Challenge #00400 - A035: The Growing List of Things Rabbit Should Never Do Again
“And that’s when I discovered my hoodie could get stuck on my nose”
“She walked in-to a pole five times,” added Hatchworth.
“What? It was a fre-freindly p-p-pole.”
“Not that friendly,” noted The Spine. “It knocked half your face off.”
“It was t-t-t-t-tryin’ ta help, Th’ Spine. Not its fault it doesn’t have hands.”
“I did try to tell them that this was a bad idea, sir,” said The Spine, compelled to get the facts solidly out there.
“We did give up af-ter Rab-bit scared three chil-dren,” supplied Hatchworth.
“Only ‘c-c-c-cause I was trying find my face.”
“I wan-ted to have the hood-ie.”
The Spine looked heavenwards and sighed steam. He couldn’t have written Why me? any clearer on his face if he’d used a sharpie.
“Ya can’t have a hoodie and a hat,” Rabbit argued. “That’s a fa-fashion faux passé.” She sniffed in an exaggerated manner and, almost predictably, got her nose snagged in the hoodie again.
Bebop shut them down before they could get into another loop.
Peter Walter VI sighed and bought up The List. There was a list for every steam-powered automaton, but this one got the capitals owing to its size. Of course it was the list of things that Rabbit is no longer allowed to do.
Somewhere on the top was “Buy a toaster”.
Peter scrolled down to the bottom and added, “Wear modern clothing.” After that, it was just a matter of finding out where GG had hidden the scissors, this time.
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Songs I want Steam Powered Giraffe to cover and why
Song title: Harder Better Faster Stronger
Original artist(s): Daft Punk
Imagined SPG lead: All of them. Even Bebop.
Change the lyrics: Why?
Reason: Because I’m already imagining this as a Rabbit!Transformation video with the whole crew, the Walter Girls and Peter VI running around with/after various things (including independant Rabbit!hands) and singing the words according to their vocal tones… and a final reveal of Rabbit’s ultimate form :D AND IT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY AWESOME PLEASE MAKE IT A THING?
(ahem)
I feel better now.
Look what the humans of the manor have to put up with
See, Rabbit? Hatchworth and Mayor McToilet know they did something bad
Nobody knew how it happened. Not even Rabbit, who had had the wild flight of imagination to begin with.
Later inquiry revealed that Peter VI had left Steve in charge. Steve left Walter Girl Carolina in charge, who had then promoted Walter Girl Paige. She, in turn, left Michael Reed in charge. Michael noticed that he was the only human in the mansion and, after quickly delegating his authority to The Spine, fled screaming into the wilderness of San Diego. Or as close to wilderness as he could accomplish.
But when Peter VI came back…
There was toilet paper -
-EVERYWHERE.
It was not the prank style of TP'ing. Someone had been… creative.
All over the chandeliers. All over the window treatments. All over the furniture.
There was even a toilet-paper effigy, wearing The Spine’s hat, labeled Peter Stinkypants in bright red lipstick.
None of the robots had called him that since he was seven.
When they bought Bebop back online, and used his connection to bring all three robots to Peter VI’s study, it was everything he could do to not burst out laughing. He found himself grateful that Blue Matter had given him the perfect wooden face for such things.
The Spine had been appointed Mayor McToilet - also in bright red lipstick - during everyone else’s absence for assorted vital errands. His mayoral sash was, of course, toilet paper. It was the only paper tissue he bore on his person. Though there was a cardboard monocle to complete his image.
Rabbit was, to use the right word, festooned. She had cardboard tubes in her cyberlocs, a toilet paper bandanna, and the remains of a TP dress clinging to her everyday clothes.
Hatchworth fared the worst, with a tube covering his smokestack and random loops of tissue tangled all over him. His forlorn, hangdog expression spoke volumes.
“I’m ver-y sor-ry,” Hatchworth managed. “Please don’t put me in the cor-ner.”
The Spine broke next. “Sir, I honestly have no idea how it happened. One minute, I was telling Rabbit I was responsible for the other two, and then the next thing I know…” He shrugged helplessly.
“Well I h-h-happen to think we look pretty good,” said Rabbit, not ashamed at all.
She was the one who wound up in detention. With Bebop as her taskmaster.
Alright. One more. Tried to use the female Rabbit build for the outer portion of the design, not sure it worked out.
I shouldn’t stay up late… because as I created this Venice Carnival mask of Rabbit’s face (which was practically one already) I kept thinking how the Carnival there seemed less like a big fun party and more like a Comicon on LSD… It looks like the kind of party you’d invite your enemies to instead of friends, if you know what I mean. And bring down some big steamy vengeance. So as I drew I heard this odd little story in my head…
“This is my palace of crystal, open to the public today only. I have spent many years building it with the walls I have been offered by others, with the aid of those who have reinforced the walls. Come inside, a banquet awaits. What will you drink? We have bitter wine and sweet poison. The sweet poison I have reserved for those who made and reinforced my walls; only you may drink, and drink you must. And when you have had all you can take of it, I will carry on drinking the bitter wine in the palace of crystal, the cold palace that is my heart.”
Drawing Carnival masks at night is creepy.
I may go back and redo this with different coloring, maybe one of the more traditional mask designs for the outer portion. It was a lot cooler when I had just done the line work.
holy fuq that is made out of awesome
(All I can ever manage is a scribbly-sketch. I am totes jelly)
Now do all the bots as creepy carnival masks :D
(Source: bee-whistler)
Songs I want to see/hear covered by Steam Powered Giraffe and why:
Song: Hey Brother
Original artist: Avicii
Ideal SPG lead singer: All of them!
Change lyrics: Yes please.
Reason: For some reason, I can see all the bots plus one Walter Girl square-dancing during the instrumental bits. Plus it’s a perfect robot family type song.
Aaaaaaw yeah!
You should totes do a cover and finish with congrats for DP :)
Reblog if you’re a proud member of the Steam powered giraffe fandom
(Source: mrspicydad, via nilasjunkart)
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rabbit-just-smashed-your-window:
baby girl, I’m not quite human
and I’m not quite a machine
so I guess that leaves you staring at something
that’s somewhere inbetweenJon, who told you to look all cute like that.
Merry Christmas, people.
wuhhurbl?
ooohohohohno
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it came back
Oh…Oh my.OH GOD WHERE DID MY PANTS GO?
Lookit the linework… Oh, yeah, pinup hottie, but lookit the LINEWORK!
How can a cartoon of a robot be so GD schmexy?