Quite the journalist, eh? I wonder how she will explain in her article that Amazigirl magically changes skin tone and build when she puts on the outfit.
I mean, racial insensitivity aside, i wonder if there would be any kinda ‘heroes’ that’d paint their skin like green or purple to make it harder to identify
Imagine all the memes that’d happen if there were suddenly superheroes that are all blue like the blue man group (or that skit from arrested development/tobias)
Except that the self-confidence is also fake. On some level, Jennifer knows she’s poison.
Maybe it’s that any self-questioning leads her down that spiral.
Lilith Rose
Dagnabit, now you’ve put Angel Dust’s song in my head with some confusing mental images.
I’m not above a love to cash in
Another lover underneath those flashin’ lights
Another one of those ruthless nights…
Proxiehunter
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I shoulda guessed that this would happen
I shoulda known it when I looked in your red, hot eyes
Spewin’ all your red, hot lies
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I mean points for trying versus just making it up and bsing some story to daisy about amazigirl insisting on being on the other side of teh room/not close enough to take a pic of
Long answer: you can check if two characters were in the same strip by clicking on the tag, and then modifying the url to add another tag with a “+” symbol.
So click on “jennifer”, and then change /tag/jennifer/ to /tag/jennifer+amazi-girl/
Note that this can be increased indefinitely — you could also do /tag/jennifer+amazi-girl+ruth/ If the list of characters were never all in the same strip, you get nothing
This is very compelling evidence. Is there an argument that she maybe never saw AG head on? Like maybe she only saw her from the back? Is that something? I don’t know how Jen justifies how Sal is a completely different race with a different skin tone from AG. I guess it’s good Jennifer doesn’t see color?
cbwroses
To give some additional context and an attempt of a slight excuse for Jennifer, she had been drinking before and during the party that Joyce was attacked at, and she woke up abruptly after drinking whisky and energy drinks the morning AG carried her to the elevator on her back.
That said, Joyce told her that AG was white and Walky told her AG was Amber, but she brushed them both off.
Just going to say that I have super-dense bones, which almost got me discharged from the army. They did let me survive getting hit with a truck 3 times, not all at once, three different times.
To be entirely fair to Jennifer, I think “I’ve seen Amazi-Girl and she didn’t look like Sal” would be more compelling than “Sal’s brother says Amazi-Girl is someone else, and it’s not like a superhero’s loved ones would lie about something like that”. The combination, however, should be conclusive.
Panel 3a: Oh, I see how it is.
Panel 3b: *looking right at audience through 4th wall* Pronoun trouble.
Panel 3c: *looking back at Sal* Sal, was “she” anywhere near Maxwell Hall?
I know Jennifer hasn’t really seen Amazi-Girl close and in person as much as a lot of the cast, but it’s still really amusing how little Amazi-Girl and Sal share in terms of looks.
But neither AG nor Sal wear glasses. So they totally match up. Glasses make all the difference. That’s how we know Amber can’t be AG. Pft, can you imagine? 😀
100 thoughts on “Anywhere near”
darkoneko
oh come on
CardinalFan
Quite the journalist, eh? I wonder how she will explain in her article that Amazigirl magically changes skin tone and build when she puts on the outfit.
Proxiehunter
Makeup and padding.
anon
I mean, racial insensitivity aside, i wonder if there would be any kinda ‘heroes’ that’d paint their skin like green or purple to make it harder to identify
Imagine all the memes that’d happen if there were suddenly superheroes that are all blue like the blue man group (or that skit from arrested development/tobias)
AndysDrawings
There was a character called Xer0 who was a black guy who wore a caucasian skinsuit to disguise his identity. And then a mask over that.
shadowcell
sal plays coy for keeps
Kyrik Michalowski
Billie/Jennifer needs a hard lesson in paying attention.
darkoneko
Like, getting interested in people that aren’t herself ? That’s not happening
ktbear
And yet her she is LITERALLY being interested in someone who isn’t herself…
Amelie Wikström
She’s interested in getting journalism credit, and the Amazi-Girl story, but not other people standing in front of her, no.
Rolf of Many Doors
Billnifer is a popular used-to-be-a-cheerleader journalist now, she doesn’t need to pay attention
Lumino
The problem with people like her is that she’s got so much (undeserved) self-confidence that she wouldn’t ever challenge her own first thoughts.
She’s perfect, therefore she must be right.
thejeff
Except that the self-confidence is also fake. On some level, Jennifer knows she’s poison.
Maybe it’s that any self-questioning leads her down that spiral.
Lilith Rose
Dagnabit, now you’ve put Angel Dust’s song in my head with some confusing mental images.
I’m not above a love to cash inAnother lover underneath those flashin’ lights
Another one of those ruthless nights…
Proxiehunter
Yeah, yeah, yeah
I shoulda guessed that this would happen
I shoulda known it when I looked in your red, hot eyes
Spewin’ all your red, hot lies
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Needfuldoer
She’s too deep into reality denial.
anon
I mean points for trying versus just making it up and bsing some story to daisy about amazigirl insisting on being on the other side of teh room/not close enough to take a pic of
Sirksome
Has Jennifer ever actually seen Amazi-Girl?
Kyrik Michalowski
I think she has; which makes this whole thing more ridiculous.
tim gueguen
Not if she’s been wearing the wrong prescription since the strip started.
Owlmirror
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: you can check if two characters were in the same strip by clicking on the tag, and then modifying the url to add another tag with a “+” symbol.
So click on “jennifer”, and then change
/tag/jennifer/to/tag/jennifer+amazi-girl/Note that this can be increased indefinitely — you could also do
/tag/jennifer+amazi-girl+ruth/If the list of characters were never all in the same strip, you get nothingKazuma Taichi
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ElderlyMarxist
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Agemegos
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Sirksome
This is very compelling evidence. Is there an argument that she maybe never saw AG head on? Like maybe she only saw her from the back? Is that something? I don’t know how Jen justifies how Sal is a completely different race with a different skin tone from AG. I guess it’s good Jennifer doesn’t see color?
cbwroses
To give some additional context and an attempt of a slight excuse for Jennifer, she had been drinking before and during the party that Joyce was attacked at, and she woke up abruptly after drinking whisky and energy drinks the morning AG carried her to the elevator on her back.
That said, Joyce told her that AG was white and Walky told her AG was Amber, but she brushed them both off.
Opus the Poet
Just going to say that I have super-dense bones, which almost got me discharged from the army. They did let me survive getting hit with a truck 3 times, not all at once, three different times.
Daibhid C
Did we ever find out what Jennifer thinks Dungeons & Dragons is?
Michael Steamweed
Something that nerds do. With chains, costumes, and dungeons.
thejeff
Some kind of LARPing probably
GJT0530
Not only has she seen her, she has ridden on her shoulders and then had a conversation with her.
RassilonTDavros
Not only has she seen Amazi-Girl (as others have pointed out above me) but at one point Walky flat-out told her who Amazi-Girl really is.
Jennifer being Jennifer, it didn’t take.
Daibhid C
To be entirely fair to Jennifer, I think “I’ve seen Amazi-Girl and she didn’t look like Sal” would be more compelling than “Sal’s brother says Amazi-Girl is someone else, and it’s not like a superhero’s loved ones would lie about something like that”. The combination, however, should be conclusive.
Bryy
….. huh.
HUH.
Jennifer literally did a “BUT YOU SAID X”.
BBCC
Well, sure, with that attitude.
Opus the Poet
Sal is totally confused now. Billifer, needs to provide more information so Sal can orient herself.
Ty34er
Poor Jennifer, she’s colorblind.
Joe Moose
I read that fifth panel in Daffy’s voice. Help.
No, don’t bother. I’m going to read Jennifer in Daffy’s voice now, and no one will stop me.
M!a
Billifer just became almost bearable for me now. Thanks ?
Daibhid C
She’s dethththpicable.
Owlmirror
Break panel 3 into 3 individual images:
Panel 3a: Oh, I see how it is.
Panel 3b: *looking right at audience through 4th wall* Pronoun trouble.
Panel 3c: *looking back at Sal* Sal, was “she” anywhere near Maxwell Hall?
Mark
Perfect!
Deanatay
Um, only if you hear Sal as Bugs, which, i mean, maybe?
Shade
Jennifer’s interview skills are unmatched.
Owlmirror
Darn.
There goes my fanfic notion that Sal was actually on the roof with Amazi-Girl. Which could have made this conversation all the funnier.
NGPZ
*plays “Sanctuary Guardians” from Earthbound on hacked muzak*
NGPZ
cuz Sal be like, waaaaaat? XD
PedanticJerkass
From Sal’s perspective, it’s probably more like “Battle Against a Weird Opponent.”
NGPZ
Dammit i gotta start making use of fresher earth memes XD
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J678BsfzPg8
Bedovian
Jen, I think you need to call your optometrist.
NGPZ
Jennifer, read this:
I 8 P P
All-Purpose Guru
Jennifer being all confident while actually making a huge fool of herself.
Kyrik Michalowski
With great confidence comes great wonfidence.
DailyBrad
I know Jennifer hasn’t really seen Amazi-Girl close and in person as much as a lot of the cast, but it’s still really amusing how little Amazi-Girl and Sal share in terms of looks.
Wraithy2773
Come on, that’s not fair! They only have different heights, weights, builds, silhouettes, accents, hair colors, skin colors, hairstyles, scar tissue…
Zamperla
…voice pitch, dress sensibility, hair *textures*….
Michael Steamweed
But neither AG nor Sal wear glasses. So they totally match up. Glasses make all the difference. That’s how we know Amber can’t be AG. Pft, can you imagine? 😀
Mark
It worked for Superman.
Reltzik
… this conversation’s going to end with Sal showing Jennifer the uploaded videos of her and Amazi-Girl throwing down at the DeSantos campaign rally.
Shade
“Clearly she got someone to pose as Amazigirl to throw me off the trail. Clever. She knew I was onto her.”
Zero
That’s ridiculous. She got someone to pose as Sal.
Betsumei
Like a twin or something.
Needfuldoer
Where can you even get fresh seaweed in Indiana?
Pergola
The Aquarium.
Michael Steamweed
If only we knew someone who looks like Sal but isn’t Sal.
Bryy
“She retroactively staged a fight and filmed knowing that I, months later, would come a’callin’.”
Shade
It’s genius.
ValdVin
Jennifer used separate level eyebrows. It’s not at all effective!
IntangibleMatter
no less than 50% of the panels in this comic make for great reaction images
Jeremiah
Jennifer you stupid donkey I love you.
Zamperla