geekery

bulletproof

bulletproof [click to embiggen]

OK, seriously. We started watching Continuum and while I like the show a lot, I want to know what the hell is up with how Carlos holds his gun, because I am not kidding, it drives me batshit.

Like, I don’t know a ton about guns, but I was taught the basics by a bunch of ex-cops and ex-military police and I am pretty sure they would have laughed their asses off if I got nutted by my own weapon recoiling into my face after holding it like that.

(I’m happy to be corrected, if it is acceptable practice anywhere in the world to hold your weapon clutched up to your chest like that. Have at it in the comments.)

Also: I love how it never occurs to the buggs to test the bulletproofness on the suit alone before putting on and shooting at one another.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is wearing a smooth bodysuit with a zip up the front. He has his hands on his hips and stands confidently in front of Mrs Bugg, who holds a handgun about two inches from her chin. It is pointed at Mr Bugg.

The text reads: “The buggs found a suit that they think is bullet proof … also they now know how to hold a pistol when in Canada.”

 

robugs

robug [click to embiggen]

I love how the Buggs just latch onto keywords like “BuggBC” and “science fiction” and “robugs” and never actually read deeper to make sure they’re cosplaying the right thing.

Because this show? Totally not Dr. Who.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is wearing a bow tie and waving a glowing hand implement of some description. He is standing in front of a large, antennae’d police box, prepared to deal with Mrs Bugg, who has the metal body and limbs and terrifying expression of a huge robug. She’s managed to keep her boots, though.

The text reads: “Febuggary 11, 1938: BuggBC produces the first ever scifi televison program that coined the term ‘robug’.”

 

minions

minions [click to embiggen]

The Buggs are huge Despicable Me fans.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are wearing the yellow bodies and blue underpants of minions. They’re also wearing goggles; in Mrs Bugg’s case, it is a unigoggle.

The text reads: “More cosplay.”

 

tasbuggian devil

tasbuggian devil [click to embiggen]

This is bugg philosophy in a nutshell, folks.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg stands by in happy astonishment, arms in the air in surprise, perhaps, while watching Mrs Bugg. Her body is spinning so fast it is a blur, but her face and feet are still, defying physics, physiognomy and common sense, but who are we to judge.

The text reads: “Febuggary 7, 1856: The Tasbuggian parliament passes a ruling allowing secret ballots. This image has nothing to do with history, but Mrs Bugg wanted to show off her Tasbuggian Devil act.

 

pretty princess

unicorn dress [click to embiggen]

Yep, that there is a princess-on-a-unicorn dress a la Despicable Me 2.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is wearing a sort of dress thing that makes it look like he’s riding a unicorn. He is wearing a sparkly tiara and is waving a star-topped wand. Mrs Bugg, meanwhile, is a Jaffa, with staff weapon in her hand, branded god-symbol on her forehead and thousand-yard stare on her face. Her ensemble is completed by her now-traditional black boots.

The text reads: “And some cosplay Buggs for fun.”

 

more NAMM cosplay

more namm cosplay [click to embiggen]

I’m guessing the “Hello Buggy” thing reminded them how much they love their Wall-E and Eve cosplay.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is dressed in his Wall-E costume, his legs sticking out below the robot body. The Wall-E face is grinning hugely while Mr Bugg waves one hand and holds hands with Mrs Bugg with the other. She is dressed in her Eve cosplay, with huge eyes in her headpiece and a shiny center display on her chest. There’s no way of telling if it shows the plant or not. She is still wearing boots, though.

The text reads: “The Buggs are getting out their favorite cosplay outfits for NAMM.”

their suitcases will be huge

namm cosplay [click to embiggen]

I mean, comparatively.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are kitted out in their alternate cosplay outfits (Saturday’s, perhaps?): Mr Bugg is Mr Spock, with the proper shirt, badge, ears and hand gesture. Mrs Bugg is Princess Leia, in the underwearless white dress, two danishes strapped to her head, and carrying a pistol. It now goes without saying that she is wearing black boots.

The text reads: “Since you said they could cosplay at NAMM the Buggs decided to break out more outfits.”

 

I’m not telling them

all about the cosplay [click to embiggen]

They can cosplay if they want to. I wouldn’t dream of stopping them.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is dressed as a stormtropper, with head-to-toe white plastic armor and a small pistol. Mrs Bugg is her favorite Jaffa, staff weapon in hand, symbol of her god on her forehead and thousand-yard stare going. She’s also rocking some description of armor.

The text reads: “The Buggs are looking forward to NAMM. They don’t understand that not all conventions are about cosplay.”

 

spy vs bugg

spies [click to embiggen]

I totally believe you, Buggs.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are dressed quite stylishly and totally not at all like spies. They are both rocking black hats, black cloaks and dark sunglasses, which is entirely appropriate and not at all suspicious.

The text reads: “Totally not dressed as spies and have no code words to share.”

 

well beloved

old skool [click to embiggen]

I love all the Buggs’ cosplay. I do not discriminate!

Transcript:

Mr Bugg is cosplaying as Princess Leia: He has two danishes strapped to his head, and is wielding a lightsaber and some sort of pistol-shaped weapon. Meanwhile, Mrs Bugg, to the surprise of absolutely no one, has called dibs on the Jaffa outfit, complete down to the staff weapon. She has the symbol of her god tattoed on her forehead, and a thousand-yard stare for expression.

The text reads: Old school cosplay for you.”

 

markup

buggtml [click to embiggen]

I do loves me some code! Remind me to to show you my HTML tattoo one of these days.

Yes, I am that dorky.

Transcript:

Mr Bugg stands next to his computer, a huge, CRT-monitored affair, his arms up an an expression of “WOO!” on his face. His computer is connected to some description of wifi tower. I just don’t even know. Mrs Bugg is sitting before her own computer, typing away on a keyboard, presumably coding up some hot, hot nested table action.

The text reads: “Decembug 18, 1997: BuggTML is published by the World Wide Bugg Consortium.”

 

menu planning

thanksbugging [click to embiggen]

I hope to gods that Tofurkbugg is better-tasting than Tofurky.

Actually, I’m pretty sure Mrs Bugg’s headdress would be better-tasting than Tofurky. Things that live under rocks are better-tasting than Tofurky.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are dressed in First Thanksbugging cosplay: Mr Bugg is the pilgrim, with black vest, black hat and buckled shoes, while Mrs Bugg is in Native Buggerican garb, with a huge long feather headdress cascading down her back. They are each holding one end of a huge platter, upon which rests a large, antennae’d thing-that-is-not-a-turkey.

The text reads: Bugvember 25, 2013: The buggs decide that Tofurkybugg will be the official entree for Thanksbugging.”

 

oh, yeah, tell the truth

superheroes [click to embiggen]

I’m guessing Mrs Bugg’s invisible jet is parked behind them.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are rocking the superhero cosplay: Mr Bugg is BatBugg, with his all-black armored bodysuit, black bat-winged cape, black rubber bat-eared mask and black bat-shaped throwing star thing. I’m sensing a theme. ANYWAY. Mrs Bugg is doing Wonder Woman, with the patriotic bustier, golden lasso and bullet-stopping wristbands and metal headband thing.

The text reads: “Bugvember 25: Nothing really happened so the buggs played dress-up.”

 

e-mash notes

barpanet [click to embiggen]

I am positive that the first message send between the computers was something adorable like this.

Transcript:

A banner day in geek history! Also mash-notes history! Mr Bugg stands at a computer terminal typing out an important message: “I like U!”. His computer is connected by a cable to Mrs Bugg’s computer, which is depicted as right next to Mr Bugg’s, by way of artistic license, but which was in reality a couple hundred miles up the coast. Mrs Bugg is smiling and blushing; we can’t see her monitor but it’s a good bet that she’s gotten Mr Bugg’s message.

The text reads: “Bugvember 21, 1969: The first BARPANET link is established between BuggCLA and SRI.”

 

there are always buggs in the early release

winbug

I can’t wait for Winbug 3.11, for networks!

Transcript:

We see a huge monitor connected to a keyboard and mouse. The monitor appears to have a 16:9 aspect ratio, instead of the 4:3 we would expect, but let’s put that down to perspective, shall we? On the monitor appears to be lines and lines of code, or equations, but definitely with tiny representations of Mr and Mrs Bugg. I bet they’re thrilled to be a part of it.

The text reads: “Novembug 20, 1985: Microbugg releases Winbug 1.0 … there are some buggs in the software.”

 

no ordinary police box

police box

Because that Saturday was the 50th anniversary special, and they had to give it back, I’m guessing.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are standing on either side of an antennae’d police box, with a bank of windows near the top of the doors and a light on the roof. Mr Bugg is rocking a fez and a bow tie, while Mrs Bugg is resplendent in her normal bow. They are both gesturing grandly towards the police box.

The text reads: “Come play in our Tardis … until Saturday.”

 

arrrrrgghhh

pegleg

That’s some superior pirate cosplay there, guys! I should get them a good galleon to go plundering in.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are in full pirate regalia. Mr Bugg has cut off a leg and inserted a peg leg, and is waving a cutlass and a musket while a parrot sits on his shoulder. Oh, and he’s wearing an eyepatch. Meanwhile, Mrs Bugg is wearing a killer tricorn hat with the skull and bones on it. She’s cut off one of her hands and replaced with with a hook, and is also waving a cutlass. She’s also sporting a great big bushy beard, which we know she likes.

The text reads: “Adn … Buggs with props. Arrrrgghh … Capt. Pointy and GrapeBeard.”

 

and no shock jocks, apparently

no dr bugg

Although, really, it was the twenties. How shocking could they have been?

“We’ve got a girl in the studio … I can see her knees!”

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are holding hands, standing in front of a broadcasting radio antenna. They have identical looks of bereft sadness, and their thought bubbles contain only a question mark, to indicate their complete lack of the idea for Dr Bugg.

The text reads : “Novembug 15, 1926: NBugC starts broadcasting. Sadly, they do not have Doctor Bugg.”

 

radio bugg one

radio one

Were they really thinking about Dr. Who already? Apparently the Bugg analog to the Beeb was.

Transcript:

Mr and Mrs Bugg are standing next to a huge, broadcasting radio antenna. They each have a hand in the air, one to their mouth in pensive contemplation, and a thought bubble: Mr Bugg is thinking of a police box with antennae, and Mrs Bugg is thinking of a bugg with a glowing hand tool.

The text reads: “Novembug 14, 1922: The Bugg Broadcasting Company (BBC) begins broadcasting in the United Buggdom.

 

howloween

howloween

Au contraire, Buggs, you are adorable!

Transcript:

The Buggs are rocking their Halloween Howloween costumes: Mr Bugg is a lovely ballerina, wearing a huge tutu and pointe shoes and standing on his toes, while Mrs Bugg is rocking the Dr Bugg look, complete with fez (with bow), bow tie and sonic screwdriver. Gender roles do not exist in buggland, I am thrilled to note.

The text reads: The Buggs wanted you to see their howloween outfits. Pretty scary, huh?”