Grrl Power #218 – Battle break -OR- The most dick way to block something
I’m not quite sure what the rules of “Make Max Say” Bingo are, I think every time someone marks off a word, everyone playing ponies up $10 which is how the pool keeps growing. I was going to originally put a mini comic below the page with Dabbler calling out “Pool up!” but this page already has a lot going on and took a while to draw. In fact it was almost two separate pages. The reason it’s not is it would have left the mammary thing hanging without explanation.
Achilles is curiously simultaneously useful and ineffective. His total invulnerability does tend to mean that his teammates rarely go out of their way to rescue him from anything.
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Oh, I found out what’s Achilles’ only weakness.
His brain.
Since he retained his ability to learn, it’s fair to assume that his brain still can be modified (neurons building new connections and breaking old ones, that sort of thing).
Although I suppose radiation and the likes have no effect on him. I mean, if I was totally invincible, I’d probably ask the North Koreans to test some nuclear bombs on me or something. Must be one hell of a sight.
Sadly you would then be irradiated with radioactivity with a half-life of 10,000 years. For a good chunk of the foreseeable future, you would be doomed to either living alone or watching those closest to you gradually dying of radiation poisoning. Mind you they would die anyhow, even without it, so that would not make too much difference in the long run. Except the amount of shielding they would need to use to live with you.
Only partially. Your skin and other soft tissue would be shed and replaced fairly quickly, leaving the radiation behind in the dead cells.
Of course, given how radiation works he might not even become radioactive since any free neutrons or whatnot would just bounce off his cell walls rather than get inside to be released later.
so the weakness of the possibly immortal nigh-invulnerable in worm then. can’t be killed, can be indirectly lobotomized
That’s a cool idea, but it wouldn’t work like that. I’m not trying to insult it though, I’ll explain why I disagree.
For him to function and just exist/live in general, his body has to be capable of change just like most peoples.
Digestion (like when we saw him, y’know, eating earlier), locomotion, cognition, other fancy words I’d use if I didn’t think I’d use them wrong.
What I mean is to eat, breathe, think, move, talk, heal, sleep, faint, or whatever, his body has to be capable of change.
For him to be alive it all, he has to be, as far as I can tell, a completely normal human, except for the fact that for some reason, he seems to be incapable of being damaged/hurt in any way.
Okay I have to ask… How did they get Maxima to say “Trouser Ferret”?
Like this: *does best irritated Maxima impersonation*
“Trouser Ferret.”
Probably by sticking an actual ferret in someone’s trousers, and then getting read the riot act for said ferret in trousers.
And I quote…
BWAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHH!!!!!!!!! I just spit-taked an entire cactus cooler across the room cause of this. ;)
The ‘Make Maxima say’ bingo made me giggle far more than it should have…
I LOVE Dabbler’s smug face in the last panel.
Somehow I think Achilles just likes to goof around with his ability…
I was on my third read through of this fight before I noticed that guy was the “Challenge Accepted” guy, at least we now know the motivation behind the attack, if not almost anything else.
My only question is, what actress would be best capable of pulling off Dabbler’s expressions on this page? Well, that and “is she single?” Plus “is she due to be working in Bulgaria soon?”
I’m guessing either Daphne or Peggy have hump on their card, and either Arianna or Hiro have whore.
okay how the hell did they get maxima to say trouser ferret?
This comic was doubly hillarious
@ DaveB Shouldn’t quiver be crossed off from when Maxima said that Adrianna’s job is to manage the quivering masses, while her job is to protect them?(sorry if this has already been asked)
Well someone has to get credit for making her say it.
Superlate reply, re-reading for the third(fourth?) time and just noticed, but didn’t Dappler get Maxima to say a variation “penetrate” in the Sydney meeting? Checking back, it was #104, Maxima retorted to Dappler’s comment of succubi glammers being impenetrable with “That’s the only thing about a succubus that’s designed to be impenetrable.”
Or does that not work for taking credit? I’d totally count it if I were playing (if I remembered after leaving, can’t bring the card up right in clear sight!).
Part of playing bingo is the requirement to call out when spotting a match. If nobody thought to claim it, at the time, then they missed out on their opportunity.
If we missed it, during multiple re-reads, over a period of months years, then it seems a fair bet those who were at the scene, and paying attention to their job, would have missed the spoken opportunity.
Of course if they had been deliberately provoking Maxima to say that, then they would have swooped on it. And would be keeping to the spirit of the game.
We have seen that there is some overlap on the bingo cards, with different players sharing some of the same words. So, if there is an opportunistic match then, just like in regular bingo, the first one to claim it gets to cross it off. Especially important if it happens to be the last word on both their cards!
Well, actually she said “quavering masses.”
i know im really late to the party here, but i’d REALLY like to know how dabbler got maxima to say “trouser ferret”
Probably with either a very quizzical or very angry tone.
Hilarious…..I laughed far too much (and loud) on that one….
I can endorse the believability of that explanation, because when I first saw the paper and pen, I thought that was exactly what it was. Then I read what was actually on the page, and I lol’d. XD
I’d love to know how the hell she made her say “trouser ferret”. XD
Also, why didn’t Dabbler’s sword teleport back to her lab? O.o
It probably would if the guy had tried to pick it up. Or after a set period of time, in any event.
It would just be too inconvenient to have weapons or tools vanish the instant you took your grip off them. Imagine working on fixing something, using a device summoned from her lab. Then putting it down for a moment, to free up the hand.* Only to realise that it is no longer there, when trying to continue the task.
* Admittedly probably less of an issue for Dabbler than humans.
But Dabbler said herself that her gadgets de-teleport if they leave her grasp.
Indeed. But she did not say at what point. You are the one who has inferred ‘the instant it leaves her grasp’. For instance she may wish to pull the ‘throwing the sword’ trick, which Hollywood loves so much. She would not be able to do that if it worked the way you assume.
Plus Dabbler controls her tech via Cybernetic implants. Just like a soldier can twiddle a widget to set the time delay on throwing a grenade, Dabbler can probably adjust the safety feature from ‘instantaneous, though any set delay or even turn it off completely’ all with no more than a thought and a corresponding signal from her electronic parts.
Nice of you to press the point though. Otherwise I would not have made the connection that I did, in the previous paragraph.
*wags tail companionably*
“You are the one who has inferred ‘the instant it leaves her grasp’.”
It’s what is implied by the phrase, especially in conjunction with her showing one of her gadgets teleport instantly right before she said that. If she meant anything else, the listener would expect her to specify such.
Your explanation about controlling the timing makes sense though. I assumed from her demonstration after the press conference that it was automatic, rather than something she could control at will.
Likewise if climbing over an obstacle, or leaping across a gap. I often toss my quarterstaff across a stream, or up to the top of an embankment, when trekking across country. Especially if I have to help Buffy, my Jack Russell Terrier, across too. Despite her objections.
Buffy could make her own way, but I would rather avoid her coming back into the house with muddy paws. Or, for that matter, risking getting separated, if she has to find a shallower path up.
Her gadgets and tech auto-teleport back to the lab, because she doesn’t want her science being copied. Presumably the magic ice-sword of a mystical alloy is in no such danger, and she wanted to retain the ability to throw/briefly set down the sword? It’s still protected via mammary trap anyway,
I think Vehemence’s reaction to hearing that is the best part of the whole thing.
No, on second thought the best part is the realization that Dabbler actually managed to get Max to say “Trouser Ferret”.
I love both. Plus Dabbler’s cheeky expressions. This is Dabbler at her best.
Sadly lost to artistic drift.
*puts on black foreleg band*
And the middle of a fight is definitely the right time to bring out pen and paper!
It is when you want to make the audience laugh at the absurdity, yes. ;-)
I admire the obvious big bad boss, poking things with a stick looks dumb but is the very basis of the scientific method. Both of those things indicate a truly dangerous opponent.
For inducing eye squick in an opponent I’m starting to like Achilles sense of humor, (not a lot else), but I do like the way he makes use of his abilities in a fight.
I REALLY want to know how the hell they got her to say trouser ferret…
Look back at this and the wages brought up later it’s probably more likely those pool values are in thousands. That or they’re really playing low stakes on this or are expecting it to ramp up fast.
i love the make maxima say bingo
i would love to know how and why maxima said the words “Trouser Ferret”.