Grrl Power #810 – Dabbler’s mighty steed
Sydney, Pixel, Specs, Krona and Ellie might be a little annoyed that Decollete kept petitioning for help even after she had enrolled them into the search. On the other hand, I guess if you have 4 people beating the bushes for your lost child, you don’t flop on the couch and put on sportscenter. At least Dec’s being proactive.
Dabbler has obviously had her run-ins with demon hunters in the past. Also monster hunters, mage hunters, cyborg hunters, salacious woman hunters, whatever the particular bugaboo is for the society she’s visiting. (Though the salacious woman hunters aren’t always a bad thing, depending on why they’re looking for one.) But for the most part, she’s been there, done that, and has very little patience for hunters of things that she is.
You know, originally, I wrote Dabbler so that she never cursed. I thought it’d be funny if the sex demoness with by far the highest body count on the team never swore, but I guess she’s been hanging around Sydney a bit too much. I may be wrong, but this might be the first time she’s cursed in the comic. At least in English.
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Okay. deamon dick/warped elephant-horse. dick. Or Bad Dragon. (because she probably would’ve had occasions for any all) The bottom left one, what is that fuzzy thing she’s holding?
Also given where her hand was. and her penchant for invisbility. I really hope she wasn’t putting that to use in the break room while talking/playing with folks.
That’s the back of Jiggawatt’s head.
At some point she may have been holding that under the table too.
Like Heatwave said, “In the break room!?”
As if Dabbler cared about that. Especially with how much she was doing with the mind wiped barber dude from the first super fight. In the…other break room? Tv room? whatever.
Dabbler probably gets along just fine with TVs, as long as they’re enthusiastic about it.
It’s not dripping, so probably not. The real question is whether or not it is animated. Plus, it’s a break room.
What I want to know is how long Dave spent looking up pictures of horse cocks to use as a reference when drawing it.
Maybe he just spent time on a farm.
Horses don’t care.
Hey, when your kid is captured, you call out the big guns. Even if it’s overkill, it’s the principle of the matter. If there’s a time for scorched earth (or as close to it as you can manage), this is it.
Plus, I think it’s apparent from Dabbler’s response (and unprecedented use of profanity) that she would be quite put off if Decolette hadn’t notified her. whether it’s more about the fact that it’s a suspected demon hunter, more about the fact that it’s a succubus’ protege that’s missing, that it’s some aspect about Dabbler and Decolette’s relationship that hasn’t really been cleared up, or else some combination of the above, this is clearly a relatively extreme and urgent response that is probably completely justifiable to either or both of the succubi in this story.
Methinks that Succubi in general are all about the “Love” and while they can endure and probably enjoy “Rough” attempting to take the life of one of there own, especially a tween, is probably viewed very dimly. Well now that I think about it most races would.
But I bet there is no way faster then to get on the bad side of a LOT of races that want to actively hunt down and kill the one demon race that is giving “it” away for free with a smile and a hey come one back and bring your friends next time attitude.
I can easily see a curse coming to our would be assassins way. Something like always horny and any and all sexual contact instantly bringing to the edge of orgasm but never ever allowing it.
Think of Succubus as a Sisterhood…. Tease this share this this and that… Call Big Sis when Shit Gets REAL!!!!
Also, I’m guessing “demon hunter hunter” is one of the occupations Dabbler dabbles in…
The only right amount of “kill” is “overkill”.
Seriously, if you’ve made the decision to go that far, there’s no point in holding back.
37. There is no ‘overkill.’ There is only ‘open fire’ and ‘I need to reload.’
‘There is no such thing as enough Dakka.’
I see you too, have highly effective mercenary habits.
The effectiveness of that actually depends on how close the ammo supply chain is.
Just like there is no such thing as “dirty” fighting. If you have to fight, no holds barred.
Two to the chest, face gets the rest…
Dabbler seems….peeved.
And definitely sounds like she’s been hanging out with Sydney a lot. (“So I says to X I says…”)
I think she had a “party trick” planned for later, complete with prop.
I’m guessing she was going to use it as a visual aid in her story about Mogorogotha, the Abyssal Beast of Eternal Lust.
Whatever else happened, shirtless Hiro may have just made Tamatha’s day. I wonder if she had managed to free herself yet, in the brief time elapsed since knocking Aranea through the boarded-up window. Has it even been two minutes?
Oh crap, this could get ugly. Desperately hoping Aranea has a proper defense against “charm” or whatever that’s called…
Maybe her mask is a “Mask of Mental Resistance +1, +5 against Tiddies and Dat Ass”?
All I can say is: Brook, just be glad she didn’t have to pull her pants up before handing you that thing.
IF her pants are really pants and not an illusion spell…
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that’s looks like a real interesting collection to have. Bad Dragon probably is trying to bring to earth as an exclusive, I am sure. I also wonder where the hell was that that no one seen before.. uhhh, Forget it, i don’t want to know that much.
ps: Loved Dabbles hair with blue lights.
that’s looks like a real interesting collection to have. Bad Dragon probably is trying to bring to earth as an exclusive, I am sure. I also wonder where the hell was that that no one seen before.. uhhh, Forget it, i don’t want to know that much.
ps: Loved Dabbles hair with aquamarine* lights.
Who says it was cursing? The beer might have been what was using the toy! ;)
For all we know, this might have been an eductional seminar on how beer reproduces.
The beer was visibly on the table in panel one
Not ^necessessarily^. If you look more closely, it also looks like it could be in (one of‹?›) her right hand(s)!
You can’t see her right hands, butt you can see both the stein and the table, with no gap under the stein
The point was: the beer was visible (is that better?) in panel one, and no sign of the dildo until panel six (and Dabbles appears to have been ‘reaching’ for it with her bottom left hand in panel five)
Wacky waving inflatable arm flailing tube man.
Isn’t every beer she drinks a fucking beer. I mean, why would she drink any beer that isn’t fucking?
Dabbler drinks German import beer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fucking_Hell
Why do I think the *ahem* item was going to be part of Dabbler’s punchline about the Mogorogotha story?
Why’s that thing so big, though? If she tried to fit it all in her lady bits, the tip would stretch all the way up to her collarbones. There’s no way she’s using more than a third of it.
I don’t think succubi have that type of limit. Sort of a one size fits all.
Hammer Space. Aka The Tardis isn’t the only thing that bigger on the inside
I’m proud to say I had no idea what that thing was until I read the comments.
Also, a salacious woman is good to find.
Be glad Maxima wasn’t there,no telling what she might say to Dabbler about that…thing!
More importantly, who would have that word on their “Make Maxima Say” card waiting to score it?
You need to regress your art style by about a year, this used to look a lot better.
Is it lonely out there where you live?
I’m ronery and sadry arone
His art has improved to the point he is able to make them look more realistic, and you want him to go back? o_O
Yes. Also, panel 6 looks realistic to you?
It’s not supposed to
Was talking about panel 5 compared to her profile picture on the right, and even Dabbles is looking a little more ‘realistic’ (for a hybrid succubabe)
While I also think the more comic-book-y art of his previous style looked really good, I wouldn’t ever suggest that an artist stop trying to evolve and develop their skill. If there are specific things you think are flaws with his technique, then feel free to point them out, but “go back to what you did before” is not constructive.
For example, you could say “the faces in the new art style are entering the ‘uncanny valley’ where they look too realistic to feel like a simple representation but too fake to think of comfortably as a real person’s face”. It’s a common issue with computer-generated images of people, and became really famous with the 2001 movie Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, which looked like a bunch of mannequins walking around pretending to be people.
It’s not about realism, I genuinely believe the art used to look better than it does now. To me, this past comic looks ten times better than the current art: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-298-catchup/
Then say that ^ because that’s an opinion, not an order slash command
Considering how angry she seemed, it’s remarkable self-restraint that she only used a mummy missile in the last page.
You know, I am very glad that nobody looks at me like Dabbler looks in that fourth panel. That is a look of someone who is absolutely deadly serious. Superb panel.
Thank you for letting me know that both Sydney and Xuriel know M.A.B.E.L.
I’ll remember this.
:3
Oh well caught, I saw the reference immediately but completely missed the acronym.
“Celebrity Equines of Hollywood”? So in the Grrl Power-verse, size queens can -uh- enjoy reproductions of Mr Ed, Tornado or Silver’s reproductive organs? Maybe even several versions, since I expect that some of these roles have been played by several horses. Although the older onese may be reconstitutions rather than reproductions, but I’m probably giving the topic waaaaaaay too much thought ^^”
On a tangentially related note, now I’m wondering what the proper/respectful term is for a male who like ’em huge: would they also be size queens, or would they be kings? And would there be a difference in terminology between a gay guy and a straight guy who just likes big toys?
Chubby chaser, and I didn’t realize I was one until I was fifty.
Hadrian was talking about the dick, a ‘Chubby Chaser’ is someone who likes ‘plus sized’ women
Ever noticed how it’s ‘plus sized’ for women, butt still ‘overweight’ for men? o_O
Why is it not Minus sized women for those that are so dangerously skinny that it is unhealthy?
Maybe because ‘Anna Wrecks Ya’ sounds more accurate?
Given the nature of this comic, thats clearly a life sized molding of Bad Horse, The Thoroughbred Of Sins
There is some overlap:
Bad Horse, Bad Horse;
Bad Horse, Bad Horse.
He rides across the nation, the thoroughbred of sin
He got the application that you just sent in
It needs evaluation, so let the games begin
A heinous crime, a show of force
(a murder would be nice of course)
Bad Horse, Bad Horse;
Bad Horse, he’s bad.
The evil league of evil is watching so beware.
The grade that you receive’ll be your last, we swear.
So make the bad horse gleeful, or he’ll make you his mare.
You’re saddled up; there’s no recourse:
It’s “Hi-Yo, Silver!”
Signed: Bad Horse.”
(emphasis mine)
Hmm it’s Dabblers bottom left hand that’s behind her on the call, so it’s likely that she’s retreving the “object” with it. Wether it’s through hammerspace,(which is a distinct possibility since that’s the hand the teleporter is in according to this comic) or from an orifice (which I think she’d need to bend back more to reach).
But does anyone else find it funny that she’s using “bottom-lefty” to retrieve a sex toy?
Someone reads Spinnerette, My Favorite after Grrl Power.
Well, considering all the Spinnerette references in the last few pages, and all the people calling Aranea, “knockoff Spinnerette” and the fact <a href="https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-366-successfully-unwarranted/" she's a wanted vigilante in this world. I doubt I’m the only one.
I thought more people would catch that though.
Aaand of course i broke the link. And it was one of those times the post wouldn’t show up for awhile.
Let’s try this again(really need edit or “preview post” function)
a wanted vigilante”
Actually, in the Spinnyverse, she is a licensed superhero, sanctioned by the government
…..Which is why Noboddyy specified ” in this world”? Read properly before you go ‘Ackshually,’ mate…
Point is, why would she be a vigilante in this world, if she isn’t in her world?
And if you had read the actual page nobody linked to, you would know they were just random cameos, not characters actually in this world
Maybe you should read properly before butting in
Sorry, I guess I should have made it more clear, the fact that she got a cameo as “a wanted vigilante” means it’s likely that even Dave has read Spinneret.
Since what I was aluding to, was that lots of people who read this also read Spinneret. In response to Lefty’s comment.
Bit of confusion all around :)
And who’s to say that there isn’t a Spinnerette in this universe? It’s a distinct possibility that the research and accident that created Spinnerette happened in multiple universes.
Or that could have been Aranea doing a cosplay. I.D.K. Or, for a lack of a photo, of Aranea, but reports of a six armed vigilante, they may have used a comic char as a placeholder?
You know the problem with a horse dick dildo is you sometimes forget which end the suction cup/ harness mount is on!
I know, right?!? And then the suction cup clamps the thing to your insides, and you have to call the paramedics to get it loose. It’s such a pain in the ass. And vagina.
I feel like Hiro has solid grounds for a complaint to HR here.
HR gave up on trying to process complaints involving Dabs AGES ago. Like trying to sort salt crystals in the Dead Sea.
Dabs needs to power up on the way to the emergency, is that so wrong?
Yes, I also will be much more efficient if I can nut before responding to a call for assistance. Please send your sister/wife around for my pleasure. Is that so wrong?
You really are a moron (and coming from me, that’s saying little)
Succubae feed on ambient sexual energy, they don’t have to actually participate personally, just like Kevin ‘fed’ on violent action: he could have gone around randomly punching people in the face, or sat on an active faultline, butt that’s not as fun or as satisfying as getting a bunch of idiots to pick a fight with ARC-SWAT
And yet, you moron, despite your claim that “Succubae […] don’t have to actually participate personally” Dabbler decided to participate personally by blowing Hiro’s shirt off. This is both assault and sexual harassment.
And once again, since you’re slow and need a lot of repetition before you can continue to miss a point, just send your sister or wife around for me to rip off her blouse so I can press myself up against her tits if you don’t see any issue at all with Dabbler’s behavior. It’s just getting me better prepared for the fight, honest!
Would not put it past her to Have beer that does that in her mouth as part of the flavour. Because succubus.
Also because succubus: mid-flight snack.
I really hope Heatwave and Hiro report Dabbler to HR for the sexual harassment…
Because it’s moved past funny and into creepy at this point.
I think they realised it’s a CODE BLUE Scramble.
That depends on the interrelationships between those involved.
I’ve worked at plenty of places where nobody would dream of complaining about this level of sexual banter and the occasional shirtless dude. Not everybody gets their panties in a bunch over stuff like this.
Everytime Victorian prudery dies it comes back renewed.
Baracks talk and banter between highly athletic and attractive people during their off time at a semi deserted area of their quarters inspires the fear that someone might not be sufficiently horrified by sexuality.
You work at a place where nobody would complain if you pulled out a giant horse dildo and handed it to a female coworker?
Yea, I am calling that for the lie it is.
He specifically said “banter”. That’s spoken language. Banter has nothing to do with giant horse dildos.
I’ve also worked at places where nobody would file a complaint about the sexually-charged language here. (I’ve also worked at places where saying the wrong thing to the wrong person was grounds for a visit to HR.)
I for one DO work in such a place. Well, almost. It’s not horse size, it’s still vaguely human-sized. And it’s black, not blue. One coleague brought it about half a year ago and it’s been subject to many jokes and pranks since then. Nobody makes a fuss about it, including female coworkers (which admitedly surprised me a bit at the start, I thought he crossed the line with that, but somehow it works ok).
Also, we have no HR here, it’s a small business (10 or so people). And do I count that as a bonus to my pay.
PS: don’t forget about sex toy factory workers, I’d think they have to have different standards for “acceptable” too.
damn leaky bold tag… we need edit function! Or at least preview!
These people are not working.
This is a group hanging out on their off time, and despite your insistence that any group of people who work at the same place cannot engage in flirting and coarse joking even in a voluntary basis when they are off this makes a difference.
Archon is a military branch.
This facility houses their living quarters.
You make it clear that you believe that they are supposed to also be some celibate monastic order.
Places were small teams of people have to rely on each in truly stressful/dangerous situations tend to be way way more laid back about the small stuff. And yes dildos and shirtlessness is small stuff compared to real problems. It is in fact why military hazing exists.
Not much of a negative nancy tonight….I really love the way Dabbler looks here. & her eyes are so clear compared to previous pictures, she looks amazing.
I do have one concern….the world now knows that she’s an alien, but isn’t Jiggawat still just a recruit – ie, not privvy to the whole ‘demon’ secret yet? That looks like her mop of hair in the foreground & the background.
Talking about “Mogorogotha the Abyssal Beast of Eternal Lust” seems to me to be a bit too ‘demon-y’ to be talking about all willy-nilly in front of the recruit without clearance….
Veil
Hmm. I suppose that would work….it’s not like she explicitly said it was Moggy was a demon, so the veil could have just muddled it in Jiggawatt’s head to be ‘odd name for an alien, but whatevs’.
But then, Xuriel did say the word ‘demon hunter’ into the phone, it’d be pretty hard to headmuddle that away.
No muddle needed as witch and demon hunters exist in our reality though it is far less supported that they exist or are dangerous, not that they don’t exist and some are trouble but far less than the G.P. Reality. People are killed to this day as witches for common sense or average logic. Law enforcement officers are not fans of such hunters in our reality too.
Dabbler continues to be the most cringeworthy part of this comic, and we’ve got Sydney who is a professional foot in mouth speaker.
Sexually harassing people constantly, the whole mind-rape thing that the comic keeps brushing off, and the fact that she’s taking time away from more interesting characters is really starting to get annoying.
I get that she has personal history with the artist, but she’s just the worst.
If you don’t like it, nobody’s making you sit here and read it.
What mind-rape?
It’s been suggested that her racial abilities (hypno boobs, lust aura, etc) are strong enough to take away a person’s ability to give or refuse sexual consent and therefore those abilities constitute mind rape.
Speaking for myself, I understand the view but I’m not convinced by it and I don’t think the text supports it.
In this comic we see people resisting her: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-101-what-else-would-you-do-with-two-invisible-arms/
And in this comic it states that people were resisting her while she ‘was pushing [her] lust aura’, implying that she was actively using her powers to make people want her yet they were refusing to act on it: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-106-the-very-best-sense/
On the other hand, there is this comic, in which the villain Jabberwocky seems to have had her inhibitions lowered to the point of not being able to (not) consent, so the argument isn’t completely without merit: https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/comic/grrl-power-546-meet-the-new-grrl-same-as-the-old-grrl/
If hypnoboobs equal mind-rape then real life fit women in yoga pants equal sexual assault. How dare they exploit my sexuality and biological imperatives to distract me as I go about my day!
IRL my wife thinks it’s fun to flash or grind on me to make me forget my topic mid-sentance. I do not feel victimized.
Plus the fact, Dabbles seems to know when someone really doesn’t want to (like Maxi) and stops from going too far
As for Jabbers, Dabbles doesn’t know what went wrong, and wants to fix it, butt Maxi won’t allow the two of them to be in the same room, and Jabbers only loses control when around Dabbles
Mind rape?
Um… having really good boobs isnt really mind rape. It’s a joke. Basically the idea that most guys (and a fair number of girls) are going to be transfixed by a really nice set of boobs).
Also I think people use the word rape too often to describe stuff. It has a real legal definition, and using it to just mean ‘any time you’re uncomfortable about anything sexual’ diminishes the actual word.
Maxima has CONTINUALLY said no to Dabbler, hypno-boobs or not. And has thrown her through walls on at least one occasion for being inappropriate.
The only time I’ve seen where anyone’s self-control was overridden was with Jabberwocky, and honestly, there were extenuating circumstances there. First, the actual use of the ‘kiss’ spell was because Jabberwocky was trying to kill people (while under a DIFFERENT vehemic spell, unbeknownst to Dabbler at the time). The side effect was not intentional at all, and you need intent for what you’re accusing. Dabbler’s main intent in using the spell was to get Jabberwocky to attack Vektor and not her teammates. Mind control? yes. But not for sexual reasons there.
Even with Dabbler’s ‘lust aura’ – it doesn’t remove the ability to say no. It just makes it harder. Sort of like when a very sexy woman wears a very revealing and tight dress then asks a guy to buy her a drink.
“and a fair number of girls) ” Myself included!
I agree. There is humor and then there is trying to make assault and sexual harassment funny. And neither are very funny.
There’s lost of ways that sexy can be funny. Innuendo, double entendre, mistaken meanings and misunderstandings, etc, etc. It’s a long list.
But assault and sexual harassment isn’t funny. And there’s a fairly simple test an author can use to seed out the unfunny attempts at humor: If you can’t answer “yes” to “Would I be ok with this happening to my kid sister or my spouse” then it isn’t funny.
” If you can’t answer “yes” to “Would I be ok with this happening to my kid sister or my spouse” then it isn’t funny.”
That’s a pretty, well, boring rule.
You’d basically black-list all dark comedy and raunchy/sex-based jokes.
When did Dabbler use profanity? Or to be more accurate, when did she say anything that a sex demon would regard as profane?
I think back in the Super Fight she said one or two things in other languages that context tells us could have been a curse.
I just mean that someone who’s unable to comprehend the concept of sex taboos wouldn’t consider ‘fuck’ offensive. It seems like the most vile word she could utter would be ‘chastity’.
I get the impression that Dabbler is playing with her hair in that first panel as a means to draw her listeners’ focus, using her succubus entrancement to keep them from wandering away from her story.
She’s also in the process of changing her hair colour
Note the similar white circles around the strand over her bewb, and how there is much more aquamarine in her hair in panel two?
You know… even during the Big Combat Scene, I’ve never seen Dabbler truly pissed. Annoyed, yes, but still snarky and wisecracking. Even when she was facing down Katana Girl, and initially getting her arse handed to her, she was still pretty jovial about the whole thing, even when she had to ‘get serious’.
This? Now she’s actually pissed and serious. And then you remember that she’s a) actually fought Maxima to a standstill, b) her primary problem with her arsenal is that ‘it is all geared for lethal takedowns’, and c) She’s by far got the highest body count on her record.
Hoooooo boy, dis gun b gud…
On first read, I thought it was the dildo that went ‘Zorch!’. This is now my head canon.
Clearly, Sydney is a menace. An infection. A blight on everyone’s vocabulary.
I never even heard of eel waxing before I read this series.
you know if a comic had a guy engage in half the sexual harassment Dabbler does people would be hopping the demon hunter killed him. Being “sexually liberated does not give you permission to steal other people’s clothes grab them without permission or use foreign substances(magic in this case drugs in real life) to alter someone’s thought process to make them more amenable.
Or people into that would buy it, and it would be in the backroom of the comic book store.
You… do realise Dabbles is literally a sex-demon, right?
And while she does flaunt and push herself on everyone, she does know when it goes too far and it isn’t something that person would normally do (just look at Maxi, Dabbles could easily ‘force’ her, butt Dabbles won’t, and there is a reason for that)
But really, straight guys aren’t really bothered by this kind of stuff IRL. If half the stuff that happened to me in highschool, backstage during theater performances happened now to a female student, they would shut down the whole school. I look back at it all as fond memories, I’m not scarred by any of it. I think half of sexual harassment damage is caused by society insisting that it is something horrible.
While I understand the beefcake(it’s part of the comic) I would have preferred it ending with Dabbler magicking an Archon shirt on Hiro, as a “work time” warning
Okay the hold my beer thing I think is funny, but the huge dildo was something I expected dabbler to have. But that look on her face? She is taking this serious, good. That demon hunter needs to be taken down.
I’m seeing a lot of talk about the horse appendage, but isn’t anyone wondering about that beer?
Is it her “beer I drink while fucking?” Or her “beer that participated in the act of fucking?”
It’s Dabbler, so I’m going to guess “both.”
Does a shower beer participate in the shower?
It was the beer she was drinking in panel one
First panel: Dabbler shows us why she doesn’t need to go to the hairdresser, ever.
7th panel: Brook my dear girl – Dabbler has a vagina of holding.
I just can’t get over how much horse cocks look like really large versions of weasel cocks.
Y’know.. the vast majority of people on this planet don’t percieve the word “F$%?”as a curse word. I am French-Canadian and lemme tell you we have chapelets of curses. A group of fishes is called a school of fish. A group of crows is called a murder of crows. And a French-Canadian who just hit his thumb with a hammer will string together and scream at the top of his lungs a chapelet of Catholic church-related curse words.
No I’m pretty sure the majority of people on this planet that have the F-word in their native vocabulary definitely recognizeit as a curse word. It’s not like the C-word which has a different, less offensive meaning in different english speaking countries than it does in the US.
The fact that the French have MORE swear words doesn’t mean the english swear words aren’t still swear words :)
Butt, fuck is simply a low-brow definition of fornicating, as such, it is a descriptive term, people have decided to make it a curse word because they are opposed to the very idea of fornication in the first place
So, yes, a lot of people don’t perceive it as a curse word (ignoring the vast difference between a ‘curse’ and a ‘swear’) because they are not scandalized by the idea of people having sex because they enjoy it