I mean we gotta start of with Carl and basically everybody. it’s easy to not interact with people when you don’t exist unless relevant.
Mr. Random
If we’re talking about the uninteractables, we might as well have Other Rachel and Carl in a strip together.
Needfuldoer
All of the Read Hall and Forest Quad extras get together to compare notes.
huesatlight
whole chapter about a day in the lives of all the named background characters.
Decidedly Orthogonal
I’d be more into that than yet another panel of Malaya being a needless jerk.
…
So really I could have ended that with “panel of Malaya.”
J. L. Brown
Malaya is being surprisingly decent here, though. She and Sal don’t get along, but she is still screening potential stalkers.
Clif
Mike would have done a better job.
Lars
Even on the main cast we haven’t seen an interaction between Booster and Fuckface. (Both on the shadow-y disclamer of DoA after time skip) And I cannot remember a scene were Lucy and Danny/Joe interacted.
Hey, Amos? you don’t seem to be in a great place? Hang in there, buddy. I appreciate you, for what it’s worth. I’m sure someone will see your worth eventually. Remember Dorothy’s advice to Walky? Try to be yourself? It’s not fail proof. But if you can get to a place where you at least enjoy your own company, being lonely may be (somewhat) less unbearable. And, generally i think, people who like themselves tend to be more attractive to others? I don’t know, i heard that same advice a million times while struggling with depression so it’s probably not that useful… (Or is it, idk) Turns out to be true when you get to that place, at least for me.
I’m kinda struggling, as usual. But I believe I’m doing fine by far. In this year, I’ve promised to take care myself, as physical than mentally.
Life’s hard and unffair, but I believe I’m doing the best of my life, and I’m still improving.
Again, thank you for your care and worring. I really apreciate it.
shoopdawhoop
Neat
Lack of Carl confirms he’s not real.
butting
Doesn’t mean she wasn’t hiding behind the door, though.
Plaaaa
My thought cannon is Carl and Dina have most of the same classes and interests. They’re becoming fierce rivals, but mo one else will ever notice.
Rainhat
I’d read it.
GholaHalleck
Carl’s ability to be summoned only when needed, his name, and his seeming ability to be molded into whatever shape his leader demands of him, would make him a perfect mate for Carla.
As someone with gender thoughts, I don’t think I’d get along with Malaya no matter many she shared with me lol
I was about to say I don’t think I’d get along with Booster either. But actually think I’d like them a lot. I wouldn’t take them very seriously, but I think I’d actually enjoy their company. Which is weird since no one in the comic seems to.
Daibhid C
Ethan seems to. Sort of. Maybe.
Actually, I’m not sure we’ve seen many people interact with Booster since their introduction. I assume the situation has gone from “What’s the deal with the constant psychoanalysis?” to “Oh, right, they’re the person who does that”, but I don’t know how the others feel about it.
For bonus points, said sad-and-dejected-Dorothy strip comes between a strip with her most recent ex-boyfriend and a strip with the one before that. Both of whom she broke up with for reasons related to her dream of going to Yale and becoming President.
Dorothy’s mom says some days are like that, even in Australia
butting
Even in Australia?! In Australia, any day where the wildlife doesn’t randomly up and kill you is a good day.
Some of us are counting ourselves lucky that we’re only being overrun by cockatoos so far, but can we please have a deeper, wider ocean around them for the sake of the rest of the world, please.
Malaya’s cold, cruel commitment to sticking to their guns regardless of how unpleasant it makes them does warm my heart just a little bit. They will have many enemies but zero regrets in life.
Why using “they” for Malaya? She has never expressed such pronoun preference, as far as I’ve seen, at least not in this iteration (I don’t recall if her earlier version ID’ed as anything other than Carlasexual).
Freemage
NVM, I found it. I think the fact that it came up in an interaction between my two least liked cast members was a partial cause of my forgetfulness.
What’s the risk this guy is a creeper who’s stalking my roommate and thinks he’s dating her when she has no idea who he is and giving him access to her stuff when she’s not around is going to end up with our room trashed/smeared with poop/covered in hidden cameras and him stealing her shit and getting his delusions more affirmed and all kinds of terrible things? Eh, who cares as long as I can and turn convention on its head! And also look down on Sal.
She said she did at least at some points during the past semester, too. I get the impression that it’s a sometimes thing, barring character evolutions either as of yet unshown, or maybe just something I’ve missed.
166 thoughts on “In favor”
Ana Chronistic
“I choose to believe she’s dating a complete bumpkin, as it will give me sufficient high ground from which to look down upon her”
Ana Chronistic
Interaction pairs? um… Amber and Raidah? Faz and Daisy? Galasso and Snoop?
Sirksome
I mean we gotta start of with Carl and basically everybody. it’s easy to not interact with people when you don’t exist unless relevant.
Mr. Random
If we’re talking about the uninteractables, we might as well have Other Rachel and Carl in a strip together.
Needfuldoer
All of the Read Hall and Forest Quad extras get together to compare notes.
huesatlight
whole chapter about a day in the lives of all the named background characters.
Decidedly Orthogonal
I’d be more into that than yet another panel of Malaya being a needless jerk.
…
So really I could have ended that with “panel of Malaya.”
J. L. Brown
Malaya is being surprisingly decent here, though. She and Sal don’t get along, but she is still screening potential stalkers.
Clif
Mike would have done a better job.
Lars
Even on the main cast we haven’t seen an interaction between Booster and Fuckface. (Both on the shadow-y disclamer of DoA after time skip) And I cannot remember a scene were Lucy and Danny/Joe interacted.
The Wellerman
Dina hasn’t interacted with lots of cast members either come to think of it. Gotta take a look at Amos’ chart widget…
Chris
Link please?
milu
hit Amos’s pseud
Amós Batista
Gondor calls for aid
milu
There you go!
Hey, Amos? you don’t seem to be in a great place? Hang in there, buddy. I appreciate you, for what it’s worth. I’m sure someone will see your worth eventually. Remember Dorothy’s advice to Walky? Try to be yourself? It’s not fail proof. But if you can get to a place where you at least enjoy your own company, being lonely may be (somewhat) less unbearable. And, generally i think, people who like themselves tend to be more attractive to others? I don’t know, i heard that same advice a million times while struggling with depression so it’s probably not that useful… (Or is it, idk) Turns out to be true when you get to that place, at least for me.
Anyway. Take care <3
Amós Batista
Hi, @milu. Thank you for the kind words.
I’m kinda struggling, as usual. But I believe I’m doing fine by far. In this year, I’ve promised to take care myself, as physical than mentally.
Life’s hard and unffair, but I believe I’m doing the best of my life, and I’m still improving.
Again, thank you for your care and worring. I really apreciate it.
shoopdawhoop
Neat
Lack of Carl confirms he’s not real.
butting
Doesn’t mean she wasn’t hiding behind the door, though.
Plaaaa
My thought cannon is Carl and Dina have most of the same classes and interests. They’re becoming fierce rivals, but mo one else will ever notice.
Rainhat
I’d read it.
GholaHalleck
Carl’s ability to be summoned only when needed, his name, and his seeming ability to be molded into whatever shape his leader demands of him, would make him a perfect mate for Carla.
Tan
Most unlikely yet still plausible pair to meet: Liz & Dana.
Most unlikely and implausible, I’m going with Jaime and Rich Mullins (both have tags, both count)
thejeff
Dana’s doing better, but she didn’t come back to IU. She’s now at Ball State and one of those friends that mocks Liz for her Christianity.
Sajuuk-Khar
Counterpoint: is there anyone Sal could date that Malaya wouldn’t look down on her for?
StClair
Carla. In which case she’d be intensely envious, while claiming that she doesn’t believe they’re really dating.
anon
if anything, wasn’t carla briefly into malaya at one point?
Freemage
Creepily into Malaya, you mean… seriously, it was pretty cringe.
Proxiehunter
Malaya.
temperaryobsessor
A super hot rod trans-former woman.
DailyBrad
Not really, no. The issue is Sal, in the end.
Tan
They seemed pretty ready to approve when the possibility of Sal x Marcie was on the table.
Deviant
Yes, Malaya herself.
Rabbit
Marcie, probably Asher? Maybe Joe.
Caro
we’re slowly filling in the character interactions bingo sheet
Caro
LMAO i wrote that before reading the alt text
Jo_cubstar
Haha nice
shrub
Bingo or bongo?
Jamie
Bango.
StClair
I don’t wanna leave the Congo,
oh no no no no no
anon
we need booster to psychoanalyze malaya lol. or maybe they’d get along with their gender thoughts
The Wellerman
Yeah, I’d rather them do their signature Psychic attack on Raidah, she deserves it more.
Peep
As someone with gender thoughts, I don’t think I’d get along with Malaya no matter many she shared with me lol
I was about to say I don’t think I’d get along with Booster either. But actually think I’d like them a lot. I wouldn’t take them very seriously, but I think I’d actually enjoy their company. Which is weird since no one in the comic seems to.
Daibhid C
Ethan seems to. Sort of. Maybe.
Actually, I’m not sure we’ve seen many people interact with Booster since their introduction. I assume the situation has gone from “What’s the deal with the constant psychoanalysis?” to “Oh, right, they’re the person who does that”, but I don’t know how the others feel about it.
shadowcell
a well-played diss though
Mr. Random
and here I was expecting it to be Dorothy standing again.
Mark
Yeah. First panel: still looking dejected. Second panel: chin up, determined.
We don’t see her for two IRL weeks. Tension!
BOOSTER SHOT
I love the pacing of the single broken Dorothy page. Now it’s time to Danny things up!
RassilonTDavros
For bonus points, said sad-and-dejected-Dorothy strip comes between a strip with her most recent ex-boyfriend and a strip with the one before that. Both of whom she broke up with for reasons related to her dream of going to Yale and becoming President.
She’s having a baaaaaad day
Opus the Poet
Take my imaginary upvote for recognizing Dorothy’s extremely no good terribly bad day.
BOOSTER SHOT
Oh shit you’re right, that’s so good
Dorothy’s mom says some days are like that, even in Australia
butting
Even in Australia?! In Australia, any day where the wildlife doesn’t randomly up and kill you is a good day.
Some of us are counting ourselves lucky that we’re only being overrun by cockatoos so far, but can we please have a deeper, wider ocean around them for the sake of the rest of the world, please.
Tan
I am not a big fan of Malaya, but this I like.
Sajuuk-Khar
On the one hand, Malaya Act Like a Functional Human Being Challenge 2023, Difficulty: Beyond Impossible
On the other hand, this is hilarious
I Know Why the Mowed Lawn Screams
Malaya’s cold, cruel commitment to sticking to their guns regardless of how unpleasant it makes them does warm my heart just a little bit. They will have many enemies but zero regrets in life.
Freemage
Why using “they” for Malaya? She has never expressed such pronoun preference, as far as I’ve seen, at least not in this iteration (I don’t recall if her earlier version ID’ed as anything other than Carlasexual).
Freemage
NVM, I found it. I think the fact that it came up in an interaction between my two least liked cast members was a partial cause of my forgetfulness.
a/snow/mous/e
she/they/whatever
anon
feels like sal prolly would’ve gave danny a heads up about malaya at least hopefully lol
Amelie Wikström
What’s the risk this guy is a creeper who’s stalking my roommate and thinks he’s dating her when she has no idea who he is and giving him access to her stuff when she’s not around is going to end up with our room trashed/smeared with poop/covered in hidden cameras and him stealing her shit and getting his delusions more affirmed and all kinds of terrible things? Eh, who cares as long as I can and turn convention on its head! And also look down on Sal.
Cmasta1992
GFY Malaya
Sirksome
I don’t know where this ranks on the Sal is fakey charts but it’s on there somewhere.
Sajuuk-Khar
Sal’s love for a good sweet nerd boy like Danny is so fakey it refracts through the irony prism and becomes real
Raen
Huh, is Malaya binding now?
AY
She’s mentioned in the past that they does sometimes! 😀
AY
*They do
I got too happy about it and my brain hiccuped
Sajuuk-Khar
I think you’re okay given that IIRC Malaya IDs as she/they?
AY
She does! I meant where where I typed “they does” lolol
Sajuuk-Khar
OHHH lmao whoops!! ?
AY
? I made more mistakes. This is what binding rep does to me, apparently.
Bysmerian
She said she did at least at some points during the past semester, too. I get the impression that it’s a sometimes thing, barring character evolutions either as of yet unshown, or maybe just something I’ve missed.
RassilonTDavros
They said they were binding a while back.
Jo_cubstar
That’s what was different. Nice one, Willis.
The Wellerman