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2015-12-14

by shaenon on December 14, 2015 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Looking Glass Land
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  1. The cheese stands alone
    December 14, 2015, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    WELP

  2. ngmatt
    December 14, 2015, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    that explains a LOT

    • oneuniverse2
      December 14, 2015, 6:48 am | # | Reply

      Sweetheart nailed it!

  3. Smurfton
    December 14, 2015, 12:18 am | # | Reply

    I’ll just take those cookies. Mmmm…. delicious

  4. Frank
    December 14, 2015, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    Now now Sweetheart. Remember You weren’t technically qualified to deal with nick

  5. Dave
    December 14, 2015, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    Hmm… I don’t recall, why did A-Sig want a cyborg helicopter if their goal was just to strip away the identity and free-will anyway? Why not just make an AI?

    • woozy
      December 14, 2015, 12:32 am | # | Reply

      I got the impression they did want a cyborg but were on the verge of declaring it a failure and scrapping the idea.

    • Finn
      December 14, 2015, 12:58 am | # | Reply

      Answered here: http://skin-horse.com/comic/a-woman-clutching/

      • Dave
        December 14, 2015, 10:53 am | # | Reply

        Ah ha! Thank you for the link. 😀

      • Dewy
        December 14, 2015, 12:09 pm | # | Reply

        Further along in that storyline, it is elaborated on a bit more: http://skin-horse.com/comic/and-is-to-be/

    • glitterboy2098
      December 14, 2015, 1:02 am | # | Reply

      Presumably they wanted the flexibility of the human brain, without problematic parts like freewill.

      • Robert Nowall
        December 14, 2015, 8:35 am | # | Reply

        And Nick’s personality.

  6. EvilMidnightLurker
    December 14, 2015, 1:08 am | # | Reply

    …this raises a terrifying question.

    Does mirror-Gavotte exist, and if so, what is *she* like?

    • Frank
      December 14, 2015, 2:11 am | # | Reply

      fire ants?

      • Darkstarling
        December 14, 2015, 6:53 am | # | Reply

        I like that idea

    • Pygar
      December 14, 2015, 2:25 pm | # | Reply

      The early Eliza Doolittle?

    • Shadowmehr
      December 14, 2015, 7:49 pm | # | Reply

      Given the inverses in this universe, she may simply be spread over several fields in Hawaii, enjoying the tropical breezes and tiki statues and letting the “hairless beach apes” sort out their own problems without interference. (Although she will miss the tiki art after it gets sorted out . . . )

      This is assuming this version of Anasigma and Mr. (Ms.?) Green hasn’t just quarantined her in box hive somewhere.

  7. Forz
    December 14, 2015, 2:27 am | # | Reply

    I think it should be remembered that the only reason that Project Whirligig didn’t actually succeed was the interference on Goldbug’s part when they jacked Nick out of the virtual reality before they had finished subtly brainwashing him.

    Does this mean Goldbug didn’t interfere?

    • piqument
      December 14, 2015, 1:15 pm | # | Reply

      That raises an interesting question. What if Goldbug is a different version of Sweetheart?

      This is terrifying.

      I’m going to stop thinking, now.

      • Seph
        December 15, 2015, 11:43 am | # | Reply

        Wasn’t already revealed that Goldbug was Mr Green, the head of Anasigma? I seem to remember that happening at the end of ‘Mixed Up Files’. Green, in the guise of Dr Ao, told Sweetheart that he was the one who’d been piloting the Violet drone when we first met her.

  8. Manifesta
    December 14, 2015, 2:43 am | # | Reply

    I’m getting married this Saturday, which made me think of:
    tune: “Chapel of Love,” The Dixie Cups, 1964

    Because we didn’t go to Groom Lake
    And we didn’t have a mission
    Didn’t go to Groom Lake
    And we didn’t have a mission
    In our timeline we took the day
    Off and went fishin’
    Never met a chopper named Nick

    Who’s Gavotte? We have no such
    In this world Sweetheart won’t risk much
    Lest unstamped forms get her in dutch
    So we never met a chopper named Nick

    Because we didn’t go to Groom Lake
    And we didn’t have a mission
    Didn’t go to Groom Lake
    And we didn’t have a mission
    In our timeline we took the day
    Off and went fishin’
    Never met a chopper named Nick

    • Darkstarling
      December 14, 2015, 6:54 am | # | Reply

      Congratulations!

    • Robert Nowall
      December 14, 2015, 8:46 am | # | Reply

      Ditto!

    • The Jabberwonky
      December 14, 2015, 1:25 pm | # | Reply

      Congratulations and many years of happiness!

      • Manifesta
        December 14, 2015, 3:41 pm | # | Reply

        Thanks—we already have that—we’ve been together since 1991.

        • Robert The Addled
          December 14, 2015, 5:44 pm | # | Reply

          Many, Many, Many more additional years of happiness then.

    • Feech
      December 14, 2015, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

      Best wishes!

    • Andy4Hire
      December 14, 2015, 8:36 pm | # | Reply

      Congratulations and much happiness, Manifesta!

  9. Robert Nowall
    December 14, 2015, 6:30 am | # | Reply

    Are we *sure* Sweetheart isn’t still back in the Virtual Reality lab from last time around?

    • oneuniverse2
      December 14, 2015, 6:47 am | # | Reply

      I certainly hope not: I like to think this universe really does exist to mock Sweetheart.

  10. Joe Moose
    December 14, 2015, 7:24 am | # | Reply

    This makes me wonder if there is a Mr. Green in this universe.

  11. Robert Nowall
    December 14, 2015, 7:51 am | # | Reply

    Oh, dear, what is the matter here?
    Oh, dear, what is the matter here?
    Oh, dear, what is the matter here?
    Nick is no longer a jerk.

    No longer does Zerhakker swear like a sailor would,
    And doesn’t use Yiddish as some ancient tailor would.
    Instead he’s just stuck on some Alt-Wikipedia,
    He’s lost all his non-charming quirks.

    Oh, dear, what did you do to him?
    Oh, dear, what did you do to him?
    Oh, dear, what did you do to him?
    Nick is a great crashing bore.

    He’s silent and quiet unless he is spoken to.
    And is his flight status unbearably broken, too?
    Not being upset by the terrible media,
    And Unity’s mention of “Thor”

    Oh, dear, is there no hope for him?
    Oh, dear, is there no hope for him?
    Oh, dear, is there no hope for him?
    Is this the Nick that we know?

    The one in our world always argued with everyone,
    But this one has proven he isn’t the clever-y one.
    He walks and he talks like an encyclopedia.
    Did his personality go?

    Oh, dear, can it be kosher now?
    Oh, dear, can it be kosher now?
    Oh, dear, can it be kosher now?
    The Nick that we know isn’t here.

    —“Johnny’s So Long at the Fair.”

  12. This Guy I Know
    December 14, 2015, 10:02 am | # | Reply

    The word is “warn”, Sweetheart. This universe exists to WARN you.

    • Shadowmehr
      December 14, 2015, 7:50 pm | # | Reply

      She knows this, and stands by her word choice.

  13. BrokenEye, The True False Prophet
    December 15, 2015, 2:03 am | # | Reply

    How exactly is that different from the regular universe?

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