Haha! I am not the only one who immediately thought of Vampire: the Masquerade (or perhaps you play Requiem. White Wolf, at any rate!). You win all of my affection, sir.
Rumor is too much fantasizing about Amazi-Girl can lead to going blind.
mechaqua
Well it may lead to a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism, which is called ischemia which causes blindness. But that’s an urban legend, like chupacabras, vampires, and Criss Angel.
fellixe
Can chupacabras really be classified as urban legend since it is a story classically propogated in rural areas? Hmm…
OBVIOUSLY different people. Ask anybody. Ask Christopher Reeves, or Tom Welling, or Brandon Routh, or Dean Cain, or Tim Daly. Any of them will tell you: People who wear glasses are obviously different people from superheroes who do not wear glasses at all.
What an odd, random selection of actors. You might as well throw George Reeve into the mix.
Did the people you mentioned write a book on the topic of glasses, or why were they selected?
The only rule of thumb that matters has nothing to do with Clark Kent.
It reads: If you give me a stack of quarters as tall as my thumb, I will stick my thumb up your bum.
Yotomoe
what if you do not desire a thumb up my bum, but can only pay for a service in quarters which I have stacked that exceed the length of your thumb. Am I now going to be raped by your thumb?
Bekah
Yes.
Rognik
I thought the rule of thumb had to do with the cross product of a vector. Oh, no. That’s the Right Hand Rule. But the product is the thumb, so you an see my confusion.
Bekah
PHYSICS JOAKS!
Usayasha
Actually, the rule of thumb is that you are allowed to beat your wife as long as what you’re beating her with is no larger than your thumb. (I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about.)
Well, back in the day, Clark Kent hid his identity as Superman by more than just the glasses. He’d change his posture and raise his voice an octave. It’s just hard to tell that in the medium of comics. It’s a common misconception that Lois Lane is the dumbest woman on the planet. (One that isn’t helped by the fact that Clark and Superman neither sound nor act different on the Animated Series)
So I guess what I’m saying is it’s not totally unreasonable for Danny to miss the connection. After all, he’s only even seen Amazi-Girl once, and unless he has an absolutely killer memory, a hazy memory is just one more mental hurdle (since unlike Superman, Amazi-Girl has had no pictures taken yet, thus remaining mostly a mystery).
Aydr
um, changing your posture, taking off your glasses, and changing your voice’s pitch still add up to a pretty shitty disguise. I find the more modern interpretation “she knew” as a much more palatable explanation.
Because let’s face it, that woman is about as smart as a sack of bricks.
The whole amazi-girl thing, though, she has a mask, he saw her once before ever even meeting amber, and it was dark. And it’s not like she stuck around to chat. …which I guess just makes Danny kinda shallow. But hey, who wouldn’t fall for a superhero.
Matt
Well, I didn’t say it was perfect, I’m just saying the classic “He’s just wearing glasses!” argument is flawed.
Plus, personality plays a factor as well. To draw another parallel, Clark is a coward who always runs from danger, and Amber is a shut-in nerd. Neither of these people seems likely to be a superhero.
Chronos
No, no, no! You have it all wrong. It’s DANNY that’s Amazi-girl.
See, Danny’s normal persona couldn’t handle any stressful situations, so subconsciously, he developed a second personality to deal with those times. That personality, Amazi-girl, came forth for the first time after Dorothy dumped him. When we saw Amazi-girl save Danny from those bullies, it was really Danny that beat them. Danny just subconsciously rewrote the sequence of events so it seemed to him (and us, the readers) that he was being saved by this mysterious vigilante.
Ironically, not only didn’t that movie come to mind while I was writing that, I honestly thought I was coming up with something original. Hooray for unintended plagiarism!
BedLlama
Nah, Amazi-Girl is obvious Faz in drag.
nekobawt
dude! spoiler tags!
jaimehlers
It only seems so easy to guess because we, as the readers, can make near-instant comparisons between the two (Amber and Amazi-Girl). The fact that the two are never in the same place is actually a powerful defense, especially since Amber is a shut-in nerd. Nobody expects her to be around in a situation like that, and without having the two in the same place (or else someone to take pictures of Amazi-Girl), there’s literally no way for anyone to make an accurate comparison.
thomas0comer
I decided that everybody knew about it and was just humoring him because he still did stuff for the community.
gangler
I like the Captain Excelsior interpretation of the concept. The Supers in the setting couldn’t distinguish things like that for whatever reason. Grow a mustache, they think you’re a new person. Change your shirt, same deal.
Normal people could tell just fine but they usually didn’t want to get in the middle of all that.
Roborat
Yes, I have always thought that was the best parody of the trope.
artemi
This actually comes up in the Adventures of Lois and Clark. Supe’s looses his memory or something in one episode, and Lois has to remind him how to do his superhero thing.
At one point, he’s looking at his glasses, and he asks, “Is anyone ACTUALLY fooled by these? This is a dumb disguise…”
At least Magical Girls commonly have the ‘its MAGIC!’ excuse…
211 thoughts on “Who”
Sensedog
…Oh, the irony.
Jen Aside
Yeah, he’s not Sal’s type at all!
Rognik
I dunno. In the original universe, they were dating at the start. He must be into adventurous girls to a little degree.
The Wizard
The joke, you missed it.
BrokenEye, True False Prophet
You mean Joe’s type, right?
Thor
Ow, ow, ow, ow!
My face is stinging from my palm hitting it so hard!
Belam
i had to pull a double facepalm since the first didnt clearly articulate how much D’OH he is going to experience. heehee pins and needles
Ryorin
…those are the exact words that went through my head.
Zoey
She should be like YA DONT SAY?
hamstap85
That gravatar.. as if Cheryl’s saying that.. xD
Lucca
Yeah! I mean, I don’t think Danny’s Galasso’s type at ALL!
Henry
OH NOEZ!
Henry
Also, nice inability to obfuscate the truth there, Amber.
mechaqua
Well in order to properly obfuscate they need to have their arms crossed across their chest and her index and middle fingers crossed in both hands .
Echidnae
Haha! I am not the only one who immediately thought of Vampire: the Masquerade (or perhaps you play Requiem. White Wolf, at any rate!). You win all of my affection, sir.
Blob Marley
You’re not the only one. I thought it too. :3
Leorale
Me three ::obfuscates::
Yotomoe
looks like Billie’s roomates gonna be gettin’ some action instead of her. 😛
Gundi
What. Seriously, what. Is *everyone* BLIND?
Leorale
It’s a narrative construct. I am happier when I just go with it.
Mkvenner
Apparently yes.
fellixe
Rumor is too much fantasizing about Amazi-Girl can lead to going blind.
mechaqua
Well it may lead to a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism, which is called ischemia which causes blindness. But that’s an urban legend, like chupacabras, vampires, and Criss Angel.
fellixe
Can chupacabras really be classified as urban legend since it is a story classically propogated in rural areas? Hmm…
Blob Marley
RURban legends?
fellixe
To the Mystery Machine, gang!
Plasma Mongoose
Don’t you mean ‘Bourbon Legends’?
Kernanator
‘Bourbon Legends’.
I should punch you for that, but I’m too busy laughing.
BrokenEye, True False Prophet
Mind if I steal that one?
Plasma Mongoose
A serious case of Genre Blindness.
Valdrax
To be fair, this is a Slice of Life comic, so Amazi-Girl isn’t really part of the genre. She’s more of an Out of Context Problem.
Prosthetic Conscience
Wrong Genre Blindness?
Jackson
Plasma Mongoose, Queen of the Tropes.
Plasma Mongoose
I hope that wasn’t alluding to the movie ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’. 😛
Jetstream
To be fair to Danny, didn’t he only see her once? In the dark?
karishi
Besides, Amazi-girl doesn’t wear glasses. Amber does.
OBVIOUSLY different people. Ask anybody. Ask Christopher Reeves, or Tom Welling, or Brandon Routh, or Dean Cain, or Tim Daly. Any of them will tell you: People who wear glasses are obviously different people from superheroes who do not wear glasses at all.
Brady Kj
What an odd, random selection of actors. You might as well throw George Reeve into the mix.
Did the people you mentioned write a book on the topic of glasses, or why were they selected?
ryan
for real! amber is WAY hotter than amazi-girl!
Leorale
YAY
Aegon01
oh my GOD
Mkvenner
You are talking to Amazi-girl you idiot!
Plasma Mongoose
But Amazi-Girl doesn’t wear glasses and that’s what counts.
TheTJ
Yeah, but… When she takes the glasses off she *Transforms*.
Plasma Mongoose
Like how Diana Price becomes Wonder Woman in the 70s version?
TheTJ
Closer to Lance turning into Captain Amazing.
Cholma
Are you people blind?! Sarah is obviously Amazi-girl. Her anti-social ways are just a ploy to fool people!
Plasma Mongoose
Sarah is the Old Testament God and Amazi-Girl is her avatar.
Bourbon
That doesn’t make any sense, he wouldn’t be able to see!
BrokenEye, True False Prophet
But then how does she see?
Yotomoe
old Clark Kent rule of thumb
Bekah
The only rule of thumb that matters has nothing to do with Clark Kent.
It reads: If you give me a stack of quarters as tall as my thumb, I will stick my thumb up your bum.
Yotomoe
what if you do not desire a thumb up my bum, but can only pay for a service in quarters which I have stacked that exceed the length of your thumb. Am I now going to be raped by your thumb?
Bekah
Yes.
Rognik
I thought the rule of thumb had to do with the cross product of a vector. Oh, no. That’s the Right Hand Rule. But the product is the thumb, so you an see my confusion.
Bekah
PHYSICS JOAKS!
Usayasha
Actually, the rule of thumb is that you are allowed to beat your wife as long as what you’re beating her with is no larger than your thumb. (I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about.)
Robert
Amazi-Girl is immune to vision impairment.
Matt
Well, back in the day, Clark Kent hid his identity as Superman by more than just the glasses. He’d change his posture and raise his voice an octave. It’s just hard to tell that in the medium of comics. It’s a common misconception that Lois Lane is the dumbest woman on the planet. (One that isn’t helped by the fact that Clark and Superman neither sound nor act different on the Animated Series)
So I guess what I’m saying is it’s not totally unreasonable for Danny to miss the connection. After all, he’s only even seen Amazi-Girl once, and unless he has an absolutely killer memory, a hazy memory is just one more mental hurdle (since unlike Superman, Amazi-Girl has had no pictures taken yet, thus remaining mostly a mystery).
Aydr
um, changing your posture, taking off your glasses, and changing your voice’s pitch still add up to a pretty shitty disguise. I find the more modern interpretation “she knew” as a much more palatable explanation.
Because let’s face it, that woman is about as smart as a sack of bricks.
The whole amazi-girl thing, though, she has a mask, he saw her once before ever even meeting amber, and it was dark. And it’s not like she stuck around to chat. …which I guess just makes Danny kinda shallow. But hey, who wouldn’t fall for a superhero.
Matt
Well, I didn’t say it was perfect, I’m just saying the classic “He’s just wearing glasses!” argument is flawed.
Plus, personality plays a factor as well. To draw another parallel, Clark is a coward who always runs from danger, and Amber is a shut-in nerd. Neither of these people seems likely to be a superhero.
Chronos
No, no, no! You have it all wrong. It’s DANNY that’s Amazi-girl.
See, Danny’s normal persona couldn’t handle any stressful situations, so subconsciously, he developed a second personality to deal with those times. That personality, Amazi-girl, came forth for the first time after Dorothy dumped him. When we saw Amazi-girl save Danny from those bullies, it was really Danny that beat them. Danny just subconsciously rewrote the sequence of events so it seemed to him (and us, the readers) that he was being saved by this mysterious vigilante.
Oberon
Stop talking about Fight Club!
Drunken Nordmann
You do not talk about the Fight Club.
Chronos
Ironically, not only didn’t that movie come to mind while I was writing that, I honestly thought I was coming up with something original. Hooray for unintended plagiarism!
BedLlama
Nah, Amazi-Girl is obvious Faz in drag.
nekobawt
dude! spoiler tags!
jaimehlers
It only seems so easy to guess because we, as the readers, can make near-instant comparisons between the two (Amber and Amazi-Girl). The fact that the two are never in the same place is actually a powerful defense, especially since Amber is a shut-in nerd. Nobody expects her to be around in a situation like that, and without having the two in the same place (or else someone to take pictures of Amazi-Girl), there’s literally no way for anyone to make an accurate comparison.
thomas0comer
I decided that everybody knew about it and was just humoring him because he still did stuff for the community.
gangler
I like the Captain Excelsior interpretation of the concept. The Supers in the setting couldn’t distinguish things like that for whatever reason. Grow a mustache, they think you’re a new person. Change your shirt, same deal.
Normal people could tell just fine but they usually didn’t want to get in the middle of all that.
Roborat
Yes, I have always thought that was the best parody of the trope.
artemi
This actually comes up in the Adventures of Lois and Clark. Supe’s looses his memory or something in one episode, and Lois has to remind him how to do his superhero thing.
At one point, he’s looking at his glasses, and he asks, “Is anyone ACTUALLY fooled by these? This is a dumb disguise…”
At least Magical Girls commonly have the ‘its MAGIC!’ excuse…
LurkerAbove
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIaF0QKtY0c
Doing it right, by the late Christopher Reeve.
Plasma Mongoose