Chapter 40: The one where they all die in searing pain, Santa Claus is revealed to be a Phillip-Morris marketing campaign, and the World Cup is cancelled for the next fourteen years. Happy New Year.
1) that’s always been the case in every time line I’ve checked, even in the parallel universes. 2) You didn’t know? 3) who cares? It is a not sport…Dakar is sport, WRC is sport, MotoGP is sport. Even F1 is sport(sort of) 4) I love eating raw sacred cow.
Launched him by the reverse grip on his throat, let go, then grabbed him by the back of the neck on his way up and brought him back down. That’d be my guess.
We don’t see WAV in the middle of the arc, so perhaps his legs swung outward instead of entirely over, resulting in him being turned around as he hits. Frigg would need to adjust her grip as she’s got him by the side of the neck, not exactly the throat.
Though in all honesty it looks cooler faceplanting into the stone instead of just dumping him on his ass, which I believe was the primary inspiration for the decision.
Are you ready? Are you ready for this? Are you hanging’ on the edge of your seat?
Out from behind comes Friggzerker’s grip and
Pounds your face into the peat – look out!
(Bmp, bmp, bmp) Another Best bites the dust;
(Bmp, bmp, bmp) Another WAV bites the dust
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the floor
You can beat him, you can cheat him
You can treat him bad, or say his joke’s been told before
Yeah, it’s a modification, not better just different. Hey, I fig if Blue Suede can “Oogachaka” B.J. Thomas’ “Hooked on a Feelin'” then I could get away with this.
Alright, forgive me for being a stick-in-the-mud here, but I’m having a hard time visualizing the motion here.
I mean, in panel 4 WAV is grabbed by Frigg’s right hand, while standing behind Frigg. Then in panel 5 he’s lying in front of Frigg, but being held by the back of his neck with her left hand.
Clearly she performed the upswing with one hand and the downswing with the other so that she could put more body weight behind it. Otherwise how could she get the proper rhythmic accompaniment for his song? I mean, she is clearly a per-con-cussionist.
It still doesn’t really work, though. He starts with his back away from Frig, then ends with his back toward her. Either Frigg would have to rotate her grip, or WAV should be face up. I think….
My best explanation:
After panel 3, Frigg turns left, and grabs Wav’s neck, while still turning (i.e. with her left side towards him.
WAV’s strike also includes a left turn, so the two would be circling each other, which means that WAV would not be picked up and thrown right across Frigg, but rather Frigg would be side-stepping his blow on his left side, while using his movement to throw him. So she’s only half pulling him towards and over herself, half running towards/past him.
The only thing not quite consistent with this is the arc in the last panel which seems to indicate WAV’s trajectory: If we assume that Frigg wasn’t stationary during the throw, either, then that doesn’t mean he had to pass over Frigg at any point, which would have been hard to accomplish from the prior position, but WAV’s arc would then need to have a little bit of a sideways component.
I doubt the word ‘rewind’ will ever fully disapear from use, because it’s the standard complement to fast-forward, and both of those functions are still useful and important. I think that future generations will forget that it ever referred to an actual reel of anything, but I imagine they’ll still be saying it, just like today everyone understands that a floppy disk icon means ‘Save’ even though floppies have been obsolete for more than ten years.
Also, we still use the expression “to hang up the phone” even though wall-mounted phones are pretty much obsolete, and phones with a separate base and receiver at all are less and less in use.
But what fraction of people use the phones on their desks? The only reason I ever used mine was that I used to work on the dialer and phone apps for the Fire Phone, and sometimes I didn’t feel like pulling my personal phone out when I needed to make or receive a call for testing.
Up until early 2020, I used a corded desk phone at work, regularly. At my new workplace which I started this year, there is also a desk phone but they did not set it up because I’m working from home 80%-ish of the time, due to The Plague. Otherwise, it would probable see regular use.
Everything in the first few pages of this chapter look like they could have came out of the Wii game of the same title. Good thing Wav already used the bathroom once, or he’d have no save file and start over from the opening cutscene.
Oh good, we’re continuing the downer train. Whee!
Chapter 40: The one where they all die in searing pain, Santa Claus is revealed to be a Phillip-Morris marketing campaign, and the World Cup is cancelled for the next fourteen years. Happy New Year.
Two outta three ain’t bad.
1) that’s always been the case in every time line I’ve checked, even in the parallel universes. 2) You didn’t know? 3) who cares? It is a not sport…Dakar is sport, WRC is sport, MotoGP is sport. Even F1 is sport(sort of) 4) I love eating raw sacred cow.
The modern version of Santa Claus is actually the result of a Coca Cola marketing campaign.
That’s an urban legend. Coke used Santa as he was already represented in the US.
Plea
Heh, your avatar is PERFECT for this situation. FRIGG SMASH!!
Well, a choke slam is a pretty good way to shut up a bard. At least it wasn’t a mace to the throat.
I’d say that was one-handed (choke?) suplex? I don’t get it how did he land on his face still
Skill
Launched him by the reverse grip on his throat, let go, then grabbed him by the back of the neck on his way up and brought him back down. That’d be my guess.
We don’t see WAV in the middle of the arc, so perhaps his legs swung outward instead of entirely over, resulting in him being turned around as he hits. Frigg would need to adjust her grip as she’s got him by the side of the neck, not exactly the throat.
Though in all honesty it looks cooler faceplanting into the stone instead of just dumping him on his ass, which I believe was the primary inspiration for the decision.
You are correct in your honesty, Capnris.
Bah. Everyone’s a music critic.
I hope WAV is not taking the criticism at face value.
This is no time to be choking around.
Everyone gets slammed with a bad review now and then. WAV just needs to get up, dust off his face, and run like hell.
Are you ready? Are you ready for this? Are you hanging’ on the edge of your seat?
Out from behind comes Friggzerker’s grip and
Pounds your face into the peat – look out!
(Bmp, bmp, bmp) Another Best bites the dust;
(Bmp, bmp, bmp) Another WAV bites the dust
Wait, we already did Another one bites the dust!
http://guildedage.net/comic/chapter-26-page-10/
A very accusing picture, that’s what you have here, sir. It’s not nice being that pointing guy.
There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
And bring him to the floor
You can beat him, you can cheat him
You can treat him bad, or say his joke’s been told before
So what we have is another Another One Bites the Dust, and you’re expecting it to bite the dust?
Yeah, it’s a modification, not better just different. Hey, I fig if Blue Suede can “Oogachaka” B.J. Thomas’ “Hooked on a Feelin'” then I could get away with this.
Anyone else hearing Jermaine Clement as the singing voice of WAV?
My WAV sounds like Curt Smith.
Not what I’m hearing. Rather I’ve got another soundtrack in my head, given the title of the chapter.
That’s gonna leave a mark.
Frigg didn’t want Wav to keep wearing that full face helmet out of combat without a reason.
Now she gave him one.
once -> one
Never say we don’t give you guys something to do.
FRIGG SMASH SYNTH MUSIC!!
Alright, forgive me for being a stick-in-the-mud here, but I’m having a hard time visualizing the motion here.
I mean, in panel 4 WAV is grabbed by Frigg’s right hand, while standing behind Frigg. Then in panel 5 he’s lying in front of Frigg, but being held by the back of his neck with her left hand.
Clearly she performed the upswing with one hand and the downswing with the other so that she could put more body weight behind it. Otherwise how could she get the proper rhythmic accompaniment for his song? I mean, she is clearly a per-con-cussionist.
She’s grabbing him with her left hand. I know it’s hard to make out the thumb, but there’s a bit of it visible at the bottom of the wrist.
It still doesn’t really work, though. He starts with his back away from Frig, then ends with his back toward her. Either Frigg would have to rotate her grip, or WAV should be face up. I think….
John – the colors on WAV’s face on panel 4 – Frigg’s angry red reflecting and mixing with his green – are a masterpiece!
Thank you, biggmac.
My best explanation:
After panel 3, Frigg turns left, and grabs Wav’s neck, while still turning (i.e. with her left side towards him.
WAV’s strike also includes a left turn, so the two would be circling each other, which means that WAV would not be picked up and thrown right across Frigg, but rather Frigg would be side-stepping his blow on his left side, while using his movement to throw him. So she’s only half pulling him towards and over herself, half running towards/past him.
The only thing not quite consistent with this is the arc in the last panel which seems to indicate WAV’s trajectory: If we assume that Frigg wasn’t stationary during the throw, either, then that doesn’t mean he had to pass over Frigg at any point, which would have been hard to accomplish from the prior position, but WAV’s arc would then need to have a little bit of a sideways component.
Once again, death metal beats techno… this time, literally.
Really? I thought it was a smash hit.
Stop- Hammer time!
Rewind, rewind.
She’s not being kind, so I doubt she’ll rewind.
I wonder how long it will be until “rewind” becomes a hilarious anachronism comic writers put into the mouths of old people.
For old people? 50 years. My 5-year-old niece knows rewind because most of my Disney movies are VHS.
I doubt the word ‘rewind’ will ever fully disapear from use, because it’s the standard complement to fast-forward, and both of those functions are still useful and important. I think that future generations will forget that it ever referred to an actual reel of anything, but I imagine they’ll still be saying it, just like today everyone understands that a floppy disk icon means ‘Save’ even though floppies have been obsolete for more than ten years.
Also, we still use the expression “to hang up the phone” even though wall-mounted phones are pretty much obsolete, and phones with a separate base and receiver at all are less and less in use.
Easy there grandma. ;)
Not so:
Corded phones remain a mainstay of the corporate environment.
But what fraction of people use the phones on their desks? The only reason I ever used mine was that I used to work on the dialer and phone apps for the Fire Phone, and sometimes I didn’t feel like pulling my personal phone out when I needed to make or receive a call for testing.
Up until early 2020, I used a corded desk phone at work, regularly. At my new workplace which I started this year, there is also a desk phone but they did not set it up because I’m working from home 80%-ish of the time, due to The Plague. Otherwise, it would probable see regular use.
Is this the day the music died?
incidentally,yes.
rip david bowie.
Holy!
That’s it… Dual Class Paladins are Overpowered and Broken.
I’m starting a poll…
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER
“take my . . . halo?”
no, take my halberd.
take my happy face?
take my hand…
take my hula hoop.
no, no, wait, it’s take my heroin.
“Take my wife… please!”
“Take ANYTHING just not the Face!”
Well, it happens to the Best.
In light of today’s sad news, I move the next chapter be titled, “We Could Be Heroes.”
(Yes, I realize I don’t get a say in titling chapters. Just my way of saying thank you, Mr. Bowie and rest in peace.)
Everything in the first few pages of this chapter look like they could have came out of the Wii game of the same title. Good thing Wav already used the bathroom once, or he’d have no save file and start over from the opening cutscene.
Frigg outta nowhere!
*sigh*
Travis Touchdown would make this story way cooler.
….”pants?”
‘stance on cyberdemon safety’?
So, let me get this right, an asshole with a beam katana is going to show up and challenge Frigg to a fight, right?
I…HATE….SYNTH…POP!
I’m pretty sure the next word of the song was neck anyway.
And Reznor is down! I doubt he’ll be getting up from that one any time soon.