Something Positive

Still figuring out hugs◊

I am really hoping that Gris has a good match... the first match seldom is, which is why they are generally very dark.

Paying their dues◊

Not a bad start, although Gris's face makes me wonder if the pinning wrestler is trying to make sure Gris knows their position on the hierarchy with a bit of a lean into the face and/or intentionally unwashed anatomy against the face (there was a quote I ran into recently about how Rikishi would intentionally clean up and baby powder himself when he was up against someone he liked in anticipation of the Stinkface, but the people he felt a grudge against...).

Edited by FuzzyBoots on Oct 29th 2023 at 10:27:48 AM

....he'd down like $80 worth of Taco Bell and then not wipe properly? Remind me to never anger Rikishi.

Looking at panel 1, it could be Gris' opposition is a fan of Eddie Guerrero or William Regal. They did that "forearm on the face instead of hooking a leg" pin a lot.

The unseen trauma of No Nut November◊

Does that drink come with a lampshade?

A cute bunny◊

The debut of "uWuigail Simpington the Fourth - E-Girl Magnate"◊ at last!

.....how do you pronounce that first name?

Also, how has no promotion come up with "evil dot-com/bitcoin/tech scam asshole"? Talk about a license to print money.

So to speak. *cough*

When the plot needs to be rewritten◊

I cringed at that third panel... I feel like there's a combination of Gris being a bit green in terms of executing the Onlyslams in a way that was potentially unsafe, but also Rick Rod taking the bump wrong. It's textbook that, in most such slams, you bring your chin to your chest to protect your neck (the Styles Clash being a major outlier) and Rick, as the comparative veteran, is more at fault. Either way... Gris is now being catapulted into fame.

Kinda have to throw some shade at the promoter for having his new heel lose their debut, even if Gris was just a fill in. Also, someone as green as Gris shouldn't have that headdroppy a move as a finisher (although "Only Slams" as a name, especially for an egirl, is INSPIRED.)

The follow up will be important. Rick goes away for a bit while uWuGail goes on a reign of eterror, then he comes back to block and report their ass in the blowoff.

I'll put the execution of the move down to artistic license.

Hilariously, if he had kicked out, it would also tick off a segment of nerdy wrestling fans. The Only Slams is a Burning Hammer, the most classic of super finishers, and there are still fans to this day who obsessively maintain that it's wrong to kick out of it.

Also, wrestlers pooping themselves in the ring is...a known enough thing to happen that I wonder if Milholland is intentionally drawing from reality. The Bunny did a video blog where she got a bunch of wrestlers together for a game of "put a finger down if you've ever ____" and everyone put one down for "peed, pooped, or thrown up in the ring."

Looking that up, I can see why it's such a protected move, and indeed it seems odd that Gris would have that as their finisher, new as they are. My assumption at the time was that it was supposed to be something a little more typical, like the target is supposed to rotate and land prone, and either he forgot to turn with it, or Gris moved faster than he expected. Incidentally, slim as Gris is, credit for getting him up there and being able to jump into it, particularly if he got caught flatfooted and forgot to help her.

... actually, I could see a possibility of this being a matter of sandbagging going wrong. Rick was supposed to push himself into the forward rotation to make the slam look more impressive, decided to rib the new kid by going limp, making them stumble in the execution and just drop him, and instead it resulted in him going down headfirst because Gris assumed the sudden shift in weight was him preparing to move.

Eh, I think Occam's Razor applies here. Gris has a finisher they're too green to be using and poor Rick took the Browns to the Super Bowl once they hit it.

Nutkicking 2023◊

Schadenfreude is a great sleep aid

and How could God have allowed this?

And Randy has started a new comic about Steamboat Willie.

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Edited by FuzzyBoots on Jan 3rd 2024 at 9:32:05 AM

Correct(ive) Punishment

Mousetrapped Part 3 and Part 4

And Part 5 introduces Pete the Pup.

Pamjee seeks dating advice◊

Mousetrapped filler, pointing out his Popeye work, and Pete argues Mickey should watch out for friends conning him

Pooh warns Tigger about some of the perils of the public domain◊. Sexy perils...

And in Mousetrapped, Mickey is seduced. To crime.

Hey, desperate times. Plus, if this is set in the 20s, $50US was Jeff Bezoz money back then.

Mousetrapped - Pete picks a fight by phone

Mousetrapped - Julius gets an earful

Mousetrapped - A nod to Disney's early anti-Union screed in his cartoons