I didn’t know “To Serve Man” had a “To Serve Turtle and Opossum” appendix, but HT filling a UFO with “snack food” does sound very… in character. (Nominative determinism, even!)
Vermont has lots of covered bridges. From a cursory image search, the one that most resembles to me is the reconstructed Bartonsville bridge (the original was washed away in Hurricane Irene): http://www.bartonsvillecoveredbridge.com/.
…which is nowhere near the area, of course. I’d forgotten that we were explicitly in Greenbank’s Hollow. I think the problem is that most of the covered bridges wouldn’t let you see the team as they crossed.
We also have lots of bridges with roofs on that aren’t “true” covered bridges because they aren’t truss construction, as this one indeed appears not to be. Many of them are private and poorly documented.
In panel two, his “Oh, he’s pleasant” kinda feels like he’s giving it that “Oh, he’s so pleasant to visitors that it’s nauseating” inflection. His expression is sort of like “I only work for him so he won’t eat me.”
The naming convention may be different for dogs than it is for (some) humans. Sweetheart is referred to as “Agent Fancy” in formal introductions (e.g., here), suggesting that that’s the accepted, polite form of address for her. “Sweetheart” is usually only used by characters who are on more familiar terms with her.
Also, at least Buddy and Muffin, and likely other dogs in Captain Bram’s pack, have names beginning with “Captain’s Fancy,” so it’s plausible that either “Fancy” or “Captain’s Fancy” functions like a family name for all of them.
I think the dogs use “Fancy” or “Captain’s Fancy” as their family name, even though it comes at the start and is two words. They’re like double-barrelled Bajorans.
Oh wow. Is that song really old enough to make me an antique? But then I’m more likely to be singing about a girl in “tight fittin’ jeans.” So I’m definitely an antique.
Eddurd; I believe it’s a reference to someone’s comment that Professor X is an analog of MLK Jr., while Magneto is an analog of Malcolm X. (In terms of tactics, etc.)
Eddurd, you don’t read enough comics. Magneto’s ideology is modelled after Malcolm X, and Professor X’s after Martin Luther King Jr.. Mr X certainly would have supported non-human rights had he been non-human himself. Which he was to a certain stripe of people, but that’s besides the point.
In an event of that sort my bet would be on Magneto. Malcolm X would merely be a “competent normal” at best and he spent too many of his character points on social skills. ^_^
I’d think they’d be conspiring. But that would mean the end of the world as we know it, ruins in its place and air-ship docking platforms on sky-scrapers. That’s not going to happen in this alternate reality.
Doggie cologne
Is HT one of the golden ones?
I didn’t know “To Serve Man” had a “To Serve Turtle and Opossum” appendix, but HT filling a UFO with “snack food” does sound very… in character. (Nominative determinism, even!)
At least HT is *trying* to appear polite: He could have just said something about how Sweetheart’s smell makes his mouth water.
H.T.’s mama clearly taught him to always use good manners at the dinner table.
That’s not the Greenbanks Hollow Covered Bridge (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenbanks_Hollow_Covered_Bridge). Perhaps it is some more modern-built, old-timey bridge in the area?
Vermont has lots of covered bridges. From a cursory image search, the one that most resembles to me is the reconstructed Bartonsville bridge (the original was washed away in Hurricane Irene): http://www.bartonsvillecoveredbridge.com/.
…which is nowhere near the area, of course. I’d forgotten that we were explicitly in Greenbank’s Hollow. I think the problem is that most of the covered bridges wouldn’t let you see the team as they crossed.
We also have lots of bridges with roofs on that aren’t “true” covered bridges because they aren’t truss construction, as this one indeed appears not to be. Many of them are private and poorly documented.
Is it just me or does Anthony have a distinctly Young Davenport vibe?
Tony does not look entirely pleased by his boss, but maybe he’s just got resting grumpyface.
In panel two, his “Oh, he’s pleasant” kinda feels like he’s giving it that “Oh, he’s so pleasant to visitors that it’s nauseating” inflection. His expression is sort of like “I only work for him so he won’t eat me.”
Standard employee-employer relationship then.
Keep downgrading, Sweetheart! KEEP DOWNGRADING!
It’s always like this when techies run into inhuman resources types.
That’s Director Fancy to you, Mr. HT. You watch your ass.
Actually, it’s director Sweetheart. Fancy is her middle name.
The naming convention may be different for dogs than it is for (some) humans. Sweetheart is referred to as “Agent Fancy” in formal introductions (e.g., here), suggesting that that’s the accepted, polite form of address for her. “Sweetheart” is usually only used by characters who are on more familiar terms with her.
Also, at least Buddy and Muffin, and likely other dogs in Captain Bram’s pack, have names beginning with “Captain’s Fancy,” so it’s plausible that either “Fancy” or “Captain’s Fancy” functions like a family name for all of them.
I think the dogs use “Fancy” or “Captain’s Fancy” as their family name, even though it comes at the start and is two words. They’re like double-barrelled Bajorans.
**sings** Here’s your one chance, Fancy; don’t let me down!
Yeah, yeah, I’m an antique; whatever. 😛
“Now if you want out then it’s up to you!”.
Always glad to find a fellow antique. ^_~
Oh wow. Is that song really old enough to make me an antique? But then I’m more likely to be singing about a girl in “tight fittin’ jeans.” So I’m definitely an antique.
The name of the breeder’s kennel, Captain’s Fancy
In that case, does that make Valentine her first name?
Okay, this is not going to be the best of days for either of them.
H.T. has a bunch of federal agents viewing whatever scheme he’s trying to implement this time, which will but a crimper in his plans.
Sweetheart has to deal with H.T., the Malcolm X/Magneto of sapient madtech.
Let the snark to snark battle begin.
Shadowmehr, I think you meant “Professor X”, not “Malcolm X”. Although Malcolm probably would have supported nonhuman sapient rights.
Eddurd; I believe it’s a reference to someone’s comment that Professor X is an analog of MLK Jr., while Magneto is an analog of Malcolm X. (In terms of tactics, etc.)
Yes–specifically, Artie’s comment.
Eddurd, you don’t read enough comics. Magneto’s ideology is modelled after Malcolm X, and Professor X’s after Martin Luther King Jr.. Mr X certainly would have supported non-human rights had he been non-human himself. Which he was to a certain stripe of people, but that’s besides the point.
I think Eddurd thought that by ‘Malcolm X/Magneto’, ShadowMehr meant ‘Malcolm X versus Magneto’
In an event of that sort my bet would be on Magneto. Malcolm X would merely be a “competent normal” at best and he spent too many of his character points on social skills. ^_^
Mutant humans are still human.
You’d think the two of them would be on a first-name basis by now.
I’d think they’d be conspiring. But that would mean the end of the world as we know it, ruins in its place and air-ship docking platforms on sky-scrapers. That’s not going to happen in this alternate reality.
I’m the boss of cosmognothics,
Conspiring to conquer on the sly.
I’ve got a plan to take down Uncle Sam,
Here on the Fourth of July.
I like this agent dog named “Sweetheart,”
She resists my evil ploy.
Hungry Tiger came to Vermont
Just to cause this problem,
I am that very HT boy.
—from George M. Cohan.
Very good, Robert, and an excellent choice of tunes!
(That’s “I’m a Yankee Doodle Dandy” if you’re having trouble parsing it.)