I’m not sure who would be scarier in this kind of situation: Tim Taylor from Home Improvement or Carl Winslow from Family Matters. Speaking of Family Matters, this may end with somebody looking over a pile of wreckage and saying “Did I do that?”
Lester’s been taking “not being an asshole” lessons. He’s up to Negotiating And Collaboration – which is at least lesson 11. So I guess he’s been paying attention in his mandated group counseling sessions.
Remember what he said about getting back the life he lost? I think it has something to do with that. And I think it’s pretty sad.
I love redemption stories and redemption tropes, and I hope that’s what’s coming to Lester, but they usually involve some sort of loss.
An the good old, “you just have to hate the other guy more than me” speech… Also “it’s complicated” makes me wonder what actually happened to the object he had. .. And if he was the one who got rid of it because something has happened… Or something odd.
Tumbler seems to be a fan of shipping so maybe his magical artifact turned into a human or something.
Yeah, up to this point they seemed neutrals, a little arrogant, but a common issue in this ‘verse. But throwing even annoying kids into some pit was overboard. Glad Lester’s recovering.
Yeah, “we throw trash and trespassers in and we never hear from them again.”
That could mean the box dumps them into orbit, at the nearby mosh pit, into a justin bieber concert, or just the local garbage dump. The fact they don’t care and are willing to put living things into it kinda screams “villain” to me.
Also, remember, “you get what you pay for”. They sell powers, and you have to wonder how much they screen the people they’re selling to. Not just that, but where is the fine print? There is always a price tag attached to power, always.
I think I have heard something similar to that qualification statement in the last panel before, somewhere else. Use that hammer when you go on Forged in Fire.
Doug: Has that billet been in the fire long enough to forge-weld? I think it looks too cold.
Dave: You’re right about that. If he tries to set his forge-welds at this point, it is all going to separate.
Will: Duck bill city?
Ben: Pretty much, or even just individual pieces scattering all over the floor. Lester needs to keep his steel in the fire for at least another 2 minutes.
[ On the floor, that hammer strikes the billet on the anvil. The steel glows brighter with each hit and fuses together into one solid piece. ]
Dave: Wow, I stand corrected. I was sure he would split his billet but it is holding together.
Doug: It looks like it is getting hotter with each hit. The amount of force required to do that is absolutely insane.
[ Later on, judgment at the end of the first round. ]
Will: Lester, please present your blade to the judges.
Dave: Wow. This is one of the most ornate pieces we have ever had presented to us at the end of the first round after only three hours. A symmetrical recurved dagger made with hard edges and a softer middle, with the D-guard already in there; and you have already sharpened your edges. I like that your drifted the pin holes in your tang before you hardened the blade. That puts you so much further ahead. We asked for a blade between 14 and 16 inches, and you gave us that, and so much more. I think I am going to love seeing what you do in the next round.
Ben: You put in so many features in that knife, each of which we would have had to give you extra time, but you got it all done in just 3 hours. Amazing.
[ Testing at the end of round two ]
Ben: This is the dreaded Strength Test. I will take your blades and chop them and stab them into blocks of ice. This is not so much about what your blades do to the ice, but what the ice does to your blades. Lester you’re up first. Are you ready?
Lester: I think so. Let’s get it over with.
[ Ben picks up the knife and walks around to a block of ice a foot square by 4 feet high. He raises the blade up and brings it down hard on top of the ice, point first, shattering the top foot of ice into three large blocks which slide down and drop to the floor. Ben adjusts his grip for a chop and brings it down into the ice, which splits for another foot as little pieces are sent flying everywhere. The big pieces slide off and fall to the floor. Ben tries again, with similar results. ]
Ben: Well, it looks like I ran out of ice sooner than I expected. Your knife performed magnificently and held up beautifully. I can find no damage in the tip or the edges.
Doug: This is the sharpness test. I am going to take your knives and use them to slice these salmon. Lester because you put two edges on your blade, I will testing each edge. Are you ready? Your knife is up first.
Lester: Go for it.
[ Doug does a horizontal chop through the belly of a hanging salmon and then uses a back hand slice to cut just behind the gills. ]
Doug: Your blade is magnificent and easily cut through the fish, almost like they weren’t there. The handle is exceptionally comfortable and indexes on the blade easily. You knife, will cut.
I’d say it would have to sound like someone from Home Improvement. At first I was going with Tim or Al, but the more I think about it, it HAS to sound like Wilson (the neighbor).
Today’s episode is brought to you by Home Depot.
The tv show home improvement just seems relevant here.
I’m not sure who would be scarier in this kind of situation: Tim Taylor from Home Improvement or Carl Winslow from Family Matters. Speaking of Family Matters, this may end with somebody looking over a pile of wreckage and saying “Did I do that?”
Lester’s been taking “not being an asshole” lessons. He’s up to Negotiating And Collaboration – which is at least lesson 11. So I guess he’s been paying attention in his mandated group counseling sessions.
Remember what he said about getting back the life he lost? I think it has something to do with that. And I think it’s pretty sad.
I love redemption stories and redemption tropes, and I hope that’s what’s coming to Lester, but they usually involve some sort of loss.
An the good old, “you just have to hate the other guy more than me” speech… Also “it’s complicated” makes me wonder what actually happened to the object he had. .. And if he was the one who got rid of it because something has happened… Or something odd.
Tumbler seems to be a fan of shipping so maybe his magical artifact turned into a human or something.
The revenant took it away from him, so he didn’t really put it aside, so it’s complicated
http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/2016-08-2016/
Well, that puts them squarely in bad guy territory. Too bad their golem doesn’t have three hands and has left behind the most dangerous threat.
Yeah, up to this point they seemed neutrals, a little arrogant, but a common issue in this ‘verse. But throwing even annoying kids into some pit was overboard. Glad Lester’s recovering.
I agree. That’s an Orb of Annihilation they got there and they’re going to throw people- kids their own age- in?
Yeah, “we throw trash and trespassers in and we never hear from them again.”
That could mean the box dumps them into orbit, at the nearby mosh pit, into a justin bieber concert, or just the local garbage dump. The fact they don’t care and are willing to put living things into it kinda screams “villain” to me.
Also, remember, “you get what you pay for”. They sell powers, and you have to wonder how much they screen the people they’re selling to. Not just that, but where is the fine print? There is always a price tag attached to power, always.
Yeah, these guys are hosed.
That is if they are honest while telling that and not just scaring the kids into not doing that again.
I think I have heard something similar to that qualification statement in the last panel before, somewhere else. Use that hammer when you go on Forged in Fire.
Doug: Has that billet been in the fire long enough to forge-weld? I think it looks too cold.
Dave: You’re right about that. If he tries to set his forge-welds at this point, it is all going to separate.
Will: Duck bill city?
Ben: Pretty much, or even just individual pieces scattering all over the floor. Lester needs to keep his steel in the fire for at least another 2 minutes.
[ On the floor, that hammer strikes the billet on the anvil. The steel glows brighter with each hit and fuses together into one solid piece. ]
Dave: Wow, I stand corrected. I was sure he would split his billet but it is holding together.
Doug: It looks like it is getting hotter with each hit. The amount of force required to do that is absolutely insane.
[ Later on, judgment at the end of the first round. ]
Will: Lester, please present your blade to the judges.
Dave: Wow. This is one of the most ornate pieces we have ever had presented to us at the end of the first round after only three hours. A symmetrical recurved dagger made with hard edges and a softer middle, with the D-guard already in there; and you have already sharpened your edges. I like that your drifted the pin holes in your tang before you hardened the blade. That puts you so much further ahead. We asked for a blade between 14 and 16 inches, and you gave us that, and so much more. I think I am going to love seeing what you do in the next round.
Ben: You put in so many features in that knife, each of which we would have had to give you extra time, but you got it all done in just 3 hours. Amazing.
[ Testing at the end of round two ]
Ben: This is the dreaded Strength Test. I will take your blades and chop them and stab them into blocks of ice. This is not so much about what your blades do to the ice, but what the ice does to your blades. Lester you’re up first. Are you ready?
Lester: I think so. Let’s get it over with.
[ Ben picks up the knife and walks around to a block of ice a foot square by 4 feet high. He raises the blade up and brings it down hard on top of the ice, point first, shattering the top foot of ice into three large blocks which slide down and drop to the floor. Ben adjusts his grip for a chop and brings it down into the ice, which splits for another foot as little pieces are sent flying everywhere. The big pieces slide off and fall to the floor. Ben tries again, with similar results. ]
Ben: Well, it looks like I ran out of ice sooner than I expected. Your knife performed magnificently and held up beautifully. I can find no damage in the tip or the edges.
Doug: This is the sharpness test. I am going to take your knives and use them to slice these salmon. Lester because you put two edges on your blade, I will testing each edge. Are you ready? Your knife is up first.
Lester: Go for it.
[ Doug does a horizontal chop through the belly of a hanging salmon and then uses a back hand slice to cut just behind the gills. ]
Doug: Your blade is magnificent and easily cut through the fish, almost like they weren’t there. The handle is exceptionally comfortable and indexes on the blade easily. You knife, will cut.
They do the strength test before the sharpness test? That’s gotta be rough.
Well, a sharp edge is useless unless it can hold it…
‘Provisional worthiness’.
… Bwahahaha!
Shows promise and may earn full worthiness… potential item to replace his past one. Becomes a hero instead of a villain?
Hammer: “Eh, good enough.”
Was I he only one to notice the sigil for Gemini on the hammer head?
Are you certain that’s not Pices, the Fish?
http://timeemits.com/cec/Zodiac_Calendar_History.htm
The chart you referenced shows the sigil as cancer.
That’s Cancer. Gemini is II, and Pisces is )-(
Now that’s what I call negotiating!
I like the font the hammer speaks in. How does it sound though?
I’d say it would have to sound like someone from Home Improvement. At first I was going with Tim or Al, but the more I think about it, it HAS to sound like Wilson (the neighbor).
We still don’t know Lester’s game, but he doesn’t seem to be working with Power and Glory on this one.
Stop. Hammertime.