“Well, for starters, I’d like to be able to feel you… the whisp of your breath across my cheek, your hair falling on my shoulder as I pull you close… your teeth gently tugging at my lip… lingering for a moment and then…”
Wait… What? Was I channeling one of those books with Fabio on the cover again?
NO. Dr. Lee probably UNDERSTANDS Shakespeare. You don’t want to quote Shakespeare to a love interest who understands it unless they’ve got a REALLY raunchy sense of humor and a thick skin when it comes to bad pickup lines.
Shall I compare thee to a dating sim?
Thou art more finely rendered and hi-res.
Should I call Wilkin, and inquire of him
If I might imitate that shrift he says?
Could I but blush, then red my face would shine,
My mind goes blank, my tongue is full of fail …
No codes of cheating can I find online,
And e’en Konami’s code cannot prevail.
How can I speak the longing of my heart?
No meager words can truly praise your charms!
Your beauty is a wondrous work of art,
Like Milo’s Venus (but, you know, with arms).
To kiss your lips, I only can suppose …
Although my scanners see right through your clothes.
Okay, I guess that needs a filk.
tune” Brave,” Sara Bareilles
You can be a hero
You’re not a Zero, hell, you’re not even a MiG
Technic’ly you’re heartless
The funny part is, how your heart has grown so big
You’d better start speaking up
Once you’ve won the one love you’ve always dreamed of
It’s not time to be tongue-tied
Don’t look for a menu, the only venue
That matters is inside
Don’t you wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Maybe there’s a way you two can be more than friends
Maybe you can fly so high that you’ll never descend
Show her
How big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Hmm, even though I’m similar to Nick in that I haven’t a clue how to date, I certainly wouldn’t classify that last ending as “terrifying” (for me). The biggest roadblocks to me are just getting past the fear of the bad/awkward endings… after that, once I know the feelings are mutual, it’s easy enough for me to admit to her that she’ll need to help me out in that “dating” department. 😀
Cheat code: Go for the t3rr0r, Nick! Go for the t3rr0r! ^_^
Yes, do it! I have faced the terror that is love and was conquered, I highly recommend it.
Pssst – Nick! The code you’re looking for is Up, Up, Down, Down….
No, in this instance, the Konami Code will only lead to airsickness.
L, L, R, R, Up, Down, Left, Right.
Scenic Mode activate.
“how do *you* feel?” has got to be the worst confession of love ever.
dr lee, howzabout you cop to how you feel yourself sometime?
“Well, for starters, I’d like to be able to feel you… the whisp of your breath across my cheek, your hair falling on my shoulder as I pull you close… your teeth gently tugging at my lip… lingering for a moment and then…”
Wait… What? Was I channeling one of those books with Fabio on the cover again?
mnem
Dammit… there goes my last “Man Card”…
Just think of that time Fabio got hit in the face with a goose while riding a roller coaster, laugh your ass off, and the damaged will be mitigated.
Maybe try channeling some Shakespere next time?
NO. Dr. Lee probably UNDERSTANDS Shakespeare. You don’t want to quote Shakespeare to a love interest who understands it unless they’ve got a REALLY raunchy sense of humor and a thick skin when it comes to bad pickup lines.
i just got the perfect narbonic colection today, up to year 5 and i just have one thing to say, Shaenon, you think of EVERYTHING.
(Based on Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18”)
Shall I compare thee to a dating sim?
Thou art more finely rendered and hi-res.
Should I call Wilkin, and inquire of him
If I might imitate that shrift he says?
Could I but blush, then red my face would shine,
My mind goes blank, my tongue is full of fail …
No codes of cheating can I find online,
And e’en Konami’s code cannot prevail.
How can I speak the longing of my heart?
No meager words can truly praise your charms!
Your beauty is a wondrous work of art,
Like Milo’s Venus (but, you know, with arms).
To kiss your lips, I only can suppose …
Although my scanners see right through your clothes.
you win all the internets.
all of them.
and not for the first time either.
selfish bastard, keeping all the internets to yourself. 🙂
Eddurd : Great job using the Bard like that! You are an awesome filksmith, thanks for sharing your talent with we mere mortals.
“But, you know, with arms.”
Best filk line of the moment.
Slow clap and bow of respect
With apologies to Omar Khayyam,
“A quart of lubricant,
A signal flare,
And Dr. Lee beside me on the tarmac…”
Nick, if you actually find the cheat codes, post the URL for the rest of us to download them, will you?
Nick, to quote Sara Bareilles:
“Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly
I wanna see you be brave”
Okay, I guess that needs a filk.
tune” Brave,” Sara Bareilles
You can be a hero
You’re not a Zero, hell, you’re not even a MiG
Technic’ly you’re heartless
The funny part is, how your heart has grown so big
You’d better start speaking up
Once you’ve won the one love you’ve always dreamed of
It’s not time to be tongue-tied
Don’t look for a menu, the only venue
That matters is inside
Don’t you wonder what would happen if you
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just want to see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
Maybe there’s a way you two can be more than friends
Maybe you can fly so high that you’ll never descend
Show her
How big your brave is
Say what you wanna say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
With what you want to say
And let the words fall out
Honestly I wanna see you be brave
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I just wanna see you
I wanna see you be brave
yeah. that. (but i wanna see dr lee pony up too 🙂
I’m still laughing about the conversation from Dr. Lee’s point of view:
“Nick…how do you feel about me?”
(ominous silence)
“Hold on, I’m gonna look online to see if there’s cheat codes for this.”
Not, shall we say, heartening or promising.
Actually, I’d say from her point of view, that gets the situation across pretty clearly — the dude’s blown away and doesn’t know how to deal with it.
Indeed, the “awkward silence” has proven to be the real cheatcode across dozens of stories.
panel 3 – Dr. Lee is breaking a frame within a frame. huh.
Yeah, second day in a row.
oh
oops
I
guess
I’m
just
a
bit
slow.
Thus do we on Mount Olympus
mock the mortals far below
Indeed, we’d like to live the dream
despite, we sit in jealous mode.
For see how our Elysian seats
are calm as ‘tots on sofas.
We lack the pain and thrill of war
the geeky slings and cupid’s arrows.
The battle rages deep within
join the fray or hide in barrows.
Hmm, even though I’m similar to Nick in that I haven’t a clue how to date, I certainly wouldn’t classify that last ending as “terrifying” (for me). The biggest roadblocks to me are just getting past the fear of the bad/awkward endings… after that, once I know the feelings are mutual, it’s easy enough for me to admit to her that she’ll need to help me out in that “dating” department. 😀
Nick, don’t check the Internet for cheat codes on this. There are those who claim to have them, and they are very, very wrong.
Cheat Code Found:
1. Ask “Are you from another planet?”
2. Say “Because that ass is out of this world!”
3. Win!
Nick: “Well FLORIDE,this SKUNK is easier than I thought.
*ass-embly
No problem. Use the remote controlled fembot body. For privacy and high bandwidth, do so inside the helicopter.
So, which will he burn out first on this, the wetware or the hardware? Both are in danger of overloading as he scrambles to find an answer.
I believe a thing called love.
My good man, your opponent’s hopelessly rigged that game. There’s no way to win and the only way to avoid losing is not to play.