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Jestful Statement - 03 - HD
🕑 Added 2021-11-30 08:58:38 +0000 UTCIdeas Given
Commentary
The initial inspiration for this storyline was essentially as follows:
"Expectation of context can SERIOUSLY impact what people hear in alarming ways. Like, depending on their expectations, they can takes things a totally different way than intended."
"Maybe people should announce the intended context before speaking, just to be sure?"
"Wait, that sort of sounds like the elcor from Mass Effect. That's kind of amusing to consider."
"Hm... I've referenced that people sometimes can't tell when Grace is joking several times now, haven't I? And I ALSO established that Diane is a Mass Effect fan..."
"I guess this is happening now."
Comments
Dragon Quest 3 or 4 in 2024
I'm gonna ruin all of your day with two words. Elcor Pr0n.
Chordat
"Wait, did you hack your translator so you can control your kinetic language processing?" "With a sincerity such that skepticism would be deeply insulting: No."
Some Ed
It's my understanding that there is some artistic exaggeration in how Grace is depicted, but less than almost any other character in the strip. There are a number of people who are baffled at how anybody is unable to recognize Grace is an alien almost instantly. But she pulls it off, and thus raises the bar just that much further on what it would take for people to not recognize that someone was not human.
Conrad Wong
*giggles* I loved those aliens. The deadpan speech really made 'em.
Harmony Petersen
Lighthearted Amusement: Grace in the last panel looks like she has found an amusing and ornery solution to her problems.
Windscion
Irony all the way down.
kaitou
Recursive irony: recursive irony: recursive irony: recursive irony: ...nevermind.
David Fenger
It seems plausible that she'd have an especially stretchy face, even if she isn't actively shifting it.
Warren (Stephen) Rose
Good catch on the typo!
Stephen Gilberg
You probably don't want to encourage people to look at your chest that frequently either. Typo: "explaning."
Copper Hamster
The Elcor are great and you can't tell me otherwise.
Countzero
Yep, that came to mind for me as well. Such a great character!
Narall
Indignation: The Superior being to utilize this technique is HK-47, not those thick armed meatbags.
Windscion
Here's the thing with Grace: I keep wondering if her exaggerated expressions are artistic license, or if she is actually morphing her face into those odd shapes.
