After being bitten by a radioactive squirrel, Amazi-girl encountered the one thing that would nullify her superpowers: a diet of Twinkies, resulting in so much lard she could no longer perform death-defying acrobatics.
I don’t know the difference either, but I’m going to take a guess before anyone answers the question and then give myself a pat on the back if I guess right (and a smack to the forehead if i guess wrong).
I’m guessing a hook gets repeated while a riff is like a very short solo or freestyle.
Barefootbiker
It’s almost exactly the opposite!
A riff is typically repeated throughout the song, whereas a hook is something to draw you into a song (though it is sometimes also repeated– it’s a pretty general phrase. Basically a hook is anything catchy)
My experience is that the meaning of “hook” changed during my lifetime; in the sixties, we thought the hook was the part of the song we wanted to hear again and again, and it could either be particular lyrics or a particular musical phrase. As I learned songwriting, I came to know the hook as the lyrical center of the song, the words and idea that everything, lyrics, music, arrangement, production and presentation, pointed to. It was usually the title of the song and that title was usually the first or last line of the chorus, if there was a chorus. Later, one meaning of “hook” was the sung part of a rap song, usually sung by someone other than the rapper.
A riff is a musical motif, a short musical phrase which is repeated during the song, but it also lays some groundwork for the song, and may be restated in similar but not exactly the same way during the entirety of the song.
They both have a point – Amber should be allowed to tell Walky at her own timetable and talk to Sal at her own timetable (although I agree she needs to hurry up) and Ethan shouldn’t have to refrain from talking to Sal because Amber isn’t ready yet.
Amber is spending time with the twin brother of Sal, and her best friend is now in dialogue with Sal.. There is a natural timetable here beyond Amber’s own desires and needs.
Yep, you’re right. The next few strips will be a trip, I’m sure.
Sure, but neither of those things mean she needs to talk to Sal one on one herself. Or, if she is in a situation where she has to, where she has to talk to her about the robbery.
Stellar
Amber will be confronted one way or the other. And have to deal with that confrontation. Even if this time it is only having Sal figure out who Amazi Girl is and have no idea the effect she has on Amber.
No one has to do anything, but somehow we always do.
BBCC
On the other hand, if Sal hadn’t seen her and Ethan talking just now, Amber probably wouldn’t have to talk to her about the robbery specifically right now.
That said that’s not the card Willis dealt, for he is a wrathful and fickle god.
Regalli
Yeah, if Amber realized her life was in fact controlled by a cruel god who thrives on drama, it might impact her actions more. (Or not, desperate hope that ignoring will work is a powerful thing.)
I mean, she probably should have been making some plans to talk with Sal about it because you really can’t avoid the sibling of someone you’re dating while you and the sibling live across the hall from each other and they know you’re dating, that just seems inevitable. But there’s ‘I should do this’ and ‘the narrative will guarantee this confrontation will come before I feel prepared, so seizing control of how I do it is the best option I have.’ One is a normal human response. The other is what I wish she knew but know she can’t because she’s not Gwenpool.
Yeah, I’ll be surprised if Amber’s next move isn’t to immediately bolt back out the door. I’m wondering if Amber’s gonna lose the chance to tell Walky herself because Sal figures it out and tells him.
That was why I was hoping they wouldn’t kiss until after things had sorted. And why after she found out they were siblings, I think ‘maybe we should wait a few days and see where this takes us then, *some excuse that maybe alludes to Backstory and Amber needing to process things*’ would have been a good idea. If you aren’t comfortable dating the brother of someone you stabbed and the mention of his sister makes your anxiety act up, that’s a sign you should probably go the ‘Figure things out before smooching’ route and not the ‘Ignore it and it will somehow never impact your life’ one.
‘Ignore it and it will somehow never impact your life’ is a very seductive route, and it is pretty much always wrong. But then we take it anyway. *Sighs and retreats to the Pillow Fort of Fallout, which is by now just McAwesome’s ball pit but the edges contain a pillow camp.*
Amber had tried to start telling him once already, she just lost the nerve before she could explain. She KNEW she couldn’t ignore it forever. It’s just difficult
thejeff
And he gave her an out or she would likely have tried harder, maybe even succeeded.
I support having the gas station clerk join the conversation.
They were a better person (and are probably a better character) than several of the cast.
Honestly, as she seems to be one of the most sane characters in the comic strip, that wouldn’t entirely surprise me.
Don’t think the timeline works, though. She’s probably at least a sophomore, as she was already working in the dorm on move-in day (I had that job, we moved in a couple days before everyone else and were all at least 2nd year), but the gas station happened several years ago, and you need to be 21 for that job because you sell cigs and beer.
*a translucent Plexiglass cube crashes into the room, thuds down beside them*
*From a speaker grill on the side of the cube*: *scchrch* I really think it’s time the two of you talked about what happened.
Amber: Oh, NOT you, too! You stay out of this!!
Plexiglass Cube: *sctch* Also, I know you like Twinkies.
Amber: NUUUUUUUUUU
You know, if it didn’t always end with someone crying, seeing Amber’s self-constructed mythos implode in the face of Sal’s indifference would be the funniest running gag in the strip…
200 thoughts on “Bumped”
Ana Chronistic
“OH HEY”
“hey?”
“yer standin’ nexta mah hostage”
“oh… I guess I am…”
“yep”
“…”
“so, laik, how’s tricks–”
*Amber breaks out the mindwiper* “nooooo my dramatic tension”
Bagge
“HEY, you, the hostage?”
*Amber and Ethan points at selves*
“OBVIOUSLY not you.”
*Amber and Ethan points at other*
*Epic Sal eye-roll*
djhash
Hey!! I got that reference!
Khyrin
Eight friggin’ years seems like a little too much build up four “Surprise!
‘It’s Roomies!’ but everyone’s romantic entanglements are scrambled. “
MatthewTheLucky
That’s why it’s perfect.
Doctor_Who
Long awkward pause, and then Sal just silently walks away and hangs out with Malaya and Marcie.
I mean, there’s drama, and then there’s crazy drama.
Bagge
“Tell you what, friends are overrated. Wanna be my frenemy, Malaya?”
“As long as you remember that I’M the cool one.”
Liquid Len
“Goddammit, Malaya!”
Remmington Steele
This calls for the return of …
DRAMA HAMSTER …
Lilyliv
Aww, Ethannnn, way to jinx it! 🙂
shadowcell
Dumbing of Age Book 9: It’ll Be Cathartic
ShinyNeen
Book 9 has already had a dizzying number of really good potential titles, but this is now one of my favorites.
It’s so concise!
Keulen
Dumbing of Age Book 9: I’m Allowed!
lightsabermario
That one’s got my vote. The “It’ll Be Cathartic” one, I mean. (Not that my vote matters, since I never buy these books anyways.)
Jay
Amber you paranoid child
Stu
It’s not exactly paranoid if she’s right, though.
Inahc
that or it’s both.
Reltzik
Amber may well have cause to be worried that Sal holds a grudge for having her hand stabbed.
…. also possibly trace quantities of PTSD anxiety.
Inahc
“She’ll figure it out! She’ll KNOW… that I like twinkies!!”
MatthewTheLucky
Sal asking about the twinkies would probably just kill Amber on the spot.
King Daniel
Twinkies are now Amber’s Kryptonite.
Jamie
After being bitten by a radioactive squirrel, Amazi-girl encountered the one thing that would nullify her superpowers: a diet of Twinkies, resulting in so much lard she could no longer perform death-defying acrobatics.
Stephen Bierce
*guitar riff from “Day Tripper”*
woobie
I don’t know the difference between a riff and a hook.
cbwroses
I don’t know the difference either, but I’m going to take a guess before anyone answers the question and then give myself a pat on the back if I guess right (and a smack to the forehead if i guess wrong).
I’m guessing a hook gets repeated while a riff is like a very short solo or freestyle.
Barefootbiker
It’s almost exactly the opposite!
A riff is typically repeated throughout the song, whereas a hook is something to draw you into a song (though it is sometimes also repeated– it’s a pretty general phrase. Basically a hook is anything catchy)
The thing you hear at the beginning of “Day Tripper” is actually both!
https://youtu.be/dVjQm4CVOpQ
cbwroses
+1 head smack
SolomonK
My experience is that the meaning of “hook” changed during my lifetime; in the sixties, we thought the hook was the part of the song we wanted to hear again and again, and it could either be particular lyrics or a particular musical phrase. As I learned songwriting, I came to know the hook as the lyrical center of the song, the words and idea that everything, lyrics, music, arrangement, production and presentation, pointed to. It was usually the title of the song and that title was usually the first or last line of the chorus, if there was a chorus. Later, one meaning of “hook” was the sung part of a rap song, usually sung by someone other than the rapper.
A riff is a musical motif, a short musical phrase which is repeated during the song, but it also lays some groundwork for the song, and may be restated in similar but not exactly the same way during the entirety of the song.
That’s the way I’ve understood these terms.
thejeff
The hook brings you back.
Needfuldoer
One you play on a guitar, the other you hang the guitar from.
Robert
Really? Cuz I’m hearing the Seinfeld theme in that last panel.
BBCC
They both have a point – Amber should be allowed to tell Walky at her own timetable and talk to Sal at her own timetable (although I agree she needs to hurry up) and Ethan shouldn’t have to refrain from talking to Sal because Amber isn’t ready yet.
That said…shit, this is gonna be fun.
Stellar
Amber is spending time with the twin brother of Sal, and her best friend is now in dialogue with Sal.. There is a natural timetable here beyond Amber’s own desires and needs.
Yep, you’re right. The next few strips will be a trip, I’m sure.
BBCC
Sure, but neither of those things mean she needs to talk to Sal one on one herself. Or, if she is in a situation where she has to, where she has to talk to her about the robbery.
Stellar
Amber will be confronted one way or the other. And have to deal with that confrontation. Even if this time it is only having Sal figure out who Amazi Girl is and have no idea the effect she has on Amber.
No one has to do anything, but somehow we always do.
BBCC
On the other hand, if Sal hadn’t seen her and Ethan talking just now, Amber probably wouldn’t have to talk to her about the robbery specifically right now.
That said that’s not the card Willis dealt, for he is a wrathful and fickle god.
Regalli
Yeah, if Amber realized her life was in fact controlled by a cruel god who thrives on drama, it might impact her actions more. (Or not, desperate hope that ignoring will work is a powerful thing.)
I mean, she probably should have been making some plans to talk with Sal about it because you really can’t avoid the sibling of someone you’re dating while you and the sibling live across the hall from each other and they know you’re dating, that just seems inevitable. But there’s ‘I should do this’ and ‘the narrative will guarantee this confrontation will come before I feel prepared, so seizing control of how I do it is the best option I have.’ One is a normal human response. The other is what I wish she knew but know she can’t because she’s not Gwenpool.
Kris
Nah! 10,000 monopoly bucks Amber finds a way to squirrel out of this. It’s what she’s done everytime so far one way or another.
BBCC
I mean, the front door IS right behind her.
Doctor_Who
Wait, she’s Squirrel Girl too? Man, how does she juggle classes with all this?
Yumi
Hacks her grades, I guess.
Regalli
We’re still not at midterms yet and the only class we’ve seen her in is so easy she can use it to do other homework for.
Wizard
She’s also a witch, obviously. She just uses her time turner.
thejeff
More like Amazi-Squirrel.
Nikol Geier
No, Ultracar is Squirrel Girl. C’mon, y’all, try to keep up.
Emily
Yeah, I’ll be surprised if Amber’s next move isn’t to immediately bolt back out the door. I’m wondering if Amber’s gonna lose the chance to tell Walky herself because Sal figures it out and tells him.
Adam Black
I agree, but Amber sped up the timetable by dating Walky. She already knows interaction s with Ssl would be inevitable .
Regalli
That was why I was hoping they wouldn’t kiss until after things had sorted. And why after she found out they were siblings, I think ‘maybe we should wait a few days and see where this takes us then, *some excuse that maybe alludes to Backstory and Amber needing to process things*’ would have been a good idea. If you aren’t comfortable dating the brother of someone you stabbed and the mention of his sister makes your anxiety act up, that’s a sign you should probably go the ‘Figure things out before smooching’ route and not the ‘Ignore it and it will somehow never impact your life’ one.
‘Ignore it and it will somehow never impact your life’ is a very seductive route, and it is pretty much always wrong. But then we take it anyway. *Sighs and retreats to the Pillow Fort of Fallout, which is by now just McAwesome’s ball pit but the edges contain a pillow camp.*
Fart Captor
Amber had tried to start telling him once already, she just lost the nerve before she could explain. She KNEW she couldn’t ignore it forever. It’s just difficult
thejeff
And he gave her an out or she would likely have tried harder, maybe even succeeded.
cbwroses
I support having the gas station clerk join the conversation.
They were a better person (and are probably a better character) than several of the cast.
Dean
No-one has realised it yet, but Asma is the gas station clerk.
Yumi
I know she would’ve been, like, 14 at the time, but now I really want that to happen.
Marsh Maryrose
I was ready to happily accept this as canon, until I remembered that the gas station clerk addressed Sal as “young lady.”
Yumi
When I was seventeen, I went through a phase where I would address fully grown men as “son,” just saying.
Doctor_Who
Honestly, as she seems to be one of the most sane characters in the comic strip, that wouldn’t entirely surprise me.
Don’t think the timeline works, though. She’s probably at least a sophomore, as she was already working in the dorm on move-in day (I had that job, we moved in a couple days before everyone else and were all at least 2nd year), but the gas station happened several years ago, and you need to be 21 for that job because you sell cigs and beer.
Yumi
You need to LEGALLY be a certain age, but illegal things happen all the time.
Ridiculous headcanons are my favorite.
Inahc
Asma’s parent, then?
thejeff
Do gas stations in Indiana sell beer? That varies from state to state, I think.
I know I worked a gas station/convenience store job one summer in college. After 18, but before 21.
Timeline still really doesn’t work. Though I suppose if she’d just turned 16 then, she’d be 21 now and a plausible senior?
BBCC
Sadly, Asma’s only 19 and therefore probably wasn’t old enough. I like the idea it’s her parent though.
Yumi
“How old are you?”
“19.”
“How long have you been 19?”
thejeff
“Since my first appearance in 2010.”
Deanatay
*a translucent Plexiglass cube crashes into the room, thuds down beside them*
*From a speaker grill on the side of the cube*: *scchrch* I really think it’s time the two of you talked about what happened.
Amber: Oh, NOT you, too! You stay out of this!!
Plexiglass Cube: *sctch* Also, I know you like Twinkies.
Amber: NUUUUUUUUUU
Foxhack
I don’t expect this to happen, but I’m guessing SAL is going to be the one that runs away.
newllend(henryvolt)
I want that truly I do.
Bagge
Possibly with some red panels of her own.
Geneseepaws
Blue pages, bring me more blue pages. I need blue pages.
Sirrusly, no red pages. Although why is lost to the Mysts of time.
MatthewTheLucky
Hopefully this doesn’t end up with any relationships Riven.
Mr. Mendo
You know, if it didn’t always end with someone crying, seeing Amber’s self-constructed mythos implode in the face of Sal’s indifference would be the funniest running gag in the strip…
Foxhack