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Stop running
Posted on February 6, 2014 by David M Willis

301 thoughts on “Stop running”

  1. Jen Aside

    =(

    1. Tunaro

      i_i

      1. newllend

        🙁

        1. Doctor_Who

          (◥◣_◢◤)

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Nice eyes!

        3. OmegaDez

          She has bigger eyes with her mask on!

        4. lejwocky

          Your drill is the drill that will pierce the heavens!!!

        5. Tunaro

          GIIIGAAA DRRRILLL BRRREEEAAAKKK!!!!!!

        6. Immortus

          /人◕‿‿◕人\

        7. PureMajora

          Um… Hey. I’d like to make a contract…..

        8. Mr. Random

          Psh. Can’t even destroy a SINGLE galaxy with that.

        9. OmegaDez

          I was gonna say the same thing.

        10. nothri

          Your mom said something similar to me the other night.

        11. nothri

          OuO

        12. Malebranche

          STTRRRIIIIDDEEERR!!!!

        13. nothri

          >:]

        14. Plasma Mongoose

          -_-

        15. -Sentinel-

          😐

        16. -Sentinel-

          (Huh… Didn’t know this made a yellow smiley.)

        17. Lel

          ;A;

  2. Idon'tcarenomore

    So sad.

    1. kishimobot

      I’m trying to match up your comment with your gravatar and it isn’t working very well

  3. TheOthin

    Amber 🙁

  4. Ugakicka

    She can never stop running.

    1. LiaHansen

      D:

    2. Tunaro

      Dark… 🙁

    3. Yotomoe

      AND SHE RAN. SHE RAN SO FAR AWAY
      AND SHE RAN. SHE RAN ALL NIGHT AND DAY
      Couldn’t get away.

      1. lejwocky

        http://sd.keepcalm-o-matic.co.uk/i/keep-calm-you-mustn-t-run-away.png

        1. Ongion

          http://ih2.redbubble.net/image.14523826.2367/flat,550×550,075,f.u1.jpg

        2. Kernanator

          http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f71/Raneko/GendoThreat.jpg

      2. CrazyOne

        So are you thinking the next step in Amber’s life is hanging out on the boulevard?

        1. Tunaro

          I walk this empty street
          On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
          Where the city sleeps
          And I’m the only one and I walk alone

        2. shparky

          NO! NONE OF THAT! SHAME ON YOU!

        3. lejwocky

          The streets are extended gutters and the gutters are full of blood and when the drains finally scab over all the vermin will drown.

        4. HMRC4EVR

          Going a little old school when I say this is what popped into my head after reading all the song comments.

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4ueaD22hg8

      3. Opus the Poet

        Flock of Seagulls or the Bowling for Soup cover?

        1. Keroshino

          Bowling for Soup…duh!
          awesome english opening for the anime “Knights of the Zodiac” (SAINT SEIYA)

    4. Lord Circe

      Wait, so did Amber move, or did Danny?

  5. Mr. Random

    Now what….

  6. AgentKeen

    HUGS

  7. Geminia999

    What’s up with the open arms Danny? It’s not the promise land

    1. NCP19

      WITH ARMS WIDE OOOOOOOPEN

      1. David Willis

        NO

        1. Sageress

          ncp19 you have touched a nerve

        2. NCP19

          Heh, I immediately regret this decision and wish to state that I will never reference said song again.

        3. ninja_jesus

          And anyway, you referenced it wrong. It’s pronounced “WITH AAAAHHMS WAHD OOOPAAAHHHN”.

        4. Phil

          Amazing that said band can *still* elicit such vitriol (deservedly so, for most of their stuffs). Some wounds just don’t … hea-ea-eal.

        5. NCP19

          I didn’t want Willis to kill me

        6. hexalm

          everythrim

        7. Doctor_Who

          I am in total agreement.

        8. Ryan

          Hello my friend we meet again.

      2. Kell

        ^This. So much this.

      3. Tunaro

        I feel I’m missing something. Context, please?

        1. Geminia999

          From a quick google search I think it’s a catholic “rock” song

        2. Cephalo the Pod

          Wait, WHAT?! I’ve known that song all my life and I have NEVER known this.

          Am I thinking of the right song. It has those lyrics in it, it’s gotta be the right song.

        3. ninja_jesus

          It’s a Creeeeeeeeeed song.

        4. ocbrad1

          Damn, I’d absolutely forgotten about that song. Reading the above references, I was trying to figure out who sang it. Creed. Yeah, I don’t particularly miss them.

        5. Bill

          I wonder if there would be so much hate and discontent if we were to quote lyrics from Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, or the Rolling Stones, who once released an album called “Their Satanic Majesties Request” and also had a big hit with a single called “Sympathy for the Devil”.

        6. Doom Shepherd

          It’s called mockery, Derpimus.

        7. jangma

          No, because they make the devil’s music, the way God intended.

        8. Betty Anne

          +1

        9. Jen Aside

          +11!

        10. Rutee

          Seeing as they’re actually good, probably not.

      4. Keroshino

        NO! NONE OF THAT! SHAME ON YOU!

    2. LiaHansen

      Yeah Danny. And what’s up with the blue shirt? This isn’t the ocean.

      1. Bill

        It’s because Danny has had a “Grinch” moment during this incident. His awareness grew three sizes this day. He’s even picked up on the fact that Amber is distressed, and he’s holding his arms like this to show if Amber decides that a good strong (and protective) hug is what she needs right now he’s right there for her.

      2. hmrc4evr

        Was that a Billy Ocean reference or am I reading too much into that?

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Maybe he likes to pretend to guide in planes at an airport.

      1. Just Cheeto Dust

        Semaphore? Or self-administered field sobriety test?

        (No reason why he would be drunk, I just couldn’t think of any other alternatives. I should not be playing video games while combing through these comments.)

        1. John

          Danny tests himself for drunkenness constantly. Eternal vigilance is the price of not getting anyone hit by a truck in this universe.

    4. Wonder Wig

      He likes the scene from The Wizard of Oz when Dorothy approached the Straw Man along the road. And Amber looks like Dorothy, who’s name is… Dorothy. And if only Danny had a brain.

      1. Yotomoe

        It fits, Blaine totally needs a heart.

        1. John

          Nah, Blaine’s the Wicked Witch. The Tin Man would have to be Mike.

        2. Hoboturtle

          Galasso: The Glorious Galasso, tyrant of the land demands that you retreat away from the curtain! Ignore the man behind it for his glory matches mine and shall surely blind you. Do as you are told! Girl? Man? Person!

        3. MM

          I had “We’re off to see the Willis” in my head, but I like your idea better.

      2. CrazyOne

        So who is the cowardly lion?

        1. Graq

          Ethan.

    5. Simian Bros

      LET YOUR AAAARMS ENFOLD UUUUUSSS
      THROUGH THE DAAAAAARK OF NIIIIGHT
      WILL YOUR AAAANGELS HOOOLD UUUUS
      ‘TIIILL WE SEEEEEEEE THE LIIIIIIIIIIGHT

      1. ninja_jesus

        IIIIIIIII’M GONNA RUUUUUUUUB THAAAAT FIIIIIIIISH

  8. Wonder Wig

    There ain’t no rest for the wicked

    1. NCP19

      Until we close our eyes for good

      1. Sageress

        NO WE CAN’T SLOW DOWN
        WE CAN’T HOLD BACK
        THOUGH YOU KNOW, WE WISH WE C-OULD
        NO THERE AIN’T NO REST FOR THE WICKED
        ‘TIL WE CLOSE OUR EYES FOR GOOD

        1. Doctor_Who

          Great, now it’s after midnight and I want to play Borderlands.

        2. Tunaro

          One could argue that’s the best time to play Borderlands.

        3. Phil

          Is there ever *not* a best time to play Borderlands?

        4. Allcool-dontcare

          Actually its always a good time to play a favorite game

        5. lightsabermario

          Haha, I’m playing Borderlands right now!

        6. Sageress

          Carlos!

        7. IncadescentFlame

          Is your gravatar from Magic School Bus? If so, you win +1 late 90’s television!

  9. David Herbert

    Where’s Mrs Warner when you need her?

    1. Sageress

      South Korea

    2. Yotomoe

      She prefers to be called Dot.
      or Princess Angelina Contessa Louisa Frachesca Banana Fana Bo Besca the III.

      1. Regalli

        But not Dottie. Call her Dottie and you die.

  10. NCP19

    Can’t outrun those feels

    1. nothri

      And I ran, I ran so far away, I just ran, I ran all night and day (couldn’t get away)

      1. Hoboturtle

        What is this Karaoke night in the comments section?

        1. Tunaro

          😀 http://youtu.be/ItGo-Rq9pwc

        2. Badeyes

          I tried to watch it all, but couldn’t make it. My ears started bleeding.

        3. Kryss LaBryn

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUWgE0EVQ9c

          Only with rain.

        4. nothri

          When in Rome.

  11. Xerxes93

    Danny, initiate hug, initiate hug!

    1. Badeyes

      Exactly, he gets the setup right and then Dan’d it up.

      1. Keroshino

        Typical!

  12. newllend

    Ya so uh….where do we go from here?

    1. Cybersnark

      The battle’s done,
      and we kinda won,
      so we sound our vict’ry cheer.

      1. Israfel

        This isn’t real, but I just want to feel.

  13. Phil

    1000 yard stare… get that Amber some pancakes and a hug, Danny!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      I don’t suppose there is an IHOP nearby, is there?

      1. Opus the Poet

        According to the Street View from a few days ago, it’s across the street from the McDonald’s. They’re going the wrong way for that.

      2. Doctor_Who

        Waffle Houses are 24/7. And this time of night, she won’t even be the worst dressed person there.

        1. Phil

          Waffles can do in a pinch.

      3. Sock

        Oh?

        Was “pancakes” not a euphemism? Huh.

  14. Kladeos

    I love the colours in this.

  15. GoogerGeiger

    I thought things would get better once Danny realized Amber was Amazi-girl. I was wrong…

    1. John

      He’s not actively making things worse anymore. That’s kind of like getting better!

  16. Plasma Mongoose

    Does she really still even want Danny as a BF?

    1. LiaHansen

      I don’t think she’s really thinking about that right now.

    2. newllend

      It will probably be week before he fucks up again anyway

    3. Chase

      Why wouldn’t she?

    4. Yotomoe

      If she does then she clearly hasn’t learned.

      1. Historyman68

        That he’s the one person she can depend on?

      2. Sageress

        EVERYTHING DANNY HAS DONE WRONG HAS BEEN DUE TO NOT HAVING ANY INFORMATION OK.

        CLEARLY HE CAN’T BE EXPECTED TO RECOGNIZE THAT AMBER WAS AMAZI-GIRL IF EVEN HER OWN FATHER COULDN’T.

        ONCE HE FOUND OUT HE WAS IMMEDIATELY ON HER SIDE AND HELPING HER.

        HE HAS TRIED HIS BEST, THAT’S ALL WE CAN ASK.

        AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

        1. Yotomoe

          Yeah I know.
          I just like being a jerk to Danny.

        2. shadowcell

          you mean you are the Blaine to Danny’s Amber?

        3. John

          Danny’s had plenty of information. Everything he’s done wrong has been due to him being unwilling or unable to think critically about the information that he has and form rational conclusions from it. He just accepts everything at face value, and never gives any consideration to whether that’s accurate or what its deeper implications might be.

          So he can’t identify Amazi-Girl, despite having had the unique opportunity to observe her, in both guises, closely, at length, and at his leisure, until she’s literally unmasked right in front of him. So he can’t figure out that maybe there’s a reason that Amber is comfortable with assuming a degree of intimacy that he wants to reserve for his girlfriend who looks, feels, smells exactly like her. So he buys Billie’s stupid theory about Sal for no better reason than that Billie said it, despite it being totally incompatible with everything that he knows about Amazi-Girl – which is far more than what Billie knows. So he just accepts everything that Blaine says, without ever getting suspicious of the sheer number of weirdnesses Blaine is having to explain away, to the point that Blaine is able to kidnap him and hold him hostage without him even noticing.

          As far as I can tell, he’s never actually had a theory about Amazi-Girl’s identity, until Billie gave him hers. Despite being in the best position to have all the information he needs to figure it out, he’s never even attempted to do so.

          Contrast this with Dorothy, who with much less information, and despite it having fallen off the bottom of her priority list, has actually figured out some things about Amazi-Girl’s identity by applying critical thinking skills to the limited facts she’s in possession of, and has sought out more information on her own.

          (Billie has something of the opposite problem. She’s got a little bit of real information, but she’s thought it through so hard that she’s come up with a reasonable, logical, and totally wrong answer, and is now in the process of editing her facts to fit her wrong answer.)

  17. Psycho

    DANNY THIS IS YOUR MOMENT TO PROVE YOURSELF! DON’T DAN THIS UP.

    1. Sageress

      dan it up

      1. Keroshino

        All of the Dan!

  18. John Madden

    Not a surprise that she’s out of it. Douchebag though he may be, Blaine is still her dad. Takes a lot to overcome that (though, granted, he brought it on himself).

    1. Jay Eff

      Also, she doesn’t want to be like her dad…

    2. fogel

      The Blaine Issue aside, there is almost always a reaction, physiological/psychological after doing extreme violence such as she did

    3. abstract_reg

      And Amber did just see her Dad get beat up by Amazi-Girl. From possibly the worst place to watch it.

      1. Heavensrun

        Amazi-girl hasn’t been there since the first kick.

  19. Idon'tcarenomore

    Maybe Danny wants to hug her but being Danny isn’t quite sure…and besides he is still trying to process the fact that Amber is Amizi-girl.

    Not sure if he quite realizes what that actually means to himself just yet. But, then from the way he’s been acting since he got her away from the car and Blaine, maybe he does.

  20. The Meek Ninja

    Will Amazi-Girl fade into legend forevermore tonight?

    1. TJ

      Yeah actually, I think so. Given the specific timing of the change in tags I think Amazi-Girl may be gone for good.

      I hope not though, as apparently she was pretty busy keeping this college in line and it might fall to ruin without her.

      1. Cybersnark

        Willis’ next comic: Amazi-girl Beyond

        Freshman Riley DeSanto seeks out a retired Amazi-girl, seeking to bring justice to a crime-riddled campus. . .

      2. timemonkey

        Who will distract crowds and allow rapists to escape now that she’s gone?

  21. Doctor_Who

    I say this is nothing a round of “Let it Go” won’t fix.

    1. Kernanator

      What can’t a round of “Let it Go” fix?

      1. Yotomoe

        Your loved ones dangling over a cliff and you holding them up?

        1. Doctor_Who

          Great, now I want a Let it Go cover by Uncle Scar.

          See what you did?!

        2. MM

          Great, now I want a Let It Go cover by Uncle Scar. Someone make this happen before it spreads any further.

        3. Yotomoe

          I’d draw it but I don’t want Frozen spoilers.

        4. HMRC4EVR

          Those are probably a pain in the rear to defrost properly.

        5. lejwocky

          Great, now I want to watch the scene from Commando when Matrix (Arnold) lets that one guy go..

        6. Greg

          “Sully, do you remember when I said I’d kill you last?”

          “Yeah, that’s right Matrix, you did!”

          “I lied.”

        7. Just Cheeto Dust

          One of the greatest lies on film.

        8. Badeyes

          And one of Arnold’s 5 best lines.

        9. AJBulldis

          Hyenas never bothered me anyways.

        10. LiaHansen

          Or Belle and The Beast. Or Quasimodo. Or Buzz Lightyear. Or Snow White. Or Aurora. Or Basil of Baker Street. Or Hercules. Or Tarzan. Or Rapunzel. What I’m trying to say is that a lot of Disney villains end up falling off stuff.

        11. Fred

          Falling is a way for your villain to die without your hero having to kill him. That way, the villain is punished by death without the moral ickiness of your hero having to commit murder.
          A writer gets double points if the hero can leap for the edge and fail to save the villain.

  22. Kernanator

    Danny Performs a Sad.

  23. Yotomoe

    That’s how I feel after being around Danny for a long walk too.

  24. timemonkey

    I was hoping for more naked Walky/Dorothy hijinx today.

  25. Tainnryst

    ~obligatory frowny face~

  26. Wonder Wig

    Whoa, Amber is the color of your energy
    Whoa

  27. Bilfred

    d’aww

  28. Bilfred

    mopey amber is mopey.

  29. Yotomoe

    War….has changed….

    1. RandomRedMage

      War never changes…

      1. Yotomoe

        But also…War is always changing.

        1. Wonder Wig

          War never changes … and War’s friends are concerned about that.

        2. ninja_jesus

          If only a beast like me can make someone happy~

        3. Bilfred

          war…is a set of oxymorons….but I think everyone can agree it’s pretty terrible….then again there are those people who really like war…so, y’know, maybe it’s okay….maybe I just never gave war a chance…I dunno I might go back to the war after this and see if it’s actually as cool as those people say it is….but I really don’t want to since this time I got shot….well I guess*dies*

      2. Cholma

        We just need to get Amazi-Girl some power armor and a chain gun!

        1. Yotomoe

          Forget a Chain gun. Get that chick a RAIL GUN.

        2. Phil

          So long as it’s scientific, I’m on board.

        3. Keroshino

          What’s a Rail-Gun without the whole package…Get this port girl a METAL GEAR!

        4. Keroshino

          F-ing IPhone crappy spell-check!

        5. Heavensrun

          Port Keroshino. Port, port Keroshino. (patpats)

        6. Keroshino

          What’s a Rail-Gun without the whole package…Get this poor girl a METAL GEAR!

        7. Yotomoe

          Does Amber seem more like a Rex, or Rey kind of girl?

        8. Heavensrun

          With that booty, I’d say she’s channeling sum Shagohod.

        9. Heavensrun

          Dammit now I want to play MGS3.

        10. Yotomoe

          What a thrill…
          Through Darkness and Silence through the night…
          What a thrill..
          I search and I melt into you…
          What a fear in my heart….But you’re so SUPREME!
          *ba BA da ba daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa*

        11. Heavensrun

          (it is the best one.)

        12. Hylleddin

          Get her a CHAIN RAIL GUN

  30. Idon'tcarenomore

    He’s done good so far. Now, I hope he now has enough sense to get her off the street.
    If he can figure out how to get her out that outfit and into something a lot less conspicuous, that would be the capper.
    She needs help. If he can get her to a safe place. I would forgive him all his Danness.
    So far….so good Danny boy.

    1. John

      She just needs to get the Amazi-Girl costume off and she’s Amber again. She’s wearing her regular clothes underneath. I think she’s still down a shoe, though.

    2. EvilPenguin

      Methinks he calls up Dorothy and convinces her to bring a set of clothes down. Then he tells her that she has to drop the Amazigirl story, and Dorothy is faced with the decision of whether to do that or not. And that is the storyline for the next couple months.

      1. Nono

        You know maybe because it’s been so long that we’ve seen her, but Joyce has never actually seen Amazi-girl, has she? The best she’d remember might be a blurry outline from when she was drugged at Ryan’s party.

        I wonder if Amber remembers Joyce as anybody other than Ethan’s ‘girlfriend’. I mean, she did save her about a month back.

        1. EvilPenguin

          I did a search of the comic tags and Joyce+Amazi-girl only brings up comics from the party arc, plus one more that is just an end of book wrap-up comic. Joyce+Amber is only the first RA meeting (no interaction since that one focuses on Billie and Ruth), the thing at Galasso’s, some stuff from Parent’s Day (again no interaction), and the thing at the cafeteria.

          So yeah, I doubt she remembers. Even looking at the party arc again she never seems to pay attention to Joyce at all, it’s just Sarah who she talks to.

  31. Alex Stritar

    She can’t stop running. Running is all she knows how to do. Running from the realization that she does take after her father. Running from the scared girl who couldn’t stand up to her attacker until she was already restrained by the police. Running from her own identity. Always running, never stopping.

    1. Just Cheeto Dust

      Endless running? Cue “Yakety Sax.”

    2. Bill

      “Yakety Sax”?  You must be high on that Cheeto dust.
      Given the circumstances, this is the perfect soundtrack for this strip.  I defy anybody to tell me different.

      1. Badeyes

        I prefer this Sad Walk-
        http://youtu.be/4sHGVophyO4

      2. Just Cheeto Dust

        Not with my drug tolerance I’m not.

      3. Just Cheeto Dust

        Also, I was being facetious. Just so you know.

      4. Historyman68

        Sad Hulk Music!

  32. Reltzik

    Amber needs to go talk to her friend Mike. That will make it all better.

    1. LiaHansen

      We are in some serious need of Amber/Mike/Ethan hinjinks right now.

      1. MM

        Oh, we’re way past that. This calls for Dina, Riley, and a pile o’ purring kittens.

    2. HMRC4EVR

      Your definition of ‘better’ confuses and terrifies me.

      1. John

        That is a rational reaction to Mike making things better.

        But they do somehow seem to end up better when the terror and confusion is over.

      2. Reltzik

        Mike has exactly one use. Besides making us laugh with him at others. … okay, so two uses. He’s really good at getting people out of funks by either restating the nature of their funk in a terse, scornful manner that somehow inexplicably snaps people out of the most deepseated of psychological issues, or by refocussing their emotions into anger and rage at him.

        So, three uses.

        … also, he’s playing North Kaio and training up Walky’s physical stamina, which just came in useful. So, four?

        1. davidbreslin101

          He’s also a boon to sexually frustrated mothers everywhere. Man’s a hero.

  33. Sporky

    I mustn’t run away, I mustn’t run away…

    1. ninja_jesus

      Are you gonna just keep running away?!

    2. Keroshino

      Dammit Shinji…get in the fucking giant robot!

  34. HMRC4EVR

    for some reason the scene from Darmok (ST:TNG) where Picard and the alien Captain are learning to communicate popped into my head when I saw that second panel.

    Danny, his arms held wide

    And of course Blaine was the Beast at Tannarga.

    My brain worries me sometimes.

    1. FatLilPancake

      Your brain is lovely. I <3 all Darmok references, forever.

    2. fogel

      When the walls fell.

      1. Tioras

        That describes the situation perfectly.

  35. Mr K

    Sal:”Hey guys, what’s up! Wait why are you beating me up, Amazi-Girl?”.

    1. Yotomoe

      Sal says as Amber punches her in the well-formed abs and Sal doesn’t flinch at all.

      1. Mr K

        Sal’s a terminator.

  36. Cholma

    At least pick a spot to rest that has benches, Danny! What’s the matter with you?

    1. theKOT

      Trust Danny to dan it up XD

  37. newllend

    Oh almost forgot…. DAMNIT DANNY!

  38. Kiggy

    Forget Danny! It’s Amber who’s worrying me now.

    1. Kiggy

      Don’t worry baby
      Everything will turn out alright

      Don’t worry baby
      Don’t worry baby
      Don’t worry baby

  39. Bill

    It appears that Danny was standing still, while Amber continued walking.  She’s not ready to stop, and probably won’t be for quite a while yet.  But I’m worried for her … she can’t run forever.  She may have taken the first step to exorcising the devil that is Blaine, but you can’t live your life running what’s inside yourself.   She has other, internal demons that she is going to have confront if she is ever going to get her life back on an even keel.

    And here’s where you come in, Danny-boy.  Amber is going to need help and support on so many levels and you had better be there for her.  You’ve got a winning streak started now; don’t Dan it up.

    1. Kiggy

      Danny will have to fight hard against his innate Dannying instincts.

  40. MM

    I’m not sure whether Danny should try gently steering Amber in the direction of a therapist’s office or see if he can find her reset switch.

  41. nothri

    Danny performed reassurance. Its not very effective.

    Amber performed mental breakdown. Its super traumatic.

  42. Bastylos

    Amber not here, Amber gone…

    1. Keroshino

      Amber’s not here…she’s in Sweater Town!

  43. Ridureyu

    She’s trying to find a weapon to take down Danny.

  44. Quinn

    DANNY PERFORMS A SEX

    MAKE IT HAPPEN

    1. David Willis

      euugh

      you awful human being

      1. LS

        “And it is, unsurprisingly, aggressively awkward and bad. But, hey, first times, right?”

        1. David

          Uh, we already established that Dorothy boinked him before dissing him, haven’t we?

        2. Sageress

          Every word of that sentence was a thing.

        3. nothri

          Isn’t every word in every sentence a thing, assuming we count words as things?

        4. John

          Danny, yes. He’s not the one who would be having a horrific first time in these circumstances.

      2. Quatoria

        Yeah, but he already put the image in your head, and now it’s just there. Waiting. Glistening. Okay, ew, grossed myself out now.

        1. Sageress

          Glistening like a huge, moist bulge on the underbelly of your imagination. The slimy, viscous underbelly. *slurping sounds*

      3. Cholma

        You, sir, are a LIAR.

      4. Keroshino

        I agree with Willis…who in their right minds would ever want naked Danny unleashed upon the world!

        …Just thinking about it gives me the jibblies!!!

        1. The_Master

          Now I’m imagining Amber with Danny on a leash, walking him through the park. And lets face it, imagining is it’s own reward.

    2. Badeyes

      Before beating Blaine it would have been and angry ‘uck.
      Now it would just be an uck that makes everyone angry.

    3. Yotomoe

      http://i.imgur.com/5nWzsWP.png
      Don’t worry Willis. I made it for you!

      1. Glacirus

        I don’t know what’s worse…the fact that was done, or that it’ll probably be canon of what Danny does after all this.

      2. John

        I’ve got this suspicion that Danny would feel like he was disrespecting Amber/Amazi-Girl if he thought about her, and would feel like he was cheating if he thought about anyone else.

    4. Porkachu

      Fitting icon.

  45. Opus the Poet

    Eventually everyone will “has a sex” either during the story, or after. And yes I’m including Dina and Riley (though probably not with each other). I have no Earthly idea who pairs off with who, or if the second in the pair is even a character in the current story, but statistically they pretty much all will find at least one partner for consensual sensuality prior to shuffling off this mortal coil or the heat death of the Dumbiverse. The question is will it take place in a storyline or as backstory.

    1. ninja_jesus

      NO, AND NO.

      DINA AND RILEY ARE SAINTS YOU BASTARD.

      1. John

        Riley’s got a kid in the other universe.

        1. ninja_jesus

          But in this universe, Riley IS a kid.

      2. gka

        Not clear on this whole conflict between “saints” and “has a sex.” Explain?

        1. Sageress

          Yeah, from what I understand Saint George was straight up pimpin’.

  46. rachel

    *dies*

  47. Sock

    She looks sad because she found the amazicondoms missing…

    Sucks to be Danny.

  48. Breeze

    The karaoke in tonight’s comments combined with this comic’s tragedy put Sonata Arctica’s “Replica” in my head.

    Let’s hope Amber doesn’t also turn out to be dead the whole time.

  49. Megatron

    I feel really bad for her. I mean, yes, she’s triumphed over her arch-nemisis. But not in the way she would have liked. You always hope that you’ll through a great put-down or by being rich, or whatever.

    Really, there’s only one way he could ever have done right by her at this point, and was to stop being an asshole, apologize, and then never speak to her again unless she initiates contact. And that was never going to happen. He doesn’t think he’s done anything wrong, and he’ll never see it. Joyce’s parents might learn, but Blain won’t.

    I remember that time I wanted kill Prime and chose to do it with my bare hands because the fusion cannon would have been unsatisfying, and I ended up having to use the cannon anyways. We don’t always get what we want.

    I hope that Amber can move past this hollow victory and use what she’s learned to delver devastating blows to her enemies, past, present, and future.

    1. TyrantisTerror

      You are a gentleman and a scholar.

    2. David

      I mean, yes, she’s triumphed over her arch-nemisis.[sic]

      Uh, no? He triumphed over her. She is being exactly what he wants her to be. He scolded her about standing by, and she’s not standing by. He called her mother weak and despised her for not hitting back, and Amber is hitting back.

      There is no question that he rather than her mother or anybody else is the single most important shaping influence on her, never mind that he has a restraining order in place that leaves few physical encounters for executing his power.

      1. Kschenke

        I think you could argue “who won” both ways. Technically Blaise had very specific goals for this plan and getting the shit beaten out of him was definitely not apart of it. Also having Danny side with Amber wasn’t part of it. But yes, this isn’t a clear victory for Amber either because of obvious reasons … I’m just not sure if we can really say Blaise triumphed over Amber. It’s more like even when Amber wins, she loses.

        1. Tenn

          Blaise Pascal?

          Could be an interesting spinoff: Amazi-Girl vs the Dead French Mathematicians.

        2. Heavensrun

          In Blaine’s mind, he lost. In Amber’s mind, -she- lost. That’s all that really matters.

        3. David

          A teacher’s mode of failure is not getting surpassed by his pupils. A hate monger loses by getting laughed at. He prevails by getting killed.

          If the U.S.A. understood this, they would not be losing the war on terror.

        4. DerpyQuagsire

          ♫The War on Terror is a stupid name because terror is an emotion!♫ Yeah! But seriously, I don’t think if we just decided not to react to terrorists, they would stop. Not to promote the people who have made it their life choice to be assholes on a massive scale, but they’re probably not like the average middle school bully. Disregarding them may even instigate them further. People who are not given attention through one way, be it good or bad, will try again in a more negative way. Someone who isn’t given attention from parents will try and gain it through something small like skipping class, but if further attention is not given, one might, say, attempt a robbery of a gas station. If we completely disregard the people who blew up a major building in one of the most important cities in our country, we run the risk of something worse happening. Sure, panicking and lashing out at everything possible is not a very good idea, but we should at least do something to stop further bad from happening.

          RANT DEACTIVATE. DEBATE SKILLS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT EXIST, POWERING OFF.

        5. Doom Shepherd

          “Just ignore them” doesn’t work on bullies either. It’s one of those common misconceptions that well-meaning parents hurt their children with.

    3. Keroshino

      Nice guy Megatron?
      Omg, the Shattered Glass universe is leaking into the real world!!!

  50. Glacirus

    All the feels…even going back to re-read Blaine’s ass-whooping can’t get rid of the sadness…

  51. TaintedSpud

    Danny, Amber seems a little broken. Try turning her off and on.

    1. MrSmiley

      or maybe just on.

      1. Michelle

        Well, he’s already tried turning her off. (Ba-dum-tish)

    2. ninja_jesus

      Has he tried blowing into the cartridge?

      1. Sageress

        HEY-O!

  52. espanolbot

    Poor Amber, my cat has that expression after we have to take him to the vet.

  53. Crumplepunch

    > YOU HUG THAT GIRL RIGHT THIS INSTANT.

    1. Doom Shepherd

      Nah, not right now. First, you walk beside her for as far as she needs to go.

  54. Doom Shepherd

    Just keep running, just keep running, just keep running, running, running…

    1. MeHael

      And runnin’ runnin’, and runnin’ runnin’, and runnin’ runnin’, and runnin’ runnin’…

  55. Kartewns

    Amber Performs a Sad

  56. Kschenke

    Ugh, and Amber can never truly feel like she can stop and rest because that was a luxury truly feeling at ease and safe is a luxury she never got to have throughout her childhood. Poor dear.

  57. Edward

    I still liked Blaine better when he was dead.

    1. Sageress

      I liked you better when you were dead in the future alternate universe.

      1. Sageress

        I said to Blaine.

  58. hof1991

    Danny just read the tags and realized that there is no AG here, just Amber. Broken, fragile, not all there Amber.

    1. StClair

      You know that great scene in the first Superman movie where Chris Reeve takes off the glasses, straightens up, and shows us Superman wearing Clark’s suit?

      This is what Amber wearing Amazi-Girl’s costume looks like.

    2. Van Dyne

      She’s gone from the cast page, too.

    3. Bill

      Willis is Big Brother and Amazi-Girl has become an unperson.

    4. Bill

      If you want the Amazi-Girl poster better order it soon.

  59. gka

    *thinks about the past three pages of Walky and Dorothy*

    I would like to posit a basic principle of narrative fiction: talking about one character’s happiness is the best way to make another character’s misery apparent.

  60. Fazing the faz

    One has to love how biased the fans of this webcomic are. xD

    The whole hatred for Dan is completely unjustified. It seems to have started with the whole “Danning it up” meme and grown out of ridicule proportions into real hate. -.-
    A character who, in a world full of selfish douchebags and awkward people, is actually nice and well-intented gets hated because … he is a little bit clueless, but that’s a really minor flaw compared to the rest of the cast, even Amber herself.

    And everyone loves Amber, so it’s Ok to see Amber fall in acts of violence against a man who is not retilating. Sure, he is an evil man, but “eye for an eye”, really? That doesn’t help her and doesn’t stop him.
    Truth be told, this is likely to make things worse. Now Blaine will want revengue on Amaizing Girl, and he knows she likes Danny…

    1. Fazing the faz

      So… I was given an Amber avatar? Oh, the irony…

    2. timemonkey

      Some of us don’t like Amber. bongo be crazy.

  61. Random832

    Blaine is going to accuse Danny of beating him up. Danny’s phone’s GPS (actually, the phone may still be in Blaine’s possession) puts him at the scene, and he has no alibi.

    1. Heavensrun

      Blaine would never admit that one person beat him up. He’ll say it was six guys, they took him by surprise, etc.

  62. Niblik

    Wow, folks are already hating on Danny? Again?
    I look at this as something only taking place in about 5 secs. Danny is running by her side and finally stops to make a comment about resting.
    Amber, still in shock, keeps shuffling forward past him.
    How some commenters are twisting the moment into some kind of epic fail on Danny’s part seems beyond biased.
    Lets wait and see what happens, hmmm?

  63. Mattyos

    And all the roads we have to walk are winding
    And all the lights that lead us there are blinding
    There are many things that I would like to say to you
    But I don’t know how

    1. Nobbidy

      Because maybe
      You’re gonna be the one that saves me
      And after all
      You’re my wonderwall

  64. OmegaDez

    Poor Amber.

    Would Danny hugging her right now be a good thing or not?

  65. Shariku Onikage

    When one team scores, another team must lose points… apparently.

    Also, thank you for twittering my picture of Walky being kicked in the balls! That made me day.

  66. CianM1301

    You, uh, you okay there Amber?

  67. Gargamel

    I wonder, when the morning comes will it be Amber, Amazi-Girl or something else that sees the dawn?

  68. Shadowtiger

    The Amber you are trying to reach has been disconnected or is no longer in service. If you feel you have received this message in error, please check the number and dial again.

  69. Cragalanch

    DAMN YOU WILLIS! YOU BROKE AMBER!

    1. Bill

      How long is the approximate recovery time for the Heroic BSoD?

  70. man in black

    Need to turn off her auto- walk

  71. BL

    WILLIS, STOP TURNING DoA INTO A FEELS GENERATOR

  72. showler

    How long did it take for the Sunday updates stretch goal to be made?

    I bet if we knew what kind of stories Mr. Willis had planned, it would have been met in a few hours at best.

  73. Toon Link

    Hmmmm not much to comment about except good job as always

  74. theCupcakeKid

    Man, imagine if Amber’s expression was used in those Sarah McLachlan ads…

  75. Incubus

    Danny performs a sex. . . Really?
    Aside from that being a really unoriginal title. . .If this is a moment where you’d find yourself awkwardly hiding an erection. . . maybe you shouldn’t date.

  76. Rani

    One second. Killing spiders.

  77. Roborat

    Oh, sooo sad, that FAAAAAAAAACE is!

  78. DarkoNeko

    Man, you alternate the super happy Dorothy/walky and THIS, and I’m getting emotional whiplash.

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