by Hector2 » February 19th, 2012, 11:39 pm
Hi there McTek:
I must confess that I was very confused when I saw the first twelve pages of issue # 2. I didn’t understand why Fluffy was feeling too guilty. Yeah sure, she actively helped to enslave her fellow heroines, and did a very good job at that, but it wasn’t like it was her idea. She was controlled all the time since she fall into Ring Mistress’s clutches. She really didn’t have a choice nor could stop Terra at any time. In Prize Displays # 5 page 16 we see that the nanites disappear and Clarisa’s becomes herself again. So why all this drama? Clearly was Terra who backstabs Clarissa.
And then, Clarissa explains it (all): She was the first one who cheated Terra. There was another woman in Clarissa’s life, and – I assume – it was this, and not the intervention of Clarissa’s father, the real cause of their breakup.
This explains so much! I thought that Clarissa’s first reaction when she was liberated by his wife, Terra, to search for her with the intention of helping her was a clear case of Stockholm syndrome. Terra changed Clarissa’s body and mind, enslaved all her friends, used her as a toy and even married her in Roxio’s city. That was a very cruel move for a lover, spurned or not. The only way someone could have put up with all that would have been someone who feels so guilty she is trying to justify it, and boy! Clarissa’s is guilty as hell!
This shows Terra’s character in a new light. I always felt there was something fundamentally wrong with her. She had even better dominance of technology that Twiss or Giolla, and her accomplishments were from different areas, from robotics to biotechnology, but there was something strangely endearing about her: Belinda could be cruel and ruthless but she didn’t indulge playing psychologically with her prisoners, Terra always wanted to show off, like trying to get all the fun and happiness she had been denied. Of course this is only my opinion.
The aftermath is really something else, I haven’t seen a comic where the protagonist quits super heroics, but I think the motives Clarissa had argued are logic and convincing… but not for the right reasons. Anyone who is an heroine in this universe and has this mindset is a real peril for herself and his fellow heroines. Just this tought: “She wouldn’t just let me go without a reason” acknowledges that Terra had a reason to do what she did. She made Clarissa her wife, for crying out loud. This is really unsettling, and Clarissa thinking like this is a clear signal nobody is safe with her.
Having said that, the last three panels are very interesting: Agent Cheesecake? Seriously? Who assigns the code names at D.E.S.I.R.E?
Our hidden villain of the week is quite interesting: He claims that for an agent of D.E.S.I.R.E, agent Cheesecake put quite a fight. So, he is clearly accustomed to fight something even deadlier than the agents, maybe superheroines?
And then, we have a zoombot! It’s incredible! Last time we see that technology in real world, was in their 40s. So with this clues, I can make some assumptions.
But first:
1. The first 12 pages are angsty, but deliver the point.
2. Pages 13 to 16 show Clarissa’s taste in clothes… that remind me of a cat, for some reason.
3. Agent Cheesecake looks lovely in stasis with her sexy uniform.
4. The Zoombot looks awesome! This girl’s face is beautiful in her detached gesture.
Now some guesses:
1. The girl who Clarissa was interested on was… her best friend, strictly heterosexual Tabitha Essex Kitten!
2. The guy who is the mastermind of all this operation is an old guard guy, maybe the old Felix Von Ick. Or maybe the head of the McNorm clan? I said this because he seems old enough to have a zoombot. If we could have a better view at his hand, maybe we could found that he uses a ring? (I assume is a he because the zomboot uses the word “master”.
This work is fantastic! I almost could not wait for next issue (but I will manage)
Hector.