Honestly this comic has gotten too unrealistic for me. Someone who says no to a road trip of paranormal investigation is just inconceivable~!~ In other news, I drew Nick wearing a propeller hat, well technically a propeller VR helmet: http://mytardishaswings.tumblr.com/post/90366804855/i-have-not-seen-a-single-piece-of-fanart-of-nick
[I hate the lopsided right goggle and I hate myself for drawing it]
You’re right. The idea of Mel BREEDING is about the most terrifying thing I’ve heard all day. “Now honey, this is how we disassemble a rocket launcher…”
I’m with Manifesta in thinking the balance of probability – even in-universe – is against the mom being Mell. The idea of them being RELATIVES, though, I find very plausible. (And imagine if Sergio found out he’d been escorting Mell’s niece or cousin through Anasigma – he’d probably be grateful they got out as cleanly as they did!)
Along other lines, if we’re starting a cross-country road trip, I can’t help but think it would be appropriate for them to run into, say, Foot and Zeta. And is it terrible if I kinda hope they run into (at least an abandoned) Narbonics Labs outpost? ALL SORTS of possibilities! (Hmm, wonder how Bill’s doing? Still reality-blind?)
I like the idea, but I don’t think enough time has passed since Narbonic for Mell and Caliban to have a daughter pushing 18. Then again, time machine.
On the other hand, Mell’s not the “Pumpkin” and “Mummy” type.
No, we didn’t–although we did see that she has some pretty significant computing equipment at home. According to this strip, Nera’s mom was in New York during the events of that story arc.
Nera’s mom is off on a business trip …
Nameless mercenaries she’ll equip!
Now she said that we could ride along …
Kids and weapons! What could possibly go wrong?
’Tween the monsters and your mother, dunno which is worse …
She found her ammo, but cannot find her purse!
Nera’s mom is scarier than ‘Nam!
Her arsenal could wipe out all of Guam!
And now we’re driving off,
With her Kalashnikov,
A daisy-cutter bomb,
And napalm owned by Nera’s mom!
My comment was specifically about fanarts of human!Nick wearing a propeller hat, but there is shockingly little fanart of him compared to everyone else. Also I love today’s filk, for once it’s a song I recognize, haha~!~
Reviewing Choose, it seems unlikely that Nera’s mom is Mell. The explanation of her absence then was freelance coding gig, which sounds waaaay too nerdy for Mell.
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. Think man! You know for a fact (or a chrono-tech induced hallucination that may or may not be taken for fact) that you eventually marry Nera. Now is the time to make brownie points with your future mother-in-law! Either capture her heart by handing her guns and using the badass credentials you earned far too painfully, or earn her respect by using those same credentials to be far too hard to hit. Either way, short term hardships for long-term gain.
Alternately, “coding gig” was mother-daughter” code for wetwork. Nera has probably gotten so used to lying to cover her mom she forgot to stop with Jonah.
Nera could also be Mell’s niece or something, but was adopted.
I’d be more scared of stumbling into some of her work rather than Nera’s mum herself. Most people aren’t going to shoot their daughter’s friend. Just don’t do anything bad to her daughter, Jonah.
she seams like someone you want to be with whilst doing this kind of stuff.
Road trip!
Honestly this comic has gotten too unrealistic for me. Someone who says no to a road trip of paranormal investigation is just inconceivable~!~ In other news, I drew Nick wearing a propeller hat, well technically a propeller VR helmet: http://mytardishaswings.tumblr.com/post/90366804855/i-have-not-seen-a-single-piece-of-fanart-of-nick
[I hate the lopsided right goggle and I hate myself for drawing it]
Like!
Also like! May I put this on a Sunday at some point?
Holy cheese yes, that would be awesome~!~ I’m glad you like it~!~
tune: “Has Anybody Seen My Gal?” Percy Weinrich & Jack Mahoney, 1914, filtered through Ray Henderson, Sam M. Lewis & Joseph Widow Young, 1925
Cartridge in, safety off
Yikes! Where’s the Kalashnikov?
Hey. Nera, have you seen my gun?
Pack the car for out trip
Dammit, where’s my ammo clip?
Hey. Nera, have you seen my gun?
Back seat has room for two
Jason Yu, come along please
I’ll check the rifle pile
And in a while
You’ll join Thelma and Louise
Cooler’s full, drinks and snacks
IPod’s full of Coldplay* tracks
But, Nera, have you seen my
Anybody seen my
Nera, have you seen my gun?
*Carina Adly MacKenzie, “2 Broke Girls review,” Zap2It, September 19, 2011, http://www.zap2it.com/blogs/two_broke_girls_review_kat_dennings_and_beth_behrs_are_so_girlcrush-worthy-2011-09
“(Note to The Powers That Be: The few jokes that didn’t land were the mostly the ones that suggested that hipsters listen to Coldplay. Hipsters don’t listen to Coldplay. My mom listens to Coldplay.)”
I suppose hipsters listen to Nickleback? And why do I think a shotgun wedding is in their future?
Nicely filked, Manifesta!
Coldplay, eh? It’s been established that Nera’s mom listens to Dio. Now I’m sort of curious what else is in her collection.
Just listen. When fired, it makes a distinctive sound…
So you’re saying she should look under the bodhi tree?
So the Bodhisattva is practicing making music via automatic weapon?
I don’t suppose that her mother tracks Graboids? …No, probably not.
Scary thought… Nera with dark hair and glasses… Like a certain former intern with a penchant for firearms… As appears her mother has!!!
You’re right. The idea of Mel BREEDING is about the most terrifying thing I’ve heard all day. “Now honey, this is how we disassemble a rocket launcher…”
What makes it even more worrying is that it means her dad is probably Caliban.
I weep for the world.
I’m with Manifesta in thinking the balance of probability – even in-universe – is against the mom being Mell. The idea of them being RELATIVES, though, I find very plausible. (And imagine if Sergio found out he’d been escorting Mell’s niece or cousin through Anasigma – he’d probably be grateful they got out as cleanly as they did!)
Along other lines, if we’re starting a cross-country road trip, I can’t help but think it would be appropriate for them to run into, say, Foot and Zeta. And is it terrible if I kinda hope they run into (at least an abandoned) Narbonics Labs outpost? ALL SORTS of possibilities! (Hmm, wonder how Bill’s doing? Still reality-blind?)
Hey, at least she’s not president
I highly doubt that’s the case here, but I find it funny that in such a child the demonic parent is not the scary one.
I like the idea, but I don’t think enough time has passed since Narbonic for Mell and Caliban to have a daughter pushing 18. Then again, time machine.
On the other hand, Mell’s not the “Pumpkin” and “Mummy” type.
Maybe she’s mell’s niece? Cousin maybe? Which would actually make her a relative of unity too.
I’ve kind of unconsciously assumed that Mell’s an only child. Because she ate any weaker siblings she might have had.
Ooh, this trip is gonna be fuuuuuun
Not for any roadside innocent bystanders, it ain’t
Did we see her mother in the last continuity? I forget…
No, we didn’t–although we did see that she has some pretty significant computing equipment at home. According to this strip, Nera’s mom was in New York during the events of that story arc.
“Mummy” with a “u”? British, Australian, or just picked up an accent somewhere?
Caliban had a British accent. Just sayin’…
I’m Usanian from at least one Mayflower passenger, and I grew up saying Mummy with a u.
Which Kalashnikov? AK-47, AKM, AK 74, or other variant?
@WindyWanderings: Nick does appear in the background of this fanart —
http://skin-horse.com/comic/02012009/
We now resume our regularly scheduled filk.
(TUNE: “Stacy’s Mom”, Fountains Of Wayne)
Nera’s mom is off on a business trip …
Nameless mercenaries she’ll equip!
Now she said that we could ride along …
Kids and weapons! What could possibly go wrong?
’Tween the monsters and your mother, dunno which is worse …
She found her ammo, but cannot find her purse!
Nera’s mom is scarier than ‘Nam!
Her arsenal could wipe out all of Guam!
And now we’re driving off,
With her Kalashnikov,
A daisy-cutter bomb,
And napalm owned by Nera’s mom!
*claps*
My comment was specifically about fanarts of human!Nick wearing a propeller hat, but there is shockingly little fanart of him compared to everyone else. Also I love today’s filk, for once it’s a song I recognize, haha~!~
I like the Pinkwater reference in the background.
Reviewing Choose, it seems unlikely that Nera’s mom is Mell. The explanation of her absence then was freelance coding gig, which sounds waaaay too nerdy for Mell.
Yeah, “freelance coding” does not spell Mell. On the other hand, this is too awesome a theory to not be at least partially true.
Clearly, then: Mell has a sister.
Somehow, I just can’t wrap my brain around Nera being a white girl.
I thought otherwise at one point, too, but it’s established in this strip that her last name is Vivaldi, which suggests she’s at least partly Italian.
Jonah, Jonah, Jonah. Think man! You know for a fact (or a chrono-tech induced hallucination that may or may not be taken for fact) that you eventually marry Nera. Now is the time to make brownie points with your future mother-in-law! Either capture her heart by handing her guns and using the badass credentials you earned far too painfully, or earn her respect by using those same credentials to be far too hard to hit. Either way, short term hardships for long-term gain.
Alternately, “coding gig” was mother-daughter” code for wetwork. Nera has probably gotten so used to lying to cover her mom she forgot to stop with Jonah.
Nera could also be Mell’s niece or something, but was adopted.
I’d be more scared of stumbling into some of her work rather than Nera’s mum herself. Most people aren’t going to shoot their daughter’s friend. Just don’t do anything bad to her daughter, Jonah.