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  1. NP Comic for Thursday, Jan 4, 2024

    I tend to think of this as 'correlation does not equal causation'. Nanase is strong because she works out, the effects of magic on this are indeterminate. Likewise, Elliot. Tedd is weak, because he does not. He 'works out' with his magic, and so is strong with it. So 'great wizards have noodle arms' seems to say that they are hyper-focused magic nerds, not that being physically strong makes one weaker in magic. Super wizard Nanase is cute. Her gloves look awkwardly oversized, and the outer wrap around her top looks constricting. The hat is stylish, but would probably be unwieldy. In real life, physical activity is healthy and improves your outlook, you can generally accomplish more.
  2. Other Random Comics

    I want out of this comic!
  3. Political Discussion Thread (READ FIRST POST)

    (Time) Teachers Wrestle With How to Discuss January 6 With Students "We might offend people if we call it an insurrection." In the spirit of cooperation, we should also call school shootings, 'playfully tossing metal balls at the children'. Dumpster Fire did not commit fraud, he 'creatively reported its finances to its best advantage with suitable embellishments'.
  4. Cats, Dogs, Other pets.

    OMG, a three legged cat!
  5. Comic for Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024

    She actually is unschooled in human ways. What's weird is that it matters.
  6. Task Avoidance Thread

    If I were in your shoes, I don't think I'd want to add 'medicate staying awake' to what you already deal with. Does walking help and is it an option?
  7. Comic for Wednesday, Jan 3, 2024

    Whatever the source, bills that are too new will arouse suspicion, especially if they all are. A reasonable back story would be, "I'm traveling (also, that's why I'm a bit weird) and that's what the bank handed me." Which is one possible explanation, maybe she legitimately had access to items she buried many years ago. So, source of the funds; Justin says, "Not counterfeit!" in his head; I take that as canon because it seems to be intended to be canon. Well, we have the possible, 'assets buried long ago', literally created on the spot - but she'd need to have copied real ones to have the anti-counterfeit features; transported real ones to herself - effectively stolen; sent real ones back in time to herself - which is not technically stealing, it would be more akin to counterfeiting, but they'd be real; duplicated herself a thousand times and flipped burgers for a couple of weeks (but she'd probably know about change, then - and does she need to eat?) . . . They all seem far fetched. Justin is slick in how he checked, not making it obvious what he is doing. OTOH, it's probably not necessary. I've had bills checked at places that check routinely, did not find it offensive. I think black light checking is more effective. I can see a comic store not investing in one, even though they are not expensive. It has too many entertaining applications, in a store that caters to the nerdy crowd. The 'change' panel - Hope is naive about muggles, big surprise; not knowing that she'd get money back seems a bit much. But why is she so hyper-focused on being recognized as having changed? It seems to be motivated by some fear; she currently has limited power, she's used to much more as Pandora, so this might be a strong reaction to the loss, since hers is more severe than most immortals experience. Or perhaps she knows she has enemies - none explicitly shown, yet, but she had previously made a name for herself. Magus is perhaps likely to be a hostile human. Voltaire is generally antagonistic. Is this a long term thing, like Pandora's years adventuring with her mate? Motivated by wanting to bond with her family? Part of the new immortal rules? Absolutely! From what we've seen of other immortal reboots, it seems like she should be functioning as a young adult, yet she seems to be much more childlike. I wonder if some aggregation of the human case is going to be parents to her; maybe her own son will be involved. It's been said in the comic that 'immortals have a difficult time understanding human morality'. I wonder if she is being set up to have deeper insights into human morality.
  8. Holidaze

    Happy ('Merkin) Thanksgiving!
  9. Holidaze

    Low though my expectations for 2024 be, still, wishing you all a happy new year!
  10. NP Comic for Tuesday, Jan 2, 2024 Nanase looks muscular enough, don't get why Ashley would question it. The commentary says Nanase weights in the first panel appear to be about three pounds. I think that's way off, I'd say about ten pounds. I forgot that Ashley does ballet, which seems like an unnecessary embellishment for this comic; holding her aloft would be impressive even if she did not. I guess she would not be able to stay rigid in the last panel without some practice. When do they teach that? A friend of my dad's had a daughter near my age, and when we were little she took ballet classes. I'm pretty sure they didn't do that. I didn't observe so I guess they could have. My only other connection to ballet was that they played the Ballet of Davy Crockett on the radio a lot around then. Disney made a few shows about him wandering the wilderness in his coonskin cap and tutu. Fess Parker, who was Jed Clampett a decade later, played his sidekick. He killed him a bar when he was only three. Probably got the whiskey contaminated, then got chased out of town for poisoning the patrons, and had to wander the wilderness, until he got elected to Congress. Then, he told them, "You can go to Hell, I'm going to Texas.", and yeah, I can see a rough equivalence, although, most of the time Texas has a milder climate. And Hell is not know for it's tornadoes. But it is known for Willie Nelson, who may have known Davy Crockett. He's been around for a while.
  11. NP Comic for Saturday, Dec 30, 2023 Wouldn't her muscles be evident all the time? Not sure if the last panel means lust or fear.
  12. Other Random Comics

    He's such a card.
  13. Comic for Wednesday, Dec 27, 2023

    She looks young. I don't think Justin is judging her liking pointy ears. On a re-read, I think you're right.
  14. Other Random Comics

    Now that's some aggressive advertising!
  15. Holidaze

    "If the box fits, wear it."
  16. NP Comic for Thursday, Dec 28, 2023 Nanase wants to tweak the spell s'more. "She's not my maid" sounds like denial to me. Tedd's big eyes in the second panel are amusing. I am curious what particular aspect of Nanase getting bigger amused him. Or was it her verbal response? Ashley is true to form.
  17. Holidaze

    That should be a fortune cookie.
  18. Comic for Wednesday, Dec 27, 2023

    Sixty to seventy USD would be typical for a big name release for the PC; fifty is a nice round figure in the ballpark. I read this as 'under $100 or not much over', allowing for some padding. I thought Hope looked mid-high school teen, around 16-ish, but small stature. I wondered if stature was not passed on, because Pandora appeared taller, but recall, she was sometimes a very short young looking girl. In any case, the appearance age does not seem to correlate to the time since reboot. Zeus appeared to be in his twenties. I wonder if it reflects an emotional state, something like self perceived maturity? I had this same thought. Counterfeiting be stepping across a line that would be opposed however possible. & & Why would Pandora have had a stash of human cash or valuables? Why would she have cared? What need would she have for wealth? Are you thinking this is something all immortals would do prior to rebooting? It seems clear that Hope has an agenda, but not what it is, nor if it is her own thing or directed by Pandora. The notes from the past suggests this is Pandora's idea. That makes sense, that Pandora would have had an opinion, vs Hope seems clueless. But why a card game?
  19. Who in the cast has met an immortal?

    Yes, I do; I'll fix it. Thanks.
  20. Who in the cast has met an immortal?

    Ah, you're right.
  21. Story Friday, December 22nd, 2023

    That is a possibility. It seems the ships are capable of whatever the plot demands at the moment. I would have to re-watch a TOS show, but I think the planets were shown rotating under them, which would say they are actually orbiting. And they call it 'orbit'. And, even with anti-gravity tech, it would still be a safety factor. Might interfere with operations to not be in line of sight. They could have deployable relays to take care of that. Good grief, we already have those, several ways. For Gene Roddenberry, it was a platform for story telling more than it was a technical exercise.
  22. Story Friday, December 22nd, 2023

    I see you have the accurate translation.
  23. Things That Are Just Annoying

    Chat GPT? I've seen jacket covers that had obvious spoofs of the author's life. Write about how your parents sent you to Earth before your home world blew up, and you were adopted by traveling folk singers.
  24. Comic for Wednesday, Dec 27, 2023

    'Grok' is probably too strong a word. (Honestly, people who grok money are not generally likable. People who are aware that there are other aspects to being human, and money is a means to an end, tend to be in a healthier place, A Christmas Carol being a readily available illustration.) ((The analogous concept of 'money-brother' to 'water-brother' seems gnarly, not the least of which reason being some folks function like that in real life, to the detriment of many; entitled, class-centric, exclusive. I'm not a fan.)) So far, there is not a clear indication of her level of understanding. She seems to have an awareness of value, but that may be feigned. She might be out of touch with fair prices and have no idea if Justin is offering a fair deal or not if money comes too easily (like a little kid who is handed money.)
  25. Story Friday, December 22nd, 2023

    I was an older child, but still a child, when TOS aired. It was ground breaking in its day. Has not aged well. I believe there are only three of the TOS cast left, William Shatner, George Takei, and Walter Koenig. I think none of them were in the pilot, Shatner was there for the full run, George came in early, maybe first season, and Walter was maybe from second season onward? Not sure, and need to get out the door, so I'm not going to check. Walter Koenig has caught flack for his Russian accent; I knew a translator who said it was not authentic, but he learned the accent from family that came from Russia. I suspect it is a regional thing. His surname is German for king. Now I need to find a station that's playing Jingle Bells in the original Klingon. It looses a lot in translation, the Earth version has very little bloodshed.