2014-02-17 Catching Amoeba

tricksterson · Joined: 18 Aug 2012 Posts: 503

This strip has me thinking. It's a safe bet that, assuming they weren't born devil girls, that Fuschia, Absinthe, Blue etc, weren't named that at birth. Maybe the bomfing process wipes your identity?
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Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 12:39 am Post subject:

We know that Blue was always named Baby Blue, though. Her Divinity School report card and her resume said her name on them, and that was before she was a devil girl.

... I think the entire point of bomfing seems to be giving D-man more control and power over the victim, while the victim suffers a lack of identity and control over themselves, so I'm not really writing off that interpretation just yet. Although currently I think Blue and Pebbles have unique circumstances. Unless we learn the identities of Blue's other classmates in Divinity School, I might have my doubts whether or not she could be truly classified as human before becoming a devil girl... and I think Pebbles is the only one to become an amnesiac upon bomfing, as she seems to have been disoriented, confused and grumpy by their conversion, while no other instances of bomfing have shown the same side-effects... But the question would then become what about Pebbles was vital for D-man to eliminate her identity for? or if not D-man's doing, which outside variable caused the amnesia?
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Istancow · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 1:45 am Post subject:

We don't actually know that she knew who she was before being bomf'd.
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Ennis · Joined: 09 Jun 2013 Posts: 987 Location: Australia

My wild theory: bomfing usually doesn't cause amnesia, but because Pebbles wanted to leave her either boring or terrible (or both) previous life behind the vaguely sentient magic made it so. It also gave her cool powers based on her rambunctious personality and the fact she may have wanted some (she's much more enthusiastic about bomfing than any other character I've seen). If she really wanted to she could remember her past, but right now she's finally having fun and getting to do whatever she wants, so nah.

enchantedsleeper · Joined: 16 Jun 2013 Posts: 274 Location: United Kingdom

AngelLilly · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 2:56 pm Post subject:

Honestly I still want 'Peebs' to be called 'Autumn' but that's just me. 'Tangerine' or 'Tange' are still acceptable though. There are certainly a lot of cute options that have been thrown around over time.

Miss Magenta · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2014 5:47 pm Post subject:

Tangerine, Sandy, Dorito and Autumn are my top choices tbh. Tangerine is most likely, Sandy is cute as fuck, Dorito is HILARIOUS, and Autumn would be really interesting. Everything else is just so-so to me.

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 17836 Location: under the bed

mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 17836 Location: under the bed

swicked · Joined: 15 Jul 2013 Posts: 54

Kay, so... I dunno if it matters, or if it's been explained before, or whatever since I'm new, but did god intentionally wipe lil' E's brain?

'Cause I didn't read the entire archive previously. I still haven't, but I found where he first got amnesia through the power of google and, since it was 'cause of a lightningbolt and he was stealing apples (something a couple strips earlier Slick tried and got zapped with the hand clearly firing the bolt), I was wondering if god did it to him on purpose.
If so, can only god give him his memories back? 'Cause I look forward to seeing where Lily will land.

Miss Magenta · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:41 am Post subject:

Li'l E got amnesia because he washed his face in the lethe. It was not a result of God zapping him, but rather a reaction to it. God zapped him, thus he got all fried. Irritated with this, he washes his face in the first river he sees.

http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=4035

The lethe was first shown here, in which Slick jumps into the lethe to wipe his memory from trauma of realizing that he is only a fictional character.

So the cure to Li'l E's amnesia would be something akin to how Slick cured his own.

http://sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=3890
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mouse · Joined: 10 Jul 2006 Posts: 17836 Location: under the bed

see, this is the sort of thing that gives you hope for slick. how many people would go to the effort of carrying a wounded pig?

.....i'm presuming, of course, that he was headed for the vet.
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swicked · Joined: 15 Jul 2013 Posts: 54

Ahhh.
Sorry for the confusion, but thank you, Miss Magenta.

stripeypants · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 6:43 am Post subject:

It makes sense now!
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enchantedsleeper · Joined: 16 Jun 2013 Posts: 274 Location: United Kingdom