There He Is 2014-12-22

[Warrl]

The square eyebrows ARE a bit disconcerting...

Hey, they work for Sequential Art's Art, so...

And in Gunnerkrigg Court they can be surprisingly mobile in their expressiveness...

[DilyV]

Annnnd she chooses the magic 8-ball shirt because of its ability to hide big boobs. . . .or not.

Prepare for another week of innuendo, Freudian slips, and general hormone driven comedy. . .

Wait till Jacob gets a load of Atsali asking a question then shaking the shirt for an answer...

[Thor]

Annnnd she chooses the magic 8-ball shirt because of its ability to hide big boobs. . . .or not.

Prepare for another week of innuendo, Freudian slips, and general hormone driven comedy. . .

Wait till Jacob gets a load of Atsali asking a question then shaking the shirt for an answer...

Ye Gods! Think of the property damage! Minnesota's buildings are not earthquake proof!

[MerchManDan]

The square eyebrows ARE a bit disconcerting...

Hey, they work for Sequential Art's Art, so...

And in Gunnerkrigg Court they can be surprisingly mobile in their expressiveness...

Speaking of "surprisingly mobile," I found this as I was looking for the comic I just posted in "Hold That Thought."

[scantrontb]

Before we disappear into the cold Minnesota night, one last observation:

Anyone else notice that Atsali isn't the only one wearing something borrowed from another, older member of the cast? (Nadette in the Nehru Jacket, similar to Shelly's?)

and you forget that Nadette isn't actually wearing anything!

[Opus the Poet]

The square eyebrows ARE a bit disconcerting...

Hey, they work for Sequential Art's Art, so...

And in Gunnerkrigg Court they can be surprisingly mobile in their expressiveness...

I'm surprised with this group that nobody mentioned the guy with the prosthetic eyebrows from FLCL.

[lake_wrangler]

Before we disappear into the cold Minnesota night, one last observation:

Anyone else notice that Atsali isn't the only one wearing something borrowed from another, older member of the cast? (Nadette in the Nehru Jacket, similar to Shelly's?)

and you forget that Nadette isn't actually wearing anything!

Well, unless she is very good at thermoregulating herself, she may put on a coat as a concession, to keep warm in winter, which she would wear on top of her pretend clothes...

[Thor]

and you forget that Nadette isn't actually wearing anything!

Well, unless she is very good at thermoregulating herself, she may put on a coat as a concession, to keep warm in winter, which she would wear on top of her pretend clothes...

She can reconfigure herself into a hat or a balloon animal, but you question whether she can thermoregulate?

The only reason I can think that she would want to put on a coat is if she wanted to be seen taking the coat off, which would be part of blending into the human world.

[lake_wrangler]

She can reconfigure herself into a hat or a balloon animal, but you question whether she can thermoregulate?

Neither of which would do much to help her stay warm in the winter...

The only reason I can think that she would want to put on a coat is if she wanted to be seen taking the coat off, which would be part of blending into the human world.

Interesting. I hadn't even considered that...

[Thor]

She can reconfigure herself into a hat or a balloon animal, but you question whether she can thermoregulate?

Neither of which would do much to help her stay warm in the winter...

The only reason I can think that she would want to put on a coat is if she wanted to be seen taking the coat off, which would be part of blending into the human world.

Interesting. I hadn't even considered that...

The big question here is the nature of the polymorph. When she changes into a balloon animal, does she become merely latex and air, or is it just flesh, blood, and bone reconfigured to look like latex and air? And if it is reconfiguration, shouldn't there be a conservation of mass? Is it science or magic or some combination of the two? If it is just science, then there are significant issues to be addressed. If it is at least partially magic, then all practical questions, including changes in mass and thermoregulation go right out the window.

[illiad]

She can reconfigure herself into a hat or a balloon animal, but you question whether she can thermoregulate?

and please... she is a *bear* , so she can shrug off 'deep winter' as simply as a few drops of rain....

The big question here is the nature of the polymorph. When she changes into a balloon animal, does she become merely latex and air, or is it just flesh, blood, and bone reconfigured to look like latex and air? And if it is reconfiguration, shouldn't there be a conservation of mass? Is it science or magic or some combination of the two? If it is just science, then there are significant issues to be addressed. If it is at least partially magic, then all practical questions, including changes in mass and thermoregulation go right out the window.

Nope, she is a multidimensional being, she just shifts it all out of the 3rd dimension, and projects the balloon animal... you have heard of toon physics???

see HHGTG on 'mice'

[Gyrrakavian]

Everyone's guessing he's a werewolf because of his name. My money is on centaur if he's not a mundane.

BTW: Despite my loathing of the Twilight saga, even I know that that Jacob isn't a werewolf. The Quileutes did believe they were descended from wolves that were changed into men. But there is nothing about them turning back into to wolves and NOTHING about "cold ones" in their mythology.

In fact, the clasest thing to vampires in Native American legend happen to be Mosquito Man (many tribes), Rolling head (Iroquois and other Woodland tribes), Bukwus (Kwakiutl and other Northwest Coast tribes), and the Skadegamutc (Wabanaka tribes).

[lake_wrangler]

She can reconfigure herself into a hat or a balloon animal, but you question whether she can thermoregulate?

and please... she is a *bear* , so she can shrug off 'deep winter' as simply as a few drops of rain....

Well, what keeps a bear warm? Their hair, and their fat... She is by no means fat, and she turns her hair into a semblance of clothing, thereby possibly, though not necessarily, losing its warmth component. Their transformative powers have not been explained, so it is a possibility...

[illiad]

Well, what keeps a bear warm? Their hair, and their fat... She is by no means fat, and she turns her hair into a semblance of clothing, thereby possibly, though not necessarily, losing its warmth component. Their transformative powers have not been explained, so it is a possibility...

DO please READ my last post right to the end.... If ye kannea get itt, ok, it just magic...

[Thor]

Everyone's guessing he's a werewolf because of his name. My money is on centaur if he's not a mundane.

Er, no. I was the first to posit that he might be a werewolf, and that is only because werewolves have been mentioned in the strip a fair amount, but as yet never shown, so it seemed logical that it was time for a werewolf. I haven't read (nor seen) Twilight, so that unfortunate connection never crossed my mind.

And he's not a mundane, since he goes to a school for monsters--I mean, "supernatural beings".