More like she lost her mind, or at least temporarily misplaced it. Despite (or in proof of) previous evidence, her head wasn’t screwed on that tightly. So half of her re-enacts scenes from Sleepy Hollow, while the other half is stuck whistling “I ain’t got no body”. I think that’s enough damage, goodnight everybody!
Given that Unity is essentially a meat suit filled with nanogoo, it’s actually possible that the body is currently the smarter part of her, by virtue of holding more goo.
She might just barely still have vocal cords in that stump of a neck left over, but she does NOT have lungs with which to breathe and vibrate said vocal cords.
There’s a whole lot that you can explain away with nanobots, but sadly this ain’t one of those things.
She doesn’t need to breathe, yes, but speech requires air passing over vocal cords.
Or theoretically you could vibrate them in some other manner, maybe bow them like violin strings, I dunno. But they need to be made to resonate with force.
And yes, cartoon physics. That’s my entire complaint. We get a little of that normally, but this is cranking it to 11, and it’s just a bit much.
she could be talking by inspiring air in lieu of expiring. It would give a small speech impediment, but is still doable. Or we could imagine that she is inspiring air from the throat and expiring it by the mouth in one movement.
This is a series that has shown sex appeal being used to teleport people, werewolves, a boy that has died a billion times so can see all possible futures, multiple zombie apocalypses, and a Cadillac have sex with a water cooler but, you are going to drawl the line at a severed head talking?
You, sir/ma’am, have very specialized pet peeves. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I’ve got my own and can’t throw stones.
Unity long ago absorbed the brain in her current head for nutrient, and stores compressed air in the skull cavity so she can use her skin as a flotation bladder in case of a water landing. This air is being slowly drained for making speech and is good for a bout 90 seconds of conversation or 25 seconds of fiendish monologue. Thus, in addition to cartoon physics, we employ the awesome power of Retro Ad Hoc Plotting, which honest cartoonists and writers never ever use but I do.
Oh, yeah… and three: Unity is at least partly a product of Mad Science. And as Helen Narbon was fond of saying, Mad Science is not limited by the “possible”.
That’s a good point, but in fairness we cannot assume that Mr. Green is an unaugmented human. Awgiedawgie has argued fairly convincingly that he is in fact Pavane, Gavotte’s mysterious daughter.
I’m guessing that’s a part of why Violet had to “sleep” so much. Also, Violet did “pass out” in front of Virginia that one time. And considering Mr. Green’s technological skills (he was, after all, the one who removed Nick’s “spektkls”, and he simultaneously hijacked Nick and the Violet drone while Sweetheart was hooked up to it), he could have had the drone on auto-pilot for much of the time.
Well… I guess it is better to go to the in-house armory, than the out-house armory. Wait – ARMORY?! Oh, perhaps that’s just where she keeps her spare limbs, so nothing is likely to go wrong.
Sweetheart’s date needs to be better.
Heavy weaponry make anything better.
Sweetheart’s date is a thing.
Therefore, heavy weaponry will make Sweetheart’s date better.
I’d make a crack about Unity giving Nick head, but I don’t want Virginia to get mad at me. I might wake up with my brain implanted in a food processor.
So she’s having an off-of-body experience?
More like she lost her mind, or at least temporarily misplaced it. Despite (or in proof of) previous evidence, her head wasn’t screwed on that tightly. So half of her re-enacts scenes from Sleepy Hollow, while the other half is stuck whistling “I ain’t got no body”. I think that’s enough damage, goodnight everybody!
Given that Unity is essentially a meat suit filled with nanogoo, it’s actually possible that the body is currently the smarter part of her, by virtue of holding more goo.
So… how exactly is UNITY talking right now?
She might just barely still have vocal cords in that stump of a neck left over, but she does NOT have lungs with which to breathe and vibrate said vocal cords.
There’s a whole lot that you can explain away with nanobots, but sadly this ain’t one of those things.
SCIENCE! That’s how!
And seriously, if you think most fiction uses nanotech as anything other than Pixie Dust…
One: Unity doesn’t need air. http://skin-horse.com/comic/for-good/
Two: Cartoon physics.
She doesn’t need to breathe, yes, but speech requires air passing over vocal cords.
Or theoretically you could vibrate them in some other manner, maybe bow them like violin strings, I dunno. But they need to be made to resonate with force.
And yes, cartoon physics. That’s my entire complaint. We get a little of that normally, but this is cranking it to 11, and it’s just a bit much.
she could be talking by inspiring air in lieu of expiring. It would give a small speech impediment, but is still doable. Or we could imagine that she is inspiring air from the throat and expiring it by the mouth in one movement.
Gotta take your suspension of disbelief to transcendental levitation level. Oo-mm.
This is a series that has shown sex appeal being used to teleport people, werewolves, a boy that has died a billion times so can see all possible futures, multiple zombie apocalypses, and a Cadillac have sex with a water cooler but, you are going to drawl the line at a severed head talking?
You, sir/ma’am, have very specialized pet peeves. Not that there is anything wrong with that. I’ve got my own and can’t throw stones.
Unity long ago absorbed the brain in her current head for nutrient, and stores compressed air in the skull cavity so she can use her skin as a flotation bladder in case of a water landing. This air is being slowly drained for making speech and is good for a bout 90 seconds of conversation or 25 seconds of fiendish monologue. Thus, in addition to cartoon physics, we employ the awesome power of Retro Ad Hoc Plotting, which honest cartoonists and writers never ever use but I do.
Oh, yeah… and three: Unity is at least partly a product of Mad Science. And as Helen Narbon was fond of saying, Mad Science is not limited by the “possible”.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen a disembodied talking head in this strip:
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-733/
And we can’t forget this one: http://skin-horse.com/comic/seeing-the/
Come on, Unity, sing! “Some things in life are sad…”
New simile for inevitable disaster: Like a headless Unity in a sporting goods store.
I’m curious how, if using a drone is so stressful and taxing, Mr Green managed it for months on end.
That’s a good point, but in fairness we cannot assume that Mr. Green is an unaugmented human. Awgiedawgie has argued fairly convincingly that he is in fact Pavane, Gavotte’s mysterious daughter.
I’m guessing that’s a part of why Violet had to “sleep” so much. Also, Violet did “pass out” in front of Virginia that one time. And considering Mr. Green’s technological skills (he was, after all, the one who removed Nick’s “spektkls”, and he simultaneously hijacked Nick and the Violet drone while Sweetheart was hooked up to it), he could have had the drone on auto-pilot for much of the time.
I feel like Unity should quit while she’s a head.
Yeah, she does seem to be cut off from reality right now. I would hate for her to sever any ties over this.
I want to know how Sweetheart justified to herself that this was a good idea.
Well… I guess it is better to go to the in-house armory, than the out-house armory. Wait – ARMORY?! Oh, perhaps that’s just where she keeps her spare limbs, so nothing is likely to go wrong.
Unity logic:
Sweetheart’s date needs to be better.
Heavy weaponry make anything better.
Sweetheart’s date is a thing.
Therefore, heavy weaponry will make Sweetheart’s date better.
This. ^
Wouldn’t that be an armoire?
Unity really nails it here.
Nah… she had already nailed it. Now she really pulled off a great move.
It’s one way to get ahead.
I’d make a crack about Unity giving Nick head, but I don’t want Virginia to get mad at me. I might wake up with my brain implanted in a food processor.
As do I Unity, as do I.
Actually Tip, you admitted that the test drive was a fraud and then tried to loudly reassure yourself there would be no problems.
Still, points for effort.