Tip is the exact wrong person to bring in to this. I don’t think he can act altruistically when it comes to sexual mojos. He wants it all himself and Ginny has been caught up in Tip’s undertow before. One of my favorite sequences was when Ginny was the focus of competing mojos between Tip and Artie Narbon….I thought sure there would eventually be bedsheets for 3 in that sequence…. alas…
Nah… if she had caught Tip’s makeover compulsion, she’d be trying to do that to Nick. Yes, I know Tip has given makeovers to women, but he has an obsessive desire to give men makeovers that I think surpasses his desire to give them to women. I have no doubt he had every man in Annex One wearing makeup and nail polish.
No, marriage is the death of the sitcom itself. The whole series.
Everyone wants the characters to finally fall in love and get married, but if they ever do, there’s nothing left to make people come back for the next episode. Take “The Nanny” for example. Everyone wanted Nanny Fine and Mr. Sheffield to get married, but the show’s creators knew it would be the death of the show. The producers wanted to cave in and get them married, but the only way the creators would agree to it was that the producers had to guarantee them another full season. And they were right. Viewership went down almost to nothing for that final season.
It’s better if the series starts out with the main characters already married. That way the tension that keeps people coming back isn’t centered around, and so can’t be killed off by, a single event.
It’s the end when it’s the leads. If a supporting character gets married, it’s usually the end of the road. Take, oh, Carol from “Bob Newhart.” Sarcastic man-hungry secretary. Got married, and it was the end of her dating, and all the spark went out of her war of insults with Jerry the orthodontist. But the show goes on from there.
When you build a show where the entire plot is “When will this two idiots finally get together” them getting together signifies the end of the show. When there’s more to the show than that (and when the writers are willing to make married life drama interesting) it can survive the transition.
If I recall right, “I Dream of Jeannie” was dropped by one network and picked up for one last season—the married one—but that was it. Carrying on after the leads marry seems almost an act of desperation. “Get Smart”…”The Nanny”…I’m sure there are others but I can’t think of any. (“Andy Griffith,” if I recall right, ended with Andy marrying Helen and going off, but the show went on as “Mayberry, RFD” without him.)
I wonder if “Skin Horse” could survive that? Nick and Dr. Lee aren’t the leads…suppose Sweetheart and Unity get married? Tip and Tigerlily? Gavotte and Ira? (Then again, this storyline isn’t exactly leading to marriage, either.)
Doesn’t even have to be marriage, just getting together when the URST is a core element. Moonlighting is a famous example of they-get-together-show-dies.
Skin Horse isn’t going to suffer, anymore than it did when Tip slept with Ginny or Unity and Sweetheart got together. There really aren’t any true leads, just a cast.
While Nick/Virginia is probably the biggest example of sexual tension in Skin Horse, sexual tension has always been only incidental, not the principal focus of the comic. So you’re right – it’s not going to make it suffer. No one’s going to quit reading if they finally do the deed.
We may indeed be seeing the ending unfolding, but it’s not because of anyone who may or may not get together. But it would be nice to see them finally together before the end.
I don’t understand. How’s an Asian woman supposed to wear revealing shorts without a pair of jeans on underneath them? There’s like a law or something.
I don’t think that going straight to supersexy would be a good idea, since I suspect that anything that overloads Nick’s brain will cause him to shut down and fall over.
But I do think that suggesting cosplay to him & Dr. Lee might work out, if it’s something that could eventually be worked into a couples cosplay.
Doctor Who (10th? 11th?) + companion might work. The tension between the Doctor and his companions is sometimes romantic/erotic, but not necessarily so. It’s something that could be used to ease into a closer relationship.
Of course, per my previous whack notion, I suspect that what they’ll eventually hit upon is Iron Man + Pepper Potts. And Dr. Lee will get a brilliant idea, and work with Tigerlily on working flying armor. Hey, didn’t Tigerlily make a tractor beam? Maybe it could be made to work in reverse. Call it a pressor beam, rather than anything that might infringe on Marvel trademark. And maybe a second suit that Nick could have control over, so that he could fly with someone he likes, *cough*, I mean anyone he likes! (Dr. Lee wasn’t very good at using the rocket boots, which is why I think she would actually prefer that Nick handle both suits). And there could even be a callback to the earlier chapter: “Nick . . . would you like to fly?”
To start with, probably better to just go with the superhero costumes and leave out the propulsion. They’re having enough trouble getting together without having to match air speeds.
Tigerlily is taller than Dr. Lee. She’s quite tall, even without platforms. I imagine she’s close to 6 ft., since she appears to be about the same height as Tip. That might be with platforms, but Tip may even be over 6 ft., so that’s a fair guess. Virginia is Korean, so she would genetically be shorter than the average American. Looking back a few days, she appears to be about the same height as Nick, which seems to make them both somewhere around 5’4″.
Come to the Dark Side, Nick. We have sexy shorts with the structural integrity of corsets.
I call them “shorsets!” 😀
I’m not sure Nick would appreciate the enhanced structural integrity.
Tigerlily just suggested a makeover.
Virginia desperately needs one. I think even Unity and Sweetheart would be suggesting that at this point.
At the very least, she should listen to Tigerlily. Right now.
Dear Tigerlily; Get Tip involved if you want to change that from a suggestion to an inevitability.
Tip is the exact wrong person to bring in to this. I don’t think he can act altruistically when it comes to sexual mojos. He wants it all himself and Ginny has been caught up in Tip’s undertow before. One of my favorite sequences was when Ginny was the focus of competing mojos between Tip and Artie Narbon….I thought sure there would eventually be bedsheets for 3 in that sequence…. alas…
I think you’re putting makeover lower on his priority list than it is. ‘Sides, Tigerlily’s available to supervise.
…This may be the only situation where that phrase is actually reassuring.
They did.
A fact of which Nick is fully aware.
And don’t forget, Ginny has mojo of her own!
As well as being accomplished enough to inspire admiration from both Artie and Tip!
But she knows what she wants…
As doesNick!
This is a beautiful comment David and I feel you should be commended for your work
O.M.G. ! Tigerlily caught Tip’s makeover compulsion when she recharged her mojo batteries!
Nah… if she had caught Tip’s makeover compulsion, she’d be trying to do that to Nick. Yes, I know Tip has given makeovers to women, but he has an obsessive desire to give men makeovers that I think surpasses his desire to give them to women. I have no doubt he had every man in Annex One wearing makeup and nail polish.
I think Nick has had enough makeovers for one day.
Surely he never got Ira to wear nail polish!
Embrace the Madness! Being a mad scientist in love _really_ means never having to say you’re sorry.
You could possibly ask Nick what would make him happy.
And Nick could possibly ask you what would make you happy.
There’s a theme here.
Open and honest communication is the death of sitcom plots.
Maybe, but it’s the secret to relationships.
And Nick and Virginia seem to be intent on keeping it a secret.
No, marriage is.
No, marriage is the death of the sitcom itself. The whole series.
Everyone wants the characters to finally fall in love and get married, but if they ever do, there’s nothing left to make people come back for the next episode. Take “The Nanny” for example. Everyone wanted Nanny Fine and Mr. Sheffield to get married, but the show’s creators knew it would be the death of the show. The producers wanted to cave in and get them married, but the only way the creators would agree to it was that the producers had to guarantee them another full season. And they were right. Viewership went down almost to nothing for that final season.
It’s better if the series starts out with the main characters already married. That way the tension that keeps people coming back isn’t centered around, and so can’t be killed off by, a single event.
It’s the end when it’s the leads. If a supporting character gets married, it’s usually the end of the road. Take, oh, Carol from “Bob Newhart.” Sarcastic man-hungry secretary. Got married, and it was the end of her dating, and all the spark went out of her war of insults with Jerry the orthodontist. But the show goes on from there.
I seem to recall that “I Dream of Jeannie” seemed to do OK after Jeannie and Major Nelson married though? Or am I misremembering this? o_O
Not according to at least one source:
http://www.idreamofjeannie.com/theshow/faq.html
When you build a show where the entire plot is “When will this two idiots finally get together” them getting together signifies the end of the show. When there’s more to the show than that (and when the writers are willing to make married life drama interesting) it can survive the transition.
If I recall right, “I Dream of Jeannie” was dropped by one network and picked up for one last season—the married one—but that was it. Carrying on after the leads marry seems almost an act of desperation. “Get Smart”…”The Nanny”…I’m sure there are others but I can’t think of any. (“Andy Griffith,” if I recall right, ended with Andy marrying Helen and going off, but the show went on as “Mayberry, RFD” without him.)
I wonder if “Skin Horse” could survive that? Nick and Dr. Lee aren’t the leads…suppose Sweetheart and Unity get married? Tip and Tigerlily? Gavotte and Ira? (Then again, this storyline isn’t exactly leading to marriage, either.)
Doesn’t even have to be marriage, just getting together when the URST is a core element. Moonlighting is a famous example of they-get-together-show-dies.
Skin Horse isn’t going to suffer, anymore than it did when Tip slept with Ginny or Unity and Sweetheart got together. There really aren’t any true leads, just a cast.
More like “Friends” than “The Nanny”
While Nick/Virginia is probably the biggest example of sexual tension in Skin Horse, sexual tension has always been only incidental, not the principal focus of the comic. So you’re right – it’s not going to make it suffer. No one’s going to quit reading if they finally do the deed.
We may indeed be seeing the ending unfolding, but it’s not because of anyone who may or may not get together. But it would be nice to see them finally together before the end.
Now, that’s crazy talk.
Naomi Wu called- she wants her short shorts back! Have to check her YouTube channel before I go to bed…
I don’t understand. How’s an Asian woman supposed to wear revealing shorts without a pair of jeans on underneath them? There’s like a law or something.
Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvTHjJiAz84 at 35:41 …
Yeah but that’s just an anime, I’m talking about real life!
I don’t think that going straight to supersexy would be a good idea, since I suspect that anything that overloads Nick’s brain will cause him to shut down and fall over.
But I do think that suggesting cosplay to him & Dr. Lee might work out, if it’s something that could eventually be worked into a couples cosplay.
Doctor Who (10th? 11th?) + companion might work. The tension between the Doctor and his companions is sometimes romantic/erotic, but not necessarily so. It’s something that could be used to ease into a closer relationship.
Of course, per my previous whack notion, I suspect that what they’ll eventually hit upon is Iron Man + Pepper Potts. And Dr. Lee will get a brilliant idea, and work with Tigerlily on working flying armor. Hey, didn’t Tigerlily make a tractor beam? Maybe it could be made to work in reverse. Call it a pressor beam, rather than anything that might infringe on Marvel trademark. And maybe a second suit that Nick could have control over, so that he could fly with
someone he likes, *cough*, I mean anyone he likes! (Dr. Lee wasn’t very good at using the rocket boots, which is why I think she would actually prefer that Nick handle both suits). And there could even be a callback to the earlier chapter: “Nick . . . would you like to fly?”To start with, probably better to just go with the superhero costumes and leave out the propulsion. They’re having enough trouble getting together without having to match air speeds.
She’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood
She’s the one that makes him feel all right
She’s the one they call Dr. Feelgood
She’s gonna be his Frankenstein
…..That song fits their relationship pretty well actually.
And the madwoman is *still* making more sense than anybody else.
Dr Feelgood to the operating room… Dr Feelgood to the operating room!
There’s got to be a neuralyzer around the building somewhere.
Looks like Tigerlily is taller than Dr. Lee, but, then, she’s probably wearing a wicked cool pair of platform boots.
Tigerlily is taller than Dr. Lee. She’s quite tall, even without platforms. I imagine she’s close to 6 ft., since she appears to be about the same height as Tip. That might be with platforms, but Tip may even be over 6 ft., so that’s a fair guess. Virginia is Korean, so she would genetically be shorter than the average American. Looking back a few days, she appears to be about the same height as Nick, which seems to make them both somewhere around 5’4″.
I mean, her most recent platform puts her at like 300 feet tall.
“How did you…?”
“Sewed them out of the curtains we just passed as you spoke, try to keep up!”
Oh, Tigerlily probably has a few pairs of shorts right there in her wardrobe.
You really want Nick to be happy, try Batgirl cosplay.
Or, as someone else mentioned recently, her War Goddess outfit from the Jersey mission. Nick clearly liked what he saw there.
Why dress up as his imaginary girlfriend when you can be his real one?
¿Por que no los dos?
Touché
If they want to do couples cosplay, Nick can dress up as the Batwing.
How does Tigerlily keep winding up being the sanest one in the room?
She keeps the right company.
Dr. Lee: “I had less pure motives . . . ”
Everyone else on the forums: “Yes, please, go with that!”
Great gonna have that song from Motley Crue stuck in my head now.
I’m certain Nick wouldn’t complain about such a wardrobe change.
In fact I think he would have trouble forming any sentences at all.