That gets tricky. Ventilator fans are male [un ventilateur], but an enthusiastic follower of, say, a celebrity has different words based on the gender OF the follower. Thus, the fans in this strip are ventilateurs, but also each one is a fan [une trice] of The Mike, if they are really female-gendered, as they seem to be.
Or, if the fans are actually male and gay, then each one is un ventilateur, mais aussi un admirateur.
As I recall, French academics crash and burn when it comes to parsing the effects of multi-gendered terms like this, because “it’s just not supposed to work that way.”
I… never thought I’d write this many microphone themed sexual inneundos…
But it’s 2019, and there’s a diss-off, so there’s a CLEAR choice of song to filk here:
(Caution: sexual imagery)
Hit or miss
I guess they never miss, right?
You got your job right, savin’ someone’s wrist, Mike
Go searching in their throat and hope it feels big, like
They gonna skip and feed it back like it’s a reject
You clip like its walls in a speed hack!
Take your every stand, meet their hight, ooh
You used to do garage bands right
Now you pop your ‘P’s at the open mike nights
(And that bangs, bro)
Shots fired, you’re fired
You’re washed up, you’re unwired
Your coil looks like a flat tire (Eww!)
I bet that your copper wants a buyer
Mic drop!
While the tournament’s been going on, Tip’s been busy studying this matter. He reports:
To determine sex, simply count the prongs on the plug. However, translating this to human “male-female” terminology’s tricky since we’re still arguing about which sex is more grounded.
Gender is a matter of self-identification, and adapter plugs are commonly used to achieve gender-sex congruence or gender fluidity.
In fan culture, other important issues are whether flexibility of directionality is morally superior to fixed directionality, although fans generally agree that flexibility of speed is a good thing.
Tip has also asked Sweetheart which form should be used to requisition more band-aids.
Fun game:
– Look at the third panel.
– Imagine standing the Mike back up to how he must have been standing before the drop.
– Look at panel 2.
– Question the accuracy of this webcomic’s physics engine.
Argh, more fans for Nick to chill with.
Wait, no.
Why are there no upvote buttons here? This comment deserves and upvote!
They’d have worshiped him, back in his bladed days…
Mike plays chess, I see
Knew it had to be coming… one last time.
Nick has some new fans.
Fangirls are fickle. ^_~
How does one determine a fan’s gender?
I don’t know.
How do the French gender fans?
That gets tricky. Ventilator fans are male [un ventilateur], but an enthusiastic follower of, say, a celebrity has different words based on the gender OF the follower. Thus, the fans in this strip are ventilateurs, but also each one is a fan [une trice] of The Mike, if they are really female-gendered, as they seem to be.
Or, if the fans are actually male and gay, then each one is un ventilateur, mais aussi un admirateur.
As I recall, French academics crash and burn when it comes to parsing the effects of multi-gendered terms like this, because “it’s just not supposed to work that way.”
Yup, the reaction you describe does seem very French, based on my experience of ways to break a French person.
Ha. The former helicopter’s new fan brigade are already sporting rotary blades. Convenient!
Those fans should have seen Nick when he had his own GET700 (well it was probably more advanced) driving his props. I bet it’d drop a few wire cages.
That punburn is so good though???
If you think he’s cool now, just wait till you see the sweet propellers he has. They’ll blow you fans away.
Murder by words
It appears Nick’s opponent has the choice of weapons in each match.
No matter. He’s #1 for a reason!
Y’know, I would have given Mr. The Mike the round on points.
But, as Moustachio said to Alfie, June 21st, 2016, “One should not, as they say, dish it out, if one cannot take it.”
I suspect there was an extended verbal curb-stomp between comics.
Agreed. I would suspect Nick’s volley lasted a good half hour, at least.
How long does it take to do the dozens?
Osculating fans.
{rimshot.mp3}
*slow clap*
Even more rude than CAPTAIN BEYOND.
So many rude, concise, and cutting remarks implied by those “…”s in Nick’s first word balloon. The mind reels.
What happens when fan fans write fan fic?
Circuit breakers overheat.
The fic hits the fan.
A lot of hot air gets blown around.
So, Nick lowered the boom?
I… never thought I’d write this many microphone themed sexual inneundos…
But it’s 2019, and there’s a diss-off, so there’s a CLEAR choice of song to filk here:
(Caution: sexual imagery)
Hit or miss
I guess they never miss, right?
You got your job right, savin’ someone’s wrist, Mike
Go searching in their throat and hope it feels big, like
They gonna skip and feed it back like it’s a reject
You clip like its walls in a speed hack!
Take your every stand, meet their hight, ooh
You used to do garage bands right
Now you pop your ‘P’s at the open mike nights
(And that bangs, bro)
Shots fired, you’re fired
You’re washed up, you’re unwired
Your coil looks like a flat tire (Eww!)
I bet that your copper wants a buyer
Mic drop!
(Mia Khalifa, iLOVEFRiDAY)
While the tournament’s been going on, Tip’s been busy studying this matter. He reports:
To determine sex, simply count the prongs on the plug. However, translating this to human “male-female” terminology’s tricky since we’re still arguing about which sex is more grounded.
Gender is a matter of self-identification, and adapter plugs are commonly used to achieve gender-sex congruence or gender fluidity.
In fan culture, other important issues are whether flexibility of directionality is morally superior to fixed directionality, although fans generally agree that flexibility of speed is a good thing.
Tip has also asked Sweetheart which form should be used to requisition more band-aids.
A mislocated reply to Casimir’s question on fan gender
I don’t know… it’s pretty great even mislocated. 😛
Since we’ve already beaten this particular horse . . .
Good: do the mike drop.
Best: get the mike to drop itself.
Fun game:
– Look at the third panel.
– Imagine standing the Mike back up to how he must have been standing before the drop.
– Look at panel 2.
– Question the accuracy of this webcomic’s physics engine.
1. You ever see someone pass out? Do they look anything on the ground like they did when they were standing?
2. Cartoon physics.