Grrl Power #912 - Maximum trauma!
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Well that seemed to have shut Sydney up.
There were a few comments on the previous page about how that guy's arm will be useless now. You were correct.
So yeah. I expect some, heh, mixed reactions to today's comic, from "He deserved that." to lectures on how fantasy depictions of using horrific ordnance on criminals is probably bad and only just a little bit funny. Well, Sydney's face there in panel six makes me laugh every time I look at it.
I went back and forth if I wanted to go through with it, but this is what I had planned from the beginning of this sequence. Remember way back in like page 194 where I was like "I don't know how much gore I'm going to put in the comic" and then much later Sciona bisects Cooter because I thought it'd be funny? Good times. Still, this isn't exactly new behavior for Cora.
BTW, That's not a tentacle on Sydney's shoulder. It's a vertical selection of rib meat.
Comments
I’m rather worried that they are storing the syringe without a cap on the tip. I mean , the needle is now all covered in what-was-his -name.
CyberSkull
2021-01-25 13:29:08 +0000 UTCThis reminds me of TeamFourStar: The Cell Games: "You're already dead." https://youtu.be/ca3qvbdFSZk
Bert Carroll
2021-01-23 01:26:50 +0000 UTCI'm assuming during the act of "splorsh" itself she instinctively closed her eyes, and opened them when the impact was passed. Doesn't mean she didn't see things better left unseen.
Justaguy
2021-01-22 02:10:01 +0000 UTCWell, if Louis Richards was right about it having been a remote control detonation, rather than timed, if Cora was right about Sydney having her glasses on to protect her eyes, and if his fob button doesn't have a deadman function, maybe. Unfortunately, at least one of those was not true. So it feels to me like it was at least something of a bad oops. Maybe not horrible, but Sydney's gonna take a lot to recover.
Some Ed
2021-01-22 02:06:03 +0000 UTCIron Man's tank missile did the same. Gives you time to get out of range.
Marc Vun Kannon
2021-01-22 00:57:35 +0000 UTCWhen the flying alien woman who just shot you calls her weapon/ammo "ordnance" - That's when you know you're screwed.
Jared Juetten
2021-01-21 22:42:31 +0000 UTCOr they might decide to respond in kind, knowing they have nothing to lose by fighting to kill, since their enemies will allegedly do the same. Deterrence has never been effective at reducing crime.
Lex of Excel
2021-01-21 22:23:18 +0000 UTCOnce the news of this gets around to other bad guys, unless everyone is aware Cora is NOT Arc-swat, villains are going to step back on their plans a bit. It is severely deterring.
MaxBigfoot
2021-01-21 21:32:40 +0000 UTCYeah, Syd looks like that is going to be seeing that one for a while. Which is why she wants to roofie *herself* at this point.
Eric Loken
2021-01-21 18:47:10 +0000 UTCToday's lesson boys and girls, is you do NOT fuck with Cora's friends, she tends to react... poorly.
Eric Loken
2021-01-21 18:45:56 +0000 UTCWith Sydney's eyes that wide open, and no glasses to cover/protect them, wouldn't she get massive amounts of blood and, um ... stuff in them and be unable to see? even if she instinctively closed her eyes, she would still get stuff in them.
Brett Bydairk
2021-01-21 18:44:46 +0000 UTCYes, but she's OUR psychopath.
A Patreon of the Ahts
2021-01-21 18:34:15 +0000 UTCYou know, I am not 100% sure, it's not QUITE clear, but I think he can pull through! I mean, exploding like that isn't necessarily "Injuries incompatible with life", so maybe he just has to go to the farm with all the dogs. And Sydney looks like she's going to need lots of puppy therapy herself. Thankfully she doesn't have a psych co-pay.
Jeremy Jorgensen
2021-01-21 17:49:27 +0000 UTCYeah, it threw me for a moment too.
Erin Palette
2021-01-21 17:37:45 +0000 UTCTrue. But as 'ooops' moments go, it's not a bad one.
Anti-No
2021-01-21 16:23:37 +0000 UTCI stand by my earlier statement that Cora is a dangerous, gleefully amoral psychopath.
Lex of Excel
2021-01-21 16:01:52 +0000 UTCThis is either good for Concretia or very bad for her.
BJ
2021-01-21 15:58:57 +0000 UTCso I'm presuming that is supposed to be 912 and the guy didn't spend 10 comics going "fffffffffffffffffffffffff aah ffffffffffffffffffffff aah"
Brad Kirkwood
2021-01-21 15:44:36 +0000 UTCIf she was listening to the guy through Syd's glasses, that could give you some insight.
Czarzhan
2021-01-21 15:27:12 +0000 UTCI guess we find out if the remote control for the shock collar had a dead man function? Maybe Misogynist Asshole just dismissed the possibility that she could ever get it away from him.
akrasia
2021-01-21 15:27:02 +0000 UTCThe Concretia definitely should react positively.
NHOrus
2021-01-21 15:22:53 +0000 UTCThat falls under Dr. Frost's purview, yes?
akrasia
2021-01-21 15:15:14 +0000 UTCCora's problem is that she is not LEO, ARC are not going to be amused. She is at least going to be persona non grata for a while.
Martin Pollard
2021-01-21 15:09:29 +0000 UTCProbably option #2 because he's that stupid.
StLOrca
2021-01-21 15:04:33 +0000 UTCSo that's why crime scene cleaner is a valuable job. And I guess Syndey's consultant is doing some overtime the next days.
Thomas Dorner
2021-01-21 14:48:21 +0000 UTCWell... That's his shit solved.
Seth Swanson
2021-01-21 14:40:55 +0000 UTCCora does like Sydney so I get the little extra reaction. Yeah the last 3 panels make me laugh too.
GMScooter
2021-01-21 14:33:06 +0000 UTCI don't get it. What's with all the Strawberry Jam?
MrHHH
2021-01-21 14:30:50 +0000 UTCCora had best have something to clean Sydney up real quick, or else... BOOM!!!
Town Crier
2021-01-21 14:30:35 +0000 UTCForget non-LETHAL! How about non-TRAUMATIZING?!!!!
Tim
2021-01-21 13:59:00 +0000 UTCOk, well... He met a properly horrific end... A touch more sudden than he deserved, but... I'll give it a 7/10...
JasonAW3
2021-01-21 13:50:34 +0000 UTCI was trying to figure out who the tentacle guy was…
CyberSkull
2021-01-21 13:44:50 +0000 UTCIf he weren’t a pile of pulled pork rejects at the moment, I’m sure he’d reconsider his toxic attitudes towards women following this. Or double-down on it because he’s probably that level of stupid.
Jack Ponder
2021-01-21 13:41:59 +0000 UTC0_o ...someone get a mop, and probably a squeegee, that went all the way past Salsa and straight to Puree, what was in that round? rapidly unspooling nanoscale razor-wire? Also, Sydney, be careful with that stuff, you may be a vegetarian but you don't want to risk being an actual vegetable, if you really want, maybe talk to Frix, there might be some SCP style amnestics in the Interdictors pharmacopoeia.
Nimrod009
2021-01-21 13:36:41 +0000 UTCIt mentions in the commentary that it is not a tentacle, but "a vertical selection of rib meat."
Jacob Barboza
2021-01-21 13:18:38 +0000 UTCYeah, he's not going to walk that one off. For a second there I was getting flashbacks to the blood magic heist.
Just Jack
2021-01-21 12:43:21 +0000 UTCOw.
Joseph Bonnar
2021-01-21 12:38:19 +0000 UTCSeems like Cora choose give Sydney nightmares, as an ammo choice. I am wondering what her thought process was to choose that ammo.
Ghostpony
2021-01-21 12:25:35 +0000 UTCCould be the old "blood chain reaction" thing. In this case, something that makes the blood rapidly increase in volume would do the trick.
Damaged
2021-01-21 12:21:52 +0000 UTCYeah... Not saying this piece of human filth didn’t deserve to get killed... But for Sydney’s sake, wouldn’t have done that in front of her. Much like Dabbler, Cora probably has more lethal in her arsenal than non lethal, but it is polite when on another planet to listen to respect their law enforcements decisions. But Cora clearly has a “Law through strength” attitude.
Thisguy
2021-01-21 12:15:51 +0000 UTCInteresting question. Most contracts do expire when one of the contractors expire... If nothing else that person's power no longer has a source, probably? Though the contract likely gives Henchwench a copy, so it shouldn't be lost until the contract is.
Aclys
2021-01-21 12:05:29 +0000 UTCThe really interesting bit is the technology involved that allowed the close-quarters puree of a target without any physical damage to bystanders. Because technically, if the gore was thrown that far, there should have been collateral injuries, and Sydney's front-row seat should have been worse than just getting "goopy".
Czarzhan
2021-01-21 12:04:08 +0000 UTCThat looks like an octopus tentacle that landed on Syd. What was he exactly?
Grimfox
2021-01-21 11:59:49 +0000 UTCInteresting munition choice. I'm not sure what it's military benefit is beyond grossing out the enemy? The delayed effect seems a bit of a problem in a firefight. Feels like Cora having these loaded is not a great reflection on her character! On the other hand, that's him told 🙂
Richard Bennett
2021-01-21 11:46:27 +0000 UTCFull-out, pre-CCA take-down. You really built that guy up to deserve everything he got. Now they can rescue Concretia. If these guys were part of the LLC, does their sudden demise mean the contract is voided?
Marc Vun Kannon
2021-01-21 11:30:45 +0000 UTCNICE. Go Cora, go Cora, it’s ya birthday, it’s ya birthday!
Joseph
2021-01-21 11:28:48 +0000 UTCIt would be non-lethal for plenty of supers, how was Cora supposed to know he was a regular meatbag?
Andrew
2021-01-21 11:24:02 +0000 UTC"Thats gonna leave a mark!"
John Aldridge
2021-01-21 11:20:28 +0000 UTCVery satisfying splorch.
Sarah
2021-01-21 11:17:31 +0000 UTCSince you can see one of them standing upright in the background I wouldn't be surprised if this was a localized SKUTCH
Forecaster
2021-01-21 11:15:30 +0000 UTCI bet Concretia is thankful that's not her actual body being covered in gore
Forecaster
2021-01-21 11:13:45 +0000 UTCSo how are they going to find miss gargoyle's body know? I assume there's very little left of the three goons to piece together.
Joey Bryant
2021-01-21 11:12:03 +0000 UTConly thing I could think of makes me laugh at apparently being a horrible person: "POP goes the weasel!"
Knolden
2021-01-21 11:11:45 +0000 UTCSarcastic 'oops'es are my favourite kind!
Nick Hodgson
2021-01-21 11:11:02 +0000 UTCTime for ArcTherapy to make its debut.
Michael Obert
2021-01-21 11:09:19 +0000 UTCThe only part I didn't enjoy was it was over too quickly. He deserved something drawn out, guess I'm too invested in Sydney's health.
Stan
2021-01-21 11:07:12 +0000 UTC
