Grrl Power #238 – Gain an ally, lose an ally
Well Jabber’s turncoatism didn’t last very long did it? If Pangolin Style is her high damage with medium armor and speed style, then Crusader Style is her high armor and damage style with low speed. Her powers obviously take her beyond what’s possible with regular martial arts, otherwise those pinballs would have hurt a lot.
Martial arts are a lot better when the moves have cool names. Jump off two walls before kicking someone in the head? That’s cool and all, but call it a triangle kick and now you’re cooking with evil gas. Heck, even call a regular punch “The Tooth Rattler” and it sounds more intimidating. That goes doubly when you move into fantasy martial arts. In fact I think it’s a requirement. Swords bounce off your skin? That’s the Iron Robe. Firing balls of ki from your hands? The Wave Fist, or you know, hadouken. Of course yelling out what you’re doing or about to do in a real fight is a good way to get a broken face, but in comics it counts as battle banter.
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This is no evidence that jabber has been defeated in the panel. The pavement could fall off, Jabber glares defiantly and says “What part of the crusader shield being impervious did you miss?” DaveB could be liar. Who lies.
that’s unlikely because giving jabber more fighting does nothing for the plot. we have a lot of people to flesh out still let alone find out halo’s new power.
But don’t you realize? this comic is all about Jabber. so far it’s just had a rather convoluted prologue.
They’ve simply encased her in Carbonite. She should be quite well protected. If she survived the freezing, sorry, SQUEEZING process, that is.
Mmmm, yes please, would love a glass of fresh Jabber Juice thank you
Voice activated/controlled tech is hardly any better. Mental activation/control gives faster response times and reduces what an opponent expects, unless they’re a TP of course and even then I could think of a few possible counters.
Pointless Trivia: The movie “Firefox”, which was based on a thought controlled weapon system in a stealth aircraft, essentially removed the “Thought controlled” part by stipulating that the pilot needed to “Think in Russian” to activate it…the version in the book worked by visualization, and the movie version made it no better than a voice activated system.
This defeat might have been planned by Dabbler.
She sent Jabber after one of the guys who held back (presumeably the real battle here).
She propably did not expected Jabber to defeat them, but at least she revealed that this guys is not limited to telekinsis on metal objects/objects he keeps around his hands.
Maybe dabbler should go kissing up the bad guys. They might need some more “chaff” to better understand thier true enemy.
I don’t know if she knew Jabbs would be defeated (especially not that quickly) but I’m positive she did it to bait the baddy.
The situation was really win-win from Dabbler’s perspective. Either Jabberwokky wins – taking out one of Arc’s opponents and letting Dabbler send Jabber on to the next target, or Jabberwokky loses – taking out of Arc’s opponents and letting the team know more about one of their remaining targets without risking themselves.
Okay I am really starting to dig these guys, some of the ones we’ve seen so far are cool but I can’t wait to see what the real baddies bring out.
I know this is a kinda odd request. Is there any way to see Dabbler wiggle her ears?
You.
Are.
SICK.
Are you sure that’s the only body part you would like to see her wiggle?
Seeing her twerk would kill most males (and a bunch of females) with fatal nosebleeds. Let’s start with the ears and weed out the basket cases first.
Then the feet / hooves please.
They legs even just walking…
Animating a Dabbler walk cycle might be fun. Both forms of course.
So Green’s an earthbender?
He is definitely somewhere in the earthbender/geokinetic to full telekinetic range.
I see evidence of 3-5 different arches here.
Voodoom, Greenie, Ra-marked Girl, Fedorka, whomever Fedorka may work for
Voodoom is obvious for the reasons Fedorka pointed out
Greenie is likely because he is actually seen giving orders at one point
Ra-marked Girl is likely because her offer to handle Jabber indicates she might have more power than Greenie
Fedorka because any SOB barely even flinching like that in the middle a super battle must be badass.
If Fedorka is working for someone I don’t wanna have to mess with them.
I still say the evidence that Fedora is a villain is insufficient.
Villian maybe, maybe not
On their side, definitely not
Arch villian or arch rival he’s an arch something
I’m pretty sure the hairdresser guy is the main villian.
That he was featured in a supervillian montage isn’t good enough for you?
There are other ways to be a problem. How about a for-hire crew of powers? Archon might not allow them to work domestically, but that hasn’t slowed down other groups. Just made them sneakier.
Or a foreign agent, looking them over. Maybe arranging a little test of his own later.
Your statement, however, assumes that:
1) the two appearances are both the same person (the former could be a clone, duplicate from an alternate dimension, or former protege who has decided to step out on his own);
2) that all of the people in the montage are supervillains when Ariana identifies them only as members of the “super community; and,
3) that Ariana’s imagery of the people in the montage are accurate representations of the people (note that in the page before the montage, the superconstruction worker and electrohand aren’t meant to necessarily be real people either, but examples of what Maxima thinks will happen).
Now, some may find the above explanations farfetched, which is fair enough. However, a good hypothesis takes all of the available data into consideration regardless of the order in which it was received. In this case, such information would include his “Good kid. Hope she doesn’t get killed tonight” thought. IMHO, his desire that Sydney survives and, especially, his designation of her as a “good kid”. It is my humble opinion that these are much harder to explain in a “villain” scenario than the montage is in a “non-villain” scenario and thus I think the latter is more likely. Note that I am not saying he isn’t a villain, just that the data is insufficient for people to claim definitely whether he is or isn’t one.
Should be: “IMHO, his desire that Sydney survives and, especially, his designation of her as a “good kid” are much harder to explain in a “villain” scenario than the montage is in a “non-villain” scenario and thus I think the latter is more likely.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains
Warning TV Tropes link… nuff said
Except I don’t see how anything on that page addresses what I wrote, especially my first and third points.
Scenario One (an example of my first point)
Someone in the government realized that Archon grossly underestimated the number of supers and therefore got approval for a Men In Black-type of organization, except for capes instead of aliens. Fedora is part of the organization and the gentleman in the montage is an ex-member who has gone rogue (which would explain the difference in their appearance). Fedora’s superiors have assigned him to track down Mr. Rogue. Having learned of Archon’s dinner plans, Fedora decides to watch them in case Mr. Rogue makes an opportunistic attack. However, Fedora has been ordered not to participate in the fight (which he reported/is reporting) unless he can find evidence of Mr. Rogue’s direct involvement. Summary: He is on their side, just for a different organization.
Scenario Two (an example of my third point)
Ariana learned of a potential Archon new recruit (Fedora) and devised several marketing deals to include him. Such plans, however, were dashed when Fedora refused to join. Because of this, Ariana views him with suspicion. As she sees it, the only way someone could have rejected an offer that good is if they were up to no good. Summary: He is on their side, he just doesn’t want to join Archon.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I don’t think either scenario breaks Halo-verse canon so far. Yet neither require Fedora to be an arch-anything or for him to be “on their side, definitely not”. It may very well turn out that he isn’t on their side and I could see various scenarios where it could go either way. However, the inclusion of the phrase about it being “most definitely” is in error.
True he may be just there to gather lintel for Harrems friend or another player.
……. THAT gotta hurt….
Even if it didn’t it’ll be inconvenient.
It would be fun to see him try that on Achilles… and his reaction afterwards.
“Thanks, my shirt was needing pressed*
Actually, I meant Greenie’s reaction.
Nah, Jabber just got stoned, is all.
not as much stoned as “Road Kill, considering he used the asphalt from the road to slam her like that
I may be too late, but I humbly submit the name “bath robe lady” for the woman in blue.
Giga Slave is way past a nuke. A Demon’s Blood Talisman boosted Dragon Slave is a nuke. A Giga Slave can end worlds.
DAMN IT!!!!!
Honestly If I didn’t know better I suspect Lina was a vessel for L-Sama.
Hrm!! Screw it.
Sword of Truth reference! W00t.
Dabbler in a red Ash hat: Jabberwocky, I choose you!
(Pokémon Announcer)
Green-Hair hits Jabberwocky with Blacktop Smash. Its super effective!
(waves flag)
Jabberwocky is unable to battle!
Dabbler in a red Ash hat: Jiggly-watz I choose you!
Jiggawat: What?
…
So one could say that Jabber felt the earth move twice during this fight?
Love hurts.
And some times you can get the Clap!
clap, clap,clap.
Clap on, clap off?
Which brings up the question of what kind of super “The Clapper” would be.
One with a tasteless joke involving Asian accents ready to gross out the fans?
Or perhaps one who is happy and he or she knows it.
i think that she is now pressed for time
So when they get her out of there, she’s going to be de-pressed?
I managed to get here via RSS, so… probably not broken?
Also, the RSS was in my Feedly this morning, when the update was yesterday noon. Obviously it appeared whenI was asleep, so don’t exactly know when it turned up, but it seems the RSS is now just taking a lot more time to show the updates (i.e. more than 10 hours)
Can’t say I’ve had any issues with the RSS feed, it still tells me when you’ve released an update.
Actually, the Crusader Sword does always strike true, doesn’t always hit true what it was aimed at though :P
What do you mean? She swung it into the ground. It hit the ground.
Yes, it hit the ground, but she aimed at GreenBean
I could be wrong, but I’m sensing that someone was making a joke that someone else didn’t get.
Are we talking about the space opera where a crucial power relay for the battlestations tractor beams built so that it can be shut down with a couple levers that can can only be reached via a dangerous catwalk without a railing at an abyss seems to be so common that noone questions it?
I know the sentence is a bit tangled and confusing, but I think you will get it.
and the idea that it’s a station built with artificial gravity, designed in such a way that if that gravity was turned off, the whole point of having the retractable catwalk is redundant doesn’t bother you in the least?
Only if the gravity controls are even more easily accessible. And I don’t think the catwalk was retractable, but its been some time since I saw Episode IV.
Stupidity in that design (imo) in descending order of magnitude:
1. Important powernode located in unguarded and seemingly unused corridor.
2. Powernode can be shut down by pulling LEVERS. No keycard or password or ANYTHING required.
3. Powernode is located over an abyss for some reason. I can’t think of a good one.
4. Said levers can only be reached over a small catwalk that has no railing. Safety anyone?
Hmm listed like this: Imperial spacecraft engineers are apparently even more incompetent than the stereotypical stormtrooper.
And actually the most vital system (except of course, the oxygen supply) you could ever shut down is the intertial dampeners imo… just wait till they change course at high speeds – and make sure you ain’t on board when they do.
And a little PS so StarTrek gets it a little too:
Im 99% sure all races in StarTrek are descended from Warhammer 40k orks. Their technology works because they believe in it, and they make up new religious techwords as they go to reinforce that belief and get ever new absurd tech.
Actually without an Inertial Compensator just about any acceleration beyond low enough to you could probably run faster (yes, that was an exaggeration) would turn everybody on board into a thin,sticky paste.
From full impulse to warp 6 usually only takes a few seconds.
That wouldn’t be a thin paste, that would be a vapor. (depending on the strength of the chairs)
I’m thinking more of the fact that you wouldn’t be reaching and maintaining a specific velocity (like driving at 55mph) in normal space but you’d be either constantly accelerating or coasting. a sudden jump in acceleration without an I-C system would have everyone doing like Dark Helmet in Spaceballs, only more, you know, splattery.
Exactly, going from a normal spacecraft velocity to hundreds of times the speed of light in just a few seconds is billions of g’s of acceleration.
A hundred g’s causes death.
A billion times earths gravity would throw the occupants against their chairs so hard they would become a fine mist.
actually 10G could be fatal (any would almost certainly leave you broken) if you were thrown into a wall with that force Much less the 7-8 digit figures.
You are right about Star Trek, a few species (the main ones) did have the same genetic origin. A long dead species seeded a few planets and used their own DNA.
I forget more about this, if it’s a film or series episode.
Or that something the size of a “small moon” doesn’t generate its own gravity well? It would be a *light* gravity well, so a bit of artificial enhancement so people could work normally comes in handy though.
RSS feed has been working for me for a while.
Aww damnit that shoul’ve been a reply to something on page one….
I am using the RSS Ticker plugin for Firefox. The RSS feed was noticed after 12:00 EDT Thursday. Maybe slow, but definitely working.
Okay I -was- going to read all the posts to see if anyone had said it yet……….. but screw it………… EARTH-BENDER!!!!
already been said :P
-just a weird idea I had..
some of these ‘bad guys’ are either pretty inept or their heart isn’t into it..
what are the odds one of the real bads is a mind controller and just ‘whistled up’ a whole mess of non villains to send in as canon fodder?
Possibly, also a lot of two bit thugs and or independants who are being pressured to help deal with arcSWAT before it puts them all out of a job.
If that’s his fodder, I’d hate to see his mudder.
Remembering what Hex and The Beefy Stylist said, I would imagine that someone has the power to make suggestions to others and have them believe it was their own idea. Though certain kinds of stress seems to cancel the effects out, such as an explosion tossing you into a tree and having a squirrel land on your bare stomach, or small doses of gamma radiation and unbalanced odds.
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Given that relaxing warmup for the crusaders was genocide of the Jews on the Rhine, I’d say that it’s perfectly appropriate.
ya know, it just hit me, if it wasn’t for her calling her styles, and if she was able to fly, she’d be an almost perfect rival for Maxima. At least in close quarters.
Maxima style!
So does she have a tattoo of a chubby Korean in a suit dancing ?
Gangnam style
“Hey Sexy Lady!”
Sooo… Telekinesis? What’s that arrogant knobs name anyway?
I’ve been calling him “Marbles.”
I hate to think of his mother not being able to find him and going to the police: “I’ve lost my Marbles!”.
His name is Tommy.
Soooo TommyKnocker ?
As a team they are Tommy and Knocker. Make it so, please.
Tommy and his knockers.
*sighs* and not even the brit got the reference. =P
He couldn’t hear you. And he didn’t see you.
Maybe he has no idea Who you’re talking about.
You know he might be the type who can only push in one direction from his target point. So the original marble juggling would be merely enough to make them close to weightless and skill. The asphalt is application of pure PUSH, correcting slightly once they were in motion. This kind of TK can’t be used to fly (either on self or by floating something else that you stand on) and while he may have some fine control, it is most assuredly not the ‘giant hand, green lantern’ type without the green.
Rockets fly by pushing down.
since when was a crusader a animal?! I guess that’s where the “seemingly” comes in and what would gangnam style for her look like?
It was only ‘seemingly’ because up to that point, she only used animals
What? You never heard of the super hero Crusader Rabbit? And Rags.
He may be a decent telekinetic, but what he can’t see, will kill ’em. Or injure him. Or moderately inconvenience him. Like, say, a bullet? Or a tranq dart? Something too swift for the eye to follow?
Like a sniper on another roof?
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Maybe it’s just me, but Greenie looks ticked off in the first panel- possibly because Jabberwocky got to kiss Dabbler instead of him?
He hasn’t smiled since we met him. World’s grumpiest super villain.
Yeah, he hasn’t changed his ‘grrr’ face since we saw him in the light of the evening
A thought just occurred to me: if the lady in the the fifth panel is his wife and if their conversation is typical for them (her comment could be seen as denigrating, while his could be seen as defensive), maybe his super-villainy and grumpiness could be cured with a little marriage counseling?
Or a good divorce lawyer.
For those a little confused: “Impervious” does not mean the same as “Invulnerable”
They are, however, synonyms.
Is this another case where words have been changed from it’s original meaning because too many morons have been using it incorrectly?
‘Impervious’ is more along the lines that one doesn’t feel pain, ‘Invulnerable’ is more along the lines of not being damaged/injured
The way panels 1 and 2 are set up makes it look like Green Hair is the one saying Crusader Style.
Also: he looks really cool doing earth moves.
jabbers trapped? i guess you could say shey doesn’t have the moves like jabber! get it? its like moves like jagger, only jabber
Considering the number of jokes that haven’t flown in these comments, some precautions are indicated. On the other hand, there is such a thing as overdoing it.
Similar thinking pervades pro wrestling (not that I ever watch any of it…. ), with bonus points awarded if the wrestler names or renames a move to fit his or her theme.
when I saw the ball bearings I was a little upset to see that green hair over there only had run-of-the mill telekinesis, I once saw a psychic with ball bearings whose power was to perfectly maintain an objects kinetic energy so even something like lightly tossed ball bearings could push through a metal security doors at a bank.
ummm hold on crusader style? it says she is based on animal archetypes i understand cheetah and believe pangolin but is there an animal called crusader?
Seemingly. I guess I should have updated her Who’s Who badge on this page.
As a side note, the move Fissue was removed from the TV show Pokemon after an earthquake struck Japan, so the move can only be viewed in season 1.
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