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Respected

Posted on July 2, 2019 by David M Willis

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Tags: malaya, marcie, sal

Discussion (204) - “Respected”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    07/02/2019, 12:05 am
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    what about a podcast about HOT HOT SEXENGS

    1. Yotomoe

      07/02/2019, 12:58 am
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      Imagine a podcast where the casters are actively fucking during it. Each week they have a topic and try to do their best to converse about it mid-coitus.

      1. abysswatcher1993

        07/02/2019, 1:00 am
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        That could be an episode of Night Vale After Dark.

      2. Crotonhurst

        07/02/2019, 1:08 am
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        So a 7 minute podcast? Not a very deep analysis *cough*

        1. Yotomoe

          07/02/2019, 1:35 am

          That’s not accounting for the foreplay. The podcast goes through the whole experience. Heavy petting to light kissing and all that. And then also the sex.

        2. Screwball

          07/02/2019, 1:37 am

          So 7 minutes then? ?

        3. Casi

          07/02/2019, 1:45 am

          7 minutes and 28 seconds.

        4. Delicious Taffy

          07/02/2019, 1:58 am

          Are y’all just in a hurry or somethin’?

        5. Screwball

          07/02/2019, 4:14 am

          I’m guessing the 7 minutes includes stripping clothes of course. I guess 28 seconds is generous going off what I hear about many Humans…

          I asked Daniel the Human if he was that fast. He just raised an eyebrow, then did his creepy starts-as-a-chuckle-then-goes-full-evil-laugh thing. It really creeps me out. It’s kinda like his own version of that Tim Curry Human’s laugh…

        6. LeslieBean4shizzle

          07/02/2019, 6:41 pm

          Yeah seriously. Anything less than 20 minutes is a quicky. No one wants to listen to a podcast about quickies.

        7. Clif

          07/02/2019, 9:23 pm

          You are aware this is the Internet? https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/erotic-awakening-podcast/e/ea415-quickies-48834951

      3. Leadsynth

        07/02/2019, 7:49 pm
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        There’s a dude in Chicago who goes on OKCupid first dates, audio-records the conversations, and posts them as a podcast. The people he’s dating are all in on this, of course. He won’t date anyone who isn’t down to be a guest on this podcast. I think there might be a woman who hosts, too.

      4. Hielario

        07/04/2019, 6:48 am
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        I think there was a video series where a person would try to read and explain a book while they had a vibrator/automatic sucking thingie going full speed on their nethers.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      07/02/2019, 1:12 am
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      Don’t most podcasts involve three or more guys? So does that mean that podcasts are the new gangbang?

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        07/02/2019, 1:43 am
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        This made me go check my current podcast subscription list. Apparently I am an anomaly, because of my 26 follows, not one of them is hosted by three guys. I do have one hosted by three women, but mostly they’re either public radio panel shows or single-host (with or without guest or guests) shows.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          07/02/2019, 1:45 am

          Whenever someone mentions podcasts to me, it often seems to have three guys talking about random stuff.

        2. Yotomoe

          07/02/2019, 1:47 am

          I myself am on a podcast with 3 guys (and one girl).

        3. Marsh Maryrose

          07/02/2019, 2:46 am

          I have exactly two favorites on my Sirius/XM app: NPR and MSNBC. Every time I launch the app, it prominently features Fox News and CNN. Marketing. :-/

          There’s a world of podcasts out there. Apparently a lot of them do indeed involve three dudes, but there are other ones out there.

        4. Jasmijn

          07/02/2019, 6:05 am

          Here’s my podcasts, split by hosts and their gender:

          A woman and a man: 6 (three of which are One McElroy Brother And His Wife)
          One woman: 4
          Two women: 4
          One woman and a guest: 3
          One man and a guest: 3
          Two men: 3
          Three men: 2 (My Brother My Brother And Me & The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls World Tour)
          A cast that changes every episode: 2
          One woman, two men: 2
          One man: 2
          Four men: 1
          Three women and one man: 1
          Five men: 1
          Two women and a guest: 1
          Two women and two men: 1
          Three women and two men: 1
          Three men and two women: 1
          One woman, one nonbinary person and three men: 1

        5. anonamousethatscurriesinthedarkness

          07/02/2019, 12:23 pm

          Podcasts always have me first think of the closing scene of that movie about pods THEN my brain goes, oh yeah, they meant those internet video thingies. But he effect is the same.

  2. Doctor_Who

    07/02/2019, 12:05 am
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    Too subtle? Maybe she’ll notice if they fuse into Sugilite.

    1. Leorale

      07/02/2019, 12:10 am
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      She really puts the ‘b’ in subtle.

      1. Deanatay

        07/02/2019, 8:17 am
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        Sometimes I wish Malaya were that silent.

      2. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

        07/02/2019, 1:36 pm
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        Ooh, I like that!

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      07/02/2019, 1:47 am
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      Marcie and Sal are Garnet in this scenario?

      1. Doctor_Who

        07/02/2019, 1:49 am
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        I see Sal as Garnet and Marcie as Amethyst.

        Not sure about Malaya. Maybe if she called someone a clod.

        1. Ryek Hvek

          07/02/2019, 9:00 am

          Malaya can be PeriDope

  3. TrueVCU

    07/02/2019, 12:06 am
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    Oh, Malaya

    Simple, Malaya

    Simple, Spiteful Malaya

    Simple, Spiteful, Horny Malaya

    1. Undrave

      07/02/2019, 12:50 am
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      Malaya is such an a-hole in a truly hilarious way!

    2. Bagge

      07/02/2019, 3:11 am
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      Wait, I almost know that reference.. Disney, something?

      1. TsunamiJane

        07/02/2019, 7:58 am
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        I was thinking Star Trek: Deep Space 9 myself. there’s a character who insists he is just “plain, simple Garak.”

        1. TrueVCU

          07/02/2019, 5:26 pm

          Deepest cut: Frasier

      2. Roborat

        07/02/2019, 4:30 pm
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        I am thinking Smothers Brothers.

  4. Stephen Bierce

    07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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    We’re so pleased you’re not dead, Willis! That would have been a poor career move for you. May your health and your Jetfire recover and prosper.

    1. Matthew Davis

      07/02/2019, 12:13 am
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      With the buffer, would we know? 🙂

      1. Stephen Bierce

        07/02/2019, 12:17 am
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        The Tweet sidebar.

        1. Agemegos

          07/02/2019, 12:30 am

          I can’t see it for some reason. I get a “broken image” icon.

        2. Cholma

          07/02/2019, 12:42 am

          Just imagine you hear Weird Al’s parody of “Living in America” playing in your head right now.

        3. No Name

          07/02/2019, 3:47 am

          Do you use an adblock? If so, that’s probably it.

        4. Agemegos

          07/02/2019, 4:35 am

          Yes, but I usually see the tweets. Perhaps it’s because I updated Chrome since yesterday.

        5. Agemegos

          07/02/2019, 5:44 am

          Looks as though my adblocker lost its white-list when I updated Chrome. Everything’s back now.

        6. Sunny

          07/02/2019, 4:06 am

          *checks twitter*

          Turns out I missed a whole lot of internet yesterday.

      2. Needfuldoer

        07/02/2019, 1:42 am
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        In three months, anyway.

      3. Ana Chronistic

        07/02/2019, 5:26 pm
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        Dang, still hurts a bit remembering our webcomic friend who we discovered had died bc he hadn’t updated after seventeen YEARS of never missing even one day ?

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      07/02/2019, 1:09 am
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      Death often makes any artist’s art more valuable.

    3. Bicycle Bill

      07/02/2019, 9:49 am
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      I hope they gave you the good mesh to hold your innards in place.
      (just what you needed to hear, right?)

  5. BBCC

    07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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    Sure you do, honey. Sure you do.

    This is gonna be fucking hilarious.

    1. BBCC

      07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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      Glad you lived Willis. Both for your own and your family’s sakes.

      1. Yumi

        07/02/2019, 12:09 am
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        Also, it would have been hella weird reading the remaining updates from the buffer if you hadn’t.

        (And, like, woo, you not dying and all that.)

        1. ShinyNeen

          07/02/2019, 12:22 am

          I kinda feel like ghost-updates are a really cool concept until it’s the reality. Then it’s sad.

          Glad you’re okay, Willis!

    2. JBento

      07/02/2019, 12:48 pm
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      The best we can hope for is that the “fucking hilarious” leads to hilarious fucking.

  6. AeromechanicalAce

    07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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    Malaya is so full of.herself I’m amazed she hasn’t collapsed into a black hole yet…

    1. butts

      07/02/2019, 12:41 am
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      she’s just a butt hole

      1. Yumi

        07/02/2019, 1:04 am
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        This reminds me when one time someone called this guy on the bus an asshole, and he responded with, “I’d rather be an asshole than a whole ass.”
        And the rest of us in that section did our best to look away and not get involved, but we made eye contact with each other that could be pretty much summed up as, “No? I don’t think tha g works, anyway. An ass can be appreciated, okay, but an asshole is generally less appealing? Unless you’re into that, which, no judgement, but I think I’d rather be the meaty part of the ass rather than an asshole.”
        We said all that with our eyes.

    2. Yotomoe

      07/02/2019, 1:01 am
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      That WOULD explain why she’s so incredibly dense.

  7. Yumi

    07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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    Someone once asked my mom to be on his podcast and she just laughed. Now I’m trying to figure out if he was hitting on her.

    1. Stephen Bierce

      07/02/2019, 12:09 am
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      Were there 5¢ coins involved? Or wooden replicas of 5¢ coins?

      1. Yumi

        07/02/2019, 12:22 am
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        He probably forgot to offer the nickel and that’s why she laughed.

  8. MatthewTheLucky

    07/02/2019, 12:07 am
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    Her mind is a well-oiled eagle!

    1. Leorale

      07/02/2019, 12:09 am
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      Mind like a steel sieve

      Sharp as a wet brick

      1. Stephen Bierce

        07/02/2019, 12:18 am
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        ELBOW
        First, an it like you, the house is a respected
        house; next, this is a respected fellow; and his
        mistress is a respected woman.
        POMPEY
        By this hand, sir, his wife is a more respected
        person than any of us all.
        ELBOW
        Varlet, thou liest; thou liest, wicked varlet! the
        time has yet to come that she was ever respected
        with man, woman, or child.
        POMPEY
        Sir, she was respected with him before he married with her.
        –Shakespeare, “Measure For Measure”

  9. tim gueguen

    07/02/2019, 12:08 am
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    Unfortunately for Malaya she has the senses of a stuffed hawk.

    1. Wizard

      07/02/2019, 2:10 am
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      Or possibly a hawk that just flew into a window pane and is now severely concussed.

  10. William Leonard Reese Jr.

    07/02/2019, 12:08 am
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    Ahhh. . . .Though they know her well they forgot to take into account the OTHER significant half of her personality.

  11. ValdVin

    07/02/2019, 12:08 am
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    I was wondering who this conversation was with, and I think it’d be the most fun if May from QC was just off-panel, trying to point out the obvious.

    1. AeromechanicalAce

      07/02/2019, 12:10 am
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      Why do I suddenly want a Crossover where May and Carla meet?

      1. Opus the Poet

        07/02/2019, 12:13 am
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        That would be so wild, and slightly universe-breaking. If we are going to be doing that I want Dina to meet Hanners.

        1. CJ

          07/02/2019, 1:22 am

          ?????

        2. Geneseepaws

          07/02/2019, 8:35 am

          f=Yes++

      2. Chris Phoenix

        07/02/2019, 6:16 pm
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        Carla would just give May a new body.

        Now, if May met Malaya…! May would win. Hands down. (I wonder if May happened because Jeph stopped doing Yelling Bird and some other outlet was needed.)

  12. ktbear

    07/02/2019, 12:08 am
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    Sal and Marcie are SO cute!!

  13. Lala

    07/02/2019, 12:09 am
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    This is off topic but do we know Sal’s major?

    1. BBCC

      07/02/2019, 12:12 am
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      She is currently undeclared.

      1. Lala

        07/02/2019, 12:14 am
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        Thank you

      2. Bicycle Bill

        07/02/2019, 10:07 am
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        With the exception of Dorothy, who is bound for the White House and is merely marking time at IU until she can transfer to Yale, does anyone in the Dumbiverse have a definite plan or course of study?

        1. JBento

          07/02/2019, 12:46 pm

          The books have cast pages with their majors. Most folks haaaaaave… I hesitate to say “a plan”, because LOOK AT THIS LOT, but at least a defined course of action.

        2. BBCC

          07/02/2019, 3:22 pm

          Books, book pdfs and occasionally Willis will spill on tumblr.

          Joyce – Elementary education. This was also Becky’s major at Anderson.

          Dorothy – Political Science

          Walky – Telecommunications

          Billie – Journalism

          Amber, Danny, Rachel – Computer Science

          Ethan, Sal, Joe – Undeclared

          Sarah, Jacob, Raidah – Pre-law

          Dina – Biology. This is also what Becky wants to major in at IU

          Ruth – English

          Mike – Social work (I still want to fight whoever allowed this. Also, note, the books mistakenly labelled his major as computer science)

          Roz – Gender studies

          Carla – Engineering, specifically Computer Systems Engineering iirc.

          Mary – Art Education.

          No clue about Malaya or Lucy. Leslie’s Ph.D is presumably in Gender Studies or a related field.

        3. BBCC

          07/02/2019, 3:22 pm

          Oh, yeah, and Jason and Penny majored in math.

        4. Clif

          07/02/2019, 8:59 pm

          I choose to believe that Mike was going into hacking/computer science until he realized how much personal trauma he could cause as a social worker.

        5. BBCC

          07/02/2019, 10:50 pm

          Sounds like Mike.

  14. NF

    07/02/2019, 12:12 am
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    She’s a real prize, good luck Marcie.

  15. ShinyNeen

    07/02/2019, 12:13 am
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    “… Is it working yet?”

  16. Piotr W

    07/02/2019, 12:15 am
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    Get well, Mr. Willis.

    On another note: why is Malaya moving without walking? What do her hawk senses tell her of that strange situation?

    1. ktbear

      07/02/2019, 1:17 am
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      I would suggest, considering the changing background, that shes standing still and the point of view is shifting.

      1. Agemegos

        07/02/2019, 1:23 am
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        She does seem to be turning to her right a bit.

  17. Yumi

    07/02/2019, 12:18 am
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    There are way too many podcasts, but sometimes that means you can find out more information about someone you want to internet creep on because they’ve done a podcast, so I guess podcasts are still okay.

    Who in the cast would have a podcast? Who else in the cast would be on as a guest?

    1. TemporalShrew

      07/02/2019, 12:23 am
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      It doesn’t matter whose podcast it is, Danny would be *delighted* to come on as a guest musician to play his ukulele.

      1. Yumi

        07/02/2019, 12:25 am
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        Joe invites Danny onto his podcast but it’s actually a ukulele-related intervention.

        1. Needfuldoer

          07/02/2019, 2:11 am

          Joe starts lecturing him on how “ukulele dweeb” is dominating his personality, Danny starts playing the ‘sad talk moment’ background music from Full House without breaking eye contact.

    2. BBCC

      07/02/2019, 12:54 am
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      Ethan would absolutely have a podcast on transformers. He’d invite Amber regularly, and Danny might come to humour him.

    3. halstripey

      07/02/2019, 1:02 am
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      Lucy would have a podcast, and she’d invite Walky, Dorothy, and Carla to be guests.

      1. Yumi

        07/02/2019, 1:05 am
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        She’d hella invite Billie, but Billie would never agree to it.

        1. halstripey

          07/02/2019, 1:18 am

          Oh yeah. Nerd in denial.

      2. halstripey

        07/02/2019, 1:16 am
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        Dorothy, and also Joyce, would be invited via Walky’s suggestion. Walky and Joyce talk about Dexter & Monkey Master. Dorothy does too, but also discusses Teen Titans vs. TTG. Carla comes to talk about the superiority of Ultra-Car over other cartoons, especially D&MM.

      3. halstripey

        07/02/2019, 1:22 am
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        Another idea: Lucy and Walky weekly podcast about various cult films

    4. Marsh Maryrose

      07/02/2019, 1:52 am
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      Rachel has a podcast about coding: “My God, This Code is Recursive!”

    5. Bicycle Bill

      07/02/2019, 10:12 am
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      I would expect Roz de Santo to have a NSFW podcast on sexual liberation/freedom and safe sex practices.

  18. butts

    07/02/2019, 12:20 am
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    this strip is about 35% Malaya by volume

  19. Raen

    07/02/2019, 12:21 am
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    She can’t even properly fall for it.

    1. Bagge

      07/02/2019, 3:09 am
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      Goddamit Malaya

  20. DailyBrad

    07/02/2019, 12:21 am
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    Nice to get back to silly again after a few days of holy shit.

  21. Miri

    07/02/2019, 12:26 am
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    D’aaaw they’re holding hands 😀

    I am so down for this story <3 I don't know if it will be more cute or hysterical but I wanna know! I am also curious as to how it will bisect with the Asher stuff… I am sure Walky’s recent shenanigans aren’t going to blow this up in their faces in any way…

    1. Sunny

      07/02/2019, 3:58 am
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      Maybe Asher will seek out Sal and Malaya… Well, there’s even odds as to whether she’ll punch him or fuck him then. I give it about 5% that she will do both.

  22. Nono

    07/02/2019, 12:27 am
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    It took me the longest time to realize Sal and Marcie were holding hands.

    1. Bagge

      07/02/2019, 3:09 am
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      Not as long as it took Malaya

    2. Keulen

      07/02/2019, 3:20 am
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      I’m wondering how long it’ll take before Malaya notices.

  23. Jess

    07/02/2019, 12:28 am
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    I feel like her shirt is meta commentary. ‘NOPE.’

  24. Derek

    07/02/2019, 12:29 am
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    who the hell is she talking to?

    1. Piotr W

      07/02/2019, 12:30 am
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      Us. *mind blown*

      1. Yotomoe

        07/02/2019, 1:01 am
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        Malaya is fully aware she’s fictional and has an audience. *record scratch* yeah that’s me. I bet you’re wondering how I got into this situation.

      2. No Name

        07/02/2019, 3:54 am
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        Now that I think about it, Malaya is definitely giving me some Emperor Kuzco vibes

  25. Norah

    07/02/2019, 12:34 am
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    Get well soon, Mr. Willis.

    1. Needfuldoer

      07/02/2019, 2:13 am
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      Glad your insides are back where they belong!

  26. Marsh Maryrose

    07/02/2019, 12:35 am
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    I was going to make some snarky remark about the hernia until I did some basic research and discovered that hernias of the type that Willis described — on twitter, while it was happening to him, and undoubtedly extremely painful — are in fact potentially life-threatening.

    DYW, you magnificent bongo, good job staying alive!

  27. Delicious Taffy

    07/02/2019, 12:36 am
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    She’s just an overall unpleasant person, isn’t she.

    1. GoblinScribe

      07/02/2019, 12:49 am
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      I mean all she’s doing here is complaining about a lame pickup line so idk but I guess even “podcaster dudes are annoying” is a bad take when Malaya says it.

      1. BBCC

        07/02/2019, 12:56 am
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        In the guy’s defence, Malaya came up to HIM because Sal mentioned sexual interest. He may in fact have been legitimately inviting her to the podcast.

        1. not someone else

          07/02/2019, 1:08 am

          Yeah, I get the impression we’re supposed to interpret this as “Malaya has decided regular conversation is a bad pick up line because she is actually Bad At Peopleing”.

        2. BBCC

          07/02/2019, 1:18 am

          Basically how I read it, yeah. Malaya assumes the worst. Unless she likes you. The latter rarely happens.

        3. GoblinScribe

          07/02/2019, 1:21 am

          If that was the intention, Willis shouldn’t have made the guy a podcaster.

        4. Delicious Taffy

          07/02/2019, 1:24 am

          What have you got against podcasters?

        5. Yumi

          07/02/2019, 1:28 am

          Honestly, so much.

        6. Delicious Taffy

          07/02/2019, 1:31 am

          I don’t get it. It’s basically just talk radio?

        7. Yumi

          07/02/2019, 1:32 am

          Yeah, that’s, like, half of it right there.

        8. Delicious Taffy

          07/02/2019, 1:35 am

          …Okay, yeah, fair enough.

        9. Needfuldoer

          07/02/2019, 2:21 am

          I wish podcasts were more like old-time radio shows. Burns and Allen, Jack Benny, Abbott and Costello, and Dragnet are good commuting listening if you can get past the corniness and cigarette ads.

          Unfortunately scripted shows take a lot more effort than sitting four dorks around a Blue Yeti mic, so quantity beats quality.

        10. Marsh Maryrose

          07/02/2019, 3:00 am

          Needfuldoer: If you’re listening to four dorks around a microphone, for God’s sake why?

          Sturgeon’s rule (“Ninety percent of everything is crap”) applies to webcomics as much as it applies to podcasts — and yet we still have DoA as much as we have Bullseye.

        11. Needfuldoer

          07/02/2019, 4:10 am

          Oh hell no. The last few podcasts I’ve listened to were all from TWiT.

          “Four dorks around a microphone” is just a facetious example of the baseline, low effort crap that seems to flood the podcast market.

        12. Marsh Maryrose

          07/02/2019, 2:02 am

          Yumi: Dahlia Lithwick and Ana Marie Cox and Caitlin Doughty and Avery Trufelman and Sarah Koenig and the Kitchen Sisters would like a word with you. Really, that is literally what they would like.

        13. FacelessDeviant

          07/02/2019, 3:30 am

          Those darn pod casters, always casting those pods!

        14. Geneseepaws

          07/02/2019, 8:41 am

          f=Yes++

    2. Yotomoe

      07/02/2019, 1:02 am
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      She’s just my type of unpleasant though <3

  28. GoblinScribe

    07/02/2019, 12:48 am
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    Theory: Malaya has always assumed Sal and Marcie are in a troubled relationship/crushing on each other, and when she finally notices, she’s gonna be all “AHA! FINALLY! I’ve been trying to get you to admit your feelings to her all along, Sal!”

    1. GoblinScribe

      07/02/2019, 12:51 am
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      And that’s been her motivation the whole time. That incredibly off-base assumption. And that’s why she’s never noticed Marcie’s efforts. That’s why she’s been so over-the-top at Sal.

  29. Eldritch Gentleman

    07/02/2019, 12:53 am
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    I fear they will have to smooch to get through the reinforced concrete that is Malaya’s skull

    1. abysswatcher1993

      07/02/2019, 12:59 am
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      Malaya’s skull could headbutt Ultracar and leave a dent.

      1. No Name

        07/02/2019, 3:58 am
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        Y’know, I’m pretty sure it did in the other comic. How else could she have survived a brawl with her (before her chassis transfer)?

    2. Marsh Maryrose

      07/02/2019, 1:22 am
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      That could work, but only if Malaya is remotely interested in Marcie, sexually. Which is not something we have yet seen any evidence of.

      1. Eldritch Gentleman

        07/02/2019, 1:36 am
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        Well the plan is that she will want to smooch Marcie in order to spite Sal, we’ll see how that works out.

        1. Marsh Maryrose

          07/02/2019, 2:14 am

          Things that have been made evident in canon strips:

          – Marcie’s lust for Malaya
          – Malaya’s eagerness to spite Sal

          A things that as yet remains solely in headcanon:

          – Malaya’s interest in Marcie other than as someone to hang out with

        2. thejeff

          07/02/2019, 6:25 am

          But that’s the point – even if she’s not interested in Marcie sexually, she’ll act to spite Sal. Marcie gets laid, Malaya gets to prove she’s better than Sal, Sal gets to make Marcie happy. Everyone is good.

          There’s no way this can backfire. Even if it all goes according to plan, it’s still likely to be a disaster.

        3. Clif

          07/02/2019, 9:07 pm

          The point with some disasters is to enjoy them while they are happening.

  30. abysswatcher1993

    07/02/2019, 12:56 am
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    Welcome to Indiana

    *Cool scary and soft music.*

    Hello listeners. This is your host, Cecil Palmer, and today we got some news. Sal and Marcie are going to manipulate Malaya so Marcie can get into her pants and do what Carlos calls the horizontal tango. I love that man.

  31. All-Purpose Guru

    07/02/2019, 1:04 am
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    Ok, Marcie, just walk up and sign “Hey, you’re hot, let’s fuck.”

    Or, alternately, have Sal say it to Marcie and let Malaya hear it.

    1. Lingo

      07/02/2019, 1:18 am
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      Oh damn. I didn’t even realize she’s unintentionally dissing Marcie until you pointed it out.

      1. halstripey

        07/02/2019, 1:26 am
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        Omg I also did not notice. Wowow Marcie, how you feeling now?

    2. Bagge

      07/02/2019, 3:27 am
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      Why not the best of both plans?

      Marcie:”[Hey, you’re hot, let’s fuck.”]
      Sal: “What are you doing, Marcie? I do not approve of the two of you having steaming, hot sex multiple times each night. Besides, you can do better than Malaya.”
      Malaya: “The fuck you say? Let’s fuck.”

      1. Agemegos

        07/02/2019, 6:46 am
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        This is a fine plan! Direct and subtle! Straightforward and manipulative!

  32. ProfessorDetective

    07/02/2019, 1:04 am
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    She’s like Freude. Super Science Friends Freud at that. All of human… EVERYTHING… apparently leads back to sex, so just give up the ghost already, and let’s have an orgy!

  33. Kyoulkoa

    07/02/2019, 1:13 am
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    Yayyy, Marcie and Sal friendin it up again

    1. Lingo

      07/02/2019, 1:19 am
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      Just gals … well you know the rest.

  34. Gwydion

    07/02/2019, 1:19 am
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    So are we clear on what Sal’s feelings towards Marcie ACTUALLY are yet? Romantically/sensually/sexually speaking, I mean.

    Sure, the setup is that she’s “pretending” interest to manipulate Malaya, but is that truly the case?

    1. Agemegos

      07/02/2019, 1:30 am
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      Sal has made it clear and explicit that she will not fuck Marcie.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/fuck/

    2. Robbie

      07/02/2019, 1:36 am
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      Well when Marcie said she wanted to (exact translation not mentioned iirc) Malaya, sal said something like “oh yeah I ain’t doin that”

      1. Agemegos

        07/02/2019, 2:55 am
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        Translations of Ameslan often appear as the titles of the strips.

    3. BenRG

      07/02/2019, 2:08 am
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      Mostly guilt for her injuries and never being able to help with her medical needs. Beyond that, Marcie is a very good friend, no more.

    4. Rycan

      07/02/2019, 12:42 pm
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      Do you see how awkward Sal looks in these panels? It’s painful.

  35. HeatherJean

    07/02/2019, 1:43 am
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    “Please be on my podcast! It’s 10 inches long, vibrates, glows in the dark, and plays “Nearer My God To Thee.”

    I wanna see less of Malaya and more of Amber and Walky.

    1. Wizard

      07/02/2019, 2:02 am
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      Somehow,
      “I whipped my big ten inch
      podcast of my favorite blues”
      just doesn’t have the same ring

  36. Yotomoe

    07/02/2019, 1:48 am
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    Just going on record to say I still love Malaya.

  37. BenRG

    07/02/2019, 2:07 am
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    Marcie, it’s pretty clear to me that Malaya has pretty much a trailer-full of issues about being the smartest one in the room and that no-one can fool her. Now, stand there and ask yourself this: Do you really, really want that sack of crazy that much?

    1. Yotomoe

      07/02/2019, 2:22 am
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      Some people dig Crazy.

      1. BenRG

        07/02/2019, 2:46 am
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        Marcie clearly isn’t one of them or she’d have been less angry about Sal’s partnership with Amazi-Girl.

        1. Yotomoe

          07/02/2019, 3:39 am

          There’s different deal breakers for different people. Beating up random people at 6 AM is a bit different from this.

        2. BenRG

          07/02/2019, 4:03 am

          Yes, for a start, this is more personal.

        3. Miri

          07/02/2019, 5:19 am

          Yeah, 6 AM is not the right time for doing anything but sleeping!

      2. Marsh Maryrose

        07/02/2019, 10:00 pm
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        “Those sane girls, they’re so easy,
        But a crazy girl is hard to find.”
        –John Hiatt

    2. Bagge

      07/02/2019, 3:00 am
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      As far as I can tell… yes.

  38. FacelessDeviant

    07/02/2019, 2:42 am
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    Panel nr 3. That is what I wish Marcie had done irl. But hey, since this is a webcomic, let the high jinks ensue!

  39. Bagge

    07/02/2019, 2:59 am
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    Seems like someone wanted to do some… journalism

  40. DarkoNeko

    07/02/2019, 3:04 am
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    Yep, I really preferred her previous haircut

    1. JBento

      07/02/2019, 12:44 pm
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      Same – this one looks like she got tired of having helmet hair after rollerderbying, so she just cut her hair to fit the helmet instead.

    2. Roborat

      07/02/2019, 4:35 pm
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      I like her new haircut, it suits her. I don’t like her any better than before, but I do think she is cute.

  41. Keulen

    07/02/2019, 3:22 am
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    The last panel has me imagining Malaya as Gimli in this scene.

  42. Rotunda

    07/02/2019, 3:38 am
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    While we’re all focused on Sal, Marcie, and Malaya, a small distant figure in the far background moves between the last two frames.

    1. Sunny

      07/02/2019, 4:09 am
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      Could it be Slenderman?

      1. Clif

        07/02/2019, 9:13 pm
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        I thought it was Jason by the silhouette.

  43. Shane Wegner

    07/02/2019, 5:09 am
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    Who is Malaya talking too? I’m sort of hoping she is aware enough to be playing into this situation and saying out loud that Marcie could probably say “let’s bang” if that’s what she means. Which would mean she really does have hawk like manipulation senses like a hawk.

    As likely, she is just doing some villainous monologuing.

    “NOTICE OUR HANDHOLDING SENPAI”

  44. Classic Appa

    07/02/2019, 5:28 am
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    Hawks are notoriously difficult to manipulate.

    1. Rycan

      07/02/2019, 12:37 pm
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      Until you fit a leather hood over their head.

  45. Ophidiophile

    07/02/2019, 6:56 am
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    True fact: Hawks are super easy to manipulate. There’s a whole sport based on that.

  46. Arianod

    07/02/2019, 7:38 am
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    Congrats on getting through the surgery, Willis! Get well soon!

  47. Josh Spicer

    07/02/2019, 8:04 am
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    Oh, is Malaya still here?

  48. Falcon

    07/02/2019, 8:14 am
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    I find the funniest thing about this strip to be that Malaya is being so thick skilled she hasn’t even noticed Sal and Marcie holding hands through her monologue. They’re just standing there waiting.

    Oh, I don’t know for sure if this is happening, but I can feel the wheels turning in Marcie’s head wondering why she wants to bang Marcie so badly. Sal’s plan, after all, revolves around exposing and exploiting Malaya’s petty spitefulness. Marcie is this concentrated on that quality, which isn’t necessarily very attractive to most people.

    1. Charlotte

      07/02/2019, 10:11 am
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      I find your second paragraph at least very plausible.
      Somehow I can’t see this ending with Marcie and Malaya getting together and being happily ever after. (Which may admittedly not be what Marcie wants anyway — has it ever been established if Marcie actually wants to date Malaya or just have sex with her?)

  49. BenRG

    07/02/2019, 9:27 am
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    I think that Malaya’s podcast would best be titled: “Me, Uncensored and Unfiltered”

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      07/02/2019, 10:08 pm
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      I’m pretty sure Malaya would never have a podcast, because Malaya really does not give a fuck about whether or not other people listen to her.

  50. Cass

    07/02/2019, 11:11 am
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    I’ve gotta say, as someone who has shipped Sal/Marcie nothing’s done a better job of convincing me they definitely aren’t interested in each other at all than how awkward they look just standing there holding hands.

  51. Gojira

    07/02/2019, 12:15 pm
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    “We are merely exchanging long protein strings. If you can think of a simpler way I’d like to hear it.”

  52. ValdVin

    07/02/2019, 12:22 pm
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    Malaya, have you considered taking Joyce and Becky’s course in Lesbian Love Sleuthing?

  53. Orange

    07/02/2019, 12:40 pm
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    Malaya not yet noticing the hand-holding AND Sal’s awkward posture = the most bemusing tension, also who does Malaya think she’s talking to

  54. JBento

    07/02/2019, 12:43 pm
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    Or, in this case, failing to notice the manipulation itself.

    Also, Marcie, ffs, she’s practically telling you. Tell her you want to hit that. I had hopes for you being the single, mature one in the cast. I HAD HOPES FOR YOU!!!

    Sigh.

    Guess I got Asher now…

    1. BBCC

      07/02/2019, 1:25 pm
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      I think Marcie knows that’s the better, more mature, choice. I just think she’s also very nervous and afraid to actually come out and say it. Not just because the risk of rejection but telling someone you’re bi can be nerve wracking.

    2. halstripey

      07/02/2019, 10:39 pm
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      Asher is mature? “I was a dumb kid so stop trying to place any blame on me” Asher?

      And why are you even reading this comic if you want mature characters?

  55. wakeangel2001

    07/02/2019, 1:05 pm
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    So is she just soliloquizing in the hallway or is she talking loud enough to expect the other 2 to hear her clearly?

    1. Bicycle Bill

      07/02/2019, 4:00 pm
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      Both.

  56. Roborat

    07/02/2019, 4:37 pm
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    She obviously has forgotten the first rule of villainy, don’t monologue.

  57. lioxdz

    07/02/2019, 6:01 pm
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    got damn Malaya is a fuckin snack

  58. Kyle

    07/02/2019, 8:11 pm
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    malaya you are so stupid i love you

  59. Lacuna

    07/02/2019, 9:23 pm
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    …what was that podcast even about?

    Like what subject matter requires an in-depth and thoughtful opinion from Malaya?

  60. He Who Abides

    07/02/2019, 10:28 pm
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    Cue Malaya getting played like a one note song in 3, 2, 1 . . .

  61. Jhon

    07/03/2019, 12:08 am
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    Malaya makes me glad we have Mary around.
    And I just now noticed that Malaya has been wearing wristbands.
    Don’t remember anyone commenting on that.

  62. Aprion

    07/03/2019, 1:29 am
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    Arrogance thy name is Malaya.

  63. Tacos

    07/03/2019, 7:41 pm
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    Yes senses like a hawk. A blind as fuck hawk.

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