09-17-07 #820 Never seen a black woman before.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

What is this poll people speak of?

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

[Tapewolf]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

[Mischa]

Ahhhh, so I see...

Also, the references to Chicago confused me for a moment, since Chicago is where I go to attend Anime Central, but Anthrocon is in Pittsburgh.  So for a few minutes I got my cons mixed up.  XD

[Alondro]

Charline is immortal!  She NEVER ages!   

... visibly.

*Charline lights her broomstick*  How about a little fire, Boxy?   

*pokes Mischa*  Ya know, if you'd just searched for 'Dan and Mabs', it woulda been right at the top of the search, then there's this nifty little word at the top of the comic page that says 'Forums', and if you click on that, violla!  You end up here!   *Charles is master of teh Internets!* 

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

*Charline lights her broomstick*  How about a little fire, Boxy?   

I make a lovely fire. But small? Nah. Nothing like a roaring fire to warm the cockles of your heart on a cold winters evening.

... and since this isn't a cold winters evening (at least on this side of the ball), my cockles are toasty already, and you can't start a large enough fire with that anyway, I think we'll pass.

I appreciate the offer, though.

[Turnsky]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

perhaps a 20-sider with fae wings and antennae?

[Fresnor]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

perhaps a 20-sider with fae wings and antennae?

Easiest way probably would have been Mab's parents showing up then.  >.>

[Aleolus]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

perhaps a 20-sider with fae wings and antennae?

Ba-dum, psch!

[Tapewolf]

In case anyone is wondering why some of these posts are titled "uite", I have absolutely no idea how that happened.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

In case anyone is wondering why some of these posts are titled "uite", I have absolutely no idea how that happened.

If you trundle over to the preview screen, you can edit the title.

It's possible you accidentally selected something, and typed half of "quite" into the subject area?

[Ted Schiller]

I would add to the owner's profits by buying a beer and a shot.    

With regards,
Ted

[Tapewolf]

It's possible you accidentally selected something, and typed half of "quite" into the subject area?

Probably.  What's curious is that I only noticed it when Turnsky replied to the post.  Usually I see these things like a shot.

[Illusionist]

Aha! now begins the question...are there any humans belonging to other races, even if humans are rare?

... I don't think that question means quite what you think it means. Would you like to rephrase? Humans are, by definition, not part of -any- other races. Not even Weres, which -look- human on one of their guises, are human.

It's like asking "Are there any tomatoes that are apples, even if tomatoes are rare?" ;-]

He meant black/white/etc. race, not dog/cat/goldfish race (which I always call species, to avoid confusion).

So, to continue the fruit metaphor, if apples were really rare, would there still be both green and red apples?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

He meant black/white/etc. race, not dog/cat/goldfish race (which I always call species, to avoid confusion).

*thinks*

Oh. Oh, finally it starts to make some sense.

It's still wrong, though, because there aren't any humans anyway. What -that- is is a Fae, not a Human. If there are other Fae that -look- human, then yes, they might be Caucasian, or Eurasian, or Polynesian, or any of the other variants. Given the number of Fae, that's possible. I wouldn't want to bet any money on it, though, since for all we know, this is a canine in disguise...

So, to continue the fruit metaphor, if apples were really rare, would there still be both green and red apples?

Possibly. It depends. Were there red and green apples -before- they became rare, and, if so, what caused them to become rare, and did it have a selection bias towards red or green? If so, chances are there might not be one or the other.

I would add to the owner's profits by buying a beer and a shot.    

Erm. There was already this thread here, Ted. So I merged them for you. OK?

[Zedd]

Hope see more of that rubber genie around here more..

[Dard]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

Does that mean that the fae would have said "What, never seen a white woman before?" if "white" won?

[Naldru]

Lions' noses start out pink and gradually change to black as they age.  It's a good measure of relative age you can get just by looking at them.   

So Charline morphs/dyes her nose then?

Charline is immortal!  She NEVER ages!  

By definition, everybody ages unless they are dead.  Some people don't appear to age.  ( I  would mention The Portrait of Dick Clark (based on the The Portrait of Dorian Gray), but I'm not sure the readers would get the reference.  On the other hand, I just mentioned in discussing whether I would mention it.

On the other hand Charline could destroy all references to her age and deal harshly with anyone who mentions it.

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

perhaps a 20-sider with fae wings and antennae?

Ba-dum, psch!

Amber also mentioned that she wasn't going to say what the poll was for until after the poll was over.  So that means that Amber didn't have to let it refer to a Fae.  It could have referred to a Warp-ACL.

[Azlan]

Someone eat Charline please...

Wait I know... *digs deep into the past*

*Azzie asks Kiet to request Fa'Lina eat Charline's soul*

[DarkAudit]

Someone eat Charline please...

Not in a PG-13 thread. 

[Mischa]

By definition, everybody ages unless they are dead.  Some people don't appear to age.  ( I  would mention The Portrait of Dick Clark (based on the The Portrait of Dorian Gray), but I'm not sure the readers would get the reference.  On the other hand, I just mentioned in discussing whether I would mention it.

I think I remember that portrait.  Didn't a maid discover it, and Dick Clark had to silence her? 

And so I missed the Forum button on the comic webpage!  Q__Q  I usually read my updates late at night as soon as they come online!  I'm tired!

[Zedd]

By definition, everybody ages unless they are dead.  Some people don't appear to age.  ( I  would mention The Portrait of Dick Clark (based on the The Portrait of Dorian Gray), but I'm not sure the readers would get the reference.  On the other hand, I just mentioned in discussing whether I would mention it.

I think I remember that portrait.  Didn't a maid discover it, and Dick Clark had to silence her? 

And so I missed the Forum button on the comic webpage!  Q__Q  I usually read my updates late at night as soon as they come online!  I'm tired!

Glad to see you still silly genie *chuckles*

[Kamunt]

Someone eat Charline please...

Not in a PG-13 thread. 

Yes in a PG-13 thread. Me, me, pick me!!

[Caswin]

Someone eat Charline please...

Not in a PG-13 thread. 

All told, it would probably bring the rating down if you did it right.

[Reese Tora]

Out of curiosity, when did amber say that this fae's appearance is the result of the poll?

I'm just thinking, possibly, taht this character could be a blue herring to throw us off of whatever else the poll could have been about.

Probably not, but I think the possibility does exist.

[thegayhare]

You people are way to serous


Of course I knew what the comic ment by a black woman I was trying to be silly

[Alondro]

Someone eat Charline please...

Not in a PG-13 thread. 

Yes in a PG-13 thread. Me, me, pick me!!

*Charline fluffs up to look big n' mean*  Hiss!  *swat swat*

[Janus Whitefurr]

Someone eat Charline please...

Wait I know... *digs deep into the past*

*Azzie asks Kiet to request Fa'Lina eat Charline's soul*

For an offence against one of his best customers, the groomist heretofore bars Kiet from the salon.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Someone eat Charline please...

Wait I know... *digs deep into the past*

*Azzie asks Kiet to request Fa'Lina eat Charline's soul*

For an offence against one of his best customers, the groomist heretofore bars Kiet from the salon.

Offence? It's an offence to be asked to do something, now?

Doing what you've been requested, on the other hand, I can see THAT being an offence. But just listening when someone asks you something? What is this, newthink doubleplus good?

[Caswin]

Hm...

Well, if she hadn't hugged Dan back at that point, I guess she'd have another opportunity to hug a human now.  Funny how it sounds like that didn't come up before.

Yeah, just came across that while looking for that brief strip where Mab turned human.  Trying to figure out exactly what nationality she was (or at least was approximating).

Edit: Durr, wrong topic.
Still makes sense in this context, I guess.

[Turnsky]

Amber ran a poll for "black" or "white", for a couple of days. It's in the Abandoned Mine now. No further details were provided, but I believe "Black" won. Just.

The result would appear to be the Fae in Monday's strip.

She also said that if there was a draw, the character would die.  Quite how she'd pull that off with a Fae, I know not...

an alternative coulda been... well