Yup. The drama tag came pre-pulled. As Willis said during Dorothy’s breakup arc:
Oh, drama will be frequent. And of course it’s early, so nobody can go all crying that Dumbing of Age used to not be about drama and can we bring the jokes back?
You know, I remember reading about not wanting to draw characters in green (due to Shortpacked! influence), then now I see two characters, plus the mess hall, in greeeeeeeeeeeen. It’s a green world. đŸ˜›
Ruth’s hair is red and squarish, this girl’s is brown and roundish, like Amber’s.
The same goes for their glasses.
Also, without assuming the girl is Amber, assuming the dude is Ethan becomes something of a non sequitur…. (Actually, even assuming it IS Amber, the head seems too narrow to be Ethan’s.)
Kamino Neko
On the other hand, it’s too long for Amber. So…probably nobody we know.
Oh, now, that could be. Hair isn’t quite matching on colour, yes, but it’s got the right general shape and length, and the glasses are…well, at least as right as can be guessed at from the quarter-face view…
David
I would think Alex’s most distinguishing characteristic would be the computer screen in front of his face.
Drpepperfan
Alex was a cool character, shame he didn’t get more screentime, here’s hoping for more in DoA!
This is more in response to Monday’s comic, but something I observed when I was in college was that people who spent all their time doing drugs and drinking and shrugging off their studies weren’t back for their sophomore year. And don’t get me wrong, there was BIG difference between people who did pot and drank on the weekends and the people who made it their life’s passion. But despite the image TV and Movies give of college being one big party, if you didn’t put in the actual WORK your classes required, the schools wouldn’t put up with you. I had a roommate who decided he just didn’t feel like going to class anymore, reasoning that, “I paid for the semester. They won’t kick me out.” Well… the fine print said they COULD, and after two weeks of playing hookey he was expelled and evicted from the dorms. Chances are, Sarah’s roommate wouldn’t have been back the next year weather she had narced on her or not,
You know, I’m cool with the whole, lets go to another group once these people have reached their destination thing. But I was kinda hoping to get to see who their prof was.
They’re at math, and we’ve already seen Les is an English prof (in that crossover strip). Robin as a prof is problematic with Roz as a freshman. (A decade age difference is not impossible, but it’d be unusual without a few other siblings between.)
It has been my experience that there is no such thing as a “Teenage Drama Free Zone” anywhere on a college campus. This is especially true with underclassmen. The only way to escape the drama, on any regular basis, is to live off campus.
On the other hand, it is occasionally *hilarious*. Particularly when you get a couple of folks together to complain about how person X is such a bongo because she acts like a friend to your face but then talks about you behind your back. đŸ˜›
Yeah I’ve kind of felt that way since she was introduced. I mean enthusiastic Christian roommates might be a little annoying. And I’ve been trying to assume that the druggie roommate really was a problem. But I’m starting to think she might just be a jerk.
85 thoughts on “Drama”
Qaxis
I’m pretty sure she already messed that rule up.
Alice Macher
Yup. The drama tag came pre-pulled. As Willis said during Dorothy’s breakup arc:
David Herbert
But Sarah, she could be a friend. You don’t want to be stuck with Joyce, do you?
No0ne
I’d take Joyce anyday over Dorothy…
Dahlia
seconded!
The Other Mike
I’d take Ruth over both of them. No, I do not mean either of them. I mean both of them.
Cassidy
Oh blonde amber, your so much fun to make fun of (in my head)
Darth Cariss
Maybe one day I’ll be able to look at her and not say “Blonde Amber?” right away before realizing who it is.
Matt
I can’t wait for a Halloween comic where Amber and Dorothy put on blonde and brown wigs respectively and accidentally trade lives.
No0ne
That would never work, Dorothy has ears!
Ragnal
Dorothy’s hair isn’t all one big thing of hair and has style to it anyway, so I don’t see how it’s all that much like Amber’s at all.
Trent
It’s mostly the glasses.
Chris
I wish that they each had different styled glasses at least O_o
Cassidy
its the eyebrows. im sure of it.
or maybe the nose.
but probably the shape of her head.
Cassidy
OH MY GAWSH. I GOT SAL ON THE PC AND BILLIE ON MY IPOD. LIFE=COMPLETE.
XtraLargeRyan
better save the icon so you can use it once it hanges then :/
XtraLargeRyan
changes. I meant changes.
Pagannerd
Wait, what?You can do that? How? Please, Just incase I get a good avatar.
Dave Van Domelen
This table reserved for college drama.
dchorror
College is about half teenager. It’s the adult drama table.
Bickendan
Oh, poor Sarah… she’s going to get dragged into all teh Drama(tm) whether she wants to be or not.
No0ne
Kicking and screaming all the way…
Rusty_Unycorn
In the FAAAACCCCCEEEEE!
JackNapier
Y’know, I keep forgetting that this is still only Day 2 in their universe.
LurkerAbove
You know, I remember reading about not wanting to draw characters in green (due to Shortpacked! influence), then now I see two characters, plus the mess hall, in greeeeeeeeeeeen. It’s a green world. đŸ˜›
Chad from Canada
Its not Shortpacked green though, so its ok. More of a dark, forest green rather than the Bathroom Porcelain green…
Confuzor
Still, it was pretty obvious that this strip was brought to us by the letter “green”.
Pariah Jones
Is that Amber eating with Ethan in the background?
Someone
Looks more like Ruth sitting with a possibly Ethan, and an extra/girl I don’t recognize.
Kamino Neko
Ruth’s hair is red and squarish, this girl’s is brown and roundish, like Amber’s.
The same goes for their glasses.
Also, without assuming the girl is Amber, assuming the dude is Ethan becomes something of a non sequitur…. (Actually, even assuming it IS Amber, the head seems too narrow to be Ethan’s.)
Kamino Neko
On the other hand, it’s too long for Amber. So…probably nobody we know.
Eolirin
Everyone seems to think it’s a girl, but could it be Alex?: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040328.html
Last panel in this one looks very similar, though the hair is a bit redder: http://www.itswalky.com/d/20040329.html
Kamino Neko
Oh, now, that could be. Hair isn’t quite matching on colour, yes, but it’s got the right general shape and length, and the glasses are…well, at least as right as can be guessed at from the quarter-face view…
David
I would think Alex’s most distinguishing characteristic would be the computer screen in front of his face.
Drpepperfan
Alex was a cool character, shame he didn’t get more screentime, here’s hoping for more in DoA!
skies
I’m convinced the person in the blue shirt is a Sokka cameo.
(I mean, of course it’s not, but I choose to believe anyway. o3o)
Beachfox
Is that Sidney Yus in the background there?
I’m going purely by hairbun on that one.
Trent
That looks NOTHING like Sidney. Sidney is black. That girl is tannish/yellowish. Also, Sidney’s hair is some crazy ponytail.
Trent
I cant decide if I like Phoebe or not.
Trent
Ugh, Not Phoebe. Dorothy. Why did I call her Phoebe?!
Trae Dorn
Because no one told you life was gonna be this way. Your life’s a joke, you’re broke, you’re love life’s D.O.A.
…see what I did there?
beeftony
*clapclapclapclap*
Shifter Comic
This is more in response to Monday’s comic, but something I observed when I was in college was that people who spent all their time doing drugs and drinking and shrugging off their studies weren’t back for their sophomore year. And don’t get me wrong, there was BIG difference between people who did pot and drank on the weekends and the people who made it their life’s passion. But despite the image TV and Movies give of college being one big party, if you didn’t put in the actual WORK your classes required, the schools wouldn’t put up with you. I had a roommate who decided he just didn’t feel like going to class anymore, reasoning that, “I paid for the semester. They won’t kick me out.” Well… the fine print said they COULD, and after two weeks of playing hookey he was expelled and evicted from the dorms. Chances are, Sarah’s roommate wouldn’t have been back the next year weather she had narced on her or not,
dchorror
But we don’t know who Sarah’s previous roommate is. For all we know, she was rooming with the type of person who could function while intoxicated.
NinjaNick
Save your drama for your mama!
Sorry, can’t resist. đŸ˜›
Drpepperfan
OMGTHEYLOVEEACHOTHERSARAHXDOROTHYFTWLOL
Joebo
//smack//
Lulhut
You fool! You’ve created a time paradox!
Joebo
you see, that’s why I don’t write time-travel stories. Paradox’s annoy the crap out of me.
Joebo
You know, I’m cool with the whole, lets go to another group once these people have reached their destination thing. But I was kinda hoping to get to see who their prof was.
David
You will. This is just an intermission.
dchorror
Time to start the pool on when we will see the first professor and who it might be, if not a new character.
begbert2
Five internet bucks on RoboVac!
Drpepperfan
Im betting it’s Les. Or Robin!
Kamino Neko
They’re at math, and we’ve already seen Les is an English prof (in that crossover strip). Robin as a prof is problematic with Roz as a freshman. (A decade age difference is not impossible, but it’d be unusual without a few other siblings between.)
No0ne
My money is on Jason, I’ve heard/been promoting rumors he’s the professor of math.
dchorror
It helps to actually bet something, like Begbert2 did.
Gianni
Professor Doc? Just a thought.
Akilika
I’m kind of hoping for Professor Doc to be a professor! But I forget which class this is supposed to be, so it might not make sense.
ziggy78eog
It has been my experience that there is no such thing as a “Teenage Drama Free Zone” anywhere on a college campus. This is especially true with underclassmen. The only way to escape the drama, on any regular basis, is to live off campus.
Osaru Sensei
True dat.
Akilika
On the other hand, it is occasionally *hilarious*. Particularly when you get a couple of folks together to complain about how person X is such a bongo because she acts like a friend to your face but then talks about you behind your back. đŸ˜›
Joebo
Is it weird that I had a dream about Dina trying on hats last night?
Osaru Sensei
… Only slightly.
No0ne
Hey he could be dreaming about her trying on dinasaur (yes that is a lame pun indeed) undergarments…
Zem
As the jester said to the king: “Then how’d YOU get to sit in that chair?”
Rowen Morland
Urgh, I always recoil from Sarah’s character.
Drpepperfan
I’m the same way, but with Dorothy instead.
Xelgaex
Yeah I’ve kind of felt that way since she was introduced. I mean enthusiastic Christian roommates might be a little annoying. And I’ve been trying to assume that the druggie roommate really was a problem. But I’m starting to think she might just be a jerk.
XtraLargeRyan