[215] Rubbish At Running

[Yin]

I'm shocked! Usually by this time someone has the discussion thread up. Well, it's my turn this time then

I always thought being rubbish at running was speed-determined, not stamina/endurance. And we don't know how far they ran. Any thoughts?

[mrw]

People on the comments page seem to attribute Reynardine's lack of response to Annie's "commanding" him to not be cocky.
But I'm not so sure. If that were the case, I'd expect Reynardine to be making a nasty face at least. He's not, though - so I think he's actually feeling a tad bit of remorse for angering her. Dawwww.....

Nice job with Annie looking all flushed and tired, don't you think? Though, while impersonating a robot, she should not be huffing, puffing, and sweating...

And I don't see a water bubbler anywhere. A girl could die of dehydration in there!

[Yin]

Always carry a water bottle, Annie!

I dunno, I sort of assumed his expression was due to her mentioning his not having lungs.

[mudmaniac]

My theory on the matter is that something in the tone or words Annie used reminded Reynardine of Surma.

[moony]

Being slightly off topic, I wonder how soon we'll go further into Reynardine's relationship with Surma? :3

ANYWAYS: Annie's not exactly the sort of girl that's into sports. :x

[david]

moony said:

ANYWAYS: Annie's not exactly the sort of girl that's into sports. :x

Oh, do you think ? I don't know about that...

[aoeniac]

Tom, you better have either a perfectly reasonable (or completely outlandish) explanation as to why Annie can freaken judo throw somebody but doesn't have enough energy to jog for more than a few minutes!

[owl]

Awww! Reynardine feels bad!

Maybe Annie has Asthma?

[todd]

It'd obviously help if we knew how far and how long Annie ran before she wound up in that condition. I doubt that it could have been just a few feet (unless there's something about her that we don't know and which is only just now being revealed).

Of course, from the "Wild Speculation" perspective, maybe there's something in the robots' section that slowly drains the vitality out of humans when they enter it.

[jeezykreezy]

aoeniac said:

Tom, you better have either a perfectly reasonable (or completely outlandish) explanation as to why Annie can freaken judo throw somebody but doesn't have enough energy to jog for more than a few minutes!

I can throw a person quite easily to the ground. I studied martial arts for ten years, and yet I can't long-distance run to save myself.
The difference between a simple martial arts technique and stamina running is a huge thing.

[aoeniac]

I guess that's true. Never really considered that seeing as how I do both...

I just assumed somebody who beats the crap out of other people is somewhat athletic.

[yeochild]

Annie probably thinks running is unimportant. Running away from something is backing away from a challenge (which our heroine seems to have a major dislike for), and running to something is for people who aren't smart enough to make it come to them.

She should learn, though. While all her problems so far have been solvable by kindness, diplomacy, luck and a judo flip, soon she may come up against something which she can only flee from.

Oh, and she should be jogging, not running, if she wants to keep it up for any length of time. I don't think she knows that.

[neal]

Well, the comic DOES say "A disappointingly short amount of time later". So, we must assume that the distance is a bit pathetic.

Also, as a reverse on the above mentioned, I can quite easily run a great distance, but I don't know how to judo flip someone. They are quite, quite different skills. The flipping requires knowledge, the running requires time and somewhere to run. I'd assume that a child growing up in a hospital wouldn't really have too much experience in the running department.

[La Poire]

Annie seems to me to be the kind of person, if were to blow up a building, or kill someone or something, who would walk calmly away while everyone paniced around her. Possibly she would be wearing shades, maybe even a hat. Anyway, my point is, Annie isn't the kind of person who needs to run.

[todd]

Though I doubt that we'd ever see Annie blow up anything or kill anyone - I'd certainly be surprised if she ever did either of those things (assuming that the missing word between "if" and "were" was "she).

[UbiquitousDragon]

todd said:

Though I doubt that we'd ever see Annie blow up anything or kill anyone - I'd certainly be surprised if she ever did either of those things (assuming that the missing word between "if" and "were" was "she).

No, but she is the kind of person to stroll away from danger. Or stroll into it. I guess that's what growing up in Good Hope would do to you.

[mrw]

I can't picture Annie killing anyone either, but I wouldn't put it past her to blow something up if there were lives at stake. Especially if the lives belonged to her friends.

[zip]

well me thinks that robots must not need water bublers hence the lack there of. which brings up the interesting question how do robots feed themselves? for that matter do they even need to?

[zip]

neal said:

Well, the comic DOES say "A disappointingly short amount of time later". So, we must assume that the distance is a bit pathetic.

Also, as a reverse on the above mentioned, I can quite easily run a great distance, but I don't know how to judo flip someone. They are quite, quite different skills. The flipping requires knowledge, the running requires time and somewhere to run. I'd assume that a child growing up in a hospital wouldn't really have too much experience in the running department.

if she did try and get experienced at running in a hospital i imagine that she would quickly become accustomed to people yelling at her to knock it off