Grrl Power #1173 – Meeting meetup
The werewolf mafia is actually a cabal of several different therianthrope species, as well as some other supernaturals, (and plenty of mundanes on the street level) but they decided that calling themselves The Wereweasel mafia didn’t sound as cool. The Wereowl Mafia was briefly considered, but people kept pronouncing it “Were Wowl” and some people heard “Were Wow” and that sounded like an after school club for Lycanthrope kids in the 80’s, so they stuck with Werewolf.
FYI, Ms. Tantalis is Dabbler, Mr. Zoeng is Zephan, Master Gault is… well, Master Gault, the head mage of the Twilight Council. Mr. Lockwood is Gregor, the Dire Werewolf. Lord Ingsol… I guess Ingsol is his last name and when you finally hear his first name it sounds weird because you’re used to thinking of him as just “Ingsol.” Like Ellen Ripley. It’s fine, just a little jarring after getting used to think of her as just “Ripley.” Still, better “Ellen” than something that would totally pull you out of the movie, like if her first name had been Trixibelle, Derfla, Boomquifa, or Schartzmugel.
I’m not sure what nationality Ingsol used to be, so I haven’t decided on a first name for him. Ingsol sounds like Ingersoll which can vaguely be traced back to Old English, but also could be related to “Ingvar” which is Old Norse. So his first name could be something cool like Ælfgar, or it could be something nerdy like Ægenbeald, Earnweald, or Cuþberht, because even though those names are still pretty metal in today’s world, if you’re hanging out with Ælfgar, Beowulf, Cynewulf, and Godmund, the guy named Earnweald definitely gets picked on.
And yes, the Senator there does rather look a lot like Michael Peña. I decided to use a model instead of coming up with some generic looking male face, so now the senator looks like Michael Peña.
Oh, and Sciona/Escorpia isn’t supposed to be Sydney short in that first panel. I messed up the perspective. She’s like 5’5.”
The June vote incentive is finally up! Maxima is prepping for her night out.
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Sciona is going to end up with an even bigger resentment towards Deus than towards Maxima, just because he’s somehow here again (we haven’t seen that, but I like to believe she met him about seven more times when she didn’t expect it)
Well, he was in the vault when she breached it. So there is that also.
No, no, he was in the vault just *after* she breached it, with all the timing and coordination of someone who had a mole in the organization actively feeding him status information. I’d guess she was probably pretty careful to make sure that none of her accomplices actually had any devices they could use to do that without her knowledge and she hadn’t been informed that they were, so there’s no way that should have been possible, and yet there he was.
Boomquifa? Really? That sounds a bit like the next “big” plus sized drag queen’s name! (pun intended) Anyway Deus does seem to know about so many interesting things doesn’t he. I expected he’d want in on the whole potion farm idea. Much less stocking it up with all the right critters. slime molds and dragons alike takes time to grow and multiply anyway… By the way Scicona, that’s “resting bitch face” not “resting dis-grunted face.”
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I’ve been married 38 years, got 2 kids and 4 grandkids, trust me I know what that is. Read DaveB’s comment, that’s where it came from and I was making a joke about it.
Mafia?! They’re legitimate businesswolves, it even says so on their business cards!
I’m sure that it’s just a branding thing, like Burger King isnt actual royalty. Very legitimate. (Accepts payment under the table)
Under the table payments may be made in bacon.
Only if Yorp shows up.
Its been a while since he was around right?
Once around the new year but he has not posted for about a year now.
Hope he is alright.
I miss my Yorpie :(
We all do :(
Well, except those who have never met him
*looks at the lonely pile of Yorpie snacks*
I miss him too.
Great, now I’m even more sad. \=‘(
Click… boom?
I’m pretty sure that’s the doorknob. She may have just locked the door.
Do realize that something like that door would hardly be an impediment to travel for several of the people that just entered the office, locked or not.
Unless supported by something else – prepared magic trap, sucker punch on Maxima etc.
She had her hand on the knob, was about to close the door when Max heard her say something. So after she covered herself to Max, she shut the door slowly, making it go click like that.
Door lock my dude.
It’s just a doorknob, but the expression on her face as she locks it suggests that she’s got something planned.
Maybe a mass possession of the important people present?
I got 0.05 Quatloos that Deus has already figured out Escorpia is really Sciona.
No bet. I wouldn’t doubt if Duse got her that Job.
Definitely. Plus he probably got her the job too. And got her to behave for now.
It would be a real burn in the pride department and it would leave her indebted to him but there is some logic to Sciona approaching Deus in her efforts to reestablish herself. He has the sort of resources she would need to establish a new identity as as discussed in previous comments.
Third for “no bet, he got her the job,” butI will add, “and she’s probably actually there as his Agent in that office.”
Coming back through the unstable rift, Sciona discovered herself in a powered body. This has utility, but also limits. Add to that she was nowhere near her resources, and essentially starting from scratch, this time with dependents, she undoubtedly went to Deus looking to trade her capabilities for material support.
This is almost certainly how the refugee ship wound up at Earth, and specifically in Galatyn, instead of the planet’s most visibly dominant tribe. Using Deus’ resources, Sciona & Co. were able to contact the refugees and dial them in.
Of course, Deus knows he under surveillance, and while Max might not be read-in on the details, I strongly suspect that Arc-Dark is aware that Sciona is working under the Senatoron Deus’ behalf, even if not aware of her actual identity. I don’t doubt for a minute that Big D can get new identities manufactured, though there is some significant probability that Arc-Dark is aware of La Escorpina.
No bet, he got her the job, even if she didn’t approach him for it. If she didn’t approach him, she’s wondering if he knows and if he was involved in her application processing so smoothly. Does she owe him something?
Another deal with the dictator who took governmental power by violence, then started a war against neighboring countries? Last time he had the tech they wanted, this time it’s just money.
Would our leaders really accept such a deal? Oh yes they would.
Look at Niger now and see the reaction of our world leaders. I don’t think they would try to make any deals.
There’s a king of Galytn, and he’s not it. He’s officially some kind of economic advisor.
But yeah, he’s in charge.
The name “Ingsol” makes me think of “Ingsoc” from 1984. The information and population-repressing regime that The Party follows to maintain its grip on Oceania. Alternatively it reminds me a little of “Innsmouth”, a secretive town in lovecraft lore. Good name for someone involved in shady dealings.
…am I the only one chuckling that Deus shows up in a TwitterBlue tie right after the twit becomes x?
Don’t be mean, He renamed it X-Com.
So, he recycled the name of his failed online bank.
X-com is a bank?!?! its a vehicle for spending massive amounts of orphan soldiers and money.
X.com was indeed a bank
3rd panel makes Escorpia smiling look very “Sydney with a tan and dye job”
Oh dear, what is that egg-shaped thing that went CLICK? Is that a grenade? (I feel like Alari soul-ripping grenades wouldn’t be Army green, right?)
Door handle?
I think it’s just the doorknob.
Still kinda ominous, though.
Pretty sure that’s a doorknob. At least I hope it is.
It was a door knob
Door knob … closing door
I think that is just the doorknob. The click I believe is her locking the door. (If you have never seen them, some doorknobs have a button you can push in to lock it. It is locked on the outside but on the inside all you have to do is turn the knob.)
Everyone saying door knob…in panel 1 you can see a handle, no knob and it *should* be there based on dimensions.
Could be an oversight, but I’m patient and we will find out soon! :)
Holy cow you are correct. Nice observation!
Your username is either a very understandable typo, or the best meta joke I’ve seen in a long time.
ok, that door lock click being ‘ominous’-unless this is an unusual office building, I would say three of the residents in that room are quite capable of leaving the room without bothering with the door. Sconia not included but probably should be. vale is not pictured but she’s around. so a normal door locking is more to signal that ‘you can talk freely’ than any sinister plans.
Unless locking the door is merely a small part of the sinister trap.
locking the door as a symbolic gesture… tracks. I’ve seen way too many lockpicking lawyer videos.
A door knob grenade.
Its a doorknob.
Two investors. One is a vicious ethics-free predator who thinks of human beings as meat.
The other is a werewolf
you get a +2 to your internet, that’s 5 seconds high speed lag-free for the next 3 seconds, so by the time you finish reading this, everything will be back to normal…echo…echo….echo…
Humm. Did Sciona undertake to read some terrestrial superhero fiction? I had a sudden view of Raven Darkholme, better known as Mustique…
Nah, the espy for Mystique work for Arc-Dark. She was the one who actually got kidnapped by the Ascenders.
Great. A vicious, ethics-free predator who thinks of human beings as prey.
And the other investor is a werewolf
Azatothian… Makeup… Inc?
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Thanks for that fresh batch of nightmare fuel. o_o
I wonder, would Machina Industries have ties to that organization? If my theory that Vale is actually a Medium Old One is correct, you know they’d be where she buys her makeup.
“I wonder, would Machina Industries have ties to that organization?”
Removing this sentence from its context, I believe the answer would be yes. As such, in context, the answer would probably be yes. :)
You forgot the Chulhu Combine
The group you really gotta worry about are Fae Lawyers esp. Goodfellow and associates
It’s weird that the scariest thing in the comic is people not knowing what a door knob is. I myself am worried about the unicorn cartel. I mean they only deal in virgins but they are a very important part of the ritual community. And Hollywood for some reason.
Maybe Max should take Deus to that bar she went to as Harper?!?
(Shioh and the one in the purple dress would be in shock to see someone like Deus Mechania!)
Please tell me the Pixie Brotherhood is led by a Fairy Godfather.
I don’t know about that, but I do know The Smurf Syndicate is run by someone named Big Papa Smurf!
Deus Superion.
Assuming that he wasn’t being a complete shitbag wduring the “source of powers” discussion.
I’m pretty sure Ingsol is easily old enough not to really have a last name. Why have one if everyone in your village knows who you are? If you leave, that’s another story, of course, but “Ingsol of/from some village with nothing but woods for a day’s march in each direction” (okay, few villages have *that* descriptive a name but you get the idea) is not really a name to keep around for centuries.
Then again, he may well have chosen his name himself, it’s not like he’d have to sit in some office to make it official, just tell people that’s his name. Perhaps he tried to blend in once and had to adopt another name every few decades anyway.
With the style of “Lord”, you never really know part of his complete name would be used. Pretty sure for an English lord it would be the family name but he decidedly isn’t English and I’m fairly confident he’s not necessarily nobility by birth or heritage, either but by office or position. “Lord” is just what he would use for English speakers to know who they’re talking to. So there probably aren’t any actual rules and he may just be using his given or chosen name with little care for a family long dead or some place of origin of little consequence.
Lastly, there may be some sort of “True Name” scenario here where he adopts a name to keep people from knowing or using against him his identity or heritage.
tl/dr: Ingsol doesn’t actually need another name but Ingsol and may or may not care about other names or parts of his name which he may or may not have enough to use, share or acknowledge them.
“Lord” in antiquity would normally be attached to the name of a created noble house or estate. “Lord Ingsol” would be the current master of the estate “Ingsol” regardless of their personal name. He might be “Hubert, Lord Ingsol” where Hubert is the personal name (still likely to be a single name used without surname as such) and Ingsol is the estate.
In a yet more modern styling where the title has become heredetary instead of still being attached to an estate, “Lord Ingsol” designates a member of the “Ingsol” family, and as such would probably also be used as a surname for the family itself. So you have “Hubert Ingsol” (who actually has TWO names) who is referred to by courtesy as “Lord Ingsol” because the family name denotes a traditional feudal title. And who might-or-might-not-be-but-probably-isn’t a member of whatever has replaced his nation’s House of Lords.
Nota bene: I do not advocate for the name “Hubert” here. I just used it as an example because it was funny-sounding.
They like the airforce mafia? (rimshot)
“…the guy named Earnweald gets picked on.”
Not bloody likely they don’t. It translates literally to “eagle-strong” or “lord of eagles” and metaphorically to “mighty as an eagle” – and the modern English equivalent is Arnold. As in, the guy who played Conan, Dutch Schaefer, and the freaking Terminator. Puts Beowulf’s sagas to shame. Put Earnwald in the lead of the Grendel story and he’d have ripped off both his arms and beaten him to death with them.
Beowulf literally means “bee-wolf” or “bee-hunter”, the first of which evokes some idiotic Gygaxian Monster Manual entry, and the latter makes me think of a viking in a bee-keeper’s hat and veil, not exactly the most badass of magery. Yeah, the name’s idiomatic meaning is “bear” because of their legendary fondness for honey – but now we’re evoking Winnie the Pooh. That isn’t helping.
I wish I could actually hear this rambling rant. I bet it makes you sound like you spent too much time in an Ivy league cafe trying to out trivia the universitie’s head research librarian.
Or Deus’s twin brother who decided to become a career student.
“viking in a bee-keeper’s hat and veil, not exactly the most badass of magery”
You fool!!!
He controls The Murder Hornets!!!!
….and also the production of mead…..
but mostly the Murder Hornets thing.
Wow. I absolutely don’t remember what happened to Sciona after the “you planet got chernobyled” arc, so I have no idea how she got there.
time to reread everything again, I guess
Sciona is currently possessing the dead body of a woman named Escorpia. Here’s a link to the last time we saw her.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-743-introducing-escorpia-and-shes-dead/
thanks
she seems to have made her way up quite quickly
I know it’s probably never going to happen ,but Deus would be a good match for her because he’s more of a Vetinari type than anything else. He has all the necessary elements to appear as a villain. Except acting as a villain. Having Deus as a Overlord of Earth wouldn’t be too horrible, because he’s just like Vetinari. He doesn’t do what he does to try and rule, he does it because there has to be order in all this. Considering what Sydney has at her disposal, cosmic weapons of unimaginable power, the rest of the universe aren’t going to leave us alone. He’s the best option for our planet not being reduced to non existence.
Deus is running the Evil Overlord list to the letter.
The upshot of that is that he’s an actual benevolent dictator with some aesthetic quirks.
The big problem with that is handling the succession, otherwise it’s not too bad.
I seem to recall him actually having a copy posted someplace…
I feel like Deus spends more of his wealth on personal enjoyment than Vetinari did. Admittedly, I only got to see Vetinari at work. It’s possible some of the books had him at leisure, but if so I missed those.
My impression of Vetinari is that he was aware of the existence of “leisure”, on account of having read the word in a dictionary once.
I’ll have you know that the pixie brotherhood has become quite reputable as of late… okay, it’s not the best of reputations, but reputable nonetheless.
Funny he mentions werewolf and mafia in a room with a hidden foe.
Damnit!
How did I miss that!
Oh my mistake for missing the invisible werewolves, AKA the faux paw.
(been saving up my ‘get out of ninja attack’ cards)
“I’m not undead, I just have resting lich face.”
+1 Internet. I feel like this should be an OOTS line but fairly certain it’s not.
His name is Lord Ingsol. First name is Lord. Not Gaylord. Just Lord.
Who takes the bets?
He’s only 700 years old, he said, if I recall correctly. They used that word for that meaning a bit earlier than that if I’m not mistaken.
{checks}
Ok, I stand corrected. So Lord Ingsol is where the word got it’s real meaning? Because that 13th century etymology for Lord that I found was kind of out there for the origin of the word we know today. I mean, it was so far away in the sense it would take hundreds of years to get from there to where we are today with it.
Anyone else notice the doorknob changes?
It was handled subtely but yes it went from S-Handle to Knob there, unless there is some issue like her fingers went through the handle in such a way as to make it appear a knob in the last panel. This is probably all those grenade references in origin. YMMV.
Yeah i bet thata why its so confusing to everyone
And i thought it’s Werewolf Mafia cause the Leadwolf had to show of their alpha status.
Just wondering, what musical genre would a band named “Pixie Brotherhood” play?
Twee pop.
it would be a branch of metal, but played with woodwinds and bagpipes, (possibly including digeridoos)
Now I’m imaging Feuerschwanz with a digeridoo. Actually not that hard to imagine.
Pretty sure Deus joust needed to hear “Do you want to build a dungeon for Maxima to play in?” and sign the budget for “As much as it takes”…
I think the magic words for Deus would be “share of the ingredients and proceeds”, and he’d also demand exclusive rights to R&D and distribution. As well as the patents if he could get that much leverage.
Ingsol is a company in Slovakia, though the name does not seem to have any meaning in the local language. However, you still might prefer to go for a Slavic name, such as Ladislav (variant of Vladislav, shortend Vlad, but not that obvious a reference). Also might fit his (presumably) East-European accent.
OK Panels 1 and 3 both give Sydney vibes which is confusing. Even more confusing the handle on the door(1) turned into a knob (5).
supers really do warp reality.
Worst historical name from the Saxons, Aethelfrith.
Well this month’s vote incentive is both misleading and the worst of em all. I was really hoping for a disguised maxima pinup and instead I get what looks to be a failed attempt at a new reflective style for Max. Take this as you will, but I know Dave is much more capable than this.
You did *not* make a perspective error. That’s Sciona’s perspective….
We of the Foedus Mustelotuum deplore this calumny of associating our brethren with organized crime. You, sir, shall hear from our lawyers!
Who are also wereweasels.
When I heard wereweasles I immediately thought of the henchmen from Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
Wereweasels are only weasels during a full moon.
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The rest of the time they are ferrets.
I’m guessing the “big fan of her work” was protecting the refugees from the Fel. I’m assuming they were integrated into the refugees in Deus’ country and she’s since found out that Sydney saved them all.
Nope, it’s all the violence and destruction and shit
Also Max (and crew) are the ones who found and shut down her secret lair. Twice, with the second time being a lot more explody.
i’m certain there will be a grievance from the Mermaid Mafia in regards to the Werewolf Legion (a RL organized crime syndicate in Sweden) infringing on them
The new guy in the 6th panel looks like Michael Pena! Ended up reading it like that actor sounds.
Of course SmugD is there, will be back next episode