Hi there Clif, howdy, say have we seen Demoted Oblivious lately?
(i havent paid as much attention for a couple weeks on account of i wasnt home & my phone is infuriatingly slow, but i get the feeling they’ve been gone a minute?)
yeah Demo if you read this, i hope you’re having too much fun irl; just nod if you can hear me? <3
Decidedly Orthogonal
It’s a mystery.
milu
ooooh say no more ^w^
Clif
Quantum 3-D chess.
milu
blindsidin’ bombshells.
Wagstaff
Speaking of “quantum” (besides what’s become of the adjective in common usage), what’s your occupation?
I’m guessing that it’s at least somewhat physics-related, but I could be wrong.
Decidedly Orthogonal
That’s the one with the really _tiny_ pieces right?
The inside of Walky’s mind probably looks like an obstacle course full of tantalizing distractions. Every so often a thought makes it all the way through to the end.
Yes, I probably should have put “the plan” in airquotes. Lucy’s plan has gone off without a hitch, but Walky has failed to realize the game being played.
So in this universe, we have Walky trying and failing miserably to throw off Joyce’s presentation of a comic where thinly-veiled versions of herself and Dorothy have oodles of subtext
While in the other universe, we have Dorothy (posessed, but still) trying to throw off Joyce and Walky’s wedding with an army of crack pairing fankids (plus a couple of canon ones)
I tried reading through the Walkyverese once from the beginning, and couldn’t do it. But this section looks like a fun read, and I’m glad I know it exists now so I can follow along. Thanks Rassilon!
strong offensive maneuver, i take it joyce read sun tzu in bible study? …or whatever the christian version is? did they cover fighting tactics in veggie tales?
The constant calls for war and genocide in the bible isn’t really surprising, considering that Yahweh is basically an over-glorified WAR god.
Leorale
God is an everything god, it’s highly unusual!
Harvest, justice, ethics, sheep, mountains, protection, war… you name it, God’s the first one-stop shop in the middle east.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Pretty sure that’s a side effect of dispatching holy troops to wander around converting or killing the other gods’ followers and stealing the cool bits from their religions.
Wagstaff
Yahweh *officially* became all-powerful (or an “everything god”, as you describe him), only after the Babylonian captivity, for the sole purpose of the military leaders of the Kingdom of Israel saving face.
Specifically, these absolutist rulers rationalized that Yahweh was all-powerful and controlled all their enemies including the Babylonians (“stiffened their hearts”) to overpower their kingdom as punishment for breaking their covenant.
And this god who created everything in the universe is somehow not responsible for creating the Serpent or the magic trees that needlessly jeopardized the human innocence HE wanted to preserve.
Pretty sure God actually explicitly created both of those things? Where did you get the idea there wasn’t any responsibility for making them?
Wagstaff
Oh, I didn’t. But by the looks of it, this god did, and punished Adam and Eve for failing a test that they were designed to fail.
Delicious Taffy
Yep, he’s an asshole. In other news, bears eat bees.
Wagstaff
Seriously though, I kinda feel bad for those bees.
I mean, can you think of a more gruesome fate than having your home collapse with you in it, only to give way to total darkness, a horrible stench, and get slowly burned to death by stomach acid?
King Daniel
…is that a challenge?
MrSmith
I’m guessing theres a few people in Afghanistan right now that are experiencing worse (Thanks Biden)
milu
please don’t.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Seconded. If I wanted that I’d saunter over to r/politics.
Wagstaff
Same here. Even I’m not willing to head into THAT turbulent territory.
(no pun intended)
Decidedly Orthogonal
More on this, I’m kinda disappointed in Jurassic World for exactly that reason. I mean, I get that there likely isn’t good reception, and it’s a trope and all that, but I feel like the security forces what got ate and stomped by the indominous wouldn’t have _all_ just gone to static. Like, we should have been left with some active Blair Witch or Cam style cams still broadcasting, possibly (see aforementioned signal strength) from inside her Indomitable self. And yes it would be horrible, and it was tragic, but I’m utterly unconvinced that things are always *dead* before they’re swallowed. Especially not bite size morsels like lawyers and guards. Like, yeah, they’re not gonna survive, but death is often pretty messy and can take a little bit.
85 thoughts on “Presentableness”
Ana Chronistic
Joyce.exe has performed an unexpected function
ABORT/RETRY/FAIL?
King Daniel
Fission mailed
Common sense
Pobodys Nerfect
H3xx
Fission is not a process that is safe for the postal system to handle…
Clif
She’s playing three dimensional chess and doesn’t know it.
milu
Hi there Clif, howdy, say have we seen Demoted Oblivious lately?
(i havent paid as much attention for a couple weeks on account of i wasnt home & my phone is infuriatingly slow, but i get the feeling they’ve been gone a minute?)
yeah Demo if you read this, i hope you’re having too much fun irl; just nod if you can hear me? <3
Decidedly Orthogonal
It’s a mystery.
milu
ooooh say no more ^w^
Clif
Quantum 3-D chess.
milu
blindsidin’ bombshells.
Wagstaff
Speaking of “quantum” (besides what’s become of the adjective in common usage), what’s your occupation?
I’m guessing that it’s at least somewhat physics-related, but I could be wrong.
Decidedly Orthogonal
That’s the one with the really _tiny_ pieces right?
Doctor_Who
Second John Mulaney reference from Walky during this story.
Foreshadowing that we will soon see a horse loose in a hospital?
Robert Thompson
I saw a bird in an airport once!
Abel Undercity
I saw a pigeon in a bus station.
I am Nothing
I saw a pigeon at the zoo.
Wagstaff
I saw a wild turkey wandering around my neighborhood on more than one occasion!
Ana Chronistic
I saw a squirrel.
He was doin’ like THIS! *chomp chomp*
Renadt
Just get Rayne Summers, He’ll get the horse a prostitute. And we’ll love him for it.
Sirksome
Wow she’s in his head!
Clif
If being in his head doesn’t throw her off balance, nothing will.
Needfuldoer
The inside of Walky’s mind probably looks like an obstacle course full of tantalizing distractions. Every so often a thought makes it all the way through to the end.
Geneseepaws
Welcome to ADD land, where once is a while a thought that one has, makes it all the way to the end, … WITHOUT dying. Once in a, OH! Squirrel!
Wagstaff
Well as with all other mazes, perhaps some retrograde analysis would help?
Note that this is not to be confused with retrograde amnesia .
Steelbright
Ugh this is an excellent description of my life
Deanatay
Well, there’s plenty of room in there.
Thag Simmons
The other problem with the plan is that Walky’s presentableness has precedent from back when he was dating Dorothy.
Sirksome
I mean the mind game aspect is just a manipulation from Lucy to get Walky to dress nice anyway. There’s no saying whether Joyce would care either way.
Thag Simmons
Yes, I probably should have put “the plan” in airquotes. Lucy’s plan has gone off without a hitch, but Walky has failed to realize the game being played.
NinjaNick
Flipping the script!
Stephen Bierce
Whoa! Take it take it take it YEAH! *saxophone solo*
RassilonTDavros
So in this universe, we have Walky trying and failing miserably to throw off Joyce’s presentation of a comic where thinly-veiled versions of herself and Dorothy have oodles of subtext
While in the other universe, we have Dorothy (posessed, but still) trying to throw off Joyce and Walky’s wedding with an army of crack pairing fankids (plus a couple of canon ones)
The dissonance is hysterical, and I love it.
justin8448
I tried reading through the Walkyverese once from the beginning, and couldn’t do it. But this section looks like a fun read, and I’m glad I know it exists now so I can follow along. Thanks Rassilon!
Reed
strong offensive maneuver, i take it joyce read sun tzu in bible study? …or whatever the christian version is? did they cover fighting tactics in veggie tales?
milu
as i recall there’s a fair amount of war in the bible itself,
thejeff
If she breaks out a horn and starts marching around in circles, watch out.
Wagstaff
The constant calls for war and genocide in the bible isn’t really surprising, considering that Yahweh is basically an over-glorified WAR god.
Leorale
God is an everything god, it’s highly unusual!
Harvest, justice, ethics, sheep, mountains, protection, war… you name it, God’s the first one-stop shop in the middle east.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Pretty sure that’s a side effect of dispatching holy troops to wander around converting or killing the other gods’ followers and stealing the cool bits from their religions.
Wagstaff
Yahweh *officially* became all-powerful (or an “everything god”, as you describe him), only after the Babylonian captivity, for the sole purpose of the military leaders of the Kingdom of Israel saving face.
Specifically, these absolutist rulers rationalized that Yahweh was all-powerful and controlled all their enemies including the Babylonians (“stiffened their hearts”) to overpower their kingdom as punishment for breaking their covenant.
Thag Simmons
I don’t think Veggie Tales covered Sun Tzu or Clausewitz or anything, but I wouldn’t know and frankly if they did it wouldn’t surprise me
Steelbright
only when discussed by French peas
BBCC
OOF, off kilter volley has been spiked!
Tawnee
The turns have tabled, and now the foot is on the other shoe!
Needfuldoer
Well, well, how the turntables…
Bicycle Bill
And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done?
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me… (Genesis 3:13)
Wagstaff
And this god who created everything in the universe is somehow not responsible for creating the Serpent or the magic trees that needlessly jeopardized the human innocence HE wanted to preserve.
How predictable.
King Daniel
Pretty sure God actually explicitly created both of those things? Where did you get the idea there wasn’t any responsibility for making them?
Wagstaff
Oh, I didn’t. But by the looks of it, this god did, and punished Adam and Eve for failing a test that they were designed to fail.
Delicious Taffy
Yep, he’s an asshole. In other news, bears eat bees.
Wagstaff
Seriously though, I kinda feel bad for those bees.
I mean, can you think of a more gruesome fate than having your home collapse with you in it, only to give way to total darkness, a horrible stench, and get slowly burned to death by stomach acid?
King Daniel
…is that a challenge?
MrSmith
I’m guessing theres a few people in Afghanistan right now that are experiencing worse (Thanks Biden)
milu
please don’t.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Seconded. If I wanted that I’d saunter over to r/politics.
Wagstaff
Same here. Even I’m not willing to head into THAT turbulent territory.
(no pun intended)
Decidedly Orthogonal
More on this, I’m kinda disappointed in Jurassic World for exactly that reason. I mean, I get that there likely isn’t good reception, and it’s a trope and all that, but I feel like the security forces what got ate and stomped by the indominous wouldn’t have _all_ just gone to static. Like, we should have been left with some active Blair Witch or Cam style cams still broadcasting, possibly (see aforementioned signal strength) from inside her Indomitable self. And yes it would be horrible, and it was tragic, but I’m utterly unconvinced that things are always *dead* before they’re swallowed. Especially not bite size morsels like lawyers and guards. Like, yeah, they’re not gonna survive, but death is often pretty messy and can take a little bit.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Oh and they’d suffocate first I think.
DailyBrad
All according to keikaku…
Kyrik Michalowski
I prefer cake.
Fist_of_Life
Specifically for Aku?
Spencer
I understood that reference.
Reltzik
It’s very important to keep your rhythm while you’re skipping.
Atrius
3rd panel is the epitome of New Joyce.
Tan
Dumbing of Age Book 12: I’m Thrown Off My Rhythm
Keulen
DoA Book 12: We’re Flippin’ the Script!
“I’m Thrown Off My Rhythm” is better though.
Vukodlak
Joyce skipping class, we’ve broken through the central finite curve here
Bagge
SCHOOL MISSER!
Bagge
https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/intent/
StClair
I guess
KuzcoWalky will have to find a new groove.Keulen
If Walky is Kuzco, I’m not sure if I want to know who’s Yzma.
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