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Rapport

by David M Willis on December 6, 2013 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - The Only Dope For Me Is You

└ Tags: amber, dina, riley

Discussion (200) ¬

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 6, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    God, that’s me =( [with a clever girl shirt, no less]

  2. Herohatch
    Herohatch
    December 6, 2013 at 12:01 am | #

    Dina continues to provide her own intrigue, regardless of age.

  3. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    December 6, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    So either Riley’s super mature or Dina’s really childish. Either way they are both super awesometastical which is totally a word I did not just make up

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Dina’s been mistaken for young before, by Sarah’s “friends”. I guess she just looks young. She’s pretty small.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 12:07 am | #

        Years ago, I used to work with a 22yo who looked about 10yo due to her height and babyfaced features, so its very possible for someone like Dina to be like this.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 6, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

          True story. I was in a Taco Bell two weeks ago and some teenagers asked me if I go to the same high school as them. I turned 29 a month ago.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            December 6, 2013 at 12:14 am | #

            I had the opposite problem since I turned 13 decades ago.

            • LockeZ
              LockeZ
              December 6, 2013 at 2:18 am | #

              I read this as “since I turned that same age, 13 decades ago”

              I guess that’s better than reading it as “since I became a zombie, 13 decades ago”

              • WaytoomanyUIDs
                WaytoomanyUIDs
                December 6, 2013 at 12:31 pm | #

                Heh, I also read it as “since I turned, 13 decades ago”

                Have I been watching too much “Being Human”?

                • rachel
                  rachel
                  December 6, 2013 at 1:46 pm | #

                  NO YOU HAVE NOT

                  so goooooood

            • madd
              madd
              December 6, 2013 at 9:55 am | #

              Sympathize. I was hanging out with my aunt and her friends once and a guy was flirting with me hard, which made me greatly uncomfortable, and then he asked me what year I was in, to which I answered that I had just started freshman year and then he asked me which college I went to …

              Thankfully, when I said high school, he backed off at top speed.

              • Marisa Mockery
                Marisa Mockery
                December 6, 2013 at 12:59 pm | #

                My older sister matured super early, and when she was 13 she demanded a bikini for summer in exchange for good grades. She got the grades and the bikini, but she looked like a 16 year old in it, so Mom taught her yo say whenever a guy approached “hi, my name’s Sandra and I’m 13 years old!”

                They always backed off after that.

                • Leorale
                  Leorale
                  December 6, 2013 at 8:54 pm | #

                  Smart mom!

          • Philippe G.
            Philippe G.
            December 6, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

            29?
            I’m starting to think you may not be the actual Doctor.

            • Kirby
              Kirby
              December 6, 2013 at 12:32 am | #

              Hey, the Doctor was 29 once. His first incarnation lived to be an old man. Just the ones after that were very bad at staying alive that long.

            • LockeZ
              LockeZ
              December 6, 2013 at 2:20 am | #

              Time travel, right? When he turned 29, it was in the middle of a time travel expedition to November 2013. He’s experienced lifetimes since then, but it was, technically, a month ago.

            • ninja_jesus
              ninja_jesus
              December 6, 2013 at 3:24 am | #

              29 is like a baby’s age in the passage of time for Time Lords.

          • MichaelHaneline
            MichaelHaneline
            December 6, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

            You mean 290, right?
            Or is that just how long its been since your last regeneration?

            • Kirby
              Kirby
              December 6, 2013 at 6:15 am | #

              He’s not that good at staying alive.

              • Marika Oniki
                Marika Oniki
                December 6, 2013 at 9:40 am | #

                Not true! I’m not sure how long Tennant’s Doctor lasted, but Smith’s has had about 300 years, if you take his stated ages at face value.

              • Blue
                Blue
                December 7, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

                Maybe not recently, but he was nearing 450 when his first incarnation died of old age, and it’s implied in the 50th that another incarnation died of old age as well. (Means Eleven has certainly aged well for 300 years. Also if his reported ages are accurate, every other incarnation has been spectacularly bad at survival.)

          • fogel
            fogel
            December 6, 2013 at 7:15 am | #

            You could be one of those cops who go undercover at a HS…

            • Doctor_Who
              Doctor_Who
              December 6, 2013 at 8:32 am | #

              Please. I was horrible at fitting in even when I WASN’T over a decade out of date.

              How do you do, fellow kids?

        • asmcint
          asmcint
          December 6, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

          I once saw a 20+ year old woman who looked closer to 7. It was honestly kinda surreal looking at someone who looked so mature and yet childlike. The shit you see at Wal-Mart, I swear.

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        December 6, 2013 at 6:16 am | #

        I have friends who love Lolita style. One’s nearly 30 with very adult… attributes, but she can make herself look 10 if she wants to. Which is most of the time.

        So I get weird looks when we’re in public together. >.>

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        December 6, 2013 at 8:56 pm | #

        When I was 26, I walked into a high school to teach a class, and a kindly adult asked me, “Ohh, is it your first day? Do you need help finding homeroom?” True story.

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          December 6, 2013 at 8:59 pm | #

          Ooh, Dina avatar! We’re both gonna get carded ’til our hair turns grey.

          • Foxhack
            Foxhack
            December 7, 2013 at 1:53 am | #

            I STILL GET CARDED AND I HAVE GRAY HAIR.

            People think I’m goth or whatever the kids are these days.

    • Thor
      Thor
      December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      This is how shipping starts. Don’t make us have to get the rolled-up newspaper!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      The answer maybe is both…?

    • Red Robot
      Red Robot
      December 6, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      Well, I get the impression that Riley is so mature and centered that she could be the eldest sister in some parallel universe (if you believe in such things).

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 12:30 am | #

        Nothing says maturity like constant cravings for Cocoa Puffs.

        • Keroshino
          Keroshino
          December 6, 2013 at 7:23 pm | #

          You don’t understand!
          The withdrawal one gets from Cocoa Puffs is crazy!!!

          …and now I need my fix.
          The Puffs man, THE PUFFS!!!

      • showler
        showler
        December 6, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

        Not the Walkyverse, though. She’s still the youngest there.

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        December 6, 2013 at 4:41 pm | #

        Yea, she might even have a kid of her own.

        • Deathjavu
          Deathjavu
          December 6, 2013 at 5:19 pm | #

          You mean, like this one? http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1981

          (I assume that was the joke)

        • John
          John
          December 6, 2013 at 6:52 pm | #

          She’d probably name it after the Cocoa Puffs mascot or something.

    • GoldStarz
      GoldStarz
      December 6, 2013 at 12:27 am | #

      This is simultaneously the most adorable and heartbreaking thing ever!

      • GoldStarz
        GoldStarz
        December 6, 2013 at 12:28 am | #

        Except for that one time. And that other one time. And a few more of those times, but they don’t count.

        • ocbrad1
          ocbrad1
          December 6, 2013 at 11:31 am | #

          +1

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 6, 2013 at 1:35 am | #

      Asians can look very young, especially when you take young looking features with smaller frames.
      Even as a guy of average height I’ve always looked younger than I am. Not a bad thing as time goes on.

      In college I had a friend who know twins in the college he transferred to who looked like they were in their teen (Caucasian). Cute, but they looked like a set-up for a news program.

      So it happens, but ask for ID and look around for a news van.

  4. Lucas
    Lucas
    December 6, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    And Dina is my favorite character again

    • Mr. Bulbmin
      Mr. Bulbmin
      December 6, 2013 at 1:25 am | #

      She stopped being so?
      BLASPHEMY.

      • desolation0
        desolation0
        December 6, 2013 at 1:44 am | #

        She beat out his previous favorite, Dina.

  5. seodra
    seodra
    December 6, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    I have become one of those people that waits up tiplmidnight and refreshes until the comic appears. Da hell happened to my life?

    • Norj
      Norj
      December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

      Willis stole it and your dignity, mine as well come to think.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        December 6, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

        So . . . “Damn you, Wiliis!”?

      • Badeyes
        Badeyes
        December 6, 2013 at 2:46 pm | #

        Somewhere Willis has a large warehouse of stolen dignity.
        He’s not using any of it himself so what is his dastardly plan with that much dignity?

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      December 6, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      It vanished when Willis started mixing in 100 percent more awesome and feels into each strip.

      I never had a life to begin with, so I’m not missing anything, but I can see why for some folks it’s a confusing situation.

      • Waverocker
        Waverocker
        December 6, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Dude, that’s not the way to think about it! There’s a whole world out there to experience! To enjoy! To take over!

        • Bill
          Bill
          December 6, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

          There is life outside your apartment.
          I know it’s hard to conceive.
          But there’s life outside your apartment,
          And you’re only gonna see it if you leave.

          There is cool shit to do, but it can’t come to you,
          And who knows, dude, you might even score!

          There is life outside your apartment.
          But you gotta open the door!

    • LiaHansen
      LiaHansen
      December 6, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Sometimes, late at night, I think my real life is really just filler while I wait around for the webcomics to refresh at midnight. Which reminds me, I have to check out questionable content!

      …oh god I hate myself.

      • carl320
        carl320
        December 6, 2013 at 12:49 am | #

        “Oh god I hate myself”… isn’t that a webcomic to check out?

        *googles it*

        • Raoullefere
          Raoullefere
          December 6, 2013 at 7:15 am | #

          If Jacques ever makes a spin-off starring Marigold, he should seriously consider that as a title for it.

          • John
            John
            December 6, 2013 at 11:16 am | #

            I thought his spin-off starring Marigold was called “Questionable Content”.

            • Badeyes
              Badeyes
              December 6, 2013 at 2:48 pm | #

              Yeah, when did Marten become an extra anyway?

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                December 6, 2013 at 6:43 pm | #

                There hasn’t been one clear protagonist in QC for ages now.

                • David Willis
                  David M Willis
                  December 6, 2013 at 9:08 pm | #

                  so it’s an ensemble cast

              • John
                John
                December 7, 2013 at 2:39 am | #

                To be fair, I’d rather read about Marigold than Marten.

                Though I liked this ship better when it was insane dork-hate-flirting.

                • Raoullefere
                  Raoullefere
                  December 8, 2013 at 2:40 pm | #

                  Blame Momo; it would’ve gone on forever if not for her. But, ooooh nooo…

    • chris73
      chris73
      December 6, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

      Thanks to time zones it appears at 6:00 p.m for me

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

        3:31pm for me.

        • cookie1995
          cookie1995
          December 6, 2013 at 12:22 am | #

          5:00 am for me

          • Ghostforge
            Ghostforge
            December 6, 2013 at 1:05 am | #

            10:00 pm here

            • Keroshino
              Keroshino
              December 6, 2013 at 2:14 am | #

              10:01 for me!

              • Keroshino
                Keroshino
                December 6, 2013 at 2:27 am | #

                Which sucks because I am usually still at work when the comics update!

                …so then I have to be sneaky and pull out my iPhone when no one is around! 😀

    • brionl
      brionl
      December 6, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

      See, that’s why you should live on the West Coast. It’s only 9PM for us. 😛

      • Wonder Wig
        Wonder Wig
        December 6, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

        Sweet sweet 9pm. Actually 9:02 on my computer’s clock for some reason.

        • Kelly
          Kelly
          December 6, 2013 at 3:23 am | #

          Got your NTP turned on?

      • Tacdud2
        Tacdud2
        December 6, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

        Its 11:01 for me

      • Alyssa
        Alyssa
        December 6, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

        1pm for me.

      • Vash
        Vash
        December 6, 2013 at 11:28 am | #

        West coast all the way baby

    • AI
      AI
      December 6, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

      move to central time. it shows up at 11 here.

    • Waverocker
      Waverocker
      December 6, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

      Yyyyep I’ve been one of ‘those people’ for a month or two now. I can’t say it doesn’t bare fruit!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 6, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

      I’m always up past midnight anyway. Yaaaaay jobs with flex time! What would us night owls do without you?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        December 6, 2013 at 3:24 am | #

        I would think flex time would rarely be an issue for you of all people!

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 6, 2013 at 8:33 am | #

          If I were the boss, I would SO change the name of our policy to “Wibbly Wobbly Time”.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 6, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

      I remember when that happened to me. But lately I’ve been doin’ it less cuz…if I miss it at midnight then the comments get flooded and I get annoyed.

    • The_Specter
      The_Specter
      December 6, 2013 at 2:39 am | #

      It appears at 9:00 for me ;-D

  6. KingMabel
    KingMabel
    December 6, 2013 at 12:02 am | #

    Can we PLEASE see them eating cereal together? PLEEEEAAAREEWDSEDEDWEEEREWSSSS?

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      December 6, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

      Sorry the image of Riley and Dina eating cereal gave me a non-sexual spasm…

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 12:15 am | #

        You worry me sometimes kingMabel.

        • Bill
          Bill
          December 6, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

          I’m still trying to figure out what that last word was.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          December 6, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

          Not as much as Queen Dipper, but you worry me all the same.

      • AI
        AI
        December 6, 2013 at 12:24 pm | #

        moe-gasm

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      December 6, 2013 at 4:45 am | #

      But if Riley’s cereal-sexual, that would be EEEEWWW!

    • Vree
      Vree
      December 9, 2013 at 2:25 pm | #

      oh god I second this.
      do it Willis…please.

      also other Riley & Dina doing cute childlish things together.
      cute-gasm > norm-gasm

  7. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    December 6, 2013 at 12:03 am | #

    “I like to think I have a sort of timeless charm.”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 6, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      a “Lucky” Charm if you will. *gobbles cereal*

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 6, 2013 at 6:45 pm | #

      Riley is destined to become a cereal-killer.

  8. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Thanks Amber…way to Dan things up! 🙁

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 6, 2013 at 12:20 am | #

      It’s contagious!!!

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 6, 2013 at 1:41 am | #

      Actually, it’s far better they know now.
      Dina’s dignity would be far more tarnished and she would be very crushed if she found out later.

    • Jack Finch
      Jack Finch
      December 6, 2013 at 3:53 pm | #

      Pop quiz. Who’s really more socially inept, Amber or Dina?

  9. Charlie
    Charlie
    December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Dina and Riley BFFs forever.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      December 6, 2013 at 3:26 am | #

      One can only hope!

  10. Waverocker
    Waverocker
    December 6, 2013 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh Dina

  11. Rabbling Rouser
    Rabbling Rouser
    December 6, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    with shortpacked we get a double dose of Riley today

  12. Waverocker
    Waverocker
    December 6, 2013 at 12:05 am | #

    This is why everyone loves her

  13. Kafloo
    Kafloo
    December 6, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Dina’s not 12!?!?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      December 6, 2013 at 12:21 am | #

      Dina’s middle-aged, she just suffers from Dick Clark Syndrome. 😛

  14. Sam
    Sam
    December 6, 2013 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh gosh this is incredibly adorable.

  15. Aakriti
    Aakriti
    December 6, 2013 at 12:08 am | #

    Poor Dina!

  16. Tacdud2
    Tacdud2
    December 6, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    And Amber just killed the fun the two were going to have.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 6, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      They were gonna go on adventures. CEREAL ADVENTURES.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      December 6, 2013 at 3:24 am | #

      She’s a such a party pooper!

  17. lividjellyfish
    lividjellyfish
    December 6, 2013 at 12:09 am | #

    One does not simply deceive Dina

    • |Agent
      |Agent
      December 6, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

      But one does deceive Dina simply.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 12:17 am | #

        BOOM BOOM!

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          December 6, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

          Was that the best you could do?

          • Boom
            Boom
            December 6, 2013 at 12:51 am | #

            Don’t diss the fox.

  18. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    December 6, 2013 at 12:10 am | #

    Dat unibrow, Riley.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 6, 2013 at 12:13 am | #

      I think it’s just her bangs in between them. They’ve been separate in other strips.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 6, 2013 at 12:24 am | #

      Butter Toast.

      • Beige
        Beige
        December 6, 2013 at 7:01 am | #

        Gravy!

  19. Sammie1053
    Sammie1053
    December 6, 2013 at 12:11 am | #

    Oh god, if we get any more of Dina and Riley’s adorableness I think I’m going to have facial scars from smiling too hard.
    Also, wow, Dina’s vocabulary seems to be better than that of most college GRADUATES.

    • Boom
      Boom
      December 6, 2013 at 12:52 am | #

      So that’s how he got those scars…

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        December 6, 2013 at 11:48 am | #

        Why so happy?

    • Mr. Bulbmin
      Mr. Bulbmin
      December 6, 2013 at 1:29 am | #

      She expresses a vocabulary above most people’s comprehension, period.

      Remember, we live in a world run by the greedy and overrun with the stupid.

    • Bill
      Bill
      December 6, 2013 at 1:48 am | #

      Who got that way by pandering to the lowest common denominator.

  20. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    December 6, 2013 at 12:12 am | #

    Riley’s believe it or not. (Apparently not because she wasn’t tagged, thus it is not Riley, but an imposter!)

    • Rereally
      Rereally
      December 6, 2013 at 3:50 am | #

      I’m surprised he hasn’t fixed it yet.

  21. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    December 6, 2013 at 12:16 am | #

    We all know Dina’s a super-genius, so she is totally twelve.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      December 6, 2013 at 12:34 am | #

      She is basically Chiyo-chan!

      …dammit! Now I want to see Dina in a blue penguin costume.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        December 6, 2013 at 6:47 pm | #

        If Dina = Chiyo-chan, then who is Osaka?

        • Leorale
          Leorale
          December 7, 2013 at 12:17 pm | #

          Osaka’s person hasn’t transferred in yet.

  22. Bob Ross
    Bob Ross
    December 6, 2013 at 12:19 am | #

    Seriously, why is Dina so damn cute?

    • NoHeart
      NoHeart
      December 6, 2013 at 12:29 am | #

      Because Dina. Because Awesome!

  23. Spriteless
    Spriteless
    December 6, 2013 at 12:41 am | #

    Man, Dina is so much cuter than my IRL aspie friend. It is because of the dinosaurs, isn’t it? People love people who love dinosaurs in a way they just don’t love people who love gory japanese porn.

    • Boom
      Boom
      December 6, 2013 at 12:47 am | #

      I see no answer to that which would not tarnish my dignity.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 6, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

      To my knowledge Dina has no confirmed condition. People keep assuming she does but it’s never been stated in the comic and I’ve only ever seen willis say she’s never been diagnosed with anything.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        December 6, 2013 at 1:39 am | #

        She’s not diagnosed, no, but she really sets off that ping! of “Oh yeah, I really really relate to this” in a lot of people who are on the spectrum (me included).

        • Random832
          Random832
          December 6, 2013 at 7:41 am | #

          Kind of like Sheldon from Big Bang Theory, only without also being a huge jerk.

        • Bill
          Bill
          December 6, 2013 at 3:17 pm | #

          But Sheldon is not crazy.  His mother had him tested.

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        December 6, 2013 at 1:58 am | #

        It’s a common enough way to handle it, like Abed on Community.
        She seems to have an awareness of it though, knows but not feels the significance of expressions, and isn’t over stimulated from being outside of her comfort zone while in a chaotic environment.

        Yes that was a terrible run on sentence. Sure, I could have broken it up into several sentences as I have in the past. But without editing features, it stays that way.

        • Cragalanch
          Cragalanch
          December 6, 2013 at 6:17 am | #

          Cragalanch is wondering why you didn’t proofread

  24. Opus the Poet
    Opus the Poet
    December 6, 2013 at 12:42 am | #

    Poor Dina thinks she still has some dignity left. Silly girl.

    • Ourorboros
      Ourorboros
      December 6, 2013 at 1:59 am | #

      If you kept all your dignity in college, you certainly did something wrong.

      • rachel
        rachel
        December 6, 2013 at 1:52 pm | #

        a) terrific gravatar my friend

        b) hopefully it’s not all gone within the first month of college :/

  25. neon5162
    neon5162
    December 6, 2013 at 12:50 am | #

    The Hat is not amused. lol

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      December 6, 2013 at 10:45 am | #

      Come to think of it, Dina’s choice of headwear does not exactly scream ‘maturity’, which may have been a factor when Riley guessed her age.

      That is assuming the headwear gave Dina a choice, of course.

    • Bill
      Bill
      December 6, 2013 at 3:06 pm | #

      Speaking of hats, I wonder when (or if) Joyce will be wearing her ‘alien’ hat again.

  26. Emoroffle
    Emoroffle
    December 6, 2013 at 12:55 am | #

    Yes, yes she is. On the inside.

  27. beugie101
    beugie101
    December 6, 2013 at 1:59 am | #

    Twelve looks so strange spelled as a word. It’s like one of those words that doesn’t look like a word when you read it over a few times, and now my brain can’t process it as a word…

  28. Aeyt
    Aeyt
    December 6, 2013 at 2:24 am | #

    that was cute and sad all at once

  29. Lhocke
    Lhocke
    December 6, 2013 at 3:17 am | #

    It may be the complete lack of sleep but in this strip Dina’s voice suddenly sounded a lot like Starfire from Teen Titans in my head.

    • sentrythedefiant
      sentrythedefiant
      December 6, 2013 at 3:43 am | #

      YOU’RE THE ONE MAKING WILLIS TAKE SHOTS AAH YOU MONSTER

    • espanolbot
      espanolbot
      December 6, 2013 at 5:30 am | #

      I always read her with Niki Yang’s voice. 🙂

      • Sir Robin
        Sir Robin
        December 6, 2013 at 6:28 am | #

        I always read Dina as Fluttershy

        • Beanzoboy
          Beanzoboy
          December 6, 2013 at 8:51 am | #

          Just like with Fluttershy, Dina is best pony. 😀

  30. Red Robot
    Red Robot
    December 6, 2013 at 3:36 am | #

    Is anyone else relieved about seeing Amber spoiling Dina’s fun as opposed to, say, running into Danny and Sal? At least its the lesser of two evils.

    • Jack Finch
      Jack Finch
      December 6, 2013 at 3:51 pm | #

      No. Willis doesn’t choose the lesser evil, he just saves it up for later.

      • Keroshino
        Keroshino
        December 6, 2013 at 7:35 pm | #

        And it then becomes bigger than it was originally!

  31. Epic25
    Epic25
    December 6, 2013 at 4:19 am | #

    Rapport
    Rapptor
    Raptor

  32. ATN
    ATN
    December 6, 2013 at 5:20 am | #

    Treachery is afoot!

  33. joeyo
    joeyo
    December 6, 2013 at 7:46 am | #

    I’m Not Rappaport

  34. Jack Finch
    Jack Finch
    December 6, 2013 at 8:23 am | #

    Baby steps Dina

  35. Scolopendra
    Scolopendra
    December 6, 2013 at 8:33 am | #

    …Has Dina been taking speech lessons from Vaarsuvius?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      December 6, 2013 at 8:38 am | #

      Hot DAMN is that a mashup I would love to see.

      Jacob = Roy
      Mike = Belkar
      Dina = Vaarsuvius
      Walky = Elan
      Billie = Haley
      Ethan = Durkon

      • Pebblerocker
        Pebblerocker
        December 6, 2013 at 8:36 pm | #

        oh wow

        In the spirit of geekery I feel I should quibble over your choices, but I’m too busy being amazed at the possibilities.

        Also, Galasso = Tarquin.

        • Scolopendra
          Scolopendra
          December 6, 2013 at 11:26 pm | #

          These are all good, except I would argue that Joe = Belkar (in a less stabby way), and Mike = Xykon. Ruth was Miko before The Event, now I’m not sure who she is. Also not sure where to find our Redcloak corollary.

          • Scolopendra
            Scolopendra
            December 6, 2013 at 11:29 pm | #

            No wait, I’m an idiot, *Mary* is Miko. No two ways about it.

  36. tahrey
    tahrey
    December 6, 2013 at 8:42 am | #

    pahahahaha 😀

  37. XMinusOne
    XMinusOne
    December 6, 2013 at 9:27 am | #

    Why would anyone assume that an 11 year old would be on campus as a student? I did go to college with a 15 year old girl brainiac, but she lived at home and her parents brought her every day. She acted like she was 30.

    • David Willis
      David M Willis
      December 6, 2013 at 9:59 am | #

      Where is anyone assuming an 11 year old is a student? Dina doesn’t consider Riley’s age until it’s pointed out, and Riley is keenly aware it’s Freshman Family Weekend.

      • Ourorboros
        Ourorboros
        December 6, 2013 at 6:10 pm | #

        And the “mean girls” were just being that while at the mall.

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      December 9, 2013 at 3:55 am | #

      (…as is Amber) ? 😉

  38. Far
    Far
    December 6, 2013 at 10:08 am | #

    Darn, Riley almost made Dina’s ‘short list,’
    now she’s just on the ‘Dina’s short’ list.

    • Keroshino
      Keroshino
      December 6, 2013 at 7:38 pm | #

      Pretty much the same as the ‘Edward Elric’s short’ list

  39. Volkai
    Volkai
    December 6, 2013 at 10:23 am | #

    Aaaand this sort of thing is why I don’t guess people’s ages at less than a decade range.

  40. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    December 6, 2013 at 11:06 am | #

    That comic where Dina is super cute.

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      December 6, 2013 at 11:13 am | #

      You mean every comic.

      • John
        John
        December 6, 2013 at 11:24 am | #

        Nah.

        She isn’t in most of them.

        • Kernanator
          Kernanator
          December 6, 2013 at 12:13 pm | #

          Actually, she is, she’s just hiding behind a door.

          • Ourorboros
            Ourorboros
            December 6, 2013 at 6:11 pm | #

            Or swept up and hidden by the crowd.

  41. maycroft
    maycroft
    December 6, 2013 at 12:18 pm | #

    Dina: “well, I’m gonna have my dignity tranished anyway. So what the hell”

  42. Arkadi
    Arkadi
    December 6, 2013 at 1:16 pm | #

    Amber’s face is best face.

    • tom
      tom
      December 6, 2013 at 1:51 pm | #

      FFAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEE

      • I don't know what to put here.
        I don't know what to put here.
        December 6, 2013 at 10:54 pm | #

        I’ve seen that joke so many times that it doesn’t PHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASE me anymore.

  43. tom
    tom
    December 6, 2013 at 1:50 pm | #

    The truth comes out! Those inquiring about riley’s “legality” really are creepy! (unless they were also 12 — I was all like a/s/l? when I was 12)

    • rachel
      rachel
      December 6, 2013 at 1:55 pm | #

      YUP.

      but yeah having being a pervy 12 year old, wow, good god that makes me super super nervous for my own kids in the future. “NO DATING AND NO COMPUTERS TIL YOU’RE THIRTY” but Something tells me that won’t work.

      • Badeyes
        Badeyes
        December 6, 2013 at 2:55 pm | #

        You wont last nearly that long lol. They’ll defeat you by 17 if not before.

        • rachel
          rachel
          December 7, 2013 at 9:01 pm | #

          AND THEN EVERYONE WILL GET HERPES AND DIE.

          don’t worry, no kiddoz yet, but fuuuuuck it will be so nuttyyyyy

      • Jack Finch
        Jack Finch
        December 6, 2013 at 3:50 pm | #

        The final touches on physical neural development don’t happen until the early to mid 20’s. On the other hand sexual development finishes several years before this. I don’t think this is a coincidence, evolution-wise.

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          December 9, 2013 at 4:06 am | #

          Those final changes are probably “OK time to stop screwin’ and start lookin’ after the kids instead”, given the historical record of life expectancy plus age of marriage and first childbirth…

          It’s probably safe to say instinct and the genetic side of evolution hasn’t kept up with our massive leaps in nutrition, medicine and education (and family structure/timelines) that have come since, biasing the various stages of development to somewhat later in life. Re-doing the survey in a few hundred years’ time, assuming we don’t suffer a(nother) catastrophic collapse of civilisation, may present a figure more along the lines of early 30s. I’m not sure mine is quite finished yet, even. I’m certainly not who I was five years ago.

    • tahrey
      tahrey
      December 9, 2013 at 4:02 am | #

      Man, this is a closed world to me. I was all like “what’s this ‘internet’ thing” and “jeez why are we getting a clunky-ass PC not a Falcon?” when I was 12 🙂

      Mind you, that’s not to say we probably weren’t even more perverted at that age, and indeed 10-11, when there was opportunity. There just wasn’t much of the latter… (and, as with internet use, it was only in the odd moments where supervision was lacking)

  44. Hotsauce
    Hotsauce
    December 6, 2013 at 2:34 pm | #

    I’ve discovered that I read pretty much everything Dina says in Teen Titans Go Starfire’s voice.

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      December 6, 2013 at 4:11 pm | #

      I’d make it a bit more nasal. Starfire’s was really cheerful and emotional, which Dina isn’t.

      • Bob Ross
        Bob Ross
        December 6, 2013 at 9:32 pm | #

        yeah no kidding, it’d be more like raven or a vulcan 😛

        • tahrey
          tahrey
          December 9, 2013 at 4:12 am | #

          I’ve barely even seen any TT, but I think it might be most accurate to pitch it between the two. Raven’s just a bit TOO flat and low pitched, too cynically Daria-like. Needs to be a bit higher pitched, a little more confused and inquisitive, and indeed more neutral. Plus, she does at least *try*.

      • Hotsauce
        Hotsauce
        December 9, 2013 at 2:20 pm | #

        You think this is under my control?

  45. butts mcgee
    butts mcgee
    December 6, 2013 at 5:37 pm | #

    when i first read this in the a.m., my first reaction was “RAPPORT? MORE LIKE RAPTORP, AM I RIGHT DINA?”

    it was pretty funny at 7 am.

  46. Angel
    Angel
    December 6, 2013 at 7:05 pm | #

    people have always underestimated my age, sometimes by as much as ten years, but my favorite part of this is hiw Dina is basically a good guy version of Faz.

    • Mr K
      Mr K
      December 6, 2013 at 9:33 pm | #

      She isn’t perving after Amber. Or is she?

  47. man in black
    man in black
    December 6, 2013 at 10:14 pm | #

    great page

  48. guy
    guy
    December 6, 2013 at 10:46 pm | #

    Great page. Now drink.

  49. Crazy Pete
    Crazy Pete
    December 6, 2013 at 11:50 pm | #

    Im an opposite here.Im 14 but because of my hair(facial,on my hands,legs,pretty much everywhere),people think im a short 16-18year old

    • Teddybear
      Teddybear
      December 6, 2013 at 11:53 pm | #

      Used to happen to me a lot in high school. people thought I was a senior

  50. Ben
    Ben
    December 7, 2013 at 5:55 am | #

    Is it bad that I heard DBZ abridged’s dende voice for dina’s in teh last panel >_<

  51. Jen
    Jen
    December 7, 2013 at 4:19 pm | #

    The fact that Dina realizes that any answer to that would “tarnish her dignity” means she’s really growing in terms of social skills and interactions, I think. 🙂

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