One has to wonder what was said that would make a para capable of vaporizing ceramic (and worse) come out with her head bowed and apologize fully for her actions. I don’t think “No brownies for a month!” would quite be enough here.
Considering Castela seems to be capable of supreme self-awareness, self-control, and maturity when she puts her mind to it, it wouldn’t need more than a combo of Motherly Disappointment and “with great power comes great responsibility”. Castela’s mature enough to own up when she’s crossed the line.
The “freaked” part is comprehension of the extreme power levels this was conducted at. I’d hazard a guess that what she didn’t understand, until this very moment, is that she is not in the driver’s seat in this relationship … Katherine has just been roleplaying “submissive girl” to Bryn’s more extroverted & seemingly dominant part of the relationship. Probably because Katherine has to be in such control over two such vastly powerful daughters, part of Katherine’s release in this relationship is to have a partner who takes more of the lead.
Thus, she is very much done with adulting. Right. Now. The sleepover should be rather extra spicy if Bryn unpacks Katherine correctly throughout the course of their date.
Yes, but even managing a school full of paras, it’s little surprise if she’s intimidated by what just happened. What Castela just did may be at the low end of what she’s capable of, but this was still a terrifying demonstration of power beyond what “normal” paras would encounter. That’s going to leave you a little on edge.
And then Katherine – a woman completely lacking in supernatural power – has not only stayed completely calm in the face of terror, but proceeded to drag her apocalyptic daughter back into line with just a few sharp words. Even for someone who deals with a lot of parents, that’s a hell of an impressive action.
Heh, I have a Dad Voice that can make the kids on the other side of our duplex sit up and take notice. Which their Mom thinks is hilarious, since it usually happens while my kid is the one in trouble.
I once heard a YouTuber ask “How do you ladder???” I myself use “words” as a verb, same with “english.” I will “commit cookery” for my wife and I. Or “chefery” if I’m feeling fancy. Here’s a fun fact that involves a similar concept: Vikings are Norse who “went viking,” or raiding.
Wasn’t exactly a question, though. It was a statement.
The best way for Kath to address it, is probably to just de-escalate the immediate tension, go ahead with the date as originally planned, and let Bryn talk or ask questions or discuss Kath’s situation however she wants to. Possibly, the more Bryn really understands Kath and her family, the less freaked out she’ll be.
(or, possibly, Bryn will turn tail and run as if she was being chased by the hounds of Hell. Remains to be seen.)
No. NO !! Bryn!! BE STILL ! Do NOT turn your backside on her and try to run! She’ll …
< * leap leap leap POUNCE !! SHRIEK! ( various sounds of mayhem, rending of clothes, terrifying giggles and ecstasy ) * > Crickets chirp. Cars honk distantly. The concrete jungle gets on about its business, ignoring love, tragedy, and continuing sounds of satiation.
Yeah. That. You’ll just trigger her hunting instinct. I don’t think keeping your tail down would have helped, either.
Maybe. I knew a guy who had worked with ozone. He said that under best laboratory conditions, the half-life of ozone is three minutes, so depending on how long it took Katherine to put a bug in Castela’s ear. But, harking back to the 80s, do you know what that half-life thing means? A half hour after the sun sets, the ozone layer everyone was so concerned about is gone. The ozone layer isn’t a fixture. It’s created anew every day. Just thought you’d want to know.
I can appreciate anyone not knowing if I know something afore-hand; never worry about ‘splainin-
It can help the general public who’re reading the discourse.
That said, the 3 min mark (when the amount of detectable Ozone has diminished a lot) is within a reasonable amount of time for ‘the brief conversation with Mom,’ in the other room…
Also, she (Castela) might still have some residual ‘crackling’ going on as she dissipates the after-affects of a discharge…
Ozone decreases at night, which does not matter because THERE IS NO ULTRAVIOLET AT NIGHT. It reconstitutes by day, when it’s needed, but when CFCs are around it breaks down faster and its equilibrium concentration decreases. If you think there has been a worldwide conspiracy of all atmospheric scientists to promote an imaginary ozone hole that’s been visible since 1985, I .suggest reading https://www.wunderground.com/resources/climate/ozone_skeptics.asp /
Here’s the thing: CFCs are heavier than air. Spray cans did not put them high into the atmosphere. And there wasn’t a worldwide conspiracy, there was a very specific conspiracy engineered by DuPont. Their patent on Freon was due to expire, which meant any chemical company could manufacture it, and therefore the price, and the profit, would drop. DuPont had a substitute, but it wasn’t as good, and no one would want it, so DuPont stirred up (yet another) doomsday panic, lobbied Congress, and got Freon outlawed, so all Americans would be forced to buy their inferior substitute.
‘CFCs are heavier than air’? Obviously irrelevant, since the atmosphere hasn’t separated out into CO2 at bottom, oxygen above that, and nitrogen and argon at the top. Gases mix too easily. You’re claiming that every atmospheric scientist (and scientific society) in the world is (a) much stupider than you for thinking that CFCs could get up there, and/or (b) very easily bribed, and fiendishly clever and united for having run this conspiracy for thirty years without anyone admitting to it or discovering it, and (c) liars for claiming that CFCs in the stratosphere have been measured innumerable times using balloons, planes, and the space shuttle. See https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chlorofluorocarbons-cfcs/ .
I just hate it when people put words in my mouth. I said spray cans didn’t put CFCs high in the atmosphere. Spray doesn’t come out of those cans at any significant force. The CFCs come out and drop to the ground. You can detect the freon near the ground after spraying them. If there are CFCs high in the atmosphere, you might want to consider another source. Volcanoes, e.g. But any sense of proportion, any idea of how big the atmosphere is and how small spray cans are… but never mind. I’m pissing in the wind.
There is no natural source of CFCs; you’re just grasping at straws. They didn’t show up in the atmosphere until the 1930s, at less than a thousandth of the current level. ‘The CFCs come out and drop to the ground’? For a few minutes, maybe, given any air circulation. You know nothing. Follow the links I gave. Or just read my second sentence above. A ‘sense of proportion’ requires some knowledge of what you’re comparing, and you have none. CFCs are measured in the air in parts per billion, but one chlorine atom (from breakup of a CFC) can destroy more than a hundred thousand ozone molecules.
I couldn’t let all your nonsense go unchallenged, but anyone who thinks there’s anything to it can follow my links above, so I’ll stop now.
PS- I forgot to mention that sometimes the detection of an Electrical Event causing Ozone isn’t based on smelling the Ozone itself, but rather the Oxidized material affected by all them stray Electrons…
Regardless of all of this, I kinda wonder if Pickle doing this was in part because she knows that ethically it is NOT ok for these two to be dating while she is going to school there. She could easily get into major trouble, parents claiming favoritism… even things that Sali did and received being called into question even though she left the school already. As a teacher I can tell you this has atomic level of bad things attached to it. Throw into the fact that Kat is MIB and stuff…..
It must be a common trope in media, and I’ve seen it in real life too, that people feel disturbingly comfortable threatening the lives of anyone dating their loved one (a child or younger sister especially).
Most countries have laws that treat death threats as a crime, usually resulting in at least a restraining order. Where do people get the notion into their heads that threatening the person who makes your loved one happy is somehow an exception? Or not incredibly inappropriate? It’s not. If anything, it’s LESS appropriate than threatening a perfect stranger.
If I can catch it on audio, I’ll call the cops on a young woman whom I’m dating’s family member for pulling that shit.
The Mom Voice!
And enough sheer force of personality to stop a charging Cape buffalo in its tracks. No wonder Bryn is a bit shook up.
Angry Mom powers activate!
So what is Katherine saying? “Let’s go back to girlish giggling,” or “Let’s make it another day?”
“Let’s abandon ourselves to hedonistic pleasure.”
“Give yourself over
To absolute pleasure”
“Adulting” being responsible.
“No more Adulting” being irresponsible.
Nah, just not responsible. Zero on the responsibility meter.
It’s just that addressing Bryn as “Ms. Andersen” struck me as distancing.
“It’s just that addressing Bryn as “Ms. Andersen” struck me as distancing.”
Nah, she’s just coming down from Adult Mode(™)
I concede the possibility.
Mom voice strikes again.
I’m done adulting today, let’s be unicorns. ~<3
Thats very interesting territory…
Hehehe I keep reading that last line of Kath’s in the voice of Agent Smith.
or Carl Sagan.
When I hear “Adult Voice” it’s typically Darth Vader or Maya Angelou. Deep, gravelly and “oh, shit.”
It’s the “Ms. Andersen” at the beginning, so Agent Smith!
I hear more of Katey Sagal (more SOA, less Married With Children). in fact, she even looks like her too.
Same here 😀
The black text box speaks volumns!!!
One has to wonder what was said that would make a para capable of vaporizing ceramic (and worse) come out with her head bowed and apologize fully for her actions. I don’t think “No brownies for a month!” would quite be enough here.
Considering Castela seems to be capable of supreme self-awareness, self-control, and maturity when she puts her mind to it, it wouldn’t need more than a combo of Motherly Disappointment and “with great power comes great responsibility”. Castela’s mature enough to own up when she’s crossed the line.
The old “I’m not mad, I’m dissapointed” can hurt way more than any spanking ever could.
“Hell hath no fury that can surpass a pissed-off mother.”
But Bryn is a school principal, she should completely understand what just happened….
Oh, Bryn understands it. Very thoroughly.
The “freaked” part is comprehension of the extreme power levels this was conducted at. I’d hazard a guess that what she didn’t understand, until this very moment, is that she is not in the driver’s seat in this relationship … Katherine has just been roleplaying “submissive girl” to Bryn’s more extroverted & seemingly dominant part of the relationship. Probably because Katherine has to be in such control over two such vastly powerful daughters, part of Katherine’s release in this relationship is to have a partner who takes more of the lead.
Thus, she is very much done with adulting. Right. Now. The sleepover should be rather extra spicy if Bryn unpacks Katherine correctly throughout the course of their date.
This picture made me very much believe that Katherine was in the driver’s seat at the time. http://wapsisquare.com/comic/kath-and-bryn/
Yes, but even managing a school full of paras, it’s little surprise if she’s intimidated by what just happened. What Castela just did may be at the low end of what she’s capable of, but this was still a terrifying demonstration of power beyond what “normal” paras would encounter. That’s going to leave you a little on edge.
And then Katherine – a woman completely lacking in supernatural power – has not only stayed completely calm in the face of terror, but proceeded to drag her apocalyptic daughter back into line with just a few sharp words. Even for someone who deals with a lot of parents, that’s a hell of an impressive action.
“Please, don’t mind me I’m a WOMD and I love my mommy.”
Heh, I have a Dad Voice that can make the kids on the other side of our duplex sit up and take notice. Which their Mom thinks is hilarious, since it usually happens while my kid is the one in trouble.
Oh, I think that there will be much adultery over the next few hours.
Was just about to comment on adultery-ing (but, that would mean that Ms. Andersen is married)
👆 This❗
Ah, no. No marriage vows will be broken, so adultery is not in the offering. Fornication, now…
Actually, we don’t know that . . . we’re presuming that Bryne Andersen is not married.
Though I would expect Katherine to know, and – from my read of her character – refuse to play in that case.
Who would’a figured, when we first met her, that Katherine had that particular superpower?
You know what I’m really starting to love? I’m seeing “adulting” being used as a verb more and more places now. This makes me giggle.
I once heard a YouTuber ask “How do you ladder???” I myself use “words” as a verb, same with “english.” I will “commit cookery” for my wife and I. Or “chefery” if I’m feeling fancy. Here’s a fun fact that involves a similar concept: Vikings are Norse who “went viking,” or raiding.
It’s that Air Force training, y’know!
Apology for showing off, not for being ready to defend. The fewer who know what Castela can do, the better for all.
That said, Kath didn’t answer the question.
Wasn’t exactly a question, though. It was a statement.
The best way for Kath to address it, is probably to just de-escalate the immediate tension, go ahead with the date as originally planned, and let Bryn talk or ask questions or discuss Kath’s situation however she wants to. Possibly, the more Bryn really understands Kath and her family, the less freaked out she’ll be.
(or, possibly, Bryn will turn tail and run as if she was being chased by the hounds of Hell. Remains to be seen.)
No. NO !! Bryn!! BE STILL ! Do NOT turn your backside on her and try to run! She’ll …
< * leap leap leap POUNCE !! SHRIEK! ( various sounds of mayhem, rending of clothes, terrifying giggles and ecstasy ) * > Crickets chirp. Cars honk distantly. The concrete jungle gets on about its business, ignoring love, tragedy, and continuing sounds of satiation.
Yeah. That. You’ll just trigger her hunting instinct. I don’t think keeping your tail down would have helped, either.
In that third panel, I’ll bet Castela still smells of Ozone…
Maybe. I knew a guy who had worked with ozone. He said that under best laboratory conditions, the half-life of ozone is three minutes, so depending on how long it took Katherine to put a bug in Castela’s ear. But, harking back to the 80s, do you know what that half-life thing means? A half hour after the sun sets, the ozone layer everyone was so concerned about is gone. The ozone layer isn’t a fixture. It’s created anew every day. Just thought you’d want to know.
I can appreciate anyone not knowing if I know something afore-hand; never worry about ‘splainin-
It can help the general public who’re reading the discourse.
That said, the 3 min mark (when the amount of detectable Ozone has diminished a lot) is within a reasonable amount of time for ‘the brief conversation with Mom,’ in the other room…
Also, she (Castela) might still have some residual ‘crackling’ going on as she dissipates the after-affects of a discharge…
Ozone decreases at night, which does not matter because THERE IS NO ULTRAVIOLET AT NIGHT. It reconstitutes by day, when it’s needed, but when CFCs are around it breaks down faster and its equilibrium concentration decreases. If you think there has been a worldwide conspiracy of all atmospheric scientists to promote an imaginary ozone hole that’s been visible since 1985, I .suggest reading https://www.wunderground.com/resources/climate/ozone_skeptics.asp /
Here’s the thing: CFCs are heavier than air. Spray cans did not put them high into the atmosphere. And there wasn’t a worldwide conspiracy, there was a very specific conspiracy engineered by DuPont. Their patent on Freon was due to expire, which meant any chemical company could manufacture it, and therefore the price, and the profit, would drop. DuPont had a substitute, but it wasn’t as good, and no one would want it, so DuPont stirred up (yet another) doomsday panic, lobbied Congress, and got Freon outlawed, so all Americans would be forced to buy their inferior substitute.
Perfume?
‘CFCs are heavier than air’? Obviously irrelevant, since the atmosphere hasn’t separated out into CO2 at bottom, oxygen above that, and nitrogen and argon at the top. Gases mix too easily. You’re claiming that every atmospheric scientist (and scientific society) in the world is (a) much stupider than you for thinking that CFCs could get up there, and/or (b) very easily bribed, and fiendishly clever and united for having run this conspiracy for thirty years without anyone admitting to it or discovering it, and (c) liars for claiming that CFCs in the stratosphere have been measured innumerable times using balloons, planes, and the space shuttle. See https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chlorofluorocarbons-cfcs/ .
I just hate it when people put words in my mouth. I said spray cans didn’t put CFCs high in the atmosphere. Spray doesn’t come out of those cans at any significant force. The CFCs come out and drop to the ground. You can detect the freon near the ground after spraying them. If there are CFCs high in the atmosphere, you might want to consider another source. Volcanoes, e.g. But any sense of proportion, any idea of how big the atmosphere is and how small spray cans are… but never mind. I’m pissing in the wind.
There is no natural source of CFCs; you’re just grasping at straws. They didn’t show up in the atmosphere until the 1930s, at less than a thousandth of the current level. ‘The CFCs come out and drop to the ground’? For a few minutes, maybe, given any air circulation. You know nothing. Follow the links I gave. Or just read my second sentence above. A ‘sense of proportion’ requires some knowledge of what you’re comparing, and you have none. CFCs are measured in the air in parts per billion, but one chlorine atom (from breakup of a CFC) can destroy more than a hundred thousand ozone molecules.
I couldn’t let all your nonsense go unchallenged, but anyone who thinks there’s anything to it can follow my links above, so I’ll stop now.
PS- I forgot to mention that sometimes the detection of an Electrical Event causing Ozone isn’t based on smelling the Ozone itself, but rather the Oxidized material affected by all them stray Electrons…
No matter what poker hand pickle has the MOM card beats everything
Don’t be so sure about that Kath, Sali hasn’t come home… yet 😛
Regardless of all of this, I kinda wonder if Pickle doing this was in part because she knows that ethically it is NOT ok for these two to be dating while she is going to school there. She could easily get into major trouble, parents claiming favoritism… even things that Sali did and received being called into question even though she left the school already. As a teacher I can tell you this has atomic level of bad things attached to it. Throw into the fact that Kat is MIB and stuff…..
👆 This❗
Yeahh. no more snuggling this day, the way Bryn is adressed says volumes.
Poor girl, hope she is’t to scared of this family now.
Mom voice > Bouncer voice
And anyone who has seen me clear a club after last call … without shouting … knows what weight the above statement carries.
Then again, I used to “Mom voice” some of the regulars as well. Complete with using their full given name.
It must be a common trope in media, and I’ve seen it in real life too, that people feel disturbingly comfortable threatening the lives of anyone dating their loved one (a child or younger sister especially).
Most countries have laws that treat death threats as a crime, usually resulting in at least a restraining order. Where do people get the notion into their heads that threatening the person who makes your loved one happy is somehow an exception? Or not incredibly inappropriate? It’s not. If anything, it’s LESS appropriate than threatening a perfect stranger.
If I can catch it on audio, I’ll call the cops on a young woman whom I’m dating’s family member for pulling that shit.
I love the shape of Bryn’s eyes!