Adorable Cobra by Ed Gedeon
Shaenon: Ed Gedeon, who’s quickly shaping up into the most prolific SH artist, produced this disturbingly cute illustration of one of the disturbingly adorable cobras. Don’t you want to give it a big poisonous hug?
Channing: Or possibly “venomous”. We had this discussion during the writing of “Borrowers” on the difference between “venomous” and “poisonous”, and how y’all totally would not cut us any slack are a group of highly literate and discerning fans who understand the subtle distinctions between the meanings of words. Eventually, the problem was solved by re-writing the line and removing the reference entirely. Yay for us!
So, yes. Ed, this is a distressingly cute cobra. Drink it in, adorable cobra fans.
(It’s just that “poisonous” is a much funnier word than “venomous”, is the problem.)
I appreciate the attempt at addressing the differences between poisonous and venomous ^^
Alright, what are the differences between deadly liquid and liquid death? Next thing you know, this neurotoxin I have for you will no longer be classified as [s]deadly[/s] [s]toxic[/s] [s]posionous[/s] hazardous.
Well, a deadly liquid could be almost anything, from sulfuric acid to elderberry wine laced with arsenic. It doesn’t have to be awful or painful (although it could be). It just has to kill you. It is a liquid first, and it just happens to be deadly.
Whereas liquid death is more along the lines of something that envelops you and melts the flesh from your bones, but leaves your brain for last, allowing you to savour the entire process. It is awful, painful, and not at all necessarily instant. It is death itself, and it just happens to be liquid.
Hey, you asked.
Repost on archive binge …
(TUNE: “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me”, written by Harry Noble)
Hug me! Hug me!
Oh, your kisses, how I’ve missed ’em;
Drug me! Drug me!
Venom coursing through my system;
Slug me! Slug me!
I won’t feel a thing as I turn blue …
Bite me as I tell you I love youuuuu …