If you want to make an example of someone, it's best when they're at their best. Rules of rebellion.

Just throw her into the Sun if she likes it that much.

Bob!

Eat her. Just open up your mouth and bite into her flesh. One mouthful at a time. Starting with her arm, then her other arm, then her leg, then maybe a break, then her nose, then her other leg. Nothing says show of force like literally eating the competition. C'mon, Zandra, I know you're hungry.

Letting the Condemned decide how they are to die? That's Weakness. Put her on a leash and make a pet.

What to do... Oh, I know! Let Black Betty decide! It may be the wrong thing to do, but it'll sure be fun!

Banishment is a classic in this scenario, but I don't know if Sandra likes that idea. Scarring the bloofer lady might work, it would be "merciful" and it would show Sandra is strong enough not to fear another coup.

Now KISS.

Sandra has already done plenty tonight to show off her power. She repelled an attack by a lot of vamps, broke away from the chains... All she needs to do now is impress upon her subjects that she represents rule of law.
She's got the fear component down, she just needs to not seem needlessly cruel. Just put Bloo down quickly. Hard to seem weak when you've just fought a dozen of them and come out unscathed.

Meh.

No need to validate the rebels by ending the war on their terms. Exploiting a clear, strategic advantage just goes to prove that a leader who shuts down for half the day can't be trusted to lead or protect her followers.

It's not Sandra's fault Bloo couldn't win within her supernaturally enforced time limit.

As Sandra says, she's -almost- got a point... just like she -almost- won. A nice try, but I say she should be staked then given a "trial".

... Unless staking a vampire kills them in this mythos, but... Eh, still. Whatever.

Well, it's only pitiful if it's clear that your enemy can't fight back - if Bloo weren't a vamp, I'd say Zandra should TK FIRE her beautiful corpse - doesn't matter how strong you are if you still go up like a marshmallow. given that immolation isn't available...forced infusion to sleep Bloo, and beat her senseless, coliseum style, tomorrow night?

What if Zandra somehow makes Bloo human again. How afraid would Bloo be by the thought that she would have to live a normal life again?

Removing someone's source of empowerment could be an incredible show of power. Also, Bloo seems like the most likely one to make more vampires so kinda a double win for Zandra.

Well, we have the who, what, where, when, and even the why... that is something. But the "how" now that is what makes the difference.

Oddly, it is HOW things were done that tend to stick with people... even if the outcome is the same.

Does Zandra control the cloud cover? Because that sun might not be coming out any time soon.

I would suggest the old ZG classic of; "You. Fire. Now!"

Though I do suppose that was more of a Jack thing.

Bloo's logic here is totally flawed, and if Zandra has even a modicum of intelligence she should see that.

1) Zandra doesn't have to "prove" anything to anyone.
2) The sun hasn't fully risen yet; Zandra should just chop her into pieces right now, instead of wasting time talking.
3) Killing Bloo, helpless or not, will send a messasge. "If you screw with me, you die. Don't expect being helpless to be grounds for a mercy appeal".

I see absolutely no downside to just ending this farce right now. Seriously, will anybody on the ground make disapproving noises if she just rips Bloo to pieces on the spot?

Bloo only did this because she's bored with "unlife". Just send her off with Betty to wherever Betty travels. Could be somewhere like Zandra was trapped before.

Bloo wouldn't be bored anymore! And she'd be out of Sandra's hair.

I say gift her to Black Betty. It'd show that Zandra doesn't consider Bloo worth her time and also that she rewards allies.

I once played a medieval town-building game. It had random problems every once in a while that required me to make judgment or pass sentence...basically a morality gauge.

One of those random problems was Robin Hood. Robin Hood was a pain in the ass. He'd make trouble, he'd get caught, I'd try showing him mercy (because Robin Hood), and he'd escape and cause more trouble.

I eventually just executed him. It was so much simpler.

Zandra could claim Bloo's soul has she did with Broadshoulders.
He turned out well enough for him, she might reform too someday...

So, this is where she blots the Sun out from the sky, and THEN slices Bloo up?

That would suitably impress the vampires.

I'm probably going to get some flak for this, but...

...I think Zandra should make a point of NOT killing Bloo. Or even seriously hurting her or punishing her. Not because she hasn't hurt people, not because she doesn't deserve it. Because Bloo WANTS to be killed, she WANTS Zandra to be a monster.

This is Zandra's opportunity to show the rest of her group that they can still be decent and good. To give them proof that just because they're not human doesn't mean they can't be civilized and moral.

(And it would be the ultimate rebuttal to... everyone, who has been trying to get her to be evil throughout the course of the series. Broadshoulders and all the rest)

I'm betting on something like Zandra doing a GO TO YOUR ROOM YOUNG LADY and using her demon abilities to enforce her will upon Bloo.

I think that would be the most effective thing - to see that she's still in complete control when she chooses to be, and can utterly negate defiance when it annoys her enough.

Also it would amuse me endlessly.

Sign of weakness? Under the present circumstances, it's a sign of giving no mercy. Bloo's just lucky Zandra would rather be merciful.

I think she should cut off bloo's hands and feet and lock her her in a room with a tv. Also possibly put her dismembered followers in there as well. It will be their punishment for bad behavior for now. Also solves the problem of having too many vampires to manage properly.

I don't know, maybe send Bloo for a walkabout in the Subfusc? A little time with those denizens might do her some good.

I think Bloo came up with the idea herself: a long flight into deep space. High as a kite when she's sent out, with something aboardship keeping her attention from tracking which direction she came from. She is meant to get free - and be unable to rely on the direction the thrusters are pointing being the way back to Earth.

Somehow I suspect that killing the Bloopher Lady was never the plan.

http://www.zebragirl.thecomicseries.com/comics/620 Does Bloofer still remind Sandra of an earlier self?

OK, we've seen werewolf mixed with vampire, we've seen a book turned into a lady, we've got Sam who is Zandra's alternate here. I'm sure there's enough resources, particularly if you throw in Black Betty, to change our attempted martyr into something that has a lot more choice in her existence than being a vampire on a permanent LSD trip.

OK, we've seen werewolf mixed with vampire, we've seen a book turned into a lady, we've got Sam who is Zandra's alternate here. I'm sure there's enough resources, particularly if you throw in Black Betty, to change our attempted martyr into something that has a lot more choice in her existence than being a vampire on a permanent LSD trip.