You blew your cover, so the Shadow Government sent in the Men In Black, and they Neuralyzed the human population! This is the work of the “Fixers” that Tip mentioned!
…either that or this is some strange effect of the Cosmognothics machine.
I thought the Narbon Cure turned mads sane, not made ordinary people reality blind.
I mean, what good is having people not notice things when you still have mads running around with death lasers causing mayhem? If South Dakota gets vaporized by a mad scientist, reality blindness isn’t going to fix that – it’s just going to convince people that it was a natural disaster rather than a man-made one. South Dakota itself will still be a smoking crater.
The original version of the Narbonic cure could turn a very strong pre-mad reality-blind. It took Helen years to work out the kinks — in fact, that may still be in the future.
Who knows what the original version could do to a baseline human?
I remember she said it could give Dave his brother Bill’s level of reality blindness. And Bill failed to notice a talking gerbil and a mob of androids in his own home…
Tigerlily states back in “Mixed Up Files” that the Cure (which A-Sig totally have, and have been experimenting with) would also have that effect on non-RB normals, and that A-Sig might well be as interested in doing that as in curing the mads.
Perhaps this is an effect of the lack of the Cosmognothic machine — while that was broadcasting all the “wild” vibes, it kept the locals in touch with reality. And now that it’s been blown up….
Not only that, but I’m guessing there’s about a dozen M.I.B.s surrounding the hotel, maybe two or three snipers on the roof, four more in a command center . . . , all waiting to gather Skin Horse and H.T. for a little “chat” – and if their luck, a long stay in a black ops site.
It could be simpler than a conspiracy. Perhaps if enough people get their reality blinders flipped too quickly all at once, everyone in the area resets, including those who have been unblinded for a while.
Or it passed and the others who have been speculating about the Cure are right, and A-Sig countered the vote by making everyone in the area reality blind. After all, having rights is sort of moot if no one can see you anyway.
Or A-Sig made everyone reality blind first, and thereby caused the vote to fail.
Either way, A-Sig will probably pin the blame on Skin Horse for interfering. It was Mr. Green’s doing — reinstating SH. Maybe he was just planning ahead to have a scapegoat when the time came.
Your username made me smile… given the occasional H2G2 references found in Skin Horse (like the sign on a box in the basement of Annex One — “Beware of the Leopard”).
Bah. I trust that the line from the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel applies here: “Everything will be all right in the end… if it’s not all right then it’s not yet the end.”
No matter what happened, somehow I suspect Tony and Mercutio being involved in it in some way. (I was thumbing through Volume Four and was wondering if that was them at the Cleveland Transgenic Convention…)
A few weeks’ worth of strips back, I suggested that reality blindness increases in response to weirder and weirder phenomena, until it reaches a threshold point where it drops entirely. I’m thinking I may have been right and that Tip’s performance may have been just enough to stiffen the veil without breaking through it entirely.
Damnit, Tip!
You blew your cover, so the Shadow Government sent in the Men In Black, and they Neuralyzed the human population! This is the work of the “Fixers” that Tip mentioned!
…either that or this is some strange effect of the Cosmognothics machine.
or the worse case is that they got a hold of helens reality blindness serum and dosed the whole place
I thought the Narbon Cure turned mads sane, not made ordinary people reality blind.
I mean, what good is having people not notice things when you still have mads running around with death lasers causing mayhem? If South Dakota gets vaporized by a mad scientist, reality blindness isn’t going to fix that – it’s just going to convince people that it was a natural disaster rather than a man-made one. South Dakota itself will still be a smoking crater.
The original version of the Narbonic cure could turn a very strong pre-mad reality-blind. It took Helen years to work out the kinks — in fact, that may still be in the future.
Who knows what the original version could do to a baseline human?
Right, I remember now. She “spared” Dave from his potential madness by blinding him.
I remember she said it could give Dave his brother Bill’s level of reality blindness. And Bill failed to notice a talking gerbil and a mob of androids in his own home…
Tigerlily states back in “Mixed Up Files” that the Cure (which A-Sig totally have, and have been experimenting with) would also have that effect on non-RB normals, and that A-Sig might well be as interested in doing that as in curing the mads.
They probably spiked the coffee with it at the council meeting and the legislative session.
I’d wadger it’s in the water. Likely a new version that’s absorbed through the skin.
Perhaps this is an effect of the lack of the Cosmognothic machine — while that was broadcasting all the “wild” vibes, it kept the locals in touch with reality. And now that it’s been blown up….
Remember that mind control tech Whimsy sold to anasigma?
Oh crud. The Cure. Anasigma’s making their move.
Scary stuff.
Oh, no! Tip’s going to find himself alone, alone, alone above a raging sea!
By George, you’re both right!
Anasigma has reverse engineered and refined the Narbon Cure 1.0.
That’s totally their MO.
Not only that, but I’m guessing there’s about a dozen M.I.B.s surrounding the hotel, maybe two or three snipers on the roof, four more in a command center . . . , all waiting to gather Skin Horse and H.T. for a little “chat” – and if their luck, a long stay in a black ops site.
“they’re lucky”. I’d blame autocorrect if I didn’t know for certain it was my fault.
I figured you had meant to say “with their luck”.
There are days when I wonder whether HT’s mellowed a little.
Most evil cats do tend to mellow as they get older, until they get really old, and then they just get grumpy. 😉
Is that what the Groovitron did?
Nah the cure for mad scientists causes reality blindness so that’s probably it.
… Am I the only one thinking “Groovitron= Cure Antidote” now?
I always knew stuff like this was caused by something. No way people just “can’t handle it”.
What if Tip gets affected by all this?
Doubt it. He has a bit of werewolf in him.
Called it.
I hope Narbon’s getting royalties from the shadow gov for this.
It could be simpler than a conspiracy. Perhaps if enough people get their reality blinders flipped too quickly all at once, everyone in the area resets, including those who have been unblinded for a while.
There’s always a conspiracy of one kind or another.
That’s what the WANT you to think . . .
(they)
Interesting
I’m so familiar with that phrase that I completely missed the missing (they) and read it as you intended. :/
My guess is that the resolution didn’t pass, which had the side effect of causing state-wide reality blindness.
Or it passed, and this is just Ed’s passive-aggressive speciesism.
Or it passed and the others who have been speculating about the Cure are right, and A-Sig countered the vote by making everyone in the area reality blind. After all, having rights is sort of moot if no one can see you anyway.
Or A-Sig made everyone reality blind first, and thereby caused the vote to fail.
Either way, A-Sig will probably pin the blame on Skin Horse for interfering. It was Mr. Green’s doing — reinstating SH. Maybe he was just planning ahead to have a scapegoat when the time came.
Oh god. What if TIP was given the cure too. I am now terrified. Please Shaenon and Jeff, you wouldn’t do that to us, right?
Just realized I’d missed someone else saying something similar, oops. Though they didn’t have the heartfelt plea to the authors!
Your username made me smile… given the occasional H2G2 references found in Skin Horse (like the sign on a box in the basement of Annex One — “Beware of the Leopard”).
They did say SkinHorse would come to an end … sometime
This would be an awful way to end it
Bah. I trust that the line from the Best Exotic Marigold Hotel applies here: “Everything will be all right in the end… if it’s not all right then it’s not yet the end.”
There is no way this comic is ending that badly.
No matter what happened, somehow I suspect Tony and Mercutio being involved in it in some way. (I was thumbing through Volume Four and was wondering if that was them at the Cleveland Transgenic Convention…)
A few weeks’ worth of strips back, I suggested that reality blindness increases in response to weirder and weirder phenomena, until it reaches a threshold point where it drops entirely. I’m thinking I may have been right and that Tip’s performance may have been just enough to stiffen the veil without breaking through it entirely.