Grrl Power #521 – To no dress
Hee hee, we do have fun here, don’t we?
Yes, as long time readers know, Max’s invulnerability does extend over her clothes in the form of a near skintight force field. Obviously it doesn’t convey nearly the same protection as her intra-cellular field, which means her clothes can get damaged without getting grievously injured herself, but the attack has to hit that sweet spot damage wise. The fact that her force field is nearly skin tight (I’d say maybe a centimeter or two) means that if someone attacked her while she was wearing a big fluffy fur coat, it would probably get a severe crew cut.
Max is probably a bit more fit that most guys care for. Diagetically, (slightly reappropriating this term, but hopefully you get what I mean) she does this on purpose in the gym. When she first got her powers and her body developed from her slender track runners build, she wound up looking like Jenna Jameson or Pamela Anderson when they were in their absolute primes. She was pretty happy about this at first, but she quickly realized it came with certain social disadvantages. This sort of thing contributed greatly to her particular brand of low tolerance feminism. Now she never was one to wear the sort of clothes that those two did (or didn’t, as the case may be) but being in the military, it’s not like she had the option to wear big fluffy fur coats either. Basically her only option to change her appearance and try and deflect at least some of the unwanted male attention she was getting was to “over do it” in the gym. It’s not like she had the option to put on weight even if she wanted to. Not that she should even have to make that choice of course, but basically her only options were “super slamming beach bunny bod” or “super slamming muscle beach bunny bod.” Hiro is obviously aware of all this and is trying his darndest to be a gentleman about it. As gentlemanly as one can get with their tackle flapping in the fallout.
Non-digetically (again, hopefully you follow my intent here) she’s as muscular as she is because I like fit ladies, (follow me on Twitter for my occasional #BonkersLadyAbs posts. :) and I still tend to over do it slightly.
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Sydney and Maxima certainly don’t seem to be avoiding looking at Hiro’s nudity. Not that hypocrisy about ogling him is new for them.
Panel 3 has Maxima with eyes clearly pointed facewards. I can’t guarantee it due to lack of mid-frames but it seems like she looked elsewhere after establishing the situation.
Unlikely Sydney.
Hiro has clearly already looked down to realize that her field failed her. Now he is fighting to the point of tears to not look down again. He is also already showing some signs of semi arousal, if he is, as demonstrated by Sydney’s shock sticker, showing his full length.
We get to see Maxima in the moment where she discovers that Hiro was naked and she immediately looks back up to his face. We didn’t get to see this intimate reaction on Hiro, but it is fair to assume that it was similar l The last panel shows Max’s reaction to the realization that she is herself naked. That clearly isn’t a reaction to Hiro, as she has already looked at him.
I agree with York that the Sydney cover-up is supposed to be shock, and is there more for comic effect and function as a coverup than her ogling.
I’m pretty sure the super-bod universal Super power comes with super-endowment. XD
According to Dabbler it does.
But what does that necessarily mean? is the package appeal determined by famine desire or masculine competition?
I’m going to go masculine ideal. The Super transformation makes you your own ideal version of yourself. I think most men would describe the ideal penis as significantly larger than would the average woman.
There are quite a few young girls driven into anorexia, attributed, in a good part to social pressure to become thinner. With media often accused of showing models who are so thin that they are severely malnourished.
I suppose you can call that famine desire. But I am not sure if that would affect Hiro.
However social pressure can both make guys want to be well endowed and encourage girls to desire men with the same. So there is no reason why it has to be one or the other, I think it is both.
What I would note though is that these seem to be the dominant social desires, rather than individual ones, driving the phenomenon. This is judging more by the more visible characteristics of the female heroes mind. Although both the male examples (Vehemence and Hiro) have followed comparable trends.
My point being that if it did vary, according to individuals tastes, then there would be ‘A team’ natural born heroines around. So I doubt there will be male heroes being told ‘size does not matter, it is what you do with it that counts’, given the overwhelming social pressure pointing the other way.
As to why it would be one or the other, well, maybe teenage girls would go along with the peer pressure, and yes, some women do like them large, but then some women like them small. But most women would be happy with average size and don’t really give much thought or care to it beyond the basics, because the most important parts for their interest are more… ah, dexterous than a hydraulically inflated meat balloon. Which isn’t to say that the meat balloon isn’t important, it’s that the size obsession isn’t.
So, if we are going with the masculine ideal here, Hiro might actually have a bit of trouble completing the deal because, well, while technically a baby can come out of there, it’s not without a shit ton of discomfort. Also, length can very easily become a problem. A pounding on the cervix just does not feel good for most women.
I agree that the aesthetics of supers seem to be driven by dominant social desires, but that in and of its self is weighted towards masculine desire. So it comes back to really being the masculine ideal of a phalus.
Perhaps we can tell once we see what kind of car he drives?
These are male costumed superheroes we’re talking about–so:
large enough to make a bulge in the tights, not so large that it makes a leg-worm, or requires tucking or binding.
And panel two, her gaze is clearly down
*sigh* yes, Gesticus. Her gaze is down in one panel. As I already noted, “We get to see Maxima in the moment where she discovers that Hiro was naked” Hiro has clearly already gone through this double take and moved onto the eyes averted stage, but he could not have gotten to that stage without having first looked.
The next panel has her eyes up, and given that panels are capturing one brief moment of time while layering on way more dialogue than could ever fit into that moment, it is fair to say that by the time we reach the next panel in time, her eyes have already been up. There was a transition that we aren’t shown because this is a comic, not an animation and Dave didn’t want to slow down our perception of time that much.
In that scene Sydney is shocked, rather than oggling. And as we cannot see Maxima’s expression any ‘oggling’ would be in your mind. But, if looking at the purely practical, it is not possible to look away from something until you have first observed it, to realise that there is a problem. That picture just captures that moment.
So you are being premature in your condemnation, as you do not know how Maxima would react. However we have seen Sydney’s reaction, when she realised that she had inadvertently called Hiro ‘handsome’. She was very much embarrassed, at her lapse, and tried to comport herself in a more dignified way.
I expect that both of them would look away, to spare him embarrassment (despite previously joking that she would enjoy a good oggle). This is not to say though that they would not enjoy the glimpse that they have had. We have seen that they both loved seeing him topless before, as you allude to.
However there is a big difference between enjoying that and causing embarrassment by staring. So there is no hypocracy involved. You just fail to appreciate the distinction between the two.
Considering there’s been some double-standard in the comic already to begin with, some of which was called into question by Dabbler vs. Max pointedly no less, you need to settle down Yorp.
Rather than look at this as this person’s interpretation and what could just as easily be valid as not (don’t act like you know, none of us do – yet you used absolutes), you sound like you’re white-knighting Max’s honor. The person was not making condemnations, they were not making some long speech about the evils of women or whatnot, just what appears to be an off-hand comment about what they see and think.
Meanwhile your post is aggressively defensive and slightly on the offensive side. It really looks like you’re attacking the guy and that is NOT an okay response for a post like his. Chill out.
I have been blunt, in my reply, as is appropriate when an accusation of hypocrisy is made. However there was no personal attack intended, and I apologise if it came across that way. I can though assure you I am not upset or angry, as you appear to think, judging from your ‘chill out’.
I feel it is appropriate to discuss issues of sexuality and social taboos, which I intend to continue to do dispassionately. Although, as it is about taboos I do appreciate that folks will be touchy on the matter. I am not one of them however.
I would be interested in the ‘double standards’ you refer to though? I suspect that you may be suffering under the same misapprehensions. Do note the distinction that I have drawn attention to above. The comic celebrates sexual attraction, and shows it a lot. However Maxima is very uncomfortable with such being directed openly her way. But she does not act hypocritically and treat others differently.
So when she was attracted, to a team mate (Hiro), she was discreet in not showing that, which would cause him embarrassment.* Hiro is attempting to do the same thing here.
The comic is showing life like it is. Guys talk about girls, iin their locker room, and vice versa. Humans are attracted to each other. They just must not express it inappropriately in the workplace.
One of Maxima’s flaws is that she is over-sensitive on the matter. But it is portrayed as such, so that is not a double standard within the comic. Just like there is someone taking photos of Maxima when she gets angry, Dabbler teases Maxima about her sexual hang ups.
This is a mechanism to explore the topic from an outsiders point of view (succubi having a completely different social take on the matter). And Dave is not shy on tackling the subject from various different angles. He does that in a consistent manner though.
* I do grant that Maxima could probably have set a better example for Sydney. But she could intuit that Sydney was attracted, and it was a quiet bonding moment. Something that Maxima has been working very hard to maintain, for very important professional reasons. Plus there would be no point in being disapproving whilst Sydney was being discreet. Not to mention being hypocritical in criticizing Sydney for an attraction she was feeling herself!
Honestly, I think there’s less hypocrisy here than you’d think.
Consider the whys of the nudity taboo.
It’s about sex, and arousal, and visible signs thereof.
Now, in this case, both parties are un-aroused (bless Hiro’s willpower, and thank the fact that he’s been layed recently).
Technically, neither of them should have an issue with looking towards the other.
However, human physiology (at least Male) dictates that signs of arousal in a potential partner (and the lizard-brain doesn’t really take into account social constructs like rank or work environments) will trigger arousal in onesself.
For those looking at Men as potential partners, it’s pretty clear/obvious whether or not they are aroused. There’s this nice big sign that goes up saying “I find you attractive”. When it’s down, hey! Not Aroused.
However, for women, visual signs of arousal are rather more subtle, meaning that the ‘baseline’ of an unaroused woman is closer to the ‘top line’ of one that is aroused. Some of those physiological signs (redder lips, for one) are being displayed by Maxima currently (many of the other signs are similar to what could be expected from combat situations).
Not to mention the male libido, which tends to be on a lighter trigger than the female, and set off more strongly by visual cues whereas the female libido tends to be set off more by auditory and situational cues.
So a woman looking at an unaroused man is less likely to stare inappropriately, and more likely to keep her mind on the job, whereas a (straight) man looking at an unaroused woman is more likely to have his body go into ‘sexual excitement’ mode, brain and all, whether or not the situation calls for it.
I mean, erections are on a hair trigger at the best of times. They’ll pop up in the middle of cleaning a shower drain for no reason other than the body wants to stretch the goods out. In times of physical exertion, when you have someone you respect, like personally, and think is completely, absolutely HOT suddenly nude in front of you? I’m amazed that elephant isn’t trumpeting to the sky already.
Ok, this is something I’ve wondered about but didn’t want to plug into a search engine to find out (because I know I’d get visuals and I don’t need that). Plus, I really don’t want to further confuse Google about my search questions. Thanks for the info.
If Hiro is a super then his relative refractory period should be about 3 milliseconds. Just the thought of Max standing in front of him minus full attire ought to be arousing.
‘If‘ Hiro is a super? There is no ‘if’, Hiro is a super (it’s even in his Callsign: Super Hiro), and part of his super maximum effort is in controlling his bull elephant
Maybe you could write a book on the subject, like “Everything You Didn’t Want to Know About Sex But Were Forced to Find Out,” or something.
;)
Knowing the qualifications of some of our readers, it would not surprise me if Anvildude has already published such.
*uses tail to flip over the pages in a book*
There was a book titled, “Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Sex (But I’ll Tell You Anyway)”. It was very funny. Out of the whole book, I only remember the part about penis size. “Someone once asked Abraham Lincoln, ‘How long should a man’s legs be?’ Lincoln replied, ‘Long enough to reach the ground.’ So, how long should a man’s penis be? Long enough to reach the ground.” Cue laughter.
I hate that men, who get aroused by fucking everything, have it so much more visible. I should know, I’m a teenage boy. The little guy is like “yep, this seems like a potential partner. Better warm up and stretch before a physical exercise!” when looking at a cat hair ball.
“You’re pulse changed 1bpm better stand at full attention just in case”
Even worse. Rough housing with your friends and then uplittlesoldier! and you end up jabbing someone.
Also: Rule of Funny.
A naked Hiro trying desperately not only to not look at what is there, but not to even think about what might be there, for fear of the consequence (the metaphorical elephant in the room?) and the potential consequences of that particular consequence…
“Maximum Effort,” indeed.
And hilarious, to boot.
Is that a tattoo on Max’s leg???
Well… thigh/hip more like…
Looks like a frilly underwear strap to me.
That is what I took it to be. Plus it would be impossible to tattoo Maxima with normal tattooing equipment. She cannot even get makeup to stay on. So hypothetically using a super-powerful device to get the ink past her force fields, I doubt it would fix in the same way as ink does in normal human skin.
closest thng would probably be branding or etching her skin.
You can’t really say ‘she can’t even get makeup to stick’ as an extension of why she can’t be tattood. The makeup is because her skin is smooth, but tattoo ink is just stuck within the cell layer.
The trick with tattoo ink is that the particles are to big for the immune system to clean up. That’s why they stick around. And laser removal just breaks up the metal particles into chunks small enough for the body to remove them naturally.
I suspect that Maxima might be able to be tattood if she dropped her shield to the minimum, and they had some kind of super strength equipment.
Maybe it’s not for the same reason why makeup won’t stick, but it’s close to the same reason: makeup can’t ‘stick’ due to the protective cellular forcefield covering her skin (figuratively, she’s Teflon-coated) and that same forcefield prevents her skin from being penetrated, even if she ‘dials back’ her forcefield as far as it can, no known needle is going to penetrate to leave any ink under the skin surface
Speculative, we don’t know how far down she can dial it.
Not that far if it’s her base forcefield that protects her at the cellular level
The doctors couldn’t get a biopsy when she was half-way converted so I doubt she could dial it down far enough.
In addition to the force field that surrounds Maxima (which Dave refers to above), Dabber’s Science Corner indicated that Maxima is also protected at a cellular level by it. It is this which causes her skin to be too slippery for makeup. But it is not just limited to the surface, it would also interfere with the process below the surface of the skin.
It is this which I consider to be the problem. However I had envisaged it as needing to stain the skin, and not being able to do so because it could not get through the individual force field surrounding each cell.
But, if it does not need to do that, then you are probably right. I am not fully convinced mind, as I know that certain types of skin cannot take ink. I have specifically enquired about getting tattoos to cover scars I have, but have been told that scar tissue will not hold the ink.
Hence why I figured that if normal, but damaged, human flesh cannot handle it, then skin that is slippery, both on the surface or below it, would likewise have a problem. So whilst your logic seems sound, there is still a discrepancy that I feel would need to be explained, in order for me to accept it fully.
At best, I’d say that a string enough needle could slip in between the cellular-level force fields & maybe depsit ink that could stay in between the the space between individual force fields on that level. But since her overall body even protects clothing to some extent, that implies the individual force filelds overlap to some extent, even on the cellular level. I doubt that ink could be “slipped in” between the cells anyway.
Baseline human skin is transparent enough that you can see the tattoo under the surface layer. Max’s skin, however, is reflective enough that even if she did have a tattoo, you probably wouldn’t be able to see it.
I think the biggest issue here is, do you really think MAXIMA is the type to get tattoos around her lady parts? I mean, thats not even tramp stamp level, thats low enough to wrap around her butt cheeks and upper groin area if its a full band and not just a hip mark. My money is on her panties. Wait, that sounded wrong.
That doesn’t sound nearly as wrong as it would if you said that your money was in her panties…That would imply that Max moonlights as a stripper-dancer.
O.O
“I’d buy that for a dollar!”
~From the Robocop movie
I’d have to roll for insanity in his place cause that is literally an impossible choice for me.
Also…. poor Math… knowing that this happened is going to be so hard on him….(unintentional pun :P)
Dabbler will probably be quite disappointed as well, especially about nothing happening with it, and will express it in a string of unending innuendos implying something DID happen.
Why his “trunk” is folded? Does he have problem with this?
I have checked the Archon regulations, and it would not be appropriate to salute a superior officer in the manner you imply.
I see what you did there.
As a super human, wouldn’t such a salute activate what equates to the threat or endangerment to a superior officer with dangerous implement while in the line of duty clause?
He could be put on trial.
Brothers just trying to stay out of jail is what i’m sayin.
That’s what the “Maximum effort” is for.
Pure willpower.
https://youtu.be/MSxJoPJFxOg
Yes, Hiro can probably do them. Multiples.
He is either lacking in stamina or willpower then.
“One is all you need”
Hiro should request permission to get tantric training from Dabbler.
I don’t know if anyone else was made this comment yet because I’m too tired to read the other page.
Maxima is wearing the exact opposite of assless chaps.
She is wearing a female donkey?
no, the male of the species isn’t the only one called an ass. Just the male of the species is most likely to act like one.
Assless -> donkey
Chaps >- female
::raises his ears up and angles them about while glancing around::
::wanders off with an air of disappointment::
Looks like a Harem will be Vorping from base with replacement uniforms tout de suite (if she knows what’s good for her; don’t aggravate the Happy Fun Max).
Whilst she could do that, it would mean Harem abandoning her post in one of the various teams she is presently on.
The logic behind this is that we have seen that all five of her bodies are committed to separate teams. As such if any one of them teleports back to the base then she will not be able to return to that team. As she can only teleport to locations she can either see or is intimately familiar with (such as her home).
Dave has emphasised this, in pointing out that whilst Harem does have both East Coast and West Coast locations that she is familiar enough with to teleport to, she would still need to use regular transportation to get to the unfamiliar locations that the teams are presently in.
Then the Harem that is currently tending injured Pixel can Vorp back to base for uniforms and return. With a better first aid kit than what’s in Sydney’s utility belt, for poor injured Krona. (I assume Pixel doesn’t need first aid with her healing ability.)
Incorrect. Because once that Harem has left this location, she can no longer see it, so is unable to return.
Therefore the first aiding Harem is the only one who cannot do the resupply run. Should one of the other teams be able to spare her, then that Harem can teleport to the armoury (a very familiar location). But she then needs to see through the-Harem-that-is-tending-Pixel’s eyes in order to teleport to here.
If you think back to when Harem and Sydney were chatting, at the end of the first battle, and Harem got drinks, she had to do that by using another body to come back to where they were sitting. Likewise when Harem was doing the supply run, during the battle, she had to always return to a spot that one of her other bodies had eyes on.
Similarly if wishing to deploy her flashbangs, she needs to act as her own forward observer.
One exception being if Harem happens to be watching a live TV broadcast, such as when she could see the ambulance, outside the bank. Dave has pointed out though that Harem was familiar enough with that location,* that she could visualise where she was teleporting to. Just seeing the images, without knowing the context of where they were, would not have been sufficient.
So I speculate that Harem could get to a battlefield if she saw it on a live spy satellite feed, at very high resolution. Provided that she was also shown exactly where the spot was. That though depends on having such a system right above this battlefield, and transmitting live to a suitable location in Archon for her to see. As this was one reconnaissance mission, amongst many (for this team and others) that may not be likely.
* Naturally enough if it is a convenient place, from Archon, for a teammate to bank at.
Not sure if that is totally acurate. Remember during that big battle royale she was popping back and forth pulling in weapons and armor. Now that may be because she had others of her available to serve as an anchor, but also for the purpose of knowing her environment well enough to teleport, maybe a place she was just at would count as intimate knowledge. At least if she returns within a couple of minutes so the details stay fresh in her mind. Especially if, to use your example,she was able to visualize the inside of an ambulance of an area she knew well enough, seen through a tv camera was enough to make a safe teleport, popping back and forth to a place she has been staking out for a portion of the evening should be good if she’s quick about it.
I think at the moment they were attacked, Harem made sure she had all of her available versions ready near the location, allowing her to pop back and forth immediately.
Dave has been fairly clear about Harem only being able to go to places that she is intimately familiar with.* Such as her bedroom and the place she works at. So whilst she does have familiar spots on both coasts, she will have had to have stayed there for some time to build up that familiarity.
Just glancing around, like we would do if remembering where we parked the car, would not do that, in my opinion. And Dave’s comments have remained consistent on the issue. So I have a high degree of confidence as regards this point.
You may recall, for instance, that we saw Harem having to catch a taxi (in her science corner) because of her limitations.
* Other than to places she can see. Being able to teleport inside the ambulance was stretching the point. But Maxima did have a smartphone, and was in contact with Archon, where Harem was, so we can gloss that over.
Then that would mean Daphne is intimately familiar with the interior of ambulances for her to *VORP* in without landing on either of the boys on their stretchers
It’s possible the reason why the other Daphne *VORP*ed in with the drinks (and the jacket for Sydney) was because a- one of her was actually talking with Sydney (and *VORP*ing out in the middle of a chat would be rude) and ii- that Daphne was probably doing a drink run for others (or simply because of a-)
No. Dave was stretching a point, as I said. It was necessary though, for the whole ambulance scene to work. His precise explanation did not sit well with me, so I forget how he actually phrased it. However the gist of it was that Daphne could see the ambulance, on TV and recognised it as being a location that she was familiar with.
Having both is what allowed her to make the port. However if she arrived outside, in view of the cameras, then the gag about the patient being seen with make-up on him would not implicate Maxima as being the culprit. So that, and the subsequent wedgie punishment would not make sense.
Therefore we should not over-examine this point. It was necessary under the rule of funny.
Harem could teleport to the ambulance though. The bank was a (reasonably) familiar location, (which would not be enough to teleport to on its own) but the TV feed, in addition to that, allowed her to make the jump. We should not quibble that the inside was not visible. Especially as it was the author’s explanation.
However I did point out that Maxima was using her smart phone, so, to keep the continuity intact, we can assume that she was sending a live image of the inside. Even though we did not actually see that. Nor, did Dave suggest it either, I should point out. I just offer it as a bone for those who are not happy about the official explanation.
Regarding the drinks, you give a good social reason for Harem doing what she did. Nonetheless she was still doing that within the limitations of her power. So the fact that it was socially convenient too does not serve to disprove my point.
The livefeed simply enabled her to know where the ecnalubma was for her to *VORP* into it directly, as opposed to *VORP*ing nearby, get her bearings and then go inside (she could have just as easily *VORP*ed to the top of a nearby building first, but they were pressed for time)
I’m sure Dabbler can summon something that will cover up things. Not by much of course, Dabblers choice in clothing is probably not for the shy, but beggars can’t be choosy.
Yeah? And how quickly will Dabbles get back to base, and then to the former Wars Factory? Dabbles is at neither of those locations, and she can’t portal
A minor detail. I just want to give Dabbler a flimsy exuse to put Maxima and Hiro in kinky outfits.
You think Dabbles needs even a flimsy excuse? o_O
At first my thinking was that she’d refuse to cover either of them up but she might jump at the chance to choose their clothing.
Dabbler can’t portal her whole self to fetch items, in the way that Harem can Vorp whole bodies around, true. But she does have a ‘Hammerspace’ system built into her augment arm, to fetch gadgets from her lab. If the lab happens to contain “something that will cover up things”, which it almost certainly does for a flexible enough definition of ‘lab’ and/or ‘cover’, then it’d be reasonable to ask.
Of course, the fact that she’s away at Location Delta One rather than Location X-ray One is a bit more of a problem.
If the Harem at this location vorped out for uniform & medical supplies, she could still vorp back here. She’s already teleported into an ambulance with only the visual image from a TV camera at the scene, even while it was outside of the ambulance.
All she would need is a visual display, such as what Sydney could provide with her pipboy.
I have oft speculated that such is possible. But we have yet to see it put into practice.
Regarding citing the ambulance as precedent do not that Dave was at lengths to indicate that Harem knew the location well enough to be able to do the port using the TV footage.. Playing cards here, for ten minutes, might not be enough time for her to have built up even that degree of familiarity.
Basically Dave has purposely left himself a get-out, if this technique proves to be problematic. And he is wise not to commit himself to it until, or unless, it proves advantageous to the script. Because the more mobility Harem has, the harder it will be for Dave to put any character in peril. Not if it is the kind of peril that a trip to the armoury (et al) could solve.
OK there are lots of things Harem could not help with. But the difference with other characters (let us say Varia, as she has potentially billions of different powers) is that they have to make their way to where the action is, before they are able to impact on the story. Whereas, using that trick, Harem could assist any member of Archon with nothing more than a phone call.
Dave would get bored with keeping on having to send the action somewhere without cell-phone reception, if he did not want Harem present.
That’s why the restriction should be on Daphne at least have spent some time at the location, and, knowing someone like her, would be scoping out the area to get an idea of spots to *VORP* to in an emergency (remember, she has that innate ability to detect if the space she is about to *VORP* into is currently ‘occupied’, plus, she could *VORP* to spot above the area if she needs help with pinpointing a safe location on the ground, specially after the building got Anvil-plexed)
Wouldn’t it make sense to leave one Harem at base for just such an emergency s this?
That way she can vorp to any other body’s location using that body’s eyes (I assume she instinctively would not materialize inside her own body, and can compensate) carrying whatever she needs, and would just have to vorp back to the familiar confines of “home base” to await being needed again.
Yes. It is a basic military principle too, to keep some troops in reserve. By having a reserve body, that has not been committed to any one team, Harem can have instant back-up on any other team. She is developing a martial arts style that makes use of her multi-body capability to attack, so is much less effective solo.
That said Harem is a teleporter, so can cheat and choose to abandon one team to support whichever one needs the ultra-mobile reserve. The one difference between the two is the momentary hesitation, in deciding which team can spare her the most.
Of course that itself can be solved by making the decision in advance, and designating that body as the one to use in an emergency. But with two problems. That might turn out to be the one which needs help. Alternatively it might be doing something important (like holding a rope that a team-mate is using to climb down a cliff or building).
If either of those turn out to be the case, then her hesitation will be magnified, compared to the other approach, as she will have to first decide to abandon plan A and then make her mind up on what is the best plan B. As such I would still advise her to keep one uncommitted. That body then has no distractions and can remain on overwatch, paying attention to all the other bodies’ senses.
Especially useful if one is in a dangerous situation and is having to concentrate on a task in hand. She would be able to ‘watch her own back’ (in a metaphorical sense, although she could teleport in, to literally do that, if she heard a twig snap or felt suspicious for some other reason).
Dabbler can’t be trusted to come up with an “appropriate uniform” with her illusions. Harem is more reliable, but don’t be surprised if she sneaks some smart phone photos while distracting the nudists with an alternate with clothing. Just sayin’.
Anvil arrived via helicopter. It ought to have some blankets or something on board that can be used to provide temporary modesty.
Maxima may be the strongest, fly the fastest, yada-yada-yada, but she is not (if my feeble memory serves) the largest. This would be a good time to borrow a coat from Anvil or someone. Same for Hiro, though he’ll need to tie it like an apron. Likewise Max. Or perhaps the molestorb could encircle her modestly?
Anvil isn’t wearing a coat: she’s wearing a plaid shirt over a tank top
So We’re good – one for Hiro, one for Maxima…
::whistles nonchalantly::
I suppose that is appropriate wear for a tank. Does she have tank bottoms too?
While Maxima is no doubt quite lovely from the neck and down It’s her face in the last panel I would most like to see.
Most notably, the direction of her eyes.
Next up: Full naked assault on the Blood mage! (I forgot her name)
Sci-fright
Heh! Definitely that qualifies as a “Full Frontal Assault.”
God DAMNIT.
It was right THERE, and I just did not see the pun
With all guns on deck…
Twin cannons and a howitzer :D
So bloodthirsty. Such naked aggression!
Not holding anything back this time.
Ahh, so you concur with RobK‘s ‘next up’ statement? Personally I thought that Hiro was making a heroic effort to avoid that!
Maybe it would be due to ‘excitement’ at the thought of seeing Sciona?
Actually seeing Sciona would be a great way to get rid of any residual excitement.
“Recruit, we do not have time to wait for replacement clothes. Report what you can about our enemy.”
“Yes sir, major. Sciona appears to have been a drow, that is a kind of elf sir, or maybe a vampiress…”
(Sydney starts blushing when she notices Hiro’s trunk beginning to rise)
“OK recruit, that will be all. Right time to attack! Yes, now. Right now!”
ObPartyPooper: Someone should check on Anvil, as that blast was *heat*, and superheated air is going to flow really readily around Sydney’s shield. The blast overpressure isn’t an issue, but a fireball isn’t something Anvil is capable of dealing with. Er, so far as we know. Also, I think the Osprey was pretty high up, but double checking on Peggy wouldn’t be a bad idea. And seeing how many blocks just got flattened.
Now, back to the fun stuff: I know she’s off on a different assignment, but Dabbler should really be here for this.
Her senses are tingling like an egg-vibrate just went off at Max-settings :wink:
Heat is kinetic energy.
yeah, that’s what I’m wondering too. If Anvil is a kinetic absorber, does this go for the kinetic energy of atomic particles as well? All forms of non-potential energy have to do with the movement of atomic or sub-atomic particles. If her ability goes that far, she’s pretty much a full energetic absorber who just lacks any manifestation abilities like Sebastian Shaw had.
That said I doubt Dave will make her like that for the simple reason that it would make her somewhat of a hybrid between Vehemence and Maxima. That is, she could absorb almost any attack directed at her.
Or maybe heat is simply too fast movement for her to absorb before taking damage?
She was able to absorb that explosive tossing super at the battle royal. She absorbed it so it went wump instead of boom.
I believe DaveB explained that she can only do that in the very first moment of an explosion, before the pure energy turns into a fireball.
I imagine that her base power would allow kinetic absorption at any level, but her current skill at doing so sets different efficiency depending on the type of kinetic energy and her conception of “does this qualify”.
Could be DaveB is sandbagging her power set to give her space to grow into (always a nice trick in Supers comics).
Sun ——> Vacuum ——-> Earth
Heat IS kinetic energy. Just of the electromagnetic spectrum.
“Hot” things are composed of particles which vibrate quickly.
Which is why light is subject to the “particle-wave” theory.
Here is a difference of opinion, on the question ‘Is heat energy basically just kinetic energy?’
And here is a compatible opinion, this time regarding ‘What is the difference between heat and kinetic energy?’
Just to chip in for accuracy.
Joules are a unit for measuring (instantaneously) energy. Watts are a unit which measures power, or energy expended over time.
One of the great things about energy is that it is *conserved* so all you need to do is add or subtract from the starting energy to get to the end-state (as long as you account for everything).
Heat – Re: Temperature – *is* kinetic energy contained in the molecules of a substance, in this case air, where temperature measures the *average* kinetic energy of a material. If you were to add up all of the (admittedly tiny) contributions from each of billions upon billons of air molecules you would get the same energy that the VORCH released, plus or minus a few hundred-thousand joules for vaporizing Maxima’s and Hiro’s clothes. All of those billions of molecules colliding with things (like Maxima’s and Hiro’s clothes) *transfers* the energy to those other things.
(Not explained: the energy contribution of the light or EM radiation from the VORCH which could vaporize clothes on it’s own, and will also heat the air it collides with. After a few fractions of a second, transfer of energy between molecules takes up the bulk of the energy transfer rather than energy transfer from the radiation from the VORCH.)
If lots of little things are travelling towards Anvil, all connected together (like in a bullet) then they are acting as an ordered energy of a type that Anvil can absorb.*
If they are not doing that, but are moving about in a random manner (like heated air) then the energy involved is disordered and is not of a type that Anvil can absorb.**
The two states are not synonymous, neither in physics nor as to the issue in question.
If you build a kettle that imparts the same amount of energy, out of its spout, as a rifle and try to use the two objects interchangeably your respective tasks will fail. Your kettle will not kill an enemy 200 meters away. Firing your rifle into a jug of water will not allow you to make a nice cup of tea within a couple of minutes.
I appreciate you were offering a clarification regarding the points I cited. However if you are trying to argue that two things are the same you must bear in mind the purpose of the discussion. The two things have different names and different ways of measuring them for a reason. They are different.
* A bullet has enough kinetic energy to exceed the minimum threshold for Anvils power to absorb the energy. The atoms involved are all travelling together, in the same direction, as a group.
** An atom within hot air bumping into Anvil, on its own, is not carrying enough kinetic enery to pass the threshold so the energy is not absorbed. All of the surrounding atoms are jiggling about at random. They hit Anvil at random times, so are not acting collectively to impart the force in a manner that her power can act on.
Photons have momentum, aka kinetic energy. That’s why you can make a Solar Sail. And hot air (which is not the thing that’s hot in an explosion, but still) is just very fast moving (high kinetic energy) particles.
Not a lot though. And DaveB explained that she needed a minimum level of energy before she absorbed it, to eliminate the levels OP where she could freeze someone to absolute zero by absorbing all energy in their atoms.
It appears to me that Maximal still has her shirt on in the first panel – colorization error or is the black part supposed to be shadow?
It’s shadow
Just scorch marks from the blast.
Only yanking your chain. It’s a shadow.
/me wants to see this from the front
Here’s a question – Shouldn’t Maxima’s and Hiro’s hair have gotten singed?
If Maxima’s protective field is limited to a few cm away from her, shouldn’t her hair have been cropped to that level? Unless her hair is super tough? But that implies that her cells were super tough, and then she wouldn’t need the field?
Similarly, if Hiro’s protective mechanism doesn’t protect clothes at all, wouldn’t his hair be, well, gone? I don’t know if Hiro uses a field like Maxima, so maybe his cells are just really buff? But then how does he shave?
The field that gives Maxima her powers is a basic part of her individual cells. So every one of her cells has her superpowers.
More accurately though, hair is not living tissue. It’s just protein. So yes, even if it is growing out of someone that’s super tough, it should probably be signed. For both of them.
It is a protein but that does not stop the force-field from protecting it, at the same scale. Just because it is described as protecting each individual cell does not mean that it will not protect teeth or hair too. Clearly it does. The distinction is that the microscopic protection only affects the bits that are part of her.
Whereas her clothes only have the outermost force field to protect them (per Dave’s comments above), rather than every fiber getting its own personal force-field.
Her teeth are inside her body, and covered by the skin tight field even if she has her mouth open.
Her hair though, is very far from her body.
We can see that it is protected, obviously. But that is probably more because the alternative would be a bald Maxima, which DaveB probably doesn’t want. So more convenience than realism.
Depends on the source of the protection and what it decides or “decides” is part of her.
Yup. Hair is physically attached to Maxima. Clothes are just hung on her.
Likewise the hair is growing out from within her, so by RobK‘s argument would be recognised whist inside the rest of her body (which the base of the follicle is). But how do you determine when it is no longer part of the body?
It is still the same protein in the base, as it is at the tip. Plus it is contiguous. There is nothing to distinguish it as not being a part of the body. It was created by the body, is internal to it and has grown out of it.
The only difference is that it is not surrounded by living cells. To make that a definition of what constitutes a person’s body is to discriminate against robotic people and constructs!
Besides which, trying to argue that it is not a part of her body is just splitting hairs. ;-)
Supers don’t have to shave.
I recall reading that, but Hiro has had stubble these past few pages.
Even superman has to shave.
Yes but he is fictional.
Rofl. Which is to say that Ribusprissin was referring to supers in the Grrlverse.
Where Super Man is just a comic character.
However Dave clarified, in his blog, when Hiro flew in with his five-o-clock shadow, that whilst supers do not need to shave body hair, male supers can grow facial hair.
Readers have speculated (reasonably) that this is because supers have idealised appearance, and facial hair is a masculine image, so would fit social expectations. Whatever mechanism is causing supers to gain the ‘fit and attractive’ package, is also allowing this.
Body hair can be an attractive masculine image, remember Magnum P.I. and his chest-carpet?
Depends on if the forcefield incorporates her hair as an extension of her body, which this implies that it does
Maybe Hiro doesn’t shave, he just tells his hair how far to grow, or to retract when he needs to be ‘professional’
I’m guessing their hairs count as themselves for the purpose of their powers even though they are technically dead cells. As you say maybe the cells just are that though intrinsically. As for the shave thing: it has been established that supers don’t really get body hair.
He’s been rocking some stubble these past few pages.
Yeah, no body hair (unless your idealized form is that of The Hedgehog, Ron Jeremy), but up until two (or three?) pages ago, Hiro had been shown clean-shaven (just look at his Who’s Who mugshot, from when Dabbles was ‘warming her hand’ in his back pocket)
I think they established that Maxima has super tough hair. Recall when the barbarian hairdresser offered to do a haircut? He mentioned he had super-strength and diamond shears. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1917 So I think it’s safe to assume that her hair shares her invulnerability, at least to some extent.
Since her hair is made of dead cells similar to the way teeth and nails would be, I think it’s protected. If not, she’d lose her teeth if her mouth was open during a strong explosion, and she’d constantly need to regrow her fingernails.
I think teeth and functional length nails would get covered by the couple cm of protection that is afforded to Maxima’s clothes.
As to Hiro, I’m not certain his protection is field based, but that might be a problem for him?
I wonder if Dabbler’s porno sense is ringing off the hook right now?
Man, it’s not Dabbler’s porno-sense I’d be worried about. I’m sure, that somewhere off-screen, there are a pack of paparazzi, who just perked up and started sniffing the air, knowing that somewhere there are a ton of compromising pictures that they just NEED to take.
I wonder if they have their own super-power. The ability to know just where and when to be to just ruin some people’s day. Kind of like a sleezy clairvoyance.
This looks like a job for THE FILMER!
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First thing I thought was ‘is that an Inukami reference?’ when I saw the elephant, then thought ‘wow Maxima’s force field is actually holding what’s left of her clothes to her body since they should have fallen off with the entire front section vaporized’.
Nah – it looks like her belt & (non-regulation) underwear survived
And her top has turned into a belt as well
Umm, why doesn’t Hiro simply close his eyes? And is Maxi’s reflected light that bright that it is causing Hiro to tear up that badly? o_O
Because they’re in a combat zone and it would be dangerous for him to close his eyes so is trying to keep an eye on the situation without checking out his superior’s ‘situation’.
Not like his eyes are open that much as it is, and he couldn’t see much through those twin waterfalls anyway
So Anvil/Syd.. Needs to get on radio to tell Harem to go do an equipment run? (Max and H don’t appear to have their radios anymore :)
Hiro, you’d be more of a gentleman still if you put those hands to use. By covering your lowers, I mean.
I just had a terrible thought: What if a man with this level of invulnerability wanted to convert to Judaism? How would he get circumcised?
They’d have to use one of these.
https://www.csunitec.com/saws/hydraulic-pipe-cutting-machine
I’d call that a serious dress code violation.
I’d say that since it was not in any way voluntary on either of their parts, the situation’s status as a violation would be waived, citing it as a consequence of occupational hazard.
Ok. So, is there no such thing as elemental proof clothing in this universe? With all the magic and technology shown to us, I am surprised that no one makes enchanted clothing that is resistant to elemental attacks.
The people who could make that (members of the Twilight Council factions) may consider that arming Archon with equipment that is proof against their attack not to be prudent.
Presently they are allies, but if the Veil is dropped prematurely and a surprised humanity turns on all the ‘monsters’ that they see, then Archon could end up on the opposite side, in a war of extermination!
Ya but it is established that The Council is not the only power here, and also I see the possibility of others throughout the world not under the council’s eyes that could make these things. Also, I am 99.999999999999% sure that Dabbler could make some in her sleep and she dose not seem to care about what the council thinks. As established when the Ingsol mentioned that Dabble joined Archon against the Council’s wishes
You think Dabbler is gonna help people keep their clothes on?
. . . good point
And the fabrikinetic guy doesnt seem to be able to do more than somewhat enhance what the fabric can already do. Hence he makes actuall bullet resistant vests with slots for ooblek material for greater protection instead of creating the cloth version of mithril.
Once one is trained to quick scan and constant scan for threats, it is damned near impossible to not have looked already; however, when scanning a person for weapons and such, one is not paying much attention to sexual content. It is the “Heeeey! What did I just see there?” reflex response that one has to restrain, often severely.
It could just be me, but having been in the situation of “So hey, I was thinking about.. whoops!” of walking in on nearly or totally naked female friends more than a few times, arousal rarely happened immediately. It usually took a few seconds for my brain to process what I saw and then I start to dwell on it, with the usual reaction.
I’m treating this panel as seven or eight seconds after the blast, Hiro opened his eyes / looked around about five seconds ago, Maxima looked about two seconds ago.
Oh god… what if he loses his super power the second he gets… happy… yes lets say happy.
Do you think he might have been cursed by a gypsy? It seems a very odd way to curse someone mind.
Or would it be an orthodox religious person, turning to dark magic, to ensure that he remained chaste outside of marriage?
A curse may be just what he needs right now.
“I curse you…floppy.”
so, now with that curse, he’ll suddenly grow long bunny ears?
Depending on who places the curse? Possibly :P
Win.
all kinds of win.
To paraphrase Missy Elliot, Hiro’s got a big [elephant trumpet]…
Meanwhile, I expect that Pixel, Krona, Harem, and Peggy’s camera phones are going crazy at the moment.
This would predate the present day bans that the US military are bringing in,* regarding such behaviour, so that is possible. Peggy I would hope not though (in particular). She is Maxima’s friend and I doubt Maxima would like to be reminded of this incident, even if she were not caught in the shot. Plus Peggy is a professional, who would realise it is inappropriate.
Either way though Maxima would be absolutely furious if anyone did do that. It would be totally unethical (unless Hiro consented to it).
Although your comment did bring up funny visuals. Not to mention having a superb onomatopoeia! :-)
* The navy amended their rules last week (regarding non-consensual nude photography). I imagine the other branches are doing likewise, going by their previous statements disapproving of the practice.
According to the date sticker in the windshield of Sydney’s car way back near the beginning of this story, this part of the comic is still in the early months of 2005. Well before the policy changes you’re citing.
Yup, 2005 predates the present day. Well before the changes, that I cited as being made last week.
*nods*
Sorry, I could not resist that. :-)
*hangs head*
Only if they want “Death by Maxima” on their tombstone.
Now would be a bad time for Suze@News5 to show up.
Maxima: “Peggy, why are you throwing a smoke grenade at me? … Oh.”
I’m sure that insurance would rule that as suicide.
Act of goddess?
Honestly, I think the only one we would see this do is Harem, considering her loose approach to respect and discipline. Pixel is too pro, Krona I honestly have no idea about but she doesnt seem like the type, and peggy is 1. busy piloting the osprey, last i checked and 2. as stated, a personal friend of maxima who I doubt would do this to her.
So yeah, Harem would be the main suspect, but I think she may have learned a lesson in consequences after the “ambulance” gag.
+1
We can also rule out Pixelicious (she is still recovering from having a beam forcibly inserted where it don’t belong, and the subsequent removal) and Kronachrome (who is hopefully safe and well five miles away, depending on how fast and far her legs can carry her)
Remember that Dabbler has mentioned having a cybernetic eye, so she wouldn’t have to bring out a camera to retain such images, and given her nature, has probably made very sure that the resolution and color distinction capabilities of said optic would be simply spectacular.
Yeah, but how good is it at filtering out ‘lens glare’? o_O
It has the possibility of capturing nudity, it would probably be awesome at it. Hell, she could probably do artistic post-production video processing in it.
I note that Max’s eyes are still a bit dialated. Wonder if she’s still a bit loopy from the mesmerization.
Possibly. It was taking her a long time (several frames) to even deal with a single tentacle. So she had not totally ‘snapped out of it’.
So maybe Maxima is in an extremely suggestible state, at the moment?
Would you offer her any suggestions?
…The mind reels at the possibilities…Some of which might even have non-fatal consequences.
Right now she is face to face with a single tentacle. I wonder how long it will take her to *ahem* deal with it?
Considering that the general environment is dark, and the fact that she possesses a degree of superspeed, her eyes may simply be well dilated to deal with the darkness, rather than as some lingering effect at an attempted subversion of her mind.
So are Maxima’s nipples gold too or still pink or how does that work?
My guess is that such details are up to the readers imagination.
I’d say they’d be gold, since the colour comes from the same places as other skin.
I’d figure that they’d be a bright red, just like her lips. After all, the specific type of skin for both places is the same kind of skin.
Hmm,,,, rose-gold?
Maybe a copper-gold alloy?
Rose gold is 21% copper and 75% gold (plus 4% silver). Up it to 41.67% copper though and you get red gold, which is common in the Middle East.
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Not a man, and Maxima’s muscles are magnificently muy mucho marvelous~
Not a woman, and Hiro’s muscles are magnificently muy mucho marvelous~
Oh, I agree, Hiro’s haunch is heroically hunky, but you see men of his build, at least in fiction, but much more often than women with Maxima’s.
Mr Barrack provides a lot of nice fanservice for us who likes female muscle.
Yes, and I love him for it.
This is why Astra wears “indestructible unmentionables.”
It is necessary for anybody who has ‘bad powers’. We do not get to see Sydney with all her clothes ripped off after all.
Sydney’s theory is holding up well to scrutiny!
I’m trying to picture Sydney post-battle clothing damaged and…literally my mind won’t let it happen. Huh. Strange.
I could not see it either. Because the towel I am holding tight around her is protecting her modesty.
Of course it would take a peculiar kind of battle-damage to blow Sydney’s clothes off and leave her anything but messy pieces, so perhaps modesty would not be the first concern at that point.
True.
Let us hope that Iron Cloth does
nothave an evil twin, who’s power is weakening and/or destroying cloth!*wags tail cheekily*
Beware The Mischievous Moth!
+1
And an additional +1 alliteration acknowledgement.
Well, we now have confirmation that Max & Hiro have been formally debriefed on the situation…
888 88888 88 8888
I throw peanuts at you for your horrible pun!
Hiro formerly mimed debriefing himself, after the first battle.
Concerning “low tolerance feminism” and trying to get over-muscled to avoid some of the sexual harassment.
Women get sexually harassed regardless, it’s just the tone of that sexual harassment is dictated by the state of their bodies. The guys who went from leering over her “bay watch” body didn’t just start ignoring her, they probably outright told her that she was “ruining” her beauty because of her muscles, that men don’t like so many muscles, that she’s vain for working out so much, etc. the author pretty much shows how this is a completely useless way to approach ones body. If Maxima was a real person, I would say that she stays muscled not because of a defensive posture, but because she likes herself that way, and screw male attention either way, who gives a shit.
And also, as gross as it is, she was being sexually harassed as a slender runner under aged teen. Girls tend to start experiencing sexual harassment with the development of breasts. Now, a lot of it comes from their peers, the boys in their class that have no filter and are being taught by media that certain comments are appropriate ( though they lack context and let’s face it, given Maxima’s age, she was growing up in the 80’s when sexual assault was romanticized and predatory behavior got the girl in the end.) chances are that she was told when she complained of it to authority figures, ” Boys will be boys.” As if that excused the behavior. Regardless of anything else that happened as a result of her complaining, that statement/attitude is pretty damn horrible to face.
But a portion of it will come from adults. From grown men who may have a whole variety of reasons for telling a 14 year old girl “thanks for the jiggle show” after she ran over to them. (Yeah, that happened to me. Brrrr…) this is one of those cases where intent doesn’t matter, it’s the results that count.
So low tolerance feminism is actually a very reasonable response. It insists that you treat women with respect. Much more reasonable than militant feminism or a position that instead of insisting on the equality of women, insinsts on the superiority of women.
Being a guy it’s hard to relate, but after hearing what my sister goes through (her physical build is not dissimilar of that of maxima pre-transformation), I’m suddenly surprised there’s still people that actually do that. I can’t imagine it myself, nor have I spent any significant amount of time in the company of guys that might do it. But it does make me relate a bit more to feminism in general. I still think some of them have very much the wrong focus, but the realization that the whole objectification of women is still very much a thing has regained them (the more strongly-opinioned feminists) my respect again
The problem is that a lot of it occurs one on one. So no, you’re not going to see the more egregious examples if you yourself aren’t doing it. Then there is the problem of the dick pic standard where guys somehow think that certain statements, actions, etc. are acceptable (possibly even desirable) within a certain context because of “I have no fucking clue I wasn’t acculturated as a male so fuck if I know why this makes sense” but is completely unwelcome/aggressive/threatening to a woman (not knowing you I’m not saying this is something you do, this is more of a generalized statement.)
Which is to say sometimes we do things and don’t realize the full scope of implications that come from those actions. So you might have seen it and not understood it. That happens.
Anyhow, it is my sincerest hope that as we are having serious conversations about consent that the current teens and those coming after don’t have to deal with nearly so much shit.
God help you Hiro if the elephant trumpets…
And I believe the term is Super Hiroic effort… LOL
Am I mistaken that Max sorta prefers Hiro’s company?
Hey, all you need to do is recall a certain song off of the album Lincoln, and carry on…
So… this explosion was more powerful than what Maxima did to the tank during the press conference? Because that didn’t even singe her clothes. Although I suppose it’s possible she may not have had as much of her power devoted to invulnerability for this blast…?
She was a lot further away from the anti-tank explosion during the press conference. In this one she’s only a couple of feet away from the explosion. The anti tank explosion was possibly hundreds of yards away. The inverse square law would mean the anti-tank explosion could have been 10,000 times as strong but it would have only be half as powerful where she was. Also, she would have been able to maximize her shields for the explosion at the press conference where this one she only had time to move her hands and might not have been able to maximize her shields yet.
Adding to that, the plasma part of plasma explosion drops off completely within a few meters.
Well, it was still powerful enough to remove the back part of most of Les’ clothes (and melt the marshmallows in his front pocket)
Nicely explained.
Also, her power-shuffling is the result of her estimation of how much capability something might have to be a threat. As she almost certainly hadn’t been near that sort of explosion before, she simply may not have realized that it would be as hot as it turned out to be, and not have prioritized her defenses as much as turned out to be necessary to avoid … exposure.
Though I suppose that that would make Hiro a cross-addresser…
And Dabbler is somewhere on the other side of the city cying/laughing that she isn’t present to enjoy the sight of Ma, and Hiro’s heroic nakedness, as well as giving Max a good ribbing about wardrobe malfunctions. LOL
On the plus side for max, she can fly faster than the eye can see. Im sure she could be back at headquarters and dressed in the next 30 seconds or so. Probably take another 30 grabbing hiro an outfit from his locker. Hiro on the other hand would get into trouble as he CANT fly faster than the eye can see and they just recently had the discussion on appropriate attire for people who can fly.
And there’s another problem. Ever see what happens when a man skydives in the nude? Flapflapflapflapflappityflapflap.
Oddly enough no. And perfectly happy for it to stay that way!
Oh boy. Despite everything I did not seen that one coming.
A very artfull sideboob for sure.
Nobody has a nosebleed? That seems unrealistic. ..
You know what nobody would expect at this precise moment in time?
Clothing ninjas!
C’mon, a gun on a mantle in the first act and all that…
+10
This would be their raison d’etre.
Oh wow, yeah that would be perfect.
As Sydney would say, “ALWAYS. Expect. Ninjas.”
Ironically enough, the current storyline in Megatokyo is dealing with clothing ninjas.
and as a prank, the clothing ninjas place all the right outfits on all the wrong people…