I get that. But, since he narrated all of the “Walking with …” specials, his voice has always instilled me with a deep sense of nostalgia. Plus, he was in “The Road to El Dorado.” Childhood doubledown.
I would suggest a velociraptor hoodie if it weren’t for the fact that all I know about them comes from the Jurassic Park & World movies and that I know the movies are way inaccurate.
Real-world Velociraptors were in the same weight class as a cat, though looking much larger due to their long tails and being covered in feathers. They also had a pair of massive claws on their feet.
So, picture a small-sized, more streamlined, turkey with a long tail and big talons, and you’re in the right ballpark.
Don’t come Down Under then, especially on the West Coast then, they got black ones there. Can get a bit upset too, & a bit agro, especially when you’re only 4 feet tall… O_O
I agree. We were on vacation in the Netherlands when my sister was 4 and she apparently wandered too close to a bevy of them (your free encyclopedia word of the day…). Next thing we know she’s running for her life with several of them coming after her (all bigger than her). That happened over 40 years ago and I can still remember how scary those @#$%*s were…
I was 6, and there was only one swan, but that’s the same sort of situation where I learned they were scary. Bastard had wandered up onto the path next to the swan pond, and went nuts when I walked that way.
My only memorable experience with swans is this one time where I went picnicking by the local lake with some friends and a mother swan wandered onto the beach with her cygnets. Somehow we managed to get real close to them, and I ended up reaching out my hand to pet one of them because they looked so fluffy. Mama-swan didn’t care one bit. But when I tried to get close to any of the other ones she’d get agressive. It was kinda hilarious and kinda sad. If there was only one cygnet she didn’t care if we petted, that would probably mean she didn’t care about that one cygnet and what might happen to it at all. Sad.
That said, I completely understand that swans can be super aggressive and scary.
There are swans at a local lake where I walked my dog. Matilda went off the trail to the edge of the lake. From all the way across tge water one of the swans went swany: it drew a bead on Matilda and came ZOOMING across the lake, flapping, but not fully airborne, roiling the lake with its feet, not exactly running on the water, making a Hella commotion. We backed way off before it arrived.
Isn’t that how Hammond died in the first book originally? I haven’t read it in a long time, but I do recall he was eaten by small dinosaurs. And he totally deserved it.
And herbivore doesn’t mean helpless and non-threat. Rhinos, cape buffalo, elephants, moose, and bison are all current day herbivores known to attack and/or kill humans….
Hey Plasma Mongoose, aren’t red kangaroos also dangerous to humans?
If I remember right, Hippos were 1 of the biggest killers in Africa…
Yeah, Kangaroos can be dangerous too, they can kick HARD, & with a claw on the end of their feet for gripping ground, it can do a lot of damage if not careful. Koalas are dangerous too, they got a nasty couple pairs of claws on them too, for climbing trees. And that’s not including Drop Bears, the carnivorous versions…
THere’s plenty of things Down Under that’ll kill ya. Maybe that’s why I like it so much…
I dunno, there are things a smart person doesn’t say in front of a potential partner that get unleashed before the posse. As the old joke goes, a man wants to tell a dirty joke, prefacing it with, “I see no ladies are present…”
“Yes, but there IS a gentleman present.”
So, could go either way. *gets the popcorn either way*
I would agree if it weren’t for the fact that imo Raidah doesn’t think there was anything wrong with how he behaved towards Dina. Actually, I’m pretty certain she’s sure she acted totally appropratialy, seeing as how she reprimanded her friends for calling Dina a retard. It felt a little like when people say blacks are criminals, but they’re convinced they’re not racists, because they would never use the N word.
This, all of this.
Raidah never thinks she’s wrong. She assumes Sarah is the reason Dana’s life is ruined, and blames her. She never once takes accountability for the fact that Dana was /seriously/ spiraling and needed /help/, not complacency, and she, as Dana’s friend, was turning a blind eye to Dana’s unhealthy way of coping with her grief. Instead, she blames Sarah. It’s Sarah’s fault Dana was pulled out of school! It’s of course not at all because Dana was depressed and frightened and becoming withdrawn and showing a frightening chemical dependency. Hell, Sarah was probably her only real friend in that moment. She looked out for Dana, and called her dad, because Dana needed help she couldn’t provide and the poor girl certainly wasn’t getting from Raidah or the rest.
But Raidah can’t acknowledge that. If she does, she has to admit she failed her friend. It’s a lot easier to blame Sarah as a snitch and a bongo than admit to herself she dropped the ball.
And the way she treated Dina was pretty terrible in itself, even without any of that backstory.
I assume any statue Dina turns into would come complete with a brass plate identifying the genus and species, as well as information regarding its diet and habitat. She’s very thorough.
Have you been by a college in recent years? I don’t mean that in a mean way, I just mean…like, a lot of kids/adults in college/that age really like stuff like that hoodie these days. Grabbing some happy where you can is pretty much the typical.
Ah. Well yes, to concur with Lapin, a lot of Millenial college kids in America have overwhelmingly brought nerd culture to college, rejecting the long-held notion that growing up means “leaving your childhood/adolescent years behind”.
I don’t know, I think if Dina wore the raptor hoodie, she’d be more likely to release the raptor, and I don’t think that would work well on a stealth mission.
So…. I work with children with disabilities. One of my students will randomly start to stalk like this. Damn you Willis you are too good at hitting reality for people.
This strip gave me an excuse to look up the Luis Cardenas version of Del Shannon’s song “Runaway”…but any excuse is a good excuse. Have some hair-metal dinosaurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GxYzbI4lg
I was wondering about that… Maybe Dina should stick with triceratops. At least they’re harmless and no one would suspect a triceratops doing anything bad… not like a raptor.
Woops, that was meant as a reply to Meebo. And double-woops, that was the day before yesterday. I really don’t have a sense for the passing of time. XD
I’m betting that Raidah and Jacob are talking about inconsequential things. Raidah strikes me as the sort whose idea of protracted revenge is to be mean whenever she meets her target and nothing else. I suspect that she is going to be seriously outgunned by Sarah’s desire to get even.
Also . . . does anyone think that Willis might go and make Raidah sympathetic at some point? I mean, she’s not exactly a Blaine now, is she? Or even a Faz. Sarah–who is not the easiest character to get along with–doesn’t like her based on what could be an honest misunderstanding. (Don’t get me wrong: I love Sarah. I’m probably a lot like Sarah.) And Raidah’s remarks to Dina were possibly of the “I don’t know the right language to use” variety that I hear so often in the American Midwest from people as wonderful as, say, my mom. And even Sarah admits that it could be easy to mistake Dina as much younger, as even Riley did. I’m just sayin’ . . . maybe Raidah isn’t so bad.
Way-ull … As presented, Raidah might herself as intelligent and compassionate (“I’m nice to the ret … uh, mentally challenged girl — see, I didn’t say ‘retard’!”) and possibly sees herself as motivated for her “concern” for Dana. Unfortunately, she’s not as intelligent or compassionate as she thinks she is/would like you to think she is, and expresses her concern as hatred for Sarah. That’s sufficiently satisfying for Raidah, in a “see? I’m wearing an appropriately colored ribbon!” kind of way, that she sees no need to examine the situation further. That’s about as sympathetic as I can get for (the people I know who are like) her.
I dunno, i mean Raidah has some positive things about her but she mostly seems to be kinda of douchey.
I mean she spoke down to Dina, referring to her as mentally challenged and was overall condescending, without even knowing if Dina DID have some mental illness, but her patronizing remarks would be even worse if it turns out to be true. (granted she did tell her friends not to call Dina retarded but even so).
Plus, Sarah was right to have Dana taken home. And she didn’t tell the headmaster i don’t think, she called Dana’s father to take her home because of how much of a wreck she was after her mother death. But Raidah see’s it as Sarah not caring about her. Making assumptions about Sarah as well. Granted Sarah’s attitude didn’t really help the matter but the thing with Raidah is she is incredibly presumptious. She thinks Dina is mentally incapable and spoke to her like a child, she assumes Sarah kicked Dina out of college because the only thing she cares about is her studies, not the fact she was going in a downward spiral and may have done something she’d regret because of it.
Honestly the bad about her outweighs the good in my opinion.
But thats what I love about Willis’ work, he writes most of his characters three dimensionally. They all have flaws but they are still people, some of there flaws outweigh the good though. Even Mike (in shortpacked at least) showed emotion other then “complete dickwad” especially in regards to amber and his daughter.
Now as cute and adorable as this is in a comic, Raidah as first thought she was in middle school and it wasn’t until Sarah told her she was the same age that Raidah thought she might be mentally-challenged and i didn’t any hint of malice, she even told her friends not to be mean
So patronizing yes and clueless in other areas sure but no worse than a few of the other core cast members and Jacob obviously sees something in her
Raidah currently strikes me as an oblivious character. I get the feeling that if Dana died, either due to the drugs or by suicide, Raidah would be the person saying “But she never seemed unhappy,” or “I didn’t know drugs were a problem with her.”
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admittedly not who I expected to be walking with Dina as per the title
I still believe this chapter needs more David Attenborough.
and Richard Attenborough *sniff*
Nah, it should be narrated by Richard Kiley.
(Spared no expense.)
Hooray Jen is alive~~~
What gave it away?
No Litch Me appearing from a glowing hole in reality.
It wasn’t a post by Jen about how she missed her other posts, so that’s cool.
I can’t have a celebratory sushi-induced coma once in a while can I =|
[I got paid woo]
Cue Kenneth Branagh narration!
Please no. Two doses of Hamlet in high school English classes have instilled in me an instinctive hatred of Kenneth Branagh.
Seeing him play Gilderoy Lockhart will also do that.
Seeing Gilderoy Lockheart play Shakespeare would make it all worth it
Everyone knows Shakespeare was a wizard. No muggle could’ve ever written stage plays that were that… magical!
Anti-Stratfordian, Pro-Hogsmeadean.
Could be worse – there was his role in Wild Wild West…
I get that. But, since he narrated all of the “Walking with …” specials, his voice has always instilled me with a deep sense of nostalgia. Plus, he was in “The Road to El Dorado.” Childhood doubledown.
Liked KenBran is “Henry V,” though I eventually came to wonder why he was presented as a hero. (“I invaded your country! Stop picking on me!”)
“in” Henry V, dammit.
Well technically he was Henry V…
“Liked Kenneth Branagh AS Henry V” maybe? 🙂
KenBran is the name for when Kenneth Branagh dates himself.
Though I guess it would probably be more like KenKen or BranBran
I’d stick with KenKen. BranBran sounds like a healthy snack from the chewing gum industry. “The BranBran with FibreFibre!”
What she needs is the dinosaur hoodie equivalent of a bloodhound.
I would suggest a velociraptor hoodie if it weren’t for the fact that all I know about them comes from the Jurassic Park & World movies and that I know the movies are way inaccurate.
For this mission of hers, a Troodon hoodie would be best as they are smallish but intelligent.
Real-world Velociraptors were in the same weight class as a cat, though looking much larger due to their long tails and being covered in feathers. They also had a pair of massive claws on their feet.
So, picture a small-sized, more streamlined, turkey with a long tail and big talons, and you’re in the right ballpark.
That sounds terrifying.
Even a normal turkey can be terrifying.
Precisely. Giving it big talons on top of it all is just asking for an paleonto/ornithological horror movie. *shudders*
Yet they’re still delicious.
Their bodies absorb fear, giving it nutrients. And that makes them tastier in the process.
I don’t find turkeys very scary.
Now, swans…those motherfuckers are terrifying.
Don’t come Down Under then, especially on the West Coast then, they got black ones there. Can get a bit upset too, & a bit agro, especially when you’re only 4 feet tall… O_O
Made em the West Australia state symbol, though: what does that say about how WA sees itself?
I agree. We were on vacation in the Netherlands when my sister was 4 and she apparently wandered too close to a bevy of them (your free encyclopedia word of the day…). Next thing we know she’s running for her life with several of them coming after her (all bigger than her). That happened over 40 years ago and I can still remember how scary those @#$%*s were…
I was 6, and there was only one swan, but that’s the same sort of situation where I learned they were scary. Bastard had wandered up onto the path next to the swan pond, and went nuts when I walked that way.
My only memorable experience with swans is this one time where I went picnicking by the local lake with some friends and a mother swan wandered onto the beach with her cygnets. Somehow we managed to get real close to them, and I ended up reaching out my hand to pet one of them because they looked so fluffy. Mama-swan didn’t care one bit. But when I tried to get close to any of the other ones she’d get agressive. It was kinda hilarious and kinda sad. If there was only one cygnet she didn’t care if we petted, that would probably mean she didn’t care about that one cygnet and what might happen to it at all. Sad.
That said, I completely understand that swans can be super aggressive and scary.
Oops, looks like I didn’t properly close the abbr thingie. XD
There are swans at a local lake where I walked my dog. Matilda went off the trail to the edge of the lake. From all the way across tge water one of the swans went swany: it drew a bead on Matilda and came ZOOMING across the lake, flapping, but not fully airborne, roiling the lake with its feet, not exactly running on the water, making a Hella commotion. We backed way off before it arrived.
They hunted by jumping on larger prey with their talons and holding on until they died of blood loss.
Even better (where ‘better’ is defined as ‘more horrifying’)…it’s not unlikely that their prey was still alive when they started chowing down.
Isn’t that how Hammond died in the first book originally? I haven’t read it in a long time, but I do recall he was eaten by small dinosaurs. And he totally deserved it.
It was a group of Procompsignathus that got him.
* first Jurassic Park book
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/i-didnt-even-have-a-joke-for-this-week
wok wok wok wok
Aw, MAN! You beat me to it!! This is probably EXACTLY what they looked like…
Okay, if that’s what they looked like I really need to get a time-machine to travel back to their time and take a few as pets. :3
Read Minnion’s comment first, and know fear.
Minnion?
Oh! You mean in the linked comic’s comment section. (I really need to think more before posting things. Damn you, lack of edit button!)
Okay, but what if I stole them right after they hatch? Then I could raise them like sweet little birdies! 😀
Aw, c’mon, needing to stay alert for predators has to be good for something, right?
Raidah strikes me as predatory in her attacks against Sarah. Dina is stepping in to help her fellow herbivore.
And herbivore doesn’t mean helpless and non-threat. Rhinos, cape buffalo, elephants, moose, and bison are all current day herbivores known to attack and/or kill humans….
Hey Plasma Mongoose, aren’t red kangaroos also dangerous to humans?
They may all be good at killing humans and other possible threats, but they’re not exactly inconspicuous creatures.
Think we need another Turnbull link for this one:
http://thepunchlineismachismo.com/archives/comic/when-herbivores-attack
If I remember right, Hippos were 1 of the biggest killers in Africa…
Yeah, Kangaroos can be dangerous too, they can kick HARD, & with a claw on the end of their feet for gripping ground, it can do a lot of damage if not careful. Koalas are dangerous too, they got a nasty couple pairs of claws on them too, for climbing trees. And that’s not including Drop Bears, the carnivorous versions…
THere’s plenty of things Down Under that’ll kill ya. Maybe that’s why I like it so much…
“Down Under”? Do you mean the Southern hemisphere?
Nope. Australia and sometimes New Zealand are nicknamed Down Under.
Ah I see. ^^ Thanks. :3
@kelticat: Pretty much everything in Australia is trying to kill you one way or another.
They’re less likely to track and stalk prey, though. Just stay out of their way and they won’t make it their business to end you.
That is just part of their plan, they are trying to lull you into letting your guard down.
Dina is a magical transformation girl, where different outfits provide different powers.
Well the 3D rerelease of majoras mask came out recently
So Dina is like Link in Majora’s Mask except using hoodies instead of masks?
Well, they both wear green
It’ll be okay, Dina.
Somebody please draw Dina in a feathered raptor suit.
Yes, please, let this happen…
Then she could really unleash the raptor!
Gotta watch out for those vegetarian hoodies.
“Where does she get those wonderful hoodies?”
She should have gotten her vitamin B(ecky) this morning!
Are you sure it isn’t that Becky needs a shot of the Vitamin D(ina).
If nothing else, Jacob and Raidah seem to be getting along quite well.
I’m kinda hoping she gets spotted, and then Raidah says things.
Because that would mean she’d say them in front of Jacob and then he’d realise she’s not as nice as I assume he must have thought?
Yes.
YESH.
I dunno, there are things a smart person doesn’t say in front of a potential partner that get unleashed before the posse. As the old joke goes, a man wants to tell a dirty joke, prefacing it with, “I see no ladies are present…”
“Yes, but there IS a gentleman present.”
So, could go either way. *gets the popcorn either way*
I would agree if it weren’t for the fact that imo Raidah doesn’t think there was anything wrong with how he behaved towards Dina. Actually, I’m pretty certain she’s sure she acted totally appropratialy, seeing as how she reprimanded her friends for calling Dina a retard. It felt a little like when people say blacks are criminals, but they’re convinced they’re not racists, because they would never use the N word.
This, all of this.
Raidah never thinks she’s wrong. She assumes Sarah is the reason Dana’s life is ruined, and blames her. She never once takes accountability for the fact that Dana was /seriously/ spiraling and needed /help/, not complacency, and she, as Dana’s friend, was turning a blind eye to Dana’s unhealthy way of coping with her grief. Instead, she blames Sarah. It’s Sarah’s fault Dana was pulled out of school! It’s of course not at all because Dana was depressed and frightened and becoming withdrawn and showing a frightening chemical dependency. Hell, Sarah was probably her only real friend in that moment. She looked out for Dana, and called her dad, because Dana needed help she couldn’t provide and the poor girl certainly wasn’t getting from Raidah or the rest.
But Raidah can’t acknowledge that. If she does, she has to admit she failed her friend. It’s a lot easier to blame Sarah as a snitch and a bongo than admit to herself she dropped the ball.
And the way she treated Dina was pretty terrible in itself, even without any of that backstory.
Don’t normally get time to pay attention to the long posts, but I gotta admit, I agree with this one…
Add to that Raidah’s posse showing up and saying things as well. I seem to recall they were really insulting to Dina.
I would say so.
It all starts about here, with the middle school comment, just after they first bump into Raidah & minions…
considering they laughed at her and called her retarded, then yeah I would say that might prove some points.
I’m thinking her attempts to go unnoticed will make her more noticeable.
Dina really makes an excellent ninja. *fangirling*
If Dangerous Dina of Monkey Mountain really wants to be inconspicuous, she should walk around with her nose in a book.
Agreed.
Ninja Rick would be in awe of Dina here.
If only she had a Tanuki suit!
Dina: Oh no, she’s coming!
*BAMF!*
Raidah: Huh. Who put this statue of a troodon here?
Would Raidah even know what a troodon is, though?
I assume any statue Dina turns into would come complete with a brass plate identifying the genus and species, as well as information regarding its diet and habitat. She’s very thorough.
Oh, good point.
In panel #4 — is there actually a tail on that hoodie?
No wonder people think of her as a kid if that was the case…
Have you been by a college in recent years? I don’t mean that in a mean way, I just mean…like, a lot of kids/adults in college/that age really like stuff like that hoodie these days. Grabbing some happy where you can is pretty much the typical.
I have never been to an American college and it has been decades since I was even in high school, so…
Ah. Well yes, to concur with Lapin, a lot of Millenial college kids in America have overwhelmingly brought nerd culture to college, rejecting the long-held notion that growing up means “leaving your childhood/adolescent years behind”.
It’s some consolation to know that I was ahead of my time.
Yes. 🙂
(in a low voice): Stalking Jaidah quietly, stalking Jaidah quietly…
who’s Jaidah?
Seems to be a ship name for Jacob/Raidah.
Dina just never stops being the best.
I don’t know, I think if Dina wore the raptor hoodie, she’d be more likely to release the raptor, and I don’t think that would work well on a stealth mission.
So…. I work with children with disabilities. One of my students will randomly start to stalk like this. Damn you Willis you are too good at hitting reality for people.
This strip gave me an excuse to look up the Luis Cardenas version of Del Shannon’s song “Runaway”…but any excuse is a good excuse. Have some hair-metal dinosaurs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-GxYzbI4lg
How did I not know that this was a thing?! I didn’t realize until now that my life was empty!
And for the next course, The Hoodoo Gurus with “I Want You Back”: https://screen.yahoo.com/want-back-051523939.html
And finally a spin of Screaming Blue Messiahs’ “I Wanna Be a Flintstone”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53baYQPcC4s
Not big on the song itself, but the clip definitely makes up for it…
Well, that was a thing. I’d have saved that concept for a different song, but…it was entertaining.
Is that all cereal is to you, Dina? Low-growth vegetation? That cereal took a long time being manufactured for you!
Wait… Landes Wing… *checks notes* That’s where Asma lives!
Kinda scared that Dina’s “always ignored” super powers might only work when she’s not trying to use them 🙁
I was wondering about that… Maybe Dina should stick with triceratops. At least they’re harmless and no one would suspect a triceratops doing anything bad… not like a raptor.
That’s my take on them too 😀
Anyone else have the Mission Impossible theme stuck in their heads?
Well, I do now.
Yep. Since yesterday’s alt text. XD
Woops, that was meant as a reply to Meebo. And double-woops, that was the day before yesterday. I really don’t have a sense for the passing of time. XD
God dammit, Dina. These things are important. Make sure to pack a raptor hoodie next time. And don’t forget a floating device in case of sharks
I wonder how she feels about sharks, and other non-dinosaur prehistoric creatures.
She at least has a healthy respect for them.
I love DoA, and especially Dina.
But this is just plain silly.
Dame has a point. If you’re gonna hunt, you gotta dress the part.
As a side note, anyone else think it’s weird I say dame?
Not at all. You’re a pulp-era detective, right?
I’m betting that Raidah and Jacob are talking about inconsequential things. Raidah strikes me as the sort whose idea of protracted revenge is to be mean whenever she meets her target and nothing else. I suspect that she is going to be seriously outgunned by Sarah’s desire to get even.
Natural selection, in regard to hoodies.
jacob seems like the kind of nice guy who would notice Dina.
See, Dina gets me. These are the same thoughts that go through my head when I stalk people.
…I mean, ignore that. I don’t stalk people.
No matter what Sarah says, Raider and Jacob really looks like a cute new couple.
…and, well. Sarah blew anychance at even friendship with Jacob rather spectaculary.
I suspect they may get back on talking terms once Jacob catch up on the whole thing but.. nope. you’re not getting in his pants Sarah, sorry.
She’s not trying to get in his pants anymore.
I read that as Raynor and Jacob. Starcraft mental images go away.
I Ship them. They’re cute together and have good chemistry
A person like Jacob would’t shut a person out. He just wouldn’t pursue her because she has problems to work out that cause HER to shut people out.
His inner monologue probably contains a recurring note equal to “These people are taking themselves too seriously.”
Ouch, my arm – Jacob, now
SCIENCE!!!!
For Science!!!
I love this woman’s train of thought.
I find something really bizarre about the concept of a Ladies Dining Room.
It’s the Landes Dining Room. It’s a place there at IU.
All-you-can-eat buffett, and supposedly the home of the best fries on campus.
That makes a lot more sense.
“Shoulda worn the raptor suit”
I feel like this is good advice in any situation.
Also . . . does anyone think that Willis might go and make Raidah sympathetic at some point? I mean, she’s not exactly a Blaine now, is she? Or even a Faz. Sarah–who is not the easiest character to get along with–doesn’t like her based on what could be an honest misunderstanding. (Don’t get me wrong: I love Sarah. I’m probably a lot like Sarah.) And Raidah’s remarks to Dina were possibly of the “I don’t know the right language to use” variety that I hear so often in the American Midwest from people as wonderful as, say, my mom. And even Sarah admits that it could be easy to mistake Dina as much younger, as even Riley did. I’m just sayin’ . . . maybe Raidah isn’t so bad.
Way-ull … As presented, Raidah might herself as intelligent and compassionate (“I’m nice to the ret … uh, mentally challenged girl — see, I didn’t say ‘retard’!”) and possibly sees herself as motivated for her “concern” for Dana. Unfortunately, she’s not as intelligent or compassionate as she thinks she is/would like you to think she is, and expresses her concern as hatred for Sarah. That’s sufficiently satisfying for Raidah, in a “see? I’m wearing an appropriately colored ribbon!” kind of way, that she sees no need to examine the situation further. That’s about as sympathetic as I can get for (the people I know who are like) her.
I dunno, i mean Raidah has some positive things about her but she mostly seems to be kinda of douchey.
I mean she spoke down to Dina, referring to her as mentally challenged and was overall condescending, without even knowing if Dina DID have some mental illness, but her patronizing remarks would be even worse if it turns out to be true. (granted she did tell her friends not to call Dina retarded but even so).
Plus, Sarah was right to have Dana taken home. And she didn’t tell the headmaster i don’t think, she called Dana’s father to take her home because of how much of a wreck she was after her mother death. But Raidah see’s it as Sarah not caring about her. Making assumptions about Sarah as well. Granted Sarah’s attitude didn’t really help the matter but the thing with Raidah is she is incredibly presumptious. She thinks Dina is mentally incapable and spoke to her like a child, she assumes Sarah kicked Dina out of college because the only thing she cares about is her studies, not the fact she was going in a downward spiral and may have done something she’d regret because of it.
Honestly the bad about her outweighs the good in my opinion.
But thats what I love about Willis’ work, he writes most of his characters three dimensionally. They all have flaws but they are still people, some of there flaws outweigh the good though. Even Mike (in shortpacked at least) showed emotion other then “complete dickwad” especially in regards to amber and his daughter.
sorry went off on a tangent there.
sorry sarah kicked DANA out*
damn you willis and your characters with similar names.
Actually, Raidah did call her mentally challenged.
In Raidahs (albiet slight) defence her first interaction with Dina was this: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2012/comic/book-2/05-saturdays-all-right-for-slighting/friend/
Now as cute and adorable as this is in a comic, Raidah as first thought she was in middle school and it wasn’t until Sarah told her she was the same age that Raidah thought she might be mentally-challenged and i didn’t any hint of malice, she even told her friends not to be mean
So patronizing yes and clueless in other areas sure but no worse than a few of the other core cast members and Jacob obviously sees something in her
Raidah currently strikes me as an oblivious character. I get the feeling that if Dana died, either due to the drugs or by suicide, Raidah would be the person saying “But she never seemed unhappy,” or “I didn’t know drugs were a problem with her.”
And also “Sarah, why didn’t you say anything?”.
It seems Dina is finding it difficult to get into character while dressed as a peaceful herbivore.
Still, she has managed to remain undetected thus far. Now to see how much data she is able to gather.
The triceratops hoodie is appropriate. No one expects the triceratops to be the one hunting them.
I kept reading that as “Ladies’ Dining Room.”
“Clever girl…”