Faceoff
on 25 November 2024
at 17:00
Chapter: Volume 3; Schooled
Characters: Blackbird, Conjurer, Dagon, Migrant, Princess Paragon, Quarterback, Roughhouse, Silverback, Snowfall, Trackstar
Location: Invincible University
Silverback
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I Think QBert may have that backwards — Roughhouse gives me the impression he knows EXACTLY who he’s messing with, and just because he’s a “stranger” to the Seven doesn’t mean the reverse is true.
As one of my aikido teachers told me once, “Don’t pick a fight with someone whose ability level you don’t know.” I’m not sure Roughhouse is making that mistake. I’m pretty sure QB (hilarious variation, congratulations!) is.
Roughhouse–I’m guessing a mash-up of Daredevil (Nightwing?) and Wolverine, maybe? But what the heck do I know?
I really look forward to this strip each week. It’s well-written, has good characterization, and has decent artwork.
“We’re not bullies.”
You definitely are, lady. Or at least you’re enabling the bullies in your group, which at least as bad and might be worse if you have enough self-awareness to realize how wrong that is.
Great poses in the last panel, excellent facial expressions and camera angles in the others!
While I like Roughhouse’s attitude, I think he hasn’t paid enough attention to Silverback’s attitude. The latter doesn’t want a fight, period. Roughhouse wants a fight, though he would probably accept that S7 back off.
If he gets Silverback, not to mention Snowfall, in a fight neither wants, I’m not sure he deserves saying that he’s “with the big guy in grey”, not matter how right the place his heart is in.
So I’m hoping that next page will show Silverback telling Roughhouse “thanks, mate, but not now, how ’bout a nice cuppa?” and the latter agreeing. (Maybe choosing a beer instead if the look and attitude aren’t all he has in common with Wolverine.)
Oh, no, Roughhouse knows exactly where Silverback stands. Remember, last page he was on (which granted was almost 10 pages ago, interludes…) RH told the Seven, “I don’t take kindly to anyone attacking an opponent with their back turned, let alone when they’re actually walking away from the fight.”
(And the fact that QB DID attack Silverback and Snowfall as they were trying to walk away probably means a fight is inevitable whether they want one or not.)
“We’re not bullies.”Says the group trying to start a 7 vs. 2 fight that had already deescalated.