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2016-06-17

by shaenon on June 17, 2016 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Can't Catch Me
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  1. Marisa Mockery
    June 17, 2016, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Yeah, Nick’s clearly a Slytherin.

    (Seriously though I reread this 3 times because this is Nick distilled and I love it)

    • Towering Barbarian
      June 17, 2016, 1:14 am | # | Reply

      I dunno. He seemed more the Ravenclaw type to me. >_>

    • Gemma
      June 17, 2016, 8:06 am | # | Reply

      Hm, I was thinking Gryffindor, based on his rescuing skills and his reaction to Dr. Lee calling him the bravest man she knew.
      I could also see Hufflepuff, since he took the job to help non-humans who didn’t have many other options.
      I typically draw a distinction between geek knowledge and Ravenclaw-style wisdom, but I suppose you could fit those together.
      Not really seeing Slytherin though- besides his relationship with Dr. Lee, his only ambition seems to be helping other people, which I think would reroute to one of the above.
      ‘Course, that’s all based on my perceptions of the qualities the houses are based on.

      • davidbreslin101
        June 17, 2016, 8:22 am | # | Reply

        The hat would struggle to place Nick:
        ‘Said Gryffindor, “We’ll teach all those
        With brave deeds to their name.”
        Said Hufflepuff, “I’ll teach the lot
        And treat them just the same.”‘
        Nick has brave deeds to his name, AND treats everyone just the same (with insults).

    • bergerjacques
      June 17, 2016, 9:37 am | # | Reply

      Towering Barbarian Johnson is right! Ravenclaw. Can’t recall the poem, but they are both brave and intelligent – a nice balance between Slytherin and Gryffindor. I can’t recall Nick rushing blindly into a risky situation. He goes in having already assessed what needs to be done for a smooth, Murphy’s Law-free, rescue.

    • Knuckles
      February 1, 2022, 11:56 am | # | Reply

      With a tangle of cobras inside him, now more than ever!

  2. thedoctor55
    June 17, 2016, 12:25 am | # | Reply

    Nick has gone up ever higher in my book! 🙂

    • Kingfisher
      June 17, 2016, 12:36 am | # | Reply

      He’s a helicopter. Being up high is kind of the point. 🙂

  3. BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
    June 17, 2016, 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Next time, try to specify whose team

  4. casimir
    June 17, 2016, 12:38 am | # | Reply

    No Hufflepuff he.
    Ever the Clownclonker.

  5. Towering Barbarian
    June 17, 2016, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    But, Red Knight! Nick *did* give you Teamwork! Not his fault that you guessed wrong as to who’s team he would be on. =^_^=

    • DarkStarling
      June 17, 2016, 5:09 pm | # | Reply

      Always an important consideration, that

  6. David Spring
    June 17, 2016, 4:56 am | # | Reply

    is it just me, or did the “teamwork time” word balloon look like it was coming from Virginia?

    • Kirala
      June 17, 2016, 8:38 am | # | Reply

      By the time it got to “Seal them in…”, any confusion was gone for me. And since I read very quickly, it was at a pace that by the time I finished the bubble, I’d forgotten there was ever any confusion till you mentioned the possibility again. (I may be distracti- SQUIRREL!)

  7. evilmidnightlurker
    June 17, 2016, 6:40 am | # | Reply

    …Huh. The “heroes” appear to believe that Anasigma is some sort of… okay, A-Sig really are totally supervillains, but believe that they’re *criminals* rather than an authorized government organization? The hell?

    • Jeffrey C. Wells
      June 17, 2016, 6:45 am | # | Reply

      RK is a little… overzealous.

    • BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
      June 17, 2016, 6:49 am | # | Reply

      Technically they’re independent contractors with agents inside the government.

    • Saberbeam
      June 17, 2016, 4:03 pm | # | Reply

      I dunno, the difference between “criminals” and “authorized government organization” can be a bit fuzzy in real life. Anasigma seems to have solidly merged them both together to bring you an improved evil government organization experience.

    • Towering Barbarian
      June 17, 2016, 7:31 pm | # | Reply

      Evil Corporations were pretty much a staple villain for superhero comics back in the 1970s and 80s and I seem to recall that John Byrne put Lex Luthor at the head of one during his “reboot” of Superman. I also seem to vaguely recall when clashing with government agencies was an occasional thing as well though that seemed more Marvel then DC. So if Red Knight is of that tradition then it makes sense he would want to drop Anasigma on sight.

      • BMunro
        June 17, 2016, 11:40 pm | # | Reply

        Aren’t these federally licensed superheroes? They’re really both on the government team. (But see my other comment).

    • BMunro
      June 17, 2016, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

      Left hand of the Evil Secret Government doesn’t know what the right hand of the Evil Secret Government is doing. And they like it that way.

      • Saberbeam
        June 18, 2016, 12:35 am | # | Reply

        Nothing more entertaining than watching one’s pawns fight amongst themselves without even realizing their supposed to be on the same side, eh? You make an excellent point, that sounds exactly like what the head an Evil Secret Government would do.

  8. Robert Nowall
    June 17, 2016, 7:55 am | # | Reply

    When he called “Teamwork time,” he forgot to capitalize “Time.” No doubt it makes a difference.

  9. Dr._History
    June 17, 2016, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

    To paraphrase Buckaroo Banzai:

    “Not my team, tin can boy!”

  10. Daniel.
    June 17, 2016, 2:22 pm | # | Reply

    The way the tail on the word balloon is situated, it looks like Dr. Lee called Tearmwork Time, actually.

  11. notStanley
    June 17, 2016, 2:50 pm | # | Reply

    I have been seeing other places where the word balloon tail is inverted (the outline points into the balloon) to denote someone off panel. Seemed weird the first few times, now it make so much sense.

  12. Shadowmehr
    June 17, 2016, 7:23 pm | # | Reply

    Okay, the Knight is probably going to complain to the union after this. The question is, given his reputation, will this lead to a punishment or a commendation for Nick?

    A-sig will probably pay for a month’s WoW access just for rescuing one of their top (non-mad) scientists, so there will be that.

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