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WCDT Strips 26-30 November 2018 (3881-3885)
brasca:
Looks like Roko will fit in just fine, but I’d like to know what she’s applying for.
BenRG:
Ever since Jeph made a few posts about Beeptrice on Twitter, I started getting worried. I thought that she was going to be like Tilly - a new character that he considered cute and funny that he was going to shove in our faces and leave there. It's pretty obvious what role she was created to fill: She's Roko's new supervisor at whatever her new 'real' job is (I've got the feeling it's a community advisory/advocacy service). However, I'm concerned that she might end up becoming too prominent too quickly in a way that sours people towards her.
All that aside, I do agree with Beeptrice's employers. If there is one thing that any consumer product manufacturer should know it is that there is no upper limit to the abnormal use to which your products will be put and the capability of people to have a bizarre definition of 'intuitive normal usage'. Best to prepare in advance rather than get your butt sued for injuries after they use one as a flaming torch or something. I'm pretty sure that sex toys suffer even more abuse, given the weird places some people can go!
--- Quote from: TheCollector on 27 Nov 2018, 19:30 ---Welp.. I ship it.
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Yeah, I'm not one to jump on a ship on first sight of a new character but Jeph is honouring at least one animé trope here (constant over-reaction to double-entendres) that suggests he is at least deliberately teasing this because he thinks it's cute. However, I do believe that this feeds into the overall Roko arc that she desperately needs a romantic sexual partner to the point where even hints are making her overheat!
hakko504:
--- Quote from: Rincewind on 27 Nov 2018, 19:28 ---Comic's up!
Beepatrice seems nice, if a little easily flustered.
I wonder if it's pronounced Bee-patrice or Beep-atrice?
(O.K., I've been up waaaaayyyy too long...)
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I'm thinking it should be Beep-atrice. Sort of self-censored. And would go nice with a Basilisk.
[edit] No shipping of AIs intended, just the names have a nice theme together [/edit]
JoeCovenant:
Roko!! YAY!!!
(Bit of a jump in topic and scenario, but that's a good thing in my book!)
:)
Tai Fanboi:
Explosive ballistic testing of cylindrical objects. Sign me up.
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