Grrl Power #1165 - Rawr?
Added 2023-06-26 10:01:02 +0000 UTCThank you for the support! You guys are awesome!
I accidentally drew Max about 135% too flirty in that last panel. She is starting to enjoy herself, (partially because she has put away a suspicious amount of alcohol) but she's not at the "Hello, there Sailor" stage yet. It's possible she's never been at that stage with anyone. Beyond some teenage crushes. I mean as an adult. I'll blame the over enthused art gaffe on the fact that she kind of doesn't know what she's doing.
Max is hereditarily mostly German, French and "Scandinavian." Being Irish and Russian as Harper is her excuse for having an iron constitution. (I looked it up, and Russia and Ireland are 5th and 6th respectively in terms of pure alcohol consumed per capita. Belarus, Lithuania and Grenada hold the top three spots, with Czech Republic and France tied for 4th. But they're not famous for overdoing it on the booze, so citing them wouldn't make for a good excuse for Max to rattle off. For reference, the US is 25th, probably because of our watery beer, wine coolers and shit like Zima. I also just yesterday saw "Hard Monster Energy" in the grocery store with 6% malt alcohol in it and no caffeine. Honestly, what is the point of that? Whereas in Russia they're knocking back 80 proof vodka for lunch.) Besides, Max's time in Afghanistan taught her just enough Russian to get her into trouble. She couldn't order a watercress sandwich or infiltrate a ring of ballet dancing assassins, but she can toast, order drinks, and insult someone's lineage well enough.
Comments
Ya know, I got Irish genetics... never noticed a difference in alcoholic quantities for ingestion, at first I thought it was offset by the massive amounts of French genetics (Don't ask, I never got a chance to) but then a friend in the military pointed out that most people don't spend time while getting ready for a night out downing a bottle (sometimes 2) of JD just to make sure I actually had a decent buzz at the bars (decent being barely tingle-y)... Because spending 1K us just to keep a buzz for one night of "party-ing" was a bit much, considering I think I made out with 1.2k a month.
NekoSilverleaf
2023-07-04 16:36:45 +0000 UTCMax at 79% relaxed. A much calmer and nicer person.
eddi_TBH
2023-06-27 03:34:16 +0000 UTCI was in my early 20s when it came out. I loved it. Which means I'd drink 3 or 4 a month. I've never liked being drunk. (Why not? Ask a glass of water.)
Brian Mann
2023-06-26 23:44:59 +0000 UTCJokes on everyone. He's actually this universe's version of Adam Warlock and is trying to get acquainted with human customs. 🤣
D.A. Lamont
2023-06-26 18:29:08 +0000 UTCI've always wondered why people think of Zima as "shitty". I'm not a drinker (at all, got too many alcoholics in my famly to want to take the risk), but I tried one once just to see what everybody was bitching about... I like it a hell of a lot more than beer. Incidentally, "Zima" is Russian for winter. I found that out while doing research for an OC Russian superhero for my TTRPG
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2023-06-26 18:23:42 +0000 UTCAnd going by Carrie Nation and her ilk, dangerously insane.
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2023-06-26 18:20:13 +0000 UTCFun fact about USAmerica: prior to prohibition, the average adult had about 12 shots of hard liquor a day, Plus hard cider and beer! A lot of teetotalers didn't think "no more liquor" but rather "maybe that is too much" and "let's cut it back to like two or three drinks a day?" The "no more alcohol at all, ever!" crowd was a small but vocal minority
AGM Instructional Productions
2023-06-26 13:38:02 +0000 UTCIt's an energy drink containing a depressant. Now, I understand it depresses ones sense of fatigue more than it depresses ones energy, but it also afflicts a bunch of other cognitive abilities in ways that one really doesn't expect or appreciate when one is chugging energy drinks to work overtime to get stuff done by a work deadline.
Some Ed
2023-06-26 13:34:44 +0000 UTCOkay, I have to say it: mustache man looks like the work of cartoonist Don Martin come to life.
Andrew Denton
2023-06-26 12:27:45 +0000 UTCShe's got the basics of the language down then.
Daniel Schinhofen
2023-06-26 12:26:38 +0000 UTCMax: mixing RPGs and bar fights. "Why'd you throw the first punch?" "I won initiative."
Andrew Denton
2023-06-26 12:26:03 +0000 UTCPlace your bets folks, does she and mustashio lad have a fun time of mutual communication and part as drinking buddies, or does she get drunk enough to try to get physical and break parts of him (teeth by kissing too hard, arms by hugging, etc)?
Deltarno
2023-06-26 12:24:21 +0000 UTCDo I see a gaming group in her future...?
Town Crier
2023-06-26 12:03:46 +0000 UTCI mean... that would be in character for her...
Erin Palette
2023-06-26 11:46:50 +0000 UTCSo what patreon level do we need to sign up for/boost you to for this bonus comic? Asking for a friend of course
fiun dagner
2023-06-26 11:40:33 +0000 UTCThe point is its for people who don’t like the the taste of alcohol. It tastes good but still contains alcohol, in amounts good for replacing a beer but not like you’re sipping on jolly rancher vodka.
Aaron Mauthe
2023-06-26 11:14:16 +0000 UTC(According to my meager knowledge of Russian, уважать is the verb ‘to respect’. You'll want the noun form, уважение, unless Max is saying “Respect (me)!” in a very commanding tone.)
Tamás Kaposvári
2023-06-26 11:02:36 +0000 UTCI love the confidence max is exuding in the last half of the page. It's very much her style. Seems she's getting her feet back under her and the alcohol is doing its job.
Matthew Dodgen
2023-06-26 10:50:06 +0000 UTCFlirty Max in the last panel is well done; a good look for her!
Michael Obert
2023-06-26 10:47:02 +0000 UTCNow I need to see Max infiltrate a ring of assassin ballerinas! With Sydney as backup, obviously.
Mike
2023-06-26 10:10:10 +0000 UTCIt is nice to see her with a lot of her defenses down. She's just way happier than we usually see her.
Tannerbot
2023-06-26 10:05:41 +0000 UTC
