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Post by Max on Apr 15, 2011 7:00:59 GMT
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Post by edzepp on Apr 15, 2011 7:02:43 GMT
do bud and lindsey have kids
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Post by smjjames on Apr 15, 2011 7:12:04 GMT
So, Lindsey, Bud, and their kind are Merostomatazoans. Not sure if Tom meant zoan and not zon, but yea, Merostomatazoan gets no hits. Basically Tom said that they are related to extinct sea scorpions and Horseshoe crabs. While she looks more like a crab (decapod) than a horseshoe crab or sea scorpion, I'm not going to bug Tom over the phylogeny and body plan specifics as they are already heavily mutated what with the two mouths and multiple eyes. |
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Post by maestro on Apr 15, 2011 7:12:33 GMT
LAUGHING ON LINE, 600 pages ehh? Wonder how many kids have a heart attack over Lindsey? Oh, and provided is misspelled.  |
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Post by judgedeadd on Apr 15, 2011 7:16:19 GMT
What species is Bud, I wonder?
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Post by Yin on Apr 15, 2011 7:17:24 GMT
Aww. Now I want a Lindsey plushie.
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Post by smjjames on Apr 15, 2011 7:19:01 GMT
What species is Bud, I wonder? Same species as Lindsey? Which I guess we can call Merostomatazons. Also, I guess Annie and Kat didn't get the memo on Lindsey being their friendly athropod dorm mother. |
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Post by igrim on Apr 15, 2011 7:26:40 GMT
Haha, why are so many people concerned with the absolute Real-world correctness of the strictly GC world phenomena :?
Anyway - mr. Tom, as usual, keeps nimbly hopping way over any expectations I could ever have for the comic - thanks a bunch, mr. Tom !
Lindey is so cool õ_õ Can't wait to se Bud
PS: I wonder whether they (Lin and Bud) have any dealings with the Gillitie Wood folks - I understand they are still mostly animal, rather than machine. Or is it that Coyote was against providing them with a pool of large enough dimensions ?
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Post by Refugee on Apr 15, 2011 7:28:34 GMT
"Lindsey and Bud" That is definitely an Abyss call-out. Whee! |
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Post by smjjames on Apr 15, 2011 7:36:22 GMT
Haha, why are so many people concerned with the absolute Real-world correctness of the strictly GC world phenomena :? Anyway - mr. Tom, as usual, keeps nimbly hopping way over any expectations I could ever have for the comic - thanks a bunch, mr. Tom ! Lindey is so cool õ_õ Can't wait to se Bud PS: I wonder whether they (Lin and Bud) have any dealings with the Gillitie Wood folks - I understand they are still mostly animal, rather than machine. Or is it that Coyote was against providing them with a pool of large enough dimensions ? I don't really care if Tom makes it zon instead of zoan and Tom probably chose some arthropod group name that sounded cool or fit the best, and it works just fine for me. If you want some really wierd creatures, go to the Cambrian explosion  Edit: Just for creativities sake, maybe her husband Bud is a cross between an Anomalcaris, an Opabina, and a more standard crustacean to give some legs and claws to use. |
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Post by Refugee on Apr 15, 2011 7:47:39 GMT
I love that Lindsey is "an accredited couples therapist", despite being unable to feel loneliness.
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Post by kagredon on Apr 15, 2011 7:50:22 GMT
I can't quite say why, but I really love the "*I am unable to feel loneliness." It reminds me of Bobby's pigeon story, adding that final hit of uncanniness.
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Post by smjjames on Apr 15, 2011 7:50:26 GMT
I love that Lindsey is "an accredited couples therapist", despite being unable to feel loneliness. Just because she isn't lonely now doesn't mean she felt that way at some point, and where has it been said she is unable to feel loneliness? EDIT: Shoulda looked closer. I guess thats meant to help drive home the point of how alien her brain must be. Also, if her species is generally a solitary species, that would make some sense. |
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Post by Refugee on Apr 15, 2011 7:52:29 GMT
where has it been said she is unable to feel loneliness? Footnote, bottom right corner. |
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Post by foresterr on Apr 15, 2011 7:52:36 GMT
While she looks more like a crab (decapod) than a horseshoe crab or sea scorpion, I'm not going to bug Tom over the phylogeny and body plan specifics as they are already heavily mutated what with the two mouths and multiple eyes. Well I think it's an ace choice. Not that anyone else cares, but the Polish taxonomic name (yeah, we have those instead of copypasting Latin names - less simple, more fun) for that group translates (word-for-word) roughly as "ancient crayfish" or if you go one level of phylogeny down (ordo Eurypterida) you get "giant crayfish". So basically, Great Old Crab Ones, and to hell with how they actually looked ;D |
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Post by smjjames on Apr 15, 2011 7:56:51 GMT
where has it been said she is unable to feel loneliness? Footnote, bottom right corner. Yea I saw that while you were posting, heh. I guess it's tom's way of showing how some human concepts might even be alien to her, but it doesn't stop her from trying to understand. |
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Post by judgedeadd on Apr 15, 2011 8:10:10 GMT
The internet has obviously spoiled me, since the thought that Bud might be of the same species as his wife never even crossed my mind.
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Post by fronzel on Apr 15, 2011 8:36:37 GMT
What species is Bud, I wonder? Same species as Lindsey? Which I guess we can call Merostomatazons. Not necessarily. We've already seen a man who married a tree. |
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Post by Tobu Ishi on Apr 15, 2011 9:25:20 GMT
Same species as Lindsey? Which I guess we can call Merostomatazons. Not necessarily. We've already seen a man who married a tree. What an interesting first union that must have been! ;D |
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Post by igrim on Apr 15, 2011 9:26:04 GMT
Same species as Lindsey? Which I guess we can call Merostomatazons. Not necessarily. We've already seen a man who married a tree. Point well made ! |
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Post by La Goon on Apr 15, 2011 10:23:07 GMT
I wonder what those "not-eyes" are. Perhaps they are able to see (or some equivalent to seeing) into that other dimension mentioned...
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Post by sr on Apr 15, 2011 10:38:57 GMT
How come no one is commenting on the fact that they are 10 meters down? That still could count as bottom time for diving.
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Post by legion on Apr 15, 2011 10:39:04 GMT
Yay Abyss reference. Also, possibly, Cthulhu mythos, viz thinking in other dimensions.
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Post by todd on Apr 15, 2011 10:59:42 GMT
I wonder if part of the point behind Lindsey is to move the comic back a bit more to the "delightfully oddball boarding school" depiction of Gunnerkrigg earlier, to balance the revelations of its dark secrets in the recent chapters (the Founders murdering Jeanne, the present faculty deceiving Reynardine, etc.).
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Post by Alexandragon on Apr 15, 2011 11:42:57 GMT
LAUGHING ON LINE) It's gorgeous page!) P.S.: "Do not panic" - ahahaha!)))))) I wonder if part of the point behind Lindsey is to move the comic back a bit more to the "delightfully oddball boarding school" depiction of Gunnerkrigg earlier, to balance the revelations of its dark secrets in the recent chapters (the Founders murdering Jeanne, the present faculty deceiving Reynardine, etc.). I hope that will work, and story will become more deeper and many-sided with time. |
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Post by theweatherman on Apr 15, 2011 11:44:05 GMT
"a portion of my brain functions in a different dimension"
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH IT'S A LOVECRAFTIAN MONSTER CRAB IT W- couples therapist? Dawwwwwwww...
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Post by Alexandragon on Apr 15, 2011 11:49:42 GMT
Aww. Now I want a Lindsey plushie. Me too, but not in the real size)))))))) |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Apr 15, 2011 12:15:24 GMT
I wonder what those "not-eyes" are. Perhaps they are able to see (or some equivalent to seeing) into that other dimension mentioned... That is possible. Also, it could mean the same thing as false eyes which are a defensive adaption to trick predators who don't like to attack if they think they can't surprise their prey. |
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Post by La Goon on Apr 15, 2011 12:55:54 GMT
I wonder what those "not-eyes" are. Perhaps they are able to see (or some equivalent to seeing) into that other dimension mentioned... That is possible. Also, it could mean the same thing as false eyes which are a defensive adaption to trick predators who don't like to attack if they think they can't surprise their prey. Yikes! What kind of predator could even consider to attack Lindsey or one of her conspecifics?  |
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Post by rainofsteel on Apr 15, 2011 13:16:03 GMT
"The instruction manual! Where is the instruction manual!"
-- Loosely paraphrasing Kahn from Star Trek II
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