I was in a house once where none of the front door keys worked properly except the one the landlady kept so she could sneak in at wierd times. She only replaced the lock after hers failed too. It was like having rats. Rats that looked like Margaret Thatcher.
Yikes, I can’t imagine having to deal with a landlord like that. Not sure where you live, but here that would be super illegal. My landlord has to give me 24 hours notice in writing if he wants to enter my unit for any reason.
Remember that if traps fail, you should consider poison or bait.
And what’s an RA room check? Lived in college dorms for 4 years and never had a single one. One Nine weeks, I never saw the RA but twice, and she was my roomie.
Yes. From before she came out.
This has been discussed before, I’m almost certain. I only even slightly doubt because I may be thinking of Shortpacked! where we even met the guy. But yeah, I’m like 85% sure it came up in class at one point.
..Try our new “bat saber”! Currently with a limited time 20% discount!
(Side-note, if they form a group dedicated to bats, would they be known as the Batwomen? ’cause, good! We’ve needed to expand our vigilante base, now that the villains are unionizing.)
Leslie you have a suspiciously long list of people who might try to break into your apartment for some reason. I recommend mkre self defense than a bat and perhaps a better security system.
In other news, glad to see Becky and Leslie speaking with each other. How long has it been since Becky just up and left?
I believe it was mentioned before that it was Leslie’s landlord who “allowed” Robin to break into Leslie’s house way back when. It may not be so simple as “getting a better security system”.
He’s been mentioned, though not seen. We don’t know if he wants her back or not.
Regalli
Assuming it’s the same schlub as in Shortpacked, the answer is probably ‘yes, if only to save her soul from this horrible sin.’ And even if not, guy’s probably on a similar level of fundie as Leo was. Leslie’s parents are still going to be douchebags, after all.
(I was just rereading the Shortpacked wedding arcs the other night. One, SP!Leslie/Robin still fills me with deep and happy emotions. Two, GOD, fuck the Bean parents.)
Shortpacked one was a well meaning guy that when asking “how have you been doing after you left the church” would not have been a passive agressive comment but an actual question. He seems to be very fond of Leslie but unfortunately he seems to be very confortable being a straight white guy in church not unlike Joyce (but with families with more money) and kinda clueless so the possibilities of him getting out are low. He did recognize Leslie’s parents as a pain in the ass.
He would probably would have liked remain married to Leslie but I don’t think he would have ever broken in to her house unless tricked to do so.
I have a feeling in this universe Leo would have been similar including his unfortunate tendency to put his foot on his mouth thinking he was saying something tolerant XD XD It’s complex
I had to look that up. I remembered it, but I knew it wasn’t Brothers in Arms. On Every Street was kind of forgettable. Now I’ve got to go listen to Dire Straits. 🙂
We have a “Randy is a gigantic troll” situation. He hit a different webcomic’s lead with a car one day after that strip ended. This situation could absolutely go either way.
(though why would they be holding a wake, for a teenager from Indiana, at a bar in Texas?)
They do-ish…not in a way that beholds either comic to the other’s continuity (thus the lack of Soggies in S*P), but Singularikitty is Choo-Choo Bear’s kid, so they’re at least tangentially related.
Jezzeh!
Wait, what did I miss?! There’s a Singularikitty?! Can someone link me?
Plot twist: it’s actually Walkyverse Mike; there were one or two small crossovers between S*P & Shortpacked, so it’s possible. Singularikitty was related to Choo-Choo Bear.
Don’t ask why there would be a wake for a toy store manager in Colorado at a bar in Texas.
meanderling
Aw, I hope Walkyverse Mike ain’t dead. In that universe and timeline he’s got a wife and a small child.
It has been established that UltraCar is a character in the S*P universe. And there is a strip where every other web comic character in the world was in S*P after their creators either died or were rendered incapable of physically continuing their series. Or there used to be, an archive crawl failed to turn the strip up.
I can’t recall look-alikes in SP, so I think it’s Mike.
Question is whether Randy knows something we don’t, because webcomic artist friends, or if he’s just trolling readers. The comic caption is “throwing golden apples”, i.e. of discord from the Paris/Trojan War stuff. So it could just be trolling. Or it could be informed trolling.
Robert E. Howard left the best suicide note ever:
“All dead, all done, so lift me on the pyre;
The guests are gone, and the lamps expire.”
And he was 29, not 30.
Chris Phoenix
Are you sure that was a reference to Faye? Faye’s dad killed himself standing in the backyard. Robert Howard killed himself in his car, as pictured. Faye’s dad had no known reason to do it; Robert Howard had several stressors.
I admit a few minutes of Google-searching didn’t explain who else the girl in the comic might be.
159 thoughts on “Late late late”
Ana Chronistic
yeah, it’s super creepy when someone comes home and you don’t expect anyone to come home
*side-eyes landlord/landlady, that RA who decided to finally do a room check after literal MONTHS of nothing*
LeslieBean4shizzle
It is also really creepy when you follow a seemingly innocent link to another web comic where someone drew something… disturbing.
…
Not that that has any relevance to today’s strip. Nope. Not at all.
Deanatay
I swear, Randy’s such a troll…
Woomy
I’m still salty about that RA who marked me down in a room check for having a bit of powder on an otherwise clean bathroom counter.
Like, tf, I was literally doing my makeup right as you walked in. You want me constantly wiping down my counter the second anything gets on it?
Dean
You got marked down because your room was untidy? Where were you, West Point?
davidbreslin101
I was in a house once where none of the front door keys worked properly except the one the landlady kept so she could sneak in at wierd times. She only replaced the lock after hers failed too. It was like having rats. Rats that looked like Margaret Thatcher.
Kaidah
Yikes, I can’t imagine having to deal with a landlord like that. Not sure where you live, but here that would be super illegal. My landlord has to give me 24 hours notice in writing if he wants to enter my unit for any reason.
Ana Chronistic
I would leave traps for that ?
Not that they’d SUCCEED but it’s the idea of it
Opus the Poet
So you’re the Rogue of the party, then?
Kat
Remember that if traps fail, you should consider poison or bait.
And what’s an RA room check? Lived in college dorms for 4 years and never had a single one. One Nine weeks, I never saw the RA but twice, and she was my roomie.
Doctor_Who
They’re doing the bit wrong. Becky is supposed to go first and ask if that’s a bat or Leslie is happy to see her.
LeslieBean4shizzle
Both?
Suet
Just a bat club – with all the targets you can HIT
Suet
… Leslie had a HUBBY?!
LeslieBean4shizzle
Yes. From before she came out.
This has been discussed before, I’m almost certain. I only even slightly doubt because I may be thinking of Shortpacked! where we even met the guy. But yeah, I’m like 85% sure it came up in class at one point.
Doctor_Who
Yeah, she said so in this strip.
LeslieBean4shizzle
Yup – that’s the one. Thanks Doctor!
Suet
Guess coming up to her honesty came in pretty quick, huh.
Deathjavu
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/faithbased/
He Who Abides
Yes. Both here and in the Walky!verse.
Jamie
I feel like this might have been a pun on “hobby”? I’m not sure.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
The first rule of Bat Club …
Tacos
… is hit people with a bat first, ask questions second. Maybe.
Jamie
PUNCH FIRST. ASK QUESTIONS WHILE PUNCHING.
Clif
Mike would approve.
HeySo
Isn’t “bat club” a bit redundant, though?
..Try our new “bat saber”! Currently with a limited time 20% discount!
(Side-note, if they form a group dedicated to bats, would they be known as the Batwomen? ’cause, good! We’ve needed to expand our vigilante base, now that the villains are unionizing.)
anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness
So a night on the town is when they go clubbing?
HeySo
Yes. But only if they’re feeling batty. 😛
Romanticide
DC Bombshells has the Batgirls, they all dress in world war II era baseball outfits with the bat sign and carry bats to fight crime 😀
HeySo
Oh, that’s true, isn’t it- I need to read that at some point, haven’t managed to get a hold of the comics quite yet. Appreciate the reminder. 🙂
Yotomoe
Is that a bat in your hands or are you just happy to see me?
Bagge
The answer, as always to that kind of question, is yes
HeySo
Ye- oh, nevermind, I see Bagge already covered it.
Kyrik Michalowski
Leslie you have a suspiciously long list of people who might try to break into your apartment for some reason. I recommend mkre self defense than a bat and perhaps a better security system.
In other news, glad to see Becky and Leslie speaking with each other. How long has it been since Becky just up and left?
King Daniel
I believe it was mentioned before that it was Leslie’s landlord who “allowed” Robin to break into Leslie’s house way back when. It may not be so simple as “getting a better security system”.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Did Leslie have an ex-husband who wants her back? Or am I think of someone else?
He Who Abides
Pretty sure it’s more pissed that she’s not attracted to men.
Sam
In Shortpacked he did. He hasn’t made an appearance here to my memory so in DoA, he might not.
Charles Phipps
Leo was incredibly brainwashed by his environment and is sadly what Joyce would have been like, probably, if he never learned to grow.
thejeff
He’s been mentioned, though not seen. We don’t know if he wants her back or not.
Regalli
Assuming it’s the same schlub as in Shortpacked, the answer is probably ‘yes, if only to save her soul from this horrible sin.’ And even if not, guy’s probably on a similar level of fundie as Leo was. Leslie’s parents are still going to be douchebags, after all.
(I was just rereading the Shortpacked wedding arcs the other night. One, SP!Leslie/Robin still fills me with deep and happy emotions. Two, GOD, fuck the Bean parents.)
Romanticide
Shortpacked one was a well meaning guy that when asking “how have you been doing after you left the church” would not have been a passive agressive comment but an actual question. He seems to be very fond of Leslie but unfortunately he seems to be very confortable being a straight white guy in church not unlike Joyce (but with families with more money) and kinda clueless so the possibilities of him getting out are low. He did recognize Leslie’s parents as a pain in the ass.
He would probably would have liked remain married to Leslie but I don’t think he would have ever broken in to her house unless tricked to do so.
I have a feeling in this universe Leo would have been similar including his unfortunate tendency to put his foot on his mouth thinking he was saying something tolerant XD XD It’s complex
BBCC
I have a feeling this Leo is substantially worse if Leslie believes he’d break into her house.
thejeff
Not clear how much we’re supposed to take all those as serious possibilities and how much just Leslie freaking out.
Stephen Bierce
Sometimes you’re the Louisville Slugger, baby
Sometimes you’re the ball…
Stephen Bierce
–and by request, I follow up the hacked Muzak selection with Nirvana’s “About A Girl”
Opus the Poet
I not only recognize this reference, I have the album.
The Bug, from the album Brothers In Arms, by Dire Straights
thejeff
It’s actually from On Every Street.
I had to look that up. I remembered it, but I knew it wasn’t Brothers in Arms. On Every Street was kind of forgettable. Now I’ve got to go listen to Dire Straits. 🙂
Kyrik Michalowski
Also, related to the Something Positive strip that Willis linked, is that a wake for Mike’s death? Or do we have a look a like situation?
Viktoria
We have a “Randy is a gigantic troll” situation. He hit a different webcomic’s lead with a car one day after that strip ended. This situation could absolutely go either way.
(though why would they be holding a wake, for a teenager from Indiana, at a bar in Texas?)
Foxhack
I could swear the Shortpacked characters existed in the S*P universe.
Kamino Neko
They do-ish…not in a way that beholds either comic to the other’s continuity (thus the lack of Soggies in S*P), but Singularikitty is Choo-Choo Bear’s kid, so they’re at least tangentially related.
Jezzeh!
Wait, what did I miss?! There’s a Singularikitty?! Can someone link me?
DrWattson
Plot twist: it’s actually Walkyverse Mike; there were one or two small crossovers between S*P & Shortpacked, so it’s possible. Singularikitty was related to Choo-Choo Bear.
Don’t ask why there would be a wake for a toy store manager in Colorado at a bar in Texas.
meanderling
Aw, I hope Walkyverse Mike ain’t dead. In that universe and timeline he’s got a wife and a small child.
King Daniel
Well, bad news…
Adam Black
His is,
https://twitter.com/damnyouwillis/status/1222028665959190528
Bobcat
Oh well, time to dust off the ol’resurrection chamber. I’m sure Amber has plenty of genetic material *cough*sperm*cough* to work on.
King Daniel
According to Willis on Twitter, you’re actually right. Looks like the Soggies finally got Mike.
Clif
I can’t believe that no-one has the Mike memorial wreath as an avatar yet.
Adam Black
Its hard to believe Davan never commented on all these alien invasions.
snarkily
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Not a wake, a support group “Mothers With Nickels.”
Opus the Poet
It has been established that UltraCar is a character in the S*P universe. And there is a strip where every other web comic character in the world was in S*P after their creators either died or were rendered incapable of physically continuing their series. Or there used to be, an archive crawl failed to turn the strip up.
drs
I can’t recall look-alikes in SP, so I think it’s Mike.
Question is whether Randy knows something we don’t, because webcomic artist friends, or if he’s just trolling readers. The comic caption is “throwing golden apples”, i.e. of discord from the Paris/Trojan War stuff. So it could just be trolling. Or it could be informed trolling.
DailyBrad
He’s definitely joking with it, like when he put Faye from Questionable Content witnessing someone, uhh, doing something related to her backstory.
Randy definitely would not spoil someone else’s story by spoiling things. That’d be a dick move.
Kyrik Michalowski
Which one was the one with Faye? Now I’m curious.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
This is the strip which the website claims I’ve posted already but does not show.
https://somethingpositive.net/sp12042005.shtml
BarerMender
Robert E. Howard left the best suicide note ever:
“All dead, all done, so lift me on the pyre;
The guests are gone, and the lamps expire.”
And he was 29, not 30.
Chris Phoenix
Are you sure that was a reference to Faye? Faye’s dad killed himself standing in the backyard. Robert Howard killed himself in his car, as pictured. Faye’s dad had no known reason to do it; Robert Howard had several stressors.
I admit a few minutes of Google-searching didn’t explain who else the girl in the comic might be.
Kamino Neko
Yeah, Randy’s a wiseass, not a jackass.
Linaloki