NP Friday Apr 13, 2018

[ChronosCat 158]

http://www.egscomics.com/egsnp.php?id=756

Yay for starburst background in panel 3! (Yes, the background's my favorite part of that panel. What other reason could I have for looking back at it so many times.  )

[The Old Hack 2,489]

This is possibly the best NP strip I have seen for quite a while. Susan being able to even temporarily overcome her inhibitions for some reason fills me with contentment.

[Drasvin 123]

Well, that felt rather sudden. It makes since that Susan would want to test that it worked, especially given there was no physical transformation, but it still felt like a rather sudden jump to taking off her shirt.

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Not that I'm complaining, to be honest.

[Pharaoh RutinTutin 1,619]

Surrounded by little clouds with a dazed look?

When I was a child, certain groups would have been up in arms complaining that this was portraying a character smoking narcotics.

[hkmaly 490]

55 minutes ago, Drasvin said:

Well, that felt rather sudden. It makes since that Susan would want to test that it worked, especially given there was no physical transformation, but it still felt like a rather sudden jump to taking off her shirt.

It definitely makes more sense than transforming further, because this way she has control over it.

Just now, Pharaoh RutinTutin said:

When I was a child, certain groups would have been up in arms complaining that this was portraying a character smoking narcotics.

Why bother with narcotics when you have My Little Pony form?

[Stature 96]

I see sports bra. Nothing follows.

Those popcorn were not there prior. Who broke the bag?

Nothing to lose, really. Plus Susan now establishes that she is comfortable to do things out of her comfort zone, non-canon or not. Strip poker, or not.

*guffaws*

[CritterKeeper 1,102]

Hooray!  Susan is more comfortable with herself, and we get to see a character who is actually still that character instead of some distorted version of that character!  To me, at least, this is a more significant, more intimate image of Susan that a naked-but-FV5 "Susan" would be.  And I also like her blaming/crediting science.  ;-D

[Scotty 1,061]

Just now, CritterKeeper said:

Hooray!  Susan is more comfortable with herself, and we get to see a character who is actually still that character instead of some distorted version of that character!  To me, at least, this is a more significant, more intimate image of Susan that a naked-but-FV5 "Susan" would be.  And I also like her blaming/crediting science.  ;-D

I kinda think that this is just a precursor to that pinup Dan did of Susan and Sarah going to the next EGS-Con naked.

[CritterKeeper 1,102]

14 hours ago, Scotty said:

I kinda think that this is just a precursor to that pinup Dan did of Susan and Sarah going to the next EGS-Con naked.

That's actually one of the images I had in mind when I said I'd rather see Susan herself instead of some sort of distorted version of Susan.  Going out in FV5 or some other "enhancement" is like going out in a costume, putting a barrier between those seeing you and your real self.  In this NP, we get to see Susan as she really is, and that makes it more intimate even though she's only taking off one item of clothing instead of all of them.