Comfort Food 2014-06-30

Sidhekin · Post by **Sidhekin** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:13 am

zachariah wrote:Today's strip implies this size is the real one. If she used an illusion she would not be able to move the chair with her hand as an illusion has not solid substance.

What, you never heard of tangible illusions?

Or telekinesis?

eee · Post by **eee** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:34 am

DilyV wrote:SPiders that size? That is rather small compared to the Giant Huntsman spider...

Leg/body ratio is wrong. The Giant Huntsman has a LOT of leg, but a body that can rest comfortably in the palm of the hand. This monster's body is BIGGER than Cricket's hand. I'd scream "Kill it with FIRE" but somebody already did...

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:51 am

EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!

/end arachnophobic moment

Sidhekin · Post by **Sidhekin** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:52 am

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that spider was smaller when we first saw Cricket.

Aed · Post by **Aed** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:17 am

You call that a spider? Now this is a spider!

Prester Fred · Post by **Prester Fred** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:01 pm

According to some sources, glamor is more than just illusion, though less than true shapeshifting. It's sort of like pulling on a temporary reality to cover the truth underneath.

Like, a glamor of an umbrella will keep you dry in the rain -- until you get indoors and end the spell, and then suddenly you're soaked to the skin. But you really were dry until then.

Judicious use of that kind of glamor could be quite useful, especially if you make creative use of the fleeting effects.

Post by **Wapsi** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:47 pm

Thor wrote:Wait..."glamor"?

I always assumed that the various supernaturals were actually changing size and shape to their human form, not just putting on an illusion.

Does this mean that Cricket is actually still only 6 inches tall, but appears to be 5 feet? And if that's so, does that mean the fried spider is actually garden spider sized instead of tarantula?

It can't all be glamor, since when Shelly changes size and shape into her "true" form she actually bangs her head on the ceiling.

The only other explanation is that Paul T. is using the word in a non-standard way that is specific to his universe.

Cricket is making fun of having to be in human form and referring to it as something that she knows as a fake way to represent something.

Post by **Wapsi** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 12:53 pm

Goliath Birdeater. This poor sweetie gets scared easy even though it looks creepy.

Catawampus · Post by **Catawampus** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 4:56 pm

If you go down to the northern parts of South America, you frequently find these guys roasted over fires and then served nice and hot. You have to be careful to char off all of the bristles, though, because they have these special barbed "hairs" that they can launch at anything that startles them, and they can really mess you up if you get the bristles in your eyes or nose or mouth (if they get on your hands, they just itch like crazy).

After eating the spider, it's typical to use their fangs as convenient toothpicks.

MerchManDan · Post by **MerchManDan** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 8:24 pm

Mmm, nothing like crispy palukoo.

Y'know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Cricket extended her glamour to her lunch - enlarging her spider (IF it is indeed a "spider," for all we know it could be a PopTart) - just to mess with Atsali. It seems like something she'd do.

DilyV · Post by **DilyV** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:18 pm

Catawampus wrote:If you go down to the northern parts of South America, you frequently find these guys roasted over fires and then served nice and hot. You have to be careful to char off all of the bristles, though, because they have these special barbed "hairs" that they can launch at anything that startles them, and they can really mess you up if you get the bristles in your eyes or nose or mouth (if they get on your hands, they just itch like crazy).

After eating the spider, it's typical to use their fangs as convenient toothpicks.

Nope. Double Nope.

Post by **Dave** » Mon Jun 30, 2014 11:30 pm

DilyV wrote:Nope. Double Nope.

Discomfort food, DilyV?

AmriloJim · Post by **AmriloJim** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 1:07 am

Calista said, "I mastahed dis shit when I was five."

Sounds like a Boston Back Bay accent....

Julie · Post by **Julie** » Tue Jul 01, 2014 8:58 am

Dave wrote:
DilyV wrote:Nope. Double Nope.
Discomfort food, DilyV?

Exactly.

Jabberwonky · Post by **Jabberwonky** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 1:05 pm

MerchManDan wrote:Mmm, nothing like crispy palukoo.

Y'know, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Cricket extended her glamour to her lunch - enlarging her spider (IF it is indeed a "spider," for all we know it could be a PopTart) - just to mess with Atsali. It seems like something she'd do.

Mmm....
Spider flavored Pop-Tarts...

Catawampus · Post by **Catawampus** » Wed Jul 02, 2014 3:58 pm

Julie wrote:
Dave wrote:
DilyV wrote:Nope. Double Nope.
Discomfort food, DilyV?
Exactly.

I would imagine that the spiders don't find it particularly comfortable, either.

Mark N · Post by **Mark N** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:10 pm

AmriloJim wrote:Calista said, "I mastahed dis shit when I was five."

Sounds like a Boston Back Bay accent....

The "dis" keeps reminding me of Brooklyn.

kingklash · Post by **kingklash** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:56 pm

Mark N wrote:
AmriloJim wrote:Calista said, "I mastahed dis shit when I was five."

Sounds like a Boston Back Bay accent....

The "dis" keeps reminding me of Brooklyn.

Word Of Pablo says Brooklyn, But I heard it more Flatbush.

Mark N · Post by **Mark N** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:04 pm

kingklash wrote:
Mark N wrote:
AmriloJim wrote:Calista said, "I mastahed dis shit when I was five."

Sounds like a Boston Back Bay accent....

The "dis" keeps reminding me of Brooklyn.
Word Of Pablo says Brooklyn, But I heard it more Flatbush.

Flatbush is in Brooklyn (sorry if I missed a Pun (long day)).

kingklash · Post by **kingklash** » Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:09 pm

Mark N wrote:
Flatbush is in Brooklyn (sorry if I missed a Pun (long day)).

Bugs Bunny's accent has been tagged as Flatbush, as it lies between Bronx and Brooklyn.

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