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Heh, I’d call it “putting on airs.” Y’know, a trick Billie would have probably loved to use, but she’d first have to accept that she don’t gotz da game, so it’s a big no can do.
Sal does it all the time, with behaving like a loner with no desire to be the center of attention and all.
Hasn’t the term ‘psychopath’ itself fallen out of favour? Now it’s all anti-social personality disorder/borderline personality disorder, etc. Increase number of syllables, decrease psychological impact of the term on the public.
Hey sexy mamah, Walky is not the only nerdy Black guy who likes chicken products. S=)
*I’m sorry bout the creepiness, but I felt the need to try to capitalize on the potential comedy of the situation. Having played as a girl for a role play character, I know women have to deal with some weirdos on the web and I don’t intend to be one of them, or offend you. Thanks!*
Come on. It’s the Internet. Everything ships with everything.
There will be AmaziGirl x Amber, AmaziGirl x Sal, AmaziGirl x AmaziGirl, and AmaziGirl [the real one that is Amber] x AmaziGirl [the one in Billie’s imagination that is Sal]
My father said, “Son, anyone can have a relationship. But if you’re with a woman so crazy that if you forget to take your Kevlar vest to bed one night you may never see the light of day again… Whoo! That’s exciting.”
that was who i thought of when reading this strip, although i thought of the part that went something like “but i still palmed a blade because it was you’re mother.” somehow both seem to fit they’re part of the love triangle
She’s willing to hit someone who is antagonizing her and who has gotten physical with her, but she doesn’t hit someone who hasn’t done anything to her and whom she is not tasked with keeping in line.
Thaaaaaat just seems normal. Not liking all the “psycho bongo” accusations here.
The problem with that thinking is that anything either of them has done that is “out of line”, has all been provoked by her. She just keeps going and proving what a horrible choice for R.A. she is. =/
Except for the fact that she started out by stealing Billie’s stuff and then damaging it. She also got physical with Billie before Sal ever did. She’s a psycho bongo.
Good god people, she didn’t get physical with Billie until after Billie got physical with her. (Admittedly Billie was baited, but she started both the verbal and the physical confrontations.) She did not “start out by stealing Billie’s stuff and then damaging it”. She started out by getting Billie to physically attack her, and then summarily winning.
I feel annoyed at having to defend Ruth here, but when you people have to completely make things up to make her seem bad, she actually sounds better from your comments, because if she was really bad, you wouldn’t feel compelled to make things up to make her seem worse.
“I feel annoyed at having to defend Ruth here, but when you people have to completely make things up to make her seem bad”
Really? I’m not sure what comic you’re reading, but the rest of us are reading the one where Ruth goaded Billie into a fight, broke into Billie’s room, stole her high school cheerleader uniform (and later started pullingthe letters off it). I’ve never been to a university, so I’m only guessing here, but I’m pretty sure those actions are outside the scope of her duties as an RA. Theft and vandalism are also illegal, and she should know that, meaning she doesn’t care she’s doing something wrong. Not to mention she’s breaking the university’s rules by drinking beer in her room.
She started targeting Billie just because Billie was a cheerleader, and now she’s trying to target Sal just because Sal has had the temerity to defend Billie.
You’re right — Ruth is obviously not really that bad.
Do people normally carry that sort of thing to the entire family? I mean shit dude. If every enemy my brother’s ever made came and started beating me up without provocation I’d probably have to end his life just to be able to continue living my own.
Come to think of it, I’m sure Walky’s situation is similar. If everyone who’s exchanged blows with Sal greets Walky with a punch then attending the same school as her was a really poor decision on Walky’s part.
She couldn’t do that if her charges reported her, either. What with being fired and expelled and probably arrested and all.
We’re accepting that that’s not happening for the sake of humor and drama, but there’s no reason Walky is any more dangerous to her than anybody else, and since she’s not in charge of his safety to any extent injuring him is slightly *less* against the rules that she’s not following anyway.
I think that’s why Ruth isn’t messing with Walky (undecided on any level of attraction on her part). Walky is not a “power” individual, and he’s quite simple. He’s no challenge for her to exert her influence over. In fact, he already treats her like Alpha (Fe)male in panel 1. Psychoanalysis concluded!
So wait, Ruth has only shown her hatred, malice, anger and rage toward female characters. Does this mean there’s a male RA whos jurisdiction it is to hurt male characters? I mean, it’s that or she wants Walkys dong
I don’t get why people are suggesting Ruth’s mood swings are related to the time of month (aside from that being the standard conclusion guys jump to).
She had a clearly identified target, whom she’d gotten violent with in the past. That target, and her cohort/roommate, are now out of Ruth’s presence. Meanwhile Ruth is left in the arms of a boy who was overheard to be interested in freckled ass. Of course Ruth isn’t as angry as she was two seconds ago.
Making a quip about it being “that time of the month” whenever a female acts counter to your expectations is not really a joke. Sure, it can be a joke to guys who tell the joke, but it can sometimes be annoying to others who have to hear that “joke” over and over and over again for the rest of their lives. It can be kind of condescending, and some people may be understandably weary of hearing it.
Allow me to explain the fundamental principles of comedy. Because I’m feeling talkative and have a bit of condescension I’m looking to work out of my system.
You see, how well a joke is received is directly proportionate to how funny the joke is. If everyone laughs that’s a good sign you’re gonna get away with something that might otherwise have offended.
While repetition can be utilized within the art of comedy, such only extends to a certain ambiguous point. Repeat a joke too many times with too great frequency and it begins to lose its impact.
As a joke, “It’s her time of the month” has done very little to stay fresh. It doesn’t get mixed up or repackaged. It also gets repeated ad nauseum. The result is that it’s already old by the time you’re eight. Maybe younger if you’re a female, I wouldn’t know. Regardless, many cannot actually recall a time when the joke was ever funny at all. It’s mostly just something people say with great frequency. It almost ceases to be a joke at all, and ventures into the territory of a figure of speech.
Now, bearing in mind the original point, that a joke can get away with more based on how funny it is, let’s get to the meat of it. See, the sentiment behind the joke does indeed hold a capacity to offend. What with the implication that the feelings of about half the populace are likely to be invalid. Take into account that even those who aren’t members of that demographic likely have loved ones who are and it can pretty quickly work its way into some deeply unpopular waters.
What with the degree to which the joke is unfunny, it gets no real boon to the reception at all. The response is likely to be akin to if you had just stated the sentiment outright in a serious tone.
I trust that this has been informative. Now in the future when you pull the “It’s a joke” card, you’ll be aware of the exact limitations of the protection that offers.
No one can remember it being funny because sexism and misogyny haven’t been funny since the 50s. And even then, it was only funny to a select group of people who used the humour aspect as a form of control.
Funny, there are two jackasses in the room and you go after the one that isn’t advocating sexism.
Not gonna argue or anything. You’re right on both counts. I was ridiculing Whaaaat?, informing wasn’t really a goal as such, and what makes a joke funny is a bit of a lighter and less volatile topic than what makes sexism and misogyny harmful. If I’d chosen that I’m sure I would’ve gotten droves of arguments that I frankly just don’t want to read. Don’t need to hear someone explain to me why he doesn’t think sexism and misogyny are a problem. That stuff goes from disagreeable to cringe inducing in seconds.
Just can’t help but raise an eyebrow at this development though. Didn’t think that of the two of us I’d be the one getting called out for that.
Whaaaat? is an idiot and not worth talking to. You may not think you advocated sexism, but by implying that blaming every twitch of a woman’s moods on her period is and/or ever was funny, that’s exactly what you’re doing. You seem like a smart guy. You don’t need to do stupid shit like this.
If we’re going to make exceptions for those related to him (and male characters, for that matter) we should make exceptions for the lesbian characters as well, because if they wanted a Walkerton of their own, Sal is Walky, but with boobs. Apparently.
I take it that Walky interpreted “Let go” as “Help me stand back up”, because if he had actually let go then Ruth would have fallen awkwardly to the ground, barring phenomenal lower body strength.
Huh. Maybe she has a bias for guys? I know some girls from families where their brothers and dad were treated like the kings of the household and the girls and mother were treated much worse often end up continuing that cycle of preferential treatment for men when they leave the home.
It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle explaining that if only prose had the budget film does now, he too would have created Sherlock Holmes to be an action hero buffoon and not a quiet, clever detective.
Obviously, a lot of Sir’s would be involved in addressing him. It’s what she gets for lauding the new films.
Or Sir Isaac Newton explaining that if only scientists in his day had the budget scientists do now then he would have purchased a coconut palm to replace his apple tree, and would never have lived to share the deep understanding of gravity obtained when he was struck.
Or Sir Donald Bradman explaining that if only cricketers in his day had the budget cricketers do now then his test batting average would have been exactly 0.06 runs higher.
It doesn’t make much sense in relation to Ruth, but I couldn’t resist continuing this pattern a bit.
Or Sir Alec Guiness explaining that, while he was obviously the superior Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewan MacGregor did a decent job of pretending to be him, and beside which, he (Sir Alec Guiness) hated the role anyway.
I have a good friend that’s like this. At first you’re all “she definitely is into making me happy,” but then you start to realize as you get her to talk…
The real shame is, it makes any good deed she does unto you feel kinda dirty, even if you totally deserved it XD (and not that kind of dirty…)
The Walky is not the Ruth’s natural prey, as the Ruth only hunts the female members of the species. Once the Ruth realizes the Walky is not a female she proceeds to release him in order to peruse the Billie that she had been hunting earlier. The confused Walky then proceeds to return to his natural habitat to consume a diet of McNuggets and Nachitos.
Actually, I went into the ComicPress system and added up all the strips storyline-by-storyline. My art folder, with possible variations saved, would provide a greater margin of error.
So I used math! …well, my Windows Calculator used math.
Hey, does anybody remember that time when Ruth was genuinely nice to Dorothy after the floor meeting? You know, when she demonstrated that if you don’t challenge her, she doesn’t go after you? And that she doesn’t go after all/only girls, or all/only people under her jurisdiction, but instead people who have proactively aroused her ire, rendering her vindictive but not random?
Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that she’s not fighting him because he’s male? If I were Ruth, I’d see Walky’s “nonthreatening” character trait as MUCH more important than his “male” character trait.
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It’s that time of the month. Murdering time.
Followed by cravings for chocolate.
Chocolate heads that is.
She thirsts for chocolate femurs.
For a nickel.
She will put them in her FAAAAAAAACE.
Is there some kind of pattern here I’m missing?
With her penis.
Jinx!
With her penis.
For a nickel. Yes, yes, let’s just get them all in and out of the way, right here in the top thread.
Which is how much your mom costs
Her hands thirst for chocolate necks.
Chocolate FAAAAAAAACE!
Psycho bongo.
Psycho is when someone stabs a person just because he looked at him or her funny. This is more of a split personality of some sort.
Nah, it’s still not psycho if it isn’t in a shower with a violin.
I’ll bring the corn syrup and red food coloring!
Bipolar would most likely be an appropriate description.
For unpredictable mood swings? Yeah.
Also, you know, GIRL.
*facepalm*
-facepalm-
Don’t be silly, she has unpredictable mood swings because she’s a person. Duh.
Guys don’t have mood swings! Everything they do is perfectly rational.
Rationality varies, but consistency is a must. If I am psycho, then I am psycho always; there is no swing.
I’m a guy and I have mood swings. One time, I went from happy to pissed off and back to happy again.
I’m a guy and I DON’T have mood swings because my daddy taught me that emotions are for sissies.
Well, my daddy taught me that emotions is what separates us from puppets. So tell me, are you a puppet?
We don’t have mood swings so much as a continuous burning rage that we sometimes get distracted by.
I had one boss at a movie theater we called the bi-polar Express. She could go from zero to bongo in under 3 seconds.
Heh, I’d call it “putting on airs.” Y’know, a trick Billie would have probably loved to use, but she’d first have to accept that she don’t gotz da game, so it’s a big no can do.
Sal does it all the time, with behaving like a loner with no desire to be the center of attention and all.
actually… I think it is a bit more personal than that. I think billie reminds here of someone or something and that is why she lashs out so much
I urge you all to read up on what a psychopath is.
Fact: psychopathy and violence is not a guaranteed correlation.
Hasn’t the term ‘psychopath’ itself fallen out of favour? Now it’s all anti-social personality disorder/borderline personality disorder, etc. Increase number of syllables, decrease psychological impact of the term on the public.
Anti-social personality disorder actually refers to those formerly known as Sociopaths.
I know exactly where you’re coming from, though. It reminds me of George Carlin’s rant on PTSD.
It does? Since when?
Aw2ww Walky somehow drew out the Dere-dere out of her.
New headcanon: If you are female and meet Walky, you WILL want to fuck him. Unless you are related to him.
then you want to fuck with his mind.
By pretending to want to fuck him. Let the sanity slippage commence!
You pretend something for too long and you become the act.
Sanity gone.
I haven’t even met him and I want him.
Hey sexy mamah, Walky is not the only nerdy Black guy who likes chicken products. S=)
*I’m sorry bout the creepiness, but I felt the need to try to capitalize on the potential comedy of the situation. Having played as a girl for a role play character, I know women have to deal with some weirdos on the web and I don’t intend to be one of them, or offend you. Thanks!*
Is she always in PMS state? poor Walky if she falls in love for him
I’m sure now we’re going to see WalkyxRuth shipping appear.
Followed shortly by the WalkyxRuth shipping art, and then the Smut Without Warning.
Come on. It’s the Internet. Everything ships with everything.
There will be AmaziGirl x Amber, AmaziGirl x Sal, AmaziGirl x AmaziGirl, and AmaziGirl [the real one that is Amber] x AmaziGirl [the one in Billie’s imagination that is Sal]
My father said, “Son, anyone can have a relationship. But if you’re with a woman so crazy that if you forget to take your Kevlar vest to bed one night you may never see the light of day again… Whoo! That’s exciting.”
Family bonding time must have been awkward. Or awesome. Or both.
Love Christopher Titus
I knew I heard that somewhere!
Yup! Glad he found his ice cream truck.
that was who i thought of when reading this strip, although i thought of the part that went something like “but i still palmed a blade because it was you’re mother.” somehow both seem to fit they’re part of the love triangle
So, she’s sweet on Walky but willing to pummel his sister? Talk about your split personalities.
She’s willing to hit someone who is antagonizing her and who has gotten physical with her, but she doesn’t hit someone who hasn’t done anything to her and whom she is not tasked with keeping in line.
Thaaaaaat just seems normal. Not liking all the “psycho bongo” accusations here.
She was never “tasked” with keeping either Billie or Sal “in line”, so no clue where you got that idea.
er…..yes she has been.
she’s kind of the RA.
you know, just a little thing like that.
The problem with that thinking is that anything either of them has done that is “out of line”, has all been provoked by her. She just keeps going and proving what a horrible choice for R.A. she is. =/
She’s an insane criminal; thus, both of those terms seem to apply fairly well.
Also, she has just as much reason and authority to attack Walky as anybody she has attacked–none of either.
Except for the fact that she started out by stealing Billie’s stuff and then damaging it. She also got physical with Billie before Sal ever did. She’s a psycho bongo.
Good god people, she didn’t get physical with Billie until after Billie got physical with her. (Admittedly Billie was baited, but she started both the verbal and the physical confrontations.) She did not “start out by stealing Billie’s stuff and then damaging it”. She started out by getting Billie to physically attack her, and then summarily winning.
I feel annoyed at having to defend Ruth here, but when you people have to completely make things up to make her seem bad, she actually sounds better from your comments, because if she was really bad, you wouldn’t feel compelled to make things up to make her seem worse.
“I feel annoyed at having to defend Ruth here, but when you people have to completely make things up to make her seem bad”
Really? I’m not sure what comic you’re reading, but the rest of us are reading the one where Ruth goaded Billie into a fight, broke into Billie’s room, stole her high school cheerleader uniform (and later started pulling the letters off it). I’ve never been to a university, so I’m only guessing here, but I’m pretty sure those actions are outside the scope of her duties as an RA. Theft and vandalism are also illegal, and she should know that, meaning she doesn’t care she’s doing something wrong. Not to mention she’s breaking the university’s rules by drinking beer in her room.
She started targeting Billie just because Billie was a cheerleader, and now she’s trying to target Sal just because Sal has had the temerity to defend Billie.
You’re right — Ruth is obviously not really that bad.
Do people normally carry that sort of thing to the entire family? I mean shit dude. If every enemy my brother’s ever made came and started beating me up without provocation I’d probably have to end his life just to be able to continue living my own.
Come to think of it, I’m sure Walky’s situation is similar. If everyone who’s exchanged blows with Sal greets Walky with a punch then attending the same school as her was a really poor decision on Walky’s part.
I refuse to ship these two. Ruth is far too terrifying.
The shipping community is interesting yet at the same time scary.
Yeah, Ruth scares me stiff.
Oh wow, that’s clever.
What can I say, I am a very punny guy.
The fact that she looks downright pleasant in this strip scares me the most.
I dunno, I think ive seen scarier.
Hah! Avatars
I want to see more of this side of Ruth… v.v
She looks awesome on the third panel too
Dar I say… almost pretty?
Yes she does.
I’m confused as to why she’s being nice to Walky. Is it only because he’s not her responsibility?
It’s probably cause she has no authority. If he reports her for something, she can’t make his life hell.
Or she thinks he’s cute.
She couldn’t do that if her charges reported her, either. What with being fired and expelled and probably arrested and all.
We’re accepting that that’s not happening for the sake of humor and drama, but there’s no reason Walky is any more dangerous to her than anybody else, and since she’s not in charge of his safety to any extent injuring him is slightly *less* against the rules that she’s not following anyway.
I think it’s because it amuses her. (Plus she has nothing in particular to gain from picking on a dude who doesn’t have hardly any social power.)
Ruth loves POWAH
Oh man, there’s several jokes I could make here. So I’ll make them all.
“ROW ROW, FIGHT THE POWER!”
“YOU’VE GOT THE TOUCH, YOU’VE GOT THE POWER!”
“UNLIMITED POWER!”
I think that’s why Ruth isn’t messing with Walky (undecided on any level of attraction on her part). Walky is not a “power” individual, and he’s quite simple. He’s no challenge for her to exert her influence over. In fact, he already treats her like Alpha (Fe)male in panel 1. Psychoanalysis concluded!
yeah! that’s what I meant but you said it better.
I’ve always thought Ruth was truly the star of this comic. This comic pleases me.
Ruth is most amused.
Walky/Ruth ship goooooooo!
Yeah, that was totally my first thought as well. I’m sensing a yandere vibe to this ship, of course.
This ship both scares and amuses me.
Ruth is nuts.
So, who is Walky’s RA?
Zombie guy whose name escapes me for the moment.
Hooper?
Yeah that’s the guy.
K THX BYE
Have we seen the RA for the guys? I can’t remember
Could be Ninja Rick, and that’s why we never see him
HOOPER MUST KILL LONELY!
D: For some odd reason I get the feeling Walky’s RA is going to be Ruths brother, Howard…O_O;; (truth be told, I want it to be Ninja Rick xD;; )
Actually, that would make sense. He and the original guy’s RA were pretty much identical, personality-wise.
Oh my Ford, Ruth is violent and adorable.
I am suddenly harboring a rather high degree of PSL.
Boosh There goes the ships. Yeah not much I have to say right now.
and gosh darn it i better be getting this italic tag right this time
Hoorah I did. Apparently it pays to take a glance at all those words below the text fields.
I don’t get a shipping vibe off this. More a big sister/little brother thing.
Never heard of wincest?
0_o er, ugh, blargh. *brain broke*
/me takes the two halves, bleaches them and glues them back together for you. “Here you go.”
So wait, Ruth has only shown her hatred, malice, anger and rage toward female characters. Does this mean there’s a male RA whos jurisdiction it is to hurt male characters? I mean, it’s that or she wants Walkys dong
Or, Ruth just likes to rule with an iron fist, and those she doesn’t lord over are safe from her wrath. That’s where my money is.
I don’t get why people are suggesting Ruth’s mood swings are related to the time of month (aside from that being the standard conclusion guys jump to).
She had a clearly identified target, whom she’d gotten violent with in the past. That target, and her cohort/roommate, are now out of Ruth’s presence. Meanwhile Ruth is left in the arms of a boy who was overheard to be interested in freckled ass. Of course Ruth isn’t as angry as she was two seconds ago.
But it IS related to the time of month. If it’s a day of the month that ends with a ‘y’, she thirsts for the necks of those under her jurisdiction.
And THAT folks, is how you make a “time of the month” joke funny.
ever heard of a joke?
Making a quip about it being “that time of the month” whenever a female acts counter to your expectations is not really a joke. Sure, it can be a joke to guys who tell the joke, but it can sometimes be annoying to others who have to hear that “joke” over and over and over again for the rest of their lives. It can be kind of condescending, and some people may be understandably weary of hearing it.
Besides, this is DoA. We don’t really think in terms of months here.
If it’s somebody’s “that time of the month,” it’s going to be that time of the month for a loooooooong time.
Yeah, that could be an issue. Several months into the comic their character changes just ‘cuz.
I wonder if any of the male characters will ever graaaaadually develop a five o’clock shadow over the course of, let’s say, a month.
That would be awesome.
Wow! Yes! With time condensed as it is we might even be able to document the formation process of zits!
And womens cycles sync up if they live together for too long, right?
I believe that takes a few months before that occurs, so we won’t likely see that happens until the 22nd century.
Allow me to explain the fundamental principles of comedy. Because I’m feeling talkative and have a bit of condescension I’m looking to work out of my system.
You see, how well a joke is received is directly proportionate to how funny the joke is. If everyone laughs that’s a good sign you’re gonna get away with something that might otherwise have offended.
While repetition can be utilized within the art of comedy, such only extends to a certain ambiguous point. Repeat a joke too many times with too great frequency and it begins to lose its impact.
As a joke, “It’s her time of the month” has done very little to stay fresh. It doesn’t get mixed up or repackaged. It also gets repeated ad nauseum. The result is that it’s already old by the time you’re eight. Maybe younger if you’re a female, I wouldn’t know. Regardless, many cannot actually recall a time when the joke was ever funny at all. It’s mostly just something people say with great frequency. It almost ceases to be a joke at all, and ventures into the territory of a figure of speech.
Now, bearing in mind the original point, that a joke can get away with more based on how funny it is, let’s get to the meat of it. See, the sentiment behind the joke does indeed hold a capacity to offend. What with the implication that the feelings of about half the populace are likely to be invalid. Take into account that even those who aren’t members of that demographic likely have loved ones who are and it can pretty quickly work its way into some deeply unpopular waters.
What with the degree to which the joke is unfunny, it gets no real boon to the reception at all. The response is likely to be akin to if you had just stated the sentiment outright in a serious tone.
I trust that this has been informative. Now in the future when you pull the “It’s a joke” card, you’ll be aware of the exact limitations of the protection that offers.
TL;DR: Ever heard of unfunny?
Wait, the “It’s a joke” card ever worked at all, anywhere, under any circumstances? Really?
Who knew.
It’s worked in TV shows and anime. So it’s worked in, you know, the ficticious world. :{D
Definitely tl;dr.
That’s what she said.
No one can remember it being funny because sexism and misogyny haven’t been funny since the 50s. And even then, it was only funny to a select group of people who used the humour aspect as a form of control.
Has nothing to do with repetition, jackass.
Funny, there are two jackasses in the room and you go after the one that isn’t advocating sexism.
Not gonna argue or anything. You’re right on both counts. I was ridiculing Whaaaat?, informing wasn’t really a goal as such, and what makes a joke funny is a bit of a lighter and less volatile topic than what makes sexism and misogyny harmful. If I’d chosen that I’m sure I would’ve gotten droves of arguments that I frankly just don’t want to read. Don’t need to hear someone explain to me why he doesn’t think sexism and misogyny are a problem. That stuff goes from disagreeable to cringe inducing in seconds.
Just can’t help but raise an eyebrow at this development though. Didn’t think that of the two of us I’d be the one getting called out for that.
Whaaaat? is an idiot and not worth talking to. You may not think you advocated sexism, but by implying that blaming every twitch of a woman’s moods on her period is and/or ever was funny, that’s exactly what you’re doing. You seem like a smart guy. You don’t need to do stupid shit like this.
Fair enough. It seems I have treated a sensitive issue indelicately. I apologize for my thoughtlessness.
I’m shipping walkyXanyone right now
So, Walky’s chick magnet now?
If by chick, you meant Chicken McNuggets, then you are correct.
No, Walky’s the “Little Black Dress”, by the rules of TV Tropes.
A few sites ago I already suggested a Titanic-sized ship to put all shippable characters on. I think one of these would fit your demand.
WalkyxAnyone? I can see how badly that can go already.
New Rule: If you are female and meet Walky, you WILL want to fuck him. This rule does not apply if you are related to him.
If we’re going to make exceptions for those related to him (and male characters, for that matter) we should make exceptions for the lesbian characters as well, because if they wanted a Walkerton of their own, Sal is Walky, but with boobs. Apparently.
Sure, why not.
Correction then: WalkyxEveryone
When someone ships [Character]/Everyone the obligatory response is:
…at the same time?
…Female?
You’re gonna love this mighty fine projection screen we just set up for you! It’ll let you live vicariously like never before!
It’s weird, but this side of Ruth scares me more than anything else I’ve seen of her. Possibly because it means that she is now unpredictable.
What? No, it just mean’s she’s capable of putting on a smile.
Which is something no one ever predicted.
I take it that Walky interpreted “Let go” as “Help me stand back up”, because if he had actually let go then Ruth would have fallen awkwardly to the ground, barring phenomenal lower body strength.
Well, if he’d chosen to take it literally, it WOULD have been kind of a dick move.
I disagree, but I have been told that I often take things too literally.
Don’t you get it? He wants a piece of that freckled ass.
And freckled ass apparently reciprocates.
Huh. Maybe she has a bias for guys? I know some girls from families where their brothers and dad were treated like the kings of the household and the girls and mother were treated much worse often end up continuing that cycle of preferential treatment for men when they leave the home.
And her talk with her dad was kind of creepy.
Tho I admit now I don’t remember if it was explictely said to be her dad or if I just assumed it was her dad
there were an awful lot of sir’s
It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle explaining that if only prose had the budget film does now, he too would have created Sherlock Holmes to be an action hero buffoon and not a quiet, clever detective.
Obviously, a lot of Sir’s would be involved in addressing him. It’s what she gets for lauding the new films.
Or Sir Isaac Newton explaining that if only scientists in his day had the budget scientists do now then he would have purchased a coconut palm to replace his apple tree, and would never have lived to share the deep understanding of gravity obtained when he was struck.
Or Sir Donald Bradman explaining that if only cricketers in his day had the budget cricketers do now then his test batting average would have been exactly 0.06 runs higher.
It doesn’t make much sense in relation to Ruth, but I couldn’t resist continuing this pattern a bit.
Or Sir Alec Guiness explaining that, while he was obviously the superior Obi-Wan Kenobi, Ewan MacGregor did a decent job of pretending to be him, and beside which, he (Sir Alec Guiness) hated the role anyway.
I have a good friend that’s like this. At first you’re all “she definitely is into making me happy,” but then you start to realize as you get her to talk…
The real shame is, it makes any good deed she does unto you feel kinda dirty, even if you totally deserved it XD (and not that kind of dirty…)
D= I hope she gets the help she needs, overcoming your upbringing is an uphill challenge
Amber VS Ruth VS Dorothy!
That would be cool to see on this comic. ^_^
Well yeah, but this mood change thing is a facade… She’s only doing it to frighten and disorient Walky, and only then because he’s not her ward.
I still think dark sweaters with collars like this one are TEH SEX.
The anger is all an act. I see that now.
The ginger is all an act. I see that now.
Ruth is attempting a Xanatos Gambit to get Billie and Sal to be friends?
I approve
Ruth actually smiled in a non-psychotic/evil/condescending way.
What manner of sorcery is this?
According to the DnD wiki on magic, either Enchantment or Illusion was used.
The Walky is not the Ruth’s natural prey, as the Ruth only hunts the female members of the species. Once the Ruth realizes the Walky is not a female she proceeds to release him in order to peruse the Billie that she had been hunting earlier. The confused Walky then proceeds to return to his natural habitat to consume a diet of McNuggets and Nachitos.
Same joke ass before.
But with a different face
I think this one ACTUALLY applies though…
The most interesting departure for Ruth in this continuity: the apparently lack of Nihilism. That’s not to say it’s not there, but it’s not seen.
She was all about the Nihilism in Roomies!.
Can any of you experts tell me what is the number of this comic? I feel like it’s somewhere in the 200’s
According to my count, this is strip 338, including the Day Of The Beach Poster.
David’s count is cheating, he can just ctrl+a his final art folder.
Actually, I went into the ComicPress system and added up all the strips storyline-by-storyline. My art folder, with possible variations saved, would provide a greater margin of error.
So I used math! …well, my Windows Calculator used math.
Oooo, fancy pants. A use for the numberpad (that isn’t Garry’s Mod)!
I thought it was Ash, from “Evil Dead.”
Hey, does anybody remember that time when Ruth was genuinely nice to Dorothy after the floor meeting? You know, when she demonstrated that if you don’t challenge her, she doesn’t go after you? And that she doesn’t go after all/only girls, or all/only people under her jurisdiction, but instead people who have proactively aroused her ire, rendering her vindictive but not random?
Yeah, I’m pretty sure that didn’t happen either.
“You okay, Ruth?”
“DO I LOOK OKAY?–Or does this sweater make me look fat?”
DON’T ANSWER WALKY IT’S A TRAP!
Wait. Better advice: “It makes you sexy/pretty/stunning/great.”
Or a no will suffice if the girl is not the “Yea, but I aked if I look fat? >=/” Type
“No Ruth, the sweater doesn’t make you look more fat. That would be impossible.”
Walky’s going to be drowning in girls. It’s going to really mess up his nugget-loving style.
He’s going to need a bigger Lego house.
Why is everyone jumping to the conclusion that she’s not fighting him because he’s male? If I were Ruth, I’d see Walky’s “nonthreatening” character trait as MUCH more important than his “male” character trait.
Even in an alternate universe where she didn’t babysit him, it seems she just can’t help being maternal toward him anyway. Go figure.
What is Ruth’s deal? Power trip? Abusive boyfriend? Hippie?