#147 Roles We Play
Hey gang, the cards are dealt, the die is cast, let’s see where this goes.
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Take care, MELVINAUTS!
BACH-MANN
Hey gang, the cards are dealt, the die is cast, let’s see where this goes.
Vote and SUBSCRIBE!
Take care, MELVINAUTS!
BACH-MANN
Have you ever gotten the feeling your strip is just getting a *bit* too *wordy*?
There’s been some exposition, yes, but I think it’s necessary to get the setup over and done, so we don’t trip over it later.
Uh-oh, that to-do list is incomplete. Who’s charged with seducing Red? No, not Ida, one of the guys. I really think that if K. wants BJ kept away from Clamour, a distraction would be best.
Other than that, Good Plan, which doesn’t mention anyone losing their hat.
Except Ida clearly can do a better job of seducing Red.
Easier, perhaps, but not necessarily better. “Better” in the sense of more challenging, in fact.
I think Ida would still falk under “better” since Melvin has his eyes elsewhere and BJ needs to grow up some if he want to date anyone other than Clamor.
I like BJ, but they weren’t wrong when they he kinda acts like a creep at times. Clamor seems to bring out the gentleman in him though.
Ida appears to many things; everyone’s favorite Big Sister looking to be on top of the list. But I really doubt she’d be into (for lack of a better term) Jailbait, which is what Red is. ‘sides, Melvin hasn’t even had a chance to mention that someone else is into her. 🙂
And Saachi for that matter.
(And seriously, BACH-mann, I hope we see Ida teaching Red about being a girl, not just “helping her cope”. )
Keep in mind, Kazom wrote the cards. Ida will do her part the way she sees fit. Kazom can say it any way he wants. 😉
Bring out your paddle, Mr. Author, put Ida over your knee, and when you get out of the hospital ask her nicely….
Also, there’s a member of this party missing: Holly. Mel needs a Main Squeeze, and I think she’s up to the challenge of challenging him to do his very best.
I think Holly will slowly come into magic of her own. It seems she has some aptitude for it.
Ha, guess Ida had already noticed Red’s crush on her, or maybe she just noticed it in hindsight. Still, sounds like she’s going to be a bit of a tease for poor Red now. Though maybe that will mean she’s still change in front of Red, just maybe she’ll just make more of a show out of it.
Ida’s too old for Red, but that will not stop her from teasing Red for all it is worth and more.
I hope Ida starts teasing Red now that she knows he used to be a boy. Maybe make him wear more”girly” clothes, just to see if she can get him to do it.
Yes, as has been mentioned before, the two of them have a very “Nabiki and Ranma” vibe going.
I also look forward to seeing Saachi again and for her to meet Ida. Who knows? Maybe Ida could be willing to help her hook her up with Red.
Well, now we have the main five of our group. I see this being the main focus for some time to be in the future, but, I see the other three like Holly, Saachi and Clamor coming in and staring everything up occasionally. Kazom came up with a fairly decent plan, everything not going to be going as planed, like Clamor showing up and moving BJ out of the pocket that he need to be in to chase Clamor and mess thing up with Ida doing an assist for BJ to help him out.
And so it will go or something like this.
Will Red get his boobs back?
There’s one interesting detail… how does Guano figure into all this? We haven’t actually seen him ever appear here, and so far there’s no indication that Melvin is even on Guano’s radar – so why did Kazom bring him up?
Melvin isn’t a genie though.
My point exactly. So why would Guano even be interested? Seems like Lorion would be the one to be worried about.
Also remember that before Kazom basically retired from being a Genie Lord and was turned into a cat form, it was Guano that double cross Kazom and left him out to dry. So there not love lost between these two Genie’s and Kazom isn’t too sure of how Guano will react when he find out about Melvin either. So Kazom would just assume that Guano doesn’t know what going on or possibly even cause both Melvin and Kazom some grief or possibly do another double cross. At least this is from Kazom point of view as to who Guano is and/or what Guano might do.
Well, a super-powerful magic user in Kazom’s orbit would probably be seen as a Bad Thing in Guano’s books, since he (in Kazom’s words) has a problem with Genies and Witches working together, plus no small amount of loathing, at least on Kazom’s end.
Yes. Guano would want to meddle simply because Melvin is Kazom’s pet project. He also would not want Clans Azure or Sable getting their hands on a new Super Witch such as Melvin.
But most importantly….when will red get her boobs back?!
I would not expect Red to get her boobs back too quickly until Kazom can get control over Melvin magic. So he will probably be dancing around with Melvin trying to teach him how use and control his magic. So it might be awhile before Melvin undoes what magic he used on Red. But, I would assume that Melvin will get control over his magic and he will most surely make everything right. But, if he try to use his magic right now, Melvin will probably create a bigger mess that if he doesn’t do anything right now.
Given how he did it in the first place, ‘fixing’ it could be something as equally accidental as him saying “I wish I could change you back to the way you were before I did it, but I don’t know how” and having his magic take that and run with it. Or not; we don’t know how tightly tied it is to his subconscious.
Wow, BJ’s got it bad for Clamor, Ida’s cleavage is directly across from him and he is totally focused on telling Ida about Clamor.
That just means it will take longer. At some point, he’ll realize what he’s looking at, and the brain-mouth connection will get scrambled. But you’re right; it may take him a while if he’s really fixated on Clamor.
Ida is definitely falling into a “big sis” role for the group. I’m interested to see where her teasing of Red leads and how she’s going to further fit into the “Team Melvin” dynamic once things get serious
Ida seems rather nonchalant about finding out that magic exists. I’m assuming most their society is like ours, mostly science based. The revelation that magic and magic beings exist should probably take longer than an hour to come to grips with.
I would also like to know the ages of some of the side characters. Ida’s probably in her 20’s, the gang’s parents are probably in their 40’s I assume. I assume there will probably be a glimpse into the past; “How the characters met/ what happened to Melvin’s dad” story.
I like “The Thomas Clark Affair” as a possible title.
Nice title, a little misleading if understood wrong as there are several meanings to the word ‘affair.’ And then there are the movies with ‘affair’ in them too.
An affair with the mind that neglected to buy you dinner first. 😉
A play on The Thomas Crown Affair, I would guess. Great movie!
Ida’s got SF and Fantasy connections, which I think would inoculate one against excessive reality shock. And it doesn’t sound as if she’s deeply invested in the physics domain; her world is fashion, which is more than a little fantasy oriented itself. She’d be able to say “Whoa, cool!” and then go with the flow.
I get irritated with a lot of movie and TV characters who cannot adapt when the going gets SFnal. “Not enough fantasy in their diet, I guess.”
I can’t remember if we got prior hints to Ida’s orientation. (But her faux-flirtation with Red and response to Clamor are… hard to read as anything other than “Gay or bi/m-spec”) I really should reread and check.