Corpse Run 313: Live and let live
LIVESTREAM UPDATE:
The next livestream will be this Friday, May 24th at 10pm est! If you missed last week’s stream and wanted to check it out (which you totally should in order to hear my friend Rich’s totally smooth, silky voice) you can watch it here: part 1, part 2. (warning, there’s a volume spike in the first two minutes of part 2, watch out!)
See you guys then!
END LIVESTREAM UPDATE!
So my Final Fantasy 7 run continues, and there are a bunch of silly events that I either never noticed before, or had forgotten about.
The above strip is one such example. Early in the game, just after Cloud’s party stowed away on Rufus’ ship heading to Costa del Sol, Rufus expresses some major frustration to Public Safety head Heidegger, chiding him for not catching Cloud & Company when he had the chance.
A day or two later, Rufus visits Rocket Town to talk to Cid about business, and Cloud is standing behind Cid, totally in Rufus’ view. Despite his desire to have Cloud captured, Rufus doesn’t order his guards to take Cloud out. He doesn’t even acknowledge that Cloud is there.
It’s like he never even noticed.
Sure, Palmer (a subordinate of Rufus) recognizes Cloud in Cid’s backyard, but you’d think that Rufus himself would have said something.
In another bizarre moment, while Cloud confronts Sephiroth in the Shin-Ra Mansion basement, Sephiroth asks if Cloud is “going to the reunion” or something to that effect.
Cloud’s response? “I don’t even know what a reunion is!”
Tifa better get him a dictionary for his birthday.
Remember a little while back when I mentioned a local restaurant was trying to hide the fact that they had received a “B” sanitation rating? At the time, I took a picture of where they displayed their rating:
There it is, in the corner of their large set of windows, nestled behind a bundle of bamboo. It’s still “visible” but if you’re approaching from the right of the storefront, you can’t see it at all.
To their credit, they now have an “A” after re-inspection. I wonder where they put their rating this time?
Ain’t that something?
So this place’s strategy concerning their health rating: have a less than desirable score – hide it as much as the law allows… have a good score – show it out in the open with no obstructions.
Maybe I’m nitpicking here, but it really bothers me that they were trying to hide the score until they got a better grade. It just seems dishonest.
I’d love to hear what the owner’s explanation is for the rating’s change of location.
He/she could’t just say they tried to hide it on purpose, right? There’d have to be some excuse.
Ask the place about it. If they give you shit, go to the local papers about it?
I might be too terrified to try asking =P
Welp, I was gonna make a little avatar thing, but there’re too many steps. So instead, I’ll just post mah comment. I have marathon’d every comic you have on this site in a matter of something like three days. I thoroughly enjoy your comics and humorous anecdotes! Keep up the good work
Probably not my place to do this, but welcome to the fanbase. I did the marathon a couple months ago, fun innit?
Glad to hear you enjoyed the strip thus far, and thanks so much for reading!
I started my marathon read a few days ago, definitely enjoying it so far. Alex does a real good job!
Just reminding everyone to stop by the forum if you have some spare time (which you probably have if you’re reading this). That includes you Alex!
And Alex, have you looked at making the comments visible by default? Because some people might not see that little link and miss out on all the interesting things people say here.
I’m super dumb when it comes to site operation stuff (it took me roughly 7 hours to fix a forum thing two weeks ago for example), but I’ll figure it out!
Hopefully sometime this decade!
If you need any help, just let me know. It’s my job to do stuff like this.
Alex, this isn’t dishonest!
This is what I do when I come home with a sucky grade.
Then when I get an ‘A,’ I tell my mother, “Mom, look how well I did!”
And the treats just roll on in.