Grrl Power #589 – Hot box
Whoops! Holidays are throwing me off, sorry for the late page!
I’m pretty pleased with how my wet skin work came out on this page, enough that I think the rest of the comic is just going to take place in the ladies shower. Possibly under waterfalls or in the rain. Maybe sweaty in the gym. No, gym equipment would be super tedious to draw. Showers it is.
Ok, so now that I’m up, here’s a little more commentary on this page. The 4 small panels where Sydney realizes Dabbler’s spell is, you know, migrating, is them floating up back to the surface in her bubble. It’s probably a little hard to tell, and originally I wanted those panels to be larger with fish and whatnot in the background. In my head, this plays out like a movie, so there’s always room for everything I want. Even after doing this for as long as I have, I don’t really think in comic panel terms. Anyway, originally I wanted Maxima to idly comment “Wow, look at the size of that tuna.” and then, “I guess they’re all that big. I’m used to only seeing them in can form.” Tuna really are humongous. Depending on the species an adult can weigh from 130 lbs to 1,500 lbs. Maybe it’s just me, but I always assumed tuna were like a foot long for some reason.
Also, in the last panel, Sydney originally called Dabbler a “god damned sex witch” because I wanted Gwen (Zephan’s goth assistant lady) also showering in the background with an offended look on her face, but again, no room.
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THIS JUST IN: SYDNEY IS CONFIRMED A WEEB.
That, was fairly much confirmed early on, during the initial interview
Dabbler was just a little peckish, so Sydney gave her a knuckle sandwich with a side of falcon punch.
Sydney significant victories:
1st villain defeated: nega knuckles guy
1st boss defeated: Vehemence
“The only two people who ever fought me (Maxima) to a standstill are either dead (as far as we know, probably Sciona) or on the team (Dabbler).”
Sydney just beat Dabbler.
“No one has been able to beat him (Math) yet.”
Sydney beat Math.
Not Sciona
Math faked getting beat by Sydney
And just because Sydney managed to knock Dabbles down in a sneak-attack does not mean she would come even close to beaten Maxi
He was knocked out, he just said it was fake after he got woken up.
Yea. Sore loser syndrome. Loosing is not something Math is used to, so did not take it graciously. No matter how much Math protests, the dude was floored by Sydney.
He wasn’t knocked out, because Peggy kicked him in the ribs and he begged for a healing kiss
Reminds me of how Supergirl was confirmed to be stronger and faster than Superman for dozens of comics under Loeb (and several times showing it with Superman internally monologuing to confirm it), then in ONE comic Superman claims, without backung the claim up mind you, that he is more powerful because he always holds back. Which sounded to me like BS given that you dont hold back in life and death situations and he admitted she was faster and stronger and Batman gave a scuentific readon why she is more powerful.
And all Superman fanboys always latch onto that one panel on one page of one comic instead of the dozens showing otherwise :)
Mind you, to give Math credit, I don’t think Sydney would beat him again. Not just relying on her orb-fu and tongue-fu. Not unless she gets a lot more extensive training from him.
Of course if she chooses to bubble up and blast him with the PPO, then that would be a different matter.
Halo would get disqualified from the sparring, for blasting everything in sight of the arena. Barring Math.
bubble + light hook? would be a hard to beat hand to hand combo since the light hook can be rigid or flexible (and i think extend) plus we don’t know how fast the light hook can move (whip it at math and if he steps on it wrap him up in the hook and crush him against the shield until he gives)
I did consider the lighthook, but Sydney has a serious problem with Math. He has five star reflexes (the same as Maxima). Bear in mind that Maxima could disarm a greneade in mid-flight. So I do not think the tentacle would be able to touch Math, unless Sydney had a cunning plan. And Math thinks about 20 steps ahead.
and thanks to last encounter, he also knows about orb-fu (which came as surprise last time)
I dislike turning things into a “who has the most power” competition. As if anyone with brain one in their skulls can’t think of a variety of ways to fight besides “blindly charge at the enemy and punch them as hard as you can.”
These are supposed to be the world’s best and brightest. The only time anyone’s been willing to go for the direct frontal assault, it was in an effort to AVOID a fight. Or serve as a distraction. And because no one else can take a punch to the face like Col. Leander.
Interesting, in the little by-play between Dabbler and Sydney when Max made that remark, I thought it was Sydney who fought Max to a standstill (back in the office when Max was “testing” Syd’s force field and getting nowhere fast).
That would have been a reasonable interpretation based on the conflicts we knew and the significant looks. There are a few factors nudging in the other direction though:
1) Dabbler was just a bit too smug to be congratulating Sydney (bearing in mind Sydney had whacked her on the head a couple of times already, so they were not exactly bff at that point).
2) The testing of Sydney’s force field (in the boardroom) had been called off because the windows were at risk of being destroyed, rather than Maxima having gotten anywhere near her limits. Plus failing to penetrate a defense could, at most, be described as a draw, given that Maxima was not incapacitated or otherwise taken out of play.
3) As Viirin points out, of the two battles in question, one had a resulted in the (presumed) death of the opponent. Contextually indicating that Maxima is talking about serious engagements, rather than preliminary power testing.
4) Dabbler can use magic. Although Maxima has strong will to help her if a mental attack is weak, if Dabbler uses a strong one it can beat Max. For instance a strong sleep spell (or psionic attack) would defeat Maxima.
Plus Dabbler has at least one attack that can shoot a hole through a mountain. Even Maxima would be at risk from that. Meaning that she would have to keep her defense pretty high. Limiting how much super speed/reflexes she can use and making it viable for Dabbler to get off an attack without Maxima automatically dodging it.
And I bet Dabbler would be able to set up some kind of contingency spell. Just in case Maxima decides to go all out speed. That strong sleep for instance. Then all Dabbler need do is pick fish off in a barrel, with her anti-satellite/mountain-piercing gun.
Hahahaha! That last panel Sydney sounds jus like Maxima when she gets fed up with Dabbler. The hot pussy visual is pretty good and fits in with the spell but I cant help but think I would have tried making a wet pussy visual to see if it would fly or not.
Having a wet pussy close to high powered electrical equipment would pose a severe danger of electrification!
It might make it fly though.
I just thought of something else, Sydney picked Edward for her (ahem) date, looks like she chose someone more compatible with her height wise than many Manga heroes might be.
Yea, he has Wolverine-like built in weaponry but in a size to match Sydney. And no itchy facial hair. Sound choice.
To be fair, most versions of Wolverine are probably about Ed’s height (or even shorter after he picked up a few inches during the series).
… I’m just surprised that Sydney doesn’t have an authentic Hitachi…
I don’t know what model of car she drives. It didn’t look Japanese though.
Honda Element.
Or a Hello Kitty vibe. But some things can only be implied in a somewhat family friendly webcomic.
Hmm, color me a bit surprised. I wouldn’t have figured ether of the FMA boys to be up her alley given her more observable preferences.
Remember, this is still only the first week, maybe the second, since she found out Supers were real
Other supers. She has known about herself for months.
:-)
Plus it has been general knowledge, amongst the public, for a while. Per the conversation between Sydney and Joel about the flying filming guy. The existence of supers had just never been officially acknowledged before.
I have never been able to watch FMA though, so cannot make any informed comment on that side of things.
Well, given the known preferences for cut abs and such from Sydney, the FMA boys are both about 16 and portrayed pretty well as such physically. Fit but not really any kind of cut really. Not to mention under age….. a bit of a far cry from Sydney’s oogaling of even the non supers male members of Arc Swat.
It was mentioned in another post that he may have been picked as the hump pillow due to him being short just like she is
Ungrateful much?
If you are feeling cold and I let you share my sleeping bag, would you thank me to be woken up by me fondling your genitals?
If your answer is “yes”, and you are a pretty female, please send me your contact details.
She asked a succubus to use her magic (or at least, she accepted the offer, but there was obviously consent). The result was a mild but hardly unpleasant side effect. She responded with, “how DARE you expose me to a non-serious side effect that can be easily attributed to your cultural background? I will use violence to punish you for it!”
Hell, the prank with the dolls at the nightclub was worse than this. Dabbler just… cleaned her, with a side effect that didn’t even take effect until she was safely home and in private.
Did you not see panels three to six? She is still ‘in the field’, ferrying at least two people hundreds of fathoms below the surface of the water
Giving consent for one thing does not, ever, extend consent to anything not expressed before hand
In a very similar vein, accepting a drink from anyone (friend or stranger), does not give that person permission to slip an aphrodisiac into the drink without your awareness, which is what Dabbles did: she did not warn Sydney about the side effect, thus took away Sydney’s choice in the matter of ‘going into heat’
Very well argued.
By the same standard, what Dabbler did to Jabberwokky is infinitely worse. No consent anywhere to be found, and lingering ill-effects. Plus that was strictly intentional.
The kitty heater might have been an accident.
There I would disagree. The team were in a life-or-death battle and Jabberwokky was engaging with deadly force. So Dabbler was perfectly entitled to use any means at her disposal, in order to defend herself and others. Including using lethal force.
As it happens Maxima had requested that non-lethal means be used where possible (at the team member’s discretion). So Dabbler made a very good choice, especially when you consider that Dabbler revealed in the debrief that she was mostly equipped with lethal options at the time.
The seduction power turned Jabberwokky from a deadly enemy into an ally, at a time when they needed every edge they could get. This is a perfectly sound battle tactic, and a moral choice given the lethal options Dabbler was authorised to use instead.
Importantly the power is normally only temporary. So the fact that Jabberwokky remains enthralled was not intentional. It is reasonable to assume that Dabbler has been using this power most of her life and is well over a century old. Yet this is not something she has come across before, and is still unexplained.*
Therefore I feel it appropriate to class (the long duration) as an accident, rather than intentional.
The kitty heater though is fully within Dabbler’s normal behaviour. We have seen her conducting such harassment routinely, including using the cleaning spell that likewise has a side effect that is undesired by the recipients.. So, whilst an accident is certainly possible, I am not inclined to give her the benefit of the doubt on that one.
Sydney was suffering, but there would have been non-magical options available, had Dabbler told her about the side effect. And it was not a split-second decision that had to be made to save Halo, in the heat of battle. Dabbler could have easily made full disclosure, had she been inclined to do so.
Not disclosing that the spell had a side effect (or a risk of malfunction, if we are generous) means that Dabbler is culpable for the results.
* Although I favour the possibility that Jabberwokky naturally likes Dabbler and the spell just sped things up. But mention that for interests sake, as there is nothing to support that other than my romantic nature.
Depends on your skill level.
Black belt at fondle-fu.
I’m pretty sure the anger is because Dabbler didn’t WARN her about the side effects. (Although she probably should have guessed)
Why should she have guessed? Did Maxi get horny after Dabbles ‘cleaned’ her up? Did Coot? Not sure if anyone would have noticed after she ‘lithped’ her way into the room
Who was it that originally made me watch this? Because I haven’t stopped yet.
Me. Spine-tingling, isn’t it?
Ooo, just found the origin of that spin: Bleach leeks
Oops, just found out that Feral Cat does not approve of me playing the musical version again. She got all hissy and stalked off growling!
Maybe she just doesn’t like Finnish Folk music :P
It’s just so adorable.
It’s basically the Finnish equivalent of “There once was a man from Nantucket….”
Honestly: It’s a kind of a dual sword. I’d like to know how having a body pillow would work out for the of this scene for a female character, on another hand, I’m not sure I’m ready to know how it does work for females.
They need to be sure to use a pillow rather than a sword.
Must be a MyPillow™ body pillow. 100% washer and dryer usable.
Drip-dry >_>
I admit I only looked through a third of the comments to date, but…. Has no one said anything about the word “gazorpazovum”?
“What does your kind say? DON’T THINK ABOUT IT.” -bad Cop Morty to good Cop Rick
There have been a bunch of comments, including several identifying it as a Rick and Morty reference. Along with speculation about it being a pleasure (or sexually important) organ.
Not to mention an in-depth analysis of how such might evolve in that particular location.
Please do not kidney punch the staff.
I wooden do that.
Love the Rick & Morty ref:.
“Right in the Gazorpazovum”
second to last panel reminds me a lot of Sexualobster’s art style in the best way.
seriously Xuriel please learn that some things make humans UNCOMFORTABLE
Man, I don’t know why but I loathe the character Dabbler in a really unhealthy, nerd rage kind way. :-/
Everyone else, funny even and entertaining but she just gets on my nerves.
Which is healthy. A human behaving this way would be totally unacceptable. Although we need to make some allowances for her being an alien, with different morals, her behaviour still does not sit well.
I…have never been more jealous of a pillow before o///o
*sighs and nods*
You and me both.
I’m going to speculate wildly the “gazorpazovum” is not a mere joke but the succubus equivalent of ovaries, just a single (alien variant of) ovum Xuri’s body produces and keeps ready for when she wants to make a baby, and after so many hundreds of years without using it it becomes quite tender if you hit her in the exact right spot, and that’s why I’m calling that punch The Babymaker.
Pretty good. Although that is a less likely outcome.
So I would offer the counter-suggestion of ‘the Daughter of All Punches’.
There is also another variant, which sprang to mind. But that would be a bit spoilery. And rather rude!
‘The Daughter Fu**ing Punch!’
Here’s a thought:
Dabbler, as a succubus, uses Tantric (“sexual”) energy for her magic (and her subsistence). Even if the spells she’s learned are more generically magic (for example, a fey, an elf, a wizard, a succubus, and a witch all know the same Sleep spell) and not succubus-specific spells that only succubii use, it’s nonetheless sex-mana that she’s using as the fuel to run them on. It could follow, therefor, that being the recipient of ANY of her spells means a certain degree of tantric energy is entering the target’s body, and that an unavoidable side-effect of mana generated by sexual arousal flooding into your body is… well, sexual arousal. The “like-unto-like” or “contagion” aspect of magical theory.
If I cast all my magic via potions delivered with a squirt gun, then regardless of the type of magic potion used, the target being somewhat damp would be an unavoidable side effect, because all the potions contained at least some water.
What I’m getting at here, is maybe poor Dabbler had no ill (or even naughty) intent at all in helping Sidney, but that Sidney (not having any particular resistance to magical arousal, and minimal life experience managing her own arousal) simply felt the side effects more strongly than some others might. One imagines if Dabbler cast this warming spell on Decollette, another succubus, the marginal increase in arousal would have gone completely undetected.