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Grrl Power #1285 - Getting to not know you
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Alari, have a superiority complex concerning basically every other race. Most sapient species are probably going to have some degree of that. It's hard to say since humans living all alone on our spinning hunk of dirt don't have any other races to poll against, but it's not hard to imagine. In fact, I think it'd be weird if a race didn't have some slightly irrational self-aggrandizement going on. Although, I can see certain scenarios where, for instance, goblins hate elves because the elves are so much better than them at everything. That depends on the setting, obviously. WoW gobbos are different than D&D gobbos are different than Tolkien goboos. So, I guess it's better to say that most sapient species would probably have some degree of superiority complex over other races, deserved or not, and some races might have fairly significant inferiority complexes. It's probably a more of an observer dependant hierarchical org chart...
But I digress. I mention it because Sciona has a superiority complex over most other Alari, and consequently thinks that much less of humans. But there is one thing she does like about humans. We invented air quotes. They're just so... smarmy. Like, generally you can tell where the quotes would be when someone is being sarcastic, but air quotes are like providing someone with hard-coded subtitles because you don't trust them to be smart enough to pick up what you're laying down.
If Sciona was planning on exsanguinating this guy for a blood ritual, it's a curious tactic to pick him up from a public place and right in front of his friends, especially considering she does have some identifiable characteristics, seeing as her hair hasn't grown out long enough to cover her skull tattoo. It's possible she's just on the horn, as the cool (probably mostly British) kids say.
It's weird, but it's kind of difficult for me to imagine a supervillainess who isn't sexually aggressive. Like, it's hard to picture Poison Ivy, Catwoman, Harley Quinn, Hel, Volcana, Titania, Mystique, or Dark Phoenix sitting around whining that it's so hard to meet nice guys, or seeing them out somewhere at a concert or bar and a guy comes up to them and gives them a cheesy pickup line and offers to buy them a drink, and they're all, "Tee hee, you're making me blush!"
I think that's partially because there have been very few female supervillain lead comics. Sure, there's Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy and a few others, but without a book that gives you more of a look at a character other than them just showing up to battle the Avengers or whoever, we never really get a glimpse into their personal lives, and you never see them on the dating scene.
Sure, Dark Phoenix is about as likely to set up a Tinder profile as is Galactus, but a comic about a middle upper class villainess like Volcana or Titania could be amusing, IMO. Of course, this assumes their villainy mostly revolves around knocking over the occasional bank, throwing down with the local super team, and keeping a low profile when off the clock. Someone like Mystique is probably too politically engaged to really do a comic about her going to the grocery store and making eyes at the cute guy in produce. But I never read the Mystique comic book run, so what do I know?
Comments
Erin Palette
All of these are great ideas, and yet we rarely if ever see them in comic books and movies. I guess because they're not as dramatic as epic fights.
akrasia
Ah, so she already knows Sciona...
Anti-No
To be fair, in an actual fire in a skyscraper, someone like Spider Man would be absolutely fantastic for evacuating people. Sure, just to nearby rooftops and terraces on nearby buildings, but who cares?!? Alive is so much better than burnt alive. There is also the little detail of a lot of heroes talents being kind of utterly wasted on punching people. Consider Iron Man taking a month off to solve stuff like the energy problem, for example.
Merle Blue
There's non-sexual villainesses like Granny Goodness but they do seem to be the minority.
Merle Blue
Well, there's always helping the elderly across the street, cleaning up junk, just generally being out and about and visibly helpful...
Jared Kolbly
I was thinking the same thing, and as far as I know we haven't seen her directly touch someone without it activating.
Kevin Wright
They're still out there getting cats out of trees, trying to prevent accidents, and helping out after disasters, I would assume. Think Superman acting as a rail for the train and such.
eddi_TBH
Horniness can override respect in a flash.
Nathan Wilson
True of me now, as a cis male, married with a kid. If I became a widower and had to get back in the dating scene, the risks wouldn't really be part of my calculations. It would probably take friends and family to see any red flags and alert me of them.
Erin Palette
One of the biggest problems (IMO) with the superhero genre is that the heroes are almost always reactive and hardly ever proactive. Without villains, how would they be heroes?
Gelatinous Cube
Villains in general are more aggressive, so the villainess in question will also be more aggressive. Most beings (except for those with mental issues or personality disorders or extraplanar beings with cosmic-level minds) don't or can't box that aggressive tendency for just "work". So they'll be aggressive in ALL aspects of their life. Thus, Sciona is all like "YOU! Come with me and break a table with my hips! And if you're good enough, I MIGHT remember your name."
Andy Liss
Ok now I need to see the other side of her head to see the whole tattoo.
Stephen Gilberg
I'd refuse. She's showing too little respect.
Brittany Huckey
The difference between men and women in the dating scene, is that women are constantly aware of the dangers, whereas men, for the most part, haven't considered them once
Andrew Denton
Interestingly (to me), from that list you gave, Volcana was at one point living a quiet middle-class existence with Molecule Man, and she was written as far more of a coquette.
Brad Kirkwood
this
Reigys
Now that I think of it... can she turn her drug power off? If not, isn't she kinda like Rogue from the x-men, except instead of killing people, she causes them to get hopelessly addicted to them, and also pass out at touch? So like, basically she can't do shit for very long, and also probably makes some stalkers
Czarzhan
Yeah, she looks like she's just looking to get her rocks off, not a life-changing sexual experience. Also, the last time she was with Deus, she was in an Alari body. She might be afraid of how she'd react as a human.
Michael Obert
I don't know; it doesn't seem like she's looking for a challenging partner right now, lol
Brett Peirce
It's more than possible, Dave!
Michael Obert
I was impressed with the guy until that last panel; he seemed to realize when something was too good to be true. Then his man brain took over. Adios, amigo, lol
3of4
My take is s still that she is finding host bodies for more Alari Souls, so he would "return" A fun ride before might be optionally available
Thomas Dorner
They might not find the body, but maybe a few left-over drops of blood? ;-)
Fogel
How long until she gets disappointed and ends up at Deus's doorstep?
