Two years later.
Stu: Ahhh . . .
Jess: Mmmm.
Stu: How much time do we have?
Jess: Seven minutes.
Stu: I can work with that.
Jess: . . . You do realize, though, that “this is popular and makes money” is a terrible justification for not protecting the interests of the minority.
Stu: Aw, Jess, you’re not comparing a couple of broadcast violations to slavery, are you?
Jess: You’re the one who tried to cite it as a general Constitutional principle, white boy.
Stu: Oh, are Jews white now? Is that official? Was there a memo? I don’t think everybody got the memo.
Jess: Mmhmm. If you have time to be a putz, you have time to kiss me again.
Cohen: [whistling]
Patrick: Hi, sir! Did you have a good meeting?
Cohen: The best kind, Patrick. The best kind.
Hmm, sketchy art represents Patrick’s fuzzy memories?
Holyshitcohenissparrowsdad! I don’t know why this just occurred to me, but it would make perfect sense. Patrick is still connected to Cohen, as his contract was broken in an unconventional way, and if Sparrow is his daughter, it could explain why he was drawn to her, and why she can intrude on his battles (maybe). Miranda might be able to do it too, seeing as Cohen’s also her father, but she has a being of her own, and she’s never been in a situation where she could “intrude” on a battle of Patricks. We don’t even knw if Sparrow can intrude on ANY battle, or just Patrick’s, and Patrick is the only being who seems to be drawn to her. Sparrow is specified to have an anonymous sperm donor as a father, and I can’t remember if her mom or her father was stated to be Jewish, but Cohen’s comment about his ethnicity made me connect him to Sparrow. Sparrow’s connect to Patrick may have come from Cohen messing with magic….
The question is why he would donate his sperm at all. Some do it for money, others because they feel like it’s something to help infertile couples, but he doesn’t seem to have that kind of concern.
Also, this is here for reasons.
http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/678876-alternate-universe
That’s a beautiful work of art.
I did some searching and found where the artist first posted it:
http://andyjhunter.tumblr.com/post/11208617060/the-colbertpuff-report-all-colbert-octobert-week
Try to link the original sources of things like this when you can — artists everywhere will appreciate it =)
Vanity, maybe? Some men do it because they like the idea that they are capable of fathering dozens of kids. Feeds in their ego, makes them feel more masculine, but they don’t actually want kids or the work involved. Or, he might have been down on his luck, pre-patrick, and the sample sparrow’s mother got was a bit old..
that would mean… ok mandy and sparrow hate it each other guts now.. when they find out their half sisters…. good bye cruel world
“If you have time to be a putz, you have time to kiss me again.”
That’s just a really, really good line. Gold star for quotability.
Sparrow does have his nose, though, for sure. I thought the mom was Jewish turned pagan, from the way she talks (and she definitely acts like a Jewish mother) – and Judaism is matrilineal, which means Cohen being her dad would not make her Jewish.
But, of course, a bad experience with Cohen could be why Sparrow’s mom changed paths. Or it could have been a one-night stand, or she could have been someone he met in the course of his mystical researches; really, two northeastern seaboard Jews into mysticism meeting? Not that wild a coincidence!
I defer to the awesome suspense of finding out what Erin’s got designed as far as speculating on Sparrow’s ability to butt in, though; the rest of my processing power had better get back to studying for precalculus test on Thursday. :D
The issue is the two completely different lifestyles. I don’t care how into mysticism Cohen is, if I remember correctly Sparrow’s mom was part of that lesbian coven well before he found Patrick.
All this business with names makes me think Sparrow’s ability is somehow tied to her name as a specific animal.
TWO YEARS LATER