Grrl Power #748 – Sharing is scaring
Not everyone had a bad night of sleep. Well, okay, maybe they didn’t quite get enough sleep, but it wasn’t a bad night. A little awkward in the aftermath. And the afterhiro. Hur hur.
Ug. That actually sounds kind of gross, now that I think about it.
It is a little odd that Math would be squicked out by a MFM. You’d think a guy like that would be down for anything short of crossing swords. Maybe it’s just weird cause it’s a teammate/friend, or maybe… well, we don’t actually know what went down last night. I’ll leave the particulars up to your imagination, but also remind you that Cora can turn her limbs into whatever she has schematics for >coughtentaclescough<.
Dabbler would be amusing to hang around if you could cut her off after the first 20% of whatever she’s up to. Hearing about how she took X, Y or Z to bed, or sometimes X, Y and Z, could be entertaining. The middle 50% of her tale would be increasingly TMI for most people, and the remainder would have most sensible people suddenly excusing themselves from the room. There are some details only other succubi would want to hear about.
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OK. Who made eye contact first?
I’m betting Math. If he followed Max’s order, he’da been bored with boobs and would have been able to look elsewhere and whoops right into Hiro’s eyes.
Actually my money is on Hiro. Math in all his horn-bally glory would likely be more familiar with the “unwritten rules” of a D3S than Hiro
Heh, “Math major”.
Math Major is such a good ship name that I’m all-in.
Math major described me at university.
Are we talking about your degree, or your sexual proclivities?
Yes.
Sadly, just my field of study. Did a bunch of science courses as well.
Heh, I minored. But only because I was a CpE major and picking up a math minor involved just a single additional math course.
So, Math actually got some? I’m a bit surprised….
Ahh, a Gentlemans Threesome.
I once had a friend who loved to say it was the only fair kind of Threesome. After all, its the perfect match of orifices to tools (assuming everyone is straight). Go FFM and things get more logistically difficult unless the ladies swing a little crooked.
“perfect match of orifices to tools” ….
Wouldn’t that be a foursome?
But then again, a mouth with tongue may be either, and fingers are good as tools as well, soooo … i think your equation is off.
^_^
This is why that thinking is wrong. If you are after pleasure then any combination is valid. Bringing this straight gay bullshit into it is why our society is so screwed up. If you’re after pleasure, and it pleases all parties, then do it. If you are after procreation, not recreation, then you are limited to one penis in a vagina of the same species. This judgment about how other people can obtain pleasure is none of your business. Because we have societal hangups many members of our society are unhappy when they could be happy.
Does this count as fraternising?
Math, is a civilian.
It’s not gay,
If it’s in a three-way,
With a honey in the middle there’s some leeway.
HAHAH, now I’ve got that song stuck in my head
https://youtu.be/Pi7gwX7rjOw?t=84
Hah, never seen that one before.
Then you simply must watch the first two parts of the trilogy: Dick in a Box and Motherlover. Susan Sarandon is in the second one.
Here’s something else you probably haven’t seen: A midget comedian talking about it on stage.
YouTube — /watch?v=EZyy_R53yyc
When you see the name Brad Williams in the title under the vid window, you know it’s the right place. Click over to the 8:08 mark along the time bar. Be ready to call the hospital so that they can set up surgery for you because you will bust your gut open.
You’ve been duly warned.
Heck, you may even want to call your significant other over & watch the full show together. If you’re going to die laughing, at least you’ll both die together.
There is a great Monty Python sketch about the funniest joke in the world being weaponized during WWII.
The fake german text when put into google translate causes a fatal error.
I like how his backdrop is so much like a Snickers bar that he probably had lawyers advise him on how close it could be without running the risk if being sued.
Heh, there’s a part of this stand up routine that makes me think that DaveB has indeed seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZyy_R53yyc#t=50m430s
Huh, and I thought I had seen all the Lonely Island videos.
At least it’s not this song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlbsexTmT_I
Wow, Y’all are still here?
The absolute look of glee on Dabbler’s face in panels 5 & 6 is just wonderful.
She may be disappointed in the guys now but I am sure she’ll get all the details from Cora soon anyway.
Well, seeing as she has some boink sanctions in effect for teammates, she has to lust vicariously. And pretty sure she’ll get the holovids from her friend.
I will admit, she does look utterly pleased with everything.
You do have to remember, she does pick up the “emanations” from sex, so she had a “view” of all the goings on.
Wrong word, but there’s not a correct word for it.
When Dabbler’s Porn Sense starts tingling, it usually leads into other things tingling too…
Yeah, I’m more surprised she asked them first than anything else. Although I guess it’s more funny this way around.
It’s not gay
If it’s in a three-way
With a honey in the middle there’s some leeway
Or at least one, is bisexual!
i smell an update on deviant art that’ll explain!
Anvil looking good today. Still tweaking her appearance, Dave?
Is Sydney hover flying walking to PE? Isn’t that like taking the escalator to the gym?
I suspect that Sydney is putting off moving under her own steam for as long as possible, to conserve energy. And after the run she’ll probably float to the showers (if she makes it that far without falling asleep in Mr. Bubble while still on the training ground.)
I was assuming it was so she could stay curled up in semi-fetal position just a bit longer, judging by how she’s got her knees tucked up.
It’s probably best if everyone accept that my art is wildly inconsistent from panel to panel, much less page to page. Anvil’s muscle and breast sizes are no exception. :)
Apologies for the comment further down the page, use to the characters looking a certain way (Dabbles is looking cute and adorable, like an over-eager puppy :D)
No worries. I too sort of miss the simpler cartoony style. The earliest pages I’d love to redo, but somewhere in the middle is a sweet spot.
When I started the process of selling my house, I dropped the art back to a slightly simpler style to save a little time, but that only lasted for a few pages. I can’t seem to help try to ramp it back up. I don’t know where I’ll land with my art, I’m usually either wanting some sort of hand-rendered Pixar-euque look, but then I’m torn between that and some of the amazing art I see online like the odd book cover, Sakimichan, Jeehyung Lee, Yuliya Litvinova, or any of Blizzard’s concept artists.
Some of that stuff might not be realistic for keeping up with a comic schedule, but all I can do is keep trying new things and hope I find the right thing for me.
Recently, I’ll admit that some of the art is a little odd looking. Math in particular looks rather gaunt lately. I’ll dial it in soon hopefully.
No! Nononono, please don’t redo the early pages, there is nothing wrong with the early pages (not counting Maxi’s insignia)
Yeah, Sakimichan does wonderful art, butt not sure if they would be able to do a full comic-page in the same style in a timely manner, certainly not two a week
After reading this webic for so long, have just gotten use to all the characters looking a certain way, and when they change (like on this page), it gets, for me, a little ‘jarring’
Not going to tell you how to do your work, a suggestion maybe to print out your characters (specially the ones that don’t get as much ‘screen time’) and put them somewhere you can look at easily so you can keep their appearance clear (and maybe when you aren’t actively working on a page, doodle some of the others to keep them fresh)
Nooo, I like how your art looks! Whatever you’re doing right now, keep doing it.
Plus I like seeing how your art has progressed. :)
In a rare moment of agreement between myself and Guesticus, redoing the early pages, or any page really, would be a mistake. If you eventually publish in written or electronic format then the evolution of your art will be a part of the reading experience for those readers, just as it has been for the readers of your serial webcomic. I view this as an advantage or a positive thing rather than something which needs to be redone or ‘corrected.’
The only thing that you might consider correcting are typos or grammatical errors and the like.
Oberon and Guesticus, two diametrically opposed commenters, coming together to agree that they don’t want DaveB to hide the evolution of his artwork!
Well not he definitely can’t do it. He’ll probably be achieving world peace next. :)
Think of the children!
Dabbler! Can’t you see that they are traumatized? That they may need counseling? And that it’s like fight club, but less sanitary? Have you no shame…………..wait. It’s Dabbler. No, she has no shame. Never mind.
Just don’t suggest group therapy?
…Especially when Dabbler is present.
Her idea of “therapy” is probably not what Math & Hiro need right now because you know, Dabbler’s got sanctions she’d have to violate.
While Dabbler may be under orders to keep her hands off her teammates, she has no such restrictions with Cora’s crew. I bet she managed to get “reacquainted” with one or more of them.
I like how math has a bit of stubble going on (more like a 5 o’clock shadow really) – he’s not a super, so he probably didn’t have time to shave after that night
Why would someone with artificial limbs go jogging?
Because they can.
I imagine that even with artificial limbs there is some merit to exercise, and it is a nice team bonding event.
Its a perfectly cromulent way to do some cardio. It takes effort to move the limbs, effort which translates into pulse increasing, blood flowing, respiratory increases, and in general… a workout!
Because it’s all connected.
Literally.
And the bonus is, she can’t blow out her knees from running too much.
Or have her hip suddenly dislocate mid-stride.
Or see a hot guy (or gal) and have her legs just spread all by themselves. Well, given that her light-limbs are mentally controlled maybe this can still happen.
So Hiro had a threeway with Cora & Math, guess Max gonna be heartbroken over the fact that he’s just a really nice guy instead of the “perfect feminist boy-toy”.
My opinion; she’s got to stop been so uptight and get over her self image issues if she wants an actual relationship, maybe expand her bubble a little, listen to those with different opinions from her own, etc
Hiro and Max is a total No-Go. Max is Hiro’s commanding officer, and isn’t Hiro the (un?)official second in command? As a Major he is the second highest ranking officer which would make him the vice or deputy commander depending on the structure of the command. Max may fantasize about Hiro, but that’s as far as that’s gonna go.
General Faulk is the CO. Lt. Col Leander is the field commander, meaning that during missions she is in charge. Major Hiro is her 2IC (2nd In Command); there will be missions where he will be in charge of a team, away from Maxima. Anyone in your chain of command is not available when it comes to romantic activities; that would be called fraternization.
What about this disqualifies Hiro from being a perfect feminist boy-toy, exactly? Nothing wrong with a threesome.
“perfect feminist boy-toy”
…so I see you have no clue how feminism works in any way shape or form then.
“Self image issues” and Maxima are not things that go together. She doesn’t really have self image issues.
She’s very attractive, is aware of her beauty, and her other literal super human abilities. And she seems very comfortable with both.
The real barriers to her romantic life primarily stem from:
* her rank/military position
* most guys only seeming to be interested in her for her exotic appearance and capabilities
* the guys who don’t fall into the above category being her military subordinates (i.e. Hiro)
Max simply doesn’t come across as the casual fling type of woman. Nothing new or unusual there. It’s just that her specific physical and professional circumstances make that a difficult situation to be in. Again not much different from what it’s like for non-super women in positions of power and/or authority.
Think of Superman. And think of what it would be like for him if Lois (and Wonder Wwoman) were not potential romantic options. Heck, think of what it was like for Supes BEFORE being in a romantic relationship with Lois was actually a viable option. Remember Lois dated a LOT off high profile guys (Bruce and Lex among the more “problematic” of the bunch) before finding out Clark’s secret and taking the plunge with him. That’s the kind of situation Max is in at the moment.
I agree with you about pretty much everything you said except for one thing. Superman had a few dates as well before Lois Lane (or Wonder Woman as well). Plus a few who he turned down BECAUSE he was with Lois. :)
Lori Lemaris
Lana Lang
Maxima of Almarac
Pretty sure if Lois had not been in the picture, Superman would have had as many dates as Batman :)
He wasn’t Superman during his time dating Lana (his teens).
Maxima was a non-starter who he turned down repeatedly because he had no interest in her romantically since she was a tyrant.
Lori broke it of with him because she was a full on mermaid and it would never work out.
You’re out of luck there Dabbler…!
“What was it Max said that one time, after the big fight…
“Oh yeah! ‘Think of it as a de-briefing.'”
The next girl Math hits on gives him a big smile and answers, “Sure! I’ll go and get Hiro, okay?”
And Math slinks away muttering, “Never mind.”
I don’t think that would stop Math.
It will stop Math today.
By tomorrow he’ll be back in “doesn’t matter had sex” mode.
She is his commanding officer, and as such would not be able to date Hiro. It is literally against regulations for them to be in a relationship, other than a professional one.
Who are you talking about? Cora is an alien, the captain who brought Sydney home
I’m thinking Mr_Vest meant to reply to Titan, since Titan mentioned something about the possibility of Max and Hiro getting into a relationship.
I think that was meant to be a reply to Titan a few comments up, who was talking about Max.
that has already been disproven amorphous is a 2nd lt heatwave is a corporal
They were a couple prior to being pressganged into Archon, and Morph is not Heatwave’s commanding officer
Easy to fix for them. Just have Brooke report to one of the other lieutenants. The problem isn’t difference in rank, it’s chain of command.
I’ve always considered it a fundamental mistake to get involved in a M-F-M threeway. A F-M-F threeway is fine for me, and any girls who are interested. And, a M-F-M-F fourway (or even a moreway) is entirely acceptable. My personal rule has always been there should be an equal number of each flavor at any time. Or, by consent of all, there can be more girls around than guys. I’ve turned down several sausage festivals very specifically to avoid the Hiro-Math mistake in today’s update.
Works for me, at least. You can make your own rules to live by.
As far as today’s update and living in the grrlverse, if I were to get an invite from Cora, and her many optional device configurations were a known part of the package ahead of time, I’d go one-on-one with her and be open to all sorts of many experiments. Doubtful I’d agree to other witnesses being present. The first time. By the second or third time, the above rule applies.
I personally think the real mistake by all in this situation is not inviting Harem into the group. Technically a 4-way, with Harem able to exercise any optional instances of herself that she wishes. She’s already indicated being girl-curious, so it’s a sadly missed opportunity.
Side-Thought: Harem. I wonder how many times she’s had one instance f herself in bed with one person in one place, and other instances of herself in bed with other people in other places? Or just other instances of herself masturbating to orgasm while she’s getting busy with one person? Having five instances of yourself experiencing orgasm almost simultaneously from different locations and by different methods has to be pretty amazing.
If a woman as gorgeous as Cora was involved, I’d easily be able to put aside any hang ups I have about intimate contact with a fellow guy I have. Doubley so if it was someone I was familiar/comfortable with. It’s like “Let’s pick an end and make it happy.” High fives all around to follow.
There’s nothing weird about a MMF threesome if you’re comfortable in both your sexuality and your bro-hood, as it were. Like, maybe it’s a bit awkward the morning of (the way all sex with friends gets awkward the morning of according to media), but come tomorrow’s tomorrow, it’s nothing akin to a mistake, let alone a fundamental one.
Been there and done that. Its not a big deal of youre cool and everyone communicates. World keeps on turning when the clothes are back on
If it is FMF, guys are more willing to try.
Harem: Considering how she reacted when having sex with Deus and being on meeting, I would assume that her other instances are USUALLY masturbating when one have sex with someone. Like, because she can’t focus on anything else anyway.
Multiple men at same time? I would expect she tried, but, well, might be hard to synchronize.
I, too, didn’t have a good night: my brain has about as much thinking capability as the same amount of cream cheese. Can someone explain what Hiro is referring to with; “You’re breaking the rule!”?
By stating that they shouldn’t speak of it, he is, in fact, speaking of it.
First Rule of the Club – you don’t talk about the Club.
Umm, did DaveB finally hire someone to draw a page? No one on this page looks how they should, specially not Dabbles
Dabbler looked fine to me, if a bit overexcited about the situation, though I think her nose used to be flatter and on this page the ‘ear attachments’ are shifting around over her face.
I had trouble recognizing Math at first glance, in part because we’re drifting back to the ‘over stylized’ way of coloring with dozens of layers of shadow for realistic effects. I’m more a fan of the simpler cartoon like coloring of the earlier pages, or when he was busy with the move.
That is my opinion though, and I would not want to discourage DaveB from experimenting with his own art of course.
Agreed on preferring the simpler style. Sometimes I think overly detailed drawing can distract from the action of a story. But in the same way, it’s just an opinion
I prefer consistent style.
21st Century Fox is usually done by Scott Kellogg, but occasionally his wife Kathy (who does Carry On) does a page when he’s working overtime at his day job. Their natural styles are similar, and Kathy tries to do 21CF in Scott’s style, but the change in style is still mildly jarring.
(Now imagine if a page of XKCD were done in the style of Grrl Power, or vice versa…)
Same
Understand that styles change (have been reading ‘Questionable Content’ for over ten years), butt the change needs to be, as you said, consistent
Not going to be one of those who will ‘rage quit’ if things don’t go back the way they were, butt if something doesn’t ‘look right’ will mention it (like when Dabbles was baking the stress-cookies and we saw Math for the first time in years looking way too old :P), also not going to tell DaveB how to do his comic (will attempt to ensure negative comments aren’t too negative or toxic)
Want to express profound apologies for this comment, did not mean it to sound as toxic as it looks :(
And Dabbles does look cute, just not how she normally looks :(
“.. more excercise..”
Man, I missed that the first time, had to give it a second go-around. Too funny.
And honestly, if she was as gorgeous as Cora, I’d be high-fiving the other guy, it would be a moment of triumph, not discomfort.
So Cora still have the habit of grabbing without asking like a certain president.
Given their reactions to each other AND Cora, I’d be inclined to think that it was less “grabbing” and more along the lines of “these, belong to ME now, DON’T forget that”
Umm, what? Who has Cora grabbed without asking? o_O
Are you getting Cora confused with Dabbles? Should we schedule you a ‘big job’ from Mek-Quake to fix your faulty circuits?
No, that’s definitely Cora grabbing in panels 4 and 5. Of course, it’s quite possible she learned that behavior from Dabbler.
The point was: when have we seen Cora grab anyone without asking? The only person we have seen her groping like that prior to this was Dabbles (and that was definitely consensual)
It was Dabbles who *HONK*ed Frix’ ‘horn’
I stand corrected. To be fair there are so many exotic perverts in this comic (and I’m not complaining) it can be hard to tell them apart. At least for me on a stressed day.
No worries, easy mistake :D
Point of order, a certain president never admitted to grabbing without asking. A certain president merely claimed to be capable of getting away with grabbing without asking, on the grounds that he is so exceptionally attractive and irresistible due to his wealth as well as his large hands and full head of hair. A certain president claimed that because he is all talk and empty boasts without any substance behind them.
Heh heh…
Even back in my school days, (which was about 20+ years ago mind you), we had a simple rule…..
“Those who talk about it the most, get it the least”
When he said “I moved on her” …that was clearly, by the conversation’s context, the flat-out confession to the aforementioned grabbing.
Half of the presidents of my lifetime.
Entire political parties are based on the premise that grabbing without asking is perfectly acceptable and perhaps even a moral obligation (at least when they are in power and the ones doing the grabbing).
I think Sydney would do better in an informal conversation, rather than a formal debriefing. I would have Max just casually jog up beside her, and invite her to start chatting. It would be fun if the other characters just heard little snippets. Like, Max: “So the giant squid things each had different powers?” Sydney: “Well, the four I had to fight…” And then, Sydney: “When they started nuking me from orbit, I obvious had to adjust my plans.” Maybe show a growing crowd of eavesdroppers, until the whole thing ends up in a big story-circle. Sydney could just unload everything however she feels like doing it, and this could develop into a nice team-building experience for the rest. Maybe end with something like, Sydney: “I don’t think my nightmares are just about what happened to me. I mean, Cora had no trouble tracking me to Fracture; what if those guys can track even better? What if they can follow me back here? What would we do then?”
THIS is an excellent idea.
I really like this.
Cause from her posture here, even from that small one panel shot, you can tell she is jittery (well more than usual) in a situation and place in which she should, by all rights, feel safe.
Syd is definitely not in a good mental place right now.
I keep having this idea of someone accidentally startling her during the run and us getting some PPO involving freak-out occurring
I think the Bro Code calls it The Devil’s Three way!
that has already been disproven amorphous and heatwave are both military and dating
The rule isn’t “you can’t date if you are both in the military.” The rule is “you can’t date someone beneath or above you in the chain of command.” Some branches at some times have also generally forbidden officers from dating enlisted personnel, as well, but that, like “Officers’ Clubs,” isn’t universal.
By the way, in the United States military, that goes back all the way to the Revolutionary War. I recall doing some research on same sex relationship rules/laws in U.S. history, and there were two cases George Washington ruled on as C-in-C of the Continental Army: one involved an officer and an enlisted person in the same unit, both of whom were disciplined for fraternizing (the officer more severely), and another was two officers, not in the same unit, neither of whom were punished — he just pretty much said “not my business — don’t care” in response to the report. Of course, at that time, women could only serve if they disguised themselves as men (at least two are know to have done so) so opposite-sex fraternizing didn’t officially come up as an issue.
The problem that Hiro and Max getting together would cause, in the eyes of the military, would be the appearance of favoritism in terms of the scandal potential, and the possibility of actual favoritism, in terms of its effects on battle discipline, strategic decisions, etc.
Equal Rank.
No, they are not equal rank, unless the Cast page is wrong. Heatwave is a Corporal (enlisted), Mr. Amorphous is a 2nd Lieutenant (officer). Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), article 134, they could both be court-martialed for fraternization, unless (for some reason) they are not considered to be in the same chain of command.
That’s really important, by the way. “NOT IN THE SAME CHAIN OF COMMAND”. Military relationships occur in abundance. For instance, within the Army, the Married Army Couples Program (MACP) was established in the 1980s to help couples within the military handle their career and keep them at least together in the same state if possible, but avoid the same chain of command.
Types of relationships that are acceptable between officer and enlisted occur typically between combat arms or other type of military occupational specialty OUTSIDE of the same command. For instance, there are officer / enlisted relationships within the military that one of the members is a Navy Diver and the other is a Navy Pilot either as higher / lower ranking officers or enlisted.
Another example would be a pilot from the Air Force Combat Command dating an officer from the Air Force (cyber-)Space Command. One of them is a combat pilot, the other is a programmer. That’s not a problem, because they are not in the same chain of command.
They were already a couple before being pressganged into Archon service
Yeah, I don’t know if there’s some sort of grandfather clause for something like that. Probably not. Also the phrase “grandfather clause” should not have anything to do with dating.
Depends on if you want to be your own grandfather ;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw :D
she is a corporal he a second lt
Whoa boy…..
I’m getting some distinct “S Flower” undertones from this episode….
Well boys, it’s weird at first, but if you just surrender to the feeling, it’s not really that bad, trust me.
Well I can guess what happened with those three, yep my brain crashed into the gutter and needs a heavy duty crane to pull it out.
Wish I could leave the particulars to my imagination but I have Aphantasia so I can’t visualise anything in my mind’s eye. So the visual sadly escapes me…
Basically this
https://moondaiart.wordpress.com/new-comics/gank-me-brewfest/
With Cora in the middle and the guys on either side.
Keep in mind that she can turn her “limbs” into anything she has the blueprints for, so think “octopus tentacles”
Must have been one INSANE night.
Let’s hope that someone cracks an “Alien probing” Joke around them… ;)
+1
That look of joy on Dabbler’s face in panel 6 needs to be made into a much larger version.
Hiro in a MFM 3-way? Nope I don’t see an Alpha (and a commanding officer) getting involved in such a thing.
The same way Leonardo Di Caprio is only surrounded by girls on those yachts, Hiro knows he can satisfy any woman or group or women , because that’s who he is.
Maybe I’m desensitized to how weird things can be on the web…. but I think I want to know %110 of what dabbler tells.
Though she might end up getting a snack from me by the time she’s done.
Math looks really weird in this one
*Hahahahahhahaha*
Hiro’s face in the second to last panel is so funny, I’ma be laughing at it all day!
If for the Galactics all physical things are essentially free, the the only thing of value for them is information, and even the Galactics will have a saying equivalent to “Why buy the cow if the milk is free?”
Dabbler’s question thus has an answer. That she might not like the answer is irrelevant to the fact that her question has an answer.
Dabbler in the last panel has me thinking that she needs to borrow Sydney’s holographic wings to do a really cool ‘Star Butterfly’ cosplay.
What happens in math, stays in math.
Just love Dabbler’s expression in the background of the fifth panel. :D
I get the feeling that Math’s behavior is more from a rather repressed upbringing. He’s a master martial artist that makes him on-par with people who can bench press trucks, he couldn’t have gotten that way by doing much more than spending the entirety of his formative years studying martial arts. Now, he’s an adult and he’s been exposed to the larger world, so his hormones are in overdrive as he realizes he REALLY likes women, but he completely lacks the social skills or graces that would enable him to attract them on a regular basis.
Seems this has led him to experiment with something he found he doesn’t really have the taste for.
Or he is embarrassed that for all his training and exercise, he still doesn’t have the stamina to keep on going like a super and an alien.
Doubt he would be embarrassed about that: because he knows he is not a super nor an alien