Predicted it in the comments on the 7th 🙂 I’m all smug here now. Fear my prophetic powers! (I can predict that there will be a future. Will that do?)
Maybe they’re reversed right to left, like Mirror Unity at the beginning of all this. (I was looking at the ears of the Sweethearts in this one, but a look back persuades me it’s just momentary shadow.)
So, alt.Unity is the Biomass, alt.Tip is responsible for countless deaths (well, not responsible per se, but her body did the killing), alt.Sweetheart is Evil President…alt.Mustachio’s probably going to be even milder than the regular one.
Gavotte, the sentient swarm, has gotten fed up with trying to steer humanity from the inside, and she and her daughters and her daughter’s daughters have spread over the countryside, eating pollen and waiting for the mad and the sane to finally give up the ghost leaving them to build up a more stable and philosophical society.
Three, if we count “man” twice on the two separate meanings “male” and “human”. (I’m enough of a word nerd that I insist that “man” is universal to humanity, and human-male-exclusive is “wer”. I’m not enough of a word nerd to acknowledge that “wer” as a standalone word has been dead for a thousand years and I can’t resurrect it on my own.)
If the Sweethearts are anything alike (and given that Tip and !Tip are so similar, I’m willing to bet on it), Sweetheart might be able to drown !Sweetheart in paperwork, thus nullifying !Sweetheart’s homefield advantage. There’s also the chance Unity might be able to talk sense into !Sweetheart, but Unity’s not snacked on enow brains lately to have that option occur to her.
Well, if the gender alteration thing was consistent, then alt-Gavotte would be mostly queen bees, and they would fly in different directions to start hives. Unfortunately, since they’d be dividing a single drone among them to do all the work, the whole system would collapse.
I was thinking more evil Nick Fury than Emilio Largo, but that works. Snake Plisskin fits, thematically, but even in an alt-form, I can’t see him being into paperwork.
This should pose no problem at all. I’m sure Unity has been preparing a plan for just this situation. “Look! A form WX-3275 that’s been filled out in triplicate, but the 11th page of the second copy is missing the stamp of the assistant adjunct to the regional superintendent’s office!” Then, BAM! Leg sweep!
OK, how many saw this coming? 🙂
I was expecting a goatee.
Eyepatches are the next best thing.
…How do you put a goatee on a dog?
Wait ’til she’s asleep
Dunno, but the first Google Image search result for “dog goatee” has a great evil vibe.
Dog beard is a better band name.
That would only work if Sweetheart was a schnauzer.
I would have if I’d remembered a certain earlier plot point.
Sweetheart doesn’t truck with parking violators, after all.
And Reynard’s working for her, too.
Reynard’s the sort to always come out on top, or at least employed by those on top.
Predicted it in the comments on the 7th 🙂 I’m all smug here now. Fear my prophetic powers! (I can predict that there will be a future. Will that do?)
Haha yeah, I did. Back when they said it was a “burecratic hell-hole” or something similar. ‘S very good.
Mirror, mirror…
Maybe they’re reversed right to left, like Mirror Unity at the beginning of all this. (I was looking at the ears of the Sweethearts in this one, but a look back persuades me it’s just momentary shadow.)
I failed to call it. Truly, this is a world much removed from own if Canadians can become president.
me
Please tell me that the eyepatch is a Snake Plissken reference…
Not evil enough… think Emilio Largo.
Saw this form a mile away, right when I learned of the president’s parking meter policy.
So, alt.Unity is the Biomass, alt.Tip is responsible for countless deaths (well, not responsible per se, but her body did the killing), alt.Sweetheart is Evil President…alt.Mustachio’s probably going to be even milder than the regular one.
Wonder if Sweetheart has ever seen “The Great Dictator”… I am hoping for no pretentious “Look Up, Hanna” speech…
not me
Honestly? I was expecting an alternative Garrote.
Regular old garrotes are constricting enough.
Gavotte, the sentient swarm, has gotten fed up with trying to steer humanity from the inside, and she and her daughters and her daughter’s daughters have spread over the countryside, eating pollen and waiting for the mad and the sane to finally give up the ghost leaving them to build up a more stable and philosophical society.
They will miss the tea and mai tais however.
I’m kind of disappointed that President Fancy isn’t chomping on a cigar.
“Fancy Plisskin? Heard you were dead”
is that a tie because i don’t think sweetheart writes with her paws.
Oh, the spilt coffee! The loitered-in bus stops! Truly the worst of all dystopian realities!
Oh, dear God!
Looks like “our” Sweetheart is wrong on two counts.
Three, if we count “man” twice on the two separate meanings “male” and “human”. (I’m enough of a word nerd that I insist that “man” is universal to humanity, and human-male-exclusive is “wer”. I’m not enough of a word nerd to acknowledge that “wer” as a standalone word has been dead for a thousand years and I can’t resurrect it on my own.)
Actually, I can’t say this one’s female…after all, we have two Tips, one of each of the two official sexes.
But the little fox calls this one “ma’am.”
Well, Marcie called Peppermint Patty “Sir,” but we all knew better.
If the Sweethearts are anything alike (and given that Tip and !Tip are so similar, I’m willing to bet on it), Sweetheart might be able to drown !Sweetheart in paperwork, thus nullifying !Sweetheart’s homefield advantage. There’s also the chance Unity might be able to talk sense into !Sweetheart, but Unity’s not snacked on enow brains lately to have that option occur to her.
They’re similar, but only one of them is cowering behind the other one right at the moment.
Panel 2 – sorry UNITY… trick question.
One rarely hears the term “smite” in political discourse anymore.
Let the GOP stew for a few more years, I’m sure it will return to the politicians’ lexicon.
I had no idea…
But what does that imply about alt-Gavotte. Sweetheart coup?
Well, if the gender alteration thing was consistent, then alt-Gavotte would be mostly queen bees, and they would fly in different directions to start hives. Unfortunately, since they’d be dividing a single drone among them to do all the work, the whole system would collapse.
I was thinking more evil Nick Fury than Emilio Largo, but that works. Snake Plisskin fits, thematically, but even in an alt-form, I can’t see him being into paperwork.
This should pose no problem at all. I’m sure Unity has been preparing a plan for just this situation. “Look! A form WX-3275 that’s been filled out in triplicate, but the 11th page of the second copy is missing the stamp of the assistant adjunct to the regional superintendent’s office!” Then, BAM! Leg sweep!
Truly is Unity the Batman of the team. But does a let sweep work on four legs? WE SHALL SEE!
Or simply “Look! Octopus squeaky toy! BAM! Leg sweep!”
I bet alt.Captain is very proud of alt.Sweetheart.
Cripes, no filk for this one (yet).
Tempted but I usually stick to Mondays, and still owe one to another strip. Besides, I gotta leave for work in less than half an hour.