Wait – Billie is ‘trying really hard to be a totally new person’? Aside from trying to deny she knows Walky, she seems to be doing precisely the opposite – trying to continue her popularity and success from HS into college. (Without realizing she needs to put the work in again, because she’s been reduced to ‘fresh meat’ status again.)
And even the Walky thing seems to be an amplification of their High School relationship, rather than a reversal.
Shut the f*ck up and move on with the conversation, Jesus -.-;;
When the RA has something to talk to you about its usually SERIOUS, so if you’d get your head from out your butt maybe she can tell you WHY shes “bothering” you and get this over with…Ruths not exactly smelling baskets of Roses talking to YOU either. :/
Why so much Billie hate? I personally love Billie and her high strung freak outs. I’d never be able to tolerate them in real life, but luckily there’s this monitor-thing between me and her so I can laugh at a distance. Shes just one of those that are fun to watch fail.
Eeeh, for me, personally, shes like the annoying character that single-handedly manages to ruin a good movie (like the kids in Jurassic Park)…I’ll be sitting there lolsing at the characters and loving the story and then suddenly BILLIE appears and I can’t stand to read one word of the strip knowing if shes in it its going to be something stupidly selfish, hoping nothing too important about the plot was missed.
I can’t speak for why others dislike her, though D:
I’m a Billie fan for the same reasons. Although I’d love to know Billie in real life – poking at someone’s insecurities, risking life and limb in the process, is always fun.
Addendum: I didn’t like Ruth before, but on the discovery that she puts her job before her own distaste for someone, I really like her now. Which probably says a lot about me.
Haha, see I’m surrounded (and tortured) in real life by Billie-types (in my apartment, at school…) so I’m actually kinda sick of this type of character (especially in a story I really like with nifty artwork I respect and a style I love)… and while I SHOULD find her failures hilarious I actually groan and hope to God shes not in the next panel.
Oh I ADORE Ruth, yeah, she was moody, but all she ever did was try to help Danny and get help from him and I was so happy that she ended showing some of that mentorish role in THIS universe when she was talking to Dorothy.
Hah, I sympathise. I used to love Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonists until a good deal of high school put me off that.
On Ruth, I reckon part of the appeal of DOA-Ruth comes from the fact that she’s the anti-Billie. She’s just as smug as Billie, but she actually has the ability (physically and intellectually) to pull off the shit she claims she can do. And unlike Billie, she doesn’t appear to let petty crap affect her – she’s going about her job with only a few snarky remarks.
For Billie fans, this means that her insecurities (i.e. her main appeal) are brought to the surface really quickly and obviously. For Billie haters, not only do they see her get shut down, but they have someone closer to their preferred character archetype (i.e. someone entirely unlike goddamn Billie) to enjoy. When you think about it, that’s pretty brilliant of Walky, from a writing standpoint.
I dealt with bongoes like this all my life: Elementary school and Middle-school, especially after I got honors and won spelling bees, High school was also filled with these bongoes who hit on a guy I used to like (anti-climatically he choose a Billie-esque character, too) and, of course, I’m stuck with this type in college, as well (my ex-roommates that I had to transfer to get away from…) so thats why I get pissy when I have to see her, lol, I wanna get away fro that character, haha.
Hah, believe it or not, Ruth disliking Billie in DoA is a bonus, not the reason I lie her. I always admired how Ruth struggled to help Danny , despite all her problems, and even sacrificed herself for him…that…I’ll always give Ruth respect for that, no matter which universe.
So, since everything is changed and despite the fact that in this universe Mike could set things straight with Dina, karma-wise, (I have decided that karma applies across timelines.) I think Willis should put Ruth and Mike together. I want this only for my own gratification, as they could make everyone else cry.
Karma cannot work across universes. That would mean that another me could be out there doing bad stuff and I could get all the bad karma. And while I do nothing but good things, the bad me gets nothing but good stuff. It would make the very concept of karma pointless.
Karma has to work across universes. There has to be an alternate me out there doing good deeds. That’s the only explanation for why I don’t spontaneously turn into a cockroach as karmic backlash for the terrible things I do and say.
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Me thinks doth lady protest too much…
me thinks the same idea forsooth
I doth as welleth.
I’m telling yea. Tsundere Billie is well on the way.
yea verily
God Damnit Thor, you speak real English!
She’s prepared these arguments too. Just keep telling yourself that Billie.
Billie’s heart: “Help, help, I’m being repressed!” 😀
Mmmm, Shakespeare and Monty Python? Could this get any better?
There could be go-go boys.
It’s weird, seeing Ruth without suspenders.
Or being moody, for that matter.
DoA Ruth is ten kinds of angstless awesome.
I think she hit a nerve.
I also hate Billie and her problems.
She’s beating Sal in the poll to the right.
Not my fault though, I voted for Dina.
Seconding the hate for Billie. I liked her in Walkyverse but in DoA? I just want to hit her :/
hee hee, Billie’s pose on the last pannel is so reminiscent of Gallasso’s foiled pose! Someone should hand her something to crush.
Mike should be in the girl’s hall right now. I’m sure he could find her a razor blade or something.
Well now… SOMEBODY’s certainly in a certain egyptian river….
She hates you and your FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE!
Ruth cares not for your insipid problems, Billie. Haven’t you been reading the script?
You know, for someone trying really hard to be a totally new person in college, she sure doesn’t know how to repress the old at all.
Wait – Billie is ‘trying really hard to be a totally new person’? Aside from trying to deny she knows Walky, she seems to be doing precisely the opposite – trying to continue her popularity and success from HS into college. (Without realizing she needs to put the work in again, because she’s been reduced to ‘fresh meat’ status again.)
And even the Walky thing seems to be an amplification of their High School relationship, rather than a reversal.
Billie.
Ruth is YANKING YOUR CHAIN.
Shut the f*ck up and move on with the conversation, Jesus -.-;;
When the RA has something to talk to you about its usually SERIOUS, so if you’d get your head from out your butt maybe she can tell you WHY shes “bothering” you and get this over with…Ruths not exactly smelling baskets of Roses talking to YOU either. :/
You know she can’t hear you, right? 😛
but it’s so much fun talking to the characters XD
especially since you can bongo at them all you want & they never get to say anything back 😀
Haha, I know, I know, I just sometimes get carried away ^^;;
Oh, cool, I thought DoA would be going on hiatus alongside SP! This has significantly brightened by day, and I’m only 32 minutes into it.
I need to use that phrase more when speaking with people with issues.
Okay, this is disturbing. Billie & Danny hated each other in a previous incarnation, and look where they ended up.
Noticed that too, eh?
I third this remark 😀
Billie and Walky? Brr… kind of pseudo-incestuous.
Except…it’s not.
Billie and Ruth, then.
Ooooh, looking at this comment in hindsight…
Why so much Billie hate? I personally love Billie and her high strung freak outs. I’d never be able to tolerate them in real life, but luckily there’s this monitor-thing between me and her so I can laugh at a distance. Shes just one of those that are fun to watch fail.
Eeeh, for me, personally, shes like the annoying character that single-handedly manages to ruin a good movie (like the kids in Jurassic Park)…I’ll be sitting there lolsing at the characters and loving the story and then suddenly BILLIE appears and I can’t stand to read one word of the strip knowing if shes in it its going to be something stupidly selfish, hoping nothing too important about the plot was missed.
I can’t speak for why others dislike her, though D:
I’m admit that this strip leaves me wondering Does she display this kind of energy in bed?
Well, someone’s got to wreck that piece of furniture sooner or later, super-powers or no.
bwahaha, XD I just hope whoever she ends up with makes her more tolerable! o:
Mike
I’m a Billie fan for the same reasons. Although I’d love to know Billie in real life – poking at someone’s insecurities, risking life and limb in the process, is always fun.
Addendum: I didn’t like Ruth before, but on the discovery that she puts her job before her own distaste for someone, I really like her now. Which probably says a lot about me.
Haha, see I’m surrounded (and tortured) in real life by Billie-types (in my apartment, at school…) so I’m actually kinda sick of this type of character (especially in a story I really like with nifty artwork I respect and a style I love)… and while I SHOULD find her failures hilarious I actually groan and hope to God shes not in the next panel.
Oh I ADORE Ruth, yeah, she was moody, but all she ever did was try to help Danny and get help from him and I was so happy that she ended showing some of that mentorish role in THIS universe when she was talking to Dorothy.
Hah, I sympathise. I used to love Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonists until a good deal of high school put me off that.
On Ruth, I reckon part of the appeal of DOA-Ruth comes from the fact that she’s the anti-Billie. She’s just as smug as Billie, but she actually has the ability (physically and intellectually) to pull off the shit she claims she can do. And unlike Billie, she doesn’t appear to let petty crap affect her – she’s going about her job with only a few snarky remarks.
For Billie fans, this means that her insecurities (i.e. her main appeal) are brought to the surface really quickly and obviously. For Billie haters, not only do they see her get shut down, but they have someone closer to their preferred character archetype (i.e. someone entirely unlike goddamn Billie) to enjoy. When you think about it, that’s pretty brilliant of Walky, from a writing standpoint.
I’m, um, rambling now 🙂
I dealt with bongoes like this all my life: Elementary school and Middle-school, especially after I got honors and won spelling bees, High school was also filled with these bongoes who hit on a guy I used to like (anti-climatically he choose a Billie-esque character, too) and, of course, I’m stuck with this type in college, as well (my ex-roommates that I had to transfer to get away from…) so thats why I get pissy when I have to see her, lol, I wanna get away fro that character, haha.
Hah, believe it or not, Ruth disliking Billie in DoA is a bonus, not the reason I lie her. I always admired how Ruth struggled to help Danny , despite all her problems, and even sacrificed herself for him…that…I’ll always give Ruth respect for that, no matter which universe.
Lol, its ok, I ramble on, too! D:
Oh, Billie. It’d freak her out more if you looked serious adn said “He is my one true love 8D”
Sounds like love to me.
I wish these two would just get up and leave.
Argh.
Alriiight~ Ruth is back in action!
Final panel Ruth might be my favorite thing today.
When in doubt, deny deny deny.
So, since everything is changed and despite the fact that in this universe Mike could set things straight with Dina, karma-wise, (I have decided that karma applies across timelines.) I think Willis should put Ruth and Mike together. I want this only for my own gratification, as they could make everyone else cry.
Karma cannot work across universes. That would mean that another me could be out there doing bad stuff and I could get all the bad karma. And while I do nothing but good things, the bad me gets nothing but good stuff. It would make the very concept of karma pointless.
It’d make the concept of karma more interesting!
That seems a good explanation for these:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KarmaHoudini
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ptitle315nmtwnjpe4
Karma has to work across universes. There has to be an alternate me out there doing good deeds. That’s the only explanation for why I don’t spontaneously turn into a cockroach as karmic backlash for the terrible things I do and say.
what about ruth-walky? that could be creepy.
epic look on her face. i would love to see ruth and mike get together. so much win would be unleashed…
first time i read it, i thought she said “i hate you and your face”
FAAAAAAACE!
How about Billie and Ruth? This is Willis, you know.
That already happened in the original Walkyverse. We just never got to see it.
I missed ya, Ruth.
Hmmmmm. Two characters openly hating everything about each other? This means they must get together!
Someone’s got a crush.
Must finish BilliexWalky piece before week is up.
Trying to figure out the words that are covered up by Ruth’s word bubble: “Gonna s______ his scrawny ______ neck!”
I assume ‘strangle’ and ‘antidisestablishmentarianism’.
The second word is squished in a bit.
Strangle and an f-bomb, probably.
I second Ruth’s feelings in the last panel.
Yes! DoA is not on hiatus!
Oh, Billie, your words are only proving that love that you wish to deny…
i really like this ruth XD
Personally, I want to see Joyce and Walky. But a lot has got to happen before they could get together.
Eh, Billie could do worse than Walky.
But he couldn’t do worse than her.
If every subsequent characters in the poll hooked up (as I see it right now), the story looks perfect 😛
MikexDina, WalkyxJoyce, RuthxAmber, BilliexSal (woot!), JoexSarah, EthanxDorothy and Danny is masterbating alone. Perfect, just Perfect!
Your comment, good sir, has made my day XD
I LOL’D so hard.
But Ethan is probably gay. Though he probably stll doesn’t know it
Word of God is that Ethan’s long since worked out his issues of sexuality and is out of the closet already.
It’s currently JoexEthan and SarahxDorothy.
& danny’s still by himself XD
For some reason, RuthxAmber scares me.
Something about that RA annoys..
All right, when everybody was saying “Billie’s so Tsundere for Walky!” I didn’t believe ’em, but holy crap.
….Someone throw Billie at Joe and get them both the laying they so desperately need, please?
Also: Ruth’s face in final panel for the win. <3
…I just realized that Billie is pretty much Asuka from Evangelion.
…Weird.
Does that make Walky Shinji then?
Yes. Manga version, that is. But who is Rei? Joyce? Sal? (Because they’re siblings.
Ruth > Billie
Mike – penis = Ruth?
hey, this is entirely not related, but i tried to go to shortpacked and got a popup ad thing trying to sell me an ipad 2. when i tried to navigate away there was a second pop up trying to stop me. i force closed it but I thought you should be aware that you might have been hacked. since I can’t get to shortpacked directly, I thought I’d come here.
also, huge fan and keep it up, on both strips. 😉
Throw her ass into a nother chair, that will shut her up
Joyce is the closest thing Billie has to a friend.
Walky is the closest thing Billie has to family.
Ruth is the closest thing Billie has to a lover.
Dysfunction! When the only thing all your screwed-up relationships have in common is YOU!
Damn you Willis, I no longer have a head!