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Tall
Posted on June 3, 2015 by David M Willis

277 thoughts on “Tall”

  1. Jen Aside

    to be fair, Danno, you didn’t recognize Amazi-girl’s evil twin did you

    (so… Lima Syndrome, anyone?)

    1. thebombzen

      To be fair to Danno, Ethan didn’t recognize the girl who put a knife on his throat and changed his and Amber’s lives.

      Danno can slide a bit.

      1. saki

        To be fair to Ethan, Sal’s hair looked completely different then. And her facial expression was pretty much the opposite of what it is right now, haha.

        1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          To be fair to Danny boy, he is just growing a second head. I think he could be considered too busy to notice the twins thing, heheh.

        2. AustKyzor

          To be fair to Walky… DAYUM!

        3. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          To be fair to Dorothy, she’s just worried that if Walky manages to get his shirt all the way off right now, she’ll lose all self-control and everyone in that room will get to see her and Walky making a sex in about the next 5 minutes…!

        4. Jen Aside

          Walky Performs a Sex at a Dorm Party and Dina Takes Copious Notes

        5. Yet_One_More_Idiot

          Ladies and Germs, I believe we have the next Slipshine! 😀

        6. Rycan

          That, and her accent’s changed. Also helps explain why Danny didn’t pick up on them being twins.

    2. Pookarah

      about both Ethan and Danny–face blindness is a thing. >_>
      I know more than one person who won’t recognize someone after (a non drastic) haircut and will have to re-memorize their face as though the person had had plastic surgery 😡

  2. Mr. Random

    He does have a suspicious lack of boobs.

    1. Rich

      Positively proud of not having boobs, really.

      1. Jen Aside

        if he keeps up the junk food, he’ll have ’em eventually

        1. JustCheetoDust

          Not if he has awesome metabolism.

        2. TheChurro

          That’s doesn’t last though. :C

        3. JustCheetoDust

          I know it’s not supposed to, but I wonder with some of the people I know.

        4. Someone

          Walky is surprisingly toned for someone who we never see exercise and eats chicken nuggets and chips all day.

        5. Delta Pangaea

          Being Walky is very calorie-intensive.

        6. 3oranges

          We see some exercise. Chasing Amazi-Girl. Carrying Mike’s books. Making, um, special performances with Dorothy.

        7. lomie

          also gotta remember that he paradoxically walks uphill to all his classes and the dorm.

        8. Sky

          I know what you mean. A friend of mine is 26, 6’3″, and around 165 pounds. Throughout this past year of college he’s been desperately trying to gain weight. He was drinking a smoothie thing that he’d make by throwing a bunch of high protein, high calorie stuff in a blender two-three times per day. He had added up the calories for it and it came out to over 1000 for each one, in addition to regular meals. He managed to gain about 10 pounds after several months, but had to stop drinking the smoothie because his gallbladder was inflamed or something from all the fats in it and immediately started losing that hard-earned weight rapidly. He’s not some super athlete burning tons of calories on exercise either–we both go to an art school and spend the vast majority of our time holed up in our rooms working on projects. His body just seems to burn way, way more calories than it probably should.

        9. Marisa Mockery

          And he complains of this. Sigh. Some gifts are wasted -_-

        10. Pookarah

          a friend of mine has something similar, only it turns out it is a thyroid thing called Grave’s disease, where her thyroid is hyper active.
          It also causes other side effects, so maybe your friend should get his thyroid checked for hyper ness? (even if it isn’t graves, it could be useful to know)

        11. stevecharb

          Your friend has a tapeworm

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      I would be more suspicious if he had boobs.

      1. Yet_One_More_Idiot

        Believe me, guys having boobs is depressingly easy. I speak from personal experience… >_>

        V_V

    3. Arianod

      Why suspicious? It’s not unheard of for one twin to have all the boobs.

      Now, if *Sal* suffered a lack of boobs, that I would find disturbing.

      1. Rycan

        Well, you do have people with double mastectomies.

      2. Screwball

        Sal the A Cup? Would make the bad-girl image harder to keep around…

  3. Stephen Bierce

    *plays “We Don’t Have To Take Our Clothes Off” on the Muzak in the hall*

    1. Stephen Bierce

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWZisnZ-RGE
      This song. I miss the Eighties sometimes.

      1. Shaunock

        You just earned a fist bump.
        *fist bump*

        Nice.

    2. DarkoNeko

      You can leaaave your hat on.

      1. saltchocolate

        50 Shades, get in line.

  4. otusasio451

    Oh…oh, my God I only just realized that they’re in the same room. And if Amber shows up…

    Hijinks. Terrible, terrible hijinks could ensue.

    1. oldFart

      Popcorn is needed.

      1. chris73

        For some reason i’m hearing the theme to Jaws reading this strip…or Friday the 13th

      2. -Sentinel-

        I hate popcorn. *opens a bag of Skittles*

        1. nkh

          I didn’t realize that I needed a bag of Skittles until I read this comment.

          (P.S. If you’re a stealth marketer employed by Wrigley, I commend you, because apparently it’s working.)

      3. Plasma Mongoose

        The corn-popper is what is needed. 😀

        1. Captain Batson

          I understood that reference!

        2. AndieStardust

          crap baskets, I thought you said corn-baller. Lemme put that away….

      4. JustCheetoDust

        Indeed.

    2. grantimusmax

      I believe in this case we can replace “hijinks” with “unfortunate incidents which will heretofore be unspoken.”

    3. RandomGuy

      You know, I was just going to type that, popcorn won’t be enough, we are going to need wings and pizza too for this one.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Don’t forget the soft drinks.

        1. No Name

          Just so long as there is no Sierra Mist!
          …
          Too soon?

    4. Kris

      You say there will be hijinks but so far all I’ve seen AMBER do is run away.

    5. Jason

      Shit I just realized that Mike probably knows the horrible backstory….

      1. Leadsynth

        How does Mike know the horrible backstory? Is mike just an expert on all things horrible?

        1. Rich

          He knew both Amber and Ethan in high school. How much he knows about the robbery or if he even knows Sal at all is unknown.

    6. saki

      But it’s not just that they’re in the same room. The two guys Amber cares most about are sitting right next to Sal. (because it wasn’t enough for Willis to put them in the same room, no, they had to all sit next to each other and get along and have fun together, because otherwise it wouldn’t be dramatic enough when Amber sees all this.)

    7. Willoughby Chase

      So far, this is a bullet dodged. Not sure it can be dodged for much longer … or can it?

      That Evil Genius Willis will keep making near-misses to keep us on the edge of our seats!

      1. Tobias

        More like we’re in Xeno’s Paradox and currently trying to outrun the bullet.

    8. Mandy

      I just realized the same thing. It’s going to be really bad. :/

    9. Roborat

      Sorry, that is a different webcomic.

  5. Dean

    So i guess it won’t be strip Apples To Apples after all.

    1. grantimusmax

      Here comes Apples to Strap-ons!

    2. Maveric1984

      Sal’s already half naked. She’d be at a disadvantage

      1. Leadsynth

        Dina will definitely win.

        1. Deanatay

          Well, she IS wearing an extra jacket…

  6. LiaHansen

    this can only complicate Danny’s feelings towards everyone sitting on this floor further

    excellent

    1. LiaHansen

      Now he just needs to start stalking joyce and the love-dandecahedron will be complete

      1. Rycan

        No. Just, no.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          Well, Joyce can’t start stalking him. That would give the people who read Roomies deja vu.

        2. Rycan

          That, and you still have a scenario where a stalker is involved.

        3. Rycan

          Hmm, that came out wrong. I have no problem with stalking being depicted (accurately) in the comic. What I have a problem with is the idea that anybody should be a stalker.

      2. Willoughby Chase

        Have an internet, good sir!

      3. Deanatay

        Dan-decahedron?

        My God, Danny can even Dan up geometry! It’s insidious!!

  7. Archivist

    Naming this OT3 ship “double take”.

    1. grantimusmax

      Fantasy sliiiiiiiiiiiiiipshiiiiiiiiiiiiiine

    2. Rycan

      …WHO are you shipping?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        My guess is the Walky/Danny/Sal OT3.

        1. insomniac

          Does it count if they’re fraternal?

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Shipping knows NO bounds… scary thought isn’t it?

        3. JustCheetoDust

          You get used to it.

        4. Rich

          This is my punishment for mentioning Kiss X Sis yesterday, isn’t it?

        5. Luis

          Metamours are not, in fact, required to fuck.

        6. Rycan

          That’s what I was afraid of.

  8. Yotomoe

    You’re workin’ on ’em Walky. Just keep it up!

    1. Doctor_Who

      A few more fifty packs on McNuggets, and Sal has better watch out because there’s competition coming!

      1. Roborat

        Won’t be nearly as perky, unfortunately.

  9. Bagge

    And so begins Dorothys’ quest to keep Walky from removing his clothes. This will be her main occupation for the rest of the party.

    1. grantimusmax

      *cue Yakkity Sax*

    2. Spidergirl

      Least she doesn’t have to carry an unconscious Walky back to his room.

      1. Disloyal Subject

        Give them time.

      2. DarkoNeko

        Eh, I’m sure Ethan would volunteer to bring him back. Danny wouldn’t but would have to anyway.

    3. nothri

      Which is ironic, cause after the party its pretty much the opposite.

    4. Rich

      Just give in to the inevitable, Dorothy.

    5. 3Xp4t

      A whole lot of comments yesterday revolved around “How t’e Hell A2A progresses to an lost virginity??”

      Folks, I present to you: Panel #4.

      1. Bagge

        We asked, Walky answered. Thanks, Walky.

  10. spriteless

    We’re gonna have weeks of drunk Walky with the time scale, wont we. Maybe MONTHS!

    1. Rycan

      This will be fun. We’ll be hella confused once he’s sobered up.

      1. Doctor_Who

        “Hey, Walky’s acting about 5% more mature. What gives?”

    2. Lord Stoneheart

      I’ll take on the role of pedant, (because I like to), and point out that this storyline only goes until early July. Unless Walky continually decides to follow Billie around for more alcohol for the next few storylines, he’ll probably sober up by the next day. It will be interesting to see how he handles a hangover though.

      1. Leadsynth

        Probably by wearin’ pajamas, sleepin’ late and watchin’ cartoons. Pretty much the same as regular Walky.

      2. spriteless

        How do you know how long this storyline will go? Are you from the future? Can you travel exactly one storyline ahead?

        1. Lord Stoneheart

          Damn, how I would love a forward time machine. (For unrelated reasons though).

          The Dumbing of Age tumblr/Willis tumblr sometimes have preview panels (Generally single panels without any text from a strip that Willis drew, meaning we won’t see the whole strip for a few months).

          Here’s a post from late March when the “Three’s a Crowd” storyline ended: http://dumbingofage.tumblr.com/post/114596415962/july-9-just-finished-up-the-next-storyline-the

          And generally looking at the buffer watch and comparing it to the current archive gives you an idea of how far ahead the buffer is from us.
          Like as of this posting it’s on September 5th, and the archive currently has the name of Book 6 storylines on it. So there’s that.

  11. Doctor_Who

    Sal’s into tall dudes. Explains Jason well enough. Dude may be built like a pipe cleaner, but he’s got the verticality to bring about Sal’s horizontality.

    1. Captain Batson

      Also, there’s that, quote, “acutal lit’ral size” thing.

      1. Doctor_Who

        Yeah, but she didn’t know about that little detail until after she decided to bang him.

        1. Captain Batson

          And now she, and everyone in that bar will know forever.

    2. Rich

      Also hung like a horse, apparently. Not that she knew that in advance.

    3. Nono

      Don’t forget Tony as well, in the other universe.

  12. Rufus Saltus

    Brilliant alt text

    1. Emily

      Beat me to it!

  13. Spidergirl

    Well, Danny, at least you can say that you’re smarter than your Walkyverse self was at your age.
    Or rather, your age plus about three years.

    1. Someone

      Nah, that Walky was just as smart, if not smarter, the Walkyverse Walky acts immature to avoid responsibility.

      1. Someone

        Aw crap I read your post wrong. But yeah, that’s true.

  14. Foxhack

    No boobs? Just wait until you’re older, Walky.

  15. Graham

    Is sal flirting with Ethan?

    1. -Sentinel-

      She could totally make him bi.

      1. Rycan

        Except she’s striking out, and she knows it. Nobody can make Ethan bi.

    2. Rich

      Flirting is an understatement. If this game ever gets started it’s going to get real dirty real fast.

    3. Spiny Creature

      Sal said something blatantly flirty and smiled at Ethan, Ethan didn’t smile and made some serious comment. Then Sal started looking at her cards. She knows how to read signals, she’s not interested.

  16. oldFart

    Danny is being carmelized. A “schwing” may ensue.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Followed by “cream-filling”.

      1. grantimusmax

        Dorothy’s holding back some snickers.

        1. JessWitt

          Nuts upon nuts.

        2. yomi

          Is that a version of Apples to Apples?

        3. Leadsynth

          Caramel Apples to Caramel Apples. It’s the version of A2A where Walky gets nekkid.

  17. Rich

    Kinsey scale jokes never get old.

  18. GoogerGeiger

    Nice and repressed, in the back of his mind…

  19. TrueVCU

    Dorothy like “NO, OVERRULED”

    1. Rich

      “That’s my caramel!”

  20. Rycan

    Ah, Danny and the Walkerton twins – that one never gets old.

  21. Just Me

    Seems strange that Ethan doesn’t remember the girl who held a knife to his throat ( or something like that ). Good thing Amber does…..

    1. Rich

      Five years ago and the whole thing was over in minutes. Probably didn’t have to testify in court, so he’s hardly seen her, and they were both 13 at that point. People change a lot physically between 13 and 18.

      1. JessWitt

        “People change a lot physically between 13 and 18.”

        Especially in Ethan’s case. wow.

      2. Agemegos

        Some do, some don’t. When I was thirty I once got recognised by someone who hadn’t seen me since I was three, sitting in a laundromat five hundred miles away from home. And no, I didn’t have my name written on my shirt.

        1. Leadsynth

          Since they knew you when you were three, did they know a parent, and did you resemble the parent? That would help explain it.

    2. Jen

      Well, while he was being held, his back was likely toward her, so he may not have gotten as good of a look at her as Amber did. Plus, Ethan was focused on protecting Amber, so probably was looking at her the most, whereas Amber was completely focused on Sal, so Sal’s image was more thoroughly burned into her mind. Even after the police came and Sal was being arrested, Ethan’s main concern was Amber, so he probably wasn’t paying much attention to Sal.

    3. merbrat

      No anger face, and different hair.

  22. grantimusmax

    Good to see all those chicken nuggets haven’t affected Walky’s abs!

  23. Captain Batson

    Wait, Ethan doesn’t know that the girl Amber told him about is Sal? OOOOOOOOH DIS GON BE GOOD

  24. caesaria82

    Everything about the last two panels is hilarious. And Sal’s smile in panel one lights up my life.
    Can’t wait for when Ethan inevitably remembers where he knows her from (I still think it’s gonna be as soon as Amber shows up), drama will surely ensue.

  25. Ancestral Hamster

    Sal managed to nullify Ethan’s slowly percolating memory of their previous encounter. Though she doesn’t seem to remember him either, so it’s not like she did this for sinister reasons.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Sal seems to have trouble remembering Amber and Amber stabbed her in the hand, no wonder she doesn’t remember Ethan.

      1. Rycan

        I don’t think Sal likes to remember that whole episode, period.

        1. Rich

          Can’t blame her. And she sure does keep that scar out of sight, out of mind.

        2. MrZombieScordo

          Wow, until you said that i never connected the stabbing and the fact that she always wears gloves. Just blew my mind.

        3. podian

          Neither did I! Wow.

        4. Spiny Creature

          Wow thirded.

        5. lomie

          co-co-co-combwow!

        6. Leadsynth

          Does Sal rock the gloves on Slipshine?

        7. Heavensrun

          Yes.

        8. Ancestral Hamster

          Point. Yet she has to put on those gloves and remove them sometime. I’d think that would remind her of the incident.

        9. Disloyal Subject

          Still, it beats having to fend off the questions of the curious.

        10. Spencer

          The only time we’ve seen her without her gloves is when she was dressed up for her parents, and even then made it a point to hide her right hand behind her back.

        11. Julez

          There was one scene, when everyone was discussing what to do about THE EVENT that happened at the party, the morning after. Her hand wasn’t shown clearly then, but she was ungloved.

        12. Rycan

          Unless she’s mentally blocked it out (is that even a thing?).

    2. Lord Stoneheart

      Well out of the three of them, Ethan certainly seems to have changed the most physically.

      1. Rich

        I’d have said Sal, but Amber is certainly the closest to her 13-year old look.

  26. nothri

    I now present the commentary of a Joe hypothetically invited to this party.

    “That’s what he says. But can we know for sure if only one of them has taken of their shirts?”

    1. Rycan

      At that point, Sal loses her shit, with Walky currently too drunk to stop her.

      1. No Name

        And then, having lost it, Ethan suddenly remembers where he met her.

  27. RegalGamer

    Third panel is even more funny because a favorite series of mine had a special term for bisexuals: Janus.

    1. Captain Batson

      Like, like in 39 Clues?

      1. RegalGamer

        Unfamiliar. The term came to me from The Labyrinthine Series.

    2. AgentKeen

      Ok, the gateways part of that description combined with bisexuals makes me think weird things.

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        You’ve got a smiling Penny as a gravatar and are talking of weird things. How appropos.

    3. Spencer

      iunderstoodthatreference.gif

      1. RegalGamer

        Oh, you will be the only other person I know to have read those books far enough to get it. ;[ Some characters are just too unbearable. ;]

        1. Spencer

          I haven’t. I just understood the part about Danny being two-faced being a reference to the Roman God, Janus, who was commonly depicted with two-faces.

  28. Rezby

    Oh no. Sal is here. Amber is going to be here soon. Sal held up the convenience store where Amber stabbed her. There’s no way that’s not going to end horribly.

    1. FlyingFish

      Also, Sal is sitting between the two people Amber cares most about in the world. She walks in, sees the three, immediately imagines Sal pulling out knives and declaring “you can only save one…”

  29. Dave

    Walky flashes the abs, aaaaand Danny gets more fuel added to his fire. >:D

    1. Leadsynth

      And Dorothy just lost 2 hours of productivity. I guess she’ll have to stop typing research papers on her phone at a party.

  30. Boomwolf

    Oh…. oh I just remembered that little tid bit. I’m just gonna go hide… in the closet… in space.

    1. Rich

      Closets are a dangerous place to hide with Becky around. Like red flags for a bull.

  31. Kraken

    I wonder if Sal will figure out Amber’s Amazi-Girl if she starts freaking out…

    1. Rycan

      Didn’t figure it out with the last freakout, though.

      1. Rich

        That was before the fight with Amazi-Girl, wasn’t it?

  32. Chris

    @hover text
    conFIRMED

  33. JessWitt

    Just all sorts of awesome happ’ning right here.

    Ethan’s going to have his mind nuked like Becky’s closet.

  34. s

    jeez, when amber gets here all hell is going to break loose. with that + the sarah/radiah dust up, i think joyce will never hold a party again.

  35. Kris

    Sal and Walky are twins?! When did that happen???

    1. Rich

      That’s always been the case.

    2. Rycan

      One sexy night a couple decades ago, I’d assume.

    3. MrZombieScordo

      two weeks ago. They practiced fusing to take down frieza, but when they un-fused, they had mixed.

    4. timemonkey

      Second arc of It’s Walky?

  36. Em

    Ah so he DOES recognize her! He just can’t place where. Amber will help him with that. xP

    …So I guess her statement means that she doesn’t realize she’s hitting on Joyce’s ex, at her party, right in front of her?

    1. BenRG

      FWIW, given Joyce’s worshipful fixation on Sal, if she DID know Joyce had previously dated Ethan and asked permission to cut in, Joyce’s response would be: “Yes, please!”

      1. DarkoNeko

        That’d be pretty contradictory with Joyce’s big awakening on the gay stuff.

        1. BenRG

          Maybe but, to Joyce, nothing is too good for Sal!

    2. Rycan

      No, but as someone else pointed out, it sure looks like she realizes she’s hitting on a gay man partway through today’s strip.

  37. The Thing

    Danny’s Kinsey scale is about like mine.

    Because I would a Walky.

    1. Disloyal Subject

      In the lad’s own words, “C’mon, EVERYBODY’d hit that.”

    2. Jen

      Who can resist abs that are liked sculpted caramel?

      1. Rycan

        Becky.

  38. Cimorene

    I have two funny stories to tell to Willis.

    I didn’t realize until this strip how much it influenced me as a teacher having a male/female twin pair in my class last year. Funny stories, more details, but I don’t want to post publicly.

    Other thing: my almost-two-year-old son had his first toddler gymnastics class yesterday. At one point they got out balls, basket ball hoops, toy pop lawn mowers, and the pushy pop thing Amazigirl uses in Shortpacked. My son gets the pushy pop thing and tries to bash the other toddlers in the head with it. I stopped him, so he taught the other toddlers how to play bumper push toys.

    How the heck do I just email you .-.

    1. Rycan

      Amber O’Malley is a bad influence, you know.

      1. AgentKeen

        Amazi-Toddler is immune to criticism.

        1. Cimorene

          That is pretty much his world outlook.

  39. AgentKeen

    “No no, let him keep his shirt off.
    Hmmm, mmhmm, ok, now Sal, you take yours off.
    Hmmm. Ok, back to Walky.

    Hmmmmmmm. Ethan, take your shirt off for a second.
    Yeah, ok, thanks guys.”

    1. LiaHansen

      “Wait, Doro-”
      “NO”

      1. AgentKeen

        Joyce’s face will be stuck like yesterday’s strip forever.

        1. Disloyal Subject

          I’m amazed I haven’t seen gravatars of it yet.

        2. Rycan

          Coulda sworn I saw one earlier. Huh.

        3. Rich

          Diello was using it yesterday.

    2. Deanatay

      “I need to see! For research! Yes, I’m writing research papers. Sexy research papers.”

      1. Rycan

        That’s a word I never thought I’d see being used to describe a research paper.

  40. Shanunu

    Oh crap, it’s only just now occuring to me the impending storm this might cause.

  41. Leorale

    Man, Danny looks freaky with conjoined heads.

  42. Xerxes93

    Danny: “OH NO, THEY’RE BOTH HOT!!!”

    1. DarkoNeko

      Damn right they are.

  43. Hoboturtle

    I can’t tell if Walky is still drunk or not.

    1. Someone

      Well he still has the little bubbles around his head.

      1. saltchocolate

        But he has totally raised his shirt like this before. When was that and why did he . . . ?? Can’t remember the details.

        1. No Name

          To rub it in Dorothy’s face when they broke up.

  44. DarkoNeko

    I think Walky summarized exactly how Danny missed that.

  45. Agemegos

    Who is that spoil-sport in the bottom right of the last panel?

    1. C.

      Dorothy.

    2. Lord Stoneheart

      Definitely Dorothy. It’s why she’s in the tags today.

  46. Zorpheus

    “Walky, keep your shirt on!”
    “NNNNO!”

    1. Deanatay

      “What’s under there is MINE! No sharing with others!!”

  47. Makkabee

    Danny, you’re danning again.

  48. Bicycle Bill

    This is two strips in a row where Dorothy ‘appears’ — and she even gets a line of dialogue in this one — but her face is conspicuously absent.  What is Willis up to now?

  49. lomie

    at this rate Danny is going to be attracted to everybody!!!

    1. Disloyal Subject

      Well, he HAS been likened to an avatar for the fandom on occasion…

  50. Bruceski

    Double-takes (pun intended) are fun. One of my teachers said “you’re a senior, it’s a small town, and you’ve been in my class for two years, how did I never notice there were two of you?” when my brother finally walked into the same room as me. Teach had just assumed that half the time I saw him in the halls I was feeling unfriendly.

    1. Rycan

      Heh, reminds me of how a professor mentioned to another professor that there was somebody on the faculty who he thought they should get to know better. Silly professor didn’t notice they had the same last name, though – they were already married!

  51. Kaunisenkeli

    Ah, Danny, are you finally accepting your true position as comic relief at long last? xD

  52. brumagem

    Walky. Walky I love you, but we only have 14 hours to save the earth win stripples to nipples.

  53. Chronos

    I’m mildly annoyed that I’m only now just seen the train wreck that’s going to occur…

    1. Clif

      Really. How have you not read the comments since it became clear that Sal and Amber were both invited.

      If it really occurs and our host isn’t just raising our expectations.

  54. modernpython

    FUN FACT!
    The events of this game match up eerily to the time Sal lost her virginity.

    Except all the shirts came off.

    1. Disloyal Subject

      Shirts, who needs ’em.
      (People in non-temperate climates, that’s who.)

  55. saki

    Alttext has made panel 3 one of my favourite in the entire comic. 🙂

    1. Jen

      Me, too! 😀

  56. bodmans

    This page reminded me to look at the slipshine picture on the page again…

    Cannot unsee WalkyxMike

    1. Jen

      WalkyxMike or WalkyxJason? Just curious, not sure if you’ve swapped both characters or just mistyped one. 🙂

  57. Idon'tcarenomore

    Ethan was focused on Amber in the store, she was already scared to death to be out in public.
    Amber was busy being scared of everyone, but Ethan pointed Sal out to her just before Sal went ballistic. Amber had reason to remember her.
    Sal was as petrified as they were. She was focused on what she was robbing, not who was there.

    And pointing out her twin to Ethan, seems to have derailed Ethan’s memory for the time being.

    Love Danny’s double-take, priceless hover text.

  58. Kaoy

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aqQHGEmhvE

    This felt relevant.

  59. Cheryl

    ROFLMAO

  60. BenRG

    Okay, Willis is definitely setting us up for Amber to storm in, have a panic attack and then lunge at Sal under the delusion that she’s ‘protecting’ Ethan and Danny from her. Naturally, after Amber screams something about ‘not letting you hurt Ethan again’, Ethan will recognise Sal. He strikes me as being chill enough that he’ll let what happened five years ago stay five years ago, but Amber’s melt down (which may trigger a parallel melt-down in Sal when she flashes back to the night she got That Scar) will mean that Joyce’s party will turn into a rather unhappy screaming, hysterical confrontation between two women whose ghost closets have finally burst open.

    Basically, Sal and Amber will end up comparing the hells of their respective childhoods to see whose sucks the most. Initially, this will be an attempt of self-justification (“You don’t get to judge me! I was living in hell!”) However, it will end with Sal and Amber realising that, at that point in their lives, half a decade ago, they had a lot in common. This may include Sal needing a brotherly hug and Amber realising that Amazi-Girl is right – Danny-snuggles are great.

    Ruth will be attracted by the noise but will never figure out what’s been going in. Billie will be no help – she won’t understand what’s happening either!

    1. Torra

      Ah man I hope this doesnt happen! The last thing anyone needs here is a big blow up. I’m hoping that Amber turns up, freaks out and leaves and then when Ethan later is like woah whats up, she can enlighten him on how Sal was the hold up girl etc etc. Then it keeps that separate from everyone else’s storylines, plus it means more time for fun Danny bi-awkwardness more time for everyone to just have their own things go on

      1. BenRG

        I just want Sal to meet Amazi-Girl a while later, realise it’s Amber under that mask and say something like: “Shit… I did this to you, didn’t I?”

        To which… Amber… whoever… replies: “No, you were just another victim.”

        1. Rycan

          A lot of character growth is needed before Amber realizes that, let alone admit it.

        2. Spencer

          Even if Sal does tell her why she robbed the store, I don’t know if Amber would be able to, or really should, forgive her so quickly. I understand that Sal was driven into committing the robbery because of her parent’s neglect, but Sal still did something completely, utterly awful to Amber and Ethan, and it’s not Amber’s responsibility to forgive.

          Of course, Amber hurt her right back, and the whole reason the robbery became such a big deal to her is because of Blaine’s abuse, so it’s not like this is clearly “Sal is completely at fault” either.

        3. Rycan

          Amber is under no obligation to forgive Sal. But if she can find it within herself to do so, that might do Amber a world of good. Her obsessive fixation on vengeance isn’t very healthy for her.

        4. BenRG

          Agreed; we’re talking about weeks and possibly months down the line in-universe time.

    2. Rich

      Equally possible that Amazi-Girl chooses to scout the party from outside before showing up as Amber. Sal, Ethan, and Danny are all sitting right by the window. Where it goes from there I can’t predict.

    3. Mister Gray

      Wow we are leaving very few options to take without one of you here being correct about amber ‘s reaction and also we could have amber not show up finding someone to game with and losing track of time. My scenario is the least likely to happen though.

    4. Zalf

      Considering his reaction I’d guess he is the kinda person who is willing to forgive. Might be awkward for both parties at first, but not more than that.

      Amber’s probably gonna explode though.

    5. Rycan

      Ethan may step in an arbitrate this, though – he’s still got his head screwed on right.

      1. Em

        I can see him trying to separate them, and Amber socking him in the face. Realizing what she’s done, runs out of the room in tears. I can also see this happening with Danny rather than Ethan.

        1. Rycan

          Oh yeah, forgot that Danny is getting a bit better at standing up to others.

  61. Catty

    Either Danny can shake his head very fast or he’s able to turn into a Tasmanian at will.

  62. Poskie

    Ooh. From a purely aesthetic standpoint, Sal and Ethan would be the prettiest couple ever.

    1. Captain Batson

      I find your lack of Jacob… disturbing.

      1. Poskie

        But the contrast of Sal and Ethan’s skin tones aids in the prettiness! I like me some contrast.

        1. Em

          So either Sal and Ethan or Jacob and Ethan.

  63. Spencer

    Uh oh.

  64. Willoughby Chase

    A shepherd’s crook comes out for Walky …

    1. Rycan

      Dorothy needs to get one, doesn’t she?

  65. Hors Service

    What I like, is that Danny’s life looks like a vaudeville, full of misunderstandings and wacky coincidences, with superheroes and abusive fathers and sudden discoveries, and it’s all justified.
    Poor guy.

  66. My2Cents

    “panel three is kinda like danny’s kinsey scale visualised”-scroll over text

    Caution: apples to apples may lead to fantasies about interracial incestuous devils-threesomes

  67. Deanatay

    Hrm… if panel 4 is Danny’s Kinsey scale visualized… he’s sitting between a 1 (Walky) and a zero (Sal). Eh… I’m not seeing it.

    1. Rycan

      Think of them as visual representations of who Danny is attracted to. With almost everything else held constant appearance-wise, the main difference between the two is sex. So, if the question were “Which do you prefer, Danny?”, panel 3 would be the answer.

      (oh, and it’s panel 3, not panel 4).

      1. Amias

        He leans towards Sal, but he’s certainly looking at Walky as well. I think that’s an interesting thing to note 😉

  68. Jarawara

    And then…. Amber bursts in, sees Ethan, Sal, and Danny all sitting together… and then they all have an lustful Orgy!!!

    Later, Amazi-Girl shows up and joins in.

  69. Jerry

    Awh… don’t feel too bad Danny. I didn’t notice Walky not having boobs either.

  70. DarkoNeko

    There’s a good chance Amber will get busy fighting crime and not come to the party at all, tho.

    1. Spencer

      Given that a later preview page shows Danny interacting with Amber in costume presumably after the party, you’re probably right.

      It’s probably for the best. Nobody needs to get flung into a car again.

    2. Rycan

      Like that’s going to happen. It’s Willis’ Law: The dramatic outcome is always inevitable.

  71. Becca

    Okay, I understand Ethan and Sal not recognizing each other from an incident five years ago, but wasn’t Ethan waiting for Joyce outside of Sal’s room just a few weeks ago? Didn’t Sal walk past him without any pants on?

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-4/01-the-only-dope-for-me-is-you/fudge/

    1. BenRG

      This is Ethan we’re talking about. Would he necessarily consciously notice a smokin’ hot biker gal walking by without any pants?

      1. Rycan

        Exactly. Replace Sal with Walky, and you have a different story.

    2. Greenygal

      Looking at the angles in that strip, I’m not sure he actually saw her face.

    3. Mr. Morningstar

      it was a pretty brief encounter to be fair, and the two didnt interact.

    4. Lord Stoneheart

      it doesn’t seem like Ethan saw Sal’s face. And even if he did, there’s an almost zero chance he would have made the connection because it was before Amber told him that Sal lives in their building. He probably would have dismissed it as a coincidence if he did. There’s a non zero chance he makes the connection now, but it’s not 100% chance however. Now if Amber were to come in and Ethan sees her reaction…

  72. Tenn

    It’s a calf Danny with two faces!

  73. twistedsteelpony

    So is this am good point to suggest them playing cards against st humanity. Its so good at exploring boundaries

  74. Henry

    All fairness to Danny, he got it a lot faster in this verse than he did in the previous one.

  75. man jean

    not the first time danny has proven he’s needed glasses

  76. Onion

    “Have we seen each other somewhere?”
    “Oh, yeah, I held you hostage once back when I was still robbing convenience stores”
    😐

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