Now what 2015-01-28

[oldmanmickey]

and yes i am starting to wonder if some of my posts are going to show up before tomorrow night update

[Opus the Poet]

Off topic: Is the site responding slower than a Greenland shark for everyone else?

My internet has been very slow for days, much slower than the 50 Mb/s i have been paying for. I'm currently showing 20Mb/s on Speedtest.

[AmriloJim]

Atsali maybe should change her name to Dabbler?

Same thought here.

[Dave]

Off topic: Is the site responding slower than a Greenland shark for everyone else?

Yes, I noticed that too....

Yup, saw it here too. Seemed to "ping" fast enough but the web-server responses have been sluggish.

[AmriloJim]

Off topic: Is the site responding slower than a Greenland shark for everyone else?

Not tonight (currently connected via free McD wi-fi), but last night site was 404 for awhile.

[jwhouk]

Haven't noticed any slowdown or anything, but I''m on my IPad.

I agree about the similarities to Lucy, though in 'Sali's place it's more "too many brains" and not "too much brains".

[TazManiac]

Survive when others don't, defeat things others couldn't = promotion up the ladder of responsibility

We used to call this 'Advancing your career the Klingon Way'..., but really it's from the Alternate Universe of 'Mirror, Mirror'...

[My2Cents]

Oh, Tsillah. . . .

Someone remind me why you have been placed into any sort of position that resembles authority?

(My guess: Nepotism.)

(a) She is either hard to kill or *VERY* hard to kill
(b) She is capable of causing severe damage/injury and/or destruction/death to most things in the Wapsiverse

*if* we use Phix as a guide, in Waspivers paranormal bureaucracies, (a)+(b) = you can kill and devour someone at your place of work, or just rip someone's face off (sorry, not providing links ) and keep your job. Anyone who complains about this can be subjected to (b)

Yes, the Library is probably a special kind of paranormal bureaucracy, but in those two examples I gave, the reaction of paranormals those used to 'the system' seems to have been "So what?")

I suspect Tsillah (and Thymbris) both meet the requirements for (a), and also (b) when motivated.

Survive when others don't, defeat things others couldn't = promotion up the ladder of responsibility


ps: Atsali has shown that when she isn't thinking she is quite capable of causing injury .... survive this mission, and the next few and Atsali might be climbing the MIB ladder of responsibility

Don't be too quick. The Library is outside and over the MIB with limited interaction. MIB strikes me more as a place to put the more proactive paranormals under supervision to keep their impulses under control. Tsillah and Thymbris are typical examples, powerful but not prone to thinking things out ahead.

Atsali is heading for uber agent agent status beyone MIB like her mother (Kathrine), not physically powerful but smart and wise beyond her years. The rest will be her willing subordinates by mission end.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/stay-out-of-her-way/

[AnotherFairportfan]

Granted, Tsillah says she was fascinated by Atsali's Most Common Superpower, bu i'd like to point out that given relative heights, sightlines and their relative positions, she wouldn't be able to see Atsali's eyes if she was trying.

Unless she has X-Ray Vision.

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Okay - looking back, it's not QUITE that bad.

[Grantwhy]

Survive when others don't, defeat things others couldn't = promotion up the ladder of responsibility

We used to call this 'Advancing your career the Klingon Way'..., but really it's from the Alternate Universe of 'Mirror, Mirror'...

I think it was also used as a plot device(?) in Starship Troopers (book and movie)

In our universe, I believe it is called 'field promotions'



oh dear, it's even got it's own TV Tropes page?

[Gyrrakavian]

Atsali maybe should change her name to Dabbler?

Exactly what I was thinking!

Raise your hand if you're hoping for a cameo from Sydney and Maxima.
"Oooh shiney.So that's what that one does!"
"Dabbler, you've got experience with this, where are we?"
"I don't know, but I think we've found one of the resident supers."

[Gyrrakavian]

Haven't noticed any slowdown or anything, but I''m on my IPad.

I agree about the similarities to Lucy, though in 'Sali's place it's more "too many brains" and not "too much brains".

As previously mentioned, Hollywood dropped the ball on the science (as per usual). The whole 10% thing comes from some newspaper misquoting a study to make the headline more attention grabbing.

[Gyrrakavian]

Granted, Tsillah says she was fascinated by Atsali's Most Common Superpower, bu i'd like to point out that given relative heights, sightlines and their relative positions, she wouldn't be able to see Atsali's eyes if she was trying.

Unless she has X-Ray Vision.

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Okay - looking back, it's not QUITE that bad.

I seem to recall some arbitrary rule in accordance with cup size. Something to the affect of 'if they're over E's, it doesn't count as gay'.

[Dave]

Hypnotized

It's the same kind of story
That seems to come down from long ago
Two friends having coffee together
When Adventure flies in the window.
It might be in a dark cave,
Through a door, at the end of a fall,
But you're a teen, and you're a Siren,
And you hear the mystery's call
Seems like a dream
They got you hypnotized

It seems like a dream
Got me hypnotized

Now it's not a meaningless question
To ask if you're truly alone
You walk through the darkness and hit someone strange
And she's made out of bone
You meet a young Shadow girl who knows all
About the roots of your quest
But she can't answer questions 'cause she's entranced
By the sight of your chest
Seems like a dream
You've got her hypnotized

It seems like a dream
Got me hypnotized

They say there's a place in Mapimi
Where the walls still steam and glow
There's a mystery signal from somewhere
And it's from a place you must not go
But you're the New Generation of Wapsi
And your star's now on the rise
So your fate and your friends' will depend
On what you do, when you're hypnotized
Seems like a dream
They got you hypnotized

It seems like a dream
Got me hypnotized

[zachariah]

I suggested Dabbler due to two similarities. Part succubus and well endowed. For more details check out Grrl Power.http://grrlpowercomic.com/

[sheik]

[quote="Grantwhy"
Survive when others don't, defeat things others couldn't = promotion up the ladder of responsibility/quote]

We used to call this 'Advancing your career the Klingon Way'..., but really it's from the Alternate Universe of 'Mirror, Mirror'...[/quote]
I think it was also used as a plot device(?) in Starship Troopers (book and movie)

In our universe, I believe it is called 'field promotions'



oh dear, it's even got it's own TV Tropes page?[/quote]


Field Promotions are real (at least in the U.S. Army) and not necessarily due to attrition.
I served with a Korean War veteran who commanded a 4.2" mortar battery firing in support of Turkish troops.
The Turks were about to be overrun by a Chinese human wave attack when Sgt Hill ordered his men to "burn the tubes", that is ruin them by firing them as rapidly as possible.
The Turks survived and Sgt. Hill became Captain Hill for the duration of his tour.
He ended his career still in the 45th Infantry as a National Guardsman, as a Sergeant First Class, but retired at his highest rank, Captain.

[Catawampus]

Someone remind me why you have been placed into any sort of position that resembles authority?

Well, in spite of her perpetual tsilliness, she is apparently a rather powerful individual. Her abilities may very well be quite useful on occasion. And having somebody like her not in the organisation somewhere where they can keep an eye on her might be an even more perilous course.

Besides, who better to be in an authority position in a shadowy organisation?

Off topic: Is the site responding slower than a Greenland shark for everyone else?

I don't know... Is that slower than molasses would be in January? If so then yes...

Then again, even if the molasses were slower than the sharks, the result would be the same: the site would still be slower than the shark...

What about a Greenland shark swimming in molasses?

Regardless, things are working fine for me some fifteen hours or so after all this. . .

Field Promotions are real (at least in the U.S. Army) and not necessarily due to attrition.
I served with a Korean War veteran who commanded a 4.2" mortar battery firing in support of Turkish troops.
The Turks were about to be overrun by a Chinese human wave attack when Sgt Hill ordered his men to "burn the tubes", that is ruin them by firing them as rapidly as possible.
The Turks survived and Sgt. Hill became Captain Hill for the duration of his tour.
He ended his career still in the 45th Infantry as a National Guardsman, as a Sergeant First Class, but retired at his highest rank, Captain.

The "fun" thing about them, of course, is that oftentimes after everything is settled down for a bit the promotion just sort of evaporates away. So you get all of the responsibility, but no lasting benefit (or higher pay).

Atsali might end up leading this mission, but still end up being officially treated as extra baggage.

[kingklash]

Big Bird wants to show she's capable, and as long as she's focused, she might just prove it.

[jwhouk]

Before we move on: Nadette looks like a little kid in momma's arms in that first panel.

[scantrontb]

Big Bird wants to show she's capable, and as long as she's focused, she might just prove it.

i don't think it's to show that she is "capable"... i think it's her going "OH Shit!... these dingbat's are making it impossible for me and Nadette to get out of here... ALIVE!..." then, in her Library-going, Adventurer Seeking Siren's mind, she's going "Hmmm. What would The Dread Pirate Roberts do?!" THAT'S when she realizes she needs to know, and know it RIGHT NOW, what her inventory of equipment and personnel are... as per the TV Tropes page linked to by Sheik, it seems to me that she's invoking the "YOU are in Command now" trope... She's in charge because the others are ... well, simply put, they're NOT "in charge"...