I must not be cool. Cool is the dweeb-killer. Cool is the little-awesome that brings total aprobation. I will face my cool. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the cool has gone there will be nothing. Only dweebiness will remain.
I tried that once.
Took ages to get all the quills out afterwards – ouchies.
Note to others – if your inner self is prickly or a porcupine – do not hug
Deep studies in Dweeb Theory.
That was me back in the college days.
Of course, I won’t lie & say it was deliberate.
I was just a huge spaz as a young’n.
(So’s Danny!)
He would fail or be part of a fringe party.
Political success requires zero conscience, a whole lot of self importance, lizard like cunning aka street smarts aka pretend smarts and a godlike ability to be oblivious to the obvious.
I don’t think the derogatory version of spaz means what you think it means. While Danny does / has spaz’d in the past (namely in going off about Mike), nothing in the current narrational arc is connected with said spaz-ness.
That said, I think we are seeing here what some (including Sal) might find attractive about Danny, and that is his confidence in proceeding to explore and express his full dweebitude. Confidence and coolness are often co-occurent, so it’s possible he is baffling her sensors by being dorkily confident in his dweebness.
Aside: Are dweebness and dorkocity separate metrics, or just different scales of the same metric? i.e. can one be expressed as the other adjusted by a scale factor)
I’m all for Sal/Danny in any form it takes but uh I don’t think it would be tuning up Danny for Ethan. I think that would be a bit unfair to all 3 of them.
I was more Nerd than Dweeb, but I did once decide that if people were going to treat me like a nerd, I was going to be the most impressive nerd they’d ever seen. I succeeded.
Yeah, she hasn’t used a nickname this whole scene. It’s cute. I’m glad their friendship’s developing.
I know it came up yesterday how Danny/Sal happened in the Walkyverse, but honestly their dynamic’s so functionally different here given how and when they met. But I’m also super happy if they stay platonic, because honestly, this is just sweet.
I’m still hoping for romance but either way I hope Danny and Sal stay on good terms forever. Their relationship is so sweet, regardless of how platonic it is.
I’m definitely liking Sal and Danny’s platonic relationship dynamic in DoA better than what their Walkyverse counterparts had, and I’m starting to ship them.
A definitive one as in. “Oh no! I’ve been completely called out on my dweebishness! Better play this off with a cool look as best I can because I have no counter to his statement.” No amount of smoking or vaguely criminal pasts will make up for her regularly playing Mario Kart or knowing what a pachycephalosaurus is. She probably also reads comic books and watches cartoons! Her whole “I’m cool and hot” thing is a mix of puberty and being comfortable with herself and not being defined by societal cliches. Which is all coolness really is.
I’m not sure a sub-annum time-skip qualifies past behaviour as that of a previous-incarnation. Not without a significantly altering factor in play. I’m happy to debate if Mike’s passing qualifies as such a factor. Maybe it does, but Mike and Danny were not close and i don’t believe we saw enough of them interact to make that determination.
tl;dr “Maaaay-be”
thejeff
splash damage from the Roomies! incarnation of Danny, I believe.
Demoted Oblivious
Oh. Maybe. I read it more like a call-back to the pre-skip comment-rage against Danny when he was choking on his foot in front of Ethan.
I mostly hate him for his absolutely despicable hospital etiquette. The way he talked about Mike in front of Ethan was completely disgusting and I have yet to see anything approaching remorse for it.
brumagem
I mean yeah, but to be fair we have not seen any interactions between him and Ethan since then. For all we know Ethan’s been fridged for now.
I guess that’s not true, I could kidnap Willis and force him to make them bang. But that sounds like a lot of work and Willis might be a better fighter. He did write all those fight scenes after all.
Danny, take the advice from Sal, being a dweeb is who you are and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sal certainly finds you charming, your dweebness appeals to her because opposites attract.
So who all wants to hear a ukelele and guitar duo?
114 thoughts on “Dweeb”
Ana Chronistic
AIM FOR THE DWEEB
Even if you fail, you’ll land among the dorks!
Undrave
Feel the Dweeb in you, let it envelop your whole self, only then, with the pure clarity of Dweebdom, will you find the REAL Danny within!
Reltzik
I must not be cool. Cool is the dweeb-killer. Cool is the little-awesome that brings total aprobation. I will face my cool. I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the cool has gone there will be nothing. Only dweebiness will remain.
Geneseepaws
Thank you.
clif
We are not worthy.
UniqueSnowflake2
You are the wind beneath my wings.
anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
and beneath my chair.
What?
You fly your way and I’ll fly natchoair
McBogue
Danny Muad’dweeb?
OnyxIdol
+1000
Demoted Oblivious
Don’t forget the units: +1000 MD
Yet_One_More_Idiot
I prefer to embrace my inner geek. Or nerd. xD
Dweebitude is for, well…dweebs. xD
anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
I tried that once.
Took ages to get all the quills out afterwards – ouchies.
Note to others – if your inner self is prickly or a porcupine – do not hug
Octopus Ink
Deep studies in Dweeb Theory.
That was me back in the college days.
Of course, I won’t lie & say it was deliberate.
I was just a huge spaz as a young’n.
(So’s Danny!)
Doctor_Who
Danny’s majoring in Dweebology, with a minor in Dorkonomics.
Agemegos
Preparing for a career in politics.
anonymousethatscurriesinthedarkness
He would fail or be part of a fringe party.
Political success requires zero conscience, a whole lot of self importance, lizard like cunning aka street smarts aka pretend smarts and a godlike ability to be oblivious to the obvious.
Undrave
‘Dorkonomics’! Brilliant!
Demoted Oblivious
I don’t think the derogatory version of spaz means what you think it means. While Danny does / has spaz’d in the past (namely in going off about Mike), nothing in the current narrational arc is connected with said spaz-ness.
That said, I think we are seeing here what some (including Sal) might find attractive about Danny, and that is his confidence in proceeding to explore and express his full dweebitude. Confidence and coolness are often co-occurent, so it’s possible he is baffling her sensors by being dorkily confident in his dweebness.
Aside: Are dweebness and dorkocity separate metrics, or just different scales of the same metric? i.e. can one be expressed as the other adjusted by a scale factor)
Risky
The dweeb out standing in his field playing air guitar with a rake.
C.T Phipps
Sal/Danny!
Ethan deserves better but Sal can shape him up.
Marge: Some women say you can’t change a man but those women are quitters!
Sirksome
I’m all for Sal/Danny in any form it takes but uh I don’t think it would be tuning up Danny for Ethan. I think that would be a bit unfair to all 3 of them.
SuperFroakie82
But if it’s unfair for all three of them then wouldn’t it still be fair?
clif
Life is not a zero sum game.
So no.
SuperFroakie82
Oh yeah, of course, I’m just joking around.
RacingTurtle
Okay, but hear me out: Imagine a world where Danny pursues ethical polyamory while Joe becomes a nineteen-year-old Girlfriend Guy
Rabid Rabbit
But Sal’s the best at tuning things, from ukeleles to motorcycles! (At least I somehow assume she tunes up her motorcycle herself.)
Newllend(henryvolt)
At the end of the day shippers are going to ship I guess.
Chris
I was more Nerd than Dweeb, but I did once decide that if people were going to treat me like a nerd, I was going to be the most impressive nerd they’d ever seen. I succeeded.
Claire
Sal calling him by his real name is quite sweet actually.
Regalli
Yeah, she hasn’t used a nickname this whole scene. It’s cute. I’m glad their friendship’s developing.
I know it came up yesterday how Danny/Sal happened in the Walkyverse, but honestly their dynamic’s so functionally different here given how and when they met. But I’m also super happy if they stay platonic, because honestly, this is just sweet.
Kyrik Michalowski
I’m still hoping for romance but either way I hope Danny and Sal stay on good terms forever. Their relationship is so sweet, regardless of how platonic it is.
Keulen
I’m definitely liking Sal and Danny’s platonic relationship dynamic in DoA better than what their Walkyverse counterparts had, and I’m starting to ship them.
Sirksome
Sal got UNO reversed there and had no answer for it. Danny read her like a book and she knows it.
Tan
I assure that look in panel 3 is absolutely an answer and a definitive one at that.
Sirksome
A definitive one as in. “Oh no! I’ve been completely called out on my dweebishness! Better play this off with a cool look as best I can because I have no counter to his statement.” No amount of smoking or vaguely criminal pasts will make up for her regularly playing Mario Kart or knowing what a pachycephalosaurus is. She probably also reads comic books and watches cartoons! Her whole “I’m cool and hot” thing is a mix of puberty and being comfortable with herself and not being defined by societal cliches. Which is all coolness really is.
brumagem
It’s moments like these that make me remember why I like Danny
SuperZero
I don’t see how anyone can dislike Danny.
clif
I may have some comment sections for you to read.
Needfuldoer
Previous incarnation splash damage, I guess.
Demoted Oblivious
I’m not sure a sub-annum time-skip qualifies past behaviour as that of a previous-incarnation. Not without a significantly altering factor in play. I’m happy to debate if Mike’s passing qualifies as such a factor. Maybe it does, but Mike and Danny were not close and i don’t believe we saw enough of them interact to make that determination.
tl;dr “Maaaay-be”
thejeff
splash damage from the Roomies! incarnation of Danny, I believe.
Demoted Oblivious
Oh. Maybe. I read it more like a call-back to the pre-skip comment-rage against Danny when he was choking on his foot in front of Ethan.
Needfuldoer
Bingo.
Benjamin Kennedy
I mostly hate him for his absolutely despicable hospital etiquette. The way he talked about Mike in front of Ethan was completely disgusting and I have yet to see anything approaching remorse for it.
brumagem
I mean yeah, but to be fair we have not seen any interactions between him and Ethan since then. For all we know Ethan’s been fridged for now.
Jhon
Even without the hat.
Stephen Bierce
*cues up some Tom Lehrer for the hacked Muzak*
Geneseepaws
Poisoning pigeons?
Fiddler115
He was just in the news because he’s releasing all the lyrics to his songs to public domain. Tom Lehrer still making headlines in his 90s!
ReFlex76
Sal and Danny are gonna fuck, aren’t they?
Kyrik Michalowski
I can only hope so.
I guess that’s not true, I could kidnap Willis and force him to make them bang. But that sounds like a lot of work and Willis might be a better fighter. He did write all those fight scenes after all.
Mydnyt
You two having the same gravitar makes this seem like an internal monologue by Sarah that she will never publically admit to.
SuperFroakie82
It turns out Sarah is actually the biggest shipper of them all.
abysswatcher1993
Then a certain someone will call Sal a poser.
MsM
Danny, trust us. You’ve achieved Platonic Dweebitude. You can stop now.
Kyrik Michalowski
Danny, take the advice from Sal, being a dweeb is who you are and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Sal certainly finds you charming, your dweebness appeals to her because opposites attract.
So who all wants to hear a ukelele and guitar duo?
Demoted Oblivious
It appears he has taken the advice. His consideration is how far down that road he is going to go. Does the road end in a rabbit hole?
BBCC
Awwwww, such sweet dweebs. 😛
Inkyzuzi
So…
How did that conversation with Ethan end, Danny?
Needfuldoer
Imagine if 2020 was a conversation.
Danny wishes it went that well.
Kitschensyngk
The less of a dweeb he looks, the more of a dweeb it makes him.
It’s the “un-dweeby valley.”
Lawzlo
Dweebitude is my favorite Ozric Tentacles album.
JessWitt
By the time Danny is thirty, he’ll be the premier expert on dweebology, teaching courses at Indiana U.
StClair
I guess that’s one way to get tenure.
Rognik
Well, Danny is certainly out standing by the stairs, even if it’s not considered a field.
Yotomoe
You’re an inspiration to dweeb-kind. Your research in the field of being a fucking tool will inform generations of dweebs the world round.
Kyrik Michalowski
Whoa whoa whoa, being a tool and being a dweeb are not the same thing. And I resent that on behalf of dweebs everywhere.
Keulen
Yeah, being a tool is a bad thing, while being a dweeb is usually ok.
Jack
This must be some strange new usage of the word “dweeb” of which I wasn’t previously aware. I have never heard it used in a non-pejorative sense.
Newllend(henryvolt)
Being a dweeb while also being a tool though is not an unorthodox method.
Demoted Oblivious