Oh lawdy, the fact that they're maintaining that air of courtesy makes them even more terrifying. Would they be so calm and collected as they eviscerated you with those talons?
Looking at by userbars, something occured to me. How would boxbot look when it enters Zimminghell? It is terrible, but would it become Lovecraftian terrible? That which can challenge the likes of the lesser Old Ones? Or just so terrible, it becomes ugly cute? Or just plain dull terrible?
Oh dear... These aren't the Seraph units are they? The stewards were at least recognizable, but these ones...
Well now, I wonder how this ship would take it if Kat expressed superiority. In truth, shouldn't this angel, she who giveth life etc etc be something to fear for a robot as this? If only things were so easy.
I just realized that Tom seems to be relying on lots of extreme camera angles in Zimmingham. It's difficult to tell if this was a conscious decision to help convey mood, or a conscious change in art style, or an unconscious change in style. I doubt it's a coincidence though.
Well here's what unsettling me about them. The coloration and posture? It reminds me of calcified animals that are found on the shores of Lake Natron. This bird for instance. i.huffpost.com/gen/1386226/thumbs/o-CALCIFIED-FLAMINGO-900.jpg?3 Posed and given a filter, but enough to evoke a sense of similarity.
Good Gravy.
Although I think that this is one turkey that you can't just drown in gravy.
Oh, my god...? The seraphs look terrifying, so much that I have to congratulate it. I wonder how robots that are rectangular in shape ended up looking bird-like, though? (I'm being reminded of the tic-tocs, too)
It was most likely an excuse for the seraphs to not harm her, but Paz would be really helpful with body structure and anatomy -- thats most likely why Kat needs her to get the job done prolly.
Also, the seraphs don't look too bad. I mean they just look like bald birds (featherless). They ain't so bad.
Yeah. Bald birds. With sharp scalpel-like pointy things sticking out underneath their wings. And crouching, creeping towards you with the intent to rip your chest apart with those sharp objects of their that ...resemble ...talons...
AAAAAH Okay, sorry, got bit carried away.
Yes, it's more their demeanour than their looks, but their current ...physical form does (or doesn't) help. I could imagine they could be more awesome than creepy (but still scary and dangerous looking and whatnot), kind of eagles made of steel, if they wouldn't act so creepy.
Also, the seraphs don't look too bad. I mean they just look like bald birds (featherless). They ain't so bad.
Yeah. Bald birds. With sharp scalpel-like pointy things sticking out underneath their wings. And crouching, creeping towards you with the intent to rip your chest apart with those sharp objects of their that ...resemble ...talons...
AAAAAH Okay, sorry, got bit carried away.
Yes, it's more their demeanour than their looks, but their current ...physical form does (or doesn't) help. I could imagine they could be more awesome than creepy (but still scary and dangerous looking and whatnot), kind of eagles made of steel, if they wouldn't act so creepy.
We've been talking creepy on the IRC channel. This may be a side-effect.
Come on everybody, the Seraphs look just like derpy crows. They are cute. And that demeanor, just like crows strutting, being oh so important. They make me feel all fuzzy inside ^_^ I would hug them if they weren't so bladey :-P
I just realized that Tom seems to be relying on lots of extreme camera angles in Zimmingham. It's difficult to tell if this was a conscious decision to help convey mood, or a conscious change in art style, or an unconscious change in style. I doubt it's a coincidence though.
Noticing that too !!
Especially with the more recent pages, this chapter has this mood that seems pretty spooky -- the camera angles are really dynamic and skewed around. I personally think it's for the mood, it seems to fit Zimmyngham pretty well imo!!
Come on everybody, the Seraphs look just like derpy crows. They are cute. And that demeanor, just like crows strutting, being oh so important. They make me feel all fuzzy inside ^_^ I would hug them if they weren't so bladey :-P
Try hugging a crow.
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I think after you clear both "flying away" and "trying to pluck your eye out in self defense" hurdles, they are plenty huggable, or at the very least pettable.
Edit: Apparently they fall under the same "federally protected in the wild and not cute enough to be bred in captivity" category as bats. If you hate quicktime then i.imgur.com/y2wPu6N.gifv
Oooh, a fine notion! Now I wonder if there are processes other than reality distortion that would allow creation of an organomechanical abomination (fine, it's tictocks we are speaking of... but metastasizing into a cancer-like growth under the right conditions counts for something, right?). And, consequently, if there is a Paleozimmy somewhen in Court's heavily censored history. Furthermore, Zimmy's reaction to ticktocks. I like where this might be going.
Oooh, a fine notion! Now I wonder if there are processes other than reality distortion that would allow creation of an organomechanical abomination (fine, it's tictocks we are speaking of... but metastasizing into a cancer-like growth under the right conditions counts for something, right?). And, consequently, if there is a Paleozimmy somewhen in Court's heavily censored history. Furthermore, Zimmy's reaction to ticktocks. I like where this might be going.
On the metastasizing thing, I have my own wildspec/theory about that... If you look back at the Broken Glass and Other Things chapter, you will note that Tom devoted 2 panels to showing Annie's blood hitting the ground from Jeanne's "swit"(sound effect used in chapter). In the same area where Ysengrin would later come and bury the tictoc, and eat the Suicide Fairies. I used to think it was similar to the lamp-post from the Chronicles of Narnia, which was stabbed into the ground, yet the Magic of creation in Narnia allowed it to grow and work. Now, I think Annie's blood plays just as big a part in the growth of the Tictoc as its location in the forest... Which,now that I think about it,may have disturbing implications for the Seed Bismuth...
Why do I get the feeling that the Seraphs are no longer bound by the "not allowed to harm students" restriction?
(Truth to tell, I really wonder what the ship and the Seraphs alike must have been thinking when they came up with this plan. Does the ship really think that Lindsey would approve of the way it had treated the students.her charges? And did they even consider how to avoid trouble with the human leadership at the Court over their actions (assuming that the adults at the Court aren't behind this, and I don't think that they're *that* corrupt)? Unless the ship was planning to run far away with Lindsey to some remote part of the sea, neither of them to ever return to the Court again, and dump Year 9 off on some desert island along the way. Maybe the ship was too blinded with desire to consider the long-term consequences of its actions.)
Why do I get the feeling that the Seraphs are no longer bound by the "not allowed to harm students" restriction?
(Truth to tell, I really wonder what the ship and the Seraphs alike must have been thinking when they came up with this plan. Does the ship really think that Lindsey would approve of the way it had treated the students.her charges? And did they even consider how to avoid trouble with the human leadership at the Court over their actions (assuming that the adults at the Court aren't behind this, and I don't think that they're *that* corrupt)? Unless the ship was planning to run far away with Lindsey to some remote part of the sea, neither of them to ever return to the Court again, and dump Year 9 off on some desert island along the way.
Maybe the ship was too blinded with desire to consider the long-term consequences of its actions.)
I think the ship is the fool here. It was promised the world, and didn't care if it sold it's soul to get it's desire. I think that the ship, despite appearing to be part of the aggressor, is actually just as much a victim as the students are. Paz seems to have the ship considering a new direction, before Seraph McCreepy decides to intervene again. And more than ever, I hope Kat creates something to destroy the Seraph.
While before I thought it was Robot who was off the deepend, it seems that he was actually the sanest of the group. And that is the scariest face.
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Well now, I wonder how this ship would take it if Kat expressed superiority. In truth, shouldn't this angel, she who giveth life etc etc be something to fear for a robot as this? If only things were so easy.
They don't really get the whole religion thing do they.. It would be great if Kat realised she is a god to them, but I don't think it is going to happen.
I think after you clear both "flying away" and "trying to pluck your eye out in self defense" hurdles, they are plenty huggable, or at the very least pettable.
While it might at first glance appear out of character for the same person who has previously treated the seraphs to comments like "we're gonna kick your metal butts" and "not you guys again" to be so weak-willed, it really seems quite plausible. There is a big difference here: the friend who can use telekinesis and fire to disable the seraphs is unavailable, and Paz and herself are pretty much defenceless. Being able to talk with animals and to construct machines goes only so far when you are faced with claws and ray gun eyes.
Yes, Kat can move the flesh around, but how much good would it be against an enemy made of metal? Maybe if she were on her own, she would resist because she knows that the robots need her cooperation to succeed, but Paz' presence makes it possible to blackmail her.
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I love the remark under the comic because I had already thought along similar lines a few pages ago. In contrast to say, nematodes, vertebrates are seriously complicated, and getting an entire body right at the first attempt is quite a different proposition than what Kat wisely chose to do, i.e. carefully experimenting on increasingly complicated limbs. Even if she does her best to create it, it might turn out that the resulting body is not functional because she forgot some important vein / nerve / tendon.
(Truth to tell, I really wonder what the ship and the Seraphs alike must have been thinking when they came up with this plan. [...] did they even consider how to avoid trouble with the human leadership at the Court over their actions (assuming that the adults at the Court aren't behind this, and I don't think that they're *that* corrupt)?
Same old: conceit and wishful thinking. The way it rolls now, within one day after this little incident will become common knowledge in the Court, there will be exactly two Seraphs left: #1 and #13. A more curious question here is whether Kat asks herself - do the Seraphs realize this?
While before I thought it was Robot who was off the deepend, it seems that he was actually the sanest of the group. And that is the scariest face.
Well, yeah. S13 at least found someone trustworthy to follow, which is a legimate way to break out of the whole "blind leading the blind", even if he's a bit loonie about this.
And the creature making toothpicks of my five-foot patent wheels.
I wonder if there is a reason other than creepiness that both the sailor bots and the Seraphs have such strange posture? The ship could even be crouching the same way, but it didn't start as an upright humanoid form, so it's hard to tell. Also, I'm pretty sure Kat's entire motivation for her last line is Paz's protection, but she's smart enough to make it sound justifiable.
Why do I get the feeling that the Seraphs are no longer bound by the "not allowed to harm students" restriction?
Was there such a restriction?
Ditto on Per's question. I don't recall ever seeing anywhere that court robots can't hurt humans. Just did a quick search through the wiki and word of Tom and couldn't find anything.
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