Grrl Power #1293 - Ambivalent leg syndrome
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Dabbler knows medical stuff. She can do stitches, set a bone, mix up some alchemical nonsense to soothe a burn, even whip up a variety of healing potions. Reattaching a limb? Brain surgery? Organ transplants? It's not like she can't do that stuff - she is an otherworldly genius tinkerer/enchanter/inventor, but... she'd need a pretty comprehensive reference guide, or at least she'd need to bone up on the procedure quite a bit before hand. And there might be some necessary follow ups to tweak whatever she didn't get quite right the first time around.
I know some people consider sitcoms pablum for the masses, but as Sturgeon's Law clearly states "90 % of [X] is crap, then again 90 % of anything is crap." So yeah, there's a lot of formulaic and bland stuff out there, but IMO all the ones Sydney references in panel 2 are among my favorites. Though to be honest it's been an age since I actually watched the Munsters or Mr. Ed, so I don't imagine they hold up quite as well anymore. And shows like Red Dwarf and Blackadder aren't really sitcoms or sketch comedy, but they have laugh tracks, which I know drive some people batty, but they're top shelf comedy in my book.
Oh, and as far as Dabbler hoarding body parts, they're mostly alchemical ingredients and trophies. Trophies like the skulls of impressive kills, not a necklace of ears or anything squidgy like that.
Comments
That kiss implies a lot more than friendship, so Cora/Peggy seems like a sexy certainty.
Cleodora Silvestri
2024-09-24 18:13:50 +0000 UTCFrix: "I have just the thing...how about 'Adventures in cohabitation in a high end communal apartment building' ?"
Terence Bryant-White
2024-09-18 16:04:17 +0000 UTCSo, Dabbler's Hammerspace is more of a limb space, and if she get's upset she pulls out a random limb to hit the guy with? (it's always a guy)
Martin Croft
2024-09-17 05:50:35 +0000 UTCIt's going to be a tough decision. I think she's going to ask at her therapy group.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 03:02:16 +0000 UTCDefinitely sisters from another planet.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 03:00:57 +0000 UTCMaybe. I'm sure we will find out a proper comedic moment.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 02:58:42 +0000 UTCAnd Frix looks seriously worried. He's probably seen her go off like this before.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 02:57:46 +0000 UTCI was a kid so the romance kinda went over my head. Still funny though. And even funnier when my parents imitated them. I learned the Lurch groan just express my opinion.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 02:56:43 +0000 UTCSydney's run-on sentence nearly achieved warp 2. Frix realizes he may have triggered a train wreck.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 02:54:30 +0000 UTCYep. Xuriel offended by the hint she's not the pro from Dover.
eddi_TBH
2024-09-17 02:51:42 +0000 UTCShe’s gonna wake up with superhuman legs tomorrow just so Dabbler can prove a point.
AlexKorobeiniki
2024-09-16 21:49:19 +0000 UTCI'm thinking it's because Dabbler has *prosthetics* instead of reattached limbs. Peggy's new leg is a vat-grown replacement, not a prosthetic
Cat Tillinghast
2024-09-16 20:21:54 +0000 UTCI've never seen Blackadder, but Red Dwarf is the perfect example of a comedy show.
Anton Schleef
2024-09-16 18:44:16 +0000 UTCMy bingo card has that in a special side category: Impossible Things That Would Be Absolutely Awesome. They don't count towards a bingo, but their still worth making not of.
Anton Schleef
2024-09-16 18:42:52 +0000 UTCYeah, I noticed that as well.
Anton Schleef
2024-09-16 18:41:40 +0000 UTCYeah, they relationship is unquestionably one of the best parts of the show, and I haven't heard of one since that does it as well.
Anton Schleef
2024-09-16 18:40:56 +0000 UTCNot to forget to mention, Gomez and Morticia were portrayed as a genuine romantic couple. Groundbreaking!
Erin Halfelven at BigCloset
2024-09-16 17:22:10 +0000 UTCThe OG Munsters hold up surprisingly well. Slapstick is timeless. The satire and topical humor of the original Addams Family is the one whose humor is slightly dated. But that show is worth watching in reruns for the performances alone, and the scripts are still clever, even if pop culture references are now lost in time.
Erin Halfelven at BigCloset
2024-09-16 17:18:41 +0000 UTCI really like the second panel of this one. Sydney looks really animated.
MechaTech
2024-09-16 17:15:12 +0000 UTCCan Sydney now understand at least some alien languages without a translator after that whole memory thing?
Stefan J Neylon
2024-09-16 16:43:38 +0000 UTCI was envisioning more of a French dip with marinara, but if Dabbler was going to have a hot dog, she'd probably go with a full kielbasa with cheese and mustard.
Dave Barrack
2024-09-16 15:12:53 +0000 UTCWhoops
Dave Barrack
2024-09-16 15:03:40 +0000 UTCI mean... from what we know Dabbler has at least a cybernetic hand/forearm and an eye. Both of her own creation and presumably installation... I'm guessing her problem when installing prosthetics Other people made, in Other people, is her urge to make some last-minute improvements and add a few undocumented features? I find it difficult to imagine she hasn't had enough practice with it to do a perfectly passable job otherwise. PS: Is it just me or do Peggy and Cora look like sisters?
Aclys
2024-09-16 14:25:37 +0000 UTCPeggy and Cora had already gotten it on on Peggy's space vacation. That's nothing new
Fogel
2024-09-16 13:19:56 +0000 UTCIt's not easy to both shock AND offend Dabbler, so mark that one on your bingo card...
J. Kevin Carrier
2024-09-16 13:07:48 +0000 UTCI'd say she's taken offence to the comment on her limb reattachment skills. Also, I'm pretty sure they already did the first time they met.
Liam Meara
2024-09-16 11:59:42 +0000 UTCI love the range on Peggy's face through this. All the feelings.
Randy Kittelson
2024-09-16 11:56:21 +0000 UTCTrying to interpret Dabbler's expression. If she looked happy or excited, I would say shw saw the kiss and hopes that means Peggy and Cora are gonna get it on.
Steve Smith
2024-09-16 11:46:50 +0000 UTC"Crud". As Sturgeon himself said crap can be used as fertilizer. Crud is by definition useless
Todd Ellner
2024-09-16 10:47:53 +0000 UTCIs there a word missing in the first speech bubble in the last panel? It's currently, "Though if decide you want..." Should it be "Though if you decide you want..."?
Justaguy
2024-09-16 10:37:45 +0000 UTC"How *Dare* you!" Dabbler, 2024
3of4
2024-09-16 10:32:51 +0000 UTCDid anyone else notice the staple Succubi 'public' gathering food choice of a Hot Dog?
Themew
2024-09-16 10:22:19 +0000 UTCChallenge accepted and, in the vein of the sitcoms, hilarity ensues.
Michael Obert
2024-09-16 10:15:29 +0000 UTC"I heard that!" - "Still true, love." ;-)
Thomas Dorner
2024-09-16 10:14:36 +0000 UTCShould that be "Though if YOU decide you do want it..."?
Dan Jones
2024-09-16 10:09:58 +0000 UTCAlso Dabbler's facial expression is amazing
Fogel
2024-09-16 10:07:51 +0000 UTCis it weird that my first thought was that some of the body parts were the genitals of people who attempted to use said things against her friends's wills
codesurfer
2024-09-16 10:05:55 +0000 UTCYou know she's right Xuri. You're more an expert in *de*tatching limbs
Fogel
2024-09-16 10:04:15 +0000 UTCRed dwarf is a sit com. :) it fits perfectly into the definition
Steve Ronuken
2024-09-16 10:04:11 +0000 UTC
