Grrl Power #102 – Dabbler’s gunnin’ for KP
The marketer in me thinks maybe it’s a bit of a missed opportunity that I didn’t make the orbs more distinct. As a group of seven shown in color, they’re identifiable, but they do lack a certain uniqueness like for instance a Dragon Ball. I could slip one of those on to a page somewhere and people would immediately know what it was. If these orbs were to cameo in another comic, it’d would be more difficult to recognize them at a glance, but oh well. Maybe the one with the pseudopod in it would work. On the other hand I don’t want to overthink stuff, else it might get that corporate designed by committee stink on it. (Yes but do orbs make good toy tie ins? Let’s make them lego pieces instead since we already have a relationship with Lego Corp.)
Pushing Maxima’s buttons isn’t a challenge, I think Dabbler is just an adrenaline junkie.
The green orb is supposed to say “PROPERTY OF GALLAXHAR” but it’s way too small to be legible. :P
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Perhaps the reason they can’t be scanned is because they were designed with stealth in mind.
Could be, also they are so alien that they have abilities and radiate energies that we just aren’t set up to scan.
Maybe when you scan them, they SCAN YOU RIGHT BACK.
I smell an “In Soviet Russia” joke.
Didn’t think of that but, yeah, that’d work. ;)
Or, and this is partially based on how they could stop max cold at he bank when she was trying to move sydney out from under the ambulance, they’re dimensional bubbles, or directly overlapping with another dimension, which would neutralize any scan as they are merely affecting that reality while not actually in it. no idea about the light though, or maybe the orbs radiate energy in another dimension that affects our dimension in a similar way but is not affected by the “original” universe rendering any scans useless, unless you knew exactly what and how it is affecting their reality.
Ok, my prediction, here goes:
Dabbler gets feedback from the scan and her glamour fails. Sid recognizes her from a Dragon-Con costume contest and goes ballistic because she was obviously cheating, having not actually been wearing a costume in the first place. This sparks a rant involving a reconvening of the contest judges which is subsequently interrupted by snack food, most likely popcorn.
My two cents.
Hey you can sell generic large marbles / balls of the same color as her orbs can’t you?
They wouldn’t orbit his/her head like Sydney’s though. If someone came up with a way to do that then he’d be on easy street.
…and Muggle Quidditch would be easier.
If they were made of something relatively lightweight and filled with helium, tethered to a headband or hair clip or something via fishing line, that would work…
Just a thought….the lack of distinct marks could be changed with time….they acquire markings as they acclimate to their user…
I’m not sure I want to know what they would look like after Sydney had them for a while xD
Probably have chilli, cats, rainbows, spasms and glasses.
i just thought of somthing what if one of the two orbs that doesn’t seam like it is doing any thing is actualy protecting all the other orbs from being scanned that would answer so many questions
On a totally different topic, I’m wondering about some of the Orbs:
1)__I understand that you can’t form a shield anywhere except around the Shield-Orb itself, but it seems to me that the RADIUS must be adjustable. Consider – the Orbs’ Creator(s) most likely had no idea of Sydney’s size (or even of her existence), yet it encloses her just fine. If Shield-size *is* adjustable, then there must be a practical limit, if for nor other reason then because the [Cube-Square Law] shows us that as the RADIUS doubles, the SURFACE-AREA is squared & the VOLUME is cubed. So, with this in mind, I’d ask:
– how big can it get?
– how big can it get before it’s so attenuated that Maxima can punch through?
2)__We’ve seen the Orbs resist Maxima’s strength, rather than be separated from Sydney. Based on this, I’d ask:
– If Sydney held the Flight-Orb, while Maxima held any of the other(s), would Syd be able to take-off, & take Maxima with her?
– Might not Sydney carry up to 6 “passengers” this way?
– If Shield-size *is* variable, how much weight can the Flight-Orb carry by enclosing it with the Shield-Orb?
I know that we’ll just have to wait-&-see, just sharing some of my speculations.
Question 1 is for Dave to know and us to find out…
2a – Probably not. The orbs reach their distance limit and just stop any external force/manipulation from taking them any further. I doubt if activating one of them would change this.
I recall there being a moment early in the comic where Sydney dragged the orbs along in the tube… But I’m willing to bet that was just , although it is possible DaveB has some way of deciding whether or not the orbs allow themselves to be dragged (contact with a person negating such movement?)
2b – see above.
2c – Can Sydney take “passengers” via use of the shield + flight orb? Good question, maybe we’ll find out! :D
Man, did that fail… Nevermind, Early Installment Weirdness, it may still be >.<
… Damn sheilds…
Stumbled upon this, it made me laugh, so I had to share it
https://apina.biz/81026.jpg
Now be fair – you only shared this photo because the name of the car-model was “Maxima”!
:P
:)
…As for the joke in the photo itself…
…I’m guessing that maybe she DID, because if I angered my girlfriend enough, chances are she’d use her car to crush my car just like that!
Hmm.. the smaller thumbnails on that site might contain NSFW content :( Damn image sharing sites…
Now we see why Maxima must be Minima when in the conference and ball rooms.
Wait, is no-one going to say it?
“All hail Gallaxhar”
Hail Gallaxhar!
Actually, in retrospect, that “flop” is probably X starting to do something.
HAH! ORT RUNE! …Sad how I knew the exact name of that rune off the top of my head.
Hm, but runes popped up when she activated the mysterious two. I wonder if Dabbler would see anything if they were activated.
ps: very, very late comment:
the word is probably “nondescript”, not “indestinct”
Fair enough, but English isn’t Zeph’s first language either. :)
Indistinct is the opposite of distinct or clearly seen. Nondescript means of no identifiable type or common type with no real distinction.
XD oh gods thats hilarious Dabbler is my favorite character aside from Sydney XD also LOL at Dabblers “Kitty Face” while she’s hiding behind Sydney’s shield ..