Grrl Power #863 - Patreon 2x
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In some ways, Sydney is always the main character wherever she goes because she tends to always be the center of the attention. It's not an intentional thing she does, but attempts to wean her into a higher level of self awareness tend to be a temporary solution.
On the plus side, getting Sydney on board with any given project is just a matter of finding the right hook. I'm not sure what they'll use to get Sydney interested in marching about in formation. Stripes leaps to mind, but that movie doesn't exactly promote the sort of military discipline they ultimately want to instill in her.
The Carter Special, for those of you who don't know, was a custom prop made for Amanda Tapping because while the show did switch to P90's for the reasons that Sydney spews, it eventually became difficult to get P90 props and blanks because of the Iraq war. It was a mishmash of three different guns. I thought it looked cool, especially because Carter usually had one of those hundred round Mickey Mouse-ear double drum clips. But it also had a 7" barrel on it, so... might not be the greatest choice for engagements out past a hundred yards.
Anyway, here's the obligatory "Carter dunking on Jaffa with a P90" scene from SG-1. I feel like I've probably linked this before, but it's always fun to watch.
Comments
I think the marching-in-formation is, for supers at least, more about a sense of discipline and "we are team", than about actual military benefit. Then again, I can imagine harem marching down in formation to be really terrifying.
Klaus
2020-08-08 13:58:23 +0000 UTCDoes Ren have a cool color-coded IFF/GPS/Maps/bunch-of-other-stuff collar? I never seem to see him wearing one...
Foradain
2020-08-04 22:16:27 +0000 UTCRe: Close Order Drill, a.k.a. "Marching about in formation" I can see Archon dropping this from their training, as it is even less relevant to supers than it is to modern military. After all, superpowered soldiers are much more impressive if they are flying down the parade route... OTOH, some supers can't fly, and there is some benefit in terms of quick and appropriate reaction to orders, so I can see Archon keeping it, as well...
Foradain
2020-08-04 21:26:47 +0000 UTCAlways did like that scene.
Justaguy
2020-08-03 18:38:45 +0000 UTChonestly love the stargate reference
Hansuwepeter
2020-08-03 17:57:44 +0000 UTCBy holding the gun VERY wrong?
John Chidester
2020-08-03 17:20:15 +0000 UTCI would love a close-up of Peggy's right arm tattoo
Cupcake Fury
2020-08-03 15:55:48 +0000 UTCMy money is on the old lady with the dog and sack of groceries
Enigma42
2020-08-03 14:58:06 +0000 UTCHow does a tiny little girl like Syd actually even GET slide bite?
Noise
2020-08-03 14:11:39 +0000 UTCOf course, Sydney will lay waste on the cute girl carrying the stack of advanced science books,,,
Town Crier
2020-08-03 14:02:54 +0000 UTCBasically, she's referring to giving someone so much of what they want that they get sick of it. In Brewster's Millions, Brewster is given a huge amount of money to spend inside of a month in order to get the rest his uncle's huge fortune, the idea being that by being forced to spend frivolously, he'll treat the rest of the fortune more wisely. (And no, he's not allowed to have any assets at the end of the month. He has to waste it all.) It's actually based on a novel from a century ago, which should be available on Gutenberg, although the social mores are very different - and since he's not allowed to tell anyone why he's spending so wastefully, everyone really thinks he's gone mad.
John Fiala
2020-08-03 13:55:36 +0000 UTCNot having seen "Brewster's Millions," my best guess is that she feels half-buried like on the poster.
Stephen Gilberg
2020-08-03 13:44:40 +0000 UTCShe's likes to act little crazy, especially in situations where it does no harm. Not a psychopath. And it doesn't look like they are doing the live fire course again, so there won't even be the "old lady" option.
huan
2020-08-03 13:05:58 +0000 UTC50 bucks says Sydney empties a clip into the old lady target
Enigma42
2020-08-03 11:38:47 +0000 UTCAw come ON! Everybody knows it thanks to Counter Strike! Since 2000!
Evgeny Sandu
2020-08-03 10:40:09 +0000 UTCAwwwww it's the little scaled down airsoft version of the p90, so cute!
Alex H
2020-08-03 10:36:19 +0000 UTCThere'll be some of us who mainly know the P90 from it's prominence in the Sword Art Online spin off "Gun Gale Online" where the protagonist favoured one.
Force Gaia
2020-08-03 10:15:52 +0000 UTC
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