You were expecting the taste of a liar, but even Speedwagon is afraid! Awaken, my masters! How many Duwangs have you eaten in your life? Za Warudo! WRYYY!!!
or “whimsybounding” a la “disneybounding” (you can’t cosplay at Disney parks, they have professionals, so people wear more subtle colour cues to their favourite characters)
This just occurred to me. Big Bad’s aliases are all color coded, but still relate to the central Oz theme: Mr. Green (Emerald City), Dr. Ao (Munchkin Country), Goldbug (Winkie Country), and Violet Bee (Gillikin Country). Which means that there is going to be one more alias in the future related to red, or the Quadling Country. Once this final identity is revealed, then we can finally see the man behind the curtain.
Also the Celts (“glas” is blue in Welsh, green or grey in Gaelic and green, blue or grey in Cornish).
Colour words are actually pretty random — English didn’t have a word for “the colour of oranges” until the 1510s (this is why we talk of red hair and red deer), and then we spent the next few centuries nailing down every possible shade a fruit or semiprecious gem might be (avocado, lime, amythest, turquoise). I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn other languages never bothered.
There’s no “used to” about it. There’s “ao”, which is blue, except when it’s indigo, or green, or black, or pale. Then there’s “midori”, which is green, except when it’s blue.
You were expecting the taste of a liar, but even Speedwagon is afraid! Awaken, my masters! How many Duwangs have you eaten in your life? Za Warudo! WRYYY!!!
Woah.
For a meddling teenagers they are almost spot on.
I may have figured out one of the notes on the Oct. 4th Org Chart. In Panel Four, the left screen — could that be Transporter T[echnology]?
Until Shaenon says it isn’t, yes it could be. And it fits in-universe.
“Whimsyboun Cosplay”?
“Whimsytown”, I think.
or “whimsybounding” a la “disneybounding” (you can’t cosplay at Disney parks, they have professionals, so people wear more subtle colour cues to their favourite characters)
Remind me which storyline Dr. Ao is from?
The one where Sweetheart ended up in a simulation while posing as a mad scientist. Sorry, I don’t remember the name.
Mixed-Up Files. The part where Dr. Ao reveals himself as Mr. Green, the head of Anasigma, starts at 2015-05-13.
Thank you!
Of course, the face known as “Violet Bee” isn’t Dr. Green anymore, and there’s a perfectly good reason why she only exists online….
Oh, please please PLEASE let them encounter the current occupant of Violet Bee’s body!
I have a feeling she won’t tell them more than six words.
It takes one to know one.
This just occurred to me. Big Bad’s aliases are all color coded, but still relate to the central Oz theme: Mr. Green (Emerald City), Dr. Ao (Munchkin Country), Goldbug (Winkie Country), and Violet Bee (Gillikin Country). Which means that there is going to be one more alias in the future related to red, or the Quadling Country. Once this final identity is revealed, then we can finally see the man behind the curtain.
The Oz references here are legion.
Oh mAAAAAANNNNN.
(… Unless we’ve already seen Red somewhere…)
IS THAT A JOJO REFERENCE
NO! THAT’S A BASEBALL!
So the Japanese, like the Greeks, use to not distinguish between blue and green?
Also the Celts (“glas” is blue in Welsh, green or grey in Gaelic and green, blue or grey in Cornish).
Colour words are actually pretty random — English didn’t have a word for “the colour of oranges” until the 1510s (this is why we talk of red hair and red deer), and then we spent the next few centuries nailing down every possible shade a fruit or semiprecious gem might be (avocado, lime, amythest, turquoise). I wouldn’t be at all surprised to learn other languages never bothered.
Other languages have fifty shades of snow
There is a high rate of blue-green colour blindness in Japan. Traffic lights in anime sometimes come in surprising colours.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%E2%80%93green_distinction_in_language
Yup. The Japanese word for green, “midori,” was invented fairly recently.
There’s no “used to” about it. There’s “ao”, which is blue, except when it’s indigo, or green, or black, or pale. Then there’s “midori”, which is green, except when it’s blue.
What do you want to bet that Dr. Ao’s given first name was something to do with insects? Gold[i]bug[/i], Violet [i]Bee[/i]…
It’s Doctor Popillia japonica Ao and the yet to be met Red Ant? Interesting theory.