Having to handle trans-dimensional crushing power, millions of years of memories, high-school math, and pubescent hormone surges, all in the same week? Poor kid… that’s a hell of a span to cover all at once. She’ll definitely need those brownies to maintain her stability and keep the rest of us alive.
I’m thinking double chocolate, at the very least. Pecans, too.
Recall that Bud was the first “adult” Castella showed what she can do with her hand (see link below). Bud really had a good prep for this, but just didn’t think it through.
” … I can Crush Universes, An’ I Suck at Math …” I’m going to have that one rattling around my Skull for a while! An Immortal, All Powerful Portal Guardian [that is Herself the Portals] on a totally different Level from the Titans, Demi-Titans, and other Assorted Paras, Babbling COHERENTLY in Tween-speak. I Grok it!
“I’m older than The Library” may be what’s freaking Bud out the most right now…aside from ALL THAT TEEN ANGST.
Which, combined with Tremendous Cosmic Power, is can be pretty freaking scary, even for part of The Chimera.
…I think even Jin would be nervous. And by Jin, I mean Old Jin.
Is anyone else getting a blank white page when they try visiting the comic’s home page? I got to this page via direct link in Paul’s tweet, but my usual bookmark doesn’t seem to be working, nor does the “Home” link at the top of the page. (Firefox 64-bit 86.0 for Ubuntu; Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS)
I use piperka dot net to collate my webcomics, and it lets me know when I have an update to read, so I always access through that and I had no problems.
Just thought of something, do plants have hormones? Or is Casts human mimicry so good it duplicates them too?
That aside, this may be slightly more responsibility (and power) to drop on a teen. Maybe they can convince the older side of blackthorn to go dormant until she’s properly ready for it?
Yes, plants do. They have a huge variety that cause growth, abscission (leaf shedding), germination, and scads of other plant growth and maintenance functions.
which makes Cass even scarier. because the blackthorn was a plant being of logic with almost no emotions. (tempered by the logic) the added human DNA. Human : all emotions usually selfish or quick to act without thinking actions fully through. tends to be petty. So the blackthorn a being of universe crushing power is now a pubescent girl with her hormones raging and confusing the crap shit out of her…… Check please.
not just ANY human teen DNA…
FEMALE human teen DNA.
Reminds me of an episode from the original Star Trek series.
Kirk had been stopped from entering an alien princess’ room (to teach her things about a culture she would be marrying into) by the princess’ guards.
Spock phaser stuns the guards and comes around the corner.
Spock: “Well, captain, you were correct that the princess would have her guards stop you, though the logic behind her action escapes me.”
Kirk: “Spock, the females on your planet are devoted to logic. It is the ONLY planet in known space that can make that claim.”
Yes, plants do have hormones… auxins and gibberellins among others. These control and influence various aspects of plant growth. Spray a seedling with an occasional puff of gibberellic acid solution, and it can grow to be a giant of its kind.
What you get, if you expose a Blackthorn/human hybrid to a dose of her own self-generated mix of auxins, estrogen, gibberellins, and testosterone, is… well, we aren’t really sure. A lightning-charged uber-triffid with mood swings, in the middle of a brownie-fueled growth spurt? Some teens storm around the house and slam doors… it sounds as if Castela could slam our entire space-time into next week.
This is where she’s kept under constant watch 24/7 in a facility manned entirely by nearly god-level beings, right? I guess I’m having a hard time buying that they’d just… Let her continue on how she’s been doing.
Wisdom must be sought, it doesn’t magically occur with just time and/or intelligence.
This is one of the more frustrating aspects of the human condition.
We have oh so many people who are confident in their own infallibility and lord it over the rest of us because we know we are often in no position to say otherwise with authority and honesty.
A wise man knows he can be a fool. A fool always believes himself wise.
Samuel Clemens once said “A man stays single as long as he is capable of making a fool of himself. When he can no longer make a grand fool of himself, he engages help from a woman… and there-by discovers just how be a fool he can be.”
Good grief… stop standing around you goobers… GO HUG HER! All of you, mass hugging dogpile, right now, right where the stinkweed is standing and trying hard to not melt down!
Isn’t Bud some couple of thousand years old? And not strictly human or even paranormal? There are those who might be upset about that…not us, ’cause we know her pretty well, but some might.
Bud is one-third of The Chimera, a golem/weapon with enough power to put out the Sun. Before she was tortured and killed to create said golem/weapon, she was a young girl. I think she might qualify as a para… And yes, these events took place thousands of years ago.
Ia Ia Shrubberygurath!
Anyone else wants to start a cult and make sacrifices of brownies to Castela?
I think it might be wise.
Having to handle trans-dimensional crushing power, millions of years of memories, high-school math, and pubescent hormone surges, all in the same week? Poor kid… that’s a hell of a span to cover all at once. She’ll definitely need those brownies to maintain her stability and keep the rest of us alive.
I’m thinking double chocolate, at the very least. Pecans, too.
My brownies have THC in them.
Given the circumstances, that might not be a bad thing.
Couldn’t have summarized it better myself. Poor kid, she’s going to need lots of hugs, too.
ALL HAIL THE HOLY PICKLE!!!!!
The last person I thought would have that “I’m in something way over my head” look would be Bud, and that is more than a little concerning.
Not just over her head. Below, in front, in the back, left, right and in adjacent, parallel and perpendicular dimensions too.
Recall that Bud was the first “adult” Castella showed what she can do with her hand (see link below). Bud really had a good prep for this, but just didn’t think it through.
http://wapsisquare.com/comic/on-that-note/
Aww sweetie
” … I can Crush Universes, An’ I Suck at Math …” I’m going to have that one rattling around my Skull for a while! An Immortal, All Powerful Portal Guardian [that is Herself the Portals] on a totally different Level from the Titans, Demi-Titans, and other Assorted Paras, Babbling COHERENTLY in Tween-speak. I Grok it!
…8..9.. 10! OK, that’s long enough. It’s time for Somebody to make the Obligatory DORK PHEONIX Joke.
That’s a new level of disconcerting revelation . . .
Bud seems to have a problem with this.
Brutally honest Castela is brutally honest (about herself). Ya gotta feel for the little omni-powerful tumbleweed . . .
Man, she was ALREADY neurotic about how dangerous she was and now it’s far, far worse.
“I’m older than The Library” may be what’s freaking Bud out the most right now…aside from ALL THAT TEEN ANGST.
Which, combined with Tremendous Cosmic Power, is can be pretty freaking scary, even for part of The Chimera.
…I think even Jin would be nervous. And by Jin, I mean Old Jin.
Is anyone else getting a blank white page when they try visiting the comic’s home page? I got to this page via direct link in Paul’s tweet, but my usual bookmark doesn’t seem to be working, nor does the “Home” link at the top of the page. (Firefox 64-bit 86.0 for Ubuntu; Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS)
I use piperka dot net to collate my webcomics, and it lets me know when I have an update to read, so I always access through that and I had no problems.
I had that problem, but I finally got through. I got the blank screen, refreshed, and got in.
Hitting refresh did the trick, thanks!
I disabled Adblock and it popped right up.
Always takes me to the latest page
The site was down for a while, because the admin was doing some software upgrades and something wasn’t quite as direct as advertised…
Bud’s got that “I hope Brandi shows up soon…” vibe.
Just thought of something, do plants have hormones? Or is Casts human mimicry so good it duplicates them too?
That aside, this may be slightly more responsibility (and power) to drop on a teen. Maybe they can convince the older side of blackthorn to go dormant until she’s properly ready for it?
Yes, plants do. They have a huge variety that cause growth, abscission (leaf shedding), germination, and scads of other plant growth and maintenance functions.
the people who “worked” on her DNA took her and combined her with human DNA. Hence where the hormones come from.
which makes Cass even scarier. because the blackthorn was a plant being of logic with almost no emotions. (tempered by the logic) the added human DNA. Human : all emotions usually selfish or quick to act without thinking actions fully through. tends to be petty. So the blackthorn a being of universe crushing power is now a pubescent girl with her hormones raging and confusing the crap shit out of her…… Check please.
not just ANY human teen DNA…
FEMALE human teen DNA.
Reminds me of an episode from the original Star Trek series.
Kirk had been stopped from entering an alien princess’ room (to teach her things about a culture she would be marrying into) by the princess’ guards.
Spock phaser stuns the guards and comes around the corner.
Spock: “Well, captain, you were correct that the princess would have her guards stop you, though the logic behind her action escapes me.”
Kirk: “Spock, the females on your planet are devoted to logic. It is the ONLY planet in known space that can make that claim.”
I think plants do have hormone analogs, but that’s about all I know about it.
Yes, plants do have hormones… auxins and gibberellins among others. These control and influence various aspects of plant growth. Spray a seedling with an occasional puff of gibberellic acid solution, and it can grow to be a giant of its kind.
What you get, if you expose a Blackthorn/human hybrid to a dose of her own self-generated mix of auxins, estrogen, gibberellins, and testosterone, is… well, we aren’t really sure. A lightning-charged uber-triffid with mood swings, in the middle of a brownie-fueled growth spurt? Some teens storm around the house and slam doors… it sounds as if Castela could slam our entire space-time into next week.
oh dear.
So…
This is where she’s kept under constant watch 24/7 in a facility manned entirely by nearly god-level beings, right? I guess I’m having a hard time buying that they’d just… Let her continue on how she’s been doing.
And what makes you think that THEY could stop her?
Normally, sure, but if Castela got upset… HOW?
Two words : Katherine Gilchrist
Wasn’t Castela being undersold to the school? Her powers kept secret? And now she let Ms. Alger in on it. They’re gonna punt her right out of there.
I guess age doesn’t mean maturity. Does it ever?
Wisdom must be sought, it doesn’t magically occur with just time and/or intelligence.
This is one of the more frustrating aspects of the human condition.
We have oh so many people who are confident in their own infallibility and lord it over the rest of us because we know we are often in no position to say otherwise with authority and honesty.
A wise man knows he can be a fool. A fool always believes himself wise.
Samuel Clemens once said “A man stays single as long as he is capable of making a fool of himself. When he can no longer make a grand fool of himself, he engages help from a woman… and there-by discovers just how be a fool he can be.”
Ok, Brandy needs to show up soon. This is just like when Bud herself was becoming herself again.
Oh. It is fun to follow the clues Paul leaves, draw what turn out to be the right conclusions, but still have the revelation throw in the odd twist.
G–
Being both a being with enoguh power to crush universe(s) and a hormone filled-to-the-brim teenager, what could possibly go wrong ?
Oh, the possibilities are endless and filled with infinities.
Dang, I like that.
I’m gonna have to remember that as my new catch-phrase.
not that I had one in the first place.
You know that tower is coming out of your Etsy store earnings….
Holy heck! And I thought pissing off The Hulk would be a bad idea! Do NOT piss off the Happy Fun Castela! O.o!
Good grief… stop standing around you goobers… GO HUG HER! All of you, mass hugging dogpile, right now, right where the stinkweed is standing and trying hard to not melt down!
Isn’t Bud some couple of thousand years old? And not strictly human or even paranormal? There are those who might be upset about that…not us, ’cause we know her pretty well, but some might.
Bud is one-third of The Chimera, a golem/weapon with enough power to put out the Sun. Before she was tortured and killed to create said golem/weapon, she was a young girl. I think she might qualify as a para… And yes, these events took place thousands of years ago.
Not sure what has Bud more disconcerted: the angsty teenager, or… the rest of it (probably the teenager part)
So… God exists… and you made her cry.
…shit.