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a medical mystery posted:They're gonna need to extract some of Zimmy's brain-spiders to cull the population! Hey, now there's a thought. What if the same sort of thing happened to Zimmy with the spiders? If Annie were to fall victim to this wasp, would she run around with rainbows in her eyes, acting all strange and needing Gamma to help cull the noise?
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Cat Mattress posted:An ant, an ant-imony. Whatevs, same diff. Until recently I was working in a lab that works with these guys - they're looking at the mechanism by which the venom does its thing. They're really beautiful too. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_cockroach_wasp The wasp in the picture of the Wikipedia article is a female - males don't have the extra tusk-like appendages on the head.
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neogeo0823 posted:Hey, now there's a thought. What if the same sort of thing happened to Zimmy with the spiders? If Annie were to fall victim to this wasp, would she run around with rainbows in her eyes, acting all strange and needing Gamma to help cull the noise? I don't think the spiders are what cause Zimmytown. She's just like that. The spiders are simply hitching a ride.
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The lighting in this update is just so pretty. I love how the line art changes color in the first panel, and the shadows in the second are really nice as well. Another nice touch is that the background behind coyote's infinite eyes and teeth is a panoply of stars.
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Sep 18, 2013 19:41
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Male Man posted:I don't think the spiders are what cause Zimmytown. She's just like that. The spiders are simply hitching a ride. Yeah Zimmy is just some sort of living ether conduit, if I recall right. Like Annie can touch it with her blinker stone, but Zimmy is more like a living blinker stone, she can't ever turn it off. So unsavory denizens of the ether decided to hitch a ride with her at some point, although likely they didn't realize that she's such a bad rear end and is able to contain them somehow. The few that managed to sneak out on Jack are evidence of how bad they can be if they escape. I wonder if this thing escaped with Annie if it would have puppeted her over to that ether station in the lake again, since they sure seemed interested in that. Makes me wonder would would happen if Zimmy were to come into contact with this parasitic wasp beesmuth thing. This is really just making me want another Zimmy/Gamma chapter, because they're so good.
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Male Man posted:I don't think the spiders are what cause Zimmytown. She's just like that. The spiders are simply hitching a ride. Zimmy's like an antenna of sorts, I think Jones said this. I think she like "connects" with some alternate "plane of dimension  " where there's all sorts of weird poo poo, and weird stuff happens to your brain.
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Sep 18, 2013 20:02
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Yonic Symbolism posted:Annie'll be fine, it's just Waspinator. Guy's a worse robot than Boxbot, just hit him with a stick enough and he'll fall apart. I'm actually kinda upset that someone beat me to this reference.
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SHISHKABOB posted:Zimmy's like an antenna of sorts, I think Jones said this. I think she like "connects" with some alternate "plane of dimension As far as I can tell, her mind taps directly into the ether, and realises it as the grungy distorted hellhole version of Birmingham. I don't think it can actually escape her mind normally, which puts a lot of stress on her psyche and makes her, well, Zimmy.
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Sep 18, 2013 22:58
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Oh, it was just a Giant Hell Wasp, no cause for alarm. And to think we were so worried!
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Sep 18, 2013 23:22
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Here's a handy guide to the characters in Gunnerkrigg Court:
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Sep 19, 2013 01:18
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Jon Joe posted:Here's a handy guide to the character in Gunnerkrigg Court: Seems legit. I don't think we've seen that New Character too much though. When was he introduced?
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SerSpook posted:Seems legit. I don't think we've seen that New Character too much though. When was he introduced? Just a one-off. It wouldn't be the first time a new character was just Coyote in disguise, though.
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Beesmuth makes a lot of sense actually, when you think about wasps transforming resources. There are wasps that pollinate figs as part of their reproductive process in such a way that the male wasps can become part of the fig. There are plenty of other kinds that lay their eggs in other organisms that are devoured by the babies that hatch. Maybe the Bismuth was eating the forest to grow buildings and people.
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The Red Queen posted:Beesmuth makes a lot of sense actually, when you think about wasps transforming resources. There are wasps that pollinate figs as part of their reproductive process in such a way that the male wasps can become part of the fig. There are plenty of other kinds that lay their eggs in other organisms that are devoured by the babies that hatch. Maybe the Bismuth was eating the forest to grow buildings and people. I will never eat a fig again.
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that is clearly a hornet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ1eAM8CChc
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Maldraedior posted:that is clearly a hornet  That is some hardcore poo poo right there. Let's hope for Annie's sake that it's not one of those things.
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Sep 19, 2013 07:03
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Puella Magissima posted:
Most dangerous animal in Japan. Kills about 40 people a year with their venom. Edit: vvv I'm dumb. Don't know why did that... PrinceRandom fucked around with this message at 07:58 on Sep 19, 2013 |
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Sep 19, 2013 07:33
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PrinceRandom posted:Most dangerous "animal" in Japan. Kills about 40 people a year with their venom. Is that why Beedrills are so scary in the Pokemon animes?
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Sep 19, 2013 07:48
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You don't have to put animal in quotation marks, wasps are definitely animals.
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Sep 19, 2013 07:53
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ChairMaster posted:You don't have to put animal in quotation marks, wasps are definitely animals. Are you absolutely sure they aren't some kind of ambulatory fungus?!?
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Sep 19, 2013 07:54
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ChairMaster posted:You don't have to put animal in quotation marks, wasps are definitely animals. Wasps are demons.
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Prison Warden posted:Are you absolutely sure they aren't some kind of ambulatory fungus?!? Pretty sure it's not a fungus.
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Sep 19, 2013 07:58
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SHISHKABOB posted:Wasps are demons. As someone who's been stung by them multiple times in life, I can second that notion. Seriously, wasps are just evil.
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Sep 19, 2013 12:46
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Puella Magissima posted:
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Sep 19, 2013 14:38
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Wasps aren't demons. Their hatred and cruelty is too directed for that. They're devils.
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Sep 19, 2013 16:28
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I got stung by a wasp once. Under my eye. The day before school picture day. I don't look very happy in my yearbook.
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Sep 20, 2013 05:30
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Cruel and Unusual posted:I got stung by a wasp once. Under my eye. The day before school picture day. I don't look very happy in my yearbook. I was once chased around by an old woman at a rodeo because I had three Wasps stuck down my shirt stinging the poo poo out of me, and once she caught me, she took me to my mom and rubbed a tobacco/spit on my stings. I also swallowed a bee that was in my can of Doctor Pepper after it stung me on the roof of my mouth. I hate stinging insects.
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PrinceRandom posted:I also swallowed a bee that was in my can of Doctor Pepper after it stung me on the roof of my mouth. The same exact thing happened to my uncle a long time ago, down to the Dr Pepper and everything.
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Puella Magissima posted:
On the bright side, Japanese bees have learned to leverage their single evolutionary advantage over the hornets: they can tolerate temperatures two degrees higher than the hornets. They lure them into the hive and swarm them until they overheat. Reminds me a lot of all the sci-fi novels where humanity is worse than their opponent in every way but one which they use to emerge victorious.
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Sep 20, 2013 07:18
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So that's what Coyote hunts.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:01
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Classic Coyote, greeting Annie after he already started talking to her.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:02
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Got to admit, I felt like it might be coming but I still laughed.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:05
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The seed bismuth is gone. Is there any hope for the Court now? 
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Sep 20, 2013 08:07
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Isn't Ysen going to be sooo embarrassed. Egg all over his face.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:08
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Man, I felt like this was going to happen, and it was glorious.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:09
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Haha, she even toasted it a little for him. Really brings out that waspy crunch!
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Sep 20, 2013 08:13
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Oh no! Coyote just ate
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Sep 20, 2013 08:18
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The fire elemental crown symbol we've seen before is in Annie's fire-burst. Also, I hope Coyote keeps some toothpicks around.
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Sep 20, 2013 08:25
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Why are you still talking about him? Clever Coyote said not to mind him. STOP MINDING.
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Yum, crispy fried rainbow wasp monster.
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