Wapsi Square

Slice of supernatural life YA comic PG-13 to R
  • Home
  • About
  • Book Store
  • Bluesky
  • Twitch
  • Forum
  • Archive
DeviantART pinterest YouTube RSS
"This Fear"
<< First < Prev 26Comments Next > Last >>
This Fear
<< FIrst < Prev Random 26Comments Next > Last >>

Friends

  • Dumbing of Age
  • OGLAF (NSFW)
  • Something Positive
Buy Me A Coffee

Mastodon

Latest Medusa Comic

This Fear

by Paul Taylor on January 19, 2016 at 11:00 pm
Story: Wapsi-Archive
Characters: Atsali, Nadette
Location: Gryphon High

Related Comics ¬

  • Vespa Run
  • All At Once
  • Just Remember
  • Have A Fish
  • Weekend Gig
Comments RSS

Discussion (26) ¬

  1. kingklash
    January 20, 2016, 12:21 am | # | Reply

    True dat.

  2. maarvarq
    January 20, 2016, 3:50 am | # | Reply

    Algebra gets one used to thinking systematically and logically, which could be useful in a zombie apocalypse.

  3. Ed Kline
    January 20, 2016, 3:54 am | # | Reply

    You know, I’m enjoying these “high school supernatural girls slice of life stuff” but are you going to ever get back to the main characters? I know this venue is popular, but I miss the old Wapsi square. Ed.

    • Guesticus
      January 20, 2016, 8:26 am | # | Reply

      One problem with that: basically their stories have ended, and it’s not like Mon and Co have been written out, they still show up from time to time

      Give the ‘new’ cast a couple years and then we will be on to a new ‘new’ cast 😛

  4. Robert Nowall
    January 20, 2016, 6:01 am | # | Reply

    Most people can’t add two and two. Studying Algebra, even if you don’t need it, puts you ahead of the game.

    • Iceburgh69
      September 16, 2017, 4:58 am | # | Reply

      And don’t realize that eve if they aren’t formally taught in school, people use algebra all of the time. We go into a store with an upper limit (cash on hand, which I will call by the variable m), and an idea of desired items. Those items represent a value that fluctuates, just as the values of (a-z) do on paper. Those values get further modified by sales, coupons, specials, etc. So all any item in a store is, is a real-world representation of algebra in its simplest form.

  5. Davoerlo
    January 20, 2016, 7:52 am | # | Reply

    Not enough thought is put into the horror that will be zombie drop bears when the apocalypse comes. Algebra will be needed then to figure out how to deflect them as they drop out of trees to attack!

  6. Guesticus
    January 20, 2016, 8:31 am | # | Reply

    If you don’t understand the need for a particular subject, or the subject itself, you only need to learn enough to pass the standardized tests (which in no way indicate if you understand the subject)

  7. Guesticus
    January 20, 2016, 8:34 am | # | Reply

    Seems like an easy suggestion, but figuring out (get it? 😛 ) why maths is difficult could be a start for her to understanding and being better at maths

  8. Michael Birks
    January 20, 2016, 2:51 pm | # | Reply

    I’m a little concerned about the seeming assumption that there _will_ be a ZA.

    IIRC, her sister is a seer, so is she working on revealed information?

    • BarerMender
      January 21, 2016, 12:07 am | # | Reply

      It’s Nadette that’s the seer, not her sister.

      • Michael Birks
        January 21, 2016, 12:53 am | #

        Ah. I’d gotten mixed up, what with the general lack of seerage (until now?) we’d seen from Nadette.

      • J-Earl
        June 19, 2021, 12:10 am | #

        It’s hard to “see” when your mind is full of lust – especially teenage unfulfilled lust – when that is pretty much all you think about… and then some… and then some more…. sigh.

  9. Centaur71
    January 20, 2016, 10:39 pm | # | Reply

    If the value of pi, divided by the radius times itself, is half again the total diametrical range of the blast wave from the zombie-spawning magneutralizing warhead, I want to make DAMN sure that I’M far enough away!!! 😉

  10. BarerMender
    January 21, 2016, 12:10 am | # | Reply

    If the value of pi divided by the radius times itself is half again the total diametrical range at the blast wave from the zombie-spawning magneutralizing warhead, how far does a rat turd have to drop to break a plank?

  11. Centaur71
    January 21, 2016, 12:26 am | # | Reply

    Who cares? I won’t be anywhere around! *heh-heh*

  12. Gyrre
    January 21, 2016, 6:50 pm | # | Reply

    Balancing chemical equations is algebra. So, someone working on a panacea making a single mistake could wind up raising the dead instead of creating a cure-all.

    Or if they happen to be a certain doctor with tree man’s disease, they could do both. (see ‘Unlife’)

    • Iceburgh69
      September 16, 2017, 5:00 am | # | Reply

      Or summon Cthulhu.

  13. Weertangel
    January 22, 2016, 9:13 am | # | Reply

    Some true wisdom from Atsali 🙂
    Then again, its even more likely that a Zapoc is coused by someone who knows to much math if u ask me.

  14. Razmoudah
    February 20, 2016, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

    Astali’s fear sounds like a better reason to learn algebra than trying to figure out which package of paper towels is the better deal when you’re on a tight budget to me. Yeah, the second one most people will probably use (unless they have a smart phone, I suspect there’s already an app for that), but the former sounds like a justifiable fear.

    • Iceburgh69
      September 16, 2017, 5:01 am | # | Reply

      I bow to you, as you came to the same realization that I did – algebra is FAR more common than people think.

  15. Bratty Roger
    March 8, 2016, 3:51 pm | # | Reply

    Solving equations is actually not that hard.
    What’s really hard about math is figuring out an equation that will give you the information you’re looking for.

    • Ashonai
      February 8, 2017, 6:43 pm | # | Reply

      Very true.

    • Bratty Roger
      July 2, 2018, 11:22 am | # | Reply

      Now, if only Matel had Barbie saying something like this instead of “Math-class is (tough)” 🙄

  16. Greywolf1963
    June 24, 2020, 9:36 am | # | Reply

    Algebra and word problems are two of the types of math we do often without even realizing it.

  17. Opus the Poet
    January 15, 2021, 1:10 am | # | Reply

    I come from the actual factual Zombie pokalyps, and it was one critical individual not knowing algebra that caused it to go down and infect the world.

Comment ¬ Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • Home
  • About
  • Book Store
  • Bluesky
  • Twitch
  • Forum
  • Archive

©2001-2025 Paul Taylor | Powered by WordPress with ComicPress | Subscribe: RSS | Back to Top ↑