Editing Talk:1879: Eclipse Birds

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Looks more like Megan is the one being sacrificed to me, instead of a generic bird - "Put her down!" would be Cueballs line then. [[Special:Contributions/162.158.90.204|162.158.90.204]] 06:35, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
:Clearly that is the joke. Have corrected this --[[User:Kynde|Kynde]] ([[User talk:Kynde|talk]]) 09:07, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

It's strange the shadow is coming from the top and not from one side, isn't ? I would be frightened too... [[Special:Contributions/141.101.88.52|141.101.88.52]] 07:56, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
:Not so much. 100% of total eclipses happen at noon. Picture the geometry in your head: when can the moon be exactly between Earth and sun? [[User:Nitpicking|Nitpicking]] ([[User talk:Nitpicking|talk]]) 19:12, 6 January 2023 (UTC)
::"100% of total eclipses happen at noon"... No, 100% do not. You can get a typical Totality, for any given location on the path that will experience one, surprisingly close to dawn and dusk. Even at the moment of sunrise/sunset.
::Though the next TSE is hybrid ('only' annular at its extremities, where it's so lw), even its point of maximum (if that's what you mean) will be at 04:17:56 UTC at 9.6°S 125.8°E, which gives it a local time (geographical, not political) of about 12:40, by my calculations, and there's a lot more wriggle-room for Totalities at significantly higher (N/S) latitudes to be heading further still away from local noon. And, don't forget, the higher latitudes also have the Sun's maximum angle above the horizon be correspondingly closer to the horizon too, for more circumpolar eclipse tracks instead of equator-crossing ones. Then you'd never get the shadow overhead. [[Special:Contributions/172.69.79.185|172.69.79.185]] 23:06, 6 January 2023 (UTC)

Would "Kachunk" and "clank clank clank" be onomatopoeia to describe the moving of the blood cauldron, rather than the bird sound? Or, given that the sounds are shown in the same manner as the rest of the bird noises, could this be the birds deliberately mimicking the sound that moving a cauldron could make?  Or am I just reading in far too much into this, there is no hidden meaning, and I really need to get out more? [[Special:Contributions/141.101.107.150|141.101.107.150]] 11:17, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
:I think they are preparing weapons. [[User:Chrullrich|Chrullrich]] ([[User talk:Chrullrich|talk]]) 04:53, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
::Onomatopoeia is words that sound like the thing/action/whatever they describe, for example knock. Since Kachunk and clank are not words, but only sounds [citation needed] it is not onomatopoeia. But yes, it is not a word, but I think it is the sound of either the blood cauldron or from any device to get the blood out of megan. [[Special:Contributions/198.41.242.11|198.41.242.11]] Lupo

Why are the "time is upon us" and "blood cauldron" lines labelled as coming from birds? I assumed they were just hysterical people talking from off-panel. --[[User:Flicky|Flicky]] ([[User talk:Flicky|talk]]) 12:12, 21 August 2017 (UTC)
: I've changed the transcript. The sound may originate to birds but that's not clearly shown in the picture.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 13:22, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Could it be worth mentioning this comic was released at midnight, before the eclipse?
[[Special:Contributions/108.162.246.215|108.162.246.215]] 13:39, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

:It was released before midnight! I read it well before midnight yesterday, the day before the eclipse! I think it was closer to 9:00 when it was released. Definitely well before midnight! [[User:PotatoGod|PotatoGod]] ([[User talk:PotatoGod|talk]]) 16:16, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

::The comic was released at 04:00 UTC on Monday, 21. August 2017. This is midnight at Randall's home (Massachusetts) and the earliest time new releases do happen. Of course more western it was still Sunday. Measured in UTC or EDT the release happened on Monday. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:55, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

I am surprised Randall did not do something animated and/or interactive for such a unique event.  Anyone agree? '''--BigMal''' // [[Special:Contributions/162.158.75.52|162.158.75.52]] 19:06, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Aztecs were obviously professionals - that explains how they managed to execute someone before the eclipse ended. I think the birds won't be quick enough. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 22:55, 21 August 2017 (UTC)

Hummm... Crocodiles are not mamlas, are they? [[Special:Contributions/172.68.198.40|172.68.198.40]] 17:10, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
:Uff, but often they eat some ;-) --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 19:16, 22 August 2017 (UTC)
::OK, let's say that we are what we eat. [[Special:Contributions/172.68.198.40|172.68.198.40]] 23:33, 22 August 2017 (UTC)