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2019-08-14

by shaenon on August 14, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Swiftly I Glide
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  1. Moe Lane
    August 14, 2019, 12:06 am | # | Reply

  2. Thenardyr
    August 14, 2019, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    That helps explain Nick’s crush on the scientist who hacked his skull open.

    Gotta admit, there is something appealing about her in the fourth panel…she went past clinical to diabolical super villain.

    • casimir
      August 14, 2019, 3:58 am | # | Reply

      Given that she was mistress of the battledome, it’s not too surprising that Virginia would cast a critical eye on these proceedings.

  3. Bear
    August 14, 2019, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Yes, Nick. It is indeed deeply fucked up that this turns you on. But recognizing your own fucked-up-ness for what it is, is a sign that you’re at least aware of your own flaws.

    To be aware of your own flaws and simultaneously deeply fucked-up is one of hundreds of exciting ways for the whole world to be maliciously cruel to you while nobody gives a damn about your pain.

    Lean into it man. Savor the feeling.

  4. sweetuncleLESLIE
    August 14, 2019, 12:14 am | # | Reply

    Unity, baby, just put that chump AWAY….you got it in you, now beat her!

    • CrackerJack
      August 14, 2019, 8:34 am | # | Reply

      And then put it in you! (I mean, you already had cake, you should have some dinner, too!)

      • ShenHibiki
        August 14, 2019, 11:23 pm | # | Reply

        …considering they’re both nanite-goo things… eating her may be a risk. I want Unity, not a fusion of this two XD

  5. dvandom
    August 14, 2019, 12:23 am | # | Reply

    Unity’s about to get a few extra limbs, I think.

  6. BMunro
    August 14, 2019, 12:53 am | # | Reply

    Cheer up, Nick. “Sexy female evil scientist” is _far_ from the bottom of the nerd fetish chart.

    • BRGR
      August 14, 2019, 1:40 pm | # | Reply

      Right. That would be furries.

      • Vex
        August 14, 2019, 10:28 pm | # | Reply

        Would Unity count as a furry now?

        • awgiedawgie
          August 14, 2019, 11:43 pm | # | Reply

          Nah… not without the cat ears or the werewolf paw.

      • Jon
        December 23, 2019, 5:31 am | # | Reply

        Frankly, I suspect the furries are a couple rungs up from the bottom these days…

  7. chh01
    August 14, 2019, 1:12 am | # | Reply

    Unity has this battle sewn up?

    • Efogoto
      August 14, 2019, 2:36 am | # | Reply

      You’ve really got hold of the narrative thread.

      • Wolfmanjim
        August 14, 2019, 8:49 am | # | Reply

        Hush, you awl.

    • Dr. Steve
      August 14, 2019, 8:49 am | # | Reply

      that pun had me in stiches – it was certainly a cut above. But, sew what?

      • Robert Nowall
        August 14, 2019, 9:19 am | # | Reply

        You’re just gonna needle him about it, aren’t you?

        • Anders Carlson
          August 15, 2019, 2:11 am | # | Reply

          I hope they patch things up instead.

  8. OneUniverse
    August 14, 2019, 1:13 am | # | Reply

    Got any guesses as to the control phases for Trinity, Ginny?

    Are you sure the fight is turning you on, Nick, or is the proximity to your crush the real cause?

    • awgiedawgie
      August 14, 2019, 1:39 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think he meant that the fight was turning him on. I think it’s hearing Virginia taking pride in her work that’s doing it for him.

      • OneUniverse
        August 14, 2019, 10:48 pm | # | Reply

        I like that more than the lesbian tussle.

  9. casimir
    August 14, 2019, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    Low-bid contracts, management budget incentives, what you see is what you get.

  10. Blofeld's Cat
    August 14, 2019, 3:56 am | # | Reply

    I understand your frustration, Virginia.
    You spend weeks getting every part of your design correct only to find that the chosen contractors have used an abnormal brain, or failed to add the blob of chewing-gum that stops the reactor going critical.
    And that somehow it is all your fault …

    • awgiedawgie
      August 14, 2019, 9:03 am | # | Reply

      She doesn’t feel like it’s her fault. She feels insulted that they copied her work, but not with her level of excellence. It feels like a slap in the face.

    • Robert Nowall
      August 14, 2019, 9:16 am | # | Reply

      Who is this guy Abbie Normal?

      • Darwinskeeper
        August 14, 2019, 9:10 pm | # | Reply

        Abbie normal? It must have been a girl.

        • awgiedawgie
          August 14, 2019, 9:51 pm | # | Reply

          You never know… “Abbie” could have been short for Abner. We’ll never know, and the brain will never tell.

    • s854
      August 15, 2019, 1:09 am | # | Reply

      To be fair, they had to use an abnormal brain. That normal guy died years ago.

  11. Robert Nowall
    August 14, 2019, 9:13 am | # | Reply

    He says that, and I was worried last week about posting a song parody called “Nick’s Dick.”

  12. Ikkir
    August 14, 2019, 11:04 am | # | Reply

    If they are cheap they might have reused the control phrase. If they were really cheap, they would have just had it be 1234 or 000000 and never got around to changing it.

    • BRGR
      August 14, 2019, 1:38 pm | # | Reply

      Seems like needless complexity to add a control phrase that interferes with the superweapon on a fundamental level.
      That is probably the first corner they cut.

      • awgiedawgie
        August 14, 2019, 9:54 pm | # | Reply

        Then again, the control phrase(s) were built into Virginia’s technology. It would have taken them more effort to remove them, so I suspect they left them alone.

        (It’s also possible that the people who took over the project after Virginia was transferred didn’t even know about the control phrases, so another reason to suspect that they’re still there.)

  13. sweetuncleLESLIE
    August 14, 2019, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

    No, please. Unity has possibly finally met her physical match. So, put her AWAY, kid.
    Actually, they’ll probably take a breather and philosophically connect on AI’s
    electronically-powered spirit realm channel.Yuck. Yeah. Just deck the bb-hatch, baby.

  14. Sheik
    August 14, 2019, 1:41 pm | # | Reply

    Of course the possibility exists that Anasigma was so cheap that Trinity was not made truly unique.
    Unity may win this simply by absorbing Trinity’s nanites, possibly by eating her.

  15. Robert Nowall
    August 14, 2019, 6:48 pm | # | Reply

    Come to think of it, which came first: Project UNITY or Project Whirlagig?

    • Darwinskeeper
      August 14, 2019, 9:13 pm | # | Reply

      I’m guesing Project UNITY, she was cashiered out to Skinhorse when she first met Nick in the hanger.

    • awgiedawgie
      December 23, 2019, 5:44 am | # | Reply

      Definitely Unity.

      http://skin-horse.com/comic/head-and-it-occurred/

  16. Shadowmehr
    August 14, 2019, 8:54 pm | # | Reply

    Ginny, I understand professional pride, but have some priorities, please. This is getting embarrassing.

  17. Darwinskeeper
    August 14, 2019, 9:14 pm | # | Reply

    Now I’m hoping that Unity beats Trinity and Virginia is so excited by the victory that she kisses Nick.

  18. Frank
    August 14, 2019, 10:26 pm | # | Reply

    please tell me i’m not the only one seeing that transparent hand in panel 1

    • awgiedawgie
      August 14, 2019, 11:42 pm | # | Reply

      Dammit. I didn’t even notice!

  19. Knuckles
    February 9, 2022, 3:46 pm | # | Reply

    Come on Nick, you’re an internet troll. You’re *definitely* privy to worse degeneracy.

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