Grrl Power #253 – Vehemence unleashes his mane attack!
Don’t worry, Anvil’s hair (and scalp) is strong enough so this doesn’t hurt her, but it is, let’s say, tactically non-optimal. Anvil has the longest hair on the team, it has a fair bit to do with her insecurity in her femininity due to her height (she taller than Stalwart, who is the tallest guy on the team) and musculature. If she knows she’s about to tussle, she’ll tie her hair up with securely, but obviously having nearly waist length hair is a liability.
I haven’t quite figured out what happens with Vehemence’s markings below the belt. I think it’s like a weird tramp stamp that splits and goes down the side of his legs, but I guess I’ll find out if I ever get a chance to draw it.
#makecomics: I feel sort of like I’m short changing you guys by putting up a page with only 5 panels, which is dumb cause that’s closer to what comics usually have, but since normally I have either like 9 panels or it’s a big double tall action page. Here’s what happened with this one. It was originally a double, but so was the one after it, and I’m just not fast enough to do two doubles in a row yet, so I wound up having to cut this page in to two separate pages. No big deal, that’s happened before, but then when I was working on the second half of this page, I thought of much better way to end it… which involved making it a double, meaning I had to scramble to get these done on time, but I think it’ll be worth it (not to oversell it or anything.)
Not comic related, but is anyone excited for Shadow of Mordor? It comes out on PC tomorrow. I don’t know when the console release is/was. I saw an E3 trailer or something a long time ago and was only mildly interested, but I watched this preview (which is an hour long BTW) and I thought it looked pretty hot, like one of the Batman: Arkhams meets, I dunno, Dishonored wrapped in a fantasy skin. Plus, anything with a skill tree and runes and crap you can upgrade your gear with pushes a few of my buttons. The fact that the warlords remember you (previousEncounter=1) and talk trash when you come at them again is cool and unfortunately rather novel. Personally I think more games should have cut scenes where the bad guys acknowledge that I, the protagonist, have in fact killed 800 henchmen at this point in the game, making me one of the most successful spree killers in history. I honestly don’t know when I’ll have time to play it, hopefully it lends itself to 30-60 minute play sessions, since I can’t devote a whole evening to games anymore.
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I don’t know if anyone has called it yet, I haven’t seen anything at a quick once-over of the coments thread. I call bulshit physics on Anvils dress in panel 5… No matter the angle she is being hurled at/in of the ones possible her dress should not stick to her leg like that!
Now, I am pointing this out as a concerned citizen of the internets who thinks these things should be noted and not because the lost fanservice of Anvil’s underware! I swear! Honestly! … … …No one believed that eh? … … … Fine, but the flowing dress issue is still legit!
Re-run the maths with her being pulled instead of hurled.
Disregard that; noticed the curved speed lines.
At the moment, she is being spun in a circle to build momentum, rather like the Olympic Hammer Throw. Do they still do that one? So if she’s riding the hairousel, her skirt would be pulled down and into her legs by centrifugal force until he lets her go. That’s when the show starts!
No, the wind caused by her rotationing should cause the already-damaged skirt to at the least ‘flap in the wind’ if not flare
Even if the wind is pushing against the leg and there is barely enough material past the leg to flutter?
Yeah you know it’s the internet when five people argue about how a girls skirt should flip up and show her underwear. I’m surrounded by perverts
Hmmm, take the pretense of high ground offered to me by Lisdian or admit I am a pervert. Decisions, decisions… XD
You really NEED to make a decision on that? When it comes to comic books & fictional settings, I’m all in favor for the perversion of physics.
Don’t know about you, but wasn’t personally talking about showing her underwear
If the long side of the skirt is “upwind” or facing the rotation, the wind resistance would pull it against her legs and any fluttering would be small and right up against her, thus hard to see. Bet Math would notice,though!
As someone who wears skirts almost exclusively in the real world, that’s not how skirts work. Unless she’s wearing a panier, the skirt would not flare. Either she would have to be either stationary or nearly stationary and have a gentle breeze blowing up the skirt to flare it up.
What’s happening to Anvil basically means that the skirt would either be against her legs if it’s solid, or if has a slit or any rips starting at the hem and going up, then it would trail behind her at least as far up the leg as the rip goes, but it certainly isn’t going to be riding up or flaring out.
she has a slit going up to her vaist, albeit unintentional. would this change things? not asking you to get thrown around in your hair to find out, joust wondering…
ha. “Centrifugal force”.
I call for a viewing of The Seven Year Itch to see if that might help better inform the conversation.
The desire to see her underwear is not based on physics but physex.
Yeah, the way it ripped looks all kinds of weird.
You’re assuming a clockwise rotation. Counter-clockwise could reasonably account for the skirt not flapping around so much at first.
He appears to be swinging Left-to-Right, which would be clockwise, counter-clockwise would cause the skirt-flapping
actually, leaning into a punch in order to cut off its build up of force before it gets high is an effective martial technique. Done right, you can even use it to break bones. People that are trained to that style might tend to use it more often unless they’re at a high enough level of training to avoid such habits….so Vehemence’s analysis based on “leaning in” is only one of several possible answers.
That said, Anvil blew her secret several other times in much more blatant manners….so oh well.
The point is, she was leaning in to every punch, as pointed out previously, even Ali dodged a few punches
Vehemence’s (?) markings look like they run all along his skeleton; kind of like an exoskeleton in the form of a tattoo.
Heh… Last time I remember seeing anything close to that was Circuit Breaker, a character from the 80’s run of the Transformers comic who had it in for all of them after she was crippled in a fight between the Autobots and Decepticons.
Wow, this does date me, doesn’t it?
I admit, I still think of Brass Demure from Battle Chasers.
Hmmm, gonna have to dig out the box set, only remember 3 humans, and the female ended up with Spike (or whatever the first human’s name was, the one who later co-spawned Daniel)
reminds me of Fenris from DA2 actually.
So that’s where the Japanese “after movie” Transformers cartoon got their paralyzed woman whose father was pissed off at all transformers and released a virus to infect them with rage. Using the robotic version of “brought back to life” Optimus Prime to spread the virus. Which infected humans too. said effect wasn’t anticipated.
Keep in mind, the same Japanese series also had an Autobot episode where the only enemies available were human terrorists. With a helpful mysterious figure in a hooded cloak. That revealed himself at the end of the episode to be Cobra Commander. An old, coughing wheezing cobra commander with his sliver mask and blue helmet.
Um, Cobra Commander? It sounds like you’re talking about G1, Season 3, Episode 23: Only Human. In that episode, the character you’re calling Cobra Commander was only referred to as “Snake”, and he did bear a strong physical resemblance to Cobra Commander, and he had the same voice. Outside of the resemblance to Cobra Commander, the only other clue is when he sounds like he’s about to shout “COBRA!” but then coughs.
If this is the episode you mean, then that series is not “the Japanese series” it’s the G1 series, which was funded, produced, written, and story boarded by Americans and then the animation was outsourced to a Japanese studio. But again, all the money was American, all the oversight was American, all the directing was American, and the original audio is in English, not Japanese. Japanese is the dub.
As for a virus that infects both the Autobots and Humans being created by the angry father of a crippled female human, if you’re speaking of the G1 series, which again wasn’t Japanese outside of the final animation, with all other parts of production from script to directing to story boarding to funding were all American, that would be Season 3, Episodes 29 and 30: The Return of Optimus Prime.
Keep in mind, Generation 1 Transformers, the toys were originally Japanese toys from two different, independent and unrelated toy lines called “Diaclone” and “Microman”. Hasbro, an American company bought the rights to both toy lines and turned them into the Transformers. Hasbro then hired Jim Shooter, Dennis O’Neil, and Bob Budiansky to name the toys and write their back stories and relationships to eachother.
They then hired Marvel Productions, based in Hollywood, and Sunbow Productions, based in New York City, to produce the cartoon. Only the actual animation and nothing else about the show as produced in Japan by Toei, as well as in South Korea by AKOM.
Please do not conflate the show with an anime. The first actual Japanese transformers show, as far as I know, was Beast Wars 2, which followed up on the original Beast Wars show. It was never released in America because it contradicted Beast Machines which was the final show in the Generation 1 continuity.
I’ve collected toys from both Microman and Micronauts, but not being a comic book guy, I was never sure if there was an actual canon-connection between them
Forgot to add that the Autobots did give her an artificial way to walk etc. Which the father reluctantly accepted while being ticked.
We don’t know for sure that he can throw her where he wants. As of this update she’s got a grip on his wrist. So I’m not sure the throwing-her-away plan will work.
Heck, it didn’t get rid of Achilles.
Seriously, though…someone get him out from under the rubble. He’s probably getting bored.
BORED!
the biggest issue for a nearly invunerable person trapped under rubble usually is potential lack of oxogen bordom is usually around third with needing to scratch ones nose usually making second
Fortunately suffocation is not an issue for Achilles :P
But needing to scratch is not 100% physical. So he may indeed be going nuts under there.
I once amused myself with the thought of a superhuman being thrown by one who was on a higher strength level. And having the presence of mind to grab the wrist at just the right time, so when the momentum threw him.. his hold dragged the other guy along with him.
Well… Unless you manage to distract Sir Isaac Newton that wouldn’t cause anything spectacular to happen.
nah, Sydney just has to interpose the Hentacle “right” at the spot above where Anvil is holding his wrist, but below his elbow joint. IF she can instantly make her tentacle the proverbial “immovable object” when his arm(s) hits it, the combined forces of him swinging Anvil around, and him hitting it will cause him to (probably) break his own arm, and at the very least cause the muscles in his forearm/hand to spasm, thus letting go of Anvil’s hair. sure, she’ll go flying off in a tangential direction and maybe into a building nearby, but not in the precise way that he seems to be winding up for; she’ll still be “local” to the fight, not in the next county when she finally lands.
actually, it could work. depending on trajectory, of course. the thrower would brace against the earth during the trow, and then get janked away by his opponent turned projectile.
Why do I keep getting the feeling that Sydney is going to pants him as part of a finishing move.
I also got a feeling that it’s probably not very safe to piss Sydney off. As she learns to use her abilities more reflexively, and to use them without having to touch the orbs, when she learns to use them in combination, I suspectopic even Max might be a bit astounded. Sydney has proven both very imaginative and creative in her power use. Plus she has strong strategic capabilities. If she ever went bad, she may be unstoppable except by a large team of very powerful supers.
She would first have to remove his belt, doubt the Hentorb is that dextrous to do so without him noticing
Yeah, the operable words are “(a)s she learns to use her abilities more reflexively”: she has to get through this night first
Considering the way his clothes took damage and then he ripped his top off I think his clothes are normal clothes. Whatever defense his abilities give them is all they have and apparently not enough vs. super abilities. The Light Hook can probably shove inside and then just rip them partially or completely off mirroring his own move with his top in a much less cool way. He basically gave her the idea and is begging for it at this point.
As strong as he is. Who says she has to remove the belt. The amount of weight the “whip” can deliver will just rip it down without causing him pain. The belt would probably snap.
You saying that the guy would spend all that money on getting a tailored suit, and skimp on the material? o_O
The way this is being written I believe that having to hold the orbs is one of her built in super weaknesses that she will never overcome. The best one might hope for is that one of the other “Unknown” orbs is actually a “Channeling” orb that links to the other orbs meaning she can hold it and then rapidly switch through the powers of all the other orbs she isn’t holding. But I doubt even that will be allowed as she needs some Achilles heels to go with those fabulous accessories! (They can be LEVELED UP so who knows how strong she is gonna get. She needs some hard limits SOMEWHERE!)
While I agree that it would be a good thing for the story if her limit of only using two orbs at the same time remains, there is some hints that this might not be a hard limit once she’s leveled up some.
Looking at her “skill tree” as shown on this page, you’ll notice that each orb seems to have a potential interconnect to every other orb. Right now the only interconnect that’s activated is the one between the PPO orb (labeled as Energy Blast in the key) and the Fly ball (labeled as Flight). As of now we have no idea what that really means. It could be that if she’s using either of these some effect from th other might be available, or she gets some kind of synergy effect when using the two of them together.
Fly Ball + PPO = plasma ‘afterburner’ effect for increased speed. She may even make it into orbit.
(side effects may include nausea, radiation burns, and temporal distortion)
I forgot this combo would negate her using the shield to maintain an atmosphere. Any ‘orb’-ital maneuvers would require borrowing a space suit or be most unpleasant. Dang it. Gloves! her arch enemy.
It may have been mentioned before, but has Sydney ever tried holding two orbs in one hand and one in the other?
Although Sydney has described some of the ways she’s tried holding the orbs (https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/589), she hasn’t specified an attempt at holding 2 in one hand…I suspect that, given her kind of mentality, she would have tried it already.
Umm, she said she tried holding them between her fingers
the only one that could apply to is the one where she is holding one up to her forhead, while WEARING GLOVES which suggests that simply grabbing with two fingers IS enough. Though it may just be those two fingers.
She said thatthey have to be touching the palms of her hands, they are simply too big for her to cup 2 balls in one hand (will let that image sink into your minds while pouring the bleach down the drain :P)
Those interconnecting lines probably indicate combination powers available when holding both of those orbs and not using either of their two powers at that moment. So not only would she still only be able to use orbs she was holding she would actually be sacrificing being able to use two powers simultaneously for one power that is either “stronger” or more useful in specific situations. That would be cool as it would increase the amount of strategic thinking Sydney would have to do while simultaneously increasing her value to the team in any given situation. Good writing that.
I hadn’t really followed too many of the “point spending” discussions so thanks for telling me about it. Fun.
but the weight of her skirt will be way too low to create a centrifugal force stronger than the frictional force (b/c fast movement through the air) pulling the skirt away from her legs ;)
(unless of course she has little lead weights in her skirt as old curtains have)
Nah, tried that: stuck a length of chain along the bottom of a lightweight coat, didn’t do anything to stop it from flapping in even a light breeze
I just realized Deus’ end game. He’s not out to get control of Arc, he’s prepping to woo Anvil.
Fedorka is not Deus, besides, Deus has the hot-potatoes for Maxi (or have you forgotten him pawing that image of Maxi?)
It is all a misdirect. It is Anvil that he wants.
As far as we know, he could want both of them. However, he should remember that wanting isn’t the same as getting and having isn’t always as pleasant as wanting.
…I recall a famous person of the Vulcan persuasion saying something similar to that…
I never claimed to spock from personal experience.
Yes, jiu-jitsu is exactly the sound it does when you apply jiu-jitsu. Love the onomatopoeias.
So far, my favorite one has been “Invisible Grope.”
:D
Shadows of Mordor has been getting ridiculously good reviews.
that first tips, he is trying to create the illusion of being super smart and having figured out their powers, when in fact he just read their files
I think I saw this move on Cops.
i see Sydney failed her taunt roll in panel 1 :)
Yeah, Fedorka isn’t going to be taunted by Budget Sailor Moon :P
Or Anvil completely succeeded on hers.
…Or maybe Anvil just made her “Aggravate Enemy” dice roll with a larger margin of success than Sydney. Considering Sydney’s ability, I’d guess Anvil rolled a Crit Success…
i see it as Sydney doing the “Pull Aggro”, which is working EXTREMELY well, when Anvil says something to actually distract him from trying to finish that aggro punching of Syd’s shield. she couldhave clocked him a good one if she fought dirty and didn’t say squat until she was throwing the puch at the back of his head (or whatever target she chooses) but since she didn’t, and he realizes who talked to him, as said earlier, enacting his plans for taking them out, at this point it is Anvil… therefore he waits until she is close enough, does the hair grab, and this is, in his mind anyway, proceeding according to plan. that plan being: “don’t let her hit YOU, and don’t hit her,,, grab and throw very far away (or very hard at something/one else) to see if you can overload her absorption ability with TOO much energy, and/or get her FAAAARRRR away from me…” as of right now in comic-time, he’s doing exactly what he needs to do as per the individual opponent and options available to him… i don’t see him as being a victim of a taunt, or even him being aggravated at all, this is all just fun to him.
Pressure is kinetic energy too. It’s even the good – easy to use kind.
yea, I wondered about that- assuming her powers work anything like Sebastian shaw’s, they only absorb kinetic energy from direct impacts- it makes no sense in physics, but works from a story telling POV (otherwise they would be pretty much invulnerable)
Yeah, I always wondered why Shaw didn’t just explode from trying to absorb the kinetic energy imparted by being yanked through space at almost 67k miles per hour, plus or minus a thousand or so depending on the time of day. And that’s just the Earth going around the sun, not even taking into account the solar system’s revolution around the galactic center or the movement of the galaxy itself. He’d be the strongest, most invulnerable, most fanciest-clothes-wearing dude in the sector of empty space he gets left in when his energy absorption robs him of the ability to keep up with the ground he’s standing on…
Oh darn, page triggered phantom pains from the time I got hair stuck in belay device on a climbing trip.
Painful…but nice page.
kinda like what happened to one of the camera guys on one of the Dirty Jobs episodes. they were doing a gig with high-rise window washers in Hawaii, and one of then got his hair stuck.
Yup, shorter hair, but cannot recommend it.
I’ve had my beard get caught in fan’s (yup, plural), and wouldn’t recommend the experience. It was cooling fans in servers. A 12 or 14 cm 10K rpm fan (both sizes are common in larger servers) can be nasty so when you feel the beard touching the impeller you pull back fast or it’s going to hurt. Then there is smaller fans in the 40 to 80 mm range, and these can spin at up to 15,000 rpm. Getting your beard or hair in one of these will be almost as painful as with the larger fans.
And do try to keep your fingers out of them fans. On many fans the leading edge of the fan blade is razor sharp, and it takes forever to get the blood out of the motherboard…
Don’t worry so much about page length and efficiency! We’re still here because we love the comic, the speed of storytelling is one of those things we’ll have to put up with.
Though I do appreciate the double-tall comics, they look pretty rad. Just don’t feel like you’re cheating us because a page is so slow and all, we understand. As long as Sydney is being Sydney (and there’s at least an Achilles gag every hundred pages or so) I doubt too many of us will care.
He’s got her in a head-lock!
Looks more like a hair-lock to me :P
Okay…..I just have to point out here that kinetic energy is the energy of MOTION. To wit: https://www.physicsclassroom.com/class/energy/u5l1c.cfm
So, Vehemence is in fact…charging Kenya up. What remains to be seen is if it’s going to make her totally bad-azz, or overload her to a dangerous point.
In comics however, kinetic energy is usually the energy of physical impacts. Typically used that way so someone doesn’t become OP by walking. There are characters that power up by moving, but that’s usually defined as momentum.
Harry Dresden had a magic charm that gathered in some of the energy of every movement but it never got overpowered cause people never seemed to stop attacking him long enough to let it overload.
It actually was powered by storing a minor bit of energy each time HE MOVED. And provided extra resistance as a result. AND had a relatively low max charge.
as opposed to someone who we don’t know WHAT her Max-Charge is but since she has a pretty low absorption threshold we can theorize it’s a fairly high level.
There’s no question of Kenya receiving some manner of charge here, just as she receives microcharges from her footfalls when she walks – but quantity and quality are an issue – right now she’s receiving enough charge to push her through the air at what seems approximately running speed (~10mph, give or take). What percentage is she absorbing, and how much is used by her body just for maintenance? When she was attacked at the beginning of the fight, she absorbed enough attacks to demolish a good sized building, and expended enough to knock the bad guy (much smaller than a building, hyperbole notwithstanding) back about 150 feet and entrench him into the asphalt about 20 feet. That indicates to me that it’s not a straight 1 to 1 power reflection… in fact, unless she was holding back a pretty significant amount from her discharge, I’d argue it was a little less than a 50% reflection…
just my .02; YMMV
That move is also called the “Ray Rice”.
Why didn’t Anvil get Maxima to give her a good few slaps on the back to charge her back up again? -_- Really, she could have been juiced up in advance and kicked Stripeyskin up the ass while he’s busy punching Halo’s shield… Poor Anvil, getting tossed around by her hair for the sake of action :c
Who said she DIDN’T get smacked around by anyone?, if it did happen, it happened off-screen while they were picking up after Opal and Vector, but before he declared his attacks…
We are about to have an ‘Anvil’ hurled through the air and land forcefully on something. Somewhere there is a coyote that just had an eerie feeling of impending doom. I believe he just held up a ‘Yikes!’ sign.
Gravity be a harsh mistress. I know at least 2 occasions where she’s even trolled me.
Here is something I have not seen if V tosses Anvil why not have Sydney use her lighthook to grab her and slam her back into V
Maxima would still be in play. She could catch Anvil and with the resulting force charge her and then chuck her at V or she could set are down in close proximity to V.
Sorry “she could set her down” , of course this might be the defining moment where Sydney does what you’ve just said and takes him (V) all the way down. This, in turn, Leads to Kenya (Anvil) calling her “the big guns” . See https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/60
Man, this is just not her night.
Some scientists disagree on this but basically getting thrown into something and throwing something into you is physically the same process. In accordance to science, Anvil shoukd be able to absorb a lot of kinetic force if vehemence decides to throw her into something.
from trying to follow some of these replies to other threads, i don’t think people are saying she wouldn’t receive a charge from the throw and LANDING, i think it’s a disagreement? about if she is absorbing a charge RIGHT NOW… AS she is being swung around… some people are saying no because she isn’t stopping, or deflecting something, thus absorbing the energy of that specific impact, while others are saying she IS getting a charge due to her motion thru the air causing it to “impact” her, thus she absorbs it… only Dave knows… well, and maybe “The Shadow” too, but still…
I’m just not sure why he’d be able to pull her. She doesn’t simply get energy from kinetic force – she also prevents the force from moving her.
She is not Blob, she is Guido
That’s incorrect, actually. There were 3 or 4 more series in Japan following G1 continuity before Beasties even began, even if you only count the animated stuff and not manga or alternate continuities. Which are a ridiculous mess, even before MUNKY vs. TRUKK timetravel shenanigans.
Sydney, repeat after me: DO NOT TAUNT HAPPY FUN SUPERVILLAIN.
I can hear Sydney saying “Happy fun Supervillain…” pausing to think then spitting out the worst insult she can think of…
Just something I thought I should share with everyone since I saw some comments about unstoppable forces: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9eKc5kgPVrA
Until he started moving, Vehemence’s markings didn’t have any clear significance to me- they just looked like the sort of contour-hugging lines you’d see on a Jim Lee character design.
Now I see an alternate description. Lots of open circles, with connections between them.
Ominous.
Now I am wondering what happens when Anvil gets thrown against a wall. Can she use her power to absorb the energy of the impact?
Because the velocity of an object depends on what frame of reference you choose the same is true for kinetic energy. From a physics perspective there is no difference between a fist hitting someone in the face or someones face hitting the fist. Or as is in this case Anvil slamming against the wall or the wall slamming against Anvil. Mathematically it all works out to the same result.
I guess the problem Anvil has in that situation is not that she can’t absorb the energy at all but that she maybe can’t absorb all of it and has to deal with the leftovers. Still being able to absorb kinetic energy is probably one of the most useful skills for not geting hurt since a lot of ways of getting hurt involve some sort of movement.
You’re assuming it’s an equal, 1 for 1 conversion… I seriously doubt it is, which means an impact of sufficient force WILL injure, cripple, or even kill
Yes, a moving Anvil will generate far less impact than a moving wall. Difference in mass and all that.
A couple of things I was wondering about: 1) Is Anvils absorption power completely involuntary, or does she have some measure of control? 2) If she was, say, thrown straight down the street. Would she bounce and skid from momentum? (Resulting in a nasty case of road rash!) Or could she instantly absorb all the energy and “stick” right where she landed?
Hmm.. I’m thinking the guys an ACTUAL government agent, and not just someone in a big group of bruisers like Max & Co.. Doesn’t matter how strong they are.. they are still disorganized as fuck-all, and clearly not used to fighting anyone on significant, if not greater power levels. I’m thinking he’s here to assess whether or not they’ve written checks they simply can’t cash with their latest “Come get us” message to pretty much everybody. I’m betting he can take Maxima if he has to.. but that’s not why he’s here..I think he’s hear to beat the snot out of them, make them realize what’s out there, and chow on some humble pie
You saying that ARCHON isn’t an “ACTUAL government” agency?
Yes I am.. I think its SPONSORED.. like the Avengers albeit with goofier members.. but not actually a branch or part of the government
No they are official officials all the way.
ARCHON is a “new branch of the Department of Defense”. “ARCHON is a federal military police force something America has never had before today.”
And so on. This info starts on https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/953 within the press conference.
Yes.. and a spin doctor/PR rep is going to give straight up facts and actual status of things to a bunch of gawkers at a trumped up dog & pony show? They want confidence in their people from the general public… you don’t get that telling the world you’re a bunch of over-powerd hyper thyroid amatures
Haaaay, I had hyper thyroid (got it looked at before it got a chance to kill me) it doesn’t cause aggressiveness, just a bit of ADHD, food cravings and being skinny as all get out.
Hmm actually Sydney might actually have a thyroid disorder come to think of it. She should have it looked at.
LOL, OK now you’re messin with me!
Google Hyperthyroidism, Graves Dissease and Thyroid Storm.
Oops that reply was meant to go with my other reply
Bald with attitude towards people with hair: Krillin on steroids!
Lol, Krillin on steriods… but that means he’d also get his rear handed to him by the first opponent who is not a minion.
Wait, didn’t he get his arse hadned to him by a minion? Repeatedly?
SO MANY SMART PEOPLE!!!!
I am crap at physics but would it not be that she absorbs direct kinetic energy and doesn’t just soak it up like a sponge? Did that make sense, hurt my head to even think that much.
Comic is late.
You are not short-changing us–five panels is the correct pacing, and this is the correct amount of action.
So did anyone did obligatory Caveman joke yet? Can we draw him a club and put Anvil in a fur bikini?
I suppose it counts as ironic that the guy here is saying that long hair is terrible in a fight, right at the same time as vegeta goes ssj3 at dragonball-multiverse.com which gives him really long hair. Which is incidentally the point where I stop reading that stupid webcomic, I resolved to give up on it if they did that and they do it.
I can think of three guys off the top of my head that would love to get a date with a woman built like Anvil.
Personally, I like her for (what we’ve seen of) her personality
This is quite the hairowing tail for the hairowen.
i dont know if anyone will even see this comment at this point but i want to point out that if Anvil is truly able to absorb kinetic energy then this guy shouldnt be able to throw or even move her at all since moving/being moved is only kinetic energy being applied to something, in this case anvil. She should be able to plant herself on the ground and remain totally unmoving or even just stay stock still in mid air since even falling requires kinetic energy to happen. Is there some kind of explanation for this or did the author just overlook that fact, or maybe did anvil herself never think about using her powers that way
There’s a limit to how fast she can absorb kinetic energy. This was explained in the author’s notes on page #241.
Thanks. Didn‘t notice that. Still doesn’t explain why she cannot at least make it more difficult to be pulled and thrown around but it makes it at least a bit less suspension of disbelief breaking for me
So does though. Like at the start of the whole brawl, where she doesn’t even respond to the guy hitting her. The fact that Vehemence can throw her, despite her power, shows how strong he is.
I’m not sure it’s obvious that she should be able to resist inertia or gravity. Even though the author has described her as being able to absorb kinetic energy… I think he had a certain idea in mind that didn’t necessarily match his description.
yeah. makes sense its just that honestly,of her power really was exactly what it says she should be one of the strongest people on the team. just think about how many things are actually kinetic in nature. any movement whatsover requires kinetic energy, heat is just moving molecules, sound is just air vibrations/movement, light is just photons moving, radiation is just particles in movement, electricity is moving electrons etc. (unless i misremember but i do now movement was involved somehow), heck technically a kinetic absorber would constantly charge up just because earth is moving around. now that i think about it, taken literally kinetic energy absorption or manipulation would be a real story breaker power so its probably better that the author chose a more narrow interpretation of it