Grrl Power #1210 – Sucqueuebus
It’s previously been discussed in the comic how succubi need to form bonds with a master, so I won’t reiterate that stuff. I’ll only say that this happens to them at a certain age, let’s say the equivalent of 20 in human years at the very latest. It really depends on their how quickly their innate tantric abilities develop. Pre-pubescent Succubi benefit from “second hand” tantric magic, and there’s a panel on a page with a joke about little girl succubus wanting some cereal, but mama succubus rejects it because it doesn’t have enough Vitamin-T. Only that wasn’t a joke – there really are Vitamin-T supplements for little succubus girls. Their need for tantric energy increases up till puberty when it really starts spiking.
Demon society has sort of formalized this master finding process, and even have magical devices that can keep a succubus free from needing a Master for a little while, if she happens to develop quickly. It’s not the law or anything, on the one hand, demons are kind of like Libertarians, in that they believe anyone should be allowed to do whatever they want so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else… minus the “as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else” part. It’s more like, “as long as you’re powerful enough to get away with it.” That said, though it goes against their natures, demons recognize the benefits of a somewhat structured society – society being fiefdoms under powerful warlords. But even the warlords are like, “You know a road between our two city states would help with commerce and tourism.” Modern demons are kind of caught between their inherent natures to kill and conquer, and a desire to have a working power grid and stable economy.
What I’m getting at in a really roundabout way, is everyone familiar with demon society knows that each year, there’s a new cohort of fledgling succubi looking for masters, usually sophomores in Succubus Finishing School. Yes, the Council of Succubus Matriarchs has made it clear that abuse of succubi is disproportionately punitive, but then again, having lots of sex with your new succubus slave is not exactly considered abuse. In fact, not having lots of sex with her is more likely to get you into trouble. And don’t forget that she’s a mana battery for her master as well. And also don’t forget their utility as spies. As you can imagine, there is a lot of competition for each new cohort of succubi. Like, a LOT.
And if some powerful Archfiend who has already proven himself to be a competent master jumps the line to stick it to his other slave by enslaving her half-sister because his first succubus has become entirely too unruly and uppity and sometimes stabs him in the leg with a soul eater sword, the people behind him in the queue might not take it that well.
Edit: “Sij X” means “bonded to, or subordinate of” X. This was perfectly clear in my head but I forgot you guys can’t just read my mind, like, let’s step it up people.
The September vote incentive is up! Let’s call it the November vote incentive and just say I’ve still got two I.O.U’s, eh?
Well, Dabbler is doing her Dabbler things, and the Patreon version has a nude variant and a comic that… I don’t know, expounds on the goings on of the initial picture?
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Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. Feel free to contribute as much as you like.
Sij? I’m lost. Je ne comprendé pas.
From context I’m guessing it means something as ‘bonded to’. Like the succubus version of taking your spouses name on marriage.
Well yeah, that was my initial thought as well, but with the demons response, it seems like that was wrong? And then Dave’s notes about others not being happy… Yeah, I’m just confused
The others not being happy seem to include the yellow eyed guy (only known as “him”) who wants to be Parfait’s master instead of her current master (Tom).
It took me three reads as well to figure it out. I get the impression “Axegrinder” is a minion for “Hullo-guy”, and Hullo-guy is the “him” from “belongs to him”. So, Axe guy is saying čParfait should not belong to Thothogoth, but to MY master”
Axegrinder’s fingers are quite slender, so I didn’t notice it at first, but in the next-to-last panel he’s pointing at Hullo-guy.
That cleared it up for me.
It would have been better composition to use the other hand to point.
He’s right handed, using the left would be awkward and leave his torso open to attack
Ahhhh! I didn’t even see the Hullo guy, I thought it was Sydney saying Hullo when big demon guy stuck his face right into Sydney’s – he blends in very well with the background
That makes waaaay more sense now!
Yes, I was confused too: I simply didn’t see the Hullo guy and thought the big demon was rudely pointing to Sydney as part of his intimidation. I wonder what Sydney is going to do and if Archon should be called. A battle royale with a large axe-grinding demon inside the comic book shop doesn’t sound like a good idea. I’m sure their insurance doesn’t cover that kind of damage.
“Axe Grinder” is a terrible name for the soon to be bloody smear on the wall, doncha think?
Yeah, I was lost too. I got the finger pointing but wasn’t sure about the context. In panel three, I thought it was Sydney calling for parfait since the bubble handle referred to Sydney. That threw me off. I finally noticed that the dialog font matched the axe-guy and then (along with Dave’s comments), everything made sense.
Yeah, “Sij X” means “bonded to, or subordinate of” X. That was perfectly clear in my mind but I probably made that clearer.
… But then Sij Thothogoth is the correct phrasnig, Sydney said correctly that Parfait is bonded to / subordinate of Thothogoth?
The big guy is basically saying “we don’t accept that she bonded to Tom, we intend to kidnap her and force her to re-bond to that guy over there.”
Honestly I thought that obvious when reading it from the context.
But then I have had to talk to people growing up who were multi-lingual who didn’t always remember an English word so would substitute their own language’s word there; as well as watching anime with subtitles and picking up a few phrases that got from context even without subtitles.
and of course exposure to fantasy type settings where they would insert some “local” reference that was meant to be comparable to a metaphor and you got the jist from context.
such as Thothogoth is the big demon Parfait is bonded to, so his name at the end with a short word before but between what we remember as Dabbler’s last name would imply an addendum like *and* or *married to/bonded to* this other person. Not really that much different than when a celebrity keeps their maiden name for their job but adds on their partner’s name at the end.
plus I am a bit guilty of this myself thinking the made up word would be obvious in its intended meaning only to confuse people…all too often this was a name.
Like “what does this long word mean”
I’m just, “the character was formally introducing themselves, that’s their name and title”
Nah it’s our bad, we’ve been slacking on our mind reading training ;).
My mind reading teacher recently quit, so I’m going to have a chat with mom. She’s ridiculously good at it.
Okay, I’m genuinely amazed she remembered that. Bit confused what he means by “not sij Thothogoth,” though – is he saying that he doesn’t recognize the claim of the master Parfait recognizes, but another’s?
The stereotype is tired & borders on offensive, but we ADD/ADHD Nerds really can fixate on the oddest, wonkiest damn things. It’s not “a superpower,” but it does occasionally have an upside.
I can attest that it’s an autism spectrum trait as well, it’s not unique to ADD/ADHD. I think it’s formally called hyperfocus. It genuinely would be a superpower if we could invoke it at will, but alas, it seems it only applies when it’s least needed.
tbf, even neurotypical folks can usually remember the actual name of a good friend they like enough to spend shit-tons of money magically summoning from another dimension.
Like, that’s really not much longer than a good full Spanish name, or any one of a number of landed British public school toffs
Come on Sidney!
Proper reflexes/protocol!
Somebody like this gets into your face… grab shield-and lighthook orb. Ready for action.
She really needs to take that shield-orb passive already.
Take it outside! The potential property damage risk is too high in here. Mind you, once outside, Sydney just goes back in and locks the door. Shortly after that the axe-wielder discovers what extra enchantments have been added to the outside of that building, along with the rest of the Knight Rider shell bonding applied to the exterior of the structure.
I think that is more of a “well, you will have to go through Tom, who just happens to have an army of demons at his beck and call”-situation. And “good luck with that”.
Different cultures have different standards for proper conversational separation.
Hey, regardless of neuro-typical-ness, if we’ve been close enough for eyeball licking, I’m going to know your “government” name!
*taps the Full, Formal German Double/Compound Name sign*
Es gibt einen Grund, warum „Infernal“ in einer gotischen Schrift geschrieben ist.
It falls into the background a bit but Red Eyes Black Demon is pointing towards Yellow Eyes Mask Demon in the background. Who acknowledges being referred to with the “hullo”.
So REBD is saying “Not ‘belonging to Thothogoth’! Parfait belongs to Yellow Eyes Mask Demon over in that corner of the panel”
My impression is the yelling guy is a parent to the friendlier Hullo guy, who was supposed to become Parfait’s master.
I’m WAY more worried about the hands-in-pockets OP adventurer type behind them.
I don’t think he’s a parent – in panel 1 Hullo guy is the one complaining about the cost, as well as appearing to be leading the travel logistics. If he were travelling with his parents, he probably wouldn’t either plan the trip nor pay out of his own pocket.
I think they’re just friends, and axe guy, who seems much more hot-headed, convinced him to go for it.
The female demon is probably axe guy’s girlfriend (perhaps also her succubus slave).
NEVER overlook the quiet ones even when being yelled at.
BAD!!!!!
Anyone smart in such a situation will hang back and try to get a read on what is going on. Loudmouth does not strike me as the smart kind.
I think this is gonna hurt, but not Sydney. Oh no.
My impression is that Yellow Eyes Mask Demon (YEMD) is the VIP who is (so far) coming across as the calm one, maybe the one in charge but definitely the one Parfait was “supposed” to bond with. So far they seem nice, but it’s possible they’re just putting on a metaphorical mask of nice behaviour until they realise it’s not going their way and they switch to intimidation…
Red Eyes Black Demon (REBD) is looking to me like the overly aggressive bodyguard type who works either for YEMD or at least YEMD’s higher-ups (parents, boss, older siblings, etc) and is there to make sure that Parfait bonds to YEMD whether she wants to or not. I’m thinking in the past REBD’s job would involve shouting angrily at someone till the wanted thing happens or hurting someone until the wanted thing happened, but I doubt that would work here even though he is trying it anyway…
🎶 I am about to WHOOP somebody’s ass… 🎶
Dude about to get a serving of Humble Pie…
Im loving the cocky ‘Ive got this”
I swear I heard her actually saying ‘hold my beer’
Big axe demon maybe needs to lower his intensity. I don’t know how things are done in the demon realms or whatever, but loudly barking at people is rarely a great opener.
It is hard to intimidate someone with a functionally invulnerable shield. I don’t think these guys did their homework.
Unless the plan is to lead with the tank to draw out the opposition and then snipe them with your hard hitters.
So we have now established that red-eyed black demon is, unsurprisingly, a Karen, and is about to get Syd’s demon-specific Anti-Karen treatment, to the certain amusement of us all!
It’s funny cause the other two demons seem fairly chill so why is the big dude so heated? I hope that’s not just his default candor as a demon and it’s racist to assume he could speak more calmly.
This should be good.
Clearly never had a ranking NCO walk up looking for a ‘volunteer’ for the police call. :) *I always have in my hench contract that I am never only police call more than once a job.
What is a “police call”?
… When someone calls the cops
Picking up trash/garbage. Or dead leaves if it’s that kind of area.
As in “policing the area to collect all of the trash left by us/ previous visitors”.
Different cultures vary. For all you know, it might be a sign of respect.
I kinda wonder how Vitamin-T supplements are “synthesized” …
I suspect it involves an edge.
I guess succubi are Obligate Carnavores.
Not exactly how I would put it, but since they feed off sex that’s a good analogy.
Orgasmavore? or maybe erovore.
If meateaters are carnivores then ones who live off of carnal desire should be carnavores. It’s a pun, you see?
Do we call homosexual succubi carnabals then?
I wouldn’t call them anything. I would pretend I saw nothing and try my best to get away unnoticed.
I expect Toothy-boy there is in need of a breath freshener.
I wonder how Angel guy would deal with this situation. The “Him” in this here is apparently not the one Parfait prefers. Off by at least two.
Come on Syd, get Olivia to call Arc’s non-emergency number (UK 101 equivalent for Archon).
Not for reinforcements, but for the industrial-grade cleaners you’re going to need to get this fool out of the carpet.
OK, so was/is Sciona just a really shitty wizard, does blood magic just not lend itself well to portals, or what?
Cuz for all her powers the Mighty Halo isn’t a wizard of any sort at all and she summoned Parfait. And all these other demons seem to have no problem portaling to Earth though apparently it had a bit of a price. I get that Sciona was trying to set up more of a long term and high capacity transit between the Alari homeworld and Earth but did it really take that many years, plus stealing a unique artifact, just to do what some demons and a totally untrained human could?
I mean, you’d think it might have been simpler for to Sciona portal herself to the homeworld, and get the specialized doohickies and gizmos she needed for large scale gating (since, presumably if she’s using it the rest of her people do too) there and skip invading the Black Reliquery?
Parfait was on Earth when summoned. That probably makes it a fair bit easier.
I don’t think the demons are using a system that’s freely available to everyone in the galaxy, more likely it is demon exclusive and pretty new as part of Tom’s work with Deus. The Alari never had reason to establish transport infrastructure to earth and, going by Ray Cosmos, a lot of species still need to use ships to get there. Throw in that Sciona was a something of an exile and I’m willing to call her needing centuries to get back to her homeworld starting from scratch a sign of a hard task rather than incompetence.
Sydney did consult Gwen on the magic to make sure she drew the summoning circle properly. She still used too much sweet stuff.
Sciona was dodging the xevoarchy rules on low-tier civs so was having to work from scratch and in a way that they wouldn’t notice.
These demons almost certainly aren’t.
Getting summoned could be something specific to demons Alari can’t do.
Alternatively, popping in a singular demon like Sydney did Parfait is much easier than opening a stable wormhole, and you can’t stage a planetary-scale invasion by summoning in your troops one-by-one, especially if you want to bring in heavy weapons and establish logistical support. (Tom’s demons used another entirely different looking method in https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-988-its-like-herding-horny-demons/.)
Getting summoned is probably something specific to demons that Alari can’t do.
Alternatively, popping in a singular demon like Sydney did Parfait is much easier than opening a stable wormhole, and you can’t stage a planetary-scale invasion by summoning in your troops one-by-one, especially if you want to bring in heavy weapons and establish logistical support. (Tom’s demons used another entirely different looking method in https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-988-its-like-herding-horny-demons/.) Transporting over the equipment might be possible, but do the Alari even have the required equipment? Is what they have bulkier than the Brane Ripper and she couldn’t carry it along?
It’s probably the first, because she could have at least summoned some helpers from Alar if that was possible at all.
I suspect, yeah, the ability/vulnerability to summoning is an aspect of the infernal powerup the demons got, that Dabbler explained way back when. The one that was supposed to have given them an easy victory in their war with the celestials, but didn’t on account of enhancing their fractiousness.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-814-history-demonology-101/
Easier long distance transport would certainly have been a big advantage.
So, unless you’re ‘steeped in infernal magic’, you’re limited to using the more common means of getting around.
Scionia is an alien, but she’s not a demon, she doesn’t have that infernal powerup.
Not I’m really curious if Halo keep a giant cross or two and has made booby traps/defenses to like drop it on demons/vampires etc to protect her store… Granted they might go off by someone else or she might forget where that remote trigger is, but it’s a fun thought nevertheless.
Thinking aircraft transponder codes, is this a 7500 or 7700? Or maybe just 1200.
For those unfamiliar with them, emergency transponder codes are used by pilots to let air traffic control know you are having a problem on your aircraft and in what way. The three main codes are 7500, 7600, 7700. A mnemonic based on the second digit helps remember which is which.
7700: 7 – We’re going to heaven. There is a significant mechanical/structural/fuel problem with the aircraft that is compromising operations. If the radio is still working, this is usually accompanied by a Mayday call. Find me a runway and if I can, I will try to land there. Roll all the fire trucks!
7600: 6 – Radio needs a fix. I can not communicate on the main assigned frequency. We will try to communicate by alternate means or by following standard procedures for this situation.
7500: 5 – Passenger wants to drive. Attempted hijacking. After September 2001, this gets the air force/air national guard coming to your aircraft very quickly.
There is also transponder code 1200, which is not emergency, but just means that you are flying VFR (visual flight rules). You are responsible for your own navigation and staying away from clouds, mountains and other aircraft, because you are not interacting with air traffic control that much.
Yeah, Sydney will go 1200 (no big deal, she is responsible for her own actions, not checking in with head office.)
Dunno about aircraft responder codes, but Syd *is* wearing her comm-choker.
Which is not a fashion accessory…
Simply turning it on and letting Dabbs hear the demonic growling about this issue should be …enough… if Sydney deems the situation too dangerous for Innocent Bystanders.
I’ve a feeling Xuriel [something] sij Thothogoth could and would enjoy ingraining some Common Sense into a demon highschool bully squad regarding her half-sister’s choices in Masters.
And probably on the wisdom of carefully checking the antecedents of the owner of a place that’s “demon-friendly” in a place that usually isn’t.
Dabbler: [ runs into the IT office ] Hey, Krona. I need to get to Sydney’s comic shop, quick. Can you help?
Krona: [ slips off Leon’s lap to her feet on the floor ] What about Harem? I’m she can get there faster.
Dabbler: Yeah, but I’m above her weight limit. She’s on her way with light weaponry.
Krona: What about Max? [ Sonic boom is heard in the sound-protected room ] Never mind. Let’s see what we can do.
Dabbler: Thank you!
Krona: Okay, step through the wormhole. It should drop you in the shop’s courtyard, if I didn’t goof my decimal place, which would put your in Yellowknife.
Dabbler: What?
Krona: Just kidding. Just step through.
And her glasses, which are operable by eye movements (her collar didn’t seem to be last time we saw it used) and can almost certainly call Dabbler with total subtlety.
I wonder if Succubi are generally accepted to hand out the “Bad master” consequences for people who try to force-bond succubi? Or something less severe.
Either way, this gang are either too dumb to live, or think they can handle Dabbler and her mum.
It is fun to play “spot the new waifu” in this comic. Like that orange skinned pink haired demon gal wearing what looks like a varsity jacket.
When you need six demons to ‘retrieve’ someone, you’ve already ceded that your argument is not going to be effective.
Six? There are only three (two and a half counting Hullo Demon as only being half a demon needing help to retrieve what he considers his property)
If you zoom in on the first panel, you’ll see that, in addition to the two lead demons and the lady demon with the multi-colored hair, there’s a second lady with blue skin (and half-covered face, I assume of the same species as the one Achilles defeated and gained the services of) and what appears to be a blue hat as well as some scales, indicating two more. In the second panel, you can clearly see six people walking toward the shop. So, yeah, Hullo Demon has 5 individuals (not necessarily all demons) with him, presumably as a show of force. Which really isn’t going to work on Sydney, who regularly associates with someone who can one-shot space warships and is herself comparably powerful.
Oh, thank you, didn’t notice the others on the other side of the portal, or the Train of The Damned in panel two
In the first panel there’s three people in full that already came through, but if you look closely you can make out two others still in the process of coming through the portal. And in the second panel you can make out six figures walking up the path.
It’s rather hard to see those details on the web version. I had to go to the patreon version and look at the hi-res image to see the others coming through the portal in panel 1.
Unless they’re just a group of friends who came along to provide moral support or even just convincingness when it comes to talking to Parfait.
Is anyone else worried about the one in the back who looks like they’ve got another one of Max’s symbiote?
The ‘gold’ is the sleeves, lotta USAsian jackets are like that, specially in High School (believe they are called ‘letterman jackets’ because they have the letter of whatever sport you are majoring in, usually American Football or Gymnastics for boys)
Check her cleavage and belly. (And face)
She’s got gold skin.
Looks crimson to me
If this is how I find out I’m red/yellow colourblind I will be …
I actually don’t know how I’d feel about that.
Huh.
Her skin is sort of pink, I’m pretty sure. Not a human pink, but pink-pink.
Looks like a dark-ish pink, but the shading gives it orange highlights – that can come of as kinda gold-ish at a glance I guess. Took me some squinting to make it out in this resolution. Too different of an overall shade from her sleeves though.
He called it a comic shop? Not a book store? They *HAVE* comics in the Otherthere?
I’m sure it was mentioned earlier but was the building de-sanctified as opposed to defiled?
There has to be a difference. Just holy enough to give demons the Heebies but not the Jeebies?
I’m pretty sure the church lost its sanctity long before it closed. As these things go the congregation probably replaced it with sanctimoniousness before they left.
The Who’s Who says Olivia is Tony’s sister AND cousin. So how does that work? I’m sure I missed an explanation for that somewhere in the past.
They have one parent in common, and their other parents are siblings. If Gertrude and Claudius had a baby, that would be Hamlet’s half-sibling and cousin.
Her daddy scored with twins
Perhaps half-sister with their respective fathers (or mothers) being siblings.
Go read her intro again.
Cassette recorder was the best and worst present ever.
It’s been a long time, but way back during her official introduction near the beginning of the comic, it’s mentioned that their dad scored with twins.
Don’t care about Halitosis-breath or Hullo Demon, but the cute female demon in the back? Hope she gets to live and becomes a semi-regular friend
No reason to think Earthly religious rituals have any effect on anything at all.
He did specify persecution as the thing he doesn’t like.
ie. the actions of the people who built the church, not the church itself.
Looks like the post I was replying to (about consecration/deconsecration) was deleted
That was probably the answer to the question I posed.
[quote]It’s not the law or anything, on the one hand, demons are kind of like Libertarians, in that they believe anyone should be allowed to do whatever they want so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else… minus the “as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else” part. It’s more like, “as long as you’re powerful enough to get away with it.”[/quote]
Actually, that *still* sounds like more than a few Libertarians—or at least those who call themselves that…
I came specifically to say this. LOL. As I kept reading that section I was like…. yeah, so like Liber… Yep like Liberta…. Okay, so yeah…. No “buts” needed.
“anyone should be allowed to do whatever they want so long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else” is an anarchist moto..
A libertarian moto is “might makes right “…
Libertarianism is a dictator version of anarchism.
Eh, I think most libertarians claim that might shouldn’t make right, that violence is only acceptable in self-defense… but any other form of coercion is perfectly fine. They’re fundamentally ok with slavery as long as there are a couple layers of indirection.
Both Anarchism and Libertarianism are a little to broad categories to be entirely useful.
That said, Libertarianism is generally considered the more basic term for all forms of anti-authoritarian ideologies.
Anarchism is generally assumed to be the form of anti-authorianism that comes from socialism taken to that particular extreme.
Things have gotten complicated in the last three or four decades, especially in the USA, when Libertarianism has become more and more synonymous with the alt-right ideology of ‘personal liberty trumps everything’ taken to greater extremes.
It led to the situation where Anarchists vehemently deny that their ideology has anything to do with Libertarianism. At All.
Makes it a bit difficult to have a meaningful discussion about these subjects in political sciences :)
Sensible comment for me a French and anarchism is this “anti-authorianism that comes from socialism” and it’s mostly true for the anarchist movement in France until 1918…
Libertarism is for me a far right ideology a mixture of plutocracy and fascism due to the social Darwinism…
I have some sympathy for anarchists but no for libertarians
And in French the word libertaire ( the french word used to make the word libertarian ) and anarchist are synonyms.
libertarianisme or libertarisme are the word used to call american libertarian …
Ah, I get it, these guys are disputing Tom’s bonding and they are hoping to kidnap her to force her to change bonding. Which is a big problem for Sydney since they barged in and big guy starting in demanding. Sydney could bubble up but it would wreck the counters so I think she’s going to contact Dabbler through her glasses while telling this guy to back off and leave her store.
If he doesn’t, Lighthook should contain him nicely while she walks him outside. “Unhand me Earth skum!” (Syd gives him a hard squeeze with lighthook) “I’m sorry, I couldn’t understand you over the grunting noises you’re making.” Lets just hope the rest don’t interfere.
I’ve given up reading minds, I can’t afford the counselling & therapy bills.
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I also feel kind of guilty not setting up the same for the subject of the reading…
Not really a comment, just a bit of fan art, (ad supported image site).
https://freeimage.host/i/JxpRdzJ
Well, that seems to be a hosting fail. :( Any suggestions regarding a reliable image host?
I like Deviant Art myself. I have posted a couple of stories there as I am not much of a visual artist. DaveB also has an account there with a bunch of images.
Sorry about the no-show. Trying this again with a recommended host.
https://ibb.co/qYJ4hZk
I was able to view Sydney expecting ninjas, Deus and a frustrated Maxima on both sites.
“minus the “as long as it doesn’t hurt anyone else” part”
To be fair to the demons, I’m not sure most libertarians get this either.
(Pushing up to 100% of libertarians for the effects of yanking large government safety nets on people other than themselves).
Long term thinking is not something that many people do, ESPECIALLY these days.
As some of my pagan friends say, ‘And it harm none, do as ye will’ is HARD to pull off for the exact same reason. No one in powers seems to bother to think about long term consequences anymore when they can make short term profit. Emotional manipulation is all they need to get what they want now, so why should they CARE about 5 or ten years from now?
Panel 3, first pass I thought one of Sydney’s orbs was translating for her. Eventually realized the bubble was coming from the blur behind her.
How often does Olivia change her hairstyle?!?!?
I’m more concerned about how much she changed her face in the few pages since we last saw her eating lunch. What in the plastic surgeon???
I feel like I should be able to identify the reference picture for this one, but it’s not coming to me. She definitely looks nothing like any of her previous appearances, including the prior page she appeared on just two weeks ago!
Six demons to retrieve one fledgling succubus? They’re respecting somebody.
Big Tom
Or Parf herself
Or Dabbler.
Or all of them together.
So, Libertines. Not Libertarians.
libertine translated from the french word libertins , used as anathema by John Calvin an hardcore french protestant devoid on nuance and sense of humor in 1555…
In the XVIII century the term began to be used to describe debauchery
The libertine novel was a primarily 18th-century literary genre of which the roots lay in the European but mainly French libertine tradition. The genre effectively ended with the French Revolution. Themes of libertine novels were anti-clericalism, anti-establishment and eroticism.
Authors include Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon (Les Égarements du cœur et de l’esprit, 1736; Le Sopha, conte moral, 1742), Denis Diderot (Les bijoux indiscrets, 1748), Marquis de Sade (L’Histoire de Juliette, 1797–1801), Choderlos de Laclos (Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782), and John Wilmot (Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery, 1684).
On these Choderlos de Laclos (Les Liaisons dangereuses, 1782) is a classic safe for work, L’Histoire de Juliette not …
But libertines are in their majority artisant of age of Enlightenment, even Sade with this claimed atheism…
As someone who has worked retail for far too long, it is scary how often this scenario happens in real life. While it varies by store most places have about the same rules regarding if someone they don’t know comes in demanding (especially angrily) to talk to a specific employee, or asking if a customer by name is there. That last one was especially focused on when I worked at a theater.
“Olivia, I am Archon…”
I have the feeling this bunch of demons will learn pretty fast that they are NOT strong enough to get away with anything on Sydney’s watch XD
Six demons? Where is my little bag? Gonna have to stick them back in their prison…
I felt like “sij” was reasonably comprehensible with the context clues, but I understand if people’s mileage varies.
Is Sydney’s comic shop covered under super power fight insurance?
If you were Syd’s partner(s), wouldn’t that be your FIRST investment?
Oh dear. Someone is about to get the hot pepper tongue hand job into asphalt from hell.
I wonder if demons fully understand the threat of Sydney. Fracture Station found out, now will the demon worlds?
Lots of people underestimate her, but this guy is pushing buttons that SHOULD NOT BE PUSHED!
Just to point out, that ^^ is not me posting
I can’t be the only person wondering if Yellow Eyes is the “one who got away” in disguise. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1202-the-one-that-got-away/
I don’t get the “belongs to another guy” theory at all. To me it just sounds like a minion being too possessive. Demons aren’t famous for social skills, Succubi not withstanding.
Not to restart a painful discussion but … when Thogothoth (furthermore known as Tom) cam to Earth the first time he refered to Xuriel (Dabbler) as ‘slave’. Maxima predictably did not take that well.
This forced Xuriel to give an abbreviated history of the Succubus race before Max removed some body parts from Tom that he could not easily live without, like his face.
The very short summary of that summary of tens of thousands of year of mostly horrifying history, is that it started with a bunch of morally questionable archwizards using the animate flesh spell to create a personal assistant. Over time they got better at creating actually independent life forms and started renting them out for all sorts of questionable purposes. This started an arms race between slaves who now had the freedom of mind and the ability to kill and artificers who tried ever more devious means to control their slaves. It all culminated in the current status quo where the life force of the succubus must be tied to an owner. Being owned will prevent her mana (which as a magical being she needs to survive) from quickly draining away.
Succubi have since then been emancipated and in theory the bond is voluntary and abuse is monitored by the matriarchs of the race. In practice succubi still have an innate desire to obey and please their master and his every command, and their mana can be taken by their master. Making them intelligent mana batteries, familiars, spies, assassins, bedwarmers and everything else their master asks of them.
Which brings us to today’s page. Tom already bonded Xuriel, but she has long emancipated herself from the need to please him and treats being owned by him as a convenience of not being bothered by other would be owners who might be less easy going. Tom then also bonded with Xuriel’s half (or third) sister, the aforementioned Parfait. Given the scarcity of Succubi and the high demand for their highly useful services this apparently was not well received by others. The clutch of demons arriving in today’s page are presumably trying to correct the situation by taking Parfait away from Tom and forcibly bond her with the ‘hullo’ demon.
They may not have thought things through as well as they should have. Not only did they fail to investigate if Parfait had powerful friends and backers (which she has), there also is no possible way that the Succubus Matriarchs are going to be okay with a demon abduction a Succubus already bonded to another owner. If they let that go even once they undo every bit of independence they have managed to obtain for their race.
Of course there is another possiblity, namely that Parfait is okay with this and it is a weird demonic courting ritual that is being played out in Sydney’s shop.
I love how Sydney has the entire name down. Not even using her glasses either. That looks a complicated name to remember, let alone speak confidentially.
i see two generic, disposable minions aaaaand… pinkie in the back there.
Would rathe do a bit of light reading of Dabblers and Parfaits minds instead. Mnnn raw cookie dough fights…
giant gummi-worm ‘sword’ battles where you eat the ‘loser’s’ weapon (in your favourite flavours)
I think some of the other demons kind of know which is one dude is getting into and they’re not telling them and they want to see the show