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What? I though I axed that...oldmanmickey wrote:
Oh i also notice there is a second entry for todays comic that needs to be deleted i guess. Can it still be deleted since its been up so long now that someone has replied to it?
Well, *that* penny was dropped by the fish, on May 26 RL time..DilyV wrote:And Atsali pulls in yet another titan into her circle... Titanette? hehehe
Devyn, girl, I can't understand why you were so scared to talk to Atsali!
I've been assuming that the Old Gods being kept out are more on the order of the Lovecraftian type. Not those specifically, but definitely the hugely inhuman and insanity-inducing. Poseidon would be more on the power level of beings like the Titans, who are demonstrably still allowed, unless too ill-behaved.KnightDelight wrote:I don't know ... but should not Poseidon be one of those elder gods that everyone is trying to keep out?
the odd thing is, with all the latest 'award ceremonies' it seems you can show it all, if you dont show nips or 'pantyline' !!Akeche wrote:A tad preachy, but I find this more favorable than some of the offered options people thought up. Still, Don't Shoot the Messenger and all that.
I'd argue with her on that last comment in the first panel, of course, but that's mainly because of where they're located. We discussed that in the other thread, we're prudes in the US.
Yeah, same here. Titan's are older the Poseidon and the other Greek Gods, so if they're allowed I doubt the Greek God's aren't.T'Renn wrote:I've been assuming that the Old Gods being kept out are more on the order of the Lovecraftian type. Not those specifically, but definitely the hugely inhuman and insanity-inducing. Poseidon would be more on the power level of beings like the Titans, who are demonstrably still allowed, unless too ill-behaved.KnightDelight wrote:I don't know ... but should not Poseidon be one of those elder gods that everyone is trying to keep out?
Mary sue? Protective Bubble? At what, a pool? I doubt this power would hold up everywhere. I mean c'mon. Only reason it is here is cause her uncle owns the place.Akeche wrote:There is also a certain level of irksome that this is still someone throwing around the power of their family. So we've got yet another big player in Atsali's corner. The poor girl might not be a Mary Sue, except perhaps her looks, but she sure as hell has the same protective bubble as one.
Paul has literally set it up where some of the, as far as we know, most powerful people in the paranormal world see Atsali as family.TheCollector wrote:Mary sue? Protective Bubble? At what, a pool? I doubt this power would hold up everywhere. I mean c'mon. Only reason it is here is cause her uncle owns the place.Akeche wrote:There is also a certain level of irksome that this is still someone throwing around the power of their family. So we've got yet another big player in Atsali's corner. The poor girl might not be a Mary Sue, except perhaps her looks, but she sure as hell has the same protective bubble as one.
But she is voicing the increasingly popular perspective of folks in the US. Prudish habits are being used as excuses for body shaming and the early sexualization (is that a word?) of teenagers...and that's not okay.Akeche wrote:A tad preachy, but I find this more favorable than some of the offered options people thought up. Still, Don't Shoot the Messenger and all that.
I'd argue with her on that last comment in the first panel, of course, but that's mainly because of where they're located. We discussed that in the other thread, we're prudes in the US.
I doubt that this was a matter of pulling strings or that this was the whole plan. Jin probably gathered together as many potentially useful pieces into place as she could, and then waited to see how the situation would play out to see which--if any--she would put into play. She might have known that Devyn would be there and hoped that she could become a part of the whole thing, but I don't see how she could have counted on Devyn being right there just at the moment when Atsali was being confronted.Thor wrote:Good at pulling strings, my Aunt Fanny!shadowinthelight wrote:Jin may no longer immortal but she is still good at pulling just the right strings.
What would have happened if Devin had been--for example--in the bathroom when Snooty McSnoot-Snoot came over to harass Atsali? And Devyn was only nearby out of pure chance in the first place.
It was a terrible plan, and it had no reason to work properly at all.
The world grid keeps outsiders from just popping in whenever they want. The Library bypasses the grid and will let outsiders in, but it screens them by whether or not they have good intentions (whatever those may be). The deciding factor seems to be whether your business on Earth is "good" or "evil", not what species or class of being you are. If Sauron wanted to visit the Earth just to pay his taxes, or if Azathoth merely wanted to drop by his favourite coffee shop, then they might very well be let through.T'Renn wrote:I've been assuming that the Old Gods being kept out are more on the order of the Lovecraftian type. Not those specifically, but definitely the hugely inhuman and insanity-inducing. Poseidon would be more on the power level of beings like the Titans, who are demonstrably still allowed, unless too ill-behaved.KnightDelight wrote:I don't know ... but should not Poseidon be one of those elder gods that everyone is trying to keep out?
YPay it, pay it now or we're all DOOMED! The world is not enough to contain the Caine!jwhouk wrote:GO DEVYN!
Does this mean, Atsali's having herself...
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...a Poseidon Adventure?
YEAAAAHHHHHHH...
But what IS "early?" I mean really. When people were lucky to make it to 30, marriage and breeding often started at 12 or 13. It had to. Those rites of passage, like bat mitzvah happen at 12 and 13 for a reason. The reason being that those were the ages of marriage eligibility way back when. The biology has not changed, it's only societies attitudes that have. Though in some places early teens is still the norm. Like it or not, girls are sexual creatures, and breedable even before teen years start. We simply allow them to be kids much longer nowadays. Anyway, my point is that these girls are only "kids" because we deem them to be so. Nature and biology say otherwise but we ignore it. Or we try to ignore it. It's a mistake to say these girls are too young to be "sexualized." They may act like giddy girls but, if they have menstruated, they are women. We just let them continue to be children. It's really just a game we play as a society. Unfortunately it messes with their minds quite a bit and makes them unsure of their place in the world. They have these very adult feelings and thoughts yet are treated as children. I know it messed with my mind. <steps off soapbox>Julie wrote:But she is voicing the increasingly popular perspective of folks in the US. Prudish habits are being used as excuses for body shaming and the early sexualization (is that a word?) of teenagers...and that's not okay.Akeche wrote:A tad preachy, but I find this more favorable than some of the offered options people thought up. Still, Don't Shoot the Messenger and all that.
I'd argue with her on that last comment in the first panel, of course, but that's mainly because of where they're located. We discussed that in the other thread, we're prudes in the US.
You are assuming this WAS Jin's plan. But she wouldn't have brought all the aunts, and dressed so provocatively herself, if she knew Devyn would be there at the precise right moment and in the precise right attitude to become enraged and single handedly defeat the French. I suspect Jin had a very different campaign planned out. But now Poseidon's niece is doing all the work AND making herself a friend to Atsali; why interfere when things are going so well on their own?Thor wrote:Wait, Jin was basing her entire plan on that?!
Yeah, awesome plan there, Jin, I'm glad you were lucky enough that it worked.
Unless he is the Belgian, then he would not be the detestable Frog.KnightDelight wrote:I don't know ... but should not Poseidon be one of those elder gods that everyone is trying to keep out? I guess he kept his nose clean and is allowed in. Also, given that Atsali and Cassi are adopted and consider themselves to be related to everyone involved as if they were blood, perhaps this girl is the same way with Poseidon. Whatever the case, slimy French guy should slink off while the slinking's good. I guess he's a paranormal. The question remains, however. is he part frog or part snail? Ok, ok, sorry to you French folk out there for being stereotypical, but someone had to say it.
Oh, and this may not have been part of Jin's plan at all. She may be just going with the flow of a fortuitous event. Seems hard to reconcile her hesitation and nervious behavior with Atsali with her unloading on Monsieur Snootmiester though.
