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by David M Willis on August 17, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Saturday's All Right for Slighting
└ Tags: char, dana, joyce, raidah, sarah

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  1. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    August 17, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Sarah’s attempts at initiating a whip cream party seem to be failing.

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      August 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      It’s not a party until the whipped cream comes out.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 17, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        Sarah’s aim needs to get better.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          August 17, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

          She seems to suffer from premature spraying.

          • Raoullefere
            Raoullefere
            August 17, 2012 at 4:02 am | #

            Gotta hate it when that happens. Although it beats nothing coming out of the can, or so I’m told.

            • Khrene Cleaver
              Khrene Cleaver
              August 17, 2012 at 12:09 pm | #

              So this is how one goes from talking about spraying cream to packing fudge… Huh…

  2. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 17, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh.

    Ooooooh

    Yeah, that would probably increase usage.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Makes sense, nobody cards you for weed.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      August 17, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      It would also make getting her kicked out of school seem a lot more like piling things on.

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        August 17, 2012 at 3:57 am | #

        Reminds me of that one scene in an episode of How I Met Your Mother when Ted tries to fire his boss and increasingly tragic things happens in the boss’s life.

        • thomas0comer
          thomas0comer
          August 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm | #

          How does one fire their boss?

          • HeatPhoenix
            HeatPhoenix
            August 17, 2012 at 2:30 pm | #

            With a flamethrower.

          • John Harmon
            John Harmon
            August 17, 2012 at 6:04 pm | #

            He was his former boss.

            • Osaru Sensei
              Osaru Sensei
              August 19, 2012 at 3:16 pm | #

              sadly I tried to find a clip of it online to no avail.

          • Fanboy
            Fanboy
            August 17, 2012 at 8:42 pm | #

            As it turns out, very carefully.

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 17, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

      That’ll do it.

    • Raen
      Raen
      August 17, 2012 at 7:04 am | #

      I’m thinking she went on a “pot > chemo” kick.

  3. Amaziboy
    Amaziboy
    August 17, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Oh that makes things so much worse.

  4. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    August 17, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    This is getting INTENSE. Just so many FEELINGS that I have to brace for all weekend!

  5. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    August 17, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    Sarah murdered Dana’s mother?!?!?!?!?

    • cdotsq
      cdotsq
      August 17, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

      too soon man

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        August 17, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

        It’s the only way I could think of twisting today’s comic into making Sarah the villain.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          August 17, 2012 at 12:18 am | #

          Sarah threw a crab at her.

          • Blob Marley
            Blob Marley
            August 17, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

            Sara gave her crabs? Incoming Rule 34!

          • Khrene Cleaver
            Khrene Cleaver
            August 17, 2012 at 12:11 pm | #

            Awww that was in hilariosuly bad taste…

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        August 17, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        No, too soon would be saying that a nickel was left graveside.

        • TheLastOutlaw
          TheLastOutlaw
          August 17, 2012 at 5:34 am | #

          Just one?

          • Petre Pan
            Petre Pan
            August 18, 2012 at 3:54 pm | #

            Mike only needs one.

            • Petre Pan
              Petre Pan
              August 18, 2012 at 3:55 pm | #

              aaand that’s a really ironic avatar

              • TheLastOutlaw
                TheLastOutlaw
                August 18, 2012 at 7:36 pm | #

                Yes it is. It made me LOL if that’s any consolation.

                • TheLastOutlaw
                  TheLastOutlaw
                  August 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm | #

                  Damnit, misspelled my own email. And it’s disheartening to know that my default gravvy would be Roz. I feel dirty…

                • LuckyStar7
                  LuckyStar7
                  August 18, 2012 at 7:43 pm | #

                  What are you talking about?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 17, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

        technically it’s been a year…let it go.

  6. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    August 17, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Okay, non-silly post.

    Wow.

    My mother just died this last June. I can tell you that it’s a devastating enough event to turn everybody’s lives upside-down at once. I can see why things would suddenly get extremely worse for Dana. There’s a brief period when simply functioning is almost too difficult to handle, and unless you have a support network, you’re just not gonna make it. Though I think Dana did have a support network (her friends – trust me, friends are worth a lot). I guess we’ll see how it went down, and how bad the drug abuse got.

    • Ziaheart
      Ziaheart
      August 17, 2012 at 2:54 am | #

      Maybe Dana is one of those people who don’t want that support network when it’s their life that’s going down the drain.

      • Ridureyu
        Ridureyu
        August 17, 2012 at 4:44 pm | #

        Yeah, I don’t know what happened yet (nor wil we until next week), but she probably delved more into substance abuse to try to escape from the grief.

        Also, hey, sometimes there just isn’t a support network, or the support is faulty. If you manage to keep your life together and support other relatives, your family can always bite back with, “You’re not grieving right! You suck! Waaah! Waaaah! Waaah!”

    • historyman68
      historyman68
      August 17, 2012 at 5:58 am | #

      Yeah man, that sucks, I’m sorry. My friend’s dad died and he ended up dropping out of high school. Things can get tough.

  7. Leorale
    Leorale
    August 17, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

    And… punchline!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      August 17, 2012 at 12:40 am | #

      More like a WHAM line.

      • Bruceski
        Bruceski
        August 17, 2012 at 2:49 am | #

        punch-to-the-dickline

        • Raticate5
          Raticate5
          August 17, 2012 at 10:48 am | #

          “Nnnhyyrg!! *wheeze* That’s alright DoA, *cough*, I didn’t need those.”

          • LuckyStar7
            LuckyStar7
            August 18, 2012 at 9:25 am | #

            Willis might, though.

    • LuckyStar7
      LuckyStar7
      August 18, 2012 at 9:03 am | #

      Mike gave her breast cancer with extreme rubbings during sexytimes.

  8. skeletonpiper
    skeletonpiper
    August 17, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

    Yay weee-. . . Ah Maaaaan!

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    August 17, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    not to many jokes I can make about this strip…

    • LuckyStar7
      LuckyStar7
      August 18, 2012 at 9:06 am | #

      Then watch this. I don’t know what it has to do with the strip.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SstaPDdf3pQ&feature=related

  10. Daeva
    Daeva
    August 17, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

    Wait, her mom died?

    …

    That bongo. No wonder Sarah got tired of her shit.

    Got moms dyin’ all over the place…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 17, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

      I walked in on her with 9 dead moms one time. I was like “do you expect me to clean this shit up?”

      • KresyAntics
        KresyAntics
        August 17, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

        one nickel at a time… Mike style :p

      • Rayrayrave
        Rayrayrave
        August 17, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

        Congrats, I didn’t think I could laugh on a strip like this, but you proved me wrong.

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          August 17, 2012 at 4:07 am | #

          I knew Yotomoe was prematurely sobering,

        • Ridureyu
          Ridureyu
          August 17, 2012 at 4:42 pm | #

          I agree. That post got me laughing, too 😀

        • LuckyStar7
          LuckyStar7
          August 18, 2012 at 9:07 am | #

          Is that a Girls With Slingshots Grav?!!

        • LuckyStar7
          LuckyStar7
          August 18, 2012 at 7:40 pm | #

          So what you are saying to Yotomoe is “Like a Champion”?

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            August 21, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

            Hooray!

  11. NCP19
    NCP19
    August 17, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

    Once again, I’m reminded that this comic comes pre-drama-tag-pulled.

    • historyman68
      historyman68
      August 17, 2012 at 5:59 am | #

      Though I do recall some serious Amber-centric drama in Shortpacked! pre-drama tag. Or am I recalling incorrectly?

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        August 17, 2012 at 9:23 am | #

        No, it was definitely there pre-drama tag. There’s a strip when Robin wants to move in and says “My father beat me” and Amber says that what may have been a joke for her could be others’ reality or something similar.

  12. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    August 17, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    NO PUNCHLINE TO SEE HERE FOLKS, MOVE ALONG.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2012 at 12:36 am | #

      *watches anyway*

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        August 17, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

        So, you do like to watch.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 17, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

          But of cause I do. 😀

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            August 17, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

            Kinky.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              August 17, 2012 at 2:38 am | #

              Kinky is using a feather, perverted is using the whole chicken and disturbing is using the frozen chicken.

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                August 17, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

                And squick is using that air cannon they test jet engines/windshields with.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        August 17, 2012 at 1:28 am | #

        Oh, hey, it’s Yomi, the glasses girl from Azumanga Daioh.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          August 17, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

          But now with braids for that extra class-rep feeling.

          • Osaru Sensei
            Osaru Sensei
            August 17, 2012 at 3:48 am | #

            … holy butt tacos, I did not notice until now.

  13. Aizat
    Aizat
    August 17, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    Couldn’t cope with the grief or really glad she’s passed away?

    • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      Zanosuke_Kurosaki
      August 17, 2012 at 2:31 am | #

      I would lean towards that first option, and for good reason. Dana’s already got the signs of someone with a very bad addiction that’s not very good at hiding it (her thoughtless “second question”, the way she looks in panel two versus how well-kept she looks in panel one, the fact that it looks like she’s just toking up in their room without a single thought for things like -air flow- and that rooms have vents and lighting up inside isn’t something that’s going to be kept secret for long…)

  14. thomas0comer
    thomas0comer
    August 17, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

    Ahahahahaha! Ah, your comics make me laugh so.
    …
    Wait. That wasn’t funny. Damn you, Willis!

  15. Not an elf
    Not an elf
    August 17, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

    Gotta say Danah and her friends seem nice enough so far, pot smoking aside. And her mother passing away just makes her more sympathetic. Of course as someone mentioned already that’s the sort of thing that can make the wheels come off someones life and maybe forced Sarah to do something for Danah’s own good, even if it alienated her newfound friends.
    Even that doesn’t paint them with the bongo brush though, I’m wondering what happened that Sarah is so hostile.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 17, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

      Raidah and her cronies became pretty hostile too. Sarah ratting out Dana could have pissed them off, causing them to be hostile toward her, which made this conversation happen a few times.

      • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        Zanosuke_Kurosaki
        August 17, 2012 at 2:36 am | #

        Know the part that makes Raidah and the other two bad friends? Their “friend” was doing something illegal that they could have helped her with – and didn’t. And they’re also using the argument “They may be doing something wrong, but I still like them.” That’s what people say to justify still talking to bigots and violent people. “Sure, they may express this particular attitude, or only do this bad thing when they’re drunk, but the rest of the time they’re a great person!” The one does _NOT_ excuse the other, it makes it worse.

        • Zanosuke_Kurosaki
          Zanosuke_Kurosaki
          August 17, 2012 at 2:39 am | #

          It’d be like someone trying to make that argument in favor of the guy that tried to rape and assault Joyce. “Sure he made this mistake in judgement, but he’s a great guy when he’s not planning on taking advantage of a woman he’s drugged!” =\

          • Not an elf
            Not an elf
            August 17, 2012 at 5:21 am | #

            I think it’s pretty much a given that the whole group smoked weed. As far as the wrongness goes, well I’m not touching that with a ten foot pole, this isn’t the place for that kind of discussion. That being said, I wouldn’t put smoking pot your freshman year in college in the same category hate crimes, battery and assault or date rape, not all crimes are equal after all.

            • LuckyStar7
              LuckyStar7
              August 18, 2012 at 9:11 am | #

              Are you an elf?

              • Not an elf
                Not an elf
                August 18, 2012 at 2:54 pm | #

                No, no I am not

                • LuckyStar7
                  LuckyStar7
                  August 18, 2012 at 7:38 pm | #

                  You look annoyed. Are you alright?

                • Not an elf
                  Not an elf
                  August 18, 2012 at 9:47 pm | #

                  I did your mother last night but instead of a nickel I got a metal slug.

                • LuckyStar7
                  LuckyStar7
                  August 19, 2012 at 10:58 am | #

                  WOW

          • Raen
            Raen
            August 17, 2012 at 7:06 am | #

            Are you seriously comparing pot to rape?!

            • LauraS
              LauraS
              August 17, 2012 at 7:41 am | #

              Haven’t you heard? Rape is the new Hitler.

              • Andy
                Andy
                August 17, 2012 at 9:59 am | #

                It’s perfect, too, because while racism isn’t cool anymore misogyny is still very much in style.

                • Gordon
                  Gordon
                  August 18, 2012 at 4:45 pm | #

                  No, racism is still very much en vogue.

                  You just have to be a lot more subtle about it.

              • Raticate5
                Raticate5
                August 17, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

                I invoke Godwin’s Law!

            • Not an elf
              Not an elf
              August 17, 2012 at 12:42 pm | #

              Read my post again, I was specifically saying it’s not the same, Zanosuke_Kurosaki was making the comparison, or that’s how I read it, still read it for that matter. I was just doing my clumsy best to refute them.

              • Raen
                Raen
                August 17, 2012 at 1:09 pm | #

                …yes, that would be why I clicked the “Reply” button next to his post and not yours.

        • random_internet_person_no.1
          random_internet_person_no.1
          August 17, 2012 at 2:45 am | #

          Well, just cause weed is illegal doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Tbh, it’s a lot less destructive than alcohol physically speaking, and quite possibly emotionally too(never heard of anyone coming home high off marijuana and beating their wives). From what I’ve heard it’s only illegal for political reasons.

          Now I’m not a user of marijuana. I’m too much of a pussy to do anything illegal XD

          But just BECAUSE it’s illegal doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Hell, it was illegal for women to vote in america long long ago, and that isn’t wrong. Politicians and, notably, a good portion of the public just thought so.

          ./is probably going to catch some flak for that comment, but I’m leaving on a trip and won’t be able to see anything for the weekend, so whatever, I won’t be responding to anything

          • waytoomanyusernames
            waytoomanyusernames
            August 18, 2012 at 4:41 pm | #

            Yeah but doing to much weed can seriously fuck your shit up. And it’s [b]REALLY[/b] hard to watch a friend ruin their life like that.

            • AlmightyAtheismo
              AlmightyAtheismo
              August 18, 2012 at 8:51 pm | #

              I’ve been around a lot of people that have smoked a LOT of weed. Other than falling asleep or eating everything in the house, I’ve never seen anyone get their shit seriously fucked up. Other than the illegality of it, which isn’t much here, just a $100 dollar fine for possessing under an ounce, it’s nowhere near as destructive as alcohol, tobacco, or even the majority of pharmaceuticals, considering so many of them are just thrown at people when they really don’t need them. I have seen plenty of peoples lives completely destroyed by alcohol, many in my own family, lost several to smoking related illnesses, but the ones that just smoke weed, are still alive and kicking, and still plenty much enjoying their lives without harming anyone around them.

  16. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    August 17, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

    And I can only guess things will go downhill from there 🙁

  17. Brasca1
    Brasca1
    August 17, 2012 at 1:01 am | #

    I’m thinking in Dana’s case pot will be a gateway drug for worse and this is one of those situations where Sarah probably acted to save Dana from self destruction as much as self preservation, but her friends didn’t see it that way. That’s how a lot of grudges start.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      August 17, 2012 at 1:33 am | #

      As this video proves all too well.

    • Bekah
      Bekah
      August 17, 2012 at 2:05 am | #

      You don’t need to “gateway” into worse things for self-medicating with marijuana to become a serious problem.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 17, 2012 at 5:39 am | #

        Nope, but if Dana graduates to smack or blow it is whole other level of “you should probably think about not doing that.”

    • Raen
      Raen
      August 17, 2012 at 7:09 am | #

      I *really* hope DW doesn’t go down that route. As thoroughly as the “gateway drug” concept has been debunked, it would be almost to the level of Ethan being successfully “cured” by one of those camps.

      • LauraS
        LauraS
        August 17, 2012 at 7:48 am | #

        No. Nonononono. Including one drug-related fallacy doesn’t come anywhere NEAR the level of that sort of homophobic bulllshit. No.

        • Stevarious
          Stevarious
          August 17, 2012 at 12:18 pm | #

          She just means in degree of ‘incorrect’, not in level of awful.

          • TheLastOutlaw
            TheLastOutlaw
            August 17, 2012 at 10:52 pm | #

            Rippy the Razor!

            Flippin’ sweet!

      • Orange Lettuce
        Orange Lettuce
        August 17, 2012 at 2:45 pm | #

        The gateway drug theory is ultimately, yes, bullshit, but there are things that look similar that are actually pretty true (sorry that sentence was messed up, I am bad at making things make sense).

        Like, if you are already used to self-medicating daily irritations and minor stresses with things like marijuana, and something really REALLY fucked up happens (death of a parent), you’re going to be more likely to jump to self medicating with hard drugs then somebody who isn’t already used to using substances to deal with their feelings.

  18. Doomdarts
    Doomdarts
    August 17, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

    I’ll wait for someone else to make a The Room joke.

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      August 17, 2012 at 1:22 am | #

      Don’t wait too long, or you’ll definitely get cancer.

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      August 17, 2012 at 11:20 am | #

      Oh hai, Doomdarts.

    • NaptownSnake
      NaptownSnake
      August 17, 2012 at 12:49 pm | #

      The whole next week worth of strips will be nothingbut touch football

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      August 17, 2012 at 3:26 pm | #

      anyway how’s your sex life?

    • Abyss Phantasia
      Abyss Phantasia
      August 18, 2012 at 11:44 am | #

      What a Story, Doomdarts

  19. Ben
    Ben
    August 17, 2012 at 1:26 am | #

    HA HA HA HA! Oh, priceless.

    Wait, hang on.

  20. Jehosaphat
    Jehosaphat
    August 17, 2012 at 2:21 am | #

    I am waiting for the part where Sarah turns out to not be the jerk in this story. It isn’t looking good.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      August 17, 2012 at 10:53 am | #

      Why yes, you can just see her cackling malevolently there, filled with glee over her roommate’s destruction. See that face in panel 2? That is her murder face.

      Next Monday’s revelation: Sarah is the one who killed Dana’s mom!

      • Legasher
        Legasher
        August 17, 2012 at 1:49 pm | #

        For a nickel? Oh wait… that’s maybe someone else?

    • Raticate5
      Raticate5
      August 17, 2012 at 11:09 am | #

      Sarah finds Dana crying in their room one evening and in a moment of lucidity Dana realizes that she needs somebody’s help. So she asks Sarah and Sarah does what she honestly thinks is the best thing she can do.
      Then, when Sarah is feeling like the biggest asshole on the planet Dana calls and thanks her, which gives her the strength to deal with all the bullshit she gets.
      Just a theory.

  21. gangler
    gangler
    August 17, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

    Dana had it all. The young protege of a wealthy family of lawyers, she was gonna go far in life. Raised to follow in their footsteps and become a public figure. Then one day her parents were killed by radioactive cancer. From that day forward, by day she was the eccentric heir to her parents moderate wealth living a lifestyle of affordably priced hookers and blow. By night she becomes Snowflame and takes her justice to the streets. Stopping crime so that nobody else will have to experience what she went through.

    • historyman68
      historyman68
      August 17, 2012 at 6:06 am | #

      Yotomoe, draw it!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        August 17, 2012 at 1:35 pm | #

        you rang?

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          August 18, 2012 at 3:58 am | #

          YESSSSSSSS

        • LuckyStar7
          LuckyStar7
          August 18, 2012 at 9:20 am | #

          YOTOMOE, YOU ARE THE BEST!! ALL OF THE AWARDS!!

        • gangler
          gangler
          August 19, 2012 at 12:41 am | #

          You are truly a gift to the community.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      August 17, 2012 at 9:40 am | #

      SOMEONE GET THIS CONCEPT A COMIC. NOW.

      • Kintrex
        Kintrex
        August 17, 2012 at 4:23 pm | #

        Snowflame is already a DC comics supervillain.

  22. Random New Commenter
    Random New Commenter
    August 17, 2012 at 3:18 am | #

    There’s this feeling of impending doom.

    I have a feeling I will cringe either for a character, or AT a character. D:

  23. Groove
    Groove
    August 17, 2012 at 3:28 am | #

    “Dana’s mother died, breast cancer, that’s why I got her expelled. No shirt, no mother, no education.”

    • gangler
      gangler
      August 17, 2012 at 4:41 am | #

      Well yeah. It’s really hard to study when you roommate won’t stop crying. Talk about inconsiderate.

      • TheLastOutlaw
        TheLastOutlaw
        August 17, 2012 at 8:15 am | #

        Seriously. It’s even worse when their tears get on your stuff. It’s hard enough to get good grades on a paper without turning it in with tear stains on it.

  24. Raoullefere
    Raoullefere
    August 17, 2012 at 4:08 am | #

    Anyone else notice Sarah’s face not cracking into pieces in panel #2?

  25. twobeef
    twobeef
    August 17, 2012 at 4:32 am | #

    SUDDENLY, FUNKY WINKERBEAN

    • Victor
      Victor
      August 17, 2012 at 5:03 am | #

      Don’t you meant Funky Cancercancer?

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      August 17, 2012 at 6:21 am | #

      I was wondering if Willis started this series to create a “better” Funky Cancercancer Winkerbean; I’m not really familiar with American newspaper comics. Well, except for Garfield.

  26. Raen
    Raen
    August 17, 2012 at 7:26 am | #

    I’m thinking Dana became convinced that legalized pot could have saved her mother, and started being more brazen about it.

    • NaptownSnake
      NaptownSnake
      August 17, 2012 at 12:51 pm | #

      Hmm, that is a storyline I hadn’t thought of. Although if her mother does the chemo, pot would definately help. So it is not too far out.

  27. Chenrezi
    Chenrezi
    August 17, 2012 at 7:27 am | #

    Holy wham line, Batman!

  28. Gentleman Mummy
    Gentleman Mummy
    August 17, 2012 at 7:32 am | #

    As someone who had it happen to me in Uni, I’ll be interested to observe how quickly Raidah & co. suddenly switch from false friendliness to being completely, unjustifiably bongoy based on what little they know of what actually happened.

  29. Marshall Erickson
    Marshall Erickson
    August 17, 2012 at 9:46 am | #

    Tsssssss

  30. Andy
    Andy
    August 17, 2012 at 10:07 am | #

    Huh. No wonder Raidah is so pissed at Sarah. Not only did Sarah get Dana expelled, but she probly did it while Dana was dealing with the loss of her mother (albeit, not in the healthiest way, most likely), and she betrayed her friendship with the whole group. Unless Dana starts smoking literal mountains of weed, I’m not seeing how Sarah will walk out of this as the good guy. I really hope that after the story, her friends go “Seriously, WTF.”

  31. NoLast
    NoLast
    August 17, 2012 at 12:51 pm | #

    Willis, I really hope you keep going down this path.

    The idea of making a character that people identify with and then showing how morally deplorable they *can* be is…Beautiful.

  32. Martigro
    Martigro
    August 17, 2012 at 1:23 pm | #

    Is it jumping to conclusions time?
    OF COURSE IT IS! THIS IS THE INTERNET!
    *me reading your comments*
    (I know a lot of you aren’t jumping to conclusions, just taking guesses at where the story goes but I wanted to say it so I did)
    (Actually I typed it)
    (I have no idea how to use parentheses)

    • Thisguy
      Thisguy
      August 17, 2012 at 2:55 pm | #

      (You have a point there.)

  33. Orange Lettuce
    Orange Lettuce
    August 17, 2012 at 2:35 pm | #

    I am seriously thinking [jumping to the conclusion] that she switched from smoking weed to, like, heroin.

    Well, I know there have been a couple sides of people being like “my mom died so this hit home”.

    Well, I got kicked out of college for drug possession/dealing, ended up doing jail time for it, and am currently 6 months into my 3 years of probation, and in the middle of outpatient drug treatment. So I’ve been reeeeal curious about how this was going to turn out, and initially, actually felt a little upset about how one-sided it seemed like this debate was going to turn out. This makes it seem a lot more real. Nobody ends up getting really fucked by drugs without some shit going down in their life.

  34. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    August 17, 2012 at 3:06 pm | #

    I could definitely see how Raidah and the rest of the group would be upset at Sarah if they thought that in Dana’s weakest moments Sarah “ratted” her out to get her kicked out of school. Doesn’t excuse their behavior, but I could see as how it happened. Have to wait and see how it goes down though.

  35. Blue
    Blue
    August 17, 2012 at 7:31 pm | #

    Theory!

    As people have said before, Dana’s going to start smoking more as her way of trying to cope with her mother’s death.
    But instead of Sarah ratting her out for that, what happens is Dana gets caught, and they both end up in trouble. Sarah “rats her out” to save her own skin and her scholarship.

  36. Raine
    Raine
    August 17, 2012 at 9:16 pm | #

    Just noticed that, for once, you didn’t use the title of the comic in the actual dialogue. Huh.

    • Historyman68
      Historyman68
      August 18, 2012 at 4:00 am | #

      I noticed that too!

  37. Creaks
    Creaks
    August 18, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #

    Danas mom dies-

    Da.a spins into an out of control spiral of depression and drug use.

    Gateway drugs become dangerous drugs. Dana nearly od’s.

    Sarah saves her. Sarah reports the drug use to save Danas life. Booted from college as a consequence.

    hmmm…. That’s my prediction.

    • L
      L
      August 19, 2012 at 6:45 am | #

      Thought the exact same thing. Coincidence five!

  38. Rex Hondo
    Rex Hondo
    August 19, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

    I think we’ve all got it wrong so far. Drugs are just what Willis wants us to think at this point.
    Dana actually starts inducing near-death experiences with some kids over at the med school in an attempt to see her mother again. Instead of seeing her mother, though, something else comes back with her. It’s actually Zuul that ends up disrupting Sarah’s studying.

    • LuckyStar7
      LuckyStar7
      August 19, 2012 at 11:03 am | #

      YAY REX HONDO

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