Someone set up us the bomb!Why do people always get this backwards?
At least this isn't being directed by Michael Bey
One hopes.
Okay, shit just got real! This looks like a job for...
Super-Alice!!!
(http://i.imgur.com/e589TFd.png)
Suddenly, a crossover.
Nah nah.. See, we've got it all wrong. The town is just breaking out into song.This will never not make me happy :)
Gonna be drawing a lot of explosions today, I think
One of Ardent's "conquests"? Pissed girlfriend? Family member? Owner?
Lady Explosion Jesus!
Our Lady of Heavy Artillery seems to think it's perfectly acceptable to firebomb a defenseless community over something that isn't even their fault. And Ardent was complaining about the locals being uncivilized?
Lady Explosion Jesus!
That would certainly make Christianity a bit more exciting.
"And lo, did Jesus blow up the Romans who came to take her away, and then blew up Judas too..."
the explosion looks like a butt.
Just so long as it isn't an Omega Murder Blast, things will work out.What are you referencing?
Just so long as it isn't an Omega Murder Blast, things will work out.What are you referencing?
Alice's overalls are invulnerable too?
Alice's overalls are invulnerable too?They are not actually clothes, just part of her epidermis.
"Save you"? This is an execution, then?
OVER 9000!!!!!!!!!!
Well, someone had to say it.
I'm inclined to think this could be an execution as well. Protectors tend not to take it well when their charges are exposed to explosions.
... most of the pacing issues would be fixed if there weren't a few days between every update. (Basically, it needs room to breathe, but the action is already crawling along due to the time between posts. Adding three comics a week would add some room for pacing AND increase plot speed.)......My friend, you know little of what you speak when it comes to pacing and how many pages come out per week. Try once a week and spend something like two dozen pages or more on just one fight (http://grrlpowercomic.com/) though it is something wondrous to behold.
oh dear. That's not a good look.
Beatdown commenced.
I rather expect that myself. I don't think any of the locals could or would even try to stop her. They were to busy running away or being in awe of her. Maybe Jack.... But Ardent trying to put a stop to it seems the most likely. Or we'll come back next week and find Alice standing over the bloody, pummeled LEJ and going 'ooops.. over did it a bit'.
The pummeling Alice is currently delivering looks pretty conventional.That kind of makes her having some abilities more likely. For starters, LEJ has a bunch of advanced defense tech, and Alice is able to easily break through it with pure fucking strength. That plus invulnerability and possibly flight (or at least sustained hovering) equals something.
The fact that she's been characterized as a witch is interesting... I mean, what if the Salem trials actually had found a witch who was immune to anything the villagers would throw at her--that is--after stoning, pressing, burning, etc, what if she was annoyed but undamaged? Eventually they'd have to say "oops, our bad..." and deferentially ask her to use her powers for good. That's what this feels like to me.
The pummeling Alice is currently delivering looks pretty conventional.That kind of makes her having some abilities more likely. For starters, LEJ has a bunch of advanced defense tech, and Alice is able to easily break through it with pure fucking strength. That plus invulnerability and possibly flight (or at least sustained hovering) equals something.
eh, We really haven't seen any expressions of power. She can fall a fair distance without being injured through some means. And she is immune to LEJ's nanotech tricks. Maybe she has the ability to hover, or maybe she just jumped up to smack down LEJ. But so far the only 'power' she's shown is being fairly tough and able to neutralize the nanotech shield. Pummelling someone who is a foot shorter than you and maybe 2/3 your weight doesn't require a lot of power... Especially when you hit them with a couple of sucker punches that knock the fight out of them right away.
I don't think she broke the shield with strength. She punched the shield and stopped. Then there were sparks around her fist and the shield shattered.Different interpretation, we won't know unless it tells us, but I think she just hit it so hard and so many times that it finally broke in panel one of the most recent comic.
I suspect Alice might be a cyborg or android.
*ahem* (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RuleOfCool)
My current favourite idea is that Alice hits Ms Explosion a few more times and then suddenly stops, her expression turns to one of horror and she says something like: "No, I'm not that person anymore..." Then she slowly stands up and growls at her opponent: "If you're smart, you'll stay down."
It's just a vague idea forming in my head at this point - That maybe looking after the locals and their territory is Alice's community service. She's a former violent criminal; the reason why she's so embarrassed about the adulation she gets is because she doesn't consider herself a good person worthy of praise, rather she's just a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, desperately trying to change herself for the better. It's hard when, as we see here, she gets an excuse to tap into her dark side.
Ah, I see. Not old Ma Vicissitude at all, it's just Big Sis.Yup.
Ardent appears to have lost his tail, though.
That's a rather severe ass beating Alice has laid upon her, though I think getting punched silly is a small price to pay for lobbing bombs at people indiscriminately while looking for your brother.
The question that comes to mind for me is whether or not Alice is keeping her town ignorant of what is possible. They're obviously ignorant. But do they want it that way or did Alice make that choice for them?
Maybe it isn't the 'from space' thing that was so impossible. It was the 'come here as a tourist" thing that was so impossible.
It is 'The Village' a few centuries on.Ugh, I fucking hope not.
It is 'The Village' a few centuries on.Ugh, I fucking hope not.
Oh, I get it, we've got an M. Night Shyamalon's The Village situation going on.
(Yes, I know I spelled his name wrong)
Right... With now two unexpected and unwelcome visits from the same source, the stronger move as a caretaker is to find the source of these new threats and see if there's anything to be done at a higher level
Murder assumes the existence of a justice system.I really want to respond to this, but I can't think of a way that wouldn't start a capital punishment debate.
Murder assumes the existence of a justice system.I really want to respond to this, but I can't think of a way that wouldn't start a capital punishment debate.
I wonder if her blue right hand is a mistake, a bruise, or something else!
ARDENTSIS: "You hit pretty hard."
ALICE: "Well, I was trying to kill you."
It could be a mistake. However, that may be their natural skin colour and the damage Alice has done is causing the nanotech disguise to start to break down.
It would seem Alice is the law.
Is it a character flaw if it is not their business?
Is it a character flaw if it is not their business?
"Forgive me, but only one of us here has taken the Hippocratic Oath.""I know you did. And you know I can't allow that."
"Yes, which means only one of us is equipped to deal with what must come next."
"I'm glad you agree."
"I meant me, Doctor."