Did you ever see the Christian Bale Batman movies?
Solenoid
Ah. Sounds like that. Ruth’s the RA they deserve, not the RA they need.
Dean
In that scene where Commissioner Gordon and Batman were talking inside the bank vault, I kept expecting Gordon to offer Batman a throat lozenge.
nothri
Ahhh, but Amazigirl already established that to be white on blue. I think the white on black just sounds like a serial killer on the hunt.
Mr. Bulbmin
Special text bubbles?
I’m glad you asked.
My personal compilation of unique text bubbles, which are disturbingly constant through multiple creators:
Blue- indicates the character putting on a deeper, more masculine tone. Up to eleven in characters already masculine. God save us all when Kamina uses a blue bubble.
Red- indicates rage of a bloodlusting nature. If you can visualize the fourth wall, get the F out of Dodge the moment you see a red text bubble.
Yellow- usually refers to the narrator, so a character using such a bubble either is the narrator or is temporarily usurping them. Either way, plot armor is to be expected.
Purple- indicates insanity of the worst kind. A purple speech bubble is essentially code for “Welp, you’re screwed, hope you liked your life”. Reserved almost entirely for villains, but more . . . interesting heroic characters have dipped into the regal color.
Black- indicates one of two things: 1) cold, tranquil rage [be afraid] 2) chain – smoker throat cancer. Or both.
Technicolor- “good” insanity, as well as characters the story shows to be inherently good. Loaded with Mary Sue.
Pink- in love/lust. Not necessarily natural.
LOL yeah, daniel the Human was there for that too… XD
Screwball
Re-reading it, it looks more like Black#1) cold, tranquil rage, definitely something along the lines of “obey me now or suffer a death few can fathom…”
Yelling, with intensity and a bit of growl in their voice. You will be compelled to obey that voice, unless your level of outrage meets or exceeds that of the one using that voice.
Pain, no pain. Yeah, I guess that is a big difference. Technically she’s not from there, she’s only dropping by till something more long term comes about hopefully. Does that count?
NEWS :
RA Fired, made her whole floor a harem ! lol.
Rheinman137
Sounds like a Slipshine request to me. 😉
Orbit Junkie
I disagree. Ruth has been known to show kindness in times of real distress. She didn’t bite Dorothy when she asked for help with Danny, and she did try to comfort Amber when she fought with Blain (okay, it didn’t work, but that’s because Amber escaped and not for lack of Ruth’s trying). She’d probably kick Becky out, but not before she found somewhere for her to stay.
winter
Ruth has showed kindness in times of real distress to people who she is required by her job terms to show kindness to in times of real distress.
I don’t think Ruth is heartless, but I think if it’s between risking her job housing somebody she doesn’t care about vs kicking Becky out prematurely, I wouldn’t put my money on the former.
Micah
“I don’t think Ruth is heartless, but I think if it’s between risking her job housing somebody she doesn’t care about vs kicking Becky out prematurely, I wouldn’t put my money on the former.”
She risks her job every time she assaults a student, which she usually does for no reason. If she thinks she’s right she’ll do whatever the hell she wants. The question is, what will she think is right in Becky’s case?
There might be some tough love in order though. The reality is, Becky can’t stay where she is, she’s in limbo, and needs to find a real place to live, and Ruth is harsh enough to provide that push.
What bugs me about this is that they haven’t been to see Leslie yet, she’s an obvious resource of knowledge about ways to help emancipate Becky.
Just saying
Surely Becky doesn’t need emancipation? They’re in college, they’re adults.
Heavensrun
Legal emancipation, sure, but she doesn’t have any means of self-sufficiency. She doesn’t have a place to stay, or a mode of income. She needs a job and a roof over her head that isn’t her friend’s college dorm. And if an in-story week from now, she still hasn’t sought out any of these things, there might be cause for concern about her behavior.
Heavensrun
It’s been a day. ONE DAY. Christ, people.
Spencer
Seriously now. Of all the complaints about Becky, not immediately having a plan the day after she became a runaway is right up there on the ridiculous meter. Moreso than “Becky was wrong to get a haircut using the 20$ she got.”
Like abusing the students under her care, let alone the constant torment she heaped onto Billie.
I mean, I don’t want to come off as unsympathetic to her issues, but the way she’s abused her power as an RA is pretty despicable.
JWLM
Oh, no question about it. Ruth is an inexcusable tyrant. And Billie is an irresponsible drunk in a death spiral of denial and excuse. Their relationship is going to end in tears; it’s going to be bad.
I wish that there were some hope for them as people; there isn’t. But…at least they’re *trying*. Doesn’t that count for something? (No)
Orbit Junkie
I think there is still hope for them *as people*. What there isn’t any hope for is their relationship and Ruth’s job. But they might be able to survive this, especially if they get help. My current hope is that Ruth’s accelerating downward spiral will shock Billie into getting help for the both of them, probably revealing their relationship in the process. Not exactly a bright outlook, but it’s better than double-suicide.
And there is some evidence to suggest it’ll happen; Billie almost did it when she nearly left Ruth to be found by the firemen. It would’ve cost Ruth her job, but she’d have likely gotten the help she needed.
Rycan
On the latter point, I wouldn’t be so sure. Being found half-naked by firemen didn’t exactly lead to Billie finding help, after all.
Overall, I think there’s three outcomes for each of them. Either get help before you hit rock bottom, get help after hitting rock bottom, or keep drinking until dead.
Solenoid
This is really just a case of stuff that should have been uncovered when she applied to be an RA. Depressed, boozing, and likes to take out her troubles on others? That should have been screened for.
B.D
…Come to think of it, she’s never threatened them over reporting her. She’s clearly very good about hiding her issues (I don’t doubt for a second that she fooled the background checks, rather than them not being very thorough).
Does… she want to be found out, at some level? Now I just think the abuse of power is her broken way of seeking out help.
Bagge
I think that is very likely – unless she doesn’t kid when she says that she actually has the blessing of the higher-ups for her tyrannic reign of the Clark Wing.
AngierHafai
An RA speaking here. Assuming her application process was similar to mine (probably as I go to a large public university), there are no “background checks” beyond checking for a criminal record and making sure there are no marks against your academic record. The hard part would be walking the walk and talking the talk during the application process which emphasizes finding applicants who will help residents and work well in a team.
At my university that would be a year long endeavor starting in the Fall semester and continuing into Spring but I would assume that it is possible, even that someone managed it at least once. Probably not someone as bad as Ruth but people make mistakes.
HeySo
As Bagge said, apparently the school respects that she keeps students in line, on task, and out of trouble, far more than they’re troubled by her approach to accomplishing it.
Assuming there’s some backstory there- such as, ‘the dorm USED to be a troubled mess’, then you can imagine that assertion is accurate, in a Great Teacher Onizuka sort of way [“Okay, SURE you knocked down a wall, but it was beneficial, so you can get away with it. In fact, go knock down some more walls.”].
She works in a cigarete factory and only likes a guy until he starts liking her. Er, not it? Is she somewhere in the world and we have to find her? No? Ok, I’m too old to get it and too stuborn to look it up.
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed the matching colors. At least it’s not a matching Maple Leafs shirt; that would be obvious enough that even Joyce might pick up on it.
211 thoughts on “Grab”
Jen Aside
BIG DIFFERENCE
Solenoid
I wonder the equivalent to black-speech-bubble speech would be to hear…
MeghanTheWorldEater
Did you ever see the Christian Bale Batman movies?
Solenoid
Ah. Sounds like that. Ruth’s the RA they deserve, not the RA they need.
Dean
In that scene where Commissioner Gordon and Batman were talking inside the bank vault, I kept expecting Gordon to offer Batman a throat lozenge.
nothri
Ahhh, but Amazigirl already established that to be white on blue. I think the white on black just sounds like a serial killer on the hunt.
Mr. Bulbmin
Special text bubbles?
I’m glad you asked.
My personal compilation of unique text bubbles, which are disturbingly constant through multiple creators:
Blue- indicates the character putting on a deeper, more masculine tone. Up to eleven in characters already masculine. God save us all when Kamina uses a blue bubble.
Red- indicates rage of a bloodlusting nature. If you can visualize the fourth wall, get the F out of Dodge the moment you see a red text bubble.
Yellow- usually refers to the narrator, so a character using such a bubble either is the narrator or is temporarily usurping them. Either way, plot armor is to be expected.
Purple- indicates insanity of the worst kind. A purple speech bubble is essentially code for “Welp, you’re screwed, hope you liked your life”. Reserved almost entirely for villains, but more . . . interesting heroic characters have dipped into the regal color.
Black- indicates one of two things: 1) cold, tranquil rage [be afraid] 2) chain – smoker throat cancer. Or both.
Technicolor- “good” insanity, as well as characters the story shows to be inherently good. Loaded with Mary Sue.
Pink- in love/lust. Not necessarily natural.
Screwball
Yellow text bubbles? I know where they’re from…
“MAY THE LITTLE YELLOW BOXES BE WITH YOU!!!”
Damn it Deadpool, get out of my post… -_-
Plasma Mongoose
Stripper Deadpool FTL
Screwball
LOL yeah, daniel the Human was there for that too… XD
Screwball
Re-reading it, it looks more like Black#1) cold, tranquil rage, definitely something along the lines of “obey me now or suffer a death few can fathom…”
Eyebrow
Nicely compiled.
Mr. Bulbmin
Danke.
desai
Bane, I was thinking.
Rycan
Yelling, with intensity and a bit of growl in their voice. You will be compelled to obey that voice, unless your level of outrage meets or exceeds that of the one using that voice.
Matt
I’d imagine, this: https://youtu.be/XfdiXBA7f6U?t=76
nothri
So Ruth sounds like a befuddled scientist thinking about marshmallows? That’s not so bad.
Marcos Dantas
Black Speech from Mordor …
Screwball
Pain, no pain. Yeah, I guess that is a big difference. Technically she’s not from there, she’s only dropping by till something more long term comes about hopefully. Does that count?
Mr. Random
Becky. You might have a problem.
JetstreamGW
I doubt it. Probably Ruth’ll go all bark no bite as soon as she hears Becky’s tale of woe.
Briny
Not really. That only worked for Billie. Unless she’s looking to build a harem or something, that’s not gonna work twice.
DarkoNeko
NEWS :
RA Fired, made her whole floor a harem ! lol.
Rheinman137
Sounds like a Slipshine request to me. 😉
Orbit Junkie
I disagree. Ruth has been known to show kindness in times of real distress. She didn’t bite Dorothy when she asked for help with Danny, and she did try to comfort Amber when she fought with Blain (okay, it didn’t work, but that’s because Amber escaped and not for lack of Ruth’s trying). She’d probably kick Becky out, but not before she found somewhere for her to stay.
winter
Ruth has showed kindness in times of real distress to people who she is required by her job terms to show kindness to in times of real distress.
I don’t think Ruth is heartless, but I think if it’s between risking her job housing somebody she doesn’t care about vs kicking Becky out prematurely, I wouldn’t put my money on the former.
Micah
“I don’t think Ruth is heartless, but I think if it’s between risking her job housing somebody she doesn’t care about vs kicking Becky out prematurely, I wouldn’t put my money on the former.”
She risks her job every time she assaults a student, which she usually does for no reason. If she thinks she’s right she’ll do whatever the hell she wants. The question is, what will she think is right in Becky’s case?
That Damn Rat
There might be some tough love in order though. The reality is, Becky can’t stay where she is, she’s in limbo, and needs to find a real place to live, and Ruth is harsh enough to provide that push.
What bugs me about this is that they haven’t been to see Leslie yet, she’s an obvious resource of knowledge about ways to help emancipate Becky.
Just saying
Surely Becky doesn’t need emancipation? They’re in college, they’re adults.
Heavensrun
Legal emancipation, sure, but she doesn’t have any means of self-sufficiency. She doesn’t have a place to stay, or a mode of income. She needs a job and a roof over her head that isn’t her friend’s college dorm. And if an in-story week from now, she still hasn’t sought out any of these things, there might be cause for concern about her behavior.
Heavensrun
It’s been a day. ONE DAY. Christ, people.
Spencer
Seriously now. Of all the complaints about Becky, not immediately having a plan the day after she became a runaway is right up there on the ridiculous meter. Moreso than “Becky was wrong to get a haircut using the 20$ she got.”
wednesday
Which Carman tour’s that shirt from?
Spencer
Right. I kind of forgot Ruth was a terrible person for a bit.
That Damn Rat
Ruth isn’t terrible person, she’s an angry person, and that sometimes leads to her doing terrible things.
Kris
Seriously it’s only a perk that she gets to enjoy it.
Wire Segal
She’s also covering. She is trying to keep the sexy lesbian suicide pact secret.
sps48
Mostly for her own benefit.
Spencer
Like abusing the students under her care, let alone the constant torment she heaped onto Billie.
I mean, I don’t want to come off as unsympathetic to her issues, but the way she’s abused her power as an RA is pretty despicable.
JWLM
Oh, no question about it. Ruth is an inexcusable tyrant. And Billie is an irresponsible drunk in a death spiral of denial and excuse. Their relationship is going to end in tears; it’s going to be bad.
I wish that there were some hope for them as people; there isn’t. But…at least they’re *trying*. Doesn’t that count for something? (No)
Orbit Junkie
I think there is still hope for them *as people*. What there isn’t any hope for is their relationship and Ruth’s job. But they might be able to survive this, especially if they get help. My current hope is that Ruth’s accelerating downward spiral will shock Billie into getting help for the both of them, probably revealing their relationship in the process. Not exactly a bright outlook, but it’s better than double-suicide.
And there is some evidence to suggest it’ll happen; Billie almost did it when she nearly left Ruth to be found by the firemen. It would’ve cost Ruth her job, but she’d have likely gotten the help she needed.
Rycan
On the latter point, I wouldn’t be so sure. Being found half-naked by firemen didn’t exactly lead to Billie finding help, after all.
Overall, I think there’s three outcomes for each of them. Either get help before you hit rock bottom, get help after hitting rock bottom, or keep drinking until dead.
Solenoid
This is really just a case of stuff that should have been uncovered when she applied to be an RA. Depressed, boozing, and likes to take out her troubles on others? That should have been screened for.
B.D
…Come to think of it, she’s never threatened them over reporting her. She’s clearly very good about hiding her issues (I don’t doubt for a second that she fooled the background checks, rather than them not being very thorough).
Does… she want to be found out, at some level? Now I just think the abuse of power is her broken way of seeking out help.
Bagge
I think that is very likely – unless she doesn’t kid when she says that she actually has the blessing of the higher-ups for her tyrannic reign of the Clark Wing.
AngierHafai
An RA speaking here. Assuming her application process was similar to mine (probably as I go to a large public university), there are no “background checks” beyond checking for a criminal record and making sure there are no marks against your academic record. The hard part would be walking the walk and talking the talk during the application process which emphasizes finding applicants who will help residents and work well in a team.
At my university that would be a year long endeavor starting in the Fall semester and continuing into Spring but I would assume that it is possible, even that someone managed it at least once. Probably not someone as bad as Ruth but people make mistakes.
HeySo
As Bagge said, apparently the school respects that she keeps students in line, on task, and out of trouble, far more than they’re troubled by her approach to accomplishing it.
Assuming there’s some backstory there- such as, ‘the dorm USED to be a troubled mess’, then you can imagine that assertion is accurate, in a Great Teacher Onizuka sort of way [“Okay, SURE you knocked down a wall, but it was beneficial, so you can get away with it. In fact, go knock down some more walls.”].
Briny
Potato, abuse of power.
winter
There are no terrible people. Only people who do terrible things.
Kris
Billie is really working that jersey.
Plasma Mongoose
…and so she will have to work OFF that jersey. ^_^
Rycan
Does that jersey have that many calories?
Plasma Mongoose
Only if it was Walky’s (sauce stains count as calories after all).
Screwball
Might still anyway, doesn’t alcohol count towards calories. If it soaked any up…
Plasma Mongoose
Not only will she hurt you, you have to call her Queen while she does so. 😀
MeghanTheWorldEater
-obligatory comment with only the word ‘kinky’ in it-
Plasma Mongoose
Also a Lina Inverse reference!
MeghanTheWorldEater
Pretends she knows what Lina Inverse is.
nothri
DRAGON SLAVE!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lina_Inverse
Heavensrun
You kids with your Death Notes and your Wolf Rains.
nothri
Wasn’t Death Note and Wolf’s Rain a thing like over five years ago?
gwalla
Oh god I’m old. ;_;
Vincent
… I thought that was Aeka in Tenchi Muyo! (technically the goofy, non-OVA material)
Looked it up – yeah, you’re right. Huh.
Plasma Mongoose
I forgot about Aeka, that sort of thing is really right up her alley.
Doctor_Who
Had to look up who Carman is. Disappointed it’s not a car themed superhero, or Becky and Carla might have found some common ground.
Dr. Paul
She works in a cigarete factory and only likes a guy until he starts liking her. Er, not it? Is she somewhere in the world and we have to find her? No? Ok, I’m too old to get it and too stuborn to look it up.
tim gueguen
Carman, who is a he, is a long running Christian music artist.
Blue
…and here I thought this was a reference to the ballet by Matthew Bourne.
Tenn
All I could think of was that Karmann Ghia plates say “Lost in space”.
Dr. Paul
I realized that about five minutes after I shut down. I was even at one of his concerts in the 80’s. Must not have made a big impact on me.
Taigan
Bad enough Billie is wearing that shirt. Now Ruth’s wearing a matching one? Even Becky might notice.
Anithias
Glad I’m not the only one who noticed the matching colors. At least it’s not a matching Maple Leafs shirt; that would be obvious enough that even Joyce might pick up on it.
newllend(henryvolt)