Depends on the royal family involved. Daughter of a King/Queen, or marrying the Son of a King/Queen, then it is a possibility. Otherwise it will depend on Nick’s own conception of his sexual identity. Perhaps he will just become an Action Transvestite (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184424/).
The daughter of royalty (emperor/empress, king/queen, or crown prince/princess), an Archduke/Archduchess, Grand Duke/Duchess, or Duke/Duchess is a princess by title.
As are drag queens in training, from what I’m told.
Even ignoring that a king’s niece would be called a princess too, only the firstborn could become ruler (barring a fatal accident, of course). And then there are also many monarchies that are continued by the firstborn *male* son.
Just in case it’s not clear (I’m trying to normalize my sleep cycle by foregoing sleep for a day, so I’m not sure I’m coherent): Most princesses live their whole life without becoming queens.
Oh, yes. Obviously most Princesses never get the chance to become Queen.
But I have to ask… How many Princes grow up to be Queens?
(run away! run away!! )
You forget that, historically, some lands were covered with Principalities, i.e., lots of Princes/Princesses, but no Kings of any note.
Germany was notable in this fashion, and the importance of German culture in Grimm’s Fairy Tales may account for the over-abundance of Princes in the traditional Disneyfied/Whimsied stories.
That said, I hope that Nick isn’t that sort of Princess, because a Germany with feuding Principalities was the whipping boy of Europe until Prussia + Otto van Bismark. Think 30 yrs war, and such. Such a parallel would normally spell disaster for Project Skin Horse.
OTOH, I’d give Gavotte the advantage even if she was matched up against The Iron Chancellor, and that ignores the possibility of Zombie Bismark joining Skin Horse in a future storyline. And let’s face it- a zombie with a German Accent without the attendant Nazism would be cooler than most historical zombie characters you could bring in.
Well, it COULD spell disaster for Skin Horse. But being made out of bees gives one a very strong position for negotiating. Do you really want to piss off someone made out of bees if you can reasonably avoid it?
(TUNE: “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story, Bernstein & Sondheim)
I’m a princess!
Whimsy princess!
I’m a princess, and incessantly,
Voice within says,
That there’s no one half as cute as me!
I feel girly!
Somewhat girly!
I’m all twirly as girly I dress!
Somewhat surly,
I’ll admit that I’m a true prin-cess!
See the roll of film in that cannister?
What’s the movie gonna reveal?
Doctor Col-lo-di
Left it just for me!
Now what will we see
When we load the reel?
Unsuspecting,
I’m reflecting …
I detect what reflects in the glass … Froging ape,
I’m a princess, you bet your class!
Only if there are frames left that haven’t been overexposed ^_^
But as I understand it, the radiation wouldn’t affect film that has already been fixed, for the same reason the light of the projector doesn’t wash the images out on the first showing.
If it’s regular movie film, both the visuals and the sound track are recorded in a way that shouldn’t be affected by the radiation. The sound track on film is not recorded magnetically, unless you’re using some very strange technology. If it had been an audio tape instead, the whole thing would have been toasted by radiation.
They stopped using nitrate film circa 1950, so it might be possible-ish. The acetate film that replaced it also tends to decompose, though smelling like vinegar is considerably less dramatic than an explosion.
Likely similar to modern materials – embrittlement generally. Some breakdown (for example synthetic rubber gets sticky over time in a neutron flux), and generally premature aging. Much like leaving stuff on the dash of a closed car in the desert.
Books go to dust, paint flakes, metals are more brittle.
Yeah, I would be more worried about secondary radiation effects from various high-energy particles and/or photons hitting the METAL REEL for the film. You do understand that this is why you don’t put metal objects in a microwave oven, right?
As long as it’s just ongoing ambient radiation it shouldn’t be too bad, but if Nick ever enters any place with serious radiation, the princess could light up in really interesting ways.
Microwaves use EM (not ionizing) radiation to vibrate the water molecules. Metal conducts EM.
Conductor in moving magnetic field causes currents, therefore voltage produced therefore spark. This is the theory behind electrical motors and generators. Spin the magnet, and you generate electricity. Spin the EM field containing a magnet (multiple out-of-phase electrical fields) – the magnet moves imparting motion.
Robert is correct about microwave ovens [yes, I had a brain freeze when I was writing the original post], but you DO get effects by hitting metal with ionizing radiation, and the resulting emissions are in the X-Ray range. I don’t know if they still do it that way, but that was how they generated X-rays in the old days.
Fancy clothes, plus mirrors, plus no one else around of any great importance always equals some kind of flourish, current gender and style of clothes notwithstanding.
I do medieval re-enactment and I’ve worn those (they’re called ‘tippets’ and can be placed pretty much anywhere on a sleeve, depending on the dress)… and you’re absolutely right. Another fun thing is for two people wearing ’em to knot the tippets together and clothesline unsuspecting victims friends from behind.
That’s totally me when I put on one of my nice dresses. I just hafta twirl and spin and dance.
From personal experience (sample size 1, me) that happens every time someone not used to wearing dresses puts one on, too. Or even a skirt.
… I have a for-the-most-part-closeted love of spinny skirts, and this strip is awesome.
Nick makes an awesome princess.
Flamin’ Word!
Yeeessssssss.
What in the name of RuPaul did you do to Nick?
Donkey straight you are.
And thus Nick’s dilemma. Princesses have a tendency to become queens when they grow up.
Depends on the royal family involved. Daughter of a King/Queen, or marrying the Son of a King/Queen, then it is a possibility. Otherwise it will depend on Nick’s own conception of his sexual identity. Perhaps he will just become an Action Transvestite (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184424/).
The daughter of royalty (emperor/empress, king/queen, or crown prince/princess), an Archduke/Archduchess, Grand Duke/Duchess, or Duke/Duchess is a princess by title.
As are drag queens in training, from what I’m told.
Even ignoring that a king’s niece would be called a princess too, only the firstborn could become ruler (barring a fatal accident, of course). And then there are also many monarchies that are continued by the firstborn *male* son.
Just in case it’s not clear (I’m trying to normalize my sleep cycle by foregoing sleep for a day, so I’m not sure I’m coherent): Most princesses live their whole life without becoming queens.
Oh, yes. Obviously most Princesses never get the chance to become Queen.
)
But I have to ask… How many Princes grow up to be Queens?
(run away! run away!!
Freddy Mercury and company?
Um, Neb, I’m American (red fox), but I’ve heard many of England’s kings were queens, when the princes grew up.
The advantage of having a robot body is that you don’t grow up. This also is a disadvantage.
To the tune of “I Don’t Wanna Grow Up, I Wanna Be a Toys ‘Я’ Us Kid” by Kaplan Thaler:
I don’t wanna grow up,
I wanna be a helicopter!
Bonus filk time! “4’33”, written by John Cage, as preformed by Gussie:
You forget that, historically, some lands were covered with Principalities, i.e., lots of Princes/Princesses, but no Kings of any note.
Germany was notable in this fashion, and the importance of German culture in Grimm’s Fairy Tales may account for the over-abundance of Princes in the traditional Disneyfied/Whimsied stories.
That said, I hope that Nick isn’t that sort of Princess, because a Germany with feuding Principalities was the whipping boy of Europe until Prussia + Otto van Bismark. Think 30 yrs war, and such. Such a parallel would normally spell disaster for Project Skin Horse.
OTOH, I’d give Gavotte the advantage even if she was matched up against The Iron Chancellor, and that ignores the possibility of Zombie Bismark joining Skin Horse in a future storyline. And let’s face it- a zombie with a German Accent without the attendant Nazism would be cooler than most historical zombie characters you could bring in.
Jonathan Fisher
Well, it COULD spell disaster for Skin Horse. But being made out of bees gives one a very strong position for negotiating. Do you really want to piss off someone made out of bees if you can reasonably avoid it?
“Princess” is a ruler of a principality, not necessarily an heir of a king or queen.
“And any of you *PENGUIN*heads have a problem widdat, you can sit on a *MANHOLE COVER* and twirl…”
mnem
mrrp?
Oh Nick. You make on helmet of a princess.
(TUNE: “I Feel Pretty” from West Side Story, Bernstein & Sondheim)
I’m a princess!
Whimsy princess!
I’m a princess, and incessantly,
Voice within says,
That there’s no one half as cute as me!
I feel girly!
Somewhat girly!
I’m all twirly as girly I dress!
Somewhat surly,
I’ll admit that I’m a true prin-cess!
See the roll of film in that cannister?
What’s the movie gonna reveal?
Doctor Col-lo-di
Left it just for me!
Now what will we see
When we load the reel?
Unsuspecting,
I’m reflecting …
I detect what reflects in the glass …
Froging ape,
I’m a princess, you bet your class!
Nick is my hero.
That said, I gotta wonder what all the ionizing radiation has done to these old-school film reels.
Maybe the department of irradiation can help
Only if there are frames left that haven’t been overexposed ^_^
But as I understand it, the radiation wouldn’t affect film that has already been fixed, for the same reason the light of the projector doesn’t wash the images out on the first showing.
If it’s regular movie film, both the visuals and the sound track are recorded in a way that shouldn’t be affected by the radiation. The sound track on film is not recorded magnetically, unless you’re using some very strange technology. If it had been an audio tape instead, the whole thing would have been toasted by radiation.
Neat! My sense of wonder has been fulfilled.
Um um, I’m not sure their help would be helpful right now.
The room where the film was kept was sealed, maybe it was radiation proof?
Probably too new to be gun cotton stock, that could be fun in a high-explosives way.
They stopped using nitrate film circa 1950, so it might be possible-ish. The acetate film that replaced it also tends to decompose, though smelling like vinegar is considerably less dramatic than an explosion.
Except that guncotton isn’t a high explosive. It’s a low explosive.
Likely similar to modern materials – embrittlement generally. Some breakdown (for example synthetic rubber gets sticky over time in a neutron flux), and generally premature aging. Much like leaving stuff on the dash of a closed car in the desert.
Books go to dust, paint flakes, metals are more brittle.
Oh God — this. Yes.
(Sometimes you really need to twirl. All the more so if you’re wearing a more-than-full-circle skirt. But even if not … sometimes.)
Ahhh yes you just can’t deny it. And a dress like that NEEDS a twirl
That last panel–t-shirt. Yes, please!
awww…. Nick has an iddy biddy Tip side.
Foreshadowed by the sound effects in the first panel.
Of course; leaky reactors and magnetic/nitrate film tape don’t mix very well…
Someone already pointed that out. Someone else pointed out that the film’s already been developed and fixed.
Yeah, I would be more worried about secondary radiation effects from various high-energy particles and/or photons hitting the METAL REEL for the film. You do understand that this is why you don’t put metal objects in a microwave oven, right?
As long as it’s just ongoing ambient radiation it shouldn’t be too bad, but if Nick ever enters any place with serious radiation, the princess could light up in really interesting ways.
metal doesn’t spark from ionizing radiation.
Microwaves use EM (not ionizing) radiation to vibrate the water molecules. Metal conducts EM.
Conductor in moving magnetic field causes currents, therefore voltage produced therefore spark. This is the theory behind electrical motors and generators. Spin the magnet, and you generate electricity. Spin the EM field containing a magnet (multiple out-of-phase electrical fields) – the magnet moves imparting motion.
Funny, you don’t sound the least bit addled to me. Maybe you should change your screen name to Robert The Umfundisi.
Robert is correct about microwave ovens [yes, I had a brain freeze when I was writing the original post], but you DO get effects by hitting metal with ionizing radiation, and the resulting emissions are in the X-Ray range. I don’t know if they still do it that way, but that was how they generated X-rays in the old days.
Fancy clothes, plus mirrors, plus no one else around of any great importance always equals some kind of flourish, current gender and style of clothes notwithstanding.
However butch you may be, I don’t think it’s (trans)humanly possible to wear those wrist-ribbon thingies and NOT twirl.
I do medieval re-enactment and I’ve worn those (they’re called ‘tippets’ and can be placed pretty much anywhere on a sleeve, depending on the dress)… and you’re absolutely right. Another fun thing is for two people wearing ’em to knot the tippets together and clothesline unsuspecting victims friends from behind.
Twirling may be pretty girly and not very manly, but it is extremely helicopterly.
Me, I don’t judge.
I think it’s just Nick’s competitive nature showing through. If he’s going to be stuck as a princess, then he’s going to WIN at being a princess.
Nick just continues to be more and more awesome.
Now I deeply and profoundly need to see Nick doing rhythmic gymnastics with the ribbon.
I love the word-subsitute “Frog” when he’s being a princess.
It is perfectly okay for a man to be a pretty pretty princess. THE PRETTIEST PRINCESS.
I’ve even asserted as such while stroking my chin-stubble.
Wow, best quote ever from Dr Lee!
“good lord unity we dont run around taking bites out of people is this seriously hard to understand”