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2019-09-16

by shaenon on September 16, 2019 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Swiftly I Glide
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  1. Proxiehunter
    September 16, 2019, 12:06 am | # | Reply

    You fell a long time ago.

    • David B Huber
      September 16, 2019, 12:12 am | # | Reply

      +1

      • Andy4Hire
        September 16, 2019, 9:14 pm | # | Reply

        +2

    • Realname McPerson
      September 19, 2019, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

      <3<3<3

  2. Robert Nowall
    September 16, 2019, 12:08 am | # | Reply

    There is a first time for everything, Nick.

  3. David B Huber
    September 16, 2019, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    That’s the reaction I expected from Virginia. When Nick is assertive she lets out a squee.

    It’s great to see them happy together.

  4. Salty
    September 16, 2019, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Another one of those “never selling this strip to anyone” strips, am I right?

    • shaenon
      September 16, 2019, 12:31 pm | # | Reply

      Naw, I’ll sell this one.

  5. Moe Lane
    September 16, 2019, 12:13 am | # | Reply

    Nick. Knowing the two of you and your mutually-reinforcing relationship-avoidance issues, the fact that it’s happening at *all* is a straight-up minor miracle.

    • thedoctor55
      September 16, 2019, 12:16 am | # | Reply

      ^ What Moe Lane said!

    • awgiedawgie
      September 16, 2019, 12:20 am | # | Reply

      +2

  6. thedoctor55
    September 16, 2019, 12:15 am | # | Reply

    Ah! The feels! 🙂

  7. Jennifer Park
    September 16, 2019, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    Reminds me of Arthur and Fenchurch in _So long…_.

  8. Tuiteyfruity
    September 16, 2019, 12:49 am | # | Reply

    Arguably-sane scientist pegs nice Jewish helicopter

  9. sweetuncleLESLIE
    September 16, 2019, 1:02 am | # | Reply

    Nice window seat they’ve got there. Great view. Hey, forget it, Nick. You’ll always fall. Anybody you go that far with, you have to plan to hit the ground rolling….expect the thump anyway Good luck, kid.

  10. David B Huber
    September 16, 2019, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    I fear Nick’s status as a Whimsy princess might be in jeopardy!

    • Dr. Steve
      September 16, 2019, 10:03 am | # | Reply

      verily, thou thinkest?

    • Kyle
      September 16, 2019, 4:10 pm | # | Reply

      He’s walking away from this one a Whimsy Queen.

    • inhumandecency
      September 16, 2019, 8:29 pm | # | Reply

      Whimsy doesn’t like sex-positivity. This is True Love on a scale that any princess would envy.

  11. Barbara K
    September 16, 2019, 1:27 am | # | Reply

    I hope that control panel they’re groinkin’ on is deactivated.

    • Ysabet
      September 16, 2019, 1:44 am | # | Reply

      Totally admit, I’m having flashbacks to every fanfic I’ve ever read where somebody accidentally hits the intercom/broadcast/loudspeaker controls at an inopportune moment…

      • soft
        September 16, 2019, 9:04 am | # | Reply

        That very likely will happen here just to cause embarrassment for them after. 😛

        • Robert Nowall
          September 16, 2019, 9:40 am | # | Reply

          Sweetheart just had to listen to whatever Tip was doing after he was captured.

      • Triksy
        September 16, 2019, 10:06 am | # | Reply

        Either that or the old “rocket launch as a metaphor for something else” thing.

  12. notactuallyaperson
    September 16, 2019, 2:25 am | # | Reply

    Several story arcs late on that one, Nick.
    Cute callback in the middle, though.

    • shaenon
      September 16, 2019, 3:30 pm | # | Reply

      The secret to callbacks: write both strips at the same time and just run them ten years apart.

  13. BRGR
    September 16, 2019, 5:32 am | # | Reply

    I always assumed that “scared shitless” refers to having vacuated one’s bowels out of fear. I hope that is not the case here, and it refers to the fight-or-flight response causing him to not being able to defecate.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 16, 2019, 6:05 am | # | Reply

      I always took it to mean that one’s butthole is clenched so tight from fear that nothing’s getting out.

      • Robert Nowall
        September 16, 2019, 9:50 am | # | Reply

        Frank: There’s an unexploded shell out there!

        Hawkeye: We know, Frank, we know.

        Frank: We’ve got to evacuate immediately!

        Hawkeye: I think I did.

      • Guesticus
        September 16, 2019, 10:54 am | # | Reply

        Clenched so tight, only thing coming out is a diamond log 😛

      • Esteis
        September 16, 2019, 2:17 pm | # | Reply

        I always thought “scared witless” came first (cf. “scared out of one’s wits”), and that that phrase’s existence made “scared shitless” a question of when, not if.

  14. Dr. Steve
    September 16, 2019, 10:05 am | # | Reply

    “fight or flight” takes on new meaning when one is a whirlygig

  15. Xerxes Aragon
    September 16, 2019, 10:29 am | # | Reply

    Flashing back to Nite Owl and Silk Spectre II boinking in Archie as they hover over the city (and Malin Akerman’s world class nipples in that scene).

  16. Patrick Harris (@pathar)
    September 16, 2019, 11:23 am | # | Reply

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  17. St. Clair
    September 16, 2019, 1:59 pm | # | Reply

    ah, Shepard’s Prayer.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 16, 2019, 3:49 pm | # | Reply

      “Oh, Lord, please don’t let us screw up.”

  18. Sietse Brouwer
    September 16, 2019, 2:31 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t think I’ll ever forget this one.

  19. Carl Fishman
    September 16, 2019, 2:41 pm | # | Reply

    Amongst all the long-deferred delights of this strip, I was particularly delighted by the fact that Nick, a sometimes-observant Jew, felt compelled to omit the vowel from the Holy Name.

    • Robert Nowall
      September 16, 2019, 3:03 pm | # | Reply

      I was wondering if anyone besides me caught that.

      • Andy4Hire
        September 16, 2019, 9:19 pm | # | Reply

        At least three of us did, and probably a fair number more.

        • pdp15
          September 16, 2019, 11:43 pm | # | Reply

          Four and counting…

          • Trivena
            September 17, 2019, 4:57 am | #

            Five, at least.

          • Jon
            December 23, 2019, 5:50 am | #

            Six.

  20. Robert Nowall
    September 16, 2019, 3:36 pm | # | Reply

    You may think it’s crazy
    To wait so long to do.
    Maybe you think it’s yucky.
    But I’ve got something for you.

    But I know that you’re wild.
    I hope that it’s not mild.

    You may think my tool is
    Kind of overdue.
    (You may think) you may think it’s crazy.
    (All I want) but all I want is woo.

    But I hope that you’re wild,
    And it’s not a matter vile.

    You may think my tool is
    Not worth hanging to.
    (You may think) you may think it’s crazy,
    (All I want) but all I want is woo.

    I’ll try for hard, so hard to make.
    I’ll elevate if it’s a date.

    I’ll keep it going, till the copter’s down.
    I’ll keep it going.

    Well, you may think I am serious.
    The wait to go to town.
    But sometimes, somewhen, you were curious.
    You still hung around.

    You may think my tool is
    Not a decent screw.
    (You may think) you may think it’s crazy,
    (All I want) but all I want is woo.
    All I want is woo.
    All I want is woo.

    —from “You Might Think,” Rik Ocasek / The Cars.

    • awgiedawgie
      September 16, 2019, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

      Nice.

    • Candace
      September 17, 2019, 1:32 am | # | Reply

      Well-done! No doubt the late Ric Ocasek would be proud!

  21. Manifesta
    September 16, 2019, 3:37 pm | # | Reply

    And this strip is why Nick is my favorite character. No matter how unusual the circumstances—or how common—his humanity and goodness shine through. He and Ginny deserve a happy ending, and I don’t mean the one they’re about to get.

    • David B Huber
      September 16, 2019, 3:46 pm | # | Reply

      Well said!

    • Robert Nowall
      September 16, 2019, 4:43 pm | # | Reply

      He’s good inside, but his exterior is kind of prickly—which puts most people off.

      • Candace
        September 17, 2019, 1:34 am | # | Reply

        This.^ It actually took me a while to warm up to Nick due to that very reason.

  22. David B Huber
    September 16, 2019, 6:16 pm | # | Reply

    While I have no doubt the analytical portion of Ginny’s mind is indeed checking off successful function tests (I’m equally certain Nick is giving her his undivided attention including x-ray cameras), I trust she will realize she is not only worthy of Nick but perhaps the only woman who can truly appreciate his awesome cyborg nature.

    You could even say he was made for her…

    Which leaves me wondering about the enhancements Dr. Jones made to Nick 2.0’s clone…

    But let’s not forget Virginia has moved Heaven and Earth to rescue Nick, saving his life by wading through biological waste to recover his brain! Truly a heroic quest, which even Whimsy tradition would allow has earned her some happiness.

    • Robert Nowall
      September 16, 2019, 6:22 pm | # | Reply

      “You were made for me…everybody tells me so…”

      • Robert Nowall
        September 16, 2019, 6:23 pm | # | Reply

        Oh, and…since this *is* Nick’s *first* time…well, I hope Dr. Lee isn’t too disappointed, and is polite about it.

        • darkstarling
          September 16, 2019, 6:46 pm | # | Reply

          Between experience with Tip and Artie she should have sufficient mojo to make up for Nick’s lack of experience

        • David B Huber
          September 16, 2019, 9:51 pm | # | Reply

          This is the lady who impressed both Artie and Tip. But True Love’s Kiss bestowed by Nick will make even that experience pale to insignificance…

  23. Shadowmehr
    September 16, 2019, 9:07 pm | # | Reply

    Tip: “I feel a disturbance in the mojo, as if two people long denied cried out in ecstasy, only to fall silent afterwards.”

    (The Anasigma interrogators pause in heating up the branding irons, and give each other blank looks, silently asking each other what the subject is talking about.)

    • David B Huber
      September 16, 2019, 9:56 pm | # | Reply

      Bravo! I applaud this concept but wouldn’t a more positive take be “, and became greater than I can imagine.”?

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