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by David M Willis on September 26, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Just Hangin' Out With My Family
└ Tags: amber, danny

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  1. Bob
    Bob
    September 26, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    “…I’m in a lesbian relationship with her.”

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      “… and she didn’t want to hurt your feelings.”

      • MrSpkr
        MrSpkr
        September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        But we talked and she’ll let you watch….

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

          “But if you get involved she’ll throw an Amazi-rang in your crotch”

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

            Damn, it’s like some guy’s wet dream…and his nightmare.

            • KingMabel
              KingMabel
              September 26, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

              WE ALL WIN THE INTERNET!!!

              • BlueRam
                BlueRam
                September 26, 2013 at 4:31 pm | #

                Except you. You got the Danny gravatar.

                • Björn
                  Björn
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:03 pm | #

                  Some people are perfectly content with the Danny Gravatar.

                • ALLxISxGONE
                  ALLxISxGONE
                  September 27, 2013 at 1:45 am | #

                  …

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

            R-Roadblock…? Is that you?

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 26, 2013 at 1:26 am | #

      Suddenly, Sarah walks up.

      Amber: It’s HER!

      Danny: …WHOA, does this mean I’m not racist after all?!?

      • Saru
        Saru
        September 26, 2013 at 8:56 am | #

        Suddenly, Sarah wakes up.

        “Oh, it was all a dream. What on earth is wrong with me?”

        • Björn
          Björn
          September 26, 2013 at 7:07 pm | #

          She walks over to the bathroom to find Walky in the shower.

          “Honey, what’s the matter?”

    • JA
      JA
      September 26, 2013 at 2:57 am | #

      Danny: Well good news then, because I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        September 26, 2013 at 3:20 am | #

        Sounds jolly uncomfortble being trapped inside some guy’s body.

        • David
          David
          September 26, 2013 at 6:33 am | #

          And why is everybody fine with the concept of being trapped for nine months inside some babe’s body?

          • PBManning
            PBManning
            September 26, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

            Because ideally she has made a conscious decision to have a person in there, and they’re not yet fully grown.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              September 26, 2013 at 10:43 am | #

              Sure, fine, but did anybody ask the baby?

              All that crying babies do? It’s not because it’s hungry or poopy or anything like that. Its PTSD from being trapped for 5 to nine months in a small, dark, claustrophobic cell.

              • tahrey
                tahrey
                September 26, 2013 at 11:46 am | #

                It’s their attempts to communicate and pass a message on to the loved ones they just left behind, which gets weaker and weaker as they go through the process of the soul integrating to a new body and mind and the memories of their prior life fade, finally dying away completely just as they learn to talk.

                Reincarnation is a cruel mistress.

                (Any time you feel deja vu in a place you’ve never been to before? Well… you haven’t been to it in *this* body… the electromagnetic patterns that made up the soul and consciousness of your prior existence only persist and amplify where at least superficially matching ones are formed early enough in the chaos of your new body’s infant brain, leaving only the shallowest echoes of the amazingly complex cloud that was previously “you”. Then you go somewhere that just randomly happens to activate a few of those straggling, surviving tracks at once, enough to produce the impression of a fleeting coherent memory…)

                • Steve
                  Steve
                  September 26, 2013 at 12:30 pm | #

                  What about jamais vu?

                • John
                  John
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:51 pm | #

                  Déjà vu is most likely the result of incoming sensory information being misfiled into the long-term memory instead of short-term, giving the impression that the events of the present happened some indeterminate time in the past.

                • miyto
                  miyto
                  September 26, 2013 at 8:06 pm | #

                  If you’re lucky, you will retain muscle memory *and* deja vu fragments.
                  Unfortunately, you do have to be the same body type for past lifetime muscle memories to be non-detrimental.

                • dropded
                  dropded
                  September 27, 2013 at 1:54 pm | #

                  >Jamais vu

                  Not to be confused with Jammie fu, the martial art most closely associated with nightware.

      • apostateCourier
        apostateCourier
        September 26, 2013 at 11:39 am | #

        I know that feel. Doing anything about it? 🙂

  2. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    NO AMBER, HE’S NOT WORTH IT!

    • Lumino
      Lumino
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Eh, maybe it’s just me, but I don’t mind Danny too much. He’s an idiot, yes, but imagine for a second that Amber wasn’t Amazi-girl? His behavior would be incredibly loyal. From what he knows, he actually is doing the ‘right’ thing.

      Even if I want to smack him for it.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Well yeah. This situation doesn’t really make up for the fact that, as a character, I still don’t like him. Yeah, he’s doing the right thing right now. Maybe sometimes Blaine recycles. That doesn’t make me like him.

        • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
          Thanks, I'll Have Another!
          September 26, 2013 at 6:46 am | #

          Are you seriously comparing Danny to Blaine?

          • andiemus
            andiemus
            September 26, 2013 at 7:43 am | #

            What? You didn’t know that being a putz is that same thing as horrible child abuse?

          • Shadow12000
            Shadow12000
            September 26, 2013 at 9:17 am | #

            Did you seriously just say that even though it’s a perfectly good comparison despite it not being the exact same type of person?

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              September 26, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

              Did you seriously say that it’s perfectly valid to compare (as in one of those ‘these things are similar enough to be reacted to in the same way’ comparisons) being a putz and horrible child abuse.

              You’re rude on the internet. That means we can treat you like a rapist, because you’ve done something pretty much as bad.

              • Yotomoe
                Yotomoe
                September 26, 2013 at 11:28 am | #

                This only works if you find valueing your girlfriend and being a loyal enough boyfriend to drop one of your FEW friends out of your life is equal to recycling.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  September 26, 2013 at 2:35 pm | #

                  Um, no. It only works if I don’t think that dropping one of your few friends (out of a desire to avoid hurting her later and to avoid cheating on your GF) is as bad as REPEATEDLY BEATING YOUR DAUGHTER.

                  And, funny that, I don’t. I’m odd that way.

                  (The thing you were comparing to recycling was “doing the right thing right now”. Remember?)

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  September 26, 2013 at 11:30 pm | #

                  Well yeah. This situation doesn’t really make up for the fact that, as a character, I still don’t like him. Yeah, he’s doing the right thing right now. Maybe sometimes FAZ recycles. That doesn’t make me like him.
                  (That said I like Faz)

              • vsophi
                vsophi
                September 26, 2013 at 1:06 pm | #

                Holy crap guys, you are completely missing Yotomoe’s point. The comparison could just as easily have been made using, I dunno, Faz, or Mary, or the Browns, or the Siegals, or any number of characters with some degree of awful. He didn’t even have to use DoA characters.

                So no, he’s not saying that Danny is equal to Blaine at any level, just that he’s a guy who sucks who does good things sometimes.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  September 26, 2013 at 2:32 pm | #

                  The thing is, that’s sort of exactly how many fallacious rhetorical attacks work.

                  And you can’t argue with that, because Hitler argued with that, and you wouldn’t want to be like Hitler, would you?

                • lightsabermario
                  lightsabermario
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:40 pm | #

                  Aaaaand time! 14 and a half hours to satisfy Godwin’s law. With this conversation I absolutely knew it was heading there, but guys, I’m so disappointed. You could have gotten there much quicker! Pick it up next time!

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  September 26, 2013 at 8:30 pm | #

                  And I only Godwin’d ironically! I’m sorry! I’ll try to do better next time!

      • Thor
        Thor
        September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        You can do the right thing in the wrong way. It’s a hard trick to pull off, no matter how effortlessly Danny accomplishes it.

        Most people have a social filter called “the brain” that comes between the gut and the mouth. Not our Danny.

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          September 26, 2013 at 7:17 am | #

          If Danny were to use his brain…he would probably just end up causing himself a “blue screen of death”

          So dont use that brain danny…you might hurt yourself in the confusion!

        • Mr. Random
          Mr. Random
          September 27, 2013 at 2:32 am | #

          In the same way you can do the right thing for the wrong reasons.

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Oh my gosh, he actually managed to think about someone else’s feelings for three whole seconds before circling back to “Wah! Now I got to have another awkward conversation with my awful parents about what a loser I am! WAAAH!”

      Danny is just the worst.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        I…I didn’t say that. Can I not NOT like someone if they’re making a good decision. Just cuz he’s a good boyfriend doesn’t mean I have to like him.

        • Thor
          Thor
          September 26, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

          Eh wot?

          I was just springboarding off of your call for Amber not to reveal her secret to Danny by expounding on why he’s not worth it. I wasn’t rebutting you.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 26, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

            Sorry, misread.

        • vonnegut
          vonnegut
          September 26, 2013 at 2:51 pm | #

          He’s not really that good of a boyfriend. He just did one not-bad thing. He’s still a tool. “I don’t want to know your real identity because I don’t want to think of you as an actual human, I’d rather have you be a fulfillment of my own childish wants.”

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        Oh yes how terrible of him to be pissed that someone he liked and trusted forced him into an uncomfortable position. I wouldn’t be annoyed at all in that position…oh wait I would. Whatever her intentions, from Danny’s perspective Amber’s behaviour constitutes a betrayal. And clearly being shat upon by his parents seems to be part of Danny’s life, so no doubt he would be weary of it.

        • Thor
          Thor
          September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

          Oh yeah, she sure forced him. I completely forgot the part where she put a gun in the small of his back and told him that he better play along if he ever wanted to walk again. Let’s revisit that, shall we?

          AMBER: Look, Danny, just…play along for now. You need a girlfriend this afternoon, and I can play the part, Okay?

          DANNY: Okay, but I’m not keeping this from her.

          OMG, the unholy coercion!!!

          • Vincent
            Vincent
            September 26, 2013 at 7:08 am | #

            Yeah, about that… Some of us have mastered a secret, lost art called “subtlety”. We’re not supposed to talk about it bu-

            • N0083rP00F
              N0083rP00F
              September 26, 2013 at 8:55 am | #

              Of the secret arts there is subtlety but also the mysterious Glaswegian martial art of Icky Thump. What is this you say? Why none other than *thump* ……. *_*

      • DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
        September 26, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

        At least with Billie’s, Joe’s, and Mike’s brand of dickery, it’s linear enough for the surrounding public to clearly follow.

      • Darchias
        Darchias
        September 26, 2013 at 7:27 am | #

        I read that as trying to use humor, but looking back at his expression it’s apparent he just views it as the fly on the shitpile his life is. It is indeed a selfing thought, but it’s not one I begrudge him. I would probably say the same thing in this situation.

        Oh my god I woukd Danny this situation up. Good thing I believe is euthenasia. ;p

      • andiemus
        andiemus
        September 26, 2013 at 7:45 am | #

        Well what was he supposed to do? Sit around and say everything again? He said he doesn’t think they should hang out, he said why, why should he stick around?

    • David Herbert
      David Herbert
      September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      He just said he meant everything at Galasso’s, but is willing to make himself be happy rather than risk any disloyalty to his current gf.

      That’s kind of a point in his favour.

      • Reynard-Miri
        Reynard-Miri
        September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        I take it you meant to say “unhappy”?

        • David Herbert
          David Herbert
          September 26, 2013 at 3:53 am | #

          Yep, thanks. Didn’t realise I’d screwed that up.

      • Ocbrad1
        Ocbrad1
        September 26, 2013 at 9:18 am | #

        Yep completely agree. Finally Danny shows that he’s not a complete asshole (he’s still partially one), but he’s mainly an idiot.

    • Psycho
      Psycho
      September 26, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      Don’t listen to Yotomoe! DO IT AMBER! AH BUH-LEAVE IN YA!!!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

        YOU FOOL! HER IDENTITY MUST BE SECRET! DANNY EVEN SAID SO!

        • Psycho
          Psycho
          September 26, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

          I THOUGHT YOU DIDN’T LIKE DANNY, SPOILING HER IDENTITY IS THE BEST WAY TO MAKE HIM SQUIRM!!!!

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 26, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

            I LIKE AMBER MORE THAN I DISLIKE DANNY!

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

            BUT THAT WOULD BE THE HEALTHY THING TO DO!

            • Jeeves
              Jeeves
              September 26, 2013 at 2:11 am | #

              CAN WE GET SOME LEMON TEA WITH HONEY IN HERE? MY THROAT HURTS FOR SOME REASON.

              • Dr. Von Z.
                Dr. Von Z.
                September 26, 2013 at 3:19 am | #

                WELL BETTER ASK CLIFF FOR DAT.

                • Chexwarrior
                  Chexwarrior
                  September 26, 2013 at 3:22 am | #

                  WHY ARE WE YELLLINGGGG???!!!!!!!!

                • Vincent
                  Vincent
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:10 am | #

                  THIS IS MY NORMAL VOICE!

                • vsophi
                  vsophi
                  September 26, 2013 at 12:56 pm | #

                  CARD GAMES ON MOTORCYCLES?!

                • vonnegut
                  vonnegut
                  September 26, 2013 at 2:53 pm | #

                  LOUD NOISES.

              • Kyrros
                Kyrros
                September 26, 2013 at 3:58 am | #

                STOP IT! ALL OF YOU! CAN’T YOU SEE YOU’RE TEARING THIS FAMILY APART?!

                • Keroshino
                  Keroshino
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:20 am | #

                  WON’T SOMEONE PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!

                • N0083rP00F
                  N0083rP00F
                  September 26, 2013 at 9:00 am | #

                  Can’t think …. Too loud in here. What with all the yelling. Kids these days…. [puts on old school oversize noise canceller hedphones] ahhhh

              • The Candyman
                The Candyman
                September 26, 2013 at 7:35 am | #

                MINE TOO. IT MUST BE THE WEATHER.

                • lightsabermario
                  lightsabermario
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:43 pm | #

                  WOLVERINES!!!

  3. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Oh snap! Secrets lies and video games!!!

    • Tom Speelman
      Tom Speelman
      September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Is that a 21st Century reimagining of Sex Lies and Videotape?

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        I’d hope so, cause if not then I feel like an idiot…

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          September 26, 2013 at 9:02 am | #

          Idiots go great with McD Freedom Fries….. and some catsup ….
          [ it is spelled Ketchup but idiots pronounce it that way]

          • Ocbrad1
            Ocbrad1
            September 26, 2013 at 9:20 am | #

            I think it’s an east coast thing. My grandmother in Philly always pronounced it “catsup”.

            • vonnegut
              vonnegut
              September 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm | #

              *yankee thing

              East coast southerners say ketchup.

              • The Candyman
                The Candyman
                September 26, 2013 at 5:51 pm | #

                So do east coast northerners, or at least the ones in New York.

                • Mr. Random
                  Mr. Random
                  September 27, 2013 at 2:34 am | #

                  I know for a fact the Windy City uses Ketch.

  4. Raine
    Raine
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    NO AMBER NOOOOO! YOU CAN`T TELL HIM GALASSO IS AMAZI-GIRL!

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      THAT MAN HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW THE TRUTH!

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        WHY DO YOU THINK SHE THREW PIZZAS SO WELL?

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

          Good arm strength?

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

            Hehehe…”good arm strength”

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            September 26, 2013 at 7:44 pm | #

            c-c-c-combo breaker!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      No it isn’t, it’s Leslie!

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

        Leslie is too cool not to have included a chest window.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 1:22 am | #

      There’s a lot of yelling in this comments section.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 26, 2013 at 10:49 am | #

        WHAT?? SPEAK UP!! I CAN’T HEAR YOU OVER THE MUSIC!!

        (Boogies to the beat)

  5. Maveric1984
    Maveric1984
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    …She’s actually my twin sister. And we’re both into threesomes

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Which now begs the question, where is Amber going to find another person with the same buil…Don’t answer that.

      • Oxyvolt
        Oxyvolt
        September 26, 2013 at 1:51 am | #

        Dorothy.

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          September 26, 2013 at 3:00 am | #

          I would say Billie’s shape is closer to Amber’s.
          Which is perfect as she’s also Bisexual and has already shown interest in Danny … for a short moment.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            September 26, 2013 at 10:51 am | #

            Yeah. Amber’s actually kind of a failure as a Dorothy clone, unless you never look below the neck.

            Which makes it kind of weird that Joe is the one who accused them of cloneship, actually.

  6. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    As Genie once kinda said, “TELL HIM THE TRUUUTH!”

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      But can he handle it?

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        September 26, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

        “You can’t handle the truth!”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          “I can handle the truth”

          • KingMabel
            KingMabel
            September 26, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

            “Well if you say so, then let me tell you about your mother…”

            • Ancestral Hamster
              Ancestral Hamster
              September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

              “and her relations with the World Cup Soccer Teams for 1972 …”

              • Andy
                Andy
                September 26, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

                “Which were all the more impressive given that she wasn’t born until 1974”

                • vonnegut
                  vonnegut
                  September 26, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

                  … for a nickel.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      “Beeeee yourself!”

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

        “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          September 26, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

          “But more importantly, never bet against a Sicilian when death is on the line!”

          • Tristan B.
            Tristan B.
            September 26, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

            Hahahahahahhahahhaha-drops dead-

            • Vincent
              Vincent
              September 26, 2013 at 7:11 am | #

              There’s no such thing as immunity to iocaine powder!

  7. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Come onnnnnnn.

    • Dorky
      Dorky
      September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

      DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT DO IT

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        September 26, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        DON’T DO IT DON’T DO IT DON’T DO IT DON’T DO IT DON’T DO IT

        • Hoboturtle
          Hoboturtle
          September 26, 2013 at 8:34 am | #

          You’ll kill us all.

          • N0083rP00F
            N0083rP00F
            September 26, 2013 at 9:05 am | #

            But it would stop a whole lot of yelling would it not?

  8. Wolfe
    Wolfe
    September 26, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I’m so conflicted…I want both of them to be happy….but danny is so freakin hard to like as a character sometimes

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      He’s such a butt. But you want it to work out. WORK OUT THAT BUTT.

      • Wolfe
        Wolfe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        i doooooo XD

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        He’s such a butt sometimes I just want to fill him with meat and make t-shirts of him.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          September 26, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          I though Amber was Butt Taco?

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            September 26, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

            Is she filled with meat?

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 26, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

              If she plays her cards right!

              *boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo*

              • Ocbrad1
                Ocbrad1
                September 26, 2013 at 9:22 am | #

                *golf clap*

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                September 26, 2013 at 2:54 pm | #

                badum-tish.

        • Lanval
          Lanval
          September 26, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

          If it wasn’t for Keen pointing out the shift, I would have been amazed if that counted as even a single Entendre.

          It also would have implied a horrifying afterglow, but that’s also implied by Hexidemical in general.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          September 26, 2013 at 2:42 am | #

          OH MY.
          <GeorgeTakei>

          • Keroshino
            Keroshino
            September 26, 2013 at 10:49 pm | #

            OH YEAH!

            • Keroshino
              Keroshino
              September 26, 2013 at 10:53 pm | #
            • Keroshino
              Keroshino
              September 26, 2013 at 10:56 pm | #

              This was supposed to say “Kool-Aid Man” underneath it….didn’t take 🙁

      • Krell
        Krell
        September 26, 2013 at 3:53 pm | #

        Danny is being a double butt. for real.

    • andiemus
      andiemus
      September 26, 2013 at 7:49 am | #

      What’s he supposed to do? Say “I like you but we can’t hang out anymore so let’s sit and have a conversation about it”? That’s like asking an alcoholic to have some whiskey before their intervention.

      • vonnegut
        vonnegut
        September 26, 2013 at 2:56 pm | #

        Would probably make the intervention more fun.

  9. Hahaheather
    Hahaheather
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Poor Danny. Amber should explain!

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Danny told both Amber *and* Amazi-Girl that he didn’t want to be told what Amazi-Girl’s secret identity was. She’s been trying to honor that, but his absolute putzy behavior makes the whole situation full of conflict and stupidity.

      • GUIGUI
        GUIGUI
        September 26, 2013 at 3:58 am | #

        Like I said in the comments of the previous strip, I have a different interpretation on that moment:

        Maybe I am getting it wrong, but the way Amber said “Y-You need to know who I am now?” sounded a bit like “you already want to know my secret ID, isn’t that a bit early?” And Danny, for me reacted in way that meant “oh no, you will reveal your ID to me when you feel ready”.

        That was for me the interpretation of Danny’s reaction. I am a bit surprised to have seen so many interpret it as if he had gone full Frozone on her.

      • andiemus
        andiemus
        September 26, 2013 at 7:50 am | #

        So? He has a fantasy that (from his perspective) Amazi-Girl doesn’t have a problem with, so if Amber does have a problem with it, she totally can. I find it hard to feel sorry for her (in terms of her relationship problems) when they can be solved by untying a friggin knot.

  10. saltchocolate
    saltchocolate
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    She’s gonna do it!!! O.mi.god!

    • Kaci
      Kaci
      September 26, 2013 at 1:14 am | #

      First person I came across thinking the same thing I am.

      THE ONLY THING I’M SCARED OF IS HE MIGHT NOT BELIEVE HER

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        September 26, 2013 at 7:17 am | #

        Kaci! You said the scary thing out loud…

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        September 26, 2013 at 2:21 pm | #

        Might not? This is Danny we are talking about!

  11. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Please do the right thing, Amber. The mask is in your pocket, you can do this.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      You mean choke him with it until he passes out and say it was an accident just to pretend it never happened?

      • Thor
        Thor
        September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        +1

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        YES

      • dailybrad
        dailybrad
        September 26, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        Yes, I mean murder her love interest. You got me.

      • Kaci
        Kaci
        September 26, 2013 at 4:26 am | #

        He saw that opening and he just put himself in there!

        Just like Walky.

        • Khantalas
          Khantalas
          September 26, 2013 at 5:53 am | #

          I don’t think Walky put himself into any openings lately, because Dorothy’s been busy with other stuff.

          • Ocbrad1
            Ocbrad1
            September 26, 2013 at 9:23 am | #

            Hey-ooooo!!

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 26, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      Knowing Danny…Amber would pull out her Amazi-girl mask only for him to dumbfounded-ly say “how did you get Amazi-girl’s mask”

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 26, 2013 at 10:57 am | #

        Or he just tells her that tying to role-play like that is kind of pathetic, because they’re selling bootleg masks down at the quad.

        This sort of reveal is best done as Amazi-girl. It’s easier to convincing remove the mask than to convincingly put it on.

        (Yes, I reacted to you as though you aren’t just spouting garbled Danny-hate. I get to do that because I have awesome facial hair.)

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          September 26, 2013 at 2:24 pm | #

          This works too 😀

  12. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Dangit, I would have bet money we were going to cut to different characters for today’s strip.

    Y’know, just so Willis could be a troll and get us to complain about cutting AWAY from Danny for a change.

    And I hope she tells him. Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson were always more interesting when they were in on the secret.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Also if Danny could give Double Middle Fingers to Blaine, that’d be pretty awesome.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

        Wait, Yotomoe, did you just wanted Danny to do something awesome? Who are you and what have you done to the Danny hating Yotomoe?

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          September 26, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

          Hating Blaine outranks hating Danny.

          Danny’s a bit of a schmuck. Blaine is a loathsome asshole.

          • Carlos
            Carlos
            September 26, 2013 at 7:05 am | #

            This ^ +(insert largest# in existence)

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            September 26, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

            Not according to some people – to some people around here the two’s actions are perfectly comparable.

            Yes, the mind boggles.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              September 26, 2013 at 11:31 am | #

              Not to be an asshole, but simply because I used two people that are disliked as an offhand example doesn’t mean I project them in the same league…
              I just couldn’t think of anyone else at the time.
              Am I not allowed to use a flimsy example without getting a lot of flack?

              • begbert2
                begbert2
                September 26, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

                Seemingly not!

                There’s a chance you picked the biggest asshole in the comic by accident, yes, but the usual rhetorical device is to make somebody look worse by comparing them to somebody HORRIBLE, with the implication that they’re as bad as the other. This is the reason Godwinization is popular, and the entire basis for the Hitler Ate Sugar trope. So while there’s a possibility that you did it by accident, you successfully imitated somebody doing it on purpose.

                • vonnegut
                  vonnegut
                  September 26, 2013 at 2:59 pm | #

                  There’s a chance that you might be completely overreacting here.

                  We should ponder that.

                • BardOfPrey
                  BardOfPrey
                  September 26, 2013 at 6:03 pm | #

                  Another example of this: comparing someone who casually compared two very different but still disagreeable people to someone who intentionally uses manipulative rhetoric.

                • BardOfPrey
                  BardOfPrey
                  September 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm | #

                  …and I get a Billie gravatar… think the wording of my reply didn’t fit at all, then.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  September 26, 2013 at 8:33 pm | #

                  I believe I conceded the possibly that it was an accident that he selected the worst available character to compare Danny to.

                  There’s no way that’s the case, of course. But I at least made a token nod to the idea that he had no idea what he was doing.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  September 26, 2013 at 11:28 pm | #

                  You give me too much/little credit. Whichever amount of credit you’re giving me it’s not the correct amount. Besides, I’ve been defending Danny quite a bit.

                • begbert2
                  begbert2
                  September 26, 2013 at 11:38 pm | #

                  I just find that particular sort of hyperbole really irritating at the moment, for some reason. (Why, I’m not actually sure.) It’s nothing personal.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Same here. But then I discarded the thought, as it would break pacing too much.

    • Vincent
      Vincent
      September 26, 2013 at 7:12 am | #

      No, that’s for tomorrow.

      • saltchocolate
        saltchocolate
        September 26, 2013 at 7:20 am | #

        And I will be in the chorus of voices yelling “Damn you Willis!”

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 26, 2013 at 11:03 am | #

        Yeah, Danny being a rational person again is nowhere the level of cliffhanger as a will she/won’t she tell him.

        Tomorrow: four panels of Sal at a beauty parlor with her head under one of those 1960’s dryer things. In panel four, she turns the page of her magazine.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          September 26, 2013 at 1:46 pm | #

          Sal has never done anything that boring in her life. Even under the dryer, she would be bad-ass. (I’m not sure how, but Sal would know!)

          • xKiv
            xKiv
            September 26, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

            It’s a machine gun magazine.

  13. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Amber, at least tell him part of the reason you did it was to escape you sociopath father.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      September 26, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Seriously, even if she doesn’t tell him she’s Amazi-girl, he should at least know why she backed him into a corner. Without that context, what she did was pretty -not cool-, but she absolutely needed him, even as just a friend right there for that.

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 26, 2013 at 1:47 pm | #

      +1 to you both.

  14. Zero Cool
    Zero Cool
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    “Amazigirl is dead. She left me you in her will.”

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      “And also gave me all her game systems too. So I’ll have her DS.”

    • Anderhail
      Anderhail
      September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      This was hilarious.

    • Bilfred
      Bilfred
      September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      *next day*
      “What? Amazi-girl stopped some crimesters last night? Maybe she’s back from the dead!”

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        There are now four people claiming to be Amazi-Girl.

        And one claiming to be a dinosaur. No one is paying attention to the Amazi-Girls, because the dinosaur superhero is so freaking adorable.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          AMAZI-DINO

          awwwwwww

          • Vincent
            Vincent
            September 26, 2013 at 7:13 am | #

            Oh… my… God…

            Amazi-Dino is Dina! D:

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        So Amazi-Girl is Jean Grey. It figures.

        “OMG! Jean Grey is dead!”

        *Yawn* “Must be Tuesday.”

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 26, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          Well, if Amazi-Girl is a Jean Grey, shouldn’t she have a clone and a daughter from an alternate timeline?

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            September 26, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

            Who else did you think Dorothy was?

            • Aizat
              Aizat
              September 26, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

              OK, that covers the clone but what about the daughter from an alternate timeline?

              • Ancestral Hamster
                Ancestral Hamster
                September 26, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

                That would be Ruth.

                • Aizat
                  Aizat
                  September 26, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

                  Why Ruth?

                • Ancestral Hamster
                  Ancestral Hamster
                  September 26, 2013 at 4:21 am | #

                  Red-headed, violent, dubious ethics, just like Rachel.

              • John
                John
                September 26, 2013 at 1:11 am | #

                Uh, Donna?

            • Ancestral Hamster
              Ancestral Hamster
              September 26, 2013 at 12:36 am | #

              Just wait until the Sentinels show up at IU.

              “MUTANT ENERGIES DETECTED. TERMINATING …”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      “Yeah, she died fighting…a giant cake…..yeah, that’s it, a giant mutant cake monster.”

      • xain
        xain
        September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

        or was it a honey bun? well it was some kind of confection

      • BigMadDraco
        BigMadDraco
        September 26, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        Next you’re going to tell me that Mike was helping her.

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

        Honeybun

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      “Why did I sign that contract that labeled me Amazi-girls’ property?…oh yeah, Second base!”

  15. David Herbert
    David Herbert
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    All she needs to do is whip out her DS and message him, or text, or whatever, right in front of him. He knows and she keeps her identity without having to pull out her mask.

    • dralou
      dralou
      September 26, 2013 at 3:53 pm | #

      I could hug you right now. This is a perfect way to show Amber knows how clueless Danny can be AND is smart enough to counter it.

  16. Aizat
    Aizat
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    Now, this is getting interesting.

  17. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 26, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    OH GOD

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      DIOS MIO

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        MEIN GOTT!

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          September 26, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

          Mon Dieu!

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 26, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

            Bozhe Moi!

            • Tristan B.
              Tristan B.
              September 26, 2013 at 12:40 am | #

              My Glob!

              • Bizze
                Bizze
                September 26, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

                Christ’s Wounds!

                • Vim-Hogar
                  Vim-Hogar
                  September 26, 2013 at 3:15 am | #

                  Emperor’s Black Bones!

                • Vincent
                  Vincent
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:15 am | #

                  Åh Herregud!

                • The Candyman
                  The Candyman
                  September 26, 2013 at 7:44 am | #

                  Maker’s breath!

                • iggy_rock
                  iggy_rock
                  September 26, 2013 at 10:54 am | #

                  By Moradin’s Hammer!

                • vsophi
                  vsophi
                  September 26, 2013 at 11:55 am | #

                  By the Dread Wolf!

                  (I’m the one who started the thread, but I had to respond to The Candyman)

                • The Chosen One
                  The Chosen One
                  September 26, 2013 at 3:50 pm | #

                  ODIN’S BICUSPIDS!

    • sandbridgekid
      sandbridgekid
      September 26, 2013 at 7:35 am | #

      Deus Le Volt

  18. Edifus
    Edifus
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    I hope she DOES actually get to tell him soon. If only so the jokes about other people being Amazi-Girl can stop.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      I thought that one strip already killed that joke.

      • taekwondogirl
        taekwondogirl
        September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        Look at the comments for this strip. They are still going, and will continue to go even once she reveals herself because no one wants to accept that it’s been beaten to death and through the center of the earth’s core.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          September 26, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

          Plus I think the reason those jokes started was because of Billie, not Danny.

        • hmrc4evr
          hmrc4evr
          September 26, 2013 at 2:00 am | #

          The joke is becoming so old the Slezstack from the Land of the Lost called and asked it stop being told. They’re getting tired of hearing it.

        • Valdrax
          Valdrax
          September 26, 2013 at 2:45 am | #

          Next thing you’ll be telling us, you don’t even need your femurs to live with that FAAAAACE. For a nickel.

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          September 26, 2013 at 2:58 pm | #

          That is because, if you continue to beat it into the ground, at some point it begins to become funny again. Case in point, Family Guy. Roadhouse!

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        Even if she flat out says it, the jokes won’t die.

  19. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    IT’S HAPPENING!

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Amber in evolving into…

      • xKiv
        xKiv
        September 26, 2013 at 4:18 pm | #

        …Ambest.

  20. taekwondogirl
    taekwondogirl
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    This is a pretty rough day for Amber. I wish she’d go home and think about everything before doing anything rash, but if she did, the strip wouldn’t be living up to its name. 😐

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      September 26, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      I doubt going home and finding Faz in her room will improve her day.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

        Especially not since he’s making out with Dina.

        • Ancestral Hamster
          Ancestral Hamster
          September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          And with Amber there, Faz will want a three-way, possibly a four way if there’s livestock.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            September 26, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

            Dana’s parents are still there so he can have a Five-Way.

            • The Candyman
              The Candyman
              September 26, 2013 at 7:46 am | #

              So this story ends with Amber burning down her dorm, huh? Does that mean she’s going to have to move in with Ruth now?

  21. John Madden
    John Madden
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Daniel you are a doodoohead.

  22. MarcinMN
    MarcinMN
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    Uh oh, she’s going to take the HISHE Batman route.

    “Hey, I’m Amazi-girl…wanna know my secret identity?” 😉

    • Kyrros
      Kyrros
      September 26, 2013 at 4:05 am | #

      <3 HISHE

  23. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    September 26, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    STOP DANNING AROUND– Aww, he called her “perfect”!

    Danny’s logic bothers me, because it IS possible to be “just friends” with people you are attracted to for the sake of keeping your current relationship, even if awkward things happen sometimes. DANNING UP THE LOGIC.

    • Anderhail
      Anderhail
      September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      I agree that is possible, but not so much when you factor all her actions from the first panel into it. That is not a sign of someone looking for just a friend.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

      Danny wants to keep what makes him happy going, even if it’s dysfunctional.

    • taekwondogirl
      taekwondogirl
      September 26, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      It is possible, but you need to have time in order for it to become possible. It’s like how Amber pushed Ethan away for awhile.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      Yeah, It’s just flippin’ hard. You’d have to keep Amazi-girl around all the time to moniter and make sure you two aren’t humping each other.

    • Cliff
      Cliff
      September 26, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

      It’s possible, but whether it’s suggested is another story. Both of them are attracted to each other. That’s just not a safe situation. And as far as their friendship, it’s relatively new. It’s only been, at most, a month at this university. It’s not as if he’s throwing away some epic friendship that spanned since childhood. He’s trying to distance himself from a mutual attraction that could lead to something more. Even if he never cheats, it’s not fair to any of the three (technically two, but it IS three from Danny’s POV) involved if he maintains the friendship. It brings too little reward for way too much risk.

      • That Damn Rat
        That Damn Rat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        It also requires a both parties to be on the same page, and based on Amber’s behaviour today, I think Danny doubts that.

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          September 26, 2013 at 4:15 pm | #

          +1

  24. Tom Speelman
    Tom Speelman
    September 26, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m excited for this reveal and INCREDIBLY scared. Danny, if you Dan this up…

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      DANNING INTENSIFIES.

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        September 26, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

        ONLY THE DEAD KNOW PEACE FROM THE DANNING!

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          September 26, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

          Until Danny dies. Then everyone will experience Danning FOREVER!

    • Spectre
      Spectre
      September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

      “If?”

  25. Aischylos
    Aischylos
    September 26, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

    “Danny, there is no Amazi-girl. She never existed. This is all just a teenage angst nightmare”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      In fact, none of us are. *she fades away and Danny is in his dorm and recieves a call*
      Yes?
      oh!
      Hey, Sal. Yeah, College is fine!

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        ;’d;dsgklfkgkkg

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        September 26, 2013 at 12:23 pm | #

        Pffffft.

  26. UnspeakableAnger
    UnspeakableAnger
    September 26, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Very rough situation for both of them, and I have hope they can work it out. I’d actually be sad if they don’t.

  27. Cliff
    Cliff
    September 26, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Here’s hoping we see some good development on this whole amazigirl/danny/amber love triangle (sortofa triangle anyway) but I’m feeling one of those stupid tropes where just as something the audience is holding their breath for is about to be revealed/explained, something ro someone interrupts them. Please God of Tropes, don’t let that happen.

    • Raoullefere
      Raoullefere
      September 26, 2013 at 4:40 am | #

      You clearly don’t know the God of Tropes very well. Bastage lives for this sort of thing.

  28. Target
    Target
    September 26, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Damn it Danny, stop doing stupid crap for the right reasons, you remind me of me in High School. And I hate me-in-high-school.

    Amber, just, just give in and walk away. Danny’s pain when he eventually learns his mistake will be so much better, and will lead to a very dramatic moment in…well, like 8 years real time at current rates, but still.

    Or tell him about your biological (he doesn’t get the word dad, didn’t earn it) throwing you off by being…well Blake. Danny is dumber than a sack of hammers and about half as useful (you can use both as a weapon to beat someone with, but the sack of hammers at least has some useful hammers inside) but at least he won’t be THAT much of an ass if you have an excuse.

    I just realized I wrote this as though the characters would read it and take my advice, despite them A) not being real B) being scripted and plotted in Willis’ head and C) that script already being drawn for well into probably November at this point. I feel dumb.

    • Target
      Target
      September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      Damn it, Blaine. Amber’s Biological is named Blaine. I feel worse now.

      • nekobawt
        nekobawt
        September 26, 2013 at 4:06 am | #

        don’t, he doesn’t deserve people getting his name right.

        • Ongion
          Ongion
          September 26, 2013 at 4:28 am | #

          Whoops, that’s what I get for not refreshing the page…

      • Ongion
        Ongion
        September 26, 2013 at 4:28 am | #

        Don’t. He doesn’t deserve a name either.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 3:08 am | #

      no it’s ok, we all do it

  29. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    September 26, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    For the record, something dumb is gonna happen before the beans are spilled…

    “CLIFF HANGER!! HANGING FROM A CLIIIIIIIIIFF!!”

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

      “And that’s why he’s called Cliff Hanger!”
      “Can’t hold on much LONGER!”

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        Starts kicking Aizat’s hands*
        BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          AND YOU WIN THE INTERNET

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          What was that foooooooooooooor? *poof*

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

        You. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      “Can’t… Hold… On… Much… LONGER!!!”

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        YOU WIN THE INTERNET

        • vsophi
          vsophi
          September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

          How many Internets are there left to give?

          • Aizat
            Aizat
            September 26, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

            Lots of it! You got an Internet, You got an Internet, everybody gets an Internet.

            • Geo
              Geo
              September 26, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

              Next on the Aizat show everyone gets shipping angst…

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      September 26, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I want so much to +1 the lion-watchers.

      • KingMabel
        KingMabel
        September 26, 2013 at 12:31 am | #

        YOU WIN AS WELL

    • John
      John
      September 26, 2013 at 1:15 am | #

      So “Hanger” is the nacho guy’s last name?

  30. xain
    xain
    September 26, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    really I can’t get upset at Danny for this based on what he knows he’s being loyal and is almost as upset about the situation as we are.

    • Niblik
      Niblik
      September 26, 2013 at 1:31 pm | #

      Agreed. While I might chose different words and a softer tone for the delivery, Danny is saying exactly what he feels and is being loyal to a relationship that he wants to grow into something more.
      Not sure why so much of the fanbase hates his guts…

  31. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    September 26, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    David Willis: Raising Readers Blood Pressure, One Comic at a Time.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      David Willis is Bacon.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        September 26, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

        Bu-But Willis hates bacon!

        • Khantalas
          Khantalas
          September 26, 2013 at 2:09 am | #

          Doesn’t everyone?

          OH MY GOD EVERYONE’S WILLIS

          • Keroshino
            Keroshino
            September 26, 2013 at 2:51 am | #

            I like Bacon…iz tasty :3

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            September 26, 2013 at 9:53 am | #

            I like crunchy bacon.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              September 26, 2013 at 12:12 pm | #

              Me too!

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        September 26, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        Willis is Kevin Bacon?

        • The Candyman
          The Candyman
          September 26, 2013 at 7:50 am | #

          Six Degrees of David Willis.

  32. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    September 26, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

    Danny’s like some sort of weird jerk version of Schrodinger’s cat. He (almost) admits to saying all of those nice things about Amber, and even says she’s ‘perfect, but he’s also Danning the whole thing up. Amber needs to hurry up and collapse this wave function…

    I don’t know, that’s probably a bad metaphor, but whatever…

    • saltchocolate
      saltchocolate
      September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      Amber! Make like a Nike shoe and JUST DO IT!

  33. LiamAldam
    LiamAldam
    September 26, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

    Is my fanfic coming true? Or is the very fact that the last panel ends on a cliffhanger an indication that things are going to go either wrong or nowhere tomorrow?

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

      In my fanfic, Amazi-girl breaks up with Danny. Luckily I’m there, but it’s not me but a character that represents me. She decides to live with me in my mom’s basement and we totally make out while she wears the costume

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        September 26, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

        PLOT TWIST: The character that represents you is actually… DANNY HIMSELF! :O

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      Does your fanfic involve Dina in a cheerleader outfit, and Danny and Amber having awesome Amazi-girl babies?

    • xain
      xain
      September 26, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      I’m calling it guys right before she tells him a wild Blaine appears.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

        this would make me cry so many tears

      • hof1991
        hof1991
        September 26, 2013 at 7:19 am | #

        Having Blaine appear and interrupt would be the mix of comic tropes and Days of our Lives that is the twisted mind of Damn You Willis. Just who names their kid Damn You. Anyway, that is what I am expecting too, also expecting Willis to confound me.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          September 26, 2013 at 7:35 am | #

          “Like tears through the hourglass . . . “

      • LiamAldam
        LiamAldam
        September 26, 2013 at 11:18 am | #

        In my fanfic, Amber punches Blaine again and Danny’s smart enough to put two and two together.

  34. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    I want to see just how far Danny’s stupidity goes.

    “Amber, why are you dressed up like Amazi-girl? Wait, you knew I was meeting with her right now. Are you really that desperate to try and win me over?! Now get the hell out of here! Amazi-girl is gonna be weirded out if she sees someone dressed up like her.”

    • Spectre
      Spectre
      September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      This… is actually ridiculously plausible.

      Out of all the characters, Danny is probably the least likely to believe that Amber is Amazi-girl. Just because he’s Danny.

  35. Biege
    Biege
    September 26, 2013 at 12:18 am | #

    Danny. jump of that bridge, please.

    you have lost any right to be a character in my eyes. count me in on club Yotome

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      Or throw Danny off. Or both.

      • Tristan B.
        Tristan B.
        September 26, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

        He’s a nigga with bongo ways. He needs.to get over himself and ask questions instead of being a douche.

        • saltchocolate
          saltchocolate
          September 26, 2013 at 7:39 am | #

          This is totally unacceptable. I thought their was a threshold this comment stream did not sink below. *Proved me wrong.*

  36. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    September 26, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

    IT’S HAPPENING!!!

  37. cdot
    cdot
    September 26, 2013 at 12:23 am | #

    Danny is a bongo-i hate him more than any other character-its not even the fact that hes blowing off his girlfriend for her. its in the way he uses the notion that he has a girlfriend to be a dickhead to Amber

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      September 26, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      Danny is a messed up character because we know what he wants, and HE knows what he wants, but refuses to admit it to anyone including himself. It’s bad enough to see a person fail at life, but even worse when they are doing it on purpose because they are afraid and refuse to acknowledge it. The reason we like Billie X Ruth is because they can admit to each other that they like each other in some way or fashion and go back to hating. Danny won’t even admit to himself that he has problems so we hate him for it.

  38. xain
    xain
    September 26, 2013 at 12:26 am | #

    I have to say Danny’s is logic is sound he realizes as much as he wants to still be friends with Amber he can’t maintain that without falling into the temptation of being unfaithful. This isn’t something he enjoys but it has to be done.

    • xain
      xain
      September 26, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

      At least Danny is being honest with Amber, this was not the easy way out and as odd as it sounds i respect Danny for that

      • Lavaticmay
        Lavaticmay
        September 26, 2013 at 12:56 am | #

        I just gonna hang out with you until all the Danny haters stop taking up all the room in the comments.

      • Badeyes
        Badeyes
        September 26, 2013 at 1:49 am | #

        Yeah, his doucheness is actually sound given his failure to recognize the reality. Trying to do the right thing even though it’s a rough way to go about it, least he’s completely out on the table with it.
        I just can’t really dislike him as much as his actions can frustrate me. Hell the rest of the male cast other than Walky bother me more.

        • Chexwarrior
          Chexwarrior
          September 26, 2013 at 3:20 am | #

          Like I said last strip, his emotional turmoil is making it challenging for him to be polite and express his feelings well so we get blunt “get out of my life” statements fueled by confused emotions and displaced guilt (1.I like Amber 2.liking Amber is a threat to my relationship with AG Therefore. It’s all her fault for being likable)

          • Lavaticmay
            Lavaticmay
            September 26, 2013 at 1:47 pm | #

            I’m glad I found the section of people who are able to look at this situation objectively instead of jumping to the fallback statement of “He should know their the same because reasons” or “Danny shouldn’t do that because I can’t ship them.” It frustrates me because this is a great example of dramatic irony and everyone uses it as “it’s so obvious their the same person!” Of course it’s obvious to us, we’re suppose to know it, Danny and every other character don’t know, it just like in superman, we all know he’s Clark Kent because we’re suppose to.

  39. Leorale
    Leorale
    September 26, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

    I’m not so sure she’s about to reveal! Things could also go this way:

    Amber: About.. AmaziGirl.. haven’t you ever wondered who she is?
    Danny: No, and I don’t want to know! It would ruin our whole romance. Plus I’d be super-pissed at whomever told me.
    Amber: …

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 12:33 am | #

      Oh shit, now I’m convinced this will happen.

      I am going to scream.

    • Noah
      Noah
      September 26, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

      That would be the perfect way for him to Dan things up

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 26, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

      Haha IT WILL HAPPEN

  40. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 26, 2013 at 12:35 am | #

    That’s right, Danny. You play that victim card. There is no way she has one that could trump “Cute girl got me out of having to explain to my parents that I spend my evenings french kissing a girl whose name I have no plans of learning.”

  41. Corsair114
    Corsair114
    September 26, 2013 at 12:37 am | #

    Popcorn, anyone?

  42. Mr Soviet
    Mr Soviet
    September 26, 2013 at 12:38 am | #

    Damn it Danny, I knew you’d Dan it up.

  43. Variaman
    Variaman
    September 26, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    HERE IT COMES!!!

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

      DAMN IT, DINKLEBURG!

  44. etyb
    etyb
    September 26, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

    Amber: “I’m Amazi-girl, Danny. You’ve been dating me in a superhero disguise.”

    Danny: “What? No you’re not. You don’t even look like her!”

    • Leonou
      Leonou
      September 26, 2013 at 3:32 am | #

      “I mean come on; she mumbles her hairs, got a much raspier voice, and her fashion style is so much better than yours ! And if she were you, how could she do without glasses, huh ?
      Plus, she’s way better at MarioKart.”

  45. GDwarf
    GDwarf
    September 26, 2013 at 12:43 am | #

    Wow. Lots of Danny hate. I don’t get it. He’s a bit of an idiot, yeah, and he’s fairly go-with-the-flow, but I don’t understand the sheer contempt some people have for him.

    In this specific case he’s just had a friend of his force him to pretend to be dating her and lie to his parents, while he already has a girlfriend. He reacts not by dressing her down for it, or yelling, but by trying to stay calm.

    I dunno, it’s like there’s people who read this comic specifically so that they can find trivial reasons to hate characters.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      September 26, 2013 at 12:46 am | #

      What’s even worse is when the previous Walkyverse comics are mentioned in the reason why they hate said characters.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

        It’s a mix of this, as well as…

        …gah, I explained this shit yesterday. If you’re really curious, go check what I posted.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      September 26, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

      So you’re saying people aren’t allowed to yell at Danny for purely emotional reasons that aren’t going to affect the story anyway? Why NOT yell?

      Though, anecdotally, I had a completely judgemental ex who made up his mind about things before getting ANY facts, such as how our mutual friend didn’t get his driver’s license until his mid-20s because, Ex decided without asking, Friend was being lazy. In that discussion, Ex’s father even volunteered that Friend must’ve been scared of something and he’d only at that point recently gotten over it.

      I mentioned this to Friend later, and Friend explained, “Because MY state’s laws require X hours of driving with another licensed driver, and I couldn’t get that!” Something Ex could have easily asked and didn’t, preferring to jump to his own conclusions.

      Similarly, Danny could’ve just asked, “What was that about?” and Amber could easily-ish have explained about her asshole father. But no–let’s jump to “Get out of my life forever.”

      We hate because we love. If we didn’t care, we’d prolly be yelling at some other twisty webcomic. =p

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 12:53 am | #

        yyyyyesssss +1

    • Thor
      Thor
      September 26, 2013 at 1:30 am | #

      DANNY WAS NOT FORCED TO DO ANYTHING.

      Seriously, everyone that keeps using the word “forced” please follow the nice link to the strip in question and notice the chain of events.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/liar/

      Amber makes a request, followed by an explanation of what benefits Danny would get for acceding to the request. Danny agrees to accede to the request, notifying her of follow-up actions. Then everyone heads to Galasso’s for pizza. THAT’S IT.

      But then you go, Aha! She forced him to say all those lovey-dovey things about her! And again, it is not so.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/benevolent/

      Amber says a nice thing about Danny..one whole sentence. Danny’s dad asks Danny for what he likes about Amber.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/dynamic/

      As you can see, Danny–who could have reciprocated with a one-sentence like Amber gave–starts gushing forth about all his gooey feelings non-stop for four whole panels. No one forced all this out of him. The boy would just not stop talking.

      The only one here who forced Danny to Dan all over everything is Danny himself.

      • GUIGUI
        GUIGUI
        September 26, 2013 at 4:08 am | #

        When a friend ask for help, you usually help.

        I wouldn’t use the term “forced”, anyway, but the problem is somewhere else. During those events, Danny realized he was starting to grow feeling for Amber and he want to put an end to that to remain faithfull to mazigirl.

        Danny was basically taken hostage, not by Amber, but by his own emotions and romantic feelings. He hadn’t much of an option from that point out.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          September 26, 2013 at 4:18 am | #

          You grew on me like a tumor…

      • GDwarf
        GDwarf
        September 26, 2013 at 10:43 pm | #

        He was indeed “forced”, unless you only recognize physical coercion and not emotional. A friend showing up and begging you to do something, not giving you time to think, is a form of coercion.

  46. kenny
    kenny
    September 26, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

    future transcript of tomorrow’s script:

    amber: about amazi-girl….

    danny: yeeeesss……

    amber: she’s a really lucky gal!

    chatroom:

    DAMN YOU WILLIS YOU COCKTEASE!!

  47. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 26, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

    Imagine the DoA characters being able to read the comments section for strips they appear in.

    …I would almost feel bad for Danny.

    • Lanval
      Lanval
      September 26, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

      I had that thought. Poor dude has low enough self-esteem without realizing the rest of the reading base ready to confirm he’s a scumbag who doesn’t deserve her.

      Is it just me though or does the reading base seem sort of judgemental and quick to condemn? The last time I posted on a strip, it was people saying Walky had awful parents for not telling him everything about marriage to the Dean. And Danny has Neglectful parents because they jab at him or ignore him when he’s neurotic/whiny.

      Is it horrible that I’m waiting for a super judgemental character to be condemned just so I can watch it all go meta?

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 1:20 am | #

        I thought people were saying he had awful parents because they sent away Sal. I was kind of confused myself when I read the comments for that page, but then I remembered that little dillio.

        As for the parents… Danny is clearly an embarrassment to them, similarly to how Ethan is a disappointment to his parents (to a much lesser extent, of course). I’m sure quite of a few of those people were projecting their own experiences onto him as well. What’s more amazing is the amount of sympathy for Danny the comments section managed to scrounge up for those particular strips.

        I dunno, it seems like a lot of people identify very strongly with this comic. It makes sense they’d react accordingly.

        • Lanval
          Lanval
          September 26, 2013 at 1:36 am | #

          I agree in a lot of ways, but I just avoided commenting for a while since I felt like what I read on these comments [Malaya on SP as well, and just generally in other ways] was pretty judgemental and angry about characters [sometimes on a very personal level].

          It seems like there’s sometimes a disconnect that people get passionate as if these characters were real people [as opposed to characters filling a role] while not also showing the lenancy and understanding one would get with real people.

          It’s interesting because it is a character piece, so we’re looking at characters written to be deeper than plot devices but it’s still wierd to me; imagine having a whiny friend being subjected to this level of angry mob.

          It just feels almost like a social experiment; The commenters are really ready to see the bad in characters, especially new/minor ones, without much sense of charity to assume circumstances or just family being family. The whole thing isn’t without Myopia either; Sal for instance apparently “held up two convenience stores” before being sent off which makes the boarding school seem relatively reasonable.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 2:44 am | #

            It’s not true all the time. Take Lucy, for instance. I personally didn’t care that much when she first showed up (as a regular character), but everyone else loved her from the get-go. It’s taken me a bit, but now I’m starting to warm up to her too.

            I totally get what you mean though. It’s an odd dynamic.

            Regarding Sal, sending her away means (to her, and probably the majority of the readers) that her parents were not willing to deal with her. She’s the problem child, the unfavorite, and nothing she can do will change that, as demonstrated by her parents’ flippant reaction to her appearance and subsequent disappearance. When questioned about this, Linda just brushes it off, saying that “she does her own thing”. I believe the general consensus among the readership is that she only does her own thing because her parents didn’t bother helping her do it any other way.

      • Leonou
        Leonou
        September 26, 2013 at 3:35 am | #

        I believe we’ll have our share of Mary strips in about a month from now.
        So just wait and see.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      September 26, 2013 at 1:03 am | #

      …Almost

  48. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 26, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

    I realize that Danny has a completely valid perspective here, and that it is there to sweeten the dramatic irony.

    And this is a hard decision to make. Cutting a good friend out of your life because you realize that you cannot trust yourself to be honest around them is really hard. You don’t want to cut this person out of your life because they’re a good friend.

    As someone who has done it, the person you cut out is going to feel betrayed and the person you’re refusing to betray will still feel betrayed because you’re basically saying that if you are around certain people, you will cheat.

    That said, Danny is still an idiot. He knows less than nothing about Amazi-Girl. “Less than nothing” here meaning, of course, that everything he does know, is more or less a lie. They’re not-truths. Not knowing or even being very interested in your significant other’s name? Not a good start for a healthy long-term relationship.

    • Lavaticmay
      Lavaticmay
      September 26, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

      I was going to write a comment, but then I saw this one explain everything I was gonna say so… Yeah, ditto.

  49. bunivasal
    bunivasal
    September 26, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

    Alright, last one, I promise. So Amber is going to chicken out and take on some Peter Parker/Spiderman bullshit role, right?

    Because if this isn’t the dramatic reveal for Amazi-Girl’s identity (and I swear to god, if you say “It’s Sal” or something, I will eat your children), can the dramatic reveal be Danny realizing that Amber and Amazi-Girl have the same Streetpass on their DS or something?

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 1:01 am | #

      Someone upthread mentioned Blaine might appear. Maybe Danny will realize who she is as he watches her fighting him.

  50. Thor
    Thor
    September 26, 2013 at 12:58 am | #

    If we can put Danny aside–please–what really intrigues me is in the Archive drop-down. There we can see the title for the upcoming Book 4–“The Only Dope For Me Is You”.

    Speculations?

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 12:59 am | #

      walky/dorothy

    • Vim-Hogar
      Vim-Hogar
      September 26, 2013 at 3:41 am | #

      The inspirational tale of one of the characters avoiding the temptations of drugs with the help of her dorky boyfriend.

      • Curacaobill
        Curacaobill
        September 26, 2013 at 10:32 am | #

        That actually makes sense. Cookie for you.

  51. Audiophillie
    Audiophillie
    September 26, 2013 at 1:02 am | #

    Geeze Willis, your readers are coo-coo for cocoa puffs.

  52. Lanval
    Lanval
    September 26, 2013 at 1:04 am | #

    …Dana/Sarah?

  53. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 26, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

    Gravatar get!

    /unrelated

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 1:06 am | #

      wait what why didn’t that work

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

        THERE WE GO

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          September 26, 2013 at 2:49 am | #

          Fem-Joshua is weirding me out! O_o

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 3:05 am | #

            fem?

            …er, I guess isolated like that, he does look pretty girly… but nah, the entire picture is all soft and cutesy and chibi-like.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      September 26, 2013 at 11:15 am | #

      +1000

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 12:17 pm | #

        omfg, willis likes it! ; w ;

        I wonder how he’ll react to the full pic… /has some eajosh waiting in the wings for the next relevant strip

  54. horrorshow88
    horrorshow88
    September 26, 2013 at 1:08 am | #

    THANK FUCKING CHRIST. IT’S ABOUT DAMN TIME.

    Now if Danny chooses to disbelieve her, all “You’re just saying that too make me feel better/trick me,” I may explode from frustration.

  55. andyy
    andyy
    September 26, 2013 at 1:09 am | #

    accidentally breaking up with your superhero girlfriend via her alter ego: a scenario that mainstream comics have not explored enough.

  56. Salmo
    Salmo
    September 26, 2013 at 1:18 am | #

    AMBER NO, HE’S REEEEEEEEALLY NOT WORTH IT.

  57. Darwin
    Darwin
    September 26, 2013 at 1:28 am | #

    Oh wow. She’s about to tell him that Amazi-girl is really that shouting pizza-place owner!

  58. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    September 26, 2013 at 1:32 am | #

    http://youtu.be/MVVoFhdzOAk

  59. Miggles
    Miggles
    September 26, 2013 at 1:42 am | #

    Everyone’s missing the obvious way in which this whole thing is gonna get Danny’d:

    “About Amazigirl– she’s me.”
    “What? No way!”
    “She really is.”
    “You’re just saying that to trick me again! Wow, I misjudged you, you’re a jealous jerk!”

  60. heathenwench
    heathenwench
    September 26, 2013 at 1:51 am | #

    Is this really about Danny not getting that Amber is Amazigirl, though? Or is it actually about Danny not wanting to admit to himself that he knows, because he “can see wonderful things happening maybe, and [he’s] afraid”, and he figures a fictional girlfriend is safer?

  61. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    September 26, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

    I hope she tells him she’s Amazi-girl.

    And dumps his dumb ass.

  62. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    September 26, 2013 at 1:54 am | #

    I have thought from the beginning that Blaine gave up way to easy. He’s still hovering. And yeah, I think he’s about to interrupt big time.

    Danny does have a point: while he did go along with ‘their’ deception, he does think he is ‘cheating’ on the one he considers ‘his girl’. So, to his mind he’s doing the decent thing. Too bad he’s still an idiot.

    So, I have to go with the up-thread call, a wild Blaine appears as she’s about to spill the beans and Danny will realize that Amber is much more than she appears to be, maybe too late.

    Although one kiss would’ve solved the whole thing.

  63. Gottawonder
    Gottawonder
    September 26, 2013 at 1:56 am | #

    And then again, I like Miggles post.
    That is exactly the way Danny would react if Amber actually gets to tell him the truth.
    He wouldn’t believe her, and would say she was just jealous.

  64. Eromer
    Eromer
    September 26, 2013 at 2:00 am | #

    The fact that this comic has over 200 comments on it not even 2 hours after it was posted (in the wee hours of the morning on my time no less) means you are doing a good job with your story telling Mr. Willis. Well done, sir.

  65. Raen
    Raen
    September 26, 2013 at 2:25 am | #

    I lost a lot of my sympathy for Danny with his last line. He’s just hurt her, badly, justifiably, but badly – how can he lay his problems on her like this, now, when he’s just shoved her out of his life?

  66. Mr. Bulbmin
    Mr. Bulbmin
    September 26, 2013 at 2:46 am | #

    Oh, crap, here it comes.
    Anticipation rising . . .
    Maniacal laughter subroutine activating . . .
    MURPHY’S LAW file running . . .

    Am I evil? Maybe.

  67. Mort
    Mort
    September 26, 2013 at 2:52 am | #

    yeah yeah Amber, we know; Sal is Amazigirl. Jeesh doesn’t everyone know that?

  68. ijp92
    ijp92
    September 26, 2013 at 3:16 am | #

    Behold! I have a new gravatar and I want to show it off.

  69. theKOT
    theKOT
    September 26, 2013 at 3:19 am | #

    If she gets interrupted by some ill-timed coincidence and then decides not to tell him later my sitcom meter will be pinned.

    • ijp92
      ijp92
      September 26, 2013 at 3:22 am | #

      While its possible, I think the fact that Danny is literally considering cutting all ties with here right then and there will make it hard to justify “putting it off”.
      Not saying our esteemed tortu- I mean author couldn’t pull it off…

  70. Bill
    Bill
    September 26, 2013 at 4:08 am | #

    My prediction:
    Amber reveals herself to be Amazi-Girl.
    Danny then reveals that Amazi-Girl is fun to be with.
    But that he secretly has been carrying a torch for….
    (wait for it)
    JOYCE!!!
    You remember Joyce?

    • The Candyman
      The Candyman
      September 26, 2013 at 8:31 am | #

      Has he even met Joyce in this universe?

      • John
        John
        September 26, 2013 at 9:54 am | #

        Briefly, when Joe asked her out.

    • Bill
      Bill
      September 26, 2013 at 4:10 pm | #

      Wasn’t trying to be logical — merely stirring the pot with yet another improbable plot twist.

  71. GUIGUI
    GUIGUI
    September 26, 2013 at 4:14 am | #

    LOOK OUT EVERYBODY!
    THE ABSOLUTE PROOF DANNY DON′T WANT TO KNOW AMAZIGIRL SECRET ID!
    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/color/

    NOT!

    • GUIGUI
      GUIGUI
      September 26, 2013 at 4:18 am | #

      Damn double messed. I wanted to post that link: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/02-guess-whos-coming-to-galassos/compartmentalize/

      Tough it’s more about why she is Amazigirl rather than about her secret ID.

      Forget I said anything.
      (those comment section need a delete option)

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 11:51 am | #

        No one would listen even if you had posted the right strips (here and here, if you’re curious).

  72. CianM1301
    CianM1301
    September 26, 2013 at 4:48 am | #

    *In the style of a Jerry Springer audience*
    TELL HIM! TELL HIM! TELL HIM!

  73. Gaiash
    Gaiash
    September 26, 2013 at 4:57 am | #

    I’ve realized something about Amber’s last line. She only has the mask with her. No backpack, no room for the rest of her costume. I hope the voice and mask are enough but in this arc? Not likely.

  74. IndigoRei
    IndigoRei
    September 26, 2013 at 5:11 am | #

    Well, shit then!

  75. Hors Service
    Hors Service
    September 26, 2013 at 5:16 am | #

    Hi Guys!

    I’m a “new” reader, which means I started in the walkyverse with Dumbing of Age.

    And seriously, I don’t understand this Danny-hate. Maybe it’s a bit of folklore coming from the previous characterisations?

    Because, seriously guys, in this continuity, he’s the “doing right” guy, compared to the rest of the cast. He tried to make things work with Dorothy, he refused sex with Billie, he is faithfull to Amazi-girl. He is clueless, OK. But everyone of you was as clueless as him when you were freshmen.
    And I’m interested to see where his characterisation is going. Even more than heavy-hitters like Amber or Sal or Dorothy. He’s subtle.

    I will say it. Danny is my favorite character. Bring on the flame.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 11:49 am | #

      No one’s going to bash you for liking Danny. It’s Danny we hate, not other readers.

      Still, I monumentally disagree with you (though I don’t feel like explaining why, as I spent a lot of time yesterday doing that).

      • Hors Service
        Hors Service
        September 26, 2013 at 5:03 pm | #

        @vsophi

        Oh yeah, I read part of your comments in the previous strip, true that you spend a lot of time writing them 🙂 That’s also part why I post here today;)
        And I still disagree!

        I mean, a lot of valid points have been made concerning the character, some which I agree some which I don’t. But mostly, I think that we forget that we are here in a work of fiction, therefore we have to consider him compared to the others.

        So. He was ridiculously clingy to Dorothy, OK. But then, she ditches him for no good reason other than “hey, I wanna go to Big Campus”. And then date another guy.
        He prefers to have a meaningful relationship rather than focus on a career or big dreams. While I disagree personnally with this attitude, I find it still valid. I mean, he doesn’t have a dream job. A lot of people don’t, especially at this age.

        Let’s for example compare with Joe. His whole character is centered exclusively on “getting booty”. He’s also self-centered and a bit of a jerk sometimes. But nooo, he’s funny! So he gets ahead of Danny in the hearts of the audience.

        Or Billie. She doesn’t have any dreams other than “popular girl” yet. Just a severe drinking and alpha-bongoing problem. But nooo, she’s working on it! So that’s likeable and all.

        I like Danny because his flaws are more subtle than those of the rest of the cast. I mean, Mike is the Sociopathic Comedic Relief, Joyce is the Noble Bigot, Dina is the Asocial, all types that makes for wondeful character development, but Danny, it’s better hidden.

        Danny has to grow as a human being. Most of the others are broken and need to be repaired, and I have no problem with that. But Danny… has to develop. IMHO He’s not sub-par, he’s not over-par, and still manages to have a personnality, a characterisation which I like.

    • anifreik
      anifreik
      September 26, 2013 at 11:57 am | #

      Hi, I’m also a new reader by your definition. I completely understand the Danny haters, I’m one of them. Maybe Danny is trying to “do the right thing”, but he’s the do right guy who will put out a campfire by smothering it with a truckload of dynamite. Fire’s out, but what do we do with the 2 acre hole in the ground? And just sayin’, I wasn’t this clueless as a freshman in HIGH SCHOOL. The only place I want to see his characterization go, is over the side of the bridge.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        September 26, 2013 at 3:02 pm | #

        Good point, but bad analogy, dynamite doesn’t explode when burned.

        • anifreik
          anifreik
          September 26, 2013 at 9:17 pm | #

          Drown it with a tanker of gasoline?

      • Hors Service
        Hors Service
        September 26, 2013 at 4:39 pm | #

        @anifreik

        Sorry, I didn’t really understand the analogy 🙂
        What did he do wrong, exactly, considering his knowledge of the situations?

        • anifreik
          anifreik
          September 26, 2013 at 9:14 pm | #

          1) He failed to show any compassion for his friend who obviously needed him after the parents left. Easy enough to say, “Ok, they’re gone now, why did we just do that?”

          2) He goes straight to the kill shot, “We shouldn’t hang around anymore”. Why? Because he’s too chicken shit to even TRY and be friends with someone he realizes he finds attractive? He should have started with the question from one, then possibly moved on to where they are now if the reasons weren’t good enough (and WE know they are) and ONLY THEN if things can’t be worked out move to “Let’s not be friends anymore because I don’t trust you or me.”

          Basically he makes me hate him because he is the kind of person who goes to the most drastic extreme first because it makes it easier on him, and the hell with who else gets caught up in the collateral damage, ’cause Danny’s fine.

          I thought of a simpler way. He knows his knowledge of the situation is lacking, but has made no effort to rectify that lapse and is instead making life altering choices for himself and Amber based on knowledge HE KNOWS is faulty. Danny=Asshole.

          • Hors Service
            Hors Service
            September 27, 2013 at 4:22 am | #

            I think that your view of the knowledge Danny has of the situation is inaccurate 🙂
            “his friend who obviously needed him”

            Honestly, it’s not obvious. It’s obvious for us, not for him. And she forced herself unto him, and it’s not the first time…

            ” Because he’s too chicken shit to even TRY and be friends with someone he realizes he finds attractive?”

            What? It IS a highly dangerous game. So, you consider that leading her along and screwing with her hopes is better than closing down when neither of them will be too much hurt?
            Try to be friends? That’s playing with fire.

            “He knows his knowledge of the situation is lacking”

            No, he doesn’t! That’s the thing! OK, he is clueless, but how can he imagine what is happening with Amber? She doesn’t tell him her problems with her father or her secret identity or any trouble she might have!

            From the point of view of Danny, she’s a strong female in an all-male environment that is pushing herself into his company when he already have a girlfriend!

  76. Tufto
    Tufto
    September 26, 2013 at 5:32 am | #

    She’s going to tell him…

    SHE’S GOING TO TELL HIM…

    If you cut away to another scene tomorrow I will be an unhappy Tufto.

  77. David
    David
    September 26, 2013 at 6:40 am | #

    Well, Danny, you are in the extremely lucky position of being able to have your cake and eat it too.

    With jellyfish topping.

    I pretty much expect her to pull out and put on the mask next (we know she’s carrying it), and it will be about as successful as a transsexual wooing a hetero by demonstrating that it’s only the magic of makeup that’s between them.

    In short: she may be about to make him break up with both Amber and Amazigirl because they are one and the same.

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 12:14 pm | #

      “it will be about as successful as a transsexual wooing a hetero by demonstrating that it’s only the magic of makeup that’s between them.”

      Either this is incredibly ignorant or incredibly rude.

      • PokeyPuppy
        PokeyPuppy
        September 26, 2013 at 1:26 pm | #

        Pretty sure Danny is saying thinking “a transsexual wooing a hetero by demonstrating that it’s only the magic of makeup that’s between them” is incredibly ignorant, which is why it wouldn’t work.

        • David
          David
          September 26, 2013 at 2:51 pm | #

          Well, let’s say that some magic only works when staying incredibly ignorant. Fortunately as the history of chauvinism teaches us that unlike innocence ignorance can be reacquired wonderfully easily after a mind has been accidentally tainted with knowledge.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 3:19 pm | #

            oh ok, I think I see what you’re saying here

  78. joeyo
    joeyo
    September 26, 2013 at 7:18 am | #

    Knowing Willis, we’re going to cut back to Faz and Dina and return to these two sometime in the next two weeks.

    • LimeTH
      LimeTH
      September 26, 2013 at 8:46 am | #

      Well don’t jinx it!

  79. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    September 26, 2013 at 8:01 am | #

    I think Amber is going to pull back because her secret identity is her security blanket and if Danny knows, he might take that away from her or spill the beans to others. Then she’d just be ordinary Amber forever. That she can’t allow.

    Likewise, I think that Danny’s serious issue is he thinks both his girlfriends (Amber and Dot) were “perfect.” That’s not a healthy attitude, especially since Dot has mANNNNNNY flaws.

    • Bill
      Bill
      September 26, 2013 at 10:29 am | #

      Everybody has flaws.  It is the ability of a partner to acknowledge and live with these flaws, if not even overlook them in the first place, that defines the difference between a true relationship and merely “hooking up”.

      • vsophi
        vsophi
        September 26, 2013 at 11:47 am | #

        Do you really think he’s “acknowledging” and “living with” those flaws?

        • Bill
          Bill
          September 26, 2013 at 4:09 pm | #

          Of course not.  He dumped Dorothy, right?
          I was merely pointing out that no one is perfect and a person is going to become very, very lonely if he/she waits for the “perfect” partner to come along.

          • anifreik
            anifreik
            September 26, 2013 at 9:01 pm | #

            Actually Dorothy dumped him. Good girl, Dot.

  80. Draegos
    Draegos
    September 26, 2013 at 8:10 am | #

    I’m just gonna go ahead and predict this now: in the next strip Amber chickens out and says “Never mind…” or something.

    Dammit.

    Anyway, good for Danny for standing by his (Amazi-) girl. Drew the line, left no room for misinterpretation, and assured there would be no on-leading.

    Too bad there’s all this context he’s not aware of. He’s doing way more damage here than he realizes, to both of them.

    Dammit.

  81. Michael
    Michael
    September 26, 2013 at 8:47 am | #

    What am I fighting foooooooooooor! *screams*

  82. Tenn
    Tenn
    September 26, 2013 at 8:48 am | #

    Yes, Amber, about Amazi-Girl. Tell us all about her. Right now. Before a piano drops on your head or Danny sprouts wings and flies away. Do it NAAAO!

  83. CallMeIshmael
    CallMeIshmael
    September 26, 2013 at 9:29 am | #

    If Danny were erased from existence, I would not shed a tear.

  84. John
    John
    September 26, 2013 at 10:01 am | #

    In my fanfic, Amber musses her hair up, puts the mask on, and she straightens up, her shoulders come back, and she says in the voice, “I’m Amazi-Girl. Asshole.” And then she flips Danny a double bird and walks away.

    • Curacaobill
      Curacaobill
      September 26, 2013 at 10:04 am | #

      ………. Perfect.

    • Galatine
      Galatine
      September 26, 2013 at 10:19 am | #

      Oh god, and I thought I’d walked away from those 3 words when I left Shortpacked until Monday…

    • dimblecon
      dimblecon
      September 27, 2013 at 11:40 pm | #

      And then she marries you and fixes all your problems

  85. Galatine
    Galatine
    September 26, 2013 at 10:18 am | #

    I’m just amazed that Danny hasn’t figured it out. He’s the person who’s got the closest to Amazi-Girl; he spends the most time with Amber. He’s either willfully blind or stupid. Billie’s seen Amazi-Girl maybe, maybe twice and I don’t know if she’s ever met Amber, so it’s slightly more excusable.

    This isn’t a Batman situation, where the two personalities are essentially completely different. It’s not a Superman situation, where cognitive dissonance and ‘ancient kryptonian disguise techniques’ (or was that just the 70s? I don’t know.) make up for what’s the most obvious disguise in the world.

    Also, is it too much trouble to ask WHY she needed to force herself into your day? From what you know of Amber, it seems an unusual situation. Maybe you should have found that out.

    I don’t like Danny, of course. I was so disappointed we swapped to him from the box. And I know the standard answer, that this is dumbing of age, not everyone is super geniuses all the time of age. It doesn’t hang in this instance.

    I’m sure Willis can write the next few moments between them in a way that’s going to make me okay with them, but until he does, I’m going to stand by my position that Danny is awful. No, not Blaine awful (that was a silly comparison, tyvm) but I can’t really think of another word for it.

    *grumble grumble grumble grumble… even carry around the same dses

    • Erinaceus
      Erinaceus
      September 26, 2013 at 10:46 am | #

      It’s because of the Rule of Funny.

      • Galatine
        Galatine
        September 26, 2013 at 10:55 am | #

        Oh. Then maybe it doesn’t work for me because I don’t think it’s funny. We’d need to have a sample of people who find this amusing and ask if they find it plausible. Any takers?

        • Erinaceus
          Erinaceus
          September 26, 2013 at 11:35 am | #

          Well, for me it was funny, until yesterday.

          • vsophi
            vsophi
            September 26, 2013 at 11:45 am | #

            Most people are angry with Danny because of it, actually. It’s not Rule of Funny, it’s a deconstruction.

          • Galatine
            Galatine
            September 26, 2013 at 5:28 pm | #

            Ah, right. The problem is I’ve never found Danny particularly funny. I mean, I’d never heard of him until I started dumbing of age; I don’t remember him in It’s Walky and Joyce and Walky and I just did the archive binge a few months ago. He’s from Roomies, right?

            He just seems… grating, I think. Maybe he reminds me of who I was when I was in school, but that’s not a good thing. And I don’t think I was ever that oblivious. Self-righteous. maybe.

        • John
          John
          September 26, 2013 at 1:28 pm | #

          Robin being unable to tell that Amazi-Girl isn’t actually a car is funny. Billie leaping to the totally indefensible conclusion that Sal is Amazi-Girl is funny. Danny avoiding thinking about this girl that he claims to care about because he doesn’t want to upset his fantasy isn’t.

    • dimblecon
      dimblecon
      September 27, 2013 at 11:43 pm | #

      “is it too much trouble to ask WHY she needed to force herself into your day? From what you know of Amber, it seems an unusual situation. Maybe you should have found that out.”

      Do you seriously believe it’s the obligation of someone who’s already having a difficult day, towards whom someone else acts selfishly and inconsiderately, to figure out why that person is acting inconsiderately and selfishly?

  86. Synnerman
    Synnerman
    September 26, 2013 at 10:28 am | #

    Come on Amber, don’t be a Bruce about this.

    Plus he could become your Robin.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      September 26, 2013 at 11:08 am | #

      You mean, a chance that Danny’s going to be the most well-liked, sex god of the DoA verse like Dick Grayson or a well-intentioned extremist dick like Jason Todd or a genius like Tim Drake or a brattier version of Bruce Wayne with added creepy and social awkwardness like Damian or a fun loving plucky and energetic person like Stephanie…..or dead.

      • anifreik
        anifreik
        September 26, 2013 at 12:04 pm | #

        I can deal with dead.

  87. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    September 26, 2013 at 11:00 am | #

    I am not sure these two are good for each other. I heard a rabbi once say you can roughly divide people into flowers and gardeners. A gardener and a flower can make it, two gardeners can make it, but two flowers are going to have a hard time. I don’t see who’s gonna do any of the gardening in this ship. Amber’s quietly out of her mind with her chin just above the water. Danny has a lot of growing up to do, and he’s a person who resents change, which makes it hard.

  88. 10vernothin
    10vernothin
    September 26, 2013 at 11:30 am | #

    angsty breakup session + amber throwing her amazi-girl mask down the river and Dan finally realizing how much he Dan’d this thing and the scene finally ending with “Wait!”

    Damn, way too many trashy romance novels for me.

  89. Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
    Kraang the Somewhat Wobbly
    September 26, 2013 at 11:53 am | #

    May have been said before, but thread, TL:DR.
    I’m glad to see Danny taking a good stab at being honest and adult about it.
    I’m also glad to see Amber (at least starting to) responding in kind.
    I’m hoping this will have a happy wrapup tomorrow… but i fear the Drama Tag will get another yank.

  90. All Else Fails
    All Else Fails
    September 26, 2013 at 11:59 am | #

    Dan it, Danny…

    I keep throwing my money at the screen hoping for compliance from the characters. WHY WON’T YOU ACCEPT MY MONEY!?

  91. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    September 26, 2013 at 12:47 pm | #

    Well, he’s honorable, anyway. Incredibly stupid, but honorable.

  92. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    September 26, 2013 at 1:04 pm | #

    Pop quiz. Of the charachters in DoA, which of them genuinely like people, and how much?

    • vsophi
      vsophi
      September 26, 2013 at 1:09 pm | #

      ???

      I think they all like people…?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 26, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

        Bzzt! Mike likes nobody.

        Except your mom. For a nickel.

        • vsophi
          vsophi
          September 26, 2013 at 3:17 pm | #

          oh yes, how could I forget

  93. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 26, 2013 at 1:08 pm | #

    I can’t believe that Danny, of all people, is the Base Breaker. yeesh

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 26, 2013 at 2:51 pm | #

      I think it has something to do with the ability to see things from a character’s limited point of view. From the point of view of other characters, Danny is a horrific monster, tearing out spines and eating babies. -Er, I mean, he has caused minor stress to Dorothy with his obvious early clinginess (which soon ended) and medium stress to Amber by his inability to penetrate the disguise she deliberately adopts. Persons who are devoted to those characters (who, admittedly, have both more screen time and also boobs) can take these affronts personally, and thus (in sympathy with the girls) perceive Danny as a villain.

      On the other hand, if one puts that aside and looks at Danny’s point of view and feelings on things, he’s actually not a bad guy. Scratch that – he was nice to Billie, nice to Amber, respectful of Amazi-girl as his girlfriend, and he even hasn’t slammed the door in Dorothy’s face when she keeps visiting him despite having dumped him. Plus he hasn’t murdered Joe. From the perspective of his own acts with his own knowledge, he’s a seriously nice guy – nice to a fault, even. So while yeah, pulling a Lois Lane the way he has makes him look dumb, I find it impossible to hate the guy. Keeping his limited perspective in mind of course.

      • Galatine
        Galatine
        September 26, 2013 at 5:39 pm | #

        The problem is that while he may be acting nice before (and I’ve never liked him, but this is the first time I actually dislike him)…

        Amber’s upset. She’s just behaved in a way that is markedly out of character with all your previous expectations of her. Even Mike would probably question the reality of the situation if Amber turned up out of the blue and forced her way into something. (Mike v Blaine, btw. Make it happen, Willis.)

        You let her do it, and you encouraged her and played with it for your own selfish reasons. That’s fine. But you don’t get to claim how awfully you’ve been treated when you were an active participant. It’s perfectly reasonable for a character to do it, but it doesn’t make him likable.

        Leaving aside him not realizing that Amber and Amazi-Girl are one and the same (because okay, maybe it’s just a stylization choice or something? I don’t know, I can’t call it), that’s why I don’t like this. Danny is very quick to make everything all about him; his day, his life, etc. And that’s fine, but you could have had that conversation before. Here’s a hint, it could have gone like this:

        “Come on, you need a girlfriend for today. I’m a girl, I’m your…”

        “Wait. Amber, what’s really going on?”

        (With apologies to the amazing Damnyou Willis)

        No, I don’t think his behavior is unrealistic. I think it’s unlikable. Other people may have their own reasons, but that’s mine.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          September 26, 2013 at 8:49 pm | #

          Now put on your Danny glasses. Amber has been all about shoving herself into his life, pretty much from the moment he decided to pursue Amazi-girl. He sits outside waiting for Amazi-girl? Amber shows up and basically drags him off to dinner. She then pressures him into going comic-shopping with her, dragging him out of bed to go. And now she shows up and announces that she’s his girlfriend.

          Did Danny enjoy spending the time with Amber, up until this last incident? Yes, yes he did. But that doesn’t change the fact that she’s been in obvious active pushy boy-hunting mode. Admittedly she might have just been the world’s pushiest platonic friend, but then she showed up and introduced herself with “Hey, Lover”.

          As for your hypothetical alternate scenario, that happened. Immediately after “Hey, Lover”. The main difference being that he didn’t stand there and demand an explanation, because 1) his parents were watching, and 2) she just pleaded for him to “play along”, with the strong pictorial implication that her tone of voice was a bit desperate, leading directly to 3) he played along because he’s a nice guy. After all, at that point blowing her off would have been embarrassing for her at the least, and, well, she was acting sort of desperate…

          Yeah. This last story arc with Danny and Amber happened solely because Danny is too fucking nice.

          And of course it goes without saying that Danny did this not at all for selfish reasons; he was (pretty much literally) dragging his feet the whole way. He didn’t want to. He only did it for Amber. And now he’s telling her why she was out of line for pressing him into doing it.

          Seriously, Danny almost never makes it all about him. I honestly don’t know what the hell you’re talking about.

          • Galatine
            Galatine
            September 26, 2013 at 10:27 pm | #

            I think this is one of those times where we aren’t going to agree. Rather than getting heated in defense of my points, I’m going to concede you made some good ones. I still don’t agree with you, but I probably am being unfair to Danny. So… going to approach the rest of this arc with an open mind.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              September 26, 2013 at 11:39 pm | #

              Fair ’nuff! More than fair!

  94. tahrey
    tahrey
    September 26, 2013 at 1:36 pm | #

    Can I break the picket line and say I think this little sequence has actually made Danny a bit more rounded and less of an unlikeable dweeb?

    Ambs must see something in him, after all. And even if he’s not handling it very well (it’s not like he’s got the most experience or anything), he’s trying to let her go gently…

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      September 26, 2013 at 3:02 pm | #

      I don’t get the Danny hate. He’s clueless sometimes but he’s trying to do the right thing. Sometimes he gets frustrated and is unnecessarily abrasive, but it’s in part because he’s still adapting to this big new world. And jeeze, he’s a freshman, he can’t have it all together.

      Would Amber like him if he dumped Amazigirl at the first sign of another girl? He doesn’t *know* she is Amazigirl (and at this point it is getting to be her fault for not being honest with him).

      I really want Danny and Amber (Danber? *shudders) to work out, at any rate. I think they’d make a sweet couple.

    • nick
      nick
      September 26, 2013 at 4:08 pm | #

      I’m sorta like Danny, and I can see where he’s coming from. He probably is still bound within the illusions of a “perfect” relationship that you see on TV/movies. He likely imagined that he and Dorothy would stay together forever, and he’s turned his relationship with Amazi-Girl into a Lois Lane scenario. Underneath all the uncertainty, there’s that deep emotions that he spewed to Amber, but he just can’t quite break out of the mold he’s made for himself.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      September 26, 2013 at 9:03 pm | #

      Amber actually just said what she likes about him, a dozen or so comics ago. “Sometimes I worry I don’t deserve a person like Daniel, someone who’s honest and respectful and … benevolent.”

      She’s probably noticed that he’s probably the nicest and major character in the comic strip; certainly so if you only consider the males. (With Ethan as #2.) As best I can tell there’s not a single character in the comic who disagrees with that. (Though there are some who don’t consider it a good thing, like Joe.) It’s only out here in the deranged world of comment-land that Danny is considered a Death Eater.

  95. Kevin
    Kevin
    September 26, 2013 at 2:22 pm | #

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

    • Kevin
      Kevin
      September 26, 2013 at 3:58 pm | #

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BVHRsq6CUAIaLbw.png

  96. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 26, 2013 at 3:06 pm | #

    You know, I read a lot of webcomics, and am a member of a lot of forums, but this one is the best of the internet. You are awesome, and today you are really on fire. Excellent work, all.

    As for the page, looks like I was on the right track yesterday, however, as this is Willis we are dealing with, I am not declaring that I called it, until Danny and Amber are married and have grandchildren.

  97. The Gentleman Mummy
    The Gentleman Mummy
    September 26, 2013 at 3:16 pm | #

    So I’m the only one thinking of an “Amazi-Girl, Inc.”, joke, aren’t I?

    The only one. I feel almost proud.

  98. vsophi
    vsophi
    September 26, 2013 at 3:23 pm | #

    y’know I’m just gonna back off from commenting on danny/amber strips until their whole thing gets resolved
    having all these fights with you guys is stressful

    (that said, I hope it works out, and the both of them end up happy, even /grumblegrumble danny)

  99. Featherstone
    Featherstone
    September 26, 2013 at 3:59 pm | #

    *Reading comments*

    mmmmm mmmmm Drama pasta.

    ~Fa la la la la la la la la la la laaaaa

  100. xKiv
    xKiv
    September 26, 2013 at 4:43 pm | #

    In Danny’s fanfic, Amber is Amazi-Girl.

    Problem is, he knows it’s his fanfic.

  101. quietlythundering
    quietlythundering
    September 26, 2013 at 5:31 pm | #

    Is it okay if I kick Danny’s shins? GAH, he makes me so mad ><
    Oblivious jerk!

  102. BIG g
    BIG g
    September 26, 2013 at 5:36 pm | #

    Nooooo end of the archive

  103. Comicsfan
    Comicsfan
    September 26, 2013 at 7:07 pm | #

    I for one thing ADORE Danny. Especially compared to the rest of the male species in this strip. Yeah, yeah, he’s clueless, but he is also loyal, honest and seems entirely comfortable in his own skin. THAT is a rarity at any age. Even when he’s pretending he doesn’t lie. And in today’s strip, almost any male would’ve lied and said he didn’t mean it. I like this character.

  104. DragonStryk72
    DragonStryk72
    September 26, 2013 at 7:25 pm | #

    I don’t get the Danny hate here. He’s correct, Amber *did* interject herself into the situation, forced a lie on him -No, it doesn’t change because she *after the fact* explained and put in a request- and put him in the position of having to choose between humiliating her in front of others, or lie to his parents.

    The thing is, as we’re finding out here, he DIDN’T lie to his parents about how he felt about her. The problem is that he’s dating someone else, Amazi-girl, and he continues to hang out with Amber, he’s going to end up hurting her one way or another.

    He isn’t denying his feelings for Amber, he isn’t insulting her, he’s saying that those feeling are real, but that those feelings are WHY he needs to back off, because someone else that he loves would be hurt if he continues the way things are.

    Danny is doing his best to do the right thing, and the fact that he is shooting down Amber should tell her that she has someone who is WORTH trusting, because he doesn’t know. He could have gone with it, but instead, he is staying loyal. What the hell more do you guys want from him?

    • John
      John
      September 26, 2013 at 8:55 pm | #

      I want him to stop prioritizing his Lois Lane fantasy over the real girl – with or without her mask – and open his eyes to what’s right in front of him.

      People keep excusing him with “he doesn’t know”. Well, he bloody well should know. He’s spent enough time close to Amber in both of her guises that the only reason I can suspend disbelief for for him not having recognized her is that he’s repressing and denying it because seeing the obvious would ruin the little scenario he’s built up in his head. And he values that scenario more than he does this girl he purports to care about.

      This is the same problem that Danny had with Dorothy. He built up a little scenario in his head about how their relationship was supposed to go, and clung to it with all his might, and could not see that his scenario had no bearing on reality, or on the actual Dorothy’s needs and desires. Which is why she dumped his ass, and why he had no idea that he was getting dumped even while it was happening.

      Now he’s doing it again. The scenario is different, and the cast is different, but he still cares more about that scenario than he does about the real Amber/Amazi-Girl.

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        September 26, 2013 at 9:23 pm | #

        This is exactly how I feel…but could not express as well as you did!

  105. mrman643
    mrman643
    September 26, 2013 at 10:08 pm | #

    Dundundunnn!

  106. penguintruth
    penguintruth
    September 26, 2013 at 10:19 pm | #

    Why would she even like a guy who is too stupid to get that she is obviously Amazi-Girl? I find idiocy disgusting in a potential mate.

    • joeyo
      joeyo
      September 26, 2013 at 11:32 pm | #

      Why would Superman repeatedly save an entire city that’s too stupid to get that Clark Kent is obviously Superman with glasses on?

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        September 26, 2013 at 11:41 pm | #

        But he, like, super-vibrates his muscles to make him unrecognizable or forgettable or unphotographable or something! It totally makes sense!

        That is the bestest explanation ever and it’s my personal headcanon.

      • penguintruth
        penguintruth
        September 28, 2013 at 9:36 pm | #

        There’s a difference between SAVING the city and DATING it.

        I always assumed that everyone who knew both Clark and Superman sort of always knew but didn’t let it slip to spare his ego.

  107. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    September 26, 2013 at 11:50 pm | #

    *scrolls through comments*
    so many walls of text!

  108. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    September 27, 2013 at 5:06 pm | #

    Everyone keeps saying Danny was forced into lying about Amber being his gf. That is entirely not true; he was cajoled into it. Entirely different thing.

  109. Lord Geovanni
    Lord Geovanni
    April 1, 2014 at 2:42 pm | #

    You can’t tell him as Amber he’ll Dan it up and think you are lieing

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