[CHORUS:]
Bad dog! Bad dog!
Why did you ignore,
Why did you ignore broken safety door?
Bad dog! Bad dog!
Why did you ignore,
Why did you ignore broken safety door?
A chance you had, to show ’em you’re mad,
A dinner date, but you were running late …
The door didn’t close! Your guilt, it shows!
Now you deserve such a bop on the nose! [repeat CHORUS]
Confess to the doctor,
It’s such a shocker!
Confess to the Cap’n,
You confess what happen!
Confess to the pup
Who got burned up!
Confess ’cause it’s true!
No biscuit for you! [repeat CHORUS]
Also, Captain Bram really loves his dogs, and I kind of doubt he’d be able to hurt them for non-science reasons, even with the influence of the Institute or on a minor version of the Cure (the full version would make him unable to hurt them at all).
I’m starting to think that the entire “Institute” is some kind of neurosimulation which automatically instigates your own personal “worst case scenario” when you try to connect to the drone. Sweetheart is getting tempted with the attention of hot humans and disciplined by Captain Bram for violating her [i]very[/i] personal code of ethics. (I imagine Captain Bram would not, in fact, have become fascinated by institutional fire safety – that seems like it’s all Sweetheart to me).
Meanwhile, when Nick tried to jack into the drone, he got faced with Goldbug again – and being stuck in his former shitty life – and being trapped as a mere brain in a jar without his awesome cyborg helicopter body.
I’m not convinced that Nick actually interacted with the real Goldbug at all, same as Sweetheart’s not really interacting with Captain Bram.
The whole thing seems rather like an elaboration of G.O.D.O.T.’s perceptual hacking to me, except turning each victim’s own neuroses against them.
I was thinking it just built a feedback loop into her own subconscious and let her own nightmares do the dirty work. The mind doth make a hell out of heaven, etc., etc.
So… if those who attempt to jack into the drone are (excuse me) hijacked; what is the drone doing in the ‘real’ world while the they are off in their own private hells?
It was implied that the drone was being run by Mr Green, at least when it was being used to sexually harass Dr Lee (during the St Charlie arc).
(Possibly it was also Mr Green when the drone was hitting on Tip… Which is, hrrrrm – was that happening because of the Evil Plan, or is Mr Green bi/pansexual, or is Tip just that hawt? Or all the above?)
I’m assuming this is more of a psychological punishment for Sweetheart, since there’s no way in hell that drone has a full haptic interface. Like, she might feel the impact but no pain from it or anything.
(TUNE: “Bad Boys”, Inner Circle)
[CHORUS:]
Bad dog! Bad dog!
Why did you ignore,
Why did you ignore broken safety door?
Bad dog! Bad dog!
Why did you ignore,
Why did you ignore broken safety door?
A chance you had, to show ’em you’re mad,
A dinner date, but you were running late …
The door didn’t close! Your guilt, it shows!
Now you deserve such a bop on the nose!
[repeat CHORUS]
Confess to the doctor,
It’s such a shocker!
Confess to the Cap’n,
You confess what happen!
Confess to the pup
Who got burned up!
Confess ’cause it’s true!
No biscuit for you!
[repeat CHORUS]
Hilarious! And we knew it had to come to this.
Love it. Glad you’re back. I missed your filks even though there were some good ones in your absence.
See, this is the ultimate evidence that this is fake. Captain Bram would know that that has been proven to be a countereffective dog-training method.
I think that it will work with dogs that understand everything what you say
Been watching too much Dog Whisperer? o_O
No, it’s a combination of watching my dog’s respons when I yell at him, plus three magazines and a textbook about dog-training.
Also, Captain Bram really loves his dogs, and I kind of doubt he’d be able to hurt them for non-science reasons, even with the influence of the Institute or on a minor version of the Cure (the full version would make him unable to hurt them at all).
my dog would just bark back when yelled at. Is that what you’re referring to?
Yes, that usually happens after I yell at him for barking.
Been wanting to see someone do that to her since I met her.
I’m starting to think that the entire “Institute” is some kind of neurosimulation which automatically instigates your own personal “worst case scenario” when you try to connect to the drone. Sweetheart is getting tempted with the attention of hot humans and disciplined by Captain Bram for violating her [i]very[/i] personal code of ethics. (I imagine Captain Bram would not, in fact, have become fascinated by institutional fire safety – that seems like it’s all Sweetheart to me).
Meanwhile, when Nick tried to jack into the drone, he got faced with Goldbug again – and being stuck in his former shitty life – and being trapped as a mere brain in a jar without his awesome cyborg helicopter body.
I’m not convinced that Nick actually interacted with the real Goldbug at all, same as Sweetheart’s not really interacting with Captain Bram.
The whole thing seems rather like an elaboration of G.O.D.O.T.’s perceptual hacking to me, except turning each victim’s own neuroses against them.
It’s certainly very Anasigma.
I suppose if they were gaslighting, say, Niue, everybody would be wearing hats.
Fun fact: Niue’s most destructive rampage was triggered by some prankster sending her a link to the “Planet of Hats” page on TV Tropes.
It’s also reminding me of the whole ‘Hell is your life gone wrong’ thing from What Dreams May Come (the book)
I was thinking it just built a feedback loop into her own subconscious and let her own nightmares do the dirty work. The mind doth make a hell out of heaven, etc., etc.
Nice shillelagh there, Captain.
This has to be one of my favorite final panels of all time.
So… if those who attempt to jack into the drone are (excuse me) hijacked; what is the drone doing in the ‘real’ world while the they are off in their own private hells?
Executing the mission far more flawlessly than any of our intrepid protagonists could manage.
Maybe it’s back with “Violet,” whoever that was.
It was implied that the drone was being run by Mr Green, at least when it was being used to sexually harass Dr Lee (during the St Charlie arc).
(Possibly it was also Mr Green when the drone was hitting on Tip… Which is, hrrrrm – was that happening because of the Evil Plan, or is Mr Green bi/pansexual, or is Tip just that hawt? Or all the above?)
The first time we saw Violet Bee, she didn’t act anything like she did the second time. A different operator wouldn’t surprise me at all.
Except… the worst-case just failed, because it let Sweetheart take a suitable atonement for her offenses!
I’m assuming this is more of a psychological punishment for Sweetheart, since there’s no way in hell that drone has a full haptic interface. Like, she might feel the impact but no pain from it or anything.