I just re-read again all the faans! archives. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Shanna as a character. I know this probably isn’t the same continuity, no problem, but could you guys maybe throw a bonus art for this reality versions of the rest of the old cast? Please? I won’t even complain if you twist my wish and go all out making weird versions that make me regret ever asking for them.
TUUBES SHMOOBS. Screw the tubes. I wanna know what happened to Ashok after Bro TOOOOOM sent him flying to where? Is that what has gotten into HR? He really hasn’t been himself lately. I expect we will we be travelling back to technicolor world tommmmorrow. You think this is what the ghost of Cliff Rockslide is talking about the door which had better not eveeeeer be opened. Betcha Shanna finds out soon but is gonna take ever so many sepia panels with ever so many” Meanwhile back at Arkerra.” panels in between. Its always Tease, tease tease. I love it.
That’s why they call it “vaporware.” It’s sort of “retro” to use tubes, since the invention of the transistor caused the extinction of those old radio tubes.
I’m just surprised no one has yet to make a video & post it on You Tube…This Tube’s for you!
It could be a trap. I mean, Shanna might be sitting in one, without her knowing it. If she did not send those files to somebody she knows and trusts she might be killed in the next couple of panels.
It’s my hope that this is where Carol gives up trying to hide it all and reveals what HR is doing. Then they’ll have wacky adventures trying to rescue the five and save the worlds and such!
Or Shanna could be walking head first into a guillotine…she is dealing with people who have killed to protect secrets she’s threatening to draw attention to even though she can’t actually prove anything. Sounds like either an awesome guile tactic or suicide, depending on how it works out for her.
“Here, in this dark, shady alleyway.”
“What’s up with the shovel?”
“I’m, uh, planning on doing some… Gardening. Yeah, I’m gonna plant something soon.”
“Isn’t it a bit late in the season?”
“Well, I’m actually planting, uh, fertilizer, so it doesn’t matter. Ooh, look, is that a government spy plane?”
*THUNK*
I am so torn.
On one hand, Ferris dying was bad and there ought to be consequences.
On the other hand, that nosey bitch is getting on my nerves and I have a hard time not wanting her head to be smashed in as well.
uh uh, don’t make it into a male vs female thing. if it were a “square jaw and stubble” then I’d call him a nosey bastard. Don’t throw your own impulse prejudices onto other people.
I don’t like *how* she’s going around it (ie, being utterly obnoxious and nosey). That’s not solving a case, that’s alerting your opponent and asking for trouble.
a bitch is a female dog. nosey as in constant yelping. if you want to join the others in making a fuss where there isn’t one, then go ahead. but don’t be surprised if people stop taking you seriously.
I’ve been thinking, and if it’s not okay to use bad words about people, then it should be a good exercise to cease using “pig” as a negative word. Not because of the pigs, but because of the principle. If it’s all right to single out any group of creatures and use them as the equivalence of “not good”, then others have an easier time applying that principle to women, non-heterosexuals or people from certain parts of the world.
Nah, I think I’m rooting for Carol, oddly enough. Even if it means spilling the beans on HR to save herself a longer prison sentence, but I would kinda prefer to see Shanna’s head smashed in also. :I I think it’s just because of her attitude.
I don’t know about chase but why I find her obnoxious is the incredibly dumb way she’s going about it. She’s not trying to solve a mystery. She’s just being annoying and nosey.
Hard time buying you were actually “trying” not to find it misogynistic. Neither my nor chase’s comment had anything to do with gender. Just her methods. Sounds more like you were trying to make gender the reason why -.-
Gendered insults and wishing death on someone for no readily apparent reason, especially when they’re not a conventionally attractive female, are the hallmarks of the internet nerd with misogyny bubbling beneath the surface.
Furthermore what does “nosey” even mean in this context? How is this different from trying to solve the mystery? And why can’t you express a distaste for someone’s methods without literally wishing death upon them instead of, god I don’t know, the accomplice to actual murder?
….uh what? I never said she wasn’t attractive. That was all you. It’s your own prejudges that are forcing you to defend this character from nonexistant insults. Which is pretty messed up. Really messed up :\
As for her mannerisms, I’m allowed to dislike and like characters as I see fit. Gender has nothing to do with it. Get off your high horse. I happen to enjoy this webcomic and like reacting to the characters. It’s a mark of good writing. Stop trying to create arguments over it.
No, I’m certain it’s you who’s in the wrong here. I’m sorry, but you don’t always get to decide what your words mean when they’re posted in a public place.
The very fact that you see some sort of need to use gendered slurs is inherently sexist. If you can’t see that, or refuse to, there’s not much I can do to help you out.
The fact that you and Chase want to see her head smashed in, specifically, well… that’s just troubling.
Something for you to consider. Me? I’m considering how lenient I want to be regarding your sexist remarks and the fact that you’re perfectly happy to start an argument, but apparently completely unwilling to finish one or admit when you’re wrong.
Everyone just be cool, OK? We keep this comments section peaceful and respectful.
If this escalates further, T and I may have to start banning folks, and we really, really don’t want to do that.
Back when my main gig was Penny and Aggie, we had a forum I was pretty damn proud of, with some great people showing up every day. But I did have to take out the banhammer every once in a while. I never did it lightly and I never did it without a warning. But… yeah. See above.
it would be nice if the sepia world were to show flashbacks of our heroes in RL, before their tubation(tm). it would add to the story to see how the virtual world has developed their characters and how they’ve overcome the problems and shortcomings of their lives.
What I’d say if I were Carol:
“OK, you’re right. I also think something is going on. I don’t have any more evidence than you. What I do have is access. But I’m not a journalist. Not an investigator. I don’t know what do do. I need your advice on where to look, who to talk to, who not to talk to. Help me figure out what’s going on and bust this open.”
She’ll get further by playing both sides than by fighting Shanna.
Agreed. But I’d hazard a guess that it’s too late for her to use that tactic now. Shanna wouldn’t fall for it. I think Carol is supposed to be smart(ish), but she’s in panic-mode and not up to full capacity, as it were.
Besides, Shanna is smarter, and has dealt with WAY weirder shit than this (as she sees it so far). Which would account for the “attitude” some have commented on.
I just re-read again all the faans! archives. I had forgotten how much I enjoyed Shanna as a character. I know this probably isn’t the same continuity, no problem, but could you guys maybe throw a bonus art for this reality versions of the rest of the old cast? Please? I won’t even complain if you twist my wish and go all out making weird versions that make me regret ever asking for them.
We’ve been seeing them since the comic began, though!
They’re in the tubes
tuuuuuuuuubes
Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuubes!!!!
TUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUBES!!!!!!!!!!
Tubes, quite.
TUUBES SHMOOBS. Screw the tubes. I wanna know what happened to Ashok after Bro TOOOOOM sent him flying to where? Is that what has gotten into HR? He really hasn’t been himself lately. I expect we will we be travelling back to technicolor world tommmmorrow. You think this is what the ghost of Cliff Rockslide is talking about the door which had better not eveeeeer be opened. Betcha Shanna finds out soon but is gonna take ever so many sepia panels with ever so many” Meanwhile back at Arkerra.” panels in between. Its always Tease, tease tease. I love it.
Tubes? What tubes? I aint ever heard a no tubes.
That’s a tubable offense mister.
Don’t mess with Shanna. She’ll do a series on tubes.
We’re about to experience some Tubular Turpitudinous Turbulence!
Hang on to your hats, everyone!
That clinches it. Science team has vapor for brains.
That’s why they call it “vaporware.” It’s sort of “retro” to use tubes, since the invention of the transistor caused the extinction of those old radio tubes.
I’m just surprised no one has yet to make a video & post it on You Tube…This Tube’s for you!
Where they all listen to Tubular Bells.
Totally
Un
Beatable
Evatars!
(Sic)
Including Dalek’s Avatar… this blew my mind!
Is that a joke theory, a serious theory based on something I’ve missed, or did you misunderstand bwernard’s request?
Wait, WHAT? Are you saying Byron is Rick, Gravedust is Will, and Frigg is Katherine? Syr’nj is Rumy? And… Payet Best is… Tim?
This blew my fucking mind, man.
with the cats?
Shanna’s getting pretty ballsy, I’d say.
Agreed. On the other hand, it was always a bad idea for Carol to go to that meeting, and it took her way too long to figure that out.
It could be a trap. I mean, Shanna might be sitting in one, without her knowing it. If she did not send those files to somebody she knows and trusts she might be killed in the next couple of panels.
It’s my hope that this is where Carol gives up trying to hide it all and reveals what HR is doing. Then they’ll have wacky adventures trying to rescue the five and save the worlds and such!
Or Shanna could be walking head first into a guillotine…she is dealing with people who have killed to protect secrets she’s threatening to draw attention to even though she can’t actually prove anything. Sounds like either an awesome guile tactic or suicide, depending on how it works out for her.
That’s one hell of a bluff.
You mean assuming “the tubes” was something secretive? Yeah. Good job on her part.
“Do you like the color purple, Shanna?”
Sepia world: Where eyebrows are thiiiiick
Yes. I have noticed that about reality, as well. At least prior to the brutal plucking of eyebrows that our society now appears to demand.
And that’s how Shanna becomes number 6.
“I am not a number I am a free (wo)man!
Does that make H.R. number 2?
Not if she winds up kidnapped & taken to The Village…
“Here, in this dark, shady alleyway.”
“What’s up with the shovel?”
“I’m, uh, planning on doing some… Gardening. Yeah, I’m gonna plant something soon.”
“Isn’t it a bit late in the season?”
“Well, I’m actually planting, uh, fertilizer, so it doesn’t matter. Ooh, look, is that a government spy plane?”
*THUNK*
Man, Hurricane’s interview process is brutal.
How’s that for a Sha’nj?
I am so torn.
On one hand, Ferris dying was bad and there ought to be consequences.
On the other hand, that nosey bitch is getting on my nerves and I have a hard time not wanting her head to be smashed in as well.
I have no idea which side to root for here :|
Yup.
I, for one, am going to side with the not-murderer/not-murderer-enabler.
Nosy bitch?
Five people go missing and one appears to have been murdered and you think she’s a nosy bitch?
Oh sure, if she was a hard-boiled detective with a square jaw and stubble you’d probably think he was way cool.
uh uh, don’t make it into a male vs female thing. if it were a “square jaw and stubble” then I’d call him a nosey bastard. Don’t throw your own impulse prejudices onto other people.
I don’t like *how* she’s going around it (ie, being utterly obnoxious and nosey). That’s not solving a case, that’s alerting your opponent and asking for trouble.
When you throw around sexist slurs, I’m pretty sure it’s not out of line to see sexism in your words.
a bitch is a female dog. nosey as in constant yelping. if you want to join the others in making a fuss where there isn’t one, then go ahead. but don’t be surprised if people stop taking you seriously.
You disgust me. Misogynist pig.
I’ve been thinking, and if it’s not okay to use bad words about people, then it should be a good exercise to cease using “pig” as a negative word. Not because of the pigs, but because of the principle. If it’s all right to single out any group of creatures and use them as the equivalence of “not good”, then others have an easier time applying that principle to women, non-heterosexuals or people from certain parts of the world.
Also, that’s not what “nosey” means.
If you continue to use words without understanding their meaning or effect, don’t be surprised if people stop taking you seriously.
Nah, I think I’m rooting for Carol, oddly enough. Even if it means spilling the beans on HR to save herself a longer prison sentence, but I would kinda prefer to see Shanna’s head smashed in also. :I I think it’s just because of her attitude.
I’m trying to think of a way this doesn’t come across as misogynistic but it’s just not coming to me.
“Her attitude”? What, because she’s getting uppity with a goddamn accomplice to murder? I’m at a loss here.
I don’t know about chase but why I find her obnoxious is the incredibly dumb way she’s going about it. She’s not trying to solve a mystery. She’s just being annoying and nosey.
Hard time buying you were actually “trying” not to find it misogynistic. Neither my nor chase’s comment had anything to do with gender. Just her methods. Sounds more like you were trying to make gender the reason why -.-
Gendered insults and wishing death on someone for no readily apparent reason, especially when they’re not a conventionally attractive female, are the hallmarks of the internet nerd with misogyny bubbling beneath the surface.
Furthermore what does “nosey” even mean in this context? How is this different from trying to solve the mystery? And why can’t you express a distaste for someone’s methods without literally wishing death upon them instead of, god I don’t know, the accomplice to actual murder?
….uh what? I never said she wasn’t attractive. That was all you. It’s your own prejudges that are forcing you to defend this character from nonexistant insults. Which is pretty messed up. Really messed up :\
As for her mannerisms, I’m allowed to dislike and like characters as I see fit. Gender has nothing to do with it. Get off your high horse. I happen to enjoy this webcomic and like reacting to the characters. It’s a mark of good writing. Stop trying to create arguments over it.
Some people…
No, I’m certain it’s you who’s in the wrong here. I’m sorry, but you don’t always get to decide what your words mean when they’re posted in a public place.
The very fact that you see some sort of need to use gendered slurs is inherently sexist. If you can’t see that, or refuse to, there’s not much I can do to help you out.
The fact that you and Chase want to see her head smashed in, specifically, well… that’s just troubling.
Something for you to consider. Me? I’m considering how lenient I want to be regarding your sexist remarks and the fact that you’re perfectly happy to start an argument, but apparently completely unwilling to finish one or admit when you’re wrong.
Everyone just be cool, OK? We keep this comments section peaceful and respectful.
If this escalates further, T and I may have to start banning folks, and we really, really don’t want to do that.
What Phil said, more or less.
Back when my main gig was Penny and Aggie, we had a forum I was pretty damn proud of, with some great people showing up every day. But I did have to take out the banhammer every once in a while. I never did it lightly and I never did it without a warning. But… yeah. See above.
Apologies. Saw this after I posted. I will leave it alone, content that the higher ups know how fucked up that comment was.
It’s all a series of tuuuuubes!
Carol looks totally stoned in the first panel.
“Come on down to the tube room in the basement. H.R. will give you a first-hand look at them.”
or as Frigg would say, “t00bs or GTFO!”
I’m just loving Shanna at work. Glad you imported her character concept here, seeing as “Fans” isn’t doing anything with her anymore.
Considering that Frigg is trying to get some tube, I’d say there’s a pun in there somewhere…
Speaking of tubes, Shanna’s going down (or in) them pretty soon, I’m guessin’.
Given how angry Shanna’s getting, would it be fair to say the fit has hit the Shan?
it would be nice if the sepia world were to show flashbacks of our heroes in RL, before their tubation(tm). it would add to the story to see how the virtual world has developed their characters and how they’ve overcome the problems and shortcomings of their lives.
… or you know what, i should just watch LOST.
It’s tubes all the way down.
Looks like HR’s plans are starting to go down the tubes.
What I’d say if I were Carol:
“OK, you’re right. I also think something is going on. I don’t have any more evidence than you. What I do have is access. But I’m not a journalist. Not an investigator. I don’t know what do do. I need your advice on where to look, who to talk to, who not to talk to. Help me figure out what’s going on and bust this open.”
She’ll get further by playing both sides than by fighting Shanna.
Agreed. But I’d hazard a guess that it’s too late for her to use that tactic now. Shanna wouldn’t fall for it. I think Carol is supposed to be smart(ish), but she’s in panic-mode and not up to full capacity, as it were.
Besides, Shanna is smarter, and has dealt with WAY weirder shit than this (as she sees it so far). Which would account for the “attitude” some have commented on.
If I were Carol, I wouln’t let Shanna call me “boss.” Boss spelled backwards is double-s-o-b…that’s TWO of ’em.