I do forget that he technically still has werewolf powers…
Gads, now that I think about it, Tip is -SUCH- a Mary Sue.
Assuming he’s actually got a doctorate (which has never been confirmed, curiously enough), that makes him a medical doctor; who is also an elite military commando (he’s way more effective than your standard grunt); who was also trained by the CIA; who is also an expert on fashion and fashion history; who also is an expert seamster; who also has inexplicable seduction powers that stray into the territory of physics defying and magic; who also is part werewolf; who also is an agent of the Shadow Government; who also went rogue to save the world from an evil villain; and who also is basically the boyfriend of a genetically engineered super genius with the body of a male model, created by one of the most famous mad scientists in the world.
And what balances out all that wildly unlikely perfection? Oh yes, his single flaw – comedic levels of narcissism, for which he rarely suffers any negative consequences beyond being called a momzer by Nick.
Also, I think it’s stretching things quite a bit to describe Tip as Artie’s boyfriend. Unless I’m misremembering, I think Artie was a one-hot-tub stand, like most of Tip’s other conquests. (Although in Tip and Artie’s case, I would say the conquest was mutual.)
Apparently, Mr. Ask doesn’t know about Tip’s military background. Unless he cheats (which is admittedly likely), there’s no way he could take him in a fight. He’d have a better chance against Dr. Tainter.
He invaded Malta using a steam-powered death scow. That just proves that he’s insane. And he never exposited the outcome of the invasion, aside from knitting a sweater during the invasion.
But he also knows about Tip’s heroic exploits while at Skin Horse. That’s why I figured he’d be likely to cheat if he wanted to take Tip down.
Well, I turned up at Valletta, told the Harbour Master that I was invading and waited for someone in authority to take notice.
Nobody did, so I had another cup of tea, finished my sweater, sank a couple of fishing boats and invaded Corsica instead.
There’s absolutely no point in being pig-headed about these things.
JET73L: It’s probably just as well that they didn’t notice, given the sort of thing people in authority in Malta are alleged to have done to people they did notice.
Good Eye! (pun not intended) I had to go back and soon in to see it. Wow…
Soooo… Anyone remember what the blue eyes meant? Awgiedawgi I’m looking at you.
Is that HT reciting Blake? self-puffed, overweening pusillanimous piece of arrogant thickheadedness, a disgrace to the gloriousness that is TIGER….and Hobbes can take him quick, anywhere, anytime, easy. I’m opening a can of tuna right now, it’s like the Bat-signal.
Creepy indeed. Is the owner of the voice simply trying to unnerve them by evoking tygers in forests? Or to insinuate, with those _particular_ lines, that they mightn’t be who they think? Or could it indeed be H.T., philosophically pondering his own origin with an apposite quotation by way of greeting? Maybe all of the above? Or none? So many questions. So many possibilities.
To be fair, I don’t think Mr. Ask’s odds against any of the others would be any better. Between Eris and Tip I might take my chances with Tip as well and that’s not out of disrespect to Tip. >_>
I’m not convinced it’s H.T., simply because I don’t see him having much truck with the theological considerations of the poem. As a product of Mad Science, he knows his creator did not possess immortal hand or eye, and if he hasn’t already proved this by eating them, he almost certainly intends to.
Good point. I *could* see him quoting it ironically, though, and savoring that delicious irony along with the delicious humanity as he disproves the immortality thing.
Shannon: “I’m going to bring back a character in a way no one would ever imagine it was them!”
Audience: “IT’S HT!”
*Mad scrambling from behind the easel*
Shannon: “Look, it’s actually Artie!”
I title this piece: How Plot Twists Occur in Nature.
If anyone doubts this, I would point to the proof provided in firsthand accounts from the Emu War. Nobody mentions emus reciting Blake, because it’s a distress call and the emus were winning.
Yeah, take Tip in a fight. Continuing to show great judgement there, dude.
Perhaps he’s a cyborg or something. Some Mads do experiment on themselves.
To be fair, I don’t think we’ve seen Tip do much hand-to-hand fighting. He mostly relies on his gun, which I believe he does not have at this moment.
Don’t forget that he out-wrestled the former black ops Russian security guard. And tossed a zombie around reflexively.
Tip rarely has to be physically formidable because of Unity but is an option against normal opposition (the rarest kind in Narbonverse).
I do forget that he technically still has werewolf powers…
Gads, now that I think about it, Tip is -SUCH- a Mary Sue.
Assuming he’s actually got a doctorate (which has never been confirmed, curiously enough), that makes him a medical doctor; who is also an elite military commando (he’s way more effective than your standard grunt); who was also trained by the CIA; who is also an expert on fashion and fashion history; who also is an expert seamster; who also has inexplicable seduction powers that stray into the territory of physics defying and magic; who also is part werewolf; who also is an agent of the Shadow Government; who also went rogue to save the world from an evil villain; and who also is basically the boyfriend of a genetically engineered super genius with the body of a male model, created by one of the most famous mad scientists in the world.
And what balances out all that wildly unlikely perfection? Oh yes, his single flaw – comedic levels of narcissism, for which he rarely suffers any negative consequences beyond being called a momzer by Nick.
Tip has a Ph.D. in psychology. He is not a medical doctor.
Also, I think it’s stretching things quite a bit to describe Tip as Artie’s boyfriend. Unless I’m misremembering, I think Artie was a one-hot-tub stand, like most of Tip’s other conquests. (Although in Tip and Artie’s case, I would say the conquest was mutual.)
Tip is not a self-insertion character who seduces everyone by being better at their specialty without any development whatsoever.
Yeah, he can keep up okay with the other characters.
Just ignore op, he has this weird vendetta about Tip.
H.T. singing praises to himself?
Yes! My thought also.
Likewise. Unfortunately, Tip’s classed that in with “human evidence”, so he’ll likely be surprised.
Apparently, Mr. Ask doesn’t know about Tip’s military background. Unless he cheats (which is admittedly likely), there’s no way he could take him in a fight. He’d have a better chance against Dr. Tainter.
I dunno. Mr. Ask *did* invade Malta…
He invaded Malta using a steam-powered death scow. That just proves that he’s insane. And he never exposited the outcome of the invasion, aside from knitting a sweater during the invasion.
But he also knows about Tip’s heroic exploits while at Skin Horse. That’s why I figured he’d be likely to cheat if he wanted to take Tip down.
Well, I turned up at Valletta, told the Harbour Master that I was invading and waited for someone in authority to take notice.
Nobody did, so I had another cup of tea, finished my sweater, sank a couple of fishing boats and invaded Corsica instead.
There’s absolutely no point in being pig-headed about these things.
You performed an uncontested takeover of Malta and didn’t notice? Impressive.
JET73L: It’s probably just as well that they didn’t notice, given the sort of thing people in authority in Malta are alleged to have done to people they did notice.
Or – most likely – Mr. Ask was entrusted with the detonator for Tip’s Collar!
LOL TAKE TIP IN A FIGHT?? This dude really is mad. He deserves to have his ass handed to him by a psychologist
Oh crap, his eyes turned blue for an instant. Next he’ll get a creepy smile and his face will deflate like a balloon…
Good Eye! (pun not intended) I had to go back and soon in to see it. Wow…
Soooo… Anyone remember what the blue eyes meant? Awgiedawgi I’m looking at you.
Oh, sure… put me on the spot. Now I can’t think of it.
I saw that, but just assumed it was a way of indicating he was freaked out by the Blake-reciting voice. Hmmmm.
Is that HT reciting Blake? self-puffed, overweening pusillanimous piece of arrogant thickheadedness, a disgrace to the gloriousness that is TIGER….and Hobbes can take him quick, anywhere, anytime, easy. I’m opening a can of tuna right now, it’s like the Bat-signal.
Yep. Now reading “Tyger”: Blake certainly had a different point of view.
Anyone reciting Blake couldn’t possibly be too evil.
Except for a tyger, possibly
Creepy indeed. Is the owner of the voice simply trying to unnerve them by evoking tygers in forests? Or to insinuate, with those _particular_ lines, that they mightn’t be who they think? Or could it indeed be H.T., philosophically pondering his own origin with an apposite quotation by way of greeting? Maybe all of the above? Or none? So many questions. So many possibilities.
By default I assume someone reciting poetry in weird places means Sergio turned up.
Well, you can’t fault Mr. Ask’s grasp of tactics, even if his ability with the specifics of this situation needs work.
To be fair, I don’t think Mr. Ask’s odds against any of the others would be any better. Between Eris and Tip I might take my chances with Tip as well and that’s not out of disrespect to Tip. >_>
Oh, no, Sergio!
By the stream & o’er the mead;
Gave thee clothing of delight,
(for some symmetry)
… I might’ve picked the wrong section there. Oh well.
Go get ’em, tiger.
I’m not convinced it’s H.T., simply because I don’t see him having much truck with the theological considerations of the poem. As a product of Mad Science, he knows his creator did not possess immortal hand or eye, and if he hasn’t already proved this by eating them, he almost certainly intends to.
Good point. I *could* see him quoting it ironically, though, and savoring that delicious irony along with the delicious humanity as he disproves the immortality thing.
Shannon: “I’m going to bring back a character in a way no one would ever imagine it was them!”
Audience: “IT’S HT!”
*Mad scrambling from behind the easel*
Shannon: “Look, it’s actually Artie!”
I title this piece: How Plot Twists Occur in Nature.
Obviously it’s a sheep reciting poetry.
Not so obvious, since it’s well known that the distress call of the emu sounds a lot like Blake as well. I think it’s an onomatopoeia.
If anyone doubts this, I would point to the proof provided in firsthand accounts from the Emu War. Nobody mentions emus reciting Blake, because it’s a distress call and the emus were winning.
Well, they had to get the wool for the sweaters somewhere…
Now who would possibly be talking about a tiger while an NHS takes out troublesome humans?