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Parable - 203 - HD
🕑 Added 2020-12-31 06:42:12 +0000 UTCRagnar is not into it.
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I liked the idea of Susan hiding her TRUE POWER LEVEL!
But I DIDN'T like the idea of aggressive-Grace retroactively not having been a threat.
Grace should always be too powerful to be taken lightly, darn it.
Anyway, speaking of things that are a bit much, I've gone back and forth on whether I like "Jack's" expression in panel one. Ultimately, the part of me that wanted to go big and have a parallel with Ragnar won the argument, but the debate nonetheless rages.
Meanwhile, Rhoda is happy about Susan's form because of what it represents. This particular form isn't actually something Rhoda would be attracted to if for no other reason than Susan is SO much bigger than her right now. Rhoda's okay with someone being a bit taller than her, she's used to that, but she's definitely not going to swoon over super-mega-ultra Susan, here.
I mean, not for THAT reason. She could have a "my hero" moment, obviously, like we all would if rescued and held in big strong arms.
But mostly, she'd have thoughts about shrinking Susan, as she will occasionally have whenever she meets someone more than half a foot (about 15cm) taller than her. This was the case before she got her magic in canon, too, which may or may not explain a few things about her magic.
Comments
TwoRavens
Jack is *thirsty*
Stephen Gilberg
I'd clean forgotten his name.
M.
Three companions, three very different reactions. :) I think Jack's expression works perfectly, because <i>someone</i> has to look at her like that.
Thisguy
"Seer, what does your arcane eye say about her power level?" "ITS OVER NINE THOUUUUSAAAND!!!!??" "WHAT NINE THOUSAND?!"
Klaus
This just made me thinks of Dragon Ball's exploding power sensor glasses, and how this comic could have takne a sudden very dark turn, given that the fantasy equivalent might have been an enchanted *eye*. "Don't give me those puppy eyes, that's why you can't have a dog. Where did you even get them?"
Thisguy
I like to think that Susan wasn't really hiding her power level through cosmetics, she was hiding her power level though sealing it. And the potion just undid that seal. Because reasons, maybe she thought Not!Arthur would be able to sense her power, even if it was cosmetically hidden. Unfortunatly, Susan did not expect the fight with Grace to be so hard, so she was kind in danger while her power was sealed. That's my headcanon anyway, I don 't care if the mechanics don't match.
