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2018-06-05
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2018-06-05

by shaenon on June 5, 2018 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Angry with the Sky
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  1. awgiedawgie
    June 5, 2018, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Unity makes a valid point in that last panel, Nick.

    • D. Walker
      June 5, 2018, 1:26 am | # | Reply

      Nick makes a somewhat more valid one, though.

      He gets basically zero appreciation for his contributions, which are pretty monumental to the success of the team.

      On top of that, everyone’s constantly needling him and finding ways to make fun of him / make him uncomfortable, and they basically treat him more like a piece of hardware than a person, really only every talking to him when they want something from him.

      It’s a strange counterpoint to Bubbles, and how everyone treats her. From the very start, even as a flesh and blood human, Nick was treated badly by basically everyone. But after he became a helicopter, it seems like people have progressively treated him more and more like an object that can talk.

      Meanwhile, everyone loved Bubbles, even when she literally was just an object that could (barely) talk. And once she gained a human body, everyone just grew more and more fond of her, and treated her less and less like a machine.

      You wanna talk about symbolism about the relationship between humans and non-humans, forget the whole Velveteen Rabbit parallel and look at these two.

      • greenknight32
        June 5, 2018, 4:18 am | # | Reply

        Nick has such an abrasive personality that he invites needling. He’s never been much for direct interpersonal interaction, doesn’t invite small talk, it’s easier just to treat him as a piece of hardware.

        The exception, of course, is Virginia, who loves him for his brain.

      • awgiedawgie
        June 5, 2018, 10:54 am | # | Reply

        Well, he IS a helicopter. And he still gets a lot more attention, appreciation, and human interaction than he ever did as a meatsack.

        And really, how much appreciation do ANY of them get for what they do?

        • D. Walker
          June 5, 2018, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

          A fair deal from each other in many cases.

          • Daibhid C
            June 5, 2018, 1:26 pm | #

            Nick, Sweetheart and Unity all view Tip as a self-absorbed clotheshorse. The actual skill he brings to the team is usually dismissed as meaningless psychobabble.

            Nick, Tip and even Sweetheart see Unity as a weapon of mass destruction you point vaguely at the bad guys and hope. If there aren’t any bad guys to point her at, you just have to distract her with something and hope.

            I think most of the team is fond of Sweetheart because she’s a cute dog, but as far as actual contribution goes, she’s seen as the one nagging everyone about paperwork, and that’s pretty much it.

  2. tyersome
    June 5, 2018, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    What happened to the rest of the bridge‽

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      June 5, 2018, 1:03 am | # | Reply

      Magneto

      • apocolypse101
        June 5, 2018, 1:16 am | # | Reply

        Makes sense.

    • Shaenon
      June 5, 2018, 1:19 am | # | Reply

      I was going to say that it’s the Emperor Norton Bridge, not the Golden Gate Bridge, and I correctly drew it passing through Treasure Island before continuing to Oakland. But “Magneto” is a much better answer.

      Also, I’m going to start calling the Bay Bridge the Emperor Norton Bridge until the world goes along with it.

      • Bevan
        June 5, 2018, 1:24 am | # | Reply

        “We’re having the usual delays on the Emperor Norton bridge this morning, so pack a lunch”

        • Dr. Steve
          June 5, 2018, 8:38 am | # | Reply

          traffic is backed up to the metering gas-lights

      • Robert Nowall
        June 5, 2018, 9:50 am | # | Reply

        Well, it does look like it goes to Alcatraz…

      • joycemelton
        June 5, 2018, 11:41 am | # | Reply

        Love it. Emperor Norton it is. 🙂

      • WuseMajor
        June 5, 2018, 10:20 pm | # | Reply

        Well, obviously, the mad people can read the signs correctly and identify it by it’s proper name recognizing the True Undying Emperor of these United States, but the sane’s reality blindness cause them to view it by a much more prosaic name.

  3. Bruce A Munro
    June 5, 2018, 2:02 am | # | Reply

    Hey, if the author can’t be bothered to draw them, your side quests couldn’t have been that interesting. 🙂

    • Frank
      June 5, 2018, 10:43 am | # | Reply

      just like the things unity ate?

      • awgiedawgie
        June 5, 2018, 10:58 am | # | Reply

        No, those probably WERE interesting, but Shaenon was just being polite, since some people might be eating breakfast when they read this.

        • Pygar
          June 5, 2018, 12:34 pm | # | Reply

          Now “Livin’ in the Fridge” is running through my head… and I’m about to have lunch!

        • Candace
          June 6, 2018, 12:20 am | # | Reply

          Good point. *I* certainly don’t want to know what sewer-stuff Unity ate.

    • waynezombie
      June 5, 2018, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

      Bonus level story for the next Kickstarter.

  4. Barking Monkey
    June 5, 2018, 7:02 am | # | Reply

    I smell an infomercial: “The amazing Unity sewer diet – you’ll watch those pounds flush away!” I hope Unity managed to chow down on some gators and CHUDs.

  5. Robert Nowall
    June 5, 2018, 9:51 am | # | Reply

    “Thrilling” might be taken for another substitute from the swear filter.

    • Guesticus
      June 5, 2018, 12:18 pm | # | Reply

      Font doesn’t match the filter, as seen in the first panel

      • Robert Nowall
        June 5, 2018, 3:40 pm | # | Reply

        Maybe it’s getting more sophisticated.

  6. Bruce A Munro
    June 5, 2018, 2:07 pm | # | Reply

    Unity: “this looks like a job for the gorilla fists.”

  7. Shadowmehr
    June 5, 2018, 7:21 pm | # | Reply

    The reward for hard work done well is more hard work – J.R.R. Tolkien

    • Shadowmehr
      June 5, 2018, 7:21 pm | # | Reply

      Boy, ain’t that the truth – Harry Dresden

  8. casimir
    June 5, 2018, 8:42 pm | # | Reply

    Like Davy Crockett’s coonskin, Abe Lincoln’s stovepipe, and Jackie Kennedy’s pillbox, Unity’s Bitey is a classic match made in hat heaven. Wear it in good, um…health?

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