroscientist warp into a bar…
Gosh darnit, there are holes in the 4th wall again. Lemme get my repair kit….
Man, if Gilligan had access to these kinds of cuts, being on the island with him wouldn’t be so bad.