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2024-02-26, 06:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-02-26, 10:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Times being what they are, the stars aligning and the End of All Things barely registered as background noise.
At a bit of a loss as to what to do next, and with bills to pay, a certain Elder Thing has taken up bartending.
This is...
The Last Call of Cthulhu
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2024-02-27, 04:24 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Not too surprising to me. Microwaveable food frequently includes a warning that food may be hot after being microwaved. A melee training video including such stellar advice as "unsafe end towards enemy" or "if you Stun them they will fall" is sim8larly directing towards lowest common denominator.
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2024-02-27, 08:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
When Max, the General, Arianna and the rest of Archon's leadership were discussing Sydney's background, there was mention that she'd been arrested. The reason being, someone had tried to mug her, and all the police report said as to what she did to the guy was "The humanity!"
This was well before the faked bank robbery.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-02-27, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Honestly, being able to see (and feel) the effect helps you to understand how best to use them safely. Its not a training video as such, its a video of people being trained in the use of one. Think of it like military training where you go into the tear gas room and take off your mask. Gotta experience it so you know how to handle it. Its easy to TELL someone what will happen, but some things you really have to experience it directly to understand.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-02-27, 03:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jun 2007
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2024-02-28, 05:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2007
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2024-02-29, 12:25 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
New update!
Comprehensive restraints, well done.
Hey, Lapha. You can shoot your mouth off as much as you like, but Archon has an alliance with the Twilight Council as well as in-house mages, and you? You are a living spell with a criminal record.
One way or another, you're done.
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2024-02-29, 01:50 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Sep 2014
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
The thing Sydney should most be offended by are the padded walls. She's full-body straightjacketed AND strapped to a chair. If she could somehow escapologise her way out of that, I doubt the orb box would be a problem. Padding the walls is just insult to injury.
[Why DO they have the orbs in a glass box within sight of her anyway? I realise there's a distance limit, but I'm sure they could have got at least one solid wall between them and her in such a custom-made situation.]
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2024-02-29, 02:52 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Remember the ringtone Maxima assigned to Sydney? "They're coming to take me away." And more than one other character has described her as being ... a bit unhinged.
Or there's a more charitable explanation; they don't want Sydney to get hurt if Lapha manages full control and tries to batter her way out.
Maybe they wanted to keep both the orbs and their anchor in clear view of security cameras at all times, and were worried as to what might happen if they taxed the tether connecting them too much. A (bulletproof?) glass box seems like a happy alternative.
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2024-02-29, 03:30 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2004
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- The Land of Angles
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Some people in the comic's comments seem to have forgotten this is a flashback.
Also some people in the comic's comments seem to be rooting for Arc-SWAT to torture Sydney so that's kinda disturbing.
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2024-02-29, 04:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Jan 2007
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
1. Do you remember what ringtone Maxima had for Sydney? One way or another, the padded cell was expected to be useful.
2. This probably is something else than glass. Also, this was most likely done for the convenience of the readers.In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.
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2024-03-01, 07:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
This does seem like massive overkill. They could have welded the orbs into an iron box, and called it a day.
Heck if the box is heavy enough they could have left Sydney in house arrest. She would not go anyway.
But possibly this is to prevent Lahpa from injuring Sydney.
Or a worry Lahpa is a spell caster on her? own.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-03-06, 02:13 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Oct 2010
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
My basic response to the latest comic is . . . Well . . . Having a sympathetic backstory doesn't make you sympathetic.
Just because your life sucked doesn't make it okay (for a lot of villains) to murder, or (for this one) to try to steal someone's body.
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2024-03-06, 02:34 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
I have to admit, I laughed.
There's just something about the whole situation, especially with Sydney reacting over, that's just hilarious to me.
Like, I know, intellectually, that this is supposed to be sad, and I feel kinda bad being amused, but the whole situation is just ridiculous and Sydney being so Sidney about it doesn't help.
Still not the worst presentation of a tragic backstory.
Looking at you StarPower."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2024-03-06, 04:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
What was the tragic story for starpower? I only remember the puppy kicking moment when big bad billy bob put his own ship ai through a shredder to avoid leaving loose ends.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-03-07, 01:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
I was thinking of Danica's friend from the mafia planet. Lost her family in a shoot out.
Which would probably have worked if it wasn't for the blood looking more like grape lemonade or something like that. I think my impression was "Splatoon Larp gone wrong" back then.
But that comic had so much stuff like that. Like aliens being so evil love and compassion were the equivalent to the F-word for them."If it lives it can be killed.
If it is dead it can be eaten."
Ronkong Coma "the way of the bookhunter" III Catacombium
(Walter Moers "Die Stadt der träumenden Bücher")
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2024-03-07, 09:33 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Dec 2010
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
So we are getting to the point here. Im guessing next update will have max try to lay down the law and just what sort of horrors she can justify comitting to a sentient security breach like her. Not sure how well that will work though, maybe dabbler will be sick enough that she has no problem suggesting all sorts of things that are terribly specific about making her kind suffer.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-03-08, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2019
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
So I guess Max found out that Dabbler was using Suggestion spells on the team?
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2024-03-08, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-10, 03:48 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Aug 2019
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2024-03-10, 04:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-10, 05:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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2024-03-10, 07:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Ah but is she dedicated to team cohesion? Or is she just minimizing backlash against her little sister? In reality this could have had a serious backlash against her, her family, demons in general, etc. So her smoothing things out reaction wise might not have been because she wanted to make sure her future eff buddies in arcswat were mentally ok after this and more to do with covering her peoples rears.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-03-10, 09:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Yes she is dedicated to team cohesion.
As she really dont need to do anything to shelter her sister from backlash. Parfait is to well connected for people to give her more than a slap on the wrist.
While Dabbler is to well connected, to important, and socially skilled enough to not suffer any backlash herself whatsoever.
That being besides having the excellent shelter of "i wasnt around" and "it was not me, do you want to be held responsible for every single bad thing humans does?"
Besides that Dabbler has strict rules against "bonking" people on the team. And should as an experienced succubus be able to melt away lingering resentment in like 30 sec if she wanted to.
Instead she took a small chance doing something that might actually generate more resentment. And made her sick as heck.
Just to ensure "the edges were blunted". Well. At that page she also stated the base needed a serious "bone down".thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-03-10, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Her strict rules are "I really want to but have been ordered in no uncertain terms to not do so." As far as team boinking goes at least. And she doesnt explicitly spell it out but it was fairly clear one of, if not THE main point of her mana burning was to help prevent the backlash that absolutely would have happened if she hadnt been running her "just what I needed" aura the whole time. She mind controlled, sorry, mind "influenced" everyone to keep them from getting upset and kept it up all night to blunt the impact it would have. Because having the entire base be filled with people annoyed AT BEST that they were influenced into having sex, and incredibly angry and potentially traumatized over who they hooked up with and how would have caused serious damage to the teams outlook on succubi in general, and parfait in particular, with spillover to dabbler as well seeing as even without that she tends to run the line of tolerable.
"Interdum feror cupidine partium magnarum Europae vincendarum"
Translation: "Sometimes I get this urge to conquer large parts of Europe."
"If you don't get those cameras out of my face, I'm gonna go 8.6 on the Richter scale with gastric emissions that'll clear this room."
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2024-03-10, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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- Nov 2006
Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Yes thats the entire point im making. She absolutely didnt need to stay up all night to do something slightly dodgy that would leave her seriously sick the next day.
But she did so anyway, because it would mess the team up otherwise.
I completely disagree that there would be any spillover she could not have handled much easier, if that had been her only concern.
As such she didnt really need to care about people being a little upset with Parfait. The one whose oppinion actually mattered on the subject influenced.
And Max banished her from base either way, it being about the extend of what she could do anyway without causing a major incident.
So i simply cant see what sort of spillover Dabbler should care about for herself.
As i already mentioned once. She got perfect cover in "it wasnt me". Thats it. Anyone trying to pin collective demon blame on her,
faces the problem of having to shoulder collective human blame.
And that being besides the other point you ignored, of Dabbler being a 300 year old succubus. I refuse to believe the majority of the team could stay mad at her.
even without that she tends to run the line of tolerable.
Max is fiercely dedicated to being just and logical. So she wont allow what someone else did to influence stuff with Dabbler.
The rest of the team likes her. That i think is pretty clear in all their interactions.thnx to Starwoof for the fine avatar
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2024-03-15, 01:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
I'm just surprised she doesn't have pajamas that are comfy and sexy.
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2024-03-15, 02:50 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
Thanks to Linklele for my new avatar!
If i had superpowers. I would go to conventions dressed as myself, and see if i got complimented on my authenticity.
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2024-03-15, 03:12 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Grrl Power VIII: Hotter Than What's In Sydney's Lunchbox
In a war it doesn't matter who's right, only who's left.