One perfect moment...Empowered Volume #4

[jarodrussell.insanejournal.com]

I want to preface this post by saying despite love of all things Empowered and most all things damsel-in-distress-y, I'm not really into Empowered as a damsel in distress. The humiliation aspect and (no pun intended) distress it causes her character negates whatever inherent appeal such scenes normally have. So, it's with that in mind that I present the following two pages from Empowered volume 4, which gives Emp her very own O.P.M. scene toward the end. I like these pages because, well, as an aspiring super-villain, I can't think of a much better way to start off a career then by saying, "Hey, thanks for letting me tie you up, it really was inspirational during my personal Iron Man moment and then while I was building my own robot army."





I don't think the kid ever got named in volume 4, but I'm hoping he shows up in volume 5 (coming out next week!!!) or 6.

Comments

[fungo_squiggly.insanejournal.com]

"Kinky and fairly degrading but still sort of sweet" pretty much says it in a nutshell.

[stig.insanejournal.com]

I like that she's always distressed and humiliated, because that's what makes it an intelligent satire; we're meant to feel emp-athy (SEE WHAT I DID THERE) and get guilt pangs over how exploited she is, and also maybe give a thought as to how there's still an air of exploitation around dozens of published titles these days (Paul Dini & Ed Benes I am talking about you).

[ninjapeps.insanejournal.com]

volume 5 is coming out? WOOHOO!