yeah, heck if I know how anyone does it for longer than like an hour at a time before I’m all “I NEED TO EAT/BREATHE/EVACUATE MY BOWELS” (and I’ve only ever done it in January)
I remember Adam Savage talking about how hot it gets inside some of his SDCC “Adam Ingocnito” cosplay outfits, and how he came up with a cooling system for one or more of them. (the 2001: Space Odyssey costume was one of them, I believe) I tried a cheap-o fan unit for my paintball mask, back when I played, but it was not really efficient; my glasses would still fog inside the mask.
In high school, working for McDonald’s I had to wear a mascot outfit. The Grimace. That thing was absolute Hell to wear: I needed a guide because the vision was so bad, and I almost passed out in it due to the heat, CO2 and dehydration.
Becky refers to her and Dina as ‘surviving’ halloween, which sorta implies to me that whatever happened strained all the relationships present
Sirksome
I don’t think it’s actually an incident that started the breakups. I think it’s just a coincidence Amber and Walky, and Ruth and Billie split on the same night and the dumb teens choose to think it’s because of Halloween. Both couples are already showing fractures.
cbwroses
Amber and Walky aren’t even supposed to be together anymore as he broke it off with her 5o be a better brother to Sal.
They clearly still have some connection as Walky was deemed the closest non Ethan person, and some affection going by Amber’s smile here, but it hasn’t been established that they’re still involved as of yet.
It could be what didn’t survive Halloween wasn’t their romantic relationship, but their platonic one.
We got spoiled early I think. The bar was set too high. Walky and Amber clearly just tied shirts around their necks to be capes and called it a day. Weak compared to the Jurassic couple or a spot on Julia Gray.
Clif
When you’re Amazigirl and Nightguy you can’t make your costumes too good or people will be suspicious.
Casi
Makes me wonder if Bruce Wayne has ever gone to a Wayne Enterprises Halloween Party with a cheap Batman costume
Thag Simmons
Okay but Julia Grey and Dr. Sattler are clearly also “I had this stuff lying around” costumes, just with more achievable ambitions
Hell, non-zero chance Dina already owned that T. rx costume
The Oracle
Tyrannosaurus pharmaceuticals
Thag Simmons
It’d be a less embarrassing mistake if I hadn’t bothered to use italics
The Oracle
The main predators of T. rx are people who think pharmacies are vending machines and refuse to offer any information other than “I’m here for my pills”. It’s a thankless job, really.
Yeah, after you become an adult it seems like a lot of people either throw together a costume from what they have lying around, or just don’t bother. I rarely have time to come up with a really good Halloween costume as an adult.
Fun fact: Tail-gate gets straight up executed in Transformers: Prime. That show was surprisingly dark for a kids show.
Tailgates death wasn’t even fully shown. Cliff-jumper though – he gets onscreen stabbed through the spark-chamber in like the first five minutes, brought back as a robo-zombie, bisected by Megatron, and then (if I remember correctly) atomized in a huge explosion. He’s had better days.
Is Prime the show that established Cliffjumper as “dude who gets murked” or did that predate it? Because as I recall Cliffjumper tends to die early in Transformers stories
I honestly don’t know. However, It seems possible as the wiki (accuracy thus questionable) that the show creators wanted the death to be a surprise, even going so far as to feature Cliffjumper heavily in the pre-pilot advertising (sometimes even more so than characters that would turn out to be part of the main cast and not die in the first 10 minutes).
Casi
So Cliffjumper is the Morph of Transformers Prime?
True Survivor
I don’t know that reference. Could you please illuminate me?
Also, I assume this is in reference to Mike’s funeral, though now part of me wonders how goddamn awkward it’d be for Amber and Walky if they went to Blaine’s.
She could cremate him, and keep the ashes. Hanging over Faz : (
Casi
Pine’s pretty expensive for blaine. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just buried in a refridgerator box that was left outside the local home depot after a really bad thunderstorm.
The Oracle
What is this, the Ritz? Just dump the jerk in a random hole and call it a day.
Sirksome
I actually think that would be illegal. They could probably donate his body as a medical cadaver. Let his corpse do more good in death than he did with it in life. Probably won’t cost much if anything for that.
DailyBrad
Yeah, I think if you donate, then the costs are covered.
i think some ppl would be more interested in teh ‘party’ and stereotypical college drinking more than dressing up (or the girls being in ‘skimpy’ costumes), but i wouldn’t be surprised if some of the more enthusiastic ppl had a budget for it or got something from like a theatre department
With the exception of Sarah and Ruthless, our primary cast are still college freshmen, and at best only eighteen years old … and that’s still two years short of being legal to drink. While I know from personal experience working at a college in Wisconsin myself from 1979 – 2001 that this doesn’t stop some people – and that Jennifer and Ruth have violated underage drinking laws before – I wonder just who else would consciously run the risk of the legal ramifications of being caught flouting the rules?
You know, I just realized that Walky even switched over to doing the iconic Head Alien speech bubble shapes. He’s really committing to the character but.
My guess is, given her old infodump about Tailgate specifically and longstanding fandom for the 2005 IDW continuity, she was probably going to go as the MTMTE/Lost Light version. Who doesn’t TECHNICALLY die in the end. But there are some close calls, and while that’s probably her favorite Tailgate she would be AWARE of other versions. Plus, I can see that costume just being a lot of work to put together that she no longer had the energy for after Mike’s death, especially with Ethan most likely not attending (since he’d be the one person there who’d get it.)
How many people can one of those dorm rooms reasonably fit, anyway? The one I had stayed in was cramp enough that you could maybe get in 5-6 people before it would start to spill out, but these are a bit bigger.
Joyce’s dorm party back then had what, 10-14 people at any given time? And still had plenty of space to move around in.
To be fair, I remember fitting a lot of people into dorm rooms for parties back in the day. Not as comfy as this seems maybe, but if you’re willing to sit on the floor and move to let people by, not so bad.
73 thoughts on “Segregated”
The Wellerman
Oooo! Head Alien Returns!!!! ??
I’ll grab some popcorn! ?
*plays “Imperial March” on hacked muzak*
Clif
Grab some for me as well.
Walky is instantly in character.
ValdVin
Walky’s speech balloons are a blast.
(I’ll show myself out.)
Ana Chronistic
ever fursuited?
yeah, heck if I know how anyone does it for longer than like an hour at a time before I’m all “I NEED TO EAT/BREATHE/EVACUATE MY BOWELS” (and I’ve only ever done it in January)
The Wellerman
That’s one of the reasons why I eventually had to modify my alien hoodie with ventilators and a couple of other features. ?
Cholma
I remember Adam Savage talking about how hot it gets inside some of his SDCC “Adam Ingocnito” cosplay outfits, and how he came up with a cooling system for one or more of them. (the 2001: Space Odyssey costume was one of them, I believe) I tried a cheap-o fan unit for my paintball mask, back when I played, but it was not really efficient; my glasses would still fog inside the mask.
Needfuldoer
I have no idea how Keytar Bear can do his thing all summer.
At least full-face motorcycle helmets are deliberately ventilated.
FaerwenOfValenwood
never in the history of ever did I expect to see a Keytar Bear reference here of all places, my god
Mephron
In high school, working for McDonald’s I had to wear a mascot outfit. The Grimace. That thing was absolute Hell to wear: I needed a guide because the vision was so bad, and I almost passed out in it due to the heat, CO2 and dehydration.
Thag Simmons
So how good is Walky’s Dexter impression?
Clif
Impressive. They’ll never suspect a thing.
Kyrik Michalowski
Well, everything is normal so far. When is it going to get pulled out from underneath them?
I’ve got 5 bucks on it happening when Ruth and Billie show up
Lily
Walky and Amber didn’t ‘survive’ halloween either i guess. wonder if the two are connected, in a sort of ‘break up domino effect’ haha
Thag Simmons
Becky refers to her and Dina as ‘surviving’ halloween, which sorta implies to me that whatever happened strained all the relationships present
Sirksome
I don’t think it’s actually an incident that started the breakups. I think it’s just a coincidence Amber and Walky, and Ruth and Billie split on the same night and the dumb teens choose to think it’s because of Halloween. Both couples are already showing fractures.
cbwroses
Amber and Walky aren’t even supposed to be together anymore as he broke it off with her 5o be a better brother to Sal.
They clearly still have some connection as Walky was deemed the closest non Ethan person, and some affection going by Amber’s smile here, but it hasn’t been established that they’re still involved as of yet.
It could be what didn’t survive Halloween wasn’t their romantic relationship, but their platonic one.
Suet
Now there’s a chapter, “Julia Gray and the Corrupting Helmet”
And we’d seriously think Amazi-Girl won’t return in some form
Clif
Roller Derby is a form.
It’s a disappointing form, but that’s our problem, not hers.
Stephen Bierce
*plays The Great Luke Ski’s “Candybars” on the hacked Muzak*
ahecht
Another FuMP fan?
Sirksome
Okay some of these costumes are looking a little lazy. I guess you can’t expect much from college students on short notice.
Thag Simmons
Ruth and Dina have the highest quality costumes by far and they definitely just bought theirs
Sirksome
We got spoiled early I think. The bar was set too high. Walky and Amber clearly just tied shirts around their necks to be capes and called it a day. Weak compared to the Jurassic couple or a spot on Julia Gray.
Clif
When you’re Amazigirl and Nightguy you can’t make your costumes too good or people will be suspicious.
Casi
Makes me wonder if Bruce Wayne has ever gone to a Wayne Enterprises Halloween Party with a cheap Batman costume
Thag Simmons
Okay but Julia Grey and Dr. Sattler are clearly also “I had this stuff lying around” costumes, just with more achievable ambitions
Hell, non-zero chance Dina already owned that T. rx costume
The Oracle
Tyrannosaurus pharmaceuticals
Thag Simmons
It’d be a less embarrassing mistake if I hadn’t bothered to use italics
The Oracle
The main predators of T. rx are people who think pharmacies are vending machines and refuse to offer any information other than “I’m here for my pills”. It’s a thankless job, really.
Shadowsnail
Predators, hah! T rx just stomps such brigands!
Keulen
Yeah, after you become an adult it seems like a lot of people either throw together a costume from what they have lying around, or just don’t bother. I rarely have time to come up with a really good Halloween costume as an adult.
RassilonTDavros
…please tell me Walky keeps acting like the Head Alien for the rest of this storyline
Reltzik
I’d say it would explain why he and Amber are no longer an item, but really, it wouldn’t.
Reltzik
I never realized that motorcycle helmets performed so many safety functions.
True Survivor
Fun fact: Tail-gate gets straight up executed in Transformers: Prime. That show was surprisingly dark for a kids show.
Tailgates death wasn’t even fully shown. Cliff-jumper though – he gets onscreen stabbed through the spark-chamber in like the first five minutes, brought back as a robo-zombie, bisected by Megatron, and then (if I remember correctly) atomized in a huge explosion. He’s had better days.
Thag Simmons
Is Prime the show that established Cliffjumper as “dude who gets murked” or did that predate it? Because as I recall Cliffjumper tends to die early in Transformers stories
True Survivor
I honestly don’t know. However, It seems possible as the wiki (accuracy thus questionable) that the show creators wanted the death to be a surprise, even going so far as to feature Cliffjumper heavily in the pre-pilot advertising (sometimes even more so than characters that would turn out to be part of the main cast and not die in the first 10 minutes).
Casi
So Cliffjumper is the Morph of Transformers Prime?
True Survivor
I don’t know that reference. Could you please illuminate me?
DailyBrad
Cute.
Also, I assume this is in reference to Mike’s funeral, though now part of me wonders how goddamn awkward it’d be for Amber and Walky if they went to Blaine’s.
Sirksome
It’s funny that you think Blaine got a funeral.
Clif
Faz’s mom could probably afford a pine box.
spriteless_auntie
She could cremate him, and keep the ashes. Hanging over Faz : (
Casi
Pine’s pretty expensive for blaine. I wouldn’t be surprised if he was just buried in a refridgerator box that was left outside the local home depot after a really bad thunderstorm.
The Oracle
What is this, the Ritz? Just dump the jerk in a random hole and call it a day.
Sirksome
I actually think that would be illegal. They could probably donate his body as a medical cadaver. Let his corpse do more good in death than he did with it in life. Probably won’t cost much if anything for that.
DailyBrad
Yeah, I think if you donate, then the costs are covered.
AbacusWizard
Amber wearing a bad Amazi-Girl costume? Brilliant.
Pinkie
Hmm Amber isn’t Amazi-Girl in that she’s wearing a costume rather than the actual jumpsuit.
Dragonfire
Even his speech bubble changes; that’s certainly some channeling of Dexter.
mrnoidea
Ooh, good catch!
anon
i think some ppl would be more interested in teh ‘party’ and stereotypical college drinking more than dressing up (or the girls being in ‘skimpy’ costumes), but i wouldn’t be surprised if some of the more enthusiastic ppl had a budget for it or got something from like a theatre department
But i assume there’ll be be varying quality
Bicycle Bill
With the exception of Sarah and Ruthless, our primary cast are still college freshmen, and at best only eighteen years old … and that’s still two years short of being legal to drink. While I know from personal experience working at a college in Wisconsin myself from 1979 – 2001 that this doesn’t stop some people – and that Jennifer and Ruth have violated underage drinking laws before – I wonder just who else would consciously run the risk of the legal ramifications of being caught flouting the rules?
Derek
did you forget Joyce previously hosted a party where a lot of people were drunk, including Walky and Dorothy?
Bicycle Bill
Yes, I had.
The Oracle
I think Dorothy’s done the most on-screen drinking out of anyone who’s not Sal, Ruth or Billie, funny enough.
BBCC
See, I was gonna praise Walky for his devotion to character but nah, he just talks like that
King Daniel
You know, I just realized that Walky even switched over to doing the iconic Head Alien speech bubble shapes. He’s really committing to the character but.
Bagge
FOILED!
Dr. Gonzo
A little late here but I wanted to say from last strip it looks like Sarah and Sal have kind of warmed up to each other.
wakeangel2001
I seem to recall Tailgate is most famous for dying, so yeah, not exactly an appropriate costume for this group
spriteless_auntie
Only Ethan would know. And… he’s not here. If he was, is there a redeco of tailgate? is tailgate a redeco? hrmm. I’m thinking bout this too much
The Oracle
There are exactly four Transformers shapes, from what I’ve managed to learn, and the differences are mostly down to color.
Regalli
(Gah, mistake-flagged again!)
My guess is, given her old infodump about Tailgate specifically and longstanding fandom for the 2005 IDW continuity, she was probably going to go as the MTMTE/Lost Light version. Who doesn’t TECHNICALLY die in the end. But there are some close calls, and while that’s probably her favorite Tailgate she would be AWARE of other versions. Plus, I can see that costume just being a lot of work to put together that she no longer had the energy for after Mike’s death, especially with Ethan most likely not attending (since he’d be the one person there who’d get it.)
Nono
How many people can one of those dorm rooms reasonably fit, anyway? The one I had stayed in was cramp enough that you could maybe get in 5-6 people before it would start to spill out, but these are a bit bigger.
Joyce’s dorm party back then had what, 10-14 people at any given time? And still had plenty of space to move around in.
Stephen Nedland
As many as the plot requires, comfortably.
thejeff
To be fair, I remember fitting a lot of people into dorm rooms for parties back in the day. Not as comfy as this seems maybe, but if you’re willing to sit on the floor and move to let people by, not so bad.
OBBWG
Any room party can fit n + 1 people.
Clif
The best parties are taking place in the hallways outside the rooms anyway.
Stephen Nedland
Is Amizi-girl doing closet cosplay of Amizi-girl? I’m not sure if I can handle the meta.