dumbtime wrote:I like the change in her hair. I guess that it most likely was done so you could see the detail of the device around her head. but, it adds so much more to the scene and the plot that is unfolding in the scene.
Ishtar is a goddess but she tends to hang out in human form, which limits her complete godlly attributes. If she were giving the chance to fight Miranda, one on one, she could have defeated her. If given the same against Von Ick, she would have outwitted him. But, she wasn't, they trapped her. She fell victim to their trick and now their desire.
Because of this, I feel the need to completely, and respectively, disagree with the magical notions about her hair. If she is there in a physical human-like form, why not degrade the victim even more by cutting her hair. Von Ick is trying to break her down so he can control her, a goddess. She was surprise by Miranda's quickness and agility to sneak up and grab the bra. She fully ran into the range of the irridate ray, something she is defenseless against and then, succumbed to the alter cannon. Now, after being exhausted by the cannon, she is being brainwashed by Von Ick's simple brainwashing program. Where was/are the godly, mystical powers at then/now?
Von Ick even comments on how she doesn't compare to his worthier prize, Yuri Lan. Her free will is being widdled away so she can be turned into something more compliant to Von Ick's plan, so Von Ick can use her power, not her. Cutting Ishtar's hair makes the degradation fit more and removes a part of Ishtar's persona with out completely altering it and allows for what Von Ick has in mind. I'm pretty sure the hair will be allowed to return to normal after the story is all said and done.
DT
P.S. I also know of another mad scientist that loves capturing and enslaving goddesses. He gets off on degrading and victimizing them.
Although I too like the change in her hair I have to say that your summation of what is going on has some slight flaws.
First off, I don't think degradtion is really Von Ick's style. He seems to be more of a control freak with thoughts on ruling the world. Doing something just to degrade a captive seems like something that would be below him if not outright discust him.
Next you have to look at how he attacked her and the equipment he used. His first attack was with Irridite radiation, that is not a enslavement agent!
(From the metrobay encyclopedia)
Transformative effects: Exposure to Irridite radiation can cause human sexual organs to increase in size and errogenous zones to exhibit heightened sensitivity. Irridite radiation waves can also be harnessed and focused by technology to cause both short and long-term physical growth in a living organism, as demonstrated by Feelix Von Ick upon his Zombots and Max Indeks upon Shelley Calvin. The effects of the exposure can be temporary or permanent, depending on the dosage and any other variables introduced into the experiment.
Psychosomatic effects: Irridite radiation can cause individuals to experience an increase in sexual arousal or anger - sometimes both at the same time.
It seems to me that Von Ick was trying to instigate a transformation in Ishtar.
His second attack upon her was what was called a Alter Cannon. Although I haven't found any notations on what this is the name kind of gives away it's purpose.
The most recent attack was to go straight for her mind. And that is when we start seeing a change in her physically. Von ick even states "My enslavement formula seems to be working more effectively than my alter cannon." So he is getting some type of results that he was shooting for, and I don't think it is just a simple zombot.
now... Ishtar... the godess. Yes, after a few thousand years Ishtar has mellowed and probably lost a great deal of her power since the fall of the Babylon empire. She seems to have embraced the love side of the goddess of love and war persona. Perhaps Von Ick is attempting to bring back the Ishtar of old, totally controlled of course. (or at least he hopes!)
what was Ishtar like in her heydays? Well, here is a few quotes from the wiki,
Ishtar was the god of love and war, above all associated with sexuality: her cult involved sacred prostitution; her holy city Uruk was called the "town of the sacred courtesans"; and she herself was the "courtesan of the gods". Ishtar had many lovers; however, as Guirand notes,
"Woe to him whom Ishtar had honoured! The fickle goddess treated her passing lovers cruelly, and the unhappy wretches usually paid dearly for the favours heaped on them"
And on her decent into the underworld,
One of the most famous myths about Ishtar describes her descent to the underworld. In this myth, Ishtar approaches the gates of the underworld and demands that the gatekeeper open them:
If thou openest not the gate to let me enter,
I will break the door, I will wrench the lock,
I will smash the door-posts, I will force the doors.
I will bring up the dead to eat the living.
And the dead will outnumber the living.
Starting to get the idea? She was a badass bitch and a total slut! If Von Ick could bring this out in her and control her he would have a very fierce warrior and unmatched lover!
So in conclution, for Von Ick to just want to brainwash and degrade her seems far to simple of a plan for such a brilliant man. I guess we will just have to wait till the next issue to find out what is going on
You guys need to give the man his props for keeping up with us perv writers and creators. Thanks to Doc for letting me tackle some of history for Metrobay. Not a lot of sex this issue my apologies, I'll make it up to you guys next issue 
Thanks again for reading.
I hope this isn't the only way we will see her, only being tormented, even looks like her hair was cut while being in that new machine, VERY DISAPPOINTING DEVELOPMENT!! I have to be honest an say, i really don't like seeing Ishtar being tied to a machine and tormented, not a bondage and pain fan! 
