Welcome back, Shoulder Sprites! I hope we’ll see her Evil, Left and Right Brain and Inner Child as well. I’m guessing her Common Sense is indistinguishable from her visible self.
Me, too. I’m re-reading Narbonic: The Perfect Collection, and I’m realizing how much I miss seeing the personality sprites.
Also, I really want to see Moustachio’s, because Moustachio. And Gavotte’s (or the Cypress’s), to see how personality sprites work for gestalt entities. And Nick’s, to see whether they look like him as a human, him as a helicopter, or what.
She’s been known to go on rants about how miscegenation is a sign of the end times, remember? I assume that’s her conscience, assuming consciences aren’t infallible.
It spends half it’s time going ‘ Bad dog, lusting after zombies! No, bad Sweetheart! No confessing your undying love for your non-canine housemate!’ and so forth.
Why’d Sweetheart have to run away
Before the job was done?
Bet Tip has had to work all day,
Instead of having fun!
Now Sweetheart’s got a shoulder sprite
That’s here to give her flak!
But suddenly they see a sight …
She says, “I take it back!”
So come and have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, it’s good!
Yeah, come and have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, you could …
Yes, you should!
Tip, Doctor Lee, and Artie, too,
Are lounging in the pool!
They’re waving and inviting you …
This simply isn’t cool!
All night, you wandered underground,
Ankle-deep in poo!
And now, a party you have found …
Whatcha gonna do?
You’re gonna have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, it’s fine!
You’re gonna have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, you’ll dine
With some wine!
So come and have some torte cake tonight!
Come have a bite!
Call it a night,
Heck with the sprite!
Just have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, divine!
With Sweetheart, it usually seems to mean a mixture of surprise and annoyance…. I don’t know about dogs so much, but if you wake a sleeping cat its ears often go like that.
Artie has/had them as well and despite being a product of Mad Science he isn’t capital ‘M’ Mad himself. Mell may or may not have been Mad and got one, albeit a very specific one.
*NARBONIC SPOILER* Dave had them long before the lab brought out his tendencies. *Spoiler Over*
So sane people can apparently have them, even if they do imply you belong in a Mad Science Lab.
Adorableness!
To change the subject considerably, I was browsing on TV tropes and read that, apparently, the skin on a gerbil’s tail will fall off if grabbed by a predator.
So do you think Sweetheart’s shoulder devil brings it’s own incorporeal coffee to knock over, or does it wait for her shoulder angel to bring one?
That torte looks really tasty, though not quite as good as the chocolate cake and champagne Doc Lee had a while back. Are comic strips supposed to make you hungry?
ANGEL PUPPY.
Everybody d’awwwww!
She doesn’t need a shoulder devil, she has Unity.
Welcome back, Shoulder Sprites! I hope we’ll see her Evil, Left and Right Brain and Inner Child as well. I’m guessing her Common Sense is indistinguishable from her visible self.
I really miss those from narbonic, I wish they were around more often.
Especially for Unity and Tip!
Agreed!
Unity has a “Good” sprite?!
Unity *ate* her “Good” sprite…
It’s relative. I can imagine the conversation over her shoulders:
“Let’s go beat someone to death with their own torn-off limbs and eat their brains!”
“Ok, as long as they aren’t people we work with or who owe us money.”
“Spoil-sport.”
Me, too. I’m re-reading Narbonic: The Perfect Collection, and I’m realizing how much I miss seeing the personality sprites.
Also, I really want to see Moustachio’s, because Moustachio. And Gavotte’s (or the Cypress’s), to see how personality sprites work for gestalt entities. And Nick’s, to see whether they look like him as a human, him as a helicopter, or what.
… Clearly I think about this way too much.
I’m not entirely sure Sweetheart is genetically capable of having an evil sprite.. She’s canadian, remember?
Rob Ford. Jistin Bieber.
William Shatner, Ted Cruz.
I having trouble picturing Sweetheart with any kind other than this one. I guess we’ll see.
Honestly, I didn’t think she had a conscience.
Sweetheart shoulder angel! Overwhelming cuteness!!!
Her conscience is so CUTE, even if we know it’s kinda racist…
When did we find out this? I know dogs tend to be racist, but sweetheart seems like she would be above that kind of thing.
Dogs tend to be racist?
She’s been known to go on rants about how miscegenation is a sign of the end times, remember? I assume that’s her conscience, assuming consciences aren’t infallible.
It spends half it’s time going ‘ Bad dog, lusting after zombies! No, bad Sweetheart! No confessing your undying love for your non-canine housemate!’ and so forth.
(TUNE: “Heartache Tonight”, The Eagles)
Why’d Sweetheart have to run away
Before the job was done?
Bet Tip has had to work all day,
Instead of having fun!
Now Sweetheart’s got a shoulder sprite
That’s here to give her flak!
But suddenly they see a sight …
She says, “I take it back!”
So come and have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, it’s good!
Yeah, come and have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, you could …
Yes, you should!
Tip, Doctor Lee, and Artie, too,
Are lounging in the pool!
They’re waving and inviting you …
This simply isn’t cool!
All night, you wandered underground,
Ankle-deep in poo!
And now, a party you have found …
Whatcha gonna do?
You’re gonna have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, it’s fine!
You’re gonna have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, you’ll dine
With some wine!
So come and have some torte cake tonight!
Come have a bite!
Call it a night,
Heck with the sprite!
Just have some torte cake tonight!
Torte cake tonight, divine!
Puppy conscience sprite! So cute!
When will it be available as a plushy?
WANTS IT, PRECIOUS
I mean uh
Yes, when will it be available for purchase by responsible adults?
Conscience is especially cute when curled up as in panel 2.
I’m not good at reading expressions. What does one ear up mean?
With Sweetheart, it usually seems to mean a mixture of surprise and annoyance…. I don’t know about dogs so much, but if you wake a sleeping cat its ears often go like that.
BAM! Puppysprite! And suddenly today is roughly 400% better.
Sweetheart gets a personality sprite? I thought only the Mad were so privileged?
Artie has/had them as well and despite being a product of Mad Science he isn’t capital ‘M’ Mad himself. Mell may or may not have been Mad and got one, albeit a very specific one.
*NARBONIC SPOILER* Dave had them long before the lab brought out his tendencies. *Spoiler Over*
So sane people can apparently have them, even if they do imply you belong in a Mad Science Lab.
Is this the first time the shoulder sprites appeared in Skin Horse?
We’ve seen Tigerlily’s at least.
Please tell me the authors have a betting pool on how many comments today were going to be variations on “Squee!”
Adorableness!
To change the subject considerably, I was browsing on TV tropes and read that, apparently, the skin on a gerbil’s tail will fall off if grabbed by a predator.
I didn’t wish to know that!
Let’s see now:
U.N.I.T.Y. is binging on brains with another zombie.
Tip is lounging in a hot tub, sipping wine, between two previous/current/future/all simultaneously love interests.
Nick is flying around somewhere, probably with his brain locked into the internet.
And Sweetheart is stomping around trying to get the rest of the team to work on the current problem.
This moment in time is a microcosm of the team dynamic to date.
So do you think Sweetheart’s shoulder devil brings it’s own incorporeal coffee to knock over, or does it wait for her shoulder angel to bring one?
That torte looks really tasty, though not quite as good as the chocolate cake and champagne Doc Lee had a while back. Are comic strips supposed to make you hungry?