2020-08-26
Posted on 2020-08-28 by Aaron

30 thoughts on “2020-08-26”

  1. Joseph Moose

    Did that line automatically tangle, or did Zodon make that into a net?

    1. Faust

      I think the cable was released violently so it isn’t in a straight line. Still traveling straight but with lots of slack in the following line. If that makes sense. Zodon would correct me.

      1. Faust

        Edit: ok, now I think he deliberately opened it wrong so it would sproing at them. Not how it was intended to be used but better than throwing a tangle weed bag. Closer to intent of a weak and improvised Gordians knot that can’t be cut.

    2. Georg Felis

      All fishing lines automatically tangle.

      1. Mechwarrior

        We found the person who fishes.

  2. Faust

    Just the kids are vulnerable though the coat could counter that.
    Zodon is actually working as a team player though what he uses his ill gotten gains for later is another matter.
    The others are unfortunately getting distracted by him.

  3. Kotolj

    And with that last line, Dynamode is acting as one of the more reasonable adults in this plotline.

    This is incredibly sad.

    1. Foradain

      It’s a side effect of her super-introspection power. She now realizes when she’s acting like a jerk, which is of course the first step in stopping herself from acting like a jerk. If she also realizes that she doesn’t want to be a jerk, she’ll get better.

      Hopefully she doesn’t *want* to be a jerk; that would make it hard to realize that she doesn’t.

      1. Some Ed

        Not as hard as you might think.

        Being a jerk often results in setbacks. If one was aware of these setbacks and why they happen, one might decide to avoid them… and thus be less of a jerk.

  4. Moe Lane

    There are times when you let the villain get away, kids. This is probably one of those times.

    1. Marie

      Zodon is not the villain, Dynamode is having trouble keeping up with who’s a threat. Save time, ask Tyler.

      1. TemperaryObsessor

        Zodon seems like the least bad option right now. P&G are basically unknown. And the Evil and Queen and Last Place definately can’t be trusted. Zodon’s still a kid who thinks he always knows better than the adults, and he’s the type of person who says no one should have this type of power except for me but he’s better than the other two options.

        1. Skull the Troll

          Until he gets back to his dorm room and starts to think about what he can do with it…

  5. Segev

    It is weird how often I find myself rooting for Zodon. The five-year-old super-genius shouldn’t be the wisest person in the room!

    1. Nealithi

      Is he five? I mean I thought most of the kids were like eight. But I don’t spend much time around small children. And several of them including Tyler are getting taller it seems.

      1. Stephen Bierce

        Zodon has time-travelled enough times that only his Mark 2.0 Barry Ween Chip knows for sure.

        1. Naldru

          Considering that he was sent back in time and returned to the present by freezing himself ( http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/12282009/ ), he could be a few hundred years old, depending on how you count time in suspended animation.

        2. Rockphed

          He saw mammoths during his time in the past. I am fairly certain that he is now several thousand years old.

    2. Nightmask

      Probably because Zodon isn’t a villain, while he’s on the delinquent side that’s because he’s not getting the proper challenges and mental stimulation to keep him occupied so he acts out (something he tells us himself during the arc that reveals what happened with his parents). He’ll help do the right thing even if he tries to spin it as being out of selfish reason and won’t put a life in jeopardy, but doesn’t want to be perceived as ‘weak’ or ‘soft.’ While he still does things out of selfishness he also does things to help like with the efforts to contain the Chaos Goo, he knows the others can’t properly contain it but he can (like he mentions about a few other things in the place that aren’t contained properly). But nobody will take him seriously or listen to him so he simply has to do it himself, because the adults around him really aren’t reliable.

      1. Matthew Evan Davis

        So in that way he’s like a smart younger kid who wants to hang out with the older kids and prove himself as tough as them.

        1. Segev

          There is a lot of that. Remember, though, that he self-identifies as a villain. So he conflates will to do that which is needed with “villainy.”

  6. TBeholder

    At this point, the only thing that would certainly make the moment more awkward and confusing is “and then the Boss walks in”.

  7. TB

    If Dynamode has a “gas” state, the fishing line is going to be a short-term solution.

    1. Faust

      Liquid would be better as she could also manipulate the tangled line.

  8. codebracker

    Wait why don’t they just throw the doom goo into the all gone box?

    1. Prairie Son

      Because that would result in the all gone box gaining a supersuit made of chaos goo and becoming a villain. It’s like you don’t read comics.

      1. Nos482

        Also they wouldn’t be able to sell it anymore once it’s gone into the box.

  9. LookieLouE1707

    Release the kraken fishing gear!

  10. Jeremiah

    I guess Zodon is throwing the net to P&G, not to his classmates. He wants to get away, and that is the best solution.

    I consider Zodon is Chaotic Good. He has saved the world several times, more than most of his classmates.

    1. Jeremiah

      In the 4th panel the chair is facing away from Flea and the others, and the shot is going straight in front of the chair. Where P&G seem to be.

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