It was suggested in last page’s comments that this could be Amazi-Girl pounding on the wall between her and Amber screaming “Listen to me, dumbass! This is important!”, so that’s kinda why I’m thinking that he’s dead right now.
Unlikely. If there was a death of a college student that close to campus, there would be a hell of a lot more going on today.
Mike and AG weren’t exactly subtle during the chase and fight with Ross and Blaine. Other people would have noticed, so there’s no real possibility that the death was hidden.
Robin didn’t mention (or show any indication) that Ross was wanted for a NEW assault, so clearly Ross and Blaine got away before any Police showed up.
Too many things don’t add up for the “Mike is dead” narrative to work for me. We’ll see what Willis can pull out of his hat, thoug
And from the Doylist side, I’m pretty sure we have WoG that no one dies in this comic (unless that’s changed since I last checked?)
clif
It has maybe.
BigDogLittleCat
IIRC, it was that no major character dies, because otherwise everyone would be in mourning the duration of the comic, it moves so slowly.
On the other hand, would Mike be mourned?
I don’t think he’s dead because mourn him or not, It would be the end of Amber if she thought she were responsible for his death.
But maybe Willis it’s just Amber who will be in mourning until the end of the comic. Or the heat death of the sun.
Geneseepaws
Which ever comes first, …for a nickel.
Coru
I dunno, Mike has been a major character in every version of the Willis-verse. Even if he’s a jerk, he’s still important to everyone.
BBCC
He said he’s recently broken one of his major writing rules and also that he reserves the right to change his mind.
As far as Ross goes, nobody actually saw him there aside from Blaine, Mike, and Amazi-Girl. Two people were shown who saw Blaine chasing Mike when they got to the park, but Ross had given up on trying to get a scooter working to follow and got in his car instead to cut Mike off at Dunn Woods, so he wasn’t running around in public like Blaine. And where the fight actually took place didn’t seem to have anyone around and wasn’t very well-lit. (Plus if there are people doing shit in that area often enough that it’s become a regular place for Amazi-Girl to watch, it’s probably a place that people who *aren’t* doing things of dubious legality like to avoid at night).
Also, you tend to see weird shit going on campuses a lot, so Mike yelling like that on a scooter may not have gotten anyone interested enough to investigate or call campus security/the police. From the outside, a one-speed chase with scooters and the guy being chased phrasing stuff the way Mike was (“Yep, definitely being chased by some mob stooge though campus!”) looks more like college bullshit than someone *actually* needing help.
Since Blaine seems like the type to assume the fall killed him, it’s probable that he and Ross took the opportunity to get out using Ross’ car after Mike hit the ground and Amazi-girl was too preoccupied with trying to check on/help Mike to stop them. And if Amazi-Girl say, called an ambulance, she wouldn’t have stuck around to be seen and questioned. (And probably would have used Mike’s phone rather than hers to keep the call from being traced back to hers/Amber’s).
So, if there was an anonymous call, depending on what she said and what the scene looked like at first blush, it could very well have been thought to be a suicide attempt initially and the emergency vehicles and such could be gone by morning. Schools don’t really like admitting when a student dies by or attempts suicide on/close to campus, and if they think that’s what happened, they’d probably try to keep it as quiet as possible. But even if emergency responders immediately go ‘this + anonymous tip is suspicious AF,’ it’ll take time to piece shit together, and word of a fight in an area with no apparent witnesses is a lot less likely to go all over campus as quickly as a guy with a rifle in broad daylight would, even if it did result in a death and there’s crime scene tape up.
Either way, it was nice of Blaine to leave so much evidence that he was involved. He dropped the hammer he was chasing Mike with when Amazi-Girl showed up (which he held before he put his gloves on), there are two scooters at the scene and he wasn’t wearing gloves when he used it, the app to rent the scooter was downloaded to his phone, and he used his card to rent it. Meanwhile, Mike’s scooter probably has paint from Ross’ car on it, and hopefully it did dent his car.
What I’ve been thinking lately is that Amber (or rather AG) found her way safe and sound to the dorm. Something went somewhat alrightish as in Blaine and possibly Ross were stopped. Mike might be dead either way, but he might have been incarcerated for killing the dad shit-show duo or hospitalized or any other terrible thing that would leave him out of reach. Including death of course.
234 thoughts on “Pretty okay”
Ana Chronistic
the Mike was inside you ALL ALONG
Doctor_Who
Surely you mean “inside your mother”.
shadowcell
Mike’s inside whatever you don’t want him to be inside of
Fogel
sometimes he’s inside of what you do want him to be inside of, BUT not for the reason for which YOU want him to be there
Rose by Any Other Name
Last time Mike was inside Amber, they woke up their child.
Walky_Talky
Like a ninja. In and out. Whoosh, whoosh.
Keulen
For a nickel.
Cattleprod
“But what about the stuff where he was Walky’s roommate?”
ALL ALONG
(Breaking continuity is something Mike would do, so)
Rose by Any Other Name
Amber has a blonde wig, clearly.
Ron again
I don’t buy it. At least not in the “mike never existed” – kind of way. Mike has been in too many conversations where amber was not there.
Jason Rivest
I don’t think anyone is seriously suggesting Mike never existed. They’re just doing a bit.
DudeMyDadOwnsaDealership
Amber didn’t entirely black out over what happened with her crazy mobster dad and Mike last night, did she?
King Daniel
Technically – no, Amber did not black out over what happened last night.
But that’s because Amber wasn’t there at all last night.
Needfuldoer
Maybe the real Mike was the friends we made along the way.
Doctor_Who
Amber: “OH MY GOD – Mike has the power to turn invisible!”
Thursday Violist
Nah, he can teleport
Alan in DC
Or maybe he ducked out-of-frame…?
Sunny
Nabbed one of Dina’s raptor hats? Those are known to give people the ability to turn invisible/unnoticeable.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
Must’ve learned it from Joyce
Some1
We already knew he was bisexual so its not really a surprise.
King Daniel
The bigger surprise here is that Mike can turn invisible without stripping off all his clothes
Doctor_Who
Nah, Mike’s not Elan…he’s Nale!
He moonlights between these two webcomics. He’s off to grow out his goatee.
jeffepp
Can’t find upvote button! Need upvote, now!
abacuswizard
Oh jeez that explains so much
znk
*muffled ghost in the shell soundtrack playing on laptop next door*
saltchocolate
Heh.
Madock345
Glad nothing super ominous is happening or anything
clif
Wait for it.
He Who Abides
“Were” . . . he’s dead, isn’t he?
Doctor_Who
I mean, I’m not sure I consider Amber’s delusions a reliable narrator.
He Who Abides
It was suggested in last page’s comments that this could be Amazi-Girl pounding on the wall between her and Amber screaming “Listen to me, dumbass! This is important!”, so that’s kinda why I’m thinking that he’s dead right now.
NelC
Amazi-Girl couldn’t just write her a note?
Kyoulkoa
unreliable narrator best narrator
StClair
You’d have to ask Amazi-Girl.
Which is part of the problem.
Lumino
Unlikely. If there was a death of a college student that close to campus, there would be a hell of a lot more going on today.
Mike and AG weren’t exactly subtle during the chase and fight with Ross and Blaine. Other people would have noticed, so there’s no real possibility that the death was hidden.
Robin didn’t mention (or show any indication) that Ross was wanted for a NEW assault, so clearly Ross and Blaine got away before any Police showed up.
Too many things don’t add up for the “Mike is dead” narrative to work for me. We’ll see what Willis can pull out of his hat, thoug
CC
And from the Doylist side, I’m pretty sure we have WoG that no one dies in this comic (unless that’s changed since I last checked?)
clif
It has maybe.
BigDogLittleCat
IIRC, it was that no major character dies, because otherwise everyone would be in mourning the duration of the comic, it moves so slowly.
On the other hand, would Mike be mourned?
I don’t think he’s dead because mourn him or not, It would be the end of Amber if she thought she were responsible for his death.
But maybe Willis it’s just Amber who will be in mourning until the end of the comic. Or the heat death of the sun.
Geneseepaws
Which ever comes first, …for a nickel.
Coru
I dunno, Mike has been a major character in every version of the Willis-verse. Even if he’s a jerk, he’s still important to everyone.
BBCC
He said he’s recently broken one of his major writing rules and also that he reserves the right to change his mind.
Cholma
Taking a cue from M. Night Shyamalan, Willis has Joyce’s mom show up during the fight, and Mike lands on her, breaking his fall.
“What a tweest!”
Meagan
This made me smile
Freemage
And then he rummages through her coin purse, and takes a nickel out, “on the principle of the thing.”
Dara
I feel like it adds up enough that it’s possible.
As far as Ross goes, nobody actually saw him there aside from Blaine, Mike, and Amazi-Girl. Two people were shown who saw Blaine chasing Mike when they got to the park, but Ross had given up on trying to get a scooter working to follow and got in his car instead to cut Mike off at Dunn Woods, so he wasn’t running around in public like Blaine. And where the fight actually took place didn’t seem to have anyone around and wasn’t very well-lit. (Plus if there are people doing shit in that area often enough that it’s become a regular place for Amazi-Girl to watch, it’s probably a place that people who *aren’t* doing things of dubious legality like to avoid at night).
Also, you tend to see weird shit going on campuses a lot, so Mike yelling like that on a scooter may not have gotten anyone interested enough to investigate or call campus security/the police. From the outside, a one-speed chase with scooters and the guy being chased phrasing stuff the way Mike was (“Yep, definitely being chased by some mob stooge though campus!”) looks more like college bullshit than someone *actually* needing help.
Since Blaine seems like the type to assume the fall killed him, it’s probable that he and Ross took the opportunity to get out using Ross’ car after Mike hit the ground and Amazi-girl was too preoccupied with trying to check on/help Mike to stop them. And if Amazi-Girl say, called an ambulance, she wouldn’t have stuck around to be seen and questioned. (And probably would have used Mike’s phone rather than hers to keep the call from being traced back to hers/Amber’s).
So, if there was an anonymous call, depending on what she said and what the scene looked like at first blush, it could very well have been thought to be a suicide attempt initially and the emergency vehicles and such could be gone by morning. Schools don’t really like admitting when a student dies by or attempts suicide on/close to campus, and if they think that’s what happened, they’d probably try to keep it as quiet as possible. But even if emergency responders immediately go ‘this + anonymous tip is suspicious AF,’ it’ll take time to piece shit together, and word of a fight in an area with no apparent witnesses is a lot less likely to go all over campus as quickly as a guy with a rifle in broad daylight would, even if it did result in a death and there’s crime scene tape up.
Either way, it was nice of Blaine to leave so much evidence that he was involved. He dropped the hammer he was chasing Mike with when Amazi-Girl showed up (which he held before he put his gloves on), there are two scooters at the scene and he wasn’t wearing gloves when he used it, the app to rent the scooter was downloaded to his phone, and he used his card to rent it. Meanwhile, Mike’s scooter probably has paint from Ross’ car on it, and hopefully it did dent his car.
King Daniel
Blaine picked the hammer back up after he put on the gloves (though he then dropped it again, so who knows where it ended up).
Otherwise, though, definitely agreed and I wish I could +1 this.
Carl-E
She’s been in the dorm since she awoke. They’re designed to keep the real world out.
NelC
What time is it, in-world? Walky’s only just gone off to his exam, so it could still be just mid-morning?
SuperZero
He’s fine.
King Daniel
He’s as fine as the dog whose house is burning down around him while he sips from a mug.
Keulen
Or Willis is just toying with us, which seems much more likely to me at this point.
Johnny
What I’ve been thinking lately is that Amber (or rather AG) found her way safe and sound to the dorm. Something went somewhat alrightish as in Blaine and possibly Ross were stopped. Mike might be dead either way, but he might have been incarcerated for killing the dad shit-show duo or hospitalized or any other terrible thing that would leave him out of reach. Including death of course.
Geez I can’t wait to finally know.
Stephen Bierce
*plays Joe Jackson’s “Invisible Man” on the hacked Muzak*
Azhrei Vep
*doublehacks the musak to replace it with Queen’s “Invisible Man” … 12″ version, not that weak 6″ nonsense*
Jabberwocky
Quick get a resurrection chamber
Dee
🙁
clif
The strangest things happen in garbage bed.
ReFlex76
No one’s gonna point out Amber has “There’s Something About Mary” jizz hair?
Foxhack
How dare you. Some of us can have that hair without needing body fluids to pull it off!
Rose by Any Other Name
I was just assuming it was general JBF hair.
… but now I can’t unsee it. Damn you ReFlex76!
Delicious Taffy
Justin Bieber Fan?
Judged Before Faraoh?
Jell-O Butter Flour?
David Alexander McDonald
Just Been Fucked.
BarerMender
Just been fucked
Delicious Taffy
Congrats on getting laid, you two, but I’m not sure what it’s got to do with this abbreviation.
Miri
Wait… DoA comment section hook-up?
David Alexander McDonald
*snort*
The smart asses around here.
Suet
Worth something, but not exactly a lot. Then again, no one can ever be truly perfect, no matter what.
This is the path you committed to, Willis, the tag stays in the twilight zone.
Lily
Oh god Mike please don’t be dead
clif
No regrets.
BBCC
Yes, Mike, worth what?
clif