I mean, to be fair to Amazigirl, Amber tends to be quiet/unobtrusive and thus relatively forgettable, coupled with the fact that she hid her training from her very small circle of friends (Ethan and Mike) so well before coming to IU that even THEY didn’t think Amber would be capable of the sort of athleticism Amazigirl displays, let alone those who have come to know her since. Also, the design of the uniform might have an impact on how her figure looks compared to Amber’s usual style of dress, their respective postures are drastically different, the way they carry themselves is drastically different, their mannerisms are rather different, etc.
Additionally, I think Billie and possibly maybe a couple others were the only ones to correctly narrow down Amazigirl’s base of operations to that floor of that dorm, to anyone else she could be basically any brunette girl with that build and height (not super uncommon) and that’s before considering the possibility that she might be a thin girl of other hair color/style wearing a bodysuit and wig.
On top of all this I don’t think very many people got especially good looks at Amazigirl, adding to the difficulty to recognize her out of uniform.
Honestly, it’s people complaining about Clark Kent’s glasses while ignoring literally everything else about the disguise all over again.
Psychie
Ninja’d, curse my sesquipedalian loquatiousness!!!
Kaidah
Curse you for making me look up words before I’ve finished my morning coffee. lol
Makkabee
Bless you for casually dropping “sesquipedalian” in a conversation!
No, verbosity is just lots of words, loquaciousness is lots of fancy words. I’m the opposite of that, I used to have tweets that didn’t use the 140 character limit.
And yes I know it’s 280 now, I’m just making a point and hanging a timeframe on the statement.
Apparently he’s sculpted out of caramel.
It also reminds me of my most favourite line, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, when the incredibly gorgeous and talented Jessica Rabbit is asked what she sees in that guy, and she says, “He makes me laugh”.
That’s actually Dr. Nerdlove’s relationship selling point, that FUN is the most important compatibility factor. Looks and riches often go away, smarts can often mean snobbery, kindness is great but… fun blows that away.
One time in high school, a friend thought she recognized her best friend by the butt. Our classrooms were wall to ceiling glass, but the upper part was obscured by blinds or something, so some girl was visible from the waist down. Jan stared, bolted out to say hi, and came back miffed because it was not in fact her friend.
Icalasari
The Joker would probably turn himself in while laughing a ton, amazed that BATMAN has a sense of humour and would pull that off
The Amazi-Costume isn’t much more advanced than that. The biggest difference is the utility belt, other than that it’s just coveralls, mask, gloves, boots, and a cape.
Walky’s disguise is definitely going to be easier to see through. AG changes her hairstyle, demeanor, and takes off her glasses, and tends to go unnoticed as Amber. Not only does Walky do none of that, but he’s also black so it narrows the list down a little (unless you are Billie).
From the tags, Lucy hasn’t met Amazi-Girl so we don’t have a direct comparison. I do like the theory that she’s spent so much time closely examining Walky that she would recognize him, specifically, no matter what.
Her jacket even says “LOVE”. The power of the jacket compels him.
On the other hand, he could totally be doing this to impress Amber/AG, to start us on wacky love-rectangle adventures.
As I said before: somebody has to give Lucy some ‘I’ and ‘U’ pins, so at least her jacket can spell it out for Walky.
New thought: How are the odds that ‘I’ and ‘U’ pins are available at IU?
I ship them both for that and because I suspect they’d be a cute couple. And because I like to ship any pairing that’s even remotely possible, and maybe a few that are impossible as well.
I mean… I want the best for her as well. She is cute as a pie, sweet as honey and make the world better for the people around her (with the possible exception of Malaya).
Oh Lucy, what are you going to do if Walky still wants to hook up with Amber? They never officially ended things as far as I remember. Not to say that something didn’t change over the break, maybe it did.
Also is Walky actually trying to be like Amazi-girl and if so, does he have any idea what he is getting himself into?
Agreed; read any comic book or watch any superhero show and you’ll realise that nothing good ever comes from being a superhero’s first love interest. Optimistically, you’ll be left embittered and emotionally broken.
106 thoughts on “Hup”
Ana Chronistic
“It would’ve saved a lot of trouble if he’d have just had Love at First Sight like me and we hooked up immediately like”
clif
But to walk you across the street, he would have had to real with emotions.
Cholma
Lucy hasn’t realized yet that if she wants Walky, she needs to throw a toy at his head.
Felix
Ah yes, the classic approach.
Ana Chronistic
Does it work with HP toys? Which does Lucy own?
Chris
I was hoping she’d recognize him.
Needfuldoer
Amber already has the ‘impenetrable paper-thin disguise’ trope covered.
MacareuxMoine
Works for her because Amazi-Girl is different from Amber, while Nightguy is 100% acting like Walky in a costume.
Psychie
I mean, to be fair to Amazigirl, Amber tends to be quiet/unobtrusive and thus relatively forgettable, coupled with the fact that she hid her training from her very small circle of friends (Ethan and Mike) so well before coming to IU that even THEY didn’t think Amber would be capable of the sort of athleticism Amazigirl displays, let alone those who have come to know her since. Also, the design of the uniform might have an impact on how her figure looks compared to Amber’s usual style of dress, their respective postures are drastically different, the way they carry themselves is drastically different, their mannerisms are rather different, etc.
Additionally, I think Billie and possibly maybe a couple others were the only ones to correctly narrow down Amazigirl’s base of operations to that floor of that dorm, to anyone else she could be basically any brunette girl with that build and height (not super uncommon) and that’s before considering the possibility that she might be a thin girl of other hair color/style wearing a bodysuit and wig.
On top of all this I don’t think very many people got especially good looks at Amazigirl, adding to the difficulty to recognize her out of uniform.
Honestly, it’s people complaining about Clark Kent’s glasses while ignoring literally everything else about the disguise all over again.
Psychie
Ninja’d, curse my sesquipedalian loquatiousness!!!
Kaidah
Curse you for making me look up words before I’ve finished my morning coffee. lol
Makkabee
Bless you for casually dropping “sesquipedalian” in a conversation!
MacareuxMoine
You misspelled loquaciousness 😉
Ana Chronistic
Loquaciousness is a long way to say verbosity ?
??
Opus the Poet
No, verbosity is just lots of words, loquaciousness is lots of fancy words. I’m the opposite of that, I used to have tweets that didn’t use the 140 character limit.
And yes I know it’s 280 now, I’m just making a point and hanging a timeframe on the statement.
Ana Chronistic
you’re terse
Reltzik
I pity any Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobics reading this thread.
MacareuxMoine
called it: she was just rolling along with Walky being perfectly disguised – apparently to not kill the romance (which Walky isn’t aware of ;-)).
Reltzik
…. I can’t tell if Lucy is being intelligent or stupid here. I’m going to go with stupelligent.
SeanR
High INT, low WIS.
Doctor_Who
Maybe she’s just rolling weird. Both Perception and Sense Motive are wisdom skills, and she nailed the first but flubbed the second.
Doctor_Who
Walky seems to be catnip for smart girls somehow.
Leorale
Apparently he’s sculpted out of caramel.
It also reminds me of my most favourite line, in Who Framed Roger Rabbit, when the incredibly gorgeous and talented Jessica Rabbit is asked what she sees in that guy, and she says, “He makes me laugh”.
Ana Chronistic
That’s actually Dr. Nerdlove’s relationship selling point, that FUN is the most important compatibility factor. Looks and riches often go away, smarts can often mean snobbery, kindness is great but… fun blows that away.
DaisyFM
He’s cute!
Keulen
He definitely seems to attract them like moths to a flame.
YakkoRex
I believe the term is Smart, Smart, Dumb.
Beau Kirin Maysey
Amber just apparently evades recognition as a masked vigilate. Walky… not so much…
JepMZ
She’s so head over heels for him, she memorized every geometry of his figure in every angle
Doctor_Who
The butts match!
drs
One time in high school, a friend thought she recognized her best friend by the butt. Our classrooms were wall to ceiling glass, but the upper part was obscured by blinds or something, so some girl was visible from the waist down. Jan stared, bolted out to say hi, and came back miffed because it was not in fact her friend.
Icalasari
The Joker would probably turn himself in while laughing a ton, amazed that BATMAN has a sense of humour and would pull that off
JR
Where’s my goddamn electric car, Bruce?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raaTXyXXsDM
JetstreamGW
“You think I wouldn’t recognize you just because I can’t see your cheekbones?”
Reltzik
TECHNICALLY we haven’t seen Walky cross the line to vigilante quite yet.
We’ll know when he does, due to the extensive amount of medical care he’ll need. (Unless he gets hurt doing parkour instead.)
nobodybasically
Unclear if Lucy is smarter than every other character or if Walky’s disguise is canonically worse than Amazigirl’s.
SeanR
Yes.
Walky is wearing an off-the-shelf ski-suit, “cape”, (which might be terrycloth, for all we know), and mask.
Needfuldoer
The Amazi-Costume isn’t much more advanced than that. The biggest difference is the utility belt, other than that it’s just coveralls, mask, gloves, boots, and a cape.
CrazyJ
Walky’s disguise is definitely going to be easier to see through. AG changes her hairstyle, demeanor, and takes off her glasses, and tends to go unnoticed as Amber. Not only does Walky do none of that, but he’s also black so it narrows the list down a little (unless you are Billie).
Juanoku
That’s… A LITTLE racist my guy
CrazyJ
Pointing out that race is (usually) a physically distinguishing characteristic isn’t even a little bit racist, it’s just pointing out the obvious.
Fay
From a quick search, only about 7% of students at IU identify as African American, so it actually does narrow down the pool quite a bit.
drs
Or DID gives you extra disguise power in this universe. No one can recognize Amber as AG because she isn’t AG.
Chris Phoenix
Body language changes can be a powerful disguise.
Scoops!
https://www.dumbingofage.com/tag/amazi-girl+lucy/
From the tags, Lucy hasn’t met Amazi-Girl so we don’t have a direct comparison. I do like the theory that she’s spent so much time closely examining Walky that she would recognize him, specifically, no matter what.
Lars
If you ask Billie who Nightguy is, she probably suspects Joe.
Diner Kinetic
She was wrong in _just_ the wrong way, and it’s adorable
Leorale
Her jacket even says “LOVE”. The power of the jacket compels him.
On the other hand, he could totally be doing this to impress Amber/AG, to start us on wacky love-rectangle adventures.
MacareuxMoine
As I said before: somebody has to give Lucy some ‘I’ and ‘U’ pins, so at least her jacket can spell it out for Walky.
New thought: How are the odds that ‘I’ and ‘U’ pins are available at IU?
BBCC
I mean, it is traditionally the love interest who notices first…
Tsa
her little :3 face though!!!
Jade
omg totally spies!! that was my hyperfixation for a beat over the summer.
Dean
Just like a dame, thinking that mild-mannered nobody Walky is actually Nightguy! Why, they’re nothing alike!
Nono
Who’s gonna rack up more delusion points by the end, Lucy or Joyce?
Though Billie is definitely a contender.
Kelli
I can guarantee that Walky is still oblivious.
Proto_Eevee
I’m totally glad we get to see more Night-Guy. I hope this is a long term thing now
Mae
I ship Lucy x Walky SOLELY for the reason being that I want Lucy to be happy. She deserves the best.
SeanR
Long-term happy or short-term happy?
AbelUndercity
The way time works in this strip, it can be both.
Rectilinear Propagation
Oh that reminds me of that recurring joke in the What Your Favorite Ship In [Fandom] Says About You series on YouTube:
“You just want good things for [character]. And really, who wouldn’t?”
Keulen
I ship them both for that and because I suspect they’d be a cute couple. And because I like to ship any pairing that’s even remotely possible, and maybe a few that are impossible as well.
Bagge
I mean… I want the best for her as well. She is cute as a pie, sweet as honey and make the world better for the people around her (with the possible exception of Malaya).
I just don’t see “the best” including “Walky”.
brute
^^^
Kyrik Michalowski
Oh Lucy, what are you going to do if Walky still wants to hook up with Amber? They never officially ended things as far as I remember. Not to say that something didn’t change over the break, maybe it did.
Also is Walky actually trying to be like Amazi-girl and if so, does he have any idea what he is getting himself into?
deathjavu
Cry, yes, not even slightly.
Stephen Bierce
*cues up Stevie Wonder for the hacked P.A. speakers*
mackabre
to quote How I Met Your Mother, “Oh, honey…”
Spencer
One day Lucy’s heart is going to break in two and I don’t know if I’ll be able to handle it.
JenGen
Oh dear, my sweet child…you’re crusin’ for an emotional bruisin’
BenRG
Agreed; read any comic book or watch any superhero show and you’ll realise that nothing good ever comes from being a superhero’s first love interest. Optimistically, you’ll be left embittered and emotionally broken.
CJ
That’s why there’s so much supergirl/Lena luthor fanfic around.
Juanoku