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2021-01-16

by shaenon on January 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
Chapter: Off to the Fair
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  1. sheer_falacy
    January 16, 2021, 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Aww, it’s just like friendship except one of them hates the other!

  2. awgiedawgie
    January 16, 2021, 12:47 am | # | Reply

    Nick, it’s still not too late to kick him in the jimmy.

    Wait… does Baron even have a jimmy?

    • dornbeast
      January 16, 2021, 4:00 am | # | Reply

      Virginia might be able to install one specifically designed for that purpose.

      I suppose Tigerlily Jones could do it too, as long as it’s spring-powered.

      • Shadowmehr
        January 16, 2021, 9:37 am | # | Reply

        And depending on how the Baron acts around her, Dr. Lee just might do so

      • Sleepy John
        January 16, 2021, 11:39 am | # | Reply

        And it would be rainbow-colored, sentient, and prone to giving him jive.

  3. Candace
    January 16, 2021, 2:01 am | # | Reply

    Wow, Nick’s really grown up, hasn’t he? Unfortunately, I’m not sure Baron Mistycorn is able to grow up. After all, he was made that way.

    • M. Alan Thomas II
      January 16, 2021, 2:38 am | # | Reply

      It’s worth remembering that he’s probably older than anyone else in the main cast by decades and still hasn’t achieved the same level of (human-normal) maturity.

      • awgiedawgie
        January 16, 2021, 2:57 am | # | Reply

        He was created to appeal to children. Twisted children, perhaps, but children nonetheless. So as Candace said, he’s not able to grow up. He will forever have the maturity of a kid who’s just barely entered puberty.

      • mickeyjf
        January 16, 2021, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

        I once worked with someone whose motto was “You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.”

    • Sleepy John
      January 16, 2021, 11:42 am | # | Reply

      Baron Mistycorn reminds me a lot of the baby from Roger Rabbit.

    • David B Huber
      January 16, 2021, 1:23 pm | # | Reply

      You aren’t giving Baron enough credit. He’s very loyal and under the defensive crassness hides a heart of gold!

      • awgiedawgie
        January 16, 2021, 4:14 pm | # | Reply

        None of that is a sign of maturity.

        I work with children. 5-year-olds are loyal to their friends. And I would describe most of the children I work with as having a heart of gold.

        And in the strip you linked, the main reason he didn’t want the VR deleted wasn’t even about loyalty. Aimee was in there, and he had a major crush on her.

        • gexner
          January 16, 2021, 7:06 pm | # | Reply

          I’d forgotten the crush: http://skin-horse.com/comic/see_here/

        • David B Huber
          January 18, 2021, 12:05 am | # | Reply

          I am forced to agree with you, awgiedawgie. Baron Mistycorn is evidently more mature in VR Whimsy World than the behavior he exhibits in meatspace would lead one to expect. Thus he has not yet reached the pinnacle of his mental and emotional development.

      • nebulousrikulau
        January 16, 2021, 5:49 pm | # | Reply

        And if you tap on his chest you can hear it clank.

    • D. Walker
      January 16, 2021, 1:24 pm | # | Reply

      Pretty Nick hasn’t changed his opinion about Tip at all – he’s just pointing out to Baron that he somehow even worse than Tip is.

      • D. Walker
        January 16, 2021, 1:45 pm | # | Reply

        “Pretty -sure- Nick…”

        Oi vey…

        • David B Huber
          January 16, 2021, 2:04 pm | # | Reply

          LOL!

  4. Robert Nowall
    January 16, 2021, 7:09 am | # | Reply

    Well, I figured Tip and Tigerlily would have…negotiations.

    • casimir
      January 16, 2021, 1:13 pm | # | Reply

      …yes, quid pro quo and all that…

  5. Paula Goodwin
    January 16, 2021, 8:30 am | # | Reply

    Maybe they did, but the authors decided to spare our blushes

  6. Sleepy John
    January 16, 2021, 11:40 am | # | Reply

    How can Biscuit be so flighty and so well-grounded at the same time?

  7. Robert Nowall
    January 16, 2021, 2:22 pm | # | Reply

    In this unicorn,
    He comes on deceiving,
    And telling lies on us all.
    And he always swore with swear words,
    As we went through Whimsey World withdrawal.
    Damn, I recall this unicorn.

    Leavin’ the Skin-Horse pool,
    Flyin’ my craft after AG-I.
    This guy did the fueling,
    Workin’ for Whimsey was not a breeze.

    And after all this, he’s a jailbird
    In Jones’s Seattle attack.
    It’s now that the jack-goat is spared.
    With negotiations in back,
    He talks the same smack,
    And everything’s the same back with this unicorn.

    Nothing but letdowns and lying back with this unicorn.
    Nothing but letdowns and lying back with this unicorn.
    With this unicorn.

    With Virtual Aimee, he was all undone.
    Actin’ so noble,
    Makin’ no trouble,
    Actin’ sentimental and so gentle, but no fun.

    Being nothing but letdowns and lying back with this unicorn.
    Nothing but letdowns and lying back with this unicorn…

    —from “My Little Town,” written by Paul Simon, sung by Simon & Garfunkel.

  8. casimir
    January 16, 2021, 6:12 pm | # | Reply

    …a dreary song for a dreary filk about a dreary unicorn.
    …good match!

  9. jdreyfuss
    January 18, 2021, 10:28 am | # | Reply

    I like Nick’s attitude, and it seems to show some personal growth for him too. He still doesn’t like Tip, but unlike Baron he’s able to pierce through what makes him uncomfortable and see the true narcissistic jerk underneath.

    • David B Huber
      January 19, 2021, 11:27 pm | # | Reply

      *snicker*

  10. Seph
    January 18, 2021, 7:08 pm | # | Reply

    Sometimes I wonder if Nick really hates Tip as much as he lets on.

    • David B Huber
      January 19, 2021, 11:29 pm | # | Reply

      Nah. Nick doesn’t hate anyone.

      • awgiedawgie
        January 20, 2021, 1:05 am | # | Reply

        Then again, other than Virginia, Nick doesn’t really like anyone, either.

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