Something Funny about Tsusiko...

[waterpenguin43]

I noticed in Comic #700 (http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0700.html) that Tsusiko is acting...... oddly. A bit like a certain character from a terrible series starting with a "T". Anyone else notice this?

[Shale]

I don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about.

And of course Tuskiko acts oddly, she's insane.

[waterpenguin43]

I don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about.

And of course Tuskiko acts oddly, she's insane.

It's a certain character from a book. The book starts with "T", and her name abbreviates into, well, "BS"

[rainbowjo]

It's a certain character from a book. The book starts with "T", and her name abbreviates into, well, "BS"

Might you just tell us?

[Shas aia Toriia]

I agree. People here are literally from all over the world. Just because you know something, doesn't mean its common knowledge somewhere else.

EDIT: Ogre in the Playground, sweet!

[Revanmal]

Penguin's implying she's acting like Bella from Twilight. I don't know why he feels the need to be coy about it, but there you go.

[Optimystik]

Tsukiko is an Author Insert Mary Sue? :smallconfused:

Or did you mean the whole boning undeads thing, because I think Vampires might actually be too lively for her tastes.

[Snake-Aes]

Tsukiko doesn't strike me as 1/3o f the crazy Bella has. For starters she's not submissive.

[ThePhantasm]

Bella is so characterless and vague in personality that its easy to see her anywhere. I doubt that Rich intends any allusion to Twilight.

[Ancalagon]

One day, in ten years, people will realise that these slimy books they read when they were young are actually not that good at all.

My generation read Anne Rice and found out later is just some lame stuff without a real story and with lots of soft-pornography (you need three entire books to find out if there IS sex involved or of they actually do lie the whole night in the bed and admire their beauty and nothing else (it's the latter)).

This generation reads twilight while in their teens. Nothing to see here, citizen, please move on. ;)

[Kish]

My generation read Anne Rice and found out later is just some lame stuff without a real story and with lots of soft-pornography (you need three entire books to find out if there IS sex involved or of they actually do lie the whole night in the bed and admire their beauty and nothing else (it's the latter)).
Actually, if you pay attention, you can read pretty early in Interview With the Vampire that vampires can't actually have sex. Or did you mean a different Anne Rice series?

[Ancalagon]

Actually, if you pay attention, you can read pretty early in Interview With the Vampire that vampires can't actually have sex. Or did you mean a different Anne Rice series?

No idea, maybe I got distracted by five pages of description how awesome Lestat's hair looks... ;)

Still does not change the basic fact those books are pretty... hum... well, I do see certain parallels.

[Trickywiggy]

One day, in ten years, people will realise that these slimy books they read when they were young are actually not that good at all.

My generation read Anne Rice and found out later is just some lame stuff without a real story and with lots of soft-pornography (you need three entire books to find out if there IS sex involved or of they actually do lie the whole night in the bed and admire their beauty and nothing else (it's the latter)).

This generation reads twilight while in their teens. Nothing to see here, citizen, please move on. ;)

Goosebumps and Animorphs are still good damn it

[SaintRidley]

Goosebumps and Animorphs are still good damn it

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[Sholos]

Well, now that we know what we're talking about....

Seriously, is it that hard to come up with a descriptive title for a thread? "Tsukiko = Bella?" would have worked, as would "Tsukiko is like Bella", or any number of alterations to that theme. [/rant]

Anyways, I have to say that, no, Tsukiko is nothing at all like Bella. Tsukiko loves the undead in general; Bella loves abusive boys that glitter in the sun. Tsukiko has personality; Bella does not. Tsukiko is an actual character; Bella is not.

There's more, but I feel I've made my point.

[waterpenguin43]

Penguin's implying she's acting like Bella from Twilight. I don't know why he feels the need to be coy about it, but there you go.

I don't, I just find it funner guessing. :smalltongue:
Because what's the fun if I tell you?

Forgive my little game, but panel 5 sparked my suspicions. And yes, I don't think that Rich made Tsusiko as a reference to her, but he may have included his own little luagh at it in that comic. Just a thought.

[Snake-Aes]

I don't, I just find it funner guessing. :smalltongue:
Because what's the fun if I tell you?

well, some people don't like guessing games, and a community this cosmopolitan puts you at odds with meeting them.

Then again pleasing everyone is impossible in practice.

[waterpenguin43]

well, some people don't like guessing games, and a community this cosmopolitan puts you at odds with meeting them.

Forgive me, I just have a thing for them.

[Snake-Aes]

Forgive me, I just have a thing for them.

This one is not the one you have to ask for forgiveness. This one would be pleasantly amused for hours.

[Cealocanth]

in my opinion, Tsukio is NOTHINGlike Bella. The only simmilarity is that she loves undead, but I think as far as moral insane lust toward any undead at all, she kicks Bella's ass.
Seriously, this girl would rape an undead octopus if given the chance.

[waterpenguin43]

in my opinion, Tsukio is NOTHINGlike Bella. The only simmilarity is that she loves undead, but I think as far as moral insane lust toward any undead at all, she kicks Bella's ass.
Seriously, this girl would rape an undead octopus if given the chance.

I agree. I just thought that THAT INDIVIDUAL COMIC was a jab at Bella, because Rich might like making fun of terribly developed characters.

[Cewebwalz]

in my opinion, Tsukio is NOTHINGlike Bella. The only simmilarity is that she loves undead, but I think as far as moral insane lust toward any undead at all, she kicks Bella's ass.
Seriously, this girl would rape an undead octopus if given the chance.

Have you seen Tsukio? The octopus would enjoy it....

[NerfTW]

I don't, I just find it funner guessing. :smalltongue:
Because what's the fun if I tell you?

Forgive my little game, but panel 5 sparked my suspicions. And yes, I don't think that Rich made Tsusiko as a reference to her, but he may have included his own little luagh at it in that comic. Just a thought.

That wasn't really a guessing game. There are hundreds of thousands of books in the world, saying "The letter T" and "BS" does not narrow it down at all. That was more like "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 4 million, guess what it is!"


Also, totally not a jab at Twilight.

[Draconi Redfir]

Goosebumps and Animorphs are still good damn it

dayum right!


also: fairly sure the vampires in Twilight are still alive, not undead.

[EmperorSarda]

dayum right!


also: fairly sure the vampires in Twilight are still alive, not undead.

I agree, Especially since it is VENOM that turns them "vampiric", and not the losing of their blood that does it.

Although, if they were undead, undead sperm sounds hilarious. And if Tsusiko found that out, she'd probably be ecstatic. She'd want to know how to get that "goodness" in her.

[waterpenguin43]

That wasn't really a guessing game. There are hundreds of thousands of books in the world, saying "The letter T" and "BS" does not narrow it down at all. That was more like "I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 4 million, guess what it is!"


Also, totally not a jab at Twilight.

Ah, sorry 'bout that. Why don't we play "Guess what thing I'm thinking of without any clues?" :smalltongue:

[Starscream]

It's a certain character from a book. The book starts with "T", and her name abbreviates into, well, "BS"

That character's personality abbreviates into "BS" quite nicely as well.:smallannoyed:

[waterpenguin43]

That character's personality abbreviates into "BS" quite nicely as well.:smallannoyed:

I dunno, it seems a bit too deep.....

[NerfTW]

Ah, sorry 'bout that. Why don't we play "Guess what thing I'm thinking of without any clues?" :smalltongue:

Is it cookies? I bet it's cookies! :smalltongue:

[Sholos]

I agree. I just thought that THAT INDIVIDUAL COMIC was a jab at Bella, because Rich might like making fun of terribly developed characters.

Please take the following as constructive criticism:
That probably should have been in your opening post, then, instead of making people try to figure out what you were talking about. By doing that, you not only annoyed those who don't like guessing games on a forum (of which there are probably more than those who like them, and those who like them are likely to have a weaker reaction than those who don't), but you distracted everyone from your real point, which can not only further annoy people but also delay any real discussion about the matter at hand.

For the record, I disagree that he's making a jab at Twilight. It's Tsukiko (please, people, note the spelling with 2 k's) being ignorant of Xykon's true nature because of her misguided belief that undead are just like normal people combined with her desire to be with him. It's a common enough trait in real life (in both genders) that it's unlikely to be a jab at Twilight.

[The Dark Fiddler]

Goosebumps and Animorphs are still good damn it

Truer words have been spoken, but only a few times in history.

[Bale Fire]

You know, while I don't think that strip was deliberatly trying to reference Twilight, I think it would be pretty neat to see Tsusiko in the background in a strip somewhere, reading the book, just as an Easter Egg :smallsmile:

[Sholos]

You know, while I don't think that strip was deliberatly trying to reference Twilight, I think it would be pretty neat to see Tsusiko in the background in a strip somewhere, reading the book, just as an Easter Egg :smallsmile:

I disagree, because I don't think Twilight deserves any "screen time" anywhere. Tsukiko would probably enjoy killing Bella for being an example of what is wrong with certain young females.

Also, just to reiterate because my last post was at the end of the previous page, it's Tsukiko with two k's. It's annoying to read through a thread and see the name (that has appeared several times in comic) of a character spelled wrong.

[Rae Artemi]

While we are on the subject of twilight, I personally find it funny that in Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett parodied and lampshaded his parody of twilight. The funny thing is, Carpe Jugulum was published 7 years before the First Twilight book was published.

To elaborate (minor spoilers):
The vampire, Vlad, becomes attracted to A witch, Agnes, because he cannot read her mind. His sister, when she finds out, points out that the inability to read someones mind isn't really a reason to fall in love with them.

[CoffeeIncluded]

While we are on the subject of twilight, I personally find it funny that in Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett parodied and lampshaded his parody of twilight. The funny thing is, Carpe Jugulum was published 7 years before the First Twilight book was published.

To elaborate (minor spoilers):
The vampire, Vlad, becomes attracted to A witch, Agnes, because he cannot read her mind. His sister, when she finds out, points out that the inability to read someones mind isn't really a reason to fall in love with them.

I know. Discworld, how I love you. :smallbiggrin:

[Starscream]

I know. Discworld, how I love you. :smallbiggrin:

Agreed. Only Terry Pratchett is brilliant enough to completely destroy the target of his parody seven years before it is even invented.

For even more proof that Sir Terrence is psychic, see this recent news story (http://www.newser.com/story/84160/disputed-island-disappears-beneath-waves.html).

Now recall that Jingo was written in 1997. That's just plain scary.

[Morquard]

While we are on the subject of twilight, I personally find it funny that in Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett parodied and lampshaded his parody of twilight. The funny thing is, Carpe Jugulum was published 7 years before the First Twilight book was published.

To elaborate (minor spoilers):
The vampire, Vlad, becomes attracted to A witch, Agnes, because he cannot read her mind. His sister, when she finds out, points out that the inability to read someones mind isn't really a reason to fall in love with them.
While I love Pratchett, I don't know twilight, except enough to know that I don't like it.

But is that why Edward falls in love with bella?

[taltamir]

While I love Pratchett, I don't know twilight, except enough to know that I don't like it.

But is that why Edward falls in love with bella?

thats way too deep for twilight... he falls in love with her because she is the main character author insertion mary sue.

As for tsukiku... bitch is nuts! and she wants to get boned by xykon.

[slayerx]

You know, while I don't think that strip was deliberatly trying to reference Twilight, I think it would be pretty neat to see Tsusiko in the background in a strip somewhere, reading the book, just as an Easter Egg :smallsmile:

Not even tsukiko would love twilight vampires
She'd probably burn the thing for being an insult to the great and misunderstood vampire people

[taltamir]

Not even tsukiko would love twilight vampires
She'd probably burn the thing for being an insult to the great and misunderstood vampire people

this made me laugh... its also true.
tsukiko would probably find the book offensive towards vampires.

[Zxo]

I think Tsukiko is a reference to the romaticization and sentimentalization of undead, which has been present in pop culture long before Twilight (I didn't read/watch it and have no intention of doing so). To make the ugly wights, zombies and skeletons objects of Tsukiko's affection is a great joke, if you consider that that trend has been focused mainly on the "sexy" undead, like vampires.

[Paranoid Tune]

As for tsukiku... bitch is nuts! and she wants to get boned by xykon.

:roy: Can we stop using 'bone' as a verb. :smallwink:

[Deca]

While we are on the subject of twilight, I personally find it funny that in Carpe Jugulum Terry Pratchett parodied and lampshaded his parody of twilight. The funny thing is, Carpe Jugulum was published 7 years before the First Twilight book was published.

To elaborate (minor spoilers):
The vampire, Vlad, becomes attracted to A witch, Agnes, because he cannot read her mind. His sister, when she finds out, points out that the inability to read someones mind isn't really a reason to fall in love with them.

Well, that's because Vlad was a parady of the Anne Rice 'romantic vampire' stereotype that's been around for years. It's still hilarious though.

And I can actually see some similiarity between Bella and Tsusiko. Now before you all rage at me, I have to point out that they're both pretty divorced from reality and both are obsessed with unsavory 'people' in a really unhealthy way.

[Sholos]

Well, that's because Vlad was a parady of the Anne Rice 'romantic vampire' stereotype that's been around for years. It's still hilarious though.

And I can actually see some similiarity between Bella and Tsusiko. Now before you all rage at me, I have to point out that they're both pretty divorced from reality and both are obsessed with unsavory 'people' in a really unhealthy way.

That's not a trait specific to Bella or Tsukiko, though. As I said before, people being attracted to the wrong sorts has been around for a long time. Twilight just manages to mangle the story to little itty bitty bits.

[Morquard]

:roy: Can we stop using 'bone' as a verb. :smallwink:
But in Xykon's case its literally boning...

[Asta Kask]

That's not a trait specific to Bella or Tsukiko, though. As I said before, people being attracted to the wrong sorts has been around for a long time. Twilight just manages to mangle the story to little itty bitty bits.

The problem with bad authors is not so much that they use cliches but that they don't do anything interesting with them. Whereas someone like Stephen King can take a cliched concept and refresh it with a few strokes of the brush.

[maxon]

But in Xykon's case its literally boning...

Except in his case, he does not have the specific requisite bone.

[Snake-Aes]

Except in his case, he does not have the specific requisite bone.

Especially because such bone does not exist in the first place.

[EmperorSarda]

this made me laugh... its also true.
tsukiko would probably find the book offensive towards vampires.

Maybe, but lets not forget she might be delighted to get some of that undead sperm inside her. ;-)

[Optimystik]

Especially because such bone does not exist in the first place.

The phalanges don't exist? :smallconfused:

*flees thread pursued by Roland*

[talkamancer]

The phalanges don't exist? :smallconfused:

*flees thread pursued by Roland*

Magic fingers

[Snake-Aes]

Like the Edward Cullen/Harry Potter/Raistlin Majere/Xykon/Tsukiko/Lien/Stanley the Tool/Winston Churchill crack pairing once said...

:xykon: Tsukiko... we need to talk.

[Chainsaw Hobbit]

I don't have the slightest clue what you're talking about.

And of course Tuskiko acts oddly, she's insane.

She is NOT insane. :smallredface:
She just understands that undead have rights too!

[Sholos]

She is NOT insane. :smallredface:
She just understands that undead have rights too!

I'm going to go ahead and assume you're joking, but in case anyone actually thinks that Tsukiko's infatuation with the undead is a perfectly normal and/or good thing, I feel compelled to mention that it is neither, and she is pretty obviously mentally off balance if she can watch what Xykon does and believe that there's any capacity for love in him.

[Nimrod's Son]

She is NOT insane. :smallredface:
She just understands that undead have rights too!
I hate to break it to you, but sucking up to Tsukiko isn't going to make her fancy you. :smallwink:

[Ancalagon]

The only good undead is a... uhm... well... you know what I mean! ;)

[Chainsaw Hobbit]

Sometimes it scares me that I'm attracted to a stick figure. :smalleek:

[derfenrirwolv]

Absolutely not. Tsukio HAS a personality.

If you want to see a twilight fan sputter, ask them to describe bella.. not what she looks like.. describe HER

[Starscream]

Sometimes it scares me that I'm attracted to a stick figure. :smalleek:

At least the furries have a large support group. You're probably going to have to settle for the Crack Pairing thread. They won't help you with your problem, but at least you will see that there are people who are far worse.:smallwink:

[Vinyadan]

Magic fingers

Better than magic missiles...

[Harr]

in case anyone actually thinks that Tsukiko's infatuation with the undead is a perfectly normal and/or good thing, I feel compelled to mention that it is neither, and she is pretty obviously mentally off balance if she can watch what Xykon does and believe that there's any capacity for love in him.

Yes I'm sure there's a bunch of people reading that think necrophilia is perfectly normal and a good thing. Big thanks for that clarification! :smallsigh: