When he ceases to display a cringe-worthy level of obliviousness to his surroundings (and I am happy to say he is making some amount of progress in this direction….some) then I will stop. Until then I and others will continue to tell it like it is.
that piece kinda scares me, to be honest. I only ever leave out punctuation marks for effect or when I’m in a rush, and I’d hate for people to take it the wrong way.
Well, you can easily look at Wycliff as a predecessor of Huss, since his primary heresy, like that of Huss, was the assertion of consubstantion instead of transubstantiation, which led the modern Episcopal Church to allow gluten-free wafers at the Communion real.
…he ain’t all that obscure to the hussites let me tell you. He, and the way he was unceremoniously thrown into the next life, won’t be obscure to them for a long time…
No way. I haven’t spoken to consubstantiation and gluten-free wafers since last Christmas. They know what they did. THEY should be the ones who approach me. Then we can talk.
Or Joyce will start pursuing Walky and then Dexter and Monkey Master will turn out to have been intercepted propaganda from Head Alien’s interstellar empire at around the same time Head Alien notices the SEMME-less Dumbiverse. Boom.
Wait are there still any phone booths at IU? I seem to recall there being one/some in the same room as a large rotating globe in I forget which building.
Without Jack Kirby there would be…
…no Galactus
…no Silver Surfer
…no Thing, Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, Inhumans, X-Men, Iron Man, Captain America (not to forget the great Joe Simon), Incredible Hulk, Thor (least not in the Mighty Marvel Manner), Darkseid, Orion and a whole host of New Gods.
…none of the dynamism of Kirby’s figures and layouts that have come to define the language of Superhero/Action comics.
If he’s identifying with Wv Ruth being dead, wouldn’t calling an exorcist be just the sort of suicidal behavior they’d be seeing the doctor to prevent?
Ethan appears to be the first person in this entire strip that Danny shares genuine, reactive chemistry with. You must know of somebody that is withdrawn and absent until that one person enters the room and suddenly it turns out they’re just a firecracker waiting to get lit.
In fact, on the strength of these past few strips, if we’re talking Kinsey scale here, I’d say Danny is closer to the homosexual end of the spectrum. Something’s always seemed off with the way he’s interacted with the women he’s wanted to get into a relationship with.
I don’t think this is a case of Danny being more into guys than girls, I think it’s a case of Danny being… Well, Danny. When he’s dealing with girls he likes, he’s over-thinking everything. Am I saying the right thing? Am I doing the right thing? How do I be romantic? How do I flirt? How shall I plan out our future. So on, so forth.
With Ethan, he’s just this guy. They went out to get comics, they’re talking about comics, there’s no need to over-analyze or subconsciously stress about doing The Perfect Relationship Thing here. Because of course this isn’t a relationship thing. That’d just be silly.
I’m 99% certain that if Danny was aware of his bi-ness and his attraction to Ethan, he’d be acting just like he does with Dorothy and Amber.
What he’s doing now is how I imagine he was with Joe back before both their hormones kicked in and made everything weird.
He’s not unaware, though. At least, not fully. Although he’s denying it, he understood at least what was running through his head when they were on the ground earlier; that’s why he’s been reacting this way in the first place.
He’s verbally denying it. But notice: he knows Ethan’s definitely really attractive to him. He caught himself fantasizing about him. If he was really in a closeting mind set, he would have had every opportunity to make some excuse and just walk away. Because that’s what you do when you’re confronted with a part of yourself you really don’t like. And that’s certainly a Danny thing to do.
Agreed. The kind of chemistry that would make a good romantic relationship can also make for a pretty good friendship, too. And if you’re not out or know the other person can’t reciprocate, that’s often better than ending things with the person entirely. Because, hey, it’s cool having friends. Not everything has to be romance.
I hope I am incorrect in inferring from your comment that being open and dynamic with one other person in particular is necessarily a sign of a sexual relationship. I mean, I can see how it would be a prerequisite, but necessarily a sign?
Mabel is suitable to me if you apply voice by personality – cheerful, firmly sticks to beliefs, annoys the Dipper character yet they still somehow get along etc.
Pff, yeah, what kind of person doesn’t draw nostrils and fingernails?
…Wait a minute…lack of fingernails, lack of nostrils…THAT’S THE WAY WALKY’S ART TEACHER FORCED HIM TO DRAW. I’VE CRACKED THE MYSTERY, HE DREW ROBO-VAC.
I see Danny finally has someone he can exchange witty banter with,he feels attracted to,and makes him feel liked. Now how can we help ease him into being comfortable with the attraction part? Roz?
You’re all right, but you’ve all missed the one translation that applies.
It’s my actual name. It’s Arabic for “Vigilant”. And in case you’re wondering, I have run into hilarious situations due to the fact that at least a sixth of the world’s population understands my first name to be traditionally a feminine one.
And I HAVE been vigilant for the reappearance of The Rani in Doctor Who. My family motto might as well be “Every female character in Doctor Who is The Rani until she isn’t.”
Hooray for learning! Also, my theories/hopes for that Missy lady in recent episodes are The Rani,the eternal known as Death, or The Master. Super hoping for The Rani or Death though after learning more about them and how it could work after the 50th anniversary stuff.
Missy’s probably as high probability as it’s ever gotten. But between her name being a possible abbreviation of Mistress, and Moffat chomping at the bit to do a sequence like the one where Doctor Ten connected the dots and realized YANA meant “You Are Not Alone”, all signs are pointing to The Master. Who apparently beat The Doctor to a female regeneration. (Now what does that say about Moffat’s opinion of female Doctors?)
… You know I could really see Danny going to Joe about how he is confused only for him to say that he “should hit that ’cause he’s an 9 and you’re a 7” or something. I, oddly enough, could see him being a good influence on Danny accepting this part or himself.
I eagerly await the Kirby fans who will complain about Danny’s position. And the Kirby detractors who will be equally angry at Ethan, both sides firmly convinced Willis is arguing against them, personally.
I find it weird you make this comment in a strip where shipping is very much being encouraged. Hell Danny being bisexual specifically so Ethan could be shipped with him.
I’m mildly surprised to see these two hangin’ out and being snarky-flirty so soon after that awkward “I’M NOT ATTRACTED TO DUDES, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE SAID I WAS, SHUT UP” bit. If not for things David’s leaked elsewhere, I would’ve expected Danny to retreat to his dorm room for a little while (Joe’s company is nothing if not heterosexual).
The fact that he’s still around, even if still in denial, is probably a sign of just how into Ethan he is right now. Which is partly cute genuine attraction and partly his almost OCD serial monogamy, but that’s the whole Danny package.
But neither of them are depressed, self-destructive alcoholics. The only way they could approach that level of fucked up would eb to have a threesome with Blaine.
Danny and Sarah need to get together and have coffee while comparing notes on denying your attraction to someone while you blush and look at their butt.
To hazard a guess, Danny seems to be more panromantic than panerotic — he has to develop a romantic relationship with someone before he can really develop an erotic relationship with him or her. There’s no romantic chemistry between him and Jacob, and so there’s no erotic chemistry between them.
(Remember that Danny and Amber/Amazi-girl had the same kind of thing. Amazi-girl shared many of Danny’s interests, and they developed a friendship before things started to get physical.)
@timemonkey: I didn’t understand jacob’s appeal until I saw him in glasses and suspenders
@jwlm: I think you mean demisexual? and idk, I doubt it, since willis has outright stated danny’s bi
danny obviously finds people attractive before he develops feelings for them – just look at billie
It’s funny you think Joyce has enough influence over Ethan to sink a ship. She’s his beard, he’s using her to fool others and her naivite to fool himself. It’s doomed to failure and the fun is watching them not realise they’re already on fire and spinning out of control towards the earth.
Odd… If you told me last month that I’d want Danny and Ethan to be in a relationship, I’d have laughed… yet, they seem to really work well off of each other.
Art is inherently subjective. The best criteria I can come up with to refer to whether something is “bad” or “stylized” is whether the author made informed decisions when drawing or if they just don’t care or know about anatomy, but that is often impossible to tell. How an artist responds to criticism will usually, in my experience, tell you more about their worth as an artist, but even that still comes down to my personal ideas of what a good artist is or isn’t. Speaking in objective terms like Ethan is always strikes me as a bit pompous. It is okay, you know, to say “I don’t like the look of it” without trying to argue that there’s some objective flaw there.
Exactly, I’m reminded of the Agatha Christie novel where a major character said there was a difference between artists that won’t draw, and “artists” who can’t draw.
i get what you’re saying, and i do respect that everyone has different styles. but i know a lot of classmates who use “style” to excuse their poor technique and/or laziness. they’re super stubborn about valid critiques from the professor and other peers about the way they draw, and the same excuse keeps getting said: “i just like to draw this way” or “this is just my style”. like you said, informed decisions are important. i know it’s okay to just not be into a certain artist’s style–it can be subjective, so when that happens i just leave my feelings out of it and critique objectively. it’s just that the certain people i was thinking about in my original comment aren’t making informed decisions, or paying a whit of attention to anatomy, or are otherwise just drawing thoughtlessly and passing it off as style.
Ethan knows damn well he himself is gay.
Danny crossed his legs to hide the physical proof of his feelings after Ethan tackled him and he then had his little fantasy day dream.
Yeah right. Nothing to see here guys, move along. Just a closet gay and an oblivious guy rolling in the grass.
I think the point of the “not talking about a dude” clause of the Bechdel Test is that the focus is on the ladies, not that it’s not a romantic focus, so I’d say they passed.
Though it’s an interesting point: If guys get to star in action movies and dramas and romances and comedies and so on, and ladies only get to star in romances, is that less sexist if some of their romances are with other ladies?
Technically, being in a romance isn’t sexist, but the trend of ladies being in romances is. So a lesbian romance isn’t sexist, but if ladies don’t show up in any other genres, sexism will still exist. The fault is on the other genres for not including ladies, not the romances for being the only ones to include them.
Not that I don’t think they’d be great together. They really seem to be drawn to each other.
Ethan needs a friend and so does Danny. Looks like they may be that.
The way they were flirting and rolling in the grass: yeah they are cute. Just stop bs and go for it.
Hmmmm it’s been a while since it happened but I still don’t know if I like this development. I have zero problem with Danny being bi but I was really hoping for a solid friendship between these two. Plus it kind of changes Danny’s place in the story and I liked him where he was.
No I meant as a sort of straight man for the rest of the crowd bouncing from story to story. I feel like he provided a nice contrast because unlike them he does not have a lot of internal issues. Be sided Amber has Dorothy to be her enabler now.
He’ll probably keep his role as straight man. He’ll likely react to his newfound bisexuality the same way he reacts to everything. Remember, he still has a girlfriend, for now at least, so while this is a bit of a surprise for him it’s not something he’s currently looking to pursue.
Nah — Amber was merely Ethan’s first beard. Somewhere, there’s canon about Amber and Ethan in bed after the prom in a strip entitled “Bad times to realize you’re gay”. (It shows Leslie in bed with Leo and saying ‘Hey, is your sister still single,’ and Ethan in bed with Amber, and…somebody on the phone with his mother and one other.) Joyce is Amber v. 2.
I think they were saying the story was mostly bi on account of the multiple bisexual characters getting focussed on (Danny, Billie, Ruth) and a little gay on account of the one gay character (Ethan).
Between the last few strips of Ruth/Billie and now Danny’s burgeoning sexual identity crisis I’m beginning to suspect that someone pulled the drama tag in DoA too.
I hate it most when people use style to excuse impossible twisted (normally female) bodys.
The excuse would be more believable if it wasn’t selectively stylized in that way and at least attempts to be realistic elsewhere. [/rant]
Yeah, at some point in my late twenties a switch flipped in my brain and I started saying “ouch, my back” to grotesque twists, superheavy breasts, organless waists, all that.
It was a sad day; my experience appreciating media got substantially less sexy after that.
You’ve countered my criticism with a legitimate criticism of your own that makes me reanalyze everthing I’ve thought about it up till now. I didn’t realize I was talking to Mike.
Can someone explain Ethan’s reaction to Danny’s “better with age” comment? Was it a reference to something Ethan said earlier? Was it something to do with Jack Kirby? What about it needed a pause for Ethan to work out what Danny was saying?
Pretty sure it was just a simple, lighthearted “dammit, I don’t have a response to that” sort of response. The pause was just when Ethan was trying to come up with a comeback.
You have to take the facial expression into account as much as the words. Without the grin, it’s a declaration of dislike. With the grin, it’s sarcastic messin-with-ya. Possibly even banter-between-friends.
Danny’s response, of course, is another can o’worms.
Does Ethan actually suspect Danny’s mini-revelation of being bi/gay?(either/or speaking from Ethan’s perspective) I am either reading too much or too little in these EthanD comics. Also,I never hated Danny and didn’t realize that a lot of people actually did until I first found out about Danning it up.
I think Ethan is too busy repressing and denying his own interests to even consider the possibility of other guys being interested in him. Or he could wave off hints of mutual interest as wishful thinking on his part.
Where’s Lucy and her powers of “now kiss!”ing when you need her?
(Yeah, yeah, Danny needs to sort out things with Amber first, and come to terms with his own bisexuality, and they both need to realize the other’s romantically interested… But that last one could be easily dealt with via now kiss magic.)
Jack “King” Kirby and Stan “The Man” Lee are the heart and soul of Marvel Comics. And The Man is about the only thing that is keeping Disney from totally bastardizing in IMO. It will be a sad, SAD day for comics when The Man leaves us for the Great Comic-Com in the Sky.
I was holding back on telling you guys this because
1: I didn’t want to seem like a douche
and 2: I wanted to wait until this was at least a few hours old before I posted anything about this here.
Anyways, I dubbed the first chapter of Dumbing of Age and thought you guys might like to see it. It’s got a lot of talented people behind it and if you guys would take the time to watch it, that would be great! Thanks :). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFoC2zoQq7A
This ship came out of nowhere, and I’m loving it. However, I’m in the middle of an archive binge and I have to admit that this chemistry did exist on occasion with Amber, too. I’d forgotten that. It still seems stronger here between these two, though. Also, this is the first time I had a M/M ship in this strip that I could really get into, and I’m really hoping it’ll survive somehow. A Slipshine would be great, too!
i know right, one part of me really loves danny and ethan together because damn they are adorable, but then i remember that amber has been dumped once because of ethan’s preference for boys and man if she has to go through that with danny and for him to go and get with her ex-boyfriend i think that would just tip her over the
edge and she has been through enough already
but dang they are so adorable together. so adorable.
I never thought I would go “aww” over a squiggly text balloon tail, but there you go; perfect way of expressing a faltering/embarrassed voice (≧ω≦). Seaworthy or not, I want this ship to sail, even if it ends in a viking funeral 😀
A computer science undergrad awkwardly discovering his own bisexuality in college while making foolish mistakes and trying to be a good person? Why would I identify strongly with Danny that is a ludicrous idea.
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WHY INDEED DANNY
Why anything, really?
I… Its not like I want you to like me or anything…
BAKA!!
And then Danny was tsundere.
Danny? I think it’s Ethan who’s reverting to tsundere at the 4th panel
They’re both too tsun-tsun and not enough dere-dere.
Ethan is too tsu. Danny is too durrrr.
quit dissing Danny-chan >:/
When he stops Danning things up, then we can talk =P
and by “Danning things up,” I continually see people mean “reacting normally for his character in a really difficult situation.”
seriously, stop it, it isn’t very funny.
When he ceases to display a cringe-worthy level of obliviousness to his surroundings (and I am happy to say he is making some amount of progress in this direction….some) then I will stop. Until then I and others will continue to tell it like it is.
Danny? No way. Total dere-dere.
Dere-dere, Danny. It’ll be alright. ;-P
They should play Tsun or Dere
hey cosman, long time, no see. i see you’ve kept that icon for… what? five years, now? :p
Ethan no BAKA! *hammer time*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEbNlzjTQ-M
It’s not like I wanted you to show me affection or anything…Baka!
This feels like the time I got over an inappropriate crush by realizing he used “lol” as punctuation
“Going to get dinner lol
See you tonight lol
My grandma died lol”
That’s not annoying at all.
Take out the line breaks, and that’s exactly it =p
Well, it’s one less character than “STOP”.
There isn’t a font based on this idea, is there? (yet)
lmfao instead of !
wut instead of ?
omg instead of ?!
wtf instead of …?
I once dated a girl who, if I didn’t end every text with a smiley :), would assume I was angry or otherwise in a bad mood.
She was really hard to communicate with over texts.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/115726/period-our-simplest-punctuation-mark-has-become-sign-anger
that piece kinda scares me, to be honest. I only ever leave out punctuation marks for effect or when I’m in a rush, and I’d hate for people to take it the wrong way.
That’s weird
Then add in proper capitalization, too.
Maybe?
See, now I wonder if the sentence above looks angry, ’cause I can’t tell. No objectivity and all.
But that’s hard on a phone! It’s an extra movement of the finger and everything!
If only there was a way to communicate remotely that carried the intonation in our voices!
No, wait, I hate talking on the phone, too.
Fucking phones!
It’s shameless the way they flirt while denying they flirt.
They’re both hussies. 😛
Their lips are nowhere near big enough to be Andrew Hussie.
You fool. They are clearly followers of the proto-Protestant martyr Jan Huss executed in the 1415 at the Council of Constance.
Boom! I defy you to make a reference more goddamn obscure than that, son!
Well, you can easily look at Wycliff as a predecessor of Huss, since his primary heresy, like that of Huss, was the assertion of consubstantion instead of transubstantiation, which led the modern Episcopal Church to allow gluten-free wafers at the Communion real.
…he ain’t all that obscure to the hussites let me tell you. He, and the way he was unceremoniously thrown into the next life, won’t be obscure to them for a long time…
Wycliff died of natural causes. He was exhumed and his remains were scattered later on.
And besides, you haven’t spoken to consubstantiation and gluten-free wafers.
No way. I haven’t spoken to consubstantiation and gluten-free wafers since last Christmas. They know what they did. THEY should be the ones who approach me. Then we can talk.
I was talking about Hus
Everyone’s gonna figure out that Danny and Ethan have crushes except for themselves. It’s going to be delightful.
And then they can share a glass closet for two. 😀
Then Joyce will start pursuing Danny and the DoA universe will reboot into the Walkyverse.
Will we then get a slipshine of Head Alien making out with Monkey Master?
Monkey Master and Sensitive Scanner OTP
Or Joyce will start pursuing Walky and then Dexter and Monkey Master will turn out to have been intercepted propaganda from Head Alien’s interstellar empire at around the same time Head Alien notices the SEMME-less Dumbiverse. Boom.
You mean a phone booth?
Wait are there still any phone booths at IU? I seem to recall there being one/some in the same room as a large rotating globe in I forget which building.
So they share the Tardis?
I can get behind this.
Glass snogbox?
That is not approved Tardis behavior! Last time I allowed it, the resulting baby had a time head!
Born a head of time, yeah.
I thought last time you allowed it, your wife was born.
and then amber catches them goes realy quite for a moment and then burst out “not again!”
“My ex boyfriend is dating my current boyfriend! OH WHAT A WORLD”
Danny is probably not even aware that he is flirting.
There would actually appear to be a great deal of shame involved 😛
Is that a Calvin and Hobbes reference?
But without Jack Kirby, there would be no Kirby Krackle.
How would we know when shit’s getting cosmic?
^^^THIS^^^
Furthermore, where would we get awesome songs like “Ring Capacity”?
Nevermind the Kirby Krackle (which owes as much to inker Joe Sinnot http://kirbymuseum.org/blogs/dynamics/2011/09/05/kirby-crackle/)
Without Jack Kirby there would be…
…no Galactus
…no Silver Surfer
…no Thing, Fantastic Four, Dr. Doom, Inhumans, X-Men, Iron Man, Captain America (not to forget the great Joe Simon), Incredible Hulk, Thor (least not in the Mighty Marvel Manner), Darkseid, Orion and a whole host of New Gods.
…none of the dynamism of Kirby’s figures and layouts that have come to define the language of Superhero/Action comics.
Red Skull, Eternals, Deviants, Machine Man, OMAC, Kamandi, Avengers, Magneto, Skrulls, Kree…
YES BACK TO THE FUNNIES
I dunno, I wanted to see more Ruth and Billie. Probably because out of all the DoA and Walkyverse characters, I identify with Ruth the most
you should probably see a doctor about that… :/
And then an exorcist.
If he’s identifying with Wv Ruth being dead, wouldn’t calling an exorcist be just the sort of suicidal behavior they’d be seeing the doctor to prevent?
But things was getting good over at- ah forget it.
Did Danny just backsass Ethan? And did he just emote something other than shock, longing or surprise? Is Danny *emoting*?
Jesus fucking Christ he IS bi.
Emoting = bi?
That is a new one to me.
Let me explain:
Ethan appears to be the first person in this entire strip that Danny shares genuine, reactive chemistry with. You must know of somebody that is withdrawn and absent until that one person enters the room and suddenly it turns out they’re just a firecracker waiting to get lit.
In fact, on the strength of these past few strips, if we’re talking Kinsey scale here, I’d say Danny is closer to the homosexual end of the spectrum. Something’s always seemed off with the way he’s interacted with the women he’s wanted to get into a relationship with.
I don’t think this is a case of Danny being more into guys than girls, I think it’s a case of Danny being… Well, Danny. When he’s dealing with girls he likes, he’s over-thinking everything. Am I saying the right thing? Am I doing the right thing? How do I be romantic? How do I flirt? How shall I plan out our future. So on, so forth.
With Ethan, he’s just this guy. They went out to get comics, they’re talking about comics, there’s no need to over-analyze or subconsciously stress about doing The Perfect Relationship Thing here. Because of course this isn’t a relationship thing. That’d just be silly.
I’m 99% certain that if Danny was aware of his bi-ness and his attraction to Ethan, he’d be acting just like he does with Dorothy and Amber.
What he’s doing now is how I imagine he was with Joe back before both their hormones kicked in and made everything weird.
He’s not unaware, though. At least, not fully. Although he’s denying it, he understood at least what was running through his head when they were on the ground earlier; that’s why he’s been reacting this way in the first place.
He’s verbally denying it. But notice: he knows Ethan’s definitely really attractive to him. He caught himself fantasizing about him. If he was really in a closeting mind set, he would have had every opportunity to make some excuse and just walk away. Because that’s what you do when you’re confronted with a part of yourself you really don’t like. And that’s certainly a Danny thing to do.
So what, I ask you, is he still doing there then?
Catching fleeting but glorious glimpses of Ethan-booty, what else?
he’s trying to preserve their friendship, because ethan is more to him than a hunk of a man – he’s also a great friend.
Agreed. The kind of chemistry that would make a good romantic relationship can also make for a pretty good friendship, too. And if you’re not out or know the other person can’t reciprocate, that’s often better than ending things with the person entirely. Because, hey, it’s cool having friends. Not everything has to be romance.
I hope I am incorrect in inferring from your comment that being open and dynamic with one other person in particular is necessarily a sign of a sexual relationship. I mean, I can see how it would be a prerequisite, but necessarily a sign?
Not sexual, but something about Ethan brings out the light in him.
His relationships with women, in a way everyone noticed was unhealthy, diminished him.
He’s not a misogynist; he clearly tries his best to respect them. But this is the most expressive he’s ever been around anyone, even his good old Joe.
danny was pretty damn expressive in this strip, imo…?
It’s twue wove.
What is this emotion,”wuve”?
It confuses and angers me!
From Omicron-perciey 8
You cold at least get the address right, it’s Omicron-Persei VIII.
hell yess Futurama references
Isn’t backsassing also a sex move?
I think that was spelled a bit differently. Also, who calls porn sex movies?
I said sex MOVE not sex movie.
oh, duh my bad.
Back dat sass up.
Meanwhile, in Shortpacked!, relationship drama!
Sydney Yus just wants Galasso-senpai to notice her.
Those Danbrows.
owww….. i think i’ve got whiplash from this mood shift.
and yet something seems still seems oddly the same….
what do you mean bi that?
Jack Kirbi
boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
stealing it
I was drinking Dr. Pepper when I read that and it came out of my nose. DAMN YOU WILLIS!
And this is why I read the comments.
The strip was adorable (yay bi Danny) – but this comment made me laugh like a fool. ^^
daMMIT ALL
things I’m wondering about: how the hell danny played off the “I’m not gay” comment without it getting HELLA awkward
Probably because Ethan was just as willing as Danny was to move on and forget about it.
There’s a certain base level of hella awkward you’ve just got to accept and compensate for when dealing with Danny.
Also, this is like three days late.
Y’know, since Danny started being okay, I’ve started giving him Dipper’s voice from Gravity Falls. I think it works.
If Danny is Dipper….Who is Mabel?
Danny doesn’t have a Mabel. He drove them away.
But it could also be applicable to Walky as then Joyce could be Mabel.
To me, Joyce sounds like Pinkie Pie
Mabel is suitable to me if you apply voice by personality – cheerful, firmly sticks to beliefs, annoys the Dipper character yet they still somehow get along etc.
I think Girly Tedd from the recent El Goonish Shive strips sounds like Pinkie Pie. Meanwhile, Ashley is Fluttershy.
But the real question is, who does Ethan sound like? I imagine he sounds like Danny from Bravest Warriors for some reason.
I would choose Twilight Sparkle’s voice when it comes to girl-type Tedd since she’s the nearest the show has to a sciencist.
No, I mean the Ultra girly tedd, the one with pink hearts on her skirt and pigtails.
To me, Dorothy sounds like Twilight Sparkle … and Amber like Sari Sumdac
last I checked…this was mabel
http://media.joe.ie/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/king-of-the-ring.jpg
It all depends on who sounds best with Kirsten Schalls voice. So you know basically anyone.
I give him Andre Braugher’s voice because I’m being fatuous.
and of course Joyce is Patrick Warburton
The real reason Ethan wants to date her.
That would’ve been great for her struggles with cursing.
Patrick Warburton would be a great Galasso.
Seconded, up until now all DoA voices have been coming from Futurama or MLP but Gravity Falls can work too. Who sounds like Mabel?
Dina sounds like Fluttershy, don’t even debate this
no, she has Applejack’s voice actress, for realz. Sarah sounds like Wendy from Gravity Falls, though.
Nope! Sal is voiced by Applejack…get it right!!!
but then who is Rarity, and who is Rainbow Dash?
Because Dotty is definitely Twilight.
Roz or Sarah as Rarity cos WHY NOT! ^_^
And Amber is Rainbow Dash, because athleticism.
Dorothy is Twilight Sparkle, I agree, and Amber is Sari Sumdac. Billie sounds like Rainbow Dash
No one sounds liek Rarity, she’s best pony and will NOT be imitated
Dina: HEY HEY HEY STAY OUT OF MY SHED
hmmm, no
I take it back, Danny sounds like Nitz from Undergrands. I can’t unhear it
THE DANNY DOTH PROTEST TOO MUCH.
Great idea, DoA cast in Shakespearean garb.
Maybe two of those characters in said garb asking each other questions.
Or Tom Stoppard. “Ethankrantz and Dannystern Are Dead”
The straightness quivers
In more ways than one!
As does the audience.
That came out of no where this time.
So the awkwardness is still lingering I see…
Yay, more Danny!!
….wait, when did this happen?!
Its long story I think everyone else encouraged.
Also, of all the ways the Joyce/Ethan bubble could have gotten burst, this is actually the best.
but they don’t realise that they’re totally into each other yet, it might take a while to pop the bubble of sexual repression.
Sh-Shut up, it’s… yeah yeah, we know the drill by now.
Aaaaaand we’re back to these two.
Pff, yeah, what kind of person doesn’t draw nostrils and fingernails?
…Wait a minute…lack of fingernails, lack of nostrils…THAT’S THE WAY WALKY’S ART TEACHER FORCED HIM TO DRAW. I’VE CRACKED THE MYSTERY, HE DREW ROBO-VAC.
nah, that was for drawing lips
and earlobes, maybe
Flirtations abound and I’m all the more happier for them.
From one same-sex ship fuel to another!
I would argue that Billie/Ruth has gone beyond just fuel by this point…
I would argue that Billie/Ruth needs to have the fire department called.
And fast.
Been there, done that, puked on the T-shirt.
From the least emotionally healthy development to possibly the best.
Ethan is kinda hot in that last frame. Ya know. Just sayin’.
He’s a tall chunk of well-chinned dude.
The second-to-last frame is lovely, too.
Which is why even Joyce wants to go town on him..whatever that means
I see Danny finally has someone he can exchange witty banter with,he feels attracted to,and makes him feel liked. Now how can we help ease him into being comfortable with the attraction part? Roz?
As well intentioned as she may be I don’t think Roz would help.
I wonder if the same result would happen with Joe. Dorothy will probably mention not being surprised if she finds out about this.
You know that cliche about an ex feeling really insecure because his/her ex discovered his/her sexual orientation after their relationship ended…?
…yeah…
Rani….I think I heard that name somewhere….Doctor Who maybe? And didn’t that cliche technically happen to shortpacked Amber?
“Rani” (रानी) is Hindi for “queen”.
rani (רָנִי) also means “my joy” or “my song” in hebrew
Considering Rani’s gravitar, the hebrew translation works. Hindi works, but in a number of other ways.
You’re all right, but you’ve all missed the one translation that applies.
It’s my actual name. It’s Arabic for “Vigilant”. And in case you’re wondering, I have run into hilarious situations due to the fact that at least a sixth of the world’s population understands my first name to be traditionally a feminine one.
And I HAVE been vigilant for the reappearance of The Rani in Doctor Who. My family motto might as well be “Every female character in Doctor Who is The Rani until she isn’t.”
Hooray for learning! Also, my theories/hopes for that Missy lady in recent episodes are The Rani,the eternal known as Death, or The Master. Super hoping for The Rani or Death though after learning more about them and how it could work after the 50th anniversary stuff.
Missy’s probably as high probability as it’s ever gotten. But between her name being a possible abbreviation of Mistress, and Moffat chomping at the bit to do a sequence like the one where Doctor Ten connected the dots and realized YANA meant “You Are Not Alone”, all signs are pointing to The Master. Who apparently beat The Doctor to a female regeneration. (Now what does that say about Moffat’s opinion of female Doctors?)
… You know I could really see Danny going to Joe about how he is confused only for him to say that he “should hit that ’cause he’s an 9 and you’re a 7” or something. I, oddly enough, could see him being a good influence on Danny accepting this part or himself.
Joe has certainly been upset about Danny not getting any even when it was right there…
Age does not make things good, good things last longer.
Not necessarily.
Once again, case in point: Kirby. >_>
I eagerly await the Kirby fans who will complain about Danny’s position. And the Kirby detractors who will be equally angry at Ethan, both sides firmly convinced Willis is arguing against them, personally.
Man, I was going to say something, but you’ve made me not want to anymore.
My Little Danny Can’t Be This Cute!
My Little Danny, Boyfriend-Ship Is Magic
do not sully this ship with references to siscon anime/manga
Siscon?
like lolicon but instead of little girls with sisters I guess?
abbreviated form of “sister complex”
it’s a thing
a creepy thing
an unfortunately common thing in the darker parts of Japanese media
I think there’s a large portion of fans in comment section that will ship anything.
I find it weird you make this comment in a strip where shipping is very much being encouraged. Hell Danny being bisexual specifically so Ethan could be shipped with him.
Well, I guess Dan isn’t a wine snob.
And what’s up with the Robo-Vac guy drawing ears with 5’s in them? SOME KIND OF CODE?!
I’m mildly surprised to see these two hangin’ out and being snarky-flirty so soon after that awkward “I’M NOT ATTRACTED TO DUDES, WHAT DO YOU MEAN NO ONE SAID I WAS, SHUT UP” bit. If not for things David’s leaked elsewhere, I would’ve expected Danny to retreat to his dorm room for a little while (Joe’s company is nothing if not heterosexual).
The fact that he’s still around, even if still in denial, is probably a sign of just how into Ethan he is right now. Which is partly cute genuine attraction and partly his almost OCD serial monogamy, but that’s the whole Danny package.
/dies of cute
Quick, everybody stop shipping it or we’ll get a repeat of yesterday!
Man-on-man kissing? Yes please.
I meant man-on-man kissing in the most f’ed up way that makes it hard to watch.
So one man standing on another man’s shoulders while kissing a different man on a different other man’s shoulders?
there is a certain website I am known to frequent with a border quite similar to that which you describe, and I assure you it is quite lovely.
Link please!
…the Aristocrats! (rated PG version)
Hard to watch not hard to do.
psh, of course danny would want some man-on-man kissing
But these two started out as friends, they’ll be fine.
^Famous Last Words 😛
Instead of alcohol, they have Amber.
But neither of them are depressed, self-destructive alcoholics. The only way they could approach that level of fucked up would eb to have a threesome with Blaine.
Don’t challenge Willis.
Don’t ever challenge Willis. This is Rule 0 of Willis comics.
Guh, stop being so adorable guys.
Now kiss.
Its not that I want you to like me or anything baka!
Danny and Sarah need to get together and have coffee while comparing notes on denying your attraction to someone while you blush and look at their butt.
Their love interests are roommates, after all.
Actually, all three of them should get together and squee about how cute Jacob’s butt is. They can be Jacob groupies!
/is now wondering what kinds of guys danny is attracted to
nerdy guys?
walky…?
nerdy, muscular guys?
I’m not sure Danny likes caramel. Besides, Walky would probably annoy Danny a lot.
Thinking on it and looking at the art, I’m not actually sure if Ethan is muscular or just broad-shouldered and tall.
I would hope danny wouldn’t be racist…?
also, if he’s into beefier dudes, I’m pretty sure he’d be into jacob
(how can you not be into jacob, tbh)
I’ve never understood Jacob’s appeal to be honest.
To hazard a guess, Danny seems to be more panromantic than panerotic — he has to develop a romantic relationship with someone before he can really develop an erotic relationship with him or her. There’s no romantic chemistry between him and Jacob, and so there’s no erotic chemistry between them.
(Remember that Danny and Amber/Amazi-girl had the same kind of thing. Amazi-girl shared many of Danny’s interests, and they developed a friendship before things started to get physical.)
Danny was into Amazi-Girl before he found out anything about her.
@timemonkey: I didn’t understand jacob’s appeal until I saw him in glasses and suspenders
@jwlm: I think you mean demisexual? and idk, I doubt it, since willis has outright stated danny’s bi
danny obviously finds people attractive before he develops feelings for them – just look at billie
Sweet, kind, supportive nerdy guys who share his interests?
^This.
darn it someone beat me to it ;-;
Prediction: Joyce will ask Ethan how his day went, he’ll gush about Danny, and she’ll overreact that Ethan is catching the gays again.
And then she will Sink. This. Ship. But not before setting it on fire.
Stop injecting reality into our ship, you might sink it prematurely!
Unless Willis really wants to spite us, they’re already both in counseling at the point he’s writing from.
It’s funny you think Joyce has enough influence over Ethan to sink a ship. She’s his beard, he’s using her to fool others and her naivite to fool himself. It’s doomed to failure and the fun is watching them not realise they’re already on fire and spinning out of control towards the earth.
Happy not-death day, Opus the Poet! May you continue to be an unkillable badass.
Thank you, so far my Death Day has been super badass, less than an hour away from the confetti shower.
I’m totally using today as an excuse to have a Crunch Bar covered Drumstick icecream. 😀
aaaaaaand that sounded like product placement even though I didn’t mean for it to. WHAT IS HAPPENING TO ME?!
Oh man, that’s right! Happy Death Day, you unstoppable biking machine.
Thank You!
Everyone’s bi-curiouuuus~
Everything is cool when you play on both teams~
except when it’s not because of biphobiaaaaa~
oh wait is that too sad for a version of “Everything is awesome”?
Speaking of which, I imagine whenever a shipper gets canon confirmation their reaction is something like this.
So is Danny gonna pull a J.D. or actually come to grips with being bi? Maybe I’m reading far too much into J.D.?
Odd… If you told me last month that I’d want Danny and Ethan to be in a relationship, I’d have laughed… yet, they seem to really work well off of each other.
Dan continues to Dan things up. Even his own bisexuality is Dannable.
“‘It’s just stylized’ is often an excuse for awkward art” –God, I’ve wanted to say this to so many people during art school critique…
Art is inherently subjective. The best criteria I can come up with to refer to whether something is “bad” or “stylized” is whether the author made informed decisions when drawing or if they just don’t care or know about anatomy, but that is often impossible to tell. How an artist responds to criticism will usually, in my experience, tell you more about their worth as an artist, but even that still comes down to my personal ideas of what a good artist is or isn’t. Speaking in objective terms like Ethan is always strikes me as a bit pompous. It is okay, you know, to say “I don’t like the look of it” without trying to argue that there’s some objective flaw there.
Exactly, I’m reminded of the Agatha Christie novel where a major character said there was a difference between artists that won’t draw, and “artists” who can’t draw.
i get what you’re saying, and i do respect that everyone has different styles. but i know a lot of classmates who use “style” to excuse their poor technique and/or laziness. they’re super stubborn about valid critiques from the professor and other peers about the way they draw, and the same excuse keeps getting said: “i just like to draw this way” or “this is just my style”. like you said, informed decisions are important. i know it’s okay to just not be into a certain artist’s style–it can be subjective, so when that happens i just leave my feelings out of it and critique objectively. it’s just that the certain people i was thinking about in my original comment aren’t making informed decisions, or paying a whit of attention to anatomy, or are otherwise just drawing thoughtlessly and passing it off as style.
As a straight guy who likes straight people doing straight things, I ship it.
Dissing Jack Kirby? Danny can go fuck himself.
Bu-but(t), he wants Ethan-senpai~
When he apologizes for what he said about Jack Kirby, Ethan might fuck him. But until then, he’ll have to go fuck himself.
Ethan knows damn well he himself is gay.
Danny crossed his legs to hide the physical proof of his feelings after Ethan tackled him and he then had his little fantasy day dream.
Yeah right. Nothing to see here guys, move along. Just a closet gay and an oblivious guy rolling in the grass.
You sound… angry regarding this ship.
More like closet bisexual… We do exist, you know. People don’t have to be exclusively gay or straight.
Original poster said closet GAY and oblivious GUY, referring to Ethan and Danny, respectively.
Did… did Danny just pass the Reverse Bechdel Test?
hmm. Does it count when they’re also flirting?
Probably not, I mean, DoA Danny is pretty much unable to pass the Reverse Bechdel Test.
It does if they’re not flirting with girls.
Lesbians flirting passes the standard Bechdel Test, so I’m gonna say yes.
I think the point of the “not talking about a dude” clause of the Bechdel Test is that the focus is on the ladies, not that it’s not a romantic focus, so I’d say they passed.
Though it’s an interesting point: If guys get to star in action movies and dramas and romances and comedies and so on, and ladies only get to star in romances, is that less sexist if some of their romances are with other ladies?
Technically, being in a romance isn’t sexist, but the trend of ladies being in romances is. So a lesbian romance isn’t sexist, but if ladies don’t show up in any other genres, sexism will still exist. The fault is on the other genres for not including ladies, not the romances for being the only ones to include them.
I can almost hear Danny calling him a Baka.
Not that I don’t think they’d be great together. They really seem to be drawn to each other.
Ethan needs a friend and so does Danny. Looks like they may be that.
The way they were flirting and rolling in the grass: yeah they are cute. Just stop bs and go for it.
Bonding through arguing over comic books: now THAT is love!
cant wait for the confused rants in his own head while staring at the ceiling
Hmmmm it’s been a while since it happened but I still don’t know if I like this development. I have zero problem with Danny being bi but I was really hoping for a solid friendship between these two. Plus it kind of changes Danny’s place in the story and I liked him where he was.
being a sort-of enabler for Amber?
No I meant as a sort of straight man for the rest of the crowd bouncing from story to story. I feel like he provided a nice contrast because unlike them he does not have a lot of internal issues. Be sided Amber has Dorothy to be her enabler now.
lol “straight man”
I walked right into that one.
I was wondering how long this set of comments would happen.
He’ll probably keep his role as straight man. He’ll likely react to his newfound bisexuality the same way he reacts to everything. Remember, he still has a girlfriend, for now at least, so while this is a bit of a surprise for him it’s not something he’s currently looking to pursue.
Yeah but I doubt that Willis is going to let sleeping dogs lie on this one. Also I think he might be breaking up with Amber.
WE can only hope.
Ohh look someone doesn’t like Danny! How original!
Hey, I personally liked Danny jist fine until I just learned he dousn’t appreciate the greatest comic artist ever.
Who knew a storyline named The Whiteboard Dingdong Bandit would be this gay?
you mean this bi?
(and slightly gay on ethan’s part, but mostly bi)
Nah — Amber was merely Ethan’s first beard. Somewhere, there’s canon about Amber and Ethan in bed after the prom in a strip entitled “Bad times to realize you’re gay”. (It shows Leslie in bed with Leo and saying ‘Hey, is your sister still single,’ and Ethan in bed with Amber, and…somebody on the phone with his mother and one other.) Joyce is Amber v. 2.
I think they were saying the story was mostly bi on account of the multiple bisexual characters getting focussed on (Danny, Billie, Ruth) and a little gay on account of the one gay character (Ethan).
timemonkey got it V:
I think you’ve got that mixed up with this Shorpacked page.
You’re right, I did. The scene with Ethan and Amber is in one of her flashbacks.
Another Slipshine perhaps?
Great smiles on the last panels.
Sth nice after that train wreckage from yesterday :(.
He’s got a point though.
/tries to erase the memory of devastating billie/ruth awfulness by repeatedly reading this strip
I’m right there with you, Kerry.
Aw yiss, it’s about to get Slipshine up in here
That’s my new new favorite euphemism for sex. “Hey baby wanna go make a Slipshine?”
Between the last few strips of Ruth/Billie and now Danny’s burgeoning sexual identity crisis I’m beginning to suspect that someone pulled the drama tag in DoA too.
Did DoE ever have the drama tag left in? Pretty sure it was pulled in the first week of story time.
It seems to have been pulled between panels 3 and 4 of the first strip:
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/home/
maybe there is only one large universal drama tag with immediate effect in every single comic universe there is?
Oh god, it will take them FOREVER to realize it AND do something about it, right? *sigh* ^^;;
I hate it most when people use style to excuse impossible twisted (normally female) bodys.
The excuse would be more believable if it wasn’t selectively stylized in that way and at least attempts to be realistic elsewhere. [/rant]
But… but… you can see her boobs and her butt [i]at the same time[/i]. The same time! Isn’t that worth any artistic sacrifice?!
Not when your spine hurts just by looking at the poses.
Yeah, at some point in my late twenties a switch flipped in my brain and I started saying “ouch, my back” to grotesque twists, superheavy breasts, organless waists, all that.
It was a sad day; my experience appreciating media got substantially less sexy after that.
You’ve countered my criticism with a legitimate criticism of your own that makes me reanalyze everthing I’ve thought about it up till now. I didn’t realize I was talking to Mike.
Poor Amber… Don’t get me wrong I ship to the end of time but… Poor Amber.
B-baka Ethen… it’s not like I like you or anything….
Can someone explain Ethan’s reaction to Danny’s “better with age” comment? Was it a reference to something Ethan said earlier? Was it something to do with Jack Kirby? What about it needed a pause for Ethan to work out what Danny was saying?
Pretty sure it was just a simple, lighthearted “dammit, I don’t have a response to that” sort of response. The pause was just when Ethan was trying to come up with a comeback.
You have to take the facial expression into account as much as the words. Without the grin, it’s a declaration of dislike. With the grin, it’s sarcastic messin-with-ya. Possibly even banter-between-friends.
Danny’s response, of course, is another can o’worms.
My ships are sailing and they won’t stop!
Somewhere, beyond the sea,
Somewhere, waiting for me,
My shipping lands on golden sands!
Unless you want a song inviting people to your ships.
Come sail away with me
Come sail away, come sail away
Come sail away with me
Let me sail, let me sail,
let the orinoco flow,
Let me reach, let me beach
On the shores of Tripoli.
Does Ethan actually suspect Danny’s mini-revelation of being bi/gay?(either/or speaking from Ethan’s perspective) I am either reading too much or too little in these EthanD comics. Also,I never hated Danny and didn’t realize that a lot of people actually did until I first found out about Danning it up.
Ethan’s likely so blinded by his own surpressed gayness he couldn’t see Danny’s revelation if it was cockslapping him in the face.
This is the best sentence.
I could not have said it better myself.
I think Ethan is too busy repressing and denying his own interests to even consider the possibility of other guys being interested in him. Or he could wave off hints of mutual interest as wishful thinking on his part.
I mean, last time he thought somebody else was gay, they turned out to be a trans woman, so…
>ctrl+f “baka”
>only 5 results
I’m disappointed
Not everybody is in to anime rom-coms You just have to learn to accept that…
but everyone should be.
bakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabakabaka
which becomes silly after a while because it’s basically saying “horse deer”
Oh thank God. I don’t think I could handle another day of Ruth/Billie (Buth? Rillie?) messiness.
we decided upthread that Billie/Ruth is known as Worthless.
So we have Dorky and Worthless.
Oh, fitting.
Ooops, this was in yesterday’s strip’s comments, not today’s.
God, stop being cute you two.
Where’s Lucy and her powers of “now kiss!”ing when you need her?
(Yeah, yeah, Danny needs to sort out things with Amber first, and come to terms with his own bisexuality, and they both need to realize the other’s romantically interested… But that last one could be easily dealt with via now kiss magic.)
There is good Stylized art though. I’m a huge fan of Tracy Yardley of Sonic The Hedgehog fame.
Ken Steacy. Bruce Timm.
in game illustration (mostly), David Deitrick.
This whole webcomic is just one big cock tease, isn’t it?
And so Ethan/Danny/Amber became an item….
Ah, the late teens early twenties. Such a confusing time.
The sexual tension here is palpable.
Jack “King” Kirby and Stan “The Man” Lee are the heart and soul of Marvel Comics. And The Man is about the only thing that is keeping Disney from totally bastardizing in IMO. It will be a sad, SAD day for comics when The Man leaves us for the Great Comic-Com in the Sky.
Other than obligatory cameos in the Marvel movies, Stan Lee doesn’t actually have much to do with Marvel anymore.
Not sure what you mean by Disney totally bastardizing it. The comics have been pretty good lately, and the movies have been rocking.
I can’t handle Danny’s smart guy/flirting eyes; they’re creeping me out.
Yeah, well, that’s just like, your opinion, man.
I was holding back on telling you guys this because
1: I didn’t want to seem like a douche
and 2: I wanted to wait until this was at least a few hours old before I posted anything about this here.
Anyways, I dubbed the first chapter of Dumbing of Age and thought you guys might like to see it. It’s got a lot of talented people behind it and if you guys would take the time to watch it, that would be great! Thanks :).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFoC2zoQq7A
OMG I love it ^_^
This ship came out of nowhere, and I’m loving it. However, I’m in the middle of an archive binge and I have to admit that this chemistry did exist on occasion with Amber, too. I’d forgotten that. It still seems stronger here between these two, though. Also, this is the first time I had a M/M ship in this strip that I could really get into, and I’m really hoping it’ll survive somehow. A Slipshine would be great, too!
Nowhere? They’ve both been talking about how attractive they think the other is since the first time they laid eyes on each other.
Hey, rather Kirbys art style than Stan Lee’s bizarre writing.
Um Danny, your bi is showing.
*crossing fingers* I am wishing that this ship into reality. Please let this ship be reality. It is just so cute of a ship!
How will Amber/Amazigirl react when her boyfriend leaves her for her ex-boyfriend?
“Gee, I probably shouldn’t have lied and manipulated him”
But Amber’s likely the one who will end things, Danny’s a clinger.
i know right, one part of me really loves danny and ethan together because damn they are adorable, but then i remember that amber has been dumped once because of ethan’s preference for boys and man if she has to go through that with danny and for him to go and get with her ex-boyfriend i think that would just tip her over the
edge and she has been through enough already
but dang they are so adorable together. so adorable.
I never thought I would go “aww” over a squiggly text balloon tail, but there you go; perfect way of expressing a faltering/embarrassed voice (≧ω≦). Seaworthy or not, I want this ship to sail, even if it ends in a viking funeral 😀
Don’t worry Willis we don’t think your art style is bad.
Awwww look at that little BI. So cute!
A computer science undergrad awkwardly discovering his own bisexuality in college while making foolish mistakes and trying to be a good person? Why would I identify strongly with Danny that is a ludicrous idea.