NEW JANUARY VOTING INCENTIVE!
I actually updated the voting incentive this time, so this Daphne pic I’m teasing is actually viewable now! Sorry. My error.
VOTE FOR PUCK TO VOTE FOR PUCK! IT’S A MEANS AND AN END!
As for this comic…
No real extra comments. Beyond the fact that Daphne might want to consider bouncer as a possible career choice in the future.
Daffy is doing a perfect EX-GIRLFRIEND GLOWER.
Sorry, “fuzzi”, it’s not a good look.
Yer just here fer a cat fight. Admit it.
@pat
Only if Hannah VanBeek thrashes “fuzzi”.
A good hard crying jag would do the jackal good.
And is Hannah VanBeek actually the hell-spawn of Hamilton’s Satan and Traceee Topaz ?
Stranger things have happened.
Trying hard for a new Daphne nickname?
@EG
“Daffy”
Just paying homage to Susan until she returns and reclaims her right to it.
Gecko, quit putting bad seedy ideas into poor little Salem’s head.
@pat
Who needs EG to bother when you’re so good at it ?
😛
Salem’s head comes pre-loaded with bad seedy ideas.
Here’s hoping Hannah is so HOT that when she makes her entrance every male in the entire room goes FULL WOLFIE !!!
You’ll find out next comic.
Colin better not be a creep, or I won’t forgive you.
Colin is not a full creep. And given that Colin is a high school teacher, you better believe that he can show proper decorum regarding students. He wouldn’t be employed very long if he couldn’t.
Oh dear. The adventuring party is fully equipped but they don’t actually have a PLAN for defeating the monster. “I show up and win” is not really a plan..
On the plus side, if you don’t have a plan, your plan can’t fail!!!
Some people can get away with that strategy. It does seem to be the major strategy for almost every anime fight. Hero finds villain. They fight, hero wins despite whatever the complex plans the villain had.
There never was a plan. See, Phoebe is actually a really terrible choice as a coach in this equation. Her charms are effortless and have never been the result of careful planning. It’s like trying to get a savant musician to teach you the fundamentals of music: you can’t teach something that comes naturally to you.
Ah that does make sense. She’s a dear heart and very talented in her way, but a planner? When would she have ever NEEDED to make a plan?
Well, unless savant musician takes an interest in what makes them so naturally good like I did.
But that would actually make Phoebe more dangerous, and she’s dangerous enough as it is. 🙂
How could Phoebe EVER be considered dangerous? EVER?
A person could walk off a cliff while transfixed on her assets !
Or more likely slam into the car ahead of them.
Yeah, I was gonna say that that “pose” Phoebe was talking about was something you need to get down BEFORE the event in question
That would be the smart approach.
As someone with experience in this area, striking a pose doesn’t work anyway. Glowering seems a much more affective method of gaining attention at a celebratory gathering.
I believe the trope here is “unspoken plan guarantee.” Basically, if the audience hears the plan before the battle, it’s doomed to fail, and if they don’t, it’s certain to succeed. So if Daph were genre savvy, she would be doing the right thing.
However, at best, Daph is “wrong genre savvy,” so humorous failure is the most likely scenario.
Sorry, Daphne.
Well, this is more of a spoken non-plan. So if the spoken plan is terrible, does this trope apply? I’m not sure.
You know, you might be onto something with that…
Looks more like a “glowering at the chaperone” look.
Well, it is literally that. But figuratively, it could be many other things.
While I doubt Daff would do it, what she should do is find some other guy to dance with. The jealous gambit. The trick is just to look like you’re having fun, but not be too obvious about it. I.e be natural, don’t act like you’re trying to get the other persons attention.
yeah, given daph rep and mood, i doubt that she´ll find someone brave enough to dance with her….but how about good old ignorance? you know, walk past him, ‘accidentially’ meet at the buffet, ‘oh hy tyler, didn´t see you AT ALL’ few guys can stand when the girl they think they have a claim on doesn´t notice them 😉
Yea. Except he asked(sorta), she said no, and he moved on. Remember? This is Daphne’s jealous tantrum unfolding.
Jealous tantrum unfolding very, very slowly. Indeed.
Good old feigned ignorance is probably the best strategy.
Well, that’s the smart plan. But Daphne’s not the type. That would involve dancing with some guy, and I don’t think she’d even lower herself to dancing with Tyler.
Dancing with – or even conversing with – some other guy might attract the desired jealousy but it also risks discovering some other guy she likes better.
Or is her attraction to Tyler simply that he’s her favorite toy – she’s not interested in anyone she hasn’t chewed on for a while?
I think, honestly, that Daphne’s (sorta) attraction to Tyler is based almost entirely on the fact that he’s one of the only people who puts up with her.
I dated a dancer, once, who could probably military press me and would make a great bouncer. Seductive and sexy as all get out.
You have the craziest stories, man. You have lived a fascinating life.
Poor decisions lead to great stories. Always remember this.
I actually used to be friends with a bouncer who was very graceful in terms of movement, but was about as eloquent as a steam roller when speaking.
It was a very interesting mix and I actually miss him talking to him now that I remember him…
As for the comic, I’m honestly curious what his reaction to Daphne will be (both in terms of her new looks and the fact she looks pissed).
…Wait, it’s Daphne – isn’t looking pissed basically default for her?
…Now I’m just curious how he’ll react to her looks…
Well, seeing as Tyler didn’t even know she’d show up to this, he probably will be confused, at the very least.
Confused He might run!
He knows what she is capable of.
Well, depends on his survival instincts, I guess. If they’re keen, then running is likely.
Fight, flight or freeze.
Take your bets
Do not some Proms prohibit attending SOLO ?
“Bouncer” is a fun word. It reminds me of “bouncy castle” and “baby bouncer.”
It is. Ever heard Studio Killers’ song “Ode to the Bouncer”? It uses the inherent fun of the word ‘bouncer’ to maximum effect.
I know absolutely nothing about modernish music. I just got off of a season of my nieces and nephews’ singing Christmas carols and non-stop Nutcracker pieces. I think the most modern thing I’ve heard recently was “The Itsy Bitsy Spider.”
I just watched the music video of “Ode to the Bouncer.” I was expecting a spider to crawl up the drain after a rainfall.
Well, nursery rhymes are classic. No argument about their catchy nature here.
Never heard of the Studio Killers, but I love the Pain Killers.
Like, the actual pills? Because you shouldn’t take too many.
*groan* No, bad Gecko.
This would be a good time for Jesse to counter Don’t you judge my hard-living alternative lifestyle !
Give Daphne a break, Phoebe, she’s posing as best as she can!
😉
She has one pose: the “pissed off” pose.
Hands on your hips, Daphne, hands on your hips!
Is that better?
It’s the first step to a good power stance, so yeah
And she should be positioning her feet so there is a straight vertical line between them and their matching shoulders. Combine that with one of her trademark smirks, and she has the perfect dramatic pose to shock Tyler with.
Ooh, you’re good at this.
Feel free to crib off me!
If it’s time to fire the big guns, somebody should be loaded.
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Would it really be an ENCHANTED FOREST without Emily the Cat Girl ?
Yes. Yes it would.
Let’s see.. if I remember right on poses, you need arm positioning, often symetrical, and sometimes with an arm over one’s head.
Arm over one’s head? Is this real?!?
I don’t believe Tyler and Daffy have spent a minute together since she dissed him.
Give it up, gurl.
He’s not into you anymore.
I don’t think she has any choice but to do her. For someone as manipulative as she is, she’s remarkably blind to her own reactions when no working.
Most master manipulators are blind to their own failings, I’d say.