TL’s not the ONLY character to have the power of Funk in this strip, and although we know that she was held in this facility, they could very well simply be friends and allies.
…though “y’all” is more Unity and “buck up” is more Moustachio. Gavotte may have taught her daughter to speak English using recordings of Skin Horse employees….
Quoth Wikipedia: “Also, [Darryl] claimed to be an alien from the planet Lovetron where he spent the off-season practicing “interplanetary funkmanship” and where his girlfriend Juicy Lucy lived.”
Shaenon seems to have a curious habit of making offhand references to the ravings of famous eccentrics (and that’s not even counting the fact that an undead Emperor Norton was a major supporting character for an arc).
Now I’m wondering if Lovetron is a real place or if Pavoline only knows of it from when Tigerlily went thru this program?……..now, I’m wondering what each of the characters would see in this program.
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if it actually is real. But I do wonder about the phrase “the funk is superb”. Seriously, are there any forensic linguists here who could help?
Unless they’re in-universe, they’re going to be of limited use: it’s not as if Jeff and Shaenon actually become dozens of different people with different idiolects when they write the strip.
A phone conversation with a character generally presumed to be Goldbug had Gavotte talking to them as if Goldbug would be unaware of the difficulties of a swarm of bees lifting a telephone handset. Presumably Gavotte would know (or be able to hear over the phone) if Goldbug was a fellow swarm, so we must assume that Goldbug is not.
Hello, Tigerlily
TL’s not the ONLY character to have the power of Funk in this strip, and although we know that she was held in this facility, they could very well simply be friends and allies.
If it’s *not* Tigerlily, that will be fine; but, for the moment, my money is on her.
…though “y’all” is more Unity and “buck up” is more Moustachio. Gavotte may have taught her daughter to speak English using recordings of Skin Horse employees….
Are you sure she isn’t channeling James Brown or Aretha Franklin?
Niether. She’s channeling athlete Darryl “Chocolate Thunder” Dawkins.
Quoth Wikipedia: “Also, [Darryl] claimed to be an alien from the planet Lovetron where he spent the off-season practicing “interplanetary funkmanship” and where his girlfriend Juicy Lucy lived.”
Shaenon seems to have a curious habit of making offhand references to the ravings of famous eccentrics (and that’s not even counting the fact that an undead Emperor Norton was a major supporting character for an arc).
For some strange reason, I’m thinking her drone-tapping gear probably has a helical antenna… No normal antennas for the Queen of Springs!
Now I’m wondering if Lovetron is a real place or if Pavoline only knows of it from when Tigerlily went thru this program?……..now, I’m wondering what each of the characters would see in this program.
At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if it actually is real. But I do wonder about the phrase “the funk is superb”. Seriously, are there any forensic linguists here who could help?
Funk, mojo, groove, vibe, flow, chi.
It’s all one, baby.
Unless they’re in-universe, they’re going to be of limited use: it’s not as if Jeff and Shaenon actually become dozens of different people with different idiolects when they write the strip.
The comment was presumably referring to the in-universe forensic linguist, yes.
That would be freaking awesome. Artie would agree, too.
“Bee Woman from Lovetron.” A stone-cold 70s classic flim.
It’s where basketball player Darryl Dawkins spends the off-season.
Now Sweetheart will be in a funk for a while…
>> Now Sweetheart will bee in a funk for a while…
fixed that for you
–dave, sugar … aw honey honey
you thought i was crazy! it’s Tigerlily. I was right! (i let myself get convinced it wasn’t but my first instinct was it was Tigerlily!)
“Bee on the wall? I like to get to know all the kinds of folks, show them a trustworty face.”
… that is like flashing neon sign levels of “no way this isn’t Goldbug”.
Well, “Goldbug”…”Gold Bug”…”Bee?”
The question is whether Pavane is Goldbug because “gold bug”, or whether Goldbug is choosing to talk through Pavane because “gold bug”.
I’m tending towards the former, because the latter is really confusing even by Skin Horse standards, but I’m keeping the latter as an option.
A phone conversation with a character generally presumed to be Goldbug had Gavotte talking to them as if Goldbug would be unaware of the difficulties of a swarm of bees lifting a telephone handset. Presumably Gavotte would know (or be able to hear over the phone) if Goldbug was a fellow swarm, so we must assume that Goldbug is not.
Daaaamn. Gold Bug.
Heh Heh Heh