Comic for Monday, Apr 10, 2023

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Comic for Monday, Apr 10, 2023

This does look like it is heading toward a job offer.

[Amiable Dorsai 70]

2 minutes ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Comic for Monday, Apr 10, 2023

This does look like it is heading toward a job offer.

It does, indeed.

Also, seems I was wrong. It's not just Pandora who can no longer walk through walls.

[ijuin 572]

Susan may have potential as an Intelligence Analyst.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

Regarding 'immortals can no longer walk through walls', it seems like a weird thing to change. I wonder what motivated that detail of the changes?

[Darth Fluffy 302]

6 minutes ago, ijuin said:

Susan may have potential as an Intelligence Analyst.

IRL, both her and Diane would.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

Susan said she didn't delete those comments because they freaked her out. 

If something freaks me out, more than I am normally freaked out, I am more likely to ignore it. 

As for Tedd's hare?

If transformation magic can not substitute for a cosmetologist appointment, then our mad undergraduate needs a style that looks equally good on a male or female.

I suggest taking inspiration from Persis Khambatta or Yul Brynner.

[mlooney 3,417]

I wonder if the people watching the immortal bounce off the ceiling laughed out loud or not.  I suspect not, but they probable had to hold it back.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

I so want to think the immortal bouncing off the ceiling was Voltaire 

[mlooney 3,417]

1 hour ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

I so want to think the immortal bouncing off the ceiling was Voltaire 

That would be amusing, but why would Voltaire be in view of DGB agents?  Edward, at least, would know who he is and be aware that he's more hostile to humans than normal.

[ijuin 572]

4 hours ago, Darth Fluffy said:

Regarding 'immortals can no longer walk through walls', it seems like a weird thing to change. I wonder what motivated that detail of the changes?

It seems that Immortals are no longer allowed to render themselves intangible while they are in the physical plane.

My first guess as to why it had been forbidden is out of an agreement about balance/justice—because they are presumably allowing themselves to have more engagement in mortal affairs, they agreed that it was “unfair” to be untouchable when they do so.

Recall, when Immortals knowingly attempt something forbidden, they get a nagging voice in their heads telling them not to do it, which can become annoying enough to count as a lesser punishment in itself.

[Amiable Dorsai 70]

5 hours ago, mlooney said:

That would be amusing, but why would Voltaire be in view of DGB agents?  Edward, at least, would know who he is and be aware that he's more hostile to humans than normal.

He could have been taunting the agents with his newfound abilities and decided to make a dramatic exit through the ceiling.  That would be even funnier.

[Don Edwards 548]

I have a feeling that the Immortals are less than 100% free to rewrite their laws any way they like - that there are some constraints they can't violate, or maybe they can violate a little bit over on this edge if they are careful to stay sufficiently clear of that edge over there.

And that the "can't go through walls" is a side effect which they discovered after agreeing to new rules.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,586]

13 minutes ago, Don Edwards said:

"can't go through walls" is a side effect which they discovered after agreeing to new rules

That does seem like a big  unintended consequence.

But I have seen enough policies, court orders and laws get pushed through where the most notable effect  (intended or otherwise) isn't obvious until after the ink dries.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

3 hours ago, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

That does seem like a big  unintended consequence.

But I have seen enough policies, court orders and laws get pushed through where the most notable effect  (intended or otherwise) isn't obvious until after the ink dries.

Too true,

[ijuin 572]

6 hours ago, Don Edwards said:

And that the "can't go through walls" is a side effect which they discovered after agreeing to new rules.

I still think that the “not going through walls” thing is just a subset of “not allowed to be intangible while on the physical plane”.

[Darth Fluffy 302]

10 hours ago, ijuin said:

I still think that the “not going through walls” thing is just a subset of “not allowed to be intangible while on the physical plane”.

That makes sense. I could see that as being a thing they would want to limit, to keep tabs on each other.

[ijuin 572]

Yeah, it would not be about walls per se, but more about not being on the physical plane and untouchable at the same time.