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Bimbo
Posted on June 13, 2015 by David M Willis

498 thoughts on “Bimbo”

  1. Jen Aside

    Hanging with Malaya

    now with 20% more hangings

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      …and 50% more clothing damage…

      1. Lan Mikoto

        She’s one dead squid-kid dude.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Ink-actly

        2. Rich

          Dammit, now I have that pernicious song stuck in my head again.

        3. Sigurther

          It’s a great song. I warned my nephew I’m gonna make him sing it so i can video it.

        4. Justin

          ….Am I the only one who kinda feels like Malaya sorta has a point? In the sense that she just doesn’t like Sal and doesn’t feel that she needs to get along with her just because she’s Marcie’s best friend, or because everyone else thinks she’s cool or anything? I mean it’s not like Sal is any more pleasant to her, even this ‘hanging out’ biz seems more begrudging than her making an effort to get to know her

        5. Fish

          you’re not alone. Most of my bad feelings about her come from an alternate universe. But this universe she seems fine so far, given that she’s reacting to how others are treating her.

        6. Marisa Mockery

          I totally agree with her on this one. She hit the nail on the head here and Sal don’t like it

      2. Jacknoir

        setting up the next slipshine?

        1. modernpython

          This is the perfect setup for a hate snog….
          My hate ships are being so messed up here why do you do this to me

        2. Captain Batson

          Snogging is kissing, right?

        3. marianne

          Yes, as we Brits have a fine tradition of making incredibly unsexy sounding words for sexy things. Snogging, Shagging/Bonking, etc.

        4. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Yeah…one hate-snog coming up please, Willis! ^_^

          Also I must be going barmy, but I could’ve sworn that the punctuation on Malaya’s t-shirt was different yesterday. xD

        5. Jason

          Sorry, but I don’t think snogging is sexy. It refers specifically to tongueing and slobbering all over each other’s mouths, and I do not find that sexy at ALL.
          So the word fits.

          Bonking is more of a kids’ naughty word (“hehehe bonking”) and shagging is quite crude. Soooo I don’t think they’re supposed to be sexy either?

        6. Bantha

          I rather like the term “shagging”

        7. boomwolf

          At the very least, I 0refer it to diddling. Diddling just makes me laugh.

        8. Plasma Mongoose

          diddle /ˈdɪd(ə)l/
          verb
          informal
          present participle: diddling

          cheat or swindle (someone) so as to deprive them of something.
          “he thought he’d been diddled out of his change”
          •deliberately falsify.
          “he diddled his income tax returns”

        9. Rich

          Diddle has a lot of definitions. Aside from the ones above, it can also mean “to delay or procrastinate” – eg I am currently diddling around posting on DoA instead of working like I ought to be.

          Urban Dictionary sure is trying to make it dirty, though.

        10. Vjlobel

          …your lead is kind of doing it for me….to quote another female couple.

    2. Thor

      Say what you like about Malaya, she was pretty much on target for the first four panels.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        Yup. It’s a little jarring to realize that Sal seems to’ve gotten used to the adoration.

        1. Focal Malice

          I’unno, looks like she flat-out ignores it all to me.

        2. Halloween Jack

          That attitude is key to keeping the adoration coming. If Sal ever acknowledged it openly, the spell would be broken.

      2. podian

        Yeah, it’s highly annoying when Malaya is right…

      3. Bicycle Bill

        But there must be something to the ‘cult’.  Even Joyce fell under its spell.

      4. Captain Whatever on the planet of things

        You think Sal is a bimbo?

        1. Captain Batson

          This isn’t related to what you said, but for a brief moment, I thought you were me.

      5. hof1991

        Malaya hits so close to home, she knocked Sal’s accent right out of her. So Sal’s persona is at least partially a deliberate pose – how unlike most 19 year olds.

        1. showler

          Which word should have been accented? Normally her speech only shows her accent when she says “I”.

        2. Rich

          None of them. There’s no indication her accent has vanished in the last panel, nor do I see a reason to think it’s faked. Those Southern accents are mindworms IME, you pick them up fast and shake them slowly.

      6. Dragon_Nataku

        Yeah, I agree. While I’ve never really cared about Malaya enough to either like or hate her (even in SP), I actually don’t see her as bongoy here, just as being cranky over having a really good point. Dunno what it says about me that I would’ve probably responded to Sal in the same way haha ^<__<^;; (although probably a bit less abrasive, still sarcastic and cranky)

      7. Rutee

        No, she’s on target with the first TWO panels. It’s completely fair for Malaya not to give a damn. But… it’s Malaya. Let’s not kid ourselves on why someone might dislike her. And I say this as someone who adores her as a character. If you had to deal with her as a person, she’d be mostly unlikable. Mostly – It takes a lot to be thoroughly unlikable.

  2. Opus the Poet

    Sal is getting real.

    1. Opus the Poet

      And I just noticed Malaya’s shirt/RB jersey is ?! instead of 21.

      1. ZeDingo

        GLORY TO INTERROBANG

  3. Plasma Mongoose

    Can you feel the love tonight…

    1. DarkoNeko

      *sings along*

    2. Deanatay

      It’s enough
      To make Kings and Vagabonds
      Believe the very best

  4. Captain Batson

    Oh, Malaya, you b-word.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Bongo thumper?

      1. otusasio451

        Ballet enthusiast?

        1. Tribbly

          Batman Villain?

        2. Doctor_Who

          Barnacle Boy?

        3. GoogerGeiger

          Mermaid Man?

        4. boomwolf

          EVIL!!!

          (I wanted to do the picture, but I don’t know how to do that text-link thingu. Is it code or cite? Despite having done this for a while, I have no idea what half of these things do…)

        5. lilac

          Every Villain Is Lemons!

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          Bibliophile?

        7. tim gueguen

          Bionic Woman!

        8. JessWitt

          Brat packer?

        9. saltchocolate

          Bird watcher?

        10. John

          Bothriospondylus?

        11. Disloyal Subject

          Brachiosaurus?

        12. Disloyal Subject

          Whoops, should’ve kept reading.
          …Baryonyx?

        13. Dragon_Nataku

          Brachycephalic?

    2. fogel

      Brachiosaurus?

  5. chantecler

    and we know Amazigirl isn’t going to be there to stop it…

  6. Doctor_Who

    I read Malaya’s last sentence in panel 4 as another question. “Can I ride your motorcycle?” “Can I brush your hair?” “Can I fuck you?”

    All I could think was “I didn’t know Jason had to ask permission, I thought it was Sal’s idea.”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Well that’s how the Yes Mean Yes law is meant to work more or less.

    2. Dammy

      You’re not very good with “permission,” eh? If someone instigates a romantic encounter and is coherent, I’d say permission was there.

      1. Rich

        I don’t think I’d call that encounter with Jason romantic as such.

  7. Mr. Random

    … I tend to believe a lot of characters have valid points, but sometimes they really need to work on their communication skills.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Does using your fists count as sign-language?

      1. JustCheetoDust

        Turns out boxing is just a violent form of semaphore.

        1. Emily

          Either that or Morse Code. The jury’s still out on which one.

        2. Captain Batson

          Semaphore is the one with flags, though.

        3. JustCheetoDust

          I thought hands could be used as a substitute if flags aren’t available.

          (Source: hell if I know)

        4. Kryss LaBryn

          You are correct. 😀

      2. saltchocolate

        Sign language: a contact sport.

      3. Animal

        Depends on the message you’re trying to get across.

    2. Khyrin

      In fairness, the only other format for Sal to use would have been, “…We could hang out tonight…” Doesn’t make Malaya any less of a boxbot to turn a single word into Sal deigning to grant permission, as though she was doing Malaya a favour. Seems to me Malaya was trying to get a rise out of Sal, and lacks foresight into what setting fire to a proffered olive branch will do for her other friendships.

      1. timemonkey

        Carla won’t care and Marcie’s likely to be pissed at Sal for this.

        1. Someone

          The next strip to feature Marcie will be called: Dammit Sal, I leave you alone for one night!

      2. Kamino Neko

        Seriously?

        No, Sal started this. She came out swinging, verbally, and while Malaya didn’t do anything to de-escalate, there was no olive branch, just insults and condescension.

      3. Airyu

        I don’t think she was trying to get a rise out of Sal. I don’t know what the Malaya in other universes did for people to have a general dislike for her, but Sal’s mean-ness to Malaya always seems super unwarranted in the this universe imo. I wouldn’t take too kindly to being called a “cumstain” either.

        1. Kamino Neko

          Malaya was a jerk on the other universe, with special contempt for ‘nerds’. (Given where she worked, and who the bulk of the audience of Shortpacked! was, that endeared her to nobody, in or out of universe.) Possibly more importantly, she made a move on Leslie after she and Robin had temporarily broken up, which meant there was no way anybody was going to do anything but hate her.

          As opposed to this universe where the worst she’s done is be every bit as snarky as Sal, and rise to the bait when someone else (Amazi-Girl, Sal) is trying to pick a fight with her.

        2. Loquat

          She made a big deal about going after Leslie, THEN came to the sudden realization that she wasn’t actually into girls after Leslie had gotten really interested. So yeah, extra hateable.

          Unlikely we’ll see something like that in this universe, unless it’s a temporary issue with Carla that’s solved when she learns Carla has a dick.

        3. Rutee

          I like Malaya. She’s an entertaining jerk like Mike, but unlike SP! Mike, she gets her comeuppance with some regularity.

          It *is* true that on-camera in this universe, Malaya hasn’t really been too annoying, but Sal being completely unreasonable has been, well, not a thing. I could see jealousy amping up an existing dislike, but not creating one from wholecloth. Given that, AND the other universe, Malaya being a jackass in general seems like an implied fact – but I’m open to the idea of being wrong. And in your defense, whether she’s a jerk or not, your read of the narrative thus far is totally valid.

      4. A5PECT

        Sal didn’t proffer the olive branch. She sharpened it and held it against Malaya’s throat.

      5. Jordan

        I’m guessing that you’re a Gunnerkrigg Court fan too?

      6. Freezer

        Malaya strikes me as the type of person who’d see getting her ass kicked as validation. “My words hit you so hard you had hit back with fists.” She probably also so thinks she can get Marcie to break away from Sal. (“See what that savage did to me?”) The idea that Marcie knows Sal is like that probably wouldn’t even cross her mind.

        1. DarkoNeko

          You know, it’s possible Marcie lost her voice after a beating up (in the throat ?) from Sal.

        2. Disloyal Subject

          O_O

        3. Mr. Random

          Nah. Malaya is pretty horrible, but she’s not manipulative.

        4. Rutee

          ….Well, in SP! she certainly had the capacity to try it. She wasn’t very good at it, but she absolutely tried to be when it struck her fancy.

      7. Kelly

        Boxbot? Harsh!

      8. Torra

        I don’t know, Malaya agrees to meet up with Sal and the first thing Sal calls her is a cumstain and then continues to insult her. It’s pretty much ‘we should hang out because Marcie likes you for some reason, but I can’t stand your guts and im not going to hide that’

        Malaya’s always been a jerk, but her behaviour here isn’t really unprovoked.

        1. Freezer

          The idea of “Be the bigger person” didn’t cross her mind either, I’d wager. Sad part is, I think Sal thinks that’s what she was doing.

        2. ThatGuy

          Gunna have to read through DoA again (just finished yesterday) because Malaya came off as egocentric and kinda annoying, but she also was the first one to fight that crazy vigelante bongo trying to ruin Marcie and her friend psycho Sal’s fun, AND she is even trying to learn sign language so she can make communication with her new friend easier.
          I dont know maybe My view is being scewed by Sal’s completely uncalled for rage-machining here.
          At least Amber takes out her aggression on people who are commiting crimes. Sal never should have had her life ruined by a mistake she made as a young teenager, but she’s a legal adult now. If she doesnt grow up she’s going into jail for serious.

        3. Bicycle Bill

          I don’t think Sal was really calling Malaya a ‘cumstain’ — at least not to her face.  I think she was using the term as she was muttering to herself — similar to the way people call other people ‘fuckers’ or ‘sonuvabongoes’, as in “I’m going to wait another ten minutes and if that fucker/sonuvabongo hasn’t shown up by then it’ll be just to bad for him” — and it was just coincidence/bad timing that Malaya was there to hear it.

        4. Heavensrun

          Regardless, Malaya /did/ hear it, and the appropriate behavior when somebody hears you call them a truly nasty name is to at least apologize for it.

        5. Rycan

          Really? I thought comparing them to your period was more acceptable!

      9. ThatGuy

        indeed. I agree. It totally seems like Sal was being a total evil bongo to Malaya, not only acting like she GETS to give Malaya permission to hang out, but insulting her while she is doing it, and Malaya totally calls her out on it saying she doesnt need to be valadated by Sal. And Sal being the complete anger avatar that she is overreacts and responds with violence.

        The whole problem here is that all these fans are so far up Sal’s booty that it seems Sal is anything but the one in the wrong here.

        Grow up Sal.

        1. Some Unregistered Punk

          Woohoo! An honest review of Sal.

      10. Pat

        That… is not what happened. At all.

  8. TheOthin

    This will improve things with Marcie, for sure.

    1. Doctor_Who

      The sign language for how she will react is so simple even I know it. Only requires one finger, two if you feel particularly strongly about the matter.

      1. Tacos

        Soooo… a thumbs up?
        >.>
        <.<

        1. saltchocolate

          As my niece proudly informed me not long ago, “A thumb is not a finger.” 😀

        2. Disloyal Subject

          Gonna have to disagree on that count, but itbis a little open to either side’s interpretation.

        3. Opus the Poet

          That’s the logical fallacy of thinking that labels are reversible, or that groupings are reversible.

          Example from my life and dealing with the national organization for my church Up until recently they used “Wiccan” and “Pagan” as reversible terms, but they actually describe two different sets. All Wiccans are Pagan, but not all Pagans are Wiccan. Comparable would be saying all Christians are Catholic because all Catholics are Christian (don’t believe what Westboro Baptist Church says about Catholics).

          So thumbs and fingers are both digits, but thumbs are not fingers.

    2. hof1991

      Prediction: Marcie will see this and correctly view Sal as the agressor.

      1. Heavensrun

        Eh, maybe, but given the nature of the meeting and what Sal said, I get the impression Marcie wasn’t invited, and they’re on campus at a school Marcie doesn’t attend, so it’d be pretty exceedingly coincidental if she happened across them.

      2. Heavensrun

        More likely is that Sal beats Malaya’s ass, and later gets told off for it.

  9. luxlucis

    Ok Malaya, yes Sal brought up the subject in a rude way but, gosh, how have you miscalculated.

    1. timemonkey

      She was completely accurate on her statement, but she miscalculated that Sal’s kinda crazy.

      1. Airyu

        THIS

      2. Bantha

        Sal isn’t so much crazy anymore…she’s just an alpha type. Malaya’s never really had to deal with one of those. She’s now learning. Mess with the bull…you get the horns. It wasn’t unprovoked. Not at all…but she’s going to learn the hard way that sometimes getting that last quip in, even when the other person is being a jerk, isn’t always worth it.

        1. Em

          No, Sal is fucking crazy. This isn’t normal behavior. Sal’s first instinct to confrontation is to beat the shit out of them. Yes–Malaya provoked her. But why the hell is that a justifiable excuse to attack her? It’s not. You don’t get to just beat people up because your feelings got hurt. But this is how Sal deals with things. And it’s gonna land her ass in jail.

        2. Rycan

          Oh, Sal is still crazy – she just has it under control some of the time.

  10. hack

    shit status: REAL.

    1. Doctor_Who

      According to the Schrodinger’s Shit thought experiment, the shit is both real and not real, existing in an indeterminate state until it is witnessed, which collapses the probability waveform.

      But since we are all observing it, we can now state conclusively the reality of the shit.

      1. Gka

        That’s … that’s not really how that works.

        1. Rycan

          Wouldn’t be the first time that thought experiment was misunderstood.

        2. Pope William T Wodium

          Wouldn’t be the first time that someone who understood it perfectly well used the pop-culture version as the basis for a joke, either.

      2. Captain Reynolds

        I think that you’ll find that when Shrodinger explained that thought expiriment the point was to be that the shit was in fact, bullshit.

  11. Michael Steamweed

    Seems both are working on breaking records for unpleasant contributions to conversation.

    1. Rich

      Not the most diplomatic pair in the strip, yes.

  12. LiaHansen

    jesus they are unpleasant

  13. Someone

    Wait a sec, if Sal attacks Malaya she commits assault. This is a crime (a violent one at that) and will give Amber/Amazi-Girl justification in attacking her. I have theories

    1. Rich

      The campus superhero is busy playing Apples to Apples right now. Malaya isn’t the kind of person to go crying about a beatdown, so anything that doesn’t get witnessed probably isn’t going to get back to her.

      The bigger danger is Marcie showing up and getting pissed off with Sal.

      1. DarkoNeko

        It’s probably not a good idea to do that so close to the wing entrance, tho.

    2. Tacos

      Amber is still at Joyce’s party probably still playing with Cyclonus. She ain’t around to witness this and Malaya probably wouldn’t talk about getting her ass kicked anyways.

      1. podian

        Wait, Amber is Amazi-Girl?!

        1. Bicycle Bill

          …..And dawn breaks over Marblehead.

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      The best way to deal with assault is with pepper-spray.

      1. Opus the Poet

        A little black pepper, a little vinegar, and some sugar works great when you have too much ass salt.

    4. Captain Batson

      Don’t be silly, Amber can’t be Amazi-Girl, she never leaves her room!

      1. Rich

        Well then, Sal must be Amazi-Girl, and she can’t very well fight herself.

    5. fogel

      Battery, right? … 🙂

  14. nothri

    So on the one hand…yeah, Malaya IS totally unpleasant and I have never much liked any incarnation of her. On the other….Sal just went from calling someone unpleasant to ready to kick in their teeth in record time.

    1. Rebecca

      I have a feeling she was ready to kick Malaya’s teeth in before she got there…

    2. Pat

      Also, Malaya was unpleasant in response to Sal being considerably more unpleasant.

      Sure, Malaya’s unpleasant anyway, but most anyone would have been right then.

  15. kyojikasshu

    As satisfying as it was to see Blaine get his just desserts, it’ll be nearly as satisfying to see Malaya get slapped around like the little bongo she is.

    1. timemonkey

      Except it’s SAL who is completely out of line here.

      1. Lyssie

        Yeah, Malaya’s abrasive, but Sal couldn’t be offering this olive branch with more resentment and bad faith if she tried. Malaya’s right to call her out – she’s just not doing it in a useful way.

        1. Freezer

          There’s a thin line between “Did nothing to de-escalate” and “asked for it.” Maybe I’m seeing too much of her previous incarnation, but I put Malaya squarely in the latter category.

        2. Spencer

          Its not Malaya’s fault Sal is completely cuckoo bananas.

          She’s being a total ass right now, between acting like she’s doing Malaya a favour by hanging out, then proceeding to threaten to beat the shit out of her.

        3. Freezer

          It is her fault for flying off the handle and acting like a screaming harpy bongo when she could just leave.

        4. Spencer

          I’m not in the mind to victim blame, especially when Sal instigated every step of this.

          Just because we like Sal more doesn’t make her any less of an asshole right now.

        5. Kris

          I’m usually just a lurker here and have never commented before, but I have a really hard time with the phrase “asking for it”. Did Sal have a right to be angry at Malaya for provoking her? Yes. Does that mean Malaya was asking to be assaulted? No. It doesn’t matter how much someone provokes you – there is no thin line. No one’s ever “asking for it”. Even if someone is in your face screaming at you and calling you names, even if they could leave and instead they stay and keep screaming, they are still not asking to be the victim of violence. The line is on the other side – where you have the choice to exit instead of *becoming violent*. Sal crossed it, not Malaya.

      2. Disloyal Subject

        As right as you are, I’m still looking forward to the violence.
        Hopefully Malaya holds her own for at least a few seconds, though.

  16. addude

    Come on Sal kick her butt!

  17. Kris

    Someone’s catching a murder wrap.

    1. Stephen Bierce

      Sounds like the filling of an Olive Garden breadstick sandwich, only on flatbread.

      1. Kris

        The secret is in the special sauce! (Malaya’s blood)

      2. JustCheetoDust

        I was thinking snarky term for a meat burrito.

        *looks up the “breadstick sandwich” on Google*

        Really, Olive Garden? Food trucks?

    2. Tacos

      Murder wrap sounds like it’d be the most unhealthy, cholesterol-filled burrito of all time.

      1. JustCheetoDust

        http://www.thrillist.com/recipe/nation/bacon-weave-cheeseburger-burrito-thrillist-recipes

  18. Stephen Bierce

    Alas, the song I wanted to share hasn’t survived history.

    1. JessWitt

      Is it a battle hymn from the Vikings?

      1. Stephen Bierce

        From the Transcontinental HipHop R&B Funk War of 1985. But yeah.

        1. Opus the Poet

          How about some lyrics? I have a knack for manipulating search engines.

  19. Cactus Jacques

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcfhWuxF5R4&ab_channel=-drosky-MT

    Half the readers be like…

  20. Mr. Mendo

    I sincerely hope I never meet a fellow Willis-verse fan who says Malaya is their favorite character. I will find them scary. 🙁

    1. Someone

      you can easily say someone is your favorite character in a fictional webcomic that you wouldn’t like in real life. Villains and jerks tend to be more popular and better characters in general than heroes. Heroes are boring, villains are interesting.

      1. Mr. Mendo

        Yeah, but it would be like if someone said their favorite character was Malfoy, or their favorite Pony was Rarity. I’m just saying I’d make it a point never to be alone with them in a room that I didn’t know all the exits to…

        1. Captain Batson

          Rarity’s not evil, and I’m pretty sure Malfoy cleaned up his act.

        2. Mr. Mendo

          Never said Rarity was evil, just that I would give pause at the idea of her being anyone’s favorite…

        3. Disloyal Subject

          They exist, and the only reason she’s not in my top 10 is the sheer number of characters.
          I’ll just stop there lest I get off-topic.

        4. Reaver

          Rarity is second best pony, she’s a good figure for girls, not demonizing femininity, which is something I can appreciate.

        5. HeySo

          You’d seriously trust a Pinkie Pie lover over a Rarity lover?

          Boy, you sure haven’t explored the dark side of the fandom, have you.

        6. Mr. Mendo

          Can’t say I have, no. As a professional internet nerd, I (thankfully) only have enough free time to skim the surface of most fandoms. Which means I get to hang around with sensible people who like Apple Jack and Fluttershy. 😉

        7. Zach

          No, he became a writer, seduced his teacher, and banged Harry.
          They did a movie together, and I can relax about the existence of Malfoy/Potter.

        8. Someone

          Yeah for me my favorite character and the one I self identify with are completely different. Boba Fett might be my favorite Star Wars character. But I do not identify with him in anyway whatsoever.

        9. Julez

          My ex’s favorite pony is Rarity. I question his sanity.

      2. Freezer

        With Malaya, it’s more like their favorite HP character is Fitch and their favorite FIM character is Diamond Tiara.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          To be fair, Filch is an interesting character. Even sympathetic from the right angle.

    2. timemonkey

      As opposed to the fans of the insane violent vigilante or the violent criminal?

      1. Mr. Mendo

        Yes. Because while Hans Gruber is understandably appealing, would you really wanna hang out with someone who identified with ELLIS?

        1. timemonkey

          I don’t understand your references and so your point fails. (:

        2. Mr. Mendo

          Someone hasn’t seen Die Hard? Huh. Best get on that, Die Hard’s a pretty good movie. 🙂

        3. fogel

          Die Hard is pretty good?!

          PRETTY GOOD!?!?

          Yippee ki-yay. . .

        4. Someone

          The first one is Die Hard, not sure who Ellis is

        5. Mr. Mendo

          Ellis was Holly’s coworker who sold John out to Hans, and was generally a smarmy ass-weasel for the entire movie. Guy with the beard.

        6. DarkoNeko

          Oh, it’s the guy who get tazed in the plane, right ?

        7. Disloyal Subject

          No, the plane was in Die Harder. The first one takes place in Holly’s office building.
          And thanks, Mendo. Now I’m wondering what ass-weasels are like. *shudders*

        8. DarkoNeko

          Yeah, but it’s the same guy, right ? (I don’t actually remember him at all in the first movie)

        9. timemonkey

          That doesn’t sound remotely like Malaya.

        10. Opus the Poet

          Ellis is the cloned witch girl from “El Cajador de Bruja” released in the states as “Witch Hunter”. Ellis was a combination of Loli cute and terrifying magic creature of immense power. You can find the videos on the Funimation site.

        11. Mr. Mendo

          I…don’t think we saw the same movie…

        12. Joseph

          Imagine if you had! That, or we need a mashup video

          (also, I find the strange status of mainstream media and fiction here fascinating…)

        13. Rutee

          No, see, this is the problem with not specifying your references. Most names have been used repeatedly.

        14. Spencer

          I thought he was the writer of Transmetropolitan and Plantenary.

        15. Heavensrun

          You don’t have to identify with someone for them to be your favorite, you just have to enjoy watching the drama they bring to a scene.

      2. Someone

        Violent criminals and insane vigilantes make awesome characters (again not awesome people in real life) thats why Batman is so popular.

    3. EvolutionistX

      But now I am tempted to lie just to be scary…

    4. Yotomoe

      Malaya is my favorite character.

      1. Someone

        If were being honest here, Faz was my favorite character at the beginning of Shortpacked, he lost that though after he began to lose his manipulative personality and cleverness, and just became a butt monkey. I love villains.

        1. Yotomoe

          I could never hate Faz. His smug face was enjoyable and basically made every awful thing he did just feel enjoyable. Like he just calmly enjoys/experiences being a dick.

        2. Someone

          The best villains always do

        3. John

          I hated Faz for every minute of Shortpacked!… except his very last panel. Which made up for everything that came before.

        4. Rycan

          Faz the Lion King was great.

        5. Freezer

          But with Faz, he had a point other than “miserable b-word”. He was a backstabbing suck-up, but a backstabbing suck-up with a goal in mind. What’s Malaya’s goal other than “be nice to Marcie” (Who we actually know less about, personality wise, than Malaya).

        6. DarkoNeko

          HEaven forbids they’re just get along.

        7. Captain Batson

          Actually, I feel like we can get a good feel for Marcie from the flashback and her interactions with Sal and Malaya.

        8. Rutee

          …Why are you assuming Malaya’s goal ist o be nice to Marcie? Her goal is to be herself – that includes ‘friends with people she likes’. Why does she like Marcie? I have no fucking idea – but I’m not going to assume it’s part of a con, precisely because she isn’t Faz.

        9. Kelly

          Aaron? or Pettymotives?
          Actually, the whole tumblr WoT fandom is full of people who love villains, I don’t know why I try to narrow it down 😀

      2. saltchocolate

        Yotomoe, somewhere Sierra is weeping bitter tears…

        1. Deanatay

          Look what you did, Yotomoe! I am disappoint.

        2. Yotomoe

          I’m all grown up and junk now. Sierra’s still top tier but she’s getting beat out by the Malayas and Billies. Clearly being a B-woid is what I’m into now. B-wordy girls are hot.

    5. Airyu

      Ouch, I usually vote to see more Malaya in polls. I guess there is something I am totally missing, because she seems annoying at best, but people keep calling her a villain in the same way as they do Blaine, which I don’t get. Malaya hasn’t hurt anyone. I’d waaaaaay sooner hang out with Malaya than Mike.

      1. Freezer

        Mike (usually) falls into “Jerkass Has A Point” territory. He’s an asshole, but chooses his spots for best effect. Malaya goes bongo mode seemingly because it’s the only way she knows how to be. Here or the Walkyverse, we’ve seen nothing to counter or even explain otherwise.

      2. podian

        Mike is an evil genius, Malaya is just a common jerk.

        1. Heavensrun

          Mike isn’t an evil genius, he’s just an asshole. At least in this continuity.

        2. Peter Sadlon

          He isn’t just an asshole. he is an exceptional asshole, not quite the evil genius people say is but incredibly skilled at it.

        3. Rutee

          Eh, nah. He’s pretty hit or miss overall. A lot of his attempted jibes are really more ‘annoying gnat’ than ‘biting commentary’ You’re just intentionally forgetting the misses.

      3. Rycan

        I think a lot of people dislike Malaya because she was pretty nasty in Shortpacked!

        Then again, so was Mike.

    6. Nik

      Hi. Find me scary.

  21. Catullus

    If the Amazi-Girl showdown was any indication, Malaya seems to be overstating her fighting abilities.

    Still, it’ll be interesting to see how this all goes down.

    1. timemonkey

      Why? Sal did nothing in that fight, meanwhile Malaya demonstrated her ability to take several kits and keep coming.

      1. Freezer

        A solid jaw is not a skill.

        1. DarkoNeko

          But it helps.

        2. Deanatay

          Better in a fight than a glass one.

  22. taekwondogirl

    I mean, I don’t really like either of these characters and they both have pretty good points about each other so uh… fight?

    1. Disloyal Subject

      I actually do like Sal, but she’s badly out of line here. Two bongos do not a right make.
      ROUND ONE, FIGHT!

      1. Deanatay

        I might be that they’re the type who can only bond after they’ve beaten the shit out of each other. This could be good for them.

        1. Chubsius

          That is how ultracar and Malaya bonded in Shortpacked…

        2. DarkoNeko

          …nooooo

  23. Sionyx

    Geeze, but Malaya’s an idiot. Girl with a known bad temper extending the olive twig for the sake of a mutual friend and you’re STILL full of the insults…

    1. taekwondogirl

      Is it really an olive twig/branch if she’s basically smacking Malaya with it the entire time?

      1. Opus the Poet

        More like an olive switch.

    2. Reaver

      “Cmere you lil cumstain and accept my olive branch>C” -swats with- “WHY AREN’T YAH TAKEN MAH BRANCH!”

      -Wack wack wack-

      1. Disloyal Subject

        …hmm. Yes, those who assigned Ashleigh Ball’s voice to Sal were definitely right. This is perfect.

    3. Pat

      So Sal has a “known bad temper” but somehow Malaya’s at fault for not bending over backwards to appease her?
      Also, Sal didn’t do that.

      Malaya’s not a nice person, but that’s not even really relevant here.

      1. Rycan

        I think the argument is that Malaya wasn’t very smart to provoke Sal like that. Then again, I can’t honestly expect Malaya to be anything but provocative in this scenario – she isn’t very diplomatic, and Sal has just repeatedly insulted her.

        1. Sionyx

          Yep, this. I know Sal’s being less than nice, but Malaya just doesn’t know when to shut up. Up until the third panel I was (kinda) with Malaya, but Sal’s expression and probable tone when she calls Malaya unpleasant should have been a loud and clear “Shut. UP.” to Malaya. Sal’s hardly diplomatic herself, but she’s making the effort. Malaya, well, isn’t.

        2. taekwondogirl

          I really wouldn’t call what Sal’s doing an effort to be diplomatic. She’s basically attempting to basically magic Malaya and her being cool without any sort of compromise on Sal’s part.

  24. boomwolf

    Wow, there’s bout to be a major beat down. And me without my pop corn.

    1. Disloyal Subject

      Well, you’ve got about 20 hours to make some.

  25. advancecassette

    Marcie’s the one, who stops me from making out w people

  26. Yossarian Duck

    Okay, I haven’t read a lot of non-DoA Walkyerse entires, why is Malaya so hated?

    1. Yossarian Duck

      *entries damnit

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Malaya’s unpopularity is to a fair extent due to how she was in Shortpacked! Willis’ earlier comic.

        1. Someone

          Okay readers of Dumbing of Age, please take opinion you have about these characters that stem from the Walkyverse and forget them when you are here. This is a universe that isn’t supposed to connect to the Walkyverse in the slightest (besides characters being reused) We need to judge characters based on what we know about them from this comic not from the other comics.

        2. JustCheetoDust

          So you’re saying that Malay will never scoop up macaroni and cheese out of a bucket using a piece of fried chicken in the Dumbiverse?

        3. Opus the Poet

          Probably not. But I wouldn’t put it past Willis to reuse that joke just to gross a few more people out.

        4. Disloyal Subject

          Damn. Now I have to ttry that.

        5. DarkoNeko

          I’ve rad Shortpacked from start to finish and I still don’t hate her.

      2. Katrika

        Her role in Shortpacked was basically to pee on everything everyone loved and then whine about how nobody liked her. Mind, I like Malaya, but she was intentionally a grating, self-centered character with not an ounce of self-awareness as to how her own actions contributed to people’s reactions to her.

        …that’s actually why I like her, but yeah.

        1. timemonkey

          Malaya never whined about people not liking her. Malaya actively avoided most of the cast of Shortpacked. Only Leslie and Ultra-Car were people she wanted to spend time with. Everyone else was neutral or hated.

        2. Katrika

          Thanks for the clarification, I misremembered. She still wasn’t super great at being nice even to people she liked – see Leslie.

        3. timemonkey

          She tried to help Leslie be happy, even after they’d broken up and even went personally to confront Leslie’s mother about the shitty way they treated their daughter.

        4. Katrika

          Yes.
          And she did that in a pretty weird, immature way. That’s all I’m saying. I’m not saying she had bad intentions, and I’m not saying that what she did didn’t work, to some extent, I’m saying that Malaya has spent so much time hating people and being unpleasant, she’s not very good at helping people even when she wants to.

        5. Opus the Poet

          SP! Malaya is misanthropic, which is why she and UC spend so much time together. Neither one is especially hep on the human race.

        6. Nono

          She did briefly attempt to (begrudgingly) reach out to Ethan before quickly going ‘wow, why did I even try’.

    2. TheOthin

      From what I remember of her in Shortpacked!, she spends a lot more time doing pretty much the exact same stuff she’s been doing here.

      1. Kamino Neko

        No, she does more what Sal is doing here – insulting everyone around here and then pretending it was their fault.

    3. Scoops

      I blame the patriarchy.

      1. Rich

        The Kzinti government has nothing to do with this.

        1. Kelly

          Known Space high five!

        2. Rich

          Thank goodness, a fellow reader. Usually I get some Star Fleet Battles player with that reference instead.

    4. Hoboturtle

      She was originally unpleasant cause she was mean almost constantly. Not in a haha way but realistically mean.

      Personally I never rrally had anything against her and felt that eventually her character grew to be more like Mike, as in either so cartoonishly mean thats it funny or mean but has a really good point.

    5. Captain Batson

      She’s abrasive, foul-mouthed, and dislikes people on the whole.

      1. JessWitt

        Redeeming points? Good roller bladed and willing to learn sign language.

        1. JessWitt

          *blader

      2. Vex Godglove

        Basically me at her age. I am still somewhat foul-mouthed and I still think humans can be largely unpleasant to be around, but I’m not nearly as abrasive as I used to be. I’ve grown out of most of my schadenfreude, but not all of it. I still reserve some for those who deserve it.

      3. podian

        Just like Sal, but Sal has a style.

    6. Freezer

      in Shortpacked, Malaya’s toxic misanthropy could be played for laughs or just dismissed as comic exaggeration. Here, in the more grounded Dumbiverse? Not so much. Contrast with Sal, where we’ve seen enough of her and her backstory to know where her issues come from. So she comes off as more… “Relatable” seems like the wrong word. “Understandable?” All we know about Malaya is “Full time bongo, except WRT Marcie”. We don’t know why. We dont’ know if Marcie knows why. She’s just The Friend Nobody Likes right now and not everyone is willing to cut her slack on the grounds of “There must be a reason”. (There wasn’t one in Shortpacked, but again, Comedy)

      1. Rich

        That is part of the problem. DoA Malaya has had very limited panel time and has only interacted with a small subset of characters. We really don’t know much about her beyond the surface traits, of which misanthropy is the standout. At least in Shortpacked she had that odd-but-touching relationship with Ultra Car/Carla as a saving grace. Here we’ve got…what, her willingness to learn sign language to better buds with Marcie?

        1. Freezer

          There was also her respect for Leslie, who both refused to be baited by her and called her on her bullshit.

        2. Rich

          Heh. Just realized that learning ASL was actually Sal’s suggestion, not an idea that started with Malaya or Marcie. She deserve’s credit for taking the effort, but it wasn’t Malaya’s idea.

        3. Lyssie

          Willingly learning sign language in order to communicate better with Marcie is a big credit in my book, anyway.

        4. Rutee

          Oh yeah, I was pleasantly surprised, and quite irate at Sal for getting jealous.

      2. Nono

        Yet a lot of people cut Mike the same slack because of his more heroic showings in SP!.

  27. Kraken

    …now make out.
    Make out, Dammit.

    1. Zach

      That would be a very nice way for Malaya to throw this in her face. A ‘you don’t scare me, little girl.’

    2. Rich

      Joe never stops hoping.

      1. Rich

        Actually, that would solve this, wouldn’t it? Joe wanders by, tells them to make out, and they can bond over the beating they hand him.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          I am okay with this. I care not whose blood flows, only that it flows.

        2. raffriff

          Are you.. that creepy Buckets of Blood -guy?

  28. Yotomoe

    Malaya’s on point. That’s why she’s the best.

  29. Bluesnake462

    Kick her ass

    1. Rich

      You could be talking about either of them there.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Exactly.

  30. cts

    You dont get it do you? You’re trapped in here with me, not the other way around.

    1. Zach

      But Walkyvers Dina taught us we don’t need violence to be monsters.

    2. neeks

      thank you, i was waiting for someone to make that reference

      well really i was hoping no one had yet so that i could do it, but the end result is the reference was secured and that will have to be enough.

  31. EvolutionistX

    Welp, that went downhill quickly.

    1. boomwolf

      Much like Malaya’s corpse will in about 30 minutes.

      1. Deanatay

        Or, two weeks. Because Willis.

  32. caesaria82

    At least Malaya remains cross-universally the worst. That’s a nice constant in life lol.

    1. timemonkey

      No, Blaine is cross universally the worst.

      1. caesaria82

        Ok that is true. But abusive fuckwards are sort of outside the spectrum of worstitude for me. They’re their own thing.
        Malaya to me is among the worst of the people who are actually people. And not, y’know, monsters.

        1. podian

          How do you rate Mike?

        2. Freezer

          Horrible, but horrible with style and purpose. DoA!Mike hasn’t gone as far as SP!Mike (yet), but also hasn’t had his ass handed to him by Robin, either (or died and came back).

        3. caesaria82

          Mike to me is also among the worst, but not yet in DoA, really. Mainly because he hasn’t really popped up often enough. SP!Mike was softened by Amber and Donna eventually and Malaya by UC a little bit (tho they both more or less hated the world together), so they’re both not irredeemable to me.

        4. podian

          Mike really has some redeeming features, it was already visible in IW!.
          He, in the most asshole-ish and rude way possible, gets things done.

      2. John

        I think DoA Ryan is worse than Blaine. Walkyverse Ryan probably wasn’t, though.

        Shitbrick MacIntyre may be even worse.

        1. Rycan

          Shitbrick MacIntyre is a major pain in the ass.

    2. Yotomoe

      Malaya’s the best, silly.

      1. caesaria82

        Nahhhh.

    3. Rich

      Mary’s still a contender.

      1. caesaria82

        True! But I guess I softened on her since she’s been my gravatar lol. (but not really, she is still totally up there in worsitude)

    4. aroree

      How so? Sal is the one provoking her provocations.

      1. caesaria82

        I just really don’t like Malaya. Regardless of what Sal is doing here, which is also awful, no question. But Malaya’s general attitude, always, about all things, is just my least favorite thing about her in all iterations.

  33. JessWitt

    Geez, Malaya is unpleasant.

    1. boomwolf

      Its really your icon that sold that comment.

      1. JessWitt

        This is Willis’ design.

        1. OnyxIdol

          Was that a Hannibal reference?

        2. JessWitt

          Does a vendigo haunt your dreams??

          I mean, yes it is.

  34. Wendy

    Toooooo be fair, Sal’s actually being a huge jackass here, so Malaya for once is totally justified in her, uh…Malaya-isms.

    1. Rosie

      I agree that Malaya is justified.

      …I feel dirty.

    2. Someone

      Yeah I tend to not like people who jump to violence quickly. Especially over stuff like this. I might not like Malaya but at least she doesn’t try to attack people.

      1. Someone

        Also

        Sal: Where is that little cumstain…Why are you so awful?

        Me: Uh because you just called her a cumstain.

        1. neeks

          funny how that works

          to reiterate my sarcastic comment from yesterday, sal is really good at interacting with people who aren’t impressed by her.

      2. Sam

        Yes she does?

        With the situation with Amazi-Girl, Malaya charged her pretty quickly to try to attack her at the slightest provocation and got knocked down pretty quickly.

        Then when Amazi-Girl was restrained, Malaya then attacked her in retaliation because she is vindictive.

        Malaya’s also the one trying to provoke even FURTHER escalation here into an actual fight – yeah Sal is being threatening holding her up against the wall, but she could easily let go and storm off still. :V

        1. Pat

          Everything here was done by Sal, but because Malay didn’t stop it she’s the one at fault!

    3. Smiling Cat

      I wouldn’t say justified. Sal is being a baby got back level ass, true. But Malaya’s on the same level, by feeding into it. I think an upraised middle finger and walking away would be far more telling than staying to fight a pointless battle.

      Of course I could be wrong. A rough fight between the two where Malaya holds her own might actually earn her some respect from Sal…

      Then makeouts. 🙂

      1. Pat

        Sal started the verbal fight. Sal continued to escalate the verbal fight. Sal started the physical fight.

        Malaya’s fault!

        1. Smiling Cat

          It’s not a “one or the other” situation.

        2. timemonkey

          It kind of is. Malaya showed up to being verbally assaulted, protested this treatment and then was physically assaulted.

  35. Tacos

    Welp, Malaya seems to have miscalculated and borked herself.

  36. timemonkey

    I hope Malaya kicks her ass and leaves her there to think about things for a while.

    1. Kraken

      I would totally be down with this, but Sal seems to be awesome incarnate when she’s not drunk. Malaya winning would be pretty great though. She does get a lot of exercise, and Sal is a smoker…

      1. Someone

        Best possible scenario: Marcie walks by and either sees Sal and Malaya fighting or sees Sal standing over a beaten up Malaya. Marcie than proceeds to deck Sal with one pissed off punch.

        1. Kamino Neko

          That would be acceptable to me.

    2. Mr. Morningstar

      im pretty sure sal is gonna hand her ass on a plate.

  37. Kathleen

    Holy shit, wow. Sal is being horrible. Calling her a cumstain and everything to her face, the “allowing” to hang out.. This is about the most disrespectful you can be. Short of spitting on her dead mother, maybe? Wtf. Is sal out of her mind? Does she know she’s saying these things out loud?

    1. Kraken

      Yeah, you think she could disguise her disdain for her a little bit if she actually wants this plan to work. It’s especially messed up cause Malaya seems to be completely happy just hanging out with Marcie, it’s Sal who misses her best friend, but Sal’s acting like she’s the one doing Malaya a favour.

    2. EvolutionistX

      Agreed. Malaya is actually being the slightly less horrible–especially since she’s not the one who just started the violence.

    3. DarkoNeko

      JEalousy makes people do pretty terrible things 😐

    4. neeks

      don’t forget comparing malaya to a menstrual cycle

    5. begbert2

      Agreed. Sal is being the cumstain and Malaya is 100% in the right in this conversation.

  38. Makkabee

    There really are no good guys in this scenario.

    1. boomwolf

      I find that to be one of the best moments thoguh. Situations with no clear good guy, just two people who areore of a gray area. Kinda like GoT. Sometimes there aren’t good guys, just people who you hate more than the other.

      1. Pacce

        It’s easy, the good guy is the one who doesn’t jump to physical violence for being called out for bad behavior.

        1. Freezer

          Is the one constantly trying to provoke that violence any better? #Nope

        2. Pacce

          So you agree that Sal’s constant belittlement of Malaya makes her a bad guy. GOOD.

        3. Freezer

          As I said further up: They’re both jerks; Sal’s just the jerk we know better and like.

        4. Pat

          That… that was Sal. Sal did that.
          That was Sal doing that.

        5. podian

          I refuse to accept any classification that has Malaya as a good guy.

        6. begbert2

          Malaya is the good guy in this scenario. And frankly she’s done nothing all that bad in this entire _comic_.

          Forget about the alternate universe Malaya who committed the horrible crime of not liking nerdy things. (That is, the crime of being this-universe Billie minus the crippling alcoholism.) Look at this Malaya. She’s been unfriendly, but almost exclusively to people who were being irredeemable assholes. Like Sal here. Complete. Fucking. Asshole.

        7. Rich

          She’s hardly interacted with most of the characters. Reserving judgement on how close she is to Walkyverse Malaya until we see more time on panel, but what we have seen of her isn’t very pleasant.

        8. Chrissy

          Agreed! The amount of fan bias that leaks through from other Willis comics continues to surprise me… So far, I don’t dislike Malaya at all. She seems like someone who tells it like it is in a pretty rude and unpleasant way, but there are worse crimes. She’s just young and angry, like several other DOA characters. She needs to get her shit together eventually, but the brilliance of this comic is watching them screw things up and grow in the process. Learning ASL for friendship seems indicative of a few really positive character traits.

  39. Athedia

    Personally I am of the opinion that Sal needs to get off her high horse. I like her sure, but Malaya is right. Sal is pretending to be the better person here but she can’t accept that her friend is making new friends. That happens, it is annoying when you don’t get along but guess what Sal, life is like that sometimes. All you do by assaulting Malaya is showing people that you are the unrestrained teenager you used to be.

    1. DarkoNeko

      The only reason it seems she isn’t is Marcie’s presence to stop her, tho.

  40. Twilightomens

    I don’t know about anyone else, but Malaya is a pretty relatable character for me.

  41. Idon'tcarenomore

    Well, can’t say that Sal is a hypocrite, but she could’ve been a wee bit more diplomatic here? No wait, that’s not Sal.

    Neither of them are the most social in the strip. But Sal is not aggressively rude to most people, she just ignores them. Malaya is and doesn’t.

    This will be sad. Unless Marcie wanders in. Then it will still be sad, in a different way.

    1. begbert2

      Sal has vaulted over undiplomatic and dived headfirst into horrible asshole. I consider myself a pretty nice guy, and I’d be telling her to fuck right off is she talked to me the way she’s talking to Malaya.

      1. Chrissy

        Right? I consider myself easy to get along with but I’m 100% sure if I were in this situation, Sal would be slamming me against that wall just as quick! No one should have to kowtow to Sal, even if she does have a sweet bike and great clothes and that cool devil-may-care attitude… What was I saying again?

    2. Heavensrun

      But…Malaya’s /not/ really that aggressively rude to most people, as far as we’ve seen. Certainly no more so than Carla, and way less so than Mike. I mean, we don’t have much of a barometer to work from here, but at the very least, she seems pretty cool with Marcie, and going to the trouble to try and learn sign language because you met somebody with a disability is downright /considerate/.

      1. Chrissy

        I think Marcie actually chooses not to speak (and I don’t think we know why) but yeah, learning ASL to make a friend shows that she can be considerate and dedicated if she finds a worthy reason.

        1. Rich

          Her learning ASL was a direct result of Sal suggesting she do so, although Marcie’s obviously been doing the teaching. It wasn’t Malaya’s idea originally. Whether it would have occurred to her on her own (or if Marcie would have suggested it) is unclear.

  42. Chaucer59

    Sal. Wait. No. Please. Don’t.

    Ah well, I tried. Y’all are my witnesses.

  43. drs

    Malaya in DoA has been abrasive but not the total asshole of Shortpacked. Meanwhile Sal is being a huge jerk. “Cumstain”, “like menstruation”, acting like she’s doing Malaya a huge favor in deigning to maybe hang out with her a bit. And now, apparently a huge, violent, jerk.

    1. Cerberus

      Yeah, like it or not, but this behavior has a word in the real world: bullying.

      And the reasons for it are understandable. Sal disliked Malaya even before her and Marcie started getting on and she’s way too jealous to act genuinely conciliatory to the person she feels hurt by (because she’s “stealing” her friend in her eyes). But that doesn’t make it any more right for Sal to be resorting to so many bad methods to drive her off.

  44. Sam

    Sal perfectly summed up my feelings towards Malaya: ‘Jesus, you are unpleasant.’

    Malaya has this unfortunate desire to provoke everyone who comes near her resulting in them despising her (or despising her more than they already did).

    Yeah, Sal’s not a perfect person either in this situation, but she was willing to try to improve their relationship from ‘hate each other’ to ‘tolerate each other’ for Marcie and is actually nice to MOST people.

    1. Zach

      We have not seen her interact with people without needing to. She started this off with a LONG string of insults.

      Who are we when no one is watching?

      Who are we when we aren’t watching?

    2. Lyssie

      I question Sal’s actual willingness. She arranged this meeting, yes, but really doesn’t seem to want to be here. If she can’t even extend an olive branch to Malaya without thinking of her as a “cumstain”, I can’t give her points for trying to improve their relationship because she’s obviously not trying very hard.

    3. Kamino Neko

      Sal is the one being provocative.

      Unless you think ‘cumstain’ in the DoAverse is a term of endearment.

    4. Spencer

      Yeah no.

      Sal’s idea of extending an olive branch is to call Malaya a cumstain and act like speaking to her is a chore, and the only reason she’s doing it is because she’s possessive of Marcie. When Malaya has the gall to call Sal out on her ridiculously inappropriate behaviour, Sal slams her into a wall and threatens to kick the shit out of her.

      Malaya was a gigantic asshole in the other verse, but here she’s been at worst mildly unpleasant and has shown remarkable depth in her friendship with Marcie. I know we all like Sal more than Malaya, but that isn’t a justification for how genuinely terrible she is being right now

    5. Pat

      Sal called Malaya “unpleasant” for telling her off after a string of rudeness and insults–unpleasant, no?

      And she’s definitely doing the provoking. Certainly not trying to improve their relationship–that would be Malaya, who came to meet her when requested.

      1. Spencer

        A string of insults that came after Sal, who has never once been even remotely polite to Malaya, insults Malaya by implying that spending time with her is painful.

        Sal’s just being an asshole because he can’t have Marcie to herself.

  45. Sophran

    Sal is kind of the worst one right here. If Marcie stops being friends with her for a while because of this she has it coming.

    1. -Sentinel-

      I agree, despite being Sal’s #1 fan.

      1. Captain Batson

        I didn’t know you were Joyce.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          They can fight to the death for the title.
          Fights for everyone!

    2. Disloyal Subject

      As much as I agree, I don’t see that ending well. Sal with even more emotional turmoil sounds like a recipe for strife; maybe Joyce gets overly worshipful again, and Sal lashes out at her.
      Oh yes. Their suffering will be exquisite.

  46. Lyssie

    “Jesus, you are unpleasant.” Sal, you might not want to fling stones about while you’re standing inside that glass house. Just saying. If you can’t at least be civil while offering an olive branch, you should probably hold on to it for a little longer unless you want exactly this to happen.

    I understand that she’s desperate not to lose her best (maybe only?) friend, but that’s exactly why this gambit is not working for her. She doesn’t want to hold out that olive branch. She wants Malaya to de-exist and stop taking up a percentage of Marcie’s attention. She’s doing this in bad faith and it’s obvious – and it’s really not surprising that the already-abrasive Malaya is responding so poorly. At least, not from the audience point of view. I’m not sure that Sal understands her own reasons for doing this, or realizes how much of a butt opening she’s being.

    Mind you, I’m not saying Malaya’s winning any prizes for personality either, and she’s not calling Sal out in a useful or constructive way. But Sal’s definitely the one who has to answer most for how badly this is going.

  47. Archivist

    Get ’em!

  48. Yotomoe

    There are people who’re somehow mad at Malaya for this.
    http://i.imgur.com/3ZGYOHI.png

    1. Freezer

      Or “They’re both wrong but we like Sal.”

      1. Heavensrun

        I can see no way in which Malaya is wrong here. The attitude Sal is copping here is pretty well unacceptable, and Malaya has no reason to take that shit.

        “Yes, your honor, I did kick her in the stomache five times, but you don’t understand, she /talked back when I insulted her/!”

        1. Rycan

          Worst I can say is that Malaya escalated the situation, which was unwise – but that absolutely does not justify Sal’s behavior.

        2. Makkabee

          There was once a law on the books in North Carolina that permitted that, but only if the person who talked back was black.

          It was enacted in 1866, and was one of the reasons congress said “fuck this shit, we’re imposing Radical Reconstruction.”

    2. Bagge

      Nice one

    3. Jade

      Lol at the picture, I read today’s comic and instantly thought, “Haters gonna make some good points.”

  49. Cerberus

    Controversial opinion, but Malaya has a point. Sal invites her out even though they aren’t friends and Sal has taken every point possible to reiterate how not friends they are. Sal opens with insulting her and calling her names and then condescends to her and is only doing this because she’s pulling a Becky and getting her jelly all over the place.

    She’s fully in her rights to call Sal out for that and while she’s unpleasant and rude about that, nothing she’s saying is as out-of-line as what Sal has been opening with and let’s not forget her habit of dismissing Malaya each time she’s encountered her either by glaring as she hung out with Marcie, intentionally diminishing her name, or straight up wondering why they hang out with her.

    And whether Sal intends to our not, she definitely feels entitled to Malaya accepting her olive branch simply because Sal doesn’t respect her enough to genuinely apologize and build bridges and pretty much wanted an excuse to beat her up way more than actually accept a weaker position in making nice with her friend’s friend (which its worth noting that when Malaya likes someone in either universe, she’s fiercely loyal and has shown genuine effort in her interactions with Marcie)

    She’s still going to get her ass handed to her for this, but she’s got some points.

    1. Rich

      I don’t think there’s anything controversial about it, and judging by the other comments neither do a lot of people. They’re both being pretty terrible here, but Malaya’s actually got some justification for a change.

      1. Lyssie

        The juxtaposition of your avatar with that comment is excellent.

        1. Rich

          I did say “some” justification. Malaya handled her end of things in typical (ie awful) Malaya fashion, but that doesn’t change the fact that she was provoked.

          Not sold on this going to a beating yet. Sal might show some self-control and de-escalate, or we might see a third actor show up to intervene and diffuse things. Willis is rarely obvious, and Malaya spitting out her own teeth is obvious.

        2. Pat

          Sal “extended an olive branch” by inviting Malaya there and then insulting her when she arrived.

          Malaya came when called, and the first thing she did was ask why Sal even invited her if she was just going to be an ass.

          She eventually got angry, but only one of them actually tried.

        3. Rich

          And why did Malaya show up? It’s not in character for her from what little we’ve seen. She appears to only be interested in hanging out with Marcie, not Sal or Carla (who isn’t really part of the group anyway). Did Sal misrepresent things, or did Malaya really opt to come see Sal? If the latter, what’s her reason for doing so? Something screwy going on here.

    2. Freezer

      Compromise and diplomacy are as much about how you say things as what you say.

    3. SonicBlueRanger

      I’m torn between Loving Sal and wanting to see her put Malaya into a headlock and make her feel pain and the realization that you actually are making loads of sense. Hmm.

  50. Rani

    “Jesus, you are unpleasant.”

    That sentence ranks up there with Hannibal Lecter’s side-eye on the list of understated warnings of impending violence.

  51. Rich

    Lot of “what if Marcie shows up” thinking going on. More interested in Carla popping up myself, and if she’d take a side in a fight. Be interesting to see if/how the Shortpacked relationship between Malaya and Carla maps to DoA.

    1. DarkoNeko

      Eh, she’s hang against a nearby wall and enjoy the sight.

  52. Pantheon the Mantheon

    *Silently praying* “please let them hatefuck, please let them hatefuck, please let them hatefuck”….. DON’T YOU JUDGE ME!

  53. The Wizard

    Sal is the truth!

  54. The Thing

    Swear to god if this ends in a lesbian kiss…

  55. Rabid Rabbit

    Yeah, you grab those tits, Sal. You grab ’em good.

    Fine, I know that’s not actually what’s happening. But it was what I saw at first glance.

    More seriously, I imagine that part of what makes it hard for Sal is that Marcie originally hated Malaya too. Then Malaya took Sal’s eyeroll about just learning sign language, and suddenly she and Marcie were getting along. Can’t help the whole “Sal is a bit possessive of people who actually like her, for some strange reason” thing.

    1. Freezer

      Or it could be that “Malaya is needlessly nasty and antagonistic and Sal is exactly the wrong type of person to try that on.”

      1. Pat

        …Sal is being needlessly nasty and antagonistic, and then got pissed when Malaya didn’t submit to her.

  56. AgentKeen

    She’s beauty, She’s grace
    She’ll punch you in the face~~

  57. Rycan

    This is what happens when gasoline tries hanging out with fertilizer.

    1. Freezer

      Well, it has to be the right type of fertilizer and the right kind of fuel. Doesn’t help that the fertilizer carries a chip-shaped detonator on her shoulder.

      1. Rycan

        I know, but I figured ‘ammonium nitrate’ would be too obscure.

        1. Rich

          After the Oklahoma City bombing? No.

        2. Rycan

          I was pretty young when that happened…

        3. Rich

          It still put “ammonium nitrate = bomb component” into public awareness. You could buy the stuff by the ton without anyone blinking an eye before then.

  58. Well_Played

    Second rule of Fight Club… Don’t piss off Sal.

  59. Bagge

    Good move, Sal. This will make everything right between you and Marcie for sure

  60. Regalli

    Welp, this is going to be an unmitigated disaster.

    … Good thing Amber’s not here to make things worse, at least.

  61. poppaboo2electricboogaloo

    The one fucking night Amazi-Girl isn’t around! Perhaps we should ask that plain and certainly not up to any misdeeds Amber O’Malley if she’s seen her around.

  62. poppaboo2electricboogaloo

    To anyone wondering, this is pretty much how the fight’s gonna’ go.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d696t3yALAY

  63. Derek

    I am completely siding with Malaya here. She’s being ALLOWED to hang out with the great and mighty Sal? GEE WHAT AN HONOR.

    I would probably have a similar reaction in being told that I suck but I’m ALLOWED to stay in the presence of someone even though they’re obviously too good for me. It gets my blood boiling.

    1. Freezer

      I’d dare say most of us could’ve registered our displeasure without the profanity. (or at least not as much of it.)

      1. Disloyal Subject

        When you’re that accustomed to constantly spewing profanity, doing otherwise is hard even under optimal circumstances. She’s utterly justified in cussing, that’s not even an issue. Incitement of violence is iffy, but we’ll see how it plays out.

      2. Rycan

        Not Malaya. Expecting Malaya to not be profane is like expecting Sal to not be violent.

        1. Rich

          Not sure about that. Go back through her limited appearances in DoA. She’s got a surprising number of strips where she doesn’t cuss at all. Borders on polite in some of them, and she’s not even abrasive to Sal in most. Shortpacked Malaya she ain’t.

      3. drs

        How about Sal’s profanity?

      4. Spencer

        Perhaps Sal could have responded without grabbing Malaya and throwing up against a wall.

  64. Kindra

    I sympathized with Sal up to this point – jealousy is a hard thing to deal with, and it looks very much like Marcie is her ONLY friend, so her insecurity makes sense. But this? This is not a good-faith effort to make nice with Marcie’s new friend. Sal’s making it pretty clear from her attitude that she doesn’t like Malaya at all, and doesn’t mean to even TRY to be pleasant.

    And Malaya’s got a real point here – since getting to college, most of the people Sal has encountered have been wowed by her ‘badass’ air, and I honestly think that there was a part of her that expected Malaya would be the same way, despite all evidence to the contrary. The only way Sal was going to ‘make nice’ tonight would be if Malaya bent over backwards for her, because she started out with a clear attitude of “I hate you, you should be really grateful that I’m giving you a chance.”

    Basically, yeah, Malaya is a rude little shit, but Sal is the one in the wrong here, even before she physically attacked.

    1. TheLurkerAbove

      Yea, I was going to post that too; it’s basically two very unpleasant attitudes crashing against each other.

      1. Majere

        Unstoppable Asshole meets Immovable Bongo.

  65. Torra

    I’m very surprised on how many comments are justifying Sal’s actions here! I was expecting a lot more people being along the lines of ‘Sal wtf’

    1. Kamino Neko

      Sal’s a POV character. Protagonist-centred morality is very popular in this fandom.

      1. Freezer

        Or it’s a Jerk Vs. Jerk fight and Sal’s the Jerk We Know.

        1. Spencer

          Malaya isn’t the one slamming people into walls.

          Sal’s in the wrong here. It’s pretty clear cut.

        2. Athedia

          I agree, though I am also part of the tiny group that liked Walkyverse Malaya. All this talk about that they are both jerks? Malaya is not the one committing physical assault.

        3. Rycan

          Well, I’d say they both are exactly the wrong kind of personality for this kind of encounter, but Sal is the one who had the bright idea of trying to befriend Malaya while making it abundantly clear that she doesn’t really want to.

        4. Rycan

          Wow, that came off completely wrong – sounds as if the worst thing Sal’s done is bad-mouthing Malaya. Point was that this whole meeting was a mistake to set up.

  66. Keroshino

    Oh damn…the limiters have been released!!!

    You dun fucked up now Malaya.

    1. Rycan

      ‘Limiters’? Who’re they?

  67. Em

    Ah and here comes out the old Sal we walkyverse people know and love.

    Or know anyway.

    Jesus Sal, I thought this was about making friends not losing them. You will lose Marcie if/when she finds out about this.

  68. takashid

    wow, sal is a giant asshole.

    calling her out here only to call her names, then she acts like an arrogant prick acting like malaya should be honored to hang out with someone who calls her a “cumstain” and when malaya calls her on her shit she attacks her.

    again, sal is being an asshole. I’m not even going to read the comments on this strip since i know 90% of them will be acting like Sal is somehow justified in the assault she’s pulling here.

    1. aroree

      I actually think most people agree with you. Have some faith! Not in humanity of course, but in the fact that Willis’ fans are somewhat un-sheeplike. XD

  69. BenRG

    I think that we’re witnessing the first few steps of the Sally Walkerton death spiral. Things will probably get a lot worse for her before they get better and Amazi-Girl may find herselfe surprisurprising position of having to help save her Nemesis from herself and from self-destruction.

    As for this fight? Well, right outside the dorm room, in full view of Campus Security’s cameras is probably a bad locale to choose. I see a suspension or credit loss in Sal and Malaya’s immediate futures.

    1. ThatGuy

      OMG! Between Amber’s start of her rage being Sal, and Sal’s life being ruined by that same day…and knowing how Pro-Gamer Sal has the potential to be and the fact that Amber doesnt like to be social and Sal doesnt like to talk…

      They could be best buds!

  70. DarkoNeko

    Malaya already seems to have lost some of that assurance in the last panel.

  71. gqbrielle

    this pleases me…because i’m a bad person >.> *faint voice* noooo sal, don’t doooo it…

  72. Zaxares

    Much as I hate to say it, Malaya does have a point. Sal does need to realise that Marcie is entitled to have other friends and spend time with other people as she wishes. Not everybody in life is going to like you, and learning to live with that is one of the most important lessons you’ll ever learn as a person.

  73. DarkoNeko

    Looking further than the current altercation, tho.

    (Not adding proper links because WordPress sends any message with more than one URL to the moderation folder.)

    Sal has been a bomb looking to blown off pretty much since she arrived. -She almost went to a fist fight with Ruth (/book-2/01-pajama-jeans/authority/)
    -She was about to “paint this parking lot” with Amazi-girl’s blood ( /book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/fightme/ )
    -Once drunk with Jason ( /book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/walking/ )

    The 2 first were from provocations… but for the last one, she’s pretty much looking to get into a fight, ANY fight ; and mention that Marcie’s the only thing stopping her.

    1. DarkoNeko

      My point is that if even if the current fight is stopped, she’ll explode eventually, and the damage radius will get worse the longest it’s left unattended.

    2. Rycan

      So this will end badly for Malaya, and Sal will get her ass in custody again?

      1. DarkoNeko

        I’m not sure. They’re awfully close to a building entrance to not be left unnoticed for long.

        1. Rich

          Betting someone else shows up before it gets out of hand. Could be almost anyone, Sal’s probably not so far gone that she’s beat someone’s head in right in front of a witness. I kind of like the idea of Joe walking past and saying something that gets both of them pissed with him, but that’s just me.

  74. ThatGuy

    Hopefully this is Willis’ way of getting Sal to admit to why she’s so angry and give people a chance.

    The thing that is so aggravating is that Sal has proved herself to be a great person, intelligent, and thoughtful at times So we know she has the potential to be beloved. Maybe she just needs to realize between some of the people she lives near by that there are some great people she can open up to and not leave herself vulnerable. Hell Even Walky and Billy are going through some serious growing up.

  75. maxyai

    I like Malaya more every time I see her.

  76. 6Qubed

    That’s an awful lot of shit to talk to somebody who was in juvie with only one working hand

    1. 6Qubed

      on a related note, I retract my previous statement involving bloodstains

  77. Jade

    Bye Malaya, nice knowing you D:

    Oh wait 😛

  78. Solace

    BFFs

  79. podian

    Dammit, as much as I hate to admit it, Malaya is objectively a better person in this strip…

    1. Mr. Morningstar

      i think they are both equally terrible here.

      1. Rycan

        How do you figure?

  80. aroree

    Umm, hate to say it, but I’m on Malaya’s side in this…

    1. notlegato

      i’m pretty sure most are.

      1. podian

        And I’m pretty sure most hate to say it.

  81. Bagge

    I enjoy the fact that Malaya’s parody of a Sal-fan is a spot-on description of Joyce.

    1. Heavensrun

      Especially since Malaya has never -met- Joyce.

      1. Bagge

        Yup, its a subtle “cut”-joke. (if we cut to Joyce gushing about Sal in the last panel it would be a straight example)

  82. newllend(henryvolt)

    …Malaya have you been hanging out with Joyce lately?

  83. Joe

    Sal’s the one that’s about to actively cross the line here, but I can’t help but think “dammit, Malaya”.

    1. HeySo

      Crap, I missed first on calling it-
      But it never really gets old, so here it goes anyway:

      “Dammit, Malaya.”

  84. hikaru

    malayas got a point

    1. hikaru

      (then again i always side with malaya anyway, because damn it someone has to!!!)

      1. Athedia

        Don’t worry! Some people here like her and side with her. She may be unpleasant but she owns it.

  85. Anthony

    ….now kiss!

  86. Sigurther

    Could not be happier than to see her get a beat down from Sal, even if I know it’s not gonna happen.

  87. Rich

    Just did an archive dig through all of Malaya’s strips – less than 20 of them as of today – and I’m struck by the fact that she’s interacted with no one except Sal, Marcie, and Carla, unless you want to count the fight with Amazi-Girl as interaction. She’s not the type of person who’s going to have a lot of friends (Marcie may be the only one outside of maybe some unseen derby players) or get into casual conversations off panel – so where does panel 4 come from? It’s spot on in terms of accuracy when it comes to Joyce, but how does she know that stuff? Unless Sal’s been talking about Joyce’s girl-crush on her in front of Malaya, who told her? Did Sal tell Marcie and she relayed it along?

    1. HeySo

      You forget that Sal always takes charge; even just in the set of characters you named, there’s enough basis to have that sort of envious-disdain reaction.

      Just reread the parking lot/amazigirl sequence and see how Sal is essentially taking charge of their entire group.

      ‘Sides, there’s reason enough to imagine stuff has happened off-panel: Even Sal and ‘wonderbread’ have had off-screen continued study session interactions alluded to.

      Though if your point prompts Willis to add more Sal to the strips, I’m all in favor.

      1. Rich

        You really think anyone in the Carla/Marcie/Malaya grouping has ever expressed a desire to brush Sal’s hair? No way in hell. That’s a Joyce thing, and where did Malaya hear it unless it came from Sal somehow? Apparently Sarah isn’t the only one who’s been talking about Joyce’s weirdness behind her back – but it’s kind of surprising that Sal has even registered on the crazy bible girl hero worshipping like that, much less felt like passing it along to Marcie or Malaya.

        1. Rich

          Well, either that, or we have to accept that Malaya subconscious is speaking there. I don’t see her wanting to brush Sal’s hair for her, but the folks calling for a lesbian slipshine with the two sure would.

        2. Heavensrun

          I think the point is that Malaya absolutely has Sal pegged even though she’s never met Joyce or seen how she reacts to her.

        3. HeySo

          ^

  88. OnyxIdol

    Here is what I think is gonna happen: They will beat on each other for a while, and after blowing off some steam that way, they will sit down on the sidewalk next to each other, having found a modicum of mutual respect and they’ll have a nice pleasant talk.

    1. HeySo

      You forget. In this comic, when two strong-minded young women get into a big blowout, it leads into Slipshine.

      This one might even have more destructive elements involved than the last one!

      Look forward to it!

  89. Crumplepunch

    These people are both pretty much assholes.

  90. Lukas

    Wow there’s so much Malaya hate here, and most of it boiled over from the Walkyverse. This may be the most times I’ve seen the word “bongo” on the page.

    I liked Walkyverse Malaya… and I kind of like this one too. She’s abrasive sure, but she’s also kind of fun, too.

    1. Mr. Morningstar

      bongo bongo bongo i dont wanna leave the jungle oh no no no no no

  91. Deanatay

    “But officer! She called me SALLY. Do I LOOK like a ‘Sally’ to you?”

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Ummm Yessss?!

  92. Bantha

    I would love nothing more than to see Sal slap some sense into her. She’s even more unpleasant here than she was in Shortpacked.

    1. Dammy

      At first, I wanted to give her a chance here. She ruined that in about 2 comic strips. Sal, you may do your worst, now.

  93. hof1991

    First, who set up this meeting? Sal asked for it.
    Then Sal shows up itching for a fight. Basically “girl friend stealing hussy” on steroids.
    Then Malaya correctly calls out Sal on her behavior, leading Sal to drop her put on accent and move directly to violence, which seems to have been the intent of this meeting all along.

    People hate on Becky for not letting go of her only friend when Joyce is about all she has in the world, but are defending Sal using violence to keep her only real friend. Becky made a new friend in Dina, while Sal has refused to make anything like a friend despite many opportunities. Jason is a hate fuck, not a relationship. Yes DYW just juxtaposed two alternate reactions to having a friend expand their social circle. Becky was jealous and in dire circumstances, but limited herself to banter and passive-agressive crap. Sal was jealous but far from alone, surrounded by admirers (and her brother is right there).

    Sal has been playing Fonzie so far. Cool rebel, aloof. Now she plays alternate universe (or maybe real life / non-sitcom) Fonzie. Short tempered, isolated, striking a pose rather than actually living, kinda desperate and sad. I feel sad for Sal here, because this is part of a downward spiral. She’s a long way from the path.

    1. BenRG

      FWIW, ‘desperate’, ‘sad’, ‘striking a pose rather than actually living’? These have always been part and parcel of who Sal is. It’s just that she’s never actually been forced to admit that to herself in a way that she can’t shrug off before. If Marcie takes Malaya’s side and dumps Sal, then an unpleasant self-examination may become unavoidable. It will be a genuine test of her strength of character whether she can survive that.

      1. timemonkey

        Yeah, I noticed a long time ago that Sal’s pretty much just Billie but better at it and without the booze addiction.

        1. Rich

          No “sexy lesbian suicide pact” to motivate her, either. For all its flaws the relationship between Ruth and Billie is propping both of them up, at least for the time being.

  94. brumagem

    Christ, what an asshole.

    1. madock345

      which one?

      1. Rodimiss

        yes

        1. DarkoNeko

          Very much so.

  95. Heavensrun

    I’m…I’m on Malaya’s side.

    I feel dizzy. I need to sit down.

    Shit, I -am- sitting down.

  96. Lone Wolf

    Speaking as a longtime Walkyverse reader who didn’t care for Malaya in Shortpacked!, Sal is clearly the one in the wrong here. I’m half wondering if she’s deliberately sabotaging this just so she can claim to Marcie that she made an effort to be friendly but Malaya threw it back in her face.

    1. Kintrex

      Speaking as someone who hasn’t read Shortpacked! yet, I can tell that there’s some reason people don’t like Malaya, but just like Danny, that reason doesn’t seem to have carried through into DoA.

      1. timemonkey

        It kinda has, she has pretty much the same personality here as she did there. People just had a MASIVE hate on for her over there. Like to the point they legitimately thought Leslie murdered her after it turned out she wasn’t a lesbian and were totally cool said murder.

        1. Rycan

          …that’s seriously messed up.

        2. Spencer

          Shortpacked ran on a different brand of humour than DoA, and Malaya at her best rarely came close to the worst of what this Malaya offers.

          Heck, one of the last jokes in Shortpacked was Pat Lee dying at the hands of Soggies.

  97. What Was The Question Again?

    So cut back to the party, a few strips later we’ll see the aftermath or Dorothy will have to go break up the fight, and on slipshine there’ll be a “Malaya & Sal’s Inadvertantly Erotic Catfight” thing, right?

  98. Nena

    I do not miss my 20’s one bit.

    1. Nena

      Well, except the body. I wouldn’t mind my 20’s body back, but not the mind! hahaha

      1. Rich

        Preach it, fellow traveler.

  99. Arianod

    Aw yiss *reaches for popcorn*. The Willis giveth ^^

  100. Robert

    “Happy Birthday Malaya. I hope you enjoy this perforated lung. It’s your lung…..”

  101. BenRG

    My prediction: Sal is going to beat Malaya to a pulp. Marcie is going to drop her like a red-hot coal (what is the sign for “I don’t hang out with psychos”?) and she’s going to end up looking expulsion in the face because she carried out an assault in front of one of Campus Security’s cameras. In the face of the almost-certain ruination of her life, she’s going to start acting out and that is going to ultimately bring her and Amazi-Girl together in the way that Amber never imagined.

    Has Amazi-Girl every talked a person in despair off of a high ledge before?

    Oddly enough, I can see her sort of replacing Becky as the ‘wild one’ in Joyce’s circle when Becky finally has to move out of the dorm for one reason or another because, in the end, Joyce has always treated her decently and never judged her. I can also see Sal hanging out with Amazi-Girl’s boyfriend as he’s practically the only decent friendship she’s made beyond Marcie. That also means that she also has to tolerate the computer nerd girl he hangs out with too. Funny that she reminds her of someone…

  102. Tenn

    Determine who’s the bigger asshole or sit back and enjoy the snark?

    Sit back and enjoy the snark. B)

  103. Daashi

    I just read the comments, I shouldn’t have, I really shouldn’t have. Because I have gotten the feeling that over half of the commentators would love to see me being put in hospital, a couple might even do it themselves free of charge.

    1. Rycan

      Because they don’t think that Sal’s behavior is completely unjustified? Or your name is Malaya? If it’s the latter, welcome to the club – my name’s Ryan, by the way.

      1. Rycan

        Ehh, sorry if that sounded too flippant. You’re hardly alone in thinking this forum is getting too hostile.

      2. Rich

        Odds are somebody around here is actually named Blaine. They must find the character-hate even more tiresome.

        DoA Malaya is getting more leftover Shortpacked hate than she deserves by a long shot. She’s had so little panel time it’s unfair to even try to judge her. Doesn’t help that DoA Sal is fairly popular (and no, I’m not a raving fanboy for her, the grav is a random choice) and is behaving horribly today.

      3. Daashi

        It’s not the name. It is the fact that I have been in Malaya’s situation. I am exceedingly blunt to the point of rudeness, slightly misanthropic and have a love of casual language.

        At some point in my past I have someone who didn’t like me approach me under the pretence of “playing nice” who was spoiling for a fight after months of treating me like shit. I reacted much like Malaya just did; a verbal explosion of vulgarity and when threatened with violence I dared them to do it.

        And a lot of people are saying that Sal’s violence towards Malaya is completely justified and some are utterly gleeful at the beating they assume is coming her way.

        The idea believe that Malaya should just kneel and lick Sal boots after being referred to a “cumstain” and being to told to be pleased that she is being allowed to breathe the same air as Sal and deserves to be the victim of violence when she refuses to do so is so utterly incomprehensible to me.

        1. ninja_jesus

          A lot of this is cross-universe schadenfreude.

  104. Zan Thrax

    Am I supposed to be on Malaya’s side in this scene? Because I pretty much am, despite disliking her pretty much whenever she’s interacting with anyone other than Sal or Marcie.

  105. blegh

    malaya <3

  106. Onion

    Yes, I would imagine Jesus was unpleasant.
    Although, I could be wrong.

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