Grrl Power #1140 – Air (borne) Travel
I would say Anvil should have known better, but it’s been a while since Sydney did any spicy food shenanigans. A long while, come to think of it.
Sydney wasn’t going to drink it straight, either. If you missed it, Sydney is fumbling a granola bar in the second to last panel there. I mean, I don’t know who puts hot sauce on a granola bar, but I couldn’t think of anything else she might have to snack on in her pocket. She’s a vegetarian, one of those ones who will eat ethically sourced animal secondary products like dairy and eggs. She also eats fish… Basically she doesn’t eat red meat. Or white meat if it comes from a bird. Anyway, I only mention that because she wouldn’t have a slim jim or beef jerky in her snack options, and I could definitely see someone putting hot sauce on that.
She might have brought a few MREs with her… I don’t know if those break down well into “stick it in your pocket to snack on later” units. Vegetarian options in MREs are stuff like cheese tortellini or curry. Most protein bars would be comfortably vegetarian for her. I guess I could see putting hot sauce on a chocolate protein bar. Of course it depends on the hot sauce. Weak vinegary shit like tabasco would be awful, but you can get all kinds of flavors. Spicy honey, hot apple pie hot sauce (link), there’s one I got from the Hot Ones guys that has coffee and chocolate in it. It goes amazingly well on a burger. My point is, there might well be a hot sauce that is really good on a granola bar. Honestly the Hot Ones one I linked might work, even though I wouldn’t actually categorize it as actual hot sauce. Still good though.
The March Vote Incentive is up! The thumbnail is weird because the picture doesn’t have anyone’s face in it. It’s an odd incentive, admittedly. Trying something new. But hopefully you all still enjoy it.
Variant outfits and lack thereof over at Patreon, as well as the semi-usual bonus incentive related comic.
.
Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. Feel free to contribute as much as you like.
SuperheroThey're super, thanks for asking!
Meatspace ComicSeriously these are awesome. Check 'em out!
Not UpdatingNo longer updating or only updates sporadically, but definitely worth reading.
SeriouslySeriously you guys. If you like Grrl Power the check these out.
"Mature"Mature subject matter and occasionally something explicit but usually safe. Can't guarantee the ads are safe though.
Dongs Ahoy!Full frontal and backal. Lots of skin, sex on some or all pages, explicit or otherwise.
A better thing to put hot sauce on would be a small block of sharp cheddar, they are available in “snack packs”…
Reminds me of the scene when Sidney was at the bank. Laughed so hard. I miss the ol ADHD driven shenanigans.
On the topic of pescetarianism, we’ve recently stumbled onto an article that suggests Sydney might want to stop eating fish. Depending on why she avoids other kinds of meat. Which we can’t remember. Time to go back through the archives and find that…
yes I saw this article and my first thought was “this sounds bad for Sydney Grrlpower specifically”. i don’t know any pescetarians in real life okay thanks
She doesn’t eat anything cute. So fish and seafood are fair game because they’re ugly fucks
I suppose pork would be acceptable as well then. While potbelly pigs are cute, your average farm pig looks like an aggravated assault charge with a side of “loitering with intent”.
dont forget with a side of drunk and disorderly
Pigs are also sort of terrifying. They are barely domesticated and will easily revert to wild behavior in a week or so, from my understanding, if left to their own devices. Farms literally cut their tusks when they are babies because otherwise they tend to stab and prow them into things.
On any given day I can see feral pigs from my front porch. They are hugely destructive.
30-50 of them?
It’s a matter of opinion and we all already know Sydney isn’t normal. Anything is on the table with her.
Would she eat bug meat like giant bugs like the ones from star ship troopers size because let’s be honest the only good bug is a dead bug.
Except spiders there good and technically archanids (forget if that’s makes them not a bug)
How long with Dabbler keep up that guise???
However long she wants.
Next question.
if she thinks it’ll pull “food”…
American MREs sometimes have Cheetos and other snack foods, mostly to boost morale, so it’s fine to call such things as being from an MRE.
Fish jerky could be something she has and uses hotsauce on.
There is also soy protein jerky. I’ve had it once or twice and it was good, but I haven’t been able to find it since.
Aerosolized hot sauce in close quarters with zero ventilation…ooooo that’s bad…that’s real bad…and funny as hell till it happens to you.
Worse than zero ventilation. It’s a sealed air recycling unit. That’s why the last panel (and the airborne spread) was so effective.
Actually airplanes have REALLY good ventilation. Better than most vehicles. The air in airplanes is remarkably clean and filtered compared to any other method of travel. It’s just there’s only so much that ventilation can be when someone’s spittaking hot sauce across the plane. :)
It’s also more refreshed than the air in most office buildings by about 10 times the amount of filtering and refreshing. The bacteria/virus removal efficency rate of the HEPA filter on board is 99.993%. Including against SARS and COVID-19.
Also, very importantly, the airflow is not along the length of the aircraft. It’s from top to bottom, further reducing any chance of transmission. Basically when they designed modern planes, they were VERY concerned about exactly what you’re worried about and made every precaution against on-board transmission.
https://www.iata.org/en/youandiata/travelers/health/low-risk-transmission/
*quietly accepts the money from Big Airlines*
Akshually is the correct term for rosats internet.
Stupid autocorrupt.
I…. what?…. huh?
I think he tried to pun, but your bribe to autocowecked’s AI worked this time.
The weirdo who’s short an regularly deals with spittle baths from excited teenagers is already prepared for this with a m90 face mask and swimming goggles in her purse…
Wisdom 8 social skills check strikes again.
item the first; MRE’s break down from a large pocket size to smaller packs. Item the second; jalapeno jelly has a slight strawberry taste to it’s napalmish nature … it clings to your mouth and burns and spreads and burns and spreads … culinary napalm … Anyways chocolate and or bread / cracker and the edible napalm, Sydney would love it. And it can be packaged with a home food vacuum packer.
Dear God, I’ve seen jalapeño jelly in the cupboard. I think we got it as like part of a gift basket or something. Wrap, just gonna let that sit there until the apocalypse comes…
Nooo – put it on pork. maybe on a low-quality steak or relatively unseasoned chicken. But pork for sure.
Don’t worry, jalapenos are like starter hot peppers, and jellying them cuts the heat anyway. (I make my own pepper jelly, and use Thai hot peppers instead.) Try it on cream cheese with crackers.
Absolutely lovely heated and drizzled over an Alfredo sauce and shrimp pasta actually. I used to have a raspberry jalapeno jelly I’d eat in a cheese sandwich. :)
What’s up, Buttercup?
Why so glum, chum?
Whatcha thinkin’, Abe Lincoln?
Whaddya know, bro?
What’d I miss, sis?
Good responses:
Doing fine, Clementine!
Feeling Lazy, Daisy.
Today blows, red rose.
Nothing new, honeydew.
Today’s a big nope, cantaloupe.
Airline official, to Adrianna: So…. would ARCHON like to buy a plane? More to the point, would Miss Scoville? Yeah, that stuff got into the vents… it’s either sell it to you, or burn the darn thing. That Anvil has an IMPRESSIVE set of lungs… in this case, that’s NOT a good thing…
A thought. Has it ever been established that Sydney is even a drinker? Sydney takes ADHD meds, specifically Adderall. Alcohol and drugs like that do not mix well.
She’s been shown (restaurant scene) casually avoiding alcohol. Ordering caffeinated rather than alcoholic beverages seems to be routine for her. But I don’t think she’s ever actually said she doesn’t drink alcohol at all.
TBH, she’s probably be less dangerous *if* she drank.
Not like her inhibitions can get any lower.
… does this count as a chemical attack?
Does a hip flask of eldritch hot sauce count as an attack that Anvil’s abilities can make use of?
Why would it? She can only absorb kinetic energy.
Regurgitation can be plenty kinetic.
I’m sure it feels like it.
The “stuff it in your pocket” version of the MRE is called the first-strike ration, and was developed after it was noticed soldiers who were deployed into active combat zones early on would field strip their MREs to the easy to carry stuff they could eat on the go when pausing for a meal might not be possible or advisable. Given MREs are balanced around their entire contents being consumed this was not ideal, nutritionally.
So the first-strike ration was developed, consisting of a slimmed-down profile with pocket-friendly food that could be eaten on the go without compromising nutrition too much.
This just leaves me thinking of the pain that the first vampire that ever bites Sydney will be feeling, after that the notice will be going out and no vampire or flesh eater will ever come near her again. I do feel bad for Dabbler as that flask and the spilling contents is coming right at her.
Kinda like what happened when that vamp bit Just Ace in the TMI comics years ago :)
Dabbler might be able to get her shield up in time.
Not a fan of Anvil’s headwrap. Not sure why – Dabbler’s looks great but Anvil’s looks more like when you wrap your head with a towel after coming out of the shower instead of a proper headwrap. I think it’s the way it’s wrapped around, or because it’s not slightly bigger up at the top (it feels like her hair would not fit underneath as is), or the front of the headwrap isn’t angled.
That does not mean you need to change it Mr Dave, Sir!
Just making a comment, not a command. It just looks ‘off’ compared to Dabbler’s headwrap.
Yes, but many would see that as a complaint and a request to change it
That sounds unlikely. There’s a difference between pointing out a mistake in dialogue which might just require a quick change (which DaveB does do) and a comment on how a piece of clothing looks (actual artwork).
why do i envision her having problems poring hot sauce from the bottle into that flask. I can see her trying a plastic funnel and it warping and melting and she has to start over with a metal one,then accidentally clinking the funnel a little to hard and the whole set up falling over spilling what ever brand of hot sauce that is all over the formica counter top, as it forever discolors and pits it making everyone wonder what the heck happened here.
FYI, MREs so have things you can keep for later. Small cakes, soft crackers, drink mix. Just the last you heat up isn’t something you can really keep, unless you like cold noodles or whatever.
Ugh, reminds me of a time when some idiot set out a drink container at a party filled with yellow liquid as if it was lemonade. IT WASN’T LEMONADE!!!
She is spitting straight fire
Has it ever been proven that Sydney drinks at all? Sydney takes medicine for ADHD. She takes Adderall. Drugs and alcohol don’t mix well in that way
She must have left her ‘Sydney isn’t normal’ glasses at security…
This page made me laugh out loud!