Grrl Power #298 – Catchup
And we return to the hilariously spartan comic shop. Actually, my local store, Zeus Comics in Dallas doesn’t have every inch of the walls plastered with posters, but usually when I think of a comic shop, I think of one like in The Big Bang Theory, where no wall is visible, the counters are lousy with toys and there are characters standees in all the remaining spaces.
I hate drawing crowd scenes. I blame the writer. :/ I’d prefer not to have to draw them but at the very least I need to establish the crowd, then I can get away with just drawing the fringe of it. Oh and if you could, ignore the fact that the tube is probably too small for all 7 orbs. They’re smaller than the diameter of the tube, so they can fit in there like o°o°o°o, whatever that’s called. Wavy I guess. Still it’s a stretch. Comic book physics am I right?
I haven’t drawn Joel in about 4 years, it’s a little jarring seeing the difference. I’m glad to get the chance to bring him up to date, though I guess since yesterday he’s taken some vitamins and cleared up his jaundice.
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Oh, gods, he doesn’t even know! That’s perfect! I didn’t even really notice that we never cut away to him or anything, not even after Sydney’s plug during the press conference. I love it!
Actually, one of the last things Sydney said to him (1 page prior to linked page) was “Back in an hour!” I’d think, even without the reporters/crowd, he’d know that something beyond bank robbery happened “yesterday.” For a lot of “yesterday” I was wondering when she’d call him. This is going to be even funnier than a phone call, though.
Well, she also told him she was being brought in for an interview/debrief regarding her being “involved in the robbery”:
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/293
Ironicaly he’s been waiting on this moment for more than 277 pages….and he still dose not know….
To paraphrase George Takei “Oh my!”
I love that his eyes have bulged at the sight of the tube being opened.
Is the “swish” her grabbing the tube, or it flying into her hand? The latter would be even more eye-bulge-worthy…
He he. Yea, I love both those points too. Well observed, each of you.
I imagine it’s the tube moving. The arrow implies that it moved, not that it was moved.
It is still strapped to her back, if she just *swish*ed it around to her front, then does that mean Tubey was upside down? o_O
I hate it when someone writes a post about the same thing as I do at the same time so that I don’t see it when I’m writing mine and is just a minute faster than me.
The tube could also – nominally – have screw-on ends and be ‘water and dust proof’ hence the ‘pop’
Some of them have openings on both ends.
Wait, she didn’t take the tube off of her back. she just seems to have turned/dragged it to the front. One could do that, I guess, but… if the lid is now at the top of the tube, it must have been at the bottom when the tube was on her back That… that seems unsafe!!
Damn you, missing exlamation mark!
We was both thinking the same thing, but you typed too much so came second :P
One of us must stop this parallel tinking&writing. I feel sort of incapable of doing it.
Aaaand I need an “h”!
Here’s your H.
Don’t say that in Japan! I’m warning you. You will NOT get a pleasant reaction out of anyone!
In keeping with the way the thread is going, I should note that you ninja’d * me!
Although DR.REVENGE was early enough, before my reply, that it is odd that his had not refreshed prior to my comment. Normally my sheer comments per minute ratio, and the free refresh you get from such, grants me immunity to that particular problem!
* Using modern western comments board vocabulary.
However, I do expect that you are actually a ninja.
Not a ninja. I just have a clan in my employment.
Here you go.
* supplies one “h” *
I do wonder where you are going to put it? Don’t rush the answer. That might smart.
* throws in two ” “, for free *
Oh thank you, such a relief.
Behind the t, mind you. That one before the i.
Also thanks for the two ” “, I’ll put them before & after the &.
Now what do I do with the H? Send it to Japan, to fight the shortage of H’s there?
Heh. I must have been spending too much time chatting with Irish friends recently, “tinking” seemed perfectly normal vocabulary to me. :-D
Fridge logic time! The orbs want to hover over her head, right? So they’re constantly trying to escape the tube out the top towards her head, therefore the lid should be on the bottom to keep them from popping out accidentally!
Or we might note that there is a lid on both ends.
She’s shown clear control over being able to dictate when and where they move. I think she just keeps them floating above her for easy access.
Requisite ‘Jedi mind trick’ joke here as she apparently takes the tube off her back and it doesn’t seem to even have a strap as she preps her reveal.
The eye-popping of course at least partially denoting the surprise over the speed that the tube went from her back to her hand without her barely thinking about it. as well as the fact that the ‘ALWAYS there ‘ tube is actually being opened to demonstrate something.
+1
I hope you will not be embarrassed at me complimenting you on your great mind.
Constantly. Except when she had to wake them up early on in the comic
She must have left it unlocked this time.
The orbs want. The orbs have some will and sentience. In the next 10 years or so I do expect that to become a plot point.
Don’t some poster tubes open at either end?
Yes, many do.
Huh, I thought it was the “any channel” comment, but you’re right, it’s probably the tube.
Yea, I read it as being the tube. Note how his sentence breaks off at the end. Dave is giving us the exact timing of the eye-popping, by that.*
* Whoever gets to play Joel, in the movie, please take note. I am sure whoever you are, you will have been picked because you are a talented professional. So will take the time to research your character thoroughly, and will find your way here.
Whilst I am at it, please allow me to congratulate you, on landing such a fine role. I particularly envy you getting to play opposite whoever they cast as Sydney.
It’s not a dialysis machine Joel…
And, nope, her grandfather’s ashes are not about to spill out either. Wait for it… waaiit for it.
Gonna be good.
Actually seh told him it was artifacts that gave her Powers so it will be like. ‘You weren’t kidding me????’
Another thing Joel will know she wasn’t kidding about was the idea of a superhero working in a comic shop; https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/82
Heh, yea. That was fun when it was originally said, us being in on the joke. But now, oh yea, he is going to be re-assessing every conversation she has had with him!
Oh WOW that really shows how much the art has changed/improved…
Yeah, both changed and improved, as entirely separate things.
It’s become more 3D, which I could honestly take or leave. I think it serves well during the gigantic fight scenes, but the 2D approach covers everything needed for these slice-of-hero-life pieces and I’d wager takes way less time.
At the same time, the art has gotten straight-up Better.
Just keep the neckbeards away from Sydney….
Does this guy qualify? https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/119
That’s not a neckbeard though (it clearly stops at his first chin)
But it is rooted in his cerebellum.
They’re kinda like rocks…
Oh
Snap
“JOEL! LOOK AT MY BALLS!”
“….”
“…?”
“phrasing?”
“OH GOD MONKEY ASS BALLS DAMMIT TURN THOSE MICROPHONES OFF!”
*press gets ejected via light hook*
or! new orb power, TELEPORT!
ports them all outside (maybe to a diffrent country ^^)
He does look a lot like Sheldon… specially with that t-shirt.
my thoughts exactly
Except, Joel is cool
Oh
Snap
Also not an annoying, stereotypical, unfunny waste of space on a show that is entirely an unfunny, stereotypical waste of space.
Whilst he may have stereotypical elements to his behaviour, the totality of his character is broad and most definitely unique. I love both how it is written and portrayed.
I do however have every sympathy for folks who find it rubs them up the wrong way. I simply cannot bear to watch “The Office”, because it does the same for me. Despite the fact that a lot of people obviously love it. It simply hits too close to home, in remembering similar behaviours, in real life. Back when I had the misfortune to work in such environments.
Plus humour is very subjective. What one person finds funny, another does not. There is no right or wrong to that, it is simply a fact of life. And a very important one. In this instance preserving the fullness and variety of life.
Personally speaking, I love that show. Each of the characters have very broad stereotypical behaviours and quirks, within them. Yet each is richly brought to life as a distinct, interesting character, despite that. I rate it right up there with some of the best of British sitcoms.
+1
I like that show too (and agree with you on Office, though that’s more because I despise ‘awkwardness’/’stupid people doing stupid things’ humour)… But I do wish they’d get some actual nerds to consult on the jokes. Simpsons makes better Nerd reference jokes than they do!
Actually, I can’t think of any nerd faux pas, which took me out of the moment. Mind, you may just have higher nerd-cred and/or education, than I do. Although I find irony that you feel there is too little nerd stuff, in a show which others dismiss as being too nerdy for their tastes!
Although there is the flexibility that I grant comedy shows. Worry too much about drawing in real content, and the comedy can suffer. Here I point at Dave’s rule that comedy trumps reality. It is a very sensible approach to take if you want the best in comedy.
Plus, do not forget that they have achieved the ultimate in true nerd-cred:
They got Stephen Hawking to make a guest appearance! Not to mention the rounded nerd appeal of Summer Glau.
The show is good, just can’t stand Shelly
I was thinking he looks more like Stuart, especially since he runs the comic shop…
Yeah, was thinking that too, Stuart should be the official fourth member :P
Note to casting agent, consider the actor who played Stuart, in the role of Joel. Instant nerd-appeal, like the first appearance of the Emergency Medical Hologram outside of his home Star Trek series.
He would have to play the character as more assertive and less depressed, and with higher self-esteem. Joel is not a wimp to Sydney. He is an equal, and therefore has man parts as well as a mind and heart that can cope with Sydney. He is her “straight man”.
I’m a Marylander and I am stuck with shitty weather all month. This made me laugh, thank you
First year in Maryland, formerly Florida…. the freezing rain into snow today isn’t helping…
I was sunbathing beside a quaint local lake, for several hours, on Monday. In Bulgaria. Feels bitterly cold here now though, having been getting used to t-shirt weather. And looks to be freezing rain here too, over the weekend.
yesterday, sun shining, 70 degrees Fahrenheit, today, rain and English-style fog with temperatures below freezing and dropping fast.
English-style fog! you mean some one’s selling a cheap English fog knock off?
Yo-yo weather here to.
I used to live in “New England” and the fogs on the coast of Maine earned the name “Peasoup” for a reason. Literally could not see your hand in front of your face. Not trying to one up or say the US does everything better just saying that’s how those states got that name. Cold, clammy, foogy weather is one of the seasons.
Why do you think they named “New England”? Because it reminded them of home, especially the weather
The nicest historical quirk I have come across, about New England, is that they have the closest present-day accent to that used in Elizabethan England. It went over when they emigrated and, for whatever reasons, has been far more resistant to change than anywhere else. Even any isolated or insular part of England.
Perhaps it could be re-named Ye Olde England?
A few years back there was a MASSIVE winter storm that knocked out power to my house for a straight week
As opposed to a crooked or curved week…
Zigzag ? Looped?
Dashed? Dotted?
Fabulous?
Sydney appears to have lipstick on in only 1 panel. Just sayin’
thats her tongue doing a “:p”
She has been shown to do that on occasion…It’s a big part of her adorkability. I think that should be a new skill writeup for GURPS.
Adorkable a 10 point version on appearance denoting a person who is cute in a “dorky” way.
May have higher point valued based on actual level of appearance’
Also first post should have read.
Adorkable a +10 point version on appearance denoting a person who is cute/attractive in a “dorky” way.
I think it is on the same scale as Pitiable (+1 reactions, 5 point cost). Being an enhanced version, incorporating Pitiable within it, but being raised to +2 reactions, at the cost you state.
Appearance would always be rated separately. Even a hideous monster can have Pitiable or Adorkable mitigations to lessen the negative reaction.
We’ve even seen Dave present these implications, back when ARCSwat was at the steakhouse. When Sydney was describing her “veganism,” mentioning that she doesn’t eat anything that she considers “cute,” Dave gave her a +1 Smugness. but when she said that fish are ugly & she eats them, he gave her a -1 Smugness.
I agree with Yorp’s evaluation to write it up as similar to Pitiable, but the social conditions where it would apply are slightly different. The first thing I thought of was comparing it to Pitiable, but I didn’t grab my books to come up with any details at the time.
What can I say, Yorp?…Great minds think alike.
:D
I think our community is blessed with quite a number.
As far as it goes for writing up Joel, I think Imperturbable would fit nicely…
Heh. In the comic so far, sure. And for the first half of the above page but …
*points paw at final panel, above*
… let’s wait until Monday’s comic, before writing that one on his character sheet, shall we?
Might have to adjust the definition slightly: Normally, the Advantage grants a +5 bonus for rolling against a Fright check. In Joel’s case, it would be to avoid a “Sydeny-induced Mental Shock.” Of course, as we can see on this page, it’s still possible for Joel to roll a Failure (or even a Critical Failure).
O.o
Furthermore, the base 10 point cost could be modified in accordance with Frequency: How likely Sydney could Mentally Stun someone in accordance to how much day-to-day exposure the character has being exposed to Sydney.
Daily Sydney exposure is a net advantage, not a disadvantage! :-P
Well said.
after looking back to compare the joel art (still recognisable as him btw, sans baldness, I also noticed that syd wasnt wearing the choker pre-flashback, may want to add that to the list for the edit sweep pre-book.
Actually he always had the bald spot
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/149
so he did.. didnt remember that from my last archive binge.. may be due for another.
That is months ahead yet. So think it is fine, as stands. Her habits are very likely going to change during that time. Especially due to basic training forcing some changes. It may be that she gets told to only wear it when officially on duty (for example).
In her defense, in page 21 she actually tells him what’s in the tube. It’s not her fault she doesn’t believe him.
Truth is stranger, then sci-fy.
if someone told you several lies and then told the truth would you believe them?
Several outrageous lies followed by an outrageous truth? I wouldn’t believe them.
He should have read her body language better then. She is a very poor liar, and had clearly signalled submission, and a decision to come clean. Ok, it was still pretty hard to believe, but, that is another matter.
Harsh judgement there. Would you have believed her?
I know I would have tried. And I’m known for not picking up on such things as body language… on the other hand, I might have saved that thought for tomorrow – but then I wouldn’t be as surprised as he seems to be right now!
I was condemning neither Joel nor smilr. They have average attitudes and presumably normal mind-sets. I probably would not have been convinced, true enough. However, to try and be objective, I can draw on past experience. I had a friend who was certain that she could work ‘good luck spells’.
Did I dismiss her beliefs out of hand? No. I could see she was sincere in her convictions. Just because it runs contrary to my world-view though, it does not mean that I need to invalidate her perceived reality, in order to validate my own.
Fortunately I have a strong, solidly reasoned and grounded philosophy which allows such inconsistencies to coexist in reality. Which I understand is an unusual world view. So I never judge others harshly for having a more conventional attitude.
Do I believe that my witch friend could cast spells? I would not be so cruel as to say so to her, but hand-on-heart, my upbringing is too heavily scientific evidentiary based for me to say that I did.
But, do I think that my belief is necessary for that to be the truth? No. I am perfectly happy accepting her judgement on the matter. If she believes that she can, and I have no evidence to the contrary, there is no reason to act in a way which would demean her faith in that.
And she may well have the truth of it.
I am sure, had I picked up on her body language, that I would have accorded Sydney the same courtesy. I might not be anticipating that she really does have artefacts of ancient power, but I would certainly expect that it was a valid possibility.
Note that this is distinct from accepting any old rubbish. If you are deciding on the truth of a matter, within a common mind-set and world-view, that is different to this situation. Here I am talking about understanding and accepting someone else, when they have a fundamentally different world-view.
To assume that one’s own beliefs are superior to another’s is just arrogance.
Well, apart from my unique circumstance. The fact that I accept and incorporate everybody elses’ world view and beliefs, within my own, does make mine better. But, being the most humble man, in all the world, I must act as if it does not.
Oh I know a kind of spell, too. A “happy”-spell :-) Everytime I sang or just “silently” sang (imagined) it, it made me more happy than before. Sadly, it wore off over about 30 years of using it, it’s not as strong as it was before…
Also, I’d say that spells aren’t all counter-scientific. It depends on the spell… psychology and chemistry are scientific, too :)
(But some “magic” things are IMHO nonsense. Like certain kinds of minerals having physical effects on non-living things.)
Well, you also have to consider that Joel turned around & started walking away when Sydney gave up trying to lie about it…Joel might not have seen her body language at the time!
You’d also have to admit that Sydney had already built herself up to being analogous to the “boy who cried wolf” by that time.
Well, I have always taken it that the turn came after she finished her dialogue. Otherwise he would be turning his back on somebody who is speaking to him. Which would simply be rude. If it happened the other way, though then your point is well made.
In which case, I must point out the poetic justice of failing to notice it, because he was being rude. :-)
Totally agree on the last. And I agree that hindsight (or insight, from beyond the 4th wall) is always 20/20. Even though I think he should have noticed the body language, that would not extend to blindly believing the unbelievable. On the other paw though, do recall that they knew they were in a world where supers do exist. **
So it is slightly easier for him to have accepted it, than for us. But still very reasonable that he did not, even taking that into account.
Mind you, for plot purposes, it was essential that he did not. The delicious irony of her having told him the truth is part of what has driven so many of us to keenly await this reveal, for four years!
* She bluffed Math easily enough, to one-shot him. But she felt no guilt at taking down a sexist pig. So the conflict was not showing on her face. Unlike in the situation where she was speaking to Maxima and Leon about her ‘finding the orbs just off the Florida Keys’.
** The public knowledge, prior to the official announcement, that is. As per their conversation ending with the hypothetical flying camera guy.
She didn’t bluff Math: Math didn’t know about Sydney’s Flying Balls that cold-cocked him
Not the best choice of word, as a bluff indicates pretending to have a better hand than you do, true. I was only intending it in the more general sense of ‘to deceive’ mind.
She tricked Math, by hiding her orb’s attack. The key part, to make my point, being that if she had telegraphed her deceit, by looking that she was up to no good, then he would have been suspicious, that ‘something was up’.
Catching him by surprise, through making him underestimate her, was the only way she could beat such a skilled opponent (when emulating fisticuffs anyhow).
We are talking about when they first met? In the hall? She swung a fist at his face, he non-challantely (or however you spell the damn word) moved his head just out of range, and right into the path of one of her balls that he didn’t yet know about
She wasn’t hiding them, they had been floating around her head
She can tell her balls where to go.
Just ask Dabbler and Shadow Boxer(Mr. Crushed Nuts)
I think you have a very reasonable interpretation of that scene. Viewed in isolation, it can well be taken as her hitting by blind luck (she even closed her eyes).
However, as DR. REVENGE pointed out, she did do something very similar when fighting Shadow Boxer. Anybody can win the lottery. But, if the same person wins the jackpot, on two consecutive draws, you start a fraud investigation. The sheer odds against that happening, point to luck as not being the common cause.
Ok, I am clearly biassed, as a Sydney fan, so I admit that I am simply opting to believe that Sydney is so well in tune, with the orbs, that she can swing them as instinctively as she can her own fists. Hence why she chose to use them to punch, rather than calling upon their powers.
At this point though, I must admit that, with her eyes shut, that she was probably attacking without the strategy that I attributed to her. So, you are right, that there was no deception involved. But I do not think it was an accidental strike by the orbs. They have not accidentally hit team-mates or waitresses in the crowded situations she has been in.
Yet each time she has been in a situation where she would want them to strike, they have. There still remains the possibility that Sydney ‘feinted’ with her regular fist, and shut her eyes as part of the feint. She has shown some instinctive combat moves which could show she has natural, if untrained talent.
But, on the balance of probability, I suspect that was not the case. I think she was trying to punch, with both fist and orb but, as her fist was blocking line-of-sight to the orb, Math just did not happen to see it. Whilst that is lucky, it is not particularly so, as the punch was going at his face, so it would have that effect.
And, even a skilled martial artist, will not expect an opponent to have more ‘limbs’ than normal. But, yea, no bluffing or lying involved in that. So you were right to call me on it.
Cold-cocked by Flying Balls. I’ve got the weirdest mental image right now…
That was the intent :D
My dear doctor, they’re all the truth. Especially the lies.
O sweet, comic is early
The description you gave in the daily comments section, is how our stores here in Boston look though. NEC and Thousand year picnic etc. Every inch of walls covered in books and posters; counters full of toys and collectibles etc. I’m curious to see his reaction if it wil lbe ‘oh my god your a SUPERHERO ! ‘ or ‘meh, whatever. You’re still Sydney. “
The way I see it, before closing time today or tomorrow all of their stock will be sold out. Then they’ll actually have to close the doors until they can write up huge orders & wait for delivery.
Thank Sydney & her free promo shot on TV.
:D
Wait for delivery? I think she will use Harem Express. “Where it absolutely positively has to…. Oh wait, it’s here already.”
Even using all of her different bodies, Harem is limited to about 25 lbs of cargo per body. It would still take quite a while…
125 lbs a trip, still won’t take that long
Also the teleportation is line of sight, so she’s not exactly going to the next state to where the comics are printed.
Her range is based on her knowledge of the location .
…In which case, as long as at least one of her is at both destination points, she can just keep cycling them back & forth without having to thoroughly memorize either place.
Yes.
i wonder if one of the reporters know CPR just in case hehe
She may have, wisely, asked Bear if he wouldn’t mind keeping the ‘copter parked outside, with the engine running. Just in case…
nah, she’s lucky that he survived his close encounter of the Sydney kind…. i know i would have kinda freaked out if i was a chopper pilot doing the traffic report and somebody knocked on my windshield at 1000 ft… though if he survives his heart attack (kidding) then i think this will be the start of a fond friendship… he gets to show her where to go to get where she needs to be, and he can get a refill on his coffee and donuts while still up in the air.
If it works out, him and Susie will be the ARCHON coraspondents for their stations.
That’s not the last time you drew Joel DaveB!
We also saw him after the bank https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/293
Though to be fair, that’s only hafl a year time difference
Oh yeah, geeze.
Just when Joel had made his peace that he would never find out what is in that tube..
Joel “No don’t show it to me now! I wasn’t reading shit yesterday I was at my therapist’s….he told me it had become an obsession! We worked for TWELVE hours! I don’t care anymore! No..N-Noooooo!”
At first I dismissed your comments. Funny, but out of character, from what we have seen.
But, on second thoughts, some people are good at hiding their emotions. Guys in particular. And he does work with Sydney. All day long. In close proximity. Often with few customers around. Or any alcohol or other mood/mind altering substances, to mitigate the experience…
Buahahahaha!
Though some people consider such an experience to be a good thing. One of my friends informs me that the *insert real name* content of her blood is getting dangerously low whenever she doesn’t see me in awhile. Another states that things get too NORMAL when I’m not around. There ARE those who appreciate the value of strangeness.
Heh, I love Sydney’s personality. But geekness is an acquired taste, and she has an extreme version of it. Some readers find her more extreme outbursts intolerable, even in the abstract. Having to actually work with someone they found strange. Yea, I could see that wearing thin.
You, however, sound fun to be around. :)
Why thank you *bows*
In shorter form: It takes all kinds to make a world & this would be a pretty dull place if it weren’t true.
It is possible to say things briefly?
*wobbles, feels faint, slumps down on the floor*
Seriously?
Yes.
That’s right, take no prisoners! :D
Right
One of the few things I dislike more than reading a wall of text is having to write one…
:D
Just a small unrelated comment for DaveB.
I just finished the second book in The Dark Lord’s Handbook series last night. I don’t know if you’ve read it yet but there’s definitely more to come.
I’m about 1/3 of the way though it. The problem is I don’t have dedicated reading time any more like when I used to commute on the train. I tend to draw until I can’t do it any more, usually 11:30-12:30 ish at night, then I unwind with a level or two in some video game then go to bed.
Don’t overdo it! We don’t want you to burn out young! Take the time to sniff the roses. And give Mrs DaveB plenty of time too. The amount of time and effort you put into the comic shows, and is appreciated.
But do not be a workaholic. It is awesome to have a hobby that you love turn into your job. However it is then important to set aside time to chill out, even more. Especially so, when working from home. It sounds like you need to allocate more personal and family time, from what you just said.
I have no problems with your working hard. Some people might call it over achieving. I call it a solid work ethic. There’s an author/manga artist I admire (whose name will go unstated here) who let a wonderful comic lapse that was supposed to have a second volume come out three years ago. She’s borderline suicidal and has trouble with her glucose levels and thyroid so she’s got really good excuses for letting her creativity lag. But it’s frustrating for her readers who have, perforce, to be sympathetic and wait months or years for her to grab her pen and start drawing again.
And if you need any more encouragement to keep things cool, look no further than Thunt. He was essentially forcing himself to pound out comics at a pace he couldn’t handle, and it nearly destroyed him (literally). He’s only recently gotten back to comicking, and the quality of his work has improved, even if the speed of it hasn’t.
Speaking of which, I’m gonna check if there’s a new page of Goblins out, now.
Just checked this morning (or was it last night?) and no new comic yet (have been checking ‘Goblins’ several times a week continuously)
I’ve always been careful about not overpacing myself, or overpromising stuff, (unless it’s withing a certain timeliness, I’m obviously bad at estimating how long any given scene in the comic will last) cause I do want to do this for a long time. The closest I’ve ever come to burning out was during the fight, when 6 out of the last 8 pages I had posted were doubles – and burnout is a wildly overdramatic term. At that point I really wanted to just spend 2 or 3 days going to the gym, playing video games, reading, basically not drawing. I don’t forsee myself wanting to take a significant break for a long time.
+99999 very much! The only important thing for me about an outage/hiatus would be that it gets announced. Even “of indefinite length” would be fine for me, but there is nothing worse than the author/artist of a comic or other serial publishing form suddenly stopping to update and not reacting to comments anymore. I’ll tend to image the very worst :-(
Keep whatever book you’re reading in the bathroom, and read while you poop?
What a $#!++¥ suggestion. (yes, somebody had to)
I’ve never read in the bathroom. In and out in 30 seconds no matter what’s going on. I have more comfortable chairs to sit on if I want to read something.
So you reporter’s gonna buy something because this is a place of business not a library.
“One question answered per every item sold, full price!”
Heh. Even if they quickly go around and rub the “.” out on all the price labels, you are still underestimating how much he could charge them, to film this. By a lot!
And that is not said tongue-in-cheek. He genuinely could get away with setting a steep price. The news studios would pay it without hesitation. And, if the word ‘exclusive’ got mentioned, there would be an immediate bidding-frenzy, pushing the price up further.
An exclusive interview with Halo, Arianna will have a fit
Great way to get rid of that un-saleable stock.
Entire run of the Meteorbs He-Man crossover comic from the 80’s 200 dollars!
The re-re-re-re-reboot of the Spawn universe from the early 00’s that nobody bough. 100 dolars.
Herculoids toy, that blooby pudding cup looking thing. 80 dollars.
That far future Superman comic from the 90’s where he looks like santa and has like five miniguns strapped to his arm. 120 dollars.
Beach comber spiderman toy with net launcher and metal detector. 50 bucks each.
Just tell the press that it’s vintage and high vallue, not like they actually know
Actually that future superman comic is pretty badass. He kills clone hitler.
For everything else? There’s Mastercard.
I’m sorry. I’m aussie. i had to.
Has Joel always had that comb-over on the back of his had? o_O
Okay, guess he did, thought it was just reflected light or something
Whee! At last, we get to see THE scene. So, it seems, does the rest of the world! And Dave sure knows how to make it play out.
Oddly, the rest of the world knows what’s in the tube before Joel does. Even though Sydney told him…
Which will only make it even better for the newsies.
And the cliff has been well and truly hung.
Curtis or Richard? o_O
Or maybe Joel’s about to get the Cliff Notes version of yesterday’s events?
Ooo, forgot about him :(
It’s ok…No one can think of everything, after all.
;)
At least we can presume that Sydney didn’t cause that helicopter to crash (unless Dave deliberately left out such an important event, for some weird reason) & she finely got her bearings straightened out well enough to get to the shop…
I wonder if Joel actually remembers that Sydney did tell him the truth about that tube yesterday? Or will he be so flipped out that he forgets it?
I agree with the sentiments. And will be interested to see how he does react too.
A slight quibble about time-lines though. Whilst he recounted the incident yesterday (so clearly does remember it, and it is fresh in his mind), he was talking about earlier events. As corroborated by her changes in shirts. That particular panel not matching her Wonder-Woman shirt of yesterday.
Still, near the end of that page, I appreciated that the shirt Sydney was wearing at that particular time was modeled from Power Girl…Besides her little thought balloon with the nipple pasties (Free Boobs For All), it was a fine example of early cheesecake in the comic.
:D
*sniffs, eyes misting up*
I remember. Such promise…
This means that the /ENTIRE WORLD/ found out before him….
Also, last pannel. Idk what it is about how you drew it, but Sydney’s expression is just absolutely perfect for what’s about to happen…
I really want to see
ifhow * DaveB can top this.* For any, lesser, artist it would be unfair to raise expectations too highly. Given that is an awesome page in it’s own right. But Dave, he just manages to improve upon perfection…
Gasp!
He has a super-power! Give the man a cape. Ignore Edna, the man needs the recognition, to stand out in a crowd!
New store policy – nobody gets an interview unless they buy something.
Just kidding, but it IS something to think about. ;)
They should. But the free publicity, over and above that from yesterday? They are not going to be hurting for money any more. And haggling for a price would take away from the moment. Money is not important… once you have enough to meet your basic needs.
Next page, next page! I want to see his reaction! nooooooww! :D
Yep, whoever said Dave does not know how to do cliffhangers. Well he has probably jumped off a cliff by now.
I can only agree so very very much…
I am fully expecting him to see the sphere’s and go “is that your kidneys!?!?!”
or somesuch :P
“Kidney stones?”
“…”
“Glowing kidney stones? So that radioactive crap you eat has finally caught up with you?”
haha! that is perfect!
“All right people, this is a store and you’re interfering with business. You’re either here to buy something, or you get out.”
Are all those reporters just standing there and NOT asking questions?
I guess they’re trying to catch Sydney and Joel’s conversation? Or they’ve had the fear of Sydney put into them.
(I’m pretty sure they can’t be asking anything though or Joel would have picked up something.)
They know better than to ruin a moment. Asking questions is one thing. Seeing a profound and true life-changing moment, unfolding, live on air… their editors would fire anyone who broke the mood!
And we can be sure ALL the reporting crews are putting their video/audio feed on a 10 second delay to prepare for the next potential wave of Sydney speak. (a Syd-nami, or HALO-tosis?)
Sydney speak is rant-Syd, so Halo-tosis might be more appropriate. (read it aloud, if you don’t get it at first).
i’d put money on a ten minute delay based on her initial TV debut.
At this particular time & under these circumstances, they’re probably taping for some kind of broadcast later in the day.
…Considering Sydney’s earlier examples during interviews, it would be the wisest move they could make.
Of course the station that is doing the near-to live feed, featuring Sydney, will be the one who gets the 90% market share of the news-watching audience.
That will depend mostly on how willing they are to “preempt” their regular schedule to inflict Sydney upon the masses. Most of them will probably wait until regular pseudo-news broadcasts, when they’ve had plenty of time for the Censor to earn his/her paycheck.
True. But this is the first 24 hours after world-changing news. For those old enough to recall it, think of how much news you watched in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks.* Tragic and massive in scale, though it was, it was simply the most audacious example of a pre-existing, well known phenomenon. Terrorism was not new to the world. Yet it did shake the world. And, from my experiences, the world watched. A lot.
Yet, even more than that, what has happened in the story so far, will be turning everybody’s world view upside down. Yesterday supers were just a phenomenon that only the more open-minded TV stations were reporting as being true. Unless you happen to have seen a super first-hand, you could still choose to ridicule it. Much as anybody, who has not seen a flying saucer, can dismiss UFO phenomenon as being wild imaginings.
But, just last night, the U.S. Government publicly announced that it was all real. And more. And then there was an epic super-battle. Captured live on TV.
Given all that, can you imagine that the 24 hour news stations are not getting their biggest audiences ever? Whether the other stations, in your own country, would want to get a slice of the action, only you can judge, from your own experiences during 9/11, and other similar events.
What I can guarantee though is, if I had lived through that, I would be constantly checking out the BBC’s 24 hour live coverage on their news website.** And, if they were only regurgitating old articles, and editing out the interesting stuff, I would be finding better coverage. Be it the uncensored YouTube clips, or some other live feed.
* No disrespect intended, nor wishing to trivialise it. To the contrary, I am citing this as an example of ‘profound news’ to emphasise just how significant today is for the GrrlPower world.
** Possibly whilst in transit to Dallas, to look for a particular comic shop, that would be of great interest to me, for some reason.
Oh it’s almost certain they’ve been asking some questions…
Reporter ambushing Joel as he is about to enter the store: “Hi Joel! What can you tell us about yesterdays events?”
Joel: “What?”
R: “About the fight, and Halo?”
J: “Who and what fight?”
R: “Halo, Sydney? How long have you known her?”
J: “Is it about that bank robbery? That was real? I mean did it really happen?”
R: “You don’t know?”
J: “I talked to her on the phone yesterday and she said someone had tried to rob the bank and stuff, but I didn’t think it actually happened. I just thought she’d seen something shiny and forgot all about the bank until they had closed or something.”
R: “And you haven’t spoken to her since?”
J: “No, I just closed up the shop as usual and went home.”
R: “OK… Thank you for your time. We’re just going to have a look around as we’re already here. Don’t mind the cameras and stuff…”
Reporter to the crew: “He doesn’t have a clue! Keep the camera rolling, this will be awesome!”
+10
This would explain why the reporters are being so well behaved and not peppering Sydney with questions.
Regarding DaveB’s question as to what it is called when spheres are stored in a cylinder:
The act of packing equal sized spheres in an enclosed 3-D geometrical shape is eloquently called “sphere-stacking” or “sphere-packing”, and in the instance where the diameter of the cylinder is greater than the diameter of one of the spheres, but not greater than two of the spheres, it’s called “Columnar Sphere-Stacking”.
The pattern generated in Columnar Sphere-Stacking is referred to as a “staircase pattern”, or if the spheres are small enough and can be packed closer together, it creates a “spiral staircase pattern”, as seen in the image links provided.
https://i.imgur.com/dSoLJfZ.png
https://i.imgur.com/ohQBrc1.gif
PS – Other names for those columnar patterns are “zigzag pattern” and “twisted zigzag pattern”.
I thought he meant staggered, like for ammo magazines.
Staggered is an appropriate term for stacking objects in overlapping colums, but because spheres don’t stack “naturally”, they gave them different terms to describe how they interact in a column/columns.
Side note: Based on the twisted zigzag patten, it is quite possible to fit seven spheres in a stout cylinder. No need for comic book physics.
Staggered is an appropriate term to describe how I got home from the bar.
Also applicable for the amount of bills I have to pay.
That sounds like something Dabbler would say if her English vocabulary was up to the task.
I will take that as a compliment. :-)
There’s actually a branch of Physics devoted for stacking odd-shaped items; It’s called Stacking Physics. There’s even a calling for professionals, known as Stacking Engineers! They use computer-modeled physics to determine the best ways to stack things, such as the pyramid-stacking of oranges in grocery stores & such.
Even the Kellog’s company had hired Stacking Engineers to find out how high they could stack their corn flakes in the storage silos before crushing those on the bottom! What the engineers figured out was that the odd shapes & textures, in conjunction with the material strength & weight, could literally be stacked as high as they want without crushing any flakes on the bottom.
When stacked up, the major accumulation of cornflake-weight pushes outwards, not downwards. So the key was to make sure that the silos weren’t too wide so that flakes pushed along the inside of the silo-wall wouldn’t get crushed!
And then there are the scientists who they consulted on why cornflakes go soggy. The conclusion being it was due to the milk!
Duh!
To be fair, they also pointed out that smaller flakes do not go soggy, any where near as fast. Ever since then, I have bought rival brands which follow that principle, rather than the much more expensive, and soggy, Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. And I have to admit that they were spot on!
And now we must reread the archive to see what Sydney will tell Joell
The truth probably
…Again…
She’ll tell him the truth again.
;)
Only this time it won’t be hidden in a web of untruth
“Just a feeling” ? Priceless !! ;-)
And darn, I never knew a smug grin can actually be cute as proven in the last panel ! :-o
Well, If Joel keeps up with it, he’ll level up in no time, just like Maxima…
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1223
;)
Does no one feel weird (including Joel) that Sydney said ‘Stay on Topic’ ? :P
The gathered media might, and likewise any audience watching. But readers who recall Sydney’s ADHD behaviour, and difficulty in keeping focussed on one topic, would not. Joel certainly would not. He is very used to her, and would not find any problem with her talking to herself, in that manner.
Speech bubbles do not carry intonation very well, but we can usually distinguish such vocal changes, when people use them in real life. Or if a suitably skilled actor does the same. So, I suspect, even the TV crews and home audience would get it.
Reading the comic though, we have to rely on just our memory of the character’s personality, to shape how we interpret such comments. Without that past experience, I grant that the turn of phrase would be confusing.
ADHD.
I would assume that she doesn’t do it infrequently, whenever she notices herself getting distracted.
I’m assuming she said it in her Gold Leader voice.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnP5iDKwuwk
XD YESS!!!
And probably more telling herself to keep it focused, not telling anyone else.
I don’t, and of all people, Joel shouldn’t either. Joel knows her, and readers who have followed the comic know her, so this kind of thing shouldn’t be all that surprising given her personality. I also don’t think the media would really care.
So Joel, we meet again.
It never occured to me she’d go back to the comic shop. I assumed she’d have to go to ARC bootcamp or something.
I wonder if she can turn the media attention to her advantage. Buy a comic, and get a question free! Or lots of free advertising. I think she already tried that once.
She better put some preconditions on the type of questions she will answer before they fulfill their end of the bargain.
After you are recruited you have time to “set your affairs in order”. Kinda like before your funeral but with slightly better odds of survival.
The balls arnt going to work!!! Probably not the first to call this
When the balls aren’t working anymore, it’s time to see if you qualify for a Darwin Award.
Also thank god Joel’s jaundice cleared up.
He never appeared yellow to me
A suggestion, DaveB. You have a lot of work coming up, making changes for the book. Be it Maxima’s rank insignia or the more time-consuming alterations needed to get the long pages (such as ‘Touching a star‘) to fit on standard-sized pages.
But there is one extra bit, which I think could help sales significantly. Whilst I loved your early work, in the beginning of the comic, it no longer would give a fair representation of your artistic skills. And anyone browsing a book, be it in a store or on-line, is likely to look at the first few pages, to make their decision.
Likewise some, those who does not like spoilers, such as myself, will actively avoid looking too far into a book, or near the end. And online stores usualy only offer the beginning as a snippit. Which means that potential customers will not get to realise how superbly your skills, and the art in the comic, progress during the course of book 1.
Not that I am suggesting a complete re-draw of the early stuff. But there is a very time-efficient solution, which would showcase your improved style, but without compromising the artistic integrity of the early work. Which would be to redraw just pages 3 and 4.
I suggest these, because pages 1 & 2 are actually just the game being imagined. And are in their own, highly appropriate, style. Whereas page 5 and onwards are the flash back. So the abrupt change in style, from your current, modern, one, to the older, will serve well to transition to the flashback. And the gradual evolution to your current style, through the course of book one, will continue to work just as well as it currently does.
Importantly though, those two re-drawn pages will give browsers a realisation that they will be buying the work of a top artist.
I am sure you already had considered options like this, but it does not hurt to offer suggestions. And also to mention that I am sure a great many of us would be happy to see the current story put on hold for a week, whilst we saw the pre-flash back pages being updated. Or you could save that as a perk, for those who choose to buy the book, and could leave the online version as stands.
That’s a lot of words for saying you want to see Olivia redrawn.
Yorp is trying to not bite the hand that feeds him treats.
Err, no. Sydney is the girl for me thanks. Olivia does not fit into the equation in the least. Granted, one panel with both her and Sydney in, is memorable. But that was because of Sydney’s involvement. Besides which we do see her later, and I am fine with letting those scenes stand, as is.
That said, yes, I could have cut the first three paragraphs. But If I am correct in my judgement, it could significantly affect sales. DaveB is living at below his previous standard of living, in order to work on the comic full time. The fact that he can do so at all, is down to the generosity of our patrons. But merchandising and book sales are a way to make up the difference. And any increase in that will secure both his finances and the future of the comic.
So I was more than happy analysing the proposal, and the background to it, in full.
Do not fear though, winter is slowly drawing to an end. I will escape my cabin fever, and will not plague the comments, as much as I am at the moment.
Oh, don’t get me wrong, I am not complaining about your gigantic output.
Sometimes I wonder, yes.
As for advertising, a montage like on the patreon page or a single non-spoiler page from later on would probably work, too. Redrawing two whole pages with characters that have not appeared in the advanced style sounds like an awful lot of work.
Advertising on Patreon is very different to advertising to the entire world of comic readers. They are two very different markets. My suggestion is to maximise the appeal to the widest audience. Dave has already made his appeal on Patreon and got a very good result. Although a fresh campaign there (or on Kickstarter, which is probably the more appropriate), for the book, is probably worth doing too.
You are right about the work. Hence it is not a suggestion I make lightly. I have considered it for a considerable time, but am still convinced is has merit sufficient to be proposed. My biggest concern is actually not the time, but the implied criticism of the artist, in suggesting that he re-do that work. What tipped the balance in me suggesting this, is that he himself has frequently said that he is not satisfied with his early work.
Personally, I never feel that, when I re-read it. I love the feel of it, when I go back. But, his current work is jaw-droppingly good. Profoundly enough that attention deserves to be drawn to that, in the buying process. And covers do not do that. Nor do stand-alone adverts. Those are often of a different standard to the content of books or comics.
As regards the amount of work involved though, you are perfectly correct. It is a lot. Hence my final paragraph, suggesting that he takes the time normally spent on regular updates to do that instead. Obviously this is just my idea. If the rest of the community feels that it is a poor one, or if DaveB would rather his art stands as created,* then I am fine with that.
But would still want to have access to the original versions, even if he did take up my advice. I enjoy looking at both those pages. They are a very special part of Sydney’s story.
* Which I very much respect, should he choose to do so – artistic integrity is an important feature of being an artist.
I think for the book I will do a preface page explaining that it’s a webcomic which took 5 years to draw and showing an example of the early art compared to more recent stuff. I may wind up redrawing a few particularly egregious bits of art throughout though.
Ahh, cool. Thanks for the feedback.
I would suggest you do an ‘old art’ Halo looking at a ‘new art’ Halo in the mirror to draw attention to this page. The caption should read “Do I really look like that?”
Which Sydney will be asking that question? The ‘original’ or the ‘updated’?
both to the other.
So, Joel, knowing Sydney was in a bank robbery, didn’t look up the news story, even after Sydney didn’t make it back to the store at all yesterday. That’s a little unlikely, but good comedic value I guess.
That would be the final sign of a VERY BAD BOSS. If Sydney wasn’t a co-owner, I would strongly suggest she find employment elsewhere.
Unusual. but not unlikely.
Granted it would be unlikely for you or I. We are clearly the kind of people who will turn on the TV to check out the news (or check it out online, in my case). And we would be fascinated to see if there was any mention of our friend. But not everybody has that behaviour. Clearly Joel does not even remember to carry around his … thing for making calls… whatever y’all call them. I do not either.
My brother would be exactly like Joel however. That is not to say that he does not follow the news. He does, but he is not obsessive about it. He will often just catch up on the week’s news at the end of the week. Here, Joel simply has not caught up on the news for a single day. I am sure that happens to a lot of us, a lot of the time.
Dave has simply picked a personality type and/or personal circumstances which fit the story needs perfectly. They are unusual, but if you analyse them, they are not stretched. Such people and behaviours exist around us, in everyday life.
What is surprising is that the door was not knocked down, by super-hero fans trying to shop. But, if he had gone home, by the time the press conference aired, then even that is in the bounds of credibility.
I have two news sources: my parents and my feed on tumblr (which isn’t even from my country, if anything I’m the source for information for Ukraine). I don’t follow / keep myself updated on / catch up to anything else, from online to tv news, and I don’t necessarily catch up to tumblr news every day either.
So IMHO, very realistic.
If I am reading you right, and you are actually in Ukraine, you have my every sympathy and support (such as it is worth), for the situation going on there. And I have posted comments to that effect, here, in the past.
And if that is your home country, your post shows how very varied people’s news consuming habits are. I check for news from Ukraine on a daily basis. And have done since the first news that there were divisive differences of opinion, on signing up to closer ties with Europe.
Either way, your point is very well made.
Sydney was called by him and told him the basics at that time as well as explaining that she might not be back right away because the super heroine needed to debrief her “or something”. He probably DID watch the news but after it went into repeat mode turned it back off. I’m a little surprised he didn’t call her again later on but then maybe…. nah, let Dave or Yorp or somebody handle that maybe…
>>The big question is when did the press conference go down and was the shop closed by then. <<
Cause if it happened before he closed the idea of his sudden swarm of repeat and new customers not giving him a giant clue-by-four to the brain pan about current events is gonna get a LOT harder to believe than even the idea that he some how sequestered himself in his house, turned off all communications and read in his bunker of solitude. (I've never done this but I could see somebody turning off their phone etc… little weird when your best friend/business partner [guessing on the BF part] is missing in action… )
It makes for a good joke but is a little odd till we know more which took the edge off the funny for me a little.
I regularly end up off-grid just because I forget to charge my phone. He forgot his in the shop. Some people just live in a bunker of solitude full time :\
I just love your Nodwick reference. I don’t often find others who read that comic.
Nice! I am writing so well I am accidentally copying other peoples great writing.
I have no idea what I referenced is the gist of that. I have read a little Nodwick but I don’t think I got too far in? Or maybe I did and forgot. I know I just went there when I found out that they copied some of Nodwick’s character for the henchman in The Gamers movies (2nd one is called Dorkness Rising I think). In fact I think they actually used his name in that movie so they must have gotten permission?
+1
“Clue by Four” is the name of one of the issues. It’s a piece of lumber that makes you smarter when you get whacked on the head with it. Yeagar used it enough to create a second, smart self that was split off and started living with the gods. (The smart self came back towards the end of the series to give the original a lesson in why changing the world too much can have drastic consequences.)
I wonder if he was the one to get Syndey out of the holding cells after the “humanity attack” incident ?
If so, he`ll likely be expecting pretty much anything the day after, maybe the reason he “forgot” his cell phone in the first place ?
Then again, chances are he didn’t see it coming this time … ;-)
DaveB, actually, you drew him once more, so it’s only been about 3 1/3 years since you last drew him:
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/293
In a curious bit of synchronity, you made a comment wondering if you were a real artist yet, and said to check back in three years. :-D
Long time reader, first time poster. Love this comic! Thanks.
9 more posts and you’ll be upgraded to first time tapestry!
+1
# of posts = stitch count of textile material. Seems to make sense.
Aren’t we all just threads in the tapestry…Of this Comment Section?
I can weave four of the posts, from this thread, into a bed.
We can take it as said, that it will be red.
A mattress of blue, can go on it too.
I can then curl up, as snug as a bug.
I would love to see all the messages on his phone about Sydney haha
From Sydney would be even funnier!
I have been waiting this for literally years. YYYYEEEEEESSSS.
But wait what a comic store owner and lover did not watch a press conference on the establishment of the first official superhero team what
Apparently he reads in his Book Nook of Solitude.
It was not pre-announced and advertised.
“Next week, the big reveal will be made at a press conference, live on all channels. It is about super heroes. Yes, really. If you are a nerd, you must watch this!”
If you miss the news, you miss the news.
I remember once, at Gen Con UK, my friend bought a funny, if tasteless, T-Shirt. “Dead Girls Don’t Say No”. Which everyone he showed it to, burst out laughing at. There was a suitable zombie girl to carry the gag.
He decided to wear it the following morning. There was a communal breakfast, as part of the ticket price. Oddly he did not get a single laugh. And quite a few dirty looks.
It was only when we, eventually, heard the news, that the penny suddenly dropped, and my friend decided to immediately return to his room, for a quick change
Princess Diana had just died.
I like the personality we can see even in the reporters.
The one in front in the blue shirt is just casual like ‘whatever, here’s a mic’
The young blonde near the back is up on her toes and way more eager than the others for a sound bite.
btw. Those non-flying assholes are back. Why isn’t Sydney more pissed? I don’t think the publicity for the store would be enough to undo ALL the aggravation they caused her this morning. Did Grizzly Barry give her some perspective on the situation?
Yes, they are back, but not at her house. They are at her place of business, which is a public accommodation, and which she told them about “yesterday.”
And Suzie Wen is probably back in the shelves reading having forgotten about her job for a second….
but Suzie was in front of her house and I don’t think there’s been enough time for them to get from there to here
She may even be de-briefing Bear, at the heliport.
Or he is doing that himself, depending on how startled he was by seeing a flying girl tapping on his window.
You must have way better eyes… or you guessed. I don’t see her for SURE there. But even if I did we don’t know how long Sydney was “lost” and if Suzie started out right away when she flew off. Also we don’t know how long it took after Sydney found the shop to get to this point. Its possible and its funny. For this comic that is one more qualification then I’ve been told it needs in order to happen. ;D
Suzie is still getting personally de-briefed by Ari, she was not outside Sydney’s apartment nor is she in or near the store
…I just hope that today’s Arianna “debriefing” with Suzy isn’t like the “debriefing” session they had during the boss-fight against Vehemence last night. If so, lawsuits would definitely fly fast & heavy.
O.o
as long as the two of them had some breathing fast, and there’s some heavy petting too, i am certain that “I” wouldn’t mind, not so sure about y’all though.
Excerpted from a Klingon poem:
“How do I love thee?
“Let me count the bruises.”
An excerpt from a treatise, on the social behaviours of orcs.
I like your happy place. It sounds like a cosy nook. Later, I think I may hang out, somewhere like there, too.
Just… stay in the well lit areas, the dark bites (and yes, do mean literally, and they are nothing to compared to what is in the dark), and if an area you were just in becomes dark, keep walking, they are just playing with you :P
Oh, and enjoy the snacks and refreshments :D
Thanks. And, yea, I would save exploring dark areas, for when in my own happy places.
Something super-telepaths, and similar, would do well to bear in mind. We all have our dark spots, that it would be neither polite nor safe (for emotional well-being) for others to go poking around in.
Of course, if I caught any telepath poking around in any of my private areas, their physical well-being would be critically endangered too. One perk though, they will be able to graphically see what is just about to happen to them. With gore enabled.
You could arrange for them to find a mind field in their somewhere.
+1
I always keep the light off in my happy place