Now Amber shows off a scar she got while superheroing, Sal counters with another, and by the end they are both drunk and singing “Show Me the Way to Go Home”.
Of course, if Sal wants to prove her determination to turn over a new leaf to Marcie, this would ironically be the way to do it. “Hey, remember that kid who stabbed me through the hand? Yeah, she and I are hanging out, lately.” Seriously, it’d blow Marcie’s mind.
According to the book pdfs, the knife went straight through her hand, so it’s probably reflected on her palm too.
Axel
Mine’s around my kneecap, and didn’t go all the way through the skin (ie, the fat and muscle weren’t exposed). Got it when I was 16, it’s a (large) white scar now (25), but I know it was dark enough that I was concerned about its visibility in my early(er) 20s.
So Sal’s being red seems about right. I did have a cousin who fucked up his hand (it’s mostly okay now, but he crushed it), but I didn’t see him often enough to keep track of when it got back to a more normal colour.
Hypertrophic & Keloid scarring often remain red and angry looking years after the wound has healed. I know my operation scar is still red 5 years on, and gets redder depending on exertion and changes in weather (it can also get very itchy under those circumstances).
Still, given the size of that scar (and the fact it was a through and through knife wound), Sal’s lucky to have any use of her left hand at all.
When she was tuning Danny’s ukulele, she told him when she handed it back that she doesn’t know any ukulele chords and her right hand doesn’t work very well. Apparently enough to make a fist and drive a motorcycle, but probably some serious damage to finer motor skills or smaller/more precise things.
On that topic while maybe her plucking skills might be hampered, she’d probably still be able to strum just fine, assuming she can hold a pick or use her nails (like I do) At that point is more about your arm/wrist than actual hand.
Axel
Might have messed up a tendon going into her wrist, but that’s fully speculation.
Liquid Len
She played bass, which is often played using the index and middle fingers. I could see how that injury could affect fine motor skills on the right hand.
LookingIn
the way it’s angled it probably sliced all of the major tendons in the hand screwing up movement of the wrist and fingers. She’d be able to make fists and write, but fine coordination would be impacted.
I could be remembering wrong, but I think she can’t play guitar anymore. I think that was the stated reason she could give Danny suggestions on his ukelele playing.
Hail holy Willis, ofspring of Heav’n first-born,
Or of th’ Eternal Coeternal beam
May I express thee unblam’d? since Willis is light,
And never but in unapproached light
Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in Willis,
Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Or hear’st thou rather pure Ethereal stream,
Whose Fountain who shall tell? before the Sun,
Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice
Of Willis, as with a Mantle didst invest
The rising world of waters dark and deep,
Won from the void and formless infinite.
I mean, most people wear clothes 99% of the time (except when they’re changing or showering) and unless it’s tan line weather their skin stays the same. It’s probably the same with gloves.
We’ve never seen Sal showering but I mean…she sleeps with those on. I wanted a hand clammier than all you can eat chowder night at Red Lobster….but I guess what you said makes sense.
BBCC
I mean, I’d assume she takes her gloves off when she’s showering/washing her hands. According to a friend with a slip shine subscription, she’s also ditched the gloves when she was alone at a lake and went skinny dipping. Unless she’s showering with someone else, I don’t see a reason she wouldn’t remove her gloves.
Discussion (348) - “Knows”
Ana Chronistic
OH NICE we finally see Sal’s guild mark
RicardtheDragoon
Thank you. Pleased to finally get a reference here without further research.
Plasma Mongoose
“You recognise your handiwork I see”.
Bunnyfufu
GTFO XD
Doctor_Who
Now Amber shows off a scar she got while superheroing, Sal counters with another, and by the end they are both drunk and singing “Show Me the Way to Go Home”.
Koms
Show me yours and I’ll show you mine..no
Architex
“Let’s compare scars and I’ll tell whose is worse”
Siddif
Rise Agaisnt! \m/
Shameless
Klingon Mating Ritual: Mutual strip-search for concealed weapons.
DailyBrad
Ethan tries to feel included by showing a scar he got brawling for a variant at a Target.
tim gueguen
What they don’t realise is that tiny scar represents an injury that nearly killed Ethan. Those brawls are really dangerous!
EvilMidnightLurker
So there’s this anime called Ben-To about a group of wackos who routinely get into epic fights over discounted dinner boxes.
I think you can see where I’m going with this.
Bakuretsu
man, that’s one silly anime. I still get a huge kick out of it.
JohnF
I want to see Ethan’s scar, after all, he is Jewish…
ǝ snow ʍousɐ
These days, most American males have that scar.
ǝ snow ʍousɐ
*USA-born I mean
Ana Chronistic
Amber’s is a cutie mark
LookingIn
perfect gravitar for that joke…
Chaucer59
We’re gonna need a bigger university.
Gojira
And then the shark attacks.
John Merklinghaus
Fight the shark or jump over it…
Fight the shark or jump over it…
Dex
“You were on the Indianapolis?”
“No, Mr. Hooper. I was on the Bloomington. We had it far worse than those poor souls on the Indianapolis. We had to put up with Mary.”
LazyDolphin
Right there. Mary Ellen Moffat.
Toes14
Not with the look on Amber’s face in the last panel. More like she tries to fight Sal & gets her butt kicked.
shadowcell
“wanna know how i got this scar?”
chris2315
The correct response in this scenario is not “no, but I know how you got these.”
Marlowe
Correct response? No.
Likely response? Well…
Keulen
why so serious?
LookingIn
some people just like to watch the world burn…
Mada
LLLEEEEET’S GET RRREAAADY TO RRRRRUUUMMMBBBLLLEEEE
jimbotherisenclown
…somehow I can’t see Lillian ever saying that.
Freemage
Of course, if Sal wants to prove her determination to turn over a new leaf to Marcie, this would ironically be the way to do it. “Hey, remember that kid who stabbed me through the hand? Yeah, she and I are hanging out, lately.” Seriously, it’d blow Marcie’s mind.
But yeah, rumble is more likely, sadly.
AntJ
FLYIN’ TO THE RED
newllend(henryvolt)
So we shaking hands or what? Come on don’t leave me hanging.
Clif
Marcie will be so proud that Sal de-esculated.
LookingIn
it’s what we all hope for…which means it’ll never happen and an epic week-long fight sequence erupts with Ethan ending up hurt 🙁
Ivy
Why’s that thing still red
DailyBrad
I think a combination of Sal’s skintone and the lighting. It probably looks more tan or brown under more neutral lighting.
MeghanTheDreamCrusher
Drama
Axel
I had a deep scar that stayed red-purple for at least four years, and it wouldn’t be as deep as Sal’s.
BBCC
According to the book pdfs, the knife went straight through her hand, so it’s probably reflected on her palm too.
Axel
Mine’s around my kneecap, and didn’t go all the way through the skin (ie, the fat and muscle weren’t exposed). Got it when I was 16, it’s a (large) white scar now (25), but I know it was dark enough that I was concerned about its visibility in my early(er) 20s.
So Sal’s being red seems about right. I did have a cousin who fucked up his hand (it’s mostly okay now, but he crushed it), but I didn’t see him often enough to keep track of when it got back to a more normal colour.
LookingIn
hell, my arm scar that saw my bicep ripped open took nearly 10 years to look normal skin tone…31 years later and it still looks lighter than normal
DaveM
Hypertrophic & Keloid scarring often remain red and angry looking years after the wound has healed. I know my operation scar is still red 5 years on, and gets redder depending on exertion and changes in weather (it can also get very itchy under those circumstances).
Still, given the size of that scar (and the fact it was a through and through knife wound), Sal’s lucky to have any use of her left hand at all.
Geneseepaws
My sister was bitten by a moose once. No, no, moose bites can be very dangerous.
Roborat
Well, what do you expect, she was carving her initials into it.
Geneseepaws
Well, she got away carving the wolverine. Maybe she thought that he was so big he wouldnt notice?
BBCC
Yeah, that scar does NOT look pleasant. It’s still red and half-healed looking after five years. No wonder she doesn’t have full use of her hand.
Also, Sal’s face is too adorable in panel one and now I am dead, goodbye.
…
Eh, screw it, this is gonna be WAY too juicy for me to die before I see the conclusion.
Lumino
Maybe I’m slow, but where was it mentioned that Sal doesn’t have full use of that hand?
BBCC
When she was tuning Danny’s ukulele, she told him when she handed it back that she doesn’t know any ukulele chords and her right hand doesn’t work very well. Apparently enough to make a fist and drive a motorcycle, but probably some serious damage to finer motor skills or smaller/more precise things.
BBCC
Here’s the link!
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2018/comic/book-8/02-this-is-the-way-that-we-love/tuned/
Yotomoe
On that topic while maybe her plucking skills might be hampered, she’d probably still be able to strum just fine, assuming she can hold a pick or use her nails (like I do) At that point is more about your arm/wrist than actual hand.
Axel
Might have messed up a tendon going into her wrist, but that’s fully speculation.
Liquid Len
She played bass, which is often played using the index and middle fingers. I could see how that injury could affect fine motor skills on the right hand.
LookingIn
the way it’s angled it probably sliced all of the major tendons in the hand screwing up movement of the wrist and fingers. She’d be able to make fists and write, but fine coordination would be impacted.
DailyBrad
I could be remembering wrong, but I think she can’t play guitar anymore. I think that was the stated reason she could give Danny suggestions on his ukelele playing.
ktbear
I believe it came up when Sal was telling Danny how she used to play guitar. Havent been able to find the strip sorry.
Defensor
Hail holy Willis, ofspring of Heav’n first-born,
Or of th’ Eternal Coeternal beam
May I express thee unblam’d? since Willis is light,
And never but in unapproached light
Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in Willis,
Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Or hear’st thou rather pure Ethereal stream,
Whose Fountain who shall tell? before the Sun,
Before the Heavens thou wert, and at the voice
Of Willis, as with a Mantle didst invest
The rising world of waters dark and deep,
Won from the void and formless infinite.
Clif
The Willis giveth and the Willis taketh away.
drs
Weird. I finally saw this strip at 0:11, Internet time. The post claims 12:01. The first three comments say 12:05.
Kudos to whoever predicted Sal pulling off her glove.
Poofdepoof
It also took more than 9 minutes for me… 00:13 now
Vaiya
Uh oh.
Kris
Disappointed Sal’s hand isn’t paler!
DailyBrad
Usually, it’s her parents who wish she was paler.
BBCC
I mean, most people wear clothes 99% of the time (except when they’re changing or showering) and unless it’s tan line weather their skin stays the same. It’s probably the same with gloves.
Kris
We’ve never seen Sal showering but I mean…she sleeps with those on. I wanted a hand clammier than all you can eat chowder night at Red Lobster….but I guess what you said makes sense.
BBCC
I mean, I’d assume she takes her gloves off when she’s showering/washing her hands. According to a friend with a slip shine subscription, she’s also ditched the gloves when she was alone at a lake and went skinny dipping. Unless she’s showering with someone else, I don’t see a reason she wouldn’t remove her gloves.
King Daniel
Nice of that dramatic lighting to suddenly show up behind Sal in those last couple of panels.
DailyBrad
The gloves are off. Well, one is.
King Daniel