Not really. If you look at it, this is Amber going a little sane. The point of Amazi-girl is that she doesn’t and ideally won’t react with unchecked violence like Amber did.
The question is, Autobot or Decepticon? She’s worrying me.
No Name
I think that’s the point.
Swerve
You speak like a Human who never had the pleasure of meeting Cyclonus or Whirl. I can say from personal experience, as Cyclonus’ shipmate, his bartender, and his roommate’s best friend, that Cyclonus worries me a great deal, despite never having been a Decepticon. Ever. He makes a point of emphasizes that a lot, which is impressive for a ‘Bot who believes excessive speech is blasphemous. (He gets along just great with me, thanks for asking. I attribute it to Tailgate, who’s always telling Cyclonus how great I am.)
And then there’s Whirl. That ‘Bot has seriously crossed wires in his head. Probably a result of undergoing Empurata and all that. I’m totally sympathetic to the fact that Whirl suffered greatly, but a) that was millions of stellar cycles ago, and b) why does he have to take it out on my bar! I heard he was even kicked out of the Wreckers for some unfathomable crime, and I can fathom quite a few crimes that Whirl’s committed.
I guess my point is that for all that we Autobots like to brag about how heroic we are compared to the “Evil Decepticons”, we had more than our fair share of lunatics and war criminals. Like Tyrest. Or Whirl. Or Flame. Or Whirl. Or Impactor. Or Whirl. I think you can see where I’m going with this.
So maybe Amber needs to stop looking at the universe in a binary fashion. Cyclonus wasn’t a ‘Con, but everyone assumes he was because some Humans shot their mouths off. He’s just a very devout, very patriotic soldier, who likes to sing. A lot. In the Primal Vernacular, which sounds like a turbofox being fed into a smelting pool. And Whirl is still an Autobot, but his behavior before, during and after the war was and is horrifying (and remember, I’m the closest thing Whirl has to a friend, now that none of the Wreckers will speak to him!). And scuttlebutt around “The Lost Light” says that Megatron himself has become an Autobot (and will bej oining the crew of “The Lost Light”!). If Megatron could pull a 180, learn the Autobot Code and become a better robot, then there’s definitely hope for Amber. I mean, hey, all she’s done is stab a girl through the hand, resist arrest, commit breaking and entering, vandalism, and assault and battery! Whirl would call that a good start to his day!
One of my favorite lines from the late ’90s Nightwing comic is when Nightwing and Robin (Tim Drake) are talking about Batman retiring someday:
Robin: “Retire? And what, be Bruce Wayne all day? He doesn’t even LIKE Bruce Wayne.”
Terry: Trust me, he even dreads calling ME Batman.
Gka
Bruce: Second, the voice kept calling me “Bruce.” In my mind, that’s not what I call myself.
Terry: What do you call yourself?
[beat]
Terry: Oh, yeah. I suppose you would. But that’s my name now.
Bruce: Tell that to my subconscious.
That’s only because Bruce is lazy/Batman’s a selfish-ass. Bruce is sitting on a giant pile of money. If Batman stayed as Bruce all the time he could actually run his company and contribute to philanthropic projects. Plus there wouldn’t be Batman anymore, and you know what that means: Superman can come back into Gotham.
StClair
But then he wouldn’t be able/allowed to personally beat up criminals. Which is what really matters.
Put on a supervillian suit and go defend Sal! And then when you get there and find Danny there, strap him into a deathtrap for no coherent reason, because Danny.
What do you mean??? There’s…. Hmm. Okay, wait. Gimme a moment. I’ve got this.
There’s… Dina? Okay, no, she’s a bit odd. Amber when she’s normal? Okay, yes, but the caveat puts a dent in that. There’s… um… well… My avatar? He’s at least saner than his pseudo-Cockney ex. Maybe Dorothy? She may be deluded, but she’s not necessarily insane — except she’s dating Walky. Okay. She’s insane.
Oh god. Other than Joe, the only sane one is Danny. Who is boneheadedly stupid, but not insane.
I think I read that fanfic.
..there probably actually is a fic of that. Huh. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be bleaching the part of my brain responsible for that mental image.
TheOtherDibbler
There is fanfic of that. And Amber probably wrote some of it.
Bill
TheOtherDibbler —
There’s another one besides CMOT Dibbler?
ezrast
Way more than one. They’re discussed in, I think, The Last Continent.
Doctor_Who
At least one shows up in Interesting Times as well.
We got the same problem in my neighborhood! Except now we got an anti-art villain who runs around tackles the graffiti artists and then uses their spray paint to draw on their bodies. This guy or gal also shoves a soap bar in their mouths which the cops assume he or she does it because the graffiti artist is cursing during the attack.
217 thoughts on “Same person”
Kaz
Fight of the Century
Jen Aside
No, that would be Epic Hatefucks
[you suckers reading this instead of that!]
Rutee
Not interested in het!
Mr. Random
So. Amber.
going a little crazy aren’t ya?
Clif
Not really. If you look at it, this is Amber going a little sane. The point of Amazi-girl is that she doesn’t and ideally won’t react with unchecked violence like Amber did.
Some guy
Yeah, like with her dad.
Wait a minute…
John
That wasn’t Amazi-Girl. Check the tags. The hovertext even points that out.
pinkbear
I didn’t even notice that before. Touche David Willis. Touche.
Lizardizzle
Clever batman symbolism.
Jehosaphat
Also clever Transformer symbolism.
Disloyal Subject
The question is, Autobot or Decepticon? She’s worrying me.
No Name
I think that’s the point.
Swerve
You speak like a Human who never had the pleasure of meeting Cyclonus or Whirl. I can say from personal experience, as Cyclonus’ shipmate, his bartender, and his roommate’s best friend, that Cyclonus worries me a great deal, despite never having been a Decepticon. Ever. He makes a point of emphasizes that a lot, which is impressive for a ‘Bot who believes excessive speech is blasphemous. (He gets along just great with me, thanks for asking. I attribute it to Tailgate, who’s always telling Cyclonus how great I am.)
And then there’s Whirl. That ‘Bot has seriously crossed wires in his head. Probably a result of undergoing Empurata and all that. I’m totally sympathetic to the fact that Whirl suffered greatly, but a) that was millions of stellar cycles ago, and b) why does he have to take it out on my bar! I heard he was even kicked out of the Wreckers for some unfathomable crime, and I can fathom quite a few crimes that Whirl’s committed.
I guess my point is that for all that we Autobots like to brag about how heroic we are compared to the “Evil Decepticons”, we had more than our fair share of lunatics and war criminals. Like Tyrest. Or Whirl. Or Flame. Or Whirl. Or Impactor. Or Whirl. I think you can see where I’m going with this.
So maybe Amber needs to stop looking at the universe in a binary fashion. Cyclonus wasn’t a ‘Con, but everyone assumes he was because some Humans shot their mouths off. He’s just a very devout, very patriotic soldier, who likes to sing. A lot. In the Primal Vernacular, which sounds like a turbofox being fed into a smelting pool. And Whirl is still an Autobot, but his behavior before, during and after the war was and is horrifying (and remember, I’m the closest thing Whirl has to a friend, now that none of the Wreckers will speak to him!). And scuttlebutt around “The Lost Light” says that Megatron himself has become an Autobot (and will bej oining the crew of “The Lost Light”!). If Megatron could pull a 180, learn the Autobot Code and become a better robot, then there’s definitely hope for Amber. I mean, hey, all she’s done is stab a girl through the hand, resist arrest, commit breaking and entering, vandalism, and assault and battery! Whirl would call that a good start to his day!
John
I thought it was established that she’s Prowl.
Opus the Poet
Does Batman dislike Bruce Wayne?
John
There isn’t any Bruce Wayne. He’s just a costume that Batman sometimes wears.
rowanmikaio
Somehow in my head this reads like a Chuck Norris joke.
Yotoomoe
Bruce Wayne is a pansy. Batman would kill him if he could.
Sageress
Batman doesn’t kill, except that one time.
newllend
Just like Hulk hates bruce banner, but what is Hulk going to do If he gets out of line, Hit himself? ya Good luck with that.
Blackbird
One of my favorite lines from the late ’90s Nightwing comic is when Nightwing and Robin (Tim Drake) are talking about Batman retiring someday:
Robin: “Retire? And what, be Bruce Wayne all day? He doesn’t even LIKE Bruce Wayne.”
Izumi Ryu
Terry: Trust me, he even dreads calling ME Batman.
Gka
Bruce: Second, the voice kept calling me “Bruce.” In my mind, that’s not what I call myself.
Terry: What do you call yourself?
[beat]
Terry: Oh, yeah. I suppose you would. But that’s my name now.
Bruce: Tell that to my subconscious.
Jerden
Of course. Bruce Wayne lazes around all day, not really DOING ANYTHING to help Gotham. Batman is better than that.
begbert2
That’s only because Bruce is lazy/Batman’s a selfish-ass. Bruce is sitting on a giant pile of money. If Batman stayed as Bruce all the time he could actually run his company and contribute to philanthropic projects. Plus there wouldn’t be Batman anymore, and you know what that means: Superman can come back into Gotham.
StClair
But then he wouldn’t be able/allowed to personally beat up criminals. Which is what really matters.
Idon'tcarenomore
Poor Amber. Maybe poor Sal. Do something now Ethan.
begbert2
Put on a supervillian suit and go defend Sal! And then when you get there and find Danny there, strap him into a deathtrap for no coherent reason, because Danny.
No Name
That would only make Amber worse. And Sal wouldn’t care.
Clif
So. The perfect plan then?
LiaHansen
Jeez, she really needs to spend more time with Ethan. He’s the only sane person at this school.
Doctor_Who
Spending that much time with Joyce will erode his SAN score soon enough.
Jay Eff
Yeah, especially if she keeps bringing up “Strap-Ons.”
LiaHansen
Ohhhhh right, I totally forgot about him and Joyce. Okay, there’s no one really sane left at this school.
Disloyal Subject
Sanity is for the weak!
Clif
Sanity is over-rated.
E.R.
Mike, Sarah, Joe, and the-girl-who-goes-barefoot-who-I-forgot-the-name-of-and-isn’t-on-the-cast-page are all good candidates for still sane students.
Carlos
Cierra
begbert2
Sierra. Like the old computer game company!
(And the mountain range. Whatever.)
No Name
You forgot Jacob.
Clif
Reread his interaction with Sarah carefully.
Yotomoe
Yeah but he’s still kinda being a collosal dick.
Not in this strip but just in general
Aulayan
I think he’s only sane when it comes with regard to Amber’s well being, due to him having known her for so long…
John
No, he’s just not crazy in quite the same way that Amber is.
But I agree they should hang out more. It’d help both of them with their particular forms of crazy.
Jerden
That’s the point of friends. If you get enough crazy together, it points in opposite directions and cancels out.
John
Or it all points in the same direction and you ascend to crazy awesome.
timemonkey
Amber and Ethan are beneficial to each other but harmful to others.
newllend
The thing with Amber and thing with Joyce &Ethan are two separate ticking time bombs not a good Idea to bring them both together again
Rabid Rabbit
What do you mean??? There’s…. Hmm. Okay, wait. Gimme a moment. I’ve got this.
There’s… Dina? Okay, no, she’s a bit odd. Amber when she’s normal? Okay, yes, but the caveat puts a dent in that. There’s… um… well… My avatar? He’s at least saner than his pseudo-Cockney ex. Maybe Dorothy? She may be deluded, but she’s not necessarily insane — except she’s dating Walky. Okay. She’s insane.
Oh god. Other than Joe, the only sane one is Danny. Who is boneheadedly stupid, but not insane.
This is why I prefer insanity.
timemonkey
Roz is sane.
Gka
Oh yeah, the guy who decided to change his sexuality because of SANDWICHES is real sane.
timemonkey
Yeah, the sandwhiches were totally the real reason, not any of the other things he whined about around that time, it’s just the sandwhiches.
Doctor_Who
Without the rest of the costume, it just looks like she’s a big fan of Leonardo the Ninja Turtle.
Which makes it great for hiding her identity, as everyone knows Amber is a Donatello fan.
Yotomoe
It’s not impossible that she likes both turtles.
Pope William T Wodium
In that way.
Disloyal Subject
I think I read that fanfic.
..there probably actually is a fic of that. Huh. If you’ll excuse me, I’ll be bleaching the part of my brain responsible for that mental image.
TheOtherDibbler
There is fanfic of that. And Amber probably wrote some of it.
Bill
TheOtherDibbler —
There’s another one besides CMOT Dibbler?
ezrast
Way more than one. They’re discussed in, I think, The Last Continent.
Doctor_Who
At least one shows up in Interesting Times as well.
Clif
Who do you think writes all the tabloid stories?
me
Turtle Power!
Keroshino
Oh…well, Shits about to go down!
Yotoomoe
This is why I go to art school. Too many vigilantes at universities.
newllend
That doesn’t mean you won’t have any villain’s there, like if someone is running around defacing art calling himself graffiti master.
Sageress
Actually, it’s a little known fact that art schools have, in place of vigilantes, murderous catfolk.
Opus the Poet
Did someone call for murderous catgirls?
http://somethingpositive.net/sp11182008.shtml
somePunk
We got the same problem in my neighborhood! Except now we got an anti-art villain who runs around tackles the graffiti artists and then uses their spray paint to draw on their bodies. This guy or gal also shoves a soap bar in their mouths which the cops assume he or she does it because the graffiti artist is cursing during the attack.
The Candyman
The Justice League should contact him/her.
Bilfred