Dina: I’ve been tricked, I’ve been backstabbed, and I’ve been quite possibly bamboozled.
Also: Quick Becky, this is your chance to get into Dina’s pants before she gives them to Amber! (Dina is tiny, so Becky can’t fit into her usual pants)
Becky: So, what actual combination of words did Amber use to make you pounce on her and rip off her clothes with your teeth? You know, so I don’t accidentally say that in the future…
Reliable Excavators and Diggers, sworn foes of Builder’s League United, destined to fight over granaries, gravel pits, and 2fort in oddly symmetrical skirmishes for all eternity.
I think she’s talking about asexuality. She seems to be either bi- or pan-romantic, but doesn’t experience sexual attraction except under rare circumstances.
I think Dina is referencing her general lack of awareness as to what physically makes someone attractive. Sge seems to love Becky for who she is as a person and her looks come a distant second to that
Remember, she now said that her arrangement is only apparent to her, meaning she may not be quite sure herself exactly where she lies. In other words, she might just be what some refer to as a “late bloomer”.
Gotcha beat by more than twice that. Asexuality’s less talked about than almost any other orientation; I didn’t even know it was a thing for most of my life. Dina’s probably in a similar boat.
Yeah, in this case we have Word of Willis and a potential in-universe awareness on Dina’s part (owning and wearing a gray shirt with ace-colored stripes, which is where Willis confirmed was a deliberate choice to say gray asexuality specifically) to that effect.
*plays the parody song “She Wears The Pants With Me” on the hacked Muzak* (No, I don’t know who recorded it, only that it’s from 1988 and a spoof of Rick Astley.)
https://www.strawpoll.me/45234429
o3o I’m kinda curious to see what kinda stuff you guys would like to see me draw so I made a poll. By no means a comprehensive list, there’s stuff I thought of right after posting it but since you guys like my stuff I thought it’d be fun to see what you guys might want to see. (And if none of those options appeal to you you can always just reply to this post.)
As of 1 AM I must say I am surprised by the results. Not only by who is winning (Joyce/Dina/Becky Poly) but how low some picks I thought you’d guy’s love being so low! Interesting.
There are a lot of winsome options on the poll but I kinda want to see Mary and Amber with that torn up clothing but sexy look with Dina hunting them. I think there was a similar Amber one you did but Mary needs to be included.
I mean, it’s a mixed bag. It isn’t like Walky subjectively should be any different, but Becky’s opinion on the matter has little relevance. Becky has no sexual interest in Walky or any guy, so of course to her “it’s just Walky”. I’m sure she would also be “it’s just Jason Momoa”.
I don’t see the overlap honestly. The main powers of a Samurai are like, the wealth and influence from being a feudal noble, while a Vampire has immortality at least, probably a hkst of other magic shit.
Sanurai were some of the deadliest fighters in ancient history, and much more capable than ninjas; the latter’s only job was to gather enemy intel, and didn’t fight back unless necessary.
My point was that Samurai weren’t superhuman and what made them dangerous wasn’t like inherent to their genetics. It was having better equipment and training than a common soldier could afford.
Them being deadlier warriors than other historical warriors or more capable than Ninjas aren’t relevant, or accurate for that matter. Also they weren’t in ancient history, they were in medieval and early modern history.
That said, I’m fairly sure if you punch someone’s teeth out without consent, even if they said something provocative, there’s a decent chance you will, in fact, be made to pay the dental bill.
I mean, I appreciate Dina tackling Amber in defence of dinosaurs as much as the next Dina fan, but ripping her pants with her teeth was probably unnecessary, even if Amber did provoke her. XD There are circumstances where I’m okay with retaliation like that, but considering the provocation and reaction, I think it’s okay to joke about Dina owing her new pants.
I know this is a ‘slice-of-life’ webcomic, but even so, the artist is allowed a certain amount of what I’m going to call “license for the LULZ”. The ‘tearing her clothes off with her teeth’ bit definitely falls into that category.
I mean…yeah you probably should? Just cuz they ask you to break their teeth doesn’t mean you can just break their teeth. “He was asking for it” doesn’t really hold up in court.
Technically the crux of an assault and battery charge is touching someone in a harmful way without their consent. You could probably get acquitted if you could establish consent (like them literally and sincerely saying ‘Will you please knock my teeth out? I would like you too’). But if they’re taking you to court for the dental bill, I’m GUESSING they won’t admit that and so good luck establishing that.
Eg: boxing, martial arts classes, and the houseparties of my youth where all the philosophy majors would get pissed on cheap grog and bet pizza on whether tkd black belt me or the kung fu blavk belt Thaii would win in a fight and then watch me get my face ground into the dirt 60 times
Y’know considering Amber did manipulate Dina into attacking her instead of, oh I don’t know….being a person capable of having a conversation with an attractive man without succumbing to desire. I don’t really think Dina needs to replace her overalls. I think they break even on that. Give Becky the overalls as a gift. She could rock that look.
It’s kind of hard for me to agree with Dina’s copability here because Amber did antagonize her. Yet somehow she deserves reparation when Dina also attacked Mary, with even less prompting, but no one actually gives a shit what happened to Mary because she is unlikeable. Mary is a horrible person but that doesn’t stop this from being a double standard. We just don’t know what happened to Mary. Maybe I’m missing some subtlety here but I’d feel a hypocrite to enjoy Mary getting HOMPKED while also saying Amber somehow deserves better.
Okay, upon double checking context, I’d point out that at no point do we see Dina lay hands on Mary. She chased her and HOMPKED at her, but didn’t tackle her the way she did Amber. That is a fairly important distinction to many. Not to me, really, because it’s fictional and I don’t really care whether or not Dina replaced her pants, I just felt like screwing around.
Also, Dina did specify that Amber is a friend. She doesn’t owe Mary reparations in the same way because Mary is a hateful source of distress and upset.
I don’t really care that much either. I thought it was funny. I just felt like making the argument because Becky’s expression is noticeably annoyed at hearing what Amber did and I think that’s pretty justified. Her girl got manipulated by a friend for a stupid reason and is literally paying for it. Mary can suck eggs though.
Well, a few things:
1) Mary’s attack was not “with even less promting”, it was for actively being a bigot against a group Dina belongs to, right next to her against someone Dina likes at least somewhat. That’s a much more serious transgression than getting dinosaurs wrong. In a real sense, getting HOMPKED was immediate karmic justice for Mary’s actions, while Amber getting attacked was just a funny.
2)Amber is being compensated for the destruction of her property (pants), that is the permanent if minor loss resulting from being hompked not for the hompking itself. We have no indication Mary suffered a similar loss, so even if we put aside the first point (and we shouldn’t) she would have no claim to compensation.
Well while I agree with the idea, in a real world sense karmic justice doesn’t really fly. You can’t attack or terrorize people just because you feel they deserve it. That’s fun in a comic but like Dina buying Amber new pants there are consequences for actions and the last thing we need is Mary coming after Dina over this. And personally I feel like what Amber did was was at least equal to Mary. Maybe not as harmful as potential homophobic/transphobic hate speech but intentionally manipulating people into possibly compromising situations for your own personal gain is also really bad. Dina could’ve gotten into trouble for attacking Amber especially since most of the authority figures on campus are imcompetent and biased. Imagine if that pudding head women was there, or campus security?
It’s not even karmic justice, it’s a person from a marginalized group aggressively shutting down a dangerous bigot in an (ultimately non-harmful) way. Note, as BBCC said, that Dina is never shown onscreen actually attacking Mary, just chasing and yelling at her. Now, could this be psychologically harmful? Sure. So is telling a depressed bisexual it’s their fault they’re depressed for being bisexual. So is being vocally homophobic in an area you know contains a higher-than-average number of queer people. So is blackmailing a depressed person to the point they need to be hospitalized, attempting to continue to blackmail the depressed person once she’s in a state of suicidal near-catatonia, and so is deliberately misgendering a trans woman by harassing her and then trying to force her into the men’s wing, where she ‘really belongs.’ (Carla got her revenge at the time, of course, but the point stands that that was an act of transphobic aggression.) Mary’s done worse, and Dina KNOWS Mary has done worse given the opportunity. (Remember, part of Jennifer’s response in the aftermath of Ruth’s hospitalization was to make sure everyone knew Mary wasn’t just a harmful bigoted bongo, but a blackmailing one who actively extorted Ruth until she had to be hospitalized. And then threatened to tell Chloe the RM that fact if Mary ever tried messing with someone again. At which point Mary asked to let her have Carla at least, and Jennifer slugged her which was honestly the less drastic option because Jennifer or one of several bystanders could have just gone straight to the RM for that one. Frankly, I think they should have.) To Ruth, specifically and particularly, who Mary was harassing. Karmic justice implies Dina wouldn’t be doing this informed by the knowledge that Mary’s a dangerous bigot, against a group Dina belongs to and against the person she was harassing in particular. But again, that is not the case. That Hompking wasn’t in relation to anything about dinosaurs, and it was obviously targeted at Mary. Dina was doing it to shut Mary down and got her away from her victim in the process. Ruth may or may not have needed the intervention, but Ruth was also clearly not the only queer lady in earshot of that who didn’t want to put up with Mary’s bullshit for another second, either. (Dina and Carla evidently were, and Sierra was actively in the discussion when Mary intruded. I don’t think Agatha’s sexuality has ever been discussed concretely but that’s no reason to think she’s straight.) That wasn’t karmic justice, it was direct action.
Again, Dina didn’t appear to physically harm Mary. Mary has done tangible harm to the person she was harassing at the time. (Ruth had been skirting dangerously close to suicidal before Mary’s blackmail, but that was the thing that pushed her into needing overnight hospitalization. That’s a big deal even by severely depressed standards.) Mary was being bigoted against Dina, as well as others in the dorm. It wasn’t NICE, but it was in direct response to something that was actively harmful itself.
Amber’s attack was probably covered entirely under rule of comedy. Frankly, so is Mary’s. But Amber is also a friend and she wasn’t doing anything actively harmful to prompt a violent raptor attack, much less one that damaged clothing.
I don’t actually care about what happened to Mary she kind of gets what she deserves. Although I do think it’s a bad precedent that it’s been repeatedly shown it’s okay to hurt her because she’s unlikeable. My problem’s really just with what Amber did. Which wasn’t cool and I don’t like it waved off because “lol funny” or “We like Amber so it’s okay” I’ve been in situations like that. A trusted one using something they know about you for their own gain without permission. Mary is just there for comparison because she’s the only other one Dina HOMPKED. This isn’t even the first time Amber has tried to use Dina as a buffer between her and Walky but at least Dina saw through her bullshit last time.
Yeah, the Amber/Dina/Walky dynamic has some distinct issues. That’s on Amber. I’m nonetheless saying there’s a difference (and Dina clearly thinks there’s a difference as well) between ‘Amber’s sketchy use of Dina as buffer, but nonetheless ripping clothes was out of line for Dina’ (because Amber couldn’t repair them) and ‘shutting down bigotry, in a way that was ultimately non-damaging.’ Mary apparently didn’t need any clothing to be replaced, and Amber using Dina to keep her from being Overcome With Lust For Walky is something that really needs to be addressed in a conversation, not just a HOMPKing. (Conversation does not, however, work on Mary.) Amber can be out of line for using Dina and Dina can be out of line for destroying her overalls. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Dina is now rectifying the pants situation. Maybe after that they can have that talk about how Dina doesn’t like being party to Amber and Walky’s weird dynamic. (Probably not, because DUMBING of Age, but it also keeps the conversation grounded in the Amber-Walky weirdness, no need to digress into the pants thing.)
Mary sucks and everyone hates her so it’s funny that Dina honks at her until she face faults to death. Then Dina does the same to Amber except we like Amber so there’s a strip where Dina has to pay some small recompense.
https://imgur.com/a/LmchMH1
I apologize. 1. because I know this’ll probably be my least popular drawing of the bunch. and 2. because this was gonna just be a single picture and I got super carried away with it.
See, when I saw the Carla and Mary option in the poll I initially thought “eh”, but this has me kinda regretting my decision to not include it with everything else I selected
See Carla and Mary are one of those crackships that I have that I can’t place a finger on why. Part of it is just cuz it’s awful. Like shipping a Cobra and a mongoose. A big part of it is just me imagining Mary Seething mad the whole time but absolutely intoxicated by intimate sexy times with Carla. Shitty people don’t deserve happy endings but god damnit if I don’t like the most aggressive form of “kill them with kindness”
So wait – are the first three panels supposed to be a dream sequence, a drawn-in-universe thing being distributed by Carla, something that actually happened but is now being denied, or something else?
Let’s say all of my comics are somewhat of a fantasy reality. I mean obviously, it involves everybody making out and being naughty. But Mary’s anger is enough to break the fourth wall to confirm that this (probably) didn’t happen. Imagine it like a giant thought bubble floating above everyone’s head. Though the question is, who does the fantasy belong to?
Definitely Mary. I would believe she was just super closeted and using her religious bullshit to hide/overcompensate for her true feeling before believing Carla feels any affection for Mary
Wait, does this mean Amber had to go back to her dorm, pantless? Or did Dina left her with a sexy shredded pair of pants, you know, the kind that indicates you’ve jumped by a Dino Girl?
They said that she had basically turned them into regular pants in a previous strip, so, they probably were either held up by her or were snug enough with the side button things overalls often have to stay up on their own.
I don’t think she like sent Amber having to walk back in her underwear.
…Didn’t Becky see Dina rip the pants with her teeth? Wasn’t there a whole bit about how she was horny-jealous about not being on the receiving end of it?
While Dina can see and understand amber baiting her to devour her clothes, and her reasons for it, she does not in any way question her need to attack someone who talks shit about dinosaurs.
Yeah, Dina, your irrational reaction button isn’t about physical appearances but the latest guess about what Dinosaurs may or may not have looked like.
I can’t recall the exact title(s) off the top of my head, but I’m pretty sure there are a few that’ve even been used four times, if not more. (Will reply to this if/when I find an example.)
OK long life and a habit of reading stuff that is literally off the wall caused me to recall this: https://selkiecomic.com/tag/pants-the-eel/
In this case Dina could literally eat pants. Except Pants because that’s its name.
Well in another universe Dina and Wally hooked up. Same with Mike, but that’s no longer possible. Still I wonder how Dina bit through a pair of overalls. Maybe it wasn’t made out of denim, but that stuff they use for jeggings or pajama jeans.
VR racing has possibilities, and I hope we’ll see them come to fruition even after all the madness that’s been the last year and a half.
I’d like to see virtual motorsports ‘legends’ races with some of the retired drivers who are still kicking. The organizing body could build identical spec VR-capable PCs with driving cockpits, crate them up, and ship them off to the drivers’ homes. They could run truncated exhibition races with handicaps (weighted based on age, ability, etc) keeping the playing field fairly balanced and interesting. Winner gets bragging rights, proceeds to charity.
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Walky would’ve been hot for that a few months back
by which I mean 114 of them
That theory is pants. Unless, well, to be obtuse, what time scale are we using? Did you mean when he was a missionary mouse?
The link is a strip from 2011. It’s a reference to the crazy difference between real time and comic time.
Dina: I’ve been tricked, I’ve been backstabbed, and I’ve been quite possibly bamboozled.
Also: Quick Becky, this is your chance to get into Dina’s pants before she gives them to Amber! (Dina is tiny, so Becky can’t fit into her usual pants)
Also:
Becky: So, what actual combination of words did Amber use to make you pounce on her and rip off her clothes with your teeth? You know, so I don’t accidentally say that in the future…
Ah a fellow member of the Red Team!
The red team of what?
Reliable Excavators and Diggers, sworn foes of Builder’s League United, destined to fight over granaries, gravel pits, and 2fort in oddly symmetrical skirmishes for all eternity.
It’s Reliable Excavation Demolition.
Hey I’ve been playing since The Orange Box hit retail, and I absolutely, 100%…
Screwed that up.
At least I got BLU right? :V
…Okay, wild prediction.
Joyce admits to a smidge of attraction for unkempt Walky. Just physically.
Becky goes into a frothing rage and starts plotting to grow her hair out, or she goes out and gets a haircut in the exact shape of Walky.
Sarah debates early alcoholism.
lol i can see that happening
It is not “just Walky”! It’s clear Becky is just jealous she can’t be as hot! She has no objectivity here.
Brcky could be living the harem fanart dream.
Hmmm…. that’s strange. She once said that “gender doesn’t matter to her”.
But yet again, what else could “sexual arrangement” mean?
Dina is gray-ace.
I think she’s talking about asexuality. She seems to be either bi- or pan-romantic, but doesn’t experience sexual attraction except under rare circumstances.
The only time we’ve seen her experience arousal was when Becky asked if she was ready to “go home an’ do science together.”
Well shoot. Who could resist that?
I gotta say, Dina and Becky wearing their lab goggles would make an EXCELLENT superhero team.
Who could resist science?
http://dresdencodak.com/2008/05/02/copan/
I think Dina is referencing her general lack of awareness as to what physically makes someone attractive. Sge seems to love Becky for who she is as a person and her looks come a distant second to that
She*
Perhaps it’s that Dina doesn’t feel typical sexual attraction. Her potential asexuality has been the focus of the Becky/Dina story so far.
If the sexualities are still the same between the Walkyverse and the Dumbiverse, I’m not sure what that would mean.
Dina’s canonically gray-ace per word of Willis, and seems to be either bi- or panromantic as discussed above.
Remember, she now said that her arrangement is only apparent to her, meaning she may not be quite sure herself exactly where she lies. In other words, she might just be what some refer to as a “late bloomer”.
This feels like one of the more likely scenarios (if not the most likely). Hell, I didn’t really figure out what MY deal was until I was 17.
Gotcha beat by more than twice that. Asexuality’s less talked about than almost any other orientation; I didn’t even know it was a thing for most of my life. Dina’s probably in a similar boat.
Honestly, the phrase “sexual arrangement” may have been deliberately chosen to keep us guessing like this.
Okay, but Dina is gray-ace.
Yeah, in this case we have Word of Willis and a potential in-universe awareness on Dina’s part (owning and wearing a gray shirt with ace-colored stripes, which is where Willis confirmed was a deliberate choice to say gray asexuality specifically) to that effect.
Don’t underestimate those looks and his hair Becky; with the right motivation(and sleaziness) Walky could seduce the world.
Unrelated to Walky, Becky when are you going to jump on Dina? We’re waiting and some of us have bets on the outcome.
“Bets,” you say?
Luann crossover incoming?
I actually hoping about this crossover to happen. My two top favorites strip together ♡♡♡!
EAT PANT.
Devouring overalls is the first step down a slippery slope. Next thing you know, she’ll be munching carpet.
We can only hope.
Munching the carpet, nibbling the nubbin, licking the envelopes, eating at the Y….
I cannot type her Twitter account name at my workplace, but I think Kate Lister has a great little video full of historical euphemisms.
Fish taco Tuesday…
If I were Becky, I would be more worried that my girlfriend tore someone’s clothes off and they weren’t mine.
Becky knows her dino girl better than that 😤
Yeah, but as sexually frustrated as Becky is, you’d think that she’d be jealous.
*plays the parody song “She Wears The Pants With Me” on the hacked Muzak* (No, I don’t know who recorded it, only that it’s from 1988 and a spoof of Rick Astley.)
“It’s Just Walky” is my favorite comic by David Willis.
I agree it’s better than “Roomies, I Guess”, but I’ve always been a bigger fan of “Shrugpacked”.
Honestly none of them compare to “Law (Some)”
I’m really loving the “Whatserface and Walky” reruns, petsonally.
Buuut what about “Dumbing of Eh”?
Was “Pants” already taken as a strip title? I mean it has to be, right?
Strip titles are reused occasionally, from time to time. This is actually the third strip titled “Replacement”, for example.
(A quick search seems to indicate that “Pants” has not, as yet, been used as a strip title.)
Dina: Oh and I killed Mary.
Becky: Eh.
And nothing of value was lost.
I believe something of value would be gained, in this case.
https://www.strawpoll.me/45234429
o3o I’m kinda curious to see what kinda stuff you guys would like to see me draw so I made a poll. By no means a comprehensive list, there’s stuff I thought of right after posting it but since you guys like my stuff I thought it’d be fun to see what you guys might want to see. (And if none of those options appeal to you you can always just reply to this post.)
I may have accidentally voted for 19 things. I hope this doesn’t distort your results too much, sorry.
oh, I wanted people to vote for whichever ideas stuck out to them. If you liked 19 things on that list then that is useful data!
As Anton Ego said in ‘Ratatouillle’ — “Surprise me!”
I voted for at least 15 things.
I haven’t followed the link yet, but I’m already wondering if there’s a all-of-the-above option.
All that apply is a good substitute though.
I can’t believe Amber and Dorothy only gets 2% so far.
I am SHOCKED, I tell ya. I thought that was gonna be top 5 easy!
It’s a competitive field.
As of 1 AM I must say I am surprised by the results. Not only by who is winning (Joyce/Dina/Becky Poly) but how low some picks I thought you’d guy’s love being so low! Interesting.
I am also surprised. Apparently, my own tastes regarding the poll aren’t that popular.
I mean, is Joyce/Dina/Becky really that surprising a pairing? It was my three person makeout request from the previous Kickstarter, lol.
Oooh, oooh, ooh! I just realized I can vote for more than one! 😀
Anything with naked girls. Especially Amber.
There are a lot of winsome options on the poll but I kinda want to see Mary and Amber with that torn up clothing but sexy look with Dina hunting them. I think there was a similar Amber one you did but Mary needs to be included.
I <3 this.
Ethan and Amber making a Danny sandwich. Canon has dashed this against the Mike-shaped rocks, YOU’RE MY ONLY HOPE.
You had me at NightGirl Lucy.
Daisy, with scissors, about to give somebody a Chest Window.
Julia Gray has been assigned to test fly a new craft that looks strangely like a tummy-wand.
She tries to land it on an aircraft carrier, but every attempt is just a touch-and-go.
I’m actually with Becky here.
It IS just Walky.
I mean, it’s a mixed bag. It isn’t like Walky subjectively should be any different, but Becky’s opinion on the matter has little relevance. Becky has no sexual interest in Walky or any guy, so of course to her “it’s just Walky”. I’m sure she would also be “it’s just Jason Momoa”.
I dunno if that holds water. I’m a straight guy but you show me an attractive dude I at least…get it. Maybe not all the time but usually.
I guess Becky doesn’t find Walky to be aesthetically appealing.
By the way, I found a much more likely alternative to the hypothesis that Dina is a vampire.
It could be possible that she’s the direct descendant of a samurai, as they share many similar powers with vampires.
I don’t see the overlap honestly. The main powers of a Samurai are like, the wealth and influence from being a feudal noble, while a Vampire has immortality at least, probably a hkst of other magic shit.
Am I missing something
Yes, the fact that both of them have incredible speed, stealth and senses.
Are you not confusing samurai with ninjas?
To be fair, you could say the same for werewolves… A wereciraptor samurai
Samurai were just dudes. Generally rich and thus well-equipped and well-trained dudes relative to most of feudal Japan, but not superhuman
But Muh Superior Katana! Made of sub-par steel…
Sanurai were some of the deadliest fighters in ancient history, and much more capable than ninjas; the latter’s only job was to gather enemy intel, and didn’t fight back unless necessary.
My point was that Samurai weren’t superhuman and what made them dangerous wasn’t like inherent to their genetics. It was having better equipment and training than a common soldier could afford.
Them being deadlier warriors than other historical warriors or more capable than Ninjas aren’t relevant, or accurate for that matter. Also they weren’t in ancient history, they were in medieval and early modern history.
Dina is a good egg.
I mean, yeah, that’s what happens when you rip someone’s pants with your teeth, Dina. You owe ’em new ones.
I disagree. Amber initiated that. It’s like asking someone to punch out your teeth and then they have to pay the dental bill.
Dina probably overperformed Amber’s expectation, and Dina replacing them without prompting is nice.
I was joking.
That said, I’m fairly sure if you punch someone’s teeth out without consent, even if they said something provocative, there’s a decent chance you will, in fact, be made to pay the dental bill.
I mean, I appreciate Dina tackling Amber in defence of dinosaurs as much as the next Dina fan, but ripping her pants with her teeth was probably unnecessary, even if Amber did provoke her. XD There are circumstances where I’m okay with retaliation like that, but considering the provocation and reaction, I think it’s okay to joke about Dina owing her new pants.
I know this is a ‘slice-of-life’ webcomic, but even so, the artist is allowed a certain amount of what I’m going to call “license for the LULZ”. The ‘tearing her clothes off with her teeth’ bit definitely falls into that category.
Well, YEAH. But it’s no fun if you ignore the funny bits in your discussions. 😛
I mean…yeah you probably should? Just cuz they ask you to break their teeth doesn’t mean you can just break their teeth. “He was asking for it” doesn’t really hold up in court.
I mean, people were saying it was okay for Booster to psychoanalyze Ruth because she was asking for it…
True but 1. I was not one of those people and 2. physical damage (especially permanent physical damage) is not comparable to being really rude.
Technically the crux of an assault and battery charge is touching someone in a harmful way without their consent. You could probably get acquitted if you could establish consent (like them literally and sincerely saying ‘Will you please knock my teeth out? I would like you too’). But if they’re taking you to court for the dental bill, I’m GUESSING they won’t admit that and so good luck establishing that.
I wonder if they added that consent line so people don’t sue over organized fighting events.
or S&MEg: boxing, martial arts classes, and the houseparties of my youth where all the philosophy majors would get pissed on cheap grog and bet pizza on whether tkd black belt me or the kung fu blavk belt Thaii would win in a fight and then watch me get my face ground into the dirt 60 times
Good thing Dina didn’t also hurt her teeth doing that.
Y’know considering Amber did manipulate Dina into attacking her instead of, oh I don’t know….being a person capable of having a conversation with an attractive man without succumbing to desire. I don’t really think Dina needs to replace her overalls. I think they break even on that. Give Becky the overalls as a gift. She could rock that look.
She doesn’t NEED to, no, but Dina’s a thoughtful and considerate person who likes Amber.
If Dina can’t control herself when someone says something completely innocuous then yeah it’s on her to replace her clothing.
It’s kind of hard for me to agree with Dina’s copability here because Amber did antagonize her. Yet somehow she deserves reparation when Dina also attacked Mary, with even less prompting, but no one actually gives a shit what happened to Mary because she is unlikeable. Mary is a horrible person but that doesn’t stop this from being a double standard. We just don’t know what happened to Mary. Maybe I’m missing some subtlety here but I’d feel a hypocrite to enjoy Mary getting HOMPKED while also saying Amber somehow deserves better.
Okay, but hear me out – I’ve pretty much forgotten everything about her HOMPKING Mary except that it happened. XD
Okay, upon double checking context, I’d point out that at no point do we see Dina lay hands on Mary. She chased her and HOMPKED at her, but didn’t tackle her the way she did Amber. That is a fairly important distinction to many. Not to me, really, because it’s fictional and I don’t really care whether or not Dina replaced her pants, I just felt like screwing around.
The dismemberment of Mary occurred entirely off screen. Willis is classy like that.
Also, Dina did specify that Amber is a friend. She doesn’t owe Mary reparations in the same way because Mary is a hateful source of distress and upset.
Has Mary been on screen since the incident? It could have happened in Canon.
I don’t really care that much either. I thought it was funny. I just felt like making the argument because Becky’s expression is noticeably annoyed at hearing what Amber did and I think that’s pretty justified. Her girl got manipulated by a friend for a stupid reason and is literally paying for it. Mary can suck eggs though.
Well, a few things:
1) Mary’s attack was not “with even less promting”, it was for actively being a bigot against a group Dina belongs to, right next to her against someone Dina likes at least somewhat. That’s a much more serious transgression than getting dinosaurs wrong. In a real sense, getting HOMPKED was immediate karmic justice for Mary’s actions, while Amber getting attacked was just a funny.
2)Amber is being compensated for the destruction of her property (pants), that is the permanent if minor loss resulting from being hompked not for the hompking itself. We have no indication Mary suffered a similar loss, so even if we put aside the first point (and we shouldn’t) she would have no claim to compensation.
Well while I agree with the idea, in a real world sense karmic justice doesn’t really fly. You can’t attack or terrorize people just because you feel they deserve it. That’s fun in a comic but like Dina buying Amber new pants there are consequences for actions and the last thing we need is Mary coming after Dina over this. And personally I feel like what Amber did was was at least equal to Mary. Maybe not as harmful as potential homophobic/transphobic hate speech but intentionally manipulating people into possibly compromising situations for your own personal gain is also really bad. Dina could’ve gotten into trouble for attacking Amber especially since most of the authority figures on campus are imcompetent and biased. Imagine if that pudding head women was there, or campus security?
It’s not even karmic justice, it’s a person from a marginalized group aggressively shutting down a dangerous bigot in an (ultimately non-harmful) way. Note, as BBCC said, that Dina is never shown onscreen actually attacking Mary, just chasing and yelling at her. Now, could this be psychologically harmful? Sure. So is telling a depressed bisexual it’s their fault they’re depressed for being bisexual. So is being vocally homophobic in an area you know contains a higher-than-average number of queer people. So is blackmailing a depressed person to the point they need to be hospitalized, attempting to continue to blackmail the depressed person once she’s in a state of suicidal near-catatonia, and so is deliberately misgendering a trans woman by harassing her and then trying to force her into the men’s wing, where she ‘really belongs.’ (Carla got her revenge at the time, of course, but the point stands that that was an act of transphobic aggression.) Mary’s done worse, and Dina KNOWS Mary has done worse given the opportunity. (Remember, part of Jennifer’s response in the aftermath of Ruth’s hospitalization was to make sure everyone knew Mary wasn’t just a harmful bigoted bongo, but a blackmailing one who actively extorted Ruth until she had to be hospitalized. And then threatened to tell Chloe the RM that fact if Mary ever tried messing with someone again. At which point Mary asked to let her have Carla at least, and Jennifer slugged her which was honestly the less drastic option because Jennifer or one of several bystanders could have just gone straight to the RM for that one. Frankly, I think they should have.) To Ruth, specifically and particularly, who Mary was harassing. Karmic justice implies Dina wouldn’t be doing this informed by the knowledge that Mary’s a dangerous bigot, against a group Dina belongs to and against the person she was harassing in particular. But again, that is not the case. That Hompking wasn’t in relation to anything about dinosaurs, and it was obviously targeted at Mary. Dina was doing it to shut Mary down and got her away from her victim in the process. Ruth may or may not have needed the intervention, but Ruth was also clearly not the only queer lady in earshot of that who didn’t want to put up with Mary’s bullshit for another second, either. (Dina and Carla evidently were, and Sierra was actively in the discussion when Mary intruded. I don’t think Agatha’s sexuality has ever been discussed concretely but that’s no reason to think she’s straight.) That wasn’t karmic justice, it was direct action.
Again, Dina didn’t appear to physically harm Mary. Mary has done tangible harm to the person she was harassing at the time. (Ruth had been skirting dangerously close to suicidal before Mary’s blackmail, but that was the thing that pushed her into needing overnight hospitalization. That’s a big deal even by severely depressed standards.) Mary was being bigoted against Dina, as well as others in the dorm. It wasn’t NICE, but it was in direct response to something that was actively harmful itself.
Amber’s attack was probably covered entirely under rule of comedy. Frankly, so is Mary’s. But Amber is also a friend and she wasn’t doing anything actively harmful to prompt a violent raptor attack, much less one that damaged clothing.
I don’t actually care about what happened to Mary she kind of gets what she deserves. Although I do think it’s a bad precedent that it’s been repeatedly shown it’s okay to hurt her because she’s unlikeable. My problem’s really just with what Amber did. Which wasn’t cool and I don’t like it waved off because “lol funny” or “We like Amber so it’s okay” I’ve been in situations like that. A trusted one using something they know about you for their own gain without permission. Mary is just there for comparison because she’s the only other one Dina HOMPKED. This isn’t even the first time Amber has tried to use Dina as a buffer between her and Walky but at least Dina saw through her bullshit last time.
Except Dina DIDN’T hurt her so I don’t see what the problem is.
Yeah, the Amber/Dina/Walky dynamic has some distinct issues. That’s on Amber. I’m nonetheless saying there’s a difference (and Dina clearly thinks there’s a difference as well) between ‘Amber’s sketchy use of Dina as buffer, but nonetheless ripping clothes was out of line for Dina’ (because Amber couldn’t repair them) and ‘shutting down bigotry, in a way that was ultimately non-damaging.’ Mary apparently didn’t need any clothing to be replaced, and Amber using Dina to keep her from being Overcome With Lust For Walky is something that really needs to be addressed in a conversation, not just a HOMPKing. (Conversation does not, however, work on Mary.) Amber can be out of line for using Dina and Dina can be out of line for destroying her overalls. The two aren’t mutually exclusive. Dina is now rectifying the pants situation. Maybe after that they can have that talk about how Dina doesn’t like being party to Amber and Walky’s weird dynamic. (Probably not, because DUMBING of Age, but it also keeps the conversation grounded in the Amber-Walky weirdness, no need to digress into the pants thing.)
Basically, it’s Rule of Funny.
Mary sucks and everyone hates her so it’s funny that Dina honks at her until she face faults to death. Then Dina does the same to Amber except we like Amber so there’s a strip where Dina has to pay some small recompense.
Whatever’s funniest works.
Maybe Dina is seizing the opportunity to replace them with overalls with a dinosaur stitch design on them.
I think, overall, this covers an important lesson
That joke was pants.
https://imgur.com/a/LmchMH1
I apologize. 1. because I know this’ll probably be my least popular drawing of the bunch. and 2. because this was gonna just be a single picture and I got super carried away with it.
See, when I saw the Carla and Mary option in the poll I initially thought “eh”, but this has me kinda regretting my decision to not include it with everything else I selected
See Carla and Mary are one of those crackships that I have that I can’t place a finger on why. Part of it is just cuz it’s awful. Like shipping a Cobra and a mongoose. A big part of it is just me imagining Mary Seething mad the whole time but absolutely intoxicated by intimate sexy times with Carla. Shitty people don’t deserve happy endings but god damnit if I don’t like the most aggressive form of “kill them with kindness”
So wait – are the first three panels supposed to be a dream sequence, a drawn-in-universe thing being distributed by Carla, something that actually happened but is now being denied, or something else?
Let’s say all of my comics are somewhat of a fantasy reality. I mean obviously, it involves everybody making out and being naughty. But Mary’s anger is enough to break the fourth wall to confirm that this (probably) didn’t happen. Imagine it like a giant thought bubble floating above everyone’s head. Though the question is, who does the fantasy belong to?
Definitely Mary. I would believe she was just super closeted and using her religious bullshit to hide/overcompensate for her true feeling before believing Carla feels any affection for Mary
That actually works surprisingly well. Maybe I should have clicked all the options.
I really miss that sequence of Mary vs. Carla that was basically a Looney Tunes skit.
It was so fun, then it all went wrong.
That definitely falls into the category “things I didn’t know I wanted to see but definitely really did 😀
Carla is sex repulsed ace tho. 🙁
That’s partly why I covered my bases in the last panel. It didn’t happen probably. Mostly it’s just about getting Mary flustered.
But she has hell-bound sinner powers!
Man you make Mary look actually cute
Ha, perfect grav
Hope these two have a conversation about those last two panels, but the penultimate one specifically. I want Becky to learn to avoid sitcom tropes.
Becky: “Walky changes his hair and everyone loses their minds…”
Becky, I am going to direct you to exactly one comic strip ago…
Wait, does this mean Amber had to go back to her dorm, pantless? Or did Dina left her with a sexy shredded pair of pants, you know, the kind that indicates you’ve jumped by a Dino Girl?
I’m imagining she had to walk back to her room holding the remnants of her overalls up, like clown pants
They said that she had basically turned them into regular pants in a previous strip, so, they probably were either held up by her or were snug enough with the side button things overalls often have to stay up on their own.
I don’t think she like sent Amber having to walk back in her underwear.
(Though, that’d have been funny, granted.)
It’s probably just me, but this whatever gag is here went right over my head.
While Dina is uniquely impervious to visual trickery, she was apparently tricked into ripping Amber’s pants.
…Didn’t Becky see Dina rip the pants with her teeth? Wasn’t there a whole bit about how she was horny-jealous about not being on the receiving end of it?
Becky was not present in that scene.
But yeah Becky was horny-jealous. She just didn’t know why.
While Dina can see and understand amber baiting her to devour her clothes, and her reasons for it, she does not in any way question her need to attack someone who talks shit about dinosaurs.
Pants are for squares. Pants have ALWAYS been for squares.
Is that the Lost Light crew on the back? Cool
Yup. Even had a bit of plot relevance way back
That comic was so good.
Then it wasn’t so good, but it ended pretty much perfectly so all’s well.
Translation: She horny.
Yeah, Dina, it’s odd how that works.
Is that the Lost Light Crew from IDW Transformers comics on the stand in the back? I recognize Magnus, Megatron and Cyclonus
Is the euphoria in those pants?
Yeah, Dina, your irrational reaction button isn’t about physical appearances but the latest guess about what Dinosaurs may or may not have looked like.
Becky : “I have grown my hair too, but only walky get that effect. so unfair.”
How long has it been since Dina wrecked Amber’s pants? I’m assuming it’s the same day, so Dina must have went and bought those new pants pretty fast.
Seems like something Dina would want to make up for ASAP, but yeah, I am not sure if it’s the same day or not.
Amazon Prime same-day delivery is a free thing for students.
It is.
Says the girl that’s devoured by lust and desire if she sees her girlfriend without a hat…
So this is the third comic called “Replacement”. I didn’t think any names would get used a third time but here we are.
I can’t recall the exact title(s) off the top of my head, but I’m pretty sure there are a few that’ve even been used four times, if not more. (Will reply to this if/when I find an example.)
OK long life and a habit of reading stuff that is literally off the wall caused me to recall this: https://selkiecomic.com/tag/pants-the-eel/
In this case Dina could literally eat pants. Except Pants because that’s its name.
When I saw the “Pants”, that comic is the first thing I thought of.
Well in another universe Dina and Wally hooked up. Same with Mike, but that’s no longer possible. Still I wonder how Dina bit through a pair of overalls. Maybe it wasn’t made out of denim, but that stuff they use for jeggings or pajama jeans.
“All I want is a decent pair of pants”
“Grundy want pants too”
Thank gods, someone beat me to making this reference.
she chewed the pants off another girl, she may be immune to VISUAL sexual tricks but clearly SOME still work on her
This came up in my feed, https://news.iu.edu/stories/2021/05/iub/releases/04-little-500-adds-virtual-racing.html
And I was wondering if we will live long enough to see the Cutters et al circle the cinder track at Bloomington.
VR racing has possibilities, and I hope we’ll see them come to fruition even after all the madness that’s been the last year and a half.
I’d like to see virtual motorsports ‘legends’ races with some of the retired drivers who are still kicking. The organizing body could build identical spec VR-capable PCs with driving cockpits, crate them up, and ship them off to the drivers’ homes. They could run truncated exhibition races with handicaps (weighted based on age, ability, etc) keeping the playing field fairly balanced and interesting. Winner gets bragging rights, proceeds to charity.
I’m a little sad at the missed opportinity to reference “It’s Walky!”