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Grrl Power #1363 - Luckily I'm still under warranty (Patreon)

Published:
2025-06-09 10:00:10
Imported:
2026-06

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Panel three may not be quite how Scion usually acquires his DNA samples. Not that he hasn't considered it, but he kept ripping the stockings with his tentacle toes. 

I will cop to it. In that last word balloon, I don't know if I used the semicolon correctly. I'm partially admitting to it because this way someone will either affirm or correct me without me having to not only google it, but, like, comprehend the results, but also it gives the grammar nerds an opportunity to strut their stuff. Maybe there's an even more appropriate bit of punctuation, like three dots in a triangle that looks like the Predator is sighting in on you. I like interrobangs, personally. Not the right mark for that sentence in the last panel. I just like an excuse to say/type "interrobang." ‽ Also, as a comic writer, there's a lot of cases where people are shouting questions. Though I will say, in my head, there's a difference between "?!" and "!?" The former denoting incredulousness, (What are you doing?!) the latter being for exasperation or alarm. (What are you doing!?) An interrobang lacks that distinction. 

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No one important

I would use a colon, not a semicolon, in that location. The three dots in a triangle can be: one dot at the top is the symbol for "therefore". one dot at the bottom is the symbol for "but" or "because" (depending on which interpretation you believe).. Note that these are mathematical notation, rather than traditional punctuation).

Torabi

Murder baby is very pretty. I might have a hard time denying murder baby whatever it wants. Much like normal people with normal babies.

Matthew Paulin

I was wondering when we would see the "power parasite" trope here. It exists in every single superhero medium ever created when they run out of sharks to jump...

Teksura

Every time I have ever used a semicolon it has been a shot in the dark.

Shyster

Three dots in a triangle is the "therefore" sign, used in logic and mathematics. Three asterisks in a triangle is the asterism, which is a variant on the dinkus (three spaced asterisks in a row), which is used to signal a breaks in written works, like subsections in a single chapter. "Dinkus" is also a fun word to say.

Eric Karnowski

I agree that colon is more appropriate. Although one could argue that the first part could stand on its own, it would be odd to end a sentence that way. The colon tells the reader that the next part is what “thus” is referring to.

mike stone

You want a colon. It means “what comes next is a more detailed version of the thing I just said”. It’s especially good at flagging examples: “I have a dog: a samoyed who thinks he’s a lapdog and talks like a husky.” Its more general use is to control run-on sentences: some ideas are too big for a single word (or even a single sentence), but brain-dumping them on the page will make it hard to locate your main idea. The colon lets you write a short, clean sentence with a placeholder, then expand the placeholder into what you really meant. That's what you're doing above. Mechanically, you can often replace a colon with “like this” and retain the general meaning, though I enjoy using “hold my beer…” instead. The semicolon is one of three ways to connect full noun-and-verb sentences. Option 1 is to separate them with a period: “I want this. I want that.” Option 2 is to use a comma and a conjunction: “I want this, but I want that.” Option 3 is to use a semicolon: “I want this; I want that.” The semicolon means the two sentences should be treated as parts of a single idea and shouldn’t be split up, which is admittedly squishy. That arrangement satisfies the made-up rule that connecting sentences with a comma and conjunction is fine, but dropping the conjunction forms the ‘comma splice’ which is evil, totally unacceptable, and OBTW really hard to parse mechanically. It’s from the late 1950s when there was an idea that language could be made logical and verifiable by computer (the secret origin of Mr Spock). The practitioners did little more than demonstrate their own weak grasp of language: never split infinitives? All the great writers did. Double negatives cancel each other? You’re just as bad at logic as you are with intensifiers. Anyway, the semicolon was enshrined as the way to do a comma splice without calling it a comma splice; the one extra dot -obviously- changes all the rules of communication, and c’mon.. it’s a rarely used special symbol you can practically locate blindfolded. And we need that use: if the semicolon isn't an elegant (aka: poorly defined) way to connect ideas, it's just an uber-comma for separating comma-delimited lists: portly, drunk, pious friar; cheerful, loyal giant; guy with a bow. GenX uses two periods for a function halfway between a colon and semicolon: the part that follows tends to be a continuation of the part before.. it’s not quite a direct example, but also not a poetic fusion of otherwise unrelated ideas like “pack up the moon; put away the stars; I see a red door and I want it painted black; no colors any more, I want them to turn black.”

Absentia

All these cool villains, meanwhile I'm waiting for the masked one from before the superhero brawl to show up. They're so far the only one in that lineup we haven't seen yet

Absentia

Anyone else getting Nomu vibes from this guy?

Town Crier

The semicolon does what the author intended, gave a pause as needed. I'm willing to allow it.

Town Crier

Lady, you have an ugly baby.

Arthur Levesque

This is my answer: I’m pretty sure that should have been a colon, not a semicolon. You’re not just inserting a longer pause than a comma between independent clauses, but setting up a situation as I did in the first sentence. Also, the three dots in a triangle – ∴ – are used in geometric proofs to mean “therefore”; but, from now on, I will also be seeing them as Predator laser sights. (The same thing with three asterisks – ⁂ – is called an “asterism.” Also, note correct use of the semicolon in the earlier sentence.) Finally, I’ve also been a longtime fan of the interrobang. Were you aware that an upside-down interrobang (used for Spanish) is called a gnaborretni? ⸘Ay, caramba‽

Raymond Dannelly

Seems pretty reasonable, all things considered.

Tim Malmström

Very eloquent for someone missing apparently 80% of their *brain*.

gaijin 99

I'm just saying dude, you're monologuing and and every second you talk is another second for her to figure out how to kill you.

Thorbjørn Steen
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Hmm.. is the a difference between monologuing and "talking with a person who can't answer because you just gagged them"? I feel like there is. Or at least should be. In this case he is at least partially monologuing, but he is also telling our gal information that is necessary for the upcoming negotiations.