I can see Mary and Nick hitting it off. They seem to share the same outlook on life. Behind those sunglasses, I’ll bet Tip would make Mary roll her eyes as much as he does Nick.
Nick was last seen lounging in bed watching Whimsy Princess movies. It’s more clear how Mary behaves when not putting on an act than how Nick does.
If the Whimsy characters could only follow their programming and display one emotion, Anasigma probably would have disappeared them by now, so I guess Mary is lucky to be capable of cynicism.
“Audit files” = “examine records” = “search every scrap of info for anything relating to the Old War.”
The fact that it sounds beauracratic and petty is simply excellent camoflauge, allowing them time to gather whatever they need to. And it’s Sweethear, so beauracratic is her default mode anyway.
(TUNE: “I Could Have Danced All Night”, Lerner & Loewe)
Say, can you dance for us?
And sing, perchance, for us?
We’re auditing your files!
The sense of funderment
Some changes underwent …
Where are the dreams and smiles?
Morale is poor
When slated for
Destruction,
You’re full of angst!
You smoke and cuss!
You give a hopeless sigh
Because your end is nigh,
But you could you dance, dance, dance …
For us???
Isn’t anyone else bothered by the idea of an audio-animatronic figure smoking?
I mean, if the cigarette is just for effect, what’s with the last panel?
So, this implies that they have lung-equivalents, rather than voice synthesizers, at the very least. I sense a strange disturbance in the plot…
“What can soothe my animatronic torment?”
(Well, those shades, hair, and attitude just seem awfully familiar.)
Disappearing bobcat ears!
perhaps thy are flat against the head in dismay?
Fixed!
I’m a little surprised that Gussy isn’t talking. She stuttered in the video… maybe she can’t talk? Maybe she’s partially broken?
Did you see her expression? She’s pretty clearly suffering from some form of PTSD.
Can’t they be relocated?
Disney doesn’t have an Adult Land for people with more mature tastes…
The muppets at least have Avenue Q….
I’m thinking more “Meet the Feebles” myself….
I can see Mary and Nick hitting it off. They seem to share the same outlook on life. Behind those sunglasses, I’ll bet Tip would make Mary roll her eyes as much as he does Nick.
Nick was last seen lounging in bed watching Whimsy Princess movies. It’s more clear how Mary behaves when not putting on an act than how Nick does.
If the Whimsy characters could only follow their programming and display one emotion, Anasigma probably would have disappeared them by now, so I guess Mary is lucky to be capable of cynicism.
Is Mary a gonzo journalist, too?
“We were somewhere outside of DC, in a theme park, when the drugs began to take hold…”
You can’t stop here. This is giraffe country!
Wait, I thought they were here on vacation to check up on a lead. What’s all this about auditing them?
Sweetheart being unusually snarky?
“Audit files” = “examine records” = “search every scrap of info for anything relating to the Old War.”
The fact that it sounds beauracratic and petty is simply excellent camoflauge, allowing them time to gather whatever they need to. And it’s Sweethear, so beauracratic is her default mode anyway.
(TUNE: “I Could Have Danced All Night”, Lerner & Loewe)
Say, can you dance for us?
And sing, perchance, for us?
We’re auditing your files!
The sense of funderment
Some changes underwent …
Where are the dreams and smiles?
Morale is poor
When slated for
Destruction,
You’re full of angst!
You smoke and cuss!
You give a hopeless sigh
Because your end is nigh,
But you could you dance, dance, dance …
For us???
ARGH whycanwenoteditcommentsandwhycaninotspottyposuntilitstoolate
Uh, if it makes you feel better, I can’t find the typo at all.
Next-to-last line, “you could you” … supposed to be just “could you”
(TUNE: you wish you didn’t know.)
It’s an Ed filk after all!
Catchy tunes keep us in thrall!
Witty rhymes – he’s on the ball!
It’s an Ed filk after all!
I’m constantly amazed at how promptly typos jump up and taunt me just AFTER I have irrevocably sent something.
Oh Sweetheart, always the bureaucrat. The right answer to that question is “No, but now that we’re here, let’s see what we can do.”
YAY! I wasn’t the only one to notice Unity’s missing bobcat ears!
Shaenon liked this one so much she signed it twice.
Oh, poor UNITY. What a sad, hopeful face.
Isn’t anyone else bothered by the idea of an audio-animatronic figure smoking?
I mean, if the cigarette is just for effect, what’s with the last panel?
So, this implies that they have lung-equivalents, rather than voice synthesizers, at the very least. I sense a strange disturbance in the plot…
Your life clearly needs more disturbing smoking automatons!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0hhnKnGytA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5KtKJNaz3E
Yeah, I’ll be calling you about 3am, when the creepy dreams wake me up.
The first one is staring into my soul.