I doubt we’ve met the daughter.* Frankly the daughter quite possibly wants nothing to do with her inheritance.
(* I’m now thinking of characters we’ve met who could possibly be the daughter. I’m now imagining Marcie as the daughter. Seriously, if Marcie was the daughter…)
Well, it’s Anasigma tech. Anasigma, who seem to be all kinds of about cracking this stuff.
And it could be as simple as Nick’s avatar matching the visual profile of the princess and being a machine.
Come to think of it, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that a significant portion of Anasigma’s tech is at least based off of Whimsycorp material, given the role Whimsy seems to play in non-human sentient mythology.
Anasigma presumably based the physical appearance of Violet off someone… or maybe they half inched the drone from the real creator, who based it on her own appearance (send the drone out to do all the boring Royal Engagements – possibly even run at least partially by an AI rather than herself directly so she could spend more time doing Fun Stuff)…
You know, it is really easy to forget that some portion of the Army appealed to Tip most of the time. Apparently he may like violent imagery more than Nick, which is bizarre.
I know, just saying that if I had been told Tip would be the one sucked into a videogame while Nick poked around a franchise devoted to elaborate female clothing a month ago, I’d have thought you were nuts.
So does this mean that Tip was secretly an avid gamer this whole time, or are the unreleased Whimsy games just that engaging? Maybe that’s one of the reasons they weren’t released, unsafe levels of gaming addictiveness?
This may just be me, but I’m getting the feeling that Tip’s gonna sit this one out entirely.
Which seems to leave two options: either Nick has to princess the drone up himself, which would be amazing and awesome, or Nick can’t do it himself, in which case he calls up Marcie for help, which would be amazing-er and awesome-er.
(Or, I suppose, Nick could also be princess-y enough already and no princessing is necessary. But that would be kinda boring, and also have absolutely no makeover montages, nor does it possibly result in Nick cosplaying, and so is a far inferior outcome.)
You don’t think that the opportunity to do a Princess makeover on Nick would get Tip out of that chair like . . . like . . . like a thing that really didn’t like chairs very much?
But I’m not calling this one. Too many alternate worlds fighting for brainspace.
It’s not that I don’t think that Tip would love to do it (like a thing that loves to do makeovers very much) — I just think that this strip is too perfect a set-up for “Oh, no! You got a princess makeover and I missed it by playing video games!?”
What I mean is, this strip feels like for some reason they decided to keep Tip out of the action, and this strip is the the excuse why.
Rejected merchandise — never released. It was kept back because, in the words of Nick, “this shit would get them sued into oblivion & also be way too much fun?” (his censor only applies to speech, not typing.)
I’m gonna sit and fight here
With Mistycorn online!
But there’s a problem right here
Within the game’s design!
This here machete is useless
Each time I try to slay!
The damage stat has been reduced, yes …
Nerfed my gear today!
My sword is like foam rubber …
The edge is barely there!
Might as well try to club her
With just a teddy bear!
I don’t wanna be a whiner,
But still I have to say
That the stupid game designer …
Nerfed my gear today!
(Tune: “Forget You” [or, you know, the other thing], Cee Lo)
I see you playing video games with a unicorn,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
I guess you’re not gonna follow ’til an arm’s been sawn,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
And the pony too!
We hit the roady,
To find Dr Collodi,
And learn the truth about the Old War or some [ship].
Now you’ve all gone off-base,
Leaving me on the case,
So I say, [forget] you!
The Star Chamber,
Could put them in danger,
Am I the only one who seems to care?
This House of Wonders,
Just keeps getting stranger,
With deadly toxins everywhere.
I pity the fool who works for the Skin Horse crew,
(One more game. then the mission)
(Watch out for the hot fission)
Well, Tip, I’ve got some news for you,
I really hate your [asp] right now.
So now I’m heading to a situation that could be bad,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
I don’t know how this body will react to the rads,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
And the pony too!
Nick’s going to get there and Cunningham will say he seems like the princess, but something’s missing. Then they’ll grab Tip for a makeover against Nick’s will.
Of course, there is a possibility that has just been hinted at; and no-one is catching onto yet.
Is the V-Bee drone radiation proof? High enough rads can damage computer equipment.
Nick might try to go into the room to scope it out, and start doing the robot version of the gallows jig. Hopefully the feedback won’t damage his actual brain in the Osprey.
Hmm. So does this mean that Nick will come to the rescue as princess, or is it just that he’s the next one to get shot down? Only time will tell.
(C’mon Tuesday, c’mon Tuesday, c’mon Tuesday!)
boo yah, princess nick! (please please please)
Pffft, Tip is the obvious choice.
Maybe, Nick is the lost daughter,
his remote unit I mean.
What if Nick IS the daughter.
The remote unit is Anasigma tech.
I doubt we’ve met the daughter.* Frankly the daughter quite possibly wants nothing to do with her inheritance.
(* I’m now thinking of characters we’ve met who could possibly be the daughter. I’m now imagining Marcie as the daughter. Seriously, if Marcie was the daughter…)
princess marcie! i love it (and i bet she would too
Well, it’s Anasigma tech. Anasigma, who seem to be all kinds of about cracking this stuff.
And it could be as simple as Nick’s avatar matching the visual profile of the princess and being a machine.
Come to think of it, it wouldn’t surprise me to find out that a significant portion of Anasigma’s tech is at least based off of Whimsycorp material, given the role Whimsy seems to play in non-human sentient mythology.
Anasigma presumably based the physical appearance of Violet off someone… or maybe they half inched the drone from the real creator, who based it on her own appearance (send the drone out to do all the boring Royal Engagements – possibly even run at least partially by an AI rather than herself directly so she could spend more time doing Fun Stuff)…
the lost daughter is a male-identified helicopter controlling an android?
that would be a twist
Two questions are likely to have two distinct answers. 1) Who will pass as the princess? 2) Who is Dr. Collodi’s daughter?
In Kafka’s Skin Horse fanfic, the answers are 1) nobody and 2) no one will ever know.
You know, it is really easy to forget that some portion of the Army appealed to Tip most of the time. Apparently he may like violent imagery more than Nick, which is bizarre.
tip served. nick conscientiously objected. nick likes violent imagery, but will not truck in actual violence.
I know, just saying that if I had been told Tip would be the one sucked into a videogame while Nick poked around a franchise devoted to elaborate female clothing a month ago, I’d have thought you were nuts.
So does this mean that Tip was secretly an avid gamer this whole time, or are the unreleased Whimsy games just that engaging? Maybe that’s one of the reasons they weren’t released, unsafe levels of gaming addictiveness?
This may just be me, but I’m getting the feeling that Tip’s gonna sit this one out entirely.
Which seems to leave two options: either Nick has to princess the drone up himself, which would be amazing and awesome, or Nick can’t do it himself, in which case he calls up Marcie for help, which would be amazing-er and awesome-er.
(Or, I suppose, Nick could also be princess-y enough already and no princessing is necessary. But that would be kinda boring, and also have absolutely no makeover montages, nor does it possibly result in Nick cosplaying, and so is a far inferior outcome.)
You don’t think that the opportunity to do a Princess makeover on Nick would get Tip out of that chair like . . . like . . . like a thing that really didn’t like chairs very much?
But I’m not calling this one. Too many alternate worlds fighting for brainspace.
It’s not that I don’t think that Tip would love to do it (like a thing that loves to do makeovers very much) — I just think that this strip is too perfect a set-up for “Oh, no! You got a princess makeover and I missed it by playing video games!?”
What I mean is, this strip feels like for some reason they decided to keep Tip out of the action, and this strip is the the excuse why.
This is disturbingly adorable, which is something I don’t usually say about people playing obviously asmusingly violent video games.
Ok, I still can’t work it out. What game are they playing?
Rejected merchandise — never released. It was kept back because, in the words of Nick, “this shit would get them sued into oblivion & also be way too much fun?” (his censor only applies to speech, not typing.)
https://nickzerhakker.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/16/
So Dr. Lee, Marcie, Tigerlily, and the various females Tip has shagged all are considered out of the running for “Princess”?
(TUNE: “Surfin’ USA”, The Beach Boys)
I’m gonna sit and fight here
With Mistycorn online!
But there’s a problem right here
Within the game’s design!
This here machete is useless
Each time I try to slay!
The damage stat has been reduced, yes …
Nerfed my gear today!
My sword is like foam rubber …
The edge is barely there!
Might as well try to club her
With just a teddy bear!
I don’t wanna be a whiner,
But still I have to say
That the stupid game designer …
Nerfed my gear today!
(Tune: “Forget You” [or, you know, the other thing], Cee Lo)
I see you playing video games with a unicorn,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
I guess you’re not gonna follow ’til an arm’s been sawn,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
And the pony too!
We hit the roady,
To find Dr Collodi,
And learn the truth about the Old War or some [ship].
Now you’ve all gone off-base,
Leaving me on the case,
So I say, [forget] you!
The Star Chamber,
Could put them in danger,
Am I the only one who seems to care?
This House of Wonders,
Just keeps getting stranger,
With deadly toxins everywhere.
I pity the fool who works for the Skin Horse crew,
(One more game. then the mission)
(Watch out for the hot fission)
Well, Tip, I’ve got some news for you,
I really hate your [asp] right now.
So now I’m heading to a situation that could be bad,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
I don’t know how this body will react to the rads,
And I’m, like, [forget] you!
And the pony too!
Nick’s going to get there and Cunningham will say he seems like the princess, but something’s missing. Then they’ll grab Tip for a makeover against Nick’s will.
Let me just point out that the Kickstarter is just a couple hundred short of 15K and everyone getting a short story!
Long, shiny hair.
Can’t curse.
Doesn’t poop.
Princess.
Of course, there is a possibility that has just been hinted at; and no-one is catching onto yet.
Is the V-Bee drone radiation proof? High enough rads can damage computer equipment.
Nick might try to go into the room to scope it out, and start doing the robot version of the gallows jig. Hopefully the feedback won’t damage his actual brain in the Osprey.
Eh, it’s a standard sci-fi trope that radiation is some kind of magic shit that only affects biologics.
Nick is not used to being the responsible one. This is going to take some getting used to.