Not a lightsabre, it has a clearly visible physical blade. Just with a super dangerous glowy effect on top. Unless, of course, all the glow does is make it look rad.
Actually, to quote Shaenon the last time she drew an outfit like this: “No, I don’t know where the generalissimo outfit came from or what it signifies. It just seemed like the thing to draw at the time.” Maybe that’s the case here too lol
I feel obliged to point out, having brought this up to begin with, that Commodore Olympia “Bubbles” Waters of the U. S. S. Constitution wears a uniform (a naval greatcoat?) with epaulets…
I should have checked the previous strips before posting. She had her new arm all the way back here http://skin-horse.com/comic/hed-bring/ and didn’t have it in the strip just before that. It takes me a while to notice these things.
Are all the Skin-Horse couples going to lose their inhibitions? Nick and Dr. Lee already have, but, well…Jonah Yu and Nera Vivaldi? Chris and Marcie? Moustachio and Hitty? Bubbles and Alfie?
I’m pretty sure Chris and Marcie have.
Jonah probably foresaw it was a good idea to wait.
Moustachio is in a real way attached at the hip with Hitty (and he has six hips)
Never fought like this, dag I could kiss you!
Now we can exist, dag I could kiss you!
Never had a fighting chance,
Now we’ll have some goo romance,
Never thought we’d persist, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
Things have gone insane, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
Plant life’s gotten strange, dag I could kiss you, oh yeah!
Mmm, it’s looking psychedelic,
Now we have funkadelic!
Never though we’d persist, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
You must realize that we all agree
That we have realized it’s a mess, you see.
Mmm, it’s looking psychedelic,
Now we’ve got funkadelic!
Never thought we’d persist, dag, I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
I’ll kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
I’ll kiss you, uh-huh!…
—from “(Till) I Kissed You,” written by Don Everly, sung by the Everly Brothers.
Ms. Jones thinks she’s ending this jive. She’ll take on the Biomass hive. The kisses are tendered but are not yet rendered. So now they might get out alive.
Huh, I guess that answers my earlier question.
unity probably doesn’t want to cheese off tip again by making out with tigerlilly again
That is indeed a very honky cat.
Get back honky cat!
You’re clearly made out of the woods
Worthy! ^
You better get BACK to those woods!
Sweetheart soundin’ like a bro, there…
Tigerlily seems to be chagrined at being outweirded.
In her defense: it doesn’t happen often.
No she’s just trying to maintain the imperious glower in the presence of Unity, which is basically impossible.
Turns out peace, free love, and U.N.I.T.Y. are already here.
Flop eared sweetheart may be my very favorite thing ever.
She is extra adorable in that frame!
Not a lightsabre, it has a clearly visible physical blade. Just with a super dangerous glowy effect on top. Unless, of course, all the glow does is make it look rad.
Style is an important element in any weapons system, if it isn’t awesome looking you have to give it a badass name.
And if it is awesome looking, all the more reason to give it a badass name.
Would it be too derivative – or actionable by a WHIMSY derivative – if the blade oscillated to a vibrant purple?
Lightstick sabre?
The blade is probably radioactive, so the glowy effect is dangerous, if only to the person holding it.
Or it really is a lightsabre, and it’s just designed to look like a physical blade.
I like Bathymetheus’ suggestion of a vibro-blade. Maybe with a monomolecular edge? Ideal for trimming flora!
Besides, wouldn’t Unity be jumping up and down begging for one if it were an actual lightsaber? 😉
She’s distracted by Tigerlily’s awesomeness. She’s easily distracted, you know.
Don’t forget, Mad. Could easily make it glowy and its glow only be dangerous to plants….
The reverse of a Grow Light? 🙂
Lose the epaulets…
Then what would secure that awesome cape? 😉
No way! They absolutely make that outfit
Just that they make her look like the blacksploitation doorman, that’s all.
Don’t say that within earshot of Mell Kelly.
Actually, to quote Shaenon the last time she drew an outfit like this: “No, I don’t know where the generalissimo outfit came from or what it signifies. It just seemed like the thing to draw at the time.” Maybe that’s the case here too lol
I *really* appreciate that link because I just lost my entire evening on a Narbonic re-read of that storyline (and the next four…)
I feel obliged to point out, having brought this up to begin with, that Commodore Olympia “Bubbles” Waters of the U. S. S. Constitution wears a uniform (a naval greatcoat?) with epaulets…
@sightline, An evening re-reading Narbonic is never a lost evening.
Unity got a new arm. That was quick.
I should have checked the previous strips before posting. She had her new arm all the way back here http://skin-horse.com/comic/hed-bring/ and didn’t have it in the strip just before that. It takes me a while to notice these things.
Are all the Skin-Horse couples going to lose their inhibitions? Nick and Dr. Lee already have, but, well…Jonah Yu and Nera Vivaldi? Chris and Marcie? Moustachio and Hitty? Bubbles and Alfie?
I’m pretty sure Chris and Marcie have.
Jonah probably foresaw it was a good idea to wait.
Moustachio is in a real way attached at the hip with Hitty (and he has six hips)
There’s also Artie and Sergio, but the last time they were seen, they were beyond that. Maybe Echo Bravo and Alfa Alfa and Valiant…
Why not add her to the UNITY? Just one kiss away…
I tell you, love, sister, is just a kiss away. It’s just a kiss away.
Panel three: is it just me, or are the dots on Unity’s shirt totally nipples?
It’s not just you, and that is some unfortunate placement.
A lot of t-shirt designers would call that “strategic” placement.
That is my favorite Tigerlily outfit in forever!
If Sgt. Pepper exploded…
it is a good one. I love the cape!
Never fought like this, dag I could kiss you!
Now we can exist, dag I could kiss you!
Never had a fighting chance,
Now we’ll have some goo romance,
Never thought we’d persist, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
Things have gone insane, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
Plant life’s gotten strange, dag I could kiss you, oh yeah!
Mmm, it’s looking psychedelic,
Now we have funkadelic!
Never though we’d persist, dag I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
You must realize that we all agree
That we have realized it’s a mess, you see.
Mmm, it’s looking psychedelic,
Now we’ve got funkadelic!
Never thought we’d persist, dag, I could kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
I’ll kiss you, uh-huh!
I’ll kiss you, oh yeah!
I’ll kiss you, uh-huh!…
—from “(Till) I Kissed You,” written by Don Everly, sung by the Everly Brothers.
Good one, Robert!
Ms. Jones thinks she’s ending this jive. She’ll take on the Biomass hive. The kisses are tendered but are not yet rendered. So now they might get out alive.
Sweetheart: Can somebody get me some of those – throwing star things…
Somebody: “Shuriken”
Sweetheart: Oh, great! Thanks so much!
Somebody: …
Gezundheit.