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2018-11-10

by shaenon on November 10, 2018 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Figgs and Phantoms
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  1. Robert Nowall
    November 10, 2018, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    Ah! Brain extraction!

  2. Towering Barbarian
    November 10, 2018, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    There’s no place like home! ^_^

  3. Owlmirror
    November 10, 2018, 12:28 am | # | Reply

    See, I really did not anticipate this at all. Not even a little bit. I would have thought that Mr. Green was sufficiently infatuated with her that he wouldn’t do something so major quite so soon.

    [ . . . ]

    Unless, of course, he really only does love her for her brain.

    • Owlmirror
      November 10, 2018, 12:33 am | # | Reply

      But it just occurred to me that I don’t have a good sense for how much time has passed since she left Walnut Slave Camp. Maybe Dr. Ao has already gone through the stages of searching the VR, not finding her, and panicking?

    • David B Huber
      November 10, 2018, 1:29 am | # | Reply

      Actually, Virginia practically gave permission.

      Perhaps they’ll put her brain in the same tank with Nick’s! (as a sensible cost-cutting measure, of course)

      • JET73L
        November 10, 2018, 1:01 pm | # | Reply

        David: This probably isn’t the line you mean, but she did say, and I quote, “As long as I’m in VR, you can manipulate me in any way.” Ignoring context, and Mr. Green would, that’s blank-check permission that TOTALLY covers brain-scooping.

      • fromthedarkorblackwater
        November 10, 2018, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

        I wager 500 Quatloos that they won’t.

    • Towering Barbarian
      November 10, 2018, 2:00 am | # | Reply

      We’re back to the question of whether Ira necessarily has as much control over Anasigma as he thinks he does. @_@

      • Sir William
        November 11, 2018, 3:06 pm | # | Reply

        And what his true intentions are

    • Nobody
      November 10, 2018, 9:46 am | # | Reply

      Want to do brain surgery on her? Shoryuken!

  4. David B Huber
    November 10, 2018, 12:29 am | # | Reply

    Given the likelihood that Anasigma operating tables are equipped with restraining straps, this is rather horrible…

    Ginny is going to be critiquing those poor doctor’s surgical technique through the whole procedure!

    • Owlmirror
      November 10, 2018, 12:41 am | # | Reply

      Given that the surgery appears to be on her brain, she won’t be able to see what’s going on.

      So first she has to request a mirror or video monitor. Which works until they sever her optic nerves.

      “OK, there’s one nerve severed . . . nice clean scalpel work there, thank you. Now the second . . . Dammit, everything just went dark! Hey, could you connect the VR visual input to the cameras?”

      • Rex Vivat
        November 10, 2018, 2:03 am | # | Reply

        I’m not entirely certain why everyone’s assuming it’s brain surgery, I’m pretty sure the helmet’s just the VR interface.

        • Barking Monkey
          November 10, 2018, 6:05 am | # | Reply

          Unless that’s an unusually dark shadow under her neck, she appears to still have her hair. Don’t they usually shave if they’re doing brain surgery?
          Doctor Lee’s whole situation in the last panel looks like it was hard to draw.

          • CameoAppearance
            November 10, 2018, 8:25 am | #

            That would be the sensible thing to do, but might not be necessary if the plan was just to buzzsaw off the top of her head and scoop her brain out permanently, a procedure unprecedented in real-world brain surgery.

          • s854
            November 10, 2018, 2:46 pm | #

            I think they usually just shave enough so they can see where they’re going to cut.

            I don’t think there’s any way of knowing what they’re going to do from that panel. They could even be trying to save Virginia from a medical problem of some sort which no-one knew about before she went into VR.

            Whatever it is, I think I would prefer an anaesthetist who actually knew what the patient should be able to do.

          • Chrisn
            November 11, 2018, 1:46 am | #

            Sounds like the old cranial screw-top method of brain surgery.

        • Pygar
          November 10, 2018, 2:53 pm | # | Reply

          I remember a cartoon I saw somewhere… the patient’s POV looking up- at the 3 Stooges! One is holding a large mallet… This might be an upgrade for what she’s facing…

  5. Big Ol' Mooseboar, Cuddly Beast of Snugs (@JoeMoose517)
    November 10, 2018, 12:31 am | # | Reply

    Dream over!

    Or IS it?!? [drama button]

  6. Rimwolf
    November 10, 2018, 1:00 am | # | Reply

    A threatening swarm of bees in the OR would be a good thing to see right about now.

  7. Dave
    November 10, 2018, 2:03 am | # | Reply

    My first thought is they were about to brain-in-jar her, but could they actually do that with a colander on her head?

    • David B Huber
      November 10, 2018, 2:48 am | # | Reply

      Perhaps the “FZZT” arose from the surgeons disconnecting said VR helmet prepatory to removing it for access to her skull?

    • Robert Nowall
      November 10, 2018, 12:09 pm | # | Reply

      Looks like one of those surgical caps they make you wear to avoid infection and contamination. Mmm…maybe it isn’t brain extraction, after all.

  8. awgiedawgie
    November 10, 2018, 2:11 am | # | Reply

    Well, even though it wasn’t on the bus, it looks like the bees did indeed get her out of the VR.

  9. Nick
    November 10, 2018, 7:58 am | # | Reply

    I’m legitimately scared for Nick and Virginia in this storyline.

    • Manifesta
      November 10, 2018, 8:54 am | # | Reply

      Ditto. I am way too invested in their relationship.

      • JET73L
        November 10, 2018, 1:05 pm | # | Reply

        Nick, Manifesta: I’m way too invested in their relationship and I’m scared for their continued existence in this storyline!

  10. Shadowmehr
    November 10, 2018, 10:22 am | # | Reply

    This is probably even more dangerous than it seems. Virginia is their premiere brain-schlorper. These two are less experienced, and therefore less likely to keep her mind alive once it has been removed from the rest of her body.

    What’s even more disturbing is what they might do with her body afterwards. It wouldn’t be past Anasigma to put an android brain in her skull to use her as an unexpected mole. Assuming the Wizard would trust an AI that advanced.

    • David B Huber
      November 10, 2018, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

      Given the number of extirpated employees seen in the walnut groves these two probably have way more experience than Dr. Lee, who wasn’t on that team…

      • David B Huber
        November 11, 2018, 7:45 pm | # | Reply

        I have to revise this opinion. There’s nothing to suggest the other extirpated (“to root out” /”to destroy”) employees were treed from their bodies…

        Thank you, Shadowmehr, for pointing this out!

  11. Sleepy John
    November 10, 2018, 10:34 am | # | Reply

    Goodbye, Magic School Bus. Gavotte does a great Mrs. Frizzle.

  12. David B Huber
    November 10, 2018, 12:11 pm | # | Reply

    I *really* want to see Unity burst in, declaring “No one schlorps my Mom’s brain but me!”

    • Pygar
      November 10, 2018, 12:22 pm | # | Reply

      But Unity would follow through… I hope Virginia is not about to get what that Divine Shadow appointee got in Lexx #1…

  13. waynezombie
    November 10, 2018, 1:00 pm | # | Reply

    Oh, dear. Someone didn’t renew their domain registration on Shaenon.com…. It’s been taken over by domain squatters.

  14. David B Huber
    November 11, 2018, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    We mustn’t forget this is Dr. Virginia Lee we are rooting for here! It wouldn’t surprise me to see her snap her restraints, overpower her assailants, then – back in a secret redoubt – remove her VR helmet she’s been controlling her surrogate with ever since being ordered to disassemble Nick…

  15. Knuckles
    February 8, 2022, 1:23 pm | # | Reply

    I guess Mr. Green wasn’t so delusional after all.

    That or he thinks he can find a nice bot for Dr. Lee to pilot.

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