Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDT - November 2014
MrNumbers:
I'd like to point out how everyone's heads bowed with respect, their eyes and faces are particularly grateful, somewhat humble...
... and Alice herself just looks bored. Arms crossed over chest - and we know from QC Jeph is really good at subtle body language to tell a story - means she's not just bored, but might even be slightly irritated. Like; "Yeah, I did that, why are you bringing it up? Why are you making a big deal of this?"
So here's the thing - why? Is it just because she's frustrated dealing with Ardent, or is it something else?
Something much more else?
BenRG:
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 14 Nov 2014, 09:21 ---So here's the thing - why? Is it just because she's frustrated dealing with Ardent, or is it something else?
Something much more else?
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No so much bored but angry and embarrassed, I think. She is doing what she should be doing, what any moral being would do, and really doesn't like the way the townsfolk treat her like a wizard or a deity.
MooskiNet:
--- Quote from: BenRG on 14 Nov 2014, 09:27 ---
--- Quote from: MrNumbers on 14 Nov 2014, 09:21 ---So here's the thing - why? Is it just because she's frustrated dealing with Ardent, or is it something else?
Something much more else?
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No so much bored but angry and embarrassed, I think. She is doing what she should be doing, what any moral being would do, and really doesn't like the way the townsfolk treat her like a wizard or a deity.
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Maybe, but the thank yous in panels 2, 3 and 4 are for things the average person probably couldn't do, moral or not.
FunkyTuba:
--- Quote from: osaka on 14 Nov 2014, 06:17 ---I actually think that Ardent's face says something on the lines of "Delicate balance my ASS you motherfucker."
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Well, every set of scales has to have some kind of operator to decide what goes in each pan.
plusorminus:
The "holodeck" scenario posited by Zebediah makes the most sense to me thus far. There seems to be a subtle hint of it in the penultimate panel when the kid asks if it's true that Alice can make the sun come out. That seems to indicate a controlled environment that Alice has placed herself at the head of, and it's possible that this is some experiment to see how far AIs can become "self aware." In usual holodeck scenarios, no one is aware of anything - Data as Sherlock Holmes, for example. No one in those scenarios seemed to think it odd that "Holmes" had yellowish skin and yellow eyes spoke without a British accent, etc. If the kid associates Alice with making the sun come out, the AIs in her experiment might be starting to become self aware.
But this doesn't explain Ardent or Alice's initial reaction to him. He was sleeping for quite a long time before the stick came out. If Alice knew immediately that a blue boy in red skivvies with a tail wasn't part of the scenario, why seem so baffled at the outset? She only became annoyed once Ardent started saying he was from outer space. She seemed okay enough with him while he was asleep and even when he woke and introduced himself.
Also a possibility? Alice is a member of the Q continuum.
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