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Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2018 11:50 pm
by Dave
Valerie has an interesting perspective on the situation. I guess the best you can do, is make the best of whatever you can do!

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/nurturing-smile/

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:16 am
by jwhouk
On the face of things, there's nothing to face.

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:21 am
by AnotherFairportfan
jwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
hss

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 1:24 am
by Atomic
AnotherFairportfan wrote:
jwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
hss
"Never use a huldra for manual labor. They simply can't put their back into it."

Nyah!

Tosses Norse Mythology book in the general direction of the Pun Jar. A tentacle reaches forth....

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 6:53 am
by oldmanmickey
Atomic wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:
jwhouk wrote:On the face of things, there's nothing to face.
hss
"Never use a huldra for manual labor. They simply can't put their back into it."

Nyah!

Tosses Norse Mythology book in the general direction of the Pun Jar. A tentacle reaches forth....
Tentacle?? Ok who been putting tentacle porn in the jar again??

Wonder if Valerie is one of the creators of Face Off on syfy

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 10:38 am
by eee
I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty. :?

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 11:59 am
by Dave
eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips...
Or a tongue as such, or vocal cords, probably.

But then, birds don't have either lips or vocal cords, and some of them speak very well indeed... the beak and syrinx serving analogous roles. There seem to be two functions involved... one organ vibrates as air passed through it, and another organ (or organs) shape and filter the resulting sounds and add others (e.g. clicks and hisses)

I see no reason why Valerie might not be able to do all of those things with specialized sets of mouth-and-throat tentacles. For her, speaking might be a symphony of squirm!

And, if she occasionally mis-pronounces a word or two, she can't possibly lose face over the mistake.

(Dave places a copy of a Berlitz "Mandarin Chinese in 60 Minutes" CD into the Pun Jar)

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:15 pm
by lake_wrangler
eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty. :?
Hexadecimal had no trouble speaking... :mrgreen:

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:08 pm
by Catawampus
It could be amusing to see Atsali walk in on these two and try to strike up a conversation, and watch her try harder and harder to practice reading facial expressions on them. Or maybe it would be good for her, if she knew that facial expressions weren't there and could just quit trying to read them and instead concentrate on other social cues.
eee wrote:I'm kind of wondering how Valerie speaks. From what we've seen, she doesn't have any lips... Of course, when you're dealing with someone who looks like they come from the wrong side of the Lovecraft mythos, that's probably a minor difficulty. :?
Perhaps in similar manner to how a certain talkative bundle of vines manages. Or she could have a whole bunch of lips and mouths and whatever else, in the same place where all of those tentacles come out from.

Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it. Her tentacles could reach up and switch it over to whichever expression was appropriate for the moment.

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:27 pm
by Dave
Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it. Her tentacles could reach up and switch it over to whichever expression was appropriate for the moment.
If she gets a diadem with twelve faces on it, she could cosplay as a character from The Phantom Tollbooth!

My sides are many,
my angles aren't few.
I'm the Dodecahedron,
and who are you?

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 12:41 am
by Chaise Murphy
Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it.
There was a character in Marvel's Excalibur who had a diadem which reflected his emotions. Also a villain in Adam Warren's Dirty Pair had a headband which showed his current thoughts (in words).

Ten minutes of web-trawling has failed to turn up pictures. If I find some in the next 24 hours I'll post them.

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:34 am
by lake_wrangler
A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face... :mrgreen:

If you don't know who I am talking about, I truly do pity you...

... and strongly encourage you to go visit http://www.girlgeniusonline.com
(Zeetha doesn't appear until Agatha reaches the circus, but that's OK, I'm sure you'll enjoy the read anyway...)

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:34 am
by AnotherFairportfan
Chaise Murphy wrote:
Catawampus wrote:Maybe Valerie can get a decoration like Bia's diadem, only with multiple expressions available on it.
There was a character in Marvel's Excalibur who had a diadem which reflected his emotions. Also a villain in Adam Warren's Dirty Pair had a headband which showed his current thoughts (in words).

Ten minutes of web-trawling has failed to turn up pictures. If I find some in the next 24 hours I'll post them.
Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:36 am
by AnotherFairportfan
Both with the same timestamp:
lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face... :mrgreen:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.
* SNAP *

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:39 am
by lake_wrangler
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face... :mrgreen:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Agatha Heterodyne's friend Zeetha has a headband that matches her expression.
* SNAP *
What can I say: "great minds think alike"... :D

Then again, "fools seldom differ"... :roll:

8-) :lol:

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:55 am
by lake_wrangler
lake_wrangler wrote:A certain green-haired warrior princess from Skifander has one such headband, with an ever-changing smiley face... :mrgreen:
And here's a very good example of it.

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 2:59 am
by lake_wrangler
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...

Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds... :mrgreen:

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 3:11 am
by AnotherFairportfan
lake_wrangler wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...

Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds... :mrgreen:
* bleeah *

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 11:03 am
by Dave
AnotherFairportfan wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:Both with the same timestamp:
I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...

Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds... :mrgreen:
* bleeah *
Fixed that for you, and you're welcome. I assume your seconds will be talking with his seconds?

Re: Nurturing Smile 2018-02-09

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2018 1:47 pm
by AnotherFairportfan
Dave wrote:
AnotherFairportfan wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote:I hadn't noticed you writing this, before quoting both our posts, or I would have mentioned it earlier...

Technically, that's not quite correct: I have my forum preferences set to display the seconds, on the timestamp, and my post preceded yours by a full 27 seconds... :mrgreen:
* bleeah *
Fixed that for you, and you're welcome. I assume your seconds will be talking with his seconds?
* bleah encore *