I’m pretty sure Annex One is the Emerald City. I also think that Tigerlilly is the Wicked Witch and Dr. Lee is Glenda. Or vice versa, I’m not actually sure.
Try this as a thought. In the latter part of the series as written by Ruth Thompson the Tin Woodsman had an unexpected rival in the Tin Soldier. They thought to settle the matter by asking the lady in question to choose between them only to find that the man who had made them into tin men had took their fleshly body parts (such as he could salvage) and had combined them into a new human being who she had married instead.
Perhaps Ira is the Tin Soldier as well as the wizard? o_O
Virginia created Nick. I like to think that she’s the wicked witch with a twist of being on our side (but still evil), and Gavotte and Pavanne are the Good Witches of the North and South. Gavotte’s the one who sends our collective Dorothy into the world, and Pavanne’s the one who knows things and swoops in to clean up the mess at the end. They were the same person as each other once, if you count the MGM movie/the ShipHive of Theseus factor.
Well, the Emerald City is… well, a city. And Annex One is an annex. To what? The palace? Some palaces actually have more than one building. So maybe Maragda is the main palace, and Annex One is the “room” where the Wizard was concealing himself.
And in Ancient Rome, the word “palace” was also used to mean “government”.
Whoa, whoa, let’s not get carried away. This seems like more of a Half English situation to me. If things go south, we can always order a Full English later, but right now that sort of thing kinda feels like overkill. This is a building full of millions of people, after all.
Something (relatively) obscure, perhaps? “Eggs Florentine” or maybe “Strawberry Chocolate French Toast”…
And wait… “building full of millions of people”? Even the Twin Towers – formerly the largest combined office space in the country, with over 7 million square feet of office space – could accommodate a combined total of only 50,000 employees. There are only 10 cities in the US with populations over 1,000,000.
Yeah. The SF writers who postulated giant buildings housing millions didn’t give much thought to things like air circulation, waste disposal, and even feeding the millions. (Well, most of them didn’t.)
Hmmm…. you make a good point. However, that also means that she has had all that time – with a fair amount of it being spent with Nick – to come up with something. She has quitte apparently not been able to remove the control phrases, but it’s still possible she was able to add just one more that would cancel the others if they had been activated. After all, she does say here “only I can save him”.
As for her hesitation and insecurity, she is apparently forgetting her own impressive performance in taking out the the snipers and Red Knight outside the Jersey safe house. Not to mention it was her quick thinking in St. Charlie that saved them all from both becoming zombie chow and later being blown to bits from Violet’s self-destruction.
You can tell by both the origin of the bubble – Sweetheart’s words originate from the direction of her earpiece – and the shape of the bubbles. Sweetheart’s bubbles are rounded with a jagged funnel, while the loudspeaker’s bubble itself is jagged, along with its funnel.
I’m surprised she doesn’t have to check at least some of that baggage before heading to her flight. I suppose there really are some perks to working in the Loyalty Pit.
It takes a special kind of personality to have everything you need handed to you on a silver platter and still crumple under the pressure. If we’re still going with Oz themes here, it wouldn’t surprise me that Dr. Lee might just have a “melt” down (bucket of water optional).
It’s my experience that people who have everything handed to them will crumple the fastest under pressure. That’s not a “special kind of personality”, it’s a normal one. It’s those who have worked the hardest for what they have who stand the strongest. And while Virginia has been exceptionally intelligent since birth, she hasn’t exactly had everything handed to her. We’ve seen her work quite hard. Her problem is that she overthinks everything.
That’s where they went? I would’a thought Ira and Nick would wind up in the Emerald City at least…
Hmm… wouldn’t that depend on how far Skin Horse HQ is from Seattle? -_^
I’m pretty sure Annex One is the Emerald City. I also think that Tigerlilly is the Wicked Witch and Dr. Lee is Glenda. Or vice versa, I’m not actually sure.
Try this as a thought. In the latter part of the series as written by Ruth Thompson the Tin Woodsman had an unexpected rival in the Tin Soldier. They thought to settle the matter by asking the lady in question to choose between them only to find that the man who had made them into tin men had took their fleshly body parts (such as he could salvage) and had combined them into a new human being who she had married instead.
Perhaps Ira is the Tin Soldier as well as the wizard? o_O
That was The Tin Woodman of Oz, one of the originals written by Baum himself. Not Thompson. One of my favorites in the latter part of the series.
Virginia created Nick. I like to think that she’s the wicked witch with a twist of being on our side (but still evil), and Gavotte and Pavanne are the Good Witches of the North and South. Gavotte’s the one who sends our collective Dorothy into the world, and Pavanne’s the one who knows things and swoops in to clean up the mess at the end. They were the same person as each other once, if you count the MGM movie/the ShipHive of Theseus factor.
The new building is actually named Emerald in … Catalan, I think? … but Annex One fits the story better.
Well, the Emerald City is… well, a city. And Annex One is an annex. To what? The palace? Some palaces actually have more than one building. So maybe Maragda is the main palace, and Annex One is the “room” where the Wizard was concealing himself.
And in Ancient Rome, the word “palace” was also used to mean “government”.
I wonder if she has a backdoor to shut down the control words? “Traditional English Breakfast” or something…
Whoa, whoa, let’s not get carried away. This seems like more of a Half English situation to me. If things go south, we can always order a Full English later, but right now that sort of thing kinda feels like overkill. This is a building full of millions of people, after all.
Eh, this building has too many ways to die already. What’s 37 more?
Something (relatively) obscure, perhaps? “Eggs Florentine” or maybe “Strawberry Chocolate French Toast”…
And wait… “building full of millions of people”? Even the Twin Towers – formerly the largest combined office space in the country, with over 7 million square feet of office space – could accommodate a combined total of only 50,000 employees. There are only 10 cities in the US with populations over 1,000,000.
You’re just showing your cultural biases there. Among Brokeneye’s people, all numbers above ten are “many.”
Who knows what nefarious capabilities may be controlled with the access phrase: “Strawberry Chocolate French Toast”
Yeah. The SF writers who postulated giant buildings housing millions didn’t give much thought to things like air circulation, waste disposal, and even feeding the millions. (Well, most of them didn’t.)
As of (yow!) 9 years ago, Virginia didn’t know how to disable the override code.
(http://skin-horse.com/comic/and-is-to-be/)
Hmmm…. you make a good point. However, that also means that she has had all that time – with a fair amount of it being spent with Nick – to come up with something. She has quitte apparently not been able to remove the control phrases, but it’s still possible she was able to add just one more that would cancel the others if they had been activated. After all, she does say here “only I can save him”.
As for her hesitation and insecurity, she is apparently forgetting her own impressive performance in taking out the the snipers and Red Knight outside the Jersey safe house. Not to mention it was her quick thinking in St. Charlie that saved them all from both becoming zombie chow and later being blown to bits from Violet’s self-destruction.
I wonder if Dr. Lee’s trepidation stems from how much Nick means to her? This MATTERS. As you point out, she’s normally calm or even enthusiastic!
And let’s not discount Nick’s own hacking prowess! Or even Lovelace – I doubt the AIs approve of coercion codes…
Looks like Ginny’s coworker on the speaker is a bit of a smart aleck. ^o^
If you’re talking about the reply in the last panel, I think that’s Sweetheart talking. Admittedly similar bubble styles though.
You can tell by both the origin of the bubble – Sweetheart’s words originate from the direction of her earpiece – and the shape of the bubbles. Sweetheart’s bubbles are rounded with a jagged funnel, while the loudspeaker’s bubble itself is jagged, along with its funnel.
I’m surprised she doesn’t have to check at least some of that baggage before heading to her flight. I suppose there really are some perks to working in the Loyalty Pit.
I rather think Sweetheart is referring to a different type of baggage.
It takes a special kind of personality to have everything you need handed to you on a silver platter and still crumple under the pressure. If we’re still going with Oz themes here, it wouldn’t surprise me that Dr. Lee might just have a “melt” down (bucket of water optional).
It’s my experience that people who have everything handed to them will crumple the fastest under pressure. That’s not a “special kind of personality”, it’s a normal one. It’s those who have worked the hardest for what they have who stand the strongest. And while Virginia has been exceptionally intelligent since birth, she hasn’t exactly had everything handed to her. We’ve seen her work quite hard. Her problem is that she overthinks everything.