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by David M Willis on December 10, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - If the Shoe Splits
└ Tags: amber, dina

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  1. GoldStarz
    GoldStarz
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    And for that brief moment, Dinah was the normal one.

    • Ryorin
      Ryorin
      December 10, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      What are you talking about? Dinah’s ALWAYS the normal one.

      She is the standard upon which normality is based.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        December 10, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Precisely. WE are the weird ones. Why, I eat food that isn’t cereal nearly every day, even though cereal is clearly the best food!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          December 10, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

          I eat cereal nearly every day. I’m clearly exempt.

          • Wonder Wig
            Wonder Wig
            December 10, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

            Isn’t it blessed that we live under Dina’s great light? Truly it is!

            • Crazy Dina
              Crazy Dina
              January 31, 2015 at 1:15 pm | #

              ALL HAIL DINA!

          • Fred
            Fred
            December 10, 2012 at 9:08 am | #

            *nearly exempt

        • Dibullba
          Dibullba
          December 10, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

          I like cereal.

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            December 10, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

            I like potatoes.

            • nothri
              nothri
              December 10, 2012 at 9:53 pm | #

              This spud’s for you!

          • Observer
            Observer
            December 10, 2012 at 4:10 am | #

            I like chocolate milk!

            • LuckyStar7
              LuckyStar7
              December 10, 2012 at 3:35 pm | #

              I like Pinkie Pie liking chocolate rain!

          • Steven
            Steven
            December 10, 2012 at 4:38 am | #

            I like trains.

            • Bugberry
              Bugberry
              December 10, 2012 at 5:22 am | #

              I like turtles.

          • carl320
            carl320
            December 10, 2012 at 9:10 am | #

            I like my commercial.

          • Kryss LaBryn
            Kryss LaBryn
            December 10, 2012 at 9:49 am | #

            I like pie.

          • Xydux
            Xydux
            December 10, 2012 at 11:28 am | #

            I HAVE GINGIVITIS!!!!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          December 10, 2012 at 2:51 am | #

          I eat whatever the hell I feel like it. For instance, I eat burgers for breakfast this morning.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            December 10, 2012 at 9:42 am | #

            I guess you write in whatever tense you feel like as well.

      • Dr. Z
        Dr. Z
        December 10, 2012 at 10:10 am | #

        I can work with this.

    • Li
      Li
      December 10, 2012 at 12:36 pm | #

      “Normal” in huge quotation marks. Derided or not, fanfic’s getting pretty damned mainstream.

      • myIDID
        myIDID
        December 12, 2012 at 10:39 pm | #

        I will have once been (POTENTIALLY) EXISTENT!
        I think therefore unless the conditions around me change in any manner, I continue to think.

      • dunerat
        dunerat
        December 14, 2012 at 9:14 pm | #

        When you consider that 50 Shades of Grey is actually Twilight fanfiction, i think it’s safe to say it’s past the point of it becoming “mainstream”.

  2. NCP19
    NCP19
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Well, we’ve all been there, right?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 10, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

      Nope, I can honestly say that I have never read any IM/CA slash.

      • Resne
        Resne
        December 10, 2012 at 12:59 am | #

        I’ve been up until all hours of the morning reading Homestuck fanfiction.

        • LC
          LC
          December 10, 2012 at 2:28 am | #

          So have I. Sigh.

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          December 10, 2012 at 5:31 am | #

          There’s a reason I typically avoid the Homestuck fanfic.

        • Resne
          Resne
          December 10, 2012 at 2:22 pm | #

          Fuck, what have I unleashed?

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            December 11, 2012 at 1:37 am | #

            A monster. You must either kill it or teach it how to love.

      • Buckybone
        Buckybone
        December 10, 2012 at 5:16 am | #

        Fan Fiction Friday. I only read it in the two weeks that it was on io9, and it was horrendously glorious.

        This is where I found the IM/CA feeder fic (that, let’s face it, is probably the one referenced here) with references to Steve’s necrophilia fetish.

        Burn the Internet.

        • Jelli
          Jelli
          December 10, 2012 at 9:43 am | #

          Why would that be the one mentioned here? There’s roughly five hundred kajillion IM/CA fanfics out there, most of which are “and they had impossibly good sex, the end”.

          • Ki
            Ki
            December 10, 2012 at 9:07 pm | #

            Agreed. Plus, I’ve read a lot (a lot) of Marvel fanfic, most of it IM/CA, and that description isn’t ringing any bells. So I’m going to go out on a limb and say it’s not one of the best known ones, io9 aside.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      December 10, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

      Not really, though I do stay up reading a KND fanfic.

    • The Aussie Bloke
      The Aussie Bloke
      December 10, 2012 at 1:25 am | #

      I get to about 2am and then crash. All nighters me no can do.

    • BigMadDraco
      BigMadDraco
      December 10, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

      Specifically Iron Man/Cap? No. Up all night looking up porn? Yes, I’d say any of us that are college age have done that.

      • Tom T.
        Tom T.
        December 10, 2012 at 7:33 am | #

        How much IM/CA slash fiction is there, anyway? Or does Amber just read very slowly?

        • Zap Rowsdower
          Zap Rowsdower
          December 10, 2012 at 9:34 am | #

          Lemme put it this way: there are official comics that heavily imply something is going on (see: the Tony’s Abusive Boyfriend Armor storyline).

          The fanfiction flows like water.

          • desolation0
            desolation0
            December 10, 2012 at 2:11 pm | #

            I don’t think that’s water.

          • Ki
            Ki
            December 10, 2012 at 8:07 pm | #

            As hilarious as the whole Living Armor debacle was, I’m not sure it can top Red Zone or certain parts of Civil War for slash potential. Remember the time they were married in an alternate universe? Or the time Tony nearly killed himself giving Steve CPR? Yeeeeeah.

            • H. Savinien
              H. Savinien
              December 11, 2012 at 12:21 pm | #

              Heheheh. Steve and Tony were epic even pre-movie. It has only increased since then…

              *grins* Not that I’m complaining.

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      December 10, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      ‘Background Pony’ until 4 AM…

      • LuckyStar7
        LuckyStar7
        December 10, 2012 at 3:37 pm | #

        FLUTTERSHY!!!

  3. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Brain and body say otherwise.

  4. Sir Robin
    Sir Robin
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    I quite enjoy seeing these two interact

  5. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Her night out with Danny put her in the mood for gay porn?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 10, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

      He has that effect on people.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 10, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      So do you think Danny is the semme or uke in their relationship?

      • Ryorin
        Ryorin
        December 10, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

        I am slightly terrified to know exactly what you are asking.

        …he’s totally uke.

      • Andiemus
        Andiemus
        December 10, 2012 at 12:12 pm | #

        Is that a serious question?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          December 10, 2012 at 2:20 pm | #

          Yes it was, are you scared yet? 😀

    • ArkhamTexan
      ArkhamTexan
      December 10, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

      I dated a yaoi fangirl once. She actually stopped looking at the stuff when we were in a relationship since she didn’t need it for kicks. Resumed once the relationship ended. Perhaps Amber realizes she needs the fix if Amazi-Girl gets the action? BEST OF BOTH WORLDS.

  6. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    December 10, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    Dina understands the ways of staying up all night and reading slashfic. However, she does not know who this “I-ron Man” or “Cap-teen Amer-ee-kah” is. All she knows is Dinosaur/human slashfic.

    • Lightfoot
      Lightfoot
      December 10, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Not Dinosaur/human slashfics, but dinosaurs from different periods.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 10, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        Personally I ship Barney the Dinosaur and Dino a la Flinstones.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 10, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        I wonder if she would be interested in Walky’s man-marriage with dinosaurs.

        • LuckyStar7
          LuckyStar7
          December 10, 2012 at 3:39 pm | #

          I thought he was manmarried to Gary, the other person on the doodle dinosaur’s back.

      • Egg
        Egg
        December 10, 2012 at 3:17 am | #

        I propose…. Rule 34 Dinotopia?

    • hmrc4evr
      hmrc4evr
      December 10, 2012 at 2:10 am | #

      She only reads the classy stuff like Dinosaucers slashfic.

      And I am not going to do any research to either verify or deny such stories exist. Rule 34 and all that.

      • Higgledy-Piggledy
        Higgledy-Piggledy
        December 10, 2012 at 11:02 am | #

        You have put the DInosaucers theme song in my head. Now I must play it on Youtube Repeater for the next three hours. I thank you for this gift.

    • Jason
      Jason
      December 10, 2012 at 8:57 am | #

      Of course to Dina, “slashfic” means fiction in which the dinosaurs are slashing up the humans to ribbons.

    • H. Savinien
      H. Savinien
      December 11, 2012 at 12:22 pm | #

      Augh, no. Bad Jurassic park smut flashback. *cringes*

  7. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 10, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    “What are you without that suit?”
    “NAKED!”
    “…”
    *Tony makes whooshing motions* “NAAAAAAAAKED!”

    • LuckyStar7
      LuckyStar7
      December 10, 2012 at 3:40 pm | #

      Shirt contents: one naked person.

  8. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 10, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Panel 4 is perhaps the most human expression I’ve seen come out of Dina.

  9. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 10, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

    Iron Man helps Captain raise the flag pole, and Capn’ helps him lube his machinery.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      December 10, 2012 at 4:37 am | #

      And then Thor joins in: “You people are so pretty… but tiny.”

      • mrelegos
        mrelegos
        December 10, 2012 at 5:30 am | #

        “This is not the Mjolnir of which I speak.”

        “The Mjolnir is my manhood.”

        • vlademir1
          vlademir1
          December 10, 2012 at 5:35 am | #

          That was Horrible…

          I like it.

          • Blue
            Blue
            December 10, 2012 at 8:12 am | #

            ANOTHER!

            • LuckyStar7
              LuckyStar7
              December 10, 2012 at 3:42 pm | #

              IN THE FFFFAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCEEEE!!!

      • PedanticJerkass
        PedanticJerkass
        December 11, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

        That’s what Hulk said.

  10. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 10, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    That was one loud YAWN!

    • Andiemus
      Andiemus
      December 10, 2012 at 1:41 pm | #

      Tomo would be impressed, no doubt.

  11. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    December 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    I wonder if THIS was the inspiration for this strip: http://io9.com/5962913/fan-fiction-friday-iron-man-and-captain-america-in-hungry?popular=true

    • David
      David M Willis
      December 10, 2012 at 4:37 pm | #

      That i09 post was but a glimmer in its writer’s eye when I created today’s strip. (three to four week buffer) You see, Tony/Steve slashfic is older than time.

      • StClair
        StClair
        December 13, 2012 at 2:44 am | #

        And here I thought it only went back to “Tales of Suspense”!

  12. Grimlockimus
    Grimlockimus
    December 10, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

    *Checks the History*

    Why is there Swoop/Grimlock slashfic in here too?

  13. Ter
    Ter
    December 10, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Now, I haven’t read THAT kind of slashfic, but I’ve definitely been there XD

  14. Madock345
    Madock345
    December 10, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

    Dammit amber, you should know Hawkeye is where it’s at.

    • LuckyStar7
      LuckyStar7
      December 10, 2012 at 3:43 pm | #

      Yes, but Black Widow is the one with boobs.

  15. Vex Godglove
    Vex Godglove
    December 10, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    She sleeps in the hat, too. Does she ever take it off?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 10, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

      I think that’s the top of her head. If you unscrew it, you see a tiny alien dinosaur operating the controls, on a mission to study these strange earth people.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        December 10, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        Like that really bad Eddy Murphy movie?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 10, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

          Yes, but better because it’s Dina.

          Willis, your next strip should totally be called It’s Dina!

        • Undrave
          Undrave
          December 10, 2012 at 2:19 am | #

          I miss enjoying Eddy Murphy movies 🙁

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      December 10, 2012 at 8:04 pm | #

      What? It keeps her head nice and warm. Besides, it’s flat-looking so she probably can wear it to bed comfortably.

  16. Regalli
    Regalli
    December 10, 2012 at 12:23 am | #

    First: I need that night shirt. NOW.

    Second: I love that Amber has little Kid Flash and Robin action figures.

    • ComicGeek11
      ComicGeek11
      December 10, 2012 at 11:45 am | #

      And then she holds them up and says “NOW KISS!” 😀

      • H. Savinien
        H. Savinien
        December 11, 2012 at 12:24 pm | #

        Well, of course. Doesn’t everybody?

  17. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    December 10, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

    As you know, it isn’t morning until you actually go to sleep.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 10, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

      So I haven’t experienced a morning since high school?

      • LuckyStar7
        LuckyStar7
        December 10, 2012 at 3:44 pm | #

        How old are you????

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          December 11, 2012 at 1:39 am | #

          My guess: Old enough to know better, young enough to not care.

  18. GenericScreenName101
    GenericScreenName101
    December 10, 2012 at 12:35 am | #

    I didn’t know that Amazi-girl had then ability to make people pass-out after they read slash fictions all night

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 10, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

      I’ve never seen Sal do that.

  19. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    December 10, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

    Well, I may have done this but with Storm and uuh. Basically anyone with Storm.

    • Valdrax
      Valdrax
      December 10, 2012 at 4:40 am | #

      Storm/Toad/The Blob OT3?

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        December 21, 2012 at 3:54 pm | #

        Just saw this. Ewwwwwww. So there are a few exceptions.

  20. fruitpunchtsunami
    fruitpunchtsunami
    December 10, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

    When I first saw those Z’s in the last panel, I thought Amber was saying “PORNNNNNNNN” with sideways N’s

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      December 10, 2012 at 1:44 pm | #

      I think that’s intentional. 😀

  21. diremoi
    diremoi
    December 10, 2012 at 1:06 am | #

    Amber. Amber that is a dangerous path to take your freshman year of college.

    Not that I know from experience or anything…

    • Tom T.
      Tom T.
      December 10, 2012 at 7:20 am | #

      What day is this? I’d hate to think she has classes today.

      Appropriate gravatar, BTW. 🙂

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        December 10, 2012 at 8:06 pm | #

        It’s Monday. In-strip, I mean.

      • diremoi
        diremoi
        December 11, 2012 at 1:30 am | #

        The Sarah gravatar makes everything I say hilarious.

  22. Aizat
    Aizat
    December 10, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

    I may have something against yaoi fangirls, but maybe that something is against those rabid ones. And I’m pretty sure I just started a flame war this time.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 10, 2012 at 1:17 am | #

      Your mother and I are very dissapointed in you.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        December 10, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

        Why?

        • Xydux
          Xydux
          December 10, 2012 at 11:39 am | #

          Well, your mother is disappointed because, well, she’s your mom. Yotomoe is disappointed because he didn’t have a nickel, so he now has to be your dad for a day.

          THAT’S the price you pay for NOT HAVING A NICKEL.

          • LuckyStar7
            LuckyStar7
            December 10, 2012 at 3:46 pm | #

            So Yotomoe is Mike in disguise?
            O.O

  23. Archivist
    Archivist
    December 10, 2012 at 1:08 am | #

    I prefer Stark with Banner but whatever floats your boat girl.

    • Li
      Li
      December 10, 2012 at 12:34 pm | #

      This. Especially in MCU, which I’m kind of assuming is what Amber’s reading, since it’s what kickstarted the recent 8 billion new Marvel fics.

    • H. Savinien
      H. Savinien
      December 11, 2012 at 12:27 pm | #

      I’m open to a lot of combinations in MCU myself. Stark/Rogers, Stark/Banner, Stark/Potts, Potts/Romanova, Romanova/Barton, Barton/Coulson, Barton/Banner, Darcy Lewis/Sif, Rogers/Barnes, etc. etc. It’s all good. 😀

  24. Kschenke
    Kschenke
    December 10, 2012 at 1:09 am | #

    BIRDFLASH.

    That is all.

    • hmrc4evr
      hmrc4evr
      December 10, 2012 at 2:17 am | #

      Flashfact: Robin likes Stephanie Brown ( aka Spoiler & Batgirl )

      SEE DC?!?! I remember Stephanie! All your vile attempts to make her fans forget she existed have failed!

      ( and now I await DC’S in house Anti Stephanie Brown Squad to burst in and mindwipe me. )

      • kschenke
        kschenke
        December 10, 2012 at 9:01 am | #

        Um…. that’s Dick Grayson Robin. I mean I’m a fan of Steph’s as well, but the figures on the desk are of Young Justice season 1 characters.

        Unless you mean that Dick Grayson likes Steph as a SISTER, in which case OK but he likes all his bat siblings.

  25. Onomatopoeia
    Onomatopoeia
    December 10, 2012 at 2:22 am | #

    Zzzzzzz.

  26. ilacktact
    ilacktact
    December 10, 2012 at 2:24 am | #

    I like her flash and robin action figures

  27. StrawGirl
    StrawGirl
    December 10, 2012 at 2:35 am | #

    Can we please get Dina’s shirt for sale? <3

  28. Toad
    Toad
    December 10, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

    I ship Stark Spangled Banner.

    • Toad
      Toad
      December 10, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

      And Science Bros.

      • ComicGeek11
        ComicGeek11
        December 10, 2012 at 11:52 am | #

        These ships…..I like them….ANOTHER!! 😀

        • LuckyStar7
          LuckyStar7
          December 10, 2012 at 3:47 pm | #

          Green Widow.

        • H. Savinien
          H. Savinien
          December 11, 2012 at 12:27 pm | #

          *cheers* Yes! All of the above!

    • Borp
      Borp
      December 10, 2012 at 3:17 am | #

      Stark Spangled Banner, eh? So Bruce gets in on it as well?

      • LuckyStar7
        LuckyStar7
        December 10, 2012 at 3:48 pm | #

        That Grav is…perfect.

    • diremoi
      diremoi
      December 11, 2012 at 1:31 am | #

      Best Ship Name Ever.

  29. SnB
    SnB
    December 10, 2012 at 5:50 am | #

    I’ve just spent the last four days rereading the entire archives of the walkyverse and just wanted to jump in and mention seeing Dina even in this incarnation still makes me go all T_T. She’s like my favorite character, probably because in her personality from IW I see a lot of how I was when I started college. She didn’t get to grow out of it though

    sorry for unfunny comment

  30. MotherPunker
    MotherPunker
    December 10, 2012 at 7:35 am | #

    I…might have done this. A couple times.

  31. Jason
    Jason
    December 10, 2012 at 9:01 am | #

    In the first panel, Dina looks like she’s just been maced. Or she’s impersonating a dinosaur with stalks for eyes.

    And in the last panel, she’s impersonating Mr. Burns. “Now that she’s asleep, my diabolical plan can begin!”

  32. Blue
    Blue
    December 10, 2012 at 9:14 am | #

    So… Amber is Tumblr?

  33. sarpiedon
    sarpiedon
    December 10, 2012 at 9:18 am | #

    I’m sorry, is that an Animated Ultra Magnus on Amber’s desk along with Robin and Kid Flash?

    • hmrc4evr
      hmrc4evr
      December 10, 2012 at 11:53 pm | #

      It is.

      Amber has awesome taste in Transformers.

  34. wynne
    wynne
    December 10, 2012 at 9:23 am | #

    Well this is frighteningly pertinent to my life right now.

  35. Fran
    Fran
    December 10, 2012 at 9:29 am | #

    OMG, I loved Amber but this moment is so special because I’ve done the same in my college days (and sometimes now that I’m a teacher!)

  36. Jelli
    Jelli
    December 10, 2012 at 9:47 am | #

    It happens Amber. Although my first non-grade all-nighter in college was playing Harvest Moon. Reading slash fanfiction probably would have felt more productive.

    • George
      George
      December 10, 2012 at 3:20 pm | #

      My first was reading webcomics. Not even joking. Should’ve known better than to pick up a new comic at midnight, but no.

      • Jelli
        Jelli
        December 10, 2012 at 11:16 pm | #

        I think I once lost an entire weekend to Sluggy Freelance.

  37. Portmaneau
    Portmaneau
    December 10, 2012 at 10:00 am | #

    One day she’ll go insane like that.

    • StClair
      StClair
      December 13, 2012 at 2:46 am | #

      “go”?

  38. Bill Murphy
    Bill Murphy
    December 10, 2012 at 10:49 am | #

    The best thing about living without parental supervision. 🙂

  39. ComicGeek11
    ComicGeek11
    December 10, 2012 at 11:54 am | #

    CANON~~~!!! XD

  40. TheGreatAndPowerfulMitzi
    TheGreatAndPowerfulMitzi
    December 10, 2012 at 12:43 pm | #

    So I actually have done this. Those two have such good chemistry it’s impossible not to, at least once, once you’ve started reading it!

  41. Touch of Grey
    Touch of Grey
    December 10, 2012 at 2:09 pm | #

    So, uh, exactly how much of this comic is based on something your wife has done before?

  42. Dara
    Dara
    December 10, 2012 at 2:23 pm | #

    I have totally done this before…but with Iron Man/Loki and Kirk/Spock slashfic

  43. milk experiment
    milk experiment
    December 10, 2012 at 3:07 pm | #

    There’s something new with the art here, isn’t there? I can’t put my finger on it, but I like it. 🙂

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 10, 2012 at 3:32 pm | #

      Extensive backlighting, perhaps?

  44. LuckyStar7
    LuckyStar7
    December 10, 2012 at 3:50 pm | #

    PORZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

    • DaJoshMaster
      DaJoshMaster
      December 10, 2012 at 6:21 pm | #

      I was gonna make a fapping joke, but then I realised that would lead to Fazzzzzzz. (No surprises)

  45. GrrArg42
    GrrArg42
    December 10, 2012 at 9:09 pm | #

    YAy. I feel better about staying up all nifght doing the last quantunm HW ever. Amber, sleep. It is you’re friend. You made it this far, it feels like you can keep going. What is another 4 hours? It is peanuts, Amber peanuts. But you need to remember thing with your brain. Like an elephant. And elephants need peanuts. So get some sleep before the sleep deprivation elephants wage war and tample your bed.

  46. Fay
    Fay
    December 10, 2012 at 9:50 pm | #

    I have done this so many times before. I’ve had friends ring me from class to find out where I was, and I still hadn’t slept because slash fanfiction… XD

  47. Kodoku
    Kodoku
    December 12, 2012 at 4:08 pm | #

    Well… that pretty much sums up the gist of how I spent my college years.

  48. Foxeyes13
    Foxeyes13
    May 8, 2013 at 8:59 pm | #

    Amber is my spirit animal

  49. derp
    derp
    August 5, 2013 at 6:53 am | #

    What a coincidence, I’m staying up all night reading this!

  50. Vim-Hogar
    Vim-Hogar
    October 20, 2013 at 6:55 am | #

    Somehow I missed Dina’s shirt the first time around. It is the best shirt.

  51. Keresth
    Keresth
    August 6, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Somehow, Dina’s shirt isn’t in the merch. section.

  52. Onion
    Onion
    April 27, 2016 at 11:15 pm | #

    The way the N turns into a Z before it can do its damage…

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