Grrl Power #547 – This kiss is on my list
Not sure how Dabbler’s going to study the problem if they can’t be in the same room, but no one ever said being a super hero was easy.
So here’s a case of bad planning on my part. It’s easy to miss, but Dabbler is covered in lipstick on this page, only Jabber’s lipstick is nearly the same color as Dabbler’s stripes. There are some things in this comic I plan quite far ahead, but the color schemes of these two as it relates to a joke several years in the making did happen to slip through the cracks this time.
This page was a real pain to write, mostly because Dabbler’s discussion of the Aethershpere went off on a real tangent and was, I finally realized, a crazy and irrelevant info dump. So I cut that discussion out for a future comic. Maybe one day Sydney will ask Dabbler to teach her magic.
Whoops, I forgot the XXXX on Dabbler’s choker. I’ll have to add that in later today as it’s already 2 am. :(
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The aethersphere – that’s a new one…
Or a very old one.
If it’s anything like Gunnerkrigg Court’s aether, there’s probably a Coyote running around pretending to be dead birds and such.
Imagining Maxima having to deal with Coyote brought a smile to my face.
But what about Sydney?
Poor Coyote, all he can do is eat the Moon. He has no chance compared to Sydney!
Now picture Coyote in front of the great power of truesight.
Surely that should outfox him?
OK it might also require about a hundred Sanity rolls, but I think Sydney is used to failing those by now.
Hmm, that sounds a little like Obiwan’s explanation of The Force. Personally, I prefer to define a force as a push or a pull. F=ma.
so, the Pushme-Pullyu from Dr.Doolittle…
The good one, with Rex Harrison. :D
Somebody call?
From medieval times up through the late 19th century aether was postulated as the static framework of the universe that permeated all throughout space, providing a medium through which light could travel in a vacuum. It was pooh-poohed in the 20th century (oh, bother) as just outdated nonsense.
Then recently physicists cam up with the idea of the ‘Higgs Field’ described as ‘an energy field that is thought to exist everywhere in the universe that interacts with all other particles to give them mass.’ Sound familiar?
Fun fact: Aether was also the Greek primordial deity of light, the son of Erebus, darkness itself, and Nyx, goddess of night. (must have been adopted)
*hops on hover board, and surfs the Higg’s field*
Anchors away! Hoist the Boson!
Shall said Boson be hoist upon his own petard…?
What a quarky boson
Keep fielding these puns until it hertz. We all quantum to continue no matter how particle-arly strange they get for the time being. Although if we force it to continue too long, we may have to make you walk the planck.
Well I had originally intended to say ‘weigh the anchor’, but navel correctness subconsciously corrected me.
A pound of oranges would be offended? There must be daily riots at the grocery store!
Planck, as in Max Planck :) Now I’m explaining my puns.
I got it. Your pun was so good it made me feel guilty about having fluffed mine, in part.
There’s always time for a Planck pun.
It would appear common anchor weights range between 4.4 and 100 pounds, depending on the size of the boat and type of anchor used.
:-D
The funny thing is? There’s a theory that the aether concept might be legit after all. “Dark matter” isn’t something anyone’s ever found – it’s not just an unknown, it’s something people made up to explain the fact that the currently established theories regarding physics (especially gravity) require there to be about ten times as much matter as we presently know to exist. So they said “okay, um, um… it must be some kind of… “dark matter,” that makes up 90% of the universe and yet isn’t detectable like the stars.
One guy has suggested that it could be some kind of force or energy that we can’t presently detect… i.e. “ether.” The best part about it? He emphasizes: “This is just a theory. Dark matter could turn out to be the real answer after all. We just have to study and test and try to find out.” THAT’S a real scientist.
https://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/09/060908-dark-matter.html
“Dark Matter” has made into a mystical meme. Originally, the term was just plainly descriptive – dark, cuz it can’t be seen through telescopes in any measurable way using the tech available prior to about the last 25 years; matter, because it gravitationally affects the movement of matter we can see. only matter does that; only dark things can’t be seen.
The difference is that the Higgs field, like most other fields, is not a physical medium, but instead is more of a mathematical abstraction.
Most likely the magical version of the planet’s magnetic field.
Yea, the thing that Michael J Fox’s hoverboard used.
SIGH-h-h-h…
…always with the aethersphere…
…why do they always neglect the aether-rhombic-triacontrahedron…?
Yea, that wizard in Star Trek (the one with magical goggles), he always inverts that to defeat enemy magics.
Earth’s aethersphere, just like the polar ice, is rapidly diminishing. And it isn’t difficult to measure, just watch the news.
If it is linked to biodeversity in any way, that would make sense.
If it is ‘shaped by the collective sapience of its inhabitants’ then it must be especially low around most world political capitals. That’s what Sciona’s plan is! She has drawn her blood circles in each of the major world cities and is using them to suck up all the brain activity, making all the people stupid enough to do her bidding. Note: If the heads of the big TV networks find out they will probably file a law suit against her claiming she is violating their patents in that area.
Super Sexy Science Research Time!
Like Gatchaman, but gender bent!
I’ll just point this out here. Jabberwokky in second to last panel looks like a monkey due to the light hook’s end. You’re welcome.
Thank you. It was appreciated. ^_^
It looked more like she was wrapped up by a blue snake to me. Albeit obvious what it actually was, needless to say.
Are we SURE they aren’t overthinking this? Is it really that she is still charmed? Feel like it could very well be she just has an aggressive crush coupled with heavy denial and personal craziness?
^ This.
So Jabberwokky’s superpowers are partially magical. Doesn’t necessarily mean Dabbler’s charm is interacting with it.
The only thing we’re sure of is that Jazza Ng saying she wants to get physical with Dabbler. She wants to punch her, too. Those aren’t out of the bound of the ordinary. We could be mistaking what are normal parts of human psychology and sexuality with a super-powered or supernatural effect.
Except, she’s not acting like someone who is in control of her feelings
Hence the crazy part?
So she’s repressed had a very targeted hole punched in the repression and can’t deal with her feels as they aren’t part of her martial art focus. Sounds solid reasoned to me.
Sexuality isn’t something we really “control” to begin with. If you’re gay, you can’t really force yourself to want someone of the opposite sex despite what some people would like to think.
Quoting lil Joshu in the next page of the comments:
“To quote Jabberwocky while under Dabbler’s influence…
‘I’m not even into women… well, one time at a party… well, most parties…’ definitely sounds like denial and sexual repression to me. At least denying her sexuality for who-knows-what reason.”
From: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1432
I’m sure what Dabbler’s kiss really did is make her confront that part of her in a most undeniable way.
Presently Dabbler has confirmed that she does not know what is happening. Then goes on to make an assumption.
That said Jabberwokky’s behaviour is extreme. It is along the correct lines for absolute obsessive behaviour. But of the sort that you would only expect after a longer relationship. Or at least some kind of relationship (even if only the one-sided obsessive stalker type).
Three obvious solutions are to paw. One of which Dabbler has stated. You stated the other two, but combined into one. Namely full-blown love/lust or madness. Either or both of which could have been triggered or accelerated by Dabbler’s power.
So Dabbler could be Jabberwokky’s ideal partner, who she would have fallen deeply in love (and/or lust) with in due course. Or perhaps even with ‘love at first sight’. But the power either brought that forward or preempted it.
Or Jabberwokky is obsessive compulsive or some condition along those lines, and has fixated on Dabbler. Again likely with the aid of the power.
Or a combination of two or more of the above, which really complicates things. No single solution would work.
The nature of Jabberwokky’s powers could also explain why she’s also still being prone to acts of violence against Dabbler as well as acts of sexual passion. Since Jabberwokky was under a vehemic spell as WELL as a tantric spell.
^ This.
That’s a good point. It’s possible that Vehemence’s aura is still affecting her, for the same reason.
To me this reads like very heavy denial + lustful thoughts + and excuse to have them.
She wants to sleep with Dabbler (and probably a few other ladies present) but can not accept that as being herself, and thanks to the kiss she can not dismiss the feelings towards bedding Dabbler since they are “artificial” and “forced upon her”
Well argued.
Can Jabby get Succubus Style out of this?
Well she already knows Booby style…
I imagine she knows Doggy style.
… do I need to hit your nose with a newspaper and yell “bad dog” for that pun/post?
Yes mistress.
*bows head, hiding nose*
*wags tail*
… not Yorp’s fault(besides, someone beat him to it in the last page’s comments )…
Have we seen any indication of Hamster Style?
Or Gangnam Style?
Hey…sexy lady!
Klingon Style- She throws heavy objects at your head while you recite love poetry.
And duck, a lot.
Can she tell us what the fox said?
The fox in socks? In a box?
foxes don’t go in boxes! cats do! (or don’t)
look out, a knox!
Oh a pox on faux knox! Locks them in stocks and walks them to the docks!
and feed them to the crocs
has Dave shifted his art style a little? max looks a little younger in the last few comics
Looks like it. Less line-defined, more “painted”.
I agree. Panel 5 especially looks… weird. Not as expressive as I think Dave was shooting for; her features just look smaller.
I was wondering about that myself…!
I don’t know, to me panel 5 looks like Max’s version of Fry eyes, “I don’t know if you’re messing with me or if you’re really that dense.”
Agreed, I miss the old look of MAX,it oozed leadership and sexuality. IMHO
Yes. I love what it is doing for Dabbler. When she got more glossy, that never seemed to suit her as well as when she had softer tones, like above. Plus DaveB has nailed Sydney in this style. Taking into account her drole look, that very much captures her essence.
Likewise. But Dave is getting there. This page has her a bit more glossy. But the bone structure or something like that is off. So her face looks uncomfortably different to me.
However I am sure Dave will crack it. He is evolving and developing this style fast.
I agree with this comment. Dabbler looks very good here, even if her eye colours have shifted hues a bit.
part of it is that Dave is using less defined edge lines. previously these have served to highlight Max’s strong jaw line, without them she looks almost elven/ slender Asian. combined with the additional shininess (as opposed to the flat metallic color she was previously) it’s really understated her features.
I also prefer her old style and it has been bugging me for a while…. that said it’s still waaaaaaaay better than i can do and it doesn’t detract from the character.
In the bottom row of panels where she’s smaller/less detailed it looks OK.
Yeah, she looks more like the old Max in those expressive panels.
um even if a cure is as questionable as this is it really ethical for a superior officer to withhold it? even more so as the withhold seems heavily based on Max’s personal believes / politics
I think the fear is that since the succubus “process” is also magical it may make things even worse.
Dabbler
“So, it looks like the problem may be that I used my magic on her and it didn’t behave as expected.
“Obviously, the solution is to use more magic and hope for a usual outcome for that…”
Maxima
“Uhm.. yeah…”
Considering that Jabberwokkys “crush” on Dabbler is most likely based on the spell the latter put on the former, i.e. not consensual, this sort of “help” would be called rape. So, Maxima is definetly picking the lesser evil here.
is she? not to diminish rape but this is a mental enchantment that changes the way jabby thinks. in other words, jabs is basically unable to be herself as long as that enchantment is on her. i could easily see that being more distressing than the proposed method of removal. add to that that haven’t even tried to ascertain whether jabberwokky would be ok with it when in her regular state of mind
This is exactly the point – it is totally unpredictable how Jabberwokky would look at this once she changes back. She *might* be cool with this or at least see it as the lesser evil, but she might just as likely wind up mentally broken by the fact that another person sort of took advantage of her situation. And since there is no way to be sure about that, and Jabberwokky is most likely not in her right mind right now, it is not only the more ethical decision to “withhold” Dabbler’s “Treatment”, it is Maxima’s *duty* as a senior officer to do so.
but there is a way you can go through her social media you can speak to her frends and use that info to build a psych profile or ask her when dabbs is not around if she is willing to see if sleeping with another woman would work.
im not saying max should just sign off on it. but is it appropriate to dismiss a potential cure before finding out if it’s viable
nb: jab attitude is part of what I mean by viable
And what would that accomplish? Even if she is generally interested in women, it says nothing about her reaction on being *raped* by one. And even if contacting her friends or searching her social profile would hint on phantasies about being taken advantage of, this says nothing about the real thing. The only person qualified to make that decision would be herself, in a *clear* state of mind.
If her life would be at stake, and if Dabbler’s “cure” would be the only available option, one could consider it the lesser evil (still emphasize on evil). But right now she seems merely uncomfortable, and Dabbler hasn’t run out of tricks yet.
remember no one is saying to rush anything here, just that research should be done to see if it is a potential way to go. and that it shouldn’t be dismissed before that research is done.
that being said I think you may be missing the point I was making about how damaging it could be to find your self-thinking like your self again after a time knowing that people left a mind altering enchantment in your brain.
if nothing else they should be looking into which one jabs would find more distressing and trying to make an informed decision on which she would prefer.
i mean let’s take this fether are they going to stop her sleeping with other people who are not dabbler? if the spell is making her hot for dabs and dabs is off limits it’s not inconceivable that a person would sleep with another to relieve some of the stress. but if the source that “horny ness” is the spell isn’t there an element of rape in whoever she sleeps with? but then saying she can’t have any sexual partners may also be considered by some a breach of human rights.
That would be the ethical thing, I’d say. Any effect from Dab’s induced battle damage that compels her to act sexually is non-consensual and should be treated as such. Once they’re sure they’ve removed Dab’s spell then they can turn JabberW loose to “follow her heart”, since it would be wholly hers again, and not Dabbler’s.
Be very careful with this line of thought, there really isn’t that much difference between spells like this and Rohypnol. Both are administered without consent. Both prevent the victim from objecting (and, in turn, consenting) to what follows. Both have the possibility of massive psychological trauma once the victim recovers and can think clearly. The only difference is how energetic the victim is during the act.
Um… not quite. She’s actively consenting. She’s not in her right mind… probably… but she’s expressing a desire, loudly. Problem is telling her ‘normal’ desires from her altered consciousness desires. Note how others have put forward the possibility that Jazza’s actually crushing +unstable +in violent gay denial and the spell has little to nothing to do with it at this point. On top of that the effect in question was put on her during battle – and any repercussions I’d consider a part of that (had Dabbs used force, she might have inflicted severe physical trauma instead). Personally, even if against my normal will, I’d take the consequence as part of the punishment (or perk… depending on weather I’m single or not) for fucking up and getting into the fight in the first place.
All of the above said, however, Max is going with the safer approach here (plus, she’s not opening herself/Archon up to potential legal action or bad PR). I just wanted to note it’s really not the same as drugging someone – it’s quite more complex and a bigger headache to figure out, especially since this seems to be a rare/unique/first time case.
If anything, this is more comparable to someone suffering from Stockholm’s syndrome – which if acted upon sexually, doesn’t open up the former aggressor/abuser to rape litigations (as far as I’m aware, at least). Heck, in the titular case, one of the women that where hostages ended up being engaged to one of the bank robbers – note no mention of litigation. It seems to me that this sort of situation is accepted as this being consensual, even if there’s an underlying mental condition. I read this while responding; might be interesting for others as well (if the comparison I made seemed adequate): counsellingresource.com/therapy/self-help/stockholm
The fact that she’s not in her right mind precludes the ability to actually consent. If she were clear-headed and requested that Dabbler zap her with her succubus powers before having wild sex, that would be consent. But since she’s currently under a mind-altering affect she can’t give consent until it’s been cleared. Even if it might not legally be the same thing, Max would sure see it that way.
the question that muddy’s the water is dus the mind magic do more harm being left on than the sex would personally i would freak the fuck out at my mind being fucked with
If evidence is discovered that that’s the case it can be dealt with. Until then, the ethical action is to assume that doing so is not the appropriate action to take.
“She’s actively consenting”
Due to the influence of a mind altering spell.
Presumably. Possibly not. It’s still up in the air.
But better safe then sorry, sure.
My comment was more a reaction to what I felt was a unwarranted/inaccurate/knee-jerk comparison to roofies and rape then to the solution to the issue.
I’m a victim of “grooming”, and would say that that forces similar mental changes, even to the point you’ll violently defend the person hurting you. Luckily, it wasn’t during Jabberwocky’s formative years, and was only a couple days ago, but magic seems to bestow new traits (or remove existing ones) or at least vastly speed stuff up.
Even if she is ‘cured’, she could go back to Dabbler on her own, because the behavior in her head was normalized.
All Maxi is saying is: do some research to find out what is going on, and then figure out how to fix it, if the fix still requires Dabbles ‘sexing’ it out of Jabber, then so be it, but research first!!!
the impression i got was “no! research and find another way.)
Krona’s Key of the Twilight please.
Unless the chokers have sticky backsides, they could very well be prone to inching their way around via normal neck movements. At least, I’m presuming they’re not on there super tight.
The same thing occurred to me. It could easily have twisted around, especially with Jabberwokie trying insistently to make out with her, and Dabbler trying to resist.
Dabbler has two bellybuttons?
And the closeup on her hands shows all of her fingers only have two joints. It looks like Dabbler is literally all thumbs.
That seems to be subject to change
I’d say she’s a Tyranian, but that’s just silly…
She use to have four bewbs
Huh I guess my old theory was right. kewl
Yea, one umbilical cord from each of her mothers.
Makes me want to explore her anatomy more mind.
Could be fun, but you’d probably learn…
that since she’s a shapeshifter who can Glamour, she’s probably no more humanoid than Q.
The shapeshifting part is … probably… just a misdirection. Dabbler said that at the press conference in order to be able to use her succubus illusions freely. Plus, more importantly, it would allow her to drop her illusions completely and show her natural form.
Which she explained was just a ‘battle form’ that she could ‘shapechange into’.
As such shapechange defeating powers should not work on her, as she is either using an illusion (when we see her in her blonde human disguise) or not using any power (as a four armed purple demon).
Of course, there is the fact that she is partially doppelganger, a race of natural shapeshifters, to consider. Maybe all she inherited was their psionic powers? Or maybe what we see is not what she is.
Who knows, maybe her natural form has something bizarre, like four boobies!
Indeed.
NSFW
https://wereworld.comicgenesis.com/comics/wwpgtwohundredeightytwo20050731.jpg
Maxima looks weird on that last panel.
Its like she is trying to concentrate to blast someone with a hyperbeam or something.
She’s making the (somewhat) universal “this is giving me a headache” sign.
or “Shelden Cooper trying to make your head explode using the power of his mind” sign [it needs a shorter name.]
“Smelly Shelly is a psychotic dipshit”? That’s a shorter name, isn’t it? Plus, it covers everything he does
I assume aethersphere is some sort of magical atmosphere that exists and people tap into it to cast magic?
sounds more like the woo-woo collective unconscious hypothesis they came up with to explain so many cultures developing pyramids before world wide travel was a thing
Sigh. Cultures around the world made pyramids for same reasons they made rectangular and circular buildings. They’re basic geometric shapes that are easy to conceive and relatively simple to build.
That’s true. But there are still a lot of
conspiracy nutcasespeople that still believe in the whole “woo-woo collective unconscious” thing… or aliens.Its probably that than, to be honest, but its just magic related and not what ever the hell the conspiracy guys believe.
Anybody who conceives a term ‘woo-woo’ to explain stuff probably should not be allowed out of their straight jacket, long enough to type things on the internet.
I thought “woo woo” was a ref to music in 1960’s sci fi movies that blew the minds of tiny brained people with plots like on the outer limits show.
I’ve greatly enjoyed using the term for years to describe pyramid-praising feather-wearing bongo-thumping crystal-gazing omni-padme-humming ufologists, etc.
Drug induced, that makes sense now. ;-)
*nods*
Also, they resemble mountains. If you want to get close to gods in the sky a mountain is a good choice, building one in the village square or your royal cemetery is just darn convenient.
The Aethershpere sounds like the Warp from WH40k.
Except it isn’t. To avoid a wall of text, the Aethersphere is a planetary phenomena, not a galactic phenomena.
But other than that, yeah, Dabbler’s description makes it sound a lot like the Warp, with one exception: It is a realm of magical energy, not psychic energy. (Unless psychics in the Grrl Power universe draw their power from the aethersphere too.)
After Dabbler’s partial explanation, I think of it as being more like the “Manasphere” in Shadowrun.
Ahhhh, Gilda, never change.
In panel 1, is Sydney mispronouncing “Aethersphere” or that just a spelling mistake?
Typo
Hopefully the engery tentacle will keep Jabberwocky under “wraps”…!?
I want to see the scene where Max told Sydney to restrain her as Ng does “1000 monkey-weasel Body Kiss Style” on dabbler in front of the audience.
Sydney smiles and reaches out… Max “SYDNEY TENTA….USE THE LIGHT ROPE! NOT THE PEW PEW ORB!”
Show Arianna wide eyed and telling herself…”NO PEW PEW . NO PEW PEW! We just decorated in here.”
Sydney has smug smile on her face…
SO where was dabbler during sydney’s earlier testing? Did she key in on the Aztec’s heat from the book and walk off… cause the cause of the sex hair head hasn’t been explained, nor where dabs was the whole experiment on orb time (she was supposed to observe wasn’t she?”
And what effects did happen when the two touched? She doesn’t look exhausted, just satisfied… did she become a type of succubi too and thus become immune to the power or it became a moebius exchange of tantric energy?
I think Max insisted she go inside and change.
Er, that was in response to where Dabbler was during the testing. Damn lack of edit button.
I didn’t notice the smoochy marks until I read the author text beneath, but now I see three lip prints on her face, three on her arms, one on her neck, one on her boob, and three on her stomach, one of which is partially under her shorts. Jabberwokky is fast. Meanwhile, poor Max. It’s always something.
Also I see Halo’s Who’s Who entry has been updated for the Air Ball.
Yeah, it was updated last page, still waiting for the page her new mugshot is from
Max let the kissy assault go on for a bit. I’m seeing multiple teal kiss marks. Four on Dabbles face, one on her right shoulder, one on he left upper arm, one on her left boon and one right at the belt line.
Was probably difficult to peel her off Dabbler. She probably took more effort to restrain than she did on the night of the fight.
There’s one half hidden by the hem of Dabbler’s pants too. Guessing that’s when Maxima peeled them apart.
keeeep lookin. you missed a few.
Well, Waddayaknow, here’s a real life exydney’s ponytail and bangs combination.
Halo Style
Yep, I totally looked at the hair and NOTHING ELSE AT ALL in that image.
Except the butt, which is the man focus of the picture and thus the first thing you see
Sydney is not up to lifting that much weight. See this image for details.
Anvil stole Sydneys hair!
Anvil has red hair and no bangs. Plus is not in this scene.
Unless I am missing some other likeness, between their hair, I am kind of at a loss. Of the other characters the one thing that leapt out at me, previously, was that Jabberwokky’s hair obscures her eye, on one side of her face. Which did remind me of the way that Sydney’s bangs used to hang over either or both eyes.
*sniffs*
*glares at demonic headband gift, accusingly*
The linked photo the person had an equivalent hair style to syd but was doing weights closer to anvils thus aboos comment.
is it me or is jabberwokky sound a little like this: “it’s not like i like you BAKA!”
Nah, she’s got a love hate thing going on but is far more open about the former than your average tsundere tropes.
just a note: Sydney is not holding light hook orb.
Umm, yes she is, there are only six around her head in panel two, and the purple Hentorb ain’t one of them
Okay, panel seven explains why Sydney is there (and it looks like the end of the Tentacle is looking at Jabber, maybe wondering, if it give her a Wet Willy, how high would she jump from that position?)
Lust spell gone wrong eh?
Sydney, take note. If you ever get to meet Wolverine, don’t be tempted to make use of a love potion.
And… uh… you have a bottle in the post to you. Postal error. Wrong address. No need to return it. Just pour it out… ahh… somewhere safe for disposal. Not near any animals!
Aw. ^^; I shan’t lie: I feel pretty sorry for Jabberwokky, here.
Jabberwocky’ s talents include flexibility ?
Panel 3 deceives the unobservent into mistaking
her knees for boobs.
Yes. Her powers let her emulate different animals. Some of which will be more flexible than others. Here she is trying to escape confinement, so may well have activated one with more deformable properties than a normal human body.
Mind you she also uses martial arts moves, and has the usual super fitness. So will be at the upper end of human flexibility. Whilst I would have difficulty assuming a pose like that, I have a couple of cousins, and some other friends, who probbably would have no problem replicating it.
My problem is not getting into that position (I used to be able to get my legs up behind my head), but at my age, if I stay that way for more than a few minutes, I’m going to have trouble getting out of that position. :)
It’s not that difficult to get into that position, at least for someone even slightly fit, the only question is: how squished are her bewbies?
i prefer heavenly sword. but jabberwakky is a close second to join the team
I was surprised at the lack of similar comments on the previous page, as she was a strong fan favourite, when she made her appearance.
Whereas Dave did indicate that originally he had planned Jabberwokky to be part of the hero roster. Before deciding that she would be well suited as an opponent in the big fight.
So her joining the team would have been a bookie favourite, with that knowledge.
Personally I hope that they confirm Krona will be formally joining too. We have had several hints, to that end, but nothing definitive, to date. Of course she could always hang with them as an ally. Which may fit the politics better. But I enjoy the interactions she has with Sydney, so the greater the opportunity for that, the happier I would be.
Mind you I also want us to see more of some of the other peripheral cast members. High on the list being Gwen. Seeing how she makes use of her extremely limited magic, on a team like this, interests me. Along with her look and personality of course. Her Muppet Maxima prank tickled me.
Plus as both Gwen and Krona are power pranksters, I want to see how they interact. Especially given the polar opposite power potential that each has. One being barely apprentice level, and the other being so far up the scale, that it had to be confirmed that she was not god-like!
::Notes that no Yorpie Snax have been thrown Yorp’s way as of yet::
::grabs a hoof-full and arcs them his way::
OOO target practice.
“Vorps in shotgun”
PULL!
KA-BLAMMITY-BLAMMITY, BLAM, BLAM. BLAM!
Got em .
*opens mouth and gobbles up the pieces as they fall*
Mmm, lubberly!
Glances at the self refilling bowl of snax on the snack table from back near the bank scene and wonders about when it was forgotten or if anyone would care if I reverse engineer it to learn the spell
We don’t forgets it. That gets put in Big Ben, next to the internet, when not in use. But feel free to copy the power.
*wags tail encouragingly*
Problem is if I reverse engineer the bowl I will break the spell and if people remember and use it that takes it from them but if it was forgotten none would miss it until I could replace it if I could recreate the spell
*hides the bowl*
Bowl is precious!
D’aawwwwwww
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I kind of see Karone being made a Liaison between archon and the Semper Vigilantis.
Not a member of the team, but present enough that everyone knows her.
Makes sense. Kind of like Arianna is the liaison between all of the other departments, like legal, human resources, PR etc.
The kisses on Dabler’s skin not being easily noticeable might not be a bad thing- if you’re not paying attention to the comments, it’s one of those things people might not pick up on until a second read-through, which are always nice like surprises.
If you were really worried about it though, maybe add another kissy mark (or at least some smeared lipstick) to Dabler’s shirt. That would show up pretty easily I’d think and then maybe people who know to look harder for the rest.
Do you think that Jabberwokky might believe it’s serendipity that her shade of lipstick happens to match Dabbler’s stripes? Whoever said that either Maxima or Sydney would intervene, +1/ each.
I really didn’t notice them at first but once I did wow did Jabs get everywhere.
Dabbler, I like your outfit. I hope you are wearing one like that when we are first introduced.
… I just had a interesting (if ugly) thought – what if Jazza’s problem is the first symptom of a certain floor painting party? It did seem too elaborate to just locally drop the Veil , but dropping it plus deranging mystic based /were powers plus strategically placed “monster revenger(s)” would equal kaos…
Perhaps needlessly complex, so therefore I approve!
Twister?Rolf Harris?Sexy party painting the floor with naughty body parts?Oh, Sicona!… I ment Tusk-face’s entire crew,but I like your 3rd deleted choice – just Definitely Not w/Sciona or her gang!…
Don’t forget Sciona is partly dark elf/vampire temptress, or something of that ilk.
*offers bag, with eye holes cut in it*
You sure, you are not tempted?
*offers bag with no eye holes in it*
This one is for you, as double protection.
… being in separate galactic arms wouldn’t be far enough away-even if I had the Gatlantis comet shield on top of Halo’s shield …
This is a getting complicated but funny. :D
I guess Syndey was the nearest restraining device. I’m not sure if that’s surprising or not. I guess not given the difficulty of restraining supers.
She really is the Swiss army knife of superheroes
Which way round did Sydney enter it on the List though? The normal way? Or did she flip it over and enter “Jabberwokky’s kiss” on the reverse?
[singing] Sydney and Jabberwokky kissing in a tree …
I’d say upside-down to start with, for Daryl Hall and John Oats’ sakes.
Has Dabbler been watching old TV programs to familiarize herself with Earth fashions? It looks like she has the Daisy Duke look mastered.
Now I have the urge to listen to Hall and Oates.
Isn’t that a company in Amsterdam that makes hot breakfast cereal? Oh wait, that is Holland Oats.
(and now that I bothered to look it up, there is actually a brewery in the Netherlands with that name. Way to ruin a perfectly good joke guys. https://www.stillwater-artisanal.com/img/20_holland_oats_web.jpg)
Hey… The faces are starting to look mostly not-weird! IS IT HAPPENING?!
That is how it goes when experimenting with new art styles. First the wibbly wobbly wierdy effects. Then they are refined to looking mostly non-weird.
Soon they will be perfect again, but in an improved style, so better than ever before.
And people will forget the improvement and take it as the norm again, without commenting on the works of art laid out before them week in, week out. Except when a single panel stands out as deviating from the average.
I’m a little surprised that I haven’t seen any theories about how Vehemence might have played a part in this. Sure, Jabberwocky wasn’t seen fighting because of his rage aura, but we know she was conscious by the end of the fight.
Jabber is mixing signals between lust and rage, she was the only one Dabbler whammied with lust magic during the entire fight, it is a distinct possibility that those two factors are playing into this, along with her connection to magic just being the thing that let it happen.
This person right here, they’s makin some sense.
Well Jabber was probably being affected by the aggro aura but, because of her prior convictions, that is something which would need to be determined in court. If it is determined that it was not affecting her then she would be going to prison for assaulting police officers. Which she has decided to avoid risking, by accepting this alternative.
But that is all an aside. I agree that the interaction between both of those auras, with her power, would certainly help to explain the ‘love hate’ thing going on. Nicely deduced.
Ahhh I was wondering if Dave was doing something different with Dabbler’s face marking on purpose. Totally didnt connect it with Jabber’s lipstick. See there Dave, you put it in my head last page to start calling her Jabber.
What shape is the Continuum’s aethersphere?
Q
no, it’s just a line. a Queue.
Has anybody made a tuff love joke about this yet?
If not then here comes :D
-Now thats some tuff love.
…hold for applause… any second now…….
*tufft of tumbleweed tumbles by*
A new “excuse” has been invented for ogle-ing Dabbler:
[Count the #-of-Times that Jabberwokky has Planted one on Dabbler]
…my current score is:
4_on the face
1_on the neck
1_on the boob
2_on the upper-left arm
1_on the upper-right arm
2_on the belly, at-left
1_at the belt-line (half-seen)
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12_total (we’ll just assume that nothing happened further down, shall we?)
So, Ladies-&-Gentlemen, do we think that Jabberwokky can improve on this score…?
UPDATE:
Make that [2 on the neck] — Dabbler’s 2nd panel is close-up enough to show both of them. This brings the total to 13.
OK, Dabs, strip. We got some counting to do.