Something I recently noticed is that Bishop seems to slightly... "Malfunction," I guess I'll call it. He has the twitching movements, the pauses in his speech, and overall creeps me out far more than Rooke or Deacon. I know he's a clockwork and all, but still... Any thoughts on that?

I'm going to ponder this over some tea and cake... Want some? -smiles and winks-

See ya in the Skyways!
Sneaky Emma Everhart

Highlander Fox of ... on Jun 14, 2013 wrote:

Something I recently noticed is that Bishop seems to slightly... "Malfunction," I guess I'll call it. He has the twitching movements, the pauses in his speech, and overall creeps me out far more than Rooke or Deacon. I know he's a clockwork and all, but still... Any thoughts on that?

I'm going to ponder this over some tea and cake... Want some? -smiles and winks-

See ya in the Skyways!
Sneaky Emma Everhart

Why, thank you, Miss Emma. Don't mind if I do... oo, the rosewater-flavored icing on your lemon tea cakes, just lovely.

As Monsieur Atherton correctly points out (with great description!), Bishop's sinister pauses and twitching reflects the madness within. Sort of a character you might expect Peter Lorre to play in an old movie. The question is, though, why is he mad? Surely that was not the intention of Kane? Unless Bishop, as the closest reflection of Kane's intellect inadvertently captures some of Kane's... own insanity? Not a happy thought: an insane super genius who wants to take over the whole Spiral. (Oof, now those little cakes aren't sitting too well on my stomach... oh, the warm spices of gingerbread will help? I think are right, I'll give it a try...)

Bishop certainly is creepy and disturbing (good job KI!), but Deacon was always the most scary for me. He's subtle and cruel, and you know he has it in for you! The fact you were already once his prisoner and would have never escaped without help, of course adds to the disquiet.

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

He does seem a little anti-social, I've noticed.

Just met him last night when we popped over to the Beach-head to borrow a cup of sugar. He attacked us. Twice! Some people. Er, things, I suppose. In the first fight, my witchdoctor's pink marshadillo took him down; in the second fight, it was the privateer's scarakeet. I was amused.

-Indigo.

You never know, as the Armada's lead scientist and inventor Bishop may have been doing some experiments on himself in an attempt to invent new more powerful clockworks or he may even have been trying to improve or upgrade himself. If Bishop has been upgrading himself, perhaps some of the upgrades are malfunctioning.

Anne Radcliffe on Jun 14, 2013 wrote:

Why, thank you, Miss Emma. Don't mind if I do... oo, the rosewater-flavored icing on your lemon tea cakes, just lovely.

As Monsieur Atherton correctly points out (with great description!), Bishop's sinister pauses and twitching reflects the madness within. Sort of a character you might expect Peter Lorre to play in an old movie. The question is, though, why is he mad? Surely that was not the intention of Kane? Unless Bishop, as the closest reflection of Kane's intellect inadvertently captures some of Kane's... own insanity? Not a happy thought: an insane super genius who wants to take over the whole Spiral. (Oof, now those little cakes aren't sitting too well on my stomach... oh, the warm spices of gingerbread will help? I think are right, I'll give it a try...)

Bishop certainly is creepy and disturbing (good job KI!), but Deacon was always the most scary for me. He's subtle and cruel, and you know he has it in for you! The fact you were already once his prisoner and would have never escaped without help, of course adds to the disquiet.

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

True, Deacon is pretty scary, but Bishop adds a whole new level of twisted, crazy, and dangerously insane personalities to make even Madam Vadima wet her pants. Imagine a 10 on an insane asylum craziness scale and then have Bishop destroying it since his madness is that multiplied by 100,000,000,000 -drinks Valencian Yum-

Anne Radcliffe on Jun 14, 2013 wrote:

Why, thank you, Miss Emma. Don't mind if I do... oo, the rosewater-flavored icing on your lemon tea cakes, just lovely.

As Monsieur Atherton correctly points out (with great description!), Bishop's sinister pauses and twitching reflects the madness within. Sort of a character you might expect Peter Lorre to play in an old movie. The question is, though, why is he mad? Surely that was not the intention of Kane? Unless Bishop, as the closest reflection of Kane's intellect inadvertently captures some of Kane's... own insanity? Not a happy thought: an insane super genius who wants to take over the whole Spiral. (Oof, now those little cakes aren't sitting too well on my stomach... oh, the warm spices of gingerbread will help? I think are right, I'll give it a try...)

Bishop certainly is creepy and disturbing (good job KI!), but Deacon was always the most scary for me. He's subtle and cruel, and you know he has it in for you! The fact you were already once his prisoner and would have never escaped without help, of course adds to the disquiet.

Virtuous Anne Radcliffe

Why thank you, it is a specialty of mine.

Yes, I can't help but ponder that... Did Kane truly intend on Bishop being mad? Or was it just a glitch? These are robots after all. Did something go wrong in Bishop's creation? I wonder that a lot now.

Good thing I just finished the cookie trays. -places tray of a variety of different cookies, ranging form gingerbread to chocolate chip and more-

Bishop personally is the one that freaks me out. When I first heard his voice I just sat there in silence for a few minutes and pondered his madness, and then I started freaking out. Deacon was so much creepier with his original voice. Now I just laugh when I hear his voice. I: However, you have a good point there, mon amie. Why was he so determined to find us?

See ya in the Skyways!
Sneaky Emma Everhart

I haven't fought Bishop in a while, and when I did was a bit too preoccupied with his laboratory, (I wish I had a lab like that on my ship!) but, does Bishop have a winding key on his belt? Or, was I just too mystified by the magic lantern? Which I believe Ratbeard is now using to show highlights of objects he's blown up.

Chrissy Th'Blesser on Jun 17, 2013 wrote:

LOL Well being taken out by a squishy, super sweet critter and then to add insult to injury is again taken out by a pet that poops all over him, I think I would be a bit twitchy too lol. Oh I truly Wish I had been there to see that. Man the screenprints alone would have made a fortune.

Oh gosh. I wish I was there too!