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WCDT Strips 3391-3395 (9th to 13th January 2017)
BenRG:
--- Quote from: osaka on 11 Jan 2017, 03:11 ---This kind of defeats the point of "No strings attached" that Mercedes here presented, don't you think?
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I think that you are missing the point: "No strings attached" only means that they won't directly ask Bubbles for anything; what Bubbles might offer them in exchange for not shopping Emily is another matter altogether. That's her choice, not a 'string attached'.
Upon such technicalities is a demon's empire born.
FWIW, I'm expecting Emily and possibly Faye to have a virtual reality adventure in the inside of Bubbles' mind. The only way to unlock the memories is to be in there and confront the encryption as a physical barrier rather than a computing challenge. That way, the processing ability of Emily and Faye's minds can be used directly rather than through the filter of some crude interfacing computational device.
Naturally, this will end with Faye witnessing the moment that broke Bubbles from practically a first person perspective.
"This is my secret; this is my shame."
tupsharru:
--- Quote from: zmeiat_joro on 11 Jan 2017, 04:14 ---
--- 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.
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I could find examples, but that would require reading their posts, and that way madness lies. The gender-ambiguity, casual arrogance, random changes in topic and metaphor, references to elders and sanctity of mind, and allusiveness feel similar in Grey Face and "Minerva Owl" of the many handles.
But maybe "Minerva Owl"/HB was alluding to that comic?
I feel like as a reader I am supposed to make a connection between Grey Face and some other characters in other settings, but I am not being given the information (like specific names) which I need to do so. That is different from art where most of the meaning is at the surface, but there are nuances and side jokes hidden underneath (like the name Rocco Basilisk).
islan:
What is even going on? I think this is the first time this comic has ever completely lost me...
Did I miss somewhere where this character or who they represent were introduced?
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: tupsharru on 11 Jan 2017, 05:13 ---But maybe "Minerva Owl"/HB was alluding to that comic?
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That's possible, but their (Minerva Owl's) style reminds me more of Delirium, only more pessimistic, or a mix of the two. And the sanctity of mind thing is a major thing that points to the Culture novels (for Grey Face). That's why I said they seem like a mix of Desire from the Gaiman comic and an AI from the Culture (specifically the Interesting Times Gang).
zmeiat_joro:
--- Quote from: islan on 11 Jan 2017, 05:16 ---What is even going on? I think this is the first time this comic has ever completely lost me...
Did I miss somewhere where this character or who they represent were introduced?
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It's a new character. We have yet to see, that's kind of the point.
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