We have a web comic here featuring a witch, an elf, and a time-traveling knight with a magic cloak… and it’s only now you are starting to think about suspending disbelief? 😉
It might also be that Alec is not aware of the physics. In that case it might come down to this old gag.
Person A: “How are you standing in that?” (pointing at person B, who is calmly standing in a pool of molten lava).
Person B: “I have never been good at thermodynamics.”
How is this defying physics? If you look closely at the passenger side of the car in panels 2, 4, and 5 you can see that there was a little ramp of debris the car drove up, causing it tilt to one side.
If the sword is fast enough and sharp enough, the momentum of the van would actually assist Alec in making the slice through everything. Assuming he is preternaturally strong, which of course he is.
Sheesh, where were the complaints when the Witch picked up an automobile and threw it several blocks without being driven into the pavement herself? 😉
Alec can occasionally be a bad-ass.
Awesome page, Hawk.
Nice move. This has a bit of a bullfight.
Oops. Other comment ended up on http://www.theduckwebcomics.com/Culture_Shock/5568438.
“Nice reminder of #161 Fire Escape”
Alec got a second chance to circumduct a van after Tadashi ruined the first attempt 555 comics ago.
Scooby-Doo meets the Matrix…nice!
Ha! Thanks, I had forgotten about that one!
Must… suspend… disbelief…. aaargh… not think about… physics… gargl…
@Purphoros: Swords have been designed to break physics in comics thousands of years after their invention.
We have a web comic here featuring a witch, an elf, and a time-traveling knight with a magic cloak… and it’s only now you are starting to think about suspending disbelief? 😉
It might also be that Alec is not aware of the physics. In that case it might come down to this old gag.
Person A: “How are you standing in that?” (pointing at person B, who is calmly standing in a pool of molten lava).
Person B: “I have never been good at thermodynamics.”
I remember from my D&d days that if you ignore encumbrance, it doesn’t exist. I guess the modern equivalent would be ~ player.setav carryweight 9999
How is this defying physics? If you look closely at the passenger side of the car in panels 2, 4, and 5 you can see that there was a little ramp of debris the car drove up, causing it tilt to one side.
That is not the problem. The problem is that Alec and his sword are somehow unaffected by the momentum of the van.
If the sword is fast enough and sharp enough, the momentum of the van would actually assist Alec in making the slice through everything. Assuming he is preternaturally strong, which of course he is.
Sheesh, where were the complaints when the Witch picked up an automobile and threw it several blocks without being driven into the pavement herself? 😉