Grrl Power #834 – We don’t need another hero… dressed like a stripper
Dabbler’s tantric sense is one of those abilities that probably doesn’t hold up to logical scrutiny. It would make sense if a succubus could detect actual arousal since they feed off the energy produced by such events. But, her ability to detect “situations that would be titillating if a third party was observing” is purely rule of funny. Of course, it would probably be going off all the time considering some people’s kinks. People getting dressed, undressed, bathing, shaving, packing a crazy amount of stuff into luggage with a devious, tetris-like efficiency, alphabetizing their DVD’s and Blu-Ray’s. There are websites that just have videos of people crying while they eat. I have to assume that’s a fetish of some sort.
Sure, it probably helps if the people doing those things are themselves sexy, but in the Archon building, that’s like one out of every six people, if you include all the non-super staff. Dabbler would be getting pulled in 9 directions at once. Basically she’s just skipping around in a happy daze most of the time.
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Dabbler made me giggle so much here!
indeed hitachi is high quality
Oh dabbler don’t ever change. I love how she was able to sneak in a alternate costume for Max to try on without either Max or Kenya being aware of her until after that outfit was put on
It’s Dabbler, what else should you expect (besides random exotic toys & Spells to help spice things up?)
She probably figured out what Kenya/Anvil was doing a while back and just waited for the opportune moment to add her own choices in.
Daniel here. It wouldn’t surprise me 1 bit if she had realized Anvil was shopping for Max as well, snuck in while Anvil was out (could have been an hour, day, week, month, etc ago), slipped some clothing options of her own tastes, throw an Alarm spell on the pile then just wait for the “ding”. Then soon as Max started taking clothes off the pile, Dabbler would have been informed, then she just had to get there in time for the show…
DaveB, feel free to use this explanation, I’m using it as my headcanon…
Porno sense, as I recall.
So she rigged the Alarm spell to set off her Porno Sense. Her powers are mainly Tantric based, so if she used Tantric energy to cast the spell I can see it tingling her Porno Sense, more aggressively if multiple Alarms were set off…
Consider that Max is probably the biggest prude in the building. Her giving off ANY tantric energy, even the minor amount of ‘feeling sexy while trying on clothes’ would be enough for Dabbler to not only notice, but lock onto and ‘encourage’ like a starving man at an all-you-can-eat buffet… manned by 5-star chefs.
She is NOT a prude.
I’m pretty sure that … thing … she wanted Max to try on was a sex toy.
ANYTHING’s a sex toy if you can make it vibrate.
don’t google hexbugs. or do. ;P
Did you miss the super-speed tailoring sounds in panel 4? While the clothes were still — more or less — on Maxi? Dabbles may have been “watching”, but she’s no way good enough to work that fast.
That’s Maxi’s design.
You saying that Maxi designed panel four? o_O
My proofreader was practising social distancing at the time. Should be panel 3.
But that’s an interesting concept. I’m sure she designed the outfit in P4, but, yeah, mind-controlling the artist could well be on :)
I’m pretty sure “(Super speed outfit change noises)” refers to taking clothing off and putting other clothing on, not to tailoring an outfit. Also, the dialogue in panel 4 makes it clear that Max thought Anvil had bought the outfit, which would not make much sense if she had just created it herself.
And a gut full of…that stuff!
Max is quite cute in panel 2 – like an Elf!
i like it too, very shadowrun
You just knew that someone would dabble into this! She just could not help herself!
Now I really want Max to try on the…. writhy thing…
I’m just sitting here wondering… Self adhering? To Max? Does Dabbler have something that can cling to Max?
That actually could come in handy…
Or at least be a little handy.
Based on the writing tentacles, I’m left with the concerning impression that it might ‘self adhere’ via either gripping with the tentacles or even some form of mild suction.
Perhaps it’s akin to having a starfish cling to you.
That would be better than the tentacles digging into the skin and drawing nutrients from the wearer.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/news/video-1715726/Video-Clinging-octopus-hitches-underwater-ride-divers-leg.html
Maxima isn’t a frictionless surface, y’all. She wears some kind of talc/grit to bring her glare down, and that would be impossible if things just slid right off of her.
Well, not quite frictionless, but “resembling glass“. Her personal force field does make it so nothing sticks for more than a couple hours.
Would it be worth the hassle of applying grit all over your body if it only lasted a couple hours? I’d think not. Ergo, things can and do ‘stick’ for more than a couple of hours.
The author literally wrote “nothing sticks to her for long” on that page, and gave a timeline of 4 hours as an example. I don’t think your logic holds.
My logic holds. The author fails to keep notes and thus he constantly contradicts himself. You can pick which version of his world you choose to accept, but you can’t deny that the other, contradictory versions aren’t just as valid.
Four hours is more than ‘a couple of hours’, and DaveB has stated that Maxi often uses baby powder (non-scented) to reduce glare (or whatever that fancy word was)
The ‘nothing sticks to her for long’ mainly refers to things like camouflage paint and makeup
Yes, four hours is more than a couple of hours, because a couple of hours literally means two hours.
I’m not surprised that you’re unaware of this, because you’re unaware of so very many things that it is no longer surprising.
Still, let it be known that Maxima isn’t going to be applying grit to her skin to dampen her shine if it only lasts two hours. And so, and as I have said before, ipso facto Maxima’s skin doesn’t shrug off all applications including grit within two hours.
I just noticed the Décolletage decoration had writhing tentacles for her pleasure…wonder where Dabbler picked up: An Adventure, or an Alt dimension version of Victoria’s Secret.
Cthulhu’s Unmentionables?
The Underthings That Should Not Be.
They come in the Colour from Out of Space.
Skeletor’s closet….. That thing looks a lot like his staff’s ram head.
Evil Lynn’s Exotica. Perhaps it’ll be a Valentine’s Day Sex Drive submission.
No, those are the ‘self adhering’ part
oh my, Dabbler is as sharp was ever… wait this was a tentacle monster bra? huhh… there is no way in hell that this can be comfortable
I’m pretty sure it is designed to be very comfortable actually.
And massaging.
I’m guessing nipple suction cups for pleasure and adherence.
Max in panel 4 has an incredibly square jawline.
Agreed. Is that part of some post-apoc glamor that Dabbler put on the costume?
No, Maxi usually has a square jaw, she’s just squinching up her mouth-jaw more than usual, sort of like a ‘Hmmm, it does have possibilities…’ pose, at least, as long as you thought it was Anvil’s idea
I dunno, it really feels like the face is running away from the chin – or maybe from the outfit. :)
I’d say the tantric sense thing is a lie and excuse for the truckload of Hitachis line.
She probably just heard Max and Kenya were hanging out and had to see what was going on.
That’s entirely possible, and it wouldn’t be out of character for Dabbler to want to screw with them like that.
There is Kenya hiding the bag for Max’s third date at the mentioning of the crotchless underwear, and Max making a double entrendre. So Dabbler could not be detecting actual arousal but explicit thoughts about sexy outfits.
And exaggerating the tantric vibes about and pointing out the sexyness/sexrelatedness of the situation will get on Max’s nerves, which is always a plus to Dabbler.
A succubus troll needs a hobby.
Well, DaveB claimed rule of funny, but otherwise yeah. Sensing arousal/sexiness is one thing, but knowing that it had to do with trying on clothing? That’s way too much of a stretch to maintain suspension of disbelief…
A simple clairaudience spell would let her eavesdrop on their conversation to get an idea of what is going on.
While there may be wards set up in certain places, I doubt Kenya’s quarters would be one of them.
Once you run down the rabbit hole of “it was done with magic” you ruin all story telling. You need to define very carefully what magic can and can not do, or you’ll leave your readers with the constant question: “Why didn’t they just solve this with a simple spell?”
Have to agree with Dabbler though, that outfit is pretty good….. may start a whole new fashion craze
If Max was ever forced to go to a Red Carpet type event that would be a good choice of outfit.
Some were wondering if Dabbler was going to turn up……
…Maxima could probably make an audible read of then Encyclopedia Britannia sound sexy.
Anvil has been like.. 3 different people in that many panels sort of.
Maybe she’s harder to draw? The vote incentive makes 4.
Like the jacket and jeans look, is everything Anvil bought combat khaki coloured ?
I suppose that’s one way to get Max to try them on :)
Well, matching clothing to a human is one thing and can be difficult enough, but matching clothing to a glowing gold goddess is another thing entirely. There are a number of color palettes that would just clash horribly.
Whenever I want to share one of these pages with someone, I’m always reminded what a “Why doesn’t everyone do this!?” good idea that “Who’s Who?” box is.
Im just gonna say it. Castigate me if you must, oh god of comments, but I have to say it
Unless you made her face look like that on purpose in panel four, I’m pretty sure you detached her face from her jawline.
I mean it, unless something is capable of scrunching up her face with a superpower, that’s a major mess-up.
Her nose implies we are looking up at her face from below (as if she tilted her head back) but forehead is still flat, her lips are 3/4ths the way up here face, and her jawline is the wrong shape and way too low, if she tilted her head back we should see a smooth taper from jawline to neck
I know you’re better at drawing than that so I hope it was a joke to look like the character of the costume, but good Lord.
Her jawline is a v when looking forwards, as she tilts her head up it would get closer to a line, then a ^ as she looked straight up. If she’s looking stage left and up at an angle, we would see a backwards 7, (albeit rotated 90 degrees clockwise) the side away from the viewer would be short as it disappears behind the neck, the side towards would be full length of the jaw, but rotated of course to be more of a side profile.
And I mean it, castigate me, tell me I’m dumb, I don’t want to be an asshole, but please tell me I’m not crazy.
I know the shiny skin is hard to draw, but I’m okay with standard shading and adding some sparkles after, I remember her old texture, which was like lizardskin, I thought it looked cool.
Ultimately if you want a shiny skinned character and are going to these lengths I’m sure blender can hook you up with some super shiny character models.
I almost hope I’m dumb and just can’t see it right.
I’m glad you think I’m a better artist than that, but that angle was pretty challenging, so I used reference. I altered it a bit to do the lip twist, but thought it turned out pretty good. That said, I might not have adjusted her jaw enough for the expression. Also I might have adhered to the proportions of the reference face too much instead of sharpening up her cheekbones and slimming up her nose a bit.
Also, her skin is basically a mirror. There are probably some odd reflections going on as well.
Figured out what you were going for before seeing your reference (maybe it helps with me making similar facial contortions in not-quite-similar situations)
WEAREGRID:- you are not dumb, just not seeing it
“And I mean it, castigate me, tell me I’m dumb, I don’t want to be an asshole, but please tell me I’m not crazy.” I don’t know you, so I cannot do that. :D
I’m deeply insulted by Dabbler’s idea of… self-adhering.
*shudders* Ugh. At least -my- clothing holds up on it’s own. My supervillain line may be skimpy, but you don’t have anything -extra- touching you but the clothing itself.
Admit it, you just don’t want any competition from Chtulus Secret, Tentacles are Us and Elder Gods Grabbing Goodies.
Was just about to say something similar
Those tentacles are part of the clothing
As long as those tentacles are not from the competing brand ” Evan’s Tentacles “… i think we’ll be OK in the long run.
Never like Evan’s stuff – it’s ALL black…
You’re implying that they -are- competition.
They’re… good, for the crowd who’s interested.
But -nothing- breaths like Egyptian or Spider silk.
Dabbler takes this from eye-roll territory to “ugh” territory.
I found Dabbler funny at first, now she’s just… a pushy cliche, with no respect for anyone else’s boundaries, privacy, or preferences.
That’s her role on the story.. just roll with it
Username checks out.
You have to wonder if Dabbler can “tag” someone to focus her tantric senses upon. Since she has a unfulfilled desire for Maxx, I think that even the slightest ripple from her would cause a large disturbance in the “force.”
We don’t need another hero… dressed like a stripper
But… It’s tradition!
It’s a well known fact that you are more likely to survive the collapse of civilisation if you dress in skimpy leather gear. A military superhero like Maxima must be prepared for anything. In fact she should also make the rest of the team train in Mad Max gear.
Only the women! The men in any “the collapse of civilization” setting can be safely covered from head to toe in BDUs, practical leather, or other sturdy wear clothing, but for some reason (and we all know the reason) any women in the same setting will almost invariably have bare-the-midriff tops, capri pants if not shorts, and other clothing cutouts that would result in chafing, injury, and possibly death in the setting.
Ever seen Lord Humungus’ outfit? Or Immortan Joe’s?
The exception does not make the rule. You of all people should be well aware of this.
Yes, every time you post am reminded that some are not as smart as others
The majority of scantily dressed females in a PostApoc environment tend to be slaves, who rarely if ever go outside (same goes for male slaves)
Female survivors tend to be just as covered up as the males
It’s really not like you to be so self-aware. Perhaps you can learn, after all.
The majority of media disagrees with you. Not terribly surprising, you’re far more often wrong than right.
Hmm, Mad Max, the only scantily dressed person, was Lord Humungus
You do know the difference between a ‘survivor’ and a slave, right? Nah, course you don’t
As per your usual, you make things easy for anyone who cares to point out your idiocy.
There is no difference between a survivor and a slave. If both are alive then both have survived, ipso facto. So your distinction isn’t a distinction after all, much as most of what you spew isn’t worth the letters you used to regurgitate them.
You really are a moron, aren’t you? (rhetorical, so feel free to answer)
And, as usual, you focused on only part of the post (and still fucked it up)
The difference between a ‘survivor’ and a slave, is the ‘survivor’ is someone who is (or was) able to take care of themselves, like Max, and a slave is someone who only survived because someone else took care of them
Go on, you idiot. Tell us more about how slaves were better off because their owners “took care of them.” You racist fuck.
I protest this title most vigorously.
Some of us DO need another.
Hell, I want a pair of those gloves.
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April 23, 2020, 7:43 am | Reply
Anvil has been like.. 3 different people in that many panels sort of.
Maybe she’s harder to draw? The vote incentive makes 4.
“We don’t need another hero…” But where? (ID&T) Thunderdome, Houston 20xx? Or do we reprise Aunty Entity at Bartertown?
Weird senses? Off-screen/panel teleportation?? Is Dabbler related to Pinkie Pie?
(John de Lancie voice) “The Chaos Force is strong with this one.”
Now we know why Anvil has a screen in her room.
“Of course, it would probably be going off all the time considering some people’s kinks.”
It’s like that time where Spiderman got blinded, and discovered he could use his spidey sense like DD’s radar sense to ‘see’ his surroundings, if he really paid attention to it, because everything is at least a tiny bit dangerous. If she really focuses, she can sense her entire surroundings.
Nah, Daniel/Screwball has the right of it. She planted that a while back when she realize Kenya was shopping for Max.
Daniel here. Thanks . Clothes planted earlier, Alarm spell tells Dabbler when Max is trying them on by pinging her Porno Sense, so Dabbler grabs that….. thing & goes to check out the show….
Sigh.
Max, Don’t make a production of this. You’re there on business. Wear your dress uniform, it’s good for almost any dress code.
I’m genuinely surprised there aren’t more comments on this page. Having Max, Anvil and Dabbles in the same strip is worth the price of admission, right there. Imagine a threesome? The mind reels at the thought.
I can see her wearing the Thunderdome dress with the jacket over it.
Depending how the night went, the zipper could stay up or lower as she felt like it.
I was wrong. The jacket would ruin the plumage.
Some sort of vest or shirt under it would work, but like Faust said you’d need something that still showed the shoulders, they’re what make it not the cleavage.
I was thinking leather waistcoat. It would still show the shoulders.
It’s not just the shoulders, it goes across the back as well
Go look up pictures of the character Wez from “Mad Max 2”
I adore cute Dabbler, especially happy cute! ^^
Yes, was going to mention happy cute Dabbles if no one else did :D
“There is NO chance of me putting that on!”
Actually, there is a tiny little chance… recently, you experienced a… wardrobe malfunction in the field. Under those circumstances, if that is all that was available, you would indeed put it on.
That’s an exceedingly small chance, but it’s bigger than NO chance.
Of course, if she were to admit to that, Dabbler would carry that around, just for that situation, so….
I just want to say I love Maxima’s expression when admiring the jacket and when snarking about MCing the Thunderdome.
Outfit in panel two is actually pretty cool. Gotta wonder if DaveB has any education in fashion design.
Is the outfit in panel 5 available in men’s sizes? Er, asking for a friend.
It’s modelled on Wez’ outfit from “Mad Max 2”
Oops! Was thinking panel 4, panel 5 is a ‘modified’ Xena outfit
Are we all looking at the same page? “Panel 5” that Sigurther’s asking about is Dabbler’s… toy…
Xena’s outfit (M.C.ing at Thunderdome) is panel 4. So Wez is at panel 2.
Was talking about the feathery shoulders
Take a look at Xena’s corset, looks just like Dabbles’ ‘toy’
Yes, a nice… inviting… touch. “Have you got what it takes?”
Nope, no experience. I have to look up reference constantly for anything that isn’t t-shirt and jeans. I didn’t use any reference for that pic, but it was obviously heavily influenced by the Max Max movies.
Careful Dabbler. Don’t upset the colonel. You could end up with a Mad Max.
Boo!
Also, slow clap.
Let’s say that Dabs didn’t know any of this was going on and it telling the truth about detecting the tantric energy… The question then becomes, WHOSE? Who was turned on enough by the fashion show to lure Dabbler to the room? I’m imagining the song Fashion! by Rogue Traders playing while this is all going on…
At first I thought it would mean someone is spying but it could be that Math just heard about it and him imagining it is enough :D
[coulterww]:
To my way of thinking, the simplest answer is for Dabbler to have overheard about the fashion-show from Arianna.
Failing that, I’m sure that the entire building is buzzing about Deus’ TV-appearance by now, & speculation must be running rampant about what he might be suggesting that he knows about supers. Dabs knows that Max wouldn’t just sit-&-wait for more data – she’d go right to the source. Tapping phone-calls (when made to Deus’ number) would be no challenge at all.
Failing that, Dabbler could detect tantric energy from both Max(slightly) & Anvil(mostly), & then realize that the 2 signals were close-together. Previous experience tells Dabbler about Anvil’s “hobby” of playing the role of “Heavy-Handed Matchmaker”, & that’s all the reason Dabs needs to investigate.
What does Hitachi make that buzzes? I mostly associate them with large trucks and cheap electronics. Are they also secretly the world’s largest manufacturer of vibrators? Because I can’t even find one online.
Oh that’s adorable lmao
They are not-so-secretly the world’s largest manufacturer – or at least most well regarded manufacturer – of wand-type vibrators. So. Basically yes.
Pretty sure she’s referring to the “Hitachi Magic Wand”.
When Dabbler has her Mega Milk face on you know things are getting good.
I fully expect Dabbler to re-record “Me and my Vibrator”.
Of course Kenya is a bit turned on by the whole situation – certainly enough to attract Dabbler’s notice! And even Max is a bit excited despite not being willing to admit it.
Dabbles probably knows who is giving off the vibes, or she is just constantly
stalkingtracking Maxi for opportunities like thisReally, do you honestly believe, for a moment, she would pass up a ‘dress up the Golden Prude like Barbie’ party?
The only question now is: how long before the Daphne’s start *VORP*ing in?
Well, if you remember, White Hair Daphne is already dating Deus… So imagine Max meeting him and Daphne is already there…
Already, done!
The Hitachi line – From The Register https://forums.theregister.co.uk/forum/all/2010/07/22/hitachi_magic_wand/
“We were told about the Magic Wand by an embarrassed Hitachi executive who hinted that Hitachi was somewhat ashamed of the product and didn’t want to publicise it. Unfortunately for the Japanese giant, the thing sells just too well for it to contemplate stopping production.”
The genuine ones no longer sport the “Hitachi Logo”