Link (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_764.php)
Seriously though, what other types of corsets are there? I thought they all laced up. (Total n00b question, huh?)
There are some that lace up from the front. Others lace up from the back but have buttons on the front so that you can fit it once and then take it on or off as you please. Then there are those that only lace up from the back.
Edit: There are now some that have a zipper along the side. I am not sure if these have any laces on them.
*stares at Bernadette*
I don't usually go for women outside my species/dimesnion but she is a vision...
Quote from: Meech on March 20, 2007, 10:05:51 PM
There are some that lace up from the front. Others lace up from the back but have buttons on the front so that you can fit it once and then take it on or off as you please. Then there are those that only lace up from the back.
Edit: There are now some that have a zipper along the side. I am not sure if these have any laces on them.
The ones with zippers on the sides still have laces in the back for show.
Though corests with buttons i've not seen. i've seen corsets with hook eye closers in either the front of back, which are more convient, there are also corests that have laces in both the front and back
The ones that lace up from the back only tend to be the most common and the ones you generally find amongst southern belles, civil war reinactors, and 17-18th century british nobility.
*stares and blinks* Am I the only one concerned that people here know so much about corsets?
Off of the corset topic.
What is the symbol next to the symbol for women?
They still look painful
Its probably a symbol for their mythos customers. As to why alot of ppl know so much about corsets, well, I live in the south for one and two, Im a big renaissance festival person as well as SCA. I run into corset wearers alot.
Wait, does this mean she'll be a returning character?
Not necessarily. Her name actually wasn't mentioned in the comic.
Quote from: Meech on March 20, 2007, 10:21:18 PM
Off of the corset topic.
What is the symbol next to the symbol for women?
There was a similar symbol on the boy's room in SAIA (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_549.php). This might be the female equivalent.
Quote from: Amber Panyko
Hint 3: The symbol on the door is part of a ward warning. There are a few more genders out there than simple guy/girl...not to mention girls who made themselves guys and guys who made themselves girls full time and all sorts of wacky combinations of other things. Because of this, it can make washrooms and bathrooms of public domain awkward(and a bad subject for pranks) The sign on the door is more or less a ward that keeps those who are not part of the category from entering be it through teleportation or entering. The sign on the right more or less means "default" in Cubi...so as such only males who are naturally males or beleive they are males(Females who have decided to become male, etc) are allowed to enter. This is to keep someone from simply swapping their gender to enter for a prank.
Quote from: Tezkat on March 20, 2007, 10:41:13 PM
Quote from: Meech on March 20, 2007, 10:21:18 PM
Off of the corset topic.
What is the symbol next to the symbol for women?
There was a similar symbol on the boy's room in SAIA (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_549.php). This might be the female equivalent.
Quote from: Amber Panyko
Hint 3: The symbol on the door is part of a ward warning. There are a few more genders out there than simple guy/girl...not to mention girls who made themselves guys and guys who made themselves girls full time and all sorts of wacky combinations of other things. Because of this, it can make washrooms and bathrooms of public domain awkward(and a bad subject for pranks) The sign on the door is more or less a ward that keeps those who are not part of the category from entering be it through teleportation or entering. The sign on the right more or less means "default" in Cubi...so as such only males who are naturally males or beleive they are males(Females who have decided to become male, etc) are allowed to enter. This is to keep someone from simply swapping their gender to enter for a prank.
Wonder where those other genders go to the bathroom.
Anyway, I wonder what Amber has planned. Hmm.
Oh, and I vote genetics!
Like many things, the wards were most likely created for military purposes, but soon found use for the common man.
It's how the internet was invented (despite what Al Gore will tell you).
Quote from: Tezkat on March 20, 2007, 10:41:13 PMThere was a similar symbol on the boy's room in SAIA (http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_549.php). This might be the female equivalent.
Except that the symbol seems to be on a sign pointing to the bathroom, not on the door. Maybe it's warning that there will be a ward?
Quote from: superluser on March 20, 2007, 10:52:27 PM
Except that the symbol seems to be on a sign pointing to the bathroom, not on the door. Maybe it's warning that there will be a ward?
You get a cookie :3
Quote from: Manawolf on March 20, 2007, 10:26:03 PM
Wait, does this mean she'll be a returning character?
Well there is that shop there so consider her a NPC. :)
Quote from: DigitalMan on March 20, 2007, 10:20:40 PM
*stares and blinks* Am I the only one concerned that people here know so much about corsets?
I own 6. and they arnt painfull :)
Quote from: DigitalMan on March 20, 2007, 10:20:40 PM
*stares and blinks* Am I the only one concerned that people here know so much about corsets?
Corsets are also still often used among fuller figured/large breasted women when a strapless bra is needed... :erk ;)
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 20, 2007, 10:54:28 PM
Quote from: superluser on March 20, 2007, 10:52:27 PM
Except that the symbol seems to be on a sign pointing to the bathroom, not on the door. Maybe it's warning that there will be a ward?
You get a cookie :3
*Charles hmms* Interesting... a ward to keep the magical shape-shifting peeping Tom's of the Furrae out of the ladies room! I merely assumed it was a different language's symbol for female. Being symbols vs creature symbols.
I think the rhino's a carnivore... just cuz Amber likes to do that sort of thing.
Oh come on! We've already got a demon mare and carnivorous cow! Is a rhino THAT much of a stretch at this point? :3
I wonder if Bernadette is related to Ken?
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 20, 2007, 10:54:28 PMQuote from: superluser on March 20, 2007, 10:52:27 PMExcept that the symbol seems to be on a sign pointing to the bathroom, not on the door. Maybe it's warning that there will be a ward?
You get a cookie :3
So...er, what happens when you try to walk/teleport into a place that has that sort of ward?
Do you just bonk right off it and the spell fails, or do you accidentally teleport into a jail cell or does your body cease to exist or...what?
It would seem that something might bad would happen if they need to put a warning on it.
I said you get a cookie, not a 5 paragraph explanation of the functions behind a gender-restricting ward. :U
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 21, 2007, 12:31:46 AMI said you get a cookie, not a 5 paragraph explanation of the functions behind a gender-restricting ward. :U
I'm not asking you to tell me how a gender-restricting ward works. I'm just asking how a gender-restricting ward works. And mainly expecting you to say ``Nya ha ha! I'm never telling you!''
Also, Payroll told me to talk to Mr. Lumbergh and I still haven't received my cookie...
Quote from: Zorro on March 20, 2007, 10:55:43 PM
Quote from: Manawolf on March 20, 2007, 10:26:03 PM
Wait, does this mean she'll be a returning character?
Well there is that shop there so consider her a NPC. :)
Think she'll summon the keystone cops to deal with shoplifters?
*Wonders why he bothered making a joke no one will get*
Aww, but we want a multi-paragraph explanation :< Maybe just two paragraphs? Pretty please?
Quote from: Goatmon on March 21, 2007, 12:50:24 AM
Quote from: Zorro on March 20, 2007, 10:55:43 PM
Quote from: Manawolf on March 20, 2007, 10:26:03 PM
Wait, does this mean she'll be a returning character?
Well there is that shop there so consider her a NPC. :)
Think she'll summon the keystone cops to deal with shoplifters?
*Wonders why he bothered making a joke no one will get*
That's okay, I polymorphed my
d into a
D.
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 21, 2007, 12:31:46 AM
I said you get a cookie, not a 5 paragraph explanation of the functions behind a gender-restricting ward. :U
Can't it be a fortune cookie with an unusually highly informative insert?
I think it's cool that she's introduced a minor character that isn't a cameo. Wow! And she gets to see a main character's boobies, sort've.
huh, and here I'd thought the symbol in 549 was the warp aci equivalent of the male/female symbols use to mark most bathrooms.
i shall take this opportunity to bring to light something from waaaay back when.
the ORIGINAL little red riding hood story- there was red and her mother, not grandmother. reds mother left red to live with her uncle as she went to live in the forest to collect herbs as she was a healer. reds uncle would not let her see her mother due to the forest being too dangerous, so he said she must prove she can take care of herself.
so he makes her wear an iron corset, the moment she can remove it herself she can see her mother. she removes it by literally beating it with her fists for weeks, her determination and bloody knuckles convince her uncle that he does not wanna dick with her.
this sounds a bit extreme, but my wife likes the idea. sadly there is a shortage of blacksmiths with lengere experience, so no iron corsets or chainmaile bras for crazy viking chick.
also some of you may now be put in mind of the undergarments of maid Marian on "robin hood, men in tights"
QuoteDon't let my name fool you. In real life, I'm actually quite big
If you don't mind my thoughts on teleportation wards (slightly D&D influenced), the ward would most likely either shunt the teleporter to outside the area that the ward affects, or simply have the teleportation spell fail entirely. Redirection to a jail would seem a bit more complex, since it would mean that there would a second teleportation spell attached to the ward that automatically sends the perpetrater to the destination set by the person who set up the ward, or something along those lines. The jail teleport would seem a little extreme, as I'm sure there are the chances of teleportation accidents, as there are many fantasy stories where upcoming magic users teleport themselves into all manner of incorrect places.
Quote from: Kasarn on March 21, 2007, 12:57:54 AM
Quote from: Goatmon on March 21, 2007, 12:50:24 AM
Think she'll summon the keystone cops to deal with shoplifters?
*Wonders why he bothered making a joke no one will get*
That's okay, I polymorphed my d into a D.
Oh my dear god. *Hugs* xD
Btw, today's strip made reminded me of this little ytmnd.
Teehee (http://prime-boobs.ytmnsfw.com/)
Quote from: superluser on March 21, 2007, 12:28:57 AM
So...er, what happens when you try to walk/teleport into a place that has that sort of ward?
It would seem that something might bad would happen if they need to put a warning on it.
My guess (and I'll hedge it by saying that you could almost certainly design various wards with
different payloads) is that you'd run smack into an invisible wall. That would be unpleasant enough to require a warning yet safe enough to get past the safety regulations if it's properly marked :3
I can't help myself, but Bernadette looks like the ultimate stereotyped Oktoberfest waitress.
(or any bavarian beer garden waitress)
Quote from: Dard on March 21, 2007, 06:17:24 AM
I can't help myself, but Bernadette looks like the ultimate stereotyped Oktoberfest waitress.
(or any bavarian beer garden waitress)
Once again, I say, like my mother...
Bernadette is very sexy and strong *WOOT* and yes she does reminded me an octoberfest beer girl :cheers :bar where's my beer it's octoberfest somewhere I think?
Quote from: Amber Williams on March 21, 2007, 12:31:46 AM
I said you get a cookie, not a 5 paragraph explanation of the functions behind a gender-restricting ward. :U
Goodie! Then we get to speculate! :eager
My guess is that it is a psychic effect. You change your mind about entering.
Somebody with a strong will or a very good reason could probably override it. If you have a very good reason, you
should be able to override it.
I still say Bernadette is hot, which is a first because I never saw a rino that I would consider hot.
Though I must say Amber you have an intresting way of making a comic funny and unpredictable.
Quote from: Madmann135 on March 21, 2007, 09:24:18 AMI still say Bernadette is hot, which is a first because I never saw a rino that I would consider hot.
Here's a hot rhino (http://www.africanbackgrounds.com/images/AfricanBackgrounds_00012_Square-lipped-rhino_400.jpg). Look! She's all wet! Another hot rhino (http://www.africanbackgrounds.com/images/AfricanBackgrounds_00026_Rhino-river-wallow_400.jpg).
Officially not funny, Luser. Also, what the Hell is up with that other gender symbol next to the female one on the door for the changing rooms? It looks like an alchemical symbol.
Quote from: Stygian on March 21, 2007, 10:50:49 AM
Officcially not funny, Luser. Also, what the Hell is up with that other gender symbol next to the female one on the door for the changing rooms? It looks like an alchemical symbol.
Basically it's a warning that the changing room is gender-warded. You might want to read the first page of the thread for all the discussion on that.
Quote from: Stygian on March 21, 2007, 10:50:49 AMOfficcially not funny, Luser.
Yeah, I know. I just read Madmann's post, and that idea grabbed hold of my mind, and I had to post it.
Eee.. Bernadette's awesomes.
I love the look on Lorenda's face when she's all *flex* I better tighten it, and Lorenda's all like "I'm gonna die..!"
hehe.. i cant wait to see the corsetted Lorenda! :D
Is it wrong that I find Bernadette incredibly hot?
:erk :erk
Quote from: Madmann135 on March 21, 2007, 09:24:18 AM
I still say Bernadette is hot, which is a first because I never saw a rino that I would consider hot.
Though I must say Amber you have an intresting way of making a comic funny and unpredictable.
amber can make a hippo look sexy i mean come on now man
Hot yes, but I dunno if I'd want to try anything... she looks like she'd hurt me. XD
Quote from: Aleolus on March 21, 2007, 11:28:13 AM
Is it wrong that I find Bernadette incredibly hot?
:erk :erk
Really, now... Why must guys be embarassed to admit an attraction to powerful, muscular women? The female bodybuilders I've known were all quite beautiful and honestly didn't lack for femininity. Strong is sexy! (I'll admit to disliking the roid-girl baritone, though. Issues of illicit performance-enhancing pharmaceuticals aside... if genetically male transgendered and voice actors can pull off convincing female voices, real women have no excuse. :animesweat)
And, yes, Bernadette is hawt. :kittylove
On a related note, has anyone else noticed the very strong trend in this comic towards females being bigger, stronger, and/or more aggressive than the guys? Kria, Lorenda, Fa'Lina, Wildy, Alexsi... nearly the entire female cast. The only manly men around--Pegasus (both of them), Cid, and Edward---are mostly dead or missing in action. It seems to be a stylistic preference that goes a bit beyond the "Amber can't draw muscular guys" excuse...
Must be from all those powerful male rolemodels Amber has. :januscat
Quote from: Tezkat on March 21, 2007, 01:57:08 PM
Really, now... Why must guys be embarassed to admit an attraction to powerful, muscular women? The female bodybuilders I've known were all quite beautiful and honestly didn't lack for femininity. Strong is sexy!
Hey, I'll admit that Bernadette's got it goin' on. I've never been turned on by Amber's style, though.
why has no one mentioned the awesomeness of her hair?
Truly, truly, truly excellent, Amber.
Oh yeah, and muscles are cool too.
Quote from: Aleolus on March 21, 2007, 11:28:13 AM
Is it wrong that I find Bernadette incredibly hot?
:erk :erk
*Charles nods* Yes. Yes it is. You're obviously deranged and require a full frontal lobotomy. *pages Dr. Ink for surgery... we lack a surgery smiley, but this will suffice... :knifed It is Dr. Ink, after all.*
Seems like you wouldnt want a redneck do surgery then, Jeff Foxworthy jokes wont help on this one class :P
Quote from: Stygian on March 21, 2007, 10:50:49 AM
Officcially not funny, Luser.
Oh, I dunno. I found it pretty damn funny. :-]
More backing for why Lorenda may think what worked for the rhino may work for her.
http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg (http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg)
Quote from: Manawolf on March 21, 2007, 08:38:58 PM
More backing for why Lorenda may think what worked for the rhino may work for her.
http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg (http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg)
Ugh...dear god I need to replace that wallpaper with something non-suckass soon...
Hey, after all these years, she's still sexy.
*Gildy stands infront of a bathroom block, cant get into either of them, doing the potty dance*
Damn you Binary Gender base!
::Adds arrow to the circle::
Quote from: Manawolf on March 21, 2007, 08:38:58 PM
More backing for why Lorenda may think what worked for the rhino may work for her.
http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg (http://www.missmab.com/DLoads/DMFA_Wallpaper2_800.jpg)
IT TIME SNU SNU!
"Can't we just cuddle instead?"
Quote from: Tezkat on March 21, 2007, 01:57:08 PM
Quote from: Aleolus on March 21, 2007, 11:28:13 AM
Is it wrong that I find Bernadette incredibly hot?
:erk :erk
Really, now... Why must guys be embarassed to admit an attraction to powerful, muscular women? The female bodybuilders I've known were all quite beautiful and honestly didn't lack for femininity. Strong is sexy! (I'll admit to disliking the roid-girl baritone, though. Issues of illicit performance-enhancing pharmaceuticals aside... if genetically male transgendered and voice actors can pull off convincing female voices, real women have no excuse. :animesweat)
And, yes, Bernadette is hawt. :kittylove
Female Bodybuilder can be cute and all, I love the muscles, too. Yet I find that they just look wrong somehow when they are in their competing body mode. Sorry, I like the boobies to have some fat in them as well as the hips. But the girls in championships have to have a body fat of that seem like 3-5%. That is too much even for a guy, whom I also find unattractive during championships. Maybe it is the arteries popping out, that I find gross.
PBH