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by Paul Taylor on March 30, 2010 at 12:00 am
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  1. A. Yount
    March 30, 2010, 12:05 am | # | Reply

    Ok, now THAT is seriously cool, Tina. Wow.

    and first comment? Really? Go me.

    • Anjel
      March 16, 2012, 7:04 pm | # | Reply

      Errr. Are we -certain- that the conglomerate of demons with seriously cryptic everything should e in on this one?

  2. Fatuncle
    March 30, 2010, 12:09 am | # | Reply

    And so, in every sense — Tina spreads her wings.

    • Hinoron
      November 26, 2016, 5:37 pm | # | Reply

      It’s kind of of a symbolic undertone.
      “No, I’m not terrified of a Mad Goddess walking into my cafe. I’m not exactly ‘normal’ myself, remember?”

  3. Fairportfan
    March 30, 2010, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    Okay. I made a (one word) comment and it didn’t show up – still hasn’t, despite several refreshes.

    So i tried to post it again – and it says it’s a duplicate and won’t let me..

    But i still don’t see the original…

    So, what i said (just in case) was:

    WOW!

  4. Fairportfan
    March 30, 2010, 12:11 am | # | Reply

    Gotta say – Jin’s eyes (her expression in general) still kind of creep me out.

  5. Katy
    March 30, 2010, 12:34 am | # | Reply

    …Is there anyway we could get that last panel of Tina and her wings as a wallpaper?

    • Dusty668
      March 30, 2010, 4:32 am | # | Reply

      Seconded, and WOW!!!!!

      • Christi
        March 30, 2010, 4:35 am | #

        Thirded.

      • The Old Wolf
        March 30, 2010, 6:55 am | #

        Quartered. With an extra “WOW” on top.

      • Kaibyo
        March 30, 2010, 7:07 am | #

        What would “fifthed” be??? And add my WAAAHOOOEEE!!! to alll the “wows! AND I think I would like a T-shirt (grey and black-her wing wrapped around the body) TOO!!!

      • DeadlyDad
        March 30, 2010, 9:09 am | #

        Not for me, thanks. To sit down at my desk before my morning coffee and see those eyes staring at me? Brrrrrrrrr!

      • jaedreth
        March 30, 2010, 3:14 pm | #

        Try having an oracle for a soulmate. *evil grin*

      • Jalule
        March 30, 2010, 10:01 pm | #

        Something wicked this way comes!

        NOTE TO SELF: Never ask for today’s special. Your first one? Yeah, that’ll be your last one.

      • jwhouk
        March 30, 2010, 11:54 pm | #

        Especially NOT at Coffee of Doom.

      • Lustwane
        March 30, 2010, 8:35 am | #

        first thing i thought when i saw the last panel was “wow that would be an amazing wallpaper”. So if there’s room on the bandwagon…. I have a kazoo and a dream…
        Kai i also like your shirt idea.

        “the dead do not … poo”

    • Dipti
      March 31, 2010, 4:01 pm | # | Reply

      ill jump on that wagon 2 that would be an awesome wallpaper!!!

    • Mark8114
      November 15, 2017, 9:07 am | # | Reply

      Hey did this ever pick up and if not any way to get it going cause that would be a sweet wallpaper

  6. Jim
    March 30, 2010, 12:35 am | # | Reply

    Tina’s got to be my favorite character !

  7. Atomic
    March 30, 2010, 12:45 am | # | Reply

    “Set a thief to catch a thief!”

    So maybe this works with Schizoid demons too?

  8. Anji
    March 30, 2010, 1:07 am | # | Reply

    I miss old normal crazy Tina. New demonic crazy Tina is still unsettling.

    • andypolky
      March 30, 2010, 11:26 pm | # | Reply

      Tina was always supposed to be slightly unsettling. Just friendly enough to cover it up. When she’s getting to the point, the friendliness fades and she gets down to business and the creepiness shows a little more.

      • slywlf
        August 2, 2011, 8:43 pm | #

        Tina knows these two know HER, so she is free to be herself (themself? themselves? I give up!) with them – refreshing for her, eerie for us – I love it!

  9. Alex C.
    March 30, 2010, 1:20 am | # | Reply

    I love her wings! I imagine them suddenly unfurling with the snapping sound of a flag in the wind.

  10. Kellisanth
    March 30, 2010, 1:40 am | # | Reply

    OOoooh, nifty wings! 🙂 Lovely. Not a succubus but still cute. 🙂

    And Kali? As in the Indian Goddess Kali? (this a sorta reference to the Indiana Jones ToD?) 😀 I need to look her up again.

    • Kenoscope
      March 30, 2010, 2:38 am | # | Reply

      Kali is the Goddess of time and change. Not someone to have interested in you.

      • jaedreth
        March 30, 2010, 3:10 pm | #

        [Disheartened Marvin the Depressed Robot Voice] Kali? Don’t talk to me about Kali. [/voice]

      • dadman
        March 30, 2010, 5:28 pm | #

        More excellent HGTTG reference FTW.

        I think it’s gonna take more than a couple cups of Kenya blend to iron out the wrinkles in this one…

      • dadman
        March 30, 2010, 5:31 pm | #

        Feh. Should be “Most excellent…”

        I’ll just go back to lurking.

  11. Paula
    March 30, 2010, 1:53 am | # | Reply

    Hmm

    What if…
    Well…
    Tina has always had these snippits of wisdom and insight.
    As though only one demon were speaking.

    Maybe thats the ‘original’ Tina but was somehow turned into a demon when she died?

    • jwhouk
      March 30, 2010, 8:25 am | # | Reply

      No… but I have my theories as to who someone else’s personal demon might be…

    • eschmenk
      March 30, 2010, 10:01 am | # | Reply

      Actually, Paul said that the gray text means that it is just one of her demons talking. Black means that what Tina says is being filtered by the committee of demons.

      • jwhouk
        March 30, 2010, 11:49 pm | #

        Oh, I’m aware of that, but I also have my suspicion that the “main piece” of Tina got shoved into a basement somewhere.

  12. NOTDilbert
    March 30, 2010, 2:14 am | # | Reply

    Err, does she seem just a tiny bit too…………..eager for this? I get the impression she enjoys the idea a leetle too much. And she might be Jin’s only hope.

    This should prove interesting. Hopefully not Chinese-Curse interesting.

    • jaedreth
      March 30, 2010, 3:11 pm | # | Reply

      May you live in interesting times. May you find that which you seek.

  13. NOTDilbert
    March 30, 2010, 2:17 am | # | Reply

    Also, noticed we went from composite-group-o’demons-speak to only-one-in-charge-speaking. Worrisome?

  14. Kenoscope
    March 30, 2010, 2:36 am | # | Reply

    EEEKKKKK!

  15. SoWhyMe
    March 30, 2010, 3:16 am | # | Reply

    But the demons aren’t Tina. They never were. She was the one with all the knowledge and the doctorate to prove it. She had the training in what to do. At best, the demons may have picked up a few things, but they are not the psychoanalyst. Tina is gone. Going to the faux Tina doesn’t really make sense to me. Yeah, I know, ours is not to question why, ours is but to read and pry. That’s my problem. I’m always questioning why.

    • Christi
      March 30, 2010, 4:40 am | # | Reply

      I’m working under the assumption that she’s the closest they’re going to get to the real deal. It’s probably not a good idea to take Jin to a city regular for this treatment, so using what the demons picked up from Tina doesn’t seem like a bad start.

      • Akamar
        March 30, 2010, 9:29 am | #

        Well, is it too much to assume that since the demons possess the Original Tina’s brain they might be able to access it some of her memories like, say, a hard drive? I could be wrong… but who knows.

      • eschmenk
        March 30, 2010, 1:37 pm | #

        I don’t think they can.

      • jaedreth
        March 30, 2010, 3:12 pm | #

        Anyone you channel and any entity that possesses you can access all the information in your conscious mind, sometimes better than you can. I do channelling work, so I know.

      • Simon
        June 2, 2011, 5:36 am | #

        I think it’s instinct. The committee doesn’t have the memories of doing a psychology degree (or any other part of Tina’s original life), not that they can consciously recall. But the demons *are* based on the original personality, and so I’d guess they’ve got that knowledge at a subconscious level… if that term means anything for demons…

  16. Fairportfan
    March 30, 2010, 3:53 am | # | Reply

    Actually, Tina is creeping me out, somewhat, also.

    I didn’t really take in her expression in the bottom panel at first; the ings distracted me…

  17. jordinyc
    March 30, 2010, 6:55 am | # | Reply

    Anybody else hear the “FLRFFF!” noise when her wings came out? XD

    • The Old Wolf
      March 30, 2010, 6:56 am | # | Reply

      Not at first, but now that you mention it, I do… 😀

      • Kaibyo
        March 30, 2010, 7:09 am | #

        I like the “sound of a flag unfurling” description.

        I also like the “stinky tea”!!! Heeheehee!

      • Marchbanks
        March 30, 2010, 9:35 pm | #

        Not really stinky (it smells kinda like me after I’ve been running a smoker all day), but anti-cholinergic as all hell . . . yeah. That.

  18. txmystic
    March 30, 2010, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    mmmmmmmm….Kenya….

    If Jin is part John Nash, can we expect some submissions on her part to the annals of pure mathematics?

    • dadman
      March 31, 2010, 11:26 am | # | Reply

      The more I think about it (and I obviously think about it too much), I think they should skip the Kenya Blend and just open up a can of Chock Full O’ Nuts.

  19. Bucky Katt
    March 30, 2010, 7:38 am | # | Reply

    So, what’s the deal with Tina’s wings? What do they represent, or why does she have them in the first place? They appear in skeletal form in one of the images on Ebay this week, but I don’t recall seeing them any other time or any explanation for them.

    • Fairportfan
      March 30, 2010, 8:18 am | # | Reply

      I remember Extremely-Scary-Tina-As-Seen-By-Bud-The-First-Time-They-Met having wings and a very creepy-looking “smashed skull” effect…

      Is that the image?

      • eschmenk
        March 30, 2010, 1:50 pm | #

        Your memory is correct. On the next page she has a bush growing out of her head. I don’t know what any of that represents.

      • April
        March 30, 2010, 4:53 pm | #

        Wings here, too.

        http://wapsisquare.com/comic/realsweetie/

      • Fairportfan
        March 30, 2010, 11:37 pm | #

        Bat wings, though.

        Looks as if she’s being smart-ass.

    • jwhouk
      March 30, 2010, 8:29 am | # | Reply

      I’m thinking one of Tina’s Demon band has, as its representation, an “Angel of Protection” of sorts. Perhaps a demon of “Concern”?

      You know, that might be the reason why Tina 1.0 was so well connected with her demon horde: she was a psychologist, and could compartmentalize each of her demons. I bet her demons know the DSM-IV front and backwards…

      • eschmenk
        March 30, 2010, 2:24 pm | #

        There was a Mayan bird demon. I don’t know if that has anything to do with anything, though.

  20. Alex D.
    March 30, 2010, 8:05 am | # | Reply

    It could just be she drank some “Red Bull”.

    or not

    • jwhouk
      March 30, 2010, 11:50 pm | # | Reply

      I think I need to drink some Red Bull, because it took me THIS long to figure out what you meant by that.

  21. StarKruzr
    March 30, 2010, 9:28 am | # | Reply

    Er. Is it just me, or did Tina change clothes in between the first and third panels?

    • stjen
      March 30, 2010, 11:44 am | # | Reply

      sorry, it’s just you. In the first panel, her folded hands seem to be shielding the scoop neck on the blouse, but the sleeves seem to be the same on both. In the third panel she’s moved her arms to under her boobs, providing the cleavage boost and making the scoop visible.

  22. UncleRice
    March 30, 2010, 9:44 am | # | Reply

    There aren’t enough girls with dark wings in comics. Believe me, I read a lot of them and they seem to be a rare breed.

  23. kingklash
    March 30, 2010, 11:53 am | # | Reply

    I could almost see the anime flourish of the air filled with feathers. So, what does this aspect sound like? British? Asian? Southern Gothic?

  24. Halex
    March 30, 2010, 12:04 pm | # | Reply

    Now we’re talking “badass”. 🙂

  25. txmystic
    March 30, 2010, 12:47 pm | # | Reply

    C’mon! *Everyone* who works in a coffee shop has those eyes…

    • Fairportfan
      March 30, 2010, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

      Well, by the end of the shift, maybe…

      Caffeine contact highs, maybe?

  26. Atrian
    March 30, 2010, 12:57 pm | # | Reply

    Tina is amazing, and I want a statue of her. :3

    • Fairportfan
      March 30, 2010, 11:38 pm | # | Reply

      With wings.

  27. SoWhyMe
    March 30, 2010, 1:04 pm | # | Reply

    OK, so, as I see it then the wings actually represent (are part of) the particular demon who is speaking through Tina at that moment. Is that right? Must be an impressive demon. Perhaps an actual angel of hell (one of the fallen former residents of heaven)? That would be quite an “honor.” To be so important in the grand scheme of things to come to the attention of one of them. It would also make “Tina” a force with which ot be reckoned. Or, looking at the Looney Tunes eyes, it might just be the one most nutzo. Oh wait … that could be one one the same.

  28. dakabn
    March 30, 2010, 1:48 pm | # | Reply

    If I was ever to correct grammar… but knowing Jin’s condition, it makes sense. That it doesn’t make sense that it. 😉

    Of course I’m also paranoid MY brain is a little broken and I just can’t comprehend. EEP! Someone confirm that she’s speaking oddly.

    • eschmenk
      March 30, 2010, 2:31 pm | # | Reply

      Actually, it does make sense as it is. She’s saying that Jin and M think that Tina 1.0 (the you that you used to be) could be helpful. She’s not saying that Tina 2.0 could be helpful, but that doesn’t seem to matter.

    • Fatuncle
      March 30, 2010, 2:38 pm | # | Reply

      Having been publicly spanked for correcting grammar, I ain’t saying nuthin’ nohow noway!

      • Paul Taylor
        March 30, 2010, 3:27 pm | #

        *hugs* =) You’re cool, I just want folks to remember that the characters “ain’t” perfect.

      • Fairportfan
        March 30, 2010, 11:40 pm | #

        But we like to imagine that you are … it gives us hope that all of this will, eventually, make sense…

      • dakabn
        March 30, 2010, 5:22 pm | #

        LOL 😀

  29. Fnord
    March 30, 2010, 1:51 pm | # | Reply

    Does Tina have a boyfriend? Just askin…

    • eschmenk
      March 30, 2010, 2:34 pm | # | Reply

      She didn’t seem to have any friends at all.

  30. hyperanim8or
    March 30, 2010, 2:44 pm | # | Reply

    This may seem like a joke but it isn’t. I like the attention to detail in how her right breast (form her perspective) is slightly “smooshed” to her right.

    It might seem simple but that could have easily been overlooked. Especially since she is not Monica.

    Can I post a vote to see this shot of Tina as the next sculpture. Those wings would be SO cool.

  31. sq_rigger
    March 30, 2010, 3:15 pm | # | Reply

    Those are vulture or giant condor wings, not hawk, eagle, or owl wings. Interesting foreshadowing…

    • Bucky Katt
      March 30, 2010, 6:10 pm | # | Reply

      I would have thought they’d be raven’s wings – but I’m an English major, not an ornithologist.

    • Wolf
      March 30, 2010, 6:21 pm | # | Reply

      Those look very much like Raven wings; and considering how Ravens are expressed/described in various cultures – (particularly my own, First Nations) wuh oh….

    • Paul Taylor
      March 30, 2010, 7:27 pm | # | Reply

      They are definitely raptor wings. 🙂

    • Marchbanks
      March 30, 2010, 10:39 pm | # | Reply

      Yeah, looks kinda like Quechua here.

  32. Mea
    March 30, 2010, 4:25 pm | # | Reply

    Woaaaaah, crap. *Runs in opposite direction of Tina’s expression*

  33. RKSAustin
    March 30, 2010, 8:27 pm | # | Reply

    I <3 Tina!!

    Some unsuspecting guy needs to fall for her just so we can see another one trying to cope with the decision of hot babe GF vs crazy mystical weirdness.

  34. Valis_kr3
    March 30, 2010, 8:41 pm | # | Reply

    Wow the second craziest girl in Wapsi Square wants to help. Now that I think about Jin and Tina can have a crazy off and decide who’s the best of the worst.

    • BMonk
      December 16, 2024, 12:31 am | # | Reply

      Well, when you have one problem, it’s a problem. But when you have two problems, it often happens that one can solve or help solve the other.

  35. sco3tt
    March 30, 2010, 10:03 pm | # | Reply

    Hot, and wings, more so.

  36. Bloodyboots
    March 30, 2010, 10:54 pm | # | Reply

    Simple question, in the third panel, are both quotes the same manifestation of Tina, or different voices?

    Somehow, I visualize two different “aspects” of her both suddenly intrigued by the “opportunities” of helping Jin.

    • Fairportfan
      March 30, 2010, 11:43 pm | # | Reply

      Eeeeeeee…..

    • jwhouk
      March 30, 2010, 11:53 pm | # | Reply

      Oh, wow, I never thought of that… That would be even CREEPIER than just the plain quotation.

  37. Opus the Poet
    March 30, 2010, 11:24 pm | # | Reply

    Paul the artwork just continues to blow me away. The writing ain’t half bad either.

  38. ziggy78eog
    March 31, 2010, 12:30 pm | # | Reply

    Does anybody else get a “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” vibe from Jin’s shirt? Anybody?

  39. Cassidy
    October 28, 2011, 7:10 am | # | Reply

    OMG SEXY WINGED TINA! *nosebleed*

  40. Bratty Roger
    February 11, 2022, 7:49 pm | # | Reply

    Anyone think Tina’s gonna freak-out even ^more^ intensely when she meets Phix than she did meeting bud?

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