Indeed. This is a bad compromise, for obvious reasons. He would have been better off just telling Dorothy to leave in the first place when her intentions became clear (regarding the shoes). Now he just put himself between his ex’s ambitions and Amazi-Girl’s desire to keep her identity a secret. Peachy.
Not to mention, he basically is making Dorothy choose between being a decent human being (helping Walky out of a situation she is entirely at fault for) and progressing her future, which is what she’s there for. This is significantly more assholeish than if he just said no to both. It’s like Mike-levels of asshole, just without the awareness.
I dunno. Shoes aren’t pants. Sierra gets around fine, barefoot. She may never get a chance like this again. There’s no gueruntee Walky and Danny are the same size and it’s not IMPOSSIBLE for Walky to survive Shoeless. Walky had just as much to do with losing his shoes as Dorothy, so don’t pin the ENTIRE situation on him. Instead of going to class, she’s at her EXes dorm to help him get replacements. Walky has thus far taken NO responsibility for losing them and has spent the day bongoing about it to his girlfriend who is probably now late for class.
Yet, fast food restaurants have rules against being shoeless but not against being pantsless. She had better hope Walky doesn’t want to get more chicken nuggets.
I highly doubt that Dorothy’s late for class at this point. Considering how slowly the DOA universe moves, it’s been 10 minutes tops since Dorothy and Walky woke up. I don’t think she’ll be late, at least not significantly late
While I won’t disagree with the Walky part of your argument, I see fault with your using of Sierra as an example. Sierra has been barefoot, meaning no socks either, for how long now? A few years based on previous off hand comments, and Walky will just be starting out. Sir, have you ever stepped in bird shit barefooted? Have you ever felt the heat of asphalt on your bare feet during a bright, sunny day in even the upper 60s or lower 70s? Have your bare toes ever been stepped on by a persona wearing shoes or lord help, boots? Trust me on this, sir, poor Walky would be better off playing FF13 or Dragon Age 2.
Walky can hang out in his bedroom and Dorothy can take the bus to go buy him some damn shoes. She has then fulfilled all moral obligation to him. She does not have to give him a pair of Danny’s shoes.
How? No action Dorothy has made thus far has taken any parties into consideration. Danny can be hardly blamed, here. Let’s look at both options 1) shoes: She doesn’t really owe Walky anything — they were both screwing around, and the solution she’s taken to mend the situation was a dick-move. If given the circumstance, putting my recent ex in an uncomfortable situation to help myself get out of a quick jam would be off the table. She tried to get Danny’s shoes through Joe without permission, and given that has failed, she’s taking advantage of Danny’s good nature to get the shoes anyway. Option 2) – the story: Amazi-Girl isn’t even her assigned job. She’s planning to take Billie’s beat (setting competence aside). She deserves neither her story nor his shoes.
Now, let’s see what Danny will divulge about Amazi-Girl before we pass judgment.
Danny’s kind of been burned by that future of hers already. I can see why he might not be so eager to help pad out those extra-curriculars while simultaneously smoothing over her situation with her new sleepover buddy.
from what I can tell of reading this comic the only way Dorothy wronged Danny is by breaking up with him. Which isn’t really wronging anyone. She doesn’t have to answer to him about who she is or isn’t dating, and they really made this bigger than it needs to be, as have all the people commenting on it. But I guess they are freshmen in college, so meh.
You’re absolutely right that he shouldn’t offer her a choice of what she wants; he should have instead refused both requests, and beat her unconscious with the shoes in question.
That’s the stock and trade of a Codependent Doofus for you. Making the seemingly obvious best choice (refuse both / require a fair exchange for either. Pick) would interfere with his Captain Pureheart persona.
true but not mixed in mud and horse stinky and twigs and branches …. but way better than swiming in jellyfish infested waters, and looks like dorothy gots to learn to swim to shore or the island both at the same distance
Unless Walky, who has been listening in, pops in and saves her from the decision by saying he doesn’t need shoes. Thereby, saving her from learning any life lesson. Though Walky should in true Walky fashion pic the most comfortable solution for his feet that will embarass Dorothy to no end.
Something tells me she’ll take the shoes, but then just start stalking Danny relentlessly. Maybe fueling Walky’s paranoia, started by Mike, that she wants to get back together with him.
I think it’s more of a dick move to put Dorothy on the spot like that than it would have been to say no to both. So now she’s stuck between something that could seriously launch her career and progress her future which is what she’s basically dying for, or not be a terrible human being to Walky who didn’t do anything wrong. I know Danny’s not thinking about it on this level, but jesus.
Also, little concerned he’s willing to “dish” on his ladyfriend to Dorothy, interview or not. Especially if she’s trying to remain anonymous.
Soooo basically Danny’s trying to do right, but failing.
They’re shoes. They are shoes. I’m not Dorothy’s biggest fan but I don’t think choosing to further her career over getting Walky a pair of second hand footwear makes her a terrible human being and Danny’s under no obligation to look out for his ex’s current hook up’s best interest. If Dorothy chooses the shoes over the story though it would prove that she’s way more serious about this thing with Walky than she’s letting on so she also has that to factor in. Honestly I hope she does chose the shoes over Walky. Maybe it would motivate the kid to go out and buy more than one pair.
So she has to choose between her boyfriend and advancing her career? Boy, that’s certainly a tough choice that she’s never had to make in the history of ever before.
Wait, who’s putting who on the spot, now? Dorothy’s the one who came to him, hat in hand. She could have easily just left Danny alone – she made it a Sophie’s choice, not him. He’s also no under no obligation to help her avoid this one when he was on the business end of the last one.
Exactly, he’s under no obligation. It would have both been easier on Dorothy for him to say no and he would have probably saved more dignity by saying no.
Hell, it’s a dick move for Dorothy to keep talking to him after breaking up with him, and asking shit from him that he has no obligation to help her with.
So? Even if he had, Danny’s not the one who said, “I really just don’t want to be with anyone right now.” He’s got every right to continue hooking up with girls if he wants to.
They both have that right. It’s just that it wouldn’t be a dick move for Danny to introduce his new girlfriend to Dorothy unless he was doing it as to try to make her jealous, whereas it’s pretty much always a dick move for Dorothy to introduce her new boyfriend to him.
Ooh Danny, so evil, offering Dorothy a choice of which way to abuse her former boyfriend’s generosity, when he owes her nothing more that a swift door in the face.
Tell you what: you ask Dorothy if she would have preferred this choice or being refused utterly. See what she says.
I’m pretty certain dick move is not the same as evil, so your hyperbole is not necessary. Especially since I’m *saying* he should just tell her to get out.
I’m pretty sure that if I asked Dorothy she’d say she prefer being told to get out. I don’t think you understand how much this choice has the potential to really alienate Walky if she chooses the interview.
I understand exactly that if could alienate Walky. (See my comment below scripting tomorrow’s strip, in fact.) However I am quite certain that Dorothy would still rather have the option of fulfilling one of her dreams than being denied them both. Yes, she now has to spend three-tenths of a second choosing the interview (go ahead Wills, prove me wrong, but it’s extremely clear which she cares more about based on the fonts she made her requests in alone), but doubtlessly she would rather have the interview and no shoes than not have the interview and still have no shoes.
Also keep in mind, she’s not aware that Walky has his ear pressed against the door. She has no reason to believe that Walky will even be aware that she chose an interview over him, or even that there was an interview or choice offered. It’s not like Walky and Danny chat; she could just walk out of the room and tell Walky, “Sorry, he wouldn’t give me the shoes. Let’s try something else,” and come out of this smelling like roses. There is no reason for her to believe that that won’t work.
Does it really count as a dick move if Danny has no bad intentions? At worst his “I want to save face with myself” reason comes across as petty and childish (which applies to most college students at some point), not as a deliberate, asshole-ish effort to make Dorothy suffer. When you think about the options–shoes (for a guy she’s known for all of a week and has a whole semester of sharing the same class to make it up to) vs. an interview (which is ONE opportunity that MIGHT let her get ahead; ivy leagues most likely won’t care about a freshman piece on a college vigilante), the stakes are closer to “pick chocolate or vanilla, you can’t have both” than to “pick your daughter or your son, you can only save one”.
I love how everyone just assumes that Danny’s gonna spill all the beans on Amazi-Girl.
1. He could deliberately withhold information like hair-color and general appearance. And he’d have a good excuse to do so, too, seeing as it’s dark out when they meet and he’s genuinely too stupid to get the Amber resemblance.
2. What is there to tell? “Oh, she saved me from some bullies, then we met up and played video games.” Real incriminating. Danny’d be a horrible person for telling the press that.
You two aren’t playing the game right. Because you’re talking about her true identity, a giant hand will descend upon you, pick you up, and you’ll *disappear* forev-
NO! GO AWAY GIANT HAND!!!! I ONLY INFERRED!!!! AHHHH—
Most of them have seen both but only Danny’s had prolonged interaction with both. Ethan and Mike have never seen Amazi-Girl and the rest of the cast hasn’t spent much time around Amber.
I really hope he doesn’t, considering he’s interested in her. It’d be a fairly big betrayal of Amazi-girl’s trust for him to do an interview about her.
Love how Danny doesn’t HAVE self-respect, he’s just trying to simulate it.
And to reference everyone above, making her choose between info on Amazi-girl and shoes is actually just a case of ‘You could have these shoes ORRRRRRRRR -shouting from audience- What’s in the box?!?’
And, as great as Danny might think his information is, it’s pretty crap. Unless someone looks further into Mario Kart Racing on the DS. Maybe.
If he *had* self-respect, he’d have responded to her reiteration of her request for shoes a few strips ago with “Hell no you may not give your new idiot-faced boytoy my shoes. Now are you done here yet?”
I can imagine so many plot avenues if she goes with the interview. Otherwise, the water will stay still and that’s quite boring. This can get really fun and I’m excited to see what happens when shit hits the fan!
Frankly, if I may speak out of turn, I feel her ambition is her strength. I’d say what her weakness is, but the author probably shouldn’t be spelling that sort of thing out.
It absolutely can be. Too much of ANYTHING is a weakness. Even good things. Maybe even especially good things. You can be too selfless, too self-interested, too forgiving, too adventurous. Anything. Everything’s a matter of degrees. But so far as Dorothy is concerned she doesn’t strike me as cruelly or destructively ambitions.
I’ve noticed that, in reality, most people’s strengths are also their weaknesses. A strength is simply a strong trait that as applied in a situation where that trait is a good fit. The same trait is a weakness in a different situation where it’s not a good fit.
But this isn’t reality, so story on!
In 5? 10? years, this is the most respect I’ve ever held for Danny. Oh Captain, My Captain: it’s the small, token, and nearly meaningless gestures …that mean the most.
Tomorrows strip:
Panel 1:
Dorothy: “Argh, fine, I’ll take the interview. But I’m also going to stea- I mean, borrow a pair of Joe’s shoes before I go! And don’t think that lets you off the hook, Morton.”
Panel 2:
Danny: “Hmm, you do realize that Joe’s over six feet; your new guy’s what, four-eight? He’ll look like he’s wearing clown shoes.”
Panel 3:
Dorothy: “Oh, Walky won’t care; he wears clown pants, so he’ll match. Now I have to be going, but don’t forget, I’ll be back for that interview!”
Panel 4:
Dorothy opens the door to see sadface Walky. In the background Mike gives her a thumb’s up.
Kinda wonder if Danny actually has any intention of actually telling Dorothy anything about amazi-girl or if his choice is actually a test and picking the selfish option gets you nothing
This is the only Willis comic I’m familiar with, but it sure looks like Danny has a future as an attorney of some sort… he has a knack for granting hypocrisy just enough room to get noticed and just enough time to soil itself.
What an amazing move by Danny. He’s got her dead to rights. Think about this: she left him because she doesn’t want a relationship to get in the way of her career, seeing as she will be leaving for another college eventually. If she chooses the shoes, it will be choosing her new relationship over her career, proving that she was full of shit and a hypocrite right in front of Danny. If she picks the interview, Danny gets the satisfaction of driving a wedge between Dorothy and Walky and making Dorothy feel horrible about her decision.
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attaboy Danny. Way to take the middle road.
Indeed. This is a bad compromise, for obvious reasons. He would have been better off just telling Dorothy to leave in the first place when her intentions became clear (regarding the shoes). Now he just put himself between his ex’s ambitions and Amazi-Girl’s desire to keep her identity a secret. Peachy.
Not to mention, he basically is making Dorothy choose between being a decent human being (helping Walky out of a situation she is entirely at fault for) and progressing her future, which is what she’s there for. This is significantly more assholeish than if he just said no to both. It’s like Mike-levels of asshole, just without the awareness.
I dunno. Shoes aren’t pants. Sierra gets around fine, barefoot. She may never get a chance like this again. There’s no gueruntee Walky and Danny are the same size and it’s not IMPOSSIBLE for Walky to survive Shoeless. Walky had just as much to do with losing his shoes as Dorothy, so don’t pin the ENTIRE situation on him. Instead of going to class, she’s at her EXes dorm to help him get replacements. Walky has thus far taken NO responsibility for losing them and has spent the day bongoing about it to his girlfriend who is probably now late for class.
I beg to differ — shoes are pants. For feet.
Just as Sierra likes to go shoeless, there are people that like to go pantless. They most likely really shouldn’t.
On the other hand, you can get arrested for being pantsless while not so for being shoeless.
Clearly this should be rectified.
Yet, fast food restaurants have rules against being shoeless but not against being pantsless. She had better hope Walky doesn’t want to get more chicken nuggets.
Probably because skirts and kilts.
You mean that skirts and kilts and sarongs have been illegal all this time?
Oh MY!
You mean that skirts and kilts and sarongs have been illegal all this time?
Oh MY!
Mind you Walky would look good in a Kilt ….. and nothing else …
and the weird page loading / not loading / did it load already / oh it did load / what do you mean it posted in the middle of my comment …. argh
I highly doubt that Dorothy’s late for class at this point. Considering how slowly the DOA universe moves, it’s been 10 minutes tops since Dorothy and Walky woke up. I don’t think she’ll be late, at least not significantly late
Even though it’s been a couple weeks for us, I think this whole ordeal has taken place over the course of about 10 minutes in Willis-world
While I won’t disagree with the Walky part of your argument, I see fault with your using of Sierra as an example. Sierra has been barefoot, meaning no socks either, for how long now? A few years based on previous off hand comments, and Walky will just be starting out. Sir, have you ever stepped in bird shit barefooted? Have you ever felt the heat of asphalt on your bare feet during a bright, sunny day in even the upper 60s or lower 70s? Have your bare toes ever been stepped on by a persona wearing shoes or lord help, boots? Trust me on this, sir, poor Walky would be better off playing FF13 or Dragon Age 2.
Let me clear something, not persona, person. I see my video game habits are showing through.
Walky can hang out in his bedroom and Dorothy can take the bus to go buy him some damn shoes. She has then fulfilled all moral obligation to him. She does not have to give him a pair of Danny’s shoes.
Unfortunately she has a lecture soon, so she wouldn’t have time.
She can go after the lecture.
In my experience you can get a few excused absences and at this point she’s probably pretty late anyway. She can miss one class.
How? No action Dorothy has made thus far has taken any parties into consideration. Danny can be hardly blamed, here. Let’s look at both options 1) shoes: She doesn’t really owe Walky anything — they were both screwing around, and the solution she’s taken to mend the situation was a dick-move. If given the circumstance, putting my recent ex in an uncomfortable situation to help myself get out of a quick jam would be off the table. She tried to get Danny’s shoes through Joe without permission, and given that has failed, she’s taking advantage of Danny’s good nature to get the shoes anyway. Option 2) – the story: Amazi-Girl isn’t even her assigned job. She’s planning to take Billie’s beat (setting competence aside). She deserves neither her story nor his shoes.
Now, let’s see what Danny will divulge about Amazi-Girl before we pass judgment.
Daisy already gave the beat to Dorothy, though.
Danny’s kind of been burned by that future of hers already. I can see why he might not be so eager to help pad out those extra-curriculars while simultaneously smoothing over her situation with her new sleepover buddy.
from what I can tell of reading this comic the only way Dorothy wronged Danny is by breaking up with him. Which isn’t really wronging anyone. She doesn’t have to answer to him about who she is or isn’t dating, and they really made this bigger than it needs to be, as have all the people commenting on it. But I guess they are freshmen in college, so meh.
You’re absolutely right that he shouldn’t offer her a choice of what she wants; he should have instead refused both requests, and beat her unconscious with the shoes in question.
That would be the polite thing to do.
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Perfect gravatar moment.
I LIKE your definition of the polite thing to do!
That’s the stock and trade of a Codependent Doofus for you. Making the seemingly obvious best choice (refuse both / require a fair exchange for either. Pick) would interfere with his Captain Pureheart persona.
well, looks like walky’s going shoeless
Yes. Join the Sierra side.
Or he can just wear thongs.
but shoeless is so cumfty unless its on a dirt road full of cow stinky
Cow poo, while unhygienic, is quite soft and would feel good if your feet were indeed uncomfortable from all the dirt road.
true but not mixed in mud and horse stinky and twigs and branches …. but way better than swiming in jellyfish infested waters, and looks like dorothy gots to learn to swim to shore or the island both at the same distance
My grandpa used to tell stories about walking barefoot to school in the snow. Fresh cow pies were great for warming up his feet on the way.
And it was uphill! BOTH ways!
I know you’re using the old definition, but that’s just disturbingly amusing.
We got muffins.
I dunno, considering his other lifestyle choices, I’d be afraid of his foot hygiene practices
The Matrix doesn’t have enough processing power to simulate that Danny.
Today’s comic has convinced me that I have more in common with Danny than any other character in DoA.
Oh, and I love his face in the last panel. Chin makes the man, as they say.
He’s been taking Jay Leno lessons.
“What if I borrow your shoes AND leech onto you like a wart until Amazi-Girl shows up?”
WOO LOOPHOLE
“Then my boyfriend will get super jelous!”…”oh wait”
Dear God, now Dorothy must make the ultimate decision!
Someone toss her a coin.
What do you mean? Danny didn’t ask her soup or salad.
Unless Walky, who has been listening in, pops in and saves her from the decision by saying he doesn’t need shoes. Thereby, saving her from learning any life lesson. Though Walky should in true Walky fashion pic the most comfortable solution for his feet that will embarass Dorothy to no end.
Gotta appreciate the kid’s honesty.
Creative solution Danny and I’m genuinely interested in what choice Dorothy is going to make.
Something tells me she’ll take the shoes, but then just start stalking Danny relentlessly. Maybe fueling Walky’s paranoia, started by Mike, that she wants to get back together with him.
I think you’ve called it.
Coming to a Dumbiverse near you, the heart wrenching tale of a girl, her dreams, and her doofus (both of them). Dorothy’s Choice.
Starring Julia Roberts…this Summer…
Wow, we really think Dorothy has a mouth that big? Poor girl…
“Who also plays the roles of her classmate Amber and her doofus’ girlfriend Amazi-girl, for no reason whatsoever. Nope. None.”
I think it’s more of a dick move to put Dorothy on the spot like that than it would have been to say no to both. So now she’s stuck between something that could seriously launch her career and progress her future which is what she’s basically dying for, or not be a terrible human being to Walky who didn’t do anything wrong. I know Danny’s not thinking about it on this level, but jesus.
Also, little concerned he’s willing to “dish” on his ladyfriend to Dorothy, interview or not. Especially if she’s trying to remain anonymous.
Soooo basically Danny’s trying to do right, but failing.
They’re shoes. They are shoes. I’m not Dorothy’s biggest fan but I don’t think choosing to further her career over getting Walky a pair of second hand footwear makes her a terrible human being and Danny’s under no obligation to look out for his ex’s current hook up’s best interest. If Dorothy chooses the shoes over the story though it would prove that she’s way more serious about this thing with Walky than she’s letting on so she also has that to factor in. Honestly I hope she does chose the shoes over Walky. Maybe it would motivate the kid to go out and buy more than one pair.
can you please reread that second to last sentence, there might be an error.
Yeah I meant to type “story” but you can’t edit these.
So she has to choose between her boyfriend and advancing her career? Boy, that’s certainly a tough choice that she’s never had to make in the history of ever before.
It’s not just choosing her boyfriend, it’s choosing to help someone out of a situation she created.
There are other ways to help. Not giving him Danny’s shoes doesn’t remove all opportunity to help. She can buy him a pair of shoes.
Oh, she’s helping someone. That justifies everything.
Wait, did I say “everything?” I meant the opposite of that.
Wait, who’s putting who on the spot, now? Dorothy’s the one who came to him, hat in hand. She could have easily just left Danny alone – she made it a Sophie’s choice, not him. He’s also no under no obligation to help her avoid this one when he was on the business end of the last one.
Exactly, he’s under no obligation. It would have both been easier on Dorothy for him to say no and he would have probably saved more dignity by saying no.
Hell, it’s a dick move for Dorothy to keep talking to him after breaking up with him, and asking shit from him that he has no obligation to help her with.
Er didn’t he have sex with Billy before Dorothy even met Wally?
No, Billie practically offered him sex but he didn’t go ahead with it.
So? Even if he had, Danny’s not the one who said, “I really just don’t want to be with anyone right now.” He’s got every right to continue hooking up with girls if he wants to.
They both have that right. It’s just that it wouldn’t be a dick move for Danny to introduce his new girlfriend to Dorothy unless he was doing it as to try to make her jealous, whereas it’s pretty much always a dick move for Dorothy to introduce her new boyfriend to him.
So the proper response to a dick move is to follow up with another one? No, the proper response would be to tell her straight up to go away.
Ooh Danny, so evil, offering Dorothy a choice of which way to abuse her former boyfriend’s generosity, when he owes her nothing more that a swift door in the face.
Tell you what: you ask Dorothy if she would have preferred this choice or being refused utterly. See what she says.
I’m pretty certain dick move is not the same as evil, so your hyperbole is not necessary. Especially since I’m *saying* he should just tell her to get out.
I’m pretty sure that if I asked Dorothy she’d say she prefer being told to get out. I don’t think you understand how much this choice has the potential to really alienate Walky if she chooses the interview.
I understand exactly that if could alienate Walky. (See my comment below scripting tomorrow’s strip, in fact.) However I am quite certain that Dorothy would still rather have the option of fulfilling one of her dreams than being denied them both. Yes, she now has to spend three-tenths of a second choosing the interview (go ahead Wills, prove me wrong, but it’s extremely clear which she cares more about based on the fonts she made her requests in alone), but doubtlessly she would rather have the interview and no shoes than not have the interview and still have no shoes.
Also keep in mind, she’s not aware that Walky has his ear pressed against the door. She has no reason to believe that Walky will even be aware that she chose an interview over him, or even that there was an interview or choice offered. It’s not like Walky and Danny chat; she could just walk out of the room and tell Walky, “Sorry, he wouldn’t give me the shoes. Let’s try something else,” and come out of this smelling like roses. There is no reason for her to believe that that won’t work.
Does it really count as a dick move if Danny has no bad intentions? At worst his “I want to save face with myself” reason comes across as petty and childish (which applies to most college students at some point), not as a deliberate, asshole-ish effort to make Dorothy suffer. When you think about the options–shoes (for a guy she’s known for all of a week and has a whole semester of sharing the same class to make it up to) vs. an interview (which is ONE opportunity that MIGHT let her get ahead; ivy leagues most likely won’t care about a freshman piece on a college vigilante), the stakes are closer to “pick chocolate or vanilla, you can’t have both” than to “pick your daughter or your son, you can only save one”.
Ooo, nice one Danny-boy. Give her a choice between two things she wants. Watch her agonize over her decision. Then give her a time limit.
I’m just imagining like the music getting faster a la mario bros.
And if she doesn’t choose in time, the Sonic underwater death music
OH GOD WHERE ARE THE AIR BUBBLES AAAAAAAAAHHHHH!
In a manner of speaking? Did Billie gave Danny……somehow I don’t think so.
I think she still did a pretty sucky job at her job, regardless of fellatio implications
Danny remains my favorite of the male characters.
Insanity is always fun to write. But it’s how the sane react to the insane that gives fiction real depth.
Trust me, it’s better to stimulate your umm self respect. 😀
It’s better to assimilate your self respect with other respects. Gain the power of EVERYONE’S self respect!
I love it when Danny is oddly self-aware.
I love how everyone just assumes that Danny’s gonna spill all the beans on Amazi-Girl.
1. He could deliberately withhold information like hair-color and general appearance. And he’d have a good excuse to do so, too, seeing as it’s dark out when they meet and he’s genuinely too stupid to get the Amber resemblance.
2. What is there to tell? “Oh, she saved me from some bullies, then we met up and played video games.” Real incriminating. Danny’d be a horrible person for telling the press that.
” he’s genuinely too stupid to get the Amber resemblance.”
Like every other character in this comic? Seriously. Most of them have seen both Amber & Amazi-Girl. It’s lamp-shading the Clark Kent effect.
You two aren’t playing the game right. Because you’re talking about her true identity, a giant hand will descend upon you, pick you up, and you’ll *disappear* forev-
NO! GO AWAY GIANT HAND!!!! I ONLY INFERRED!!!! AHHHH—
Most of them have seen both but only Danny’s had prolonged interaction with both. Ethan and Mike have never seen Amazi-Girl and the rest of the cast hasn’t spent much time around Amber.
Why are you so sure Danny doesn’t know? I think he may actually be teasing Amber by pretending not to have figured it out.
Given how long it took him to figure out that Dorothy was breaking up with him, I think you’re giving him too much credit.
” I think he may actually be teasing Amber by pretending not to have figured it out.”
God, this would be awesome.
Danny would get crazy props for this. 🙂
I really hope he doesn’t, considering he’s interested in her. It’d be a fairly big betrayal of Amazi-girl’s trust for him to do an interview about her.
I think he knows exactly what he’s doing.
Did he mean what I think he meant?
Dunno what do you think he meant?
I gotta say, this comic bumped up my respect for Danny, especially once I saw others point out his Mike-level of assholeishness possibilities.
Love how Danny doesn’t HAVE self-respect, he’s just trying to simulate it.
And to reference everyone above, making her choose between info on Amazi-girl and shoes is actually just a case of ‘You could have these shoes ORRRRRRRRR -shouting from audience- What’s in the box?!?’
And, as great as Danny might think his information is, it’s pretty crap. Unless someone looks further into Mario Kart Racing on the DS. Maybe.
If he *had* self-respect, he’d have responded to her reiteration of her request for shoes a few strips ago with “Hell no you may not give your new idiot-faced boytoy my shoes. Now are you done here yet?”
I love how the whole strip stopped just so he could tell that pun. He may as well have turned to the fourth wall and given a wink XD
His eyes are looking at the comments section.
I can imagine so many plot avenues if she goes with the interview. Otherwise, the water will stay still and that’s quite boring. This can get really fun and I’m excited to see what happens when shit hits the fan!
Dorothy’s tragic flaw is her ambition, which will lead to both of them ruining each other’s relationships for absolutely no reason.
Frankly, if I may speak out of turn, I feel her ambition is her strength. I’d say what her weakness is, but the author probably shouldn’t be spelling that sort of thing out.
Is it Bismuth? I have yet to see a character in any comic with a weakness to Bismuth, and I feel like we as a readership are due for one.
Close, but not quite. Her weakness is Bismarck. It’s the only thing that makes sense.
Of course, ANYONE would be weak to a man who had such an impressive hat. NO ONE can resist him!
Her ambition can’t be both a weakness & a strength?
Ambition is not a weakness. Stories that present it as such are dumb and annoying, and far too numerous.
It absolutely can be. Too much of ANYTHING is a weakness. Even good things. Maybe even especially good things. You can be too selfless, too self-interested, too forgiving, too adventurous. Anything. Everything’s a matter of degrees. But so far as Dorothy is concerned she doesn’t strike me as cruelly or destructively ambitions.
I’ve noticed that, in reality, most people’s strengths are also their weaknesses. A strength is simply a strong trait that as applied in a situation where that trait is a good fit. The same trait is a weakness in a different situation where it’s not a good fit.
But this isn’t reality, so story on!
It’s hard, Danny. Growing up and becoming a jerk. It’s hard and no one understands.
That’s also a good way to describe puberty boners.
In 5? 10? years, this is the most respect I’ve ever held for Danny. Oh Captain, My Captain: it’s the small, token, and nearly meaningless gestures …that mean the most.
I think she will go for the shoes.
I doubt it.
Tomorrows strip:
Panel 1:
Dorothy: “Argh, fine, I’ll take the interview. But I’m also going to stea- I mean, borrow a pair of Joe’s shoes before I go! And don’t think that lets you off the hook, Morton.”
Panel 2:
Danny: “Hmm, you do realize that Joe’s over six feet; your new guy’s what, four-eight? He’ll look like he’s wearing clown shoes.”
Panel 3:
Dorothy: “Oh, Walky won’t care; he wears clown pants, so he’ll match. Now I have to be going, but don’t forget, I’ll be back for that interview!”
Panel 4:
Dorothy opens the door to see sadface Walky. In the background Mike gives her a thumb’s up.
“In a manner of speaking” What exactly did Billie do when she interviewed Danny off camera?
She asked questions via interpretive dance.
… Wow. I honestly didn’t see that coming from Danny. The blandest character in the show completely threw me for a loop. I feel sad now.
Kinda wonder if Danny actually has any intention of actually telling Dorothy anything about amazi-girl or if his choice is actually a test and picking the selfish option gets you nothing
Still a chump
This is going to go bad for both of them
I’ve just now noticed – Dorothy’s suddenly gotten quite grabby, hasn’t she?
ICE COLD!
alrightalrightalrightalrightalrightalrightalrightalright
OK NOW LADIES:
Isn’t she going to be late for class?
lol, a shame that Danny’s name isn’t Earnest.
This is the only Willis comic I’m familiar with, but it sure looks like Danny has a future as an attorney of some sort… he has a knack for granting hypocrisy just enough room to get noticed and just enough time to soil itself.
Anyone else sorta latch onto what Danny said about Billie?
“In a manner of speaking?” Just what does that mean? Hm? And why did he wish to say it?
Because she attempted to have sex with him.
What an amazing move by Danny. He’s got her dead to rights. Think about this: she left him because she doesn’t want a relationship to get in the way of her career, seeing as she will be leaving for another college eventually. If she chooses the shoes, it will be choosing her new relationship over her career, proving that she was full of shit and a hypocrite right in front of Danny. If she picks the interview, Danny gets the satisfaction of driving a wedge between Dorothy and Walky and making Dorothy feel horrible about her decision.
Yeah, petty revenge is awesome.
Billie doesn’t just suck AT journalism, she sucks FOR journalism!
Yay for horny reporters! ^_^