A repeat of yesterday’s below-comic news, as it only went on there at like 2pm:
There’s a special Halloween page of Welcome To The Fuck Zone (NSFW!) up today over at Slipshine! Any Slipshine subscriber can go check that out, any of the 32 previous WTTFZ pages, or any of the, what, ten full-length Pornographique stories? Sure. Ten. I’ll say ten.
Anyway, there’s costumes!
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love means never having to say “let’s get surgically attached at the crotch”
wait no
beats getting surgically detached at the crotch.
either way sounds kinda painful
it depends on how much anesthesia they give you beforehand 😀
All it needs is a good sharp knife … ah, wait.
Easy there, Lorena Bobbitt.
♫ And then there was a guy who
Made his wife so mad one night
That she cut off his wiener.
And when he finally came to
He found little Mr. Happy was missing.
He couldn’t quite explain it,
It had always just been there
Mmm mmm mmm mmm
Mmm mmm mmm mmm ♫
….. My coworker gave me a weird look, because I was suppressing a massive giggling fit.
Thank you. X3
Shit, no, Amber stop being so relatable, I don’t need this introspection right now, dammit Amber >.>
I love this. I don’t care how much it’s disfunctional or going to have repercussions or anything else. I just love this.
Eh. I want more dork on a motorcycle.
yeah give us the other nerd and the other walkerton
Nerd and somethin’ frightning
On a Vincent Black Lightning?
And he gave her his Vincent to riiiide
Dork on a Bike doesn’t rhyme as well as Doof on a Roof.
Nerd and Sister-Walky on a Kawasaki? Sal and Dooky on a Suzuki?
Dan and Sal scootin’ on a Ruttan? Ok, it’s a stretch.
Not where I come from. “Roof” rhymes with “hoof” or “woof.”
… don’t all those words sound the same? …
Nah, English is a shitshow like that.
Depends on your dialect and your accent.
I’ve heard roof at least 2 ways – longer and shorter vowels.
My uncle’s pronunciation sometimes rhymes with “woof”, sometimes almost sounds like “rough”. 🙂
Dork and Tsundere on a Super Tenere?
maybe walky can get his mom to fund that amazi-cycle
Why do I want to play a jingle from a COFFEE COMMERCIAL?
Stephen, you watch too darn much television.
The worst part of waking up is crippling social anxiety in your cup!!
That doesn’t sound very delicious.
Better than in your faaaaaace.
“Today we replaced this man’s brains with Folger’s Crystals. Let’s see if anyone notices!”
… It’s probably a bad sign that my first thought is the Wilkins and Wontkins commercials.
Drink Wilkins! Or else. Unless we’re shilling another brand today.
Drink Walkerton’s?
Yes, every single way you interpret that will turn out to be gross. No, I do not apologise.
I’m telling you, repeated comical puppet murder is the way to go.
(The one at around four minutes is… impressively dark. Damn, Jim.)
You bastards! You killed Wontkins!
“You’re my present this year.”
I’m not seeing the ukelele.
I got thrown off Garbage Roof. Not trashy enough.
*It
That is a hilarious typo though
Was it because of what was under your bag or did you insult Dinobot or another of Amber’s favorite transformers? 😀
AAAAAAAAWW! *teardrop*
Gross.
I mean, I get it. But still gross.
… What’s gross?
Those two together
They’re super cute actually.
Big mood
I love that smile on Walky 🙂
Awwwwww.
So many codependencies, so little time.
Also *goes genie-esque for a second* Amber? Tell him the TRUTH.
I mean, maybe not this exact second, enjoy the moment, but maybe do that soonish?
Honestly? It probably won’t cause that much of an issue.
Walky knows about Sal holding up the store, and he isn’t the most judgemental guy in the world.
It probably won’t, but the ‘changed your grades after you specifically asked me not to’ bit might become an issue.
Also there’s a difference between ‘I was a victim of your sister’s holdup’ and ‘I stabbed your sister after she had been subdued.’ Even with Walky and Sal’s relationship as strained as it is, even with Amber’s mitigating circumstances, that is one of those things where all outcomes involve awkward.
And while I don’t think he’ll be particularly judgmental if he finds out AG shares a body with Amber but isn’t really her anymore, that is one of those things you give a heads up as a courtesy before that gets awkward, too.
I also don’t think Walky will understand the DID at all and will err on the side of just laughing awkwardly whenever it is brought up because he has no idea at all how you’re supposed to react or deal with that.
And/or he’ll misinterpret what she means and lean into the comic-booky superhero thing because superheros having alter-egos is the only part he can even vaguely understand.
Either way even if Walky won’t be JUDGEMENTAL about it, that doesn’t really mean he’ll react well either, imo…
Yeah, pretty sure that’s how it’s going to go at first.
It’s the probable scene where AG takes control of their body while Walky’s the only one around and she freaks the fuck out that I’m dreading, really, and until they reestablish contact there’s not much to prevent it. But at least if Walky gets a warning he doesn’t understand at first that’s something.
I don’t think that’s fair, Walky’s A goof, yes, but he’s also really smart. He doesn’t show it much, but I don’t think he’ll be unable to comprehend something like that
It’s not that Walky’s not smart, it’s that even well-meaning people who generally understand mental illness have trouble wrapping their heads around DID. A non-zero number of psychologists and psychiatrists don’t actually believe in it, period. And even the small subset of the cast who have had enough exposure that they could potentially realize what’s going on (Dina, Ethan, and Danny) probably haven’t. If Danny did, it’s clear it only became clear to him after the breakup. (Things have gotten considerably more fractured since then, and Amber’s been more open about it, but she discussed not having control of her body during the car chase and he didn’t get it then.)
Hell, I’m still not entirely convinced Amber knows AG is taking the body out at night and working with Sal. And if Amber doesn’t realize how separate the two of them are, it is going to literally take being confronted with hard evidence to realize that. And the fact that AG is a superhero identity and there is a double life implied there makes things even more complicated – it’s where Danny got tripped up, and Dina also appears to be assuming AG/Amber dichotomy is part of the hero thing and as a convenience to Dina.
The fact that we the commenting body generally think it’s DID and recognize that something’s seriously up with Amber’s psyche is twofold: We’ve had some extremely patient, eloquent commenters with DID talk about how true this rings to them, and we’ve seen more of Amber and AG than anyone else, including scenes of them actively talking or being adversarial towards each other. Plus I think it’s safe to say a chunk of us have at least beginner’s knowledge of psychology, which is more than can be assumed of most of the cast. (Even then, not all commenters get it – I’ve certainly bungled the PTSD part before. Functional understanding of the nuances of mental illness is really complicated for laymen.)
Amber does know that AG has taken over and gone out at night. It’s not clear she knows how regular it is. She may think she’s shut if down.
And while it took Danny a long time to figure it out, to the extent he actually has, she never really tried to explain it to him. She’s talked about it, mostly after the breakup, but without ever really laying the groundwork. Now though, she’s far more split than she was when she started dating Danny and it’s horribly unfair to Walky not to tell him soon – before he runs into an AG who has no idea they’re dating. Possibly by waking up at night, if they sleep together.
Maybe I’m misremembering here, but wasn’t the issue less that she went and changed his grades anyway than she’d already done so while he navel-gazed and could not undo it without putting herself at greater risk?
I should probably go reread that section and make sure, but meh.
No, he asked her to put it back and she said she did, but after he left she bumped it up so he wouldn’t get academic probation*.
* = Amber, honey, he hasn’t even had his MIDTERM in that class yet, I guarantee he can still fix it himself.
Yes to all of this as well
Amber is relatable
She sure is.
D’awwwww…
eh, yknow, that’s kinda nice actually
lil strong on the codependence but we knew this already
I keep reading that word as “codpiece”, which is amusing in a Dadaist sort of way…
Okay, issues aside.
FUCKING. CUTE.
I actually relly like these two together, even when brain is screaming “red alert”
I think they’re adorable and they remind me a lot of me and my boyfriend (issues aside).
I’m gonna be sad when the train wreck happens. Maybe it’ll be a survivable one? Or potentially salvageable?
Or maybe it’ll be ugly but I hope not because they seem happy.
I know. It’s a guaranteed drama bomb, and yet…
D’awww!
I just wish they had cleared at least two of the other big outstanding issues before hooking up so I could enjoy it without the constant anxiety.
really*
So cute… and hoping that if they break up it isn’t as painful as previous breakups.
That’s honestly a really cute thing for Walky to say, aw.
Walky definitely has his moments. He’s a jackass sometimes, and raised on too much pop culture for his own good, but he has demonstrated that he can be a romantic, as well as vulnerable. Not that he likes to expose the latter a whole lot.
I think “concerning” is my adjective of choice to describe budding codependency.
Right, because saying something cute to calm down your partner is terrible! Horrible!! How dare I have an opinion on a moment shared between these fictional characters.
He’s come a long way since the early days of “girls are gross” Walky.
I know these two have issues they aren’t addressing but I still find them adorable and I’m glad they are happy at the moment. That being said, I was hoping for more Sal and her adorkable companion, but this is an acceptable substitute until then.
Unrelated to all these relationships, when is that thing with Jacob going to come back around? I am waiting for Joyce to learn a lesson still.
I’m still betting it hits the boiling point during his brother’s* incoming visit, given how Raidah was stressing good impressions and Jacob was a big ball of anxiety over it. Best time for shenanigans that doubtless end tragically!
* I’m pretty sure he’s been named but have forgotten it and don’t feel like looking it back up.
Harrison! His name is Harrison. Now for me to attempt to remember this until he actually appears and repetition plus tag helps it stick. (I only semi-consistently remember Dorothy’s parents’ names, much less anyone less important, and I think technically Stacey’s name lacks that E and I just got it stuck in my head that way? There’s a reason I refer to the Wilcoxen as a joint unit.)
That would make sense as a good time for that to happen, though I’m hoping Harrison’s visit is either a learning lesson for Raidah or Jacob kicking her to the curb. Since she seems to be more interested in what Jacob means for her than actually being there for him. But maybe she will learn and improve, I don’t think any of the kids(students, they aren’t actually children) are irredeemable except maybe Mary and definitely Ryan. Though the latter has been effectively removed forever as far as I know.
I kind of doubt even after Ryan recovers (which should be half past never, our time, going off what everyone’s said of his injuries,) his parents would want him on a campus where he was repeatedly attacked with sharp objects. Also it’s kind of hard to imagine him not being recognized all over campus afterwards as The Rapist Dude Whose Face Got Wrecked Because He Was A Rapist. He’s not coming back unless we get a cut to thrilling legal drama with Amber.
What I think/hope it’s going to be is one huge culmination of that subplot, including Raidah’s elitism playing a huge role in things going pear-shaped. Could be wrong, but I think she also needs some kind of wake up call before she changes courses. Like, the meeting is already not going as well as they’d like/as Raidah thinks because of some offhand jerk remarks, then the inescapable pull of Drama and Joyce Shenanigans, then it all falls apart and in the aftermath Jacob realizes Joyce has been hitting on him and gives her a harsh reality check too.
‘You only make one first impression’ is one of those statements that just guarantees disaster, you know?
Joyce said three girls stepped forward and said they were his victims too. Chances aren’t that bad that we’ll never see him again.
Maybe. There may still be plot hooks and drama to be mined there.
But that might all be done with the current bros trying to hassle the other girls
I figure since he only came back to facilitate AG changing keys on Sal and his injuries sound at least as bad as Toedad’s, he’s gone either for good or past the length of this semester so as good as permanently removed.
(I recall somewhere Walky used the phrase ‘eviscerated’ or the like, which I would take as hyperbole, and even Amber saying she tried to kill him could be her deep in the self-loathing pit, but Joyce says he’ll be in the hospital ‘for a long time’ while Sal says someone stabbed him ‘half to death’ which says to me Amber did in fact get him somewhere that needs stitches and a lengthy recovery time, very possibly surgery and/or PT.)
He’s called “Harrison” because he’s only in the comic for 30 days.
Was… was that a reference to the 9th president?
Later on, he pulls a Pulaski and gets brought in to replace Joe for a season, but then Joe gets brought back to replace *him* after he turns out not to be very popular with the fans.
Joyce already learned the lesson. Dorothy called her out, Joyce backed off. That was kinda it.
Now, I think it’s going to get more complicated, but anything that happens from here on out with that is going to be on Raidah and/or Jacob, not just her, given she seems to be backed off.
Well, she backed off because of what Walky said, so she still managed to learn the wrong lesson.
As Inahc pointed out, Joyce backed off because of her issues with her own repressed sexuality. Not because she learned what she was doing is wrong, so she really hasn’t learned anything. She just has two very different lessons that need to be addressed.
And it’s not entirely clear yet how much she’s backed off. She hasn’t seen Jacob since (not surprising, since it was yesterday, I think.)
I think she learned a more subtle point than just “issues with her own repressed sexuality” though. She was justifying her actions to her self as fine because it was “True Love” and thus obviously meant to be and overriding any minor concerns like Raidah. Walky’s teasing made her realize that much of it was just lust and thus she wasn’t justified, even under her own screwed up romantic notions.
Essentially she realized she might be playing the role of the “other women” in their little rom-com rather than the lead.
FWIW, I think that we’re seeing Willis get all his pieces in the right place. Sal’s going there so now it’s time to start moving other characters to the same place.
Now Amber should invite Walky to go beat up criminals, except he’ll wear the little yellow outfit and make wisecracks.
Amazi-Girl beats up the criminals while her sidekick the Duke of Thingley just stands there saying the wisecracks and one-liners. I like it.
Walky as Party City Deadpool.
She’d probably need to show him how to throw a punch. He’s at least in shape enough to where he kept up with Dorothy during the chase they had with Amazi-Girl, but that doesn’t mean he knows anything about fighting.
Mouse costume.
Now I’m imagining Walky in a lemon-yellow Borat swimsuit. I hate you forever.
Coming from anybody else, I’d probably find this exchange cute. But, the circumstances being what they are, I can only think: “Hm… How about we don’t do any of this?”
This is pretty freaking adorable actually.
Is Amber picking up Walky’s speech patterns a little bit? Dropping the G in “bein’ me” strikes me as something Amber hasn’t really done before.
not a bad philsophy
Heh, it seems all this time Dina was asking Amber for romantic advice, Amber learnt something from her in turn.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-6/01-to-those-whod-ground-me/sticks/
Doofuses 🙂
This is sweet even if I’m still pessimistic on their chances
Those two get sweeter at every meeting, even though I honestly don’t trust Willis not to destroy them because that’s how he rolls.
I approve.
Again, you have the best gravatar-comment-combination
😀 although with Claire-atar it’s not that difficult.
Well this breaks my streak of catching up to webcomics at major cliffhangers (Flipside) and/or milestones (GGaR).
…dammit.
I like how this comic consistently shows how relationships (of many kinds) can be enjoyable and messy at the same time.
Yes to this …in fact, maybe thats the only way they can be?
It’s ages since we’ve seen Leslie, and now just a slipshine?
Seems like her relationship with the sexy dentist is going fine 🙂
No red flags, none at all. Noooosiiir.
I’m not a Slipshine member, so for Leslie’s sake I DO hope it’s going completely well. It’s just tough since I’ve also been in a relationship before with someone who was all kinds of wrong for me, but the sex was fantastic and she knew all the right things to say when I was having doubts so I stayed far longer than I should have.
As for Amber and Walky… sometimes a non-harmful codependency can make for the best kind of relationship. (And by non-harmful, I mean the kind where each partner isn’t reinforcing each other’s harmful habits, like drugs/alcohol, or get dangerously jealous or violent at the merest notion that one partner is straying.) You never take each other for granted, and you also know that the other person needs you just as much as you need them. (As opposed to the kinds of relationships where one person is much more into the other than is reciprocated.)
Mmmm my that doesn’t inspire confidence
Lacking Slipshine, I, for one, totally believe Bagge’s convincing affirmation re.: the absence of red flags.
I’m sure that bull stampede that happens every time the dentist opened her mouth so far is mere coincidence.
(I should make clear that I haven’t yet bought the slipshine, and just makes silly jokes on Leslie’s expense based on her last interaction with Anna in this comic)
I mean I feel like it’s not going to go as smoothly as Leslie’s saying it is now, because no relationship will ever go perfectly smooth sailing forever everyone’s happy always. But maybe Anna’s abrasiveness will turn out to be a red herring for some other Leslie-related drama? Who knows.
The best thing I hope for in that relationship is that Leslie tends to be too good a teacher to take it out on the kids when Anna’s abuse presses down on her.
Y-e-e-e-es…
Because of all Leslie’s good qualities as a teacher, her ability to separate personal and professional life really stands out.
Er, isn’t that Dina appearing in Wednesday’s Girl Genius in the last panel?!
http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181031
Yes; clearly she had an ancestress who was a viviscience Spark.
it is not, it is an illusion
Awwwww
Eh….this couple just seems so alien to me. Like, I get why people like it, there’s objective cuteness but none of their chemistry resonates with me. To me they’re just sort of a means to a messy, dramatic end. Which I’m totally looking forward to
Walky you smooth mother****er XD
When I read the poll, where it said Walky should eat a taco, I was like Joyce in the last panel in this one: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/03-the-butterflies-fly-away/applestoapples/
By the way, new guy here! I just binge-read the entire series over the past three days and oh my goodness Carla is a giant. <3 I want more Carla. Also more Dina/Becky. I hope those two never break up!
Welcome!
Sooooo… After Sal has an encounter with one of the kids she took hostage, she hangs out with Danny while Amber/Amazi-girl chills on the roof with Walky.
I KNEW it was familiar
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/roof-top/
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/03-when-god-closes-the-door/proud-2/
Oooh, good catch!
And bonus points because this time Sal and Danny are doing something she and Marcie used to do. Double callback!
The Garbage Scow has set sail.
Who wants to stand on the dock and wave hankies?
They’ll come in handy when the smell of the trash will make your eyes water.
I feel like there is a 1-in-3 chance this ends in tears, but they are absolutely adorable together.
9nly 1 in 3? I think you are being very generous given what we know of the situation and of Willis. But keep that optimism, you’ll either maintain a positive mental attitude or life will grind it into dust.
Perfect gravatar. 🙂
It may end in tears, it’ll probably end soon, and it definitely isn’t true love, but I like to think we can be almost certain they will grow from it and come out better, happier people as a result.
Damn that’s a good line
I have SUCH a crush on her
I have such a crush on half of these characters!