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2012-08-02

by shaenon on August 2, 2012 at 12:00 am
Chapter: Railway Children
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  1. Eddddd the mad genius
    August 2, 2012, 12:52 am | # | Reply

    Oh, god, no.
    unity… no.
    it just raises so many, many questions, and i don’t actually want any of the answers.

    in other news, this also raises questiones about ms bee. and i’m sure tip would be happy to help answer them…

    • Grantwhy
      August 2, 2012, 2:09 am | # | Reply

      and answers one (maybe) about Violet.

      If she is trying to become intimate with Tip then (regardless of nipples – now isn’t that an unusual thing to add to sentence) that suggests Violet is, as they say, “fully functional” ?

      ps: as Joyce pointed out yesterday, Tip did seem interested in (cyborg) Ruby, so maybe there *is* something not 100% with Violet?

      pps: while there is a pokemon vibe coming through these pages (Sergio = Jessie, Virginia = James, Violet = Meowth?) … why am I getting a ‘fighting game’ [ie: Mortal Combat] feel from today’s first panel?

      pppps: yes, I know that there are probably free ‘fighting games’ out there that can be modded but I take no responsibility or blame for any Skin Horse fighting game(s) that may or may not appear in the future :-p

      • Daibhid C
        August 2, 2012, 6:13 am | # | Reply

        DR LEE:
        Prepare for trouble!

        SERGIO:
        And make it double!

        DR LEE:
        To protect the world from devestation!

        SERGIO:
        To unite all peoples beneath our nation! Not that I’m personally in favour of empire-building, you understand.

        DR LEE:
        To denounce the evils of … wait, what?

        SERGIO:
        To extend our reach to the stars above. Which, again, I’m against, but I don’t dictate policy.

        DR LEE:
        Virginia!

        SERGIO:
        Sergio!

        DR LEE:
        Team Anasigma blasts off at a significant fraction of the speed of light!

        SERGIO:
        Surrender now or prepare to negotiate!

        VIOLET:
        …Seriously?

        • Saberbeam
          August 2, 2012, 10:42 am | # | Reply

          Well done, sir!

      • mittfh
        August 2, 2012, 12:01 pm | # | Reply

        Remember Nick’s observation from last week: she’s the only “girl” Tip hasn’t bedded (and given [a] Tip seduced Virginia in the course of negotiations to secure Nick’s freedom and [b] his personality, who can blame him for having an interest in and keeping a tally of Tip’s sexual relationships? :D)

      • jennibrock
        August 2, 2012, 5:01 pm | # | Reply

        You look at this group and think “FIghting game” because VB is Cammy.

    • ysabet
      August 2, 2012, 10:13 pm | # | Reply

      Okay, the thought of Unity having ‘girlness’ problems was pretty horrific, yeah (sort of the can’t-look-away-from-the-trainwreck variety)… but then I got to thinking about Sweetheart going shopping for her. I mean, she DID say ‘Babe’, and that’s Sweetheart. It’s like the WORST/BEST JOKE EVER. ‘So, this talking dog goes to a drugstore and says, “Excuse me, I need to buy some… errrr, some….. you know, for, um, itches…” And the storeclerk says: “Flea powder?” –and that’s about when my mind just sort of falls over and twitches. Gods, I love this comic.

  2. Andrew
    August 2, 2012, 1:52 am | # | Reply

    “Next on Jerry: Humans and the AIs who love them.”

    Speaking of robots, XKCD has a fascinating article about what a real robot uprising would be like. Honestly, its underwhelming.

  3. Eddurd
    August 2, 2012, 3:10 am | # | Reply

    (TUNE: “Couple Days Off”, Huey Lewis & The News:)

    St. Charlie sent a message, a secret invitation!
    Are we gonna have a fight or a confrontation?
    Now it’s Skin Horse versus the Anasigma team …
    But some of the members aren’t quite what they seem!
     Wilkin doesn’t want her! He’s so darn polite!
     Doesn’t take her home and keep her up all night!
     Violet doesn’t get it!
     She’s so warm and soft!
     Something, though, throws her girliness off!

    Doctor Lee and Doctor Wilkin are gonna play “doctor”,
    But when Violet tried to join, then his attitude shocked her!
    What does any girl want? All she needs is some action!
    But she can’t get horizontal, ’cause there’s no attraction!
     Tip is not attracted! He just leaves her flat!
     Unity is saying, “There’s a cream for that!”
     Violet put it out there,
     Tip just up and scoffed!
     Something here throws her girliness off!

  4. KTLeone
    August 2, 2012, 3:34 am | # | Reply

    Nothing like getting in early in the morning from work, flipping to Skin Horse, and seeing a nice douche joke.

  5. Shane
    August 2, 2012, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    Oh sure Tip, you’ll put it in man-shaped Gerbil-chimeras, female-shaped metal isn’t good enough.

  6. ysabet
    August 2, 2012, 6:41 am | # | Reply

    Personal theory: Violet Bee may have put on human-smelling scent to fool Sweetheart, but she’s NOT automatically creating her own personal Pheromone Fog, the kind that interested human females emit to say ‘Whoah Baybee Wooo Wooo’ in olfactory terms. Or, to quote another favorite webcomic, you can ignore biology but you can’t bullshit it.

    • commodorejohn
      August 2, 2012, 10:52 am | # | Reply

      What’s that from? Google isn’t turning anything up.

      • Anonymous
        August 2, 2012, 5:04 pm | # | Reply

        ‘you can ignore biology but you can’t bullshit it’ quote: A Girl and Her Fed, http://agirlandherfed.com/1.369.html . A quite amusing moment, along with many others in that fiction!

        • ysabet
          August 2, 2012, 10:14 pm | # | Reply

          It is indeed! GREAT series.

  7. ysabet
    August 2, 2012, 6:42 am | # | Reply

    …..or, y’know, maybe he just prefers brunettes. Case in point: Dr. Lee, Tiger Lily and Artie. XD

    • Kay Gilbert
      August 2, 2012, 8:35 am | # | Reply

      But also Marcie, and a few random blondes in bars. He was even interested in Niue, with her multicolor macaw-derived feather-hair, until the whole “hat monster” thing put the kibosh on that.

      • drbrain
        August 2, 2012, 9:15 am | # | Reply

        for all we know, the common denominator is that his partners are, oh, say “nice”. even the chick he hooked up with from anasigma before showed her tender side after meeting unity, and werewolf babe did try to protect him according to her own views of genuine goodness.

        • ysabet
          August 2, 2012, 10:16 pm | # | Reply

          Could be! Happy and willing goes a long ways, and Tip does seem to like to play tourguide for the trip. XD

      • ysabet
        August 2, 2012, 10:18 pm | # | Reply

        True; but a person who prefers steak’ll settle for a sandwich rather than go hungry. ;D

  8. Dewy
    August 2, 2012, 8:23 am | # | Reply

    I think it’s just her personality. She does come on a bit strong and arrogant. Tip just might not like that type or he might see something in her that he doesn’t like in himself, at least that’s the way it looked from their last meeting.

    • drbrain
      August 2, 2012, 1:13 pm | # | Reply

      i don’t think anyone in this comic comes across as stronger or more arrogant than dr jones, and tip has no objections to *her*.

      • WJS
        September 25, 2017, 12:51 am | # | Reply

        As a mad genius, that all just comes naturally to Tigerlily. Violet, on the other hand, is trying too hard – and quite likely is trying to seduce Tip for nefarious ends rather than being really interested, and he can likely sense this. Dude’s got a superpower, remember?

  9. Dewy
    August 2, 2012, 8:27 am | # | Reply

    Also…why do I get the nagging feeling that these two teams are going to wind up in a gladiator pit at some point? It’s probably just wishful thinking on my part.

    • Evil Midnight Lurker
      August 2, 2012, 11:59 pm | # | Reply

      Thirty quatloos on Skin Horse!

  10. Dave Van Domelen
    August 2, 2012, 9:00 am | # | Reply

    Tip’s just doing the whole “new shiny” obsession. Having just discovered guys, he’s working overtime to catch up on that.

    And I don’t think Vi actually wants to seduce Tip, just get him distracted. She likes distracting.

    • Kirt Dankmyer
      August 2, 2012, 9:38 am | # | Reply

      She’d me more distracting in a different outfit. As was pointed out earlier, that shirt is only attractive to people who are into Team Rocket cosplayers.

  11. Hugin
    August 2, 2012, 9:19 am | # | Reply

    Everyone’s overthinking this. Most people have a natural sense for how their relationships should develop. Tip may be incredibly successful, but he also has been shown to actually work for that success most of the time. Violet went after him when he’d done nothing to entice her. On some level Tip probably realizes that, and that change from the girls he usually dates is subconsciously keeping her off of Tip’s list of dateable girls.

  12. Kirt Dankmyer
    August 2, 2012, 9:36 am | # | Reply

    Tip can sense intuitively what Nick needs deep sensing technology to notice.

    • commodorejohn
      August 2, 2012, 10:53 am | # | Reply

      The superpower KNOWS.

    • Brian-M
      August 2, 2012, 11:51 pm | # | Reply

      Hardly surprising. Nick is pretty clueless when it comes to girls.

  13. Katrika
    August 2, 2012, 9:46 am | # | Reply

    Dang, Violet is tiny.

  14. woozy
    August 2, 2012, 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    Other then Tigerlilly, Tip can have any woman he wants. Thus, unlike every other human male on the planet, he doesn’t need to want every woman he can have. Thus there’s no reason he *should* be interested in Violet Bee. Which, as she’s arrogant and patronizing, is just jim-dandy with me.

  15. Joyce
    August 2, 2012, 3:32 pm | # | Reply

    I dunno, I have the urge to make some weird crack about the idea that two androids are exchanging feminine hygiene tips. Or would that be redundant?

    I’m also a bit weirded out by who UNITY’s partner is since, uh, no I’d better not go there.

  16. Shadowmehr
    August 2, 2012, 5:16 pm | # | Reply

    Tip has himself said that his training allows him to fathom the deepest mysteries of the human heart and soul, which is part of where his superpower comes from. Since Violet doesn’t have a heart (literal or figurative) and her soul is a matter of debate, Tip instinctively passes her by.

  17. Wodwo
    August 2, 2012, 7:55 pm | # | Reply

    Maybe, as an android, she just lacks the proper pheromones. Tip’s always seemed to operate on a level that was much more hormonal than mental -and no matter how right Violet looks and acts, it might not make up for not smelling right.
    Or maybe Tip’s brushing past her to try and talk Sergio and Ginny into a threesome. Some possibilities are hard to compete against!

    • woozy
      August 3, 2012, 12:19 am | # | Reply

      Or maybe Violet Bee is an just a nasty arrogant patronizing bitch.

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