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I always wanted Sabrina to cameo in Shortpacked. With her being a toy collector it seemed like a fun idea to just have her check the store one random day looking for the newest Transformer.
As long as Becky doesn’t start borrowing her jackets without asking, I think she’ll be fine with it.
I’m more worried about Billie. Giving up her room? Trashing her beloved Dragons banner? It could just be growth, but I worry she’s tearing up too many of her roots. Hoping it works out for her.
This. I’m guessing this is going to make it that much harder for Billie and Ruth to keep their secret. (Seems kind of reckless of Billie, IMO.) That, and Billie will eventually have to spill the beans about Becky to Ruth if Ruth notices Billie not even trying to keep up their charade.
Bear in mind that Ruth isn’t the ultimate authority in this situation. If anyone higher up the chain finds out about this, there’s nothing she can do.
And if her relationship with Billie comes to light as a result of that (which it very well might), she’d presumably be fired.
timemonkey
If the higher ups get word of anything Ruth has done she’s screwed.
MrZombieScordo
She can physically and mentally abuse her residents but she can’t date them? The higher ups have some strange rules here.
Muspel
Generally speaking, at least in the US, having a romantic or sexual relationship with anyone that you have authority over is super-sketchy, because it’s very hard to draw the line between romance and coercion (IE “do this or I will make your life hell”).
As a result, a lot of organizations will prohibit it, or at least have very strict rules.
I’ve been expecting a major ‘dorm assignment musical chairs’ for a while. There are a few events that need to happen first, mostly settling Becky’s position so that she can legitimately stay at Indiana State rather than be a ‘sheltered vagabond’.
I, personally, think that Joyce living in Sal’s dorm would be funny, as would Amber being with Sarah.
Yeah, things could turn out pretty bad for Ruth, depending on how the administrators respond to her. She’s a borderline-suicidal alcoholic and, depending on how they interpret Billie’s story, they might decide that Ruth seduced her for her own reasons (if anything, the converse is true). That could be game over for Ruth’s RA gig whilst Billie gets her academic credits docked and maybe has to redo Freshman Year if her parents are willing to let her stay at that college but otherwise is free and clear.
I think Amber and Dorothy would make a pretty sensible choice for roomies. Maybe Sarah and Sal too, as they both prefer to keep themselves to themselves quite a bit.
Not sure about the rest of the room assignments though… 🙂
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Architex
Crumpling the door decal is really somber.
Jen Aside
“That’s it?”
“What! That’s like two years’ worth of stuff!”
HMRC4EVR
Someone else reads ‘Sabrina Online!’. Yay!
Stephen R. Bierce
I forgot to read this month’s strips. Ol’ Zig had an epithany.
Ostsol
I’d forgotten about that comic. Used to read it all the time. Now, I’m focused entirely here and on “Stand Still, Stay Silent.”
Jen Aside
read, more like? then it became ZigZag Online
HMRC4EVR
I always wanted Sabrina to cameo in Shortpacked. With her being a toy collector it seemed like a fun idea to just have her check the store one random day looking for the newest Transformer.
Foxhack
And have Ultra Car make fun of her Amiga obsession.
And Ninja Rick think she was someone from that old comic… Ninja High School? 😛
Stephen R. Bierce
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Sabrina as a human in the short “Remote Possibilities”. I bet she showed up there in a crowd and we just didn’t notice her.
HMRC4EVR
I have never seen that short before. Thanks for the heads up!
Opus the Poet
Yay! Becky has a bed!
Mr. Mendo
I am overcome by the symbolism!
Plasma Mongoose
I wonder if Sal will notice the difference…
redsquirrel
That would require normal sleeping habits.
Disloyal Subject
What are those?
Haven
They really should have asked her about all this first, shouldn’t they
Viktoria
Yes, but it’s violating the rules in a minimally harmful way that’s guaranteed to piss off the authority figures. Sal will most likely approve.
Plasma Mongoose
I can see Sal acting this way.
Deanatay
As long as Becky doesn’t start borrowing her jackets without asking, I think she’ll be fine with it.
I’m more worried about Billie. Giving up her room? Trashing her beloved Dragons banner? It could just be growth, but I worry she’s tearing up too many of her roots. Hoping it works out for her.
saki
I can’t really picture Sal caring much, other than maaaybe being worried about what will happen if/when Billie’s relationship fails.
Joe
Probably should have asked Ruth, too.
Steve C.
This. I’m guessing this is going to make it that much harder for Billie and Ruth to keep their secret. (Seems kind of reckless of Billie, IMO.) That, and Billie will eventually have to spill the beans about Becky to Ruth if Ruth notices Billie not even trying to keep up their charade.
I’m with Sarah. There’s no way this ends well.
L33tmaster
Sal wont notice or just wont care, now Ruth on the other hand might get mad but i think Billie will just use it to have angry sex.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
I predict lots of agnry sxe in the very near future when Ruthie learns of the consequences to this decision. xD
MeghanTheWorldEater
go dragons… :/
Plasma Mongoose
Going, going… gone!
Bagge
Billie is now officially a Leafs fan
HMRC4EVR
So I guess the next time Billie and Ruth are having sex and Ruth switches places with her she’d be turning over a new Leaf?
I’ll just see myself out.
Bagge
Make like a tree and leaf
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Perhaps you should branch out from comedy into other areas?
Deanatay
No, it’s “Make like a tree and get outta here”! You sound so stupid when you say it wrong!!
Yet_One_More_Idiot
If he wants your opinion, I’m sure he’ll ASH you for it, OAK-ay?
TheGrammarLegionary
I spent a good thirty seconds trying to figure out why you’d brought a Pokémon pun into this…
nothri
I’m gonna take a break from our typical pun shennanigans and say I know your feels, Meghan. I am somewhat sad too.
Cattleprod
Are we already closing in on the storyline ending montage of everyone in bed? I really don’t know, I forget when the last one was.
Cephalo the Pod
COMIC.
Stop being sad.
nothri
Comic: “YOUR NOT MY DAD! YOU CAN’T TELL ME WHAT DO!!!”
MrZombieScordo
Well my dad can beat up your dad!
therearenodonutsindeath
“Something like that”? Methinks Billie just wants to leave this old life behind.
neeks
One way or another
Rictus
How to make two redheads happy at the same time.
gkheyf
After alcohol, that’s Billie’s specialist subject!
Stephen R. Bierce
If that’s movin’ up then I’m….Movin’ Out!
Bobsled3000
I’ve got the old man’s car
Stephen R. Bierce
Let him polish the fenders first. 😉
Lamia
Did he trade in a Chevy for a Cadillac?
Lokitsu
I’ve got a jazz guitar.
MiffedMab
This fills me with dread and I don’t know why.
AgentKeen
I do. Drunken lesbian suicide pact.
MeghanTheWorldEater
No no no SEXY lesbian suicide pact sheesh
Nono
Who says sexy and drunken have to be mutually exclusive?
gkheyf
When Billie’s involved, it’s always a potent cocktail of the two… as Ruth can testify
Kryss LaBryn
“Everything the light touches.” From the Lion King.
Billie’s room is dark…
Steelangel
There’s a few violations of housing contracts happening right now. Bad things on the horizon, methinks.
neeks
If only someone had an in with the RA. If you know what I mean.
No but yeah this isn’t going to end well. Otoh that tends to be a given in this comic, so there’s that?
saki
Yes, the question isn’t really if things are going to go wrong, but more when and how exactly they are going to go wrong.
gkheyf
And also “how severely will they impact the characters that we like?”
nothri
No offense, but that’s kinda basically my ground state attitude towards the comic as a whole.
saki
Uuh yeah I was referring to the comic as a whole.
Muspel
Bear in mind that Ruth isn’t the ultimate authority in this situation. If anyone higher up the chain finds out about this, there’s nothing she can do.
And if her relationship with Billie comes to light as a result of that (which it very well might), she’d presumably be fired.
timemonkey
If the higher ups get word of anything Ruth has done she’s screwed.
MrZombieScordo
She can physically and mentally abuse her residents but she can’t date them? The higher ups have some strange rules here.
Muspel
Generally speaking, at least in the US, having a romantic or sexual relationship with anyone that you have authority over is super-sketchy, because it’s very hard to draw the line between romance and coercion (IE “do this or I will make your life hell”).
As a result, a lot of organizations will prohibit it, or at least have very strict rules.
BenRG
I’ve been expecting a major ‘dorm assignment musical chairs’ for a while. There are a few events that need to happen first, mostly settling Becky’s position so that she can legitimately stay at Indiana State rather than be a ‘sheltered vagabond’.
I, personally, think that Joyce living in Sal’s dorm would be funny, as would Amber being with Sarah.
Yeah, things could turn out pretty bad for Ruth, depending on how the administrators respond to her. She’s a borderline-suicidal alcoholic and, depending on how they interpret Billie’s story, they might decide that Ruth seduced her for her own reasons (if anything, the converse is true). That could be game over for Ruth’s RA gig whilst Billie gets her academic credits docked and maybe has to redo Freshman Year if her parents are willing to let her stay at that college but otherwise is free and clear.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
I think Amber and Dorothy would make a pretty sensible choice for roomies. Maybe Sarah and Sal too, as they both prefer to keep themselves to themselves quite a bit.
Not sure about the rest of the room assignments though… 🙂
perlhaqr
Dorothy and Sarah. “Study time!” “OK.”
Safgaftsa
Is there a precedent for Becky’s eye doing that?
Mandy
Lesbian magic?
nothri
I knew it was real!!!!
-Sentinel-
Remember that this is a world where eyebrows can levitate.
Captain Napalm