Star Strip page 98
bravo1102 on May 19, 2015
More of Lon looking sad with stooped shoulders. He is a Grey Guy and his species is accustomed to defeat. You could even say that any kind of resistance to superior authroity has been bred out of Grey Guys. Except a kind of pathetic passive-aggressive gallows humor. The kind of smart alecky nonsense that is good for a laugh because he's so pathetic you might as well let him have his jibe.
Grey Gals were designed to be dominant over Grey Guys as supervisors and organizers. So the female is the dominant gender. This would be the difference between the house domestic and the general laborer. (the American “Slaveocracy” of the Antebellum South is but one example)
This page has all the nudity the previous one lacked and if you think that probes go up Jenny's orifices, you would be correct. Let's just say that exploitation movies of the 1970's are really the only ones that are totally accurate. You want to make someone scream in pain go for their genitals. It has been said that the amatuer goes for the fingers and toes and the professional goes for the nipples and groin. Objectification and victimization of women, yup that's what entertainment is all about. Or is it that a writer/creator can only truly glorify and make a true hero of a character if they make her suffer first? So the hero has to be victimized to get at the inner strength it takes to be heroic. I don't do damsels in distress. My stories inflict pain on the main characters (often female) but they come back and win for themselves, not cling to some male savior. I can just see Trish or Bleinda Brandon making this speech before commisioning a script for a movie.
Currently production is up to page 104 and doing the pages has cleared my vision for the next shots. Just be forewarned Rickover is a sexist pig but he's not aggressive. He's no Jim Kirk.
Banes at 9:52AM, May 31, 2015
You're right...what he's saying in the first panel doesn't match his facial expression, either. Come on, Lon! Be the hero we know you can be!
KimLuster at 4:40AM, May 22, 2015
That's why I hold out hope he's just playing along...!
bravo1102 at 3:33AM, May 22, 2015
But look at those slumped shoulders and that pained expression. It hurts him to say that.
Banes at 1:20PM, May 21, 2015
Oh, Lon. We had such hopes for you to be the hero...
jerrie at 10:53AM, May 21, 2015
I dont think an alien rce would care much about us at all...look at the studying we do on animals, etc....they probably would study us...out of curiosity,maybe, like we would probably do to them. not caring about their feelings...or vice-versa.
El Cid at 3:29AM, May 21, 2015
Sadly, it is always a possibility that aliens would care about our morals and customs about as much as we care for those of a cockroach before we crush it underfoot. And we actually share more common DNA with a cockroach than we would with an alien!
darkace at 2:59AM, May 21, 2015
One's POV will not always be shared by others, especially that of the different species--or race for that matter.
KimLuster at 4:26AM, May 20, 2015
The logical part of me knows that if we ever meet other intelligent aliens they will likely have very different morals, but the emotional part of me hopes there's such a thing as a universal 'moral law' that all sentients feel the urge to treat other sentients with some level of dignity and respect (whether they act on that urge or go against it is another matter...) But, I can't even say such a thing exists here on Earth's various cultures. Even so, I'm human and this is the first time I've really disliked Lon (and hoping this is just an act...) Still, it's a great page!!
plymayer at 4:09AM, May 20, 2015
Different cultures. Different ideas. It's okay to be tolerant up to the point folks get hurt.