Ahem,”THIS HANDS OF MINE BURNS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!! IT’S BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!! TAKE THIS, MY LOVE, MY SORROW AND ALL OF MY ANGER!! SHINING FINGER!!!!”. That’s how you do it.
Except you do it with a cheesy bad Japanese accent, so it sounds more like:
“MY ROVE, MY ANGERU, AND ARU OV MY SOLLOW! SHININGU FINGERU!!!!!!”
And then you do the “SHOTGUN!” gesture from Yu-Yu Hakusho.
I’ve never trolled my local anime con before. Never-ever.
Ruth may or may not know what Billie did. Or perhaps not, she might just be in a bad mood because of last night’s drama. Either way, she wants to beat up on Billie a little.
It might. carrot and stick. Ruth probably makes an example out of somebody every new year. So when Billie plays along, it ends, and all see that Ruth is a terrible but fair overlord.
Perpetuate it, and there’s no reason to do what she wants you to do, cause she’s gonna be a bongo anyway.
Probly the combined facts that she has leverage over Ruth, Ruth no longer has Billie’s stuff, and Billie’s about to get the roommate agreement taken care of.
I’m going to guess here that Ruth’s pissed off because she woke up, went to go cut a letter off of Billie’s uniform, and found said uniform was no longer in her possession. And that her closet was open. And that some of her booze was missing. And that Billie must be responsible for all three of these things.
I really do hope this escalates to physical violence again, if only to see if Sal’s presence makes it a more even fight.
I’m pretty sure Sal and Billie could destroy Ruth, 2 on 1 like that. I dunno, I just really want to see Ruth get the snot beat out of her because I still say she totally deserves it and needs to be knocked down a peg or twelve. =/
Seriously, how has Ruth been able to keep this job for as long as she has? Does she have blackmail material on the Dean or something? Ruth is verbally, mentally and physically abusive towards her charges. How has she not had multiple people report her for her behavior?
I’m really looking forward to seeing how things go down now that Sal is in the picture.
Ruth did mention a while ago that the upper-echelons don’t care as long as the dorm stays quiet. And everyone’s been too timid to go against Ruth.
But that might change now that Sal’s there.
Yeah, but I don’t buy for a second that she could keep EVERYONE from going to the admin or to their parents. Schools are too paranoid of being sued. No matter how quiet Ruth keeps the dorm, the second someone says “she’s been terrorizing us with physical threats” the school usually would investigate.
First day she threatened to physically assault every girl in the room if they didn’t stay out of her way. And since she’s not on screen 24-7, its pretty safe to assume that she’s probably gone after a few other students, just to maintain her alpha level position. She can’t put the fear of Ruth into the entire dorm by targeting only one girl who so far has a very limited circle of friends.
1st Ruth Appearance: all jovial, and then the femurs line. Follower by a “ta ta!”, so one can interpret the femurs line as a simple joke.
2nd Ruth Appearance: dragging the roomies that decided to skip the mandatory meeting. Mandatory being a key word there.
3rd Appearance: confrontation with Billie, who 1: was skipping the mandatory meeting, 2: was very rude when answering a simple question by Ruth.
4th & 5th Appearances: fight. Entirely provoked by Billie’s rudeness.
6th Appearance: post-fight. The first time Ruth seems actually threatening … to a bunch of girls, most of whom were skipping the mandatory meeting (save 3 well-behaved individuals).
7th Appearance: a proper, matter-of-fact introduction. Acknowledges she’s called ‘Ruthless’ by some, while also saying – not threatening – that she’s there to help solve their problems, and that she’ll be available in her room for questions. And then allows 3 questions to close the meeting.
8th & 9th Appearances: very helpful to Dorothy and her question.
OMG! What a monster! 😀
Also, following your train of thought, since we haven’t seen the other girls showing fear to Ruth, it’s pretty safe to assume that she’s probably only gone after Sal and Billie who haven’t turned in their roommate agreement.
I had a red-headed R.A. in my first year at uni. She was more of the “let’s all drink and forget about work” type than the “HARVEST YOUR FEMURS” type though. Her and Ruth drink about the same amount.
Careful Ruth. You may have to take a few levels in badass and put more points into fighting and initimidation before you can match yourself against Sal.
Dear me.
1. Ruth has actually snapped. Like she’s figured out Billie’s recovered the uniform and heisted the beers.
2. No matter how spiky and hardcore an image she presents, Sal is still nonplussed by the immediate presentation of seemingly unmotivated hostility. I’m not sure how anyone could “deescalate” Ruth in the mood she’s in.
3. Billie finally is getting some reinforcement from a peer that her RA is nuts.AND there’s an offer of a cooperative plan of action! No wonder she’s smiling in the last panel.
Actually, there is a better way to resolve the situation… Leave a positive pregnancy test along Ruth’s toiletries in the common women’s bathroom, and let the rumors spread like wildfire.
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I smell a new DOA meme…
That needs its femurs to live.
and FAAACCEEEE. Don’t forget the FAAAAACCCCEEE.
The femurs thirst for FAAAAAAAAACEEEE?
With their penises.
(and subs)
For a nickel.
WHY WOULD YOU ENCOURAGE THEM
WHYYY
^ this
Because it’s fun.
Because we all have a bit of troll in us.
Which is why we lose the game.
and it tastes great with just the right amount of Mayo, Ketchup and Relish.
And a chicken
Hmm. Now I actually DO want to see Margaret from Dennis the Menace in a fight!
Gina gave her a black eye at least once.
WOO! Fight-fight-fight!
The dramatic irony is so thick you could cut it with a knife.
Also, for an RA, Ruth sure is horrible at resolving her OWH problems peacefully.
OWH?
*own. I AM SO MORTIFIED.
I thought you were taking on Sal’s accent for some reason.
No, it’s too thick for that.
You could scoop it with a melon baller?
You’d need several jackhammers and the entire Boston Patriots defensive line to break through the thickness.
Ruths shirt says death! I want that shirt!
Is that shirt on sale at the store?
I second this desire!
Beware when metalheads ask you if you listen to the band.
Would an “I HATE PEOPLE” Shirt do? It’s the closest thing I’ve got…
Avatar bonus!
So Tubs is Billie’s new nickname now I take it?
I would like to move closer to that consensus.
That might work as a new source of annoyance for Tubbsie for sure.
Might this nickname be corrupted to “Tubgirl”?
…
I apologize.
Hey, that can be a Super Hero name. Just let me check if it’s taken.
(Goes to Google and check)
O_O
well was it?
You don’t want to know. Don’t Google it. EVER.
Always best to turn the safe search on when randomly searching google.
The more you know…
Or in this case, the less you see…
This hand of man glows with an awesome power! Its burning grip compels me to defeat you!
I never figured anyone would ever quote G-Gundam on a DOA strip. Another illusion of mine shattered.
I still say Erupting Burning Finger sounds like an STD.
And the lesson is: Always use rubber gloves. 😛
I always thought Erupting Burning Finger sounds like the guys hand on fire.
Ahem,”THIS HANDS OF MINE BURNS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!! IT’S BURNING GRIP TELLS ME TO DEFEAT YOU!! TAKE THIS, MY LOVE, MY SORROW AND ALL OF MY ANGER!! SHINING FINGER!!!!”. That’s how you do it.
All this “burning this” and “burning that” makes me think of Ninja Rick. Maybe he’s a janitor at the school.
Except you do it with a cheesy bad Japanese accent, so it sounds more like:
“MY ROVE, MY ANGERU, AND ARU OV MY SOLLOW! SHININGU FINGERU!!!!!!”
And then you do the “SHOTGUN!” gesture from Yu-Yu Hakusho.
I’ve never trolled my local anime con before. Never-ever.
I’ve never been to any convention before. Never-ever.
Are you sure that’s not scooby doo’s accent?
Scooby-Doo is Japanese? O_O
I dunno. That whole spiel just sounds like your flipping someone off in an overly dramatic fashion.
They’ve got a cream for that now.
How the heck Ruth think she is? Vulcan Raven?
Only if Sal gets to be Sniper Wolf.
What you say!
“The raven on my head, it thirsts for your blood”.
Is it time for a rematch?
Maybe it is!
Ring the damn bell.
I’m confused as to what is goin on.
Ruth may or may not know what Billie did. Or perhaps not, she might just be in a bad mood because of last night’s drama. Either way, she wants to beat up on Billie a little.
If Ruth kills Billie, does Sal still need to sign the roommate agreement?
No, not really. See, Sal doesn’t HAVE to sign anything. Signing the agreement probably won’t end the torment and vandalism, either.
But she promised!
It might. carrot and stick. Ruth probably makes an example out of somebody every new year. So when Billie plays along, it ends, and all see that Ruth is a terrible but fair overlord.
Perpetuate it, and there’s no reason to do what she wants you to do, cause she’s gonna be a bongo anyway.
Watch out, Ruth’s hands are thirsting for necks and other ‘squeezable’ body parts. 😉
And Tubs has lots of those!
Ruth likes them with meat on dem bones. 😀
Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeze!
Gahhh! I was imagining Ruth squeezing Billie’s other squeezable part.
Achievement Unlocked! 😀
What achievement?
Google achievement unlocked meme, that should tell you.
No, I mean what achievement do I unlock?
Making you imagine Ruth squeezing Tubs’ other squeezable parts.
BUT DOES SHE HAVE CHEST WINDOWS?
8-F
(The ASCII face of “DAT ASS”)
I will not ship Ruth & Billie.
I will not ship Ruth & Billie.
I will not… oh, damn.
I wonder what kind of ship Ruth & Billie’s ship will be? A battleship maybe?
It depends. What do you do with a drunken sailor?
Shave her bush with a rusty razor,
Shave her bush with a rusty razor,
Shave her bush with a rusty razor,
Earl-ly in the morning!
Name: Tristan J
Time of death: 2:55pm
Cause: Choked to death on tea while reading that comment.
And yet Tristan’s voice shall never die… Again.
(If you don’t get the reference you never will.)
If he don’t run with scissors while drunk, he’ll be fine.
My voice gives me super strength!
My hair knows kung fu.
My hair is considering taking lessons.
This is probably an example of why I’m on facebook too much, but I was definitely looking for a like button for that comment 😀
Shove him overboard.
I take it that you never heard of the song ‘What do you do with a drunken sailor?’
Nope.
Many times… but never THAT verse
Originally the verse was ‘Shave his belly’ but my change makes more sense.
😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀 🙂 😀
😉 😉
Ruth: Who’s that?
Billie: My roommate.
Ruth: Get lost, roommate. I got private business with this one.
Sal: You mean about the Roommate Agreement? Doesn’t that concern both of us?
Ruth: No. Now beat it already.
(Sal leaves)
Ruth: Now then, where’s that roommate agreement?
Billie:…I was just going to get it signed. THAT’S why I was with my roommate!
Ruth: Likely excuse. I’m going to break your thumbs now.
…and beat you with your femurs.
… on your FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE.
The Billy/Sal team up is probably my favorite development in Dumbing of Age so far. I think they’ve got good chemistry together!
Plus it’s just nice to see things going Billy’s way for once.
Yeah, my first reaction was “Aww, they’re bonding!”
My favourite moments in the comic are when characters bond over odd things. It’s so adorable.
I thought things already going Billie’s way when she got her cheerleader’s outfit back and some booze from Ruth.
Billie is unbelievably confident now that she has Sal for backup.
Huh, with Sal there I feel almost sorry for Ruth. Almost.
In the 4th panel, you can see the exact moment that Billie/Sal shipping achieves critical mass.
With Sal’s batman and Billie’s bongoiness, they could be the Bonnie and Clyde of the dorm. It would be…epic…
(Yeah, I just used Batman as a lower-case adjective. What ya gonna do ’bout it?)
*Le Gasp!*
Batman, I will avenge you with.. these hands!
So… what brought this sudden desire to defy Ruth onto Billie? Sal’s presence?
Probly the combined facts that she has leverage over Ruth, Ruth no longer has Billie’s stuff, and Billie’s about to get the roommate agreement taken care of.
“These hands? They thirst for necks.”
Totally stolen for my D&D campaign.
I’m going to guess here that Ruth’s pissed off because she woke up, went to go cut a letter off of Billie’s uniform, and found said uniform was no longer in her possession. And that her closet was open. And that some of her booze was missing. And that Billie must be responsible for all three of these things.
I really do hope this escalates to physical violence again, if only to see if Sal’s presence makes it a more even fight.
And now I’m Walky. WIIGII!
But hey, at least Billie’s not in the closet any more!
(ba dump tisssssss)
Good plan actually. Ignoring a blowhard is the best weapon against one.
But I’m really hoping for Ruth to get beaten up.
I’m pretty sure Sal and Billie could destroy Ruth, 2 on 1 like that. I dunno, I just really want to see Ruth get the snot beat out of her because I still say she totally deserves it and needs to be knocked down a peg or twelve. =/
I’m pretty sure Sal could destroy Ruth all by herself. Without even touching her.
And I suspect that’s what she’s about to do.
Agreed, and I’m looking forward to it.
Seriously, how has Ruth been able to keep this job for as long as she has? Does she have blackmail material on the Dean or something? Ruth is verbally, mentally and physically abusive towards her charges. How has she not had multiple people report her for her behavior?
I’m really looking forward to seeing how things go down now that Sal is in the picture.
Ruth did mention a while ago that the upper-echelons don’t care as long as the dorm stays quiet. And everyone’s been too timid to go against Ruth.
But that might change now that Sal’s there.
Yeah, but I don’t buy for a second that she could keep EVERYONE from going to the admin or to their parents. Schools are too paranoid of being sued. No matter how quiet Ruth keeps the dorm, the second someone says “she’s been terrorizing us with physical threats” the school usually would investigate.
Because she’s not verbally, mentally and physically abusive toward ALL her charges, just some “bad apples.”
(I actually don’t think that Billie is a “bad apple”)
-airfox
First day she threatened to physically assault every girl in the room if they didn’t stay out of her way. And since she’s not on screen 24-7, its pretty safe to assume that she’s probably gone after a few other students, just to maintain her alpha level position. She can’t put the fear of Ruth into the entire dorm by targeting only one girl who so far has a very limited circle of friends.
I must’ve read another comic, then.
1st Ruth Appearance: all jovial, and then the femurs line. Follower by a “ta ta!”, so one can interpret the femurs line as a simple joke.
2nd Ruth Appearance: dragging the roomies that decided to skip the mandatory meeting. Mandatory being a key word there.
3rd Appearance: confrontation with Billie, who 1: was skipping the mandatory meeting, 2: was very rude when answering a simple question by Ruth.
4th & 5th Appearances: fight. Entirely provoked by Billie’s rudeness.
6th Appearance: post-fight. The first time Ruth seems actually threatening … to a bunch of girls, most of whom were skipping the mandatory meeting (save 3 well-behaved individuals).
7th Appearance: a proper, matter-of-fact introduction. Acknowledges she’s called ‘Ruthless’ by some, while also saying – not threatening – that she’s there to help solve their problems, and that she’ll be available in her room for questions. And then allows 3 questions to close the meeting.
8th & 9th Appearances: very helpful to Dorothy and her question.
OMG! What a monster! 😀
Also, following your train of thought, since we haven’t seen the other girls showing fear to Ruth, it’s pretty safe to assume that she’s probably only gone after Sal and Billie who haven’t turned in their roommate agreement.
-airfox
And this is the part where Ruth gets cocky and threatens Sal. Then she loses her femurs.
Ah, but WHO loses their femurs: Sal? Or Ruth?
All your neck are belong to us!
… sorry.
…are you?
Actually, not in the slightest.
I had a red-headed R.A. in my first year at uni. She was more of the “let’s all drink and forget about work” type than the “HARVEST YOUR FEMURS” type though. Her and Ruth drink about the same amount.
Careful Ruth. You may have to take a few levels in badass and put more points into fighting and initimidation before you can match yourself against Sal.
Ruth seems to have a personal vendetta out for Billie…
did her dad have an affair with Billie’s mom or something?
The answer to that question depends largely on whether Ruth’s father had a nickel available at the time.
Possibly the sexual tension from the Other Strip Universe has also transferred to this one?
Dear me.
1. Ruth has actually snapped. Like she’s figured out Billie’s recovered the uniform and heisted the beers.
2. No matter how spiky and hardcore an image she presents, Sal is still nonplussed by the immediate presentation of seemingly unmotivated hostility. I’m not sure how anyone could “deescalate” Ruth in the mood she’s in.
3. Billie finally is getting some reinforcement from a peer that her RA is nuts.AND there’s an offer of a cooperative plan of action! No wonder she’s smiling in the last panel.
Happy Billie is best Billie.
I had wondered if we were seeing Ruth through Billie’s bias, but nope, it looks like she really is psychotic.
I sincerely hope the next page of this comic is just a full page of Sal upercutting Ruth and screaming Shoryuken!
Meh, Sal is too ‘non-conformist’ to scream Shoryuken.
Yeah, she’ll reference Guilty Gear or King of Fighters.
Sal Badguy.
I’m gonna guess living in an actual prison cell with actual wardens kind of removes the terror from Ruth’s schtick.
Has she actually been in prison? I thought she just got carted off to catholic school.
But then again, nuns with rulers and all that.
Did the link to Shortpacked disappear?
And Sal understands why her roommate has been driven to madness.
I thought it was spelt “Cousin It”.
Nope. It was always “Cousin Itt””. He is Gomez Addams’ cousin.
The problem with “who’d win in a fight, Ruth or Sal” is that you’re gonna be disappointed either way. (Truces and draws included.)
The correct answer to that question is always “the prurient interests of the readers” anyway 😀
Cat fight and all…
Actually, good point. It could work if they are getting separated by others while screaming death threats.
Actually, there is a better way to resolve the situation… Leave a positive pregnancy test along Ruth’s toiletries in the common women’s bathroom, and let the rumors spread like wildfire.
I kinda can’t wait for this Ruth to die in a wreck.
HOW WILL HER FISTS QUENCH THEIR THIRST!!!
Ruth probably seems a lot less scary when you have friggin’ Batman Sal for backup.
Or when you have pictures of her with beer on a dry campus.
That too.
Oh, Ruth, I prefer you in the continuity where you are dead.
This is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
…And femurs