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you have never just 'starred into space' while being flummoxed????sheik wrote:While Castela is looking past my right shoulder, Kath seems to be looking past my left.
I can see why Castela is miffed at losing her toys, but I'm mystified by what Kath seems to be seeing that hasn't attracted Castela's attention.
Maybe they're being teleported EVERYWHERE!TazManiac wrote:Hmmm, maybe they are being Teleported somewhere...
The universe is afraid of Castela.GlytchMeister wrote:
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I'd be really impressed if Castela could actually pull off the "Be Not" spell without the Universe fighting back or blowing up the surrounding city or something.
A perfect foil to the kid who says, "Make me." after being told to clean their room. She'd clean it in seconds.Dave wrote:She'd make a great advertising spokescritter for "Toys 'R Not."
This exactly.Grantwhy wrote:It will never cease to delight me how 'little ones' pick-up and use correctly 'adult' words in appropriate situations
I have fond memories of my niece at the age of ... um ... 2~ish? accidentally knocking over a full glass of water and using words her father would use in the same situation.
I never heard her use those words before (or since), but I think the ability to match specific words (inappropriate they may be) to specific situations as young ages is a impressive thing.
I remember a wonderful short story from some years ago... possibly by de Camp or Pratt?... with a scene involving a family driving along a dark, muddy, slippery road late one rainy night, with the headlights of the occasional oncoming car almost blinding the father/driver.Grantwhy wrote:It will never cease to delight me how 'little ones' pick-up and use correctly 'adult' words in appropriate situations
I have fond memories of my niece at the age of ... um ... 2~ish? accidentally knocking over a full glass of water and using words her father would use in the same situation.
I don't this is a case of stare-of-the-goat.illiad wrote:you have never just 'starred into space' while being flummoxed????sheik wrote:While Castela is looking past my right shoulder, Kath seems to be looking past my left.
I can see why Castela is miffed at losing her toys, but I'm mystified by what Kath seems to be seeing that hasn't attracted Castela's attention.
Oh, yeah and *someone* is getting tired of toys hitting her in the head from nowhere.... :/
eee wrote:Oh yes, Lily's grandchild in behavior, if not biology.
The universe is afraid of Castela.GlytchMeister wrote:
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I'd be really impressed if Castela could actually pull off the "Be Not" spell without the Universe fighting back or blowing up the surrounding city or something.
I wonder who Kath is going to call for help on this. I would imagine she'll start with Phix or Bud, since Monica is off having her psyche Jetted. Maybe Cricket can shed some light on Blackthorn destructive capacity.
That much matter being converted to energy would look less like a puny firework and more like a multi-megaton bomb. I mean, a quarter-pounder with cheese and bacon is 3 megatons of TNT. A toy tank, depending on how big and dense it is (small cheap plastic toy versus large metal replica toy) could be anywhere between 1 and 5 megatons of TNT.starkruzr wrote:This is starting to look like direct matter-energy conversion.
We've moved beyond "whatsit" to "physics-defying demigoddess," I think. And way before puberty, even!
Long ago i saw my first impossible equipment failure. There was simply no way for that thing to do what it did. Defied the laws of science as i was taught in school. I spent hours trying to figure out how it was doing what it was doing. My boss at the time MSgt Hess finally noticed i was overdue and called to check up on me. He told me the answer was simple, its goddamned magic now change it out and bring your ass back to base airman. I think we have the same case here, its magic, dont worry about how it works. Now reckon the Ducks will win the Stanley cup this year or will i be saved from listening to my youngest cheering about that for the next 12 months?GlytchMeister wrote:That much matter being converted to energy would look less like a puny firework and more like a multi-megaton bomb. I mean, a quarter-pounder with cheese and bacon is 3 megatons of TNT. A toy tank, depending on how big and dense it is (small cheap plastic toy versus large metal replica toy) could be anywhere between 1 and 5 megatons of TNT.starkruzr wrote:This is starting to look like direct matter-energy conversion.
We've moved beyond "whatsit" to "physics-defying demigoddess," I think. And way before puberty, even!
And we know Pickle isn't containing an explosion of that magnitude, seeing as her falling down the stairs can completely unravel her body.
Yay Pandora!Warrl wrote:They need to check Castela over very carefully for a slightly-darkened area that wasn't there before...
(The third panel at that link is perhaps the scariest panel I've ever seen in any comic anywhere.)
Containing, no. But perhaps channeling it away to elsewhere?GlytchMeister wrote:And we know Pickle isn't containing an explosion of that magnitude, seeing as her falling down the stairs can completely unravel her body.
That might be a bit of a dangerous inventory for most people to take. . .Sgt. Howard wrote:How about we simply check the inventory of Atsali's 'booby cave' and see what might have showed up?
Especially since she stopped by the hardware store and bought those mouse traps.Catawampus wrote:Containing, no. But perhaps channeling it away to elsewhere?GlytchMeister wrote:And we know Pickle isn't containing an explosion of that magnitude, seeing as her falling down the stairs can completely unravel her body.
Monica: "Why do my islands keep blowing up?!?"
That might be a bit of a dangerous inventory for most people to take. . .Sgt. Howard wrote:How about we simply check the inventory of Atsali's 'booby cave' and see what might have showed up?