531 | How Does it Feel

531 | How Does it Feel

June 6, 2011 | 12:32 am, by Pascalle Lepas

A new page for you!

Ooh. That looks broken, Naveed. Better see a doctor about it. And sorry about your boatship, Holly. You have not had the best day, I guess.

My Zaplings, I put a bunch of Zap! drawings and doodles up on my Tumblr recently. Give it a gander!

Thanks for reading! You guys are the best!

EDIT: Updated the page because I forgot the cut on Naveed’s leg. I’M SOORRRRRYYYYYY.



Comments

  • Guess

    She’s taking that smashed arm well.  What a goddess Naveed is

  • Milknut

    I miss those old days when Zap was actually in Zap. I’m getting tired of all these side-plots.

  • Lenvoran

    With the burning of the Ebony Duck, Holly had to construct a new ship. A better ship…

    The Alabaster Aardvark! 

    …Or something….

  • Hyratel

    I suppose Naveed’s been …. *sunglasses* disarmed.
    YEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

  • Conflict Diamond

    If you sit and read without having to wait a week or two between updates, he hasn’t really been gone for that long.

  • Trashbandit

    You sure have to HAND it to Kacey :P

  • Trashbandit

    You sure have to HAND it to Kacey :P

  • SaiaKferr

    All I can say is, double-tap! ;)

  • Lucky7s

    How do you know Zap isn’t involved behind the scenes… right… now…. *tap chin lightly in thought*

  • Trappernicus

    Zap is indirectly involved through his Psychic Connection with the Bird Fish(?). Remember when he saw his old flame under the water and demanded to know why she was doing all the head games with him?

    Also, the Bird Fish (whatever) are also Psychic. So they have a natural connection with Zap and anyone Zap holds near and dear. Hence they were rather protective during the fighting.

  • Yes, all these ONE side plots. :P

     Even though Zap is only indirectly in this storyarc, it sets up a lot of important things about him, who he was, and what he had done before he lost his memory.

  • I can’t quite put a FINGER on why this is funny.

  • I’m really curious why people continually assume the best of Naveed. She’s done nothing to indicate that she’s not just a self-centered murderer and yet people constantly extol these presumed hidden virtues.

  • Cromell

    After the Ebony Duck, there shall be a long-awaited Ebon Hawk! Yay, upgrades! 

  • Necrofear770

    I am up in ARMS over this irony.

  • Sonicfreak

    ….I’m having sudden DBZ flash backs. “Oh look she’s been unarmmed”
    And I’m looooving iiiiiit! :D

  • Sonicfreak

    ….I’m having sudden DBZ flash backs. “Oh look she’s been unarmmed”
    And I’m looooving iiiiiit! :D

  • Lenvoran

    Maybe it has something to do with the idea that if she’s this totally evil cat-lady that really enjoys a good old family-style murdering but she still has redeeming qualities then, no matter how bad we think ourselves to be, we too have things that redeem us. She’s way worse than most people that are capable of functioning in society could possibly be.

    Or people don’t want to believe she’s totally evil because she’s hot.

  • I don’t know why people find arm puns so HUMERUS.

  • Anonymous

    I’m  not assuming the best of Naveed. I’m just pointing out how bad her luck seems to be lately, and the fact she should start to consider a change in career, or at least employer. I know I would.
    Personally, I find there is always some movie or tv show or book series or game or webcomic where you can’t help but feel sympathy for the bad guys sometimes. Zap! is one of these select few where you can’t help feeling sorry for the bad guys after a while.
    And give her a mind wipe at some point. It works wonders, as we have seen. She most likely wouldn’t be a self centered murdering psychotic bitch after one.

  • I love the panels over the main panel, kind of a neat look.

  • I’m gonna admit I’m in the “thinks she’s hot” catagory for thinking the best of her.

  • I’m gonna admit I’m in the “thinks she’s hot” catagory for thinking the best of her.

  • I love that badass pose of Kasey there with the hammer. That’s sexy badass you don’t mess with. :)

  • I love that badass pose of Kasey there with the hammer. That’s sexy badass you don’t mess with. :)

  • Anon

    gasp… Naveeds legs! a;sldkjsa;odijf;lksadfmm

  • Cheseirby

    Its because she’s a cat. They’ve spent thousands of years brainwashing us to think they aren’t evil and force us into voluntary slavery for their royal majesties. I think the power lies in the ears personally, but others have postulated on the powers of the tail.

    … plus she’s hot, despite traditional bad guy leather…

  • Trashbandit

    Perhaps it’s their disarming simplicity :D

  • Trashbandit

    Perhaps if they’d used rule number 1 (cardio) they wouldn’t have run into this problem in the first place :)

  • djm

     No beast so fierce but knows some touch of pity

  • I think Naveed could be hot in nearly any clothing material. :)

  • Anonymous

    Because very few villains have *no* redeeming qualities. Also, it seems that at the very least, Gunner is taking advantage of her, which always wins a few sympathy points.

  • Anonymous

    Because very few villains have *no* redeeming qualities. Also, it seems that at the very least, Gunner is taking advantage of her, which always wins a few sympathy points.

  • Sunphoenix_72

    I think… she really does love Gunner after a fashion.  Its not so easy as all Black and White  – good guys and bad guys.  People are much more complex than that.  COULD Naveed be a nice person… perhaps.  We all have the potential to be paragons or wicked.  Naveed’s love indicates that perhaps there is some part of her black heart that holds the well-fair of another higher than her own… albiet a possessive and covetous sort of affection… but still something.  Naveed did not likely get up one day and decide to be wicked to the core… it happens in slow compromises of what we all feel we want, and need compared to what we know we should want and need.  sometimes situations and tragedy shape people into something dark.  It may indeed be too late for Naveed… but it will be interesting to see how these setbacks affect her future actions.  As yet we have not seen Naveed do one single thing out of compassion.  It will be interesting to see how she takes this recent string of defeats.

  • Caleb Schatzman

    Hooray! I’ve read the archive back to back twice now and I am still in awe of how epic your art gets. Awesome stuff.

  • Caleb Schatzman

    Hooray! I’ve read the archive back to back twice now and I am still in awe of how epic your art gets. Awesome stuff.

  • Kasey is really awesome! No one managed to be a treat to naveed  in melee combat (she was playing with pirate girl) and she seems defenseless against Kasey. And she’s a tinkerer. I guess that makes her a genius bruiser, according to general troperrific classification

  • Aw, thank you! That makes me happy.

  • Aw, thank you! That makes me happy.

  • Thrudd

    You can’t razzle-dazzle a half ton of hammer. All you can do is “try” and dodge “if” you saw it coming.

  • Riyukadragon

    Hmmm i see a lot of interesting points reguarding Naveed and i must agree with ppl in the “she is hot: catg as well, however as hot as she is she is just as cunning and mean. TBH i started off hating her, now i feel for her.

  • Anonymous

    most likely she probbably still would be, she’s a cat after all. and thats why i dont see her a psychotic, it pretty much boils down to her getting what ever she wants, even if it means killing everyone in her path. she wants to kill reona becasue she see’s her as a rival for gunner’s affections and the only person she has of yet been un-able to kill

  • Jesen

    I can’t help but wonder… given that Naveed has failed yet again, AND will be returning more-or-less unable to fight, what will Gunner do with her? Will this be the point when he decides he has no further use for her?

  • Jojoreader121

    Oh yeah, they’re tasty alright.

  • Sunphoenix_72

    I’m more curious to know now that the tables have somewhat turned, if Naveed cannot return and finds herself at the mercy of Renoa, what will our pretty red-head heroine do?  Consider that most of the “Satellites” are down, the Pirate ship looks
    like its getting the crap pounded out of it… they all may need to
    escape in Casey’s ship.  Will Renoa be merciful to the evil but injured and pretty much defeated cat-witch or be just as bad as the wicked Gunner… knowing no compassion or mercy?  Anyone can be compassionate to those who have not wronged them… but mercy can only really be shown to those who have done you ill. 

  • kentarion

    now we’re just missing one of the “lost ones” with a black esper power, sealed within this planet. located, but unabled to be found by zap, having saved the the water elementaro, healing her wounds in some esper way, then by using his powers in a menacing way, giving off a creepy smile and laugh looking at these “foolish” beings, forcing the fighting to a stop. after that he give off a maniac laugh, transporting the sattelites and naveed (poor naveed) to their ship, erasing everyones memories of him having been there dissapears, and all is saved… even gunner probably could be tricked by someone of equal power as himself :3… 

  • kentarion

    there was some misspellings there.. but heck, nothing of this will happen anyways xD

  • Or in this case, swing and follow-through! >;)

  • I’m never “assumed the best” about Naveed. But I’m pretty sure her appeal is easy to figure out:
    1) Sword-Swinging…
    2) Cat-girl!
    3) In Leather (Hot-)Pants!!

    In other news, I’m impressed that Casey hasn’t tripped or blown anything up so far…
    …so far.

  • Yeah, she’s vain, arrogant, overbearing, cruel, and downright…catty where Reona is concerned.

    It just makes her hotter, frankly.

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