Mediocre Superpowers, and those damned dirty psychic thieves at Penny Arcade
I cannot TELL you how flabbergasted I was to see those smug clowns over at Penny Arcade make a comic about a mediocre superpower today. Gabe’s mediocre superpower? A Beta Whisperer. Pfff.
Hmph. On SATURDAY, which clearly and by all laws of known physics occurs BEFORE Monday, Thrax, Perry, Keebler and myself sat around the ICHQ Kitchen Island and discussed, you guessed it, MEDIOCRE SUPERPOWERS.
Thrax’ mediocre superpower was the amazing ability to make chicken taste like anything. He simply touches a piece of chicken and… voila, it tastes like chocolate. Or raspberries. Or Creme Brulee Java Stout.
Perry’s was the “Human Wi-Fi Hotspot”. His feet were Wi-Fi antennae. Nomads in the desert would flock to him and gather round while their wireless devices were finally quenched with the updates they so desperately lacked.
You get the idea.
So GABE and TYCHO, WE DID IT FIRST. I think maybe Tycho’s mediocre superpower is to PSYCHICALLY STEAL AMAZING IDEAS from other websites and then render them into comic form with his partner in crime. Perhaps this explains all of their awesome comic ideas over the years. Perhaps their well of inspiration contains dark, nefarious waters…
