I call that bad writing from the korra team. Korra x Mako was going to be the main ship because there was no certainty of a second season, and when it happened it was considered the leats liked season of korra.
Bolin and Ron Stoppable show that maybe they’re not the perfect boyfriend but they will crawl through broken glass for you and that’s a point in their favor.
Afaik with Korra that was also executive meddling though, not just the writing team being bad. They weren’t initially planning on Korra x Mako to be a thing, that was only changed/added later because traditional pairings made the show more likely to get greenlit for additional seasons.
You’re right of course, asking if we want Ambster and Dotty to get together is like asking if we want pepper on our scrambled eggs or….or pineapple on our pizza or…. or beetroot on our burger!
Pepper on our eggs? Yes, please.
Pineapple on a pizza? Certainly, and don’t forget the diced ham/Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.
But what the hell is beetroot?
Norah
Beetroot is what British people call beets.
van Ryswyk
Beetroot is a root vegetable. Red and stains EVERYTHING. Is frigging delicious, whether you get it roast a fresh one, or get can of pre-sliced beets.
Putting beetroot on a Burger is how you can tell someone who grew up in Australia from someone who merely got used to the place.
Lanie
Beetroot isn’t bad, but it kind of tastes like sweet dirt, but I mean that in the best way. Do Australians use roasted beets on their burgers? That feels a bit reminiscent of putting pineapple on a burger, which I think is pretty good for what it’s worth.
Zaxares
They most certainly do! I detest beetroot myself, but putting beetroot on a burger (or in hot dogs) is considered quintessentially Aussie cuisine.
khn0
“A sort of parsnip is the beet-root, which came through Italy not long ago. It is a very red, quite big, root of which leaves are beets, and all of this is good to eat, once prepared: if the root is to class under the delicate meats, of which juice it releases while cooking, similar to sugar sirup, is very lovely to the view by its ruddy colour.” de Serres, Agriculture theater and field management, 1600
Jungle Dwayne
This guy beets
Username Taken
I believe “beetroot” is the person you’re promised to marry.
Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I’m not going to say that Dorothy is worth X points and Walky is worth X-50 points or something like that, because I believe that trying to assign a concrete, numeric value to how someone lives their life is wrong, but it’s very clear that the kind of life that would make each of them happy is very, VERY different. Walky does not have Dorothy’s drive and ambition; she’s the type of person who would spend her weekends networking and attending charity balls, while Walky would much prefer to just sleep in and then watch cartoons/engage in hanky panky till dinnertime. Ultimately, I think the kind of person who will make Dorothy most happy is someone equally as driven as her, somebody who will inspire both of them to ever-greater heights of accomplishment through friendly and mutual competition. Walky, meanwhile, would be happiest with somebody who’s kind, understanding and laid-back, who will be happy regardless of what the future holds, as long as she’ll be with him. (In this, ironically, he’s not that much different from Danny.)
I mean, Walky’s bitter about rejection, which definitely isn’t great in the moment. I’d say in *general*, neither of them are healthy people- Walky doesn’t make choices with concern for long-term repercussions and Dorothy’s a legit workaholic who’s concept of self-care is basically nonexistent in a way that’s, like gauraunteed to make her crash and burn. Meanwhile, Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly while Dorothy is *very* confident she can achieve her dreams but is irationally willing to destroy herself to get there.
Um, romantically she’s more reasonable tho. Walky’s not being a monster but he is coming off as pushy; altho she doesn’t seem to be upset by it. That… was a bit longer than it likely had to be
I like the analysis! I was more or less thinking about how right now he’s using the fact that they were both in a life threatening situation as an excuse to get back with his ex the day after grinding on another girl, while Dorothy who would probably very much enjoy boning a Walky, still rejected him because she doesn’t want to lead him on as she knows she’s not capable of investing in Walky the same way he would her right now. All while saying something positive and life affirming. Like I don’t believe in “leagues” but Dorothy is definitely out of Walky’s. Be better Walky!
But who knows what will happen tomorrow right? Maybe this chapter was all about Walky and Dorothy getting back together and all the crazy dad kidnapping stuff was just filler.
Diner Kinetic
Oh yeah what walky’s doing now is hella sketchy- like I’ve never been in this exact situation but it doesn’t seem like a great time for flirting; esp. not when you’re sort-of-dating the woman who saved both of your lives.
Basically: Walky needs to learn to move on! Or dorothy could become receptive to a relationship when *not* freshly retrieved from a murder-house. Or some combination!
I think he’s in an emotionally vulnerable place and doesn’t know how to express that. This seems to be the best he can do at the moment. Which isn’t great to be sure.
Also I disagree that Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly. What happened to him is not unlike what happened to me in college. He was a kid who never had to try to excel in school until he got to college, so he never had to learn any of the tools to get himself to where he needed to be, and college is very much not set up to have the same kind of automatic support system of lower grades, which means his denial is leading him on a path for failure that will have no external intervention until it’s forced on him (fails the class and his parents find out, say). I don’t think that means he thinks success is unattainable, I think he just had absolutely no roadmap on how to get there, and the directions he’s been given from others make no sense to him, because he doesn’t know how to drive a car, he’s always just teleported to his destination before.
I think it’s better to say Dorothy is more mature than Walky in many ways. Or even that they’re not suited to each other because of their personality types.i don’t like using “out of someone’s league” because it can be misused to mean physical attractiveness or social status.
Doesn’t it just mean that they are standing about 3.3 miles apart? I mean in Land Leagues, not Nautical Leagues. Oh, you’re right! This social standing around will soon lead to engaging in social intercourse. Not what either of them needs ATM.
clif
I see it as something that’s really problematic for the future, but what they both need at the moment. Dorothy is better at living partially in the future while Walky lives more in the present. Time binding, and living partially in the future is a valuable skill, but the thing about the future is that you have to make it through the present to get there.
She’s more mature than him to be sure, but I don’t think that they’re unsuited to each other. I actually think that were Walky more mature they’d be almost perfectly suited to each other. They have some very complementary strengths and weaknesses.
Oh Dorothy, eventually you’ll learn to develop a work-life balance that allows you to have someone in your life. Anyone want to place bets on how long it takes her though?
I would bet she can meet love one day, but her personal happiness and that of every women and men shouldn’t depend on finding a lover. It’s a big mistake to think that everyone will find their “soul mate”. Some people are happy just doing what they like.
The problem is that Dorothy *isn’t* happy. A lot of her compromises she’s made have already shown themselves to be bad for her, like how she burns her candle at both ends.
Even if Walky weren’t part of the juggling act, I don’t think she could have gotten through this year without hitting a wall. Walky just kinda helped expose the cracks earlier, in a sentence that sounds way dirtier than intended.
Regalli
Yeaaaah, Dorothy burning out is pretty much inevitable, Walky or no – the way she cuts leisure time as superfluous and unimportant if her academic work is suffering, and how she’ll neglect everything for crunch? Both of those are VERY BAD for her in the long run. (Not just in the ‘this will eventually cause health problems’ level, your brain just can’t sustain that.) Honestly I think having dated Walky actually put off her burnout for a bit.
Dorothy doesn’t NEED a relationship to be happy, no. She DOES need breaks from her work, academic or volunteering, and those lowkey cartoon dates with Walky were a good thing in that respect. (Granted, I had a depressive burn out and not just a straight overwork one, but even in a good mental health state my energy’s still not back to where it was before the successive depressive episodes since 2013.)
Dorothy needs to develop a work-life balance, period. She doesn’t necessarily need to have a partner unless she wants to and finds the right one. But she does need to eat and sleep somewhat regularly, and she’s not doing that now. She needs some down time occasionally, and to spend time with friends. If, in doing that, she finds a boyfriend, that’s great. But she doesn’t *need* a boyfriend.
I find it really gross how much open contempt y’all have for the idea that someone choosing to put off romantic relationships to focus on other long term goals might have ACTUALLY MADE A HEALTHY, MATURE DECISION FOR THEMSELF
Why is it so inconceivable to you that someone else might have different priorities?
Like, sure. Dorothy was overdoing it. Then she dumped Walky and a few of her extracurricular things like the newspaper and has been doing much better. Making enough time for hygiene and fun is absolutely important. Making time for a boyfriend is only important if that’s something she wants right now. Which it isn’t. Boyfriends will still exist a few years from now.
167 thoughts on “Nigh-brush”
Ana Chronistic
[citation needed]
[for reasons]
Stephen Bierce
It’s the first Chevy of the ’80s
The first Chevy of its kind
It’s the new Chevy kind of compact
It’s that favorite car you had in mind
Chevy Citaaaaaaaaaaaation!
If you remember this jingle you definitely watched too much TV in the Eighties.
Hex Hornet
Guilty as charged.
Figureaddict
Couldn’t stop laughing at this, and now can’t get it out of my head!
brionl
I do not remember that at all. But I was in the US Navy in the early 80’s and spent a lot of time underwater, in lieu of watching TV.
Roborat
OMG, that was such a crappy car.
Schol-R-LEA
I am no one to talk, in 1987 my car was a used Shitvette, I mean Chevette.
thejeff
Hey, I had Shove-it as well. Around the same time, maybe a few years later.
Roborat
In my early adult years I worked for Hertz, half the fleet was chevettes, I really, really hated those cars.
King Daniel
Well tomorrow’s the last strip of the storyline, I guess everyone gets butts disease
Lingo
Man I hope somebody remembered Faz.
butts
faz will not be getting butts disease
clif
At least the next Chapter isn’t titled “mistakes were made.”
Needfuldoer
Soggies may rule.
C.T Phipps
I envision Dorothy jumping on a nearby passing truck’s top and flipping Walky off now.
Because when you end a relationship, you should always make sure it explodes behind you while power walking with sunglasses.
Chris
And whatever you do, don’t look back at the explosion.
abysswatcher1993
Fuck off, I look at my on explosions. Only pansy edgelords don’t look at their work.
I am a student of the great mage Megumin!
hof1991
If you can see the explosion, the explosion can see you. So don’t look and you’ll be safe.
Deanatay
I have cameras record it, so I can watch it later.
Nick Piers
Those citations have many end notes, I’m sure.
woobie
Dorothy wants a sight of the cite.
Just to be sure.
danielle
david has made his ASSertion
Chris
Would her first brush with mortality be the Druggo McStabbed incident?
danielle
i believe so, yes
C.T Phipps
Walky, I’m pretty sure this is cheating on your not-quite-broken-up-with current girlfriend.
This is what Mako did. Do you want to be like Mako? No, because Mako didn’t deserve Korra or Asami.
Do you want Amber and Dorothy to get together? Wait, bad example.
abysswatcher1993
I call that bad writing from the korra team. Korra x Mako was going to be the main ship because there was no certainty of a second season, and when it happened it was considered the leats liked season of korra.
C.T Phipps
Bolin and Ron Stoppable show that maybe they’re not the perfect boyfriend but they will crawl through broken glass for you and that’s a point in their favor.
The Makos? Not so much.
adam Black
Bolin / Ron Stoppable
someone make it happen
PhyrexianRogue
Afaik with Korra that was also executive meddling though, not just the writing team being bad. They weren’t initially planning on Korra x Mako to be a thing, that was only changed/added later because traditional pairings made the show more likely to get greenlit for additional seasons.
DailyBrad
They’re explicitly not dating. Like, not even ambigiously.
ktbear
You’re right of course, asking if we want Ambster and Dotty to get together is like asking if we want pepper on our scrambled eggs or….or pineapple on our pizza or…. or beetroot on our burger!
Bicycle Bill
Pepper on our eggs? Yes, please.
Pineapple on a pizza? Certainly, and don’t forget the diced ham/Canadian bacon and sauerkraut.
But what the hell is beetroot?
Norah
Beetroot is what British people call beets.
van Ryswyk
Beetroot is a root vegetable. Red and stains EVERYTHING. Is frigging delicious, whether you get it roast a fresh one, or get can of pre-sliced beets.
Putting beetroot on a Burger is how you can tell someone who grew up in Australia from someone who merely got used to the place.
Lanie
Beetroot isn’t bad, but it kind of tastes like sweet dirt, but I mean that in the best way. Do Australians use roasted beets on their burgers? That feels a bit reminiscent of putting pineapple on a burger, which I think is pretty good for what it’s worth.
Zaxares
They most certainly do! I detest beetroot myself, but putting beetroot on a burger (or in hot dogs) is considered quintessentially Aussie cuisine.
khn0
“A sort of parsnip is the beet-root, which came through Italy not long ago. It is a very red, quite big, root of which leaves are beets, and all of this is good to eat, once prepared: if the root is to class under the delicate meats, of which juice it releases while cooking, similar to sugar sirup, is very lovely to the view by its ruddy colour.” de Serres, Agriculture theater and field management, 1600
Jungle Dwayne
This guy beets
Username Taken
I believe “beetroot” is the person you’re promised to marry.
Meagan
Gah, I just finished season two of Korra. I heard that Korra ends up with a woman but I didn’t know who. Dang. I’m spoiled now.
Laladoria
Amber and Walky aren’t dating. They’re specifically stopping themselves from dating, on purpose, with a lot of effort.
Needfuldoer
I’ve never watched Legend of Korra, so I always assume these are references to Mako the actor.
bryy
“As tempting as that may be” plus “I like citations”….
welp. they are boning, it looks like.
clif
Remains to be seen. Spending time together now in Walky’s no-roommate room and getting back together are two different decisions.
Sirksome
Nice try Walky. This might get me heat but I think Dorothy might be better than him.
Badgermole
Dorothy is absolutely better than him. She needs an equal partnership in a romantic relationship and Walky can’t give her that.
Zaxares
Yeah, I’m inclined to agree. I’m not going to say that Dorothy is worth X points and Walky is worth X-50 points or something like that, because I believe that trying to assign a concrete, numeric value to how someone lives their life is wrong, but it’s very clear that the kind of life that would make each of them happy is very, VERY different. Walky does not have Dorothy’s drive and ambition; she’s the type of person who would spend her weekends networking and attending charity balls, while Walky would much prefer to just sleep in and then watch cartoons/engage in hanky panky till dinnertime. Ultimately, I think the kind of person who will make Dorothy most happy is someone equally as driven as her, somebody who will inspire both of them to ever-greater heights of accomplishment through friendly and mutual competition. Walky, meanwhile, would be happiest with somebody who’s kind, understanding and laid-back, who will be happy regardless of what the future holds, as long as she’ll be with him. (In this, ironically, he’s not that much different from Danny.)
clif
Complete lattices imply underlying metrics.
Diner Kinetic
I mean, Walky’s bitter about rejection, which definitely isn’t great in the moment. I’d say in *general*, neither of them are healthy people- Walky doesn’t make choices with concern for long-term repercussions and Dorothy’s a legit workaholic who’s concept of self-care is basically nonexistent in a way that’s, like gauraunteed to make her crash and burn. Meanwhile, Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly while Dorothy is *very* confident she can achieve her dreams but is irationally willing to destroy herself to get there.
Um, romantically she’s more reasonable tho. Walky’s not being a monster but he is coming off as pushy; altho she doesn’t seem to be upset by it. That… was a bit longer than it likely had to be
C.T Phipps
Nah, Dorothy needs a supportive doormat for sex and emotional needs!
Too bad Dan was too Dan-like.
Sirksome
I like the analysis! I was more or less thinking about how right now he’s using the fact that they were both in a life threatening situation as an excuse to get back with his ex the day after grinding on another girl, while Dorothy who would probably very much enjoy boning a Walky, still rejected him because she doesn’t want to lead him on as she knows she’s not capable of investing in Walky the same way he would her right now. All while saying something positive and life affirming. Like I don’t believe in “leagues” but Dorothy is definitely out of Walky’s. Be better Walky!
But who knows what will happen tomorrow right? Maybe this chapter was all about Walky and Dorothy getting back together and all the crazy dad kidnapping stuff was just filler.
Diner Kinetic
Oh yeah what walky’s doing now is hella sketchy- like I’ve never been in this exact situation but it doesn’t seem like a great time for flirting; esp. not when you’re sort-of-dating the woman who saved both of your lives.
Basically: Walky needs to learn to move on! Or dorothy could become receptive to a relationship when *not* freshly retrieved from a murder-house. Or some combination!
Devin
I think he’s in an emotionally vulnerable place and doesn’t know how to express that. This seems to be the best he can do at the moment. Which isn’t great to be sure.
Also I disagree that Walky tends to see success as unattainable and give up instantly. What happened to him is not unlike what happened to me in college. He was a kid who never had to try to excel in school until he got to college, so he never had to learn any of the tools to get himself to where he needed to be, and college is very much not set up to have the same kind of automatic support system of lower grades, which means his denial is leading him on a path for failure that will have no external intervention until it’s forced on him (fails the class and his parents find out, say). I don’t think that means he thinks success is unattainable, I think he just had absolutely no roadmap on how to get there, and the directions he’s been given from others make no sense to him, because he doesn’t know how to drive a car, he’s always just teleported to his destination before.
DailyBrad
Relationships are not DBZ, and there aren’t power levels or something. It’d be a lot easier if it even remotely worked like that.
Diner Kinetic
His butt… it’s OVER 9,000!
StClair
What, 9000!? There’s no way that can be right, can it?!
woobie
It took a crane to get it out.
Deanatay
Eh, his butt is just a 1006, you can take ’em, Kurillin… oh, wait, had the reader upside down…
Needfuldoer
The relative passage of time isn’t too far off…
Norah
I think it’s better to say Dorothy is more mature than Walky in many ways. Or even that they’re not suited to each other because of their personality types.i don’t like using “out of someone’s league” because it can be misused to mean physical attractiveness or social status.
Geneseepaws
Doesn’t it just mean that they are standing about 3.3 miles apart? I mean in Land Leagues, not Nautical Leagues. Oh, you’re right! This social standing around will soon lead to engaging in social intercourse. Not what either of them needs ATM.
clif
I see it as something that’s really problematic for the future, but what they both need at the moment. Dorothy is better at living partially in the future while Walky lives more in the present. Time binding, and living partially in the future is a valuable skill, but the thing about the future is that you have to make it through the present to get there.
Devin
She’s more mature than him to be sure, but I don’t think that they’re unsuited to each other. I actually think that were Walky more mature they’d be almost perfectly suited to each other. They have some very complementary strengths and weaknesses.
Kyrik Michalowski
Oh Dorothy, eventually you’ll learn to develop a work-life balance that allows you to have someone in your life. Anyone want to place bets on how long it takes her though?
abysswatcher1993
I would bet she can meet love one day, but her personal happiness and that of every women and men shouldn’t depend on finding a lover. It’s a big mistake to think that everyone will find their “soul mate”. Some people are happy just doing what they like.
DailyBrad
The problem is that Dorothy *isn’t* happy. A lot of her compromises she’s made have already shown themselves to be bad for her, like how she burns her candle at both ends.
Even if Walky weren’t part of the juggling act, I don’t think she could have gotten through this year without hitting a wall. Walky just kinda helped expose the cracks earlier, in a sentence that sounds way dirtier than intended.
Regalli
Yeaaaah, Dorothy burning out is pretty much inevitable, Walky or no – the way she cuts leisure time as superfluous and unimportant if her academic work is suffering, and how she’ll neglect everything for crunch? Both of those are VERY BAD for her in the long run. (Not just in the ‘this will eventually cause health problems’ level, your brain just can’t sustain that.) Honestly I think having dated Walky actually put off her burnout for a bit.
Dorothy doesn’t NEED a relationship to be happy, no. She DOES need breaks from her work, academic or volunteering, and those lowkey cartoon dates with Walky were a good thing in that respect. (Granted, I had a depressive burn out and not just a straight overwork one, but even in a good mental health state my energy’s still not back to where it was before the successive depressive episodes since 2013.)
C.T Phipps
Dorothy: My life goal plan 142# is to have a series of affairs with much younger men who sign NDAs from my 40s to 50s.
Norah
Dorothy needs to develop a work-life balance, period. She doesn’t necessarily need to have a partner unless she wants to and finds the right one. But she does need to eat and sleep somewhat regularly, and she’s not doing that now. She needs some down time occasionally, and to spend time with friends. If, in doing that, she finds a boyfriend, that’s great. But she doesn’t *need* a boyfriend.
Fart Captor
I find it really gross how much open contempt y’all have for the idea that someone choosing to put off romantic relationships to focus on other long term goals might have ACTUALLY MADE A HEALTHY, MATURE DECISION FOR THEMSELF
Why is it so inconceivable to you that someone else might have different priorities?
Like, sure. Dorothy was overdoing it. Then she dumped Walky and a few of her extracurricular things like the newspaper and has been doing much better. Making enough time for hygiene and fun is absolutely important. Making time for a boyfriend is only important if that’s something she wants right now. Which it isn’t. Boyfriends will still exist a few years from now.
dralou