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Dropped the Ball

by Paul Taylor on October 28, 2020 at 8:00 pm
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Briar, Bryn, Castela, Shawna
Location: Gryphon High

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  1. ZybotAus
    October 28, 2020, 8:19 pm | # | Reply

    You know someone’s done goofed bad if the sphinxes have been called in to fix up the mess. . .
    ( I wonder what the body count was, if there were any bodies left to identify . . .)

    • Greywolf1963
      April 9, 2023, 3:27 am | # | Reply

      Nope, there were no bodies to count, but the sphinxes did not need supper that night. They did have a bit of indigestion, but it passed quickly enough.

  2. Dave
    October 28, 2020, 8:33 pm | # | Reply

    One thing about Shawna – there’s no question at all when she’s upset about something. She does an angry glare better than any of the other Wapsi characters.

    “Akakios doctrine” – “akakios” apparently meaning “not evil” or “innocent” (and thus used as the name of at least one saint). I think her meaning is something along the line of “The precedent in this situation is that you have no right to punish one who is innocent” (presumably Briar). I’m not sure how the Supreme Court views the idea of eating an offender without a trial, though…. usually it requires a jury to rule on the question of tartare or flambe.

    • Dave Van Domelen
      October 28, 2020, 11:07 pm | # | Reply

      Well, I think the Sphinxes ARE their Supreme Court. The society of the supernatural has its own parallel legal system, geared towards precedents that include “dude needed eatin’.”

      • jwhouk
        October 29, 2020, 6:56 am | #

        Paranormal Parallel Legal System. Somehow I just find that funny.

      • The_Shadow
        October 29, 2020, 8:07 am | #

        They are the judges, jury, and – depending on the type – the executioner as well…

      • Sheik
        October 29, 2020, 10:59 am | #

        It seems the Sphinxes stand in for Thomas Hobbes Leviathan, that is to say the Ultimate Authority.
        We don’t know just how big the paranormal community is. If it is small then the Ultimate Authority might be quite close to the regular population.

    • Greywolf1963
      April 9, 2023, 3:31 am | # | Reply

      I suspect she would effectively claim justifiable homicide. Or in some regions “the varmint needed killing!” Either way I find I’m rather in agreement with her.

  3. Mark N
    October 28, 2020, 8:46 pm | # | Reply

    Shawna is definitely on the MIBs short list for future members. If nothing else she is set for the legal department’s of the MIB.

    • The_Shadow
      October 29, 2020, 8:08 am | # | Reply

      Hmm… Not so sure about that. I mean, she appears to be one of the taller girls in class…

      • Mark N
        October 30, 2020, 2:32 am | #

        Yes your honor, I know I stepped into that one.

  4. Marcus Wallaby, M.D.
    October 28, 2020, 11:20 pm | # | Reply

    Looking at Shawna in profile, are we SURE she isn’t part Succubus?

    • BarerMender
      October 28, 2020, 11:33 pm | # | Reply

      Looking at her in profile, I’m not sure where she keeps her internal organs.

    • Steve
      October 29, 2020, 10:52 am | # | Reply

      Hello, Dr. Wallaby, and welcome to the Wapsiverse. You clearly haven’t been here long…

  5. Robert Nowall
    October 28, 2020, 11:28 pm | # | Reply

    When did Shawna study law? I mean, I know a lot of time passes between our scenes with them, but I thought they were still in high school.

    • BarerMender
      October 28, 2020, 11:35 pm | # | Reply

      High school students have a lot of time on their hands to pursue special interests. I wish I had back all the time I spent on a sliding block puzzle. Maybe I’d know something.

  6. TazManiac
    October 29, 2020, 12:44 am | # | Reply

    She is a Model Builder! Huzzah!

  7. scantrontb
    October 29, 2020, 1:19 am | # | Reply

    It took me a moment to sort out in my mind, what with the similarities between Abney Park’s song “The Secret Life of Dr. Calgori” and the silent film “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari” as her last name sounds similar to both, but i’m getting an image in my head when i hear the symptoms shes got, combined with the visuals from the silent film (in the movie trailer at least) where everything is twisted and warped, and imagine that that’s what our reality is like to Blair. and if that’s the case, then i can seriously understand why she has difficulty relating to everything we take for granted about “here”.

  8. Julie
    October 29, 2020, 7:17 am | # | Reply

    Awww…Shawna wants to protecc, too! Yay!

    • Dave
      October 29, 2020, 7:49 am | # | Reply

      Based on what we saw during the school-sleepover crisis (and her comments to Daylla afterwards), Shawna definitely has a tendency to jump in and take charge when she sees a problem. Somewhat of a bossy Lawful Good type. Not a bad sort to have around!

      • Valkeiper2020
        October 31, 2020, 12:34 pm | #

        bossy Lawful Good?
        you talk as if there was some other sort of lawful good.

    • txmystic
      October 30, 2020, 10:55 am | # | Reply

      she protecc, but she can also attacc–that’s why she has Briar’s back…

  9. Dave
    October 29, 2020, 7:39 am | # | Reply

    Model ship… traditional methods… and it’s a flying ship. That’s a very interesting tradition.

    Is Briar a Spark?

    • Sheik
      October 29, 2020, 11:27 am | # | Reply

      Either that or the paranormal community has access to a Sufficiently Advanced Technology, which seems more likely considering the fact that Earth was once part of a much wider Off Planet community.
      Then again, considering the mixed ancestry of Briar, she may have direct influence over such things, effectively making her a Mage.

  10. Vorlonagent
    October 29, 2020, 2:11 pm | # | Reply

    Damn I wish my school administrators were this on the ball when I was in school.

    • Valkeiper2020
      October 31, 2020, 12:44 pm | # | Reply

      I agree.
      Though I have to admit going to too many schools because my family was military.
      Let’s see…
      kindergarten (two years) was in Atlanta, Georgia…
      1st and 2nd grade, Mannhiem, Germany…
      3rd grade Fort Hood, tx…
      4th grade, Hettie Halsted elementary…
      5th grade, Mrs Jewel elementary…
      6th, 7th, and first half of 8th, Avenue J. Jr high…
      2nd 1/2 of 8th, Sun Prairie Jr high…
      9th, Sun Prairie High…
      10th Fort Knox high….
      11th, Copperas Cove High…
      then G.E.D.

      So I was exposed to many administrations who tended to ‘drop the ball’

  11. BØmar
    October 29, 2020, 9:59 pm | # | Reply

    “Traditional Methods” I assume means Tools and Materials. Did Briar Lay a Keel for a Model?!! Just what level of Detail IS this Model? Are we talk’n Flying Dutchman?

  12. RBZ
    October 30, 2020, 9:04 am | # | Reply

    So, are Bryn and Ms Alger the same person? Because clicking on “Bryn” and (by going a few pages back) clicking on “Ms Alger” give different lists of appearances.

    • RBZ
      October 30, 2020, 9:06 am | # | Reply

      Answered my own question by noticing her being referred to as “Ms Andersen.”

      Although, I guess the lack of Bryn calling anyone “Hunny” should’ve been a dead giveaway too, really.

    • Steve
      October 30, 2020, 6:13 pm | # | Reply

      Last I recall, Bryn was Castela’s mom’s paramour? Not sure if the relationship ever progressed, wonder if she’s graduated to “step-doptive” guardian?

  13. Sheik
    October 30, 2020, 9:06 am | # | Reply

    I can’t help but wonder if Briar’s Directional Dyslexia is somehow involved with her ability to fly her model.
    Spacial relations with her may be a lot more complex than is the norm.

  14. Rich Morris
    October 30, 2020, 8:39 pm | # | Reply

    Hey Paul!
    I’m Rich Morris, writer/author of “Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic” and I wanted to gush a bit fanboyishly for a moment. Wapsi Square is one of the comics referenced in my comic’s title. It was yours and a small handful of others that inspired me to create my own which has itself been going fairly steady since 2006.
    I find your art so beautiful it’s hypnotic. And your characters are so charming it’s hard not to fall in love with [almost] all of them. I have to confess, I’ve not ever done a proper archive binge, I simply don’t have the time! But once in a while I get sucked into chunks of it (and loose portions of my life) enough to reconnect with some of the characters.
    Thanks for giving us this wonderful world to by simultaneously charmed and terrified by.
    -Rich “Beholder King” Morris

    • Rich Morris
      October 30, 2020, 8:41 pm | # | Reply

      Oh and I wanted to add that your animated shorts are spectacular. I’ve already watched ‘The Library Ghost’ about 20 times. I hope you’ll do more like it sometime.

    • Paul Taylor
      October 30, 2020, 9:13 pm | # | Reply

      OMG Thank you so much! ^_^ I’m honored and humbled that my work in any small way helped inspire you to start your own comic and story telling. =D Thanks so much for your positive words! ^_^

      • Rich Morris
        October 30, 2020, 9:20 pm | #

        My pleasure. I’ve done a little bit of Monica fan-art… trying to see if I can simulate your style at all. Is there somewhere I can share it? I LOVE your big-square hands and feet. So many of us struggle with hands and feet. I had a co-worker (I’ve mostly worked as a Character Designer and a Storyboard Artist) who used to draw all his characters standing in water so he didn’t have to draw feet.)

      • Paul Taylor
        October 30, 2020, 11:00 pm | #

        Are you on Twitter? I’m @pablowapsi there. I haven’t been to my DA page in forever.

    • That_person
      October 31, 2020, 10:25 am | # | Reply

      I wonder what a Collab comic strip by you Rich and Paul would be like, especially now that magic is vanishing in the “Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic” world, or I guess one of the characters from the “Yet Another Fantasy Gamer Comic” world could end up in the Wapsi Square world looking for answers 🙂

      • Rich Morris
        October 31, 2020, 7:59 pm | #

        If Paul were interested and we could schedule time to work on such a thing, I’d be on it in a heartbeat. Who would you want to see interact?

      • That_person
        November 2, 2020, 6:35 am | #

        Rich considering I don’t know who survived, I have only seen a few so fare that seems to have survived, but I guess Gren Razortooth as she was the original lead character, maybe Eddy the Ex-mage if he is alive.

  15. Rich Morris
    October 30, 2020, 9:28 pm | # | Reply

    Oh hang on, I found your DA page. I’ll post there. I’m “Gorpo”.

    • Rich Morris
      October 31, 2020, 9:32 am | # | Reply

      I am on Twitter but I don’t use it much. This could be an excuse to get back into it, though.

  16. Valkeiper2020
    October 31, 2020, 12:51 pm | # | Reply

    Hello, Rich.
    welcome to Wapsi.
    I was not even aware of your comic until you posted here.
    I am busy reading your comic now.
    so far, I like it a lot.
    The wapsi influence is obvious, but not intrusive…
    very good.
    I second the notion of a collaborative crossover between you two. (though I’m not a really good judge of such things)

    • Rich Morris
      October 31, 2020, 8:03 pm | # | Reply

      Thank you! I appreciate the welcome and the feedback.
      Wapsi is awesome and love Paul’s work and creation, so yeah, I think there’s definitely some influence. Wapsi’s got some really great creep-factor that I could only wish to match, but I do what I can.

      • Rich Morris
        October 31, 2020, 8:23 pm | #

        Aw. Doing a bit of quick research, doesn’t look like Paul does crossovers. Alas. Still, it’d be a fun mental exercise.

  17. Valkeiper2020
    October 31, 2020, 12:56 pm | # | Reply

    I absolutely LOVE Ms Anderson’s outlook on the matter.
    “trepidation seeing Miss Gilchrist is involved” is WONDERFUL!!!

    Why do I get the feeling people tend to walk on eggshells when Cassie is around?
    What is she gonna do… turn the school into a radioactive crater?

    She can?
    That explains a lot.

    LoL

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