Bravo.

It's an interesting story, which raises very good questions about freedom of religion and the rights of the state and the individual. Here's another good question, I think: Why is this story on io9?

The Prophecy Fulfilled

My roommate's majoring in Ancient Civ,
And lately, he's been babbling 'bout this scroll.
He says it talks about The Ones Who Live,
And how they're coming back, like days of old.
I thought that he'd been studying too much...
I told him to knock off that chanting stuff.
He'd say "I call upon thee,"…

That's a good point...it could have meant that, but as you say—ambiguous.

One wonderful bit of writing I enjoyed in the episode occurred in the conversation between Coulson and May. They are discussing both the riddle left behind after the escape from the hospital sub-basement ("Fight On") and what, exactly, to do with Skye. Coulson makes a reference to "letting the subconscious work on…

Miami's my home base—and when I saw the ship, I couldn't help thinking of the Port of Miami. The ice led me to thinking about an article I'd read about possible ways to stop climate change—and how some might backfire. I put those together with the recent article about the geological epoch under consideration—the…

Clever.

The End of the Anthropocene

Miami sank beneath the waves; we knew
The truth some politicians had denied.
The options left to us by then were few,
But though we tried too late, at least we tried.
The decades passed; some shorelines reappeared;
The Sunshine State returned as in years past.
But as the winter months stretched…

Vampire President makes blood donation mandatory.

"Oops," the climate change denier said.

Nicely done.

Black Box

We thought the skies were empty. We were wrong.
How arrogant to think we owned the air!
Our century of flight, to us, seemed long,
But to their aeons, it could not compare.
Our metal shell, our meager wings—how small!
Like paper by their mighty talons rent!
And now, like foolish Icarus we fall,
Though none will…

The Son of the Man in the Moon

I have some chores, like other girls and boys,
But not like mowing lawns or folding clothes.
Those tasks are fine for some kids, I suppose,
But I clean up earth's satellite, not toys.
If sound could travel, you could hear the noise
As I scrape Luna down for each night's shows.
I know some folks…

A Brief Note on the Bookworm Dragon

The smallest member of the Draconae,
Draconis Libervorus makes its home
In any printed matter, though they may
Be found most frequently in aged tomes.
Although they are destructive, some have found
That they provide a certain gravitas,
Reduce destructive pests, and make no sound.
Therefore,…

I also liked the fact that Ivchenko was reading the story of Faust, implying that he is Dr. Faustus from the comics:

"...chilling in the dentist's office next to the fly-infested corpse of the dentist, telling her to be ready for an extraction in 90 minutes."

I see what you did there.

But wouldn't it be Morse code in Russian?

What really happened: shortly after completing the first skull, the workman realized that bowling would be easier with spheroids.

I wasn't really advocating hunting as a control method. I was just surprised that he didn't include it in the webcomic.

One thing the webcomic doesn't really touch on is hunting the snakes. Periodically, hunters go into the 'Glades to collect bounties on the beasties or kill them for sport. Of course, hunting them is dangerous, but we here in South Florida have no shortage of people brave stupid enough to seek them out. If you're…