Grrl Power #251 – Circuitous motive man
Maxima has some nerd cred as you know, but Inverse Ninja is a little too deep down the well for her, hence the explanation.
With the fight running longer than I had intended, I almost cut this whole page. Arguably little happens on it except for a little insight into Vehemence’s character, and the lightsaber joke which I can’t believe never occurred to me until I started drawing the second panel, but which I’m now rather enamored with, so in it goes. :)
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Honestly, I think the first and last reason he gave might be true but the last is relevant to the fight with him and the first is not.
The first explains how and where all those villains came from
And while not entirely relevant to the fight with him was mighty nice of him. Consider it a test of and offering to what he hopes are worthy adversaries.
I’ve seen some people guess that Vehemence was hired by Arianna but like most people I don’t believe so. She wants exclusively good PR and you can bet that the “Batman created the Joker”-crowd will have a feast after this.
My mind goes to the – in this situation aptly named – Deus. First of all, he’s exactly the kind of shady guy who’d pull off such a stunt, even if it meant some collateral damage. Also, in the same page that introduced Vehemence way back, we see Deus going all squee over Maxima’s little “Warning”.
Having a smiliar school of thought as Arianna, he, too, probably saw it coming that someone would be not only willing but eager to challenge Archon.
Next point would be the motive: This one is actually something Maxima said in the conversation with Arianna: While people might be bitching about the announcement of a super hero-agency, no one will say “let’s abolish this agency so we are defenseless against super villains”.
And fear is always a good marketing tool for someone who sells “means of defense”…enter Deus’ company, Machina. Already the armsdealer for Archon they probably would make a shitload of money if Archon would get a reason to “lvl up”. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if Machina had some tools that “allow you to protect yourself and your family against super powered villains” ready to throw on an open market…including some advancements for yet unknown powers.
He also has Harem on his payroll, which would give him (and by extension Vehemence) all the necessary intel to execute this little soirée with all the necessary confidence that everything will go according to plan.
Vehemence might just be the willing tool that (if he lives up to his own hype) might also be the argument for Archon itself that they could profit from an…extended partnership with Machina.
And the last reason I believe it’s Deus? Well, writing mentality. Vehemence as well as most of the arguments for Deus’s involvement stem from the same few pages of the comic and while Deus was mentioned on the “Villains”-page (subtle hint) his appearance was just timely enough that we as readers don’t forget about him but short enough that he might’ve eluded our short term memory enough that his involvement may come as a welcomed twist.
You know, the kind of twist that makes you smile the same way the villain does? ^^
I like his motivations. Honestly, when superpowers exist… …what real purpose do they serve? The only reason to put them to use, beyond helping people and making lives easier, is to contest yourself against /other/ powers.
Vehemence’s motivation being ‘WE EXIST!’ makes alot of sense to me. He doesn’t want rampant destruction, he isn’t a sociopath or a psychopath. He just has all this power, and while he could make all the money he could possibly want… but what is the point?
What is the point unless you’re putting them to use.
SO FIGHT!
This… this is going to be fun.
Yeah, what else, besides that whole working together to make the world a better place or take humanity to space and secure it against aliens an all that silly kind of stuff. Why waste time on lesser things like that when we can PLAY MUTANT GLADIATORS! ^0^ XD
I love arguing with people I probably deep down agree with for some reason….
Depends on mentality. Its almost the difference between Jedi and Sith right there.
Some people get a bigger thrill by pushing their bounds against people (or things) of like or greater ability. Some people get a bigger thrill out helping others achive. You see it with competitive sports. Only with sports the rules hold you back and put limited on what’s allowed.
If the only way you can test if you are strong enough to punch a planet into dust – is to punch a planet into dust – then someone with poor impulse control or very self-centered would do just that, without regard for the things living on the planet.
Very poor indeed. There are always planets without life…
I think the difference is more poor upbringing/situation, laziness or both personally. Its easier to beat a person than to build them up (course every once in a while you have to break them a bit first but that’s a gravy situation! XD ) the only people incapable of getting much charge out of helping others are those who are incapable of empathy (rare ). The more they exercise that empathy muscle the large the juice they will get back from helping. Its just one of those choices people have to make everyday repeatedly towards the world they want.
Your argument was actually proven to an extent lol.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lxNNlQYttU
Your post reminds me of a world explored by Neo-Ranga…
Early episodes explored… ‘When you have a Godzilla size creature as a pet/member of family, what purpose does it serve?’ Oh, yes, it makes for a great mover of appliances, and every step does landscaping work (or tears up roads…)
It had nothing to fight, other than an army which gave it no challenge.
I think practicality would win out over “Must Prove Superiority!” for most.
Ok, you can run mach two and nobody can run faster than you. But you’re a college student, so … how will that pay for your tuition?
Yes, there will be some with that competitive drive, but the practical needs of every day life would soon weigh on you and such things would take a back seat or become a weekend stress relief sort of thing.
“Ok, I’m off for the day. Hey Boss, ask the guys not to tape me this weekend. I mean, last week it took three days to get past them heckling me about the horrible rip in my pants after taking down Doctor Supreme!”
Hmm, Sydney’s lightsaber isn’t very long…
What ever happened to “I see your schwartz is as big as mine!” ?
Its length is adjustable and orifice seeking….
Well, it’s not really orfice-seeking…Technically, it’s mentally-guided. Considering that it’s Sydney’s mind that guides it, orfice-seeking is only *one* of the possibilities.
Mentally guided by the mentality that instantly associated it with and attempted to name it after tentacle Hentai…………………
I don’t think that Sydney is honestly that perverted. She might joke about such things but she comes across as a “mostly” straight laced girl. Yes, I actually said that with a straight face.
The worse Sydney might actually do with the henticle is a quick pinch or a slap on the tuchus. As to what she may threaten or allow rumor to carry around; the mind boggles, fuses all circuit breakers open and leaps out of your head screaming and running for cover.
Not right now no. And with the rest of the teams mentorship probably never will be. But its definitely all lurking in there somewhere… When evil Sydney from an alternate universe finally arrives I’m thinking we’ll see the true evil a genre savvy super can unleash!
She might not feel the need to get into a schwartz measuring contest.
In the last page Vehemence’s markings stopped at his eyebrows and then continued from his lower eye-lid, yet on this page the markings continue straight through. Were one of these an art mistake? Or does it have something to do with the marking apparently glowing white after being blue-ish before?
Because honestly I like the effect the gap gave. IDK just something odd I noticed.
From older posts the continuous band appears to be the intended one.
This guy has a serious overconfidence problem. He just managed to make enemies of every anti-government, anti-police, anarchist, criminal, and slash or nut job that he’d ever come across. And now ARC-SWAT as well.
Or maybe he’s just that good. But it’s got to be kind of lonely when you deliberately antagonize everyone else in the world who you might share some common ground and interests with due to being one of the few supers out of the entire world population.
And his only statement of intent is being pro-violence, which pretty much groups him with the slash and nut jobs.
Unless, as a warrior type, this IS social interaction as far as he is concerned. If only that annoying mission he contracted for didn’t get in the way of the fun occasionally but he has uses for the money…
I think he is trying to be “Nyah, Nyah, Please Hit Me man”. Or was that DT?
Is this the same as the math in Dr McNinja where 100 ninja’s are bloody fodder to be killed in the most brutal way possible.. and 1 ninja (or a small team of ninja’s) is a near unstoppable force?
Exactly. Sydney’s applying it when there’s no particular reason to apply it, but Dr. McNinja lives in a world where story tropes hold actual power, and can be purposefully used.
Still, it’s probably in effect here, for the normal reasons it’s in effect: The climatic battle at the end of the fight sequence is usually important and you don’t want to downplay it, even if it’s only one guy.
not really, she’s invoking it because ARC-Swat is now in the position of the 100 Ninja’s, and Vehemence is “The One” she’s basically warning the team that s@#$ is gonna be flyin’ soon, and THEY will be getting the short end of the stick… though i think that from Anvil’s remarks at her entrance to Arcon HQ in the pre-flash-back strips, i think that Sydney will be the last-woman-standing of Arc-Swat, and therefore SHE will be the one to take down Vehemence… thus ensuring her A) nickname from Anvil. and B) her power level on the cast listings.
Two questions:
(1) How long has this little fight been going on inside the comic? An hour or so? I’d expect by now there’d be media coverage, helicopters flying, more paparazzi than Suzie Wen, some idiot taking a selfie with the fight in the background (or complaining that a piece of debris broke their smartphone), etc.
(2) What kind of healing factor does Halo have? Once again the bruises she sustained are missing. It usually takes me several days to heal from a bruise, and the sun hasn’t come up yet.
As for point 2, DaveB keeps forgetting to draw the bruises, and we keep having to remind him.
Primarily Melee fights in reality never take that long, even with large forces, i would honestly call this half an hour tops. in real time this whole thing was a mass melee between one disorganized attacking force and a co-ordinates defensive one. the first wave of chaff fighters lasted about 3 minutes at the most.
Very true.
I would said that even less.
By my account all the first wave until Death Tolls rectoscopy took around 10 minutes. Opal-Vekker thing like one or two more. All the Vehemence’s show until now another one, max two.
So 15 minutes top.
I’m so used to heroes and cartoony characters near insta-healing I keep forgetting it as well….
Huh? The media is already there talking with Arianna out beyond the perimeter they established when they evaced the civies out there? Any new media is being blocked at the perimeter as they arrive. The airspace is forbidden as its part of the super fight and busting a military no fly zone is bad for you… but they can probably see some of the action and flashier fireworks from a distance with their cameras.
~peers closely~
Vehemence has another angle. He’s lying.
LOL
Maybe you can tell because he’s moving his lips? (Sorry, old joke about politicians and sometimes other people there for those who don’t get the reference)
Retroactive error (or error in this comic, depending on which is ‘right’): Vehemence’s stripes didn’t go over his eyelids in the last update. I specifically checked because I was wondering if they were tattoos (which likely wouldn’t) or power markers (which likely would), so the fact that it changed obviously in this comic was something I immediately noticed.
Maybe they change depending on how much power he has. Fighting Vekter used some up and now they’ve recharged.
a: People have already noted a color change, which is much more Dave’s style on that type of thing.
b: Starting with (and limited to) his eyelids? There’s many a logical point to start that, but his eyelids aren’t one of them. (Given the ‘interrupted circle’ motif that he’s got going on, I’d start that by pulling away from the interruption.)
No, this really looks like an art error.
Didn’t say it was or wasn’t, which is why I prefaced my comment with “maybe”.
I am liking Vehemence a lot, you can’t help but admire him :) so I am now officially naming him Magnificent Bastard :)
Also I think there is almost no doubt now that his main (maybe only) goal is to have a good challenge.
He is again showing a good side, he will end being the kind of bad guy that never hurt an innocent and so.
I can’t wait to this to start, and see what happens next :))
Good work DaveB!!
While there are certain aspects of his that I might otherwise admire, on the whole, not so much, especially when taxpayers are going to be footing most of the bill (despite what Ariana said earlier about suing the perpetrators). And while he may never hurt an innocent, his actions have directly led to the possibility of the innocent being hurt (how easy would it have been for one of the restaurant workers to be a casualty of the attack?).
I wonder if suing them for damages will result in them, and their powers, being on work release from prison until they pay them back? Many of their powers may have lucrative uses in private industry and scientific research. A profit could be made.
Now that I think about it, having a bunch of supers safely on work release could keep some of the more powerful and experience supers, like Maxima, tied up now and then giving Sydney and the others a natural chance to shine.
Really? All this area is private property. When the police exchange fire with criminals, the damage to private buildings is paid for the state? That surprise me.
Yeah, I’d think insurance would be covering most of it.
a) You really don’t think the owners and/or insurance companies won’t be suing the government. And even if the government wins, that’s still going to be a whole lot of legal fees.
b) Furthermore, if the insurance companies have to pay for it, then they have to raise their rates, especially for any business that has super-clientele. Those businesses will have to raise their prices which means the government, in turn, winds up paying more for those goods and the taxpayers once again get stuck with the bill, even if only indirectly.
c) Even if the government might win its claim against any damages brought against it, it would still be a good P.R. move (and some might claim morally right) to pay them anyway.
Sure, sure, of course. What I was asking about is the real legal status on the responsibility. Do you happen to know it?
And I was talking about who was going to wind up paying for it regardless of who was legally responsible, making your comment a non sequitur. And that’s not including costs beyond damage to the property, such as those for materials used in the fight and injuries to several ArcSwat agents which the public will almost certainly have to bear (and yes, I know the supers probably have insurance, but insurance costs money).
Ok, let give it a last try.
If you think that is a non sequitur we are using a way different definition of logic.
Where did you say that in your original post?
You did an absolute unconditional assertion, no “if”, no “maybe”, you asserted a secure outcome. That leaded me to think that you knew about an indisputable standing legislation on the matter, and asked you about it.
You answered with the possibility of sues, court rulings and empresarial financial decisions that obviously can occur, but are in any way secure nor have an absolute unconditional outcome and then are not applicable to your assertion nor my question. That do is unrelated.
And right now you are again talking about stuff without actually answer me.
Honestly, I think you are just evading my question. But that’s ok, you have that right.
CU
1) I never said that taxpayers were going to have to pay for the damages directly.
2) “especially when taxpayers are going to be footing most of the bill ” vs. “What I was asking about is the real legal status on the responsibility.” That’s a non sequitur because I wasn’t talking necessarily about who was legally responsible for paying for the damages caused by the attack, but who was going to get stuck with doing so either directly or indirectly. Just because, say, the villains are held legally responsible for the damage doesn’t mean they can or will eventually do so.
3) Finally, as I mentioned in my last post, costs are going to include use of materials used in the fight and injuries to various ArcSwat agents. Add to that the possibility that they may not be able to cure Jiggawatt’s deafness or HeatWave might lose a toe and those costs are going to go up even more. But assuming that they are covered by insurance, how will the insurance company recoup paying them? By increasing premiums the next time ArcSwat needs worker comp insurance. Who pays for those higher premiums? Eventually, the taxpayers.
Furthermore, there are going to be legal fees in prosecuting them and what not as well. While I may have been wrong about the “most”, it will definitely cost taxpayers plenty, all of which could have been avoided if Vehemence had decided to find a different way to fulfill his urge.
How can he look both evil and good-mannered?! Panel 3 & 9, possible homicidal maniac, panel 6, Zen Buddhist.
What surprises the heck out of me is that no one has commented on the extremely butt-like chin he is rocking in panels 3 & 6! This audience has become more restrained of late.
In panel 3 its like the little alien that runs the Vehemence Mech opened the faceplate a crack so it could moon its opponents.
He used to be The Crimson Chin, but they didn’t pay well enough.
You sure he’s not Nega Chin?
Not sure at all.
Hehe. Butt-chin.
Better than a Ballchinian.
Easy! He’s a chaotic lawful neutral evil monk…
Okay, lets see here. Vehemence.
Mover, Shaker,
Brute or Breaker?
Master, Tinker,
Blaster or Thinker?
Striker, Changer,
Trump or Stranger?
Hah. I Got the reference. He’s got to at least be a brute and possibly a mover. He gives sort of master vibe but I think it’s not likely he is that nor the thinker, tinker or changer. Although changer is tricky since he, well, changes.
I believe Sydney is citing/misciting The First Law of Ninjadynamics which states that the power of any individual ninja is inversely proportional to the number of ninjas in his/her clan. This means that regardless of killing key figures in a ninja clan the remaining members will become more powerful simply as a result of you killing off members of the clan. This is why it is nearly impossible to completely wipe out a ninja clan; the last ninja has nearly god-like skill.
The only way to make sure to “easily” destroy a ninja clan is to saturation bomb the area when they’re having a family reunion, and make sure everyone is in attendance.
Or have the strongest one amongst the clan decide to kill of the rest of the clan he is in…
doesn’t work, there is always atleast one survivor. sometimes even two, for some reason always a pair of lovers or brother
The reference was explained in yesterday’s comic, alongside a reference to Conservation Of Ninjutsu (warning: TV Tropes link, not responsible for missing time after clicking). It’s not about how many ninjas are in a clan, it’s about how many are present during a fight. Even if there are millions of Ninjas in the Burabura clan, if only one of them is present to fight the 100 members of the Rarara clan, that one Burabura ninja will be equal to the 100 Rarara ninjas, because: In any martial arts fight, there is only a finite amount of ninjutsu available to each side in a given encounter
I find it amusing that, as often as we have to get DaveB to remember details in damage, it hasn’t happened once with Max’s exposed midriff. :)
why, oh why do the circle/line parts of vehemence’s twilight-sparkly tattoos look so much like the on/off symbol that’s on my computer button?
(giggles)
is it me or is this guy screaming hidden agenda
why
1. he hangs back and observes the fight.
2. he steps in only when its clear the fight would end in a stalemate. it seems to me he dosent care who wins as ong as there is a clear winner.
3. he is way to confident for somone who is about to solo a superteam this kind of speaks of big leage power (dc doom, darksied, magneto, ultimate goblin etc…)
4. he polite to the one team member to talk to him.
1) He hung back watching so that he’d be aware of what everyone present was capable of, and so that the easily KO’d chaff would be taken out already.
2) He stepped in because he knew that the “preliminary” fight was over – he’d seen all he was going to see, so why not make sure there’s less bad guy competition by making sure they don’t escape? Besides, Opal may have been planning to portal him out too, in which case he loses his own opportunity to fight.
3) True, but Death Troll was confident too – confidence doesn’t mean hidden agenda, just that you believe you’re able to win, and/or achieve your objective. If his objective is “I want to fight Maxima”, he’s about to succeed at it.
4) Hey, just because someone is a violent monster who likes smacking people around is no reason to be rude!
I love how ADHD Sydney can get.
The banter between characters and the fact that the comic addresses questions that most other webcomics completely ignore is amazing. I’ve read the entire comic 3 times and I can pretty much instantly tell where the pics at the top of the website come from because I read this comic so much!
Keep up the awesome work!
I get the feeling Vehemence is going to be the Johnny Marcone (Dresden Files) of Grrl Power. He is obviously a bad guy trying to get what he wants, but he keeps things organized and neat. He’s kept around because he’s much more preferable than complete anarchy.
Johnny Marcone is the only completely normal human that even worries all the supernatural baddies or at least gets some hard won respect from them. He’s “kept” around cause he is very intelligent and ruthlessly willing to do whatever it takes to force others to see that it won’t be worth what they loose to take him down. Keeping the city orderly, besides being good for business, is also his way of encouraging the cities would be authorities and heroes that its not bad enough to be worth throwing away the lives and careers it would take to get past his defenses physical, magical and legal (legal is probably the scariest one). It helps them sleep at night as they let the dragon pass by unchallenged. All this he does behind the scenes while publicly he is respected.
Right now this guy is, super powered, flashy, dirtying his own hands in public and possibly involved in creating this massive incident for others to clean up right out in the open with the media nearby no less.
There may be parallels between these two gentlemen that will become apparent as Vehemence’s story is revealed but right now its hard for me to see many beyond they are both “bad guys”.
I wonder if Vehemence somehow feeds on violence.
That would be interesting. Have him set this up because he wanted to be at full power to fight Maxima, who he’d consider a worthy opponent.
I know this doesn’t contribute much, but Sidney just keeps getting more and more adorable.
that’s adorafiying. we covered this in the comments of another page.
I would add that’s Adora Belle (Dearheart), but that’s a whole ‘nother author.
She’s adorkable :)
Ya, but 100 storm troopers would miss all their targets.
That, and Darth Vader has “force” powers which they don’t.
Give it a rest, Stormtroopers were the Empire’s Elite Forces
No that’s the Imperial Guard (who were still technically troopers just competent).
No, the Crimson Guard (or was that Cobra Commander’s personal guard?) were the Special Forces of the Elite Forces (and more than a few were Force-users of some degree)
CC’s Personal Guard was a part of the Crimson Guard IIRC
We’re talking Star Wars so Imperial Guard (AKA the Emperor’s Royal Guard).
<a href="https://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080505025343/starwars/images/2/28/RoyalGuardForcePike-BTM.jpg".You know these bozos.
https://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080505025343/starwars/images/2/28/RoyalGuardForcePike-BTM.jpg
Only because they were under orders to miss the heroes of the saga. Against anyone else they pretty much wiped the floors, did the windows and scrubbed the toilets with them. There was a reason that every other sane and still living being was justifiably worried about their health when the troopers were in the vicinity.
of course, because they knew that “IF” a hero was in the area, that the HERO would get missed… where do you think all those MISSED shots went, hmmm?… right into all those crowds of sane and not dead yet people that were cowering in fear that the Troopers were there… ala’ this strip:
Is anyone else hearing him voiced by Clancy Brown?
For real fun, imagine that’s he being voiced by Charlie Brown. =OP
Oh Good Grief.
Hey, there’s an idea. Challenge him and his buddies against ARC in a baseball game. He’s sure to lose.
Or have Lucy hold a football for him to kick?
welp… it’s official: I like Vehemence’s style and I want him to be a recurring villain.
Well, first time posting here – awesome comic! You had me hooked from page one. Your art work is first rate and well done. The diverse crowd of supers you have is very unique, and their interaction is funny as hell.
One thing that keeps popping into my head when I read the comments is: how do you keep your readers guessing about what is going to happen? They’ve guessed nearly every possible outcome of “V” versus Max, but somehow you are going to do something unexpected. Is there some sort of comic school you go to and they grade you like “oh, you’ll have to be in the Sunday comics,” “you might be able to do Barbie coloring books after a few more classes,” or “umm, wow, you are going to have a web comic in the top 0.023 percent of popularity! Don’t forget to pay your tuition on your way out the door.”?
Anyway, great work!
had to look up who that was… then I recognized him from the original highlander! But no… I don’t think it’s a good fit… I think a better fit would be Adam Baldwin, but he’s not really stereotypical brooklyn gangster sounding enough for my mental ear…
My bet is he’s Deus’s: The heroes have a villian, they get support from the population and more funding, more funding to spend on Deus’s superpowered industrial complex.
I think including this page is a good idea. Vehemence seems like a guy we’ll be dealing with again in the future, so it’s always good to get to know the bigger villains a little more than average. (Then again, it’s fun to learn about the ‘glass cannon’ types, too, like the hairdresser dude, heh.)
Also, this page is a lovely, lovely contrast to his thinking Sydney’s a nice kid, and hoping she doesn’t get hurt. Multi-dimensional, multi-layered villains are always enjoyable for readers to watch as they progress through the overall story. (Same with heroes, of course.)
Oddly enough…I believe him when he says he gathered the others to help justify Archon’s existence, and because he’s pro-military. I don’t think that’s the main reason, of course–the pro-violence would definitely count–but he seems like such a nicely complex character, I can see him doing the good guys a favor…because it sets things up so he’ll always have someone hopefully big and powerful enough to fight.
This is one of those rare comics that read well both in the normal horizontal as well as the vertical.
You mean 1-4-7-2-5-8-3-6-9?
Ooo, took me a little to figure out Fedorka’s 4th panel speech: he actually vocalized ‘/’
Fedorka looks like Kurt Angle to me in the last panel
Sadly I had to look him up I haven’t watch much wrestling since the time of Hogan Roddy Piper Macho Man, Junk Yard Dog, Iron Sheik, Ultimate Warrior, Sgt. Slaughter, and Andre the Giant.
TTWRYL!!!…or in this case TTWEYV. a person that goes to TT actively will know both and I’m not sure but I think Tropers might get mad
Should Harem be in the cast list or not . She talks but we don’t see her.
I should note Goose has yet to utter a single word. His biggest act (stabbing The PBS in the ass speaks volumes however {don’t piss him off}).
Re heat generation: LCDs/LEDs run much cooler than CRTs. Laptops run much cooler than desktops (though admittedly desktop still delivers more raw power than an equivalently-priced laptop). I understand about artists’ budgets, but next time you upgrade this may be worth considering.
Speaking of sci-fi stuff, could a facehugger impregnate Maxima (hypothetically, I know it would be unlikely), and if it could, would the cheastburster even be able to break out the normal way? I have seen them come out the face are, too, though. And would it have any superpowers, because they kind of take some of the the host’s DNA and mix it with their own so the body’s white blood cells don’t attack it?
several reasons why it probably would not work, for one I sincerely doubt any face hugger could A: administer an effective dose of whatever they use to render their victims paralyzed/unconcious, its not like it has a snowball’s chance in hell of getting anything past her auxiliary cloth-protecting tk-field, let alone the one reinforcing her skin etc. B: its nowhere strong enough to force itself on maxima and I’d be suprised if even its acid could do much.
But even if you Did somehow get an alien embryo down her throat I have serious doubts its growth cycle would get anywhere, they Do use the host to provide nutrients, genetic material and all that to grow… how are you going to do that if you cant hurt the creature youre parasiting on? Answer: you dont, you die and eventually get digested or expelled.
And even if an alien somehow got bursted out of her, well, we have no reason to believe that their superpowers are dependant or reliant on genetic alterations natural or otherwise. So the odds of it being able to somehow gain any of her powers is unlikely… plus even if it Did.. okay, youve got One drone with ungodly powers.. none of the intelligence to use that beyond doing what aliens always do.. unless its queen and all available sub-queens died off suddenly leaving it the only possibility for a new queen through some metamorphosing they do sometimes… super powered alien hordes is a dead end in this way.
or the short answer: Could a facehugger implant a Maxima? No, hell no and even if it did it wouldnt accomplish much.
Even Superman got hugged in the face
I wonder if VEHEMENCE will turn out to be some kind of bender…
Even if they served alcohol at that restaurant they couldn’t possibly have downed enough to see that guy could they?
Well, someone is going to get bent if he gets his hands on them :P
Arianna: This could go really badly, they could destroy several city blocks.
Dr. Ishiro Serizawa: Let them fight…..
Remember Jiggawatt’s antimatter “Dark Lightning” attack? Here’s a NASA video about dark lightning for a different look.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBOolkHVG_Q
first time chatting love the comic sorry I have not said any thing for so long due to the fact every time I try to add two scents on a comic that I will not say I never get any input but I shale try here one man I was hoping the mance guy was going to be good after kicking the crap out of the leader of the villain group ah well. so if he’s the evil groups dearth Vader I really hope max I the groups um incurable hulk or as powerful if not um then I really hope that some one who was wanting to join a potential hulk comes to help out if not am going to be very unhappy if this comic ends whit all the hero’s dead I now halo got those orbs but even I know out to take them out eve here or a humble ant? any who love the comic fingers crossed that not one gets killed (sorry marvel and dc made me a bit jumpy with it comes to comics theses days)
It’ll be okay. At worst we may loose another toe and a whole lot of pride.
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I haven`t read ALL the comments, but it seems to me that this level or organization from the villains needed to be ready before the press conference.
Most people apparently forget that this is THE SAME DAY as that. So, it`s like the villains were just waiting for the official announcement of ARC SWAT to strike. Either that, or they were just having a super-vilain meeting close by and someone said “Hey, those guys from the TV are dining in the restaurant next door. Let’s show them what`s what!”
I think most of us feel some dark organization is behind it but playing Devil’s Advocate: Once Vekter and Opal got on board with this guy or someone else with a list of naughty supers they could invite then the party could have grown rapidly due to her portal powers making impulse control more difficult. Their training and coordination… they didn’t even know each other’s names! I could believe that they signed on and moved out fairly rapidly.