I don’t know, but I imagine that it will involve a universe ending catastrophe. Though that may be because I’ve been watching too much Back to the Future. Curse you AMC!!!
I wasn’t saying fat. I said delightfully curvy. She looks to be of a pretty healthy build, but you definitely couldn’t call her skinny.
Li
I agree that she’s nicely curvy but I don’t understand why that makes it impossible to call her skinny… unless we’re using a REAL definition of skinny:
Sorry, I don’t mean to jump on you more than you already have been; I’m just with MrGBH here, the fact that the readers are so comfortable with the idea that Billie is somehow overweight really makes me uncomfortable. It’s like the psychotic claim in — say — Father of the Bride P2 that a pregnant woman would ever be 120 lbs. I mean, that’s a friggin irresponsible message to the women watching that movie, most of whom are going to be over that weight, especially if they’re as tall as Diane Keaton (5’7″) or Kimberly Williams-Paisley (5’5″). And they will NOT necessarily all be fat.
…I’m not sure I’m entirely keen on the UCS posting with a Joe gravatar. There’s just something frighteningly unholy about that. Much like the Ruth/Mike ship, though, so I suppose it’s fitting in this case.
Wow. I don’t like this Ruth. Irrational and arbitrary bongoyness seems to be her only character trait. If Ruth is so controlling and on top of everything, why isn’t she tracking down Sal herself? Why assume Billy’s the hold up, when Sal is the only one who wasn’t at the floor meeting?
Having been an RA, I can say that you speak to whoever you see first or can find first, rarely do people even answer their doors or, in some cases, phones. It’s difficult to get anything done to the level your superiors may demand.
From her point of view, she likely has a Hall Director demanding that she get the forms from all of her residents. Her boss is yelling at her, and she sees Billie as the obstacle between completing the task or not. As Billie’s (albeit true) story sounds far fetched, getting irritated with Billie is actually pretty normal and not irrational at all for Ruth.
I agree, for all we know. Ruths job is hellish and Billie isn’t helping…
Also, Billie is lots easier to track down than Sal…I mean, Sals Batman, after all.
Rognik
Who doesn’t believe in doors. Only reason she uses them is when the room doesn’t have a window to crawl through or a wall to smash down.
Pagannerd
If a room doesn’t have walls, how can it have a door? Is it even a room? Or is it, y’know… Outside?
Random Webcomics Junkie
It could have walls without having walls to smash through. For instance, steel-reinforced concrete might not be fun to smash through. She’d probably bruise a little.
But that’s the thing, Billie’s story isn’t at all hard to believe, because Ruth hasn’t been able to track down Sal. She went all over campus, and town even, hunting down residents for the floor meeting, but couldn’t find Sal. And she seems to be a very controlling RA, I find it hard to believe she hasn’t stayed up herself to ambush her absentee resident.
It seems Billie’s done very little to warrant this arbitrary hate, much less the non stop fat comments, while her inability to even contact Sal seems like it would have been much more likely to set her off.
So yeah, I’m confused where the Billie hatred is coming from, and I’m equally confused at the lack of Sal hatred.
Dahlia
I assume its just lack of credibility because of Billies first impression, but I can’t say for sure.
I dunno, I mean, staying up later than normal might not be Billies thing due to beauty sleep or w/e and Ruth might not have the time to hunt Sal down which is why she went to this extremity in the first place.
MeHael
Sal might get some hatred if Ruth ever caught up with her. Ruth seems like the type to only voice her hatred of people directly at them. Also, if she did voice any Sal hatred around Billie, it would help Billie’s attempt to deflect the responsibility, which would be counterproductive to getting the forms signed.
I’m assuming that the school’s administration is corrupt and/or stupid. It’s the only explanation that could be offered to explain how Ruth has not been fired for terrorizing, abusing and now stealing from students. No college in the world would allow for this to happen in the dorms so easily.
Mind you, I don’t quite mind that Ruth is bullying Billie, what with her being an unnecessary bongo to Walky. I mean, yes, Ruth is being a bongo too, but at least we know there is a moderately explainable reason for it (she doesn’t like her fellow students and would rather they live in fear of her, rather than try and take advantage of her).
But still, I really wanna know how the school can allow someone with such a cruel and vindictive behavior to be an R.M.
Remember the first meeting that Ruth held? She verbally threatened EVERYONE to be at it. There is an entire dorm of people who first handed witnessed Ruth’s administrative behavior. That alone would get her fired in most schools.
Also the fact Ruth has Billie’s uniform in her possession would be proof enough of her abuse of power as she would have had to enter Ruth’s room to steal it and hold it hostage.
Ruth is actually doing Billie a huge favor, when one thinks about it: Roommate agreement forms are documented compromises between roommates…meaning that if Sal did anything against what she signed off on that form Billie could easily report it to Ruth (who I think WOULD do something because she takes her job very seriously despite disliking Billie) and be putty in Billie’s hands, and vice versa: If Billie did anything violating what she signed off on Sal could take it to Ruth as well. Point being that even if it is by force Ruth is trying to bring these two to a compromise.
Maybe if Billie hadn’t tried to punch Ruth at the meeting Ruth would believe her… Gotta watch those first impressions (She comes off as a bully at first here, but she kinda did when Joe and Danny first met her, too…Deep down she’s the same Ruth who helps others, though.)
Except that Ruth bullied Billie into throwing that punch in the first place. And I’d like to see you report your problems to the authority figure who’s been bullying you, calling you fat, and stealing your stuff from the moment you met her.
Yeah, this Ruth doesn’t seem to be out to help people. She seems to be out to make freshmen miserable for no reason, while complaining about the minimal responsibilities of an entirely voluntary position.
Hmmmm, I don’t think bullying is the entirely correct word…”Provoked” maybe…Billie said she could “destroy” Ruth and Ruth simply wanted her to put her money where her mouth was, so to speak. Keep in mind while Ruth was being assertive with Billie while interrogating her Billie was the one that disrespected her authority by telling her to step off (quite rudely). Sadly my RA was just as bad as Ruth, which is why I went to her boss who actually DID help me (I DO know how Billie feels) and luckily I transferred.
When Dorothy turned to her Ruth did not deny her at all and even reassured Dorothy of what she needed to do.
Shift
While Ruth has shown moments of good behavior she did go around threatening and bullying everyone to be at the meeting and is even now abusing her position by stealing people’s property and verbally abusing Ruth. Her general behavior normally would be allowed or tolerated at most schools.
Dahlia
Yes, I know, and I disapprove of the actions and behavior, certainly NOT what you want in your RA…but I choose not to judge Ruth as a person yet (as we barely know her in this universe)
Shift
If this is how she acts in a position where her purpose is to help students and keep order amongst them, we’re already seeing what kind of person she is Dahlia. She’s a bully.
She enjoys using power to terrorize people. That doesn’t mean she can’t be occassionally nice, but that doesn’t negate how she act in 4 out of 5 scenarios.
Bully’s can later be revealed to have some good trait, but that doesn’t take away from the abuse they inflict on people who don’t necessarily deserve it. I mean, I hate Billie, but she doesn’t control her roommate and Ruth holding her uniform hostage is nothing short of malicious behavior on Ruth’s part.
Dahlia
Thats true…
I’m sure her interaction with Dorothy foreshadowed said good traits….D: (I hope)
102 thoughts on “Ransom”
Jen Aside
I’m calling you FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
David Herbert
*Gasp* Ruth, you heinous bongo!
Wait, is heinous the word I want here? Or will despicable do? Either way it’s sarcasm.
Fauxlosopher
You misspelled ‘hilarious.’
Cassidy
FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT
Alice Macher
Clearly, it isn’t Mike who’s the “Mike” of this ‘verse (except for his tweets). Ruth is the “Mike.”
Reboot
So, when do the two meet?
Joebo
I don’t know, but I imagine that it will involve a universe ending catastrophe. Though that may be because I’ve been watching too much Back to the Future. Curse you AMC!!!
Trae Dorn
They will meet.
And then they will bang.
EPICALLY.
Joebo
And the Multi-verse will implode.
Rognik
And some people doubt the Big Bang theory. :p
Blah
Owwwwwwwwwwww
Pagannerd
Ruth and Mike shall EpicHateFuck.
Ruth shall be the man.
David Herbert
I second this shipping.
arjay2813
@Trae Dorn
then he will bang her mom
David Herbert
No, Ruth’s actions are for a reason, Mike’s an asshole just to be one.
addude
Why do I feel Walky will end up in a wig and dress to impersonate his sister to sign that thing for Billie?
Reboot
…what do you mean, “to sign that thing for Billie”? :p
Dedlok
Yeah, you talk like Walky doesn’t already do that for fun.
addude
I meant the roommate agreement but that other things sound interesting too
JK9000
I’m not sure you need a disguise in order to forge a signature.
addude
I’m just assuming that Ruth would want to see both of them sign it just to make sure Billie didn’t forge it
NF
Somewhere, Mike currently has an erection.
MJ
But it has more to do with your mom 😉
Rowen Morland
😀
Gianni
Or Joe’s pants just tightened…
arjay2813
i’m sure that’s what billie was talking about..
Ωmega
… I can’t believe that I never recognized Rachel lurking around in the background until now. W- wait. He tags all appearing characters? Well, damn.
Wait. Mary? Another cameo! I feel really dumb- are there any more? *goes back to reread archives*
Tom
Mary’s that girl from Joyce and Walky who Billie hates. She got knocked up
Tom
Damn it why isn’t my avatar aslan
dchorror
That’s not exactly fair. It’s funny, but not really fair to Billie.
I want to see Ruth threaten Sal.
Doesn’t it seem a little early to say Billie’s packed on the Freshmen Fifteen?
dchorror
Just saw the poll, have to say that she’s delightfully curvy.
R
Some girls just gain their weight in more flattering areas than others (I’m sadly not one of them, thankfully my metabolism is still good).
MrGBH
I’d say Billie isn’t fat at all.
dchorror
I wasn’t saying fat. I said delightfully curvy. She looks to be of a pretty healthy build, but you definitely couldn’t call her skinny.
Li
I agree that she’s nicely curvy but I don’t understand why that makes it impossible to call her skinny… unless we’re using a REAL definition of skinny:
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/skinny
Sorry, I don’t mean to jump on you more than you already have been; I’m just with MrGBH here, the fact that the readers are so comfortable with the idea that Billie is somehow overweight really makes me uncomfortable. It’s like the psychotic claim in — say — Father of the Bride P2 that a pregnant woman would ever be 120 lbs. I mean, that’s a friggin irresponsible message to the women watching that movie, most of whom are going to be over that weight, especially if they’re as tall as Diane Keaton (5’7″) or Kimberly Williams-Paisley (5’5″). And they will NOT necessarily all be fat.
./blah blah blah spleen vented
dchorror
Saying there aren’t only absolutes. Fat and skinny are valid, but so is average, which I described as a healthy build.
R
Anyone else hoping for Ruth/Mike now? Just to see the world explode?
Bickendan
When does this ship leave dock?
Unconquered Sun
*checks watch* 1 hour :55 mins ago,
Ka
…I’m not sure I’m entirely keen on the UCS posting with a Joe gravatar. There’s just something frighteningly unholy about that. Much like the Ruth/Mike ship, though, so I suppose it’s fitting in this case.
Malisteen
Wow. I don’t like this Ruth. Irrational and arbitrary bongoyness seems to be her only character trait. If Ruth is so controlling and on top of everything, why isn’t she tracking down Sal herself? Why assume Billy’s the hold up, when Sal is the only one who wasn’t at the floor meeting?
R
Billie’s the easier target. She’s there. You can’t threaten someone who you can’t find. I think Ruth may see herself as “playful” somewhat.
LurkerAbove
Why do the work yourself when you can press others to do the work for you? 😀
Tomato
Having been an RA, I can say that you speak to whoever you see first or can find first, rarely do people even answer their doors or, in some cases, phones. It’s difficult to get anything done to the level your superiors may demand.
Trae Dorn
Why is it irrational?
From her point of view, she likely has a Hall Director demanding that she get the forms from all of her residents. Her boss is yelling at her, and she sees Billie as the obstacle between completing the task or not. As Billie’s (albeit true) story sounds far fetched, getting irritated with Billie is actually pretty normal and not irrational at all for Ruth.
Dahlia
I agree, for all we know. Ruths job is hellish and Billie isn’t helping…
Also, Billie is lots easier to track down than Sal…I mean, Sals Batman, after all.
Rognik
Who doesn’t believe in doors. Only reason she uses them is when the room doesn’t have a window to crawl through or a wall to smash down.
Pagannerd
If a room doesn’t have walls, how can it have a door? Is it even a room? Or is it, y’know… Outside?
Random Webcomics Junkie
It could have walls without having walls to smash through. For instance, steel-reinforced concrete might not be fun to smash through. She’d probably bruise a little.
Malisteen
But that’s the thing, Billie’s story isn’t at all hard to believe, because Ruth hasn’t been able to track down Sal. She went all over campus, and town even, hunting down residents for the floor meeting, but couldn’t find Sal. And she seems to be a very controlling RA, I find it hard to believe she hasn’t stayed up herself to ambush her absentee resident.
It seems Billie’s done very little to warrant this arbitrary hate, much less the non stop fat comments, while her inability to even contact Sal seems like it would have been much more likely to set her off.
So yeah, I’m confused where the Billie hatred is coming from, and I’m equally confused at the lack of Sal hatred.
Dahlia
I assume its just lack of credibility because of Billies first impression, but I can’t say for sure.
I dunno, I mean, staying up later than normal might not be Billies thing due to beauty sleep or w/e and Ruth might not have the time to hunt Sal down which is why she went to this extremity in the first place.
MeHael
Sal might get some hatred if Ruth ever caught up with her. Ruth seems like the type to only voice her hatred of people directly at them. Also, if she did voice any Sal hatred around Billie, it would help Billie’s attempt to deflect the responsibility, which would be counterproductive to getting the forms signed.
Tomato
Oh Billie, you so fat your scale reads, “please get off.” 😉
Shift
I’m assuming that the school’s administration is corrupt and/or stupid. It’s the only explanation that could be offered to explain how Ruth has not been fired for terrorizing, abusing and now stealing from students. No college in the world would allow for this to happen in the dorms so easily.
Mind you, I don’t quite mind that Ruth is bullying Billie, what with her being an unnecessary bongo to Walky. I mean, yes, Ruth is being a bongo too, but at least we know there is a moderately explainable reason for it (she doesn’t like her fellow students and would rather they live in fear of her, rather than try and take advantage of her).
But still, I really wanna know how the school can allow someone with such a cruel and vindictive behavior to be an R.M.
dchorror
You have to prove that the RA is abusing their power. She could be otherwise pleasant, she’s just picking on Billie.
Shift
Remember the first meeting that Ruth held? She verbally threatened EVERYONE to be at it. There is an entire dorm of people who first handed witnessed Ruth’s administrative behavior. That alone would get her fired in most schools.
Shift
Also the fact Ruth has Billie’s uniform in her possession would be proof enough of her abuse of power as she would have had to enter Ruth’s room to steal it and hold it hostage.
ADHadh
Just when I was starting to feel some sympathy for Ruth…
Dahlia
Ruth is actually doing Billie a huge favor, when one thinks about it: Roommate agreement forms are documented compromises between roommates…meaning that if Sal did anything against what she signed off on that form Billie could easily report it to Ruth (who I think WOULD do something because she takes her job very seriously despite disliking Billie) and be putty in Billie’s hands, and vice versa: If Billie did anything violating what she signed off on Sal could take it to Ruth as well. Point being that even if it is by force Ruth is trying to bring these two to a compromise.
Maybe if Billie hadn’t tried to punch Ruth at the meeting Ruth would believe her… Gotta watch those first impressions (She comes off as a bully at first here, but she kinda did when Joe and Danny first met her, too…Deep down she’s the same Ruth who helps others, though.)
Malisteen
Except that Ruth bullied Billie into throwing that punch in the first place. And I’d like to see you report your problems to the authority figure who’s been bullying you, calling you fat, and stealing your stuff from the moment you met her.
Yeah, this Ruth doesn’t seem to be out to help people. She seems to be out to make freshmen miserable for no reason, while complaining about the minimal responsibilities of an entirely voluntary position.
Dahlia
Hmmmm, I don’t think bullying is the entirely correct word…”Provoked” maybe…Billie said she could “destroy” Ruth and Ruth simply wanted her to put her money where her mouth was, so to speak. Keep in mind while Ruth was being assertive with Billie while interrogating her Billie was the one that disrespected her authority by telling her to step off (quite rudely). Sadly my RA was just as bad as Ruth, which is why I went to her boss who actually DID help me (I DO know how Billie feels) and luckily I transferred.
When Dorothy turned to her Ruth did not deny her at all and even reassured Dorothy of what she needed to do.
Shift
While Ruth has shown moments of good behavior she did go around threatening and bullying everyone to be at the meeting and is even now abusing her position by stealing people’s property and verbally abusing Ruth. Her general behavior normally would be allowed or tolerated at most schools.
Dahlia
Yes, I know, and I disapprove of the actions and behavior, certainly NOT what you want in your RA…but I choose not to judge Ruth as a person yet (as we barely know her in this universe)
Shift
If this is how she acts in a position where her purpose is to help students and keep order amongst them, we’re already seeing what kind of person she is Dahlia. She’s a bully.
She enjoys using power to terrorize people. That doesn’t mean she can’t be occassionally nice, but that doesn’t negate how she act in 4 out of 5 scenarios.
Bully’s can later be revealed to have some good trait, but that doesn’t take away from the abuse they inflict on people who don’t necessarily deserve it. I mean, I hate Billie, but she doesn’t control her roommate and Ruth holding her uniform hostage is nothing short of malicious behavior on Ruth’s part.
Dahlia
Thats true…
I’m sure her interaction with Dorothy foreshadowed said good traits….D: (I hope)
airfox
I respectfully disagree. Clearly, it was Billie who initiated the hostilities.
-airfox
jaredTSF
Woah, I got up at 5:00, you all get here fast. Any way…… Billie does seemed to have gained wait compared to roo/walk/y and Joyce. intentional?
Rognik
They stay up until the comic is posted.
dchorror
See, I didn’t go to bed til 7, so yeah.
Rachel
I think I’m in love with Ruth.
Rodney