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Unlikely
Posted on July 3, 2024 by David M Willis

132 thoughts on “Unlikely”

  1. NGPZ

    I’m dead XD

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      If they don’t get some reinforcements, they could be too!

  2. Amós Batista

    I hear sirens: The Perfect Storm is coming.

  3. Yumi

    Ah, yes, Lucy, noted close friend of Sarah.

    1. Nono

      Remember that Sarah thinks being mean to others is how you show friendship.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Just like throwing toys at girls is how boys show they’re interested.

        1. Bogeywoman

          At least for Walky it is

      2. Taellosse

        Nah – that’s just baseline interaction-with-other-humans for Sarah. Expressing friendship consists of snarky disapproval of someone’s life choices, followed by participation in said activities, accompanied by a steady stream of grumbled complaints over being “forced” to engage in whatever is going on.

    2. Vanessa

      Oh my. Disaster averted probably: Lucy and Walky and Dorothy… drunk…

      1. Needfuldoer

        All following the dress code from yesterday?

      2. Xaeon

        I feel like that either ends in bloodshed, or Lucy having to rethink her description of Joyce.

      3. zee

        I don’t think Dorothy’s invited. Not yet at least, maybe Becky would change her mind

  4. Hazel

    Welcome home, server clock!

    1. Thag Simmons

      and now the cycle can begin anew

    2. Jo_cubstar

      I have been checking at 12:17, do you mean I can check at midnight again?!?!

    3. Amós Batista

      Thanks, WordPress, for allowing lazy people like me to post before everybody.

  5. Blibdoolpoolp

    Poor Sarah, not realizing she’s gonna put Lucy and Jacob in the same room together.

    1. True Survivor

      Oh no. I had not considered that.

    2. Puppeteer Nessus

      Jacob can provide princess-carry services when Sarah breaks Lucy’s toe

    3. UrsulaDavina

      Also Radiah could show up I remember Lucy trying to get in with her group. So that’s a thing that could happen

      1. Coatl

        We’re talking about Raidah, but Lucy’s chance of joining that questionable group…is very likely.

      2. Michael Steamweed

        I’m unsure which is worse: Raidah showing up or Mary showing up.

        1. Pergola

          Porquoi pas tous les deus?

        2. Michael Steamweed

          Oh gods below, that would be terrible!

          *gets out the popcorn and soda

    4. anon

      well, depends on if they’d still click on a romantic level but i think they could use some platonic friends lol

      1. anon

        plus lucy is emotionally/socially aware enough to prolly know that sarah has a crush, if not lucy subconsciously remember when joyce yelled something liek “you stay away from ajacob” forever ago (tho proly more recent to them than us”

    5. Vanessa

      Oh no! If Lucy comes there will be drama.

  6. Animedingo

    Oh god it was posted early

    1. Thag Simmons

      hallelujah!

    2. PedanticJerkass

      earlyon time

      1. Michael Steamweed

        All hail the prodigal son server clock, for it has rejoined us!

  7. Nono

    So Joyce is going to invite Dorothy, who’s going to bring Walky now that they’re back together.

    Sarah is going to invite his ex, Lucy. Who just dumped him.

    1. Alongcameaspider

      I see no possible way this can go wrong

      1. Bash

        And then Sarah invites her crush, who is also interested in Lucy.

    2. anon

      i mean, unless walky and dorothy make out in front of everyone, i’m sure they’ll get used to being in the room together if a bit awkward lol, unless the drunkeness makes things messier

      or dorothy turning it down to not wanna get drunk like twicei n a row lol

  8. Doctor_Who

    So who do you think the most surprising “That Annoying Kid” is?

    I vote Galasso.

    1. anonymsly

      One of them is her childhood home: Sarah herself is a That Annoying Kid. (Hey, you said surprising!)

    2. zee

      Her sister

  9. Bittersweet

    Oh *no*

  10. Cattleprod

    Do you have any idea how little that narrows it down?

    1. True Survivor

      That reference goes above and Beyond.

    2. DailyBrad

      Shway reference.

    3. anon

      I’m surprised she’d even add anyone unless she ‘had to’ for group projects or so and sort them by classmates like “annoying math class neighbor” and “annoying short girl”/ more specifics considering how sarah finds everyone annoying lol

  11. Suet

    I’d be surprised if Joyce wasn’t part of the ~30. And Chan, Char or Carl can’t be invited.

    No, anything involving kissing is not an ideal party activity

    1. anon

      tbf i’m pretty sure sarah and joyc ehave texted before so she’d just need to go through her scroll history

    2. Nymph

      Joyce is someone she loves and considers a little sister – I’d be very surprised if she still rated “random person I find annoying”.

      1. deliverything

        “That kid I pretend to find annoying in order to keep up my misanthropic façade”.

  12. UrsulaDavina

    Horray!!!!!!! This is going to be a disaster!

  13. DailyBrad

    You know, I know the consensus is that Lucy and Sarah will be rivals for Jacob, and that’s fully possible, but it also could be that Lucy ends up as something of a test for Sarah’s new attempted approach.

    Thing is, they’ve been civil pre-Walky relationship, like I do think Sarah at least can appreciate dealing with someone who takes academics seriously, sort of how she likes Dorothy, but obviously, the Walky stuff put a strain on things, as does Lucy’s naivete. But, Lucy IS showing some more cynicism now, so maybe they’ll meet more in the middle? We’ll see.

    Also, Walky and Lucy in the same place will definitely be interesting and a test of what, exactly, Walky and Dorothy are now.

    1. Coatl

      Drama and chaos are common in this comic, but let’s hope that Walky and Lucy are on good terms, I mean, Dorothy finally got rid of a big problem so that now there is more conflict…no thanks

    2. Vanessa

      True, Lucy supposedly knows how to go to class and to study for tests. That would endear her to Sarah. In theory. And Jacob. If anyone else in the cast loves to check stupid boxes to achieve the imagined approval of relatives like Lucy, it’s Jacob.

    3. Nymph

      Yeah I know everyone is hoping Lucy means drama, but I’m really hoping Lucy turns up and is like “HAH! I knew we were friends.” to Sarah because she was the one who invited Lucy to the party.

      Or that Lucy at least realizes that, while cruel, Sarah wasn’t wrong about how fast the rest of the friendgroup dropped her when she and Walky split up.

      1. furubatsu

        Have they dropped her? It’s been what, two or three days since Walky and Lucy broke up, the group doesn’t have to see eachother every day, especially since Lucy lives in a seperate dorm from everyone else.
        Also did Walky actually tell anyone aside from Dorothy that he and Lucy have broken up? That could be why nobodies reached out to her in that case.

        1. thejeff

          They broke up Sunday – after church. It’s now Tuesday.
          Lucy walked to class with the group yesterday.
          It’s really hard to say she’s been dropped at this point.

        2. Nymph

          Meh, I wasn’t trying to be dramatic about it, just hopeful that Sarah and Lucy can become friends off this.

  14. BBCC

    Look, this whole emotionally available schtick is a work in progress, okay? XD

  15. Kitschensyngk

    “That annoying kid who rooms with me”
    “That annoying kid who wants to be President”
    “That annoying kid who’s a superhero”
    “That annoying kid who’s a lesbian”
    “That annoying kid who’s the lesbian’s girlfriend”
    “That annoying kid who still watches cartoons”
    “That annoying kid who’s my sister”
    “That annoying kid who smokes”
    “That REALLY annoying kid with the hat”

    1. Vanessa

      lol perfect. I know who all of those people are.

    2. Michael Steamweed

      Now I want to see the DoA cast page, from Sarah’s viewpoint. All the main characters are variants on “That annoying kid who…” 😀

    3. John Campbell

      Nah, Sarah’s down with Dina.

      It’ll be a huge list of:
      That annoying kid who…
      That annoying kid who…
      That annoying kid who…
      Dina
      That annoying kid who’s going to break Dina’s heart
      That annoying kid who…
      That annoying kid who…

  16. HueSatLight

    I don’t know how much of Sarah picking Lucy is because of how few people she actually talks to, or an effort be friendlier and make up for burning her too hard. But I am hoping it’s for the Walky-Dorothy-Lucy drama that’s been predicted.

    1. Coatl

      I know that I will sound too optimistic, but I hope that this conflict is resolved right there, besides, Dorothy went through a bitter moment, give her a break.

    2. HueSatLight

      unless Lucy’s still at the mystery restaurant she went to for lunch Monday. Pluto something-something. Or a strip club. OR a strip club with a Pluto space colony theme.

      1. morleuca

        Oof that sounds drear. I mean a Pluto colony. Not a Lucy at a strip club thing.

    3. anon

      i can also lucy being chill more or less about the alcohol aspect, or at least , she wouldn’t narc even if she wouldn’t wanna participate in the ‘usual college antics’ or consider it like a ‘rite of passage’ like some other adolescents do

      1. Vanessa

        Drunk Lucy would be interesting.

        1. Mark

          Someone hands her a cup, she takes a big gulp without thinking, fire shoots out of her ears, she gasps “wait, what IS this stuff???”.

          Just as her tongue is loosening up, Dorothy arrives with Walky on her arm.

          Interesting times indeed.

        2. Mark

          Alternate script: Lucy was brought up to use alcohol in moderation. This stuff is stronger than she’s used to, but she’s pacing herself and doing well. Walky is hanging around somewhere. Dorothy appears, grabs Walky in a big smooch. Lucy’s eyes grow as large as a tarsier’s. Walky senses trouble with him at the center, and begins looking frantically for the escape pod.

      2. thejeff

        She roomed with Billie back while she was still drinking, so we know she’s had some exposure.

        Has college really changed so much from my day that another student narcing on a relatively mild party is even something anyone would worry about?

        If it’s trashing the whole floor or something, sure. Or if you’re dealing with a Mary who’s always looking for blackmail material. But a regular college kid you’re thinking of inviting?

        1. Nymph

          No, it hasn’t changed, the people in these comments are just high-strung about some pretty average college experiences.

        2. thejeff

          That’s what I was leaning towards, but it was a long time ago. 🙂

          “Do they even college?”

        3. anon

          Sure but i doubt billie ever offered her one of her flasks lol but if anything i’d think she’d be more putoff by alcohol or just not particpate or so

    4. Nymph

      The drama that was foretold.

  17. C.T. Phipps

    Prediction:

    Lucy shows up, talks to Sarah, and Sarah points out that Walky slept with Dorothy.

    Lucy thinks Sarah is HORRIBLE.

    Lucy not being aware that Walky and she broke up and thinks that Sarah was tormenting her.

    1. anon

      does sarah even know? altho other than to spite lucy you’d think sarah would want /less/ drama versus just grabbing a bucket pof popocorn to enjoy

    2. Nymph

      Lucy absolutely knows that she and Walky are broken up. She is the one who broke up with him.

      1. HueSatLight

        It will still probably sting.

        1. Nymph

          Oh for sure it’ll sting. Nobody likes having it confirmed that they were a placeholder for the person their partner actually wanted to date.

      2. aelfwine

        So people keep claiming.

      3. Taffy

        It was on panel and everything, right where we could see it. Not all breakups are pretty and tidy, and not all of them even involve the words “I’m breaking up with you” or “We’re through”. It’s just not necessary, even from a narrative standpoint.

        1. thejeff

          It was kind of possible at first. If the next time she’d seen Walky, she’d been like “We need to talk” it wouldn’t have been a huge surprise.

          But she didn’t and it’s a lot less likely now.

        2. Nymph

          Exactly this.

  18. anon

    well, lucy does have a fb but i imagine it’d be easier to just walk to lucy’s dorm room lol

  19. IntangibleMatter

    There’s another ~48 “The Annoying Adult”s

  20. Newlland(Henryvolt)

    I have no doubt Sarah could invite others but people would expect her to choose not too out of principal and spite.

  21. Bash

    So she’s going to Jacob because she likes him, and Lucy to cover her real intentions? Yeah that’s going to go swimmingly.

    1. anon

      well given that they had an ‘honest’ convo earlier, even if he does ‘click’ with lucy i imagine he’s not gonna make amove/ask her out then and there a t teh end of the party lol

  22. Taffy

    If nobody gets completely Snicker-faced and calls someone else a cockfucker, this will have been the worst arc in the entire comic. I might have to unleash nuclear war on the entire Midwest, using my nuclear weapons that I definitely have.

    1. deliverything

      If someone does use such an insult, I hope it’s targeted at Becky, just so she can be dumbfounded about how blatantly inaccurate it is.

  23. anon

    i don’t know if the alcohol is /that/ strong, but it would be interesting to see varying levels of drunkenness.

    Maybe /Asher/ will meet Amber/be there too XD

  24. Heather

    Man Sarah really is opening up more these days if she’s admitting Taylor Swift lyrics make her feel something. That’s actually embarrassing Sarah. I’m kind of impressed even if I’m mostly baffled at how the McDonald’s of music did that for you.

    1. Slartibeast Button, BIA

      Of course, in a few decades of comic book time that will be like referencing the Beatles…

    2. eh, whatever

      Admitting? It’s snark. “I’m, like, totally a normal person who, like, has feelings about… Taylor Swift lyrics or whatever it is that normal people have feelings about!”

      1. Nymph

        Yeah, that’s a pretty common conversational bit. “Yep I’m normal, here is an example of a thing I think is normal that I totally also do”.

        1. deliverything

          Like a normal human person, I’m typing this comment with my human fingers.

  25. Shakes

    Becky casually throwing her jacket on the pile of lesbos.

  26. Mr. Random

    The Walkertons get drunk on thimbles.
    It’s gonna be a mess no matter what.

    1. Needfuldoer

      That might be all everyone gets if they keep inviting more and more people.

      1. Mark

        At some point the new invitees start bringing bottles too.

  27. Florence

    Final panel Becky: ?

  28. Jesse

    “Lucy?
    Damn!
    Lucy?
    Damn!
    Lucy?…”

    1. Daibhid C

      …And then Becky gets a text alert. “Hey!”

      1. Michael Steamweed

        “Fine, I’m changing the name to ‘That annoying kid who lezzes the most”.

        “Oh, well, that’s all right then.”

      2. Jesse

        Either you get early updates on Patreon, or you predicted it all by yourself.

  29. C.T. Phipps

    They should find out what kind of alcohol it is and make a punch.

    1. morleuca

      How about just a container of tang and dump it into the bottle?

      1. C.T. Phipps

        That wouldn’t dilute the alcohol or make more for everyone to drink.

    2. darkoneko

      punching may be involved

  30. darkoneko

    Sarah no

  31. Chubseus

    Now see, I could actually see Sarah and Lucy becoming friends now. Like, if Lucy got upset at this party, I could fully see Sarah slapping Wally in the face on her behalf because Sarah’s a woman of action.

    1. Nymph

      Why does Walky deserve to be hit exactly?

      1. Taffy

        He got broken up with. How dare he.

        1. Nymph

          Very rude of him, honestly. He should know better.

      2. HueSatLight

        he introduced Jason to Ruth.

    2. anonymsly

      So… you’re in favor of unprovoked physical assault on people who’ve done nothing wrong…? Is there context I’m missing?

  32. ValdVin

    “Sarah’s feiends” is almost entirely a subset of “Becky’s friends”, right?

  33. Michael Steamweed

    A common introvert dilemma: take the health risk of drunkenness or take the scary risk of social interaction. :O

    1. zee

      Admittedly the first kinda dulls down fear of the latter

  34. Hydrohead

    She is clearly not an Android user, because her phone would have been constantly offering to merge them for her.

  35. raultsi

    that last panel. Becky, you’re loving this, ain’t you?

  36. Pergola

    A party with -all- the annoying kids? I’m there!

  37. aelfwine

    So Joyce will invite Dorothy, who’ll bring her boyfriend Walky.
    And Sarah will invite Lucy, who’ll bring her boyfriend Walky.

  38. Yeet

    clearly the answer is to text all the That Annoying Kids, fix the name of whoever shows up, and delete whoever doesn’t because fuck em if they can’t be bothered to show up for your party

  39. HueSatLight

    Have to whittle it down by area code, if she knows where Lucy is from. Do we know where Lucy is from? Is she from Indiana even? Are any of the American characters from any other state?

    1. Reltzik

      Does Sal count as being from another state?

      1. HueSatLight

        I’m not counting “at a boarding school in another state from parents’ home address” as from another state. She’d get in-state tuition I expect.
        Real life IU Bloomington has an in-state rate of 54%, 41% other states, 5% international.

    2. thejeff

      Do area codes even mean anything anymore?

      I guess for kids, who probably haven’t had their phones long enough to have moved states.

      1. HueSatLight

        I did start with area codes, didn’t I. So Sal probably would count as from another state. Ruth was 16 when she moved from Canada to the US, so maybe a Canadian number maybe a US one.

  40. Rabisch

    Sarah will see Jacob and Lucky’s friendship under another light and think that’s her karma for all the time she was horrible with Lucky.

  41. Bryy

    btw
    I love the title for this chapter and fear for its meaning down the road.

    1. NGPZ

      It’s an M. Bison quote, apparently.

      1. Bryy

        No, I know. It’s my favorite scene.

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