Gotta handle it to Ally: She’s nothing if not fair.
As for me, well, I don’t think Rumy is to be feared (if you’re not engaging her in hand-to-hand combat, that is) At least, she’s not more dangerous than Rikk and Ally themselves. Yes, Rumy loves ardently, devotedly, and while she values honor and duty, she’s no slave of it (or better put, her honor code is to be true to her heart). However, Rumy is no fanatic. She’s idealistic to boot, yes, but she’s not misguided. She wasn’t misguided when she was a mousy, lonely co-ed, and she’s certainly not now that she’s a government sponsored heroine, a wife and a soon-to-be mother.
It’s just as well. As I commented on an earlier strip, I think Hilda’s little j’accuse is just a red herring meant to throw off the*real* traitor
P.S. Wasn’t there a bun in Ally’s oven? Her belly is round in previous strips, but she looks skinny in the non-flashback parts of this one.
Well, in fact, as I understand it, Ally should be carrying Rumi’s kid. As in, Rumi conceived it and they later transferred it to Ally’s womb. Why they didn’t fertilize one of Rumi’s ova in vitro is beyond me. I think it would be easier than what they did do.
And now that I look at the strip again, the last panel doesn’t show enough to be informative, and the first panel might not. I think she’s still in the first trimester. Someone as thin as her would show early, but the bulge may be below where the panel cuts off.
@Inquisitive Raven – thought the point of that was that by making use of Rumy & Rikk’s respective gametes and Ally’s womb, that allows all 3 to be the sprog’s parents (dad, gene-mom and birth-mom).
@Dan – I think Inquisitive Raven’s is aware of the idea of making all 3 parents involved in the pregnancy, but is pointing out that Rumi’s ova could have been fertilized in a petri dish with Rick’s sperm and then implanted into Ally, or put Rumi’s eggs into Alli and have Alli and Rick “naturally” fertilize the egg. Like they can do now. Having Rumi and Rick conceive and then transplant a growing fetus into Ally’s womb is impossible with our technology and far more difficult than just implanting fertilized or unfertilized eggs.
I always thought it was odd myself, but I figured it was just to show off the advanced tech of the comic and because it’s funny to show Rumi react to baby-hormones.
If you assume that the transplant tech is safe then it does make sense. You want as much of the procedure to be non-medical as possible (or at least most people prefer that). This way there was one medical procedure – the transplant. And they had the fun of conceiving the baby the old-fashioned way – which is not to be underrated.
I’d rather more of it be medical than less. Let the fetus grow in a giant glass cylinder. Bonus points if it’s full of bubbling green liquid with mysterious tubes sprouting out the top and bottom.
Worst case scenario, it’s left in too long and gets squished up against the glass.
@Dan: Umm, in vitro fertilization would still involve both Rumi’s and Rikk’s gametes. Then they could implant the zygote in Ally to have all three involved. Also, having all three be parents was only half the point of the arrangement; the other half was that Ally was unable to conceive due to her earlier illness and Rumi carrying the kid was too risky due to the nature of her work.
Uh-h-h-h-huh. Don’t think he doesn’t know what you think he doesn’t know.
Wait-wait-wait, there are people who are worried about that Ally? Weird…
Nice. A little more insight on the least-explored pairing of the Oberf trifecta.
@Stevarious:
Damn you. I can’t see the word “weeknight” without thinking “wee knight,” which prompts little armored warriors to march across my brain.
Gotta handle it to Ally: She’s nothing if not fair.
As for me, well, I don’t think Rumy is to be feared (if you’re not engaging her in hand-to-hand combat, that is) At least, she’s not more dangerous than Rikk and Ally themselves. Yes, Rumy loves ardently, devotedly, and while she values honor and duty, she’s no slave of it (or better put, her honor code is to be true to her heart). However, Rumy is no fanatic. She’s idealistic to boot, yes, but she’s not misguided. She wasn’t misguided when she was a mousy, lonely co-ed, and she’s certainly not now that she’s a government sponsored heroine, a wife and a soon-to-be mother.
It’s just as well. As I commented on an earlier strip, I think Hilda’s little j’accuse is just a red herring meant to throw off the*real* traitor
P.S. Wasn’t there a bun in Ally’s oven? Her belly is round in previous strips, but she looks skinny in the non-flashback parts of this one.
Looks like they forgot to put in the miscarriage storyline. whoops!
Well, in fact, as I understand it, Ally should be carrying Rumi’s kid. As in, Rumi conceived it and they later transferred it to Ally’s womb. Why they didn’t fertilize one of Rumi’s ova in vitro is beyond me. I think it would be easier than what they did do.
And now that I look at the strip again, the last panel doesn’t show enough to be informative, and the first panel might not. I think she’s still in the first trimester. Someone as thin as her would show early, but the bulge may be below where the panel cuts off.
Ally, that joke was so forced that I heard a canned laugh-track after it.
@Inquisitive Raven – thought the point of that was that by making use of Rumy & Rikk’s respective gametes and Ally’s womb, that allows all 3 to be the sprog’s parents (dad, gene-mom and birth-mom).
@Dan – I think Inquisitive Raven’s is aware of the idea of making all 3 parents involved in the pregnancy, but is pointing out that Rumi’s ova could have been fertilized in a petri dish with Rick’s sperm and then implanted into Ally, or put Rumi’s eggs into Alli and have Alli and Rick “naturally” fertilize the egg. Like they can do now. Having Rumi and Rick conceive and then transplant a growing fetus into Ally’s womb is impossible with our technology and far more difficult than just implanting fertilized or unfertilized eggs.
I always thought it was odd myself, but I figured it was just to show off the advanced tech of the comic and because it’s funny to show Rumi react to baby-hormones.
@Reikenbach
Week knight Wee night.
If you assume that the transplant tech is safe then it does make sense. You want as much of the procedure to be non-medical as possible (or at least most people prefer that). This way there was one medical procedure – the transplant. And they had the fun of conceiving the baby the old-fashioned way – which is not to be underrated.
I’d rather more of it be medical than less. Let the fetus grow in a giant glass cylinder. Bonus points if it’s full of bubbling green liquid with mysterious tubes sprouting out the top and bottom.
Worst case scenario, it’s left in too long and gets squished up against the glass.
You may notice a bit more baby bump on Ally since yesterday. 😉 Good catch.
@Dan: Umm, in vitro fertilization would still involve both Rumi’s and Rikk’s gametes. Then they could implant the zygote in Ally to have all three involved. Also, having all three be parents was only half the point of the arrangement; the other half was that Ally was unable to conceive due to her earlier illness and Rumi carrying the kid was too risky due to the nature of her work.