Grrl Power #356 – Ring tone deaf
Sydney’s not really all that offended by Maxima’s ringtone, but she knows an opportunity to guilt someone when she sees it. Not that Lieutenant Colonels usually let themselves be guilted into stuff by recruits, but it’s clear to anyone that Sydney is a valuable asset to the team and Max is okay with bringing her around to a more military way of thinking gradually.
Being reminded of the need for extra gear for Sydney is not unlike the minigun incident. Max does still occasionally have trouble remembering the squishiness of humans.
For anyone unfamiliar with Maxima’s ringtone. I first heard that on Dr. Demento on the radio when I was in high school. I will resist explaining what “radio” is to the young’uns since I know it still exists, but as a medium I think it’s safe to say it is past it’s heyday.
We haven’t seen that blond haired guy in a while. I would link his last appearance, (which was also his first appearance) but the quality of the art is… less good. I also need to name him so he can appear in the Who’s Who.
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I read these one and know I have pink elephants on parade stuck in my head would also do for Sidney ring tone hahaha.
Well, its no My Little Pony theme song, but it’ll do.
Oh, please…that is tame. Used to have “Beat on the brat” by the Ramones as a ringtone. Current ringtone is “Ralph the Rooster” and unless you are over 45 and grew up around Wichita in the early 70’s you’ll never have heard it. Currently getting that as a ringtone in unobtanium.
Pretty sure it was a ring-tone specifically for when Sydney calls, not a multi-purpose one.
Well that paints it in an entirely different light from what I took it as. Kinda makes more sense too. Good point.
I was unaware of the ability to set each caller with a different ring-tone. Yet I got that ‘this is Sydney specific’ just from the expressions on their faces. So was splitting my sides reading it through the first time. Glancing at the comments caught me up on the current tech.
Hats off (especially boonies) to Dave for being able to convey that just by their emotions.
If she was going mach 4 without air pressure being a problem at all when she dropped the shield, then the drag would have been immense. If she was operating like a normal supersonic aircraft, she should be able to go much faster near her flight ceiling. Of course, aerodynamics don’t need to be involved if magic/advanced technology is afoot.
(Kerbal Space Program is a great game that everybody should play )
DaveB said that the flyball by itself affected aerodynamics, but that she needed the shield for anything over 100 mph due to air buffeting.
A lot of it is that she has to refresh her air bubble maybe every 30 mins, sometimes less somtimes more.Plus the potential coldness. She does not want to pass out from issues like that even if she could easily be caught by Max.
Plus they never tested quite how it works in low atmospher or no atmosphere, or underwater yet. Her bubble may not be entirely air tight, it might just be such a slow exchange that she uses it up quickly.
She might be able to fly into space with her bubble and all that.. So really not a lot of reasons not to gear up and prep gear for water, high altitutde and even a damn space suit for her to head into space and see how it works.
My dad has “Back Stabbers” as the ringtone for everyone on his union board. I heard it a lot while he was on the board. “Never again.”
I wouldn’t mind people having that as the custom ringtone for me.
I can see Max having the Imperial March for when Arianna calls.
I would more expect Arianna to have that on her phone for Max’s calls…
Now that you remind me, she does!
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/327
I love that Max’s icon in every text system here is her enraged face obscured by her hand reaching for the camera. Does she do that a lot, or are they just sharing the same image of her?
It’s the only picture they have of her…
Not anymore – remember the ‘glamour shot’ storyline…
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1780
The Imperial March is my ring tone for my wife. Before anyone gets offended, it was also the recessional music at our wedding. And she came in to the love theme from Conan the Barbarian (which we like but is just too quiet for a good ring tone).
Boy did you land yourself a good one. Congratulations!
As of this month 21 years and counting, so I think we’re going to last!
But customizable ring tones are always great. Let’s see what I currently have:
Dr. Who theme – All Dr offices in my phone
Working for the Weekend – Most Work phone numbers
Every Sperm is Sacred – For my father-in-law (who is an Assembly of God Minister)
I can’t Drive 55 – My auto mechanic
Pet Shop Boy’s “What have I done to Deserve This” – Family members I don’t get along with
And many others
“I’m just here to keep an eye on Syndey, don’t expect me to -”
“You want me to ring that up for ya?”
“… yeah.”
I agree that she might stumble onto something she’d be interested in. Maybe not zombies, like Olivia, though. She knew about Ioun stones, so maybe she’d be a fan of sword and sorcery?
Dungeons and Dragons, plus other role-playing games, are extremely popular in the armed forces. I have met very many serving personnel from the UK, Europe and the USA at various gaming conventions, down through the years. It is very likely that Maxima was into that earlier on in her career.
Maxima will simply have gotten too busy to keep it up, in recent years, due to pushing up through the ranks, in order to get into the prestige position she currently holds.
Does Sydney’s comic book store have an RPG section? Many comic book stores do.
Extremely likely. The start of the comic they are gaming in a back room of the shop. Whether that is the same shop, or a new shop we cannot be certain (the layout is slightly different). Plus we have various examples of Sydney being intimately familiar with roleplaying gaming, even in the flashback, so it is probable (but not certain) that the shop has always catered for tabletop gaming.
It is possible that they do not though (as of the above comic) and the back room gaming will be started as part of the ongoing story. But clearly they are, and will continue to, rake in massive profits on the comic side. And it is keeping them very busy. So it would seem strange to try and build a local tabletop gaming community at this point.
I do something different with my ringtones. I give annoying ones to people when I really /want/ to listen to them, not the ringtone – and give people songs I don’t mind listening to a lot, for people whose calls I’d prefer not to answer. Either people have weird tastes, or hardly anyone is doing it this way.
Most people go for tunes they associate with the person… Hence the song about asylums for sydney
Awesome idea. I think it’s just that people don’t think outside the box much/you don’t realize how clever you are. (Not being sardonic here, just to be clear.)
That actually makes sense: why give someone you don’t like a ringtone you don’t enjoy?
Something else I just remembered. Sydney is taking Harem’s advice and making an appearance at her store at random and unannounced. This will make the comic book store the place to be since you never know when a real life superhero might be around.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1682
What obviously makes it even better is that you could bump into not just The Mighty Halo, but Harem and now Maxima. The store is going to be a madhouse after this.
On another note, do you remember all of the questions the reporters were asking before?
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1666
I didn’t notice Sydney take them along when she left earlier and Max isn’t going to want to drag them around while they finish their flying lessons. I wonder when she’s going to take them to Archon, presumably to dump on Arianna’s desk.
That was a Harem’s job.
Well it makes the shop the “place to be” to see some superpowered folks.
buuut.
It also increases the liklihood of conflict while also decreasing it.
The whimpier folks who might want to attack her alone would have considered kidnapping or setting a trap there.. but now that she shows up randomly. and more importantly with random amounts of back up. make that less likely.
but now folks who don’t care and just want to kill and destroy.. now have a place they can catch her and potentially even Max alone without ready backup and with PLENTY of hostages in form of fans.
Honestly.. I would be far more worried about the potential of someone just blast nuking the store whenever they are in there.
There’s been some speculation about Sydney and Joel moving their business to a new store. Perhaps this is why? Maybe the new place will have a few secret features installed by Archon to protect them and their customers from hostile activity.
If so, this might become a problem if Sydney starts channeling Dee Dee from “Dexter’s Laboratory.”
Sydney: “Ooooh! What does this button do?”
Simple solution. Put in only one button.
Heh, I was watching a demonstration of a good laser-cutter the other day, which had only one button. Everything else is run off the cloud. The single button is there just as a safety measure. Of course, you could easily remotely operate the machine from your mobile phone (barring loading and unloading it).
But that one button exists to ensure that the safety instruction to supervise the machine, in person, is actually followed. You could call it the ‘start’ button, but it really is the ‘yes, I am here’ role call button.
Kinda like when Homer Simpson found out he could do his job from home, just by typing ‘YES’ every now and then (and then discovered he only needed to hit the ‘Y’ key)
Hey Dave, so just scanned the earlier pages, you named the guy at the counter Brad =P Love your work, keep it up!
Why not just call him “That Guy”. I mean haven’t we all had to deal with “That Guy” when he won’t listen because he’s right. “That Guy” who comes back time and time again because he knows that if he shouts a little louder you’ll understand. “That Guy” who everyone knows of but no bothers to remember the name as there personality speaks for itself.
Works for me. That Guy is too anooying to deserve a proper name.
That. Is. Hilarious.
Sydney can embiggen the force field large enough to hold dozens of people: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1129
That would provide hours of air.
Unless she’s worried about accidentally letting go of it.
I think she and Max will both take it as a given that is a risk. They have had enough examples of it already today! Not to mention wanting redundancy, in event of the unexpected. They are testing unknown technomagic after all.
For example, if it turns out the shields fail at high altitude, it could be very dangerous, or potentially fatal for her. Going from sea-level pressure to 30,000 feet air pressure, in an instant, will risk some very nasty biological reaction! Ranging from bleeding from various orifices, to something akin to the bends.
And even having Maxima there would not help, beyond being able to catch Halo as she faints from oxygen deprivation. The air pressure would still be dangerously low, the temperature freezing cold, and diving down to lower altitude too fast, might risk compounding the problems.
Overall, I’d have to say that today’s comic is simply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFqZhadwvG0
(Another tune that had occasionally played on Dr. Demento’s show)
And it was made by the man who played Thurston Howell on Gilligan’s Island.
Ah, but do you know the woman he’s with in that tune?
Sophia Loren.
I was not aware of that, thanks.
Yup, she wasn’t just a pretty face :D
Brad’s ringtones with other people have a high likely hood to start with, “I’d rather have this bottle in front of me”.
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Her shield must leak oxygen out but not in to have a 15 minute ceiling all the time. Or maybe she has some kind of a problem with taking in oxygen or something? I think several sources were linked the first time this happened stating that in the right circumstances you could go a lot further than 15.
But beyond that I’m kinda surprised Max didn’t think of it. She must be fairly new to the leadership end of things. Let alone the teaching end of things. I bet she was always “the asset” instead.
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I see Sydney is continuing to make good moves in the money department. Having Max drop by randomly so soon after the other “guest appearance” will set this as the go to place to see random supers for some time to come. And some hard core super fans will never get bored of trying to catch some more footage of them. Should keep the shop with a steady stream of potential customers for some time.
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I knew I was going to love the next more slice of live “non-superbrawl” stuff to pieces so I saved a couple of months up to read for the first time all together. I was soo right. But now I’m all caught up…
Reading the comments when you are too far away in time to have even a tiny bit of influence (or at least vent with the relaxing thought that you might influence someone) was nerve racking. No body hair on supers? :( And for a second super males might have no beards?! TT (males without beards have less character to me instinctively) but the author went with no body hair but beards were allowed. *fwhew!* And someone pointed out that supers made by artifacts/magic/etc… could have body hair and beards a plenty. ^0^ YAY! Seriously reading the comments way after the fact is a real roller coaster ride of emotions at moments like that.
“I’d rather have this bottle in front of me.”
You mean, as in the last verse of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkvQ-NdMPBM ??
“Having Max drop by randomly so soon after the other “guest appearance” will set this as the go to place to see random supers for some time to come.”
Which is something that Arianna would also no doubt like to see happen…Quite frequently.
No, that song is clearly referencing the other song though so close if only for that line, I appreciate that somebody tried though. :)
Really? I would think Arianna would like more controlled appearances now that they are known. Too great of a chance for something that could be construed negatively to happen. Either way probably work for Sydney’s shop though as long as it doesn’t get blown up or something.
you should name in Nerdbro cause he looks like a frat Bro
Would it be safe to say that Max has a Napoleon XIV complex?
The first 45(there’s one for the younger set to look up) I ever got to pick was that song. If you played the B-side, it was the song in reverse. My brother and I played it so much that one day it was just missing. Thinking back on it, Mom didn’t seem all that upset about it…
My Dad still has his copy, though I have to admit that I don’t know exactly where it is. We do have a record player, but it too is put away and probably covered in an inch thick layer of dust.
I would have gone with a certain Seal son but to each their own.
“it’s safe to say it is past it’s heyday.”
“it’s safe to say it is past its heyday.”
nearly all correct
I had the 45 single of this song. Interestingly enough, on the “B-side” was the song again… in reverse.
For the time being just ‘angry blond man’ would work I suppose. Unless he’s important?
He is very important! He is the embodiment of ‘to serve and protect (even the very-annoying)’.
You mean, ‘You serve or I protest?’ :P
Of course, you all must realize, two HUGE nerds just walked into a comic shop. Now, one of them owns the shop and indulges her hobbies frequently, while the other has attempted to repress such nerdish urges over the years… Let’s see who crumbles first and buys out the store, shall we?
Oh, let us not forget, that both of these nerds now have significant amounts of disposable income.
Max has had that income for years now though… and she aint crazy…
I understand that you’re going with the more interesting phrasing, but in truth, the most Syd can do is buy-out Joel’s half – she ALREADY owns the other half.
Just to run with the pedantism, Sydney would be legally required to buy them. Firstly because she is only the co-owner, so any items she wishes to take, she should put through the till, so that the purchase can be registered and apportioned appropriately. Part to her, part to Joel.
Further, given how close the shop was to going under, probably the majority creditor is the bank, as they will be heavily in debt. So even buying all the stock would have most of the money going to servicing the debt, rather than being apportioned as profit.
On top of which is VAT (value added tax) which various states have under different names (such as sales tax). Failing to buy the items (as a customer) would be evading the tax, as such would be a criminal offence (assuming that similar principles apply for the state as to VAT in Europe). So she may own it as a retailer, but she does not own it as an end-user. Until she pays for it.
Buy-out… Expand same difference. With her new found wealth, she’d probably order 2 copies of all the things she’s always wanted (one for herself, one for the store). This is about to become THE comics store to visit.
Hmmm, wonder if angry blond nerd will do/say anything to push ‘the Max button’. Likely not a boob grab, but maybe a cleavage comment or some such.
I think the worst thing he could do would be to automatically assume she has no “nerd cred” because she is a beautiful woman. Interestingly enough she would then probably duel him in obscure knowledge in order to prove the stupidity of that and then later have to look sheepishly at Sydney cause she has been half denying being a nerd in any recent time frame. And I bet the battle would reveal she has been keeping up here and there since beginning her military career despite her claims of it being past tense.
So is Max a gift to those fans whose fantasy is a beautiful, powerful, intelligent woman with a heart filled with all things geeky and nerdish? That is a common modern fantasy right? It seems I’ve run across ads for websites etc… dedicated to this idea at some point anyway.
I have a stupid and totally unrelated Harem question.
If all five Harems get together and look at something all at once, does that let her use all those eyes like a telescope?
no…
A very astute question. I think yes. Clearly her mind does partition the feed from each body, so that she can distinguish each environment separately. Otherwise she would keep bumping into walls or people, if she could not distinguish which were in front of each of her different bodies.
But, equally, there is some bleed through, as in the chain pain incident. Likewise her taste blending, when eating. So there must be an element of conscious control, where she can allow them to blend rather than maintaining separation.
It would take careful alignment, to ensure that they are all looking at exactly the same angle etc. And it may not be much of an improvement, but I think it would be measurable and should make the difference for things which are just beyond normal resolution distance for humans. Say a very high altitude aircraft, as an example.
All things considered though five Harems, all looking at one thing, sounds very much like an optical telescope with five mirrors, all linked together, to see a single image. The telescope needs sophisticated software to merge it seamlessly. But Harem’s mind automatically does the linking, so it should be easy. Once she has the matching alignment trick sorted out.
Although the alignment issue would become even more critical (maybe to the point of not being possible without them being mechanically aligned and positioned), Harem could potentially use binoculars and/or normal telescopes in the same way. Provided she can find multiple identical ones, so that the incoming images are the same magnification, size and shape. But just with slightly different viewpoints.
The truth is in between, no it wouldn’t work like a telescope, BUT by adding details that each one saw, but others didn’t together, she’d get a CLEARER image, just small. By the way this is how multi-telescope arrays work, not by increasing magnification (the clearer the image the more you can magnify later without distortion).
…and what if she observed the object from 5 different points on 3 different axis? Some serious 3D rendering, I’d guess.
More like a kaleidoscope
I believe is kinda hard to keep a music you like a secret when you use it as a ringtone.
It was more the insult of the ringtone being sydney specific… aka she’s saying Sydney be crazy. Ringtones are the place for stealth insults, cause you rarely get phoned by someone next to you…
My best friend used to do it allllll the time. My ringtone for him was the old four-beeps (a morse-code H?) that used to begin the news when I was a kid. Because if he rings me, I wanna hear it! And that ringtone was set to max volume plus vibrate.
He was insulted the first time he pulled that stunt. I had to explain.
He got it, though! :)
Or is Max saying Sydney drives *her* crazy?
The more relevant point is that the two first met only about 48 hours ago, and Max already had the idea and found time to locate the song and set it as her Sydney-ringtone. And knew that much about the tech, that she *could*. For a “former” nerd, she still has a fair amount of nerd-cred.
But then the ringtone should probably be the Muppets version of:
She drives me crazy
Like no one else.
She drives me crazy, and I can’t help myself.
That is one of my mother’s favorite songs. Nice one dave.
lol PERFECT i wish could find that ringtone for my phone because it would fit me perfectly, all except the last part which isnt part of the actual song at least i dont think it have to recheck
All the lyrics shown in the comic are correct. They are the first chorus of the song.
Remember when you ran away and I got on my knees and begged you not to leave because I’d go berserk?
Well, you left me anyhow and then the days got worse and worse and now you see I’ve gone completely out of my mind
And, they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
They’re coming to take me away, ho, ho, hee, hee, ha, ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
And they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
You thought it was a joke and so you laughed, you laughed when I had said that losing you would make me flip my lid, right?
You know you laughed
I heard you laugh, you laughed, you laughed and laughed and then you left but now you know I’m utterly mad
And, they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
They’re coming to take me away, ho, ho, hee, hee, ha, ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
I cooked your food, I cleaned your house and this is how you pay me back for all my kind unselfish loving deeds, huh?
Well, you just wait, they’ll find you yet
And when they do, they’ll put you in the A. S. P. C. A, you mangy mutt
And, they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
They’re coming to take me away, ho, ho, hee, hee, ha, ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men in their clean white coats
And they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
To the happy home with trees and flowers and chirping birds
And basket weavers who sit and smile and twiddle their thumbs and toes
And they’re coming to take me away, ha, ha
To the funny farm where life is beautiful all the time
And I’ll be happy to see those nice young men…
Not sure I’d ever see Sydney coming around to a military way of thinking. Not everyone is meant for a military way of life, no matter how much those training them may try.
I don’t think that that is what they are going for, really. I would surmise that they are just trying to make her a team player, adding caution and common sense. If necessary, Sydney may end up reclassified as an independent contractor or consultant if her mind-set doesn’t allow her to blend well with the military, but they still consider her a vital asset. She may also end up in more of a support position, rather than a front line bruiser, due to her ability to gather data, assess the situation, and offer out-of-the-box solutions. I AM significantly impressed with her ability to make snap decisions and have the confidence to stand by them. That is a very good trait for a line officer to have.
Just going by David’s post :)
Lets see, I’ve got The Liberty Bell March for my standard ringtone, Addams Family Theme for everyone in my family, and the Mission Impossible Theme for when work calls.
One of our tech support guys at work has the old modem dialup sound as his ringtone.
https://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html
That is awesome.
The ringtone I most want?
The Helsinki Complaints choir sings a song, the lyrics of which are collected complaints from locals. During part of it, to the tune of the Nokia ringtone, they are singing words that are translated as, ‘All ringtones are irritating.’ They sing this line a few times, til this one guy at the front ‘answers’ a phone and tells it he’ll have to call it back. I would like a ringtone of that.
This is the best ringtone. It is the only one I use. And no vibrate mode either.
The Sound of Silence
Too noisy.
Nice song mind, I have always liked that one. But I deliberately chose not to select that, as it could actually serve as a ring-tone. I would rather risk death than have a mobile phone.
And I do, quite literally. I live alone and cannot afford to keep a land-line. A pre-paid mobile is a viable alternative, to enable emergency service contact. However I dislike the idea of carrying around a phone, more than I fear death. Besides which, I am optimistic…
Death does not have my number.
Yeah, only have a cellphone to keep in touch with mum when she is away at one of her conventions and with nephew (barely even use it except to top it up once a year to make sure don’t lose the number… again)
I have the Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends theme as my standard ring tone. I, um, I don’t actually answer my phone when it rings. i just dance and ring whoever called me back.If I recognise the number
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Am thinking about setting my girlfriend’s callsign to Bill Bailey’s Rammsteinesque cover of Scarborough Fair. The implications and scope for guilt trips there should keep me owing her more than Maxima does Sydney…
Also. Hurrah, Brad’s Back!! This can only end well
You know that you are getting old when Novelty songs that were in the top ten in your youth become punchlines for the current crop of kids. So…
Hey! (hey!) You! (you!) Get offa my lawn!
Guess with a ringtone like that… maybe Sydney could get Boot to the Head by the Frantics XD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZljpTx_tJ78 Second part of the tae kwan leap skit which was also on a Dr. Demento collection.
You know he already has a name, it’s Brad. Check this page.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/120
I think I sense a game of “Dueling Ringtones” going on behind the scenes at ARC. No doubt Sydney will join in with gusto (As a comic book nerd, she probably has a vast knowledge of “Novelty”, (Doctor Demento, etc) and sci fi themes at her mental fingertips.
Maybe we should make suggestions for ringtones she could use. For example:
Peggy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTb_5oPqCys (“Airwolf” theme)
Leon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7j5Be5a86uA (Theme song from “Monk”)
General Faulk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyz_2DEah4o (“A” Team theme)
Harem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrZjIzulles (South park Chef’s “Simultaneous”)
Heatwave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=en1uwIzI3SE (Arthur Brown’s “Fire”)
Dabbler https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkcHgI_TIYQ (“Doctor Who” theme)
Mr. Amorphous https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKbADFJOCkU (Rubberband man)
Math https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSOjj8Q_9b4 (We Gotta Power, DBZ Theme)
I’d got with this one for Math
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7Ic-WAlyhA
Actual theme song starts @ 0:21 if you’re the impatient type.
XD I’m sure he’d love it… XD
Dabbler alternative: “She Blinded Me With [Science]!”
Would go with “Weird Science” myself.
YES
Magic and technology
Voodoo dolls and chants
Electricity will make WEIRD SCIENCE!
It’s my creation – is it real
It’s my creation – I do not know
No hesitation, no heart of gold
Just flesh and blood, I do not know
Dabbler would LOVE this
Alternatively, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s6xmolPuUo (“Careless Whisper” sax loop)
or maybe just a stock 70’s bow-chikka-wow-ow porn groove.
Math’s should be “Everybody was kung-fu fighting”.
Math would be like
*nods* Appropriate… but Kung-Fu? Really? I learned THAT in kindergarten…
Why not ‘Yakety Sax?’ After all, he’s most likely to get chased by a lot of people who can’t catch him, while CLEARLY having some female’s undies accidentally-on-purpose.
yknow, i wonder how halo managed to hit Max instead of Joel… what does she have Max saved as?
Sydneys phone could have Max in as Ltc Leander, and if she doesnt have any other L named folks in her contacts, theyd be next to each other.
They might be right next to each other if Joel is listed by his last name too and it starts with an L or something.
Leander?
Well surely Max and Joel wouldn’t have the same last name. I just meant that both of their last names might start with the same letter.
He could be her long-lost brother. Surely you see the resemblance?
*Frowning, squinting, studying*
Not really, no. If he is her long-lost brother, would she admit it? Or would she make him a little more . . . lost.
Sorry, I was thinking more of Brad there, not Joel. Maybe I need to do a Sydney-style reset.
*WHAM!*
So once he gets some supers, what’s he gunna do with them?
Demand that they get him some “COMIX!” that aren’t available?
(I suggested some ringtones above for various members of the ARC team, though the comments software balks at links, so it may be a while before it’s visible…heh)
“You weren’t promised a damn thing outside of your own fan fiction!” … XD
Archon only went public yesterday, in their time, and Brad is already writing fan fiction about them?
In his case, I seriously doubt it. The ‘fan fiction’ referred to here would be ‘headcanon’, where a fan has imposed their own interpretation of the story or script (or reality in this case), in his mind, which may or may not have any bearing on the observable facts. Brad’s is clearly in the latter camp.
“I reject your reality, & substitute my own…”
“Yeah, that still isn’t gonna work. You’re still an idiot…”
Yeah I really don’t see Sydney being offended by that. She is pretty clear on the state of her mind, and its general state of disorder.
I doubt she wants her face rubbed in it? But occasional mentions like that aren’t going to do more than cause a blip. :D
Word Of God (ie-the blog under the comic :P ) says she’s not really all that offended, but is working the guilt she’s got over Max at the moment big time, getting her to agree to stop in the shop instead of just making the phone call. Works for me, looks like Sydney’s got plenty of brains in her head, they’re just badly wired up.
Least that’s how Daniel the Human describes his head, but he won’t me open it up & see if i can fix itup for him. Don’t know why, is there some special type of solder I need to use on meatsacks?