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Grrl Power #1293 - Ambivalent leg syndrome
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Dabbler knows medical stuff. She can do stitches, set a bone, mix up some alchemical nonsense to soothe a burn, even whip up a variety of healing potions. Reattaching a limb? Brain surgery? Organ transplants? It's not like she can't do that stuff - she is an otherworldly genius tinkerer/enchanter/inventor, but... she'd need a pretty comprehensive reference guide, or at least she'd need to bone up on the procedure quite a bit before hand. And there might be some necessary follow ups to tweak whatever she didn't get quite right the first time around.
I know some people consider sitcoms pablum for the masses, but as Sturgeon's Law clearly states "90 % of [X] is crap, then again 90 % of anything is crap." So yeah, there's a lot of formulaic and bland stuff out there, but IMO all the ones Sydney references in panel 2 are among my favorites. Though to be honest it's been an age since I actually watched the Munsters or Mr. Ed, so I don't imagine they hold up quite as well anymore. And shows like Red Dwarf and Blackadder aren't really sitcoms or sketch comedy, but they have laugh tracks, which I know drive some people batty, but they're top shelf comedy in my book.
Oh, and as far as Dabbler hoarding body parts, they're mostly alchemical ingredients and trophies. Trophies like the skulls of impressive kills, not a necklace of ears or anything squidgy like that.
Comments
Cleodora Silvestri
That kiss implies a lot more than friendship, so Cora/Peggy seems like a sexy certainty.
Terence Bryant-White
Frix: "I have just the thing...how about 'Adventures in cohabitation in a high end communal apartment building' ?"
Martin Croft
So, Dabbler's Hammerspace is more of a limb space, and if she get's upset she pulls out a random limb to hit the guy with? (it's always a guy)
eddi_TBH
It's going to be a tough decision. I think she's going to ask at her therapy group.
eddi_TBH
Definitely sisters from another planet.
eddi_TBH
Maybe. I'm sure we will find out a proper comedic moment.
eddi_TBH
And Frix looks seriously worried. He's probably seen her go off like this before.
eddi_TBH
I was a kid so the romance kinda went over my head. Still funny though. And even funnier when my parents imitated them. I learned the Lurch groan just express my opinion.
eddi_TBH
Sydney's run-on sentence nearly achieved warp 2. Frix realizes he may have triggered a train wreck.
eddi_TBH
Yep. Xuriel offended by the hint she's not the pro from Dover.
AlexKorobeiniki
She’s gonna wake up with superhuman legs tomorrow just so Dabbler can prove a point.
Cat Tillinghast
I'm thinking it's because Dabbler has *prosthetics* instead of reattached limbs. Peggy's new leg is a vat-grown replacement, not a prosthetic
Anton Schleef
I've never seen Blackadder, but Red Dwarf is the perfect example of a comedy show.
Anton Schleef
My bingo card has that in a special side category: Impossible Things That Would Be Absolutely Awesome. They don't count towards a bingo, but their still worth making not of.
Anton Schleef
Yeah, I noticed that as well.
Anton Schleef
Yeah, they relationship is unquestionably one of the best parts of the show, and I haven't heard of one since that does it as well.
Erin Halfelven at BigCloset
Not to forget to mention, Gomez and Morticia were portrayed as a genuine romantic couple. Groundbreaking!
Erin Halfelven at BigCloset
The OG Munsters hold up surprisingly well. Slapstick is timeless. The satire and topical humor of the original Addams Family is the one whose humor is slightly dated. But that show is worth watching in reruns for the performances alone, and the scripts are still clever, even if pop culture references are now lost in time.
MechaTech
I really like the second panel of this one. Sydney looks really animated.
Stefan J Neylon
Can Sydney now understand at least some alien languages without a translator after that whole memory thing?
Dave Barrack
I was envisioning more of a French dip with marinara, but if Dabbler was going to have a hot dog, she'd probably go with a full kielbasa with cheese and mustard.
Dave Barrack
Whoops
Aclys
I mean... from what we know Dabbler has at least a cybernetic hand/forearm and an eye. Both of her own creation and presumably installation... I'm guessing her problem when installing prosthetics Other people made, in Other people, is her urge to make some last-minute improvements and add a few undocumented features? I find it difficult to imagine she hasn't had enough practice with it to do a perfectly passable job otherwise. PS: Is it just me or do Peggy and Cora look like sisters?
Fogel
Peggy and Cora had already gotten it on on Peggy's space vacation. That's nothing new
J. Kevin Carrier
It's not easy to both shock AND offend Dabbler, so mark that one on your bingo card...
Liam Meara
I'd say she's taken offence to the comment on her limb reattachment skills. Also, I'm pretty sure they already did the first time they met.
Randy Kittelson
I love the range on Peggy's face through this. All the feelings.
Steve Smith
Trying to interpret Dabbler's expression. If she looked happy or excited, I would say shw saw the kiss and hopes that means Peggy and Cora are gonna get it on.
Todd Ellner
"Crud". As Sturgeon himself said crap can be used as fertilizer. Crud is by definition useless
Justaguy
Is there a word missing in the first speech bubble in the last panel? It's currently, "Though if decide you want..." Should it be "Though if you decide you want..."?
3of4
"How *Dare* you!" Dabbler, 2024
Themew
Did anyone else notice the staple Succubi 'public' gathering food choice of a Hot Dog?
Michael Obert
Challenge accepted and, in the vein of the sitcoms, hilarity ensues.
Thomas Dorner
"I heard that!" - "Still true, love." ;-)
Dan Jones
Should that be "Though if YOU decide you do want it..."?
Fogel
Also Dabbler's facial expression is amazing
codesurfer
is it weird that my first thought was that some of the body parts were the genitals of people who attempted to use said things against her friends's wills
Fogel
You know she's right Xuri. You're more an expert in *de*tatching limbs
Steve Ronuken
Red dwarf is a sit com. :) it fits perfectly into the definition
