I’m glad Nick reached for her rather than attacking Ron: It would be kinda unfortunate to have Virginia splattered near where the basement dwellers could be freaked out.
Ron’s armor is still frozen except for the gloves, so yes, he would topple over when he was unbalanced by dropping her.. He’s now lying on his back helplessly wiggling his fingers.
Not being a Mad Scientist isn’t the same thing as being sane and well-balanced. If Virginia were totally sane, she wouldn’t even be aware of what’s going on here.
(And, really, given what we’ve been told about her abilities… she’s not a Mad Scientist because she’s something weirder than a plain old Mad Scientist.)
Certainly Dangerously Genre Savvy. As A Practical Guide To Evil
recently reminded me, “nobody important ever dies from falling off a cliff”.
(PGTE is a web serial, high fantasy deconstructing both the essentialist “alignment” idea, and story tropes — both of which are in-world mechanics! The protagonists have a new approach to Evil….)
Dr. Virginia Lee isn’t so much mad as she’s an extremely geeky engineer and can become so focused on solving a particular problem that she doesn’t care about the practical result of solving that problem.
Consider the joke about the Doctor, the Layer and the Engineer in the French Revolution.
A Doctor, a Lawyer and an Engineer are about to be executed via Guillotine. The Doctor is put in the guillotine but the blade stops a few inches short of his neck. The revolutionaries consider this a sign from God so they spare the man. The same thing happens with the Lawyer. Then as the engineer lies down in the guillotine, he points at something and says, “I think I see your problem.”
I’m now reminded of what Archchancellor Ridcully said about the Dean when explaining his fellow wizards to a Mundane who’d expected wizards to have common sense, “He’s got a sense of urgency inferior to that of a paperclip! I’m proud to have him on our team.”. By that standard Ginny would definitely be good Unseen University material. ^_^
Just a little something Ginny knitted herself using some high-tensile fibers from a different section of A-Sig’s R&D. It’s meant to be the basis of bulletproof materials, but they had some skeins of the stuff left over, so she thought she’d put them to use. Surprisingly comfy, and good for mildly cool weather. (Or the occasional firefight.)
But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise. It’s not lapis. It’s actually cerulean. And you’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of tactical assault armor. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent… wasn’t it who showed cerulean field artillery? I think we need artillery here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different defense contractors. And then it, uh, filtered down through the arms bazaars and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin.
The most surprising thing about Dr. Lee is that she seems to have a lot of fashion sense for an engineer/scientist of her geekatude. Most of the engineers of this type have as much fashion sense as Dave Davenport from Narbonic. Or me on a bad day, there’s a reason I tend to go clothes shopping with my sister.
When Ginny has a quiet moment to reflect on what just transpired, she may decide losing control isn’t necessarily a bad thing…
“If I only had a heart [attack]…”
I’m glad Nick reached for her rather than attacking Ron: It would be kinda unfortunate to have Virginia splattered near where the basement dwellers could be freaked out.
He’s got really good reaction time, speed, and (at least) hand strength.
Adrenaline is a wonderful and amazing thing.
My understanding is that Nick is a pacifist so, even if he didn’t love Virginia Lee, attacking Ron wouldn’t have been a priority.
But where is Ron? Shouldn’t he be visible while Nick is pulling Virginia up?
Maybe Ron toppled over backwards when the weight on his arm (i.e. Virginia) was released.
Ron’s armor is still frozen except for the gloves, so yes, he would topple over when he was unbalanced by dropping her.. He’s now lying on his back helplessly wiggling his fingers.
Do that thing again where you convince us you’re not mad, Virginia?
I dunno: seemed more a Florida Man moment than a Mad Science one.
Not being a Mad Scientist isn’t the same thing as being sane and well-balanced. If Virginia were totally sane, she wouldn’t even be aware of what’s going on here.
(And, really, given what we’ve been told about her abilities… she’s not a Mad Scientist because she’s something weirder than a plain old Mad Scientist.)
That depends on your definition of sanity. I can’t classify reality-blindness as anything but a rather dangerous delusion.
Certainly Dangerously Genre Savvy. As A Practical Guide To Evil
recently reminded me, “nobody important ever dies from falling off a cliff”.
(PGTE is a web serial, high fantasy deconstructing both the essentialist “alignment” idea, and story tropes — both of which are in-world mechanics! The protagonists have a new approach to Evil….)
(I would appreciate any archive cognoscente pointing me to the strip where Sweetheart says something like this.)
Ah, found it: http://skin-horse.com/comic/it-was-supposed/
Dr. Virginia Lee isn’t so much mad as she’s an extremely geeky engineer and can become so focused on solving a particular problem that she doesn’t care about the practical result of solving that problem.
Consider the joke about the Doctor, the Layer and the Engineer in the French Revolution.
A Doctor, a Lawyer and an Engineer are about to be executed via Guillotine. The Doctor is put in the guillotine but the blade stops a few inches short of his neck. The revolutionaries consider this a sign from God so they spare the man. The same thing happens with the Lawyer. Then as the engineer lies down in the guillotine, he points at something and says, “I think I see your problem.”
I’m now reminded of what Archchancellor Ridcully said about the Dean when explaining his fellow wizards to a Mundane who’d expected wizards to have common sense, “He’s got a sense of urgency inferior to that of a paperclip! I’m proud to have him on our team.”. By that standard Ginny would definitely be good Unseen University material. ^_^
That’s quite the harness-sweater. Something new from REI?
It doubles as a PFD.
Just a little something Ginny knitted herself using some high-tensile fibers from a different section of A-Sig’s R&D. It’s meant to be the basis of bulletproof materials, but they had some skeins of the stuff left over, so she thought she’d put them to use. Surprisingly comfy, and good for mildly cool weather. (Or the occasional firefight.)
I think she got that deep blue color from dye inside the individual fullerene tubules. And why is my spellcheck freaking out over “fullerene”?
But what you don’t know is that that sweater is not just blue, it’s not turquoise. It’s not lapis. It’s actually cerulean. And you’re also blithely unaware of the fact that in 2002, Oscar de la Renta did a collection of tactical assault armor. And then I think it was Yves Saint Laurent… wasn’t it who showed cerulean field artillery? I think we need artillery here. And then cerulean quickly showed up in the collections of eight different defense contractors. And then it, uh, filtered down through the arms bazaars and then trickled on down into some tragic Casual Corner where you, no doubt, fished it out of some clearance bin.
+1,000
The most surprising thing about Dr. Lee is that she seems to have a lot of fashion sense for an engineer/scientist of her geekatude. Most of the engineers of this type have as much fashion sense as Dave Davenport from Narbonic. Or me on a bad day, there’s a reason I tend to go clothes shopping with my sister.
That’s the reason why I only wear black. I may not have any fashion sense, but no one can tell.
Hides the dirt, too.
Ah, yes, I love black. It’s the best color. So many advantages.
High Int, low Wis combo. Classic.