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2019-07-17

by shaenon on July 17, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Swiftly I Glide
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  1. Alphaghoul
    July 17, 2019, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    Why do they get kids in there? Also I just realized that she’s wheelchair bound.

    • Robert Nowall
      July 17, 2019, 9:51 am | # | Reply

      Take Your Daughter to Work Day?

    • bulbasort
      July 17, 2019, 11:28 am | # | Reply

      It’s better to not use that term. http://www.newmobility.com/2015/09/dont-say-wheelchair-bound/

      • Frank
        July 17, 2019, 10:19 pm | # | Reply

        “in a wheelchair” has two letters less. I don’t get why people stopped using that

        • awgiedawgie
          July 17, 2019, 11:50 pm | # | Reply

          There’s an important distinction between “in a wheelchair” and “wheelchair-bound”.

          “In a wheelchair” may be temporary. It may be only for certain activities. The woman at A-Sig may indeed be only “in a wheelchair”.

          “Wheelchair-bound” is permanent and full-time. My cousin is wheelchair-bound, and he doesn’t mind anyone using that term. He’s been like that for going on 40 years. The only times he’s not in his chair are when he’s sleeping, showering, or sitting on the toilet. He even drives his van from his wheelchair. Yes, he is wheelchair-bound, but he’s taken his disability by the horns and wrestled it to the ground… all while sitting in that chair.

    • Shadowmehr
      July 17, 2019, 9:20 pm | # | Reply

      This is an Anasigma facility. It is entirely possible she is permanently attached to a cyborg chair.

  2. ShenHibiki
    July 17, 2019, 12:36 am | # | Reply

    I don’t get her last line… is she saying she shouldn’t ask about shoe workarounds because there could be kids nearby? Or what?

    • David Formosa
      July 17, 2019, 12:48 am | # | Reply

      They put pillows on the death traps to protect kids.

  3. Towering Barbarian
    July 17, 2019, 1:06 am | # | Reply

    Ah, it sounds like they consulted the same sort of professionals the Crimson Claw did. ^_^

    http://supervillainous.spiderforest.com/comic/comic-1-work-and-family/

    • VickiC
      July 17, 2019, 1:33 pm | # | Reply

      The Crimson Claw wishes he could consult such professionals.

    • Forrest M Davis
      April 23, 2020, 7:34 pm | # | Reply

      I never thanked you for this link, Towering Barbarian. Followed it when originally posted, got hooked on the comic, and completely forgot how I came across it. Then the circle closed during my latest Skin Horse archive binge…

      Crimson Claw was a great strip, hated to see it end, but they went out on a definite high note. So thanks for leading me to it!

  4. Barbara K
    July 17, 2019, 1:14 am | # | Reply

    Does “shoe workarounds” refer to finding ways to avoid Jonah’s experience reincarnating/resetting to that boring training in Anasigma’s shoe polishing protocol when his do-loop reset every time he died?
    …Seems a bit tactless (or a very sick joke) to ask someone who uses a wheelchair about “shoe workarounds”, since she’s rolling around in something that could be considered a shoe workaround.

    • awgiedawgie
      July 17, 2019, 1:28 am | # | Reply

      Well, the lady is wearing shoes. I think it’s in reference to A-Sig’s tortuous extirpation-grade shoe-polishing regulations.

      • Moe Lane
        July 17, 2019, 10:29 am | # | Reply

        And A-Sig is *precisely* the sort of place where they’d zoom in on people in wheelchairs when it came time to snap shoe inspections.

  5. rinku
    July 17, 2019, 1:23 am | # | Reply

    …yes, WHY do they get kids in there?

    And are ovens and gingerbread involved?

    • awgiedawgie
      July 17, 2019, 1:28 am | # | Reply

      Only if the kids fail the background check.

    • Dallas
      July 17, 2019, 9:04 am | # | Reply

      Pretty sure the kids in question are our own intrepid adventurers from the previous storyline in the Anasigma facility

      • awgiedawgie
        July 17, 2019, 2:21 pm | # | Reply

        Somehow I feel that is unlikely. The facility they broke into no longer exists, thanks to Grandma Swamp.

        Getting infiltrated by a couple of teenagers isn’t the kind of security breach that you share with your other locations… or even with your superiors.

  6. Seph
    July 17, 2019, 5:05 am | # | Reply

    Why does Ginny need shoe workarounds? She’s pretty clearly never going back to Anasigma at this point.

    • Towering Barbarian
      July 17, 2019, 6:36 am | # | Reply

      A true professional strives to keep all her options open even when she does not intend to use them at the present moment. ^_^

    • Rimwolf
      July 17, 2019, 8:09 am | # | Reply

      Our heroes need to keep up the pretense of being an Anasigma team as long as possible, and as ex-Anasigma, Ginny’s in a good position to do that.

      • Robert Nowall
        July 17, 2019, 9:49 am | # | Reply

        I suppose they don’t know her personally.

  7. Robert Nowall
    July 17, 2019, 9:52 am | # | Reply

    Basic rule: if it’s not specifically forbidden, it must be assumed that you have every right to do it. That’s how baseball created stolen bases.

    • s854
      July 17, 2019, 3:50 pm | # | Reply

      Do you think Anasigma has a rule to do with pistol-whipping your boss? If there isn’t something general about messing with vital safety equipment…

      • Robert Nowall
        July 17, 2019, 7:08 pm | # | Reply

        Well, everybody who knew about Ira and Virginia were supposed to be killed by spiky robot limbs. These ones must not have known.

  8. K. Iceclaw
    July 17, 2019, 11:56 am | # | Reply

    I like this particular ASig location.

    • Frank
      July 17, 2019, 10:17 pm | # | Reply

      This place has too many ways to not-die!

  9. Darkstarling
    July 17, 2019, 7:58 pm | # | Reply

    Destroying small children is one of the things Anasigma does best! But every organization has its weak links.

    They’re entirely too pleasant and reasonable. I don’t trust it.

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