Were Amber to actually look at him she’d probably know who he was, but in the time honored tradition of comic book superheroes he has absolutely no idea who she is.
nope. thats probably a DSi standing as it is a lite aqua color, and DSLites were not available as far as i know.. could be a DSiXL, but, it looks average sized even for a females hands..
Wow, that matchup wasn’t even on my list. I expected the whole, infatuation with Amazi-Girl, but… now that I actually think about it, this was rather unanimously called wasn’t it?
I’ve played mario kart DS. The touch screen shows the map, and has no controls whatsoever. Tapping the touchscreen switches it between just a line map, ala every other mario kart, or a detailed map focused around the player’s character.
Diddy kong racing had controls on the touch screen though, but I don’t see how any of this is relevant in the slightest since her hands would have to be in a different position for it to work in the slightest.
landbasered
also, just a tidbit, but the detailed map is really helpful when your opponet uses the squid icon, which shoots ink on the top screen. You can still use the bottom screen to drive accurately without hitting obstacles.
Honestly, most of the good DS games, IMHO, use the buttons more than the touch screen.
Tenn
Touch screen-based games stand out more. That is, if the touch screen is appropriate for the game, it can be pure magic, but if it’s not, it just feels like a cheap gimmick. Button-based games, OTOH, are just, you know… games.
I’d say no control scheme is inherently bad, except for the ones that assume that people have two right hands.
wnderjif
COD(thats a shooter game for you non-gamers) uses some awkward specific handed button controls and touch screen for .. what does that get put into if it uses both well?
(im specualting shes playing one of the littl’st pet shop games)
nope. Pretty sure thats just xbox 360.
I think she was just using the phrase for the sake of using the phrase.
Or rather, her use of nerdy tropes and colloquialisms help shield her from human contact, allowing her to be by herself and not be disturbed, which I think was the main intention.
No…. no, I think she was just playing her game and actually out loud mentioned that she unlocked an achievement in it…. both are likely.
Like, it could be a crack of WoW that you can play on a smartphone; though why the HELL you would want to attempt it on a tiny screen escapes me….. Eh, addicts.
Wait a sec. So he went to a college he didn’t want to go to purely to be with his girlfriend, whom he knew wanted to go to a different college anyway. So he was expecting both himself and Dorothy to be happy going to a college neither wanted to go to?
There is something seriously wrong with that boy.
No, see, he was doing this thing called “making a sacrifice for the one you love.” And when one is young, one can quite easily make such sacrifices, considering them nothing and having full faith they will be rewarded for it. Danny is just pissed because it all blew up in his face, and is being a tad sarcastic with his external monologue. Being pissed after being dumped by someone who has, in hindsight, obviously never taken being with you quite as seriously as you took being with them, is quite normal, not “wrong.” Were Danny acting like everything was just fine and dandy, -then- something would be wrong. =P
But he was expecting her to sacrifice everything to be with him as well. It’s perfectly fine to make sacrifices, but it’s wrong to try to make others sacrifice for your own sake.
Clank
If you’re the only one making all the sacrifices it’s not a relationship, it’s a walk over. You can’t expect big sacrifices from someone, and you making a sacrifice does not entitle you to make demands but compromise has to be a two way thing.
It was a college she chose, and going from what the other commenter’s have said a transfer to Yale wouldn’t have happened quickly. A big sacrifice from him in order to knock two years off the amount of time you’ve got to do a distance relationship for which could help you stay together long term seems worth it.
The E-man
True, but Danny’s a real romantic so far, so he was probably like “OUR LOVE IS SO GREAT THAT SHE SHALL STAY AND WE SHALL BE HAPPY FOREVER!” He wouldn’t think that she was making a sacrifice, he was just thinking that she would realize that going to a different college is a mistake.
Exactly. This has been the point of his mistake. He really wanted to keep being with her, and in his desperation, made some bad choices. It’s not “wrong”, as GBH was saying – it’s part of growing up. Recognizing what you did wrong, learning from it, and not doing it again. Let’s hope Danny-boy can get enough distance from the situation to get the needed perspective.
91 thoughts on “Talk”
David Herbert
Pretty sure they have no clue who the other is.
Joebo
Were Amber to actually look at him she’d probably know who he was, but in the time honored tradition of comic book superheroes he has absolutely no idea who she is.
Shift
I’m betting if Amber wouldn’t care one way or another. I mean, aside from super-heroics, she seems to only care about video games right now. 😛
arjay2813
lol, this one could actually work out: she ignores him, and he stays all hate-y
Eri
Ahoy, me mates! This ship has left port!
Bickendan
Permission to come aboard, Captain!
George
Screw permission, I’m stowing away!
Maybe I shouldn’t have yelled that…
Rognik
Is permission code for Danny or Amber? I’m confused now.
agentksilver
Aye, I signed up the moment she said, “I’m Amazi-Girl.”
Fauxlosopher
Made more hilarious by that gravitar.
Jen Aside
30G – Emo Snub
addude
So I’m not the only who expects them to become a couple now?
R
Isn’t that how it always works in comedies?
Fauxlosopher
Not at all, mostly because it’s psychologically probable that Danny sees his ex. They look A LOT alike.
Andy
Am I the only one who immediately thought “But that doesn’t make sense; there’s no achievements in DS games”?
wnderjif
nope. thats probably a DSi standing as it is a lite aqua color, and DSLites were not available as far as i know.. could be a DSiXL, but, it looks average sized even for a females hands..
Kamino Neko
Willis’s characters have huuuuuge hands. That could be a PSP tapped to the top of a DSiXL and it would still look small in her hands. >_>
David
It’s actually her phone.
Menachem Schmuel
HAH
Rognik
Considering how I had someone accuse my DS Lite for a phone, this proves nothing.
EmpressTohru
Yeah…except that David’s like, the author, so I’m pretty sure he knows what he drew.
dchorror
So what, N-Gages are popular in this world?
EmpressTohru
Lol xD Well, it doesn’t have to be an N-Gage, just a smart phone.
I use mine to play GBA, GG, and NES emulators on it. Some phones like the Cliq for example actually has a D-Pad on it. Mine unfortunately does not ._.
Joebo
Wow, that matchup wasn’t even on my list. I expected the whole, infatuation with Amazi-Girl, but… now that I actually think about it, this was rather unanimously called wasn’t it?
ME
I completely forgot about Amazi-Girl. I guess that happens when one day of comic time is more than a month of real time.
Menachem Schmuel
Yeah, every six months or so I find myself go back through all my comic’s archives just to refresh my memories… and that can take six months, easy >.<
Tekkactus
THEY AREN’T SPEAKING TO ONE ANOTHER THAT MEANS THEY’RE GONNA FUCK
Michael
agreed
Dierna
Awww it’s love at first “mumblemumbleIhatepeoplemumble”
Chaun
Achievement Unlocked 15G
The Anti-Socialist: Reach level 12 of angst.
cappadocius
Is she texting, or just playing a GBA game on her DS Lite?
Compass
Ever play Mario Kart DS with a touch screen? Sounds terrifying, doesn’t it?
landbasered
I’ve played mario kart DS. The touch screen shows the map, and has no controls whatsoever. Tapping the touchscreen switches it between just a line map, ala every other mario kart, or a detailed map focused around the player’s character.
Diddy kong racing had controls on the touch screen though, but I don’t see how any of this is relevant in the slightest since her hands would have to be in a different position for it to work in the slightest.
landbasered
also, just a tidbit, but the detailed map is really helpful when your opponet uses the squid icon, which shoots ink on the top screen. You can still use the bottom screen to drive accurately without hitting obstacles.
Honestly, most of the good DS games, IMHO, use the buttons more than the touch screen.
Tenn
Touch screen-based games stand out more. That is, if the touch screen is appropriate for the game, it can be pure magic, but if it’s not, it just feels like a cheap gimmick. Button-based games, OTOH, are just, you know… games.
I’d say no control scheme is inherently bad, except for the ones that assume that people have two right hands.
wnderjif
COD(thats a shooter game for you non-gamers) uses some awkward specific handed button controls and touch screen for .. what does that get put into if it uses both well?
(im specualting shes playing one of the littl’st pet shop games)
Gianni
Hmmm, was wondering when these two would meet. I guess it’s no surprise that they would have similar computer interests, after all.
That said, does the DS HAVE achievements?
landbasered
nope. Pretty sure thats just xbox 360.
I think she was just using the phrase for the sake of using the phrase.
Or rather, her use of nerdy tropes and colloquialisms help shield her from human contact, allowing her to be by herself and not be disturbed, which I think was the main intention.
Reboot
Amber-to-English translation:
“I was not and am not thinking of talking to you. You have succeeded in your goal.
Congratulations.”
Alechsa
No…. no, I think she was just playing her game and actually out loud mentioned that she unlocked an achievement in it…. both are likely.
Like, it could be a crack of WoW that you can play on a smartphone; though why the HELL you would want to attempt it on a tiny screen escapes me….. Eh, addicts.
PedanticJerkass
No…. no, I think Reboot is correct.
Prior Semblance
While nintendo doesn’t have an achievements system, some ds/wii games have their own personal achievements.
dchorror
Yeah, she could be playing N+.
Shift
Hey is that Shaggy sitting behind Danny and Amber?
XtraLargeRyan
Because he and Scooby must find out who Amazi-girl is!
TheAlucinaut
I literally just said to myself “Well, two characters are talking to each other, better go check out all the new ‘shippers in the comments. ”
Disappointed I was not.
|Agent
I think it is because we’ve got a) well-known characters with b) wide-open potential because of the reboot.
I noticed the same thing in the new Star Trek movie. Spock & Uhura FTW!
Cratacon
Is that Shaggy sitting behind Danny?
Osaru Sensei
Like, Totally, Scoob.
Rognik
Ru-roh, rye sense a cwossover.
MrGBH
Wait a sec. So he went to a college he didn’t want to go to purely to be with his girlfriend, whom he knew wanted to go to a different college anyway. So he was expecting both himself and Dorothy to be happy going to a college neither wanted to go to?
There is something seriously wrong with that boy.
Zanosuke_Kurosaki
No, see, he was doing this thing called “making a sacrifice for the one you love.” And when one is young, one can quite easily make such sacrifices, considering them nothing and having full faith they will be rewarded for it. Danny is just pissed because it all blew up in his face, and is being a tad sarcastic with his external monologue. Being pissed after being dumped by someone who has, in hindsight, obviously never taken being with you quite as seriously as you took being with them, is quite normal, not “wrong.” Were Danny acting like everything was just fine and dandy, -then- something would be wrong. =P
MrGBH
But he was expecting her to sacrifice everything to be with him as well. It’s perfectly fine to make sacrifices, but it’s wrong to try to make others sacrifice for your own sake.
Clank
If you’re the only one making all the sacrifices it’s not a relationship, it’s a walk over. You can’t expect big sacrifices from someone, and you making a sacrifice does not entitle you to make demands but compromise has to be a two way thing.
It was a college she chose, and going from what the other commenter’s have said a transfer to Yale wouldn’t have happened quickly. A big sacrifice from him in order to knock two years off the amount of time you’ve got to do a distance relationship for which could help you stay together long term seems worth it.
The E-man
True, but Danny’s a real romantic so far, so he was probably like “OUR LOVE IS SO GREAT THAT SHE SHALL STAY AND WE SHALL BE HAPPY FOREVER!” He wouldn’t think that she was making a sacrifice, he was just thinking that she would realize that going to a different college is a mistake.
Kamino Neko
She’d stay, or he’d blow off his own education and follow her.
He didn’t think his plan through very well.
Zanosuke Kurosaki
Exactly. This has been the point of his mistake. He really wanted to keep being with her, and in his desperation, made some bad choices. It’s not “wrong”, as GBH was saying – it’s part of growing up. Recognizing what you did wrong, learning from it, and not doing it again. Let’s hope Danny-boy can get enough distance from the situation to get the needed perspective.
dchorror
Let’s hope no one dies for him to get the lesson this time.
HMRC4EVR
Actual hook-up’s in the making, or red herrings by Walky?
And is it me, or does anyone eles’s Danger Sense goes off when they consider Ruth and Mike MIGHT actually LIKE ( I.E. not outright hate) each other??
*shudder*
Loki
I suspect if it’s going to happen at all, they will be in “ships passing in the night” mode for quite some time beforehand.
Chris
Dangit.. I want that achievement.. and my own life achievement score board…
Chris
Amazi-girl! w00T
JK9000
I think a “life achievement score board” would be the most depressing thing imaginable. On the other hand, it could provide direction.
Chris
Yup. Very depressing or very motivational. It all depends upon your point of view.
Cid
good job moron, thats right… it takes a while to discover it but eventually you notice all your mistakes ¬_¬
J.Jackson
Amber be Amazi-girl. It took me a week to figure that out o3o
Dahlia
Wow.
Dannys even more of a jacka** in this ‘verse than in the main Walkyverse…and I didn’t even think that was possible.
Achievement unlocked indeed.
Socks
well he’s all angsty right now too & cut him some slack, his gf broke up with him XD
Andi
Angst!Danny? Nice shirt.
Rognik