08/27/2014
For the unacquainted: During Scapula’s last tenure as leader of the Sinister Monster Doom Legion he had also been dating a woman who promptly dumped him. Scap manipulated the villainous team into going after her for his own personal vengeance…with disastrous results. You can read the whole story in BLESSED BE THE DAMNED.
Well, my dear Throgor. That’s exactly what I was thinking too. Let’s see if this time goes any better.
Scary minds think alike, eh?
Man, but he must sound muffled when he talks. “Ml Goff Awrong Wiff It. Fffur Now!”
Another graduate of the ‘Kenny McCormick School of Elocution’.
Was kinda picturing a slightly-more-comprehendable version of TF2’s Pyro, myself…
Many protective masks, like the US army’s M40, come equipped with voicemitters that let the wearer be understood. Toxsick, being the practical type, no doubt got one of those models.
The ever-practical Toxsick, ladies and gentlemen.
Next week he’ll teach you viewers at home how to make your own dirty bomb with things around the house.
First, you need to get your hands on….. Naw, I’m kidding. I wouldn’t teach anyone that kind of thing. I had to learn the HARD way.
Throgor’s got excellent instincts. He’s ugly and has all the social skills of viral pneumonia, but he’s not stupid by any means. His keen intuition and assessments of people and situations is a frightening weapon.
Toxsick is the scariest one of the bunch, IMO. And not just because gas masks creep me the hell out. Being a sociopath has one deadly pro, and that’s in providing some powerful ability to focus. Of all of them, I think Toxsick would be the LAST one I would never try to mess with.
You can become a pretty good judge of character when you work with sneaky A-holes (or are doing time in prison), and Throgor knows how to sniff out a rat. As for Toxsick, he wouldn’t just sniff out the rat but probably dip it in acid. [Kids: do not dip rats in acid. If you must dispose of them, do it humanely…but if the little f__ker bites you, go nuts]
Trust, once broken, is very hard to win back, and mistrust, once created, rears its’ ugly head at the slightest provocation.
That said, once again I suspect Tox is the only real friend Scapula has under that dour exterior and sociopathic mein. I mean, how hard would it have been for him to give old Throggie a little nudge and send him screaming back in there to confront Scapula with a barrage of screaming and demands? Nope. Just ‘I agree. I’m on board for the moment. Let’s see how she goes.’
I have no doubt he’d murder the lot of them at cost for the chemicals involved, mind you. Just that he seems to be the only one aware of Scapula’s natural inclinations and also still gives the guy the benefit of the doubt. And let’s face it, if Toxsick turned on them the only one that would stand a chance of survival would be Hypnausea. Maybe Babirus. They’re used to poisons.
Your first sentence really should be on a fortune cookie paper (and yes, pervs, you can add “IN BED” to that)!
Definitely an interesting perspective on Toxsick’s reaction; sometimes an ominous line really is harmless (depending on whether or not you hear a dramatic music sting). Then again, maybe he’s got something else in mind. We’ll have to wait for the soundtrack to cue us in.
…and, on Jenn’s note, who do you folks think would win in an all-out in-fight between the members of the Sinister Monster Doom Legion?
If it broke out spontaneously with everyone present with all gear, I put money on either Throgor or Scapula…… Throgor is a violent guy with feral instincts and a habit of biting off peoples’ extremities, and Scapula carries a pistol these days. If it was a more open war, Toxsick hands down. He’s got WAY more kills under his belt than anyone and he isn’t scared of getting dirty to do it. Maybe Dr. Caliban, if he had the funding and parts to get some of his own projects rolling.