You don’t tug on Superman’s cape,
You don’t give the Man no lip,
You don’t pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger and you don’t mess with Bubbles’ ship.
Didn’t that comic have a green blobby guy in it? Or am I confusing it with the blue guy who used to be in “Freefall” way back when?
Nine cheers to Shaenon, whose main characters never vanish for long!
Sam’s not missing, Freefall just moves slowly. The entire storyline covers a matter of months, and the comic’s been running since the 90s. It can take real-world months to cover a single day’s events.
And I think it was two strips ago that Florence said she was about to go back to work because it was easier to control sam before he had a chance to really get going
Neither Sam nor Schlock are anywhere near suffering Chuck Cunningham syndrome. Sam *might* have a mild case of Ritchie Cunningham/Carl Winslow syndrome going on, but even that’s iffy, since the strip has arguably always been at least as much about Florence as it has about Sam. I wouldn’t say there’s a Fonzie or Urkel who stole the spotlight.
Schlock is in more of a Sam Malone position. At this point he’s one of many well-defined characters in a large cast the can move the story in many directions, rather than the primary focus of the series.
In either case, while he hasn’t been on screen in slightly over a month, Schlock had a role kicking off the current storyline and will probably figure into it again in the near future:
Sam has been admittedly more absent, having last appeared at the start of August, but as Sir William pointed out, we’re probably going to see him again soon.
Maybe she didn’t want to destroy the sea monster – only make it stop attacking her ship. Poor thing was probably just feeling neglected. Shelby is, after all, rather late for his appointment.
Look, just because she’s an immortal robot with a sentient cobra for a scarf, and has command over a pykrete battleship used by a superhero organization to fight sea monsters, doesn’t mean that she… OK, fine, you win.
An interesting question. Strictly speaking, any technology is immortal, but strictly speaking, so is any human. Cloning is already at the point where we can technically remake brain matter and flesh, we just can’t read/write it yet to make the person be the same person as is/was cloned. But we can make the body continue functioning indefinitely with brain transplant, heart transplant, and various organ replacements, bone replacements, tissue…you get the drift.
So technically any human who wasn’t too worried about the detail of remaining in any way themselves could create a mentally deficient (Not so much retarded, just…not a person, not learned in any ways, and likely with some genetic problems thrown into the mix for good measure) immortal version of themselves that just forgot everything from language to morality to the ability to show emotions every eighty or ninety years or so. So strictly speaking, any human CAN be Immortal, they just also have to have ‘reset’ periods. This would be a ‘phoenix’ immortality as it were, an immortality where your ‘self’ is irrelevant.
Bubbles, on the other hand, likely -can- read/write her bits into new replacement parts. So while the individual parts of Bubbles are in all due likelihood -very- mortal, the fact of the matter is, her lifespan likely is measurable in the amount of times her replacement parts will be recreated throughout the galaxy.
This does create the issue of “I have no mouth and I must scream” however. A catastrophic breakdown could occur, but who’s to say if it would be her mind that would be the first thing to break? Likely she would prioritize repairs to that over other parts, which means she might end up, in very hard times indeed…simply broken, every part of her faltering in a ditch, incapable of communicating her pain, incapable of even being perceived as being alive, especially considering her body appears to have a very, very longterm indeed powersource.
See, based on her eyes in panel two, I see Bubbles giving the order in a flat cold tone. It’s more of ,”Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” type of thing.
Then it’s up to the XO to operationalize it.
More then one kind of service, isn’t there? ^_^
Remind me to never mess with Captain Waters! ^_~
Well I’ve heard of millitary trained snipers referring successfully eliminating an objective as “servicing a target” so…
You don’t tug on Superman’s cape,
You don’t give the Man no lip,
You don’t pull the mask off the ole’ Lone Ranger and you don’t mess with Bubbles’ ship.
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That’s genius.
Why am I suddenly reading the Goose Girl line in a Scottish accent?
Gie it everything we’s got, Captain!
Ye cannae change the laws of physics!
I assume because it sounds like a Scotty quote.
Also, she could be from Nova Scotia.
The target has just been serviced.
Joy!
You win the internet & discussion comments for the day!
To quote Schlock Mercenary, “There are customers we serve, and customers we service.”
Didn’t that comic have a green blobby guy in it? Or am I confusing it with the blue guy who used to be in “Freefall” way back when?
Nine cheers to Shaenon, whose main characters never vanish for long!
What do you mean by “used to be”?
When did we see him last? And when was he last significant to what’s going on? Sam and Schlock have Chuck Cunningham Syndrome…
Sam’s not missing, Freefall just moves slowly. The entire storyline covers a matter of months, and the comic’s been running since the 90s. It can take real-world months to cover a single day’s events.
And I think it was two strips ago that Florence said she was about to go back to work because it was easier to control sam before he had a chance to really get going
Neither Sam nor Schlock are anywhere near suffering Chuck Cunningham syndrome. Sam *might* have a mild case of Ritchie Cunningham/Carl Winslow syndrome going on, but even that’s iffy, since the strip has arguably always been at least as much about Florence as it has about Sam. I wouldn’t say there’s a Fonzie or Urkel who stole the spotlight.
Schlock is in more of a Sam Malone position. At this point he’s one of many well-defined characters in a large cast the can move the story in many directions, rather than the primary focus of the series.
In either case, while he hasn’t been on screen in slightly over a month, Schlock had a role kicking off the current storyline and will probably figure into it again in the near future:
October 5th http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2017-10-05
Sam has been admittedly more absent, having last appeared at the start of August, but as Sir William pointed out, we’re probably going to see him again soon.
August 2nd http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc03000.htm
Maxim 37:
“There is no overkill; There is only ‘open fire’ and ‘I need to reload.’ “
Didn’t she also learn to say ‘destroy’ at some point? If she’s not using it here, I wonder what situation would make her bust it out.
Probably when she wields the wrench directly against the opponent. Probably while wearing the same grin.
Maybe she didn’t want to destroy the sea monster – only make it stop attacking her ship. Poor thing was probably just feeling neglected. Shelby is, after all, rather late for his appointment.
I’m glad Bubbles didn’t learn to say “exterminate” or there’d be lawyers sending documents.
Yeah. Go back a few days and I provided the link to where she said “destroy”.
“Salvos are my other joy.”
When did Shelby and Nera get matching jackets?
I think the crew gave everyone cold-weather gear.
Looks like standard foul weather gear to me. Although why no one else is wearing it is a valid question…
Tip, U.N.I.T.Y., and Jonah were given red foul weather gear.
“Looks like a nor’easter blowin’ out of the sou’west.”
“Perhaps we should go below and put on our foul weather gear.”
“Too late for that! Lower the lifeboats!”
—“I Dream of Jeannie”
So the question is, why did Tip take off his coat here after wearing it here? Is his suit just that fabulous? Yes. Yes, it is.
Bubbles has the best life.
Look, just because she’s an immortal robot with a sentient cobra for a scarf, and has command over a pykrete battleship used by a superhero organization to fight sea monsters, doesn’t mean that she… OK, fine, you win.
Who says she’s immortal?
An interesting question. Strictly speaking, any technology is immortal, but strictly speaking, so is any human. Cloning is already at the point where we can technically remake brain matter and flesh, we just can’t read/write it yet to make the person be the same person as is/was cloned. But we can make the body continue functioning indefinitely with brain transplant, heart transplant, and various organ replacements, bone replacements, tissue…you get the drift.
So technically any human who wasn’t too worried about the detail of remaining in any way themselves could create a mentally deficient (Not so much retarded, just…not a person, not learned in any ways, and likely with some genetic problems thrown into the mix for good measure) immortal version of themselves that just forgot everything from language to morality to the ability to show emotions every eighty or ninety years or so. So strictly speaking, any human CAN be Immortal, they just also have to have ‘reset’ periods. This would be a ‘phoenix’ immortality as it were, an immortality where your ‘self’ is irrelevant.
Bubbles, on the other hand, likely -can- read/write her bits into new replacement parts. So while the individual parts of Bubbles are in all due likelihood -very- mortal, the fact of the matter is, her lifespan likely is measurable in the amount of times her replacement parts will be recreated throughout the galaxy.
This does create the issue of “I have no mouth and I must scream” however. A catastrophic breakdown could occur, but who’s to say if it would be her mind that would be the first thing to break? Likely she would prioritize repairs to that over other parts, which means she might end up, in very hard times indeed…simply broken, every part of her faltering in a ditch, incapable of communicating her pain, incapable of even being perceived as being alive, especially considering her body appears to have a very, very longterm indeed powersource.
Bubbles has grown from the simple water cooler we first knew and loved…
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-255/
See, based on her eyes in panel two, I see Bubbles giving the order in a flat cold tone. It’s more of ,”Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.” type of thing.
Then it’s up to the XO to operationalize it.
But based on her expression in panel three, she quite clearly enjoyed it.
Serving military-grade ordinance is still a kind of service.