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2018-09-28

by shaenon on September 28, 2018 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Figgs and Phantoms
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  1. dvandom
    September 28, 2018, 12:02 am | # | Reply

    I’m thinking BOTH of you are bad at this.

    • Robert Nowall
      September 28, 2018, 12:22 am | # | Reply

      No kidding.

      • Towering Barbarian
        September 28, 2018, 1:21 am | # | Reply

        I dunno. Considering that this is a Richard III method of courtship I’d say he’s doing about as well as can be expected. Worth remembering that in the Shakespeare play of that name Richard III himself was surprised that it worked which kinda makes you wonder why he even bothered trying it in the first place. @_@

  2. Alphaghoul
    September 28, 2018, 12:03 am | # | Reply

    Creepy old man

    • Sora Hjort (@SoraHjort)
      September 28, 2018, 1:55 am | # | Reply

      Are we sure he’s actually an “old man” and it wasn’t just a disguise?

      • Jack Newhouse
        September 28, 2018, 2:33 am | # | Reply

        ok, “creepy man of indeterminate age but convincingly old in his physical form”

        • Anson
          September 28, 2018, 5:20 am | # | Reply

          He seemed to suggest that “Ira” was indeed his real meat-self, when he was talking to Nick.

          • Robert Nowall
            September 28, 2018, 8:13 am | #

            I would’a thought Ira would be better at this than either of them. Who is this guy, really?

          • Stroth
            September 28, 2018, 12:42 pm | #

            He suggests lots of things. Most of them are not true.

          • Daibhid C
            September 28, 2018, 1:09 pm | #

            What Stroth says is true, but I’m gonna go with Ira being his real self for conceptual reasons: Mr Green is The Wizard; Ira is the little man behind the curtain.

      • Seph
        September 28, 2018, 5:19 am | # | Reply

        I mean, irrespective of his age, Green is def being super creepy.

    • Mental Mouse
      September 28, 2018, 8:14 am | # | Reply

      Yeah, yesterday I was already thinking “yeah, nice young avatar, but you’re old enough to be her father”. Hmm. Virginia’s being particularly perceptive just now, what odds she spots that and calls him out on it?

      • WJS
        August 7, 2019, 5:23 pm | # | Reply

        Really? He’s kidnapped her and put her in a VR prison, and is trying to coerce her into dating him, and you’re complaining about the age difference?

    • Dr. Steve
      September 28, 2018, 8:45 am | # | Reply

      well… his is EVIL. After evil, creepy is easy.

    • ruggs
      September 28, 2018, 10:55 am | # | Reply

      Yesssss. So creepy. Creepy in a “I’ll trap your psyche in a VR prison until you go out with me” way. Creepy in a “I’ve ‘sort of’ stalked you throughout your career’ way.” Dude’s a creeper, even without the age difference.

  3. Anson
    September 28, 2018, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    I agree with both of these comments.

    ((dvandom and Alphaghoul))

  4. dexitroboper
    September 28, 2018, 12:07 am | # | Reply

    A date? Virginia could brew up a whole palm-tree forest!

  5. Tuiteyfruity
    September 28, 2018, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    Our dear Ginny has only had one-night stands her entire life

  6. Shen Hibiki
    September 28, 2018, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    She was expecting to be asked to work on some secret, dangerous, against-nature’s-laws, forbidden, life-threatening project.
    His desires were way worse than what she could imagine.

    • Candace
      September 29, 2018, 1:05 am | # | Reply

      This^.

  7. David B Huber
    September 28, 2018, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    Dates and walnuts go good together!

    • Mental Mouse
      September 28, 2018, 8:14 am | # | Reply

      Heh heh heh…

    • Robert Nowall
      September 28, 2018, 8:15 am | # | Reply

      There’s this TV ad, where they sprinkle California walnuts on salads, main courses, everything. Seems a horrible idea everytime I see it.

      • Candace
        September 29, 2018, 1:06 am | # | Reply

        Agreed. Walnuts are evil. Obviously.

  8. Robert Nowall
    September 28, 2018, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    He had better luck with Sweetheart.

    • Candace
      September 29, 2018, 1:12 am | # | Reply

      That’s because Sweetheart was much slower to figure out who he really was. When Virginia figured out who he was so quickly, it obviously threw him off-balance, and the façade started cracking.

  9. awgiedawgie
    September 28, 2018, 12:55 am | # | Reply

    I don’t know why she should act surprised. Nick told her æons ago that Mr. Green wanted to bang her.

    • Towering Barbarian
      September 28, 2018, 1:18 am | # | Reply

      It’s possible she thought Nick was just being jealous. @_@

      • Sir William
        September 28, 2018, 4:04 am | # | Reply

        To be fair, he was

      • awgiedawgie
        September 28, 2018, 7:15 am | # | Reply

        Just because he was jealous doesn’t make him wrong. And, jealous or not, he did plant the idea in her mind, so she still could have expected it. Apparently her current predicament has really thrown her off her guard. But then maybe that’s the whole point.

      • ruggs
        September 28, 2018, 10:57 am | # | Reply

        Or that the idea was so far-fetched as to be illogical, too, to be fair. “Wait, what? WHAT? Huh. No.” kind of internal response.

    • Candace
      September 29, 2018, 1:17 am | # | Reply

      We all have blind spots – even to the point that we sometimes fail to hear it when others close to us try to point them out.

  10. Thenardyr
    September 28, 2018, 1:12 am | # | Reply

    I’m having trouble accepting that either of them are being as clueless as they seem in today’s comic. I’m hoping that they are both trying to outfox the other.

    • JET73L
      September 28, 2018, 2:24 am | # | Reply

      Thenardyr: Maybe Mr. Ao is trying to outfox Virginia, Virginia is the cobbled-together processor allocations for a few dozen earwig AIs, and the real Virginia is halfway to skee-ball city.

      • M. Alan Thomas II
        September 28, 2018, 4:30 am | # | Reply

        Of course, she would prefer a laminated mouse brain, especially with a sketchy guy on deck.

        (“Think Blue, Count Two” by Cordwainer Smith; insert lots of caveats and trigger warnings here.)

        • Robert Nowall
          September 28, 2018, 11:23 pm | # | Reply

          Think of a blue shoe.

    • David “Q the Platypus” Formosa
      September 28, 2018, 6:58 am | # | Reply

      I don’t think Virginia has much experience in romance so doesn’t pick up the cues.

    • Frank
      September 28, 2018, 8:12 am | # | Reply

      Well, we do know he really likes her, but why can’t he like her and have an ulterior motive?

    • ruggs
      September 28, 2018, 11:00 am | # | Reply

      It’s possible that the idea is just too far “out there” to her, as well. Though, once she does catch on–I could imagine the internal part of her brain starting to scream, while the logical frontal parts of it attempt to handle this in a creative, logical fashion–further putting distance between her and him, responsewise.

      • Nomi
        September 28, 2018, 11:40 am | # | Reply

        Yikes, you’ve just described 90% of my dating life.

        • ruggs
          September 28, 2018, 2:47 pm | # | Reply

          Sorry you’ve had to deal with that. :/

    • serpentrose
      September 28, 2018, 11:21 am | # | Reply

      I know someone who is almost Virginia’s level of oblivious to these things, they’re sitting in my chair.

      • Candace
        September 29, 2018, 1:22 am | # | Reply

        Yup, been there, done that. Intelligence and perception don’t always match up in any kind of logical or expected way.

  11. Rex Vivat
    September 28, 2018, 2:56 am | # | Reply

    Is it just me or does it look like his VR avatar is subtly aging every strip? Is he inching it towards his real look?

    • Frank
      September 28, 2018, 8:12 am | # | Reply

      That’s just his expressions, i think

  12. Palle
    September 28, 2018, 6:43 am | # | Reply

    “One of us is very bad at this.”

    Yes. I vote unilaterally for the creepy mccreepface who’s trying to use his position of power to to pressure his prisoner into a “date”!
    Destroy, Lee! Destroy!

    • Frank
      September 28, 2018, 8:13 am | # | Reply

      Destroy him like a killbot pastry!

    • ruggs
      September 28, 2018, 11:01 am | # | Reply

      Abuse of power is just hella no.

      • Candace
        September 29, 2018, 1:24 am | # | Reply

        All of the above.

  13. Robert Nowall
    September 28, 2018, 12:59 pm | # | Reply

    Remember, Dr. Lee. He asked you out…he pays for dinner.

    • Frank
      September 28, 2018, 2:57 pm | # | Reply

      I belive he’s paid for the entire restaurant… and the city/forest/reality it’s in

    • Towering Barbarian
      September 28, 2018, 6:03 pm | # | Reply

      And no kissing on the first date! ^_~

      • s854
        September 28, 2018, 6:42 pm | # | Reply

        I think that ship has sailed. http://skin-horse.com/comic/experiments-and/

        As for panel 4, I’m pretty sure Dr Ao needs to check his figures. No reason they can’t still both be bad at ths.

        • Candace
          September 29, 2018, 1:28 am | # | Reply

          Yup, I’m gonna go with both bad at this.

  14. Daniel Barkalow
    September 28, 2018, 1:03 pm | # | Reply

    I suspect she discounted the possibility that he would want to get into a situation where she could dissect him and/or implant control phrases. Even if she weren’t specifically motivated to take control of him and his organization, there would be a real risk that she’d just get bored.

  15. Mister Steel
    August 2, 2020, 12:28 pm | # | Reply

    Ira/Green/Whoever, is acting less like Oz and more like the Wicked Witch. I mean, his demeanor pretty much screams, “I have you now my pretty! And your little brain too!”

    • awgiedawgie
      August 2, 2020, 4:20 pm | # | Reply

      His main resemblance to the wizard is that he spends most of his time pretending to be someone he’s not.

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