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2021-03-10

by shaenon on March 10, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Off to the Fair
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  1. Towering Barbarian
    March 10, 2021, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Pay no attention to the unicorn behind the Curtain! ๐Ÿ™‚

    That said, I suspect that in his own sleazy way the Baron will be a nicer wizard than Ira. n_n

    • Gyrre
      March 10, 2021, 2:23 am | # | Reply

      Sadly, probably. Still a humbug all the same, though.

  2. David B Huber
    March 10, 2021, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Aarrggh!

    • David B Huber
      March 10, 2021, 12:10 am | # | Reply

      .. although I must confess a tiny little bit of my hindbrain is gibbering / clamoring / slobbering with desire to see the ride depicted in all its glory as a bonus story!

      • David B Huber
        March 10, 2021, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

        Upon further reflection, “ALT-BM: The Ride” has less appeal than I at first thought…

    • David B Huber
      March 10, 2021, 12:15 am | # | Reply

      Short of hacking the sandbox, Nick’s best strategy would probably be to ask “So where do I line up to get Baron’s autograph?”

      • awgiedawgie
        March 10, 2021, 12:21 am | # | Reply

        Nick may be a pacifist, but I’d say his best strategy would be to start deleting every copy of the Baron he encounters until one of them takes him to the actual Baron.

        • David B Huber
          March 10, 2021, 12:36 am | # | Reply

          “Zotz!” ๐Ÿ˜‰

          • Midwestmutt
            March 10, 2021, 8:26 am | #

            Now there is a movie I haven’t seen in ages.

  3. Jerry Aethers
    March 10, 2021, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    It’s a virtual realm composed of narcissism as its core, physical matter. Just. Shoot. Me. NOW.

    • casimir
      March 10, 2021, 12:20 am | # | Reply

      I’ll come back in about a week and burn through this segment. Why prolong the agony?

  4. David B Huber
    March 10, 2021, 12:19 am | # | Reply

    It occurs to me that BaronLand would be an excellent realm in which to extirpate Mr. Green…

    • awgiedawgie
      March 10, 2021, 12:24 am | # | Reply

      No… he might actually enjoy it. I’d extirpate him to his own walnut world – but without the ability to interact with anyone else inside. In fact, I wouldn’t allow him to leave his own hut.

      • David B Huber
        March 10, 2021, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

        I dunno, awgiedawgie. Seems like Ira would have too many back doors in the Anasigma VRs. He was always coming and going at will.

        How about if he were locked in to a female Mistycorn avatar in BaronLand?

        (I admit I’m just looking for an excuse for Dr. Lee to schlorp his brain out)

        • awgiedawgie
          March 10, 2021, 5:45 pm | # | Reply

          Virginia could modify it to eliminate his back doors.

    • Pygar
      March 10, 2021, 11:35 pm | # | Reply

      And yet, dang it, I *know* Boss has at least one card up her sleeve about him. Real villains in Boss’s stories feels “off” somehow… Beta and her mother may have nuked a place or two, but no *real* villainy…

  5. Pygar
    March 10, 2021, 12:39 am | # | Reply

    Why am I hearing “Arnold, Arnold, Arnold Rimmer” music?

    • kag
      March 10, 2021, 1:14 pm | # | Reply

      My mind went straight for “he’s a small horse, after all”. Pass the trepanning tools.

    • Manifesta
      March 10, 2021, 1:17 pm | # | Reply

      Same here! If the Baronโ€™s ride is anywhere near that funny, it would be worth seeing.

    • Tiff Hudson
      March 10, 2021, 4:26 pm | # | Reply

      Rim Rim Rimmer was my very first thought.

  6. Yobgod
    March 10, 2021, 1:32 am | # | Reply

    I’m imagining The Adventures of Baron von Munchausen, only purple unicorn.

  7. BMunro
    March 10, 2021, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    All this trouble, and Baron still doesn’t know anything useful.

  8. Dewy
    March 10, 2021, 2:41 am | # | Reply

    I would have expected Nick to be more genre savvy. “I’ll do anything”??? You seriously ARE asking for it, aren’t you, good Sir.

  9. Martin
    March 10, 2021, 3:26 am | # | Reply

    Today’s strip reminds me of Rimmerworld…

    https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Rimmerworld

    or even this song… Let’s hope the Baron doesn’t have a song like this…

    • Daibhid C
      March 10, 2021, 5:59 am | # | Reply

      Exactly what I was thinking of.

      If you need help to guard an AI land,
      An animatronic unicorn will take a stand,
      He won’t get bored and do stuff you’d not planned.

      He’s Baron, Baron, Baron Mistycorn,
      If threatened he’ll stab you with his twisty horn,
      He doesn’t just spend all his time writing Disney porn,
      And treating folk with risky scorn.

      • Manifesta
        March 10, 2021, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

        Wonderful!

  10. Robert Nowall
    March 10, 2021, 6:23 am | # | Reply

    Can we be sure that Baron M. is even here? This could just be something left over from when this was VR Whimsey World. Baron M’s Wild Ride?

    • Daibhid C
      March 10, 2021, 7:54 am | # | Reply

      It’s possible, but it really doesn’t feel very Whimsyesque to me. And I’m pretty sure the Baron’s actual personaility is not the personality of the character he was based on.

      • Robert Nowall
        March 10, 2021, 10:34 am | # | Reply

        He was the original Baron Mistycorn. And if it’s a Whimsey ride based on his life, it’ll be a worse tissue of lies than those Hollywood songwriter biographies of the 1940s.

  11. David B Huber
    March 10, 2021, 7:59 am | # | Reply

    Prediction: Nick will find Baron as his full unicorn avatar in a control room negotiating with Pavane for the safety of Aimee’s World!

    (Yes, I still believe in him…)

  12. Shadowmehr
    March 10, 2021, 1:09 pm | # | Reply

    The Baron’s ego would require him to be able to look down at his realm all at once, so he’s probably in a penthouse. Nick needs to change his avatar to copter form and fly up to the k the tips of the buildings.

    • David B Huber
      March 10, 2021, 8:49 pm | # | Reply

      The is an excellent idea!

  13. s854
    March 10, 2021, 5:31 pm | # | Reply

    That is rather ableist of Baron-avatar #15. Nick could see perfectly well without any eyes at all.

  14. Frank
    March 12, 2021, 9:01 pm | # | Reply

    gah, the acronym!

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