That Thing 2016-07-15

Sgt. Howard · Post by **Sgt. Howard** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 1:33 pm

Glytch- that's the mark of a good author is that his//her work is not predictable.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 3:48 pm

GlytchMeister wrote:Y'know what? I'm just gonna go to Confusion Corner... I admit defeat. Again.

Paul knows his audience and knows how to play us like a fiddle.

Yup. We'll be out here, battered by suppositions, hanging by our fingernails over a chasm of speculation, our bodies and minds whipped back and forth by bootlegger turns of mood and setting. We'll be peppered with shrapnel from events fired by high-calibre Chekhov's Guns that he managed to smuggle past our most vigilant guards. Just when we think we can relax, we'll be pounced upon by sharply-fanged revelations from past plot lines, risen from what we assumed was safe burial in the dust of history and "retired" charactership. We'll hover, sleeplessly, over the "Refresh" buttons on our browsers, hoping that the new strip will arrive before we pass out from fatigue.

We'll be risking our livelihoods, health, and sanity every moment of every day, for as long as he continues to write.

And... loving it.

Fiddlesticks.

Fiddlesticks seems like a fine place to have a branch of Confusion Corner. Their tasties look as if they might even rival those available at Mucho Mocha.

http://www.fiddlesticksbar.co.nz/eat-drink/dessert/

TazManiac · Post by **TazManiac** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:18 pm

GlytchMeister wrote:Next thing ya know he's gonna mention five winged beings again!

Cripes, if he does that... If he starts pulling on threads from that long ago...

We might even see Tina Again...

Alkarii · Post by **Alkarii** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 4:35 pm

Once again, I forget... What were the five winged beings?

Also, five wings would make it hard to fly.

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 5:02 pm

Alkarii wrote:Once again, I forget... What were the five winged beings?

We don't really know. It was a one-time mention by Tina - almost certainly very significant, but we have no further information.

Start here and read the next two strips...

FreeFlier · Post by **FreeFlier** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 6:28 pm

I'd forgotten that one . . .

I suspect that Atsali might be another of the five.

--FreeFlier

TazManiac · Post by **TazManiac** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:32 pm

I'd almost guaranty that Atsali s One of the Five Winged 'beings.

Lets count;

- Tina, as White/Black Wing

- Sphinx-ly revealed Shelly.

Who else has Wings?

Alkarii · Post by **Alkarii** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:54 pm

Wow, I totally misunderstood that... I thought that phrase mean beings who had five wings...

Whoops!

AmriloJim · Post by **AmriloJim** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:08 pm

1. Atsali
2. Phix
3. Tina
4. Shelly
5. A player to be named later?

Post by **Dave** » Fri Jul 15, 2016 11:38 pm

AmriloJim wrote:5. A player to be named later?

Or already? Ellen Vonn?

Alkarii wrote:Wow, I totally misunderstood that... I thought that phrase mean beings who had five wings...

Whoops!

Amazing what the presence or absence of a hyphen can do!

Alkarii · Post by **Alkarii** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:02 am

Well, see, not everyone uses a hyphen when they should, and I thought this was one of those situations where it was required.

Could you imagine something with five wings trying to fly, though?

GlytchMeister · Post by **GlytchMeister** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 12:05 am

Lily has been shown to possess black bat wings. Only happened once, during the first Mampimi (or whatever) thing. It was when Suzie and Lily were having a that big fight. Lily shot Susie right in the sternum, then I think Suzie shot Lilly from behind in the knees?

I don't remember the exact sequence of events, but I know Lily had black bat wings.

Why, yes, I have put some thought into this friggin "Five winged beings" thing. Y'know how your brain freaks out when you hear only one side of a conversation (like listening to only one end of a telephone call)? My brain did this HARD when I was only allowed to read a tiny part of a prophesy.

Totally went into overdrive trying to figure it out. It still bugs me sometimes when I'm trying to go to sleep.

Sgt. Howard · Post by **Sgt. Howard** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:23 am

Alkarii wrote:Well, see, not everyone uses a hyphen when they should, and I thought this was one of those situations where it was required.

Could you imagine something with five wings trying to fly, though?

It's been done, but not as an ornothropter- The Italians built several five winged aircraft before WWI.

lake_wrangler · Post by **lake_wrangler** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:37 am

Dave wrote:
Alkarii wrote:Wow, I totally misunderstood that... I thought that phrase mean beings who had five wings...

Whoops!
Amazing what the presence or absence of a hyphen can do!

Or a comma...

Eats, shoots & leaves immediately comes to mind...

FreeFlier · Post by **FreeFlier** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 4:21 am

GlytchMeister wrote:Lily has been shown to possess black bat wings. Only happened once, during the first Mampimi (or whatever) thing. It was when Suzie and Lily were having a that big fight. Lily shot Susie right in the sternum, then I think Suzie shot Lilly from behind in the knees?

I don't remember the exact sequence of events, but I know Lily had black bat wings. . . .

I just had a look, and I don't find that . . . several times that her hair or coat looked sort of like wings, and the succubus had wings, but not Lily.

--FreeFlier

lake_wrangler · Post by **lake_wrangler** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 8:41 am

FreeFlier wrote:
GlytchMeister wrote:Lily has been shown to possess black bat wings. Only happened once, during the first Mampimi (or whatever) thing. It was when Suzie and Lily were having a that big fight. Lily shot Susie right in the sternum, then I think Suzie shot Lilly from behind in the knees?

I don't remember the exact sequence of events, but I know Lily had black bat wings. . . .
I just had a look, and I don't find that . . . several times that her hair or coat looked sort of like wings, and the succubus had wings, but not Lily.

--FreeFlier

Yep, those sure look like wings to me... and right in the sequence mentioned by Glytch (the shooting match takes place on the subsequent two comics).

Post by **Dave** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 11:22 am

lake_wrangler wrote:Eats, shoots & leaves immediately comes to mind...

Based on the quotations, I'm going to have to check out a copy of that book from the library for a good read.

sheik · Post by **sheik** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:28 pm

Dave wrote:
lake_wrangler wrote:Eats, shoots & leaves immediately comes to mind...
Based on the quotations, I'm going to have to check out a copy of that book from the library for a good read.

Here Here! (Or is it Hear Hear?) If it is half as informative as it looks I might buy it as a reference book.
I'm especially intrigued by the hints at how to use colons and semicolons.

TazManiac · Post by **TazManiac** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 1:44 pm

It's all for poetic affect...

Catawampus · Post by **Catawampus** » Sat Jul 16, 2016 2:59 pm

Hopefully Castela manages to keep that power under control now, or things could get really unpleasant.

"High five!"

*ZAP*

". . .Oops."

Alkarii wrote:Wow, I totally misunderstood that... I thought that phrase mean beings who had five wings...

Perhaps five five-winged beings!

Alkarii wrote:Could you imagine something with five wings trying to fly, though?

I've seen plenty of four-winged critters flying around. I'm sure five could be managed. Perhaps the fifth would be used for manoeuvring rather than lift.

Sgt. Howard wrote:It's been done, but not as an ornothropter- The Italians built several five winged aircraft before WWI.

I recall one that had something like two dozen wings. It. . .was less than a total success.

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