Oops, or not. Some folks caught that it’s Amber, not AG.
Deanatay
Well, Amber went out, so it’s Amber coming back in. Amber doesn’t ‘let’ Amazi-Girl out anymore, so she’s gotta wait until Amber sleeps, I bet. Man, that relationship is deteriorating.
We’ve seen a lot of the backstory here, Marcie probably feels like Sal’s taking her for granted. She’s working all those part-time jobs and living with several roommates just to be in Bloomington, and Sal pays her back by picking a fight with Amazi-Girl at the DeSanto rally. (That’s not the only instance, but it’s apparently the final straw.)
That is…not at all what I meant by backstory. That’s just previous story.
I mean Marcie and Sal’s history, what happened that Marcie stopped talking, more of Sal’s pre-comic life…you know, actual backstory.
I’m surprised I didn’t think to tag-check, good catch. And yes I agree, I’m glad AG isn’t going on another dissociative romp around campus
segnosaur
Maybe its good that AG isn’t going on another dissociative romp. But remember, as Amber she seems to want to destroy the reputation of AG, so she could start doing stuff that is, well, really really bad.
Regalli
Especially with Sal and Danny around. Prove she’s garbage to him, breakdown about her…
Deanatay
I’d rather Amazi-Girl were out – it would mean that, at some point, Amber consciously decided it was OK for her to be out. That’d be a healthy step up from their current situation. As it is, AG has to wait for Amber to be unconscious before she can come out, which is very unhealthy.
ǝ snow ʍousɐ
Why would the figure being Amazi-Girl preclude the possibility that Amber fell asleep, allowing Amazi-Girl to go on a midnight romp with no conscious consent needed?
thejeff
Or potentially that Amazi-Girl was able to take control even with Amber awake.
RaulTsi
yeah, I thought it was AG, too. was expecting a wee bit of trouble with the ex hanging wth the nemesis.
Yeah, I find that interesting, just since her expression seems to be different in the first panel. If it was more similar, I would assume she was just happily rambling away about something– maybe Fuckface, maybe being kind of a dick to someone, maybe teaching Fuckface to be kind of a dick to someone– but since it seems like more of a change, I’m not sure.
Something could have just occurred to her and she started talking, I suppose.
Marcie definitely seems to notice Sal before the peace offering, too. And Malaya did bring Marcie to move in to try and help things between them. I almost think she wants Sal to open up. I mean the heckling might just be heckling, but she definitely dislikes Sal’s aloofness.
Lapin
From my perspective, Malaya does not like Sal. And Sal has been an asshole to her, so she’s had no reason to change her opinion. However, Malaya does care about Marcie. And Marcie is close to Sal, and a part of Marcie being happy. For Malaya, that adds up to telling Sal to get her shit together and make up with Marcie (And Marcie is very justified in being pissed off with Sal right now), but not necessarily having any particular feelings towards Sal herself beyond annoyance.
WonderRabbit
Is Marcie ‘very justified’?
I mean, she doesn’t know the full story, so I wouldn’t hold it against her, but I thought Amazi-Girl attempted to attack Sal without provocation, and Sal was merely defending herself?
(I might be misremembering, and it’s possible Sal may have escalated, but I thought AG was the aggressor in that situation).
thejeff
AG was above Sal on the stairs and Sal grabbed and threw her. It’s not clear AG was about to attack, though a reasonable assumption given their previous interactions.
Had that been it though, Marcie might not have gotten in trouble, but Sal went on to join AG in her apparently unprovoked attack on the Congresswoman’s intern.
geno
Malaya was a jerk to Sal far before Sal was a jerk to Malaya. Your perspective is pretty dang fickle. Frankly I don’t think Sal owes Malaya shit, and while Marcie has the right to be pissed with Sal ignoring the reason for Sal’s behavior is just shitty friendship. I think Sal needs to move on.
thejeff
In Malaya’s first appearance, Sal’s a jerk to her. “Yer abso-freakin’ right, Marcie, Ah do hate that we’ve somehow befriended Malaya.”
Malaya’s being a jerk about splitting the beer there, but it’s not particularly directed at Sal.
BBCC
Put it this way: We don’t know who was a jerk first because we didn’t see their first meeting. It doesn’t really matter. We’ve seen enough of their interactions to know where they’re at now.
thejeff
That’s fair.
I was just shooting down the “far before” claim. At the least, we don’t know it’s true.
Reading between the lines, I suspect the same dynamic that we’ve seen more explicitly later on was there from the start: Sal wanted to keep Marcie to herself, Marcie brought Malaya in because she was attracted to her and Malaya was her usual self which meant there was no way she was going to be able to smooth Sal’s ruffled feathers.
And they’ve just been getting worse since – muted somewhat for Marcie’s sake.
BBCC
I’m not sure Marcie was immediately into Malaya. She seemed to like her less during Malaya’s first appearance (like saying AG deserved a medal for hitting Malaya instead of backing her up). But once she joined roller derby, I’d say she’s definitely started by that point (that’s around the point she really starts blowing Sal off to see Malaya).
Joyce: Danny, you use your uke to distract it. Walky, you and I will use our swords to cut off its tentacles, Dorothy and Billie, you attack the head.
Danny separates from the group and runs a bit away from everyone else, whipping out his uke he starts to play Elton John poorly.
Joyce: I think its working! Walky, how are you doing?
Walky: I got one tip cutoff, Rapiers aren’t really designed for this kind of thing!
Billie and Dorothy reach the monsters head and Dorothy up at its massive eye. Taking out the knife Danny gave her, she tosses it as hard as she can up at the beast, put it merely floats away when it breaks from her protective bubble and hits the open water. Billie slams a tentacle away from her and grabs her.
Danny: just keep playing…just keep playing.
Dorothy: Wait a minute…Billie.
Billie: Yeah?
Dorothy: I have an idea.
Billie: yeah?
Dorothy: Okay, so I can’t use fireballs because they won’t work underwater right? But I can use electricity!
Billie: But it would hit us as well.
Dorothy: Not if you’re in a bubble.
Billie: But you would have to be…
Everyone else walks over.
Joyce: What’s going on?
Billie: Dorothy’s gonna kill herself!
Dorothy: It’s the only way!
Billie: Well than…
Billie punches Dorothy in the face knocking her out. She picks up Dorothy’s book and looks over it for a minute before dropping it back down.
Walky: Billie…no.
Billie: See ya around idiots.
Billie tosses her bauble to Joyce and lets the water take her. She swims up and looks the beast in the eye. She gives a slight smile as everyone looks on in abject horror.
184 thoughts on “Needle”
Ana Chronistic
♪everyone I know goes away in the end♫
(I legit tried to record my impression of Sanny here but it was a comedy of errors and now I need to replace a fifty-year-old ukulele string)
[but at least it was in tune before it went!]
{an’ ah got mah Southun twang back}
Some Random Name
50 years old? Jesus. I also couldn’t seem to strum it fast enough for the Cash version.
Ana Chronistic
it’s an heirloom, basically
also I see how Danny’s got out of tune–damn new strings won’t stay in place b/c this one’s saddle is bullshit
Opus the Poet
Addressing Marcie directly?
AeromechanicalAce
And you can have it all…
Danni
i will let you down
i will make you hurt
Shariku
My name is Jerry Smith and I love sucking big, sweaty dick and licking disgusting furry testicle sacks.
Znayx
Well-placed comment
Roborat
I don’t remember those lyrics.
SomeDumbGuy
why are you guys in such a hurry… jeez
Wait for tomorrow
Greywolf1963
Who says we can’t sing the whole thing again tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day, and……
King Daniel
I see you in the shadows
jeffepp
Perhaps the real reason she’s out. The real person she’s singing for.
jeffepp
Oops, or not. Some folks caught that it’s Amber, not AG.
Deanatay
Well, Amber went out, so it’s Amber coming back in. Amber doesn’t ‘let’ Amazi-Girl out anymore, so she’s gotta wait until Amber sleeps, I bet. Man, that relationship is deteriorating.
Yumi
[chanting] Backstory! Backstory! Backstory!
Reltzik
…. No red panels! No red panels!
Needfuldoer
We’ve seen a lot of the backstory here, Marcie probably feels like Sal’s taking her for granted. She’s working all those part-time jobs and living with several roommates just to be in Bloomington, and Sal pays her back by picking a fight with Amazi-Girl at the DeSanto rally. (That’s not the only instance, but it’s apparently the final straw.)
Yumi
That is…not at all what I meant by backstory. That’s just previous story.
I mean Marcie and Sal’s history, what happened that Marcie stopped talking, more of Sal’s pre-comic life…you know, actual backstory.
Sunny D
“But ah remember everythin’.” with Amber/Amazi-Girl in the back. Clever
Yumi
This reminded me to check the tag– it’s Amber, which I guess is good since it means that’s not (currently) AG on another memory-free midnight romp.
Sunny D
I’m surprised I didn’t think to tag-check, good catch. And yes I agree, I’m glad AG isn’t going on another dissociative romp around campus
segnosaur
Maybe its good that AG isn’t going on another dissociative romp. But remember, as Amber she seems to want to destroy the reputation of AG, so she could start doing stuff that is, well, really really bad.
Regalli
Especially with Sal and Danny around. Prove she’s garbage to him, breakdown about her…
Deanatay
I’d rather Amazi-Girl were out – it would mean that, at some point, Amber consciously decided it was OK for her to be out. That’d be a healthy step up from their current situation. As it is, AG has to wait for Amber to be unconscious before she can come out, which is very unhealthy.
ǝ snow ʍousɐ
Why would the figure being Amazi-Girl preclude the possibility that Amber fell asleep, allowing Amazi-Girl to go on a midnight romp with no conscious consent needed?
thejeff
Or potentially that Amazi-Girl was able to take control even with Amber awake.
RaulTsi
yeah, I thought it was AG, too. was expecting a wee bit of trouble with the ex hanging wth the nemesis.
Kamino Neko
Of course, she’s in costume, so probably still on her campaign to ruin Amazi-Girl’s rep, so she might be about to jump Sal.
Reltzik
It’s KINDA good, except AG was the one who could mostly keep her shit when around Sal.
Stoodmuffin
Good eye! I didn’t see that connection
Bagge
Lot’s of feels in this one.
Passchendaele
these are some popular stairs
Remmington Steele
I suspect it’s not a stairway to heaven.
Roborat
More of a Highway to Hell?
Regalli
Aaaaaand Malaya’s…. smiling, right? Not singing along? Yeah this is gonna be interesting. You know on Sunday.
Rosicrucian
Well I mean, Malaya thrives on human misery.
Yumi
Yeah, I find that interesting, just since her expression seems to be different in the first panel. If it was more similar, I would assume she was just happily rambling away about something– maybe Fuckface, maybe being kind of a dick to someone, maybe teaching Fuckface to be kind of a dick to someone– but since it seems like more of a change, I’m not sure.
Something could have just occurred to her and she started talking, I suppose.
Regalli
Marcie definitely seems to notice Sal before the peace offering, too. And Malaya did bring Marcie to move in to try and help things between them. I almost think she wants Sal to open up. I mean the heckling might just be heckling, but she definitely dislikes Sal’s aloofness.
Lapin
From my perspective, Malaya does not like Sal. And Sal has been an asshole to her, so she’s had no reason to change her opinion. However, Malaya does care about Marcie. And Marcie is close to Sal, and a part of Marcie being happy. For Malaya, that adds up to telling Sal to get her shit together and make up with Marcie (And Marcie is very justified in being pissed off with Sal right now), but not necessarily having any particular feelings towards Sal herself beyond annoyance.
WonderRabbit
Is Marcie ‘very justified’?
I mean, she doesn’t know the full story, so I wouldn’t hold it against her, but I thought Amazi-Girl attempted to attack Sal without provocation, and Sal was merely defending herself?
(I might be misremembering, and it’s possible Sal may have escalated, but I thought AG was the aggressor in that situation).
thejeff
AG was above Sal on the stairs and Sal grabbed and threw her. It’s not clear AG was about to attack, though a reasonable assumption given their previous interactions.
Had that been it though, Marcie might not have gotten in trouble, but Sal went on to join AG in her apparently unprovoked attack on the Congresswoman’s intern.
geno
Malaya was a jerk to Sal far before Sal was a jerk to Malaya. Your perspective is pretty dang fickle. Frankly I don’t think Sal owes Malaya shit, and while Marcie has the right to be pissed with Sal ignoring the reason for Sal’s behavior is just shitty friendship. I think Sal needs to move on.
thejeff
In Malaya’s first appearance, Sal’s a jerk to her. “Yer abso-freakin’ right, Marcie, Ah do hate that we’ve somehow befriended Malaya.”
Malaya’s being a jerk about splitting the beer there, but it’s not particularly directed at Sal.
BBCC
Put it this way: We don’t know who was a jerk first because we didn’t see their first meeting. It doesn’t really matter. We’ve seen enough of their interactions to know where they’re at now.
thejeff
That’s fair.
I was just shooting down the “far before” claim. At the least, we don’t know it’s true.
Reading between the lines, I suspect the same dynamic that we’ve seen more explicitly later on was there from the start: Sal wanted to keep Marcie to herself, Marcie brought Malaya in because she was attracted to her and Malaya was her usual self which meant there was no way she was going to be able to smooth Sal’s ruffled feathers.
And they’ve just been getting worse since – muted somewhat for Marcie’s sake.
BBCC
I’m not sure Marcie was immediately into Malaya. She seemed to like her less during Malaya’s first appearance (like saying AG deserved a medal for hitting Malaya instead of backing her up). But once she joined roller derby, I’d say she’s definitely started by that point (that’s around the point she really starts blowing Sal off to see Malaya).
BigDogLittleCat
Or she’s gloating because Marcie just snubbed Sal?
Stoodmuffin
something’s going to happen and I’m not sure I am ready for it
Some1
Dumbing and Dungeons Part 11
Joyce: Danny, you use your uke to distract it. Walky, you and I will use our swords to cut off its tentacles, Dorothy and Billie, you attack the head.
Danny separates from the group and runs a bit away from everyone else, whipping out his uke he starts to play Elton John poorly.
Joyce: I think its working! Walky, how are you doing?
Walky: I got one tip cutoff, Rapiers aren’t really designed for this kind of thing!
Billie and Dorothy reach the monsters head and Dorothy up at its massive eye. Taking out the knife Danny gave her, she tosses it as hard as she can up at the beast, put it merely floats away when it breaks from her protective bubble and hits the open water. Billie slams a tentacle away from her and grabs her.
Danny: just keep playing…just keep playing.
Dorothy: Wait a minute…Billie.
Billie: Yeah?
Dorothy: I have an idea.
Billie: yeah?
Dorothy: Okay, so I can’t use fireballs because they won’t work underwater right? But I can use electricity!
Billie: But it would hit us as well.
Dorothy: Not if you’re in a bubble.
Billie: But you would have to be…
Everyone else walks over.
Joyce: What’s going on?
Billie: Dorothy’s gonna kill herself!
Dorothy: It’s the only way!
Billie: Well than…
Billie punches Dorothy in the face knocking her out. She picks up Dorothy’s book and looks over it for a minute before dropping it back down.
Walky: Billie…no.
Billie: See ya around idiots.
Billie tosses her bauble to Joyce and lets the water take her. She swims up and looks the beast in the eye. She gives a slight smile as everyone looks on in abject horror.
Billie: Electra Nimbus.
Some1
Some1 now realizes he got the name of his own fucking fanfic wrong.
King Daniel
Wait, this is a fucking fanfic? Take it to Slipshine already!
(or don’t, that probs counts as copyright infringement)
Some1
It does feature a lot of tentacles…
Robbie
I am looking forward to the next installment of this story 🙂
Cattleprod
That’s what happens when you use a real place as your setting instead of Featureless White Void University.
Now imagine a joke about Mike Costa’s version of Dumbing of Age, maybe about how we’d still be in the first week by now.
Jess
I HAVE to link this. It’s just so funny to me. (I hope I remember how to make links in html.)
Jess
Revelation: I do not. Take 2:
Jess
To hell with it, here. https://78.media.tumblr.com/1794469e43f710e4793c6b4a3976d994/tumblr_ogxu7fah0G1s8bfejo1_500.png
Stoodmuffin
thank you for that
Annika
Thank you for sharing this. I didn’t know what to expect, but it made me laugh 🙂
ǝ snow ʍousɐ
It’s the first HTML tag listed in the “NOTE” between the text box and your name
Marsh Maryrose
This strip is like the rug in The Big Lebowski. It really ties everything together.
Clif
But what about Neomi? And Dorothy?
Needfuldoer
And Marcie’s pissed all over it.
otusasio451
What have I become…
BBCC
Hey, Danny, I believe there’s a song from a show you enjoy that starts with ‘Why don’t you just talk to each other?’
…Any day now, Dan.
Opus the Poet
I see a cape in the background but the tag is for Amber.
Tacos
Looks like Danny found himself some backup singers. Time to form a band.
Also I see AG in the background there. Not sure if that’s good or bad.
Yumi
Actually Amber, if that changes things for you.
Tacos
Not sure that it does change things. Amber’s bent on destroying AG’s reputation now so…
Keulen