Grrl Power #1462 – Sword insecurities
Once upon a time, just after Max got her powers, there was an incident or two (or five, several of which went unreported to the authorities – by which I mean her mom and dad) where she would demonstrably point at something a say “Pew!” and there would be a… collateral incident. Once it was at a church, when she was pointing at some pews. Fortunately her energy blasts at that time were a fraction of what they can get up to these days. And by a fraction, I mean like 1/12,000th, not 19/20th. Or 10/1. That’s a fraction. Obviously, in English, saying something is “a fraction of…” implies less, but 1/1 is a fraction. Any number over any other number is a fraction. Possibly except x/0. I mean, it is still written as a fraction, but much like telling NOMAD “I am lying.” or “print open parenthesis openquote does not compute closequote closeparenthsis,” it does not compute.
Harem’s shirt does say something, in a language/script I made up as I was drawing this page, though I’m not sure if or when it will be revealed in the comic, cause it’s kind of a lame joke and I’d probably have to dedicate a half a page to it. The way things play out in my head is a lot like jokes from 30 Rock or Parks and Rec, with a lot of back and forth camera shots, some of them just capturing a quick expression before cutting back to the person saying or doing the weird thing that prompted the expression. Some days, it’s a lot of work to edit all that down to comic format.
Speaking of 30 Rock and Parks and Rec, have you guys seen “The Muppets”? Not The Muppet Show, CBS did a one short season, like 10 or 12 episode run of The Muppets, and it’s basically 30 Rock, where Piggy is a late night talk show host, but she’s naturally a short fused attention diva like Jenna Maroney, but with Ms. Piggy’s penchant for cartoon violence, but it also has Parks and Rec energy because it’s filmed diagetic mockumentary style, with asides and mini interviews to a tagalong camera crew. Honestly it’s very well done and pretty funny and I’m kind of furious that it only got the one season.
Yes, I’m aware of the new single episode of The Muppet Show produced by Seth Rogan, which was so true to the original format I was having nostalgia flashbacks to when I was… damn, 1976 to 1981? That would have made me 4 to 9? I must have been watching in syndication when I was around 10-14?
Anyway… Sword fighting!
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I kinda wanna see a cool sword fight though. Max just blasting someone from the sky isn’t entertaining! By that logic why bother with a sword at all? Just nuke the entire arena!
I wildly disagree, blasting a bunch of obscenely powerful enemies from way out of range is plenty entertaining for at least a few pages before it starts getting dull. Especially when you expect the response to be more complicated and frustrating to deal with and then *zap-BOOOOOM* problem solved, let’s talk fika snacks.
Save the magic sword for the enemies that are still standing after the zap-booming is done.
Yes, especially when it the set is handled properly. Big flowery purple prose self-introduction and exaggerated movements think Daffy x Lucha libra with a side of Japanese wrestling (yes, it’s as over the top and lucha libre physical) and she goes full Dr. Jones on them. heh. I’d more worried if the opponent comes out like Musashi or the Man with no name. Because only the deadliest reach that level of relaxed inner peace. Because, they have already decided and know how this is going to end. That being said, from a strategic standpoint saving the big energy weapon for the penultimate round at the soonest. p.s. off to do site maintenance for XXXXXX-XXXX toad, not the best to hench for. But always brings the best snacks when out on a job.
Swordsmaste- no wait, that’s still kinda gendered, swordsmaster vs swordsmistress. Sword sage! Sword expert! Sword saint! Swordsy McSwordsface!
“Swordsman” isn’t gendered. If you wanted to specify a male swordsman the correct word would be “swordswerman”.
Just for future reference?
It was the Android Norman that Kirk defeated by having Mudd say ‘I am lying’. NOMAD was defeated by pointing out that it made an error, assuming Kirk was its creator.
> Trek Nerd <
Loved both. Can always do with more muppets.
Need more swordfighting? Muppet Treasure Island.
Happy Thursday.
When other people spill their ages and make me feel younger <3
I had the exact same thought. I never would have conceived that Dave was older than I am, but he’s got me by a few (more than 1, less than 10) years.
Is it just me or does the short guy in panel 5 look like he’s sitting on air?
And is Harem is looking a bit more freckled than normal?
Yes. And Harem also looks like she’s got some moderate sunburn on her nose and cheeks. Freckles tan faster than the unfreckle bits of skin.
I hated “The Muppets”. It’s like they looked at “The Muppet Show” and said, “You know what’s wrong with this show, there’s too much fun.” So they sucked all the fun out to make it more edgy or relevant, or whatever they were going for. I just found the whole show depressing.
“CBS did a one short season, like 10 or 12 episode run of The Muppets[…]”
*It was ABC. It helps if you remember that ABC is the Disney-owned one.
Didn’t watch most of The Muppets, but I did see the scene where the Swedish Chef does karaoke of Rapper’s Delight, which was awesome.
The hack most often used by fictional swordsmen to cover for the inherent lack of range of a melee specialist is a range closer – flight, teleportation, absurdly extendable swords, “killing intent” that reaches beyond the blade, etc.
Many authors have contributed thought to this.
As for Harem’s “sunburn”, perhaps she’s just flushed from recent exertion. That’s what happens when you have pale skin (which freckles usually indicates). Surely she isn’t blushing.