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Stop
Posted on October 22, 2015 by David M Willis

368 thoughts on “Stop”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    Amazi-Girl: The Ride

    1. Inkblot

      It’s like another Back to the Future reference

      1. Derf

        Might have worked out better for her if it had been a Snow Crash reference – a retractable MagnaPoon would be better for dealing with corners and obstacles.

        Also, a ‘HALT, EVILDOER’ window sticker would be full of win.

        1. modernpython

          I actually understand this reference!

          But COMPLETELY DISAGREE
          Back to the future references forever

        2. TheEighthShader

          This is completely unrelated, but why is there always a porn comic ad on this site?

        3. Max

          It’s by the same artist and about characters from this comic.

        4. Kryss LaBryn

          It’s for Willis’s DoA-related Slipshines. They take place in-continuity, but you don’t miss out important plot points if you don’t read them. But you have to pay for them, hence the ads (although you can see the first I think three pages as a free preview on the site). And all the “next Slipshine!” references in the comments, because we know that, sooner or later, he will put up another one.

        5. liahansen

          you miss ALL the important plot points if you don’t read them!

          I assume

          I haven’t read them

        6. TheEighthShader

          Oh so its the uncensored version of…naughty parts that happen during dumbing of age?

        7. Deanatay

          And sticky roller-skates.

        8. Kamino Neko

          The AmaziPoon is only allowed in the Slipshines.

      2. Aeron

        Guess you guys aren’t ready for Amazi-Girl The Ride… But your kids are going to love it.

      3. Leorale

        Becky to the Future

        1. Amazi-Stool

          +1!

    2. Skizz

      Mask on… or off?

      1. Znayx

        Just what I was thinking (well, at least the same way I interpreted it)

    3. Baf

      That’s not a nice thing to call her.

      1. de Combys

        You didn’t.

    4. Dhraakellian

      Amazi-girl: the t-shirt, Amazi-girl: the coloring book, Amazi-girl: the lunchbox, Amazi-girl: the breakfast cereal, Amazi-girl: the stool!!

  2. JetstreamGW

    Physics, darlin’. Physics. Momentum. C’mon. You’re a nerd 😛

    1. gkheyf

      ya, but she’s a cs major. those physics only exist if you import them

      1. Doctor_Who

        If the last panel was wider, you’d see that she’s clipping right through a building.

        1. Pat

          Ouch.

        2. Tacos

          Don’t worry, the wall has no hit box.

        3. modernpython

          I think the ouch was from the huge error code that just generated

        4. Yhelta

          …or headed straight for a manure truck

        5. Mc

          You win the thread.

        6. Ana Chronistic

          to be fair, greenish could prolly be grass, so she’ll just loop around the stop sign

        7. merbrat

          Uh, like a tetherball.

        8. Kryss LaBryn

          Skateboards can steer, though (although of course she’ll have to work with the momentum).

        9. davidbreslin101

          ….tangling the line round the pole and pulling the car to a stop. Completely deliberate, honest!

        10. merbrat

          Maybe her skills will include the whip-around-the-pole momentum sending her even faster, to catch up to the car! (after letting go of the rope, of course) Untried, new skill! Level-up!

        11. Damned Scholar

          The one where Amazi-Girl glimpsed beneath the walkmesh and saw infinity.

    2. Durandal_1707

      What I’d like to know is how she caught up to a car that’s not stopping at stop signs, with a skateboard.

      1. Ana Chronistic

        you don’t have to stop when going 25mph in a residentialish area

        1. Memyself

          Wait… what?

        2. Dallium

          Ummmm… Yes, you absolutely do. Who told you that?

        3. Ana Chronistic

          (see below ’cause I also don’t know where replies are supposed to go apparently)

        4. Needfuldoer

          Found the Rhode Islander.

        5. Betty Anne

          I thought it was a Minnesotan. XD

        6. Ana Chronistic

          Surprised no one said New Jersey! =p

          (D.C. Metro, close enough)

        7. MichaelHaneline

          I’m terrified that you not only thought this was correct but felt sure enough about it to try to correct other people on it.

        8. Ana Chronistic

          “don’t have to” as in “it is physically possible not to”

          OF COURSE IT IS ILLEGAL NOT TO DUHHHHHHH

      2. Memyself

        He stopped.

        1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          Which gives AG time to catch up.

        2. David M Willis

          You know, I thought putting a “BRAKE!” sound effect over the panel with lit brakelights was a little too obvious, but apparently not!

        3. Memyself

          I thought it was a nice dodge around a difficult visual transition. How do you imply that the car stops and starts going again in such limited space? Your solution was simple and elegant.

  3. abbers

    …Uhm.

    Is amazigirl gonna die.

    1. Mada

      I seem to recall Willis stating quite a while back that Wilis said nobody in this comic would die.

    2. Doctor_Who

      Of course not.

      Amber might, though. Someone else will take up the mantle.

      1. liahansen

        “Lucyyyyy… you must avenge meeeeee… it is your destiny…”

        *Lucy pretends not to hear and continues reading*

        1. Deanatay

          *Malaya rolls eyes* Worst roommate evar

    3. MeghanTheDreamCrusher

      No but she’ll probably break something.

      1. Cerberus

        At this point, she’s the one who will end up in a hospital simply trying to be an actual comic-book character rather than just being inspired by them.

        1. Agemegos

          Yeah, and I’m starting to worry that she will get hurt doing something ineffectual rather than climactic. Amber ends up in a gutter with a broken arm or leg, Big Toe Daddy motors on, not aware that she was ever there.

          And the police still haven’t been told about Dina’s phone and BTD’s suicidal talk.

        2. MeghanTheDreamCrusher

          BTD?

        3. Suitora

          Big Toe Daddy. The parent comment was talking about Ross.

        4. Badtux

          BTD – Big Toe Daddy

    4. Zan Thrax

      No. But maybe if she gets herself hospitalized with this idiocy, she’ll finally get the help that she is so desperately in need of. Whether she wants it or not.

      1. doubleW

        Or a smackdown with Blain

        1. Pat

          She’s already done that. A few times.
          On-panel…

  4. Andr3wtime

    That reminds me, when does the new Just Cause come out?

    1. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      Not soon enough.

    2. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      … why is my comment that Just Cause 3 can’t come out soon enough (because I loved Just Cause 2 and want MOAR) awaiting moderation?

      1. LeslieBean4Shizzle

        Okay, seriously, WTF? Why are my comments being blocked awaiting moderation?

        1. LeslieBean4Shizzle

          … except for my comments about my other comments being blocked, apparently.
          Anyway, to answer your question, December 1st is when Just Cause 3 will be released in the USA according to Amazon.

        2. Ana Chronistic

          that feels like me trying to post any Youtube links anymore, despite everyone else clearly getting to post multiples =(

        3. Smiling Cat

          I’m not sure that complaining your comment is in moderation is a good way to get it out of moderation.

        4. Sensei Le Roof

          Moderation in all things.

        5. Agemegos

          Mine are getting blocked awaiting moderation when I put more than one link in them, just like always.

    3. LeslieBean4Shizzle

      BTW – thanks for reminding me. Just added it to my wishlist.

      And to answer your question, December 1st.

  5. Opus the Poet

    If she can hang on this should be great.

    1. Haven

      And if not, that explains the hospital panel…

      1. de Combys

        I’m sure it’s gonna be that

      2. Joe

        Imagine if that’s actually what it is, and the new meta of the comic becomes damning Willis for setting up expectations in the preview panels as well as for what he actually publishes.

    2. fogel

      Opus, Does your work cover skate boards vs cars, as well as bikes?

  6. DarkoNeko

    “aaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAaaa” *bonk*

  7. EdHead

    WE NEED TO GO BACK

    > and have amber try that again.

  8. valis_kr3

    This never happened to Marty

  9. najaru

    whoa where’d she get a grappling hook come from

    also hopefully ross doesn’t have any more guns. Tough to use a rifle in close quarters, where I am assuming amazi-girl will whack him ten ways to sunday.

    1. Doctor_Who

      She got it from her Grunkle Stan’s gift shop. Yes, DoA was a sequel to Gravity Falls all this time.

    2. Catullus

      She’s had the grappling hook for a while.

      1. merbrat

        Had to get it back from Dina and Ruth. http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/return/

      2. Historyman68

        Who says she only has one?

    3. Bicycle Bill

      She must have gotten it back from Faz.

    4. Sensei Le Roof

      And risk a car crash?

  10. carl320

    Amazi-girl is prepared for everything.

    1. Smiling Cat

      Except for momentum.

  11. inqntrol

    New sport invented:Street skiing

    1. neeks

      “New.”

      (People do this. It’s not the safest pastime, but that tends to be the case with skateboarding and rollerblading.)

      1. inqntrol

        You know how it is said:”No pain,no gain.”(By ”gain” I mean getting a couple of broken bones or even worse.)

  12. SpoopyFox

    AMAZI-GIRL IS IMMUNE TO PHYSICS

    1. Pat

      She needs those to run. And hit things.

      1. Larkle

        Amazi-girl is has selective physics. (Like selective hearing, but physics.)

        1. Pat

          …I think that power is called “omnipotence.”

        2. Dana

          Not omni, just extra.

        3. Deimir

          Extrapotence?

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      She has proved that before.

  13. Dean

    I was half expecting a panel where Amazi-Girl’s grappling hook pulls the bumper off.

    1. Agemegos

      It might yet snaffle the rear licence plate.

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Which causes him to get noted for lacking one and the cops get him.

        1. Historyman68

          Oh that would be great. And then they see his gun and oh wait it ends there because it’s registered.

    2. Kryss LaBryn

      I have to admit, for a minute I couldn’t figure out it was the broken bumper she’d hooked and while trying to figure it out I was all, “Does Toedad’s car have–have a moustache? On its–oh, it’s the bumper!” for a minute. Lol.

  14. liahansen

    thats the powa of love

  15. JessWitt

    Dem pouches.

    1. Jason

      Pouch shmouch…at this point I have to assume she has a backpack hidden under that cape.

      1. Roborat

        +1 Sack of Holding.

  16. Just A. Thinker

    It looks like she’s going to end up wrapped around the stop sign, and while I doubt the rope is strong enough to stop the car, it could easily tear off the bumper…

    1. Jestam

      For what it’s worth, Indiana only requires the back license plate, and treating that off along with the bumper will catch the eyes of any cop, local or not. I the bumper ends up dragging, still partially on, so much the better as far as attracting attention to the car.

  17. Mada

    Now THIS is podracing.

  18. Cow

    In hindsight, skipping physics to chase after Toedad was not Amazi-Girl’s greatest idea.

  19. Androiddreams

    cue benny hill theme

  20. newllend(henryvolt)

    Ross if I slow down you’ll jump out…and the cops will catch up to me and beat my ass up and down the street.

    1. Pat

      If he doesn’t stop at stop signs, someone‘s gonna catch up to him.
      From the side.

    2. newllend(henryvolt)

      Missing -> :

  21. TexasDex

    And back to comic again. I think I’m getting mood whiplash.

  22. DarkoNeko

    Becky has a very good point, tho.

    “saving her from her dad”, it won’t work unless he’s either reasoned with for good, or sent to jail. He’d just come back else.

    1. Lucretiel

      Well, he did fire a shotgun(?) into the air in the middle of a college campus.

      1. Whazzit

        Not to mention a number of other felonies including kidnapping and assault.

        1. Memyself

          It’s not kidnapping unless Becky presses charges, which seems unlikely.

        2. Kryss LaBryn

          That’s always seemed weird to me. In Canada, it’s the police who decide if charges should be pressed, and that’s largely based off of whether or not there’s a reasonable likelihood of conviction if it goes to court.

          You can’t just have people deciding whether or not they want to press charges, because if you do that, the perpetrators have the opportunity to force them to drop the charges, one way or another (which if Hollywood hasn’t lied to me happens all the time).

          Whether or not the victim wants to continue after police are involved is kind of irrelevant to whether or not a crime was committed, and the police have a responsibility to act when they are aware a crime was committed. Weird to me that they should know about a crime but then agree to back off on it.

        3. Siburyo

          As far as I know, it’s like that in the US, too, at least in my state. I’m no legal expert, though, so I could be wrong. I only say this because there was a woman I met once in court, who was there because her ex-husband had assaulted her, and the police had been involved. She had dropped all charges, but the police were still pressing charges, so she had been subpoenaed to court to testify, even though she just wanted to forget about the whole thing.

          Again, I’m no legal expert, so I’m not sure if this differs by state, or if it applies to the situation in the comic. But it seems to me that if the cops are called and they charge him with a crime, the charge will still stand even if the victim doesn’t want to be involved.

        4. Fred

          In fact, while I Am Not A Lawyer, it does work like that in the US.
          In this case, we have some other witnesses that the prosecutor could call (Dina, Startled Person/ Ducking for Cover Person, Joyce) even if Becky is not cooperative. A DA’s office will rarely press charges if they think they’ll lose. They don’t have the time or the budget to go to court for the concept of Justice, only for the real thing.

          Once Becky gets free, there may not be any legal repercussions. Ross seems to have a religious community’s support, so IDK if the local prosecutor wants to drag Jesus/LGBT issues into the courtroom (remember the political map that DeSanto had?) Likely, all charges will be dropped, and Becky gets dropped off at the local Women’s Shelter and/or LGBT nonprofit, while Ross gets dropped off at his home.

          Unless somebody overreacts. And how much of a chance is THAT? I mean, Amazi-Girl, Becky, Dina, Amber, Ross, and Joyce are all level-headed adults who never react wildly and emotionally to their problems.

        5. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          And frankly, I suspect a sit where Ross got off with no charges would mean he wouldn’t be deterred.

        6. Memyself

          It depends on the crime. But if Becky told the cops she wasn’t kidnapped, the police cannot press charges. They could never prove them in court.

        7. HumboldtRobin

          yes they could. there are many witnesses to the kidnapping.

        8. Memyself

          They never would. Not if she is claiming it did not happen.

        9. Kryss LaBryn

          Forcible confinement.

      2. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Yeah, his ass is grass, legally speaking. The bit now is making sure he faces the mower and his victim is spared.

        1. Agemegos

          Nice extended metaphor.

      3. Agemegos

        Not shotgun. Varmint rifle. The specific model has been plausibly identified.

    2. matt

      I think he reserved a set of cuffs when he discharged that firearm on the school campus.

    3. lime sheep

      well im pretty sure amazi-girl plans to beat him up. so that would probably provide time for those other things to happen

  23. Mr. Mendo

    Shoulda used a shorter rope…

    1. SeanR

      Nah. If she was quick enough to loop the rope around that stop sign a few times, she may be able to belay the car.
      At least until the line snaps.
      Or the bumper comes off.
      Or the car pulls the stop sign out of the concrete.

      1. lime sheep

        or she loses her grip on the rope and the car just kind of drives away

  24. timemonkey

    Becky, honey, swivel in your seat and kick him in the fucking head.

    1. Dragon_Nataku

      hahaha, I needed a good chuckle today, thanks. (no I don’t know why it made me laugh that hard but thanks anyway)

      *gives cookies*

  25. Viktoria

    Of COURSE Amber is a Snow Crash fan.

    1. Deanatay

      AG gets Amazi-Skates, joins roller derby to get practice, becomes #1 roller derby player, Marcie falls in love with her, Sal and Malaya team up to destroy her.

      VILLAIN CANON ESTABLISHED

  26. matt

    With his current mindset, things can’t turnout well.

  27. Palamdrone

    Good thing this comic doesn’t take place in a town with more than one car on the road.

  28. dailybrad

    Am I wrong, or is Becky wearing her seat belt while Ross isn’t? Oh dear…

    1. Wublub

      I don’t see a seat belt on Becky, but I could just be missing it.

    2. Ana Chronistic

      don’t know the model, but it might be a shitty enough old one not to have shoulder straps

      or maybe Becky feels dying in a car wreck is preferable to reprogramming, either or

      1. Cerberus

        She may very well be in a state where she’d be happy with being the only casualty.

      2. Palamdrone

        Seat belts might be one of the many crazy things their interpretation of Christianity forbids.

        1. inqntrol

          “Belief first,safety second.”

        2. Deanatay

          JEEZUS IS MAH SEATBELT

    3. meanderling

      I don’t think that’s a seatbelt, I think that’s the tank top she’s wearing under a button-up shirt.

      1. thejeff

        Yeah, I don’t see a seatbelt on either of them.

  29. Memyself

    And there we go. Becky has a chance to escape, and recognizes that doing so will only escalate things. So here comes Amber on her way to escalate things.

    Bad idea.

    1. thejeff

      OTOH, Becky may not be right here.
      Letting Toedad drag her off to conversion therapy camp in the name of not escalating isn’t a good idea either.

      1. Betty Anne

        “I get more of the same bullshit abuse I’ve been taking my whole life” vs “He potentially kills many people, including himself and possibly me, and if I don’t die, I still get to deal with the fact that he killed a bunch of people” – Becky’s thinking about other people before herself, compounded by the fact that she’s been abused long enough she no longer sees a positive outcome for herself no matter which course of action is taken; there’s no reason to fault her for that.

        1. Historyman68

          Agreed. For weeks people have been faulting Becky for being selfish or inconsiderate, but when push comes to shove, she’s putting other people before herself. Brave.

  30. Stephen R. Bierce

    *plays “Draggin’ A Line” on the stereo of a nearby car*

    1. Stephen R. Bierce

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skydln4BhDI <- Oops. It's been a while since this was a hit.

      1. Stephen R. Bierce

        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xXIHPUmv3k <- Followed by THIS.

  31. liahansen

    man i hope she snaps back around somehow and the chase doesnt just end here

    1. Dragon

      Holy shit yes. Please, Willis

  32. Wublub

    Meanwhile, back on campus, Joyce is pulling her Joyce-phone out of her Joyce-pocket and CALLING THE POLICE.

    1. Thor

      Meanwhile, back in the woods, Dina is bleeding her Dina-blood out of her Dina-veins and KICKING THE BUCKET.

      1. Palamdrone

        The Dina-bucket!

        But wait, she can’t die until she takes off her hat and apologizes for not doing a better job.

      2. Sensei Le Roof

        And wondering if this is how dinosaurs bleed.

    2. timemonkey

      Dude’s running stop signs after firing a weapon on campus. The cops are probably sick of hearing about him by now.

      1. Memyself

        He didn’t run the stop sign.

        1. Tacos

          Well not anymore he isn’t. But he was. Though having a masked vigilante skateboarding behind his car would probably bring more attention.

      2. fogel

        What cops?

    3. Rebachu

      I’m not sure how Joyce feels about calling the police at this point. It was discussed and rather firmly decided that the police would not be called after she was attacked at the party. Yes, this is a very different situation, but if Amazi-Girl had time to suit up and run over, the police could have been on scene now if she’d called them next.

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Damnfool girl.

      2. Greenygal

        She called Amazi-Girl before things devolved into “kidnapped at gunpoint”, so that’s not reflective of whether she’s going to call the cops now.

        1. Betty Anne

          She didn’t call the cops when she was attacked so that her parents wouldn’t pull her out of school; what are the odds she thinks her parents wouldn’t pull her out of school if they found out she was sheltering a lesbian non-student in her room and hiding said student from Toedad, then trying to interfere when Toedad arrived on the scene? Especially since all parents in question apparently know each other very well?

          I’m guessing Joyce turned to Amazi-girl-via-Dorothy first because she’s learned to trust her friends before authority figures.

        2. Greenygal

          She didn’t call the cops in a situation where the bad thing was over and she was now safe. In this situation, her oldest friend is being kidnapped at gunpoint, present tense. Yes, Joyce might be in trouble when her parents find out what she’s been doing (though I think the shotgun is likely to give them pause about whether she should have trusted Ross), but I really don’t think she’s going to prioritize that over Becky’s safety.

          (And honestly, it’s not like Amazi-Girl did her a blind bit of good last time, so I’m not sure why Joyce would assume she can fix this.)

        3. Amazi-Stool

          She’s no longer “sheltering a lesbian student in her room” – Becky lives with Sal now!

  33. Cerberus

    Oof, that panel 1 Becky is haunting. She’s completely given up any hope that she can return to her friends, her girlfriend, and a life where she can be herself and has fully internalized that any attempt to save herself will just be summarily undone by her terrorist of a father’s full willingness to put those she cares about in grave danger. And she’s unwilling to do that again, even to save that part of herself that is her. That is heartbreaking. And its extra heartbreaking that she has to beg her dad simply to obey the law (from here on out). But beyond that, she’s already made peace with the fact that this is the end of the her that matters (until hopefully the police intervene or hopefully not when Amazi-Girl gets shot trying to help her).

    Also, it’s clear that Amber’s college physics courses haven’t started yet.

  34. Bagge

    Amazie-girl is immune to criticiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii….

    1. Thor

      It’s a damn shame we can’t vote posts up anymore, as this one deserves it.

    2. DinaWho

      But not necessarily to the laws of physics, it appears.

    3. Deanatay

      … but not mockery.

  35. Retrikaethan

    how to get the attention of the police:

    step 1: wave a gun around in a public area and fire it

    step 2: flee via car and skip all red lights and stop signs.

    step 3: ????

    step 4: SHOOTOUT!

    1. Tacos

      You forgot the step where the police notice a masked vigilante skateboarding behind the car.

      1. tim gueguen

        Perhaps in this sequence of strips we’ll get to see if the cops actually know Amazi-girl is running around campus.

        1. fogel

          And get to see of there are actually cops on campus.

      2. Guairdean Beatha

        It’s a college campus. Will anyone even think twice when they see someone running around in a strange costume in the middle of October?

        1. tim guegue

          It depends on what the team mascot or mascots look like.

        2. Guairdean Beatha

          It’s almost Halloween. Strange things are seen this month.

  36. Sock_V

    She’s a marsupial?

    1. JessWitt

      Amazi-Possum!

  37. Just Me

    Becky said she doesn’t want a repeat of what happened. Don’t blame her, but still…actually, I’m having seco9nd thoughts about this. Maybe Becky can handle her Dad on her own. Maybe she can talk some sense into him, as soon as he puts the gun away.

    Not sure what Amazi-Girl can do now.

    1. Just Me

      The only way this can end well is if Becky manages to convince her father to leave her alone and let he make her own choices in life.

      Otherwise, he’s either going to keep her like a prisoner or keep chasing after her.

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Or if he gets jailed or shot by the cops.

        1. timemonkey

          I vote for this option.

        2. Agemegos

          Or both.

        3. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          I honestly prefer just plain shot. Means he’s out of circulation for good.

        4. Opus the Poet

          If he gets shot “good” enough, he won’t get out of the hospital until the comic has ended, thereby removing him from the comic without violating Wills’ “no kill” policy.

        5. Dana

          I prefer Just Me’s take on ending well, though I don’t share her optimism that it’s likely

        6. Just Me

          Wasn’t trying for Optimism, maybe realism. All other options are
          going to be hardest on Becky. Becky doesn’t want to see her father
          injured or dead, she also doesn’t want to see him in jail. As soon as Amazi-girl get’s involved, one of those options is almost inevitable.

          If Becky can find a way to reason with her father, convince him that this is not the right thing to do, then no one get’s hurt.

          All other options may land someone in the hospital. My guess? I think Becky is the one who is going to end up in the hospital. Maybe that is what it will take to convince her father that he’s an idiot.

        7. Memyself

          And in her grief, Becky can’t shake the strange sense of guilt and horror that her actions lead to the death of her father, and it ruins her relationship and drives her back into the closet.

          Or what, she throws a party cause her dad is dead?

          If Becky as a character is happier with her dad dead, then I will be surprised at the writing – not that I think he will die.

        8. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          May not be happier, but she’ll be safer and better off.

        9. Memyself

          Will she? I can think of several ways that assumption is incorrect. Becky is an adult. If she wants to bide her time and escape her dad under other circumstances, she can. Her father pretty clearly doesn’t want to hurt his daughter physically if he can avoid it. He doesn’t actually want to hurt anyone physically. He wants to return things to the status quo – a status quo that Becky herself endorsed just a handful of weeks ago.

          Obviously he is an irrational person. And he may yet act irrationally. But throwing a violent psychopath into what is already a volatile situation?

          Impossible to say what direction this will be written. But given the way things have been structured, Tragedy is more likely than Triumph. It is a story after all – a soap opera. And a truly happy ending in this scenario would be a pretty dull one.

        10. fogel

          Cops? Would the cops come without sirens for a shooter on campus?

  38. Lordess of Madness

    Amazi-Girl just got toed!

    1. Deanatay

      Tow-Dad?

      1. Lordess of Madness

        Yup. Toed by toedad!

  39. Bagge

    Ross, a little parenting tip. It helps if you think of your daughter in terms of a HUMAN rather than a CAPTIVE… of course, that kinda assumes that you haven’t forced her into the car at gun point to begin with.

    Anyway, PLEASE stop acting like you want to turn this into a joint suicide.

    1. Thor

      Don’t be silly! Daughters aren’t humans. Daughters are property. That’s why the father gives away the bride. It’s a transfer of property.

      Kids these days that don’t know what’s what!

    2. Cerberus

      Unfortunately, he really does. In his awful viewpoint, if they die now, in this brief window where she’s “saved from her dark path” then they both go to Heaven and reunite with his wife. To him, it’s win-win.

      Honestly, while she really didn’t have much choice with regards to what to do, she’s in a really dangerous place right now. Her dad is practically waiting for an excuse to off her and martyr himself and now she’s having to walk a very narrow tightrope to defuse that… and Amazi-Girl is in her less effective “I must act” mode… oh dear.

      1. Agemegos

        Yes, this. The things that Big Toe Daddy was saying at the fountain are of extreme concern, and I hope that the police dealing with this kidnapping get told about them real soon now. Also about the fact that Becky has Dina’s phone.

        1. Bagge

          Yes, unfortunately this is developing to the worst kind of hostage situation where the hostage taker doesn’t want anything else than killing the hostage and is working himself up to it.

        2. Cerberus

          Yeah, he doesn’t change gears quickly (after all, changing one’s mind is moral relativism and Satan) and definitely built himself up to be ready to take a life (specifically hers) and part of him probably knows he’s not going to be getting away with this long-term.

          Looking at it again, his statement is part hope. Like, yeah, jump out of the car, so I have an excuse. And that’s the worst thing about abusers like him. They are so dangerous and so quick to escalate that there really isn’t an easy way to survive them. Giving them what they want only lasts until the next escalation excuse and running away gives them the excuse to hunt you down like an animal.

        3. fogel

          Animal: specifically, varmint/vermin, a type of animal which “threaten human society by spreading diseases”? Would that be how BTD would see an unredeemed lesbian? Because, Willis chose to give him a varminter (varmint-hunting rifle)

        4. Jestam

          Brrr. Yep, absolutely on the wanting an excuse to stomp. My dad was a lot like that.

  40. Dreadhawk177

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_blOQEu9ws

  41. Mkvenner

    Physics is a bongo.

    1. Kelly

      Does that mean we can play it?

    2. Deanatay

      *plays, plays, plays plays the bon-go*
      George, George, George of the Jungle
      Friend to you and me
      *trumpet*

  42. Nick Piers

    So, am I the only one with the Back to the Future theme stuck in their head due to this strip?

    1. Just Me

      Bring that yesterday was Back to the Future Day, it seems an appropriate homage.

    2. Jason

      Yes, but not due to this strip…it’s more due to the past 24 hours.

  43. Dave

    Half expecting this to end how it did when Ryan North’s brother tried to pull this stunt: with horrible road rash and a severed nipple.

    1. Captain Napalm

      Cool, I wasn’t the only one who wound up there from twitter yesterday. North wasn’t wearing a shirt, Amazi-Girl should be fine.

  44. JessWitt

    I pray that rope has excellent tensile strength.

  45. ninja_jesus

    You forgot to lean into the turn! Check if your trucks are loose enough!

  46. lime sheep

    amazigirl isnt going to stop him, his consistent failure to obey traffic rules is gonna stop him

    ALSO WHY ARE NEITHER OF THEM WEARING THEIR SEAT BELTS

    1. Pat

      While being kidnapped, or while committing kidnapping and attempting to flee the scene, seatbelts may be forgotten.

      As Ross notes, purposely avoiding her seatbelt is an expected tactic for the victim here. And he doesn’t want his movement restricted to hinder his attacking.

      1. lime sheep

        sure, but im pretty sure she doesnt actually plan to escape right now

        1. doubleW

          He has no reason to expect that, though

        2. lime sheep

          thats not really the point
          she knows shes not planning to jump out, and should therefore be wearing her seat belt

    2. Amazi-Stool

      Would Jesus Christ wear a seat-belt?

      1. Pat

        Most likely, yes.

        1. lime sheep

          doesnt look like it
          http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2153

  47. Jade

    What if the next few strips are like Wile E Coyote chasing the Roadrunner, only instead it’s Amazi-Girl trying and failing to catch Toedad (open manhole, speed bump, large pane of glass being delivered, etc), and instead of being funny it just gets increasingly more sad?

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      Please no.

    2. The Other Mike

      Personally, I think that would wrap back around to funny if it were kept up long enough.

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        No, it wouldn’t.

        1. HumboldtRobin

          Humor is subjective.
          You can not confuse your amusement, or lack there of, with something not being amusing.
          you are you, you are not Everybody.

  48. Melvin Schlock

    The chase ends with Big Toe Daddy’s car sliding into a manure truck.

    1. Bagge

      I would be OK with this outcome

    2. TheGrammarLegionary

      I call… bullshit.

      … I’ll see myself out.

      1. Historyman68

        I get it!

    3. liahansen

      “Big Toe Daddy”

      http://img.pandawhale.com/53467-Seinfeld-Elaine-cringe-gif-k0H9.jpeg

    4. Deanatay

      -Dina leaps out of bushes, into road in front of Ross
      -Ross narrows his eyes, makes to ram Dina
      -Becky cries, “Stop, Dad!”, grabs wheel, pushes
      -Car swerves off road, hits manure truck
      -Becky leaps out as car fills with manure

      1. Deanatay

        *Amazi-Girl screeches to halt behind car*

        Huh.

        *tips up skateboard, grabs it, walks away*

        *police pull up a few minutes later, fish ToeDad out of manure, arrest him*

  49. Commodore Jeep-Eep

    Hey Shen? Do you think we could spare a suit of Skeleton Armor, now that we’re switching to Titan armor?

  50. brasca1

    Another Back to the Future reference. Here’s hoping Ross will hit a manure truck by the end of the week.

  51. TheGrammarLegionary

    You know, if Amazi-girl shows some Amazi-reflexes, I could actually see this working for her. Possibly even better than if she’d just tried to follow the path of the car.

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      And she has before.

  52. Plasma Mongoose

    “That’s the power of love momentum”.

  53. Kaunisenkeli

    Amazi-Girl… your alternate identity is a computer science major. Despite the fact that it is in no way needed for her major, I highly doubt Amber (and thus you) are entirely ignorant of physics. Skitching is a bad idea if you’re holding onto the bumper by hand, and even worse when using a grappling hook.

    1. liahansen

      especially when you’re riding the way she is in panel 6

    2. theheroesofcrash

      I can just imagine Amazi-Girl grumbling, “Stupid Newton and his stupid first law of motion…”

  54. doubleW

    Bumpers can be bolted on pretty poorly, or just made of plastic. Maybe she just rips it off and Toedad gets pulled over for not having a license plate?

    1. Agemegos

      What say he gets pulled over for assault, kidnapping, and reckless discharge of a firearm?

      1. Marie

        But that’s less obvious from a cop car with police that haven’t received the description or for whatever reason weren’t actively trying to spot him.

        1. Michael Chandra

          Well he first got spotted with his gun when he was going after Becky+Dina, and after beating up Dina he ran back to his car, then drove to the fountain. So by now I’d suspect the people noticing him already gave the cops his looks and described his car.

        2. Marie

          But if he hits the open road, he’ll be just one car in a sea of many. Hopefully they’d be on the lookout, but minus his plates or whatever he’d independently draw the attention of traffic cops, which is important because they might not pull over ever brown car with a smashed bumper (and, alternatively, if someone calling 911 reports that they just saw his plates fall off, that makes his car even more identifiable).

          I’d kind of love to see him get stopped in traffic (not that it couldn’t also be for speeding or running lights) and have the cops notice Becky freaking out, although I’m thinking/expecting that either a targeted pulling-over or a chase is more likely.

  55. IRL Name TBD

    Couldn’t help but notice we’ve been having a few posts of Amazi-Girl but no posts of Sal…

    #SalIsAmaziGirl
    #thegovermentisreptiles
    #thetruthisoutthere

    1. Mada

      You forgot #themoonlandingwasfaked

    2. Amazi-Stool

      This would work better with a Billie-gravatar!

  56. Agemegos

    Hmm. Big Toe Daddy didn’t even scold Becky for saying “Jeez”. His morale is crumbling already.

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      Or he’s too concerned with other things to note.

      1. Agemegos

        That’s how the rot sets in. Be alert! Keep your laser handy.

  57. Marie

    I’m not exactly sure what option I’m picturing for next strip. There’s her avoiding obstacles and continuing to follow as is, or she could hit the stop sign, or even just lose footing and fall (and please let go and not have a following car hit her (also, following car, call 911 about the kidnapping)). If she hits the sign, it could comic magic so that tomorrow she’s using it like a waterskiing handle, or she could lose her grip on the rope, or the rope could tie to the sign and either pull the license plate (and possibly bumper) off or uproot the stop sign. All options are pretty good for attracting attention to his car, though. The grappling hook stayed on in that corner despite the slack, so even if she loses it it’ll probably drag behind the car.

    Of course all could fail and this could be irrelevant to the capture of Ross, but you know.

    Also, Ross is more aware than I expected of the fact that he has not cowed Becky into obeying him, which also makes it a little more unfortunate that this isn’t all somehow being recorded because that quote would be great evidence for the kidnapping.

  58. NinjaNick

    Sometimes, I wonder how many cops are on patrol at this time of day.

    1. BenRG

      Hey! Give them a break! They’re still half-way through their third round of coffee and donuts!

    2. fogel

      None?

    3. HumboldtRobin

      IU has an enrollment of approximately Forty Six Thousand (46,000 ) and covers almost 2,000 acres of ground. In that 2000 acre foot print there are MANY multi-story buildings, making the square footage that the campus PD has to patrol much greater.
      It is basicly a city in it’s own right. But it doesn’t have a city’s worth of law enforcement. The IU Police Department in Bloomington employs 44 full time sworn police officers as well as several part time police officers and student cadets. Divide that into three shifts and realistically we have something Like TWENTY sworn officers on duty during this time of day.

      1. fogel

        Fair enough, and so they’d be quite scattered over a large area. Surely, however, if they get calls about a gunman and shots fired at the fountain, would they not ALL turn on sirent and flashers and roll that direction?

        1. HumboldtRobin

          The shot, singular, was a few seconds ago. Only the people who saw it would have paid it much mind. A single loud noise, even a bang, is an attention getter sure But all it does is get the attention. The average human’s experience that noise would hit the hind brain as a car backfire, or perhaps the screen door up the bock from where they grew up that bangs in the wind. I believe that even among combat veterans who would recognize the particular crack of a .223 round being discharged, a single crack would most likely be dismissed with a thought of ” Don’t be all ptsdie, you’re back in the world, don’t spazz out.”
          Additionally we have “The bystander effect” which is that humans are pack animals and we have the weird assumption that when something goes wrong someone else will have already addressed it so we don’t do anything about it.
          It’s why someone being assaulted in a small store is more likely to receive immediate aid than someone being assaulted in the parking lot of a housing complex.

          I don’t think we’ve seen any of the people in frame calling the police it may well be that no one has.
          Of course this is looking at humans at the Bownian level. There are always people at the ends of the bell curves. And mot of our named characters are indeed at the flat end of more than one behavior curve.
          The best interpretation of the lack of police in frame is that someone we know is currently less than a minute into a call to dispatch, and he dispatcher is still at the ” Ma’am (or sir) I need you to calm down and repeat that.” stage.
          Though if someone was setting up a pool my money would be split between two scenarios.
          1) Dispatch knows something is up but does not realize that the calls about the old man screaming at a couple of girls and then chasing them, and the calls about a noise that may have been a gunshot and the calls about a reckless driver are all related. After all it’s only been a minute or three.
          2) Ross has excellent timing and there is some disruptive activity, such as free speech or a NCAA sports event, across campus that has police and/or traffic tied up.

          IU’s football and both basketball teams are both in the top classification tier of college sports teams. The regularly have most if not all of their games picked up by international sports stations like ESPN, and are heavily recruited by pro-teams. Right now it’s Football season and the exposition game preseason for Basketball.

        2. fogel

          All you say is reasonable and might well be true. I’m mostly reacting to the many posters who’ve said the police are on their way but haven’t arrived. To me it seems that if police are on their way in response to a call about a gunman/shooter on campus, then their sirens will be heard approaching well before they arrive. Is it possible that you are correct that they haven’t been dispatched yet — or perhaps not even been called? So far as I know, yes, but I have no independent view on that OR on the critical question of how much time has elapsed.

  59. Memyself

    Hm. Just had a thought about the red hair. So Amber gets involved. Things escalate. Becky’s dad is killed. Even though Amber probably saved Becky and had good intentions, Becky blames Amber (and self) for Dad’s death.

    A super villain is born.

  60. BenRG

    “Aha” what? “Aha, that looks like a nice place to secure this rope” or “Aha, I seem to have just run into a wall”?

    1. Amazi-Stool

      Aha, i may be immune to criticism, but i’m not immune to physics!

  61. Idon'tcarenomore

    My take on this little trick is based on her ‘aha’ in the last panel.

    I think she is planning on looping around the stop sign post, letting go of the rope, and intercepting the side of the car, so she can grab onto a door or window or whatever she can grab.

    I’m hoping she figures right, and doesn’t end up in front of the car where Toedad will run over her – intentionally or not.

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      But the threat of running someone down might shock Becky out of her stupor.

      1. Idon'tcarenomore

        I don’t think Becky is in a stupor. She’s very aware of what she’s doing and what her Toedad is doing, imo. She just didn’t have a choice and still doesn’t – she doesn’t want him waving the damn gun around – so is doing what he wants, for now.

        1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          Okay, state.

    2. BenRG

      I think so too. If the grappler is only attached to the fender, it won’t be a secure hold-down; if Ross were to gun the engine enough, the fender would tear loose. However, it is much more likely that his first instinct will be to get out of the car to see what the problem is. Face, meet Amazi-Girl’s boot.

      1. Agemegos

        What’s a fender? Is it a bumper? I thought it was the kind of arched structure over a wheel, a mudguard.

        1. Spongegirl Circleskirt

          On newer car models, the bumper and fender are often in one piece and Americans tend to use the words interchangeably.

        2. The Other Mike

          I’ve lived in America all my life and I’ve never heard those two terms used for the same thing. The bumpers are on the front and back, the fenders are on the side.

        3. BenRG

          I’m genuinely surprised to read this. I’m a Brit myself and I actually thought that ‘fender’ was US English for ‘bumper’. That’s why I used it!

        4. Agemegos

          “Fender” is “wing”, I think.

        5. Memyself

          Also American. Bumpers and fenders are the same thing.

        6. fogel

          This.

        7. Guairdean Beatha

          Antique Southern American here (Texan actually) and bumpers and fenders are two different things. Bumpers are across the front and rear of the car. Fenders cover the tires.

        8. fogel

          Cause Bumpers are for bumping into & fenders for fending off, eh?

        9. HumboldtRobin

          I live less than two hours from Bloomington. I can tell you that regionally, bumper and fender are used interchangeably here in the ORV.

        10. fogel

          This

      2. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Possibly with a potshot by toe first though. And depending on where she’s hit (if it connects) she might be so high on adrenaline that she just keeps coming, not even noticing it. There’s a reason why soldiers check manually for wounds after a fight – you get keyed up enough, first way you know you’re hit is you find a damp spot.

  62. nothri

    PHYSICS! Amber’s true nemesis.

  63. lumen

    oh boy

  64. SDGlyph

    I’ve been thoroughly indoctrinated by nerd culture to expect callbacks and shoutouts everywhere, so I’m now wondering what PVB X11 might be a reference to.

    …other than a linux distribution, obvs.

    1. tim guegue

      The real name of May from Questionable Content? After all it was Dale who called her May, much to her initial annoyance.

  65. Daniel

    Regardless if Amazi-girl manages to pull off some sort of ninja move to catch up with the car, if she and Toedad go toe to toe (heh), it won’t end well. Everyone in the area is calling the police, probably giving them a description of the vehicle. They’ll see her and remember the incident from the previous week (or so) ago, where Blaine was beaten to pulp outside the McDonald’s. Her Heroics are going to either get her arrested or seriously injured or both.

  66. APersonAmI

    The characters I would actually like to see more of is Riley and Jocelyne. Everyone else I like gets sufficient… panel time? Screen time maybe, since I am reading this on a computer? Hm.

    I get why I will not see them much, and therefore why they are not in that poll, but I answered honestly anyway because I sort of have a thing about how many damn text documents I have to lie in on a regular basis.

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      I want to see some Carla Development. Maybe ‘caus she’s a fellow transgirl, buuut.

    2. Wublub

      I want to see more of Raidah. Not because I like her (I don’t), but because if we’re seeing her then we’re probably getting closer to a resolution with her and Sarah. I mean, they both have reasons to be upset. Raidah is being a bullying jerk, but she’s doing it because she really does think that Sarah got that other chick kicked out for selfish reasons. I’m sure the two will never be friends, but it would be nice to see them both mature a little bit and maybe stop wanting to kill each other a little bit.

    3. Amazi-Stool

      I want to see the backstory of Mary.
      Even Ross has a backstory, a motivation for doing the evil things he does, but Mary is just a cartoonish villain!

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        And she’s plotting.

      2. John

        I’m still harboring the theory that the wristbands that Mary wears all the time are to cover up scars from cutting or a suicide attempt.

  67. Shiro

    “So that is how physics”

  68. Rateus

    Reminding me an awful lot of an old Batman computer game I had on my Amstrad!

  69. Gentleman Mummy

    This strip is *how* grounded in reality, again…?

    1. Amazi-Stool

      No aliens, ut on the other hand realistic cop-appearance-times.

      1. Amazi-Stool

        but not ut!

    2. fogel

      Grounded? Hm? But it is IN TOUCH with reality, mostly, though not entirely

  70. Brewerdude

    “If I slow down you’ll jump out.” Meanwhile most cops tend to pull over a car running stop signs. If he thinks that won’t cause some problems then it’s only because he’s gotten away with as much as he has already.

    1. BenRG

      Oddly enough, I think that Ross would welcome death at this point. It would certainly save him several difficult choices that have come his way due to his failure to think this caper through well in advance.

      1. Jestam

        I think you’re right, sad to say.

  71. Gentleman Mummy

    I mean, sure, he stopped, but her catching up to him…it’s like Xeno’s paradox in reverse, with the tortoise catching up to Achilles after he’s had the head-start.

    1. fogel

      And then the tortoise snaps his tendon to hobble his so he can’t escape again?

    2. Agemegos

      Zeno’s Paradox. Well, he had several. Very paradoxical chap, Zeno.

      1. Gentleman Mummy

        Ah, I knew it was a W.

      2. fogel

        At least a pair a parodoxes, eh?

        1. Agemegos

          I can remember two: the Paradox of the Arrow and the Paradox of Achilles and the Tortoise. I have an impression that there are more.

  72. That guy

    That is not the stance of a person who knows how to ride a skateboard.

    1. curiousgeorgie

      I thought she knew since she was able to push, because honestly that was the hardest part of learning to skate for me. Standing on the board (in a normal stance, not like water skiing) and steering is relatively easy.

  73. BenRG

    I can honestly see Amazi-Girl giving Ross a Blaine-level pounding with her father’s voice ringing in her ears and Becky having to stop her. Cue considerable Ambangst. I wonder who keeps her grounded?

    1. Amazi-Stool

      It was not Amazi-Girl who gave Blaine his last pounding!

  74. hof1991

    I can see AG failing at this. She’s immune to criticism, not failure. But Becky must be saved or it will ruin Joyce’s life for years of comic time. My money is on Joyce playing a key role in saving Becky. With Sal and her motorcycle.

    1. DaveM

      AG failing would be very bad on two fronts. Firstly, this situation is analogous to her ‘origin story’, and failing would imply she was still “weak and powerless”. Secondly, it would be the second time she had directly failed Joyce. This would probably tip both Amber and Joyce into further angst and despair and self destructive behaviour.

    2. hof1991

      Let me explain why Joyce will save Becky.

      First, it was foretold by Sarah that in the end, it would come down to Joyce. Willis does not idly put such foreshadowing in.

      Second, Willis has already bypassed the easy storyline. Dina had a chance to save Becky and failed. New love failed and now the resident designated hero will fail too. The third time is the charm – its a rule of fiction.

      Finally (since three reasons are more persuasive than two and four is right out), Joyce needs to recover her agency and acting here will accomplish that. Joyce is the main character, not Amber. Amber needs to fail and seek serious help, not succeed and be reinforced in her behavior.

      It might not be what we want, but I think it is what the existing narrative demands.

      1. DinaWho

        We do have a preview panel of Joyce running that has yet to appear…

      2. fogel

        You may very well be right, however, I want Becky to play an equal role with Joyce, because she needs agency every bit as Joyce, PLUS tagteaming Toedad to free Becky would be a great way for them to reboot their friendship. Imo

        1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

          Oh fuck. Joyce is the one who ends in the hospital.

          Cripes, this is frelling terrifying.

        2. Nightsbridge

          We have seen preview panels of joyce. Not possible.

      3. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Honestly, it could go either way – the jury is out on who gets her out, but I will wager that AG plays a pivotal role. Again, a sucess by AG would make a good setup for an even greater fall.

  75. Shadow Eagle

    Pouches, of course it’s a Amazi-Utility Belt.
    time for an Amazi-Turn.

  76. Guairdean Beatha

    The angle of the rope makes it appear that AG has tied the rope to the stop sign, and that the rope is tightening. It’ll be interesting to see where the tension of the rope sends the rear bumper. They aren’t that well attached on modern cars. Losing the bumper will have one of two effects. Fundie will either increase speed, or stop to survey the damage. My guess is that he’ll just keep driving, he doesn’t want to chase down his stray a second time and Becky’s reassurance that she won’t run won’t keep him calm for long. If he loses the bumper, that will be one more thing to attract the police. Hopefully the girl on the phone was calling them and not her “BFF” with a conversation consisting of several “OMG”‘s. If she did contact the police, they might be able to catch him before he hits the highway.

  77. charlierw1

    YOU CHANGED THE LICENSE PLATE

    1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

      Oh shit.

    2. Guairdean Beatha

      Did the artist goof, or did Fundie snag a spare at the impound lot?

      1. Commodore Jeep-Eep

        Could be either.

  78. MutantSentry

    Ah physics you are a cruel and temperamental mistress

  79. Alex

    … so was the grappling hook, like, just shoved up her butt the whole time like a secret agent or what? It doesn’t seem small enough to have been in her not-Batman pouches.

    I don’t know it’s kind of jarring to go from dramatic possible school shooting to this particular degree of wackiness in such quick succession but I guess what’s important is how it ends. Like maybe the point is to show Amber’s in over her head or something.

    1. Spencer

      I think that’s how we’re supposed to take Amber as Amazi-Girl. She’s a visual metaphor for Amber’s coping mechanisms and building a fantasy where she’s powerful and confident and can do anything.

      Come to think of it, this is the first time Amber’s ever tried to do something superhero-like beyond occasionally beating up dudes harassing people. She’s done some crazy parkour stuff before when she was escaping Dorothy, but otherwise she usually just sticks to fistfights.

      So the endpoint of this is almost definitely going to be Amber ruining everything.

      1. thejeff

        Yeah, Amazi-girl really does seem to be pretty close to low-end superhero level, but with some issues because this isn’t that kind of story.
        She’s impressive, particularly on the parkour front.

        But this isn’t a wacky hi-jinks super-hero story. This isn’t “Amazi-girl swoops in to save the day.” (Or Sal. Or anyone else who’s been suggested.)
        Even when the superhero is in the story, it’s far more about her psychological issues than about heroic deeds. Her main adventure so far involved losing control and beating her dad to a pulp and that left her even more screwed up than when she started.
        If she’s successful here, we can expect much the same. Loss of control. Too much violence. Emotional trauma. For her and Becky.
        Or she could fail, letting them get away. Which again, leaves her traumatized having failed Joyce again.

        Either way, it’s not going to be clean wacky finish. Today’s damage isn’t over yet, even if we’re currently in a tension-relieving bit of the arc. We’ll be dealing with the repercussions of this day for years of real time. And that’s assuming Ross doesn’t get away with Becky.

        1. Alex

          This REALLY is a “Wait and see” thing for me because the strip where Joyce yelled “DAMN IT” seemed like the absolute perfect place for the arc to end, but now it’s… still going, because of superhero shenanigans that plays jumprope with my suspension of disbelief?

          It’s just weird for me but I can wait patiently and see where it’s going.

        2. thejeff

          Release tension. Ramp tension back up again.
          This isn’t going to end with shenanigans. Superhero or otherwise.

        3. Spencer

          For me, at least, I don’t think the tension needed to deescalate so much. It feels weird going from an incredibly serious campus shooting moment to Amazi-Girl being summoned like Jim Gordon lighting up the Bat Signal and pulling a McFly, with Sayid just calmly giving her his skateboard instead of a whole bunch of mass panic and police officers swarming the campus. Without spoiling anything, the new patreon comic Willis posted did a great job of setting how I think the mood of this storyline should consistently be more like.

          And I mean, you’re right, this is just a brief pause before things become serious again. It’s still shaping up to be a fun story, and I think it’s going to prove vital in Amber’s future character development, but I think the wind’s been taken out of the sails a bit.

        4. Alex

          I understand the concept I’m just skeptical of the execution.

    2. HumboldtRobin

      Read the hovertext. She has t in a pouch.

      1. Alex

        Is the pouch a Tardis?

        Well okay I’m just nitpicking at this point I guess I can buy it.

  80. Toes14

    How long before that bumper comes off?

  81. Mr. Morningstar

    Ooooh right physics.

  82. raza

    Please tell me the skateboard on the back of the car was a back to the future reference because of the BttF2 date thing.

  83. Kintrex

    And now Amazi-Girl gets dragged behind a car for a mile

    1. Emma

      Maybe that’s how she gets sent to the hospital.

  84. AeroQC

    LOL Physics can be a bongo.

    1. Nicknack Paddywhack

      OH MY GOD ARE YOU RICHARD FEYNMAN

  85. LazyReader

    I do luvs me some grappling hook
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acDGHBumvIA

  86. Amazi-Stool

    What she needs is a Big Fucking 90s Pouch-Sword!

  87. Roborat

    So, wouldn’t Toedick hear a grappling hook impacting into the back of his car?

    1. Emma

      Probably will be addressed in the next comic.

  88. fogel

    Police sirens: where are they? Does anyone know if cops would run silent on a shooter/hostage on campus call? Otherwise, there would be audible sirens by now, IRL, wouldn’t there?

    1. fogel

      No mo.

  89. Reltzik

    Jump out, Becky! JUMP OUT AND TAKE HIS GUN WITH YOU!

  90. Henry

    Amazi-Girl’s latest nemesis appears!

    “The Centrifugal Force”

    1. ClaudeWicked

      I think its actually centripetal.

      1. Agemegos

        Trust xkcd to set things straight.

  91. Bicycle Bill

    IT’S OFFICIAL —
    Becky gets out of this just fine.

  92. Bicycle Bill

    Bad URL in the link — try this one:
    Becky gets out of this just fine.

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