Grrl Power #403 – Wardrobe destruction
I think I’ve mentioned it before, but Maxima has a field that runs through her body down to the cellular level which massively enhances her structural integrity and strength. This field bleeds out a bit from her body and protects her clothing against all but the most significant attacks. Hiro’s powers don’t bleed out like Maxima’s, and as a result, his clothing is much more vulnerable to the rigors of the super lifestyle. It’s also why Maxima can one arm an ambulance over her head without ripping off the bumper, and why Hiro has to center himself under something and gently tip it up to get his hands on more structurally sound bits. i.e. Hiro’s shirt are in constant jeopardy. Sometimes his pants as well, but usually people aim for center mass in a fight. Stalwart is somewhere in between.
There’s no one on the team who can make concrete set faster, but if you’re talking about moving stuff that normally requires expensive and slow moving cranes, then the team can indeed be quite a boon with assembling all the parts, as well as clearing rubble. Anyone with super strength and flight would never be out of an extremely well paying job in this world.
Sydney was fine with the Sexy Picture Exchange Armistice until just now. Being a nerd and a girl, she is part of a population that still skews male. Not nearly as hard as it used to, but in most gaming group she’s a part of, there’s usually 3-5 guys and 1-2 girls. For that reason she’s used to being a somewhat rarefied commodity and therefor sought after. However now she’s part of a group that skews female, and all of her teammates are in her mind, 8’s, 9’s and 10’s, so it just didn’t occur to her up to this point that she might be required to participate.
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Oh PLEEEASE give us a sexy picture of Sydney. It might be strange with all the stereotypical hot bodies floating around but I really do find her the most attractive character.
Agreed! Sydney is cute and beautiful.
I do PERSONALLY find her most attractive. That and she is awesome ^_^
True!
If she wants to do so, she *does* have a pretty simple and effective path to closing the hotness gap with her powered coworkers: lower body and core exercise. She might stay on the A-team, but if she takes her PT seriously she’ll have every chance to get toned stomach, buns and legs. That would certainly be a good self-confidence booster when dealing with “all the beautiful people” as her cast page says.
!!!!!
She is sexy as she is!
You do not need to be toned to be sexy
Somehow, she’s the only character in this comic who arouses me at all.
agreed. i have been waiting for this the entire comic
I see her with one of those oversized flannel button up night shirts that girls wear as their whole outfit when they go to sleep. That would be worth the armistice trade
it’s interesting to see how many people want Sydney pinups, even with all these super-hot (literally in some cases) super ladies in the comic. Oh, & Haukness, I’m guessing you mean something like this? Oversized flannel shirt, designed for sleep? Found that pic via a quick Google search, so hopefully I got it right…
Mind you, I’ve noticed someone said get her in Cosplay, that could work for some I guess…
Sydney in that flannel shirt? It would melt the retainers in every geek nerd and dork in a hundred neighbouring dimensions :p
I’m sorry, isn’t that supposed to be the basic idea? I know that’s the impression I was picking up on… :p
Didn’t ay it would be a bad thing (except for the wearers of the retainers) :P
some people simply have something for more petite girls, and personaly i like my girls tiny and adorable, im just personaly attracted to sydney’s type of body more that to the 10 out of 10 basically super models that compose the rest of the cast, call me weird
she is more attractive because in essence she is also more realistic. All the others have enhanced bodies and since their all enhanced and utterly gorgeous they seem less realistic and also less approachable. Being more realistic also makes Sydney, even with her um, quirks, much more realistic and much more approachable.
she has an non classical beauty. but she’s a beauty nonetheless. do it Dave! make a sexy picture of Sydney. It will be awesome!
… have you seen a picture of Sidney…..THEY’RE!!!!! ALL!!!! SEXY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don’t find any of the characters in this comic attractive…
… which is kinda unusual for me.
Oh, HELL yeah.
Sydney might not *think* she’s attractive, but we’ve seen her in a scuba suit and we know better.
I really like the “lounger” style flight over the “Superman” style flight. Of course, since Halo is tracking Maxima, Maxima could run her into something to convince her to look forward. So perhaps a compromise: the “I’m sitting in a recliner” style would work nicely for both relaxation and forward view.
Not sure how well that would work. If Sydney’s shield is up while she flies, anything she runs into would only be a bit of a surprise. Of course, given her often violent, often comical reaction to surprises, this would likely cause a considerable amount of damage to whatever she ran into. So that would either make Sydney more guilt-motivated, or afraid of what Max might do if she did it again.
That depends entirely on if she bounces OR punches thru. She doesn’t have super strength in addition to shielded flight. While she can move quite fast while flying with the shield up we don’t know if the shield is a “deflect” or “nothing passes it” style yet. We still don’t know much about the shield…
Well she did rip right through that billboard in chap #307, so I think it would do a fair job on most things this side of a building. Especially if she’s booking it.
Billboard might just have broken from impact. We haven’t seen her try to fly into something bigger than she is yet. It might be physics related and anything with more mass than her she bounces off of. Or it might not. We haven’t seen her try to run into a tank with the shield up. (yet…)
considering how it reacted to both Max punching AND Blasting it, as well as blasts from Hex (IIRC) I’d say it’s the “Immovable Object” type
She could always use the Truesight orb to see where she’s going…
Alternatively “Invisible Car” style?
Not while she’s flying, though, unless she forsakes the shield. That two powers at a time limit is going to be the main source of Sydney’s super hero woes… after the training.
It’s Hiro’s fault for not wearing more durable clothes to work. He’s just asking for trouble, and beefcake shots.
Methinks Hiro may not be as clueless as he lets on… much to Harem’s and Dabbler’s delight.
He’s not really bothered by showing off his abs, no. He’s not an inveterate topless guy like Ryan Reynolds though.
They do make clothing out of kevlar fiber… I bought my brother (the mechanic who is always breaking his boot strings) kevlar laces. Seriously tough stuff. Maybe not a t-shirt but certainly a vest would do.
Something made from spider silk might be a bit more comfy than kevlar.
I’m thinking the “accident” was more like a case of strategic positioning on his part to ensure his fragile shirt became a work casualty. Especially if you have the kind of body/power where you can scratch your back with a piece of re-bar and the only thing damaged is your shirt.
No, that is Les, Hiro can still get hurt and scratched
He can but it takes more than rubbing up against some metal to hurt him.
it’s also entirely possible a certain person “vorped” a piece of rebar strategically into place.
Not mentioning any possible suspects tho…
Harem: You can’t prove a thing. I was over here the whole time.
Will not happen because Sydney does not want to pose or will not happen because Sydney doesn’t think she is sexy enough?
Probably a combination of both.
Yup, combo of both: Sydney won’t pose because she doesn’t believe herself to be sexy at all, but maybe with time her confidence will grow enough to accept that she may be at least attractive (still won’t ‘pose’ but she may allow her picture to be taken :D)
Maybe if they convince her to/catch her in Cosplay, that could work…
Summer pt gear.
Shorts, t-shirt, & sneakers.
Sydney’s body type and personality would make a convincing Harley Quinn. All she needs is for Dabbler to agree to provide Sydney with her own summonable hammer.
Just not the Harley from that “Suicide Squat” flop!!!
Don’t really like the New52 Harley outfit ether
Well, you get a decent look at her body shape in the Aquapirate pic by Mr Dave, so perhaps some people on here could make their own Cosplays for her…?
Random thought…
LOL loaded up the page, saw the character listing top banner thing, The random pics seem to have come together & formed something of a story…
*They eventually not only convince her to to have a pic taken for the rotation, but Sydney chooses all the details & to everyone’s surprise it turns out awesomely*
Sydney; {Aw yeah, that’s right, I look awesome in that pic, yeah, go me…}
Max; {I can’t believe they actually got her to got along with this…}
Dabbler – in background; Hmmm, tastey, Sydney actually looks REALLY good like that…
Anvil – next to Dabbler; Don’t get any ideas Dabbler, it was hard enough just convincing her to let us do this…
Harem – with Dabbler & Anvil; Hey, even I gotta admit, it does suit her well…
Peggy – taking the pics, next to Max, can hear others; Oh boy, let’s just get this done quick before Sydney hears them, spazzes out or starts another fight…
OK, this was supposed to be the start of it’s own comment chain. Hopefully it’ll either be OK here, or someone can move it for us… *attempts puppy-dog-eyes…*
> There’s no one on the team who can make concrete set faster
Have they asked Dabbler?
GOOD QUESTION! I am relatively sure Dabbler could come up with something to help it go a BIT faster at least. It’s probably possible, but not really worth the effort and materials it would probably require.
Yeah, Deloreans and plutonium can get expensive.
And the flux capacitor has to be calibrated juuuust right…
Dabblers sollution to drying concrete would probably include things like public nudity and fanservice to work so I don’t know if it’s worth it. Wait a minute… That may be the real reason for Hiro to yet again being shirtless!
Concrete setting is an exothermic reaction, and goes more quickly when it’s hot out. The concrete hydrates, and forms crystals around the particles. So Heatwave could actually speed up the process. But the problem with that is when concrete sets more quickly, the crystals don’t have time to form properly, and are not nearly as strong. So yes, they *could* help it set faster, but no, they really *shouldn’t.*
This.
I remember having to water a small area of concrete every odd hour or so while it set a couple years back bacause it was that hot.
Though, while heating surely won’t help, what about a field that speeds up chemical reactions in a set area? Or one that speeds up time itself without disrupting reality?
speeding up certain chemical reactions, such as concrete setting, IS what adding heat does. and speeding up time without disrupting reality doesn’t seem likely, even if it’s just in the form of creating a pressure difference as the molecules inside the field move faster than the molecules outside causing a pressure difference as the molecules inside the field trend towards exiting faster than molecules outside can replace them.
bluh, I need to review what I’m writing more, I repeated myself about creating a pressure difference, which is what localized time distortion would do, that is: creating a pressure difference.
People are way overthinking this… Dabbler is an expert at making things get hard fast, simple as that.
Hard, yes; but it is durability that is in question.
Probably the geomancer with the swimming pool full of gold could, but could the a for Rd him is the question .
Sydney doesn’t seem to think of herself as sexy either… she seems to go out of her way to dress down and hide in plain sight… I think it would be fun to see Syd, after she’s done with basic training and a bit of maintenance training in an unintendedly sexy shot with all the other girls staring agape at the transformation. Of course Math would be drooling or probably seize up with his jaw on the ground. Peggy too I think… not drooling, but suitably impressed gaping. Max would lean in and tease her good naturedly of course reminding Syd that there is all kinds of sexy in the world… not just the big breasted kind..
I was kinda on-board until you said ‘staring agape at the transformation’. That kind of reaction would not only be out of character from the thoughtful and socially conscious characters we’ve met, it would also be unrealistic for any kind of people who are all training and (for the most part) living together. Sydney has her own qualities and accepts that sex appeal is not one of them. Whether you feel that way or not is up to you, but I think she would be the last one to have a ‘you were beautiful all along’ moment, and the sheer cliche would probably enrage her if it did happen.
Sorry, just had a gut ‘no, no that is just wrong’ reaction to your post.
Well, that’s just it: we have seen that Sydney really has been beautiful all along, in her own way, sure, she’s no Daphne, or Peggy, or Daphne, or Les (with his oh-so-sexy hair), or Daphne, or Kenya, or Daphne, or Daphne, but she is still beautiful and attractive
i think it would be more that after training it would tone her body, a petite but toned body can be quite a sight
My favorite Sports Illustrated Swimsuit model was Kathy Ireland, she’s not built like Dave’s superheroes and maybe more than Sydney, but I defy anyone to say that she wasn’t sexycute back in the 80’s. So under the right circumstances, say Sydney after a few months of PT, she could pull off the same kinds of pics that Kathy Ireland did. Much to the delight of many here.
Good god, Kathy Ireland is one of the reasons I’m glad I belong to a sexually dimorphic species.
Amen.
I was curious as I’d never heard the name before, and did some research. She was asked, repeatedly, to do a topless shoot once; she punched the guy in the face. Also she’s fantabulously wealthy. So she certainly fits for Sydney..
To be honest I think Sydney knows she CAN be attractive I just think she believes it would hurt her nerdcred. How many true nerds are sexy? I’m not saying nerds can’t be sexy. I’m saying that as a group we prefer to think of more important things such as what Wonder Woman is doing in the Superman vs. Batman movie than our appearances.
More and more each day, especially as nerddom becomes more socially acceptable for the beautiful people.
You are so right there.
Go to any major comic (meh) or gaming con and TRY not to see the hot non-vendor ladies.
Good luck on missing the walls.
Or the fact that Gina Carono would have the better choice of the Fast and Furious actresses for Wonder Woman.
I’m not sure what would be worse; Sydney’s pics being popular, or them not being popular. Either one could see destruction rain down from the heavens.
I can’t see here using her pew pew beam, but putting “her grade” spicy food into others food classic vengeance.
link to relevant page from “Too Much Information”
(That comic is frequently NSFW. The actual comic page linked to above is OK but I can’t make any promises about stuff in the sidebars.)
Just explain to Sydney, that ‘sexy’ doesn’t have to mean ‘half-naked Super super-models’
Is there a pool going on whether Blondini over there (or one of her ‘sisters’) had anything to do with Hiro’s shirt getting ripped?
Naaa, it’d probably be which one did she use & how…
Well, did say “…or one of her ‘sisters'” :P
Fair enough, my bad. I did add the “how” tho… :P
Is that a scar on Blondini’s wrist? Or just her wrist bone?
Wrist bone, she is thin.
So she was ‘on-duty’ during last nights ‘rave’?
Oh, Hiro. You are THE Captain Kirk of ArcSWAT.
I’d say something about objectification, but comic-book artists have objectified both men and women for decades with their “spray-on spandex” costumes that show every curve and rippling muscle. Not to mention the often-hilarious cheesecake/beefcake poses. ;)
Two things. First, what’s up with Sydney’s glasses? Specifically, I mean, why the change? Prescription sunglasses? but then, why the different shape and why now? With her aversion to sunlight, she would have been wearing them every chance she got.
Also, why is Hiro’s choker not a full-circle? Do his neck muscles swell a lot?
The glasses are the same ones Maxima lent her when they went test flying the previous day, hat too. It’s to deal with glare when flying. Doubt they’re prescription.
As for Hiro’s choker, it’s probably just a stylistic choice. They’re all at least a little bit custom, and it’s been mentioned they’re flexible, so getting swole shouldn’t be a problem.
The half-choker is because (most of) the males have necks thicker than (some of) the women’s thighs (DaveB already explained that some time ago)
Speaking as a girl geek – it doesn’t tend to result in being ‘sought after’, except online where you can remain some idealized image in some guy’s brain. IRL, usually you wind up being thought of as ‘one of the guys’, unless you are the sort of geek girl who is incompetent at gaming. Most guys, geeks included, do NOT like the idea of a girl beating them at anything, much less consistently. So if you can match them in geeky activities, you are doomed to being ‘one of the guys’. This is regardless of looks. It is a common complaint in geek girl circles.
Are things realy still that bad today? I admit it would be hard for me to say as I have never seen the world from a womans perspective. But I’m sure of one thing: most guys I know tries to not behave that way. Perhaps we need to try harder then.
I think you’re right about the “I don’t like being beaten at anything” thing.
However, amongst my circle of nerds and geeks, this “guys, don’t hit on the women” is more about being as respectful as possible to those ladies (from the guy point of view, you have to respect that kind of courage to not be “normal”, considering the much greater social pressure on women to fit in) and factor in the “if I hit on her I might get rejected and I’d rather slam my peenie in a car door than suffer that kind of pain” attitude.
Relationships in the group tend to evolve rather than come crashing down in a hollywood-movie fashion.
I can’t speak for anyone but myself, but when I meet someone who can actually challenge me at my strengths, my main concern is keeping them around – so I don’t want to do anything that would risk making them want to disengage – particularly putting them in an awkward situation by hitting on them (and, believe me, when I hit on someone, it’s an awkward situation – I have no illusions about being suave).
Add in that I’m unlikely to pick up on any encouraging signals (if they’re even being sent), and that I tend to compartmentalise sex and geeky stuff separately, and any geek girls are likely to feel I only see them as one of the guys even if I’m spending half my free time wishing they were interested in me…
So, yeah, not exactly “sought after”, but “desired” is definitely possible.
There are other things that happen with girls in our local gaming/geek/”insert whatever” groups.
Many of them are already taken to one degree or another, so finding one that is unattached is a rarity, and you just don’t oggle someone else’s gf.
If you’ve heard the saying “you don’t fish in the company pool” – it also applies to gaming circles. You want to be friends with that person, and the easiest way to ruin a friendship – and totally destroy the gaming group would be to have a relationship with another member of the group. Especially if the relationship ends on anything less than TV sitcom trope perfection. It just isn’t a good idea.
In some cases, you may have known the girl in question as a friend long before the idea of “hey, I could date her” popped into your head. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can overrule my lower anatomy in that case. Keep the friendship, don’t blow it. Plus, the whole thought of “hey, I could date her” may never pop into his/her head in the first place.
And finally, let’s face it. Most nerds/gamers/geeks/’insert whatever here” are usually socially introverted, shy, and/or scared when it comes to the dating scene. At least until after they’ve grown way up and typically already found a significant other (or been through more than one in some fashion or another). When confronted with the possibility of achieving perfection – the “hot” girl who is also geeky/nerdy/gamer/etc.; well, their brain melts. The only time they can “act” out and make that girl seem “sought after” is through the anonymity of the internet.
(It – anonymity – is also the reason there are so many insults, death threats, and general stupidity on the internet, but that is a whole other rant).
The guys at Penny Arcade came up with GIFT, the Greater Internet F**kwad Theory. It postulates that anonymity combined with lack of reprisal brings out some folks inner asshole. Science confirmed that this, in fact, the case. It was a stunning realization that a fair amount of the population would happily be evil as Hell if they thought they could get away with it. One of my former friends was like that, except that they thought they were much more clever than they actually were and tried some amateur Machiavellian manipulations in real life that blew up their face, shattered the gaming group and destroyed what had thought of as a good friendship.
I might buy that explanation – which many of you are using – except for that incident in anime club a few years ago….a simultaneous chorus from ~20 guys of ‘you’re not a girl, you’re a guy with boobs’ doesn’t seem like a good way to avoid ruining friendships, or avoiding putting a girl in an awkward situation, etc. I hope I don’t seem to be harping on this incident – it’s not the only time it’s come up in comments in the discussions here – but the usual reaction I get from other geek girls when they hear about it is along the lines of ‘well, that’s a little more blatant than usual, but yeah, typical.’
And something that might help you guys….one of the ways in which girls think differently…You know the ‘we can still be friends’ trope? I get the idea that guys think it’s just to soften the blow, but often the girl means it. I have heard that once a guy thinks of a girl in that way he can’t shut it off; it’s not like that with us. Once the emotional pain of a breakup is over we are perfectly capable of returning to a normal friendship with you, just knowing you better. So if you’re already thinking in that direction? Go ahead and try flirting a little, if she’s single. It’s not likely to ruin the friendship, even if she rebuffs you you know where you stand, and often the best marriages started out as friendships. We’d generally much prefer to go out with a fellow geek ourselves! ‘Normal’ people don’t talk about the same things. And being consistently friendzoned by the only guys you’re interested in is not only frustrating, it’s depressing – many girls start wondering if there’s something wrong with them after a few years. There are exceptions, of course, but really, unless you come off as really creepy (and if you’ve been friends for months/years, you probably aren’t, she’d have edged away from you by now) there is little to lose but feeling awkward for a little bit, and much to potentially gain. I’m not talking going straight for the asking-her-out option – I am aware that being turned down for that hurts, and really, chances are all of you have gone out to watch the latest superhero movie and had dinner after to discuss before, how would she tell the difference? – but starting subtler could tell you if there’s a chance with little risk. Compliment her hair or earrings or something at the start of a session, watch how she reacts. If she’s warmer towards you the rest of the day, or keeps looking at you like she’s trying to evaluate, you probably have a good chance. If she sits at the other side of the table that day and leans away from you when she can’t, you don’t (and fear not, if you don’t push the issue she’ll return to normal soon!).
Hope that helps some of you, and helps the girls you know too!
I have a hard time getting along in a relationship where either side wins most contests most of the time. Both being beaten consistently and winning consistently are demotivating. So I tend to gravitate to people who are strong in areas I am weak and vice versa, or people who are about my level in at least some things.
I think that the classification of nerd girls as “one of the guys” by their male nerd friends is partly a defense mechanism for the men. There’s usually going to be that latent attraction (of varying intensity), especially to attractive women. If one does not pay attention, then the gaze wanders, or the tongue slips. Which is unfortunate. It makes women uncomfortable, and can ruin friendships. So the men keep it under control. Which is easier for some than others, admittedly. But my point is that the guys ignore the women’s femininity in an attempt to *not* treat them like just a pretty face/other body parts we don’t even have to mention because we all know what I’m talking about.
Men (mostly, or the decent ones anyway) understand at some level that women do not like being hit on constantly, or leered at, or ogled, or commented upon, etc. So they suppress that awareness. Again, with varying degrees of success. Part of the problem is that if one allows oneself to entertain the idea of a romantic/sexual interest, the imagination takes that and flies off with it energetically. Which can cause problems. So I don’t think that men pretend women are “just one of the guys” because they don’t like being beaten by a girl. Although that certainly occurs. Some men find it humiliating, which triggers an anger response to overcome the feelings of self-doubt. Anger can be a great motivator. But it also causes problems. I’m just saying that it’s not the only reason that men treat women as “one of the guys,” especially for myself.
The tongue slips only if you are doing it wrong :P
Using uncertified methods on a government construction side and not documenting it properly?
I can live with supers and magic, but that is just nonsense!
Well, until we see the field inspector’s report, we don’t know that hasn’t been done, do we? :D
Used to work construction inspection for three and a half years, and the various requirements tend to be more proscriptive than prescriptive – “don’t do this” rather than “you must do this”. The rules that state “you must do this” also usually include a “so as to avoid this” clause.
The reality is that rules are ignored all the time, mostly because there are so many as to defy memorization. And the vast majority of those rules add up to “pay attention to your surroundings and take your time when doing something risky”.
From the process inspection side, the inspector actually cannot tell *anyone* on the job site what to do – we can make recommendations and document process irregularities, but when push comes to shove it’s the superintendent’s call as to how to perform processes and achieve results. Since Hiro’s currently acting in a “day laborer” capacity, the super gets to assess risk to that laborer and make the call.
Mind you, if the super’s wrong and he/she gets called on it, things will get expensive.
What I found interesting that my processes for material testing were FAR more regulated / proscribed than the actions of how the crew gets a job done – which is kind of a good thing, since weird crap happens on a job site. :D
It’s not so much the uncertified methods, as the health-and-safety regs.
Do you know how much trouble the site would be in for letting these untrained individuals wander around without hard hats? Because I’m pretty sure there’s nothing in the regs that say those rules don’t apply if you’re indestructible, shielded, or otherwise resistant to having a few hundred tons of reinforced concrete dropped on your head.
I suspect it depends on the letter of the regs – do they specify hard hats, or just “appropriate safety gear such as hard hats” (or similar verbiage).
Either way, I’m pretty sure Harem is in violation of actual safety, never mind the regs – I’m pretty sure she can’t ‘port fast enough to avoid injury from a multi-ton beam she doesn’t see coming…
There’s also an interesting question about what authority and responsibility the superintendent has over the building site when it’s taken over by the armed forces for a “training exercise”…
Quite a bit actually. The military CAN NOT force their way into a civilian project. Even a law enforcement agency wouldn’t have that authority without reasonable cause. They are acting as a volunteer labor force at the moment. All of that means they are at the full mercy of the site foreman.
This isn’t a “training exercise”, this is something no other Super group has ever done in the history of Supers: clean up after themselves
Not true. Superman (at least back in the Silver Age & before) would help clean up after a super-brawl. He would even help out with new constructions for a good cause (like a new orphanage or a school, for example). He would, of course, get prior permission from the contractors, local government / union & construction crew before doing anything though.
A lot of times, Batman acts like a blowtorch to root out crime & corruption, but there would frequently be repercussions on some of the innocents that were involved…Yet, Bruce Wayne would come in & donate equipment, resources, supplies, job offers & other such aid to help with the reconstructions afterwards.
Syd is the cutest in the group if you ask me.
Then the witch girl is next up on that list.
Ah you must be referring to #1 of the “hot topic twins”, and my personal favorite, Gwen. But then I’ve always been a sucker for the original goth look. The victorian steampunk look isn’t bad, but the overly depressing emo variant is just too “black” and depressing. I also find it a bit silly.
Gwen pulls it off nearly perfectly, plus she seems to be emotionally stable from what we’ve seen of her so far (which isn’t enough mind you).
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Wife mumbles from the next room …
Me: “No dear, I’m not drooling over the webcomic again.”
Wife mumbles again about finding something to wear for the day …
Me: “What about that purple and black corset number?”
Wife mumbles something else …
Me: “Oh, no reason …”
Wait, who is the other “hot topic twin”? o_O
Gothemer Harem.
Okay, maybe you are going to have to explain this “hot topic” thing (and please to be explaining it for someone who refuses to use ‘Google’ for anything other than fake email accounts and who doesn’t live in the Northern Hemisphere)
Hot Topic is a chain of stores that sells “alternative” young adult clothing.
https://www.hottopic.com/
here’s their site if you want to look.
Let me rephrase “trendy alternative” clothing.
Okay, so ‘hipster clothing’ for the ‘disenfranchised’?
Thank you
Right, a barrier that protects maxima at the cellular level so obviously no need to worry about wardrobe malfunction, or damage. Because this overpowered gold plated semper fi super woman didn’t have enough ridiculous powers.
And don’t worry Sydney, don’t think there is much of a demand for sexy photos of crazy super spazes.
You only read this to cherry-pick what has been said to complain, Maxi has suffered both a near wardrobe malfunction and damage, in the same damn hit!!!
As for the other bit, piss off! There have been plenty demand for sexy photos of Sydney
If you really hate the comic that badly, STOP READING IT!!!!
Just seems like a strange time to point out that Max has a default defensive shield on top of everything else that makes her O.P. And it going down to the cellular level, laying it on a bit thick there.
Second part may have been a little objective, but can’t say I or some others are into beanpoles with glasses. Even when it was admitted that all the other girls on the team are 8, 9, and 10s. Were as Sidney would land around 2.5.
She is not as invulnerable as Les
And there is a huge difference between “massively enhances her structural integrity and strength” and being immune to all damage
Hiro has a similar power, just his doesn’t protect his clothing
It makes sense if you are able to think on it just a bit.
Grrlpower has gained and is still gaining readers, so all DaveB did is explain something for the newer readers.
It is as simple and uncomplicated as that.
Plus, he was explaining how Maxi’s and Hiro’s powers differ (and why there won’t be any ‘wardrobe malfunctions’ with her, nothing to do with her threats against DaveB‘s person if he ever showed more than her abs >_> )
I have not said this in awhile.
Please don’t feed the troll.
She’s this universe’s analog of Superman. Deal with it.
Halo. . . Sydney, you could just NOT participate in the exchange entirely.
(How are Hero’s hands not gouging that concrete?)
Simple: he is lifting the concrete with his palms, the weight of the concrete pillar (or is it an I-Beam?) is evenly distributed
I dunno, that’s like 12 tons of concrete held up on 36 square inches of hand surface. If you were talking pure compression strength that might work, but this is a long concrete block he’s holding near it’s center of mass. Plus no matter how strong he is that’s got to be unwieldy. We don’t know all of Hero’s powers, but I’m thinking his absorption’s at work here in some way.
I’m sure it’s unwieldy, but concrete LIKES being compressed, it’s what it’s good at. It’s not gonna gouge for a lousy 25 tons.
Those concrete lane separators are pre-stressed to 120 tons. Don’t even notice.
Pretty shore that’s an I beam.
Yes, but it looks like a concrete I-Beam (unless they pre-painted it grey)
If Sydney wasn’t so much of a spaz, I might be more attracted to her. She is my body type, but… ಠ_ಠ
I know, there are certain acceptable levels of crazy but you need to also be at certain levels of hotness. Unfortunately super spaz doesn’t equal out.
I always found that it’s more about compatible crazy then level of crazy. It’s why my wife and I work. Between the two of us we could make one almost sane person and one for the men with the long sleeved coat.
Haven’t you in the past claimed to be asexual?
Never mind. Query withdrawn. Self-growth on the issue of attraction happened.
Studliest overpass ever made if they publicize it right.
So, how will Sydney react to all of her celebrity-fake nudes appearing on the great interweb?
Leon.
Cause or prevention? Leon strikes me as the kind of guy that would, and could prevent such, for any of our female heroes, AND not say a peep about it.
And for any of the male heroes as well.
Sydney would probably ring/race over to Leon, try to point out her head photoshopped onto some nude model’s body only for it to be mysteriously gone when she gets there. She’ll be really confused, try explaining, then wander off still confused till she decides it was all in her head…
…While Leon turns back to the computer, opens a background program & finds the pic Sydney was trying to point out in the “deleted from net” pile, the program already tracking the source of the pic…
You are correct there oh mighty mini-mind-con.
Wait, you said I’m mighty? Booyah! But, no wait, um, that was a compliment, right?
*Snickers*
Let us not forger that once Leon tracks down the perp their computer would be deleted with prejudice.
And so would their online life.
And every embarrassing photo/video of them would go viral.
Wait, is Leon related to Just Ace? Something similar happened with the daughter of his boss (no spoilers)
Guy probably hordes them all to himself.
If the final epic chapter of this comic doesn’t hinge on this photo contest in at least some small way, I will be very disappointed.
Wtf, all I see is an ad for 910cmx forums.
Okay, here are a few ways to get some “good” pics of Sydney.
As mentioned summer pt, at her swimming quals, bug her dorm room (if you got the guts and a deathwish),cosplay, and of course get her when she is in her dress uniform.
Better way: talk to her, convince her that she is attractive, and ask her for a photo in the style of her choosing (and, be true in your convincing)
Yeah, from what I hear about you meatsacks & have…learnt personally…, that would be the better idea…
..I’ve almost got all the dents out from the last time I made that mistake, thanks to Daniel The Human’s metal baseball bat…
I don’t think Sydney would let you get away with death if she caught you doing such dirty deeds. In fact I think her revenge could be rather scary with her imagination and personality.
I just said you would need to have a deathwish, not that Sydney would be that merciful.
i have nothing to really say for this page beyond my appreciation of the fine detail of Hiro’s tummy, and Hiro’s everything.
I hope Sydney’s timeline is not in an election year. All we need is for some politician to take a look at pictures of this event. He would point to Hiro’s ethic background and start ranting about all these dang foreign supers takin’ jobs from our own American workers. “What we need to do is build a wall to keep these people out….Oh wait, they can fly.”
*Boarderline Super Villain/Hero of discriminated race hears rant, switches further towards villain, “makes sure” they have politician’s attention & verbally abuses politician over their racism, maybe even live on the news…*
*ArcSwat, having a few members of discriminated race too, get “confused orders” & don’t respond with their best times…*
*Boarderline Villain/Hero has already left with politician, forcing them to meet hard working members of discriminated race…*
*ArcSwat find it “difficult” to track the 2 down…*
*Boarderline Villain/Hero releases a terrified politician then vanishes, ArcSwat locates politician who demands tribunal for their “lack of speed”, ArcSwat cleared with only suggestions on how to fix complications…*
So, Maxima has Attunment?
Personally, I prefer dots in eufiber. :D
I miss that game so much. ;,; Then I read the future-set version…>.> I still miss it.
Trinity gave me hives.
Every game of Aberrant I’ve ever run has always eventually devolved into, “So, how are we going to stop the Aberrant War this time?!”
Also, THEY’RE MAKING A NEW EDITION!
I am aroused and terrified!
What kind of meds does Halo take anyway?
It’s been established that she has a prescription for Adderall her ADHD.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/416
Oh please. Sydney is definitely in the range of Hard 8, possibly even 8.5 for sheer adorable geekiness. >.>
Very true
About Sydney’s ADD meds? how will they get a second supply to have on hand at the base?
Military pharmacy.
easy, contact her PCP(primary care provider), i bet they have a pharmacy there already, in this day and age
Everything is relative :)
Personally… Sydney is not only my least favorite character of the girls, but I do not find her attractive in any way. Not that I am saying she is ugly or anything, she just doesn’t do anything for me.
Fair enough, apparently everyone has their own preferences…
So…Does anyone else ship Dabbler/Sydney?
All the yes.
Sometimes, but mostly they give off a sisters vibe to me.
I’ve never understood how ship means anything in this context. Even after googling it I am baffled about how the word came to be used in this way. However, I would certainly pay any shipping company to ship Sydney to my home if she were interested.
“ship” is used because “relationship” takes too long to think/type.
So you get “I ship Dabbler/Sydney” in place of “I think there should be a romantic relationship between Dabbler and Sydney”.
Why “ship” rather than any other abbreviation? What other abbreviation would you suggest? “rel”? “tion”?
And, of course, “ship” also allows for wordplay (“that ship has sailed”, etc) that could also predate the abbreviation (“that relationship has sailed”).
Spot research suggests that the abbreviation originated with X Files fans, and may have been popularised by Pokemon fans (specifically “Rocketshippers”)
I have a good question,
Where are his nipples?
He lost them to the Purple Nurpler, his arch-nemesis (and older sibling)
Nipple caps maybe?
well its just that, and i went back to check, stylistically his shirtless dudes have always had nipples, and if his right is covered by the safety vest, then his LEFT should like, DEFINITELY be exposed. i just think he forgot to draw the one that should be visible because he made the other covered.
So… why doesn’t Hiro wear clothes made by… whathisname? The weird fabrikinetic tailor who made Sydney’s uniforms? His stuff should be able to stand up to punishment better than the average shirt.
I just started reading this comic a few days ago so forgive me if I’m asking about already covered topics. There are two marbles that we still don’t know what they do although I have a suggestion. Make one give Sydney the ability to breathe underwater but not by holding in her hand but in her mouth (could also be used as the additional air supply she was needing to maintain her shield).
Welcome to the nuthouse!
As for the orbs, Dave already has what the do planned out, he just hasn’t told US yet =P
my personal theory is that the green one is related to health, and in the skilltree shot you can see it has a thick line already spec’d, i think thats autoactivation, and i think thats why she has possibly superhuman reflexes.
A PR move? Well, that’s… sleazy…
I would have expected Sydney’s response to be:
NO WAY IN HECK!
Cause…
How would that be possible at all with these “surroundings”?
I mean technically, she’s like the child of the group… Unless… it’s kind of like a…
super…pedo…but not really pedo… thing? I mean… relative to the others she’s “small and underdeveloped” er… Yeah it’s feeling creepy now.
Ewww.