Just wanted to clarify I was very tired when I made this comment and didn’t fully grasp the whole “in their sleep” portion of this comment that makes it too unsavory.
is it a joke to realize something in disgust? (with expectations of “jinxing” it so it doesn’t happen?)
fwiw I thought it in the same tone as “Toedad’s gonna ship Becky off to a conversion camp and marry her at gunpoint to some asshole like Ryan isn’t he” (see also current Gravatar)
modulusshift
I mean, it’s just a reference to this comic, right? Or this one, and the next one? [SPOILERS for Shortpacked!] (but seriously, the arc this moment spawned *made* the comic for me. you should start from the beginning, though.)
buttonmarkederase
it sure seems like a joke when it’s something that is highly doubtful would happen in Dumbiverse.
also what does your Gravatar even have to do with this
Betty Anne
Carla’s pretty much gotten a free pass from the comments section for saying/doing anything off-color, except annoying Mary by rollerskating in the hall, and that was only objected to by people who actually expect dorms to be quiet. :/
Oh, sorry, I misread your tone. And I’d completely forgotten about that part of Shortpacked!. Probably my brain blocked it out. Anyways, I’m just so used to people casually dropping these sorts of horrible jokes, it doesn’t surprise me to read them anymore. Sorry I jumped the gun, I should have known you’re better than this.
It was worded badly, but I just assumed it was a reference to events in the Walkyverse – which were *not* rape, although “hatefuck” might be accurate, at least from Mike’s perspective.
No… actually I think its innapropriate, Amber would probably go catatonic, if her gay exboyfriend, and her current ex boyfriend were to become a thing so soon after she broke up with him…. I think she would go catatonic.
merbrat
It would tear her apart. Cringing in mortification and self-hatred, but wanting to write the fan-fic about them.
Varorson
She’s already writing fan-fic… who says it isn’t about them?
Then she’ll come to see her fan-fic become true, and believes she has true super powers.
I mean I think I get what you were trying for tone-wise, but it’s really easy to lose tone in text form, so this is just a pile of NOPE. Nope nope nope.
I don’t understand the hate your comment is getting. It’s not like you phrased it in anyway that sounded happy or like you were wishing for it. It read to me as a resigned comment on what his facial expression meant with a dash of SP reference. Unless we’re now pretending it’s inappropriate to call out someone on rapey behavior?
But maybe others are right and it is phrased poorly. The anger at you still makes no sense. Conceptualizing our thoughts is hard and everyone’s misspoken before. Anger generally just makes someone defensive and less likely to listen to criticism.
Sheer vitriol of slight disappointment and sighing?
Fart Captor
Its an understandably sensitive topic, especially with how there’s a major problem with real-world rape and sexual assault not being taken seriously. And there are people who frequent the site who have personal experience with this.
The anger so far has been fairly restrained, in my opinion. No one is demanding Ana’s head on a platter, they’re just expressing the extent to which they are not okay with the comment.
On a side note, telling people who are upset that their anger doesn’t make sense and they should be less angry is not going to go over well, especially in this context. I don’t think that’s what you really meant, but I would advise trading lightly there.
Random832
So… as long as you’re angry, no-one’s allowed to call you out on being wrong about the thing you’re angry at?
Betty Anne
Yep, pretty much. See: All of Tumblr.
There’s a reason Donald Trump is a nominee for President right now.
Fart Captor
Being wrong? Absolutely.
But telling people they’re wrong to have gotten angry in the first place is a shitty thing to do, even if there has been a misunderstanding. But since I don’t think anyone has (intentionally) done that, maybe I shouldn’t have even brought it up.
The part that pushed it over to “rape joke” for me is “in their sleep.” Because, y’know, fucking someone in their sleep (absent some prearrangement and whatnot) actually is rape. There was no reason to add that part to what otherwise would have been a totally reasonable joke.
Which is what made it annoying to me, because it added a gross element that was totally uncalled-for in context.
Aletheia
Same. :/ I get the nod to the Walkyverse, but it wasn’t in their sleep there. They might’ve been inebriated (actually, I think they were?), but both Amber and Ethan were willing, consenting participants (Mike even makes a comment that it was Amber’s idea, at least part of it :/ ). That couldn’t happen if the people he was hatefucking were sleeping during it, because they could neither consent or participate.
So. Yeah. The “in their sleep” dumped a perfectly good joke right into rape joke territory there. :/
Hm. At first glance I assumed that was Skitter, not Waspinator.
Strange, that an adolescent human female can be so much scarier than a multistory-tall metallic extraterrastrial.
Discussion (365) - “Holed up”
Ana Chronistic
Mike’s gonna hatefuck them both in their sleep isn’t he
nobodybasically
Am I the only one hoping so, just for all the partial nudity? 😀
Doctor_Who
Who knows, there might be a Slipshine, so you may not have to settle for partial.
Joe
If he sleeps with them both, that’s TWO slipshines. But I also don’t want him to fuck this up. I feel conflicted.
Dark
Or one very interesting Slipshine.
sarpiedon
unless Mike starts a threesome.
nobodybasically
Just wanted to clarify I was very tired when I made this comment and didn’t fully grasp the whole “in their sleep” portion of this comment that makes it too unsavory.
Aletheia
ಠ_ಠ No.
Solenoid
Oh hey, that’s the face that Mike’s making right now! The very face!
Solenoid
In seriousness, what the fuck, Ana?
Ana Chronistic
riiiiight I forget there are non-Walkyverse folks here
hence the Carla face at the moment, tho
RuckBogers
It’s his signature move.
…
Also sacrificing pets and kicking children.
RandomRedMage
Dadface…. havn’t seen that in a while.
Wheelpath
Would that cuz the same issues as in shortpacked? Like I want Mike to start some junk, but I don’t think that works as well here.
Doctor_Who
SP Mike was basically a chaotic force of nature, and reality itself kneeled before his powers of trolling.
DoA Mike needs to be a little more subtle in his assholery, since he is (presumably) a mere mortal.
LimeSheep
i mean i would hope its not in their sleep that would be pretty bad
timemonkey
That would be rape.
Saki
I thought this comment section was better than rape jokes. -sigh-
Dana
And Ana.
Some1
Jen would never have done that!
buttonmarkederase
she just did. frankly, i’m kind of disgusted.
Some1
that’s the joke…
Ana Chronistic
is it a joke to realize something in disgust? (with expectations of “jinxing” it so it doesn’t happen?)
fwiw I thought it in the same tone as “Toedad’s gonna ship Becky off to a conversion camp and marry her at gunpoint to some asshole like Ryan isn’t he” (see also current Gravatar)
modulusshift
I mean, it’s just a reference to this comic, right? Or this one, and the next one? [SPOILERS for Shortpacked!] (but seriously, the arc this moment spawned *made* the comic for me. you should start from the beginning, though.)
buttonmarkederase
it sure seems like a joke when it’s something that is highly doubtful would happen in Dumbiverse.
also what does your Gravatar even have to do with this
Betty Anne
Carla’s pretty much gotten a free pass from the comments section for saying/doing anything off-color, except annoying Mary by rollerskating in the hall, and that was only objected to by people who actually expect dorms to be quiet. :/
Shiro
Are you kidding me right now
Saki
Oh, sorry, I misread your tone. And I’d completely forgotten about that part of Shortpacked!. Probably my brain blocked it out. Anyways, I’m just so used to people casually dropping these sorts of horrible jokes, it doesn’t surprise me to read them anymore. Sorry I jumped the gun, I should have known you’re better than this.
stormbeta
It was worded badly, but I just assumed it was a reference to events in the Walkyverse – which were *not* rape, although “hatefuck” might be accurate, at least from Mike’s perspective.
podian
Extremely poorly worded, but it was not a rape joke – it was a reference to one of the most Mike moments of Shortpacked!
podian
At least I think so
ANeM
I think he has just recognized how awful it would be if Danny and Ethan banged, and.. now he will make it happen.
Godfather
YES MIKE
THEY MUST BANG
FACILITATE THIS
Godfather
Avatar is quite appropriate XD
RandomRedMage
No… actually I think its innapropriate, Amber would probably go catatonic, if her gay exboyfriend, and her current ex boyfriend were to become a thing so soon after she broke up with him…. I think she would go catatonic.
merbrat
It would tear her apart. Cringing in mortification and self-hatred, but wanting to write the fan-fic about them.
Varorson
She’s already writing fan-fic… who says it isn’t about them?
Then she’ll come to see her fan-fic become true, and believes she has true super powers.
Plasma Mongoose
Willis sure loves slipping in these shine-baits.
Needfuldoer
He’d probably just move one into the other’s bed and let the confusion snowball from there.
Her.
…. in other words rape them… i hope willis deletes this comment bc fuuuuuck you
Doc Harleen
I mean I think I get what you were trying for tone-wise, but it’s really easy to lose tone in text form, so this is just a pile of NOPE. Nope nope nope.
WeirderThanWeird
I don’t understand the hate your comment is getting. It’s not like you phrased it in anyway that sounded happy or like you were wishing for it. It read to me as a resigned comment on what his facial expression meant with a dash of SP reference. Unless we’re now pretending it’s inappropriate to call out someone on rapey behavior?
But maybe others are right and it is phrased poorly. The anger at you still makes no sense. Conceptualizing our thoughts is hard and everyone’s misspoken before. Anger generally just makes someone defensive and less likely to listen to criticism.
Brotato
^this. Like, the sheer vitriol is astounding.
Charlie
Sheer vitriol of slight disappointment and sighing?
Fart Captor
Its an understandably sensitive topic, especially with how there’s a major problem with real-world rape and sexual assault not being taken seriously. And there are people who frequent the site who have personal experience with this.
The anger so far has been fairly restrained, in my opinion. No one is demanding Ana’s head on a platter, they’re just expressing the extent to which they are not okay with the comment.
On a side note, telling people who are upset that their anger doesn’t make sense and they should be less angry is not going to go over well, especially in this context. I don’t think that’s what you really meant, but I would advise trading lightly there.
Random832
So… as long as you’re angry, no-one’s allowed to call you out on being wrong about the thing you’re angry at?
Betty Anne
Yep, pretty much. See: All of Tumblr.
There’s a reason Donald Trump is a nominee for President right now.
Fart Captor
Being wrong? Absolutely.
But telling people they’re wrong to have gotten angry in the first place is a shitty thing to do, even if there has been a misunderstanding. But since I don’t think anyone has (intentionally) done that, maybe I shouldn’t have even brought it up.
Shiro
The part that pushed it over to “rape joke” for me is “in their sleep.” Because, y’know, fucking someone in their sleep (absent some prearrangement and whatnot) actually is rape. There was no reason to add that part to what otherwise would have been a totally reasonable joke.
Which is what made it annoying to me, because it added a gross element that was totally uncalled-for in context.
Aletheia
Same. :/ I get the nod to the Walkyverse, but it wasn’t in their sleep there. They might’ve been inebriated (actually, I think they were?), but both Amber and Ethan were willing, consenting participants (Mike even makes a comment that it was Amber’s idea, at least part of it :/ ). That couldn’t happen if the people he was hatefucking were sleeping during it, because they could neither consent or participate.
So. Yeah. The “in their sleep” dumped a perfectly good joke right into rape joke territory there. :/
Falling Star
Yep.
Doctor_Who
This is Mike right now.
Taigan
” I have work to do here.”
Disloyal Subject
Hm. At first glance I assumed that was Skitter, not Waspinator.
Strange, that an adolescent human female can be so much scarier than a multistory-tall metallic extraterrastrial.
Decepticon357
Actually Waspinator is a Predacon so he’s only a little bit taller then a human in size!
Zach
Her mask wouldn’t be so frilly, and Waspinator wouldn’t know how to break you as a person… or have clairvoyance for 1000 feet.
Best book I’ve read in a long time. I miss bongo! Needs her own book.
John
Can’t use bongo’s proper supranym here. You’ll have to call her “Other Other Rachel”.
(‘Cause fuck “Hellhound”.)
inqntrol
I first thought ofthis.
Disloyal Subject
I was thinking Gendo, honestly.
lejwocky
Get in the goddamn Robot*, Shinji**
Jay Eff
Mr Burns, huh? Nah, Mike couldn’t pull that off.
For one thing, he’d have to smile…
tim gueguen
And regularly forget the name of a central character in the story he’s had dealings with multiple times.
Roborat
Yup, that was my first thought on the last panel as well. Mr. Burns “Excellent” face.
Orion Fury
It’s the first thing that came to mind as well.
Edhead
BAH GAWD THAT’S MIKE’S MUSIC
Doctor_Who
No, this is.
Rukduk
I’m now picturing Mike with Denis Leary’s voice. It works waaaayyyy to well.
Edhead
I actually imagine Mike with a somewhat ratty but at the same time tough voice.
Mo
So Denis Leary.
TheAnonymousGuy
doctor, we have to stop mike! it he’s planning what I think he’s planning than this could send amber even further down the preverbal rabbit hole.
Viktoria
Sometimes you have to hit rock bottom before you get help. Unfortunately, I think this will turn Amber into an asteroid.
miados
astroid girl?