Ginny may not be as passive as she seems. This could just be her way of finding out the true objectives of her (human shaped) suitors. Nick is available for “extraction” if this strategy fails.
I think I’ve twigged what’s going on. Artie doesn’t trust Skin Horse because of reasons we don’t know yet, and he doesn’t know that our team /also/ doesn’t trust Skin Horse right now, so they’re working against each other when really they need to be working together, because reasons.
You know, there are some women who don’t take kindly to being treated as the passive prize in a pissing contest. If I were her, I’d tell them to just whip ’em out and measure, congratulate the winner, and then tell both of ’em to piss off.
I believe the boys already settled that contest. I also think Virginia is fed up with the situation. Unfortunately this isn’t a pissing contest this is a lovers quarrel.
I don’t want to see Nick get into the mojo fight with Virginia as the prize. I want to see Dr. Lee bust out her own mojo, leave the guys reeling, and wind up in her pajamas in Nick with a box of wine, a bowl of popcorn, and Netflix.
Just think: When Virginia finds out Artie’s gay, there is gonna be some serious death ray to pay.
I just hope Nick swoops in (pun intended) to save her.
Just because Artie prefers masculine attributes doesn’t mean his (admittedly mutant) fun parts won’t respond to a female, especially one that is his intellectual equal. For example: Tip seems to work for any warm blooded sentient. 🙂
Plus, there’s the spores that can mind-control ants or caterpillars. If that doesn’t scare you, think what army ants could do under the command of a fungal intelligence…. and as for “Night of the Silkworms”! [shudder]
Isikyus: I saw no implication of roofies in your comments, only what seemed to be a very clear “somebody (not meaning Artie) could have spiked the metaphorical punchbowl”.
Hear hear! This is the outcome I’m hoping for as well. Or at least a “Nick, come pick me up” phone call followed by the most romantic black ops extraction in history.
I wonder if this mojo battle between Tip and Artie (by Tip’s plan) will lead to the two of them “forgetting” about Virgina and just concentrating on each other, thus leaving her free for Sweetheart to corral back to the Zombies.
I can almost see the mojo energies between Tip and Artie getting so… “heated”, that every of-age woman and man for miles will get that “What just happened? And how did my underwear leave my body?” response. lol
It would be kind of nice, though, if Tip comes up with a plan that also results in a Virginia/Nick relationship understanding sort of how he did for Marcie and Chris.
I don’t know. The two of them cranking up their mojo to nuclear levels might just result in nuclear-level fallout. Nobody in a 5-mile radius would be unaffected, and since most of those are zombies . . .
I’m not sure he does, I think he wants to stop Skin Horse. Because there are apparently reasons Skin Horse can’t be trusted. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize that our team here /also/ doesn’t trust Skin Horse right now…
Totally hoping that Tip’s “Win in three moves” is based around him telling Ginny “Okay, we’ve pretty much cancelled each other out, now, so you’re free to choose what you want to do without any mojo at work–margaritas with me, highbrow stuff with Artie, or demonstrating your machine to Emperor Norton.” Ie, he battles Artie to a stalemate, solely to give Ginny her own freedom to act again.
Am I the only one left who remembers the Bradbury story about mushrooms? Put me off ’em for more than a decade… granted I was reading Bradbury at age 7…
And this whole mojoporting thing has gone way beyond a meta-joke and hit the levels of critical suspension-of-disbelief failure.
This story-arc is officially unsatisfactory.
I don’t see anything inherently wrong in fried mushrooms… mind you, I never had any. And yes, the mojoporting thing… I prefer to pretend it didn’t happen and hope it never happens again.
Come on, Virginia. You just going to be a passive participant in this? Bust out your own mojo! The boys’ll never know what hit ’em.
Ginny may not be as passive as she seems. This could just be her way of finding out the true objectives of her (human shaped) suitors. Nick is available for “extraction” if this strategy fails.
I think I’ve twigged what’s going on. Artie doesn’t trust Skin Horse because of reasons we don’t know yet, and he doesn’t know that our team /also/ doesn’t trust Skin Horse right now, so they’re working against each other when really they need to be working together, because reasons.
Shaenon and Jeff do write like that, don’t they? The surprise is part of the fun. That and the comments.
That’s move one.
I am pretty sure it is move two.
Move two overall, but the first move after move one, after which Tip said he needed two /more/ moves to win.
You know, there are some women who don’t take kindly to being treated as the passive prize in a pissing contest. If I were her, I’d tell them to just whip ’em out and measure, congratulate the winner, and then tell both of ’em to piss off.
I believe the boys already settled that contest. I also think Virginia is fed up with the situation. Unfortunately this isn’t a pissing contest this is a lovers quarrel.
I’m afraid it’s even worse than this. This… is /politics/.
It’s even worse: it’s all three.
Virginia can trounces them, but is enjoying the show, but what i am waiting for the helicopter boy to break out his mojo,
Imagine the travel speed on him! He’d go from HQ to Tokio in under a minute!
Bear in mind, there is no evidence to suggest that speed of mojo and base travel speed Are accumulative
I don’t want to see Nick get into the mojo fight with Virginia as the prize. I want to see Dr. Lee bust out her own mojo, leave the guys reeling, and wind up in her pajamas in Nick with a box of wine, a bowl of popcorn, and Netflix.
(Let’s see if this actually posts this time…)
I think you need fun bits for mojo, and Nick doesn’t have fun bits.
Nick is a military helicopter, and you don’t think any of his bits are fun!? I don’t want to live in your world.
lol
Just think: When Virginia finds out Artie’s gay, there is gonna be some serious death ray to pay.
I just hope Nick swoops in (pun intended) to save her.
Just because Artie prefers masculine attributes doesn’t mean his (admittedly mutant) fun parts won’t respond to a female, especially one that is his intellectual equal. For example: Tip seems to work for any warm blooded sentient. 🙂
Birds are warm blooded
And it worked, up until the hat.
If I were a mad (or sane) scientist at a mycology lecture, I don’t think I’d touch the fried mushrooms.
That doesn’t make sense, they are a thematically appropriate snack.
I suppose. I was worried a mad scientist with a passion for mycology (and where else would you find one?) would have done something to them.
Yes, but there are benign, mad scientists. And you did just imply Artie was giving her a roofie which seems out of character for him.
Oops. I never meant to imply that.
I obviously need to be more careful in future.
ALL fungi are suspect within the Universe As Myth.
Neither of you must remember the old monster movie “Attack of the Mushroom People”.
Also the ‘thread’ that attacks Pern are space spores.
For that matter – The Dreen (an aggressive class IV biology) use a fungus to spread.
Mycology can be some pretty dangerous stuff.
Plus, there’s the spores that can mind-control ants or caterpillars. If that doesn’t scare you, think what army ants could do under the command of a fungal intelligence…. and as for “Night of the Silkworms”! [shudder]
Isikyus: I saw no implication of roofies in your comments, only what seemed to be a very clear “somebody (not meaning Artie) could have spiked the metaphorical punchbowl”.
Hear hear! This is the outcome I’m hoping for as well. Or at least a “Nick, come pick me up” phone call followed by the most romantic black ops extraction in history.
Well, it looks like the reply function is fried again.
The outcome I’m hoping for is Virginia mojoing away from the two guys and picking up nick.
Or possibly an end to the mojo cuts entirely.
Why the bickering? When you go to a mycology lecture, everyone’s a winner!
I do believe the Lady is building up a tolerance.
I think she developed some Tip tolerance back in St. Charlie.
I would really like to get some timestamps on these mojoport panels
Artie and Tip fighting over a lady is oddly adorable.
Come to think of it, this is the first time I’ve ever seen Tip actually COMPETE over anything.
He clearly needs a ventral gun…
She’s beginning to look annoyed. There is such a thing as too much mojo…
I wonder if this mojo battle between Tip and Artie (by Tip’s plan) will lead to the two of them “forgetting” about Virgina and just concentrating on each other, thus leaving her free for Sweetheart to corral back to the Zombies.
I can almost see the mojo energies between Tip and Artie getting so… “heated”, that every of-age woman and man for miles will get that “What just happened? And how did my underwear leave my body?” response. lol
It would be kind of nice, though, if Tip comes up with a plan that also results in a Virginia/Nick relationship understanding sort of how he did for Marcie and Chris.
I think he’d do that only if it involved giving Nick a makeover.
I don’t know. The two of them cranking up their mojo to nuclear levels might just result in nuclear-level fallout. Nobody in a 5-mile radius would be unaffected, and since most of those are zombies . . .
No, I don’t want to picture it either.
My question in all this is simple: why does Artie want to stop Prop 39?
your reading skin-horse not bleach your questio will be answered.
I’m not sure he does, I think he wants to stop Skin Horse. Because there are apparently reasons Skin Horse can’t be trusted. Unfortunately, he doesn’t realize that our team here /also/ doesn’t trust Skin Horse right now…
Totally hoping that Tip’s “Win in three moves” is based around him telling Ginny “Okay, we’ve pretty much cancelled each other out, now, so you’re free to choose what you want to do without any mojo at work–margaritas with me, highbrow stuff with Artie, or demonstrating your machine to Emperor Norton.” Ie, he battles Artie to a stalemate, solely to give Ginny her own freedom to act again.
Am I the only one left who remembers the Bradbury story about mushrooms? Put me off ’em for more than a decade… granted I was reading Bradbury at age 7…
Ew…. Fried Mushrooms? Seriously? … El-vomito…
And this whole mojoporting thing has gone way beyond a meta-joke and hit the levels of critical suspension-of-disbelief failure.
This story-arc is officially unsatisfactory.
I don’t see anything inherently wrong in fried mushrooms… mind you, I never had any. And yes, the mojoporting thing… I prefer to pretend it didn’t happen and hope it never happens again.
What exactly is this mojo? It seems to warp time and space. Almost like mad science. I’m probably overthinking this.
Been long enough that I forget exactly how this goes down, but I am pretty sure both of these fellas are going to lose within the next 3 strips.