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WCDT: Strips 3336-3340 (24-28 October 2016)

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Case:

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--- Quote from: anahata on 24 Oct 2016, 05:44 ---Is Pintsize's reaction because Bubbles is big and scary (i.e. bigger and stronger than Faye), or is it a reference to the mental anguish such a persistently unrepentant character would have to go through to actually apologize for anything?
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I think it's basically because her LOOM puts even Marten's to shame. It's certainly more intimidating than Faye with a rolling pin!

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Maybe its her very polite and utterly deadpan delivery - or maybe I think so because yesterday, I watched a vid of Eric Bana interviewing infamous Australian Standover-man Mark "Chopper" Read in order to prepare for his role in the movie "Chopper".

The creepy thing about Chopper Read is that he's actually rather amicable and friendly - right until he starts telling his stories and you suddenly notice how he's ever-so-slowly shifting 'into character'. There's a point where Read describes how he went about intimidating a bunch of hardened inmates - utterly deadpan, very politely inquiring "Btw, how is your mother doing these days? Is she alright?" - and you notice how Bana, a rather big and physically fit guy (he played a Navy Seal in "Blackhawk Down") goes from laughing along into making those soft, intimidated "ha" "uhuh" "ha" "umh" noises - kinda like he's thinking "Oh! Fuck! How did I get here? What was I thinking? This is a guy who put the fear of God into the worst inmates of a high-security prison AND HE'S SITTING RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME!"

Neko_Ali:
Dread of the unknown has always been a far more scary thing than an actual threat. When someone says 'I'm going to smash you in the head with a rolling pin'  you've got some idea of what to expect. Sure they could be lying... but it gives you something to focus on. On the other hand, if that same person (and let's be honest, Bubbles is way more physically intimidating than Faye) is calmly staring you in the eye and saying they are very upset with you, with an edge of threat to their voice but no overt threats... Well your mind starts running a mile a minute over what they could do to you, and you have no idea if they are going to, or what it will be or when it will happen. You just know you're in danger.

It's a trick horror writers and film makers use to great effect. Keep what's going on not well known.  So long as the monster or the killer or whatever is unknown it's much easier to produce scares with just noises or out of place but perfectly ordinary things. See the trope of 'it was just a cat'. The fear of the unknown keeps the protagonist and audience jumping. Once the threat becomes known though, it becomes much easier to focus on. Perhaps not less dangerous but certainly not as scary.

theMarc:
Firstly, why would Bubbles have pubes, Pintsize? More importantly, why would you ask if she has pubes? What sort of delusions are you suffering from that you didn't think that that wouldn't end badly?

Secondly, Goddammit, the commentary under the comic is giving me a mental image of Pintsize having a pube collection. Like, some people collect trading cards, others collect stamps or figurines, but Pintsize has a collector's case for his pube collection. And now I'm thinking about how Pintsize went about acquiring all those pubes. Ugh...

Magniras:
It's a terrible context, but a fairly good point has been brought up by pintsize.  Can AI get get pubes installed on their chassis?  I doubt many AI would, but it seems like the kind of thing May would do if she had a higher quality chassis.  Plus there are those AI that want meat bodies, would they go for it?

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--- Quote from: theMarc on 24 Oct 2016, 10:37 ---Secondly, Goddammit, the commentary under the comic is giving me a mental image of Pintsize having a pube collection. Like, some people collect trading cards, others collect stamps or figurines, but Pintsize has a collector's case for his pube collection. And now I'm thinking about how Pintsize went about acquiring all those pubes. Ugh...

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Dude, he totally does.

Thrudd:
//www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGK8IC-bGnU

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