I’m not sure what I was expecting from this one, but it wasn’t this. I find it interesting that Joe’s finally starting to show remorse for the list. I still think it’s too little, too late, but he’s at least learning.
They’re not wearing the same shirt! Sal’s has a blue collar, and Joe’s collar is… red? Wait, or is that green? Red? Green? (pulls out Digital Color Meter) Okay, red. Point is it’s not blue. Damn colorblindness!
It could be foreshadowing (or Jason, or everyone), but I kind of took it to mean in punishment catholic school, and moreso with correction officer types.
I also took it to mean something that’s happened during her high school time. Hence my concern bells.
Axel
I am glad we read it the same way (esp because I thought I might be reaching, even though it was my first instinct), I just didn’t catch that was what you meant.
Catholic school and judicial stuff are both pretty bad culprits.
BBCC
There are a lot of hints Sal has some sort of particular badness standing out from her time in school (other than her parents being emotionally abusive shitheads and the juvie-like school in the first place). Some of them are circumstantial, but when you put them together it makes my concern bells go off big time.
thejeff
The most direct hints seem to be towards hazing from the other girls though – waking up prepared to choke, for example.
BBCC
There’s a few hints at relationship badness too, but yeah, I’d not be shocked if there was a fair bit of hazing too.
thejeff
I’m sure it did. Whether there’s something specifically horrible or “just” the general background radiation is still the question.
Hm. I mean. Out of everyone I know, I’m the one who has experienced the LEAST creepy male attention. And I still know Sal’s p4 is true about me. It’s pretty standard procedure for women- some moreso than others, and in many different flavours.
Sal’s a standardly attractive woman of colour,and she exists in a world modelled closely on this one. Objectification is a given
I’m guessing she means not being seen as a person by various people, but as her criminal record and her mistakes in general. She was a very angry teenager, acting up a lot and spiraling out of control. She is not from a problem-background, at least not a criminal one, her family is probably upper middleclass and has different problems. She is very different now. Her only friend is Marcie, so she likely didn’t make many in boarding school. She puts up a cool and distant front because she doesn’t want to get hurt, or even disappointed. But she still doesn’t like how much people judge her without actually knowing her.
She gets along with Danny, who is just nice and pretty oblivious, so he wasn’t really intimidated by her. And maybe because she needed a friend, because Marcie is still angry and they’re not talking. So, yeah.
tl;dr: I think this is about her past, and people, and/or the legal system only seeing her mistakes in her, disregarding her as a person with feelings and motives.
Certainly possible that it’s that too, though I suspect in this case, she’s thinking more about the sexual side of it – Jason and whatever previous experiences she’s had.
It could also include objectification for non-erotic reasons, as exemplified by Jago mentioning being seen as a criminal record and not a person. Another example would be what just happened in Sal’s perspective – Malaya seeing her as a bastion of fakeness, without taking anything else into account.
Probably a harpy’s lady deck or Amazon deck. Just any deck with the monsters mostly women. If he’s going to be participating in a nerd activity, he’s at least going to have some eye candy.
What class does she share with Amber? I’m not even sure we’ve seen any of their classes except one for each (Sal math, Amber computers), let alone share a class with each other.
I honestly wonder if Faz has an undiagnosed mental disorder. Looking into it, I found Verbal Dsydecorum. Which is in lay-mans terms, the inability to censor yourself.
However, it is pretty rare, and Willis would have had to heard about it for it to actually be what Faz has.
Unlikely, I think.
Remember that Faz was created for Shortpacked!, with much the same behaviors and no real exploration of the reason for them.
Mind you, it’s possible something like that could be used here, but it would almost certainly be a retrofit.
I…I can’t tell if Willace doesn’t know how people actually smoke cigarettes, or if this is some kind of meta-commentary on how Sal is trying so desperately to look cool by smoking even though she doesn’t know what she’s doing…
I dunno. As someone who used to smoke quite a lot, it just looks so unnatural. In all three panels, it’s like she’s just got her lips puckered, which is how you might take a drag, but not how you’d just hold it. I mean, how is she even talking like that?
BBCC
Okay, so I am not a smoker, but a google image search (which I’m fairly sure Willis uses for references) shows a lot of people holding their cigarettes like that. Maybe it’s a personal thing?
Also I don’t think Sal is desperate to look cool. No one who’s desperate to lol cool is able to achieve it as well as her. I don’t think any of the “cool” things she does are for effect. I think she does what she wants.
119 thoughts on “Move along”
AnvilPro
Faz shall have the last word
MM
Assuming Faz hasn’t already taken the opportunity to bolt.
Agemegos
That was my thought, too.
Dean
Like Joe, Faz is a mere iron filing in the grip of Sal’s sexual magnetism.
Oberon
What do you mean? Do you see him? I don’t. Didn’t even make the tags. He is already gone.
Raen
Faz is Lord English?
Mr. Random
Now we just need someone with the right gravy.
King Daniel
“This isn’t the shirt you’re looking for. Move along.”
ValdVin
Cold sweat really deserved there.
Stephen Bierce
And it naturally makes a Question Mark.
Bladeglory
What’s not stated is that Joe’s in said cold sweat because Joe is stifling the comment that he’s incredibly turned on by Sal’s “angry energy”.
Emperor Norton II
Nahh, she’s having a smoke right now, and that’s not his thing: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/04-the-do-list/chubby/
Dark
Oh wow, that’s right. Joe was once clean shaven.
Yeah, he looks better with the scruff.
Shiro
Well one of us is going to have to change
Stephen Bierce
Seems to me you don’t wanna talk about it
Seems to me, you just turn your pretty head and Walk Away…
Durandal_1707
Cool guys don’t look at explosions…
Lux
I’m not sure what I was expecting from this one, but it wasn’t this. I find it interesting that Joe’s finally starting to show remorse for the list. I still think it’s too little, too late, but he’s at least learning.
Dave M
“Sincerity – if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” – George Burns.
Josh Spicer
Too little too late to apologize (good song BTW) or too little too late to change?
Cause the first part of changing is to admit you were wrong and the second part is to apologize.
Purblebirb
Two for two on goofy character reaction faces this week
Durandal_1707
They’re not wearing the same shirt! Sal’s has a blue collar, and Joe’s collar is… red? Wait, or is that green? Red? Green? (pulls out Digital Color Meter) Okay, red. Point is it’s not blue. Damn colorblindness!
DailyBrad
Quit while you’re intact, Joe. Besides, Faz doesn’t need the extra room to escape.
BBCC
Welp, that’s a ‘fuck off’ if I’ve ever heard one.
Also, my concern bells are going off about Sal’s panel 4 line.
Reltzik
Could be talking about Jason.
….. or, like, five random people a day.
BBCC
Could be both.
Axel
It could be foreshadowing (or Jason, or everyone), but I kind of took it to mean in punishment catholic school, and moreso with correction officer types.
BBCC
I also took it to mean something that’s happened during her high school time. Hence my concern bells.
Axel
I am glad we read it the same way (esp because I thought I might be reaching, even though it was my first instinct), I just didn’t catch that was what you meant.
Catholic school and judicial stuff are both pretty bad culprits.
BBCC
There are a lot of hints Sal has some sort of particular badness standing out from her time in school (other than her parents being emotionally abusive shitheads and the juvie-like school in the first place). Some of them are circumstantial, but when you put them together it makes my concern bells go off big time.
thejeff
The most direct hints seem to be towards hazing from the other girls though – waking up prepared to choke, for example.
BBCC
There’s a few hints at relationship badness too, but yeah, I’d not be shocked if there was a fair bit of hazing too.
thejeff
I’m sure it did. Whether there’s something specifically horrible or “just” the general background radiation is still the question.
Carms
Hm. I mean. Out of everyone I know, I’m the one who has experienced the LEAST creepy male attention. And I still know Sal’s p4 is true about me. It’s pretty standard procedure for women- some moreso than others, and in many different flavours.
Sal’s a standardly attractive woman of colour,and she exists in a world modelled closely on this one. Objectification is a given
Jago
I’m guessing she means not being seen as a person by various people, but as her criminal record and her mistakes in general. She was a very angry teenager, acting up a lot and spiraling out of control. She is not from a problem-background, at least not a criminal one, her family is probably upper middleclass and has different problems. She is very different now. Her only friend is Marcie, so she likely didn’t make many in boarding school. She puts up a cool and distant front because she doesn’t want to get hurt, or even disappointed. But she still doesn’t like how much people judge her without actually knowing her.
She gets along with Danny, who is just nice and pretty oblivious, so he wasn’t really intimidated by her. And maybe because she needed a friend, because Marcie is still angry and they’re not talking. So, yeah.
tl;dr: I think this is about her past, and people, and/or the legal system only seeing her mistakes in her, disregarding her as a person with feelings and motives.
thejeff
Certainly possible that it’s that too, though I suspect in this case, she’s thinking more about the sexual side of it – Jason and whatever previous experiences she’s had.
Pyrpyr
It could also include objectification for non-erotic reasons, as exemplified by Jago mentioning being seen as a criminal record and not a person. Another example would be what just happened in Sal’s perspective – Malaya seeing her as a bastion of fakeness, without taking anything else into account.
Barf Ninjason
Ringer shirts 4 eva
Passchendaele
At least he’s not getting hit by a truck. 😛
StClair
panel 7: “but… I can’t…”
Deadjolras
The new season of Red vs. Blue looks great.
Deanatay
I was just thinking this…
Delicious Taffy
Okay, but what sort of Yu-Gi-Oh! deck would Joe use?
cbwroses
Probably a harpy’s lady deck or Amazon deck. Just any deck with the monsters mostly women. If he’s going to be participating in a nerd activity, he’s at least going to have some eye candy.
Keulen
Well, not the same shirt exactly. I’m pretty sure Sal’s shirt would not fit on Joe.
valis_kr3
He’s learning… through treats and acts of violence but he’s learning.
Antonio
I would have been run over by a motorcycle. I have hard time not having the last word even when I’m trying not to.
Delicious Taffy
Does nervously reaffirming that yes, I’m going, I’m going right away, count as the last word?
Eldritch Gentleman
Fushta!
JessWitt
+1 for Mel Brooks joke.
Stellar
“OK, OK, I’m going…ooop”
jeffepp
“This, Amber, was it? We have never met, and I have no knowledge of her. Do you understand?”
“You have classes with her. And, there was that time with the chairs…”
“I SAID I have NO KNOWLEDGE of her. Do YOU understand?!”
cbwroses
What class does she share with Amber? I’m not even sure we’ve seen any of their classes except one for each (Sal math, Amber computers), let alone share a class with each other.
BBCC
She doesn’t, as far as we know.
jeffepp
You guys didn’t watch enough spy/mob movies growing up.
3oranges
This is the downside of making up nicknames for everyone.
BBCC
I don’t think she’s ever learned Amber’s proper name anyways.
BBCC
I just did a quick archive dive and no, Sal’s never learned Amber’s name.
3oranges
My assumption was that calling her “Laundry girl” is part of why she didn’t bother asking.
Deanatay
Then again, Sal makes up names for people, even people whose names she knows. ‘Wonderbread’, for example.
BBCC
I just figured she called her that because that’s where she knew her from, though you are right she never asked.
Some1
I honestly wonder if Faz has an undiagnosed mental disorder. Looking into it, I found Verbal Dsydecorum. Which is in lay-mans terms, the inability to censor yourself.
However, it is pretty rare, and Willis would have had to heard about it for it to actually be what Faz has.
Agemegos
I’ve being wondering the same. He’s well beyond privileged/sheltered adolescent obliviousness.
Lena
Nah, he’s just an awful person.
thejeff
Unlikely, I think.
Remember that Faz was created for Shortpacked!, with much the same behaviors and no real exploration of the reason for them.
Mind you, it’s possible something like that could be used here, but it would almost certainly be a retrofit.
Dark
It also wouldn’t be the first retrofit to a character.
Big D
I…I can’t tell if Willace doesn’t know how people actually smoke cigarettes, or if this is some kind of meta-commentary on how Sal is trying so desperately to look cool by smoking even though she doesn’t know what she’s doing…
BBCC
She’s been smoking since she was at least 13, so I’d say it’s probably the angle.
Big D
I dunno. As someone who used to smoke quite a lot, it just looks so unnatural. In all three panels, it’s like she’s just got her lips puckered, which is how you might take a drag, but not how you’d just hold it. I mean, how is she even talking like that?
BBCC
Okay, so I am not a smoker, but a google image search (which I’m fairly sure Willis uses for references) shows a lot of people holding their cigarettes like that. Maybe it’s a personal thing?
Norah
Also I don’t think Sal is desperate to look cool. No one who’s desperate to lol cool is able to achieve it as well as her. I don’t think any of the “cool” things she does are for effect. I think she does what she wants.
TerribleName