I was just going to say the same thing- is she having the Something*Positive (irish cream and chocolate milk) or is she kickin’ it old school with straight chocolate milk?
Fascinating. I don’t speak a word of Portuguese, but that was close enough to Latin (of which I have a smattering) that I could get the gist, at least.
Didn’t know Portuguese was a Romance language. Neat. See? Latin is useful! Wish they still taught it in school.
The poll, I would guess, was just a formality. Since Willis is several weeks (months?) ahead of the actual comic drawing, he’s probably already got the next one drawn and submitted.
I’m not sure about that. I don’t know if he also draws the slipshines months in advance. It could be that the poll was timed so that he could get a Sal & Jason porn drawn to fit with this scene that he knew was coming up.
I don’t know. I think Sarah might be OK with a past as long as it’s not also the present and/or doesn’t disrupt her own studies. Sal puts a lot of dedication and effort into her schoolwork and obviously takes it very seriously, I think Sarah would probably appreciate that.
Having friends is great. Making friends is weird and awkward and stupid.
Jason’s response in the last panel might seem callous, but consider: he is not running away from the feels as fast he can. Nor is he mocking the poor maudlin teenager. He might be an okay guy. C’mon, have a healthy conversation and not one that ends in more unethical banging.
Wait, isn’t ‘FourEcks’ a continent on the Diskworld (named after how the area was marked on most maps, “XXXX”, a blank and unexplored space)? Pretty sure it’s the Australia Expy, too. Wow, knowing Australia has a brand of beer called ‘XXXX’ just makes that even more awesome. 😀
Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.
Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.
One has no friends because they try to do everything in there power to drive everyone but one person away, the other has no friends because they instinctively like a hard ass.
Maybe they’re just posting the comment to have said something on the day-of, but won’t be able to see our responses till tomorrow because of glitchy reasons. Like in the Langoliers, but without the airplane and creepy Pac-men.
Hmm you confuse me Jason. It would seem that you would like to continue hanging out with Sal (based on the apparent intention to listen to her angst), but you feel you could only tolerate the conversation while drunk, and you also feel the need to inform her of this? I’m not sure you know what you’re doing
Jason, as a man with a stick up his butt, needs to be drunk to open up about his own feelings. That and being drunk makes sharing sadness at a bar not as depressing.
At first I wondered what was sexual about a sarcastic clap.
Then I saw the URL. Welcome to the 21st century, where anything and everything is a euphemism.
Not really. Sal barely interacts with Billie and more often than not it’s been hostile. I don’t know if they even like each other.
Sal recently stuck up for Joyce, but I think that’s more because she was witnessing a victim of a seriously traumatic experience getting harassed by her dickhole brother, rather than because she really likes Joyce.
I really do believe that as far as Sal is concerned, Marcie is her only friend.
I am having Sal’s feelings without her alcohol! This is a problem . . .
Seriously, I’m so happy to be getting more of her story! And to have her connection with Jason become something more than hate-fuck attraction (not that I’m judging!). Thank you, Willis!
So, theory time. If Sal drifts further away from Marcie, who do you think she’s going to try and associate with? Would she try to hang out with her brother more and reconcile their relationship? Maybe try to talk to Billie since they’re also childhood friends?
I’m thinking Danny. She’s already established him as a harmless dork with no ulterior motives for his help, and lord knows that would provide another confrontation between her and Amber.
Either that or Carla will finally get through to her. That would be the most efficient way to incorporate more Carla appearances, which is something that needs to happen.
That might actually be right! And kinda cute, right up until Amber loses her shit. On the other hand, there may already be enough drama around Danny as it is, with Ethan free and single now . . .
I know Danny isn’t really a significant character to Sal, but I can’t help but think Willis put the tutoring session to establish some kind of connection between the two.
This is just me ballparking, but I’m guessing what ultimately ends Amber and Danny’s relationship (and that’s definitely where that’s headed) will be another confrontation between her and Sal.
I figured he put them together as another fake out to those who read the other universe. Look it’s Danny and Sal, hahahahaha, nothings gonna happen except Amber going crazier.
I could see her trying to reach out to Billie, but since she’s so deeply entrenched in her Sexy Lesbian Suicide Pact, she’ll push her away. Recall how she practically snuck in and out of math while barely acknowledging any of her friends.
Amber would just assume at first that Danny’s mysteriously gotten way better at Mario Kart, until they get to chatting and she discovers it’s someone else borrowing Danny’s DS. The bigger problem is that Amber’s DS now identifies her as “Amazi-Girl”, and Sal knows who that is now.
(By which I mean Sal knows that Amazi-Girl is the vigilante who attacked them in the Walmart parking lot, not that she knows that Amazi-Girl is Amber or the girl who stabbed her five years ago.)
See, I was going to point out the obvious flaw in that scenario that Amber would just ask Danny who’s been borrowing his DS, which he has no reason to hide, but then I realized he does! That being the fact that his reason for lending it to her would be “I thought she was Amazi-Girl,” which could lead to all sorts of awkward places. Thinking about it now, I’m actually a bit surprised we haven’t seen any fallout from that.
“Some girl I’ve been giving math tutoring to,” is fairly innocuous and doesn’t reveal anything significant about Sal’s identity. And even Danny might be able to figure out that getting much more specific about her identity might not be conducive to good relations with his girlfriend.
Actually, no, what am I talking about? This is Danny. If he ever figures out that hanging out with the super-hot motorcycle chick who barely wears clothes might upset his girlfriend, he’ll tell Sal that he can never see her again.
That part, yes, since, especially early, many graduate students are seeking careers in academia, so the teaching side would matter.
But also the lack of friends. Sure, he’s sandpapery and not very likeable, but most folks can at least find that one person who will put up with them. But if you don’t make friends early in graduate school before everyone settles into the program, it’s a pretty isolating environment, so it’s really easy to get stuck without any friends and not know how to fix it. It’s happened to a few people in my program, apparently. But we just don’t know those students exist because they are so isolated.
So yeah, couple Jason’s stiff personality with an isolating situation like being a graduate student and you have a guy with no friends.
He made a lot more efforts to understand how Sal thought than Jason did (and managed to get her to work out her math block that way), so I disagree here.
Don’t grouse now, Jason. You signed up for this when you engaged in your ill-advised, power imbalanced sexual congress with her. It’s your fault you didn’t read the fine print. You went into this rodeo willingly, and you’re in it until the bull bucks and gores you. The least you could do is listen and not be a jerk.
That’s the thing, though. Jason thought they were having an affair, Sal was very clearly exchanging sex for grades. She’s the one changing the rules now.
I have complained so much about Jason’s relationship with a student, but this right now is not a problem. They are on neutral ground, they have both made sure to distance themselves from their earlier “relationship” and they approach each other with respect.
Of course, if there is sexytime tonight after alcohol has been involved I will have a few sharp things to say…
I think it depends on how much alcohol, myself. Alcohol is a problem when there has been enough to create consent issues, but if two adults (legal sexually, not in terms of drinking age) have a beer or whatever and then sex, I don’t see a problem. For me the key is whether or not either party has consumed enough to eliminate capacity for consent: if the answer is yes, then sex is off the table, if the answer is no, then consent away and have fun if that’s your thing.
Added with the fact that Jason has already recused himself from grading Sal’s work (as he’s said himself, he now gives her assignments to someone else to grade) the power imbalance is lessened (though not gone) because he no longer controls her grades.
Of course, take my entire post here with the grain of salt labeled ‘anonymsly ships Jason and Sal anyway’. Because that is certainly true.
Yeah, I don’t really foresee any trouble. It’s just a general rule of thumb. In a relationship as messy and complicated as theirs, they really should be sober if they chose to complicate it further, and given the power imbalance blah, blah, blah, student, TA we get it, Erik.
Worry not! Here on the internet, there are hundreds of webcomics worth your time!
Alternatively, you could work out, watch TV, read a book, binge-read wikipedia, paint, work out while watching TV…
Hush about all that working out stuff… been years since I had time to binge on web comics (for example, It’s Walky was still an on going thing at the time…). Now I’m up to date on stuff here, Girl Genius, Sluggy, Order of the Stick, Skin Horse and Nukees. I also see Fans! is done, again. Got any web comic suggestions for me?
I wasn’t reading Jason’s dialogue in my head with an English accent before, but now that I am I can’t stop hearing him as that kid Stewie from Family Guy.
Alright, my predictions for where this is going-
#1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), drunk sex/near sex (like when Billie & Ruth actually got together). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…
#2; Don’t get drunk, but head off anyway (kicked out, get bored, babysit drinks too long, etc.), get to location, still making wit the feels, do the feels-stare thing, Slipshine time…
Well no, judging by the current poll, Sal and Jason’s current intercourse turning into one with the more commonly used context is where we’re headed. Though if Willis were to combine the “bring on the dudes banging” votes, the male gay slipshine would just barely come out on top.
Just to make it official, making a slight modification since there’s been confusion from using a bad choice of words. Now on, #1 won’t include “Drunk sex/near sex”, instead I’ll go with a “Bonding moment (something to bring them closer together outside the classroom)”. Other than that, I’m not changing it.
So, now it reads-
#1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), have a bonding moment (something that brings them together outside the classroom other than tutoring). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…
That should do, no spoilers sighted, hopefully no more confusion, I now return you to your regularly scheduled webcomic…
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Just watch out for the Queen of the Drunks
She might accidently swipe you with a keg if you’re not careful.
Joyce bursts in wearing a Bright Pink Sweater vest and the bar erupts with a “Norm” like greeting from Cheers.
Sal becomes Jealous of Joyce and the universe collapses due to the strain of the sheer improbability of the first part of this sentence.
I think her Dexter and Monkey Master garb would be more appropriate.
I’m sure there’s a relevant episode for that.
Then the Soggies rule…
For the briefest of seconds, I read that as ‘Queen of the Donuts’.
That’s Homer when he wears a dress.
That might be the most terrifying sight i ever imagined
Season One, Mini-golf episode. It happened.
*Shudder*
More than that, Google “Homer Simpson in a mumu” in Images.
http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/7/78/King-Size_Homer_(Promo_Picture)_2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120624185539
why……there is no justice
She’ll give you all her wheat for two sheep and then play a monopoly card
Panel 6: Sal is wondering what the heck she’s drinking.
Aw, you JUST beat me to it.
Heh! It is that kind of expression
“Huh. That’s too pale to be Guinness.”
Guinness Low Carb?
Could that be a world record?
Could be…
Low Carb Guinness…?
BRILLIANT!!!!!
for some reason i assumed it was chocolate milk and didnt question that
Ryan slips roofies. Jason slips chocolate milk.
Relevant because of your Gravatar:
http://media.tumblr.com/ed113de432a90b1004a3a2d8ae3abbb6/tumblr_inline_nbqo35mIyk1rltz3k.png
;-P
It would explain what Jaune did later…
I think that’s more than adequately explained by Jaune being Jaune.
…autocorrect thought I meant Jayne. Kind of the opposite of what I meant.
I was just going to say the same thing- is she having the Something*Positive (irish cream and chocolate milk) or is she kickin’ it old school with straight chocolate milk?
“Gimme a pint of Kahlua in a dirty glass.”
A pretty normal reaction in certain bars.
What IS this stuff? It’s making me… have… FEELS.
Sal’s look in Panel six:
“Wait, is this chocolate?”
She ordered milk…in a dirty glass. She’s disappointed with how stringently they followed that request.
Well how else is she staying sober? Girl’s lighter than air.
Yep, mudslide or dark beer.
I have such a hard time switching from southern to british accents in my head so from now on they’re both Portuguese
Wouldn’t Cockney be a fair compromise?
nenhuma senhora
Ahhh, you speak Portuguese? Makes sense then.
“Not any lady”?
Eu nunca imagino ele com sotaque britanico. Eu não consigo pensar assim por alguma razão.(more portuguese!)
Fascinating. I don’t speak a word of Portuguese, but that was close enough to Latin (of which I have a smattering) that I could get the gist, at least.
Didn’t know Portuguese was a Romance language. Neat. See? Latin is useful! Wish they still taught it in school.
It`s also great for spellnaming and such
The two accents have started blurring in my mind, which makes absolutely no sense. Maybe it’s a sign of insanity.
…Naw, ‘course not.
Nothing wrong with a little insanity… *creepy smile…*
That’s what..
..I always say!
Gee, why don’t people like you Jason?
I have not a clue.
Jason is awesome.
Of all people for us to finally see Sal opening up to… I can’t wait to see where this goes.
She’s already opened up to him once before. If you catch my drift.
At least twice that we know of, actually. At least once in his office after they ran Penny out of there, and again in the storage closet off of the classroom after she got the low grade on the quiz.
Prolly a precursor for the next Slipshine…
The poll, I would guess, was just a formality. Since Willis is several weeks (months?) ahead of the actual comic drawing, he’s probably already got the next one drawn and submitted.
That’s what I figured:
“Who should be in the next Slipshine?”
A. Sal and Jason
B. Other things that are not happening
I’m not sure about that. I don’t know if he also draws the slipshines months in advance. It could be that the poll was timed so that he could get a Sal & Jason porn drawn to fit with this scene that he knew was coming up.
Yaaay, let’s join hands and sing the “I’m Lonely and Don’t Know How to Make New Friends” song!
*Everyone mumbles, holding hands but not making eye contact*
Well, if they knew how to make friends they wouldn’t be singing the song…
Great, you already know it!
I love that song!
I’m not loved,
You’re not loved,
We’ve got no more friends back home,
So we’ll hide near the back
And wait for this song to end.
Don’t it suck not having friends?
For this chain of comments, I have a gift…
Or just go with a George Thorogood song, particularly “I Drink Alone” or “One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer”.
Sal, there are plenty of people in your dorm that would love to be your friend, if you would just let them.
I’m sure if she asked, she could be a friend of Dorothy.
That…might be a little tough to pull off, actually.
IT WILL NEVER GET OLD!!!
She doesn’t even have to do that. Joyce lets herself in.
Joyce still has to work her way back to “friend” from “idolizer,” though.
Idolize? Joyce would never do that, that’s blasphemy!
Actually, it’s blasphemous to worship FALSE idols. With Sal, you’re fine.
“Back to friend” implies that she was friends with Sal in the first place.
Like Sarah.
Okay, not like Sarah. If Sarah got even a hint of Sal’s past she’d probably run in the other direction at maximum speed.
I don’t know. I think Sarah might be OK with a past as long as it’s not also the present and/or doesn’t disrupt her own studies. Sal puts a lot of dedication and effort into her schoolwork and obviously takes it very seriously, I think Sarah would probably appreciate that.
“By the way is that an alien outside?”
“Nope, that’s just your reflection in the window.”
No, I’m pretty sure Jason has a student visa or something.
I legitimately snorted at that. +1
Okay, put away the drugs and get high on comedy like the rest of us!
So he’s a legal alien, then.
“I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien, I’m an Englishman in New York…*”
*Well, Indiana U., but it doesn’t scan, so.
Englishman at IU?
No, no aliens here. It was a weather balloon. Flying through some swamp gas. Reflecting the Sun…
Aw, Sal, kiddo…
Having friends is great. Making friends is weird and awkward and stupid.
Jason’s response in the last panel might seem callous, but consider: he is not running away from the feels as fast he can. Nor is he mocking the poor maudlin teenager. He might be an okay guy. C’mon, have a healthy conversation and not one that ends in more unethical banging.
Don’t worry Jason, I think Sal needs to be drunk for this “sharing feelings thing” too.
She’s way ahead of you.
Yeah, Sal’s drunk half a glass of chocolate milk; she’s half in the bag already.
If she’s like her other incarnation in this regard, getting her drunk would shut her up fast. Well, shut her down, really.
And the last thing Jason wants is having to drag her unconscious arse back to the dorm (” )
Awh Sal, you poor baby. Your only friend is making other friends, maybe if you didn’t have so much spite for your brother, you could have everyone.
Just my 2 cents, Sal.
Is Jason going to order what I think he’s going to order?
Chocolate milk?
Gin and Tonic. What else would he order?
A sherry?
I’m just gonna assume he drinks vodka martini, shaken not stirred.
Alcohol? Yes, he certainly will.
Wey-hi pet, a bottle of Newky brown will go down just grand.
Martini, shaken, not stirred?
He’ll order the nearest thing to an awful smelling “real ale” from the barrel. He probably did his first and second degrees in Cambridge or Oxford.
Pimm’s Cup in a pimp cup. Just like Burt Reynolds.
I’ll have seven alcohols please.
Is that like Beer brand beer?
Or those bottles labeled XXX that I’m pretty sure aren’t porn?
Queensland, Australia has an actual brand of beer called XXXX(4 X).
Wait, isn’t ‘FourEcks’ a continent on the Diskworld (named after how the area was marked on most maps, “XXXX”, a blank and unexplored space)? Pretty sure it’s the Australia Expy, too. Wow, knowing Australia has a brand of beer called ‘XXXX’ just makes that even more awesome. 😀
Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.
Oh, there’s a place around Seattle, WA known as XXX. It’s known for its root beer and occasionally playing host to a bunch of classic cars. No porn, however – not even a stripper.
They have something in common. Tsk Tsk.
Everytime Ive logged in this week, there is no chat. I have to back up to yesterdays to get the chat to show up.
Oh well I get in eventually.
One has no friends because they try to do everything in there power to drive everyone but one person away, the other has no friends because they instinctively like a hard ass.
I’m not seeing the similarities between the two.
::whispers:: Its that neither of them has friends.
You’re here today, then, from… tomorrow? O.O
Maybe they’re just posting the comment to have said something on the day-of, but won’t be able to see our responses till tomorrow because of glitchy reasons. Like in the Langoliers, but without the airplane and creepy Pac-men.
Panel 6: “All ah’ve got is this giant pill from Dr. Mario.”
Jason: “Yeah, I wouldn’t trust that man. You shouldn’t use that.”
Omg I thought it looked like a pill too
It fell out of Amazi-Girl’s utility belt and Sal found it.
I can’t help but think of this song: https://youtu.be/lpzqQst-Sg8
See and raise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LL9O0B0gzZE
And I was just going to reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d27gTrPPAyk…
Very nice, thank you.
Wonder if this will fit in at any point? Hmmm, maybe…
Hmm you confuse me Jason. It would seem that you would like to continue hanging out with Sal (based on the apparent intention to listen to her angst), but you feel you could only tolerate the conversation while drunk, and you also feel the need to inform her of this? I’m not sure you know what you’re doing
Jason is kind of a tool with too much pride.
That sums him up nicely. Well, and that’s he’s an ultimately well-meaning tool with too much pride.
That behavior might be one of the reasons he has no friends.
Jason, as a man with a stick up his butt, needs to be drunk to open up about his own feelings. That and being drunk makes sharing sadness at a bar not as depressing.
Sudden attack of the feels </3
I feel so bad for Sal because nobody wants to be her friend…oh wait
*sobbing* STOP BEING MEAN TO EACH OTHER
I’m shipping these two so hard
Apparently the Slipshine pole is too.
Most voters would like to see Jason’s pole, Slipshined.
*snerk*
Bring your own friend to college day (year)!
I don’t think Sal is in the mood for that, Jason…
OHHH, you meant you had to get drunk for feelings. Carry on.
You seem to be groping around for the right word … but I don’t think that you got your hands on the right one yet …
Yeah, I’m not sure I can help you reach the word you want, sorry, hope it’s not too much of a pinch tho…
Dorm life IS pretty insipid, Jason. You’re not missing much (apart from the odd superhero sighting, student-RA hookups, and life-changing epiphanies).
Also Walky Performing a Sex.
And Joe performing a… no, wait, you didn’t miss that one.
It was hard to Miss Penny …
Bravo. Golf clap and +1 internet.
…but, but … I practice safe sex and don’t associate with golfers!
At first I wondered what was sexual about a sarcastic clap.
Then I saw the URL. Welcome to the 21st century, where anything and everything is a euphemism.
Uh hello ? Does Joyce and Billie not count ?
No…no they don’t.
OK let’s establish this so we’re on the same page what counts as a friend here?
It’s all about Sal’s perception. No doubt Joyce sees Sal as a friend but Sal? Still a (?) on that. Billie eh they seem to have mutual indifference.
Well, someone you want to hang out with…
So Far Sal’s been letting them tag along.
But does she drink beer with them in a Walmart parking lot?
Sal drinks beer with Malaya in a Walmart parking lot, and I’m pretty sure she doesn’t count her as a friend.
That’s a pretty fair check actually. Malaya ruins everything!
Nah, Billie’s more of Walky’s friend, and Joyce tends to be more of a fangirl than a friend.. 😛
Not really. Sal barely interacts with Billie and more often than not it’s been hostile. I don’t know if they even like each other.
Sal recently stuck up for Joyce, but I think that’s more because she was witnessing a victim of a seriously traumatic experience getting harassed by her dickhole brother, rather than because she really likes Joyce.
I really do believe that as far as Sal is concerned, Marcie is her only friend.
Sal worries about Billie, but doesn’t seem to want to actually hang out with her.
Good point. I also now remember her defending her from Ruth and offering to put “the fear of God” into her if she was harassing her.
I also remember times where she’s just been plain annoyed as hell with Bilie, so I guess it could go either way.
I would agree: I think more people consider Sal to be a friend of theirs than Sal considers people to be friends of hers.
Sal unpopular?! BLASPHEMY!
I am having Sal’s feelings without her alcohol! This is a problem . . .
Seriously, I’m so happy to be getting more of her story! And to have her connection with Jason become something more than hate-fuck attraction (not that I’m judging!). Thank you, Willis!
So, theory time. If Sal drifts further away from Marcie, who do you think she’s going to try and associate with? Would she try to hang out with her brother more and reconcile their relationship? Maybe try to talk to Billie since they’re also childhood friends?
I’m thinking Danny. She’s already established him as a harmless dork with no ulterior motives for his help, and lord knows that would provide another confrontation between her and Amber.
Either that or Carla will finally get through to her. That would be the most efficient way to incorporate more Carla appearances, which is something that needs to happen.
*gasps*
That might actually be right! And kinda cute, right up until Amber loses her shit. On the other hand, there may already be enough drama around Danny as it is, with Ethan free and single now . . .
I know Danny isn’t really a significant character to Sal, but I can’t help but think Willis put the tutoring session to establish some kind of connection between the two.
This is just me ballparking, but I’m guessing what ultimately ends Amber and Danny’s relationship (and that’s definitely where that’s headed) will be another confrontation between her and Sal.
I think that Danny will act as an intermediary between them in order to put Amber’s past to rest. At least, that’s how it might play out.
I figured he put them together as another fake out to those who read the other universe. Look it’s Danny and Sal, hahahahaha, nothings gonna happen except Amber going crazier.
I’m going to guess Billie, because a new wedge has to pop up in the Rubillie relationship at some point.
I could see her trying to reach out to Billie, but since she’s so deeply entrenched in her Sexy Lesbian Suicide Pact, she’ll push her away. Recall how she practically snuck in and out of math while barely acknowledging any of her friends.
I still want to see Sal and Amber establish an online friendship through the DSes without either of them realizing who the other actually is.
I’m… not entirely sure how that would work, considering Sal is using Danny’s DS.
Wait, does Danny have more than one DS?
Amber would just assume at first that Danny’s mysteriously gotten way better at Mario Kart, until they get to chatting and she discovers it’s someone else borrowing Danny’s DS. The bigger problem is that Amber’s DS now identifies her as “Amazi-Girl”, and Sal knows who that is now.
(By which I mean Sal knows that Amazi-Girl is the vigilante who attacked them in the Walmart parking lot, not that she knows that Amazi-Girl is Amber or the girl who stabbed her five years ago.)
“Sal is now acquainted with Amazi-girl”. There ya go. 🙂
See, I was going to point out the obvious flaw in that scenario that Amber would just ask Danny who’s been borrowing his DS, which he has no reason to hide, but then I realized he does! That being the fact that his reason for lending it to her would be “I thought she was Amazi-Girl,” which could lead to all sorts of awkward places. Thinking about it now, I’m actually a bit surprised we haven’t seen any fallout from that.
All I can say is give it time, Mr Willis has a greater plan than we can see…
“Some girl I’ve been giving math tutoring to,” is fairly innocuous and doesn’t reveal anything significant about Sal’s identity. And even Danny might be able to figure out that getting much more specific about her identity might not be conducive to good relations with his girlfriend.
Actually, no, what am I talking about? This is Danny. If he ever figures out that hanging out with the super-hot motorcycle chick who barely wears clothes might upset his girlfriend, he’ll tell Sal that he can never see her again.
As long as he doesn’t say he’s tutoring her in journalism, he should be ok. Probably.
I’m thinking Carla as the most likely candidate for friendship. Possibly Danny, possibly Jason, but Carla has my vote at the moment.
Awwwww shit JYEAH!
SAD FIGHT! GET HYPE, SON!
Put ya money down, who’s gonna win this race to the bottom?
It will shortly be interrupted by Billie puking on their shoes.
Nah, she and Ruth are happily ensconced in Ruth’s room puking into each other’s laps.
Well, Sal has a head start …
I think we have sit a sore spot for Jason. Don’t let Penny get to you. That bowtie is cool.
Don’t be sad, Sal. Joyce is your friend.
Joyce is your friend, Sal. Be sad.
God I hope this ends with them plastered and singing Benny and The Jets in front of the whole bar
Or Piano Man. Once you Joel together, you’re bonded for life.
No, wait, that’s just in the Mafia.
So which one of them is the journalist and which one has the closet full of bridesmaid dresses?
How many people would be surprised if it was Jason with the bridesmaid dresses…?
“Don’t give me that look, my sister ran out of closet space…and shipped them to me from….England….yeah.”
I’ve had some of my deepest conversations while drunk in a jacuzzi.
I sincerely hope it was as awesome as it sounds.
I would be down with a Bailey’s jacuzzi.
I can vouch for this – jacuzzis plus alcohol equal amazing relaxation.
And having to change the water the next day.
In my head Canon Sal likes girls and is going steady with a female angel, as in from heaven with wings, not a metaphor.
The lesbian angel hangs out with Joyce and Dorothy right now, and her attempt to flirt with Sal was ignored.
I don’t see it being an angel. For me, I see the angel of death, ie.: Alchemy (from Dangerously Chloe)
This feels like it’s going to lead to drunken mistakes…
As opposed to sober ones? Either way, mistakes were gonna happen.
Given the magnitude of their sober mistakes I think their drunken mistakes might amount to honest and mutually supportive heart to hearts
Actually in agreement, despite a few things I said below. This could be a good situation.
Right about now he’s wondering if they’ll serve him a keg with a straw in it.
Oh he’s a graduate student. I had a suspicion. Well, his character definitely makes sense now.
You mean because he actually feels bad about being a crappy teacher?
That part, yes, since, especially early, many graduate students are seeking careers in academia, so the teaching side would matter.
But also the lack of friends. Sure, he’s sandpapery and not very likeable, but most folks can at least find that one person who will put up with them. But if you don’t make friends early in graduate school before everyone settles into the program, it’s a pretty isolating environment, so it’s really easy to get stuck without any friends and not know how to fix it. It’s happened to a few people in my program, apparently. But we just don’t know those students exist because they are so isolated.
So yeah, couple Jason’s stiff personality with an isolating situation like being a graduate student and you have a guy with no friends.
I’m assuming Penny is also a graduate, but unlike Jason, she has the charisma and gregariousness to get around the department.
It’s the same lesson that Dina told Sarah; it’s all about networking.
Penny also gives zero fucks, so there’s that. Well. Discounting the literal, that is.
Yeah she definitely “get’s around.”
Looking worryingly Faz-ish in panel 3, Sal
Well Faz is unpopular, yet thinks he’s the beez-kneez, while Sal has several loyal followers yet thinks she has no other friends…
IT IS REVEALED!! This universes Sal is Genderbent Bizarro Faz! I HAVE CRACKED THE CODE!! IT’S ALL SO CLEAR NOW…
Wow, she’s not even registering the portable console dude.
He’s just a math tutor, and one she’s not even banging. Jason’s closer to being a friend than Danny is.
He made a lot more efforts to understand how Sal thought than Jason did (and managed to get her to work out her math block that way), so I disagree here.
I think the important point is how Sal sees it, and she’s made it pretty clear how she defines friends.
In singular.
*What* portable console? I see nothing; not even casual cellphone use.
Unless you’re talking about what she is holding, and that’s her drink.
Danny. They’re talking about Danny and his DS.
Gotta love a brain on a 3 second delay behind its mouth.
Drunk sex and guilt-trips coming up.
Can they make it to Vegas from here?
Maybe this will make into Slipshine.
I never thought I’d see a similarity between Marcie and Danny…but here it is. Arguably Becky too, now!
Don’t grouse now, Jason. You signed up for this when you engaged in your ill-advised, power imbalanced sexual congress with her. It’s your fault you didn’t read the fine print. You went into this rodeo willingly, and you’re in it until the bull bucks and gores you. The least you could do is listen and not be a jerk.
That’s the thing, though. Jason thought they were having an affair, Sal was very clearly exchanging sex for grades. She’s the one changing the rules now.
Except he never changed her grades in the first place.
I think part of his grouse is that Sal’s issue hits close to home for him since he feels isolated himself.
I have complained so much about Jason’s relationship with a student, but this right now is not a problem. They are on neutral ground, they have both made sure to distance themselves from their earlier “relationship” and they approach each other with respect.
Of course, if there is sexytime tonight after alcohol has been involved I will have a few sharp things to say…
I think it depends on how much alcohol, myself. Alcohol is a problem when there has been enough to create consent issues, but if two adults (legal sexually, not in terms of drinking age) have a beer or whatever and then sex, I don’t see a problem. For me the key is whether or not either party has consumed enough to eliminate capacity for consent: if the answer is yes, then sex is off the table, if the answer is no, then consent away and have fun if that’s your thing.
Added with the fact that Jason has already recused himself from grading Sal’s work (as he’s said himself, he now gives her assignments to someone else to grade) the power imbalance is lessened (though not gone) because he no longer controls her grades.
Of course, take my entire post here with the grain of salt labeled ‘anonymsly ships Jason and Sal anyway’. Because that is certainly true.
Yeah, I don’t really foresee any trouble. It’s just a general rule of thumb. In a relationship as messy and complicated as theirs, they really should be sober if they chose to complicate it further, and given the power imbalance blah, blah, blah, student, TA we get it, Erik.
Just guessing that many drinks later Bowtie will end up ‘loading Sal up’, and that will be the next Pay Per view strip.
I hope this is setting up some flashbacks to young Marcie, Sal, and crew. Mmm… Drunken storytelling!!
What is Sal drinking? It kinda looks like chocolate milk
Close! Chocolate stout.
God damn it I got caught up. Now what am I going to do with my time…
Worry not! Here on the internet, there are hundreds of webcomics worth your time!
Alternatively, you could work out, watch TV, read a book, binge-read wikipedia, paint, work out while watching TV…
Hush about all that working out stuff… been years since I had time to binge on web comics (for example, It’s Walky was still an on going thing at the time…). Now I’m up to date on stuff here, Girl Genius, Sluggy, Order of the Stick, Skin Horse and Nukees. I also see Fans! is done, again. Got any web comic suggestions for me?
Not just drunk, properly drunk.
You know, English drunk. Pip, pip.
Let’s hope Sal holds her liquor better than she did last time, then.
If the Walkyverse rules apply, Sal can barely hold hers any better than newspaper can.
Apparently EVERYONE in this comic has been possessed by the green-eyed monster. It’s starting to look like an epidemic.
Nah, not…
er…
Let me get back to you on that.
Dina, Jacob, Ethan, Dorothy, Joe, Danny, Marcie, etc…
Thanks. Those. Although I’m not so sure about Marcie until I know more about her feelings about her and Sal’s relationship.
Load Me Up. Great song.
I wasn’t reading Jason’s dialogue in my head with an English accent before, but now that I am I can’t stop hearing him as that kid Stewie from Family Guy.
When I have Stewie read Jason’s lines, the comic is much funnier. Thanks.
Just don’t imagine Sal sounding like Brian. Or Meg.
She’s incurably Applejack, as she should be.
“Sir video game of dubious entertainment value, I would like a drink.”
So much rage…
Alright, my predictions for where this is going-
#1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), drunk sex/near sex (like when Billie & Ruth actually got together). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…
#2; Don’t get drunk, but head off anyway (kicked out, get bored, babysit drinks too long, etc.), get to location, still making wit the feels, do the feels-stare thing, Slipshine time…
#3; Mr Willis goes to other characters… 😛
My predictions are in…
My predictions:
Jason gets drunk. Mike gets drunk.
They somehow both end up waking up in bed with Danny.
Wouldn’t be the first time Mike has pulled a Frankenfurter, and judging by that current slipshine poll, a mmm threeway is where we’re headed.
Well no, judging by the current poll, Sal and Jason’s current intercourse turning into one with the more commonly used context is where we’re headed. Though if Willis were to combine the “bring on the dudes banging” votes, the male gay slipshine would just barely come out on top.
If you know what I mean.
Just to make it official, making a slight modification since there’s been confusion from using a bad choice of words. Now on, #1 won’t include “Drunk sex/near sex”, instead I’ll go with a “Bonding moment (something to bring them closer together outside the classroom)”. Other than that, I’m not changing it.
So, now it reads-
#1; They get drunk, get to either one’s place (most likely his, we know she has a roommate), have a bonding moment (something that brings them together outside the classroom other than tutoring). Sober up somehow (sleep or grog wears off), Feel a little sorry for themselves, then actual sex, most likely ending up on Slipshine…
That should do, no spoilers sighted, hopefully no more confusion, I now return you to your regularly scheduled webcomic…
Well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME, PRINCESS