Freefall 3: Death Ray Byproducts

[theangelJean]

Whoa, are we actually going to get a good look at Sam? I thought the "Sam is hideous beyond human comprehension" running joke would have prevented that, and I expected him to end up routed away from the spa in order to sustain that joke.

My guess is that we may not see Sam ourselves, but the rest of the patrons of the Convenient Censer will, including Florence. Now that I think of it, it's possible he may even be on panel - just conveniently censored...

[DavidSh]

My guess is that we may not see Sam ourselves, but the rest of the patrons of the Convenient Censer will, including Florence. Now that I think of it, it's possible he may even be on panel - just conveniently censored...

We're seeing parts of him now. He looks a little more baroque than the Sqids in his story of the three stooges.

[Radar]

We're seeing parts of him now. He looks a little more baroque than the Sqids in his story of the three stooges.

That story had purposefully simplified graphics though.

[theangelJean]

We're seeing parts of him now. He looks a little more baroque than the Sqids in his story of the three stooges.

Huh. I hadn't registered anything but the discarded suit. Whoops!

[Fyraltari]

Huh. I hadn't registered anything but the discarded suit. Whoops!

Yeah, I thought those were decorative plants.

[Pax1138]

I guess, after like - what? 24 years of comic? - an artist might finally take a stab at showing off their hideous green tentacle alien. I am excited to either see what he's come up with, or the hijinks that ensue to prevent us from doing so. Or Sam'll get shoved back out the door again next strip so he can complain to Helix about humanoid-centric discrimination.

[TaRix]

I guess, after like - what? 24 years of comic? - an artist might finally take a stab at showing off their hideous green tentacle alien. I am excited to either see what he's come up with, or the hijinks that ensue to prevent us from doing so. Or Sam'll get shoved back out the door again next strip so he can complain to Helix about humanoid-centric discrimination.

But if it's a woman screaming, does that mean that Sam's actually female? Or is the locker room co-ed?

[Willie the Duck]

But if it's a woman screaming, does that mean that Sam's actually female? Or is the locker room co-ed?

Those are certainly not the only two options.

That said, I can totally see this futuristic society where Winston's mother doesn't stand out as glaringly unusual having co-ed locker rooms. It might seem rather redundant for a clothing-not-expected pool.

[Anarchic Fox]

Yeah, now that y'all mention it, the censorious censors might not have been primarily for the humanoids in the spa.

[lord_khaine]

I instead more expect we will see the aftermath of this.
Likely from Florence's point of view as she runs damage control on the situation.

[theangelJean]

Are the Sqids the only sentient extraterrestrial life forms humans have met? I know there's Pfouts, but I wasn't sure if there were sentients there - would humans be considering colonising it if there were? So if there's only one alien wandering around in human space, what are the chances not everyone in the system knows he exists?

[Radar]

Are the Sqids the only sentient extraterrestrial life forms humans have met? I know there's Pfouts, but I wasn't sure if there were sentients there - would humans be considering colonising it if there were? So if there's only one alien wandering around in human space, what are the chances not everyone in the system knows he exists?

Knowing he exists is not making you immune to the psychological effects of how he looks like. And that was just a sculpture that does not have Sam's color-changing skin - not sure if it is a right way of describing it, but there was a scene, where someone seeing Sam was talking about the tentacles going through each other as if he was an extradimensional abomination, which was explained as some sort of optical illusion.

[PoeticallyPsyco]

Knowing he exists is not making you immune to the psychological effects of how he looks like. And that was just a sculpture that does not have Sam's color-changing skin - not sure if it is a right way of describing it, but there was a scene, where someone seeing Sam was talking about the tentacles going through each other as if he was an extradimensional abomination, which was explained as some sort of optical illusion.

Yeah, the line was something like:

"Don't be fooled by the chromatophores, I exist in only 3 dimensions, and have a certificate to prove it!"

[Radar]

Yeah, the line was something like:

"Don't be fooled by the chromatophores, I exist in only 3 dimensions, and have a certificate to prove it!"

That's the keyword I needed to find the strip in question.

[Kantaki]

New comic

Sam, no!

This can only end badly.
I just can't tell for whom.
Well, it should be entertaining either way.

[lord_khaine]

Oh yeah..
This is either going to be a train wreck.
Or else Florence tackles Sam. Possibly even more of a train wreck.

[theangelJean]

New comic.

They asked for it...

[Rockphed]

And we continue to not see naked sqid. I, for one, am grateful.

[Kantaki]

That was close. I'm not sure I could take the resulting SAN damage.

[Willie the Duck]

And we continue to not see naked sqid. I, for one, am grateful.

I think we are in a 'Maris from Fraiser' moment -- the built-up individual is so cartoonish that nothing we could see would live up to the hype, so best to leave it unseen by the audience.

Or it's just a Friday cliffhanger.

[Pax1138]

Looks like the comic's going to be pretty easy to draw for the next couple of days at least.

[sihnfahl]

Looks like the comic's going to be pretty easy to draw for the next couple of days at least.

But the sentient robots? Yeah, they're going to need massive memory deletion events.

[Gez]

I think we are in a 'Maris from Fraiser' moment -- the built-up individual is so cartoonish that nothing we could see would live up to the hype, so best to leave it unseen by the audience.

Yeah. Nobody has ever been driven insane by a picture of Cthulhu, even less when it's drawn with a simple cartoony art style like the one in Freefall.

[Kantaki]

Yeah. Nobody has ever been driven insane by a picture of Cthulhu, even less when it's drawn with a simple cartoony art style like the one in Freefall.

I've got a statuette of Cthulhu in my room. As far as I can tell my sanity hasn't been noticably affected.
Interesting dreams though.

[lord_khaine]

Looks like the comic's going to be pretty easy to draw for the next couple of days at least.

Great point :D

But the sentient robots? Yeah, they're going to need massive memory deletion events.

It does look like the robots are immune to the sanity damage that comes from watching Sam's full Sqidgly glory.

Helix has by all accounts seen enough of Sam to make a sanity damaging replica.

[sihnfahl]

Helix has by all accounts seen enough of Sam to make a sanity damaging replica.

This IS Helix we're talking about, though...

[Rockphed]

This IS Helix we're talking about, though...

Are you suggesting that seeing Sam naked made helix stupid?

[Radar]

Are you suggesting that seeing Sam naked made helix stupid?

Not sure what was the intention, but we do know that Sam can make robots question their sanity even without showing them how he looks like.

It might not be relevant, but I like when police chief cracked Sam's sanity for a change.

[Rockphed]

Not sure what was the intention, but we do know that Sam can make robots question their sanity even without showing them how he looks like.

Sam's mind might be more maddening than his body. Too bad he prefers engaging in purile pursuits over philosophical debate.

It might not be relevant, but I like when police chief cracked Sam's sanity for a change.

Incidentally, I don't think the chief has any illusions that Florence stayed for any reason other than her own desire to do so.

[Radar]

Sam's mind might be more maddening than his body. Too bad he prefers engaging in purile pursuits over philosophical debate.

Well, that's his life philosophy.