You ever see the movie “Help!” with The Beatles? At the beginning, they go into these side-by-side houses, but inside it’s all one house. There’s this sunken area in the floor where a couple of ’em hang out—that’s what’s called a “conversation pit.”
In the 1967 James Bond parody “Casino Royale” with Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress, she invites him to her home, and they sit down for martinis in her conversation pit – a sunken couch – which later descends to a lower level of the home.
One reason they fell out of fashion was that too many people who had them would fall in and break something—lamps if they were lucky, legs if they weren’t.
That depends very much on what happens next. Saying you’re a princess doesn’t necessarily mean you’re crazy; it doesn’t make Kate Middleton-Windsor crazy, for example.
She slipped in a contraction, “don’t” instead of “do not.” I think the Bernice personality is a thin overlay that will collapse under pressure. Tiger Lily is still in there.
The thing is, I’m not so much surprised there are these tropes but that people take these tropes for granted. There is nothing to indicate royalty from Lovetron are overly analytical or precise (quite the opposite, I’d think) or that they should engage in Spock Speak, and yet here is an observation of a contraction “slipped in”. It’s true Princess Berenice is a bit square and acquiescently congenial in a most un-hip way. But it’s not as though contractions belong solely to the funky.
Princess Berenice—what a surprise. And the scales have come off of her eyes. With untangled mind, she has places to find. While Tip’s eyes are still on the prize.
I didn’t want to believe that a major beloved character would suffer a massive change of personality off-screen. I was wrong, and now I’m disappointed.
Brainwashing of that sort was a staple of the old SF Illuminati/secret conspiracy stories. To the point that any Shadow Government story without one would be a bit on the disappointing side. That said, it is also true that imposters, brainwashed doubles and clones are also staples of such fiction and we already have multiple female Bernies running around thanks to parallel universes so you needn’t assume the worst just yet. 🙂
Well, personally, I think she’s straightened out her speech the better to relate to Tip Wilkin. He had decided to go off with her after all this was over.
I imagine we’re going to find out exactly what’s up; we’re just entering this part of Tigerlily’s storyline in medias res. Also, my wild speculation is that, since she’s now actually on a spaceship from Lovetron, she no longer feels the same need for the outward manifestation of funk.
Some Americans will find that, like someone really cared about, personality
changes and cheerfully living LIES makes it difficult to depend on them.
She’s just another chippie who fell for a big name and show. I’ve heard there are
quite a few of THEM(all sexes) sulking across the land.
Tip WAS living a far more sensible life before TigerLilly(of fond memory)let her springs get rusted and dried up.
Tip needs to hold up the Org Chart proving his position at the pinnacle of the Shadow Government, drop to one knee, bow his head and declare “Tigerlily Jones, I – the embodiment of The Man – surrender to you.”
Someone called it, and they deserve a cookie.
Possibly! But no idea whom, if so. No theory from yesterday is confirmed, but several are still possible.
Did Pavane CURE tigerlilly to get her to go along with her plan? She did originally refuse her offer after all.
Princess??? o_O
Well now who’s going to hold HT prisoner? Do they have conversation pits on Lovetron?
Conversation pits? Your gonna have to explain that reference.
It’s… literally a pit in a home where people sit to talk. Google it. I was surprised that they were a thing, too.
And Tigerlily said she was going to put HT in one. It’s a very seventies thing.
You know the circular depression lined with couches in Danger Mouse that turns into a lift? That’s one, but they don’t normally turn into lifts.
They really should, though. That would be best and spark all kinds of conversations.
You ever see the movie “Help!” with The Beatles? At the beginning, they go into these side-by-side houses, but inside it’s all one house. There’s this sunken area in the floor where a couple of ’em hang out—that’s what’s called a “conversation pit.”
In the 1967 James Bond parody “Casino Royale” with Peter Sellers and Ursula Andress, she invites him to her home, and they sit down for martinis in her conversation pit – a sunken couch – which later descends to a lower level of the home.
One reason they fell out of fashion was that too many people who had them would fall in and break something—lamps if they were lucky, legs if they weren’t.
That’s the danger of using them for drinking martinis.
Well considering the princess thing she’s probably still crazy in a sense, just a different but related persona.
That depends very much on what happens next. Saying you’re a princess doesn’t necessarily mean you’re crazy; it doesn’t make Kate Middleton-Windsor crazy, for example.
If only Barbara Billingsley were still with us, to translate!
Is The Plan to end Skin-horse on Shaenon’s birthday?
And ruin Star Wars day?
Nick was a princess and he talks any shin-barking way he wants.
I think that’s a difference between a Whimsy princess and a Princess of Lovetron.
Sounds like she traded one new-age philosophy for another one.
In honour of the Princess’ departure, I have determined that it is time for me to play the video for “The KLF – Justified & Ancient”.
She’s entered that settled-down mad period now.
She slipped in a contraction, “don’t” instead of “do not.” I think the Bernice personality is a thin overlay that will collapse under pressure. Tiger Lily is still in there.
What kind of pressure? Therapy puppets?
Lets start with electroshock, and drug induced coma, No need to go to puppets
until the kinder and more gentler things have been tried.
“She slipped in a contraction.” Is there a trope that constructed entities are not supposed to be able to use contractions?
OK, you asked for it: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpockSpeak
The thing is, I’m not so much surprised there are these tropes but that people take these tropes for granted. There is nothing to indicate royalty from Lovetron are overly analytical or precise (quite the opposite, I’d think) or that they should engage in Spock Speak, and yet here is an observation of a contraction “slipped in”. It’s true Princess Berenice is a bit square and acquiescently congenial in a most un-hip way. But it’s not as though contractions belong solely to the funky.
That awkward moment when you find out your beloved isn’t quite the person you thought they were.
Princess Berenice—what a surprise. And the scales have come off of her eyes. With untangled mind, she has places to find. While Tip’s eyes are still on the prize.
Princesses can speak jive if they want to.
I didn’t want to believe that a major beloved character would suffer a massive change of personality off-screen. I was wrong, and now I’m disappointed.
Brainwashing of that sort was a staple of the old SF Illuminati/secret conspiracy stories. To the point that any Shadow Government story without one would be a bit on the disappointing side. That said, it is also true that imposters, brainwashed doubles and clones are also staples of such fiction and we already have multiple female Bernies running around thanks to parallel universes so you needn’t assume the worst just yet. 🙂
Well, personally, I think she’s straightened out her speech the better to relate to Tip Wilkin. He had decided to go off with her after all this was over.
I imagine we’re going to find out exactly what’s up; we’re just entering this part of Tigerlily’s storyline in medias res. Also, my wild speculation is that, since she’s now actually on a spaceship from Lovetron, she no longer feels the same need for the outward manifestation of funk.
Some Americans will find that, like someone really cared about, personality
changes and cheerfully living LIES makes it difficult to depend on them.
She’s just another chippie who fell for a big name and show. I’ve heard there are
quite a few of THEM(all sexes) sulking across the land.
Tip WAS living a far more sensible life before TigerLilly(of fond memory)let her springs get rusted and dried up.
FH. Princess? GFY, GAS.
Define “sensible”. 😀
Tip needs to hold up the Org Chart proving his position at the pinnacle of the Shadow Government, drop to one knee, bow his head and declare “Tigerlily Jones, I – the embodiment of The Man – surrender to you.”
That should get a reaction! 😉
If it doesn’t say “Chris Sanders,” that might work.