1. Careful with the straining, Selkie, you’re trying to make beams, not logs.
2. Am I the only one who is glad Selkie is being taught about this now, instead of the usual “wait until puberty and set your house on fire” approach taken by superhero media (notably Smallville)?
I presume Sarnothi go through puberty much the same way humans do?
To be fair, most “puberty superpowers” are completely unexpected. All part of the “you could be a superhero and not even know it!” conceit targeted at teen and pre-teen comic book fans. It’s a pretty powerful fantasy, to imagine that you, too, could get superpowers, once you get old enough! (Even if you do wind up accidentally burning the house down – small price to pay!)
Pohl: “You’re thinking ‘Star Trek phasers’, Todd. You should be thinking, ‘flashlight left in the back of a drawer for years with iffy batteries’.
Selkie: “This sucks! Whens to I’s get X-men Cyclops Beams?”
Pohl: “Never. You’d incinerate your own eyeballs. BUT, I can probably teach you to pick up a brick within a month or two.”
Selkie: “I’ll TAKES it!”
Todd: “NO! No magically throwing bricks at people!”
Pohl: (whisper) “The training for which is to do many hours of community service making bricks and building housing for the huge number of Sarnothi refugees we were completely unprepared to receive.”
Todd: “…”
1. Careful with the straining, Selkie, you’re trying to make beams, not logs.
2. Am I the only one who is glad Selkie is being taught about this now, instead of the usual “wait until puberty and set your house on fire” approach taken by superhero media (notably Smallville)?
I presume Sarnothi go through puberty much the same way humans do?
Better to be able to control it before you unexpectedly figure out how to make one on your own. In school.
Compared to many superheroes Selkie is lucky to actually know what her powers are & have someone to teach her.
Yeah, Clark didn’t really have anything but an answering machine tape.
To be fair, most “puberty superpowers” are completely unexpected. All part of the “you could be a superhero and not even know it!” conceit targeted at teen and pre-teen comic book fans. It’s a pretty powerful fantasy, to imagine that you, too, could get superpowers, once you get old enough! (Even if you do wind up accidentally burning the house down – small price to pay!)
Soon, Selkie will have a solid career as a spotlight for film premiers.
“I’m gonna need a red gel on stage left?”
Hmmm, nopes, can’ts.
“Can we get a yellow wash over the backup singers?”
Hmmm, nopes, can’ts.
“…Fine, can we just make everything freakin’ GREEN again?”
You gots it, fam.
She’s a specialist.
Selkie’s power level is not yet over 9,000.
“See? Fine.” Let’s see him say that AFTER Selkie’s last statement.
Pohl…Todd has some valid concerns here you need to quit brushing off…
Pohl: “You’re thinking ‘Star Trek phasers’, Todd. You should be thinking, ‘flashlight left in the back of a drawer for years with iffy batteries’.
Selkie: “This sucks! Whens to I’s get X-men Cyclops Beams?”
Pohl: “Never. You’d incinerate your own eyeballs. BUT, I can probably teach you to pick up a brick within a month or two.”
Selkie: “I’ll TAKES it!”
Todd: “NO! No magically throwing bricks at people!”
Pohl: (whisper) “The training for which is to do many hours of community service making bricks and building housing for the huge number of Sarnothi refugees we were completely unprepared to receive.”
Todd: “…”
I really hope this isn’t implying she can have laser vision or I’m just done with this comic.
I can understand that.
(Typo patrol: “Pohl is..” should be “Pohl, is…”)
(Also love Pohl doing the “it’s fine” gesture!)
It’s gonna end up with her levitating the roof away (points to who gets this very vague reference)
Beam them up, Scotty… uh.. I mean, Selkie