I think they were specially recruited for not having anything approaching intelligence. Then carefully groomed to never think about anything but what A-sig tells them. Think of them as cult followers with a federal mandate.
This guy’s a great example: he has specifically decided he doesn’t want to kill Valiant, because he cares about him. Does that lead to a more general “Hans, are we the baddies?” moment? It does not. A-Sig wants to kill them all, so killed they must all be, except Valiant.
I just noticed that not-H.T.’s speech balloons have more than one pointer now, so I’ve now reread yesterday’s strip and todays it as H.T.’s voice but with either [1] reverb or [2] a more cult-like several voices in union vibe.
Both of these make the Biomass rep a lot more creepy.
Think of HT like Locutus. Not any more important than any other constituent part of the Biomass, except insofar as the Biomass speaks through his form.
That’s because Unity is the entity that possesses the material she lives in. The other animals became Unity. HT didn’t possess the Biomass when he assimilated, he became part of it.
There was a guy, H. T.
Who was a power-mad schnook.
And this power-mad schnook
Was a clever guy.
And the clever guy
Liked to try at love.
So then Sweetheart looked down
And was all ready to push and shove, shove, shove.
So he found a swamp,
Madam Des Souhaits.
He had a plan to take over,
And assimilate.
And then there came Anasigma
With a nuclear bomb.
H. T. ate the weapon
And that burned up every pine and palm, and palm.
Now if he’d left that gizmo
Out of his swampy trees
He would have to ask her
To join him willingly.
So there’s Echo Bravo
To level H. T. down.
And now the power-mad schnook’s
On shaky ground.
And now the clever guy
Tries another path.
And there’s still Sweetheart’s anger
To deal with in the aftermath.
There was a guy, H. T.,
There was a guy, H. T.,
There was a guy, H. T….
—from “(There Was a) Tall Oak Tree,” written and sung by Dorsey Burnette.
I wonder, if any of those anasigma minions realized that what they’re doing is wrong then would they have an existential crisis?
I think they were specially recruited for not having anything approaching intelligence. Then carefully groomed to never think about anything but what A-sig tells them. Think of them as cult followers with a federal mandate.
Those of them who stopped to realise they might be doing the wrong thing were probably quickly identified.
And extirpated.
This guy’s a great example: he has specifically decided he doesn’t want to kill Valiant, because he cares about him. Does that lead to a more general “Hans, are we the baddies?” moment? It does not. A-Sig wants to kill them all, so killed they must all be, except Valiant.
They’re too busy worrying about shoe polishing to think about the morality of their actual job.
There was Pamela back during the first Cypress mission, but she was extripated.
Phoebe, actually. But fair point nonetheless.
I just noticed that not-H.T.’s speech balloons have more than one pointer now, so I’ve now reread yesterday’s strip and todays it as H.T.’s voice but with either [1] reverb or [2] a more cult-like several voices in union vibe.
Both of these make the Biomass rep a lot more creepy.
But are they all Tony Jay or just one of them?
Sweetheart is utterly fearless!
And the riotous coloring of H.T. is so menacing, displaying the vitality of the vegetable mixed with the ferociousness of the animal…
I get the feeling that this won’t be resolved by pointing out the existence of a slashfic.
Gee, H. T. seemed a pretty big part of them before.
Think of HT like Locutus. Not any more important than any other constituent part of the Biomass, except insofar as the Biomass speaks through his form.
It wasn’t that way with the Great Unity…
That’s because Unity is the entity that possesses the material she lives in. The other animals became Unity. HT didn’t possess the Biomass when he assimilated, he became part of it.
Yeah, I also suspect they’re underplaying their HT-ness to be more persuasive…
The biomass has standards.
There was a guy, H. T.
Who was a power-mad schnook.
And this power-mad schnook
Was a clever guy.
And the clever guy
Liked to try at love.
So then Sweetheart looked down
And was all ready to push and shove, shove, shove.
So he found a swamp,
Madam Des Souhaits.
He had a plan to take over,
And assimilate.
And then there came Anasigma
With a nuclear bomb.
H. T. ate the weapon
And that burned up every pine and palm, and palm.
Now if he’d left that gizmo
Out of his swampy trees
He would have to ask her
To join him willingly.
So there’s Echo Bravo
To level H. T. down.
And now the power-mad schnook’s
On shaky ground.
And now the clever guy
Tries another path.
And there’s still Sweetheart’s anger
To deal with in the aftermath.
There was a guy, H. T.,
There was a guy, H. T.,
There was a guy, H. T….
—from “(There Was a) Tall Oak Tree,” written and sung by Dorsey Burnette.
I’ll have to listen to the tune, but that’s a nifty rhyme ya got there.
I’ve always assumed people know all these old and obscure songs; I forget not everybody is a freak for early rock ‘n’ roll like I am.
If this helps… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3Z49araYE4
We are the Borage. Resistance is Ulex.
Echo Bravo needs to work on his negotiation skills.
The Biomass is looking for members. Be part of their consciousness ever. But Sweetheart is fighting, and E. B. is citing a rug plan to friend her.
To be fair the biomass does seem to be learning as mindless consumption might not be for the best… As you may need exclusion to keep things working.
Best not to assimilate the people who think you would make a better rug then your past hope.
One wonders if the reason it couldn’t call Sweetheart was that it had eaten all the phones.
Maybe not all the phones, but maybe everyone with opposable thumbs to operate them.