Page 129 – Deception
If nothing else, Brooke is consistent. Brooke’s got an interesting set of priorities. She needs to win this match with Sabrina, but it looks like she’s still going to try and undermine Sabrina’s showing. Anything to be on top, so to speak.
Ack, though it was strongly suggested to Brooke by the boss (Gabrielle) to clue Sabrina in on her referee-boyfriend, Brooke has chosen to keep Sabrina in the dark. Probably hoping that Sabrina gets caught even after being ‘warned.’
This was actually bittersweet to write because Sabrina and Brooke seem to have a fun conversation, though we know that Brooke is being insincere. And once again we see the trusting nature of Sabrina, the potential there is to backfire on her.
The end of chapter 6! Next update, The Rival Angels Halloween Special! Our Upstart girls will be in costume for this match, but which costumes will they be wearing? And if you’re looking to see who their opponents are next week, take a gander at the voting incentives, which by the way, does not go unappreciated.
So next chapter is already the Halloween Special match ? Thank goodness the non-wrestling segment is only a couple chapters.
Cyber Sunday is this week, and it could be very surprising if somehow one of the Rival Angels girls wearing a same costume with what WWE diva wearing during the PPV.
I’m just saying.
(…………………. damn it!! Gregory Helms’ catchphrase is also infecting my mind!!!)
Good to see Sabrina is now, at home resting not partying.Â
M.G.C. Message to Sabrina “Rest well!! and prepare for your match.. don’t focus on Vincent..”
Panel 2: wooh!! look at Brooke. Brooke’s face is like scheming something hahahha..
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Panel 3: oh! a Sabrina is sitting on Sun’s couch? ah? why is she not on her couch? and Brooke sits there.. could it be Sun warned Brooke not to sit there, no else Brooke wil get Ninja’d.. 🙂
Is that Sun, outside? is she listening?, is Sun spying?.. Sneaky like a Ninja.. “ANBU” (Naruto)Â Like…
Brooke’s tactic is making Sabrina feeling pretty.
Panel 4: Sabrina just bite it.. hahaha..
Panel 6: Brooke will straighten her out.. This is bad.. Very Bad.. I suspect Brooke will do this.. Brooke will visit Monica on the hospital.. Monica is shock to see Brooke.. Brooke will say “Monica, there something I really need to tell you.. Sabrina purposely didn’t like to help you. She said that your a mini meatball who is not worthy of being save. and better the Hell’s Belle did that to you rather that Monica felt the wrath of the Ulrasplash”Â
Brooke wil make it worst for Monica and Sabrina..
Oh Sun is coming back in the room.
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Panel 7: Look at Brooke.. Brooke is using Sabrina to keep her job.Â
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Hmmm.. I kinda thought of something…
Episode 91.. Brooke Tap out.. I think she purposely tap out.. so she can tell Commissioner Gabrielle, that Sabrina is sleeping with a referee. that fail, in with another situation came, and Brooke is trying to use this situation for her advantage and getting Sabrina in trouble.. interesting.. Â
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Zombie Luna and Lover Lola cool… any information? height weight finisher? and Lover Lola with a mask, it look like Sentai hero or Mask Rider. I don’t know…
ps2kid, Monday starts the Halloween Special and I should not that its written by Dan Head, the author of the web column, Friday Mad science, which has a spiffy lil ad in the right sidebar. Â Gregory Helms is hilarious. 😛 Â Its always a challenge to balance the wrestling and the story because there’s readers that like the wrestling and there’s readers that want more story. Â Hopefully, there’s a happy medium. It would be cool if the costumes matched from Cyber Sunday and the Rival Angels Halloween Special, eh?
Brooke really is… delusional…
Ok, timeline-wise. How long has Sabrina known Vincent to planning somethng Trampy for Vincent’s birthday? Where were girls like her when I was dating? Dammit.
Comparing Brooke in Chapter 3 and Brooke starting on chapter 5 until now…
Chapter 3.. Brooke seems very very friendly.. they shared the same bathroom, ate doughtnuts like friends.. friendship turned started when the Hell’s Belle didn’t accept her.. then another pinfall on the fatal four way..
Brooke’s attitude quickly changed that fast.. and quickly scheming against Sabrina..
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Next episode.. could it be that… Vincent will referee their match?
Brooke and Sabrina against Zombie Luna and Lover Lola.. Â Sabrina is fast.. ahhh? but surely will limit her aerial manuvers..
I wonder who is stronger Brooke or Zombie Luna? Brooke or Lover Lola? if Brooke is stronger, they might got a chance..
I wonder if Brooke will act slow here in the Tag Team.. like when Sabrina needs a tag, she kinda make a short arm.. and slow motion.. is kinda like Brooke is not willing to tag. but when Sabrina got pin, Brooke quickly interfere.. if Sabrina will pin her opponent, Brooke will try to mest up. maybe make the referee won’t count to 3..  Brooke will be tricky here.. Brooke will plan out I think this.. Sabrina will take all the punishment.. then Brooke will take the glory and the pinfall for the win..Â
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Jamie, you  have to take what each girl said in its right context. I do believe we’ll get a clearer ruling on the off-screen dating between Vincent and Sabrina but believe me that I wouldn’t have left anything juicy to off screen, unless there were a reason for it.  Or maybe I’m just mean like that? 😛
does she have Chronic Backstabbing Syndrome now? I thought you could only get that by being the bastard child during a major war then involved in a conspiracy that all in all was a few gunmen short of a grassy knoll.
I hate to say this since the rivalry of Brooke and Sabrina is interesting, but I’m really starting to hope Brooke’s plan backfires and they lose the tag match. While I don’t expect it will, Brooke is just annoying and her being shipped off would be nice to see, plus it would give the people that think Ultragirl is doing too well a chance to see her lose. How much better can it get than that?
Anyway, no real surprises here. Brooke is trying to play mind games. It’s sad to see her try and engage in battles of wits though. Didn’t anyone tell her not to bring a knife to a gunfight? I’m just saying’….
I really hope to see more of these behind the scenes bits, when they really develop things. I love the matches, but the story is between shows, not just during them.
Brooke is devious. :evil: I hope something happens to let Sabrina know that Vincent is a ref before his birthday. M.G.C.’s idea that he ref her match is an interesting one. Other possibilities are that she’ll see him ref some other match, or that she’ll see him name on some Rival Angel paperwork and find out that way. Or, somebody else could find out and (discretely) tell her; or, possibly the Commish saying something to her to make sure Brooke let her know. But, the Commish has already said that she doesn’t care as long as they’re discrete. So, Brooke trying to do something to expose it still seems likely; especially if she can get some kind of footage of Sabrina’s birthday present for Vincent.
As to the wrestling versus the non-wrestling portions of the story: they are both important. If we just had the matches without the context of the backstories and the out-of-the-arena interactions between the characters, the matches wouldn’t be as interesting. But, if we never saw the matches and only heard about what happened in them, we wouldn’t see how the out-of-the-arena interactions played out in the arena. And, seeing the matches gives us insights into the characters that we wouldn’t get otherwise (or, at least not nearly as quickly as when they are under pressure).
-A. mouse
Hey Alan,
Great job on the strip. I just got caught up this morning. That stuff with Brooke and the Commish is just classic, vintage stuff. I love it. I mean, Brooke is such a diabolical whore. And that’s why she’s EASILY my favorite character. I LOVE her!
Great job, man.
Hey, are you still coloring this? The colors look terrific! If you’re still coloring, then WOW! You’ve come a long way, baby.
Double M, Brooke’s continually heading the path that she thinks is going to lead her to the top of the wrestling organization. It just so happens that she thinks Sabrina is the reason that’s keeping her from getting there. So yes, CBS is her disease. 😀
Salazen, I know what you mean with the tag match. Brooke has been so shifty and crummy its certainly what she deserves. Funny quip about mind games, I’m reminded of a similar saying, ‘I’d engage you in a battle of wits, but you’re unarmed.’ And thanks for weighing in on the Match and Story, it really helps.
A Mouse, I think Brooke’s plan now is to show Gabrielle proof that Sabrina and Vincent are being indiscreet after Brooke warned her (which Brooke didn’t) so you’re on the right trail there. While the Commissioner LOVES to stir up drama, but she seemed to actually want to subdue some of the tension by having Brooke clue Sabrina in on Vincent being a ref. And thank you for weighing in on the wrestling and story elements of Rival Angels. I really appreciate it.
Dan! Glad you’re caught back up! Brooke isn’t everyone’s favorite but for those that she is, they’re way diehard. Haha! Thanks for the kind words. Yeah, I’m still coloring this, thanks for the kind words on that too. 🙂
And just to let you all know Dan is the writer of the Rival Angels Halloween Story, so be sure to ask him lots of questions. 😀 And go visit his column over at Friday Mad Science!
Heh. Thanks for the plug. But I–once again–left the column at my office. So there is no FMS this week. And really, the column sucked this week anyway. It was just an unpublished article for DRAGON Magazine. WAAAAY nerdy stuff there.
Brooke is showing the low intensity alternative to Action Hair…. Action Eyebrows. “Ahhh, Sabrina, thank you for bringing me the large, sharp, knives. Turn around real quick, willya?” Watching Brooke in Bitch Mode is fun.
Or is Brooke if fact showing Action Hair? The twists in her hair in panel two hint at something intricate in her actions; her hair is somewhat straighter in panel six meaning part of her plan is happening. Sabrina’s hair, in contrast, is straight all the time, revealing she has no hidden agenda. Notice the composition in panel five… Sabrina’s eyes aren’t visible, foreshadowing she’s blind to Brooke’s intentions.
Is it at all possible Commissioner Gabrielle knows Brooke is lying about telling Sabrina the truth about Vince and is hoping a little scandal will boost ratings? Commish Gabby is not dumb… just what is the “Mancini Project” anyway? Gabby does have some waviness to her hair, suggesting hidden plans… am I onto something with this hair business or am I just imagining things?
I’m following the current phase of Rival Angels; the mind games are just as dramatic as the wrestling matches.
Sabrina seems less than curious about Vince… wouldn’t she have searched the ‘Net for his wrestling stats? Since he’s a ref in training wouldn’t he be in as much trouble for initiating a relationship with Sabrina? There could be a double standard but playing with fire can’t be good or his credibility. Do refs need credibility?
Does Sabrina know Brooke’s her tag team partner yet? Is Brooke hoping Sabrina gets fired before that happens? ( Duh!! Of course she is! ) If Sabrina doesn’t get fired is Brooke going to arrange a career ending surprise?Â
Tune in to find out…
Wouldn’t think refs needed credability seeing how easily their distracted, deaf etc.
Ask Earl Hebner that one
I hope we can see Commissioner Gabrielle cosplayed as “Tsunade” in the anime Naruto.
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And Michael as the “slug”
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I’m just saying… LoLz
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Dan, I’m sure it would be cool, but now you can use it as backup for another time. 😉
Hey RDF! I think a lot of Brooke’s appeal with readers is her bitchiness, though its definitely the same reason why some of readers dislike her with a passion. I don’t know that I set off to put subtlety into the story by using hair, but its kind of hard to disspute it. Sabrina and Sun have straight hair and Brooke doesn’t and it’d certainly have merit at least with the ladies. Michael’s all sorts of shady, but his hair is short. But a little wavvy!! Hmmmm….. Y’know, you’re right to question Gabrielle’s motives, she handpicked these girls to live together and knew what she was getting. However, she doesn’t want the whole thing to blow up, so I think she was really hoping that Brooke would inform Sabrina about Vincent. Maybe even bond over it, but it doesn’t look like that’s happening any time soon. Ref’s DO need crediblity, Montreal screwjob or not. Vincent’s rep could take a serious pounding, but he’s caught up in spending time with a pretty, popular girl. Sabrina is aware that she and Brooke are tag teaming together. The end of the second to last panel is supposed to answer that, but is kinda vague. Brooke’s always thinking of getting rid of Sabrina….and yeah, tune in to find out!
Double M, ref’s take a beating. Ha ha! They’re easily so easily distracted, though the current roster of ref’s seem to be solid. Of course, in the future, you never can tell. 😉
MGC, I don’t think we’ll see Gabrielle cosplay anytime soon, but I think I can arrange for Michael to cosplay in his birthday suit. LOL, jk. Really, jk. 😛