Alice Grove MCDT - April 2015

[Gladstone]

New comic up on Jeph's website instead of the AG address: http://jephjacques.com/post/117133873740/alice-is-very-principled

Took a while, but I actually like Alice now.

[valkygrrl]

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.

[Method of Madness]

Eww, that's disgusting. You better not get any ketchup on my portion.

[Neko_Ali]

No no no.. The traditional witchy way of dealing with naughty children is baking.

[Schwungrad]

The tree behind Ardent continuing the line of his body makes for a very weird effect.

Also, an outhouse can never be too clean.

[Kugai]

Well ....

It does keep the kids in line I suppose..

[BenRG]

Yep, I was right! Officially, Gavia is Alice's pet bound demon and it is her own fault!

So, outhouse cleaning again? Something tells me that Alice's list of options for nonlethal punishment is sort of short. Either that or she's a Hannelore-style obsessive when it comes to hygiene.

So, I'm sticking with my idea that the space teens and the kids are going to be spending time together and will possibly end up friends of a sort. I still get a 'Cutie Mark Crusaders' vibe from them - Always wandering off and doing daring and arguably self-destructively stupid things in dangerous parts of the world. Besides, kids are better at transcending boundaries and making 'forbidden' friends than adults.

[anahata]

No no no.. The traditional witchy way of dealing with naughty children is baking.

Alice is a very politically correct witch.
Or principled, as Jeph comments.

[Zebediah]

Or, Alice simply got tired of kid pies a few centuries back.

[FunkyTuba]

This is how weird religions start. I'm imagining a Book of Alice 000s of years hence.

Of course, Alice herself will be there to edit/revise.

[Roborat]

That little Hannelore clone in the first panel is so cute.

[Rghfrgl]

That little Hannelore *time traveler*.

[explicit]

To be fair, most people are assholes.

[BenRG]

Oh come on, Gavia! Play along! Pretending to be this mysterious supernatural powerhouse is practically Alice's only source of entertainment! Not that the alternative is any better for Gavia's pride!

So, kids; you seem to be saying that you're heard of this 'asshole' thing before...? Someone needs to was their parents and/or older siblings' mouths out with soap!

Am I the only one who has 'heard' Gavia's voice get progressively more and more shrill as this arc progresses?

[Kugai]

I get the distinct feeling that Gavia is NOT used to being treated this way..


Kinda refreshing don't you think? 



[gmod]Incidentally, in case you were unaware of it, I have changed and reset the Poll in the 'How Many Are Reading Alice Grove' Thread.[/gmod]

[osaka]

I imagine all those kids with the same attitude as Scooter near the end of BL2, when you go get something for him for the final mission. "Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooh... ok that makes sense"

[ysth]

Alice has a lot to learn about dealing with children.  For starters, criticize the behaviour, not the child.

For example, don't say Gavia is an asshole.  Just say she was behaving like an asshole.

[Method of Madness]

Do we still know how old Gaviardent* are?

*portmanteaus aren't just for couples, damn it!

[BenRG]

Do we still know how old Gaviardent* are?

Only guesses but Gavia is quite short (possibly why she likes floating so much - it takes away the moral height disadvantage). They're both pretty emotionally immature too with Gavia verging on the childish. Assuming that this isn't a consequence of their upbringing and the nature of society 'Up', it's my opinion that they're both teens and that Gavia is the younger of the two - probably 13 or 14 whilst Ardent is 16-18.

[Method of Madness]

I dunno, from the way that Gavia came looking for Ardent and seemed to think she could bring him home, I always saw Gavia as the older one.

Then again, I'm a younger brother with an older sister, so maybe I just always assume that's the case unless it's explicitly pointed out otherwise. Kind of like I assume everyone is Jewish unless I have a solid reason to think they aren't.

[Neko_Ali]

Ardent certainly seems the calmer and less violent of the two. That doesn't necessarily translate to older though.

[Wildroses]

And there is always the third option. Maybe they are twins.

[Undrneath]

And there is always the third option. Maybe they are twins.

This makes sense to me.  Although I never considered their respective ages I would not be surprised to find out they are twins.

[Kugai]

Comic!!


Well, I suppose it's better than being poked with a sharp stick,

[BenRG]

Alice is right: some things just seem to be inevitable and it's pointless trying to fight them. Unless she brings the space-teens to the town, curiosity and/or stupidity will get someone killed.

Now, is the awful thing for Gavia having to go to the Town? Or is it having to go to the town with her stupid brother? I can see her staying at a distance and explaining to everyone who seems likely to listen that, just because he's her brother, doesn't make him her responsibility. Which is cute, because that's exactly how she acts - that she has to be responsible for him.

[osaka]

Decent piece of advice from Ardent, but I'm pretty sure Gavia didn't need that.

[improvnerd]

Interesting, because in fact, Ardent actually seems more responsible than Gavia. Not by much, but sometimes.

[Wildroses]

I imagine Alice was probably keeping the terrible twosome away from her perfectly balanced townsfolk in the hope that the Praeses would take them back, but now it's becoming clear she is stuck with them I imagine Alice thinks it is probably her duty to properly integrate them.

My theory as for why Gavia doesn't want to go to town is sheer embarrassment as she doesn't want to face the townsfolk she threatened and caused explosions for. She'd never been planning to face them, she just wanted to find her brother and leave never to return. But now she's going to have to.

And I'm all for town. Maybe we'll get to see Jack again.

[FunkyTuba]

it seems that both G and A tailor their appearance to what they want to look like (blue skin, tails, plucky youth vs severe, float) and it would not surprise me in the least to find that there's more style to it than actual age.

they could both be old but immature, either one could be the elder, lots of possibilities

either one of them could be elders for that matter, and hiding it by means of appearance modification ... we just don't really know yet other than by their actions

[osaka]

NEXT UP: Ardent is 69. You know. For the cheap joke.

[Method of Madness]

Jeph was all "hur hur, Ardent is 69" and Faye punched him in the dick.

[Zebediah]

And it is really bad when a figment of your own imagination punches you in the dick.

[anahata]

Now, is the awful thing for Gavia having to go to the Town? Or is it having to go to the town with her stupid brother?

As I see it:
- Unlike Ardent, she has no interest in the people in the town.
- She knows they all hate/fear her because of the dramatic manner in which she arrived on the scene - and if anyone tries to attack her, she knows she won't be allowed to defend herself in the way she'd like to.

[ysth]

"don't just ask somebody if they wanna" is disturbingly ambiguous.

[Neko_Ali]

Only if the quote is taken in a vacuum. We know from previous experience what happened the last time Ardent asked someone that

[Gladstone]

Heck, I'm still disturbed that Ardent even said the word "fuck."  It seems out of place in this universe.  Too crude compared to how cartoony everything else seems.  I still think "bang" would work (and be funnier) in this case.

[Method of Madness]

How is "bang" less crude than "fuck"?

[Gladstone]

Yeah, wrong word.  Not less crude, but less taboo.  Fuck has a lot of weight and history behind it, whereas bang is more juvenile.  I just feel it would be more appropriate in this context.

[Welu]

Bump uglies. Hump. Woohoo. Shag. Rumpy-pumpy. Bone. Intercourse.

[Method of Madness]

Honestly I'm more weirded out by "bang" than I am "fuck" in this context.

[Gladstone]

Too each their own, I guess.

[Is it cold in here?]

Honestly I'm more weirded out by "bang" than I am "fuck" in this context.

Gavia would be misunderstood if she told a villager she wanted to bang.

[Kugai]

New Month, New Poll

And I used Creative Licence

[Loki]

Bump uglies. Hump. Woohoo. Shag. Rumpy-pumpy. Bone. Intercourse.

Premarital hanky-panky.

[Storel]

Bump uglies. Hump. Woohoo. Shag. Rumpy-pumpy. Bone. Intercourse.

Premarital hanky-panky.

Wait, why only premarital? You can't have sex after marriage? I knew it!