There goes our Sweetheart, back into the fray!
She will accomplish … lots of things today!
Stunned rescue workers … can’t believe she’s here!
Slightly unpleasant … heat and atmosphere!
Sorry to tell you,
But there’s something we’ve found …
There’s a coal seam beneath us,
And a fire underground!
Dear Dr. Darling, talking to her date …
Has to explain, she … doesn’t respirate!
It’s complicated, too long to explain …
Hey, here’s your poster! Punctuation pain!
Yeah, it’s missing its markings!
No apostrophes found!
Want to chuck it beneath us,
To the fire underground!
Poor pup is puzzled,
Doesn’t realize
What’s she’s visualizing
Is all visual lies!
C’mon, Sweetheart, wake up!
Girl, now can’t you see
Someone’s messing with your head (quite literally!)
Now, come back, Sweetheart! See right through the trick!
Follow the wrongswears! That’s the real Nick!
Fight Anasigma! Fight Mister Green!
Take off the helmet, let the truth now be seen!
You must now rise above it,
Keep your sanity sound!
Just their pants are on fire …
They’re all liars all around!
I think that at this point it’s just trying to see how far they can push the simulation. After seeing our former super hero cyborg helicopter not swear at all for a full talk it’s just seeing what else they can do. My bet has the next scene “outside” of the building having a T-Rex attack or an army of cyborg and/or zombie cats.
Honestly, considering Sweetheart’s need to Be Useful and Receive Praise, I think she’s doing pretty well coming off a several month run of feeling/being completely useless after an office shut down she personally was partially responsible for.
Especially considering how much of this scenario is literally designed to push her buttons.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the Sweetheart-in-Goldbug’s-imaginary-simulation subplot has to do with a) Mustachio’s — I mean Ramshambler’s supposedly-real Last Robot Standing death tournament, b) Tigerlily’s trying to stop the Institute from implementing the supposedly-real cure for mad genius, and/or c) Mr. Green’s desire to get the band back together without Gavotte in charge?
Ok, here’s my take. Mr Green apparently does not only want to get the band together, but also get them on his payroll (http://skin-horse.com/comic/if-you-yank/). Also, we don’t know that Nick talked to the *real* Goldbug; this simulation could be the work of someone else. Perhaps Mr Green is Goldbug, perhaps not, but whatever Sweetheart is going through is very likely orchestrated by Mr Green, probably to brainwash Sweetheart into joining (unless that’s just what Jeff and Shaenon wants us to think). Furthermore, perhaps Hitty is a tool to convince Moustachio into joining, either by having Hitty charm him into it, or by them threatening to destroy Hitty if he does not join. Tigerlily could probably be convinced to join if Mr Green told her that he’s fighting against the cure. And if Tigerlily joins, Tip will probably follow her. And Unity should be easy enough to convince. If his plan works, he should then have them all on his payroll. (However, it’s of course possible the *real* Goldbug, if it’s not Mr Green, will interfere. Goldbug could be Gavotte, I suppose.)
Nah, Goldbug is probably not Gavotte. I don’t think she was talking to herself here. Then again, a name is not an identity, two can wear the same mask.
Ok, I forgot about that. But yeah, it’s possible Goldbug isn’t a single person/creature/whatever. It would be possible for an entire department to use that codename (which may or may not include Gavotte; but from that strip, Gavotte certainly seems to know the people behind it, at least).
I think they may have pushed it too far with the poster, just not believable that they would save that. On the other hand, Sweetheart believed that Captain Bram came back after being eaten by dogs… are there any limits to her credulity?
Be fair, we’re told the older Helen Narbon has come back from worse. Even bodily assumption to the Heavens isn’t a sure thing for getting rid of someone.
I worry that, since the Institute (whoever and whatever) has put Sweetheart in some kind of simulation, it means, back in the real world, they now have the drone.
Which is why you shouldn’t be worried about Bubbles. Ms. Cooler is in a building with an increasingly-antsy mad scientist with a history of building robots. The most she will have to worry about is whether her internal water supply will rust her new superstructure.
(TUNE: “The Fire Down Below”, Bob Seger)
There goes our Sweetheart, back into the fray!
She will accomplish … lots of things today!
Stunned rescue workers … can’t believe she’s here!
Slightly unpleasant … heat and atmosphere!
Sorry to tell you,
But there’s something we’ve found …
There’s a coal seam beneath us,
And a fire underground!
Dear Dr. Darling, talking to her date …
Has to explain, she … doesn’t respirate!
It’s complicated, too long to explain …
Hey, here’s your poster! Punctuation pain!
Yeah, it’s missing its markings!
No apostrophes found!
Want to chuck it beneath us,
To the fire underground!
Poor pup is puzzled,
Doesn’t realize
What’s she’s visualizing
Is all visual lies!
C’mon, Sweetheart, wake up!
Girl, now can’t you see
Someone’s messing with your head (quite literally!)
Now, come back, Sweetheart! See right through the trick!
Follow the wrongswears! That’s the real Nick!
Fight Anasigma! Fight Mister Green!
Take off the helmet, let the truth now be seen!
You must now rise above it,
Keep your sanity sound!
Just their pants are on fire …
They’re all liars all around!
Burn, baby, burn!
okay if Sweetheart hasn’t figured it out by now, dang she’s… well, still pretty smart for a dog.
I don’t know. I’ve definitely seen my dog pick up on sarcasm and respond in turn.
I think that at this point it’s just trying to see how far they can push the simulation. After seeing our former super hero cyborg helicopter not swear at all for a full talk it’s just seeing what else they can do. My bet has the next scene “outside” of the building having a T-Rex attack or an army of cyborg and/or zombie cats.
And it’ll somehow be Sweetheart’s fault!
“see, the T-rex cage is programmed to automatically release when a poster is sent in for a spell check”
Honestly, considering Sweetheart’s need to Be Useful and Receive Praise, I think she’s doing pretty well coming off a several month run of feeling/being completely useless after an office shut down she personally was partially responsible for.
Especially considering how much of this scenario is literally designed to push her buttons.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what the Sweetheart-in-Goldbug’s-imaginary-simulation subplot has to do with a) Mustachio’s — I mean Ramshambler’s supposedly-real Last Robot Standing death tournament, b) Tigerlily’s trying to stop the Institute from implementing the supposedly-real cure for mad genius, and/or c) Mr. Green’s desire to get the band back together without Gavotte in charge?
I admit to having no idea.
I suppose you could plug Moustachio into something and put him in a simulation…
Ok, here’s my take. Mr Green apparently does not only want to get the band together, but also get them on his payroll (http://skin-horse.com/comic/if-you-yank/). Also, we don’t know that Nick talked to the *real* Goldbug; this simulation could be the work of someone else. Perhaps Mr Green is Goldbug, perhaps not, but whatever Sweetheart is going through is very likely orchestrated by Mr Green, probably to brainwash Sweetheart into joining (unless that’s just what Jeff and Shaenon wants us to think). Furthermore, perhaps Hitty is a tool to convince Moustachio into joining, either by having Hitty charm him into it, or by them threatening to destroy Hitty if he does not join. Tigerlily could probably be convinced to join if Mr Green told her that he’s fighting against the cure. And if Tigerlily joins, Tip will probably follow her. And Unity should be easy enough to convince. If his plan works, he should then have them all on his payroll. (However, it’s of course possible the *real* Goldbug, if it’s not Mr Green, will interfere. Goldbug could be Gavotte, I suppose.)
Nah, Goldbug is probably not Gavotte. I don’t think she was talking to herself here. Then again, a name is not an identity, two can wear the same mask.
Huh, I wonder what happened to the link. It was supposed to point here.
Ok, I forgot about that. But yeah, it’s possible Goldbug isn’t a single person/creature/whatever. It would be possible for an entire department to use that codename (which may or may not include Gavotte; but from that strip, Gavotte certainly seems to know the people behind it, at least).
Well, the given name is Gold *Bug*…
Yes, that’s why one of the most popular theories is (or at least it was before that thing with Violet) that Goldbug is Pavanne.
You’d think Nick would try again, she’d be bound to notice while Nick isn’t there.
Except that it’s already worked before
I think they may have pushed it too far with the poster, just not believable that they would save that. On the other hand, Sweetheart believed that Captain Bram came back after being eaten by dogs… are there any limits to her credulity?
Be fair, we’re told the older Helen Narbon has come back from worse. Even bodily assumption to the Heavens isn’t a sure thing for getting rid of someone.
It is a common problem. Not only to dogs but also to humans that we tend to believe what we see. Cast off the shackles of perception and be free!
I worry that, since the Institute (whoever and whatever) has put Sweetheart in some kind of simulation, it means, back in the real world, they now have the drone.
What of Bubbles?
“Service is my only Joy.” I think that about covers it.
But T. Jones got her all worked up some strips back…service is *not* her only joy…
Which is why you shouldn’t be worried about Bubbles. Ms. Cooler is in a building with an increasingly-antsy mad scientist with a history of building robots. The most she will have to worry about is whether her internal water supply will rust her new superstructure.
Okay yeah, someone is certainly seeing how many Sweetie buttons they can push before she finally snaps 😀
The longer this goes on, the more fleshed out my altworld Mad Scientist fic gets……