Grrl Power #1222 – Afterglow escapologist
Succubi don’t get any tantric energy from self inflicted pleasure, but they still get the self inflicted pleasure, so… they still do occasionally partake.
The radial mile of ground obsidification and associated fires she started in Galytn weren’t technically forest fires. There was a lot of grassland and ground scrub and those solo tree clusters that pop up in savannah biomes, but not really anything that qualifies as forest. Still, for her purposes, it counts.
The other time was when she was fighting Sciona’s golem thing. Also there was one mention of her starting a forest fire while testing the PPO for the first time. Somewhere in the comic is a panel of her trying to beat out that particular fire, I think with the lighthook, but I can’t recall where it appears.
So yeah, this is her 4th forest fire. I mean, she was present when this one started, not directly responsible for it. But it still kind of counts.
The new vote incentive is up! Crimson and Scarlett have a present for Ingsol!
It’s them, they’re the present. They’ve decided that “Sire-versaries” are a thing and Ingsol has to be convinced this is a good idea each time. Everyone thinks his pair of names-that-are-synonyms-with-red sirelings who are both women and who were both turned in that age range that ensure peak hotness means he’s a dirty old man, but he actually isn’t. It just worked out that way. And don’t forget that while it looks like there’s a 25 year age gap between the girls and him, it’s actually much worse, as he is 700 years old, while Scarlett is something like 180 and Crimson is only 40. But at the same time it’s meaningless as they were both fully adults when they got turned, so it’s all copacetic.
As usual, Patreon has the pair of them in various states of undress.
Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. Feel free to contribute as much as you like.
Can’t make out the text on the bottom line of Parfait’s “Warm up” in panel 5. Any help?
“Both literally and nonautomatopoieatically” might have spelled that last one wrong.
So, the score goes by orgasm or SnM skill sets…?
Warm Up
Both literally and nonomatopoeiamatically.
Yeah… he either added an extra “n” to the start of onomatopoeiamatically or missed an “on” (which would makek it nononomatopoeiamatically, or non-onomatopoeiamatically). Either way it looks like a slight typo.
No, it is meant to be as you put it second, he forgot the hyphen
‘Nonomatopoeia’, as an amalgamation of ‘non’/’not’ and ‘onomatopoeia’, is a popular term to describe typed-out sound effects that aren’t actually onomatopoeia.
It’s not accepted by dictionaries (yet), but it appears elsewhere online.
kind of like throwing a grape at someone and when it hits all there is, is the word ‘grape’ in place of a sound effect. We all ‘know’ the sound, but there’s not really a word to describe it.
Indeed.
I believe DaveB’s used the word before, and clearly makes liberal use of the technique.
Although using ‘nonomatopoeia’ as (part of) a nonomatopoeia is extra meta.
> Somewhere in the comic is a panel of her trying to beat out that particular fire, I think with the lighthook, but I can’t recall where it appears.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-88-restraint-generally-not-a-word-used-to-describe-her/
@DaveB
Thanking yous, knew it wasn’t the Hentorb butt couldn’t remember what exactly
But I’m assuming each is getting power off of the other’s sexual pleasure. They pretty much have to at this range.
I would assume not. Remember, when they get energy off somebody else they leave them drained. They can’t both be draining the other, it would be a wash.
Succubi drain people when they feed while having sex with them, but not when they’re just passively leeching on the generated tantric energy. In #792, Tamatha confirms that she can feed on residual tantric energy after the creators have already left, which presumable won’t drain them. Also compare Vehemence getting sustainable income from violence aura’ing the supers at the parking log into fighting.
But yes, I’d assume that succubi can’t just charge up on each other, I feel that should have come up because it would make many things about succubi much easier. They also presumably can’t feed themselves by just jilling off, even though Vehemence does get stronger from being violent himself.
Maybe due to the nature of succubi, the don’t produce consumable tantric energy of their own.
That said, here they should be gaining at least some tantric energy from the enjoyment/arousal of spectators like Brelx and Aster.
I don’t see why they wouldn’t produce tantric energy themselves. The problems would be that they would drain each other and that the amount of new energy generated would about the same as simply watching 2 other people go at it. While it might be enough for survival it is more fun and rewarding to involve others.
They probably don’t produce their own tantric energy because they have negative mana pools, it’s the whole reason they have to be bonded to prevent them from dying.
No, the reason they need to be bonded is not because of a negative pool, but because there is a hole in it and they someone to plug it
It’s not that they can’t create enough mana, it’s that they can’t create enough fast enough to keep the pool from emptying out: having a Master is only a ‘permanent fix’ as long as they have a Master (which is one reason killing them after bonding doesn’t always work out so good)
It would be the equivalent of tantric celery: zero calorific intake (or tantric in this case), or maybe negative? costs more than they get in return?
That’s possible. After all, if you do it with another succubus, you need to share the tantric energy, so it’s less efficient.
Word of Dave was that Succubi can’t feed off each other. I think it was in the comments one of the times that Dabbler faced off with Decollette.
I found something:
“Succubi can’t feed off each other. Well, they totally can, it’s just not sustainable. It’s like trying to breath back and forth into someone else’s mouth while you’re both underwater. It’s a game of rapidly diminishing returns.”
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-450-bang-jail/
It says that they can, but it doesn’t create energy out of nothing. Perhaps a stronger succubus could eventually suck the weaker dry because she can pull in more?
This seems to only be about the energy-leeching. Nothing about collecting the generated tantric energy.
just to let you know, I always seem to have trouble reading half of your posts.
((kidding, but you know why…or you don’t))
other reason. If they produced tantric energy, they would naturally absorb it instantly for themselves. So we can assume any tantric energy they produce is a net wash for themselves and does nothing for their hunger, otherwise needing to feed is largely moot when they could just ravish one another for a time. They have massive libidos, certainly more than normal people, superior endurance, skill, etc., but obviously that just doesn’t work.
Sydney should start a support group with Harry Dresden called “It was already on fire when I got here.”
/nods in Deadpool
Yep they all were already like this when I got here.
Sydney yet has to do something as cool as Harry Dresden with the T-Rex ;)
Well, she did deny having anything to do with it. But then, it’s Sidney.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1009-does-sydney-have-accident-insurance/
Still get a chuckle that even her parents are looking at her :)
At least Sydney has her own fire-suppression system (producing massive amounts of molecular nitrogen).
Still looking forward to the inevitable Liz/Sam Showdown.
Did you mean to post this on QC?
Fire departments and law enforcement agencies start keeping an eye on people who appear near multiple fires over a period of time, following similar reasoning to the way Jessica Fletcher should always be the first suspect when a murder occurs in her vicinity. They’re usually just adrenaline junkies, engine chasers and/or content creators, but every now and then there’s an actual arsonist in the mix.
Speaking of Jessica Fletcher, one of my favorite scenes in “Murder She Wrote” was when they lampshaded this. In one of the (several) episodes in which her nephew was a murder suspect, he was on trial and Jessica was called as a witness for the defense. The prosecuting attorney immediately painted her as a shady character not to be trusted by pointing out the excessive number of times people had turned up dead around her.
is there a pushing up roses commentary on this? if not why the blank not!
I’m sure that Sydney would insist that she hasn’t personally started a fire in days and days.
Maybe days and days and days, like 6 or 7.
Okay but why would she break free, either? If it were me, [REDACTED]
The point of this is to win, not just enjoy themselves
Because there are consequences to losing here and it’s not like she can’t have her fun afterwards.
When Archon turns up, someone remarks to Sydney.
“At least you didn’t set a country/ continent on fire. This time”.
“That wasn’t a continent! Half a continent tops, more like a third!”
Nothing has been turned into glass either.
Yet.
Just a large desert fire. A lot more acceptable than a forest fire.
Will Sydney be court martialed for the forest fire?!?!?
Sydney Scoville, anti-Smokey.
“Remember, children, only I can start wildfires. Well, some other things can, too. But mostly me.”
As she said, she did not start this wildfire out back of her shop. Time to call the fire department and go change into her wet-suit so she can act as a water bomber. Fly over to a nearby lake, drop in, pop up Mr. Bubble, fly back to the combusting vegetation and, Bombs Away. Rinse and Repeat until the fire is extinguished.
After stopping the fire in her backyard, Sydney comes back to the group of observers.
Aster: You were not supposed to interfere.
Sydney: Well, I had to stop the fire, and besides, I soaked everybody equally, so in the end, it is a wash (in more ways than one).
Aster: I noticed you manage to hit us as well. I was not standing near the burning trees.
Sydney: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure the area you were standing in did start burning either. [ Thought bubble: Besides, How do I say “Bad Kitty” when I don’t speak the language? ]
Or, do what she did before and smother it with nitrogen.
That might be hard on sentients in the area. If the others weren’t there, flooding the area with pure nitrogen/argon would be a good strategy.
In https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1080-nitrogenerator/ used the nitrogen strick with the african farmer right next to it, and he seemd to be fine.
Oops:
Sydney: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure the area you were standing in did start burning either. [ Thought bubble: Besides, How do I say “Bad Kitty” when I don’t speak the language? ]
Should be:
Sydney: Yeah, I just wanted to make sure the area you were standing in did not start burning either. [ Thought bubble: Besides, How else should I say “Bad Kitty” when I don’t speak the language? ]
She discovered she can produce nitrogen with the “air” orb, so all she’d have to do with a fire that just got started would be to put it out by starving it of oxygen, the problem is that if the wind is strong enough, without a way to control the “gas bubble” it could simply be blown away. Parfait simply ignited the tree canopy, mostly leaves, it might burn out on it’s own.
When Sydney warms up fully , deserts catch on fire.
I love the demon’s reaction of ‘THIS forest fire?’ and needs to join the Harry Dresden Support Group of ‘the place was on fire but it wasn’t my fault…this time.’
Good to know those gems in her horn aren’t just for show! Can she store spells in them, or are they just mana batteries?
Remember the first fight, with all those supers and Vehemence? Dabbler had inserted crystals into her sword to defeat “Heavenly Sword”? Same thing, there are crystals that are either naturally or created by someone to have properties like fire or ice, Parfait just has the same thing on her horn.
So, the score goes by orgasm or SnM skill sets…?
Ah, twinsies on that forest fire thing
That whole “savannah doesn’t count as forest” argument is exactly why Smokey Bear has switched to saying “Only you can prevent wildfires”.
Technically, a savannah isn’t a forest (need more trees for it to count)
Which isn’t the point. The point is to include grassfires in Smokey’s admonishment.
Wasn’t dismissing that, was just pointing out that savannahs are not forests
Hmm, only two of Parf’s gems lit up the sky
Also hmm-worthy: only the tops of Lulu’s boot’s got mummified (not sure why they did at all!) and not the soles
It seems like Sydney and her unwanted visitors are BONDING here. Building cameradie as they enjoy the show together.
Okay, now I’m wondering if Sydney will put the fire out herself, if Heatwave is back in town and shows up to deal with it (but I think this is only one day later? Or are we still same day as the incident?), or if the DFD will make an appearance to put it out.
*snickers* I just realized–with the canopy on fire, Dave doesn’t need to include all the leaf shadows anymore.
Does Sydney perhaps have a latent Psi ability compelling even violently inclined people around her to offer erudite lore explanations when prompted be her? Multiple times she’s gotten even the biggest-bads to pause between onslaughts and lay out how their society/powers/kinks work. A very narrow form of telepathic manipulation; she’s an inherent super after all! It’d be great to see a scene where she becomes consciously aware of this and attempts to use it tactically.
Hmm. Maybe that’s what the brown orb does?
It’s been discussed.
As Johnny… er, Jane-on-the-spot, it’s still her obligation to put it out, (especially since it endangers her temple of HALO business… ;)
If her statement doesn’t ring some alarm bells in Meathead’s noggin, he’s dumber than he looks…
Yes, because it’s very tough to set a forest on fire
Well, we’ve at least learned something from this from the one guy’s reaction. Forest fires aren’t a normal occurrence, or one would hope, in the wider community ether. So I guess Sydney gets a trophy class all her own for collateral damage and chaos.
Is that lapha on the right edge of panel 1? https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/character/lapha/
We can’t rule it out, given that their species can body-hop, but they’re introduced as Glibph or Tenri, so probably not.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-1214-the-one-with-the-demon-gang/
Feet from previous incarnation says they don’t like… hoofs. Possibly related species though.
Good point. I forgot that!
Will connecting life support to the PPO through buying the pip potentially change the beam type?
Sad day for Maxima when she finds out: Fruit Stripe gum is being discontinued. Farewell, Yipes.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fruit-stripe-gum-farewell-chewing-gum-to-be-discontinued-after-half-a-century/ar-AA1mOb4j
Yeah, saw that a couple days ago, good thing she has a decade to stockpile :)
LMAO only two or three orgasms?? that’s a number for a regular earth human, not quite credible for your sex demon aliens!