Ethan’s face in the last panel.
It doesn’t really lend itself to many other interpretations.
Yotomoe
Yes actually. Yeah it does. If you had NO prior knowledge that Ethan was gay. None at ALL. Then that just…wouldn’t be your first conclusion. I mean it’d be 1 of them, don’t get me wrong.
Mr. Random
Not many other conclusions, but it would be among one of the conclusions you could draw.
One of the others would be an awkward encounter with a separate boyfriend, or possibly other friends taking up more of her time after that event.
Or.
Catching her in a random orgy.
That’d kinda freak someone out enough to leave for a bit.
Luxlucis
What? No, for most people it wouldn’t be even one of the possible conclusions you could get because being gay is just not the norm. The first thing I would think when hearing that would be boyfriends who took her time or maybe other male friends (but principally boyfriends) and I’m gay, I’m pretty sure a straight guy wouldn’t even think about Ethan being not straight and able to date Amber.
I know everyone likes to make Danny into a super-oblivious, kind of stupid dude but come on.
Yeah, this is actually a surprisingly graceful deflection from Ethan. For that matter, Danny could hardly be expected to piece together Amber’s secret identity the first time he met her out of costume. The fun there was watching Amber’s secret get progressive more and more and more and more and more obvious, until dawn FINALLY broke over Danny. I’m not saying the pattern will repeat itself here, but if it does, I won’t mind.
ninja_jesus
I don’t really think you could call it obvious from Danny’s perspective, or anyone else’s in this comic. Out of the whole cast, the only ones who have ever actively discovered Amber’s secret identity are Dorothy (after doing her fair share of seeking and finding Amber’s costume) and Dina (who probably saw her change into the suit dozens of times, being her roommate and all). No one else found out. Not a one. Obvious for us, with the prior knowledge that Amber was Amazi-Girl and actively watching her slip up? Definitely. Obvious for everyone in the comic? No, absolutely not.
Yes, I know that. He was referring to everything building up to Danny finding out that Amber was Amazi-Girl.
Gigafreak
Amber repeatedly describes Amazi-Girl using exactly the same words and phrasing that Amazi-Girl used to describe herself, Amazi-Girl accepted snacks from Danny (suggested by Amber), and Amber even always knows exactly what Amazi-Girl thinks of him at all times. Amber’s/Amazi-Girl’s hints grew increasingly blatant, probably intentionally, and they all still flew a few miles over Danny’s head.
Lanval
In Danny’s defence; If I were to be dating a mild mannered MMO player, it would take a /lot/ for me to assume that my SO went out at night and beat people up while dressed as a superhero. Even if I picked up on hints, my instinct would be “Nope. No. That’s insane. I am not even going there.” Especially if I was only dating for a little bit and a question like that could make me look bad/wierd or even possibly be taken the wrong way. We look at a cast of maybe 30-50 characters, but he is in a school of thousands and so odds of a look-a-likes are fairly high especially since Dorothy seems to ressemble Amber; she might have a “common face” [I know I looked like someone in my university to the point we would be pulled aside by eachother’s friends once in a while].
That Damn Rat
The flaw in your logic (well one of them anyway) is that Danny isn’t ACTUALLY looking at Ethan’s face, they’re walking side by side.
Ivan
What if made the same facial poe but was doing the Goatse Stretch?
If you had no prior knowledge, then what?
Ivan
damned keyboard! What if He made the same facial poSe,
neeks
Speaking of “no prior knowledge” and “goatse”, i’ve had a lot of fun explaining that site to my male coworkers who weren’t around on the net when that was anything but a wiki entry. (I’m kind of a jerk like that sometimes, but if people want to think “caffeinatedly cheerful attractive female” is all there is to me, that is their doom, not mine.)
At least we know how Amber learnt to be so good at fighting, the biggest surprise is that they taught her to fight well since McDojos tend to be somewhat subpar with it comes to martial arts training.
178 thoughts on “Tipping point”
An Average Loser
Pfft, Other Guys.
Sageress
Marky Mark was so good in that flick
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Yeah, other guys totally blow.
TrueVCU
And also suck.
Sometimes at the same time!
L33tmaster
Man fuck those other guys….. no wait
Rodrigo
Fuck them all! They a bunch of dicks and assholes!
LittleMountain
Marky Mark…and the funky bunch? I’ve heard that name being tossed around before. Are they dadaists?
Jen Aside
“…other guys’ DICKS”
Plasma Mongoose
and their firm buttocks… 😀
EvergreenFir
their quivering buttocks… mmm
Tenn
And their chiseled pecs… *licks lips*
An Average Loser
What’re you getting at?
Jen Aside
(I would like to meet these other guys who suck so hard, btw)
((for… RESEARCH))
-Sentinel-
Journalism?
Jen Aside
and roller derby
Plasma Mongoose
You would do anything to score yourself some column inches wouldn’t you? 😛
AgentKeen
Full page spreads, with color pictures.
Plasma Mongoose
and those press gangs… 😀
AgentKeen
The real reason Daisy wants spreads of Amazi-girl with a boob window is to compete with the school’s underground yaoi newspaper.
Plasma Mongoose
What’s it called? Press The Meat? :d
Jen Aside
YES
-Sentinel-
Haha, brilliant, Plasma.
JebJeb
Well that’s technically true.
Mr. Random
Not what he meant…
Also, good to see Danny’s back in the role of obliviousness.
An Average Loser
This is Danny here, his IQ fluctuates with every comic.
LiamAldam
Give him some credit, it’s pretty subtle.
Mr. Random
Ethan’s face in the last panel.
It doesn’t really lend itself to many other interpretations.
Yotomoe
Yes actually. Yeah it does. If you had NO prior knowledge that Ethan was gay. None at ALL. Then that just…wouldn’t be your first conclusion. I mean it’d be 1 of them, don’t get me wrong.
Mr. Random
Not many other conclusions, but it would be among one of the conclusions you could draw.
One of the others would be an awkward encounter with a separate boyfriend, or possibly other friends taking up more of her time after that event.
Or.
Catching her in a random orgy.
That’d kinda freak someone out enough to leave for a bit.
Luxlucis
What? No, for most people it wouldn’t be even one of the possible conclusions you could get because being gay is just not the norm. The first thing I would think when hearing that would be boyfriends who took her time or maybe other male friends (but principally boyfriends) and I’m gay, I’m pretty sure a straight guy wouldn’t even think about Ethan being not straight and able to date Amber.
I know everyone likes to make Danny into a super-oblivious, kind of stupid dude but come on.
T Campbell
Yeah, this is actually a surprisingly graceful deflection from Ethan. For that matter, Danny could hardly be expected to piece together Amber’s secret identity the first time he met her out of costume. The fun there was watching Amber’s secret get progressive more and more and more and more and more obvious, until dawn FINALLY broke over Danny. I’m not saying the pattern will repeat itself here, but if it does, I won’t mind.
ninja_jesus
I don’t really think you could call it obvious from Danny’s perspective, or anyone else’s in this comic. Out of the whole cast, the only ones who have ever actively discovered Amber’s secret identity are Dorothy (after doing her fair share of seeking and finding Amber’s costume) and Dina (who probably saw her change into the suit dozens of times, being her roommate and all). No one else found out. Not a one. Obvious for us, with the prior knowledge that Amber was Amazi-Girl and actively watching her slip up? Definitely. Obvious for everyone in the comic? No, absolutely not.
pumacatrun2
Replying to you because it won’t let me reply to ninja, but it’s confirmed Danny and Ethan know.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/03-up-all-night-to-get-vengeance/nightclass/
ninja_jesus
Yes, I know that. He was referring to everything building up to Danny finding out that Amber was Amazi-Girl.
Gigafreak
Amber repeatedly describes Amazi-Girl using exactly the same words and phrasing that Amazi-Girl used to describe herself, Amazi-Girl accepted snacks from Danny (suggested by Amber), and Amber even always knows exactly what Amazi-Girl thinks of him at all times. Amber’s/Amazi-Girl’s hints grew increasingly blatant, probably intentionally, and they all still flew a few miles over Danny’s head.
Lanval
In Danny’s defence; If I were to be dating a mild mannered MMO player, it would take a /lot/ for me to assume that my SO went out at night and beat people up while dressed as a superhero. Even if I picked up on hints, my instinct would be “Nope. No. That’s insane. I am not even going there.” Especially if I was only dating for a little bit and a question like that could make me look bad/wierd or even possibly be taken the wrong way. We look at a cast of maybe 30-50 characters, but he is in a school of thousands and so odds of a look-a-likes are fairly high especially since Dorothy seems to ressemble Amber; she might have a “common face” [I know I looked like someone in my university to the point we would be pulled aside by eachother’s friends once in a while].
That Damn Rat
The flaw in your logic (well one of them anyway) is that Danny isn’t ACTUALLY looking at Ethan’s face, they’re walking side by side.
Ivan
What if made the same facial poe but was doing the Goatse Stretch?
If you had no prior knowledge, then what?
Ivan
damned keyboard! What if He made the same facial poSe,
neeks
Speaking of “no prior knowledge” and “goatse”, i’ve had a lot of fun explaining that site to my male coworkers who weren’t around on the net when that was anything but a wiki entry. (I’m kind of a jerk like that sometimes, but if people want to think “caffeinatedly cheerful attractive female” is all there is to me, that is their doom, not mine.)
Plasma Mongoose
Even if I had no prior knowledge about Ethan’s leanings, I would assume he was gay just cos it’s a Willis comic.
Prior Semblance
Especially considering he is currently dating a girl. You might guess he is bisexual but the wording doesn’t really imply that very well.
Thanks, I'll Have Another!
Pretty ironic that Amber’s dad wanted her to take self-defense classes.
T Campbell
Yeah, that particular irony is worth relishing, isn’t it
Jen Aside
Unless “HE wanted (to take) self-defense classes” means he was just prescient?
Plasma Mongoose
At least we know how Amber learnt to be so good at fighting, the biggest surprise is that they taught her to fight well since McDojos tend to be somewhat subpar with it comes to martial arts training.
Jen Aside
Yeah, they hold katanas like baseball bats
Plasma Mongoose
I know… you’re supposed to hold it like a fishing rod.
Nono
Let’s go! Trismegistus!
MichaelHaneline
Maybe her dad lucked out and found one of the good ones?
Yotomoe
If she’s going to be my minion, by god she’s gonna learn to master the dark arts.
tinfoil theory
Very Large Scale Integration design? That would explain how she ended up in CS.
newllend
To bad every time he’s going laugh about it his sides are just going to hurt.
Bryanp
Hey dad, how about therapy AND she learns to defend herself. It might save you both some bruises down the road.
GoogerGeiger
Men, am I right? *nudge*
Yotomoe
That’s why I’m into the ladies!
Emperor Kiva
Danny, if you only knew
newllend
He’ll probably find out in the most awkward way possible
tinfoil theory
Ethan, can I borrow your knife? The one you seem to keep in your pocket all the time for some reason?
That Damn Rat
If Danny had decent power of recall he’d already know, one of the first things Amber said to him was she’d had a boyfriend turn out gay on her.
begbert2
And Ethan just implied that Amber had had several boyfriends, so there’s no reason Danny would assume that Ethan was the gay one.
Gigafreak
Amber implied that she had multiple gay boyfriends as well.
Prior Semblance
Also you wouldn’t expect a gay ex-boyfriend to still be dating girls.
Sageress
You have no idea, alt text, no idea.
Spack
Damn you Bob Otherguys!
MrSirk
Damn you other guys, being all attractive and shit!
newllend
Like Joyce’s brother, no really I waiting for that to come back and blow up in his face.
remember?
She’s a she, if my memory serves me right.
newllend
Keep forgetting the one detail.
MrSirk
Still, the attractiveness is real.
airyu
don’t you mean Joyce’s sister?
Ben
Oh danny, you have no idea… If you could read the alt-txt then maybe you would, but… It’s you so… not likely.
neeks