“In the Narboniverse, a rope-swinging rescue invariably represents the prelude to romance (albeit sometimes unrequited). This is not, by any means, the last time this will come up.”
Well, Nick and Virginia’s romance thus far has been clumsy at best. Why should her rope-swinging rescue be any better? It’s the thought that counts… or something like that.
You know, I was about to comment on how weird it might be for Aimee to find out her male *clone has a girlfriend, but I really don’t know if Aimee is straight, gay, ace, or just Nicksexual [1]
[1] Shares Nick’s inclinations, not attracted to Nick, you pervs.
Confusing in this world … aye, quite. Considering that before I started HRT I knew there was a chance it would flip my orientation but I couldn’t find out how likely that was. (I later learned, about 30%.) And since in my case HRT _didn’t_ change my orientation, that meant others’ _label_ for my orientation flipped instead.
From over here, bisexuality looks a lot less confusing. (Too bad I don’t get to choose.) Though I’m sure some of my bi/pan friends will tell me it’s not.
BTW, a cool book exploring how confusing straightness is, is Hanne Blank’s _Straight:_The_Surprisingly_Short_History_of_Heterosexuality_ (Beacon Press, 2012)
Unless I miss my guess, the Anasigma weather control device will send a blizzard as Virginia tries to free herself from the rope. This thinly veiled retelling of Toni Kurz’ assault on the North Face of the Eiger also qualifies as an homage to the Cerberus dramatization of the decline of Oscar Wilde. The strip has certainly come a long way in tone from its origin as a lighthearted comedy.
But in this universe, things are seldom what they seem (and seldom what they were planning), so who knows… Nick might go for the Spiderman kiss after all.
Hmm. This is actually a line that would make me consider the possibility that Virginia is going a bit Mad. Almost all her other personality quirks so far have been consistent with her being a ultra-nerd, ultra-geek, and ultra-dork all at the same time, as well as impulsive and somewhat brainwashable (a positive trait for Anasigma no doubt), but the senseless arrogance of this line doesn’t quite seem to fit.
I recognize that shirt Virginia is wearing. It’s an Acme Dri-Wick Anti-Fanservice Performance Blend. I personally have never found myself accidentally suspended upside down, because I strictly follow lab safety protocols by assigning all hazardous experiments to grad students. But if the worst should happen, I know my ripping abs will not be exposed to millions of viewers.
Really, all any shirt has to do is be sufficiently form-fitting, and then it can’t fall up if she is inverted. Of course, Acme makes the best, because they look like they should show everything, but they never do.
I am Ginny, and by golly,
I’m a scientist by golly and a half.
And I’m only, Nick’s my only,
And everyone around by golly seems to laugh.
When the rest of Skin-Horse talking,
They’ve got their other other,
But whenever I go talking,
I can’t even nail your brother.
I’m still trying, always trying,
Even rescuing his fast-discarded brain.
I thought a girl’s supposed to let
The man try out the first move.
There’s not a chance I’ll ever know
What was done to make him improve.
So an entrance made, you see,
Tripped up by trigonometry,
To get Nick to making love-y,
And start being lovey-dovey,
With his Ginny, Ginny and by golly!
—from “Lily of the Valley,” Ethel Romberg and Lucy Friml, from the operetta “The Pleasant Peasant.”
…But are you, really?
When creating Unity, did some of Mel’s DNA escape?
Well, Unity did inject herself into Virginia back in Idaho.
(And yes, I do realize what that sounds like, but really, there’s no better way to say it.)
I JUST reread that chapter!
Love has been known is screw up some maths. 🙂
Softly playing in the background you can almost hear the theme to “George of the Jungle”.
Watch out for that tree!
Trig? You really need some calculus to account for gravitational acceleration and air resistance.
Come on Nick go for the Spiderman Kiss
From the director’s notes on Narbonic, http://narbonic.com/comic/september-4-9-2000/ :
“In the Narboniverse, a rope-swinging rescue invariably represents the prelude to romance (albeit sometimes unrequited). This is not, by any means, the last time this will come up.”
Usually, they’re a little more successful than this.
Well, Nick and Virginia’s romance thus far has been clumsy at best. Why should her rope-swinging rescue be any better? It’s the thought that counts… or something like that.
You know, I was about to comment on how weird it might be for Aimee to find out her male *clone has a girlfriend, but I really don’t know if Aimee is straight, gay, ace, or just Nicksexual [1]
[1] Shares Nick’s inclinations, not attracted to Nick, you pervs.
Nick is straight, so it wouldn’t be unreasonable to think that Aimee would be straight as well.
“Straight” gets confusing when you take differing gender into account!
You could also say “Nick is attracted to women, so it’s reasonable to think Aimee is too”.
“Straight” is confusing in this world,I don’t want to even guess how confusing it is in the Skin Horse Universe!
Confusing in this world … aye, quite. Considering that before I started HRT I knew there was a chance it would flip my orientation but I couldn’t find out how likely that was. (I later learned, about 30%.) And since in my case HRT _didn’t_ change my orientation, that meant others’ _label_ for my orientation flipped instead.
From over here, bisexuality looks a lot less confusing. (Too bad I don’t get to choose.) Though I’m sure some of my bi/pan friends will tell me it’s not.
BTW, a cool book exploring how confusing straightness is, is Hanne Blank’s _Straight:_The_Surprisingly_Short_History_of_Heterosexuality_ (Beacon Press, 2012)
Since she’s a pure software entity, biology is an iffy guide at best.
It was established early on that Aimee hated Nick as much as he did himself.
I’m not sure “loathing Nick” counts as a sexual orientation by itself.
The first meeting with the family is always awkward.
She needs swinging lessons, perhaps from a forensic linguist or something…
The drones around Annex one look vaguely like TIE fighters and rebel X-wings and Y-wings surrounding the death star.
Funny, I thought they looked like the fighter planes around a certain giant gorilla that was in New York a few decades ago.
(You can’t tell me that in the Narboniverse, King Kong wasn’t a documentary.)
Unless I miss my guess, the Anasigma weather control device will send a blizzard as Virginia tries to free herself from the rope. This thinly veiled retelling of Toni Kurz’ assault on the North Face of the Eiger also qualifies as an homage to the Cerberus dramatization of the decline of Oscar Wilde. The strip has certainly come a long way in tone from its origin as a lighthearted comedy.
Rope-swinging rescues presage romance.
But partial or attempted ones presage unrequited romance. Uh-oh…
But in this universe, things are seldom what they seem (and seldom what they were planning), so who knows… Nick might go for the Spiderman kiss after all.
Hmm. This is actually a line that would make me consider the possibility that Virginia is going a bit Mad. Almost all her other personality quirks so far have been consistent with her being a ultra-nerd, ultra-geek, and ultra-dork all at the same time, as well as impulsive and somewhat brainwashable (a positive trait for Anasigma no doubt), but the senseless arrogance of this line doesn’t quite seem to fit.
I recognize that shirt Virginia is wearing. It’s an Acme Dri-Wick Anti-Fanservice Performance Blend. I personally have never found myself accidentally suspended upside down, because I strictly follow lab safety protocols by assigning all hazardous experiments to grad students. But if the worst should happen, I know my ripping abs will not be exposed to millions of viewers.
Ah yes. Acme also puts out the No Peek line of superheroine flying skirts, IIRC.
Really, all any shirt has to do is be sufficiently form-fitting, and then it can’t fall up if she is inverted. Of course, Acme makes the best, because they look like they should show everything, but they never do.
I am Ginny, and by golly,
I’m a scientist by golly and a half.
And I’m only, Nick’s my only,
And everyone around by golly seems to laugh.
When the rest of Skin-Horse talking,
They’ve got their other other,
But whenever I go talking,
I can’t even nail your brother.
I’m still trying, always trying,
Even rescuing his fast-discarded brain.
I thought a girl’s supposed to let
The man try out the first move.
There’s not a chance I’ll ever know
What was done to make him improve.
So an entrance made, you see,
Tripped up by trigonometry,
To get Nick to making love-y,
And start being lovey-dovey,
With his Ginny, Ginny and by golly!
—from “Lily of the Valley,” Ethel Romberg and Lucy Friml, from the operetta “The Pleasant Peasant.”
Let this stand as an example of when math and drama meet reality.
“Excuse me, could uhh, could somebody give me a push?”
I bet she forgot to account for slack in the rope.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice.
In practice there is.