if only the only boarding school in Tennessee I knew of wasn’t that one then I could be more helpful pinpointing the (fictional, for reasons) school Sal attended, but ain’t no way she got a Southern accent THERE
We saw her school uniforms. Avalon High opened a satellite campus in Tennessee. It wanted a conservative corner of the country because it’s stuck in the past.
Given her mentioning of the landscape, I’m assuming more on the eastern end of Tennessee. If it was near a metropolitan area, maybe Knoxville? Her dialogue here makes it sound like she wasn’t in a super remote / rural area if she had multiple bars to explore.
In the South they just call Southern Comfort “Comfort”, because why specify the region when you’re there? It’d be like specifying Chicago-style pizza at a pizzeria in Chicago.
Sadly, Sal didn’t have a good fake ID so she never found any.
I actually grew up in Chicago not knowing about Chicago-style pizza. I guess my parents didn’t like it and I didn’t have much social life. Home pizza was Eduardo’s (flat, rectangle cuts, good), school (flat, rectangle, not good) or Chuck E Cheese on school/other kid things.
My first deep-dish was in Seattle. Most of my others were at Zachary’s in Oakland. I tried Uno in Boston, but, not good.
adam Black
thats because its a longstanding corporate chain store, quality has gone down a lot.
I’m so worried because I think they’re so sweet together but track record for relationships with Willis is awful, I’ll be heartbroken when they break up.
Likewise. I think they’d make a good couple, especially since their relationship in this universe seems to be much better than their counterparts in the other universe. But I’m worried that Willis will sink this ship, because he tends to do that with the ships I like.
thejeff
Probably eventually, but there could easily be years of this ship to enjoy before then.
Right, I’d forgotten that “never letting you leave ever” was a thing that boarding schools did. (apologies if that comes off as sarcastic– it’s not meant to be)
It’s amazing just how many of the things that I kinda took for granted about Sal are getting explanations lately, between this and the motorcycle.
or literally in a different state/country from your family of origin, and the school doesn’t want liability for anything happening to you
Daibhid C
Yeah, my boarding-school-for-kids-who-don’t-fit-into-the-regular-school-system (which, to be clear, in my case meant that I reacted badly to being bullied, in a way that made it difficult for my old school to pretend it wasn’t happening) didn’t let us out at night except on Supervised Activities, and I never thought there was anything sinister about it; they were in loco parentis, and would have been held responsible if we’d been wandering around town on our own and got mugged, or run over, or bought alcohol.
thejeff
Yeah, it gets more problematic as they get older, but she was only 13 (or maybe already 14) when she was sent there. Restrictions are appropriate, even if it’s not a “reform” kind of school.
BBCC
No, she was still 13. She was away for five years. She probably started in 8th grade.
It being a thinly veiled juvie might explain why she never came home for holidays or summer though.
Not if you don’t find it and just give up. There’s lots of things that may not be anywhere you can look. I looked in my teapot for god today, also checked for a cockroach. Unsurprisingly neither were there, and that was good enough for me.
Also, you can find what you’re looking for, but need more of them and keep looking in more places and not find enough.
Lastly, unless you are an astronaut on a weird space-walk, or have a vacuum chamber, the glass is completely full, because we live at the bottom of a gaseous atmosphere. Unless you count the space between atoms and inside electron clouds as empty, in which case the glass is way, way less than half full.
The first rule of Pedantry Club, is to argue over the meaning and phrasing of the first rule of Pedantry Club.
Anyway as someone who’s had so much chaos and uncertainty in my life that my actual ideal romantic fantasy is someone I can rely upon to be the same person every time I look at them:
Sal? Deeply, deeply relatable at the moment.
Just, fuck, the way all that cool, aloof, barbed stuff even from yesterday melted away just like that, like she’s finally got someone to whom she can say out loud that she wants a person in her life who will make her feel comfortable and safe, and that she can say it out loud to them and they’ll understand, that’s heavy, that’s real, y’all.
The noise I made was not human. I think my neighbours worried I was being murdered by someone named Sal. It’s….it’s not the first time this has happened.
Ahem – I posted this in the previous comic’s comment section, but I only did so like an hour ago so I assume no one’s ever gonna see it. So, here it is again. Couldn’t figure out how to embed the image on the page or anything.
At most, they dry-humped. And the ‘ship sank like a brick during the time skip.
Segnosaur
Do we know for sure that they never did more than that?
We know they only dry-humped before the time skip, and there was SOME event around that time (around halloween) that caused them to break up. But I can’t remember reading anything to suggest they couldn’t have gone further before their break up.
thejeff
We won’t know until the slipshine. 🙂
I’m guessing not though. They were very hesitant and conflicted and it wasn’t very long until halloween, so there wasn’t much time to work through it.
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Ana Chronistic
that sounds familiar
if only the only boarding school in Tennessee I knew of wasn’t that one then I could be more helpful pinpointing the (fictional, for reasons) school Sal attended, but ain’t no way she got a Southern accent THERE
Ana Chronistic
also I either lived in a safe town and/or was surprisingly oblivious bc I never once felt threatened wandering around places I’d never been before
Reltzik
We saw her school uniforms. Avalon High opened a satellite campus in Tennessee. It wanted a conservative corner of the country because it’s stuck in the past.
Geneseepaws
Dang Yankees don’t understand The South Will uhn, ..Always be stuck in the past.
Smooti
Given her mentioning of the landscape, I’m assuming more on the eastern end of Tennessee. If it was near a metropolitan area, maybe Knoxville? Her dialogue here makes it sound like she wasn’t in a super remote / rural area if she had multiple bars to explore.
Doctor_Who
In the South they just call Southern Comfort “Comfort”, because why specify the region when you’re there? It’d be like specifying Chicago-style pizza at a pizzeria in Chicago.
Sadly, Sal didn’t have a good fake ID so she never found any.
Tawnee
What if you’re in Chicago and want some other style of pizza?
I should probably know better than to ask questions about pizza in here, but whatevs.
drs
I actually grew up in Chicago not knowing about Chicago-style pizza. I guess my parents didn’t like it and I didn’t have much social life. Home pizza was Eduardo’s (flat, rectangle cuts, good), school (flat, rectangle, not good) or Chuck E Cheese on school/other kid things.
My first deep-dish was in Seattle. Most of my others were at Zachary’s in Oakland. I tried Uno in Boston, but, not good.
adam Black
thats because its a longstanding corporate chain store, quality has gone down a lot.
Spencer
In case of Winter emergencies, Danny’s party in the back hair can be used as a source of warmth.
Dean
In case of a shipwreck, his hat can be used as a floatation device. He’s surprisingly useful to have around.
Doctor_Who
You can burn his ukulele as a signal fire, or just because it’s a ukulele.
Kyrik Michalowski
And if you’re feeling down, he’s great to lean on. Danny is multi talented.
StClair
So you’re saying he’s supportive…?
Delicious Taffy
Burn his uke? Who is he, Fflewddur Flam?
Illithid
Rarely have I wanted an upvote button so much.
elebenty
Agreed.
Hilzabub
ha ha ha ha ha ahhhhh.
Morleuca
You capitalized winter, and for some reason I had Harry Dresden asking Danny for help in my head.
Regalli
Awww, she’s being emotionally vulnerable!
Seriously I love this.
Spencer
You gotta wonder if she’s said this stuff to anyone except for Marcie.
Suzi
I’m so worried because I think they’re so sweet together but track record for relationships with Willis is awful, I’ll be heartbroken when they break up.
Lumino
Mmm, this relationship, at least, has a stable foundation. Like, it’s not based on negative emotions or generally unhealthy dynamics.
Keulen
Likewise. I think they’d make a good couple, especially since their relationship in this universe seems to be much better than their counterparts in the other universe. But I’m worried that Willis will sink this ship, because he tends to do that with the ships I like.
thejeff
Probably eventually, but there could easily be years of this ship to enjoy before then.
RassilonTDavros
Right, I’d forgotten that “never letting you leave ever” was a thing that boarding schools did. (apologies if that comes off as sarcastic– it’s not meant to be)
It’s amazing just how many of the things that I kinda took for granted about Sal are getting explanations lately, between this and the motorcycle.
Kyrik Michalowski
It’s mind blowing what we simply accept/don’t question because it is just outside if our purview.
Kyrik Michalowski
Of*
brionl
It is if your “boarding school” is a thinly disguised Juvenile Hall.
Ana Chronistic
or literally in a different state/country from your family of origin, and the school doesn’t want liability for anything happening to you
Daibhid C
Yeah, my boarding-school-for-kids-who-don’t-fit-into-the-regular-school-system (which, to be clear, in my case meant that I reacted badly to being bullied, in a way that made it difficult for my old school to pretend it wasn’t happening) didn’t let us out at night except on Supervised Activities, and I never thought there was anything sinister about it; they were in loco parentis, and would have been held responsible if we’d been wandering around town on our own and got mugged, or run over, or bought alcohol.
thejeff
Yeah, it gets more problematic as they get older, but she was only 13 (or maybe already 14) when she was sent there. Restrictions are appropriate, even if it’s not a “reform” kind of school.
BBCC
No, she was still 13. She was away for five years. She probably started in 8th grade.
It being a thinly veiled juvie might explain why she never came home for holidays or summer though.
Kyrik Michalowski
Today’s strip is brought to you by: “I can kinda relate to Sal and it’s sad.”
On the bright side, Sal and Danny make for a cute couple and that’s not sad.
newlland(Henryvolt)
Maybe Sal Just needed to look somewhere she wouldn’t expect.
Reltzik
It’s always in the last place you look.
Psychie
Well, yeah, because once you find it, you stop looking.
thejeff
Sometimes it’s in the first place you look, but you didn’t look hard enough until after you came back around.
Reltzik
Which would make the first place you look also the last place you look.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Not if you don’t find it and just give up. There’s lots of things that may not be anywhere you can look. I looked in my teapot for god today, also checked for a cockroach. Unsurprisingly neither were there, and that was good enough for me.
Also, you can find what you’re looking for, but need more of them and keep looking in more places and not find enough.
Lastly, unless you are an astronaut on a weird space-walk, or have a vacuum chamber, the glass is completely full, because we live at the bottom of a gaseous atmosphere. Unless you count the space between atoms and inside electron clouds as empty, in which case the glass is way, way less than half full.
The first rule of Pedantry Club, is to argue over the meaning and phrasing of the first rule of Pedantry Club.
Stephen Bierce
*plays the Al Green version of “Take Me To The River” on the sound system of a passing car*
Opus the Poet
Eh, I prefer the Talking Heads cover myself, having spent so much time around Black churches it feels more real to me.
Stephen Bierce
Nothing wrong with either, really. Just that the Green version is more likely to be perceived as a “let’s play this for drivetime” song.
Decidedly Orthogonal
So *that’s* how it works.
DailyBrad
Did she get closer to him or did he get closer to her? Either way, the distance has been closed. D’aww.
(Also, I think it’s funny that the gal I’ve been talking to is from Tennessee and about as emotionally guarded, maybe it’s something in the water)
Kyrik Michalowski
Being from/living in Tennessee builds character somehow. One of my best friends is from Tennessee.
bhtooefr
Looking at the rocks, looks like she got closer to him.
Ben
She got closer to him, her head is on his shoulder
Spencer
Anyway as someone who’s had so much chaos and uncertainty in my life that my actual ideal romantic fantasy is someone I can rely upon to be the same person every time I look at them:
Sal? Deeply, deeply relatable at the moment.
Just, fuck, the way all that cool, aloof, barbed stuff even from yesterday melted away just like that, like she’s finally got someone to whom she can say out loud that she wants a person in her life who will make her feel comfortable and safe, and that she can say it out loud to them and they’ll understand, that’s heavy, that’s real, y’all.
Geneseepaws
Damn it. Why you cutting onions here. Now my nose is all runny. And the Ringer’s hydro-static ocular seals are leaking. Damn these feels!
BBCC
Awwwwww!
The noise I made was not human. I think my neighbours worried I was being murdered by someone named Sal. It’s….it’s not the first time this has happened.
Kyrik Michalowski
Your search for the Sal avatar speaks volumes about your love of Sal. I approve wholeheartedly of this, Sal is clearly one of the top 3 characters.
BBCC
She’s my favourite <3
Barf Ninjason
Ahem – I posted this in the previous comic’s comment section, but I only did so like an hour ago so I assume no one’s ever gonna see it. So, here it is again. Couldn’t figure out how to embed the image on the page or anything.
https://ibb.co/JC0SVQS
Kyrik Michalowski
Oh yeah, we have to deal with that train wreck eventually don’t we?
Ryek Hvek
So a Derby Hat is the official blaspheming headwear of DOA?
Keulen
Brilliant!
Bryy
They can’t bang until Amber and Walky do.
Kyrik Michalowski
I thought that ship had already sailed. Did they not do the horizontal tango already?
He Who Abides
At most, they dry-humped. And the ‘ship sank like a brick during the time skip.
Segnosaur
Do we know for sure that they never did more than that?
We know they only dry-humped before the time skip, and there was SOME event around that time (around halloween) that caused them to break up. But I can’t remember reading anything to suggest they couldn’t have gone further before their break up.
thejeff
We won’t know until the slipshine. 🙂
I’m guessing not though. They were very hesitant and conflicted and it wasn’t very long until halloween, so there wasn’t much time to work through it.
BarerMender
Amber and Walky seem to be over.
Thag Simmons
I don’t think those two are happening.
Michael Haneline
do we recognize that bridge?
brionl
Sure, it’s the Owl Creek Bridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Occurrence_at_Owl_Creek_Bridge_(film)
Decidedly Orthogonal
Clever, but Owl Creek (and the bridge) is two states south of Bloomington.
Nayann Martinelli
Yeah, it’s that one bridge, over that one river, which, mind you, is full of water :p
Chris Phoenix
…You’re not from California, are you.
Deanatay
-Where are you guys?
-Down by the creek side.
-Is there water in it?
-… You’re from California, aren’t you.
(Note lack of question mark ^^^)