“Kid” … heh, except Dr. Mallard, I never figured it might be hard to tell a mutant’s age. Or that they were bound to be of different age, come to that … I suppose it’s the “comic figure” effect that makes it hard to imagine.
The houses are designed like surface dwellers’ houses before the apocalypse. This is an impractical and unnecessary design for subterranean living. These designs must eventually evolve into something totally different, something in keeping with life under ground.
I think they psychologically need the familiar architecture in order to stay sane and human, ironically, and not devolve into Morlocks. I expect the topsiders didn’t stay traditional, and that’s how they became more like Morlocks than the Endtowners, and disconnected from their humanity.
Yes they where Don’t expect them to build Hobbit Hiding Holes just because they live underground.
Good Jules Vern reference though.
yes because they have no Humanity for the Humans that have become Mutants you mean?
or the others that become Giant Monsters.
I agree with Coyoty!
There are any number of reasons to go one way or the other wiht architecture. Givne the truma they have had with life in general, I think it is very understandable they would go with a style (or group of styles) that would be comfortable and reminding of their previous life.
Keep in mind (as mentioned in an earlier strip) that it’s only been six years since the mutagenic outbreak, five since WWIII. It hasn’t been a single generation yet; the kids born in Endtown are no more than five years old at the outside. Right now, the population is made of people that still remember what a house, a bridge, a building, are supposed to look like.
Airolga over 13 years ago
“Kid” … heh, except Dr. Mallard, I never figured it might be hard to tell a mutant’s age. Or that they were bound to be of different age, come to that … I suppose it’s the “comic figure” effect that makes it hard to imagine.
davidf42 over 13 years ago
The houses are designed like surface dwellers’ houses before the apocalypse. This is an impractical and unnecessary design for subterranean living. These designs must eventually evolve into something totally different, something in keeping with life under ground.
Coyoty Premium Member over 13 years ago
I think they psychologically need the familiar architecture in order to stay sane and human, ironically, and not devolve into Morlocks. I expect the topsiders didn’t stay traditional, and that’s how they became more like Morlocks than the Endtowners, and disconnected from their humanity.
Doggard over 13 years ago
Yes they where Don’t expect them to build Hobbit Hiding Holes just because they live underground. Good Jules Vern reference though. yes because they have no Humanity for the Humans that have become Mutants you mean? or the others that become Giant Monsters.
Hroar over 13 years ago
I agree with Coyoty! There are any number of reasons to go one way or the other wiht architecture. Givne the truma they have had with life in general, I think it is very understandable they would go with a style (or group of styles) that would be comfortable and reminding of their previous life.
wanderwolf over 13 years ago
Keep in mind (as mentioned in an earlier strip) that it’s only been six years since the mutagenic outbreak, five since WWIII. It hasn’t been a single generation yet; the kids born in Endtown are no more than five years old at the outside. Right now, the population is made of people that still remember what a house, a bridge, a building, are supposed to look like.