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Appalled
Posted on August 24, 2018 by David M Willis

328 thoughts on “Appalled”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    intrigued, aroused, an’ disturbed?

    1. space

      This LITERALLY can’t get any worse.

      1. space

        Unless Amber’s father comes I guess… or Danny… or Dorothy…

        1. shadowcell

          FOOLS! you discount the machinations of GALASSO at your PERIL

        2. Diner Kinetic

          For you see; if they can’t get together, then that’s hypothetically twice as many pizzas sold since they won’t split pies together. It’s a cunning plan; engineering all of the relationship dramas at the university for the sole purpose of maximizing profits, but pickles were an expensive menu addition and it was this or outright just taking and selling customer’s organs.

        3. HeySo

          All Galasso needs to do is offer chicken nuggets as a pizza topping, and Walky’ll already empty out his wallet without any further machinations being necessary. Add in that probably noone* else would want to join Walky in eating such pizzas (and that Walky likely wouldn’t share, regardless), and it’s a win for Galasso all-around.

          *(Actually, if I wasn’t vegetarian, I think I’d totally try that. Cheese and breaded chicken really do go so well together..)

        4. Annonymouse

          Hey, you don’t have to look to far for meatless chicken strips.
          Subway already serves the strips on their chicken sandwiches.
          Just have to find out who the supplier is, order direct and bread them yourself.

        5. Gwen

          Veggie Chick’n nuggets are also already a thing.

        6. Charlie Spencer

          A local place does a Chicken Parm pizza. It sounds great in theory but the execution suffers from a basic design flaw. Chunks of chicken parm are too heavy for the crust to support without buckling.

        7. Marsh Maryrose

          Soon you will know the TRUE power of SYDNEY YUS!

        8. HMH

          Amber’s father coming would actually be a net positive. There are three people on this roof who would be willing to corroborate a believable perjury about the way he accidentally slipped off the roof and died.

        9. HeySo

          Given how thin Amber’s hold on her psychological state is these days, the net positive gain may be a bit more uncertain than you’ve indicated. Besides, Sal is too upfront a person, I can’t see her being comfortable hiding a cold-blooded murder, regardless of the societal benefits that may be involved.

        10. HeySo

          And honestly, Walky’d break twelve seconds after the fact, and quickly hide himself under a bridge beneath a mountain of empty nugget boxes, shivering at every loud noise. Really not someone you’d want to back your play on that kind of thing 😛

        11. Regalli

          All of which is why I support Blaine’s death being by mobsters running out of use and patience for him! Alternately Yuri, we don’t know her well enough to know what she’s capable of.

        12. BBCC

          Ohhh, I like the idea of Yuri snapping and going ‘He had it coming’ on his ass.

      2. Inahc

        everything can always get worse. >.<

        1. Clif

          can and will get worse. Fixed that for you.

      3. Giza

        Sure it can. Sal could know about Walky failing, and could probably puzzle out that Amber helped him cheat his grades back up.

      4. Miri

        Unless Amber freaks out and somebody ends up falling off Garbage Roof as a direct consequence?

        1. Annonymouse

          Optimistic thinking there.
          I am pretty darn sure she is on the cusp of a total freakout.
          Just look at those eyes.
          The real question is – what trajectory will she take when going ballistic?

      5. hof1991

        At least its still Amber and no AG. So far.

        1. Nikolai Geier

          AG and Sal are friends.
          Amber and Sal are not.

        2. Eyebrow

          Can someone remind me if Sal knows who AG is, and if Amber knows who Sal is?

        3. thejeff

          No and yes. Sal doesn’t know Amber is AG. Amber knows Sal is the girl from the robbery, but she didn’t know before now that Walky and Sal were related.

  2. Stu

    Well THAT didn’t take long! Though I’ve no idea how Amber will react to this.

    1. Reltzik

      Catsgotwalkystongueatonia.

    2. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      She is both appalled and impressed.

      Imppalled.

      Appassed.

      I dunno. *le shrug* xD

    3. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      I’m hoping that it isn’t this.
      Also, really wish there was a Preview option to make sure I got that html right.

      1. Needfuldoer

        Wow, Amazi-girl hasn’t made an appearance since December.

        1. thejeff

          Amazi-Girl hasn’t actually appeared on stage since before the slashing – back in April 17.
          The two tagged since then are Amber arguing with the costume (and the costume apparently yelling “Noooooooo”) and the social media report showing Amber that Amazi-Girl had foiled a dognapping.

          I’m really looking forward to (and dreading) her reappearence.

  3. Shiro

    Ooooooooooh

    Somehow I wasn’t expecting that

    1. Doctor_Who

      Nobody expect the Salish Imposition.

      1. mschmidt62

        Least of all the Kwakiutl.

        1. Marsh Maryrose

          I had to google. Having done so, I bow deeply in respect.

        2. Ramona

          Impressed myself by not having to google!

        3. Jon Rich

          What do the Kwakiutl have to do with it?

        4. Ramona

          Salish.

        5. Catullus

          This is probably my all-time favorite DoA comment.

        6. Annonymouse

          Maybe not my all-time favorite but it does cross the bar of awesome-eh with lots of extra air.

      2. Cholma

        Dammit! Where’s the +1, ^, or Like button?! The Doctor needs an upvote!

    2. jeffepp

      I was. I just expected her to climb up the side of the building.

      1. Wizard

        I’m still assuming she did.

        1. jeffepp

          True. I meant, right there, where, and while, they were making out.

    3. Deanatay

      ALWAYS. EXPECT. NINJAS.

      By which I mean Sal.

  4. NerdHerder

    I TOLD YOU SO

  5. AnvilPro

    Booooo, go away interloper!

  6. King Daniel

    So Sal is…impalled? Appressed?

    1. Emperor Norton II

      Ampelsed.

    2. Michelle J. Caboose

      Help! Help! I’m being appressed!

      1. Annonymouse

        Isa dat irony?

        [Plumber-pun]

        1. Nikolai Geier

          No, it’s ironing, silly.

  7. Sol Karas

    I am almost tempted to throw money at Willis’ patreon to see tomorrow’s strip.
    Almost.

    1. Reltzik

      Well if you want to see the next strip about Joyce early, go ahead.

      1. Reltzik

        (Disclaimer: I don’t actually know if Willis is going to switch on us. But he is Willis and lo, he is damnable, so probably.)

      2. Kris

        Joyce comes up to the roof too?! ö_ö

        1. Emperor Norton II

          With Dorothy.

          (Same disclaimer as Reltzic.)

        2. Dana

          And Ninja Rick. (No disclamer)

        3. Emperor Norton II

          You only say that because Ninja Rick is in every single strip.

        4. Daisy

          As is Bloodrose 🙂

        5. Emperor Norton II

          And most of the time they are making out.

        6. Roborat

          Everybody comes up to the roof top, quickly turning the page into an homage to the classic “Night at the Opera”.

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      It’s what I did yesterday , I don’t regret it one bit but damn was I not prepared.

    3. BBCC

      Doooo it

      Doooo it

      One of us, one of us!

      1. Annonymouse

        …… Inarticulate screeching …..

  8. BBCC

    Welp, this is gonna end well.

    1. Deanatay

      Well for US, the commenters. We’ll have plenty to bongo about.

      For the characters? Yeah, no.

  9. Deadjolras

    This strip made me grin so widely it hurts and also I can’t stop. Send help, the hype has taken over me!

  10. JetstreamGW

    I’m not entirely sure why Sal’s appalled, actually. What’d I miss?

    1. cbwroses

      Appalled because she knows Walky just broke up with Dorothy.
      And possibly because Amber and Dorothy look similar.

    2. King Daniel

      Sal may have an idea of who Amazi-Girl’s alter ego is.

      1. DailyBrad

        She’s barely interacted with Amber before, so it wouldn’t really make any sense for her to have pieced it together, so I doubt it. Would be interesting to see what she’d do with that information if she did know, though Amazi-Girl and her do seem to be on better terms.

        1. jeffepp

          Also, it’s now kind of a running joke. Amber even used this to cheat at ‘Carts. And Sal fell for it.

      2. Marsh Maryrose

        Sal has met Amazi-Girl on the roof — once. She’s also met Amber twice in other contexts, but doesn’t know her name (she calls Amber “Laundry Girl” in their most recent encounter).

        Does she recognize Amber? Does she put two and two together and realize Amazi-Girl’s identity?

        Right now, I’m guessing she’s more focused on Walky than the girl he’s kissing. I’m also guessing that the narrative arc would be better furthered by Sal not putting two and two together and that’s how DYW will play it, but who knows.

        1. thejeff

          Much like Walky, I suspect Sal’s nicknames don’t actually mean she doesn’t know the person’s real name.

      3. Chris Phoenix

        Huh? Everyone knows Sal is Amazi-Girl!

    3. Kris

      Sal kinda knows about Walky being with Dorothy. Also she might not know they broke up.

      1. cbwroses

        Sal thought they were broke up when they were just on pause, so she’s believed they were broken up longer than they were officially.

  11. David M Willis

    ha ha ha ha, i forgot about that alt-text

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      Ah the Alt-text, always the icing on the cake.

    2. Doctor_Who

      Wack’d attack’d by fac’t.

    3. butts

      wack’d

  12. Poskie

    Amber’s due for another breakdown.

    1. butts

      Wait, does Amber… know… that Walky is Sal’s brother? I don’t think she does.

      Fuck.

      1. Miri

        Nope, his face sets her brain on edge for a reason she can’t identify (he joked that was racist, she stuttered in horror). But e.g. she isn’t in the Mathematics class with them, she arriged at Joyce’s dorm party juat after Sal left (so missed Sal pointing this out to Ethan and Danny)…

        1. newllend(henryvolt)

          Well his face didn’t seem to scare her off enough to make her not want to kiss the hell out of it.

        2. Fred Garber

          Making out with someone who makes you a little queasy is a perfectly garbage thing to do on Garbage Roof.

        3. Eldritch Gentleman

          Honestly, considering how she got hots for Walky and was with Danny, who befriended Sal, I’m starting to wonder if this isn’t some roundabout way in which her brain is telling her that she has a crush on Sal.

      2. Eyebrow

        I also can’t remember if Amber knows that Sal was the robbery girl.

  13. Kris

    Well I don’t know if it can be called “garbage roof” anymore with Sal there.

    1. Reltzik

      Are you saying Sal can’t slum if she wants to?

      1. BBCC

        Hey, to her, this is ‘smoking and sometimes hanging out with AG’ roof.

  14. tyranidswarm

    So according to Amber, making out with Walky is garbage. And since people are only allowed to feel like garbage and be garbage on the garbage roof, does this mean that Walky and Amber are only kinda sorta dating now on the garbage roof?

    1. Yumi

      Like Danny was only dating her when she was AG, Walky is only dating her when she’s on the roof (and Amber).

      1. Emperor Norton II

        Fiddlin’ around on the roof, eh?

        1. Inahc

          Up on the rooof…

        2. Marsh Maryrose

          A most unlikely sight!

        3. JoeCovenant

          Sounds crazy, no?

        4. CianM1301

          Yet here in our little University of Indiana, you might say each one of us has fiddled around on the roof.

      2. jeffepp

        Actually, they started “seeing” each other while she was in costume.

        1. Yumi

          She was in costume, but she was Amber.

        2. King Daniel

          Yeah, the costume isn’t the reliable indicator of whether it’s Amber or Amazi-Girl in control (we’ve seen Amazi-Girl in “civilian” clothes, and we’ve seen Amber in the costume), the tags are.

          Or if you want to be a little less meta, it’s the presence/absence of cheek blush – presence means it’s Amber, absence means it’s Amazi-Girl.

        3. thejeff

          No. He first met Amazi-Girl on the roof. With racism cookies.
          It was later he met Amber dressed as Amazi-Girl and I think it was then they named it Garbage Roof, but the attitude was there before.

        4. ReFlex76

          I recall him meeting her when he and Dorothy were chasing her.

        5. thejeff

          Yeah. That’s true. They may have run into each other other times as well, but they actually started talking up on the roof and first made that connection when she was Amazi-Girl.
          Which Walky doesn’t at all get the implications of.

    2. Dana

      As I understand it, you don’t have to be garbage, but you can’t object to people calling themselves garbage.

  15. cbwroses

    That panel 2, tho.

  16. Reltzik

    …. does it really count as me calling it yesterday if I expected it not to happen for at least another year (real time)?

    1. BBCC

      Yeah, I’d say so.

    2. Regalli

      Take the Called It Stars and duck for impending drama.

  17. Stephen Bierce

    *the fuse blows on the sound system*

    1. Deanatay

      *plugs his ears for the feedback howl*

  18. Cass

    It’s funny, I always wondered whether Sal would turn up up there at the same time as them someday and yet the past couple of strips I hadn’t even considered this might be that day.

  19. newllend(henryvolt)

    It’s like what the Old Testament says ” The great Willis gives and then he takes away” …. but for real though I know I said we would cross this bridge when we get to it but I didn’t think we would get to this bridge so fast.

    That aside is cell appalled at what she seen or is she appalled about the Declaration of love for garbage from the two garbage lovers.

    Wait “Garbage lovers” Perfect name for these two.

    1. Emperor Norton II

      I always felt that this translation had a little more oomph to it:

      “And behold, the most Damnable of them all in My eyes, the beast known to thee as Willis; and as I created him, I knew he would be the downfall of all good, and he shall indeed be Damned for all eternity. And yet, he shall have his followers, for he knows when to give; and they will not turn on him when he takes away, for he will do so in a way that leaves them hungry for more.

      And Son of Adam, thou might ask me why I would create such a devious creature that will bring only pain and damnation to this world. And Son of Adam, know that questioning thy Lord is not welcome, as I work in strange and mysterious ways, and I will not be doubted by one such as thee!

      But if thou really must know…. It’s because the storyline with Becky and Dina’s hat is fricking adorkable!”

    2. Keulen

      I prefer the more old-timey sounding “The Willis giveth and the Willis taketh away”.

      Also I believe this ship is already called the S.S. Garbage Skowl.

  20. Yumi

    And then Amber and Walky go on a double date with Sal and Danny, and everyone is mature and it’s not awkward at all, the end.

    1. Artschoolrage

      I low key wouldnt mind that.

    2. Emperor Norton II

      If someone could bottle the eternal optimism found in certain commenters *coughBaggecough* and turn it into gold, the gold prices would soon collapse.

      1. Bagge

        I’m sure everything would still work out for the best!

        1. Khyrin

          Mind, the best could be the entire dorm being bundled into a facility with nice ,young men to listen, with clean white walls and 30cm of telekill alloy on the outside and 0 functional doors.

      2. Roborat

        That is when you buy it all and wait two hours for the market to reset.

        1. Roborat

          Hmm, must have been a tad to obscure with this reference.

  21. butts

    SAL, ON HER WAY TO WRECK YOUR SHIT

    1. Deadjolras

      SAL, THE GARBAGE COLLECTOR

      1. Keulen

        SAL, THE TRASH COMPACTOR

  22. Foxhack

    Is… is Amber going to go into a state of shock because she’s going to realize Walky’s the brother of the girl who was part of the event that split her into two?

    1. Yumi

      Even more fun if she feels that part of her feelings towards him were tied up in her unconscious association between him and Sal.

      1. Sporks5000

        <3

    2. DailyBrad

      That’s a good question. I don’t think she knew they were siblings, though it’s possible she does know, given she knows both of their last names, probably, and has seen them in person together at least once.

      I’m eager to find out.

      1. King Daniel

        When did Amber – or Amazi-Girl – see them together?

        1. Chronos

          Was she at Joyce’s room party when it was revealed to everyone there they were siblings?

        2. King Daniel

          Sal left the party right before Amber showed up.

        3. cbwroses

          She and Sal weren’t at the party at the same time.

        4. Emperor Norton II

          She was, but she arrived shortly after Sal left.

          Which is good, since she would probably have got an anxiety attack from seeing Sal.

        5. Chronos

          Ah, right. I couldn’t quite remember the sequence of events. Thanks all.

        6. thejeff

          Only once. Amazi-Girl saw them in the hallway during Carla’s revelation of Ruth/Billie. No indication there was any connection between them though.

          Other than that Amber’s appeared in strips with both of them, but either in montage scenes or with one just in the background.

      2. Needfuldoer

        They’re really the same person phasing back and forth between both roles extremely quickly, just like the Olsen twin.

    3. Kris

      I’d ask how could she not know with Walky being Sal’s identical twin. You’d think that would trigger her immediately.

      1. Yumi

        They’re not identical twins, they’re fraternal. They do share a good deal of sibling resemblance, though.

        1. Kris

          How are they not identical twins? I mean I know opposite gender identical twins are rare in real life and generally come with different issues, but I though that in this it was a trope of works of fiction in general?

        2. Yumi

          I’m not sure how you arrived at that assumption, honestly, but they have been noted to have some physical differences– besides the obvious, there’s their natural hair text which differs. Sal made the comment of Walky coming out “whiter,” which may be just that or may be a combination of a number of factors.

        3. Yumi

          *hair texture

        4. Schpoonman

          Word of God is that Sal’s and Walky’s skin tone is identical, and Walky’s hair gets “kinkier” (his words, I believe) whenever it gets long enough, just like Sal’s does.

        5. Yumi

          In comic explanation disagrees (and flips your “long” with “short”): http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/03-answers-in-hennessy/kinky-2/

        6. thejeff

          The skin is the same tone.

          The black vs beige was our first clue to the family’s racial issues and reflects a lot more than actual color.

        7. Yumi

          Yeah, I never said anything about their skin tone being different?

        8. thejeff

          Guess I misread. Thought that’s what you were saying the in comic explanation disgreed with.

        9. cbwroses

          Last time I checked, identical twins were twins separated from the same egg.
          That doesn’t seem possible with opposite gender twins.

        10. Yumi

          You probably mean “twins with different sex markers” when you say “opposite gender twins.” Because yeah, I have known identical twins who were different genders.

        11. Usayasha

          It’s theoretically possible, since even ciswomen can have XY chromosomes, as sex characteristics are determined largely by hormones. Though think that’s determined largely in the womb, so whatever happens to one would happen to the other, meaning it’d be quite the circumstance if they managed different sex characteristics.

        12. TheStranger

          Identical twins are genetically identical. So two boys, or two girls. They’re both either XX or XY because the egg split.

          Fraternal twins share a womb, but come from two different eggs, and so while they CAN be both XX or both XY, fraternal twins can also be one boy, one girl.

        13. Yumi

          I just want to note that sex and gender can be more complicated than that, but that’s not what’s going on with Walky and Sal.

        14. Lingo

          Identical means literally identical. Different genders means not identical.

        15. Lingo

          Those 4 responses were not there before…

        16. Kris

          Pffft! This always happens. It’s the best and worst part of the comments section. To be fair I am aware opposite gender identical twins can’t exist. I just thought it was this.
          https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HalfIdenticalTwins
          It’s Walky is even listed on that page. (Not that tvtropes is a reliable source)
          Thank you for all the feedback!

        17. Yumi

          Even the point of that trope is that the twins in question aren’t REALLY identical twins, though.

        18. Marsh Maryrose

          I thing I had not known until tonight is that there is at least one known set of semi-identical twins, who share 100% of their maternal DNA but only 50% of their paternal DNA. Biology is always full of surprises.

        19. Needfuldoer

          I just still think it’s kind of funny that David and Maggie had a set of fraternal twins, after he’d been writing comics about fraternal twins for years.

      2. Marsh Maryrose

        They’re not identical. Walky is the one without boobs.

        Sal left that party minutes before Amber arrived. Checking the tags, Amazi-Girl has seen Sal and Walky in the hallway exactly once, but she might not even have noticed Walky, for reasons.

      3. CJ

        I think you cannot get the height-difference with Sal being taller from indentical twins with different sex chromosomes (according to Detective Conan at least, you only get that by one of them somehow loosing the Y chromosome and that one turns out female and smaller because of Turner Syndrome).
        Hm, google states that you can get twins from the same egg with different sex chromosomes and both having two sex chromosomes, in cases where the original inseminated egg had XXY chromosomes. This wouldn’t get the hight-effect described in DC. Still, it’s unlikely this is the case with Sal and Walky, because they have a lot of different bodily characteristics like different skin coloring, hair texture, height, …

        1. Yumi

          Height is something that can be impacted by a lot of outside factors, though.

        2. Needfuldoer

          Like boots.

  23. Purblebirb

    Ah, fuck.

  24. Diner Kinetic

    oh no oh no oh no this can’t be happening how am I going to sleep tonight???

    I just don’t have five bucks to shell out for power over time 😛

  25. shadowcell

    lol that ship hadn’t even cleared the dock before it got torpedoed

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      Hey let’s not over react here there’s still a chance it can go a little longer…….there’s no chance is there?

      Well I guess a good way to some this up then would be: https://youtu.be/3Ni_DD15y80

  26. BBCC

    As the Great Willis has reminded us on twitter, it’s only $5 a month to read tomorrow’s strip on Patreon.

    1. Clif

      You know with his buffer, he could really clean up by charging $5.00 for one day ahead, $10. for two days, $20 for three days, $50. for four days, $100 for five days and a solid week ahead for $200 a month. But you’re only eligible for the next step up if you’re already subscribing at the previous level.

      1. BBCC

        Let’s not get greedy. It’s hard enough remembering what’s been published on here and what hasn’t as it is sometimes.

  27. Mr. Random

    …. and the glasses fall from her eyes.
    I wonder if we’re finally gonna see Sal’s hand.

  28. pjeseb

    Immediately after leaving dock, the S. S. Garbage Skowl swerves onto a collision course with the iceberg Disappointed Nemesis.

    1. King Daniel

      Why not adjust that metaphor so that it instead refers to the SS Titanic‘s almost-collision with the SS City of New York as the former was leaving harbor?

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_City_of_New_York#Post-war

      (that little fun fact is one of my favorite bits of Titanic trivia, by the way – you can almost taste the foreshadowing present in the fact that the Titanic missed a ship named City of New York while on her way to…the city of New York.)

  29. DEAD MEME

    For Willis (besides the expected “damn you”):

    https://goo.gl/images/yCB3BY

  30. MatthewTheLucky

    This does NOT look like a job for Amazi-Girl.

    But I bet she’s going to show up anyways.

    1. jeffepp

      She’s better. She and Sal have a date, and all.

  31. Queen Anthai

    OH SHIIIIIIIIIIIIII–

    1. Emperor Norton II

      -P IS SINKING!

      Is that what you were trying to say?

  32. Koms

    Kill Bill siren in 3..2..1..

    1. Chronos

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOy6hqzfsAs

      There ya go

      1. Koms

        Thanks!!

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      One more thing to make me feel ancient. I love Kill Bill, but to me that siren is the Ironside intro.

  33. cbwroses

    So who here thinks that, or at least wonders if, Sal was there for yesterday’s strip and just didn’t say anything until now?

    1. Bagge

      I don’t. If she were silent then there was no reason for her not to be silent now.

      1. cbwroses

        She could have been silent then to see what would happen.
        After all, Amber initiated the kiss yesterday.
        But today, as soon as Walky admits a desire to continue and starts to do so, thereby confirming him being “terrible”, Sal speaks.

        1. CJ

          Wasn’t it always the difference between the people who are atrative to loads of people and those that don’t, that the former can jump from one relationship to the next whatever without pause, while the others just don’t have the opportunity?
          (Speaking as one without the opportunity: it might not be a wise choice most of the time, but why involve moral demerits?)

        2. cbwroses

          I’m not sure what you’re saying.
          But since they’re on Garbage Roof, and Walky already said he’d be terrible if he got involved with Amber so quickly, they’ve already brought “morals” into it and judged themselves negatively.

        3. CJ

          I was referring to the comments moralizing, not the characters.

        4. cbwroses

          But I wasn’t speaking on Walky’s morals. I was giving a potential reason why Sal might have been there for the other strip yet remained silent.

  34. Meep

    Well that’s the death of that, probably.

  35. SailorCake

    Why am I loving this so much? >w<

  36. Artschoolrage

    YES. I wasn’t expecting this and it’s delicious.

  37. foducool

    and so, they both eloped to become trailer trash together lol

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Honestly, yes please.

  38. Anywhere

    I am 100% here for this, this is the content I signed up for

  39. Conuly

    COLLISION TIME.

  40. Chronos

    Oh, hai Amber. Is it Freakout o’ Clock time yet?

  41. newllend(henryvolt)

    They didn’t even get to the licky style tung action yet. Sal is really good at that cock blocking.

  42. Saaaam

    If Walky keeps getting with Danny’s exes then…
    oh no

    1. Agemegos

      He’ll take a ukelele lesson from his sister?

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Is that what the millennials are calling it?

    2. King Daniel

      That’s why Sal’s appalled, isn’t it.

  43. Roger

    well that was quick

  44. Bagge

    SAL, DON’T CLAM-JAM!

    Seriously. She doesn’t know her effect on Amber so I don’t her responsible for the freakout I fear in the future, but interrupting an early hookup is just rude.

    1. BBCC

      Hey, she’s the older twin, which gives her the right to snarkily comment on any and all hook ups, kisses, and relationships he gets himself into.

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      To be fair this isn’t the first time it’s happened to walky: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/02-choosing-my-religion/introduced/

    3. Sporks5000

      Clam jam? WHY IS THAT A PHRASE?!

      1. BBCC

        AFAB equivalent to cock-block.

      2. Delicious Taffy

        Everybody get up, it’s time to jam now.

        1. Emperor Norton II

          Jam with your clam like you’re on the lam!

        2. Keulen

          Come and slam, and welcome to the jam!

        3. Deanatay

          Ok, 1, 2, 3 let’s jam!

          *saxophones*

      3. hof1991

        Sixties music was dirty but also suitable for tender ears.
        Jam up and jelly tight
        My, my, my baby
        Now you’re outta sight
        Jam up and jelly tight
        You look a little naughty
        But you’re so polite
        Jam up and jelly tight
        You won’t say you will but
        There’s a chance that you might

    4. Delicious Taffy

      For real, just let these kids smooch.

      1. StClair

        Nope. Not allowed.

        1. Delicious Taffy

          I swear on my copy of Spider-Man 3, those wacky kids had better get to smooch more. And I don’t take that movie’s name in vain.

        2. SgtWadeyWilson

          Same, but with less faith in Spider-Man 3. (I mean, Sandman was great, but past that… I’d rather watch that movie with the Bat-credit card.)

        3. Delicious Taffy

          I’ll take no sass about Harry’s character arc, the climactic battle, or Eric Foreman Jr.

        4. SgtWadeyWilson

          So sass about Emo Parker and his… dancing is still on the table? Sweet!

      2. Bagge

        I hate to be the “Joe” around here, but you shouldn’t need a sock to get some privacy.

        1. BBCC

          Don’t rank socks, Bagge. 😛

    5. Emily

      It’s a sacred sibling right, nay, duty to be the anti-wingman/woman.

      1. BBCC

        Especially if they’re older, as my brother has frequently informed me.

  45. Kathleen

    Noooooo let them be happy

  46. ShinyNeen

    Mmm, that’s some tasty garb-… ech, okay, I don’t like ‘garbage’ as a pet name/term of endearment.

    1. CrowsCrone

      Gets gross a wee bit too quickly for my tastes.

  47. svata

    Ohhhh this is gonna end badly

  48. RicardtheDragoon

    Wow, this made me smile in the “my day is brightened” kind of way.
    So, will Amber’s reaction to Sal force her to explain her Sal connection to Walky, and by extension Sal herself, thus bringing her the very beginning of some kind of resolution to that whole resulting mess? Or is that too optimistic of me? Meh, the day is too bright for doubt.

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      Ok Look just Like with Joyce’s internal Trauma we’re going to have to address this sooner or later. She’s on buddy buddy term with her right now but yet she still can’t face her for some reasonew, most likely because she doesn’t know how sal’s going to react when she eventually remembers her.

      But still there’s only one way past this.

      1. BBCC

        Bury her head in the sand and hope Sal goes away? 😛

      2. Fart Captor

        The reason is that Amber still has panic attacks when Sal gets too close because she still has PTSD from the robbery

        Proximity to Sal might NEVER stop triggering panic attacks

        1. newllend(henryvolt)

          Geez…You know I wonder if Sal is struggling with PTSD front the incident as well. I mean she’s the one who got stabbed I’m just dying to find out what her reaction will be when she discover’s who Amber is.

        2. BBCC

          Maybe not over Amber, but it might have something to do with why she really doesn’t like uncovering her hand. PTSD related guilt and shame are two incredible b-words.

        3. BBCC

          Well, that and what’s almost assuredly a really nasty scar from the knife through her hand.

        4. Marsh Maryrose

          Fair warning…this is a Game of Thrones link, knives and blood, you know the drill:

          “So many veins in the wrist….

        5. BBCC

          I miss Oberyn.

        6. Regalli

          She did recently (but pre-Ryan) manage to have a safe interaction with Sal – no talking, and Amber was in the privacy chairs, but she invited Sal to local play of Mario Kart and that went fine, so she’s starting to get past ‘the mere sight of Sal triggers a panic attack and AG taking over’. Of course, there’s a difference between setting up a safe, low-stakes interaction on your own terms and being surprised like this.

        7. BBCC

          Well, bare in mind that once Sal walked up close to Amber, Amber looked like she was about to have an anxiety attack before she threw the AG voice around to get Sal out of her face.

  49. Cyfarfod

    This looks a lot more like Walky’s “I’m flunking math and that is FINE EVERYTHING IS FINE” smile to me, than one of his genuine smiles. Lookit the crazy eyed grimace in panel 2.

    1. cbwroses

      That smile looks like the real deal to me.

      1. Chronos

        I think I’m going to have to agree with Cyfarfod on this one. That slightly raised lower eyelid makes all the difference for me.

        1. Yumi

          I read the raised lower eyelid as giddiness, which just adds to seeing the smile as genuine.

        2. cbwroses

          That was my thought process.

        3. Cyfarfod

          OK, collected some Walky faces. Fair is fair, I believe abuse (due to some IRL shit) has a tendency to be highly cyclical so I have a lot of trouble not being super suspicious of Amber since she isn’t… IMO… doing much to manage her mental health.

          PLAUSIBLE GENUINE WALKY SMILES
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/checkingin/ (panel 2)

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/snice/ (panel 2)

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/spreadsheet/ (panel 2)

          IMO DENIAL/STRESS BASED WALKY SMILES
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-7/01-glower-vacuum/grueling/ (panel 2)

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/contained/ (panel 2)

          IN CONCLUSION- Walky sure does smile in the second panel of a lot of damn comics, eh?

          Lastly, here he’s not smiling but he’s got those EYES again…

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/contained/ (last panel)

  50. Sporks5000

    Why did I not see this coming yesterday? I had 24 hours to guess that this would happen, but somehow I did not.

  51. Mada

    *siren music from Kill Bill kicks in*

  52. Tacos

    Welp…

  53. Regalli

    … Honestly if they were gonna start kissing before the Sal thing came clear this is probably the best remaining time for it.

    … And shit. Sal might not remember Amber personally… but the last time they shared a strip was earlier that day after Amber was escaping the grade stealing. This might all come out at once. Fuuuuuuuck.

    1. BBCC

      …Okay, first I thought the grades would come out. Then I thought it would be her freaking out at Sal (from their perspective) out of nowhere and for no good reason. I didn’t think it might be both.

      Shiiiiit. This is getting messier by the minute. I love it. *keyboards up some popcorn*

      1. newllend(henryvolt)

        The grades aren’t that important, since it’s a C walky still fails…. hooray for failing?

        1. cbwroses

          Since when is a C failing?

        2. Yumi

          My friend once took a class where anything below an A was failing. Like, to meet the requirements of the program that the class was part of, you needed to get an A in it or something. And she didn’t get an A, so she wasn’t able to complete the degree she’d been going for.

          Anyway, I think a C might just be failing by Walky’s standards in this case, but different grades can be considered failing in different circumstances.

        3. Agemegos

          I’ve been in courses that I needed a DN or HD in, while people in the same class but in different programs could count a CR or P1.

        4. newllend(henryvolt)

          C usually means a repeat right ? To me if you haft to repeat a class then it’s a fail.

        5. Yumi

          A C generally means you’ve passed. If the class is a prerequisite for further classes in that area, there may be requirements like needing a 3.0 in it to move forward, but Walky doesn’t currently seem to be planning to move on to more advanced math courses anyway.

        6. hof1991

          But his mom has plans that involve no Cs and more math.

        7. Regalli

          The important thing is Amber changed them (which could get both her and Walky expelled), and if Walky’s kissing someone who Sal saw stealing his records right after a breakup… I mean, she tried to trade sex for grades so she doesn’t actually have all that much room to judge, but she did put in the effort and improve under her own power and Walky’s barely tried. And it’s pretty clear nothing about screwing Jason really felt good to Sal.

        8. thejeff

          I’m not at all sure Sal had any clue what Amber was doing, if she even noticed her.

          And drunk Sal did rave about the size of Jason’s equipment, if that suggests anything. 🙂

      2. Deanatay

        *imagines BBCC upending his keyboard over a bowl, and a bowlful of popcorn falls out*

        1. BBCC

          *her but yeah, pretty much this. I have popcorn. It’s yummy. 😛

  54. Antonio Tyler

    Sister, that could be the name of my autobiography.

  55. Solenoid

    oh shit, meet fan

  56. Wack'd

    I mean, I wasn’t going to say anything.

    Because the moderation filter still flags all my posts. 😛

    1. Wack'd

      Also I know that Sal and Walky are more realistic lightweights in this setting and how long alcohol generally stays effective!

      1. BBCC

        Their alcohol tolerance is none.

  57. Nimitrick

    BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!!!

  58. newllend(henryvolt)

    Well this was fun while it lasted, wouldn’t mind it lasting longer but still a sweet moment. Loved listing to “Electric feeling” while reading the last 2 stripes and the first 3 panels of this one before it all came to a screeching halt.

  59. Kris

    Nobody panic! Don’t forget Amber can throw her voice.
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2017/comic/book-7/03-the-thing-i-was-before/ravine/

    1. King Daniel

      As Willis explained in the comments of that strip, her ability to do that was situational – helped a great deal by the fact that she was in a large room (with a bit of an echo effect as a result of its size), rather than outside.

      She’s not indoors here.

      1. Yumi

        I like to imagine that she tries to throw her voice before she removes her mouth from Walky’s, and it’s just a mess.

        1. Kris

          Or maybe Walky magically absorbs Amber’s Amazi-voice and Sal thinks Walky is Amazi-Gril thus giving Amber the moment she needs to escape!

  60. Gorbis

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

  61. JessWitt

    Phew, glad that’s out of the open.

    I mean bad for Amber x Walky, but she knows now.

  62. Josh Spicer

    I’m…sorry, Sal?

  63. Nobody

    We all are Sal

    1. Stoodmuffin

      Really, though

  64. Stoodmuffin

    Not the first thing I thought would go wrong, but a place to start

  65. Reltzik

    Calling it now. Tomorrow’s strip is going to be the end-of-chapter one with a bunch of people falling asleep in bed.

    And after that we’ll begin a chapter about the Amber/Sal blowup, maybe with a bit of conniving Blaine thrown in, titled “Flyin’ to the Red”.

  66. motorfirebox

    THREESOME! Wait, wait, sorry, what am I thinking. We need Faz in here.

    1. jeffepp

      No, not the mask! Leave it on! Leave it on.

  67. Vukodlak

    Sals not always a moment killer but when she does she kills it.

  68. BenRG

    Well, this could be interesting or catastrophic, depending on just how sadistically-determined Willis is to punish Amber for daring to exist and be happy.

    1. Reltzik

      Don’t forget both. It could be both.

  69. Danielle

    DAMN THATS A MOMENT!

  70. Quietlythundering

    Welp, here comes the plot

  71. Fire_daws

    Next week will be seven days of Steve eating cereal.

    1. jeffepp

      Grapenuts, it is.

      1. Danielle

        honey bunches of oats

  72. Remmington Steele

    Sal, did nobody tell you no one likes a gooseberry?

  73. Gojira

    Finally, Amber and Amazigirl meet face to face!

    1. Tisroero

      Billie’s got great intuition, she called it from the start.

  74. mrnoidea

    Okay, dafuq is Sal doing up there?!

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      Looking to console her brother maybe, but it looks like laundry girl is already doing a good job of that….with her mouth.

    2. Jeff

      She is a regular smoker, so probably stepping outside for a cig.

  75. Eldritch Gentleman

    [cue an image of the detonation of the Tsar Bomb]

  76. NinjaNick

    Suddenly, the Marvin Gaye record stops.

    1. Roborat

      Person 1: “What’s going on?”

      Person 2: “We can’t talk until she starts moving again”

  77. SgtWadeyWilson

    Welp, back to the drawing board…

    …I mean my sketch book.

    …which is what I call the phone I’m currently drawing in.(on?)

  78. PB

    Shit he actually reads the comments

    RUN

  79. BenRG

    Thinking about it, I’ve long thought that Sal is the only person who would be able to really get through to Amber and make her confront her demons. Maybe the title of the next chapter isn’t negative at all but is all about Amber’s journey (with Walky and Sal as guides and supports) to the core of her many psychological problems.

    1. BBCC

      That sounds like a good storyline but I really hope it’s not the next one, because Willis once said he was considering re-titling it ‘Walking With Sal’ and I’ve been getting hyped for a Sal centred storyline ever since (plus I’m kinda really hoping the extended flashback sequence he mentioned on twitter will be either the robbery from her POV or how Marcie lost her voice).

  80. Axel

    Yay, no more of this ‘waiting for the other shoe to drop,’ it’s here!

  81. acher4

    Erm.
    I, kind of… totally forgot he was her brother.
    ofg, the drama!

  82. FacelessDeviant

    I guess, on garbage roof everyone can be garbage. Cuz interrupting a first make-out like that is pretty garby.

    1. BenRG

      Dorothy is Sal’s sort-of-friend, so she probably knows about the last day or so’s drama between her and Walky. She’s likely acting out of a degree of concern at the moment.

  83. Rock N Roll Martian

    It’s impressive how quickly my expectations have shifted from “this could possibly shake out poorly” to “someone is 100 percent getting stabbed on Garbage Roof”

  84. figureaddict

    Na, no ones gettin’ stabbed. Eventually the truth who Sal and Dorothy are to each other needs to come out.

    1. King Daniel

      And, pray tell, what are Sal and Dorothy to each other?

      1. 3oranges

        Sal is Dorothy’s RA’s girlfriend’s former roommate.

        1. thejeff

          “And what does that make us?”

        2. Clif

          Contextually related.

  85. Mistergray

    Dammit Sal ! You ruined the ship! See guys, this is why we can’t have nice things.

    1. Clif

      Willis?

  86. Zee

    I legit put my phone down and ran around the room with my arms in the air. FINALLY Amber will find out about the link between walky and sal

  87. J

    What is appalling about this? No one’s trust has been broken.

    1. newllend(henryvolt)

      They both love Garbage, that’s what’s appalling.

  88. ValdVin

    The eyes, especially panel two, are captivating. I don’t know if Amber has looked this way before. She could even be called sly.

  89. Clif

    Who left the roof door unlocked?

  90. somedude

    sal, cmon, where’s your sense of sibling loyalty? dude was about to get some rebound action

  91. MutantSentry

    Per my question yesterday— I guess she does now…

  92. Socky

    I knew this would implode, I just didn’t expect it so soon

  93. Tealjoy Grove

    The fact that’s Sal of all people saying this is what makes this extra funny. Not ’cause she’s his sister but because it’s just her haha

  94. Justaian

    I hope sal does not judge walky, shes hardly blameless for doing stuff like this, seeing as he was sleeping with that teacher.

  95. Roborat

    Of all the people who could have shown up on the roof, Sal is the best one it could possibly be. And that last panel should be the book title.

  96. Victor Riley

    I’ve wondered if Amber knew or was going to know that Walky and Sal are siblings. Given her past trauma and stabby tendencies.

  97. abysswatcher1993

    This is the part were everything falls. Well, better now than after some period of calm that is a trap.

  98. Lena

    Meh, I liked it better with them just being platonic friends. *shrug*

  99. Roger Sterling

    5 seconds. That’s a new record for shortest relationship lifespan

    1. Chronos

      *Someone* had to beat Taniguchi’s record…

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