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Post by imaginaryfriend on Dec 15, 2021 8:04:56 GMT
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Post by philman on Dec 15, 2021 8:24:11 GMT
I would like my completely pointless haircut cookies. On another note, how organic are the New People's bodies, does their hair and nails grow, the same as human's? |
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Post by csj on Dec 15, 2021 8:27:31 GMT
Based on the still visible features on the knuckles, I suspect the dermis is functionally organic but the musculoskeletal structure is a hybrid
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Post by arkadi on Dec 15, 2021 11:26:25 GMT
Lana giving herself the Best Wingman award  |
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Post by arkadi on Dec 15, 2021 11:27:01 GMT
We just got it! It's Piter! |
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Post by theonethatgotaway on Dec 15, 2021 14:11:40 GMT
We just got it! It's Piter! I'm a bit annoyed it's not properly either Pieter (dutch spelling) or Peter (english spelling). Or even Pitter. What am I supposed to do with that open Pi-!? Is it a short 'i' sound? Or a long 'ie'? This is Loop/Loo all over again in my head! Aaaaaaaah. Btw, this reminds me that I need a haircut. |
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Post by rabbit on Dec 15, 2021 14:51:46 GMT
Lana is a reminder that our friends push us at times, but our best friends know when and how to push us.
On an unrelated note, because Frank Herbert's Dune is on my mind since the release of the movie, the name "Piter" gives me the heebie-jeebies. No way I'd use a barber with that name!
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Post by ctso74 on Dec 15, 2021 15:40:12 GMT
Good on you, Lana.
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Post by rimwolf on Dec 15, 2021 15:50:16 GMT
I'm a bit annoyed it's not properly either Pieter (dutch spelling) or Peter (english spelling). Or even Pitter. What am I supposed to do with that open Pi-!? Is it a short 'i' sound? Or a long 'ie'? This is Loop/Loo all over again in my head! Aaaaaaaah. Maybe it's Frisian -- there's a singer/composer Piter Wilkens who sings/composes in Frisian. Or maybe, as with Jerrek (Jerry/Derek?), the random feature selection also generates a random recombinant name. |
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Post by pyradonis on Dec 15, 2021 15:55:45 GMT
So. Lana's hands still have the visible artificial looking edges like New And Improved Arthur's did. I would like my completely pointless haircut cookies. On another note, how organic are the New People's bodies, does their hair and nails grow, the same as human's? |
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Post by TBeholder on Dec 15, 2021 19:25:45 GMT
So she took a long time getting the body just right… but then discovered that what she likes most about it is having great amount of facial muscles? 😛 I would like my completely pointless haircut cookies. It looks like only one robot will get a haircut. I guess that's half a cookie, still good. Huh. Gunnerkrigg cookies are a bit like Dwarf Fortress fun. |
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Post by phantaskippy on Dec 15, 2021 21:39:00 GMT
I am irrationally and deeply concerned that this young person in need of a haircut used to be a box-bot.
I know our heroes have seen dark days, but accidentally befriending a former box-bot is too much.
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Post by DonDueed on Dec 15, 2021 21:55:04 GMT
I am irrationally and deeply concerned that this young person in need of a haircut used to be a box-bot. I know our heroes have seen dark days, but accidentally befriending a former box-bot is too much. It seems pretty clear that Jerrick is the pipe-bot from "She Gave Us An Ocean". |
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Post by madjack on Dec 15, 2021 21:57:26 GMT
I'm a bit annoyed it's not properly either Pieter (dutch spelling) or Peter (english spelling). Or even Pitter. What am I supposed to do with that open Pi-!? Is it a short 'i' sound? Or a long 'ie'? This is Loop/Loo all over again in my head! Aaaaaaaah. Maybe it's Frisian -- there's a singer/composer Piter Wilkens who sings/composes in Frisian. Or maybe, as with Jerrek (Jerry/Derek?), the random feature selection also generates a random recombinant name. It could also be a Dune reference. |
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Post by mordekai on Dec 15, 2021 22:11:42 GMT
Is it me, or was Lana drawn prettier when Annie wasn't around? Is Tom drawing her a bit more homely in order to make Annie shine more?
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Post by alevice on Dec 15, 2021 22:46:52 GMT
Plot twist: Jerrek is twice the "age"* of Annie.
* Based on Assembly date
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Post by pyradonis on Dec 15, 2021 23:31:23 GMT
Is it me, or was Lana drawn prettier when Annie wasn't around? Is Tom drawing her a bit more homely in order to make Annie shine more? Well, how could Annie ever have competed with this?  Speaking of Annie, any guesses yet about the "guests" she has to see? |
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Post by Sky Schemer on Dec 16, 2021 0:10:23 GMT
Lana is a reminder that our friends push us at times, but our best friends know when and how to push us. Lana is a reminder that Boxbot comes in many forms. |
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Post by Jota on Dec 16, 2021 0:13:34 GMT
Speaking of Annie, any guesses yet about the "guests" she has to see? I would guess that they're beings from the Forest who were rescued after the Loupnami (like the ones in the previous chapter). |
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Post by lurkerbot on Dec 16, 2021 1:01:06 GMT
Antimony's behavior in the two most recent pages reminds me of when she escorted the Jackalope-transferred boy back to the Forest to reunite with his fairy friend <Snuffle>. In both cases she acts to reassure and encourage someone who just went through a life-changing transformation. And she does this without revealing her own internal emotional turmoil (although admittedly in the first case she does later flare up when provoked). |
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Post by Runningflame on Dec 16, 2021 1:02:34 GMT
Is that some kind of face, Lana?
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Post by drmemory on Dec 16, 2021 2:36:58 GMT
I'm pretty curious about what the barber robot will look like in his new body. Still many arms with razor blades and knifes and such? I'm not sure I'd want to be his first subject if he's going to try and cut hair in a whole new form!
Picture Doctor Octopus only with knives on each arm, instead of grabbie things, if you dare!
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Post by Jota on Dec 16, 2021 2:49:06 GMT
Their hair grows, but what about the rest of their bodies? There seem to be an awful lot of teenage-looking robots here. Are they destined to stay teens for the rest of their lives?
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Post by rafk on Dec 16, 2021 5:13:30 GMT
Their hair grows, but what about the rest of their bodies? There seem to be an awful lot of teenage-looking robots here. Are they destined to stay teens for the rest of their lives? They can probably get new faces and bodies built. You know, assuming they don't erase their creator's memory and send her out to live among the 12 Tribes of Kobol. |
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Post by arkadi on Dec 16, 2021 8:48:10 GMT
Their hair grows, but what about the rest of their bodies? There seem to be an awful lot of teenage-looking robots here. Are they destined to stay teens for the rest of their lives? I was a bit baffled by this at first. But seeing as they just underwent a radical physical and mental transformation, one that has changed their whole world and opened whole new horizons for them, I guess you could say they are teenagers? I think it's a given that their new bodies will grow and age. What I wonder is whether dying is part of the package, which seems highly likely; I don't think they're going to be thrilled about the prospect. |
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Post by speedwell on Dec 16, 2021 12:53:08 GMT
In the last panel, Lana looks exactly like I'd expect an actor to look who was playing one of the T-Birds singing "Summer Nights" in the musical Grease, heh.
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Post by speedwell on Dec 16, 2021 12:56:56 GMT
Their hair grows, but what about the rest of their bodies? There seem to be an awful lot of teenage-looking robots here. Are they destined to stay teens for the rest of their lives? I was a bit baffled by this at first. But seeing as they just underwent a radical physical and mental transformation, one that has changed their whole world and opened whole new horizons for them, I guess you could say they are teenagers? I think it's a given that their new bodies will grow and age. What I wonder is whether dying is part of the package, which seems highly likely; I don't think they're going to be thrilled about the prospect. Machines wear out and malfunction, too. They won't be unfamiliar with that, at least. But death as a necessary corollary of growth? Good question and I would be surprised to discover that any of them, including Robot himself, had considered the interrelationship between the two. |
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Post by blahzor on Dec 16, 2021 14:41:36 GMT
Is it me, or was Lana drawn prettier when Annie wasn't around? Is Tom drawing her a bit more homely in order to make Annie shine more? Well, how could Annie ever have competed with this? Speaking of Annie, any guesses yet about the "guests" she has to see? a gang she founded that does underground fighting |
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Post by pyradonis on Dec 16, 2021 15:09:42 GMT
I was a bit baffled by this at first. But seeing as they just underwent a radical physical and mental transformation, one that has changed their whole world and opened whole new horizons for them, I guess you could say they are teenagers? I think it's a given that their new bodies will grow and age. What I wonder is whether dying is part of the package, which seems highly likely; I don't think they're going to be thrilled about the prospect. Machines wear out and malfunction, too. They won't be unfamiliar with that, at least. But death as a necessary corollary of growth? Good question and I would be surprised to discover that any of them, including Robot himself, had considered the interrelationship between the two. Well, he did hold that sermon about "the first of us that died a proper death", with a burial and the first repetition of "It was worth it." and all.
The ancient golem Kat awakened first also wanted to be dead again. So I think the robots can also be weary of life, feel their time has passed etc. And like you said, wearout, malfunctions, accidents etc. will have claimed robotic "lives" before. I don't think they are going to have a problem with the fact that their new minds are mortal. However I am asking myself if any of them considered how awful and drawn out a human death can be.
I also think S13 personally is thrilled by the possibility of being able to die like a human. Fracturing his finger and experiencing pain made him positively excited and zealous. He felt himself "evolving" and preached to the other robots how great it was to have experienced pain and understanding humans better, though some of them remarked that actual humans don't really seem to enjoy pain that much.
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Post by saardvark on Dec 16, 2021 15:54:49 GMT
I was a bit baffled by this at first. But seeing as they just underwent a radical physical and mental transformation, one that has changed their whole world and opened whole new horizons for them, I guess you could say they are teenagers? I think it's a given that their new bodies will grow and age. What I wonder is whether dying is part of the package, which seems highly likely; I don't think they're going to be thrilled about the prospect. Machines wear out and malfunction, too. They won't be unfamiliar with that, at least. But death as a necessary corollary of growth? Good question and I would be surprised to discover that any of them, including Robot himself, had considered the interrelationship between the two. If Kat can transfer robot brain into an organic synth-brain, could she do a synth to synth transfer? If so, an NP could be made effectively immortal - you just transfer the brain into a new body when the old one wears out... ...though there may be a problem though if the transfer goes through the green arrow with ownership and such. Clippy returns? |
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