Page 267 – Hostile Intent
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on September 11, 2009
at 12:01 am
Chapter: Chapter 13 - Hostile Intent
Characters: Gabrielle Reni, Marina Ortiz
Location: Training Center
Marina’s not surprised. Were you surprised that Commissioner Gabrielle was hip to the goings on over between Sun and Sabrina? A few of you brought it up so I know it was on your mind. As to the discussion between Marina and Gabrielle, you can’t help but think that Sabrina is just hovering over a shark tank and that any second, she’s getting dropped in. She’ll be okay, as long as ratings and merchandise stay high.
What’s that? What about Sabrina, Krystin, Brooke and Michael back at the penthouse? I believe we’ll find that out next week. 😉
Words, Rumors, News fly so quickly…but not as fast, as the current event and time frame itself.. heheh! it’s like now new news event already happen, the Gabrielle and Marina is still on Sun and Sabrina incident!
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Question?
Why is Marina still there in the training center it’s already night?
I wonder where is Sun? Damage Inc penthouse? or Upstarts home?
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what will happen next..
I bet Commissioner Gabrielle calls Michael up.. while Michael, Sabrina, Krystin and Brooke having a party.. Michael’s cellphone rang.. Michael grabs the cellphone up..
Michael said “hello!”
Gabrielle said to Michael “hi Michael!”
but the voice is too loud.
Gabrielle said to Michael “having a party? please can you turn the volume, bit lower.”
Brooke grabs the cellphone from Michael..
Brooke said to Gabrielle “Who is this? Maddie? Fattie?”
Gabrielle asked Brooke “who are you?”
Brooke answered “I……AM…..THE Â GODDESS”
Michael shouted “no!”
(dun…. dun….. dun…. dun)
if Michael got fired!
I can see Marina being a assistant Manager for Commissioner Gabrielle.. coz I never saw Marina wrestle, so I think I Â consider her like backstage crew..
The art is changing again… panels two and three have an almost three dimensional look to them. Well done!
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As for the plot… I’ll tune in and see. This comic could go in so many directions based on what happens next week.
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Commish Gabby is totally business driven… I’m surprised she didn’t leak some tidbits to the local press about the Sabrina/ Sun dustup. Or maybe she did and we didn’t see it.
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Gabby is also saving on payroll… Marina is doing management duties but almost certainly isn’t drawing a management salary. Marina’s best move is to derail Michael ( actually, he almost derails himself ) and put herself first in line to replace him. Good strategists take advantage of opportunities… great ones create them. Be interesting to see if Marina has a little Bad Girl inside…
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An idea for a vote incentive:Â a program cover. I’m sure they look cool and dramatic.
So I met you at Wizard World Chicago and bought a copy of the book, but only just got around to catching up on the archives. I must say, I regret that it took me so long. Such a great comic. Odds are you don’t remember me, but I met you on the last day of the convention. You pitched Rival Angels to me and we got to talking about wrestling and I explained that I hadn’t been to a Shimmer show yet. Fortunately, my friend and I have our tickets for the next show in November, hehe.
I’m telling you all right now, Gabrielle is more evil than Vince McMahon. She’s the puppet master and she’s pulling all the strings. This is not going to end well for the Upstarts. Mark my words! Very intriguing page. Definitely foreshadows what’s to come in my opinion.
this is the most evil type of cliffhanger, we want to know what happens but then you spend a comic showing us whats happening somewhere else. i guess all i wanna ask is WHY DO YOU HATE US SO!!!
I have question.. Gabrielle Reni being the puppet master..
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if Gabrielle being the villian… she will make a Sabrina suffer more!! am I right? making Sabrina in disadvantage position. Handicap match!! Â if Gabrielle Reni will be the villian..
there could be possible that Upstarts and the Hell’s Belles combine forces to take out Gabrielle Reni? hehehe!!
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I wonder if the powers that be will order the ref to have Sabrina win her semifinal match? She seems like someone who won’t take kindly to having an unfair advantage.
Sabrina is a means to more ticket sales; I like the commish’s style.
You are SO mean! *pouts and stomps my foot* LoL
I’m a little late on this, but I wan’t to thank Miss Innes for the last chapter,I like when I see writers let on guest writers without ego getting in the way. Classy Albone. It was a pretty important chapter and I think she nailed the characters down. You have a good thing going on here Evans, and thanks for the shout out on the Sun-times, I love the Chi-town references. Even when they went to Great America, I felt that this story was taking place in a world I live in. Small touch’s count. It look like we might have a faction war going on…Â
::clears his throat::
ALL HAIL COMMISSIONER GABRIELLE!
ALL FALL TO STRAPPY ITALIAN BOOTS!
ALL HAIL COMMISSIONER GABRIELLE!
ALL FALL TO STRAPPY ITALIAN BOOTS!
Had to get that out of my system. Thank you for not throwing anything (yet).
Gabrielle seems to be a business first,second and third type. Doesn’t want bad things to happen to Sabrina but mostly because she’ll make her more money rather than out of any personal concern over Sabrina. Notice no “oh too bad” or “tough break” from her. nope it’s all “make sure shes focused for her match monday”. Any personal trouble is just because they’ve been kept busy and need to kick back a little, but not til after the matches to ensure maximum merchandise sales of course. i get the feeling Gabby could care less about Brooke and Kristin except as how they affect  her “cash cow” Sabrina. Sun’s a bit of a backup plan in her eyes if Sabrina falls apart i’m thinking.Â
but hey at least Gabby’s happy and smiling throughout this page. that counts for something right?…right?
Good questions, MGC. Â Some will be revealed and others, probably not. 😛 Â RDF is on the right track about Marina though. I really like the exchange between Michael/Gabrielle/Brooke. LOL Â As you’ve seen, Gabrielle has had Sabrina’s interests at heart, though they have been in tandem with Gaby’s own agenda. Â As to Sabrina and the Belle’s teaming up, I wouldn’t count on it.
Hey RDF! Â Glad you like the improvement in the art. Â It’s a process. XD Â Marina does have her hands full without messing around with Michael (and Brooke!) but you never can tell. Â Her ‘bad girl’ side will show a bit when you find out who she’s got history with. Â 😉 Â You’re also on the right track with the tabloids. Â Stay tuned!
Hey Chris, glad you are happy with the comic! Â And also glad to hear that you’ll be going to SHIMMER in November. Â I’ll see you there, my tickets just came in the mail!
RAWF, I think you may be on to something here. 😉
LOL T-M! I know it was rough way to segue into the new chapter, leaving you hanging on what’s going on in the Penthouse/Love Nest. Â You’ll be happy with Monday. 🙂
Nice thinking, Jim! Â Could we put it past Gabrielle to order the ref to do that? Â You’d be right on with how Sabrina would react to that. Â Not too kindly at all.
Picky, you’re going to love the Commissioner some more in a bit. 😉
LOL Champ! Â More to come, I promise. 😀 Â I’m setting up that contract signing between you and a certain itsy bitsy spider…
Hey Rorschach! Â Never too late for those kind of well wishes. Â It’s readers like you that I do the little real world details for. Â Being 90 miles north of Chicago, I tend to appreciate those details too. Â Glad you’re digging it!
Ha Ha Cookie Ogre! Â I’m thrilled that you are enjoying the on-screen return of the Commissioner. Â More to come from the Commissioner. 😉
jpiv, you got a great grasp for Gabrielle. Â She’s got a hand in….everything. Â Which makes her a good boss, depending on your point of view. Â Yeah, not too worried about Sabrina as a person, but more as a commodity. Â She has plans and designs for everyone; they all have a part to play, even Brooke for now. Â Of course, with the situation back at the penthouse, you never know what could happen next….! Â Gabby is happy now. Â Just wait to you see when she’s not happy. O_o
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Eh vince isn’t evil.. thats a character he plays on tv. He’s an older guy who’s been in the business a really long time and is set in his ways.. you didn’t make money in wrestling at all 30 years ago unless you either did the exact same thing or a totallydifferent thing, and for vince to do a little of both really rubbed people the wrong way. For him to be on top now allows him the ability to do what he wants… its why we see recylced story lines. Of course vince should dislike cruiser weights because in almost 30 years it was cruiser weights that threaten’d the wwe most every time.
So for me Gabby is 100% more evil than Vince in his worst heel character could ever be. She might have some wrestling lineage in her but shes still pretty much a mystery for all of us but Albone. Is she dollar driven or is she “the wrestling biz” driven.. so far it seems like a bit of both.. which isn’t a bad thing. Unlike Vince she isn’t handcuffed by 2 lifetimes of “what works” so for me I hope shes more about the match than the money.. but i doubt it.
here one Q..
upon jpiv comment..
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hmmm!! is Sabrina only putting money, ratings, mechandise sales.. coz Sabrina is fresh out from the biloxi.. the question is why..
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is Sabrina the only one people get wild and entertain on in Rival Angels? Ultragirl merch, is the only most sales in the Rival Angels merch?
how the the others? ‘Celt Warrior’ Brenda Ruais the champ.. why is commissioner Gabrielle not worried about her match against Black Widow? Chloe De Sade, is the premiere heel stable.. heel’s fans really love Hell’s Belles merchandise?
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there are many talented angels in Rival Angels.. Jennifer Needles, Monica Rumble, Sara Valentine name a few, if Commissioner gave them a boost.. R.A. sales will add on..
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I have many question and comments on this, but I might get overboard in commenting on Sabrina. Â so {end}
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heheh!
Panel 2: who is that girl with a purple hair, spotting on a lady bench pressing? certainly not Psylocke..
is it? Zombie Luna? and the lady bench pressing is Lover Lola?
is that Lover Lola without a mask?
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Panel 5: is that Kyra Gold and ‘Celt Warrior’ Brenda Rua on the punching bag?
late night work out? hmmm? rarely!!
sadly i wont be happy on monday, im away for a week with no internet. i have to wait till NEXT monday to find out what happens!! i shall die!!
M.G.C. it might be because Sabrina is a rookie so she’s not probably not getting paid as much as the veterans already there. so it’s a bigger profit for Gabby is Sabrina gets the big push compared to the others. Plus she’s already very over with the crowd despite her short time in Rival Angels so Gabby will want to milk that for all it’s worth before anything happens (Sabrina gets injured, the fans turn on her for some reason, etc.). Plus the feud between Chloe and Sabrina is probably the biggest one in Rival Angels right now so to have those two in the PPV would mean the most buyrates so even more $ for Gabby.
Gabby needs to adopt Shane-O-Mac’s “Here comes the money” theme music 😉
M.G.C i agree with jpiv on this – sabrina has several things going for her at the moment:
shes new and relatively low paid so high profit margin on her sales
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shes new and so the fans are excited to see all her range of tactics, where as with wrestlers youve known for longer you can start predicting what theyre going to do
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shes undefeated – her first loss needs to be exciting (unlike goldbergs first WWE loss)
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all these, plus her high profile – for a lowbie – rivalry mean that shes hot property. and hot property needs to be watched and nurtured. but that doesnt mean that gabby is ignoring the others, just that shes not talking to marina about them at this second, because the whole sun/brina situation is more pressing
I’m with TM, that was mean to jump from a cliffhanger to a different scene like that.
Seriously, that doesn’t surprise me the way Gabrielle runs her business. Everyone wants to sell merchandise. John Cena is a main eventer because kids buy his t-shirts. Same for Jeff Hardy, CM Punk, etc.
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I have to agree on KenB3 “Main eventer because kids buy t-shirt”
Last July WWE came to our country. 12 year to above fans wear Jeff Hardy or John Cena, Rey Mysterio T-shirt, come got a complete set of John Cena, some complete set like Jeff Hardy almost like cosplaying them. some WWE fans 19 to above who watch WWE over the years.. Are heel fans, “weird things is some  booo’ed Tommy Dreamer, I mean come on give him a respect will they?” 70% of the crowd cheered Chris Jericho[one of the fan cheer for Jericho is me] Chris Jericho got a microphone and insult us.. [still fans cheers for Jericho]..
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{On With Rival Angels}
merchandize. we’re just only seeing at Chicago area.. majority of fans likes Sabrina.. we haven’t seen other areas and international sales yet.. I’m sure we’ll see in Heaven and Hell PPV Paris, France.. I wonder how will they react, and Sabrina’s merchandize sales drop, in Paris, France.. Majority will buy Hell’s Belles T-Shirts.. Even got a Hell’s Belles Mug! Â 🙂
(I’m getting overboard here! sorry Albone!)
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I do agree in drew comments.. “Commissioner Gabrielle is more evil than Vince McMahon on his best heel” Â and RAWF showtime comments..
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I think a devil in disguise as and angel.. The Word “Call me Gabrielle, I want you to consider me as your friend”