13/08/2010 [DMFA #1137] - Another cat stuck in a tree

[Bjalf]

All's fair in tabloid journalism?

Hey, she's got wings!

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Chicki's gender has yet to be established. Besides, if he or she is anything like usual insects, those who go wandering around are either drones, immature females, or possibly mature males. The huge majority of bees, for example, are the "female" drones; ants are largely sexless (as distinct from genderless) drones, with the queens and males being just a handful out of a colony of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Whatever Ambaarrgh has planned for them should be interesting, but making assumptions and getting ahead of ourselves will just make us look like fools...


And yes. Chicki has wings! (Hrmm. votes for immature female/male on the hunt...)

[Naldru]

If Chicki gives Abel the camera, Abel can destroy the incriminating evidence unless she's already switched rolls of film or memory chips or whatever it uses.

[Tapewolf]

I think people are assuming 'she' for convenience, like with Mink.

For some reason Abel's question in the last panel has me giggling like an idiot.  Taking the camera would be sensible, though.  Wing-tentacle time?

[Bjalf]

Chicki's gender has yet to be established.

That's the beauty of it. The longer we assume Chicki is female, the greater the chance of an ebil surprise. Suddenly, Chicki is revealed as a male! Of course, now that her ebilness knows what we expect her to do ...  Ooh! Reverse reverse psychology!

... but making assumptions and getting ahead of ourselves will just make us look like fools...

Well, we are fools.    

If Chicki gives Abel the camera, Abel can destroy the incriminating evidence unless she's already switched rolls of film or memory chips or whatever it uses.

Or, lacking the necessary technological knowledge, Abel destroys the camera, and leaves the wreckage (with memory chip intact) for Jyrras to find.



Hmmm. Here Abel is high up in a tree, wearing a mini-skirt, and Chicki is on the ground, holding a camera. A perfect upskirt opportunity!

On second thought, she's already got dozens of nude pictures of him.

[VAE]

I'd guess Chicki is female drone , mainly due to the whole fangirl thing.
Also, whoever assumed Mink is female out of convenience ?? 

Also, it will be fun if (or when?  )  Jyrras catches him at home with the camera, coming from the tree- remember Kria using the same tree to spy on him? Maybe he does suspect something, though so far it's just in the "a stray cat" dimensions...

[Alteisentier]

Chicki's gender has yet to be established. Besides, if he or she is anything like usual insects, those who go wandering around are either drones, immature females, or possibly mature males. The huge majority of bees, for example, are the "female" drones; ants are largely sexless (as distinct from genderless) drones, with the queens and males being just a handful out of a colony of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Whatever Ambaarrgh has planned for them should be interesting, but making assumptions and getting ahead of ourselves will just make us look like fools...


And yes. Chicki has wings! (Hrmm. votes for immature female/male on the hunt...)

I still think she's hot.

[Tapewolf]

Is Abel afraid of insects?  Just wondering, because he didn't take kindly to those spiders.  I had been assuming his terror was related to being outed as a 'Cubi, but his insistence on calling Chicki "Scary bug thing" and climbing a tree is making me rethink that.

[Bjalf]

Also, it will be fun if (or when?  )  Jyrras catches him at home with the camera, coming from the tree- remember Kria using the same tree to spy on him?

Let's hope Jyrras is not in the shower ...

[Turnsky]

by the sounds of the amber-rant she's been trying to do Chicki impressions. 

[VAE]

Chicki's gender has yet to be established. Besides, if he or she is anything like usual insects, those who go wandering around are either drones, immature females, or possibly mature males. The huge majority of bees, for example, are the "female" drones; ants are largely sexless (as distinct from genderless) drones, with the queens and males being just a handful out of a colony of hundreds of thousands of individuals.

Whatever Ambaarrgh has planned for them should be interesting, but making assumptions and getting ahead of ourselves will just make us look like fools...


And yes. Chicki has wings! (Hrmm. votes for immature female/male on the hunt...)

I still think she's hot.

Hehe... sheds a whole new light on why you play Zerg in SC.

EDIT: Accidentally posted inside the quote

[Sofox]

Also, it will be fun if (or when?  )  Jyrras catches him at home with the camera, coming from the tree- remember Kria using the same tree to spy on him?

Jyrras: You're spying on me?
Abel: No, I can prove that this isn't my camera, it's got naked pictures of me on it!
Jyrras: ...what?

[AmigaDragon]

And yes. Chicki has wings!

And little larger than Lorenda's

Hmmm. Here Abel is high up in a tree, wearing a mini-skirt, and Chicki is on the ground, holding a camera. A perfect upskirt opportunity!

I'd say  more of a loincloth, but same difference.

Also, it will be fun if (or when?  )  Jyrras catches him at home with the camera, coming from the tree- remember Kria using the same tree to spy on him?

How do we know it's the same tree?

[Congo Jack]

Is Abel afraid of insects?  Just wondering, because he didn't take kindly to those spiders.  I had been assuming his terror was related to being outed as a 'Cubi, but his insistence on calling Chicki "Scary bug thing" and climbing a tree is making me rethink that.

Or he is just, you know, jerk.

[Anri]

Have to wonder if Jyrras will ever weaponize the tree in order to stop people from using it. Oh, sure, he could just have it removed... but would that be as much fun!?

[Alteisentier]

Is Abel afraid of insects?  Just wondering, because he didn't take kindly to those spiders.  I had been assuming his terror was related to being outed as a 'Cubi, but his insistence on calling Chicki "Scary bug thing" and climbing a tree is making me rethink that.

Or he is just, you know, jerk.

Who could be a jerk to such an adorable and hug-able lass.

[GabrielsThoughts]

  Chitin is hard-ly huggable.... that isn't to say caterpillers and such aren't fuzzy, but hugs mean squishy gooey things like organs come out.

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Caterpillars don't have chitin, though. Tis ants that have that, and that makes for scratchy hugs.

'pillars make for squishy hugs because they only have cartilage...

[Alteisentier]

Chitin is hard-ly huggable.... that isn't to say caterpillers and such aren't fuzzy, but hugs mean squishy gooey things like organs come out.

Exactly what llearch said, perfectly hug-able. It'll just take a bit of effort. Anyway; I'm perfectly sure a made up buggy thingy can sustain such interactions with its fellow bugs and comic goers, otherwise it'd be pretty boring.

[lilpuppy23]

If the paparazzi was following Jyrras everywhere, why would he leave his windows open?

And will that branch support Abel's weight?

Many many questions...

[Starcat5]

This has probably already been mentioned, but isn't the literal translation for Paparazzi something like "Buzzing Insects"? If so, then our overly friendly camera girl (?) was type cast, and I wholly approve of the joke.

[Riddle78]

Hilarious! And...Delicously devious...
Now why do I suddenly want Abel to say "Gentlemen" when he walks into a room and sees someone...?

[Anri]

Caterpillars don't have chitin, though. Tis ants that have that, and that makes for scratchy hugs.

'pillars make for squishy hugs because they only have cartilage...

But not all caterpillars that look fuzzy are huggable!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis

[Alteisentier]

Caterpillars don't have chitin, though. Tis ants that have that, and that makes for scratchy hugs.

'pillars make for squishy hugs because they only have cartilage...

But not all caterpillars that look fuzzy are huggable!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis

Oh man good thing I'm like a robot dragon or something 'cause that's so fucking adorable i'd have to pet it.

[Captain]

Chicki is really cute when she yells up that three especially in the last panel.

[Grey Wolf]

But not all caterpillars that look fuzzy are huggable!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis

Yeah, when the common name for something is "tree asp", you might not wanna touch it.
'Specially if you name starts with "Cleo".

Also, how do you guys imagine Chicki's voice? In my head, it's kinda high, with an almost mechanical tone. A bit like:
"I ahm A rEE-port-errr. I tAYch the pick-tuuurrrz."

[Draken]

I have her as a bubbly blonde with a science fiction insective buzz.

Just seems to fit.  Maybe a Texan Bubbly Blonde.

She is speedily climbing up my like-chart.  She still won't top Matilda though.

[Anker Steadfast]

I think that from the way that Chicki looks and behaves, that Amber is probably shooting for chicki to be female.
But we just won't know unless Amber spills the beans on that.
And she might never do so !!!

[AmigaDragon]

Caterpillars don't have chitin, though. Tis ants that have that, and that makes for scratchy hugs.

'pillars make for squishy hugs because they only have cartilage...

But not all caterpillars that look fuzzy are huggable!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megalopyge_opercularis

Oh man good thing I'm like a robot dragon or something 'cause that's so fucking adorable i'd have to pet it.

"Or something"? Don't you know for sure what you are?

I strongly hesitate to go with anything buzzing since most small bugs' buzzes are just the beating of their wings, not vocalizations.

[Anri]

I strongly hesitate to go with anything buzzing since most small bugs' buzzes are just the beating of their wings, not vocalizations.

I'm thinking more like cicada trills.