Ruth probably has heard about the whole cheerleader thing and wondering how it might look on her if Billie went over the edge.
She’s right to wonder, in my opinion, Billie is turning into the Dumbing of Age equivalent of Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow.
I am having trouble seeing Amazi-Girl as Robin Hood.
Rognik
That’s because Amazi-Girl is Robin DeSanto. Politician by day, vigilante by night. It’s a very busy work schedule.
begbert2
That explains that “being Batman is totally legal” bill she keeps trying to push through.
She sells it to her base by telling them that Batman uses guns so it’s totally a gun rights thing.
Kryss LaBryn
Yeah, but on the other hand there’s Reasonable Suspicion. The cops aren’t allowed to pull you over and search your vehicle because you’re suspiciously not breaking any traffic laws…
I’m not exactly sure how Billie could justify calling Walky a “coward” when, again, he owes her nothing under the circumstances. Not to mention it makes Billie look like a hypocrite.
I have to agree with Ruth; he did make the right decision.
Coward? Why would Walky want to even help Billie right now? All she’s been doing for the last few strips is rag on him. If he wants her help with standing up to people who are hating on her, she needs to quit doing the same.
God, Billie is starting to get on my nerves.
That said, I <3 Ruth. Put her in her place, Ruth!*cheers*
B – “Your overconfidence is your weakness.”
R – “Your faith in your friend is yours.”
B- “No way, Walky will have my back. Right Walky? Walky? Come back here, Walky, you coward!”
To be fair, Ruth is RIGHT. Billie drinks regularly, unless we missed her completely cleaning up her act in the last four days. And Ruth would know Billie drinks because, c’mon, why else would she take the bottles from her room? And it’s on that file the mail lady had, which Ruth’s probably seen, so she knows to look out for it.
That doesn’t make Ruth’s METHODS right, and it certainly doesn’t give her the right to keep making Billie’s life a living hell seeing as she doesn’t have hard evidence and there’s no roommate dispute involved. (RAs, if I have this right, are in charge of conflict resolution, nothing else.) But Billie is secretly up to no good. This much is true.
Actually. I forgot about Billies blackmail material on Ruth. Still though, I don;t think Ruth would know she seemed pretty messed up.
Wack'd
Ruth explicitly knows, she mentioned to Billie she knows stuff is missing from her dorm.
And I explicitly said Billie’s drinking wasn’t a good excuse for Ruth to make her life a living hell, I only said that Ruth is right about Billie being up to no good.
Ruth is a nut job, all she needs is jackboots. Billie is a nut job, but she dosn’t deserve Ruth. Walkys smart enough to know when to make himself scarce. He’s a smart coward.
I love (LOVE) Dumbing of Age, but as an RA, I’m kind of confused…are people’s experiences with RAs really that bad? I mean damn, Ruth takes “RA terror” to a whole new limit. I’m not offended, I just hope she doesn’t turn people off of RA-ing!
I’m pretty sure that the character of Ruth isn’t supposed to be representative of RA’s in general, it’s just that Ruth is a control freak. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t confront other characters as she does with Billie (unless they skip out on a meeting, she’ll find them and drag them to it) but that’s more because of the personal disliking towards her and I don’t think Ruth has ever even gotten to confront Billie about the last couple of times she approached her. Either she’s confronting her about that, or she’s just trying to kick her ass. Now that I think about it, she might not even be RA anymore…
Most people should know RA’s can vary. You’ve got, the good, bad, and crazy, and so on. Mine for example were good folk, but kinda negligent. We’d see them around, but they rarely did much as RA’s except check us in on the first day, check out out on the last, and occasionally offer suggestions on how to get around the area.
Honestly, watching Billie and Ruth fight is like watching two movie villains fight. Neither one is morally superior to other, but it is still awesome no matter who ends up on top.
Eh, I’d call it Grey v Black, not Black v Black, morality wise. Billie’s kind of a bongo but that kind of pales in comparison to being thieving and violently confrontational.
Thieving and *destructive*, to boot. I doubt Billie would steal and then maliciously and systematically damage something from someone else, just because she had “picked a target.” (I’m not going to utterly slam Ruth or anything, but it really does feel like she’s doing what she can to get rid of Billie, even though Ruth is the one who threw the gauntlet down first and started this.)
106 thoughts on “Coward”
Kurai Seraphim
She’s going to pull a dagger out from within her mind and stab Ruth with it like some strange combination of Utena and FLCL.
Yotomoe
man…that’s the coolest sounding thing ever…
Plasma Mongoose
That makes Sal the Rose Bride then.
Regalli
Oooh, Black/White 2 Protagonist girl! I love the giant hair buns.
Plasma Mongoose
Nice to know someone knows who she was for a change. 🙂
Doctor_Who
I could totally see Billie riding a Vespa with a guitar on her back while awesome music plays in the background..
No…no wait, that’s Sal.
Vabolo
Ride on shooting star~
Andiemus
Sal’s too cool for a vespa. She rides a big girl bike.
Gundi
Wait, wait, wait, wait. Wait. That would make Walky Akio. I’m not seeing it.
Plasma Mongoose
Habitwise, Walky is closer to being like Chuchu than anyone else, unless you want to visualise Dios wearing PJ jeans.
Sparks
Thank you, I think my brain just melted.
LeslieBean4Shizzle
From two years in the future, I comment to say:
BEST COMMENT EVER.
Also, now I want to see some sort of Dumbverse/Utena crossover.
Mkvenner
I think Ruth is concerned about Billie’s mental state.
Plasma Mongoose
She’s concerned that Billie hasn’t totally lost it yet and plans on rectifying that oversight.
Mkvenner
That too.
Gargamel
Ruth probably has heard about the whole cheerleader thing and wondering how it might look on her if Billie went over the edge.
She’s right to wonder, in my opinion, Billie is turning into the Dumbing of Age equivalent of Jonathan Crane, the Scarecrow.
The Cheerleader.
Yotomoe
…Honestly…I’m kinda with Ruth on that logic…
Nexev
Except ruth cant exactly complain since she also drinks and seems to break the rules a lot.
It’s not just the pot calling the kettle black here, the pot has written up a new draft of Jim Crow laws for the sack of Fuck that Kettle.
What a douche.
Yotomoe
she’s still in charge. If someone may be up to no good it is your job to check up on it regardless of personal moral standing.
Wack'd
Yes, but Ruth is not above the law simply because she enforces it. This isn’t ye olde England.
Plasma Mongoose
I am having trouble seeing Amazi-Girl as Robin Hood.
Rognik
That’s because Amazi-Girl is Robin DeSanto. Politician by day, vigilante by night. It’s a very busy work schedule.
begbert2
That explains that “being Batman is totally legal” bill she keeps trying to push through.
She sells it to her base by telling them that Batman uses guns so it’s totally a gun rights thing.
Kryss LaBryn
Yeah, but on the other hand there’s Reasonable Suspicion. The cops aren’t allowed to pull you over and search your vehicle because you’re suspiciously not breaking any traffic laws…
Sensedog
I’m not exactly sure how Billie could justify calling Walky a “coward” when, again, he owes her nothing under the circumstances. Not to mention it makes Billie look like a hypocrite.
I have to agree with Ruth; he did make the right decision.
Wack'd
Yeah. Walky’s the coward, but who’s taking the dudivator specifically to avoid Ruth? At least he waited until Ruth actually showed up to turn tail.
Rognik
I just want to know how he got out of Billie’s vice-like grip. Or at least being pinned between Ruth and Billie.
ryan
he got out of billie’s grip by finding her booze stash.
artemi71
Coward? Why would Walky want to even help Billie right now? All she’s been doing for the last few strips is rag on him. If he wants her help with standing up to people who are hating on her, she needs to quit doing the same.
God, Billie is starting to get on my nerves.
That said, I <3 Ruth. Put her in her place, Ruth!*cheers*
Wonder Wig
B – “Your overconfidence is your weakness.”
R – “Your faith in your friend is yours.”
B- “No way, Walky will have my back. Right Walky? Walky? Come back here, Walky, you coward!”
Sensedog
You rock.
Ragnal
Geez, Ruth, not like she’s started making trouble in your neighborhood.
Honestly. Ya get in one little fight, the RA gets scared, and says “You’re gonna miss some letters till the agreements here.”
I tried. All that matters.
Yotomoe
Well Billie and her got in one little fight and she got scared.
DiDi
LOVE. So much of it. From me. To you. Ragnal. <3
Rideps1
KNIFE EYE ATTACK!
Heimdallw32
For those who don’t get the reference, here: http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/10p40/
Enjoy.
Khrene Cleaver
Billie needs to either become a ninja or grow out her Sache before being about to pull that off.
Sal, as we know, is a ninja, and Amazi-Girl lacks hair on here face, but she has a fat handlebar growing on her heart.
Plasma Mongoose
Silly Billie, can you honestly expect Walky to face Ruth without changing into a pair of PJ Jeans?
Yotomoe
he gotta be stylin’
Joe H
He gotta be comfy.
Nexev
I mean he is facing Ruth.
If he is going to soil his pants they might as well be the comfortable ones.
Yotomoe
and absorbant.
Plasma Mongoose
Maybe he needs to needs a pair of nappy-daks.
Hannover Fist
I know I’m going to regret asking this, but what are nappy-daks?
Plasma Mongoose
A cross between nappies(diapers) and underdaks(underpants).
Plasma Mongoose
Basically adult diapers that LOOK like underpants.
TacosForever
I feel like Ruth really needs to see a therapist.
Wack'd
Therapy is for losers.
…
I made myself cry.
Wack'd
To be fair, Ruth is RIGHT. Billie drinks regularly, unless we missed her completely cleaning up her act in the last four days. And Ruth would know Billie drinks because, c’mon, why else would she take the bottles from her room? And it’s on that file the mail lady had, which Ruth’s probably seen, so she knows to look out for it.
That doesn’t make Ruth’s METHODS right, and it certainly doesn’t give her the right to keep making Billie’s life a living hell seeing as she doesn’t have hard evidence and there’s no roommate dispute involved. (RAs, if I have this right, are in charge of conflict resolution, nothing else.) But Billie is secretly up to no good. This much is true.
Khrene Cleaver
What no good is she up?
Has Ruth seen her drink/drunk? No.
We know she drinks, but so what? Has it cause any problems at all none the less ones within the dorm? No.
Imagine if a cop pulled you over and did this too you, and someone said “Well you did speed a few days days ago.”
Khrene Cleaver
Actually. I forgot about Billies blackmail material on Ruth. Still though, I don;t think Ruth would know she seemed pretty messed up.
Wack'd
Ruth explicitly knows, she mentioned to Billie she knows stuff is missing from her dorm.
And I explicitly said Billie’s drinking wasn’t a good excuse for Ruth to make her life a living hell, I only said that Ruth is right about Billie being up to no good.
John Madden
That is some convoluted logic, Ruth.
Undrave
Billie… I think the lady requires your butt.
Wack'd
Also, Billie has blackmail material. Of course Ruth is looking to confront Billie, Ruth wants to make a deal.
k8
Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
Uniqueantique
Ruth is a nut job, all she needs is jackboots. Billie is a nut job, but she dosn’t deserve Ruth. Walkys smart enough to know when to make himself scarce. He’s a smart coward.
Khrene Cleaver
He knows when to run and live to fight another day.
begbert2
Or to run another day. You know, depending.
Confus
I love (LOVE) Dumbing of Age, but as an RA, I’m kind of confused…are people’s experiences with RAs really that bad? I mean damn, Ruth takes “RA terror” to a whole new limit. I’m not offended, I just hope she doesn’t turn people off of RA-ing!
Kernanator
My RA is actually a really nice lady. A bit too…Bonding Exercise oriented for my tastes, but hey, at least she’s not stealing my shit.
Scot
I’m pretty sure that the character of Ruth isn’t supposed to be representative of RA’s in general, it’s just that Ruth is a control freak. I’m pretty sure she doesn’t confront other characters as she does with Billie (unless they skip out on a meeting, she’ll find them and drag them to it) but that’s more because of the personal disliking towards her and I don’t think Ruth has ever even gotten to confront Billie about the last couple of times she approached her. Either she’s confronting her about that, or she’s just trying to kick her ass. Now that I think about it, she might not even be RA anymore…
Historyman68
Exactly- she symbolizes abused authority, like Chang on Community.
LiC
Most people should know RA’s can vary. You’ve got, the good, bad, and crazy, and so on. Mine for example were good folk, but kinda negligent. We’d see them around, but they rarely did much as RA’s except check us in on the first day, check out out on the last, and occasionally offer suggestions on how to get around the area.
Kernanator
Honestly, watching Billie and Ruth fight is like watching two movie villains fight. Neither one is morally superior to other, but it is still awesome no matter who ends up on top.
Wack'd
Eh, I’d call it Grey v Black, not Black v Black, morality wise. Billie’s kind of a bongo but that kind of pales in comparison to being thieving and violently confrontational.
Kernanator
Good point.
Zanosuke_Kurosaki
Thieving and *destructive*, to boot. I doubt Billie would steal and then maliciously and systematically damage something from someone else, just because she had “picked a target.” (I’m not going to utterly slam Ruth or anything, but it really does feel like she’s doing what she can to get rid of Billie, even though Ruth is the one who threw the gauntlet down first and started this.)
Rognik
Well, I just get the impression that Billie is the bottom of this relationship…
Oh, like you weren’t thinking it yourself!
Kernanator