[2282] "You can feel it, can't you?"

[arf]

Let go of the lifebelt

This has Gaimanesque vibes to it. But is the angel Lettie or Scarthatch?

[pyradonis]

Well, that sounds...great?

Wonderful artwork, by the way. But I perceive the guide's unctuous behaviour (and face) as increasingly annoying.

PS: You have one word too many in the thread title.

[theonethatgotaway]

I'm so sorry, it's a beautiful page, but I could only think of this, and now I'm infecting you with it...

[agasa]

Mar 23, 2020 9:33:38 GMT pyradonis said:

Well, that sounds...great?

Wonderful artwork, by the way. But I perceive the guide's unctuous behaviour (and face) as increasingly annoying.

PS: You have one word too many in the thread title.

I see her not as annoying, but terrifying. She's a nightmare. Literally, to poor plumberbot.

[saardvark]

"and you will be swept away by it..."

pipe-bot is sucked into (or spat out of?) a whirlpool, stretched to the breaking point.

"pulled along by warm currents..."

pipe-bot is dropped into what looks like flaming molten lava and starts to melt

"shorn by icy undertows..."

pipe-bot is shredded by icy daggers

The contrast of the avatar's calm words and the horror of what pipe-bot is experiencing/feeling is jarring to say the least!

[ctso74]

When I want a haircut, I don't expect the barber to pull out ice spikes. They should expect a 5% tip, after something like that. I'm started to be reminded of Spike getting his soul, and what he had to go through.

To be fair, people's true selves rarely change. They may change their habits, but their core remains the same. In my limited experience, trauma is the only thing that truly changes people. The core has to be broken and healed, for better or worse. Like an ice sculpture, that's been broken and refrozen together. Sometimes, it will look like a mess. Other times, sparkly and sublime.

Still though, yikes. I don't know what's required for robots to get a "soul?". I guess they should trust the guide, and hope they're not utterly traumatized by the end.

[pyradonis]

Mar 23, 2020 12:22:42 GMT agasa said:

Mar 23, 2020 9:33:38 GMT pyradonis said:

Well, that sounds...great?

Wonderful artwork, by the way. But I perceive the guide's unctuous behaviour (and face) as increasingly annoying.

PS: You have one word too many in the thread title.

I see her not as annoying, but terrifying. She's a nightmare. Literally, to poor plumberbot.

She (he? (S13) it?) surely is terrifying to pipe-bot. I meant that the guide's demeanor annoys me, personally. (Which is not meant as a critique of the comic, by the way.)

Mar 23, 2020 13:22:12 GMT ctso74 said:

To be fair, people's true selves rarely change. They may change their habits, but their core remains the same. In my limited experience, trauma is the only thing that truly changes people. The core has to be broken and healed, for better or worse. Like an ice sculpture, that's been broken and refrozen together. Sometimes, it will look like a mess. Other times, sparkly and sublime.

You make me think of the arc question of Planescape Torment. "What can change the nature of a man?"

[imaginaryfriend]

I'm not entirely sure that the burning and freezing stuff is actually happening or if the pipe-bot is imagining it as he gets flushed down the drain so I'm withholding judgement on the non-angel's utility as a counselor. She may have been a robot who's doing some volunteer work to help others transition... It may also be the case that she is just a basic app with some prewritten responses to common questions/statements that Kat (or someone) whipped up for a one-time use.

[wies]

Mar 23, 2020 12:22:42 GMT agasa said:

I see her not as annoying, but terrifying. She's a nightmare. Literally, to poor plumberbot.

To be fair, this looks also like a nightmare. Acquiring a new consciousness is quite the ordeal, it seems. I am not sure whether the Guide could make it more comfortable to Dannybot here.

[Deleted]

As much part of his mind as Jeanne's sword was of hers, maybe.

[migrantworker]

Waterboarding comes to mind.