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They can smell fear... it makes them happy.

In which the girls learn that Art is surprisingly difficult to intimidate.

Oh shi-

The scary part is that that statement might not have been intended as a threat. It's possible that the Quad's upbringing involved so little (if any) emphasis on ethics that a.) their understanding of the comparative wrongness of different misdeeds is very limited, and b.) what Scarlet described may have been something Quentin Labs did a lot.

Zero the Dragon King wrote:The scary part is that that statement might not have been intended as a threat. It's possible that the Quad's upbringing involved so little (if any) emphasis on ethics that a.) their understanding of the comparative wrongness of different misdeeds is very limited, and b.) what Scarlet described may have been something Quentin Labs did a lot.

that's... actually disturbingly close to what I was thinking. they may be actually asking, or possibly they've asked a similar thing before and had the person leave them alone, resulting in an attempt to replicate the action.

GES280 wrote:

Zero the Dragon King wrote:The scary part is that that statement might not have been intended as a threat. It's possible that the Quad's upbringing involved so little (if any) emphasis on ethics that a.) their understanding of the comparative wrongness of different misdeeds is very limited, and b.) what Scarlet described may have been something Quentin Labs did a lot.

that's... actually disturbingly close to what I was thinking. they may be actually asking, or possibly they've asked a similar thing before and had the person leave them alone, resulting in an attempt to replicate the action.

Yeah. They are genuinely wondering if they are wrong, but they look too eager to know if they are wrong. But Daddy Art gotta hold his ground in his house (and its underground lab tunnel system).

Sorry girls, Liam NEEDS to return to his people. After THREE fucking years, dat ice diva with the fucked up face must have regained his land by now.

Ok, while this webcomic has always entertained, this is the first time in quite a while that a strip actually made me burst out laughing

BenRG wrote:In which the girls learn that Art is surprisingly difficult to intimidate.

As if he's actually fooling anybody

Oh for the love of... Art, the correct answer to that question would be: "YES!"
Seriously, what is wrong with the Quinten R&D labs and their effed up ways to screw over the girls during their formative years?

Art has a perfect defense against them that they can't defend though...
*raises hands, similar to a surgeon*
"Girls, you are making me mad. Do I need to touch your toys?"
Everyone just seems to selectively forget that Art has techno-null abilities. Honestly, he should make the girls a lot more worried about being in close proximity to their stuff than they seem to let on.

Art isn't afraid of anything after that spider from the Christmas chapter.

Flutters Is Shy wrote:Art has a perfect defense against them that they can't defend though...
*raises hands, similar to a surgeon*
"Girls, you are making me mad. Do I need to touch your toys?"
Everyone just seems to selectively forget that Art has techno-null abilities. Honestly, he should make the girls a lot more worried about being in close proximity to their stuff than they seem to let on.

This might be limited to stuff Art bought himself.

Nope. The entire "get Kat and the girls out of Quinten" - arc disprove your theory. Art used the "Anti-Tech Force" to great effect on OzBasic and the other tech stuff during those events.

Who knew? Abstinence is good because hormones turn one evil (or stupid, as Pip once demonstrated).

The tough part will be convincing the girls that freeing Liam doesn't mean he can't still clean the tunnels or visit the girls. It just means that it will be entirely his choice instead of out of a sense of obligation. Of course, the question is if the girls can get past their power trip before things get out of hand and they learn a very painful lesson.

Scarlet wrote:In the same way that using a microwave emitter to flash-boil every drop of liquid in a person's body while they sleep is wrong?

In case anyone is interested, this isn't completely science fiction. It's just a more extreme, higher-powered version of using a typical microwave oven to cook food. Basically, microwaves are zapped at the food, transferring energy to the water in the food. With more energy, the water molecules move faster, thus heating up the food. At higher levels, microwave transmission towers are used to beam power crosscountry and can be health hazards should workers be near them for too long of a time while the towers are transmitting. The science fictiony part here is that the girls appear able to amplify this further into a portable death ray, although achieving this seems to be a real life goal of the US military.

Flutters Is Shy wrote:Everyone just seems to selectively forget that Art has techno-null abilities. Honestly, he should make the girls a lot more worried about being in close proximity to their stuff than they seem to let on.

However, the Eldak Invasion arc indicates that shutting down OzBasic with his face was the end of Art's Anti-Tech Force ability. He'll need to use some other means of convincing them.

Oh, yeah. I'd forgotten about that. Hmm, he does seem to have more squirrel-girls related tech problems throughout the almost 1100* strips though, rather than "Anti-Tech Force" problems. What with the Warp Factors on his lawnmower instead of the simple on/off dead man's lever type switch; the Nerf spider bot/dart blaster hybrid that I can't remember the product name of, which transitioned into the girls upgrading his scooter/moped, and that's just what I remember.

*At the time of writing this.

This is the most amount of replies I've seen in a long time. Funny how dark humor can bring up a serious discussion about the characters.

Eh, I blame human nature for that.

That look in their eyes when they say that though would have me cowering.

Christ ladies! Just fark the lion and move on with your lives!

Do you think that's a good idea? If my guess is correct, then Quinten R&D have taught the girls NOTHING about snu-snu, and that also means how to avoid becoming a mother. I really don't need to see the girls having squirrel/lion-hybrid kittens.

Sirenemarie83 wrote:Do you think that's a good idea? If my guess is correct, then Quinten R&D have taught the girls NOTHING about snu-snu, and that also means how to avoid becoming a mother. I really don't need to see the girls having squirrel/lion-hybrid kittens.

Even if they'd effectively be princes and/or princesses?

In a word? Yes!