I have to agree, if only based on the syntax and “accent” of the speech. Someone has suggested this is Pavane, Gavotte’s daughter. It could also be another, pardon the expression, hive mind altogether. Maybe Gavotte’s wastrel rocker cousin? Something about this brief snippet of speech puts me in mind of Russell Brand.
I mean, maybe it’s because *I’m* British, but her usual precise way of talking always made me think of Mary Poppins. (Did she actually say “spit-spot” at one point, or did I imagine that?)
Honey can be fermented. It’s also possible for bees to gather psychoactive or outright poisonous substances for their honey.
I’m not sure to what degree it’s scientifically possible for a bee to be affected by these things in real life, but they can’t talk in real life, either.
I suppose this could be her daughter, Pavane. But, while some of us imagine Gavotte sounding like Julie Andrews, I can’t imagine any reason for Pavane to sound like Alfred Doolittle.
It appears to be more like Dick van Dyke at the moment. Incidentally, Tuesday’s and Saturday’s comics are back up, now (at least in the latter case) with improved spelling.
Well, the whole “Pavane is Gavotte’s daughter” thing seems to have started because Sweetheart said that Pavane is Gavotte’s daughter. The grand reveal is here: http://skin-horse.com/comic/captain-brams-old-cabin/
No one mentions My Fair Lady yet? Perhaps Gavotte isn’t as high-born as her normally posh way of speaking would indicate and she’s been returned to her less prim state through dark magic and/or booze.
Sure, she may talk posh- but deep down inside, we all know she’s a Bee girl…
And for her drunken voice I am hearing the dream-sequence Mary Ann doing her Liza Doolittle “Giant’s Wife” voice. “Gilligan’s Island” has warped me for life, and I never had the chance to thank it…
Something tells me this might not be the same sentient cloud of bees we last saw…
If her intelligence is based on the number of bees, a closed door could actually make part of her really stupid.
I have to agree, if only based on the syntax and “accent” of the speech. Someone has suggested this is Pavane, Gavotte’s daughter. It could also be another, pardon the expression, hive mind altogether. Maybe Gavotte’s wastrel rocker cousin? Something about this brief snippet of speech puts me in mind of Russell Brand.
Or at least not all of it.
Can a colony of bees get drunk?
That’s actually not the worst-case scenario.
Sure, they can get drunk.
But drunk AND British? THAT’S a horse of a different color!
I thought she was always British.
I mean, maybe it’s because *I’m* British, but her usual precise way of talking always made me think of Mary Poppins. (Did she actually say “spit-spot” at one point, or did I imagine that?)
Ah, should have read further down, someone’s already mentioned that…
Some people are angry drunks. Some people are friendly drunks. Gavotte is a limey drunk.
Yep. The bees in our old house used to get drunk on fermenting apples.
perhaps not completely drunk… only slightly buzzed?
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Well that’s not good.
Well, felgercarb! That doesn’t bode well.
Honey can be fermented. It’s also possible for bees to gather psychoactive or outright poisonous substances for their honey.
I’m not sure to what degree it’s scientifically possible for a bee to be affected by these things in real life, but they can’t talk in real life, either.
Considering how badly a bee’s flight patterns can be messed with by pesticides on plants, that definitely seems possible
I suppose this could be her daughter, Pavane. But, while some of us imagine Gavotte sounding like Julie Andrews, I can’t imagine any reason for Pavane to sound like Alfred Doolittle.
Bob Hoskins
It appears to be more like Dick van Dyke at the moment. Incidentally, Tuesday’s and Saturday’s comics are back up, now (at least in the latter case) with improved spelling.
I was going to say that she’s gone from Mary Poppins to Liza Doolittle.
Well, the whole “Pavane is Gavotte’s daughter” thing seems to have started because Sweetheart said that Pavane is Gavotte’s daughter. The grand reveal is here:
http://skin-horse.com/comic/captain-brams-old-cabin/
And the deduction is based on this:
http://skin-horse.com/comic/todays-comic-404/
I don’t know of any comic where we find out that Pavane is a girl.
Gavotte’s “Clever Girl” pretty strongly implies that Sweetheart was guessing correctly.
The swarm is controlled by the queen. Ergo, girl. It’s not exactly rocket science.
A swarm of drones?
Is it just me, or is that story arc title foreboding?
Eh, it’s probably just me.
vaguely
Another arc, another childrens’ story:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_and_the_Terrible,_Horrible,_No_Good,_Very_Bad_Day
…I think I might want to call this hive Morris.
Speak “friend” and enter?
I thought it was the floor pressure sensors, or the Star Trek proximity detectors.
No one mentions My Fair Lady yet? Perhaps Gavotte isn’t as high-born as her normally posh way of speaking would indicate and she’s been returned to her less prim state through dark magic and/or booze.
Hey, I name-checked Alfred Doolittle.
And casimir mentioned Eliza. Many apologies.
Liza. Duh. If it was a drunken AI speaking with a cockney accent it’d be Eliza Doolittle.
Sure, she may talk posh- but deep down inside, we all know she’s a Bee girl…
And for her drunken voice I am hearing the dream-sequence Mary Ann doing her Liza Doolittle “Giant’s Wife” voice. “Gilligan’s Island” has warped me for life, and I never had the chance to thank it…
“Drunk” was my thought, but I see others have had it, too.
In passing, let me say I like your “Unity as Rosie the Riveter” ad art that I just saw pop up on another site.
Did someone put marbles in Ed’s mouth? It’s not like him to not waste a perfectly good opportunity to filk a musical.
“Unity as Rosie the Riveter” ad art” NEED LINK!!! WANT!!!
It’s one of the wallpapers under “EXTRAS”. Donate and it shall be yours!