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WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
tupsharru:
Scary Vampire Person is drawing on the same tropes as a crazy person with constantly changing aliases who likes to post on Charlie Stross' blog. I don't recognize them. Could someone explain more clearly than "Desire from the Expanse"? Are we talking about the Neil Gaiman comic? Where are the specific similarities?
There are some vampire tropes, either White Wolf or the novels that inspired WW, but I don't know enough to 'read' them either. The name Rocco Basilisk is a joke about the LessWrong community, and that is another area of crazy that I just know a little about.
The comment about similarities with Ian M. Banks' Culture novels rings a bell too, but I only read one of those ... not my thing.
Case:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 10 Jan 2017, 23:23 ---
--- Quote from: hedgie on 10 Jan 2017, 21:48 ---Emily is, well, Emily. We're talking about someone who nearly summoned Cthulhu....
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That is the kind of thing that would attract attention in some circles, yes. Unusual too. At least, I hope it's unusual.
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Depends on where you're doing your Laundry, I s'pose ... :mrgreen:
Gyrre:
Huh. Does anybody else feel stupid for not thinking that they should just ask Emily for help?
She was set up quite some time ago (somewhere in the 2012-2014 range) to be an absurdly intelligent and skilled programmer/engineer.
EDIT: Tired brain typos
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: tupsharru on 11 Jan 2017, 03:24 ---Scary Vampire Person is drawing on the same tropes as a crazy person with constantly changing aliases who likes to post on Charlie Stross' blog. I don't recognize them. Could someone explain more clearly than "Desire from the Expanse"? Are we talking about the Neil Gaiman comic? Where are the specific similarities?
There are some vampire tropes, either White Wolf or the novels that inspired WW, but I don't know enough to 'read' them either. The name Rocco Basilisk is a joke about the LessWrong community, and that is another area of crazy that I just know a little about.
The comment about similarities with Ian M. Banks' Culture novels rings a bell too, but I only read one of those ... not my thing.
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I know which person from Charlie's blog you're referring to, but I don't see that much similarity -- probably because New Character also physically resembles Desire from the Gaiman comic.
brasca:
--- Quote from: Method of Madness on 10 Jan 2017, 19:06 ---Bubbles consents, but does Emily? Did Emily know this person already?
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According to Upscale Envy, Emily will enjoy the experience which makes me as curious about her past as much as our mysterious stranger. If she didn't then Bubbles would resist since she wouldn't want someone losing their mind exploring her mind.
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