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DISTRESSED DAMSELS: EMPOWERED vol.12's "Deathtrapmonger" sequence (now with uncensored panel)!
🕑 Added 2024-08-28 13:00:11 +0000 UTCIn honor of the long-delayed Empowered vol.12 having gone off to the printers (months ago, I'm told), thought I'd revisit a DiD-intensive sequence I previously posted here years ago, in which Emp faces off with an unusual variation of familiar supervillain Deathmonger:
Yes, it's Deathtrapmonger!
Never having been interested in the "deathtrap" superheroic trope, I was surprised by how much fun I had working on this scene.
Now, here's the version of page 3 that will see publication in November when Empowered vol.12 "drops" at last:
Ah, but here's the original version of panel 3, with an additional character added to the bedroom fantasy riff:
Yeahp, that's Ninjette cosplaying as Etna from the tactical JRPG series Disgaea. I wound up having to switch out her appearance purely for continuity reasons, as the threesome concept hadn't yet been brought up by the point that this scene would have appeared in vol.12.
Onward:
And the end page of this "Deathtrapmonger" scene:
Worry not, by the end of vol. 12 you will learn what the whole "unused capetrope" deal is all about, dear readers. Just know that the narrative addresses a bunch of different superheroic riffs that were never addressed in detail during the series.
In retrospect, I do kinda wish I had explored the deathtrap concept in Empowered, as this was a fun sequence to write and draw; alas, I can't show you the 2000-era Gen13-related commission that soured me on the deathtrap concept, as I drew a con sketch along those lines that still creeps me out more than a tad. Ah, but if one handled the trope in a more lighthearted manner, the ol' deathtrap could've been a fruitful avenue for an Empowered episode or two.. (Oh, well.)
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: No idea, TBH, but something should be coming up in the next M/W/F slot. Let's find out together, shall we?
UPDATE: Ehh, might have to do another Distressed Damsels post on Friday; also, the Bigger Spenders of the $10 and $20 tiers will see their Exclusive Monthly Bonus Post by Saturday, looks like.
Comments
Aidenke
This whole sequence has such a great sense of humor to it that the deathtrap conceit absolutely works without feeling nearly as odd or as *seriously* perilous as it otherwise might. Landing in that place of tongue-in-cheek humor is something that really sets the Empowered series & universe apart, and that's part of why it's so much fun. That said, the idea of the three of them as a blissfully happy poly trio really is the best happy ending anyone could hope might come along for our intrepid heroines & hero!
Strypgia
Emp has got to be _so_ f*%&ing tired of supervils who read TvTropes too much.
Zeuvembie
NGL, would be absolutely happy for them to be a nice poly throuple in love with each other.
Jack Hallows
i sent my $2o request. i like the vibe of the comics you have haha
Otaku Twenty-Four Seven
Consider the original page 3 variant saved for posterity 😅
