Grrl Power #381 – Thimble smuggler
This is kind of a weird page but I couldn’t think of a better way to transition to the next one. Ok I probably could have, but when there are no boys around girls talk about girl issues with each other. And as Harem points out, also sometimes when there are boys around. But I wanted some girl talk and I thought the idea for the movie was funny.
No one really makes coming of age movies anymore that are just excuses to see a lot of skin. <old man voice>Back in my day</old man voice> you’d watch Revenge of the Nerds or Porky’s, yeah they were funny, but really it was also because there were boobs in it or a shower scene. Nowadays anyone can just call up infinite nudity on their computer. No sneaking a look at your friend’s dad’s Playboy or anything. It’s so rampant that Playboy is 86ing the nudity and basically becoming another Maxim so they can sell on more shelves.
Off the top of my head I’m having trouble picturing the scenario where the team does get called in to handle a super powered prankster. They’d have to be breaking some laws pretty hard to draw the team’s attention, but I tell you, a lot of super powers could facilitate some incredible pranks. Obviously there’s telekinesis and invisibility (both have movies about seeing boobs made about them) but what about a power like Color Control. Sounds pretty lame, but really it means you could recolor any surface – repaint any sign, put dirty words or schlongs on billboards, black out any screen or window or camera, maybe even blind people if you could turn their corneas opaque. Even make those pants that girls wear that say “Juicy” across the butt say “Explosively Incontinent” instead. That would be a hell of a pranking power, but would the team get called in if someone was defacing billboards with it? Hard to say. Neither Arianna or Max would want to stoop so low, but if he made Air Force one look like a big pink dildo they’d probably have to do something.
I spent a fair amount of time looking for songs with the word gold in the title for Sydney to use as a “revenge ringtone” for the earlier incident, but most of them were sucky soft rock or country and none of them felt right. I’m sure there’s a good one Sydney could use but she hasn’t thought of it yet.
Holy crap, Xmas is this week you guys. It really snuck up on me this year. I’ll post a regular comic on Thursday, so you guys can come check out the comic on your new iPads or whatever you get for Xmas.
Edit: Whoops, I posted the full res png file by mistake. That’s what I get for doing it 2 am all the time. I’m surprised stuff like that doesn’t happen more often. The web sized .jpg is up now.
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I honestly can’t see Sydney not at some point using Ride of the Valkyries as her tone for Max. There is nothing about it that isn’t perfect for Max — the Rheingold, the choosers of the slain, plus there’s also the implicit Xena reference that would appeal to Syd: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRU1AJsXN1g
Heck, she could just straight out use the Xena theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVsrX3LiXNY
And though Sydney probably missed it by a decade or so, there’s the theme to Xenon 2 – Megablast, which famously riffs on John Carpenter’s theme to Precinct 13: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqkhCohffBY
However, given that instrumental pieces don’t translate easily to comics, there’s also the high probability of going with the Wonder Woman theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_blOQEu9ws
Wonder woman? Sydney is going to keep that for herself, or maybe “She’s a Maniac” from Flash Dance. Maybe her attention span can get covered with “Happy Wanderer.”
She might wear the logoshirt, but “Fighting for the old red, white, and blue!” is pretty much Max’s territory. I think Syd respects Max a lot, so giving her the theme song for the greatest of female heroes seems a natural gimme
What’s Powergirl’s theme song?
She doesn’t have one?
How about the Powerpuff Girls theme for Harem?
syd and most people recognize deshanti is only suitable for the old boom chicha waa waa music unfortunately xurial has a virus that makes that ringtone default to her number and no one else in the phone system.
I approve of Sydney’s ringtone for Maxima.
Also, I would watch that movie. Maybe.
Meh the obvious answer for her ring tone for Maxima is Gold by Spandau Ballet.
That thought occurred to me, too. But I think “The Power of Gold” from Dan Fogelberg is probably a better, albeit older (it’s from ’78) choice. Most of the lyrics work well, too (e.g.”Are you…underrrrrr….The Power of Gold?”). IMHO. :-)
I would have thought “Goldfinger” would be the ring tone. Still. Can’t fault her choice of icons.
Yep… especially for a revenge ringtone… after all, Auric Goldfinger was the “man” with the midas touch… Maxima would blow a gasket over that methinks… or have one of those… “got me” moments…
A prankster with super powers . . .
For some reason, Mork from Ork just popped into my head. He was more of a jokester though and his antics surely wouldn’t rate a visit from Archon.
You just reminded me of the one episode i saw of Happy Days, Mork and The Fonz duking it out a’ la Star Wars lightsaber battle…
A super powered prankster?
OK, fan opinion time. Could Arc-Swat take down:
–Loki
–Discord
–Q (Star Trek’s John De Lancie Q, not James Bond’s Desmond Llewelyn Q. Saw that one coming, I do.)
Go!
I think they could handle Q just fine. Ben Sisko has shown us the way.
I would love to see Sydney figure out a way to neutralize Q.
She ‘d totally lure him into a philosophical debate and then dominate him utterly. At least until he remembered he had cosmic power.
She’d out logic him… send him into a temporal cerebral hemorrhage or something…
Myxylpyk–Superman’s prankster from another dimension (and yes, I know that the name is spelled wrong).
Coyote–from Gunnerkreig.
Bugs Bunny–need I say more?
Impossible Man. all of the ones mentioned so far, as well as he, would all need to take a break after battling wits with Sydney, I think; ’cause of her 7th dan in swearing-fu. and at least one response of ‘I’m pretty sure you CAN’T do that with a ferret’ would have her laughing to the point of completely forgetting she was fighting them. as for bugs bunny….well, I wasn’t going to mention Sydney’s antennae/rabbit ears/ hair…. *giggles* (OOOOH! vote/support incentive: Bugs Bunny peeling himself out of a ‘Sydney Suit’) [ and yes, I realize it might not be able to be done due to legalities, etc.]
Would they wear eyepatches on their eyes or on their nipples?
Depends on whether it’s the TV edit.
Gold by the Brett Domino Trio
But… but I want the full resolution png… ;(
Is this Sydney’s Granddad? Or maybe just a relative?
Good girl, Sydney. Harem and Dabbler are definitely bad influences, whereas Maxima is a very good one!
… and it is handy free excuse, to get away from awkward situations. Plus you are likely to get the heads-up on indigenous aliens! And maybe other stuff too.
Oh, and in case I do not get access to a computer, before the day in question, I hope you all have a Merry Christmas (or nearest alternative festival of your choice).
May the season bring you all that you deserve.
Now, now, no need to be mean. :-)
♤May the Krampus take you as its Christmas present.
all the best to you my good friend
…I’ve never had this problem before….. but then again I’ve never made-out with anyone before. Is this a real this to watch out for?(just asking for the straighties<__>….yea)
No, not even when kissing every inch of a woman’s breast. You’re a lot (just shy of infinitely) more likely to have the nipple in your mouth, poking your cheek, or even up your nose than poking you in the eye, simply because giving a woman’s breast’s that much attention generally makes her nipples hard regardless of temperature. As a general rule, if your eye is anywhere near a woman’s nipple, it’s ALREADY hard.
Reality check: I have HAD a woman’s nipple harden and poke into my nostril while…I wouldn’t call it making out, the term is heavy petting, but IT WAS ON ACCIDENT. The only time I’ve had a nipple in my eye is when I was being an amusing, tolerably immature lech and “loving the nipple” (rubbing it on my face, inhaling it intentionally, and poking myself in the eye with it–eyelids closed, of course).
I’ve had a lot of fun with a lot of tits (no numbers, that’s bragging :p), and never once have I been poked in the eye except when messing around and doing it on purpose.
But if the movie was made by Robert Rodriguez, it would work, because the unexpectedly hardening nipples would accidentally trigger the characters’ bra-guns.
…or, since the woman in the movie is topless, built-in cyborg breast-guns.
One question: isn’t graffiti (or ‘tagging’) illegal?
Yes, it is. However I imagine it is extremely rare that a Federal-level Crisis Response Team is dispatched to deal with illegal graffiti/tagging. Since Arc-SWAT is basically the superpowered version thereof, I imagine they aren’t going to get called in until the prankster does something that embarrasses the ‘important’ politicians.
Maybe if it is a Super doing it, depending on how and where, at least to apprehend them
Not until said super would actually be dangerous on the levels that warrants Arc Swat involvement.
At such a point, the pranks are no longer relevant
Was just thinking, if they have scaled the sides of the Empire State building and spray-painting hate symbols or something, who is more likely to be called in to get them down? A helicopter or someone who can fly unassisted?
someone who could fly unassisted, obviously, from the fact that you’d need to get closer than the range of the blades of a helicopter in order to remove graffiti (unless, of course, you’re going to be using a high-pressure hose system, in which case, it might need to be done by fire truck, etc.) never know, maybe they’d have a job for the Sandman from Spider-Man’s universe, and he’d be a pretty well-paid employee of the city for that.
a good but obscure song for Maxima would be OK Go’s [“Invincable”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmoIfHDKsZk}
How about Gold Fever from “Paint Your Wagons” for Maxi? Not the whole thing, just the bit that starts from around the :30 sec mark (starts with the line “Then I got Gold Fever” and ends around 1:05 mark with “Suzanna go ahead and cry” or the bit that starts around 1:50 mark with “When you’ve got Gold Fever” and finishes around 2:25 (no idea who Suzanna is, maybe Maxi’s sister, or maybe could change that line to ‘Syd-a-ney’ to make it personal but retain the beat)
Or maybe even the theme tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dDhO4wS-0k
“Where am I going, I don’t know
Where am I headed, I ain’t certain
All that I know is I am on my way.
When will I be there, I don’t know
When will I get there, I ain’t certain
All that I know is I am on my way”
Just sample out from the old Bond movie “Goldfinger”. (Sorry if this is a repeat of someone else, it’s late and I’m too tired to read the other comments)
She can put my eye out any day.
Why is everyone obsessed with gold? There’s also purple, significant superman overlap, elf ears, her specularity, explosions…I don’t think Sydney looks at Max and thinks “gold”. I think she looks at Max and sees “awesome”. I think “Bad to the Bone” is just about perfect. I think TNT by AC/DC is even better, though–except for the line “I’m a wanted man”. In fact, that song describes ARCSWAT just before describing Maxima!
Women to the left of me, and women to the right
Ain’t got no gun, ain’t got no knife, don’t you start no fight! (they have guns, but they don’t USE them)
‘Cause I’m T.N.T., I’m dynamite
(T.N.T.) and I’ll win the fight
(T.N.T.) I’m a power load
(T.N.T.) watch me explode!
There you go. Maxima’s most dramatic moment described almost 40 years ago, preceded by a description of her teammates (honestly, the men get almost no screen time). Just take “‘Cause I’m T.N.T., I’m dynamite\(T.N.T.) and I’ll win the fight\(T.N.T.) I’m a power load\(T.N.T.) watch me explode!”
I think Sydney, if the song were brought to her attention, would set that as Maxima’s ringtone.
That, or Blue Oyster Cult’s “Go Go Godzilla” if she was feeling vengeful.
Seriously, enough with the gold, people. I think Sydney’s ringtone for Arianna, on the other hand, will get more and more insulting as time goes on…but she’ll probably start with the Monty Python song about money.
If Sydney wants to annoy Max she needs to set up her phone with, and then let Max hear, the phone play the Mighty Mouse theme song: “Here I come to save the day!”
Oh yes, that would be perfect! :D
(and Syd lip synchs to it, like Jim Carrey in ‘Man on the Moon’)
LMAO. Perfect.
I love the fact that Daphne has freckles…lots of freckles (I like freckles). I’m sure they’re hard to draw, but it’s not just one Harem, it’s all six, because of course you can’t change freckles with dye or ink or “sculpting” (her hair, but you can do that with…body parts). Most impressively, they seem consistent from Harem to Harem; sometimes you can see them better than others, but Dave does a good job of making them look identical every time we see them, no matter which Harem we see. Pretty impressive, since he isn’t using digital animation techniques to render saved 3D models of the characters in 2D.
Good job, Dave!
What do you mean six? Is that a typo?
Because there are only 5 of Harem
Oops. Yes, I meant five.
“Inconvenient Nipples” could be a good band name.
I’m sorry, that name is discriminatory against non-mammalian resident aliens.
Then they should take the opportunity to evolve or engineer some mammary glands.
Top Comic voiting slipping . #7 as of now. No vote incentive for Dec might have done it in part, but figure holiday distractions might be to blame as much as us not voting.
So VOTE!
For the ringtone, might I recommend Solid Gold, by Turbowolf? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC-TAZrhYFo
eye of the tiger seems to be more max’s hunter nature.
The plot is taking so long to develop, the plot isn’t even advancing. The plot is going backwards. The plot points are being lost to THE RAVAGES OF TIME. I demand either porn or plot!
What plot? Is this ‘daily slice of life told through flashback’ webic supposed to have a plot? o_O
Please don’t feed the Trolls. (After midnight, but it is midnight of 1/1 2000 that matters)
For example, Harem is a traitor. When is that going to be a thing again?
That is yet to be determined, or proven
no man has ever paused during makeouts due to nipple in the eye… unless there was accessories involved. Taking nipple jewelry to the eye would sting!
Hm how sharp are those nipples to take a guys eye out while hes making out?
What do you mean nobody makes movies just to show skin anymore? That’s like the plot of most Adam Sandler movies.
“than dealing someone” Is this a mistake or just me?
DaveB: “Off the top of my head I’m having trouble picturing the scenario where the team does get called in to handle a super powered prankster. They’d have to be breaking some laws pretty hard to draw the team’s attention, but I tell you, a lot of super powers could facilitate some incredible pranks.”
Me: Take a look at https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PowerPerversionPotential for some lovely ideas…
possible suggestions for max’s ringtone
bulletproof heart by MCR
the vengeful one by disturbed
black betty by ram jam / spiderbait
raised by wolves by u2
TNT by ACDC
battlecry by skillet
lets get it on by hammerfall
Someone should have said, “I am an adult.”
Though that would have inevitably led to someone reaching deep inside her – to pull out her true potential, of course.
It’d obviously be too nice for a joke ringtone, unless their relationship changes in the future, who knows ( she said on her third read through) but Make them Gold by CHVRCHES is maybe the perfect theme song for Max.
“Take the best parts of ourselves and make them gold”