Topic: Damn you, Willis! (Dumbing of Age) (Read 510806 times)

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2650 on:** 13 Jul 2016, 01:42 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Jul 2016, 19:25

Quote from: chaospersonified on 12 Jul 2016, 07:58
Danf it, Walky, that's not even what it's called!
It isn't?

Pretty sure it is.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2651 on:** 13 Jul 2016, 07:04 »

Walky is being rude, invasive, and childish. Business as usual. Seriously, if a dude had charged into my room like that, there would have been hell to pay. If he shoved me or my roommate in the process, all the more so. I do not take that kind of shit lightly.

BenRG · « **Reply #2652 on:** 13 Jul 2016, 11:44 »

FWIW, Dorothy seems to be enjoying getting Walky riled; she's doing everything she can to rile him up even more! I could be wrong but I wonder if she likes him aggressive and rough.

Kugai · « **Reply #2653 on:** 13 Jul 2016, 18:34 »

But she'll wear him out now that he has to lift that heavy ladder

chaospersonified · « **Reply #2654 on:** 13 Jul 2016, 20:53 »

Quote from: ChaoSera on 13 Jul 2016, 01:42

Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Jul 2016, 19:25
Quote from: chaospersonified on 12 Jul 2016, 07:58
Danf it, Walky, that's not even what it's called!
It isn't?
Pretty sure it is.

I saw the movie a few times. It's 'indomitus' with a 't,' not an 'n.'

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2655 on:** 14 Jul 2016, 01:06 »

Quote from: chaospersonified on 13 Jul 2016, 20:53

Quote from: ChaoSera on 13 Jul 2016, 01:42
Quote from: Method of Madness on 12 Jul 2016, 19:25
Quote from: chaospersonified on 12 Jul 2016, 07:58
Danf it, Walky, that's not even what it's called!
It isn't?
Pretty sure it is.

I saw the movie a few times. It's 'indomitus' with a 't,' not an 'n.'

Wikipedia disagrees.
So does jurrasicworld.com

Kugai · « **Reply #2656 on:** 14 Jul 2016, 14:06 »

And Walkys world comes crashing down around his ears

Kugai · « **Reply #2657 on:** 15 Jul 2016, 14:20 »

I would suggest the answer to that question is yes Ethan

cesium133 · « **Reply #2658 on:** 15 Jul 2016, 22:31 »

So, now what is Amber going to ask Dina to do that she'll find unacceptable?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2659 on:** 15 Jul 2016, 22:42 »

I hope not to find out.

BenRG · « **Reply #2660 on:** 15 Jul 2016, 23:13 »

I suspect that Amber's behaviour will increase Dina's ambivalence to the point where she starts to question whether what Amber 'wants' is mentally and emotionally healthy for her.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2661 on:** 16 Jul 2016, 07:21 »

It most assuredly is not, but then that is true for most of us.

Kugai · « **Reply #2662 on:** 16 Jul 2016, 16:16 »

Just don't fall to The Dark Side there either of you

Kugai · « **Reply #2663 on:** 17 Jul 2016, 15:34 »

But that's just it Carla, you may just be precisely the right person at this juncture

BenRG · « **Reply #2664 on:** 17 Jul 2016, 22:55 »

Panel 4 in the 7/18 comic can be read two ways. Either Ruth thinks being dead would be nice or Ruth finds the idea of Carla discovering her corpse and being permanently scarred by the experience nice. The latter is as much in character as the former.

Kugai · « **Reply #2665 on:** 18 Jul 2016, 13:48 »

Time for a bucket of ice cold water I think Carla

Kugai · « **Reply #2666 on:** 19 Jul 2016, 14:58 »

Buuuut I see she's gone for the alternate approach

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2667 on:** 19 Jul 2016, 15:47 »

Yeah, I'm saying it's a good thing Billie's call got interrupted. Going by Sal's face, she was quickly heading for a Gibbs slap, or the equivalent.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2668 on:** 19 Jul 2016, 16:26 »

I think that's the most emotion Sal's ever shown in DoA.

chaospersonified · « **Reply #2669 on:** 19 Jul 2016, 21:31 »

This whole thing amuses me.

BenRG · « **Reply #2670 on:** 19 Jul 2016, 23:12 »

I'm just wondering how this may screw up Amber's already shaky self-identity. Wait... her sworn enemy is the secret identity of Amazi-Girl?!?

Kugai · « **Reply #2671 on:** 20 Jul 2016, 00:01 »

Only in a Dark Knight type of universe

Kugai · « **Reply #2672 on:** 21 Jul 2016, 15:34 »

With those two Carla, one is definitely not mutually exclusive of the other.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #2673 on:** 22 Jul 2016, 04:21 »

You know shit's real if she ignores those delicious cookies.

Kugai · « **Reply #2674 on:** 22 Jul 2016, 16:27 »

Yeah, and Billie knows it.

BTW, Dang Carla, you one strong lady!!!

hedgie · « **Reply #2675 on:** 22 Jul 2016, 16:47 »

That's 'cos Carla is starting to hulk-out. Although in this case it might be due to lack of cookies and annoyance rather than serious anger.

Kugai · « **Reply #2676 on:** 23 Jul 2016, 14:51 »

And that folks, is when Mary thought better of messing with Carla ever again

One can only hope

hedgie · « **Reply #2677 on:** 23 Jul 2016, 15:21 »

More importantly, it means that that Mary no longer has any blackmail material against Ruth (hence Mary's anger). Now just get that girl some cookies.

Kugai · « **Reply #2678 on:** 24 Jul 2016, 13:42 »

I hope she isn't. She's close to the edge here even with Billie coming back to her and it could be what pushes her over.

Kugai · « **Reply #2679 on:** 25 Jul 2016, 15:29 »

A very good question indeed there Walky.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2680 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 05:13 »

Well, hell. For a moment there I thought Mary was actually being a decent person and trying to protect Ruth. Now it looks like she was just worried about getting the blame if it comes out she knew and didn't tell. And that fear only lasted until she could blame someone else for it.

Kugai · « **Reply #2681 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 16:10 »

What do you expect from someone like Mary anyway?

Better??

And nice description of her there Walky.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2682 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 16:53 »

It would be kind of nice to think someone isn't completely horrible, and actually try to make an effort to help someone who is clearly in dire need of all the help she can get.

sitnspin · « **Reply #2683 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 20:28 »

For someone who claims to be the greatest Christian whoever Christianed in all of Christendom, she doesn't seem to know how Jesus treated people .

bhtooefr · « **Reply #2684 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 23:53 »

An interesting thing about this came up in the comments for the latest strip... basically, because Ruth is an employee of a school, what Mary is doing is Class 6 felony intimidation in the state of Indiana.

BenRG · « **Reply #2685 on:** 27 Jul 2016, 23:57 »

I suspect that today's strip (7/28) is the moment the countdown clock to Mary being transferred to Anderson starts. She'll be so socially isolated and universally despised after today that it will start impacting on her mental health and academic performance.

The key moment will be whether Joyce tries to reach out to her and whether Mary takes that chance when it comes to her.

Kugai · « **Reply #2686 on:** 28 Jul 2016, 17:48 »

The downfall begins

chaospersonified · « **Reply #2687 on:** 28 Jul 2016, 21:21 »

Oh NO, but this dramatically makes things more concerning!

LeeC · « **Reply #2688 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 05:22 »

I like where this is going. Very realistic. It seemed like it could have gone into sit-com territory with Mary having a blackmail situation with the whole floor against the RA. Honestly I think they may just give Ruth a warning and just see about moving Billie. That would stick it to Mary and be reasonable.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2689 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 07:07 »

I honestly don't think that would happen. People don't much like Ruth, and a little scared of her. But from what I can tell, the feelings towards Mary range from distaste to outright hatred. About the best reaction she gets out of people is to be utterly ignored, like what the RM did here. Or to pity her, like Dorothy did. It would be quite the stretch for anyone to want to help her.. Especially if that help could get them in trouble, like it could if people found out she was blackmailing the RA.

LeeC · « **Reply #2690 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 07:15 »

You don't think Ruth or Billie would bring up the blackmail to the RM? Shoot even Carla knows and she's not involved.

Neko_Ali · « **Reply #2691 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 07:17 »

I thought your statement was suggesting people would team up with Mary to blackmail Ruth.

LeeC · « **Reply #2692 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 07:30 »

Oh no I mean I like the fact that they didn't do that as that would be too sit-comy.

Kugai · « **Reply #2693 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 14:55 »

It remains to be seen what happens now now that the RM is involved.

BenRG · « **Reply #2694 on:** 29 Jul 2016, 23:36 »

From her reaction in today's strip (7/30), I suspect that she'll be hard pressed not to hug Ruth and try to make all the bad things go away. At the very least, I suspect that Ruth will be required to attend sessions with an on-campus therapist.

Kugai · « **Reply #2695 on:** 30 Jul 2016, 00:14 »

Oh boy

ChaoSera · « **Reply #2696 on:** 30 Jul 2016, 01:40 »

As far as possible reactions go this isn't so bad so far.

Kugai · « **Reply #2697 on:** 31 Jul 2016, 14:36 »

She will sit there with that smile until she freezes like a statue

Or should that be a fossil?

Kugai · « **Reply #2698 on:** 01 Aug 2016, 14:44 »

That is NOT the kind of conversation you want to have in front of someone like Mike you two

Welu · « **Reply #2699 on:** 01 Aug 2016, 15:00 »

I laughed so hard at that alt text.

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