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***Lemme tackle these one by one.
- I was referring to the part with the Edward Cullen expy designed to mock sparklepires, actually.
- Didn't say it was an inconsistency, that one's something left unexplained, which I also mentioned Krow has been doing lately.
- Yes, clearly her randomly deciding to do this at the moment will affect future plot points. Classic "everything is foreshadowing" defense.
- No, just stating a fact. I've had experiences with Krow personally that show how much of a money-grubber he can be, and when an author does something like this and adds throwaway lines like "Oh, such and such a thing happened, long story" when a character asks for an explanation, that's usually the clue that they want you to buy supplementary material to fill in the blanks for yourself.
- Oh yes, cause it's so often you see a three-headed woman, that won't draw any attention at all. Also, cerberus, not werewolf, need I remind you. This whole thing, according to you yourself, hasn't changed that she's a cerberus, not a human who becomes a wolf. And I also notice you skipped over the part where I brought up the fact that it was suddenly not okay for her to be seen in her natural form undisguised in public despite it being perfectly okay before and apparently since.
- Despite the fact that in chapter 9, her clothes didn't resize themselves along with her. So yes, inconsistency.
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::::So, let's recap: Nothing you mentioned in the "massive boatload of inconsistencies" was inconsistent with...well, '''anything'''. It's all you just personally griping about a bunch of really, ''really'' trivial stuff.

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::::So, let's recap: recap. Nothing you mentioned in the "massive boatload of inconsistencies" was inconsistent with...well, '''anything'''. It's all you just personally griping about a bunch of really, ''really'' trivial stuff.
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::::Magic pants.\\\
So, let's recap: Nothing you mentioned in the "massive boatload of inconsistencies" was inconsistent with...well, '''anything'''. It's all you just personally griping about a bunch of really, ''really'' trivial stuff.

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::::So,
let's recap: Nothing you mentioned in the "massive boatload of inconsistencies" was inconsistent with...well, '''anything'''. It's all you just personally griping about a bunch of really, ''really'' trivial stuff.
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*** I mean, let's take it from the top, shall we?
--->''So, which is it, Krow? [[spoiler: Has Minerva been downgraded to conjoined humans with lycanthropy, or is she still a cerberus who now has the option of temporarily becoming human?]] You can't have it both ways.''
:::: Blatant, unfounded assumption that the first was the case when such a thing hasn't been suggested at all in the comic, followed by an annoyed sounding accusation the author's trying to "have it both ways."
--->''that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do''
::::Krow was making fun of Meyer fans, and how they were crazy rabid fangirls. She wasn't making fun of how her werewolves worked.
--->''For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess.''
::::How is that an inconsistency at all? Is an author somehow obligated to diagram out every detail for how something works as soon as it happens? No, no they are not. "They haven't explained yet" is not an inconsistency. You're acting like Krow has somehow shortchanged you by not having big blocks of exposition detailing how everything works.
--->''And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this?''
::::It's interesting characterization and a character development, maybe? Or maybe it's going to affect a future plot? Again, you not personally knowing the author's exact motivation for everything is not an inconsistency.
--->''Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve?''
::::A pointless TakeThat on your part.
--->''No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal?''
::::A person with three heads is less conspicuous than a giant werewolf with three heads. And they say outright in the comic that she's embarrassed about it, so she's unlikely to want to do it. Also, she's much smaller--a lot easier to just get around if you're only 7 feet tall as opposed to 10.
--->''Why does her dress still fit when she visibly lost muscular density and shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet?''
::::Magic pants.\\\
So, let's recap: Nothing you mentioned in the "massive boatload of inconsistencies" was inconsistent with...well, '''anything'''. It's all you just personally griping about a bunch of really, ''really'' trivial stuff.
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*** Oh no! Someone who makes a living off of the comics wants to make more money! How terrible. There has been a consistent belligerent tone to pretty much all of your posts on this subject. Especially with the "suckers" addendum up there. This is Headscratchers. I'd say most of your gripes aren't so much "glaring inconsistencies and unexplained bits" as you being massively overanalytic and critical, actively looking for and exaggerating reasons to gripe.

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*** Oh no! Someone who makes a living off of the comics wants to make more money! How terrible. There has been a consistent belligerent tone to pretty much all of your posts on this subject. Especially with the "suckers" addendum up there. This is Headscratchers. I'd say most of your gripes aren't so much "glaring inconsistencies and unexplained bits" as you being massively overanalytic and critical, actively looking for and exaggerating reasons to gripe. For one thing, you keep calling things "inconsistent" when they just haven't been explained, then coming up with reasons that you ''think'' would make it inconsistent and jumping to assumptions about how things work in such a way that you've concluded that it won't. Half your rant up there is about things that ''haven't happened''.
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*** Oh no! Someone who makes a living off of the comics wants to make more money! How terrible. There has been a consistent belligerent tone to pretty much all of your posts on this subject. Especially with the "suckers" addendum up there. This is Headscratchers. I'd say most of your gripes aren't so much "glaring inconsistencies and unexplained bits" as you being massively overanalytic and critical, actively looking for and exaggerating reasons to gripe.
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*** Right, cause when an author makes content only available via purchase, includes something from that content in the free content, and then adds lines that amount to "Wanna know more? Then you gotta buy the supplemental material, suckers.", that's totally not trying to get money out of people. And that took up about half a sentence anyway, so you bringing that up at all as if it was a major point was pointless. And hey, if you don't want critical types noticing and picking apart glaring inconsistencies and unexplained bits, maybe Krow should try harder to not fill the comic with glaring inconsistencies and unexplained bits.
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*** I'm sorry, but I kind of lost track of where this stopped being about an inconsistency in storytelling and started being a rant about trying to pick apart every miniscule aspect of this and going on accusatory WMG's about how this is all a devious plot to squeeze more money out of you.
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*** Then he should make this clearer instead of making it look like an inconsistency--and if that's the case, that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do. Even still, there's a massive boatload of other inconsistencies. [[spoiler: For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess. And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this? Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve? No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal? Why even bother trying to hide her when she will NEVER look normal and has already been seen walking around populated areas as-is? Why does her dress still fit when she visibly lost muscular density and shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet? The list goes on.]] And as a side-gripe, it'd be nice if Krow stopped using the term were-human, that's redundant and I'm amazed no one has pointed this out to him.

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*** Then he should make this clearer instead of making it look like an inconsistency--and if that's the case, that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do. Even still, there's a massive boatload of other inconsistencies. [[spoiler: For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess. And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this? Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve? No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal? Why even bother trying to hide her when she will NEVER look normal and has already been seen walking around populated areas as-is? Why does her dress still fit in human form when she visibly lost muscular density and density, shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet? feet and went down several cup sizes? The list goes on.]] And as a side-gripe, it'd be nice if Krow stopped using the term were-human, that's redundant and I'm amazed no one has pointed this out to him.
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*** Then he should make this clearer instead of making it look like an inconsistency--and if that's the case, that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do. Even still, there's a massive boatload of other inconsistencies. [[spoiler: For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess. And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this? Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve? No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal? Why even bother trying to hide her when she will NEVER look normal and has already been seen walking around populated areas as-is? Why does her dress still fit when she visibly lost muscular density and shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet? The list goes on.]]

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*** Then he should make this clearer instead of making it look like an inconsistency--and if that's the case, that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do. Even still, there's a massive boatload of other inconsistencies. [[spoiler: For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess. And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this? Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve? No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal? Why even bother trying to hide her when she will NEVER look normal and has already been seen walking around populated areas as-is? Why does her dress still fit when she visibly lost muscular density and shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet? The list goes on.]]]] And as a side-gripe, it'd be nice if Krow stopped using the term were-human, that's redundant and I'm amazed no one has pointed this out to him.
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*** Then he should make this clearer instead of making it look like an inconsistency--and if that's the case, that makes it pretty ironic that he mocked Twilight in an early chapter, since he ended up making werewolves work the same way Stephenie Meyer thinks they do. Even still, there's a massive boatload of other inconsistencies. [[spoiler: For instance, how does she even trigger a change after the initial one? It would be nice to know this, but Krow decided to cut corners on that detail and just let us guess. And for that matter, what does her changing in the current scenario even affect? Why did she suddenly decide to do this? Aside from being another message to give Krow more money if you want to know what the hell is going on, what purpose does this serve? No one else is bothering with being inconscpicuous right now, and even if they were, she still has three heads. And if she could do this all along, why was hiding her such a big deal? Why even bother trying to hide her when she will NEVER look normal and has already been seen walking around populated areas as-is? Why does her dress still fit when she visibly lost muscular density and shrunk down in height by at least 3 feet? The list goes on.]]
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** It said right in the comic that she contracted lycanthropy--in this case, lycanthropy isn't "human who can turn into a wolf," it's "can shift between human and wolf forms ''whichever form you're starting from''".
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* So, which is it, Krow? [[spoiler: Has Minerva been downgraded to conjoined humans with lycanthropy, or is she still a cerberus who now has the option of temporarily becoming human?]] You can't have it both ways.
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** Alyson Hannigans's line in ''American Pie'' about band camp springs to mind.
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* Why is it "a very good reason Marilyn's musical instrument of choice is the flute"?
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* If Heather posesses Superstrength, enough agility and the mental dexterity to control perfectly six arms doing ''different actions simultaneously'' it should have beaten the mook straight down, fight knowledge or not fight knowledge. One fact that seems to be forgotten about Superstrength is that it need equal amount of toughness to work or it would be like hitting with enough force to destroy a wall with a bat made of crystal. And this is not only in its hand, for if she can hold with her Superstrength obscene amount weight it mean toughness in shoulder, neck, stomach, thighs, knees etc... making her literally a "walking tank" (which is why Superstrength by robotic extremities is plain impossible in real life - read {{Cracked}} for more) meaning that the Mook attacks should have been completely useless. A bear for example know nothing about fighting style, combat pose, economic of movement or energy but nobody would argue that 9 out of 10 times it would rip apart a Martial Master in real life or like trying to dislocate the Terminator shoulder [[spoiler: Which is why the fight of Nick Fury vs Stonewall is just pure '''bullshit''']]

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* If Heather posesses Superstrength, enough agility and the mental dexterity to control perfectly six arms doing ''different actions simultaneously'' it should have beaten the mook straight down, fight knowledge or not fight knowledge. One fact that seems to be forgotten about Superstrength is that it need equal amount of toughness to work or it would be like hitting with enough force to destroy a wall with a bat made of crystal. And this is not only in its hand, for if she can hold with her Superstrength obscene amount weight it mean toughness in shoulder, neck, stomach, thighs, knees etc... making her literally a "walking tank" (which is why Superstrength by robotic extremities is plain impossible in real life - read {{Cracked}} Website/{{Cracked}} for more) meaning that the Mook attacks should have been completely useless. A bear for example know nothing about fighting style, combat pose, economic of movement or energy but nobody would argue that 9 out of 10 times it would rip apart a Martial Master in real life or like trying to dislocate the Terminator shoulder [[spoiler: Which is why the fight of Nick Fury vs Stonewall is just pure '''bullshit''']]
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*If Super MILF gets her abilities from her breasts, what happened when her children breastfed?
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**** Discussed from [[http://www.spinnyverse.com/2012/03/26/03262012/ here on.]]
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** Spinnerette was shown tossing around some random guys at the university. There is a bit of a difference between doing that and beating up a guy who knows what he's doing when you have no clue and are also a bit freaked out.


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** And that's assuming Heaven or Hell lacks a decent system for dealing with composite souls. This can't be the first one if Minerva knows what she's doing.
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*** First, thank you for actually answering my question instead of being a jerk. Second, when was this shown? I don't remember it ever being said. And even then, it's still odd that Spinny comes out as a lesbian in such a short time. Especially after ''never'' having been shown to fancy girls at any time before but showing a strong attraction to boys.

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*** First, thank you for actually answering my question instead of being a jerk. Second, when was this shown? I don't remember it ever being said. And even then, it's still odd that Spinny comes out as a lesbian in such a short time. Especially after ''never'' having been shown to fancy girls at any time before but showing a strong attraction to boys.
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**** Again, ''what else would you call it?'' She's never been shown to be attracted to girls before, and then Mecha Maid confesses her love and suddenly Spinny's attracted to girls. Sahira herself even says "You don't just suddenly wake up gay at 25." Well apparently in the Spinnyverse, you do.


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*** First, thank you for actually answering my question instead of being a jerk. Second, when was this shown? I don't remember it ever being said. And even then, it's still odd that Spinny comes out as a lesbian in such a short time. Especially after ''never'' having been shown to fancy girls at any time before but showing a strong attraction to boys.
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** And the comic specifically states she spent ''weeks'' angsting over Mecha Maid's confession and whether or not she herself was a lesbian. Krow just opted not to show that.
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*** Oh, it's magic now? Again: ''Show me where she "decides"''. Show me where this "magical" transformation occurs. What I see is someone deciding to give something a shot when she realizes she did indeed have feelings for someone.
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*** She was heterosexual one minute and then magically gay the next. What would you call it?
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** Point to me the page where Spinny "decides" that she's gay. Where does she stop and say, "I'm going to be gay from now on"?
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** Even if they don't like it, what are they going to do about it? Get in a fist fight with God?


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* Is it just me, or does Spinnerette's sudden lesbianism bother anyone else? Mecha Maid comes out and says she's in love with Spinny, and after a day or so of consideration Spinny just...decides that she's gay too. I hate to cast aspersions on Krow since I really do love this webcomic, but is this really how he thinks human sexuality works?
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** Alternatively, Mecha Maid is easily identifiable by her lack of {{Most Common Superpower}}.
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** Well, she wore a form-concealing overcoat for a while before getting the fat suit; presumably, any acquaintances would have assumed she put on the weight during that period, possibly by binge-eating out of her grief over wrecking Dr. Lambha's experiement (given how upset he gets over her normal screw-ups, freaking out over his reaction to ''that'' sounds totally plausible). That, or she just doesn't ''have'' any acquaintances, outside of Sahira (who knows the truth) and Darien (whom she barely interacts with as it is); seriously, how often do we see her talking to ''anyone'' she's known from before her superhero days? With her personality (helped by her admission of virginity), I don't find it difficult at all to imagine that she isn't very good at socializing.
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** Being a hero doesn't mean you're legally required to argue with the powers that be if what they're doing doesn't matxh up with the mainstream concept of right and wrong. That's just being a complete idiot.

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