Panels 6 to 8 – Excellent, succinct backstory on how he
came to be working at the embassy. And on how such
a slimeball slipped through the cracks. Ultimately, he
didn’t. His mother will be paying her own price for the
rest of her life as well. From embassy staff to, maybe,
a janitor, somewhere in the empire. If she stays in the
empire.
EEWWW! It’s sticky! Yuk! 😛
that explains much, she snuck
him in under the radar, even a
janitor working at an embassy
would have required a
background check.
That’s a trap that everyone falls into sooner or later.
Believing that other people are going to think and
react the way you would.
Many problems are caused or continued because
people don’t realize that.
OK PC, that does tend to explain things. But why did he
assume he had Diplomatic Immunity? And just how old is he?
How doesn’t he know about what would happen if he did
exactly what he did? Is he somehow mentally challenged?
Age old story, Mummy’s perfect angel screws up, he gives her
the puppy eyes, she cleans up his mess, gives him a job close
to her to watch over him, he does it again, rinse and repeat.
“He’s just an innocent boy, he just has trouble some days”
The swan song of every over-protective parent, clueless until
the kid does something terrible.
There was a store shooting back in the late 80’s, before the
craziness became common, a “Lil’ Timmy” had started a
ruckus at a K-Mart, got thrown out, he walked home, loaded
up several guns, and shot his way back across SR 41 road
and entered the store, shooting it up, hitting several people.
When he tried to run home, the cops took him down. “But
he was so sweet and quiet! We didn’t know!” Was all the
parents said… It was in a small town called St. John, they
lived right across from the K-Mart. I forget how many died,
but it took 3 hospitals to treat the survivors, including 2
cops. I had drove past that store not an hour before this
event. They said if he had gotten home, he had enough
ammo to hold off the cops for a week. I don’t know how
many cars he shot, but it was a 4 lane state road.
I just love how politicians scream “You lie!”
when they are told something they don’t
want to hear. These two remind me a lot
of Slimy, just as clueless and quick to
insult if nobody obeys them.
Is the Wong Empire no longer there then? I gather the orbital
platforms they were vying for have bee “removed”, but I thought
they were still a presence on the ground. Or am I forgetting
something?
The Wong Empire could be (is, as PC just stated) still there,
but far enough removed from Japan that their areas of interest
don’t overlap (well, other than the two at the table want to
“rule” it all -it is their “destiny”).
Huh. I didn’t realize Japan was so close to Korea.
I guess I’ve never really paid that much attention.
I always thought it was much further south. Turns
out it is a little south of Frisco here in the states,
latitudinally. Tokyo, anyway.
Interesting. Basically, within 11 miles of flying
from LA to SF, Toyko to Seoul. The nearest cities
to each other, from South Korea to Japan’s
southernmost island is only 153 miles.
I just looked it up. It’s ~690 miles from Yokota to Osan. About
an hour and a half flight Ah, lovely Osan! True garden spot.
Side note: I always knew when we were in Korean air space.
I swear I could smell the kimchi at 35,000 feet!
I was thinking more in terms of the Wongs being IN East Asia
(some portion of what is now China I assume) and the Japanese
warmongers and the Wolf Empire both ignoring that fact in this
discussion. I also find it amusing that a Nepalese is saying
the cultures of East Asia are “too alien” for the Empire,
where amphibians et al are not. I have always assumed that
Nepal’s culture is rather closely akin to Tibet. Am I wrong
about that? I almost get the feeling that Amilu’s words are
intended to play on their ignorance and are intended to be
misleadingly disarming.
The Japanese had tried to take over China many times,
mostly failed but they kept trying. The Shoulin priests
were the defenders of the temples. Anyway between
the various emperors trying to consolidate all of China
and the attacks from Japan, it was thousands of years
before China could be called a single country. I have
little doubt it will take as long this time.
Jochi – regarding the “too alien” comment, I read her words
again. She isn’t saying it’s too alien to her, but to the Empire.
I may be reading too much in to it, but for most of the Empire,
what she said isn’t necessarily wrong.
That was my take on it as well, the honor system
is still a mystery to many people, I know much of
it has to do with winning conflicts but that’s hardly
all of it. Dishonor is easy, reclaiming it is near
impossible, Miral did the right things the right way.
I for one would not want to live under such a system…
I’m getting worried too, He might have had a power failure,
we had that here a day ago, had to run a kerosene heater,
then the pipes froze, I had to shove a torpedo heater under
the house once the power came back. He might have had
the same thing. Only way I’d run any computers on a
generator is if I had a battery back-up to stabilize the
current/voltage.
It's complicated.
Panels 6 to 8 – Excellent, succinct backstory on how he
came to be working at the embassy. And on how such
a slimeball slipped through the cracks. Ultimately, he
didn’t. His mother will be paying her own price for the
rest of her life as well. From embassy staff to, maybe,
a janitor, somewhere in the empire. If she stays in the
empire.
I pulled it out of my ass about half an hour ago,
when I realized that Taritha’s question was a
major problem with the story.
Well, then. Nice pull.
EEWWW! It’s sticky! Yuk! 😛
that explains much, she snuck
him in under the radar, even a
janitor working at an embassy
would have required a
background check.
Second frame, boy he put both feet in his mouth.
Mother and son both are in trouble.
Frames seven and eight, I really like the dragon statue.
That’s a trap that everyone falls into sooner or later.
Believing that other people are going to think and
react the way you would.
Many problems are caused or continued because
people don’t realize that.
OK PC, that does tend to explain things. But why did he
assume he had Diplomatic Immunity? And just how old is he?
How doesn’t he know about what would happen if he did
exactly what he did? Is he somehow mentally challenged?
His mother told him that.
This is one of those very unhealthy
mother-son feedback loops.
Age old story, Mummy’s perfect angel screws up, he gives her
the puppy eyes, she cleans up his mess, gives him a job close
to her to watch over him, he does it again, rinse and repeat.
“He’s just an innocent boy, he just has trouble some days”
The swan song of every over-protective parent, clueless until
the kid does something terrible.
There was a store shooting back in the late 80’s, before the
craziness became common, a “Lil’ Timmy” had started a
ruckus at a K-Mart, got thrown out, he walked home, loaded
up several guns, and shot his way back across SR 41 road
and entered the store, shooting it up, hitting several people.
When he tried to run home, the cops took him down. “But
he was so sweet and quiet! We didn’t know!” Was all the
parents said… It was in a small town called St. John, they
lived right across from the K-Mart. I forget how many died,
but it took 3 hospitals to treat the survivors, including 2
cops. I had drove past that store not an hour before this
event. They said if he had gotten home, he had enough
ammo to hold off the cops for a week. I don’t know how
many cars he shot, but it was a 4 lane state road.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgdQ-Q6rrC0
Wow, well I did remember a few things wrong,
I thought there was more victims.
This happened just before my wife and I were married,
she was deep into the planning and I was coming back
with my suit.
I just love how politicians scream “You lie!”
when they are told something they don’t
want to hear. These two remind me a lot
of Slimy, just as clueless and quick to
insult if nobody obeys them.
Is the Wong Empire no longer there then? I gather the orbital
platforms they were vying for have bee “removed”, but I thought
they were still a presence on the ground. Or am I forgetting
something?
They’re still there, and still communicating.
I just haven’t had a role for them yet.
The Wong Empire could be (is, as PC just stated) still there,
but far enough removed from Japan that their areas of interest
don’t overlap (well, other than the two at the table want to
“rule” it all -it is their “destiny”).
Huh. I didn’t realize Japan was so close to Korea.
I guess I’ve never really paid that much attention.
I always thought it was much further south. Turns
out it is a little south of Frisco here in the states,
latitudinally. Tokyo, anyway.
I figured as much, a R-n-R trip to Tokyo was mentioned
in M.A.S.H. often, but when I asked my father about it,
he’d change the subject heh.
Interesting. Basically, within 11 miles of flying
from LA to SF, Toyko to Seoul. The nearest cities
to each other, from South Korea to Japan’s
southernmost island is only 153 miles.
I made the trip between Tokyo (Yokota AB, Japan) and South
Korea (Osan AB. All U.S. troops come in via Osan) several
times. It really is a short hop.
I just looked it up. It’s ~690 miles from Yokota to Osan. About
an hour and a half flight Ah, lovely Osan! True garden spot.
Side note: I always knew when we were in Korean air space.
I swear I could smell the kimchi at 35,000 feet!
I was thinking more in terms of the Wongs being IN East Asia
(some portion of what is now China I assume) and the Japanese
warmongers and the Wolf Empire both ignoring that fact in this
discussion. I also find it amusing that a Nepalese is saying
the cultures of East Asia are “too alien” for the Empire,
where amphibians et al are not. I have always assumed that
Nepal’s culture is rather closely akin to Tibet. Am I wrong
about that? I almost get the feeling that Amilu’s words are
intended to play on their ignorance and are intended to be
misleadingly disarming.
The Japanese had tried to take over China many times,
mostly failed but they kept trying. The Shoulin priests
were the defenders of the temples. Anyway between
the various emperors trying to consolidate all of China
and the attacks from Japan, it was thousands of years
before China could be called a single country. I have
little doubt it will take as long this time.
Jochi – regarding the “too alien” comment, I read her words
again. She isn’t saying it’s too alien to her, but to the Empire.
I may be reading too much in to it, but for most of the Empire,
what she said isn’t necessarily wrong.
That was my take on it as well, the honor system
is still a mystery to many people, I know much of
it has to do with winning conflicts but that’s hardly
all of it. Dishonor is easy, reclaiming it is near
impossible, Miral did the right things the right way.
I for one would not want to live under such a system…
It’s nigh on 10:30pm, West Coast time.
That’s 1:30am Saturday East Coast time.
No new comic.
You okay, PC?
I’m getting worried too, He might have had a power failure,
we had that here a day ago, had to run a kerosene heater,
then the pipes froze, I had to shove a torpedo heater under
the house once the power came back. He might have had
the same thing. Only way I’d run any computers on a
generator is if I had a battery back-up to stabilize the
current/voltage.