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Post by wies on Mar 25, 2020 7:19:29 GMT
I really like how near the surface the bot looks like blood on the water. Visceral indeed! Anyway, is this Dannybot evolving in their body, or a metaphorical representation for how it feels in the depths of consciousness? Also, that fish-form is bigger than the Guide now. Guess Dannybot is already adjusting to the expanse the new mind offers. |
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Post by madjack on Mar 25, 2020 7:25:09 GMT
Upper parts of the panel are very Coyote-esque.
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Post by arf on Mar 25, 2020 8:30:56 GMT
If that's our friend's final form then the 'random selection' is truly random!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 9:07:37 GMT
Lamprey
Maybe it's just that the first half of The Lark Ascending goes well with this page (it happened to be on) and my dreadful sentimentality, but I think the chapter has finally clicked for me now (in a way that GkC has not done in months, but it often used to): the page before this one, too.
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Post by csj on Mar 25, 2020 10:26:30 GMT
'eel be right
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 25, 2020 12:44:39 GMT
She probably should have mentioned that when you're diving deep it's best to not leave your body operating heavy machinery, driving, or anything else dangerous, really. Eh, I'm sure he'll figure it out. [goes to YouTube, watches Holy Diver by Dio] |
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Post by saardvark on Mar 25, 2020 12:48:58 GMT
Lamprey Maybe it's just that the first half of The Lark Ascending goes well with this page (it happened to be on) and my dreadful sentimentality, but I think the chapter has finally clicked for me now (in a way that GkC has not done in months, but it often used to): the page before this one, too.Its more like an oarfish (eel-like, long red dorsal fin) crossed with some deepsea fish with lots of phosphorescent photophores (lantern fish maybe?)... it's cool how Tom has the pipe-bot's eyes evolve into the photophore array! |
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Post by ctso74 on Mar 25, 2020 13:15:25 GMT
She probably should have mentioned that when you're diving deep it's best to not leave your body operating heavy machinery, driving, or anything else dangerous, really. Eh, I'm sure he'll figure it out. [goes to YouTube, watches Holy Diver by Dio] I think Children of the Sea would also be applicable. |
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Post by imaginaryfriend on Mar 25, 2020 13:25:04 GMT
Also: I don't think the fish can be identified without knowing more about its mouth.
[can't stop staring at Foglio-esque expression on fish]
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Post by Gemini Jim on Mar 25, 2020 15:28:18 GMT
If that's our friend's final form then the 'random selection' is truly random! That would be funny, but I get the feeling this is just some metamorphic metaphor for how the robot is entering an ocean of emotion (or something) which his old body (and old perceptions?) were unable to handle. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 25, 2020 16:00:18 GMT
Its more like an oarfish (eel-like, long red dorsal fin) crossed with some deepsea fish with lots of phosphorescent photophores (lantern fish maybe?)... it's cool how Tom has the pipe-bot's eyes evolve into the photophore array! Yes, apparent "chimerae" act as "personality tests"; a choice of which trait is most characteristic probably says something about you. If asked to describe the sight of two boys walking past a bench and down the road, native speakers of German will more likely single out the fixed point and native speakers of English more likely single out the course, both for the sake of brevity, to sum it up (caveat: I read this about ten years ago and it's psychology, so it's possible that this result would later prove irreproducible). Stylized depictions like the eight-spoked snowflake in Tall Tales next to the eight-rayed sun have occurred, anyhow. Case in point: I remain convinced that the arrangement of eyes and the dorsal fin starting near the head evokes a (deliberate) face-value interpretation of a lamprey "eel" more than anything else by their layout... but they also evoke photophores by individual make-up. That's not a one-line post, though. Then again, I should have known that I'd rightfully end up challenged. |
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Post by puntino on Mar 25, 2020 17:34:53 GMT
Getting major vibes of "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream" from this page.
Eek.
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Post by migrantworker on Mar 25, 2020 18:20:21 GMT
I don't know. This fuzzy, unstable form. These green glowing eyes. Moments away from a major, enhancing transformation. Still reminds me of this. |
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Post by pyradonis on Mar 25, 2020 19:04:44 GMT
If that's our friend's final form then the 'random selection' is truly random! That would be funny, but I get the feeling this is just some metamorphic metaphor for how the robot is entering an ocean of emotion (or something) which his old body (and old perceptions?) were unable to handle. Considering the form the robot had at the beginning of the chapter was not his actual body either, you are probably right.
Anyway, I expected the 2D-robo-head to change into something else, but I certainly not like this. Beautiful!
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Post by madjack on Mar 26, 2020 0:28:26 GMT
[can't stop staring at Foglio-esque expression on fish] I can't unsee that now. |
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Post by saardvark on Mar 26, 2020 0:50:08 GMT
Its more like an oarfish (eel-like, long red dorsal fin) crossed with some deepsea fish with lots of phosphorescent photophores (lantern fish maybe?)... it's cool how Tom has the pipe-bot's eyes evolve into the photophore array! Case in point: I remain convinced that the arrangement of eyes and the dorsal fin starting near the head evokes a (deliberate) face-value interpretation of a lamprey "eel" more than anything else by their layout... but they also evoke photophores by individual make-up. That's not a one-line post, though. Then again, I should have known that I'd rightfully end up challenged.I had forgotten that lampreys gill "slits" are more like a row of holes, so that is quite similar (if you make the holes phosphorescent)! But a lamprey's dorsal fin doesnt begin until bout halfway back to the tail... that's why I liked the oarfish analog (und es ist rot!). The hidden mouth could still be lamprey-like though... |
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Post by jda on Mar 26, 2020 5:58:26 GMT
Oh noes, is now PiperEel botfish imbued of the power of mighty Coyote?
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Post by mturtle7 on Mar 26, 2020 6:49:11 GMT
God this transformation is cool. I agree that it's totally reminiscent of Ysengrin's transformation via Coyote, but it's also a very natural progression from the 2D form, as it gets "stretched out" into this organic-robots-eel thing. The little red bar at the top gets stretched out into a long crestfin, the two little eyes get repeated over and over along the eel's length so they look like phosphorescence...I can't wait to see where this goes next.
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Post by arf on Mar 26, 2020 8:40:35 GMT
Getting major vibes of "I Have no Mouth and I Must Scream" from this page. Eek. Eek, indeed! Personally, I get more of a sense of the orbs from David Brin's "Existence", which provide a virtual environment for uploaded consciousnesses as they journey between the stars. Close to the surface, they must conform to restrictions in order to communicate, but their ability to mold their environment to their will increases as they go further in. |
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Post by Sauzels on Mar 26, 2020 9:29:55 GMT
I doubt it's quite right to compare it to anything related to Coyote, but with the turmoil shown here combined with Zimmy's omen in the last chapter, I can't help but think something truly terrible is going to come of all this. 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. This is a good point though. It could just take a little getting used to. |
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Post by wies on Mar 26, 2020 15:04:23 GMT
I doubt it's quite right to compare it to anything related to Coyote, but with the turmoil shown here combined with Zimmy's omen in the last chapter, I can't help but think something truly terrible is going to come of all this. But it will be worth it. |
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Post by saardvark on Mar 26, 2020 16:28:37 GMT
I doubt it's quite right to compare it to anything related to Coyote, but with the turmoil shown here combined with Zimmy's omen in the last chapter, I can't help but think something truly terrible is going to come of all this. there is a message "TRANSFORMATION ERROR"... and out of the ocean riding a huge half shell (ie, like Botticelli's Venus) is Box-bot, with, I dont know, bunny ears or something. |
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