Grrl Power #975 - Cheap kick
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Vehemence must be really bored in prison to stop in a middle of a fight and play ball with Maxima here. Without at least a trickle of violence, he starts getting full body restless leg syndrome, and that's just for starters. Just like a succubus can't self-pleasure to gain tantric energy (like there's not any other reasons to do it) Vehemence can't punch himself in the face to power up. Now, if he smashes his head through a wall, and that causes sizeable collateral damage, then he can start building power from that, but if he's not already powered up quite a bit, he can't do enough damage for a net gain. Just like tantric magic, vehemic magic is much more effective the more people are involved.
For her part, Maxima takes pride in being a flying brick who actually knows a little bit about fighting, but she also likes to cut loose when she gets a chance.
Tamer: Enhancer 2 β Progress Update:
Spent most of the weekend working on the next vote incentive/nudie thing, but I think I've figured out the Eye-Q powers of everyone involved for the final fight... unless the final fight is against dinosaurs. No spoilers?
Comments
I feel that the last panel would be better if Max was on the ground in the previous panel. It's all fantastic, regardless. Thanks for the awesome comics!
Christopher Smith
2021-09-06 14:27:57 +0000 UTCNow you too shall learn the lesson of Ed Gruberman.
Eric Loken
2021-08-31 19:09:33 +0000 UTCWell, we saw 8 pages back that Kevin can, so⦠probably?
James C
2021-08-31 16:21:50 +0000 UTCI keep wondering, seeing that last panel, if Max can throw a punch/kick *so* hard & fast that just the pressure wave would knock someone back.
Churchill (formerly TeaBear)
2021-08-31 15:47:22 +0000 UTCThat was, in retrospect, probably not a smart thing to say while standing NEXT TO two of the most powerful melee-combat supers on the PLANET!!!
Tim
2021-08-30 20:01:14 +0000 UTCI like how panel 3 Kevin is Handsome Squidward Kevin. :D
Jared Juetten
2021-08-30 17:21:46 +0000 UTCSupersonic... Boot To Da Head!!!
JasonAW3
2021-08-30 16:23:55 +0000 UTChttps://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2017/11/chucknorris.jpg
akrasia
2021-08-30 14:15:59 +0000 UTCKevin absorbs in the same way a succubus does, but for violence instead of sex. It's not similar to Kenya's ability to absorb kinetic energy. He could probably get juice from a violent enough videogame, like say one of the newer Doom ones. Which is probably why they have him on Kirby. So it's like that new-ish succubus in that bar scene hanging out outside the bathrooms to get a topup. Violence happening around him is what powers Kevin, not how hard he gets hit, aside from harder hits generally corresponding to more violence.
Spectral
2021-08-30 13:26:46 +0000 UTCGood point. I doubt Maxima was comparing them to a line of poetry.
Justaguy
2021-08-30 11:27:50 +0000 UTCFrom experience, doing kicks that require a wide range of motion, in jeans SUCKS. Jeans really weren't designed for doing that without splitting.
Justaguy
2021-08-30 11:24:48 +0000 UTCSo, Kevin's power is similar to Kenya's, in the broad sense that the harder they get hit the better it is for them? Kevin's absorption is an area effect, vs. Kenya's body. Seems like their powers would be wildly synergetic together. If Kenya's power doesn't have a limit, could she charge up Kevin at a geometrically increasing rate?
akrasia
2021-08-30 11:05:06 +0000 UTCPower gained from violence minus healing crushed ribcage equals small net loss.
Marc Vun Kannon
2021-08-30 09:56:26 +0000 UTCverses -> versus
Richard Penner
2021-08-30 05:06:53 +0000 UTCAgreed. And don't forget, depending on the setting there isn't much difference between villains and heroes, they're both fight junkies. This setting looks like it might be better than that, but having the wiggle room for people to be able to change sides helps to make things more interesting.
Anton Schleef
2021-08-30 05:05:44 +0000 UTCJust noticed Maxima's hair tie broke off post kick. I wonder if that's because it was the only non reinforced article of clothing that she wears.
Dan Curtis
2021-08-30 04:24:45 +0000 UTCThanks for the early post! I'm enjoying Kevin playing ball. He could be a pretty potent deterrent if he joined the good guys.
Granite
2021-08-30 04:24:35 +0000 UTCTantric magic is more fun with a partner as well
Martin Croft
2021-08-30 03:55:41 +0000 UTCMach 2 with one blow. Kevin would prefer a constant diet of slightly less than Maxima levels. But he also knows if he tries for an escape, she will just vaporize him. So it's eat what your offered, when your offered and don't rock the boat.
eddi_TBH
2021-08-30 03:45:11 +0000 UTC
