This may be the DOA strip I relate to most. Any arguments me and my girlfriend have ever had start out reasoned and intelligent like two adults talking, then end up as two little kids bickering.
Know that scene from the first TMNT movie where Donatello and Casey Jones come up with immature insults for each other (like “Elf Lips”) alphabetically? We are basically that.
I must sa, nerdy of me thouh it be, I like how Danny mentioned it oing supercritical (the state where a reactor is unstable and oin to meltdown) rathe than just critical (the state where its generating more energy than is being used to run it).
hahaha and here I was trying to figure out what it meant for maturity to be in a simultaneous gas/liquid state (which might say something about my specialization).
Technically, “critical” is when a reaction produces as much energy (or fuel depending on the context) as it needs to continue. “Supercritical” is when it produces more energy than it needs, and “subcritical” is when it produces less energy than it needs. In this case, the maturity reaction is unstable.
I’m not sure how maturity reactions are supposed to progress, but it’s possible that, upon entering a room full of Dorothy and Danny, Walky’s maturity caused the room to go supercritical, exhaust it’s immediate maturity supply, and reverse into an immaturity reaction.
“Yeah, real mature, guys. Getting into a tickle fight right in the middle of my floor. Wow Dorothy, you’re really into it, I didn’t think you had it in you, going right under the shirt like that. I always thought you were too seri-uh, wait a second, what are you -aw, man, seriously? Right in front of me? Would you-oh god, I did not want to see that – this is my room, guys! I don’t care what that sign Joe put up says!”
Really? Can you see the future or was the next page up before you posted this or am I just reading too much into this because I haven’t looked at the next page …. yet.
I think it’s might be “Man, I was mad before, but look at her. She’s gone nuts after dumping me… and I’m stepping up to the plate with a superhero. I think I Win the break up!”
And then amazi-girl finds out he’s going to sell her out and she blocks him faster then youngster joey.
Panel 3 gives me a lot of hope for Dorothy. Maybe she’ll tell Danny if she had been honest they could ended things on better terms and even be really good friends by now. *fingers crossed*
Then Danny can be like, “Sorry I was smothering you. Being as enamored with you as I was, I should have known what your priorities were and supported you more.”
Friendship hug, Danny waves as Dorothy leaves with Walky with a smile on his face and his heart considerably more healed.
77 thoughts on “Supercritical”
Seerow
And it all goes downhill from here…
das-g
Both ways!
Jen Aside
All that maturity went super WEIRD…
David Herbert
Quick Walky, run out the door before you catch cooties.
Plasma Mongoose
The cooties are affecting his brain.
Resne
This would explain much.
Tristan J
I’m cracking up at how serious Dorothy’s expression is.
WALKY
WALKY LISTEN TO ME
WALKY WE’RE GOING TO TICKLE TOWN IF YOU DON’T ACKNOWLEDGE MY THOUGHTS
Yotomoe
Watching your ex tickle her new boyfriend in your room is either the most depressing or wierd things that could happen to you before 8 am.
arjay2813
heh, “or”
fatemaster1
I think you mean and not or.
George
Tickle Town is serious business. VeggieTales used it as a replacement for Death, after all.
Yotomoe
It was a immaturity implosion.
Pyr05
as opposed to the less popular maturity explosion.
TSED
Whoah, pal! Kids read these comments! Keep it PG!
fatemaster1
NEVER!Grimlockimus
I feel bad for Danny in this, it probably took a year or more before she found his tickle spot.
Yotomoe
In her defense, it was his Scalpula…and noone thinks to tickle that.
Dibullba
Unfortunately everybody tickles femurs…. many have died
GrrArg42
to bring us this information.
Wonder Wig
His tickle spot was probably just a small exhaust port right below the main port.
Vabolo
I’d make a joke about her sending a proton torpedo down there but…Darn it!
taekwondogirl
Why? I haaaaaaaaaate being tickled, so I have a really hard time imagining other people could like it.
AJBulldis
By all accounts it should not be at all pleasant…and yet…
Wonder Wig
Ruthless vs. Thanos. Who wins?
Wack'd
The audience.
Aizat
Squirrel Girl. Nuff said.
Grimlockimus
Disney
Pyr05
It’s not a versus. It’s a romance!
Effie
what kid of romance? Cause I think it’d make a good romcom
Kernanator
This is what most of my arguments boil down to.
Joe H
So, is this like how something can be “so bad it’s good?”
But instead, it’s “so mature it’s immature?”
fatemaster1
Pretty much.
Jehosaphat
Now kiss!
Yotomoe
ALL OF YOU.
Tristan J
INCLUDING THE READERS
ESPECIALLY THE READERS
Grimlockimus
SHA LA LA LA LA LA
KISS DE WORLD
Wonder Wig
NO TONGUE YOTOMOE!
Yotomoe
Not a problem!
ArkhamTexan
Oh, thank god, I’ve been waitin’ for like, a year, for a kissing party to happen among the readers! What ship do I ship? The readership!
Effie
Me too. Readership is the best ship.
Wonder Wig
Aw yeaaah. That gets my wig spinnin.’
Yotomoe
Panel one Danny is quite Fascinated with Dorothy’s hair.
Kernanator
In his defense, it is very nice hair.
Yotomoe
Personally I’m more of a Robin hair kind of guy. Maybe Sierra.
Buckybone
Whelp, there goes Walky’s maturity allowance for the week.
fatemaster1
fatemaster1
Oops, did that wrong.
nooooooooooooooo
Aizat
When you know someone’s tickle spot, I think you’re one step closer from…you know.
Grimlockimus
Going to Taco Bell together?
Yotomoe
Getting punched right in the fucking jaw because all tickle sessions usually end like that.
Gordon
Unless you are only of the unlucky people who freeze up while they are being tickled.
Then it’s just a waiting game until they get bored, or you wet yourself.
Aizat
Aww, they make such a good couple what with the opposites attract and all.
fatemaster1
What? Are they magnets?
Doctor_Who
This may be the DOA strip I relate to most. Any arguments me and my girlfriend have ever had start out reasoned and intelligent like two adults talking, then end up as two little kids bickering.
Know that scene from the first TMNT movie where Donatello and Casey Jones come up with immature insults for each other (like “Elf Lips”) alphabetically? We are basically that.
ArkhamTexan
Dome head!
HLY
I must sa, nerdy of me thouh it be, I like how Danny mentioned it oing supercritical (the state where a reactor is unstable and oin to meltdown) rathe than just critical (the state where its generating more energy than is being used to run it).
kudos Willis 🙂
also, possible insiht into danny’s degree?
begbert2
Wasn’t he computer science? You know, to meet the chicks?
riteilu
hahaha and here I was trying to figure out what it meant for maturity to be in a simultaneous gas/liquid state (which might say something about my specialization).
Rule`
Technically, “critical” is when a reaction produces as much energy (or fuel depending on the context) as it needs to continue. “Supercritical” is when it produces more energy than it needs, and “subcritical” is when it produces less energy than it needs. In this case, the maturity reaction is unstable.
I’m not sure how maturity reactions are supposed to progress, but it’s possible that, upon entering a room full of Dorothy and Danny, Walky’s maturity caused the room to go supercritical, exhaust it’s immediate maturity supply, and reverse into an immaturity reaction.
Bri
That is the cutest thing ever.
Dr.Z
WoW.
Danny is handling this amazingly well.
Perhaps he is…
Amazi-Boy???
Eh?? Eh??? See what I did there? Cleaver stuff.
Genera
There may be a cleaver once he finally snaps…
begbert2
“Yeah, real mature, guys. Getting into a tickle fight right in the middle of my floor. Wow Dorothy, you’re really into it, I didn’t think you had it in you, going right under the shirt like that. I always thought you were too seri-uh, wait a second, what are you -aw, man, seriously? Right in front of me? Would you-oh god, I did not want to see that – this is my room, guys! I don’t care what that sign Joe put up says!”
Dr. Z
I can see this happening.
fatemaster1
Really? Can you see the future or was the next page up before you posted this or am I just reading too much into this because I haven’t looked at the next page …. yet.
Crow T. Robot
I think it’s might be “Man, I was mad before, but look at her. She’s gone nuts after dumping me… and I’m stepping up to the plate with a superhero. I think I Win the break up!”
And then amazi-girl finds out he’s going to sell her out and she blocks him faster then youngster joey.
ilacktact
Panel 3 gives me a lot of hope for Dorothy. Maybe she’ll tell Danny if she had been honest they could ended things on better terms and even be really good friends by now. *fingers crossed*
Then Danny can be like, “Sorry I was smothering you. Being as enamored with you as I was, I should have known what your priorities were and supported you more.”
Friendship hug, Danny waves as Dorothy leaves with Walky with a smile on his face and his heart considerably more healed.
Jackson
It’s my favorite comic, Smart People Always Do the Right Thing!
begbert2