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ActionKermit wrote:

Dave wrote:That's an important distinction, especially in this case. Many of the things which result in healing, tend to involve some amount of hurting along the way. Most forms of post-injury physical therapy, for example, hurt like hell for a while if they're done correctly... but you end up rather better off at the end, than you would if you stopped when it hurt.

Given Tina's situation, I imagine she'll work quite hard (and urgently) to make sure that Georgette's "hurt" doesn't become "harm". By now Tina probably has her exercise-buddy Monica Sunshine programmed into her phone's speed-dial, so I imagine M will be arriving before very long.

That said, I will be surprised if tomorrow's comic doesn't involve Tina getting clocked. I was hoping we'd get a respite from all the grimdark after the previous arc drew to its conclusion. Do we have a dedicated sympathy pain corner?

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If a human punches her, can Tina fight back?

Yamara wrote:

ActionKermit wrote:

Dave wrote:That's an important distinction, especially in this case. Many of the things which result in healing, tend to involve some amount of hurting along the way. Most forms of post-injury physical therapy, for example, hurt like hell for a while if they're done correctly... but you end up rather better off at the end, than you would if you stopped when it hurt.

Given Tina's situation, I imagine she'll work quite hard (and urgently) to make sure that Georgette's "hurt" doesn't become "harm". By now Tina probably has her exercise-buddy Monica Sunshine programmed into her phone's speed-dial, so I imagine M will be arriving before very long.

That said, I will be surprised if tomorrow's comic doesn't involve Tina getting clocked. I was hoping we'd get a respite from all the grimdark after the previous arc drew to its conclusion. Do we have a dedicated sympathy pain corner?

If a human punches her, can Tina fight back?

The answer is yes. Remember the beat down Tina laid on Nudge? http://wapsisquare.com/comic/round-one/

But Georgette won't be doing that to Tina. Her body language as she cries is inward, not outward! It is a self protective move while she reacts to the internal stress this caused. She might be angry later but right now it is tears and withdrawal. If she was going to react it would be by running away to be alone to deal with it.

zachariah wrote:

Yamara wrote:If a human punches her, can Tina fight back?

The answer is yes. Remember the beat down Tina laid on Nudge?

I'm not sure that answer and analogy are correct. Remember, Nudge is not human. She's a demigod, and is apparently fairly close to immortal. She had shape-shifted into a human (or humanoid) form when visiting Mucho Mocha, but as far as I know there's no good reason to believe that the "Demons may not harm humans" rule applies to her.

In the big Mucho Mocha Mix-It-Up, the other half of Yamara's question ("If a human punches her") didn't apply either. Tina threw the first punch.

Whether Tina could (safely) strike back at Georgette, if Georgette were to attack her, remains to be seen.

She could (I think) probably use her power of demonic suggestion safely, as long as she used it only in a purely defensive mode ("Stop attacking me!"). Telling Georgette's heart to stop, or telling Georgette to go outside and play in traffic, would probably result in Bad Things happening to Tina very soon thereafter.

Georgette's crossed arms go from "What are you talking about, bitch?" in Pnael One to "Holding myself together" in Panel Three.

Timotheus wrote:This isn't the first time it's happened with Tina. It seems the more desperate the need, the harder it is for her not to start rattling off a verbal analysis leading to a conclusion. She really needs a mute button.

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/thatsenough/

I finally found the strip I was looking for.

Timotheus wrote:

Timotheus wrote:This isn't the first time it's happened with Tina. It seems the more desperate the need, the harder it is for her not to start rattling off a verbal analysis leading to a conclusion. She really needs a mute button.

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/thatsenough/

I finally found the strip I was looking for.

OTOH, notice that (A) that was only a single voice within Tina and (B) that the collective as a whole are rather startled by ti and (C) it was before Nudge got {literally} punched out.

Timotheus wrote:

Timotheus wrote:This isn't the first time it's happened with Tina. It seems the more desperate the need, the harder it is for her not to start rattling off a verbal analysis leading to a conclusion. She really needs a mute button.

http://wapsisquare.com/comic/thatsenough/

I finally found the strip I was looking for.

I have an irresistible urge to respond:

"These aren't the strips you're looking for. . . .
"He can go about his business. . . .
"Move along. . . ."

Well maybe this is more useful then.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/voicingopinion/