Grrl Power #1400 – So breed me maybe?
The obvious drawback is the constant pregnancy, mood swings, weird food cravings, not being able to drink alcohol or gargle mercury, and oh yeah, the part with a human being ripping its way out of your genitals. Trust me, Maxima immediately brought up all those points, (okay, not the mercury bit) and Sydney immediately derailed her with “What kind of food cravings?” and Max was like, “You know, like pickles and ice cream, or…” and Sydney was all, “Well, that sounds gross, but if I’m craving it… It’d probably be good, right?” And things devolved from there.
The (solid) holograms they were wearing didn’t just magically appear on them. They were (obviously, based on this page) being projected from those spandex-ish zentai suits. Sydney wasn’t wearing one when she was trying out disguises earlier cause she was standing in a projection booth. That’s what those sparkly blue panels were. Also the holoplinth. That mostly just projects the image on the bottom of your feet and undercarriage. And underboob, sometimes, depending on how much vertical occlusion certain body parts might otherwise provide.
This will probably be the only page I’m going to draw them in those outfits, because I spent so much time trying to warp that pattern to their contours. It bugs me when you see a manga and the girls are wearing tartan pleated skirts, and instead of the pattern following the pleats, it’s just a flat texture overlaid over the skirt. You can kind of get away with it on a non-pleated skirt, or a cape or something, as long as it’s hanging limp and not flapping in the wind. But on a shirt? Sleeves never line up with the torso pattern, and if it’s a long-sleeve shirt and the person is bending their elbow, a flat, laid in texture looks terrible. I don’t know how much attention people pay to that. As an artist, I know it bugs me. I will admit that a lot of it depends on the art style. As the realism and detail goes up, the more important it is to contour textures and pay attention to folds and stuff.
So, yeah, this is probably the last time they’ll appear in those.
Ooh, look! A new vote incentive! And it’s updated with color!
Well, in progress, obviously. I have another one that’s actually a bit further along, but everyone was all, “Sydney Kobold vote incentive!” So I switched to this one. Plus the other one was a multi-character picture so it will actually take me longer to finish. I hope to have an update for this one each week, so stay tuned. There is a slightly higher res version on Patreon.
By the way, this gunmetal blue-ish background and teal pencils are how I draw the comic. I set it up this way so I don’t have to spend all day staring into a bright white blank page.
Double res version will be posted over at Patreon. Feel free to contribute as much as you like.
I mean, I think the scenario requires that Sydney actually be a member of that species. So I’d assume she’d experience whatever pregnancy is like for them, which is probably different than for humans. At the very least, I’d hope the normal pregnancy of an alien species doesn’t involve giving birth to a HUMAN child!
I like that the Mantellans calmed down and realized they got over-excited. It suggests any real star sapphire princesses have a shot at a life that involves more than breeding.
It would’ve been great if at least some of the Mantellans had shown this kind of maturity sooner and tried to stop the oncoming horde, or at least yelled for people to stop being creepers and for Sydney to run faster.
Downside would be no birth control and endless pregnancies.
I assume Sydney is smart enough to realise that. She and the others are just teasing Maxima.
lmao the council has voted
The joke about “Sydney’s people” suddenly made me think of a planet populated by humanoids, the like of which one might expect to meet at various ‘cons.
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I assume they’d be a very colourful crowd, prone to a great deal of squeeing, arguing, and body modification once they got their hands on the right tech. Mind you, though they’d love space travel and alien contact, I’m not sure how soon they’d achieve it, what with various distractions.
Like regular ‘cons.
Not a boring place for sure.
Instead of pepper spray, civil peacekeepers would carry limited edition keyfigs and similar merch to pacify unruly mobs.
“How Much For Just The Planet”, by John Ford. A Star Trek novel about the Enterprise visiting a planet colonized by SF and fantasy fans.
Please; tell me more.
Is it better or worse than the one with dragons, that got colonized by renfaire enthusiasts?
Don’t think I read THAT one.
It was fairly entertaining light reading. Lots of laughs.
The renfaire planet is mentioned in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
Having seen the ‘pattern on green screen’ effect. I can say it is jarring. It does not move with the character/clothing, often appearing to move on its own.
Now considering their appearance and how they jumped the gun. How do you know those are not ‘Sydney’s people’?
It was established that humans were taken from Earth many times in the past. Also they bred with various aliens to make their own distinct group.
So with Sydney, “Not really hearing a downside, Colonel.”
I can see one major downside to being the brood queen of any kind of colony.
Even if the pregnancy is painless and less damaging due to sci fi-tech, even if the lovers are as skillful as they are lovely, and even if the grape feeder only brings you the freshest of dew-kissed produce … you’ll never have a single
soddibloody moment to yourself. You’ll constantly be in the spotlight, getting worshipped instead of treated as a peer and equal.For the rest of your life.
PASS.
For a lot of mammalian species, giving birth is a lot easier than it is for humans. Not sure if it is really easy for some, but humans made it especially painful.
Then there are amphibians or fish or animals like that, that can pop out hundreds to thousands of jelly eggs in one go. That doesn’t sound that bad.
What I want to say is, we do not know how giving birth is for Tzerki.
I accounted for that possibility. But it still involves being watched and potentially crowded for the rest of your days.
It is the large head. Human babies have a disproportionately large head compared to other mammals and that make harder for them to pass by the… well, to pass.
Shouldn’t panel 4 be “TAUT, lean bodies”?
Yep, it should definitely be *taut, lean figures.
It’s one of those words people get wrong far too often. Like when they write “vice” when they mean “vise”.
Thinking of homonyms, there’s the story of the parent who tried to get their toddler to play the role of Julius Caesar. But he was too two to ‘tu.’
There is an inverse issue also. Imagine being the male side of the reverse of this situation…trust me. Things can get, sore. Not to mention lowered fecundity due to constant, uh, deployment. Trying to keep it kind and hero safe here. Boss says I got a potty mouth. Now, I’m off to feed the moat critters. Lava moat critters.
“I don’t know how much attention people pay to that. As an artist, I know it bugs me. I will admit that a lot of it depends on the art style. As the realism and detail goes up, the more important it is to contour textures and pay attention to folds and stuff.”
It was very well done, good job!
I always find it funny how those plain like Sydney, are harsh on the the others who are plain.