Five bucks say the Gounder is actually the guy that lead them to the throne room.
meerling
I agree. In fact that’s the first thing I thought of when that one showed up and so easily directed them to the supposed “Gounder”.
But then it’s such an over used trope, how could I not suspect it?
Ok, it’s very common in Earth fiction, but it might be a fairly new idea to the galactics. They may have been around a lot longer relative to human civilization, but we seem to be rather creative in unexpected ways and irritatingly confounding to them.
=^_^=
andreas
The Gordian knot of moral dilemmas is flammable?
Final panel: I’m sure it was true?
“But better us safe” also sounds a bit hackneyed relative to Jabby’s usual bombast… perhaps “Better to be safe” (than sorry)?
[depending on the meaning of safety: physical safety vs safety to not have any potentially guilty party slip through the blinding light of retribution…]
Docard
Also, Second panel: …the light of a thousand suns?
Finn Kenyon
I always take some issue with science fiction referring to the light of 1000 suns, do they mean 1000 earth suns, if they aren’t aware of earth what could they possibly mean. Plus stars have a very wide range of luminosities, so that could really be anything. And perhaps they are instead referring to the heat, but colloquially, or some mix, but the same problem occurs. The light of 1000 suns is exactly the kind of thing only an idiot (like jabby) would say.
Well, reality is a fine line with this comic, really. Since, theoretically, we all have the “translator chip” implanted in us (as it is with the characters). And so some alien expressions get translated into American English expressions. But, I might change it to “the light of 1000 stars.”
As far as luminosity, I always took the expression to mean that it’s really bright, as in, put yourself in a room with these thousand stars and see how well you can see ever again. 🙂
You really can’t argue with the Jabby Logic there. Logic and Morality are not always in the intersecting parts of the Venn Diagram.
andreas
| You really can’t argue with the Jabby Logic
Well, technically you can – albeit only for a very short period of time…
War Pig
I guess for Jabby it’s; “Kill ’em all and let Satan sort them out”.
Seamus MacLeod
More just “Kill ’em all.” I don’t think Jabby is remotely interested in sorting the aftermath. I don’t think he particularly cares what else is left after achieving his goals.
Efogoto
I don’t think it matters to Jabby if they get sorted afterwards.
Efogoto
Ninja’d! Drat.
Nathanyel
Mad King Jabby
TB
You have to admit, Jabby has a point. There’s a lot of really sneaky people running around in this strip.
MooseHowl
Hmmmmm.
So, I notice that the Gounder’s throne just happens to have the exact same colour scheme as Jabby does.
Mmmmmm-hmmmmmmmm.
Coyoty
The Gounder may be considering Wezzle’s “If you can’t beat ’em, fawn all over ’em” strategy about now.
Gregg Eshelman
One or more of the 70 Maxims probably applies here.
Peter Rogan
Moral arrogance means never having to explain why you will never say ‘sorry.’
Muzhik
“Schlock Mercenary” recently had a tee-shirt for sale that read, Mad science means never having to say, “Hey! What’s the worst that can happen?!”
monomalo
Hah! I love that Gounder is hanging off the ceiling above the throne instead of sitting in it…
(I know this isn’t the first time we’ve seen that, but the first time I mistakenly thought he was leaping up out of the throne with the sheer joy of having established himself as a primo-baddass…)
>.<
Five bucks say the Gounder is actually the guy that lead them to the throne room.
I agree. In fact that’s the first thing I thought of when that one showed up and so easily directed them to the supposed “Gounder”.
But then it’s such an over used trope, how could I not suspect it?
Ok, it’s very common in Earth fiction, but it might be a fairly new idea to the galactics. They may have been around a lot longer relative to human civilization, but we seem to be rather creative in unexpected ways and irritatingly confounding to them.
=^_^=
The Gordian knot of moral dilemmas is flammable?
Final panel: I’m sure it was true?
“But better us safe” also sounds a bit hackneyed relative to Jabby’s usual bombast… perhaps “Better to be safe” (than sorry)?
[depending on the meaning of safety: physical safety vs safety to not have any potentially guilty party slip through the blinding light of retribution…]
Also, Second panel: …the light of a thousand suns?
I always take some issue with science fiction referring to the light of 1000 suns, do they mean 1000 earth suns, if they aren’t aware of earth what could they possibly mean. Plus stars have a very wide range of luminosities, so that could really be anything. And perhaps they are instead referring to the heat, but colloquially, or some mix, but the same problem occurs. The light of 1000 suns is exactly the kind of thing only an idiot (like jabby) would say.
Well, reality is a fine line with this comic, really. Since, theoretically, we all have the “translator chip” implanted in us (as it is with the characters). And so some alien expressions get translated into American English expressions. But, I might change it to “the light of 1000 stars.”
As far as luminosity, I always took the expression to mean that it’s really bright, as in, put yourself in a room with these thousand stars and see how well you can see ever again. 🙂
@Andreas, final panel fixed! “Better safe” line I’m leaving alone for now. @Docard, fixed! Thanks, both of you!
| “Better safe” line I’m leaving alone for now.
Say no more, I’m not arguing anything in the close vicinity of Jabby 😉
You really can’t argue with the Jabby Logic there. Logic and Morality are not always in the intersecting parts of the Venn Diagram.
| You really can’t argue with the Jabby Logic
Well, technically you can – albeit only for a very short period of time…
I guess for Jabby it’s; “Kill ’em all and let Satan sort them out”.
More just “Kill ’em all.” I don’t think Jabby is remotely interested in sorting the aftermath. I don’t think he particularly cares what else is left after achieving his goals.
I don’t think it matters to Jabby if they get sorted afterwards.
Ninja’d! Drat.
Mad King Jabby
You have to admit, Jabby has a point. There’s a lot of really sneaky people running around in this strip.
Hmmmmm.
So, I notice that the Gounder’s throne just happens to have the exact same colour scheme as Jabby does.
Mmmmmm-hmmmmmmmm.
The Gounder may be considering Wezzle’s “If you can’t beat ’em, fawn all over ’em” strategy about now.
One or more of the 70 Maxims probably applies here.
Moral arrogance means never having to explain why you will never say ‘sorry.’
“Schlock Mercenary” recently had a tee-shirt for sale that read,
Mad science means never having to say, “Hey! What’s the worst that can happen?!”
Hah! I love that Gounder is hanging off the ceiling above the throne instead of sitting in it…
(I know this isn’t the first time we’ve seen that, but the first time I mistakenly thought he was leaping up out of the throne with the sheer joy of having established himself as a primo-baddass…)
>.<