Grrl Power #733 – Lurv triangle?
Uh oh.
Keeping in mind that Sydney and Krona are two of the most powerful beings on Earth (Krona far more subtlety, granted) this could go down in several ways. The building will probably still be there next page though.
So yeah, this is what Sydney needed to do before diving in to the party. Obviously, she didn’t picture it going down like this.
Academically, Sydney knows it has been nearly two months for everyone else, but it may take her some time to recognize that they haven’t been sitting around with their thumbs up their butts the whole time. Life goes on, even if a great deal of it was spent pacing around worrying about Sydney. They had no idea if she would survive being stranded on Alari Prime until Cora arrived at the planet two days ago. The carpet in Maxima’s office has some furrows in it.
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Awkward…..
*eyes tearing up for Sydney*
I know, she dropped her cake pop! It’s a tragedy.
Press F to pay respects for the cake pop!
*wearing black foreleg-band*
*presses F*
Just eat it off the floor!
Too late! Since DaveB posted this update early in the morning, we’ve already gone far beyond the 10-second rule!
Why? There appear to be plenty more.
The tray is in a room full of hungry supers. Some of whom have super fast reflexes. What was there a moment ago may no longer be the case. Besides which it is wasted food, given that humans are not that keen on eating stuff off the floor.
F
F
Eh, just F it all…
Hell, no! She’s a super! Five nanosecond rule applies.
That’s even worse than when Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon dropped her cotton candy.
Okay everybody! Let’s all do our very best deer in the headlights impressions.
Part of me feels bad for Sydney here, embarrassment and possibly some heartbreak both at the same time. But another part of me thinks she should at least have waited until after Frix had left.
Frix had been kanoodling with Dabbler, the last we saw. Sydney has no monogamous obligations to him. Either Frix and Sydney can have an open relationship, like the one he has with Dabbler, or they have nothing (if she desires something exclusive – it would take quite a while, from this stage to develop such, or some other deeper relationship).
Plus Sydney is probably feeling bruised by Frix’s behaviour with Dabbler. So would be wanting to both prop up her own ego and (maybe) let him experience the same feelings that she just had, when witnessing that. If the latter is the case it would be vital to do this before he left!
Would hardly call having your horn honked ‘kanoodling’
She’s a succubus and he’s open to it. You really think they’ll have stopped at the hornhonking?
Except, we saw that they did
She’s feeling bruised by Frix’s something, if you know what I mean, and it may be internal bruising, womp womp.
I’ll just see myself out.
Have those two even talked more than once? This seems to be …really out of nowhere O_o
Remember they’ve had almost 2 months to meet and get to know each other. I’ve known couples who went from first meet to wedding in less time than that.
Or Sydney belongs to a different reality and they have been dating for more than two months. This might be the way for Sydney to know it.
Ooh, interesting take.
*puts on thoughtful pose*
She could confirm this if Susy News and Ariana are not dating by now.
Or if Math is after men instead of women now.
Or even if Math is not distracted by the female sexy. Mind you, he could have changed a bit in nearly two months.
Math: [ Gives Sydney a big hug ] Welcome back. Somehow your absence created a hole none of us realized was filled in when you were here. It is really good to see you again. Have you been cleared through medical yet?
Sydney: Thanks, I think. No, I haven’t been to the doctor’s office yet. I should probably check in with her, but I am feeling fine. You look different, but I can’t put my finger … Oh, I got it. Did you get more tan? [ Thinks ] And he’s looking at my eyes, not down my top.
Math: Yeah, I have been spending some weekends at an outdoor retreat about an hour away. I can put in some practice, go for runs in the woods, swimming in the creek and lake. Let me tell you, staying silent while running through the woods in just running shoes can be quite the challenge. I even picked up some students; I was doing some stretches and meditation and some people saw me and wanted to join in, so I taught them. It really does help the concentration when the men and women around you are just as naked as you are.
Sydney: Naked?!
Math: Yeah, it was part of the desensitization practice that Max wanted me to do, so I went to a local naturist retreat. It has really helped.
Sydney: So did you pick up any of the women at this nudist place?
Math: It would not be ethical of me to date a student and many of the people I have met there have become part of my impromptu class. Besides Jasmine would not like it if started dating someone else while I am still seeing her.
Sydney: Jasmine? Wait! You have a girlfriend? I’m gone for a few weeks and everybody starts hooking up? Who is this Jasmine anyway? Have I met her?
so Leon’s going out with Korna, Frax id getting is horn honked by Dabbler & Math is after men instead of women now, might be a good idea to go home, crawl into bed and pull the covers over until the bad dream goes away
Only to find Ed snuggling up with Totoro!
Bonabelle Bubblegum can create life by herself, and Marcelene Abadeer can turn existing life into her own species…
Talk about ‘out there’. But yeah I could see that for lots of reasons. None of which are… personally acceptable but are unfortunately standard business practices.
A month has passed, without Sydney witnessing any of their interactions. They could have had a dozen office chats, gone out for several cups of coffee, been on a dozen dates and have been going steady for a while.
But really out of nowhere, from Halo’s point of view, yea. Only a couple of days have passed in her timeline, since she and Leon were having a late night cosy chat. Hence why she has been totally floored.
I was actually referring to him and Sydney… I don’t remember a lot of discussion between the two of them aside from one little nerd off.
In nerd culture that sort of nerd off marathon could well be construed as light flirting. Especially when both of the nerds in question are more than a little socially awkward – which, in this case, they are. Or at least Sydney is socially awkward and Leon is awkward with women.
In some nerd circles, that kind of marathon nerd-talk, baring our fandoms and opinions to someone who gets it, can be a deeply romantic experience. That may qualify as a solid ‘first date’.
I was actually meaning Sydney and Leon. I don’t remember them having a lot of conversation aside from a small nerd off.
Ahh, in which case, as Screwball says below, they did have a long heart to heart, after the night club scene.
I don’t know it personally just feels… Out of place, but that’s just me. It’s not my comic and my opinion isn’t the only one after all lol. For all I know, this could be some weird DREAM Sydney is having.
I agree that it is socially out of place. But totally spot on for the character. Sydney spends most of her time either at work or, when at home, playing oniine computer games. A testimony. as to how weak her social life is, is the fact that Sydney had to go on her scuba diving holiday alone.* Plus she is a tomboy, and has very immature and often abrasive behaviour. The combination of which will put off a significant proportion of the dating pool.
Then throw in the fact that Sydney is hyper self-conscious, has a terrible body self-image, a young emotional age and gets very little deep social interaction. Her recent comment about “being as pure as the driven snow” supporting this.
So, all in all, Sydney will mistime and misjudge things under normal circumstances. Then add in her hyperactivity and mental leaps** and this fits her background and previous behaviour well.
* Possibly she did have a friend, but if so her recollection of the scenes omitted them. Leading me to the conclusion that they were not a significant part of her experience, even if they were there. But going by what we did see, as opposed to the things we did not see, she was alone.
** This case showing that they are not all sound.
Remember how they talked FOR HOURS during Sydney’s first night at ARCHON? ;-)
And even during the nerd off, note how Sydney took out her notebook and wrote at the back immediately after?
I still don’t think that hinted at her being INTO him like this. Feels out of place still.
She did try out the notion of “Leon Scoville” as his married name, so she was at least at some level speculating in the direction of him as a marriage candidate. Not seriously, of course, but Sydney definitely has a non-standard approach to relationships. In a sense, she just saw “Leon Scoville” die, despite the fact that he was just a fantasy possibility.
That said, I don’t feel as sympathetic toward her disappointment as I would if she had led with something like “Leon, I’ve been through some stuff lately, and it’s made me realize I should be more bold about what I really want, and I really want to be with you. Would you like a relatively commitment-free cake pop and some company?” instead of (even jokingly) “I have decided we shall date!”
She’s literally saying that having sex (or sex-adjacent canoodling) with a furry space Woof has made her decide that she and Leon will/should start dating. I don’t know if she’s about to get jealous, but I do know she’s got zero rational basis for it on any level.
I don’t think the notebook thing was so much Sydney being into him as more of “possible compatible partner”. She didn’t fall head-over-heels in love with Leon, but she likely thought he was a potential candidate for a relationship.
It’s not like every relationship on the planet has to begin with being into someone. In fact, that’s the point of dating for most people: trying to figure out if you can and will and choose to become into someone to the point of moving beyond dating.
Pretty much, Sydney’s notebook is basically a list of people she’s not into and people she may get into.
I’m with you. Many people are offering justifications as to why this maybe-possibly isn’t out of the blue, but I would be surprised if there was ANY reader who thought, at any time over the past few months, “Sydney must be really looking forward to seeing Leon again”.
Maybe someone can point me to a comment made in 2017, or something, because I certainly don’t always read all the commentary, but that would, as I said, surprise me. This potential relationship has surely not been a subject of speculation?
100% agreeing with Magnetoo here. Regardless of her approach, the fact that she DID approach, and also that it was THE IMPORTANT THING for her to do, are super out of left field and, as far as I can tell, 98% unsupported by previous events in the comic.
Sydney and Leon’s chat into the wee hours would have been, in Sydney’s mind, a really good first date, had it been a date, which she’s well aware it wasn’t. Basically she though they clicked, and her nearly dying several times (remember Sciona may have actually killed her) plus other recent events have put her in the mindset of “there’s no time like the present.”
when you read the comic over years you kind of forget that it has been weeks for Sydney.
I suppose that’s fair. Like Ukezi below stated, the time in real life vs. the comics time, it does get hard to remember it hasn’t really been that long for Sydney since that conversation, and she HAS been through a lot in that time. I suppose I’ll just have to wait and see how this all turns out as is :P
She was gone for almost 2 months so it was awhile. No reason for LEon to think she was serious about anything. But Sydney did add his name to the book I think back when she did the factability check on him and Max warned him to be afraid.
At least she can now go to the next name on the list (cereally doubt Leon wasn’t the first one), what about Joel, her ‘business’ partner?
Olivia’s brother/cousin.
Or Olivia herself
Yeah, they’ve spoken a few times. Best example I can think of is when Sydney came back from the nightclub, was given X hours until she would have to wake up for training yet ended up chatting with this guy for at least an hour…
Almost as bad as when I tried that, I got maced and beaten up. Apparently the ladies change rooms are not accepted places to try…
I thought that at first, given that Sydney and Leon only had the two significant scenes together (the other being testing his geek cred) but decided that Erin Wynter was actually referring to Leon and Krona, rather than Sydney and Krona.
Oops, seeing Erin Wynter‘s reply above, I stand corrected.
Well, they’re both coders, both into geek culture, both like Sydney, and have had 2 months to GET to know each other.
How anti climatic for poor Halo.
Just as well it was not climatic for Krona!
The fiendish rival!
Sydney now has an arch-enemy!*
Dabbler does not count, because she is also a friend.
* Dating flava
“Keep your frenemies closer” would be poor phrasing choice with Dabbler.
Isn’t Krona also a friend though? And Sydney doesn’t seem the sort to declare an arch enemy over someone dating the guy she wants.
…Well, ok, she does, but only until something shiny distracts her.
Krona’s pretty much a friend as well though. Sydney respects her and vice versa. They’re VERY similar and both have abilities that seem to involve changing the nature of the universe, although Krona’s is a bit more backended and Sydney’s is more frontended, to use some coding vernacular.
And if that isn’t coding vernacular, sorry – I’m an IP lawyer, not a coder :)
Actually not surprising that they’d both fall for the same type of guy.
Not to mention that Krona saved her life.
Agreed that there was a lot of potential for a friendship to develop. But that has to be offset by several things. One of which is that Sydney immediately announced that she disliked Krona, on first meeting her!
With good reason. Krona clearly was in Sydney’s territory. She had more than enough rivals from the super glamazons surrounding her. Let alone another cute anime girl homing in on her niche!
So, although you make good points, I have Sydney’s back, if she
goes postalfeels rather miffed.Wasn’t it Pixel, the pink-haired one, that Sydney disliked at first sight?
Yes, she didnt like Pixel at first because they looked too similar :)
Yeah, Sydney and Kronachrome seemed to ‘hit it off’ when they met, during the Council Calamity
And Krona did Sydney a solid by hacking her bladder :)
Oh yea. Mixing up members of the A-team (with Pixel only counting in human form, of course).
Mind you the bladder tinkering was done without consent. So not totally a clear-cut favour. Plenty of room for indignation, on reflection.
A few things about consent there.
1) There was no actual contact (which makes the legal definition of ‘battery’ not fit). Not even ‘psionic’ content, which could MAYBE be argued Just creating a physiological response in another person alone might arguably not be enough. For example, I can say something that can make another person angry. It doesn’t require me to get consent to say it, even though it creates a physiological reaction to another person. Although I do think I’ve also argued on the other side as well since there are arguments on both sides. But what really makes consent a non-issue is #2.
2) It can be pretty easily argued that Sydney actually did give consent (afterwards), and there was no ongoing perceived threat to coerce that consent (unlike, for example, Maxima’s hand holding Krona as she basically took her in for questioning, preventing her from being able to leave and warning her not to do anything else if she didnt want to be handcuffed). From Sydney’s statements after the fact, she acted like Krona had done her a favor, not harm, and not a threat or intimidation of any sort. You often do not need to give consent for someone to do something helpful to you. For example, if you trip and fall and I catch you, I did not have consent to catch you, and I did not first yell, “DO I HAVE YOUR PERMISSION TO PREVENT YOU FROM FALLING?” while waiting for you to first say yes before I act. But you’re not going to say I did something illegal like ‘battery’ (an unlawful physical touching without the other person’s consent) when I save you from injury, right? A favor does not always require consent. In fact, most of the time it doesn’t unless it’s harmful or something of which the would-be plaintiff takes offense. Sydney did not take offense at what Krona did. She was happy about it and expressed such.
Yay, it’s been a while since I’ve been able to say stuff about the law on the comment boards :) Thanks Yorpie.
Heh, my pleasure. Sorry about the delay in spotting your reply. Long shifts.
I agree with much of what you are saying. Purely to play Devil’s advocate, on a couple of points though:
1) Krona has a rare power that directly alters reality. As such she is able to make physical changes, in another person’s body, even without touching them. So if I were to cross examine Krona I would explore whether the effect was done purely as a psychological one or if it was done physically (in part or in whole). If it is the latter then clearly your argument would be undermined.
From memory I had the impression that it was more physical. But that could just be a trick of my mind and I am not in the mood to track it down to check it, so thought I would just voice my argument as expressed above.
2) Your falling example is fine, but is not a fair example to cite simply due to the fact that it was neither an emergency, nor a situation where there was no time to seek permission. Krona simply desired to show off her power, yet lacked the common courtesy to check with Sydney whether she wanted this done.
Your argument about retroactive consent is good. And, with Sydney’s personality, I’m sure there would be no problem. Look at other comics in the genre though, with more brooding and introspective heroines and it is easy to see someone in an identical situation who subsequently thought through what had happened and realised how much of an intimate violation it was.
This could lead to troubles sleeping, depression and anxiety. After all Krona could well choose to do that, or far worse, at a whim again. In which case raising a complaint, even a criminal one, could easily result. And I could see this getting much sympathy in court, in much the same way that a rape victim may have a considerable delay in initiating such actions. And they may contradict some earlier comments made either out of routine politeness or simply before the gravity of the situation sunk in.
Although, obviously, rape is far more serious, so I am not attempting to make light of that. But, in my opinion, Krona was on that road, if not as far down it. She was violating someone else’s internal organs (even if your suggestion that this was done via psychological means … ahem … holds water) and had not sought permission to do so at the time.
I love Leon’s “I’m literally at ground zero of a potential disaster greater than the Chicxulub impactor” expression in the second last panel. :-)
Good use of “literally”.
Considering he is fully aware of what both of them can do. (Though he doesn’t yet know about Sydney’s upgrades, but thats kind of irrelevant for this situation.)
Fortunately for him, both Sydney and Krona look more stunned and flabbergasted than angry or jealous right now.
That may change.
He should run.
Sydney and Krona both go into a wide eyed stare, but Leon’s eyes look almost vacant. I hope that Leon and Krona’s coupling isn’t due to some reality hacking on Krona’s part. Let’s face it, if any of us could hack reality would we really not be tempted to enhance our romantic lives just a little bit?
I would hope, if she was going to hack reality to make someone date her, she would have the self respect to aim a little higher than Leon. It’s been a long time since he got much screen time, but I remember having the impression he was a bit of a creep.
I got the experience that he was a little inexperienced with women, but quite experienced in having to keep order around himself.
Oops, I got the impression …
Maybe Leon is the perfect man from her perspective? He IS intelligent, that’s actually a selling point.
Remember Sydney’s notebook with her list of ideal men to marry? (And, on the flipside, not-so-ideal guys?) Leon was calmly noted down after his and Sydney’s geek-off. That’s compared to all of Sydney’s previous note-taking which were done with less than happily.
Whatever else may be true here, consider for a moment that Krona may have hacked Leon’s insecurities. I have always heard and read that women should not try to change men. The difference being, Krona can actually do it.
You may be missing that Krona is clearly a techno geek and that Leon is the top of the pyramid of male geeks in Archon.
In fact he may be the only one in the pyramid, as we have not seen any other evidence of geekdom.
He actually seemed like a pretty nice guy I thought. Aside from that one time when Arianna accidentally insulted him that is. To someone attracted to intelligence – as Krona, being the ultimate technogeek, no doubt is – it would be pretty difficult to find someone higher than Leon to aim for. Certainly no other human characters we’ve seen are in his league. The only one who is is Dabbler, and….well, we can see here that Krona’s not a lesbian. And being apparently American the odds of her being OK with the kind of open relationship that would be required for dating a succubus are not good.
I thought Sydney was dating Frixx.
She doesn’t strike me as someone who’d have 2 boyfriends on the go at the same time.
You’d think having 1 & making sure her ADHD doesn’t drive them off would be exhausting enough.
Frixx is polyamorous, he has slept with and probably will later this same day, with Cora and Dabbler, possibly also Altus, just picturing the orgy room getting used on Cora’s ship for anyone who wants in.
Sydney definately needs to bring someone to the party, if she wants to retain street cred. Although keeping up with Dabbler will be challenging.
Time for her trump card: That tentacle guy!
I wander if he is even still there.
I mean he could easily be written out of the story with a two month time skip, like, oh between their and Dabbler’s knowledge a portal was opened back to his home dimension/planet and he went home. I mean they recognized Succubi, so they are on the list of tentacle monsters sometimes summoned by Succubi for tentacle fun. Not a big stretch Dabbler could know or easily find the list of ingredients, incants, and the like to open a normal portal to send him home.
Sydney had casual sex with Frix. In spite of the Space Boyfriend jokes I don’t think they feel super attached. Frix does live on a ship with Cora, he’s probably not the momogamous type.
I’ve got no concerns for the building. Sydney will be disappointed but she really has no reason to be mad at Krona or Leon. Instead, she should use her new boldness to ask Tony (Olivia’s brother-cousin) for a date.
Yeah, its not like there was much build up (that we saw) between Sydney and Leon, they had one (nerd-talk) session that we saw. She just added him to the “good list”.
This soon could go either
(Oh, so how long have you been a couple? Cool, cool) *play it off*
or
*play it cool and then peek from the door frame….(so, you two wouldn’t be polyamorous as well right? Okay, no…okay)
-the former is far more likely than the later, Sydney isn’t exactly a virgin but she doesn’t come across as exactly 100% into polyamorous relationships and willing to try and start one-
I would bet she’s SO not into them that she went from “Frix is my boyfriend” to “I should date someone, how about Leon” in 10 seconds.
Ya, what about our buddy Tony? I know it’s been almost 9 year subjectively, but I’m kinda disappointed this is the only Tony post in 2 pages so far.
What a bad influence Cora and Dabbler are! Not only does Sydney want her own male-harem, but she wants to steal Frix too!
Well… he’s big enough for the both of them…. maybe they can work something out? Something tells me this will never end well.
Leon’s a nerd… Of course he choose the one that looks like a Magical Anime Girl
*IS a Magical Anime Girl
But… isn’t Krona like 14 or something?
I don’t know from the top of my head if there was an age given, but I’m fairly sure she is just short, like Sydney herself is.
She might situationally immortal or ageless.
Inconvient when that occurs before physical maturity.
If she’s immortal (or at least doesn’t age) her powers would leave that under her control so she could start aging again any time she wants.
If she’s a government agent (which was implied earlier) she’s probably at least an adult.
Yup. There are minimum age requirements, in order to be a federal agent. Most of the VIs will likely be FBI, who must be at least 23 years old.
Plus do not forget that Krona is the only faction in the Twilight Council who has a single representative. Every other box had at least two, and most three. Including various immortals, elder vampires and the like. In fact there is every reason to suspect that she is so politically/supernaturally powerful that she is the entire faction.
To put it another way the council consider her to be the equivalent of every single elder vampire and all their offspring added together. Likewise for all of the Olympian heroes from every saga.
Emotionally she may behave like a 14 year old, but she is the one who sets her own rules, not the rest of (other) societies.
You can be a faction all by yourself. That doesn’t imply that she has any voting rights or that all the factions are voting equal. Like for instance in the EU there are the councils where all the ministers(secretaries) of a given field from the different nations come together. Nobody is under the illusion that they are equals there, even if they formally may be.
The folks without voting rights are the ones up in the peanut gallery, like one of the other vocal vampires (as opposed to the current leader of the council). As for the ones who occupy the booths, each booth represents one faction, and has its faction flag on the front of it. They each take turns being on the main table (and thereby have voting rights – not sure if the booth leaders get to vote too, that was not clarified) AND (much less often) get to lead the council.
So Krona not only has voting rights (possibly not at this time) but she is also one of the leaders of the Twilight Council! For info her flag is the Konami code. Which clearly alludes to her power (and is thereby one of the clues that she is the sole member, albeit not corroborated in canon).
On top of which, per DaveB‘s blog above, Krona is one of the most powerful beings on Earth (i.e. Sydney, Vale, Dabbler and Maxima are her peers). Which puts her well above practically any of the supernaturals as they tend to rate well below the top tier supers (e.g. we specifically got told that elder vampires, although top tier supernaturals, are below even mid-ranked supers, let alone the top ones).
Hence why Krona can play practical jokes on council members, with impunity. She is simply so powerful that they clearly dare not make a big thing about it. No matter that it would be infuriating and humiliating to them.
I’m fairly certain her exact age hasn’t been given, but from context I’ve been assuming she was in her early 20s. She, Sydney, and Pixel are the cute short girls around here. We know Sydney’s 21 (or is she 22 now since she missed her birthday?). We don’t know Pixel’s exact age, but think it’d be foolish to assume she’s a teen based on her attitude, obvious experience, and the fact that she’s with Archon.
It’s never been said in the comic, and obviously it’s hard to tell ages with people drawn in as stylized a manner as Sydney and Krona (and every manga ever) but I will confirm she is at least, of age.
Don’t forget, she’s a Semper Vigilantis for The Twilight Council, and while they’re not nearly as locked in to the same social conventions as vanilla humans, they’re not going to field a 14 year old human girl (as far as anyone knows) against the sorts of things the SV’s go up against.
I like Yorp’s suggestion that she would be 23 at a minimum, but unlike many Vi’s, Krona is not a member of human law enforcement. She’s an oddball that the Council isn’t quite sure what to do with, so she tends to consult as needed with other SV teams.
Also I can’t quite imagine Krona passing the physical tests required by the FBI. It would be very much like Sydney on the Archon obstacle course.
Should have just said Krona had Japanese heritage aka they look 14 till they look 40.
One of our long time Anime staffers at a DFW Con has a japanese wife and two kids by her, so 17+ yrs on the kid looks older than mom.
Ok, thanks for the reply. Like you said, the art style (which is great BTW) combined with her height and her figure (not to mention the pigtails) make her look awfully young.
I apologize for my confusion.
I think the ball was dropped on the whole Leon thing at most they only had a friendly nerdy conversation wasnt there that guy from the comic book store that came in with his sister, I think that was a better candidate that Leon whom she hasnt really spoken to much also the space woof goat thing
The comic book guy though she would need to at least get to speak to for a while, before jumping in with the dating proposal. But Sydney certainly did fancy him, and she is likely to see him again,* given that his sister/cousin now works at the shop, in addition to him being a customer. But, agreed, he is back on the cards as being a prime candidate.
Although if she is looking around for other prospective partners, there is another possibility. This using the Agatha Christie principle of meeting the murderer, before you even know there has been a murder! Um … obviously switching dating for murder … as an analogy. Err it would be kind of weird taken literally.
* And we know that he ends up in their gaming group, in the future, from the flash-forwards scene, at the beginning of the comic.
Uh, are you talking about yourself or your owner?
Yes.
Not the way I expected Krona to show up again, and neither did Sydney.
I can see why Leon would fall for Pixel, in Sydney’s absence, given how well he connected with our heroine. Krona is pretty similar to Sydney in a number of ways. Physique, mischievousness, geek/nerd cred (whichever is the technical flava, at least), phenomenal cosmic powers and anime looks.
Still he had been connecting with Sydney well, and he knew that she was lost (temporarily bada bish ) in action. He could at least have had the decency to wait until Sydney’s return to see how that might develop!
But, I am a soppy romantic, if lightning struck with Krona … it was probably her cheating with her cosmic powers!
He only had two meaningful interactions with Sydney though. First when she questioned his nerd-cred (and added him to the flip side of her list) and the late night talk after going to the bar. (Three if you count the short interaction where he improved the security on her phone in the restaurant.)
While Sydney displayed interest in him, it is very likely that he was completely clueless about this and thought of her as a friend, not a potential girlfriend.
As for how Krona and Leon got together. I have some ideas but there is a chance we’ll find out in the next updates so I hold off on speculating on that for now.
He is a single geek and there was a girl talking to him. More than once. And for a sustained period each time. Clearly you are not a single geek.
Not to mention Sydney adding him to her book, right in front of him.
speaking as a single geek.. yes we can be that oblivious.
Good lord, yes.
I was asked to a school dance and it took me two years to figure out that I had been asked to a school dance.
I think a distinction needs to be made. What I was referring to is a geek speculating about a potential date (even if concluding it is improbable). Whereas y’all are referring to geeks failing to spot when it was genuine. And, yea, I have been there too. More than once.
Clearly I am not a single geek, I am a single nerd.
Their first interaction was them establishing (nerd) dominance via trivia, which is what piqued Sydney’s interest but it also shows that Leon didn’t understand the significance of the book.
The second conversation was more meaningful, but without knowing more about Leon we don’t know how serious he took it or what kind of interest he had in Sydney in return.
Also, even if he suspected Sydney was in to him, and if he was in to her, that doesn’t mean he had to put everything on hold while she was gone, for someone he had two conversations with.
I assume at least that during the time Sydney was away that Leon and Krona had multiple interactions and that she hadn’t just randomly decided to come in and hop into his chair this morning.
Yeah it seems like you’re a few dollars short and a couple months late to hop on that train Sydney.
Meh, it’s Syd, give her 5 seconds and something else will grab her attention
*3 second quick change*
Just announce she missed the premiere of the third avengers movie. And Cap wielded the hammer.
Yes I’m evil.
Given that she lives in a Universe where ACTUAL supers exist and she IS one?…..
Don’t think it would matter much, least not to her…….
Imagine Hulk going up against Anvil……
Unstoppable force, meet immovable object……
Heck, KRONA could take out ALL of the Avengers from her couch while dressed in a camisole and slippers!
They did something like that: Juggernaut versus Strong Guy (yes, his official Super name is ‘Strong Guy’, real name Guido, real big body, teeny tiny head {in proportion})
Krona x Leon?
Here’s my seal of approval!
Hmmm.
I had the same thought. *gives Yorpie snax*
Ooh, seal flavoured!
Yummy!
This is not how I envisioned this going down.
And Sydney can probably say the same.
And thus Halo the supervillian was born.
*nods*
A profound origin story.
And the comic is called “Grrl Power”. Nothing in there about the protagonist having to be a hero.
Reminds me of another young superheroen who went full supervillan, three times now. The third time she turned over a high level government agent to be mind raped by a vampire because Kabuki. No wait Halo is still in shock, maybee?
Fly away my little Akuma, and EVILIZE HER!
See the cake pops just outside the door? The entire team just witnessed that. Yeouch.
NOOOOO! Don’t turn this nightmare into a coma-inducing brain-melting nightmare!!!
*crying for Sydney*
Yeah, time travel suck ass. You get thrown two months in the future, the least you team could do is put everything on hold. :P
Seriously though, they knew there was a party for Sydney, were they not warned that she was entering the building.
Mind you, still two months, and I think that Sydney asking him still blindsided Leon Anyway.
I doubt that either Krona or Leon had any clue that Sydney had any interest in him. She certainly didn’t drop any hints for him to pick up on.
Aww, how sad for Sydney that the guy moved on, after two months and barely any interaction in the first place.
Except, she screwed (or screwed around with, sure) a random alien she literally just met, less than two days from the other guy she now apparently wants. So, yeah. Not really feeling anything from this, other than mild annoyance at her.
This comes from what feels like nowhere, right after she was with another guy. Come on, Sydney. What.
…I didn’t reply to anyone, just posted my comment, why is it here?
Usually happens the other way around (a reply ending up as a new post). I have neither experienced it the way you describe nor heard anyone mention a similar problem.
Lacking any other plausible explanation, I suspect you have a gremlin. Don’t feed it after midnight and don’t let it get wet!
That’s why time travel sucks. There was potential, which with time and work could have developed into something. From Sydney’s point of view, it’s been a few days, she’s had a near death experience, she’s being spontaneous and bold and jumping for it. Probably something she hasn’t done relationship wise before. And assuming that she is Leon’s type (they do seem to click) he probably would have said yes.
Unfortunately, due to the magic of time travel, what sparks there were have actually gone cold and have been rekindled by Krona. No ones done anything wrong here, it’s just Sydney has missed a few months and is still catching up. And that lack of knowledge is interfering with her spontaneousness.
From what we’ve seen, there WASN’T anything going on between them, they’ve spoken maybe twice in the whole series to date? (see Lord Viking’s comment above for clarification).
No, i think this is more emotional whiplash, Syd trying to deal with the whole situation involving Dabbler and Frix…
Threesomes solve everything.
No, they explicitly do not.
You barely spent enough time with Leon to even start to be ‘best gaming buds’
Kinda glad that this happened, or Sydney would become one of those annoying types, you know, like that “My Super Ex-Girlfriend” movie
Sydney had only been gone for two days (her perspective), and thought she could just tell Leon that they are now dating, as though his opinion doesn’t matter
The whole fantasize-about-forcing-wolverine-to-marry-her-and-take-her-last-name thing on page 83 didn’t prepare you for this?
The only way this could have gone worse, if that was General Faulke in Leon’s lap (yes, let that image sink deep into your minds >:})
Or maybe if Leon was married, to Gwen
There is a thought going through your head, Leon.
It is a dumb thought, Leon.
Remember the urban legend of how to draw the Chinese word for ‘trouble,’ *Leon*.
Leon is simultaneously the luckiest and unluckiest man on earth.
Lol.
Schrodinger’s relationship. He’s simultaneously dating two of the most beautiful women on earth and being rejected by both of them due to jealousy.
More to the point: Halo’s a superhero. Which men* are at the top of the planetary geek/nerd pyramid who are also currently unattached? Because that’s her potential dating pool now.
*Sydney seems to default to being attracted to men.
Guess Ren’s next on the list.
We don’t know his relationship status. The only ones we know for sure are Stalwart (with Heatwave), Math (single, going by his non-stop hounddog behaviour and lack of any comments about that being particularly inappropriate) and Super Hiro.
So I guess Math and Super Hiro will just have to fight it out?
I think you’re confusing some names. Heatwave is together with Mr. Amorphous, not with Stalwart.
Oops. Yea, my brain doing its usual trick.
Sydney will have to go through Maxi to get to Hiro… sounds like it will be fun night ;)
Stalwart isnt with Heatwave. Mr Amorphous is with Heatwave.
Awkward position for Leon and Krona…..!?
Not particularly awkward, actually it’s pretty comfortable. Especially during the kissing.
I meant when Sydney caught them in the act…!
it’s okay, Krona just have to load her last autosave and avoid the embarrassment
I was going to suggest that Syd should hook up with Max, but then I remembered A) they’re both straight, and B) never date your boss, especially in the military. I guess they’re both romantically doomed?
Well, to be honest, nobody expected him to get laid. Especially not with the best girl.
Pixel, Sidney and Krona are the three sexiest.
Ok, that was random. I did not expect it to be any other way
So Sydney, one second you are yelling to pretty much everyone that you have been yiffing the space furry and announcing that he is your boyfriend, then literally minutes later you then go to ANOTHER guy who not only probably heard this but saw it on camera feeds saying, or should I say, demanding that you and he should date. Sorry but after that I wouldn’t touch you with a 10 foot pole, you dug your own hole there.
You seem to have conveniently forgotten what Frix did at the end of this scene. He is pretty much making it clear that he does not consider Sydney to be his girlfriend (or that they have a very open relationship).
Which leaves Sydney morally free to do as she wishes. Choosing to be spontaneous and forward is her prerogative.
But I am glad you are avoiding her.
*wags tail most happily*
You are aware what Frix was really doing after the three of them dissed Dabbles to her face, right?
‘Coping a feel’ is hardly that
I am not really up on Hobbit culture. Does sticking your face into another woman’s cleavage, in front of your ‘possible girlfriend’ say “Yes darling, I am your boyfriend, and I don’t want anything to do with this woman here”?
Speaking as an avid human watcher though I can say it would not usually be interpreted that way.
He wasnt doing that. He was laughing and holding onto Dabbler because he was laughing so hard. DaveB even mentioned that was what he was going for when he drew the panel.
I hadn’t read Dave’s replies, hence my take. Do note the following in his blog though, regarding Frix:
“That or he plans on spanking her later. Both probably.”
Assuming that his body language and other behaviour are indicative of that, such that Sydney could read it, then my take is still valid (in addition to your counter).
DaveB acknowledged that he was holding onto her because he was doubled over laughing, and her look was ‘ha ha, yes you are all regular riots *heavy sarcasm*’ which is why she was patting him on the head.
Although spanking might still be a revenge for the groping in the previous strip before that one. :)
Specifically, 2 strips ago, I posted:
“Nah, it seems more like *pat pat* Yeah yeah, you’re a riot. You’re all riots. So funny. Ha. *sarcasm* *pat pat*”
To which DaveB confirmed with a response of:
“This is how I imagined it.”
Wait wait wait… everyone else is in the other room welcoming Sydney back and these two are taking the opportunity to have some time alone together? Obviously these two don’t really care that much about Sydney to begin with otherwise they would be at the party with everyone else right now.
Sydney was not expected for another hour or so.
Plus, in order that they felt confident enough to behave like this at work, Leon and Krona must have been fairly confident that nobody would intrude on their privacy (or not be bothered if they did). As such I would assume their relationship is fairly openly known by the team. Such that people would know not to disturb them if they went into Leon’s office together (this being a party time, rather than a normal working day).
Meaning that they would have been out of the loop that Sydney had just arrived early.
This will not end well ;P
Krona’s future predictive glasses must be a bit buggy for her to not have seen this coming.
There are some things you don’t want spoilers for. If I had that power I would, for example, turn it off before sitting down to watch a movie (especially a suspense thriller). Likewise it would ruin the spontaneity of personal relationships. OK, if wishing to know the best way to broach a tricky subject, it may be tempting to check how it will go down. But if just intending to Netlfix and chill, then getting predictive text would mess up enjoying the moment.
They’re up on her forehead. They get in the way of kissing.
Well observed.
And comparing the penultimate panel, to the preceding one, they do both look particularly kissable.
Maybe Leon should rise to the challenge?
No I mean when she found out that Sydney was coming back, you’d think she’d have done some predictive algorithms to see what would happen. Not WHILE she was kissing Leon.
The predictive text is only very near future precognition.
https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-494-phenomenal-cosmic-power-itty-bitty-well-shes-short-anyway/
This seems like it was something that a ‘very near future’ thing could have been helpful to prevent.
I am disgusted with WordPress / ComicPress for their cookie opt out fraud! I have spent an hour and a half trying to opt out, without it changing my options!
Firstly the screen that pops up only provides a “allow all” option. It does not provide a “disallow all”. Thus requiring a very lengthy process of going through every companies option individually.
Secondly, even having done this, for any one of the various categories allowed (e.g. “information gathering” or “personalisation”) there is no way to continue on to the other categories, other than by using the browser’s “go back” option. Which, returning to check the options previously selected, results in them displaying that NONE of the changes made have been retained!
Thirdly there is no option provided to “submit choices”, to prevent the problem detailed above occurring! As such the considerable time invested in changing them is completely wasted!
Fourthly, if this is only intended as an information screen, to reflect changes made to the various collective opt out organisations listed at the top of the screen (i.e. that there is no possibility of making changes on this screen and that all should only be made via the links provided to those organisations), then the toggles should not be active.
Fifthly going through each of the three opt out organisations options, and opting out of every one of them, did not result in any changes being reflected in the opt out screen that comes up from this website. Even after refreshing the screen.
Collectively I would conclude that they are attempting to evade their obligations under E.U. law, and could be subject to a significant fine for their fraud.
I’d help you with this, but you still haven’t hung out with me like you said you would. I’ll help you in my Discord. You know the address.
Oh, sorry about that. I did try, but hit technical difficulties. Then got bogged down with exhaustingly long shifts compounded by trying to promote my social engineering proposals to politicians worldwide. Oh and, on the plus side, getting a decent social life going at last.
I will try and give it another go this evening. No promises mind, as I am taking a girl out to a funfair this evening, then we shall be Netflixing and chilling. Amongst other social obligations. Then the next couple of weeks have the most exhausting shift schedules I have ever had. But it would be great to catch you too, so I shall attempt to conquer my technical incompetence.
I had a poke at sorting it out. Which required updates. Which generated another problem. Which made me throw up my paws and give up. For the moment.
I only have about an hour before bedtime, and the prospect of lots of tough shifts to come. So need to be chilling, rather than getting frustrated at technology hating me.
But I don’t worry too much about the privacy issues. The EU does gradually take steps to punish organisations which flout their laws. So it will probably get sorted at just the same pace with or without my intervention.
I do want to catch up with you sometime though. Once I can get over my technophobia. In the meanwhile we could always exchange messages on DeviantArt.
And the bloody screaming commences.
Your paw-print is quite appropriate, for the anticipated response.
well never mind then … how awkward.