Grrl Power #968 - Menagerie Fu!

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I think I said it before when Jabberwokky was first introduced, but it's been a while. She has a super weird power. She has basically any power or set of powers she wants, so long as she can justify them thematically. Usually that comes in the form of animal based kung fu styles, whether or not such a form of martial arts actually exists. Also... this give her some pretty wide leeway. There was some old kung fu theater movie I saw where a guy used Toad Style, which meant his skin was basically impervious. Like... toads have rough skin, but I don't think of them as being particularly tough. I don't think the have armadillos in China, but maybe go for Turtle Style instead?

Anyway, despite her "unlimited" power set, she's still kind of constrained by physics? Well, not really, because in panel two there, it looks like Vehemence has about four hundred pounds on her, but she catches his fist and throws him. Not even like she's using judo/his own strength/momentum against him. She actually seems to out-muscle him there. But she is constrained by her own mental idea of what kung fu is limited to, even if it is fairly crazy movie kung fu. For instance, yelling out "Eagle Style" doesn't allow her to fly. It might let her jump high and even glide for a bit, but straight up flight seems to elude her, as do hadoukens and yoga teleportation. I guess she hasn't watched Dragon Ball or OnePunch Man. Not sure if her powers would suddenly evolve if she thought cartoon martial arts counted, but I'm sure a terrible live action OPM movie is on its way.

Tamer: Enhancer 2 – Progress Update:

Getting close to finishing the final chapter, but... I don't know, the ending I had planned kind of feels dry? I might want to extend to book to end on an action note? I think that would add 1 or 2 chapters. I'd be worried about that making the book too long, but honestly I'm not sure why that would be a problem. I've gotten used to reading pulp sci-fi and fantasy that usually clock in around 90K words, but there's nothing wrong with a longer book, so long as there's interesting stuff happening in it, right? Well, I'll have to finish the "final" chapter and see how I feel about it.