She can hardly be faulted for the response time…it’s busy work standing behind a door looking creepy waiting for someone to find you like the $20 they left in the couch.
Yes, we wouldn’t want to confuse folks into thinking Dina is into Psychic Hotlines and former disco queens. Although that could turn out to be adorable, too.
Oh, that makes sense. I thought for a second the issue may be she was worried that speaking might kill Aspberger’s, giving her undue influence over evolution itself.
Could be Asperger’s, I suppose (speaking as one who has it). However, it could just be shyness and not having had a reason to develop social interaction…..ability…..thing….
“Oh my god what happened to… that?”
“We believe it was once a person, sir. Our best guess, based on the quantity of water around it, is that it was somehow flash-frozen, entirely, and then shattered.”
“Wh-What? Is that even possible?”
“We’re not sure, sir; in all honesty it’s the sort of thing that normally only turns up in movies and video games. In theory if enough liquid nitrogen were applied to the victim quickly enough, it might be possible – though transporting and using that that to attack with would be nearly impossible. But bar that, doing this would probably require some kind of magic or supernatural powers.”
“So what you’re telling me is that we should be looking for reports of stolen liquid nitrogen, or some kind of super-powered individual?”
“One that is fond of movies or video games, yes sir.”
“Get on that, then. Now excuse me, I need to go vomit.”
“Very good sir.”
I don’t blame Dina. She knows what “normal” college freshmen do on Firday nights. Amber just returned in the morning with messy hair, the smell of alcohol and sweat on her clothes, and a look of regret on her face. Dina is just being polite by not mentioning the video she found on the internet involving her roommate and Roz.
Oh my God, I’m so sick of people diagnosing fictional characters with Asperger’s. Because, hey, shyness and social awkwardness just isn’t interesting enough.
In general I’d agree, but there are a few instances where characters fit the diagnosis well enough for that to be a logical assumption. I was surprised to find out that Big Bang’s Sheldon wasn’t written with the condition in mind because he fits it to a tee.
I’d actually agree there, with Sheldon. I’m just tired of people saying ‘Wow, s/he has trouble in social situations, maybe ASPERGER’S?!’. I find it such a lazy (and worse, boring) way of interpreting a character.
The problem with autism is that there is an ENTIRE FUCKING SPECTRUM of it. Which means you can find anyone with any personality quirk and find a way to place them in the spectrum so that they “fit it to a tee”.
Side note, in case not everyone is aware: Asperger’s is considered on the autism spectrum.
Personal note: I feel roughly 95% of autism cases are overdiagnosed, and would better be defined as simple personality differences.
Yeah, I gotta say I agree with people saying that it would be kind of unusual to be surprised by a flatmate staying out all night whilst at uni. They might get a ‘Whey! Dirty stop out!’ if you knew they pulled the night before, but really staying out all night is a fairly common occurrence at that age surely?
Dave needs to draw Questionable Content ALL. THE. TIME.
I love you Jeph, but man, Dave’s Faye beats the pants off your Faye. … and now I must apologize to everyone for the creepy crossover fanfics that mental image will inspire. O_O
I imagine she did not actually succeed at teaching her to have those kind of reactions, but Dina picked up being able to re-enact it with passion pretty fast.
…I’d say Dina’s a fair amount more “spaced out” in Shortpacked. In fact, I can remember at least one time where she was spaced out far enough to be in multiple corners of a room at once…
I like how this establishes how seriously Amber takes her Amazi-girling. She didn’t give up the hunt after a little while and go home, she kept at it until she was asleep on her feet. That’s not a little hobby, that’s real dedication.
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Dull Surprise!
Trope Name!
WARNING: TROPE ALERT!
Worth noting: that would have been a drama button moment were it not for the delayed response time.
and a great use of it too
Line please?
That’s… actually kind of adorable D=
“Clever girl”
*feeds her a diplodocus shaped biscuit*
While the source material reflects well, the quote doesn’t quite reflect the strip. More like Dina’s slowly becoming a real girl.
I was going to say “adorkable”, but the pun works better, so I won’t.
Darnit, my girlfriend was the one who came up with that term, why the hell didn’t I patent it! (You can read into that and probably be right.)
yay dina!
Very good dina! Now repeat after me:
1. I was so worried.
2. Are you ok? (wait for response)
3. I’m sooooo relieved you’re safe.
4. Your WOW guild leader called, asked where you were last night.
Practice that, and next time we’ll work on the next chapter: FEELINGS!
Such a caring roommate. Wonder if she caught her man?
very appropriate response
She can hardly be faulted for the response time…it’s busy work standing behind a door looking creepy waiting for someone to find you like the $20 they left in the couch.
i wouldn’t care if my college roommate didn’t come home one night.
i wouldn’t care if my first roommate came home, but my current one and i are lovers—i mean lovely friends.
Baby steps, Dina. Baby steps.
Nothing like delayed reaction to get the blood pumping!
Dear Dina. Please stop being so damn adorable. Thank you for understanding.
And creepy.
She’s CREEPADORABLE!
makes you want to go “AAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaww!”
She’s so adorable it could make a cute baby look like a grizzly hobo by comparison.
So what’s Dina’s story?
She’s a shy girl who likes dionsaurs?
Dinosaurs, not dionsaurs. Damn, my brain must have a malfunction or something.
Yes, we wouldn’t want to confuse folks into thinking Dina is into Psychic Hotlines and former disco queens. Although that could turn out to be adorable, too.
Speaking killed her parents.
I was guessing Asperger’s Syndrome.
Aspergers killed her parents?
That could lead to doing weird stuff like wearing brightly coloured costumes and fighting crime….
Oh, that makes sense. I thought for a second the issue may be she was worried that speaking might kill Aspberger’s, giving her undue influence over evolution itself.
Even Asperger himself has been dead for 31 years or so, now. I don’t think his parents still can be killed.
that is not funny or cute.
AWWWWW *pouts*
Would it be better if the comment wore a dinosaur hat?
…………….maybe.
Maybe = Yes.
… Unless it’s Mike, in which case it means ‘you’re meant to think yes until he ultimately proves no in a way that scars you.’
Maybe.
I used to work at a summer camp for children with autism. Funny and cute could be apt descriptors. Especially when dinosaur museums are invovled.
Could be Asperger’s, I suppose (speaking as one who has it). However, it could just be shyness and not having had a reason to develop social interaction…..ability…..thing….
…..my no can speck.
You know nothing of my work.
What?
Why do I think Dina is the kind of person who when asked where her roommate is, will just say “out”.
I suspect it’d typically be more a silent and wide-eyed shrug.
Both wrong. If she doesn’t know, she’ll just stare at you…
…as she tries to hide behind the door again.
The things she saw…
Dina!!!
Also, thanks for reminding me to keep not reading Questionable Content…
Why is that?
So that is why Dina was covering her ears, she was trying to resist it.
That was supposed to be a reply for Aizat concerning the Jedi mind trick.
This is not the thread you are looking for.
And this is not like the Jedi mind trick.
These are not the comments you are seeking.
OR AREN’T THEY?!?
OOOOOOOH!
It’s okay, he only drinks every day to stave off the horror of what Vader will do to him when he returns from the Death Star.
…This is not like the Jedi Mind Trick…’
Oh shit how do I use blue text with these tags?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you “Roommate not caring”. I think it’s “Roommate not caring”.
Why would Dina need to worry, I bet Amber disappears a lot at night.
I blame danny. He looks needy.
Danny is not just needy, there is a Joe statement in that… Dude just needs to get laid.
Uh-oh… doesn’t look like the search went well.
I mean, obviously Ultra-Car called in Amber (AKA Spider-Car) to help try and find Ryan. Guess they didn’t find him after all?
Dina for Most Adorable of the Year All Years
I second that motion!
You’re suggesting a Dinasty?
I don’t know…she’s already died pretty nastily in one continuity already.
Her fanboys/fangirls will protect her this time around!
Dina reminds me more and more of the roommate I had Freshman year. I think I heard her talk maybe twice.
Amber must be psychic, she knew what Dina was going to say before she said it. WOOOOOO
No, it’s more of a Jedi mind trick.
It only works on the weak minded. Obviously Dina’s just playing along.
Or because she is into Dion-saurs. Callback, what?
That “Dig It” Shirt. Spotted it.
Guess that blows my theory that more than a few hours passed between the end of Book 1 and the start of Book 2.
Unless…..Amber’s actually been gone for months on her search and they chose to just acknowledge the previous night! I know….I’m reaching here…. 😉
Why do I get the feeling Dina literally just forgot how to construct a sentence there?
Doubt I…I it think.
how can she forget if she never knew?
Dina, a character who only seldom appears yet remains my favorite due to such an awesome hat.
Seriously… Even if just that hat died in this web comic I think viewership would decrease.
The hat is alive? Like the sorting hat from Harry Potter?
Of course. Why do you think she never removes it from her head? Damn thing won’t let go.
Come to think of it, it does look kind of like a Metroid.
Soooooooo, it’s either eating her brain meats OR mind-raping her.
Either way, it’s a symbiotic relationship.
All hail hypno-hat.
That explains a lot…like her deteriorating mental state.
It’s one of those mind-controlling hats from Darkwing Duck! #wowimadork
Let’s get Dina-rous.
*groans* WAA WAAA WAAAAA!
Bad puns are the best puns! >XD
More like the sound of music.
Yes, but this one sorts her thoughts in “Yay, dinosaurs!” and “Stall For Time!”
I was thinking more like the hat Padma wears in the webcomic Friendly Hostility.
I briefly got confused and thought Amber’s hamster had died.
And what has THIS wastrel been up to? No good I suspect.
Why can’t Amber be more responsible with her time? Like Amazi-girl?
3 comics in one day. I say good sir…
Off-screen: Ryan’s shattered corpse.
“Oh my god what happened to… that?”
“We believe it was once a person, sir. Our best guess, based on the quantity of water around it, is that it was somehow flash-frozen, entirely, and then shattered.”
“Wh-What? Is that even possible?”
“We’re not sure, sir; in all honesty it’s the sort of thing that normally only turns up in movies and video games. In theory if enough liquid nitrogen were applied to the victim quickly enough, it might be possible – though transporting and using that that to attack with would be nearly impossible. But bar that, doing this would probably require some kind of magic or supernatural powers.”
“So what you’re telling me is that we should be looking for reports of stolen liquid nitrogen, or some kind of super-powered individual?”
“One that is fond of movies or video games, yes sir.”
“Get on that, then. Now excuse me, I need to go vomit.”
“Very good sir.”
I don’t blame Dina. She knows what “normal” college freshmen do on Firday nights. Amber just returned in the morning with messy hair, the smell of alcohol and sweat on her clothes, and a look of regret on her face. Dina is just being polite by not mentioning the video she found on the internet involving her roommate and Roz.
I think that video is up on “turnedout.com”, “girlsgonemild.com” AND Nik richie’s “the dirty”.
Well, what matters is that Amber came out of it fresh-faced, vibrant, and full of life, ready to face the challenges of a new day!
Not to mention Amber already goes out as Amazigirl Dina either knows or atleast knows that she stays out often.
What Dina meant to say.
WIN.
You are the best person ever.
I TRY! 😀
What Do you use to edit those pics?
Photoshop of cause.
I only have gimp. I’d like to make some too.
Gimp’s still pretty powerful when you know how to work it.
HAHAHA
Oh my God, I’m so sick of people diagnosing fictional characters with Asperger’s. Because, hey, shyness and social awkwardness just isn’t interesting enough.
In general I’d agree, but there are a few instances where characters fit the diagnosis well enough for that to be a logical assumption. I was surprised to find out that Big Bang’s Sheldon wasn’t written with the condition in mind because he fits it to a tee.
I’d actually agree there, with Sheldon. I’m just tired of people saying ‘Wow, s/he has trouble in social situations, maybe ASPERGER’S?!’. I find it such a lazy (and worse, boring) way of interpreting a character.
The problem with autism is that there is an ENTIRE FUCKING SPECTRUM of it. Which means you can find anyone with any personality quirk and find a way to place them in the spectrum so that they “fit it to a tee”.
Side note, in case not everyone is aware: Asperger’s is considered on the autism spectrum.
Personal note: I feel roughly 95% of autism cases are overdiagnosed, and would better be defined as simple personality differences.
Dina is really not one of those instances, though.
Well, looks like someone had a wild night! A night that may or may not have involved tracking down and brutally murdering a would-be rapist.
Methinks the search was fruitless.
I can’t be the only one that is reminded of Fluttershy whenever Dina is around…..
Fluttershy is a flamboyant motormouth compared to Dina.
Point.
Someone reading DoA and QC for the first time might conclude that Willis loves using duplicate panels.
Then they would read SP! and realize it’s just a, you know, coincidence.
*goes to check out butt*
*returns*
As promised, there was a butt. I am pleased.
I actually missed the butt the first time.
SLEEP IS FOR THE WEAK.
BE STRONG, WOMAN.
Yeah, I gotta say I agree with people saying that it would be kind of unusual to be surprised by a flatmate staying out all night whilst at uni. They might get a ‘Whey! Dirty stop out!’ if you knew they pulled the night before, but really staying out all night is a fairly common occurrence at that age surely?
“Whey! Dirty stop out!” ?????
Some sort of funky alien language, I think.
I didn’t notice any butt, was too distracted by that bug.
So Amber’s braindead due to lack of sleep. Aaand to make things worse, she’s now also pregnant!
(…or did I confuse her with somebody just now?)
I like how Dina is pantomiming shock but not speaking with enough energy to merit an exclamation point. Dull surprise indeed!
Dave needs to draw Questionable Content ALL. THE. TIME.
I love you Jeph, but man, Dave’s Faye beats the pants off your Faye. … and now I must apologize to everyone for the creepy crossover fanfics that mental image will inspire. O_O
I love how Dave’s Marten looks like Ken.
Ken? You mean Ryu?
Is it impossible to think that maybe Amber DID find Ryan and something bad happened to her?
im betting the slow response is cause she knows who amazi-girl is.
Amber, you look like you need to relax — and a change of clothes. You know what would do the trick? A nice pair of PAJAMA JEANS!
Amber must be feeling pretty small in panel1, or else that’s a huuuuuuge dorm doorway.
The door frame expands and contracts relative to its occupant’s emotional state. You know, like House of Leaves.
Well I’m hoping the next few words will be “Well I was out in the Amazi-Autogyro and”.
I imagine she did not actually succeed at teaching her to have those kind of reactions, but Dina picked up being able to re-enact it with passion pretty fast.
Dina’s awesome.
Wow, Dina is WAY more spaced-out in this storyline than in Shortpacked!, isn’t she?
…I’d say Dina’s a fair amount more “spaced out” in Shortpacked. In fact, I can remember at least one time where she was spaced out far enough to be in multiple corners of a room at once…
I like how this establishes how seriously Amber takes her Amazi-girling. She didn’t give up the hunt after a little while and go home, she kept at it until she was asleep on her feet. That’s not a little hobby, that’s real dedication.
Green hat girl reminds me of my dearest patron Nepeta….
Yay Dina!! She needs more… panel time.