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Post by Dvandaemon on Feb 3, 2012 17:54:02 GMT
I am also starting to wonder what this could mean for Zimmy. Her "panic attacks" are an illusion only the etherically capable experience, they recreate memories of all involved, and recently have been shown to affect perception.
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Post by Molly the Sleepless on Feb 3, 2012 18:05:40 GMT
I have to love Blue. She's jealous, attention seeking, bratty, and selfish, but that just makes her more fun in my eyes. I'd never want to be friends with her (my hair isn't cool enough for her any way) but I think she's a cool character.
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Post by goldenknots on Feb 3, 2012 18:50:12 GMT
I was one of those kids who would usually play along unless I didn't like my assigned role. Then I would be a fire truck. :) Always a good choice. :)
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Post by baf on Feb 3, 2012 19:18:21 GMT
I wonder why "whatevs" and "teacher lady" and so on don't qualify as names? Who says "teacher lady" isn't a name? I wouldn't be at all surprised if someone called that woman "teacher lady" a few years ago and it's been her name ever since. Maybe that's why she decided to become a teacher.
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Post by Earin on Feb 3, 2012 20:08:27 GMT
I have a feeling faeries just can't name each other; only a human can (pure home-grown human, not genetically modified ex-nonhuman-human). Maybe that's to ensure their real integration into human society, and since they seem to hardly interact with humans, it just... hadn't happened for Red yet. I vaguely recall in some traditions fairies can't learn, grow, change significantly, or reproduce without human (or more specifically, mortal) aid.
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Post by Stately Buff-Cookie on Feb 3, 2012 21:46:54 GMT
Hopefully Annie's state of only being mostly human won't complicate things.
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Post by todd on Feb 3, 2012 23:26:47 GMT
I vaguely recall in some traditions fairies can't learn, grow, change significantly, or reproduce without human (or more specifically, mortal) aid. There's a specific story in Katharine Briggs' "An Encyclopedia of Fairies" about a brownie in Scotland who was nameless until a man coming home from market (with apparently one too much to drink) called him "Puddlefoot" as he passed the brownie's abode, to which Puddlefoot cried "Oh, oh, I have got a name. It's Puddlefoot they call me!" (He didn't like the name and left his home at once, never to return.) I don't know if Tom had this story in mind when he wrote and drew this page, though.
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 4, 2012 2:28:20 GMT
Also, cuteness overload regarding Blue's face in the last panel. Red in the first (before she derps out) is also cute. I have to love Blue. She's jealous, attention seeking, bratty, and selfish, but that just makes her more fun in my eyes. I'd never want to be friends with her (my hair isn't cool enough for her any way) but I think she's a cool character. Aye, especially how she awwww-s in the last panel. Hopefully Annie's state of only being mostly human won't complicate things. She looks pretty sandbagged. Probably already collects her brain together, though.
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Post by madragoran on Feb 4, 2012 6:35:08 GMT
Then I would be a fire truck. giggle! here have a mountain of double choc muffins ;D
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Post by qmarx on Feb 4, 2012 7:31:24 GMT
No, clearly Annie was naming her "So Cruel'.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 4, 2012 18:54:57 GMT
Now that Red's given name is established, I wonder what her surname is/will be. I am guessing it will be regional, therefore could it be human locality-name based? If so "Red Brum" has an unfortunate similarity to a horror movie reference but some other Birmingham places could work well. If I am not correct about the surname being place-named, perhaps it will come from Red's birthplace? "Red Hollowstump" and its relations seem to lack class so I am hoping it was a crisp-packet delivery. "Red Wonder" would make for an interesting adolescence, possibly with masks and super-heroine moments. I like "Red McCoy" or "Red Brannigan" too, though "Red Marks-Spencer" sounds positively aristocratic. Though possibly it's already just "Red Mill." "Red Walker" is already taken and "Red Space Invader" would just be confusing. giggle! here have a mountain of double choc muffins ;D Thankee kindly!
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Post by Georgie L on Feb 4, 2012 18:56:31 GMT
People seem to forget but the original Fae from some myths were just as likely to kill you in a funny way (as if breaking a toy whilst playing with it) as they were to give you a boon. I believe Tom's variety of fairies may be more based on them, but there wicked streak toned down over the generations in Gilitie Woods so that they no longer harm folks. (probably from Coyote forcing them not to, and then through the generations it becoming a moral rule instead, he doesn't seem the kind to like other people breaking his toys) But the wicked streak is still there.
Then again he could be basing them on one of the many many other mythical fairies, as mythical creatures go they are one of those with the most variation of description and social attributes that I can think of.
I think I may ask Tom a question based around this cause it's got me curious now.
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Post by basser on Feb 5, 2012 1:23:37 GMT
Now that Red's given name is established, I wonder what her surname is/will be. I am guessing it will be regional, therefore could it be human locality-name based? If so "Red Brum" has an unfortunate similarity to a horror movie reference but some other Birmingham places could work well. If I am not correct about the surname being place-named, perhaps it will come from Red's birthplace? "Red Hollowstump" and its relations seem to lack class so I am hoping it was a crisp-packet delivery. "Red Wonder" would make for an interesting adolescence, possibly with masks and super-heroine moments. I like "Red McCoy" or "Red Brannigan" too, though "Red Marks-Spencer" sounds positively aristocratic. Though possibly it's already just "Red Mill." "Red Walker" is already taken and "Red Space Invader" would just be confusing. Red Doritos Cool Ranch, Red Spicy Hot Cheetos, Red Garden Salsa Bugels...
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 5, 2012 2:45:43 GMT
Red Doritos Cool Ranch, Red Spicy Hot Cheetos, Red Garden Salsa Bugels... Red Dorito sounds like a comic-relief villain. She would fight Batman regularly but always lose. Badly. Maybe Red Bugle if she turns out to have musical talent and she plays jazz.
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Post by TBeholder on Feb 5, 2012 2:55:55 GMT
Hopefully Annie's state of only being mostly human won't complicate things. If only humans are supposed to name them... It could cancel the naming. No, clearly Annie was naming her "So Cruel'. That be a fallback option. In case Red doesn't like being Red, but becomes too warlike about it. Steering them with sweets and slapsticks. If I am not correct about the surname being place-named, perhaps it will come from Red's birthplace? "Red Hollowstump" and its relations seem to lack class so I am hoping it was a crisp-packet delivery. She's from the Wood, so crisp-packets are unlikely. Also, her aura is yellow rather than red. So she probably was concerned with proper arrangement of falling leaves, or something like dat. And got a loud crunchy voice. ;D
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 5, 2012 6:04:58 GMT
If I am not correct about the surname being place-named, perhaps it will come from Red's birthplace? "Red Hollowstump" and its relations seem to lack class so I am hoping it was a crisp-packet delivery. She's from the Wood, so crisp-packets are unlikely. Also, her aura is yellow rather than red. So she probably was concerned with proper arrangement of falling leaves, or something like dat. And got a loud crunchy voice. ;D 1. From doesn't necessarily mean born in. 2. Crisp packets blow everywhere. 3. They're like little waterproof aromatic tents, so I imagine they would be searched out when it's fairy birthing time. That stuff aside, I am interested in possible names based on leaf arrangements. "Pile?"
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Post by csj on Feb 5, 2012 11:26:44 GMT
Now that Red's given name is established, I wonder what her surname is/will be. I am guessing it will be regional, therefore could it be human locality-name based? If so "Red Brum" has an unfortunate similarity to a horror movie reference but some other Birmingham places could work well. Well, I think they were supposed to be city fairies, so I guess we can call her Tesco, Sainsbury, or Adsa. Those are important landmarks, right?
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Post by Per on Feb 5, 2012 20:22:10 GMT
Red. She says her name is Red.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 5, 2012 21:20:58 GMT
Well, I think they were supposed to be city fairies, so I guess we can call her Tesco, Sainsbury, or Adsa. Those are important landmarks, right? I played around with a few ideas but all I could think of sounded like serial killers or parade floats. Or zeppelins. People seem to forget but the original Fae from some myths were just as likely to kill you in a funny way (as if breaking a toy whilst playing with it) as they were to give you a boon. I believe Tom's variety of fairies may be more based on them, but there wicked streak toned down over the generations in Gilitie Woods so that they no longer harm folks. (probably from Coyote forcing them not to, and then through the generations it becoming a moral rule instead, he doesn't seem the kind to like other people breaking his toys) But the wicked streak is still there. Then again he could be basing them on one of the many many other mythical fairies, as mythical creatures go they are one of those with the most variation of description and social attributes that I can think of. Whoops, meant to reply to this earlier but got side-tracked. If memory serves we discussed that for a bit when the suicide fairies first appeared but the conversation couldn't progress because the test might have instilled atypical attitudes in Red and Blue toward dying. It wouldn't surprise me that the GC fairies do value their lives (and the lives of others) less because they're short-lived. If you only live a few years or even months, then dying in a funny joke or amazing stunt that would keep all the other schmoes talking about you long after you're gone would seem like a pretty good deal... and even among us long-lived humans there's many who would risk their lives performing a silly stunt. Red. She says her name is Red. Red by itself is insufficient for identification in modern society. Also guessing is fun.
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Post by Per on Feb 5, 2012 22:12:25 GMT
Red by itself is insufficient for identification in modern society. Also guessing is fun. It's a reference, not a reply to anything in the thread (hence the lack of a quote block etc.).
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Post by Ulysses on Feb 6, 2012 0:35:50 GMT
Why do they call her Red? It must be because she's Irish Also, that is the most Ultimate Derp-face ever.
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Post by Serenissima on Feb 6, 2012 3:55:29 GMT
I want to hear your zeppelin names, imaginaryfriend.
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Feb 6, 2012 7:36:48 GMT
I want to hear your zeppelin names, imaginaryfriend. Be advised that I didn't think any were funny enough to include before, but since you request I will explain the reasoning and rattle off a couple. ;D It was the tacking "Red" on front of the greater Caer Lud place-names that triggered my memory-fragment: Some of those had been bombed by zeppelins! The people who were being bombed wouldn't know the proper alphanumeric designation so were they to name the flying baby-killers I suspect they might do the same thing as with "Red Jack." How does "Red Deptford" grab you? At first I thought, "male lead actor" but then I decided since it must be a she therefore it must be a ship. An airship. The one that bombed Deptford. How about "Red Bermondsey?" Fine wine or airship? Or "Red Rotherhithe?" Fictional PI or airship? It's a reference, not a reply to anything in the thread (hence the lack of a quote block etc.). My bad!
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Post by Serenissima on Feb 9, 2012 5:09:59 GMT
I'm actually reading about the German strategic bombing campaign in the First World War presently... though I wasn't thinking it would be related to that when you mentioned it!
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