Look At Me 2016-01-14 January

[Dave]

Well played, mom!

I agree. I especially like the fact that Kath didn't handle it with an accusation like "You were bad!" which would have been an argument based on authority - on Mom's Opinion. A child could disagree about the whole good/bad thing.

Instead, what she did was say "Here's what the truth is." That's not a matter of opinion... Castela knew perfectly well what Kath had and hadn't said. Lots harder to argue against, and Pickle didn't get very far trying.

The big win here, is that the fundamental lesson was "The truth is important. The truth matters. The truth isn't a matter of opinion. Telling un-truths in order to get what you want, is something that can backfire on you."

It's also good, because it doesn't carry the possible message of "You're being punished because I'm taking Atsali's side of the argument." Instead, it's "You weren't truthful, and now you have to clean up after your un-truth"... there's no favoritism implied.

[Catawampus]

Maybe they can make Castela watch the stupid science show now.

Kath has nothing on Castela in the creepy-eye department.

I'd say that Castela's the one closer to having nothing in regards to eyes. . .

Fortunately, Pickle knows that she has to anther to her mother.

You don't think that Castela has the stamina for that?

[AnotherFairportfan]

The Stinkweed was doing pretty good' up to her penultimate word...

That's what passes for contrition in a 6 year-old.

One of my granddaughters turned ten yesterday. The other turns eight Monday.

I know.

(They don't know that Monday they're going to Build-a-Bear...)

[FreeFlier]

. . . (They don't know that Monday they're going to Build-a-Bear...)

Are you going to build one for yourself . . . and name her Nadette?



--FreeFlier

[Opus the Poet]

. . . (They don't know that Monday they're going to Build-a-Bear...)

Are you going to build one for yourself . . . and name her Nadette?



--FreeFlier

Bravo! {applause}

[illiad]

. . . (They don't know that Monday they're going to Build-a-Bear...)

Are you going to build one for yourself . . . and name her Nadette?



--FreeFlier

well, there may be strange looks, when you start trying to put 'bear ears' on a 'human' face....

[FreeFlier]

. . . (They don't know that Monday they're going to Build-a-Bear...)

Are you going to build one for yourself . . . and name her Nadette?

well, there may be strange looks, when you start trying to put 'bear ears' on a 'human' face....

Maybe from other customers . . . I'd expect the staff to shrug and mumble "I don't want to know . . ."

--FreeFlier

[AmriloJim]

Maybe from other customers . . . I'd expect the staff to shrug and mumble "I don't want to know . . ."

--FreeFlier

Or they might surprise you by saying, "Oh, Wapsi... say no more."

[Dave]

well, there may be strange looks, when you start trying to put 'bear ears' on a 'human' face....

Maybe from other customers . . . I'd expect the staff to shrug and mumble "I don't want to know . . ."

They're probably used to it. Lots of people buy a human-form plushie figure, and then insist on their right to bear arms.

[Typeminer]

Lots of people buy a human-form plushie figure, and then insist on their right to bear arms.

The Game Commission didn't like it much when I tried to insist on my right to arm bears.

[TazManiac]

Maybe from other customers . . . I'd expect the staff to shrug and mumble "I don't want to know . . ."

--FreeFlier

Or they might surprise you by saying, "Oh, Wapsi... say no more."

"Yeah, did you know we are running a special 'Two-for-One' offer right now?"

You cant ferget Berdine...

[jwhouk]

I wonder - do ursamorphs work at Build-A-Bear?

[FreeFlier]

Lots of people buy a human-form plushie figure, and then insist on their right to bear arms.

The Game Commission didn't like it much when I tried to insist on my right to arm bears.

Doc doesn't have a problem with arming bears . . .

. . .

Mad scientist airsmith bears

--FreeFlier

[jwhouk]

Lots of people buy a human-form plushie figure, and then insist on their right to bear arms.

The Game Commission didn't like it much when I tried to insist on my right to arm bears.

Doc doesn't have a problem with arming bears . . .

. . .

Mad scientist airsmith bears

--FreeFlier

Ah, a Whiteboard fanatic.

[FreeFlier]

Lots of people buy a human-form plushie figure, and then insist on their right to bear arms.

The Game Commission didn't like it much when I tried to insist on my right to arm bears.

Doc doesn't have a problem with arming bears . . .

. . .

Mad scientist airsmith bears

Ah, a Whiteboard fanatic.

I still remember the comment from the guy that pointed me there . . . "Mad scientist airsmith bears! . . . . . . I know all of those guys, and I've been most of them."

--FreeFlier

[Gyrrakavian]

Have we ever figured out how Kath's pupils/sclera work? Are her sclera and irises black, or does she just have pupils like the brown bear* who sees all?



*"Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?" "ALL"

[GlytchMeister]

Have we ever figured out how Kath's pupils/sclera work? Are her sclera and irises black, or does she just have pupils like the brown bear* who sees all?



*"Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see?" "ALL"

I haven't been able to figure that out to my satisfaction, and I've pondered the ocular mechanics and how one would achieve that blackness in an eye without them going blind for about as long as we've had her as a character.

The best I epcould ever work it out is she has really, really big pupils. Like, her pupils take up almost the entire forward-facing hemispheres of her eyes. The three lights are caused by reflections off of the different layers of the eye: cornea, lens, then the vitrious fluid.

The multiple reflections work the same way as mirrors do: mirrors have glass with metal behind them, right? If you look reeeeaaallly closely, you can sometimes see the difference between the reflection off if the glass and the reflection from the metal.
I think that sort of thing is more common with older mirrors.

Anyway, that's the best I could come up with.

[Gyrrakavian]

Have we ever figured out how Kath's pupils/sclera work? Are her sclera and irises black, or does she just have pupils like the brown bear* who sees ALL

I haven't been able to figure that out to my satisfaction, and I've pondered the ocular mechanics and how one would achieve that blackness in an eye without them going blind for about as long as we've had her as a character.

The best I epcould ever work it out is she has really, really big pupils. Like, her pupils take up almost the entire forward-facing hemispheres of her eyes. The three lights are caused by reflections off of the different layers of the eye: cornea, lens, then the vitrious fluid.

The multiple reflections work the same way as mirrors do: mirrors have glass with metal behind them, right? If you look reeeeaaallly closely, you can sometimes see the difference between the reflection off if the glass and the reflection from the metal.
I think that sort of thing is more common with older mirrors.

Anyway, that's the best I could come up with.

Ja, that'd definitely make her go blind. That much direct UV exposure would wreck the optic nerve and the other inner workings due to none of them being covered with melanin.
Maybe she wears prescription strength polarized contacts? Maybe there's some latent Lanthian magitech kajiggery going on.

[FreeFlier]

. . . . I think that sort of thing is more common with older mirrors. . . .

There are two kinds of glass mirrors: second-surface and first-surface.

Second surface mirrors are the older type, with a reflective surface coating applied to the far side of the glass, so that the light passes through the glass, is reflected, and passes back through the glass. Historically these were used for most non-scientific purposes because they were less expensive, required less care in coating and in preventing damage and were more stable over time, while the issues resulting from distortions within the glass were non-critical.

First-surface mirrors have the reflective surface on top of the glass, which means that the light does not pass through the glass at all. However, the coating must be applied evenly, and it is quite susceptible to damage and oxidation, so it historically had to be stripped and replaced frequently.

In recent years improved first-surface coatings reduced the oxidation/weathering problems and improved the damage resistance, allowing first-surface mirrors to be more widely used.


As far as Katherine's eyes, perhaps she simply has very dark irises, and possibly some condition that makes the whites of her eyes black. Or she simply doesn't show anything outside of the iris for some reason.

--FreeFlier

[Dave]

Have we ever figured out how Kath's pupils/sclera work? Are her sclera and irises black, or does she just have pupils like the brown bear* who sees all?

I have a recollection that Monica once referred to Tina as having "spooky" dark sclera... but I can't recall whether that incident was canon or fan fiction

If canon... we can probably assume that a hyperpigmentation of the sclera is an odd side effect of her chimeral origin. There are medical conditions which can lead to a dark staining of the sclera but I don't think there has been any mention of anything of this sort in her backstory so far.