03/05/2014
What’s the history between Rizz and Sam? We’ll have to wait and find out, but they’re not the only ones who are going to have a hard time now…
What’s the history between Rizz and Sam? We’ll have to wait and find out, but they’re not the only ones who are going to have a hard time now…
That’s a little unfair, Sam! Of course, Sam doesn’t seem like the kind of person who handles non-punching conflict resolution well…
Sam’s response is very much that of a petulant teen: not especially logical and overly defensive. It’s never really surprising that a lot of the toughest people you meet are, at their core, whiny kids (that core is usually none too deep).
To be fair to Rizz, and coming from the POV of someone who can snap a person’s arm like a dry twig here……. when you have enough power to you to cause serious bodily harm to another human being, ‘standing up for yourself’ very quickly starts to inch over into ‘punishing people way beyond the point’. I have left some horribly wrecked people behind me in my life, and I was pretty pissed that some of the few people I listen to stopped me making sure they had permanent injuries, but in hindsight it’s definitely for the best. Some things you can’t undo and no matter how much you think someone deserves it, you’re not the person to make that call if you have the power to do it in the first place.
I’m just going to repeat that quote Cliff Robertson memorably said in the first Spider-Man movie: “Just because you CAN beat up someone doesn’t mean you SHOULD.” That line is followed by the ‘great power’ motto we all know by heart.
Especially those us for whom Spiderman was their chosen hero. Granted in my case it was more because a geek suddenly got superpowers and was more powerful because of his intelligence and acidic wit than his strength … a nice dream for a computer lab geek like myself.
…and then the stupid new movies change it so that he was pretty much always “cool”. Man, kids these days just don’t understand what it was like being a geek before it became socially acceptable. Kids…BAH!
Geeks had their culture mainstreamed and perverted just like goths and emos and punks and hippies. Being a geek means being on the fringe of society, but you can’t sell a lot of t-shirts there.
Let’s not forget who the true geeks are, in the sense of the term: the sideshow folks who bite the heads off of chickens. They REALLY got hosed!
At the end of the day, the nerd-set has little to complain about since they’ve run the world forever. What do you think politicians are? Speaking as someone who can bench their own body weight, there’s not a lot you can say for being strong other than ‘Everyone likes having you around in a fight’. Why do you think muscleheads push everyone around until they leave? Sure the dumb ones think it’s hilarious to be a bully, but those of us with half a brain just don’t want everyone dragging us into their fights and then trying to hide us under a carpet again. Easier to hurt people physically than be constantly hurt emotionally and socially by people brighter than us.
I always figured politicians to be more on the “spoiled children”, “amoral bussinessmen” and maybe “Darth insidious” archetypes.
Being a lawyer is a pre-requisite after all.
Read Luke 12:48 and tell me if it doesn’t sound familiar. Who knew Spider-Man was Biblical?
The Sam Raimi films implied that Aunt May, and probably Uncle Ben, were religious Christians. As for Peter, well…he can’t be anywhere on time, so that means church is out of the question for him!
What a bitch…
There’s no doggie there! Although I should add a dog character to this comic (it might make it more family-friendly).
Dog poo Doug’s muse?
Yeesh! I though people would have forgotten Dog Doo Doug by now.
We would have lost interest in him if he had revealed his secrets and motives, but a certain freakshow duet beat him up before that, so now he’s become eternally enigmatic, if also a bit cold (get it? Because he’s d- nevermind.)
Fine. Here is the motive of Dog Doo Doug (or a best guess):
He was a rich guy with too much time on his hands and a disgusting obsession with easily accessible poo (courtesy of a dog).
THE END!
Trevie was right then?! Erk, damnit……. that’s 20 bucks I’m out.
Sam is in for such a broken heart…..
…and the Miscreants have a broken everything else.
Pre-emptively sharing the pain! I like that idea!
Wait a minute, couldn’t she have interrogated El Disgusto to find out where Jemini is?
I thought that was the whole reason she had this meeting with them in the first place, and now she’s just walking away from her only lead when he’s totally vulnerable!
Doesn’t look like the Miscreants are in any condition to talk, although it’s not out of the question that she could have just carried one off and interrogated him later.
Maybe it’s not her style; after all, she hasn’t been too successful at interrogating captives in the past.
Ohhhhh, so Sam and Rizz have a lil’ history, huh. Well, apparently there’s some degree of love or adoration still there. Rizz allowed Knucks to leave the scene (although she did claim it was for her own self-preservation).
I really like how you’re bringing some of your background characters out “to play” more. This really makes them well-rounded and fleshed out. I never thought much of Rizz until this story arc. Now, I’m intrigued.
Thanks, George! Ballooning up your cast, whether intentionally or not, has its advantages and drawbacks. A definite advantage, though, is that it opens up a lot of new story possibilities…now let’s just see if this is a GOOD story!
Now, when I say I didn’t think “much” of Rizz, I meant I didn’t think a lot about her at all. She’s an interesting character, it’s just that I was stuck mainly on your primetime players. 🙂