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2021-12-17

by shaenon on December 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Space-Bat-Angel-Dragon
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  1. Unebiased Opinion
    December 17, 2021, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    How to cater to guests when you are their favorite food in a jar.

  2. casimir
    December 17, 2021, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    …ok, this one really is my favorite UNITY sequence…

  3. Robert Nowall
    December 17, 2021, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    I’d have to see the guest list.

    • Dewy
      December 17, 2021, 10:46 am | # | Reply

      Don’t you mean the menu…ohhhh!

  4. Hachi
    December 17, 2021, 6:54 am | # | Reply

    Hahahahaha, This has been the loudest laugh I’ve had on this comic yet. <3

  5. Shadowmehr
    December 17, 2021, 7:14 am | # | Reply

    I suppose getting the rabbi to preside over Zoom and just have available allies and friends would be out of the question of you’re worried about enemies tracking you by the signal.

    • Semper Solus
      December 17, 2021, 12:50 pm | # | Reply

      Strictly speaking, a rabbi can’t officiate unless the bride is Jewish.
      But then again, Nick seems kinda “Wikipedia Jewish”, so whatever.

      (I am Jewish myself and have never met anyone who both kept kosher and believed manga wasn’t a violation of the second commandment [the “graven images” one].)

      • justchimeric
        December 17, 2021, 2:18 pm | # | Reply

        @Semper Solis – If you don’t mind my asking – manga specifically? Or any drawings of humans?

        (For anyone else following along, some religious groups interpret the 2nd commandment as forbidding any sort of representational art, though I thought that was more of a Muslim thing rather than Jewish.)

        I wasn’t raised in Judaism myself but going by my experiences with close family who were, it always seemed like keeping kosher was fairly common. (This is northeastern USA, may be different other places.) Pretty sure none of these relatives have problems with manga or cartoons and since most of them have kids it would’ve come up by now!

      • slinc
        December 17, 2021, 2:31 pm | # | Reply

        (I am Jewish myself and have never met anyone who both kept kosher and believed manga wasn’t a violation of the second commandment [the “graven images” one].)

        I DO keep kosher — and shabbos, and am fully modern orthodox andhave plenty of friends both more observantly modern orthodox as well as full-on ulta-orthodox and Chabad (and many many less observant friends who still do keep kosher) — and who in the WORLD holds by that?? I’ve never seen anything approaching that in my LIFE, either as something I’ve seen practiced or even reference to a single posek. Like I can imagine, maybe, some tiny fringe-extreme ultra-orthodox communities having that practice? Like I would maybe not be surprised if Satmar held like that? (But I also would not be surprised if they still didn’t. I could see either way.)

        “Never met anyone who both keeps kosher and is okay reading manga” WHAT.

        Anyways, relevantly, FIRST of all the issue would be the interfaith marriage stam, not which spouse was the Jewish one. And most Reform-denomination rabbis have been willing to officiate interfaith marriages since 2003 (at least that’s when they surveyed it). And basically all Reconstructionist rabbis have been willing to officiate interfaith marriages since the 1980s. (You can read this, if you care, on Wikipedia.) And even way before that “which spouse” doesn’t make any difference at all to them since we are WAY past both of those movements accepting patrilinial and matrilinial descent equally.

        • Robert Nowall
          December 17, 2021, 3:52 pm | # | Reply

          Nick’s talked as if he keeps kosher, passing on treyf giant lobster and complaining about someone leaving a cheesesteak sandwich in his vents. Far as I could tell, the junk food he scarfed up when he got his new body were all kosher.

          My parents had a problem marrying in the Catholic Church as my father was a Quaker. In the end, they did marry in the church, but not on the high altar. I think it was one of many things that saw to my not being raised in the church, too.

        • shaenon
          December 18, 2021, 1:30 am | # | Reply

          I once attended a Naruto-themed interfaith Jewish lesbian wedding, but that probably says more about my social circle than anything else.

      • Semper Solus
        December 18, 2021, 12:23 am | # | Reply

        @justchimeric
        That commandment is technically part of all Abrahamic religions, whether Jewish, Christian, or Muslim.

        @slinc
        All this means is we haven’t met. I hope I didn’t cause offense.
        The few Chabad families I have met were really weird about cartoons and video games.

        Also, I meant about the whole “what would the kids be” angle, and how Hasidic Jews believe that what counts is matrilineal descent. Since Nick is pretty religious, he’d probably take this seriously.

      • khn0
        December 18, 2021, 4:51 am | # | Reply

        met several (european) ones, as I lived in a city with the second jewish population of my country (no I don’t capitalize jewish. I don’t capitalize european or muslim or the pope or whatever either, people are just people to me).

  6. reverendfiesta
    December 17, 2021, 9:53 am | # | Reply

    This is so perfect. It encapsulates all their personalities so well, and I laughed out loud. Plus I really love Unity’s outfit!

  7. David B Huber
    December 17, 2021, 10:42 am | # | Reply

    I love the sidelong glance Unity and Sweetheart share in panel 3!

    And I guess Nick has adapted so well to bilocation it’s just Nick being Nick…

  8. Robert Nowall
    December 17, 2021, 11:50 am | # | Reply

    Nick’s working to cater his wedding. He finds it a bit too rough sledding. Do zombies keep kosher? It might prove more gaucher if Nick doesn’t go where he’s heading.

  9. Duane B.
    December 17, 2021, 12:19 pm | # | Reply

    I want to know what the cake topper is going to be.
    And will the rotors keep the flies away?

    • Robert Nowall
      December 17, 2021, 3:53 pm | # | Reply

      The ex-Anasigma team probably are handling the cake. What they’ll put on top, I don’t know. Can you get a helicopter groom?

  10. Robert Nowall
    December 17, 2021, 3:55 pm | # | Reply

    I am wondering whether Dr. Lee’s parents will attend or send regrets. “After all, it’s when you’re making a terrible mistake, that’s when you need your parents the most.”

    • Duane B.
      December 17, 2021, 4:35 pm | # | Reply

      Invited people won’t even have the excuse of being dead not to attend.
      And Anasigma gate crashers get added to the menu.
      It’s a win win for the good guys.

  11. jdreyfuss
    December 18, 2021, 12:13 pm | # | Reply

    When you’ve got a guest list that’s that diverse, I guess a buffet is a good idea. I hope Nick at least has enough taste to push for a live band over a DJ.

    • awgiedawgie
      December 18, 2021, 12:32 pm | # | Reply

      Sure, a live band would be great. But with a DJ, you only have to keep the one person alive until the end. With a band, if you’re drummer gets eaten or shot, you’ve got a real problem.

      Conversely, if your DJ gets eaten, anybody (living or dead) can go take their place.

      • awgiedawgie
        December 18, 2021, 12:33 pm | # | Reply

        Plus, if your DJ gets eaten, you don’t have to pay them.

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