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New Comics Every M/W/F - Written by T Campbell & Phil Kahn - Illustrated by John & Jason Waltrip

Well, that's one way to throw down the gauntlet.

Chapter 16 – Page 22

on May 18, 2012
Chapter: Chapter 16
└ Tags: Frigg, Rachel
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  1. SteelRaven
    SteelRaven
    May 18, 2012, 12:04 am | # | Reply

    FALCON PUNCH!

    • Mordecai
      Mordecai
      May 18, 2012, 12:44 am | # | Reply

      Correction: FALCO PAUNCH!!!!!!

      • zero
        zero
        May 18, 2012, 6:48 am | # | Reply

        PHIL KAHN PUNCH!

        also:

        Thanks for finally showing me your moves!

        • SushiJaguar
          SushiJaguar
          May 18, 2012, 12:08 pm | # | Reply

          Correction Correction; FRIGG-K.O PAUNCH

  2. norm
    norm
    May 18, 2012, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Just make out already, you two.

    • Loki
      Loki
      May 18, 2012, 4:53 am | # | Reply

      I bet that our joking aside, Rachel really* does sexually desire Frigg.

      *: I know these are fictional characters. Don’t worry about that, just focus on how I’m right. XD

      • norm
        norm
        May 18, 2012, 1:46 pm | # | Reply

        Loki is right, Loki is wiiiiiiiise … ~!

      • Adell
        Adell
        May 18, 2012, 6:13 pm | # | Reply

        Oh baby

    • Nee Hou
      Nee Hou
      May 22, 2012, 2:09 pm | # | Reply

      Girls, Girls, Your both powerful,
      CanIGoHomeNow?

      Also, norm, do you know Loki’s loci?

      • zomg
        zomg
        May 22, 2012, 11:07 pm | # | Reply

        … Assgard?

      • SotiCoto
        SotiCoto
        June 27, 2013, 8:25 am | # | Reply

        Your =/= You’re.

  3. Valdrax
    Valdrax
    May 18, 2012, 12:16 am | # | Reply

    Yeesh, the school of hard knocks is tough on the faculty too, huh.

    • Randonimity
      Randonimity
      May 18, 2012, 1:05 am | # | Reply

      Does that mean the curve-breakers get broken too?

  4. Not a name
    Not a name
    May 18, 2012, 12:17 am | # | Reply

    I feel bad for Rachel in that last panel. Even if it’s what she wanted in the end.

    • Andreas
      Andreas
      May 18, 2012, 12:52 am | # | Reply

      You know, I think it looks like she she enjoyed losing more than she did winning… some people bend that way.

      • Soirbleu
        Soirbleu
        May 18, 2012, 1:14 am | # | Reply

        Either that, or….

        Sometimes it’s worth it to lose, as long as you get to be right. I often feel that way, myself.

        • Dan Irving
          Dan Irving
          May 18, 2012, 8:12 am | # | Reply

          Sort of a Reverse Pyrrhic Victory?

          • The_Rippy_One
            The_Rippy_One
            May 18, 2012, 11:43 am | # | Reply

            exactly. A best of all possible losses.

  5. Ishmael
    Ishmael
    May 18, 2012, 12:20 am | # | Reply

    That’s some nice distance. Probably would’ve done better if she’d used E-Merl, though.

  6. 1d4caltrop
    1d4caltrop
    May 18, 2012, 12:27 am | # | Reply

    Look, it’s the Flying Nun!

    • Mujaki
      Mujaki
      May 18, 2012, 6:40 am | # | Reply

      Heh, made that joke a while back, when she started with the flying tackle…
      Boomerang joke, throw it out there and it just keeps coming back!

      • 1d4caltrop
        1d4caltrop
        May 18, 2012, 7:40 pm | # | Reply

        Just doing my part help the environment by recycling used jokes. :-)

    • MidnightDStroyer
      MidnightDStroyer
      February 13, 2017, 4:05 pm | # | Reply

      …But it looks like Rachael still needs to work on her landings…

  7. kenneth
    kenneth
    May 18, 2012, 12:42 am | # | Reply

    Even the motes of dust look like little hearts.

  8. coldelectrons
    coldelectrons
    May 18, 2012, 12:51 am | # | Reply

    “If you ladies are done kissing, I have some ass-kicking for you!”

    • JarrysKid
      JarrysKid
      May 18, 2012, 11:40 am | # | Reply

      Is she the Chosen Nun?

      • coldelectrons
        coldelectrons
        May 19, 2012, 1:33 am | # | Reply

        That depends on which one has Tonguey.

  9. Soirbleu
    Soirbleu
    May 18, 2012, 1:15 am | # | Reply

    “You’re the crusader here, Frigg. Make me!”

    Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha. Yes, a several pages delayed reaction… mainly only because it only became funny after Frigg did indeed make her. Ka-smite!!!!!

    • Soirbleu
      Soirbleu
      May 18, 2012, 1:17 am | # | Reply

      I <3 Frigg.

      She will never be replaced in my heart as the true tank or the most badass, no matter how much more "together" the newcomers are.

  10. Doma
    Doma
    May 18, 2012, 2:11 am | # | Reply

    That’s a whole bunch of leaps of logic, Rachel. You’re annoying me.

    • Tamm
      Tamm
      May 18, 2012, 4:04 am | # | Reply

      I think Rachel was just poking Frigg to find her buttons, to find what Frigg cares about enough to summon power. Live up to other people’s expectations? ha, no. Her self-image? Nope. Her companions? Yes!

      It was the same in the Death Tank, wasn’t it? Same trigger?

      • gangler
        gangler
        May 18, 2012, 4:04 pm | # | Reply

        I’m pretty sure we’re seeing her legitimate thoughts and opinions here. Don’t get me wrong, she’s definitely being intentionally antagonistic but that doesn’t mean she doesn’t mean it.

        Think we just learned that underneath it all she’s a bit of a loon just like the rest of the team. What with her backstory it’s hardly the shocking revelation of the century.

        • Hardcover
          Hardcover
          May 18, 2012, 8:15 pm | # | Reply

          It’s like I’ve often observed: the only truly crazy ones are those that think themselves entirely sane.

          • gangler
            gangler
            May 19, 2012, 8:44 am | # | Reply

            Interestingly enough that would place Byron as the most sane member of the group.

            • Inventrix
              Inventrix
              May 19, 2012, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

              Sounds about right.

    • Randonimity
      Randonimity
      May 18, 2012, 4:08 am | # | Reply

      Pretty sure she was intentionally pushing Frigg’s buttons. Which isn’t as fun as it sounds 8C

      • wwlaos
        wwlaos
        May 18, 2012, 10:28 am | # | Reply

        Some buttons are certainly more fun to push than others.

        • norm
          norm
          May 18, 2012, 1:49 pm | # | Reply

          Don’t push it first. Stroke around it for a while, then … oh. *cough*

  11. centuriancode
    centuriancode
    May 18, 2012, 2:36 am | # | Reply

    Well, I suppose Frigg could only take so much before she lit into Rachel. I guess this means the gloves are on.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      May 18, 2012, 1:54 pm | # | Reply

      Her boxy gloves at that.

  12. DaGreatJL
    DaGreatJL
    May 18, 2012, 2:51 am | # | Reply

    Ha, she used the magic words,but will she be able to actually get the lesson?

  13. Yarrr
    Yarrr
    May 18, 2012, 3:28 am | # | Reply

    I think I might actually be in love with Rachel.

  14. ahdok
    ahdok
    May 18, 2012, 4:09 am | # | Reply

    Hi Phil.

    You’re missing a speech-bubble-tail in panel 1.

    • Phil
      Flo
      May 18, 2012, 11:25 am | # | Reply

      D’oh. Thanks for the spot. This will be fixed.

  15. Talon88.1
    Talon88.1
    May 18, 2012, 4:39 am | # | Reply

    Frigg loves the Power Glove.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      May 18, 2012, 6:27 am | # | Reply

      It’s so bad.

      • Mujaki
        Mujaki
        May 18, 2012, 6:53 am | # | Reply

        I actually had a Power Glove. And yeah, it was bad. Really sucked as a controller. From an engineering standpoint it was interesting, using two high-frequency sound emitters on the knuckles and three microphones in a flipped L-pattern ( ┐ ) you would attach to the TV to sense the XYZ position of your hand. Too bad the ancient TV that I had at the time used high frequency sound for its remote control. I would point the glove at the screen, and it would make the TV volume go all the way down, and then shut off!

        • Jean-Luc
          Jean-Luc
          May 18, 2012, 8:09 am | # | Reply

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          May 18, 2012, 1:50 pm | # | Reply

          Actually, I was going more for this 4W3SOM3 COOLK1D:

      • Hardcover
        Hardcover
        May 18, 2012, 8:17 pm | # | Reply

        And you mean baaaaaaad.

  16. Jean-Luc
    Jean-Luc
    May 18, 2012, 5:53 am | # | Reply

    All Rachel has shown is that Frigg can summon up the glowy stuff when she gets pissed which is pretty the same thing we saw before, she hasn’t really changed Frigg’s view or disposition in any way. At least it doesn’t appear so though I expect the next strip will suddenly prove me wrong.

    On the other hand it’s nice to see Rachel get mauled and possibly disfigured so I’d say it was worth it.

    • Robtimus
      Robtimus
      May 18, 2012, 8:28 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t think it’s just that she’s pissed, or that she said ‘goddammit’. It’s her vow (using the term loosely) to protect her companions that gives her power. So when Rachel calls her out on not being good enough to protect them, glowy gauntlet shit happens.

      It reminds me of the champion class from Arcana Evolved. Their class abilities function only when they are defending the person/place/thing that they champion.

    • gangler
      gangler
      May 19, 2012, 6:02 am | # | Reply

      Still, having an opportunity to work through the kinks of this and let Frigg get a feel for it outside of the thick of battle is probably worth something on its own.

      I’m choosing to think of it like training. You keep repeating that ridiculous feat you pull off by accident once in a blue moon when you’re throwing out desperate gambits and eventually you’re able to do it on purpose whenever you need to. Probably can do it better than when it was a fluke too.

      • centuriancode
        centuriancode
        May 19, 2012, 9:37 pm | # | Reply

        It’s surprising how often people end up doing that to develop new things. Half of chemistry is trying to replicate the cool, crazy thing you created last week when you forgot to clean beakers properly. And martial arts typically consists of trying something, not completely failing, before spending the next month trying to make it work.

  17. Fren
    Fren
    May 18, 2012, 7:17 am | # | Reply

    Cue a gnome that looks suspiciously like Chris Tucker.

  18. Oz
    Oz
    May 18, 2012, 9:43 am | # | Reply

    So when does the pissed off dwarf come in and smack them? Or is he going to be philosophical at them? That’s almost worse…

  19. Veggieburrito
    Veggieburrito
    May 18, 2012, 10:32 am | # | Reply

    Called it. :)

  20. Jack
    Jack
    May 18, 2012, 12:25 pm | # | Reply

    Yup, the secret really is saying “God damn”.

  21. eschmenk
    eschmenk
    May 18, 2012, 12:27 pm | # | Reply

    So did anyone besides Rachel see it this time?

    • karishi
      karishi
      May 18, 2012, 7:54 pm | # | Reply

      I’d guess no, because it’s the more amusing answer. But we’ll see. I mean, that kind of distance on regular punch probably isn’t normal, so there’s something resembling evidence even if nobody was looking right at it when it happened.

  22. Snowblind
    Snowblind
    May 19, 2012, 3:40 am | # | Reply

    Was it good for you? It was good for me…

  23. Kree
    Kree
    May 19, 2012, 8:10 pm | # | Reply

    Quick E-Merl, now’s your time to shine! Jump in with some healz! :P

  24. jokerlope
    jokerlope
    May 19, 2012, 10:57 pm | # | Reply

    I thought this was supposed to be a bare knuckle fight!

  25. Twigs
    Twigs
    May 26, 2012, 3:21 pm | # | Reply

    You know what this reminds me of? When Kirk is trying to get Spock to show that he’s been emotionally compromised.

    Except that Frigg is nothing like Spock. Whoops.

  26. Hogan
    Hogan
    March 24, 2013, 1:18 pm | # | Reply

    Aaaaaaand… we got connection! :D

  27. Jonathan
    Jonathan
    July 11, 2014, 10:14 pm | # | Reply

    Frig Would make greater Deathknight or Fallen Paladin. But it would be the shortest conversion in history.

  28. ⁣LKJLKJHLKJH
    ⁣LKJLKJHLKJH
    March 9, 2015, 8:22 pm | # | Reply

    “goddamnit”

    “..REQUEST RECEIVED. PROCESSING…. SURE. I CAN DO THAT. HERE YOU GO PALADIN, ONE SMITE COMING UP”

  29. Belisarius
    Belisarius
    October 29, 2015, 3:45 pm | # | Reply

    Called it

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