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by David M Willis on November 21, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: amber, danny, ethan

Discussion (221) ¬

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  1. Camachri
    Camachri
    November 21, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    On one hand, I don’t want Ethan to get between Danny and Amber.

    On the other hand, I really want Danny to get between Amber and Ethan.

    • Dean
      Dean
      November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Coming soon on Slipshine, ‘Danny Gets Between Amber and Ethan’.

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

        Yes, please.

        • The_Master
          The_Master
          November 21, 2014 at 1:42 am | #

          I really think it would be more realistic if Danny was between Amber and Ethan.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          November 22, 2014 at 11:51 am | #

          Thirded. Or Nthed, I’m not sure anymore.

      • liahansen
        liahansen
        November 21, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        “Danny tries to force an awkward threesome fantasy out of his mind while his two loves talk about nerd stuff or whatever over lunch”

        • Leonou
          Leonou
          November 21, 2014 at 3:27 am | #

          Hey, Amber probably wouldn’t mind if Ethan joined them for make-outs sessions. He was her high-school boyfriend after all and she talked about him being Hot.
          An nobody will convince me that a Yaoi girl like her is ooposed to threesomes on principle.
          So unless it makes Ethan feel weird …

          • Saru
            Saru
            November 21, 2014 at 6:31 am | #

            And hell, the whole thing could be staged somewhere where Joyce could look on disapprovingly.

            • SeanCX
              SeanCX
              November 21, 2014 at 10:40 am | #

              Joyce’s Disapproval Face is watermarked subtly over every panel, scowling half-unseen at all the PMHP.

              • Kim
                Kim
                November 21, 2014 at 5:12 pm | #

                This.

          • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
            Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
            November 21, 2014 at 8:15 pm | #

            OH MY GOD YES THIS THIS THIS

      • Van Jealous
        Van Jealous
        November 21, 2014 at 7:42 am | #

        Coming soon! The Dumbing of Age remake of the film version of CABARET!

      • Toes14
        Toes14
        November 21, 2014 at 11:04 am | #

        But will she wear the mask or not?

      • Jade
        Jade
        November 21, 2014 at 2:45 pm | #

        If Amber is the tugboat needed to get this ship to sail, then by all means: “toot toot!”

    • Taigan
      Taigan
      November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      I am picturing your comment in a very literal way. It is hawtsome.

      • Pat
        Pat
        November 21, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        I’m pretty sure that’s how it was intended.

        • Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          Gadgeteer Smashwidget
          November 21, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

          Perfect Gravatar for that comment.

    • caramelundqueer
      caramelundqueer
      November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      I’m sure he wants that too.

    • Insanenoodlyguy
      Insanenoodlyguy
      November 21, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      What’s important is that Amber sees.

      This will start off the “Dark Amazi-girl” arc.

    • Yarthepirate
      Yarthepirate
      November 21, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      5 words for you: Full contact, naked, conga line

      • Voiddragon13
        Voiddragon13
        November 21, 2014 at 5:24 am | #

        Those words have officially made it impossible to not picture it. My mind humbly thanks you for this thought process.

      • Catullus
        Catullus
        November 21, 2014 at 7:19 am | #

        Like a Human Centipede, but sexy

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 21, 2014 at 8:17 am | #

          Also, entirely consensual.

        • Drakey
          Drakey
          November 21, 2014 at 12:03 pm | #

          Human sexipede?

    • thinkingofthechildren
      thinkingofthechildren
      November 21, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

      I want Ethan to be happy. He’s a sweet, well-meaning guy…but, I think he could do much better than Danny (and when I say that, understand that I actually rather like Danny). It just requires the introduction of a new character….and given Willis, it is going to require a lot more drama and pain before poor Ethan is going to reach that state.

      • Insanenoodlyguy
        Insanenoodlyguy
        November 21, 2014 at 10:37 am | #

        Most of the viable shipping canidates for Danny can do better then Danny. We’ll never get that poor boy sexed up if we wait for the equivalent Danny-Mate.

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          November 21, 2014 at 3:54 pm | #

          And yet Danny is extremely popular with women, and has had sex offered to him the comic at least once already.

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 21, 2014 at 8:15 pm | #

        What’s so bad about Danny?

    • Anderhail
      Anderhail
      November 21, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

      Well, in at least one universe, Amber is down for a threesome at minimum, as is Ethan.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        November 21, 2014 at 3:17 pm | #

        Only because they were suffering from about a decade of extreme repression.

    • Boomer Gonzales
      Boomer Gonzales
      November 21, 2014 at 2:46 am | #

      I’ve played that game before. It was kinky as hell and I have NO regrets. 😀

    • Baggy
      Baggy
      November 21, 2014 at 7:12 pm | #

      I am certain that. Amber would be in the middle 😛

  2. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    November 21, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “Yeah, I THOUGHT I recognized that fine ass!”

    “You did, Danny?”

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      Danny’s a power Top, there’s a reason his name is Wilcox.

      • Anderhail
        Anderhail
        November 21, 2014 at 1:30 am | #

        Thank you for that. I am smirking and enjoying that fact

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 21, 2014 at 8:16 pm | #

        “HOLEEEEEEEE” -Head Alien

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      November 22, 2014 at 10:59 pm | #

      oh is making promises you dont know if you can keep back in

  3. Saru
    Saru
    November 21, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Not your promise to make, Amber. Not your promise to make.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      November 21, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      Now now, instead of stealing, why not sharing?

      • Pat
        Pat
        November 21, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

        Borrowing?

        • Arkadi
          Arkadi
          November 21, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

          Burrowing?

          • Jen Aside
            Jen Aside
            November 21, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

            Motorboarding?

            [GO BIG OR GO HOME]

            [[in which case, fellating??]]

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 21, 2014 at 8:20 am | #

          With an option to buy? Easy monthly payments?

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            November 21, 2014 at 3:56 pm | #

            I just had the rather cynical realization that that could be a description if serious dating.

      • merle
        merle
        November 21, 2014 at 9:36 am | #

        Sharing is the way to go! They would be adorable as a triad.

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      November 22, 2014 at 11:50 pm | #

      oh is making promises you dont know if you can keep back in

  4. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    November 21, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Triangles.

  5. AHR
    AHR
    November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Cmon Danny, OT3

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      That’ll turn into an OT1 in a heartbeat.

      • thinkingofthechildren
        thinkingofthechildren
        November 21, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

        OTRH

        • Petsinwinter
          Petsinwinter
          November 21, 2014 at 7:24 am | #

          OTKO

  6. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    OT3.

  7. RJ
    RJ
    November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    OOOH NOOO
    but also
    YESSSSSSSSS

  8. caramelundqueer
    caramelundqueer
    November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Is he hiding another life changing boner?

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      Not with that posture.

      • caramelundqueer
        caramelundqueer
        November 21, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Life changing semi?

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          November 21, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

          I was thinking whatever Dennis had when he watched Vince Noir kiss Howard Moon.

          • Jen
            Jen
            November 21, 2014 at 4:25 pm | #

            Wow. A Mighty Boosh reference. I wasn’t expecting that. 🙂

      • GodtiernickCage
        GodtiernickCage
        November 21, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        well it could be, i mean we don’t see his legs in the bottom half. He could be doing the pattended “ass out to your boner into a buffalo bill to avoid awkward questions”

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          November 21, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

          Ted Levine will never escape the shadow of that role, but no one remembers that the Oracle in the Matrix movies was a vegetarian criminal bent on world domination in Leonard Part 6.

          Damn, I don’t remember where I was going with this.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    November 21, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    All I’m saying is you’d better keep Danny in your Hug Bosom or he might start going KOSHER.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 21, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

      It’s often said of cute Israelis: There’s no eye-candy like kosher eye-candy.

      • jslanger
        jslanger
        November 21, 2014 at 1:33 am | #

        So very very true. Especially when in an army uniform….

    • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
      Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
      November 21, 2014 at 8:18 pm | #

      Oh, it’s much too late for the HUGS BOSOM, Danny’s already past the
      EVENT HORIZON

  10. Mr k
    Mr k
    November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Danny and Ethan should get together. Amber gets annoyed, and then tries to steal Danny’s former girlfriends as revenge.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 21, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Mr K wants me to stop reading by bringing together two of my least favorite characters!

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        November 21, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        I’ll add Joyce to the Ethan/Danny Ship as well.

    • Arkadi
      Arkadi
      November 21, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

      What, Amber and Dorothy?

      Nah. I bet they’d just fuse together into a single character or something.

      • Kirt
        Kirt
        November 21, 2014 at 9:46 am | #

        Which would be a shame after all the effort to actually make them different.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 22, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        Fusion ha!
        http://img2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100225121719/dragonball/images/b/b3/GotenAndTrunksSGAHFR.png

  11. etybolik
    etybolik
    November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    The Danning-Up clock starts now.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 21, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      Any minute now

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      November 21, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      I don’t know if these two can ever be truly danned. Past experience has shown them to be virtually un-dannable.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 21, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

      Between those three I call pretty even odds on who Dannies it up first.

      • etybolik
        etybolik
        November 21, 2014 at 2:02 am | #

        Who else but the original?

  12. fireindaarcade
    fireindaarcade
    November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    I think everyone knew this storyline was coming.

    • JustCheetoDust
      JustCheetoDust
      November 21, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      It won’t just be the storyline!

      • Arkadi
        Arkadi
        November 21, 2014 at 12:50 am | #

        …we all hope 😀

  13. newllend
    newllend
    November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Everyone’s been acting weird lately, isn’t that right Danny ?

  14. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    November 21, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    It’s only awkward if you think it’s weird that there’s sexual tension between your current boyfriend and you ex.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 21, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

      Yeah, but it’s supposed to be a different kind of sexual tension…

  15. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Danny is struggling not to imagine himself being the meat in the Amber and Ethan sandwich.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 21, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      I don’t think Danny does threesome fantasies.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 21, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

        No, threesome fantasies does Danny.

        • JustCheetoDust
          JustCheetoDust
          November 21, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s–1h_TBSu—/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_320/18d85safraw4xjpg.jpg

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 21, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

            WOOT!

        • None
          None
          November 21, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          I literally “Ah hah!”‘d at this comment.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 21, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

            Woohoo!

            • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
              Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
              November 21, 2014 at 8:19 pm | #

              Woohoo indeed.

      • caramelundqueer
        caramelundqueer
        November 21, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        Given it’ll probably be another decade before Ethan/Danny actually get to hook up fantasies are all we have!

      • Kirt
        Kirt
        November 21, 2014 at 9:47 am | #

        He only does foursome fantasies. Danny, Ethan, Amber, and Amazi-Girl.

    • John
      John
      November 21, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      What kind of messed up sandwich has the Wonder Bread in the middle?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        November 21, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        Ethan should be in the middle. He’s much more kosher.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          November 21, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

          But Ethan doesn’t want to be in the middle.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            November 21, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

            There’s probably a page in the kama sutra where everyone can be happy and Ethan still be in the middle.

            • Leorale
              Leorale
              November 21, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

              Ethan’s threesome fantasy: Ethan and Danny have sexy times and then Amber gives them each a high-five and a transformer.

              • Adam Black
                Adam Black
                November 22, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

                LOL

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              November 21, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

              Sure, move Amber into the next room and Ethan’s still technically in the middle.

            • fogel
              fogel
              November 21, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

              If they practiced the Klein Bottle Sutra, everyone could be on the inside … and the outside.

        • fogel
          fogel
          November 21, 2014 at 1:06 am | #

          Is it relevant in the dumby-verse that in Shortpacked Jesus called Ethan on not following The (Talmudic) Laws? If he’s not religiously observant, can he BE “kosher” if he doesn’t “keep kosher”? Jesus seemed to think not.

          Mary delenda est

          • Bill
            Bill
            November 21, 2014 at 11:05 am | #

            I used to see a Jewish lady who described herself as “Kosh” and that there were others who were Kosher.  She also had her own interpretation of the Law.  For example, we spent one night in her motel room watching a video and sharing a veggie pizza and an order of chicken wings.  Mixing meat and dairy — a distinct no-no if one is keeping Kosher, right?  Well, she pointed out that the relevant wording in the Scriptures was something along the line of “not cooking a kid in its mother’s milk”, and stated that if anyone could show her a chicken that ever gave milk she would be more than happy to give up this particular pairing.

            • Kelly
              Kelly
              November 22, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

              Kosh?

              http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20080428062749/babylon5/images/4/49/SheridanKoshDelenn01.jpg

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        November 21, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        The one with only one slice?

      • JWLM
        JWLM
        November 21, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

        This comment wins the internets today.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        November 21, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

        I lol’ed.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 21, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

        Wonderbread? So Joyce will be joining in? 😛

        • John
          John
          November 21, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

          No, Danny is Wonderbread. Joyce’s code name is Pollyanna.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 21, 2014 at 4:18 pm | #

            AH!

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      November 21, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

      I’d eat it. 🙂

      • Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        Dirk Strider's Splinter Hopeself
        November 21, 2014 at 8:20 pm | #

        Yeah, Danny’s mouth is gonna be too preoccupied.

  16. advancecassette
    advancecassette
    November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Sommelier, what wine pairs well with this fine kettle of fish I’ve ordered for some reason

  17. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Oh Amber, you’ve already lost and nobody with you knows it yet. XD

  18. Sam
    Sam
    November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Ethan is stealing Danny with his amazingness.

  19. Katie
    Katie
    November 21, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    I’m still hoping for a polyamorous thing between these three where the straight girl who is best friends with the gay guy can share their doofy bi boyfriend.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 21, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

      And yet, the bi guy is the greatest obstacle of it ever happening. That plus they’re both way too possessive to ever share with each other.

      • tinfoil theory
        tinfoil theory
        November 21, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

        Monogamy is for straight people.

        Wait, that’s stupid. Amber is technically straight, and it would be polyandry, not polygamy.

        But mmf threesomes are usually disappointing for the f involved if the ms are into each other at all. Then again, that’s her fetish, and she is anything but usual.

        Nothing broken: Cast off!

        • John
          John
          November 21, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

          “Polygamy” is not gender-specific. I believe you’re confusing it with “polygyny”.

          • Anthropology
            Anthropology
            November 21, 2014 at 10:38 am | #

            Polygamy is multiple marriage, as is polygyny. The difference is that polygyny is multiple wives specifically. In this case, no one would be getting married (unless that’s what you wanted to imply).

          • tinfoil theory
            tinfoil theory
            November 22, 2014 at 2:22 am | #

            Entirely possible. In that case, disregard the second half of the second sentence of the second paragraph.

        • Name23432
          Name23432
          November 21, 2014 at 7:51 pm | #

          >But mmf threesomes are usually disappointing for the f involved if the ms are into each other at all.

          What?! Ladies? Is this true?

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      November 21, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

      Hey, I’m… want that

    • caesaria82
      caesaria82
      November 21, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Same. I’ve been really good this year, I think Santa owes me one xD

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        November 21, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        You want to be Santa’s doofy bi boyfriend?

        • caesaria82
          caesaria82
          November 21, 2014 at 12:29 am | #

          lol I guess with the Danny icon that was bound to happen. Idk, Santa seems like a catch. A bearded bear who brings me presents?
          I mean. I’m a girl, but if I was Danny, I could do worse :p

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            November 21, 2014 at 1:09 am | #

            This is true! As long as his wife is cool with it, why not? Go get ‘im, tigress.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            November 21, 2014 at 8:28 am | #

            He DOES seem very spry for his age – he’d probably be pretty good in bed.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      November 21, 2014 at 6:07 pm | #

      I really don’t think any of the people involved has the maturity to pull that off, sorry.

  20. John
    John
    November 21, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    Okay, yeah, I ship it.

    • lejwocky
      lejwocky
      November 21, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      toot toot

  21. caramelundqueer
    caramelundqueer
    November 21, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    But also yes! I’v been waiting since….August (Jesus Christ) to see this storyline get picked up again.

    …Oh god please don’t go back to Becky or Walky tomorrow.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      November 21, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

      Caramelundqueer is the anti-me!

      • GodtiernickCage
        GodtiernickCage
        November 21, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        i gotta say Yotomoe, you’be been exceptionally sassy in these comments, im must applaud you

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          November 21, 2014 at 8:29 am | #

          He’s bored, he’s waiting for the comic to get back to characters he likes.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      November 21, 2014 at 9:10 am | #

      Ask, and ye shall receive Faz =p

  22. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    November 21, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Add Sal to this mix and everything will be perfect. 😀

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 21, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      YES! PLEASE!

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 21, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

        Surely it can only makes things better. 😀

        • Mr k
          Mr k
          November 21, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

          They hopefully all have sex and get over their promblems. :D.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 21, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

            Did you mean to do that pun, cos if you did… AWESOME!

  23. Twilightomens
    Twilightomens
    November 21, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

    David Willis I love you.

  24. ShaggyDonahugh
    ShaggyDonahugh
    November 21, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Oh sweety, if only you knew….muahahahahaha

  25. newllend
    newllend
    November 21, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Oh god I’m loving this moment right now, even if I’m still not shore about the entire Danny/Ethan thing I feel like I want this to get more akward…wait how about when they get there Joyce, Walky,Becky and Sal are all at the same restaurant. That would be perfect.

  26. Khaner
    Khaner
    November 21, 2014 at 12:15 am | #

    Ethan doesn’t know, does he?
    Poor Ethan
    He’s going to cause more drama.

    • newllend
      newllend
      November 21, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      All 3 of them aren’t aware of something at the moment when you think about it.

      • winter
        winter
        November 21, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

        Leaving the Danny/Ethan stuff aside temporarily…

        Amber never told Danny about the convenience store hold-up and what that has to do with Amazi-girl, did she? Danny asked her at some point about and she said she wasn’t ready to talk about it. And she was pretty defensive about the girls in Clark Wing knowing about her dad. Anyone think she might get pissed at Ethan and Danny for going behind her back to compare notes?

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          November 21, 2014 at 6:43 am | #

          Ethan has every right to talk about the robbery, considering he was not only there but the one held at knife point. And her not talking about her dad got Danny kidnapped.

          • winter
            winter
            November 21, 2014 at 6:42 pm | #

            There are very few things people don’t have the right to talk about, and this is certainly not one of them.

            My point was not that Ethan and Danny should not have compared notes, but rather that Amber purposefully and aggressively hides the weaker parts of herself (to her own self-detriment) and thus might not take kindly to the fact that they did share notes, however justified they were in doing so.

  27. Boomwolf
    Boomwolf
    November 21, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    Oooooooooh, this ain’t gonna end well.

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      November 21, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      Nor did it begin- or middle-well. Hooray!

  28. Kelly
    Kelly
    November 21, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

    Re: Alt text. Forgot to upload it? Like it wasn’t in the uploaded queue and you had to remove them, put this one in, and reupload?

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      November 21, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

      There was just nothing in the queue for today. Sometimes I draw comics so fast I forget to put them somewhere.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        November 21, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        Have you ever done one of those videos where you show how your webcomic is drawn?

        • David M Willis
          David M Willis
          November 21, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

          I used to try to do livestreams, but those damn things kept crashing on me. Here’s some old ones: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/shortpacked

          I can’t really do them anymore anyway — the strips I draw are in like March, there’d be too many major spoilers.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            November 21, 2014 at 1:12 am | #

            That’s a shame, it’s fun watching various artist do their thing especially on one of those paint shop programs.

            • sps48
              sps48
              November 21, 2014 at 10:51 pm | #

              30 second Spray Paint Art!

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            November 21, 2014 at 1:49 am | #

            You should stream pinups and commissions and Character design things you post whenever you change a characters outfit.

          • Adam Black
            Adam Black
            November 22, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

            I know a way.
            You could do a livestream of you watching a taping of drawing yesterdays O or the current comic. That way no spoilers.

            That way you can still livestream the lecture part, and take questions.
            ( of course this means you have to record some of you working and pull them out 3months later )

            If you did one for preview panels of a Slip-shine, It would also serve as powerful advertising for it. ( Assuming of course Slipshine is OK with that ) .

  29. Kamino Neko
    Kamino Neko
    November 21, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

    Quoth Fate: ‘Hmm. I’m so tempted…’

  30. Bagge
    Bagge
    November 21, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

    “Wow it sure is awkward that we have to pretend we haven’t talked about Amber behind her back.”

  31. stuffandthings
    stuffandthings
    November 21, 2014 at 12:52 am | #

    I’m excited both for ensuing drama and the thought of Danny and Ethan being (a much needed) thing 😀

  32. FuryOfFirestorm
    FuryOfFirestorm
    November 21, 2014 at 1:17 am | #

    I am now shipping Danamberthan.

    Make it so, Willis!

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      November 21, 2014 at 12:33 pm | #

      Ethambanny?

  33. Jamie
    Jamie
    November 21, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

    I love this so much I can’t properly describe it.

  34. winter
    winter
    November 21, 2014 at 1:22 am | #

    Actually, can someone offer an interpretation for Danny’s face (faaaaaaaaaaace) last panel?

    It looks like a very happy smile to me. But then there is the tiny word bubble. And according to my calculations Danny should be a horrified and unsmiling puddle of goo on the ground right now. Halp explains!

    • stuffandthings
      stuffandthings
      November 21, 2014 at 2:23 am | #

      It looks like a nervous smile to me. He’s trying to pretend to be happy about it but is actually horrified (because like, you know he wants Ethan so bad so it is happy in a way lol) 😀

    • Bill
      Bill
      November 21, 2014 at 11:19 am | #

      I read it in a different way.  He was hoping for some more (bangy) time alone with Amber but it appears she has a different idea in mind.  So he’s been cock-blocked, he wants to say something about it, but doesn’t know exactly what to say or how to say it.

      • caramelundqueer
        caramelundqueer
        November 21, 2014 at 3:47 pm | #

        I don’t know why you’d read it that way considering Amber’s last line and everything we know about what’s going on with Danny in regards to Ethan.

    • brumagem
      brumagem
      November 21, 2014 at 9:42 pm | #

      My interpretation is that he’s floored to be with two people he’s super into, but at the same time nervous and a bit confused still because of the bi thing.

  35. Nono
    Nono
    November 21, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

    Lab? What course is Ethan taking?

    As far as I know, he was undecided, right?

    • A Scientist
      A Scientist
      November 21, 2014 at 1:57 am | #

      To me, that one of the DoA characters is taking what I presume is a lab science (oh please be chemistry or physics) is the most important part of this strip.

    • Dorje Sylas
      Dorje Sylas
      November 21, 2014 at 3:39 am | #

      Many physical sciences have a lab section of introductory courses. He could be taking Intro to Physical Geography for all we know.

  36. Malchus
    Malchus
    November 21, 2014 at 1:48 am | #

    Ladies, gentlemen, energy beings, let us prepare the popcorn!

  37. Derek
    Derek
    November 21, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

    Dina and Mike need to interact at some point dammit! I feel like I’ve been waiting forever. Also I find it pretty bizarre Mike and Amber have barely seen each other in this universe.

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      November 21, 2014 at 3:02 am | #

      I feel like Mike would like Dina, or possibly respect her, or perhaps even respect her in some sense. She’s intelligent in what she’s passionate about and pretty perceptive, and when she isn’t (usually in social situations), she’s direct in how she asks questions and isn’t afraid to say that she doesn’t know something.

      If not that, then Mike would probably work out quickly that his Asshole-Fu won’t work on her Dino-Jujutsu.

      • beege
        beege
        November 21, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

        Dina often comes to the same place as Mike but from exactly the opposite direction. It’s hard to say if he’d be enamored of her or horrified by her.

      • Dorje Sylas
        Dorje Sylas
        November 21, 2014 at 3:53 am | #

        Mike is a deft manipulator of social norms to make you feel bad about your blind spots. Dina’s blind spot is dinosaurs, however inorder to exploit it Mike would need make her feel embarrassed about being obssed with them. Since Dina has no social norm framework to be embarrassed with, it’s like the question of the unstoppable force and the immovable object. If you follow MinutePhysics take, they just pass through each other with no interaction at all. Even if there was negative interaction there would likely be an Amazi-ng amount of fallout.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      November 21, 2014 at 9:32 am | #

      I would like to see Mike try to bully Dina only for it to blow right over her head, like when Ruth tried to insult Joyce.

      The problem is that he probably would be able to get to her if he applied himself, and that wouldn’t be funny. That would be horrifying and mean.

  38. EvergreenFir
    EvergreenFir
    November 21, 2014 at 3:04 am | #

    Damn your likely foreshadowing Willis!

  39. Sam
    Sam
    November 21, 2014 at 3:46 am | #

    I’m torn. On one hand my brain is going “just ‘cuz he’s bi doesn’t mean Danny has to jump into bed with the first dude he was attracted to, bi people are usually monogamous and Danny’s a serial monogamist, he’d never treat Amber like that,” etc. On the other hand, hot damn do I wanna see Danny and Ethan together and Amber magically being cool with it. Polyamory or open relationship or whatever. Mostly I just want Ethan to be happy in this universe. Danny seems to make him really happy.

    • Starling000
      Starling000
      November 21, 2014 at 5:27 am | #

      A healthy poly arrangement would melt my little heart.

      • pumacatrun2
        pumacatrun2
        November 21, 2014 at 7:36 am | #

        Agreed, in a polyamorous open relationship myself (and I’m bi) and it really uncomplicates things once you’re settled in to the idea.

      • StClair
        StClair
        November 21, 2014 at 8:41 pm | #

        Healthy? In this comic?

    • Jams
      Jams
      November 21, 2014 at 12:16 pm | #

      Yes! And of course he wouldn’t do that to Amber. But it’s dang tough when you’re already in a serious relationship with someone and you suddenly realize you are bi and that as a result of this relationship, that you love, and are happy with, you won’t be able to explore or experiment these new exciting feelings the way you might want to. And you feel terrible for even having them.

      This happened to me, and I wasn’t unfaithful, but I ended up having to eventually end the relationship, just so I could have a period of experimentation before settling down.

  40. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    November 21, 2014 at 3:47 am | #

    OOOOOOOOH SNAP

  41. AmpharosTheFabulousHairDragon
    AmpharosTheFabulousHairDragon
    November 21, 2014 at 4:34 am | #

    This isn’t going to end badly or anything.

  42. Ikaru
    Ikaru
    November 21, 2014 at 4:48 am | #

    Ooooh……Willis.

  43. maxlines
    maxlines
    November 21, 2014 at 5:49 am | #

    Ooooh. Awkward again….

  44. Sean
    Sean
    November 21, 2014 at 5:55 am | #

    Look at that threesome waiting to happen… in the most awkwrad of ways. 8D

  45. Orangey
    Orangey
    November 21, 2014 at 6:17 am | #

    I always hated Danny and now I like Danny and now I’ve come to realisation that I am just a girl version of Danny. I really didnt’ think out of all the cast members the one I would see myself in the most would be Danny…

    • turbanous
      turbanous
      November 21, 2014 at 3:48 pm | #

      The Danny we truely hate the most is the Danny within ourselves.

  46. Swoop
    Swoop
    November 21, 2014 at 7:49 am | #

    I am so filled with dread. Something terrible is coming.

  47. Patrick
    Patrick
    November 21, 2014 at 8:33 am | #

    The Game’s afoot!

  48. Shadow Eagle
    Shadow Eagle
    November 21, 2014 at 8:40 am | #

    Ménage à trois

    • waterbuffalo
      waterbuffalo
      November 21, 2014 at 9:48 am | #

      Woo new slipshine!

  49. brumagem
    brumagem
    November 21, 2014 at 9:39 am | #

    Amber, bless your sweet heart, that’s not your promise to make…

  50. MrBurrows
    MrBurrows
    November 21, 2014 at 10:03 am | #

    I am also slip-shipping for Ethen x Danny x Amber.
    Also, praise Willis! He brought back the Dinobot poster! Hopefully it can ship to Canada in a week.

  51. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    November 21, 2014 at 10:06 am | #

    I don’t want to know what’ll happen in the rest of this story arc… D:

  52. waterbuffalo
    waterbuffalo
    November 21, 2014 at 10:13 am | #

    Oh boy are we continuing the Danny-is-bi storyline???

  53. Tealjoy Berry
    Tealjoy Berry
    November 21, 2014 at 10:46 am | #

    Nothing like an awkward sandwich

  54. Brady Kj
    Brady Kj
    November 21, 2014 at 12:26 pm | #

    I am so glad I’m not Danny right now.

  55. Ana
    Ana
    November 21, 2014 at 12:45 pm | #

    I really, really hope this turns into a polyamorous romance

    • 00dette
      00dette
      November 21, 2014 at 2:18 pm | #

      Me toooo!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      November 21, 2014 at 2:31 pm | #

      Polyamory doesn’t really fit any of their personalities so I’m against it.

  56. Jackson
    Jackson
    November 21, 2014 at 12:53 pm | #

    Yep, this band-aid is coming off slo-o-o-o-o-wly. And pulling off as many arm-hairs in the process as possible.

    I’m not sure what the arm-hairs represent in the metaphor.

  57. 00dette
    00dette
    November 21, 2014 at 2:18 pm | #

    I have never wanted an OT3 to work so badly before. Come on Danny you can date both of them and Amber and Ethan will be really close friends and nothing will ever be sad again.

  58. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    November 21, 2014 at 2:48 pm | #

    Dis gun b gud.

  59. Em
    Em
    November 21, 2014 at 2:58 pm | #

    I want this to happen but I also really don’t want it to happen.

    Pros: Ethan comes out of closet, and cute times ensue.
    Cons: Amber just got dumped for dudes AGAIN.

    I feel like if it happens, I want it to be mutual. Amber starts falling for one person, and Danny is falling for Ethan, and so they decide it would be better to cut it off.

    And Joyce isn’t apart of my Pro/Con list because Sad Joyce is not a pro, but it’s not a con either, because she needs to grow the fuck up.

  60. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    November 21, 2014 at 4:24 pm | #

    I mean if it’s okay to have Danny in the menu.

  61. Whittier
    Whittier
    November 21, 2014 at 4:36 pm | #

    I was not-quite-but-sort-of in Danny’s position once. Not fun.

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      November 21, 2014 at 5:52 pm | #

      Want to tell the story? The closest I’ve come is seeing a guy and girl I was hoping to date smiling at each other in a manner I interpreted as flirtatiously. It was a very long ways from Danny’s situation but it was awkward enough, with me standing there imagining several possible future scenarios similar to Danny’s situation.

  62. Skittens McGee
    Skittens McGee
    November 21, 2014 at 4:57 pm | #

    Triangular Relationship!!

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      November 21, 2014 at 10:21 pm | #

      Don’t forget Joyce!!!

  63. Tenn
    Tenn
    November 21, 2014 at 5:33 pm | #

    Danny: “YEAH I WISH I COULD PROMISE THE SAME”

  64. zebrathinker
    zebrathinker
    November 21, 2014 at 7:32 pm | #

    holy shit it took an entire day for me to fully realize this situation

    i FORGOT ABOUT DANNY AND ETHAN

    (did that happen yesterday in the timeline of the strip??)

    • Sir Robin
      Sir Robin
      November 21, 2014 at 9:18 pm | #

      Me too, and I think it did!

  65. zmm
    zmm
    November 21, 2014 at 10:47 pm | #

    This is the new slipshine.

    • Brady Kj
      Brady Kj
      November 22, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      How so? I did a quick websearch of Slipshine and it seems to be a pornographic comic strip. While Willis does do a few of those occasionally, since those are never actually in the main comic strip, I don’t see a connection. I don’t believe this current storyline is going in that direction, or anywhere near it, the way others seem to think. Could you elaborate?

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        November 22, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

        Sometimes if you would like something to be true, you state it as if it is true. That’s all it is. And the slipshines are canon events, btw, just posted there and not here.

      • Adam Black
        Adam Black
        November 22, 2014 at 5:35 am | #

        The Slipshshines Willis does ARE part of the actual cannon story for “the main strip.” ( For this comic and Shortpacked )

        http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/blog/walky-performs-a-sex/

        When Characters make with the sexy-times , Willis gets a paid commission to do draw it for Slipshine.

        In Order to see the Xrated content of DOA ( Walky & Dorothy ;
        http://orgymania.net/specialfeature/7

        and recently “mask or No Mask” ( http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/blog/mask-or-no-mask/ Amazigirl-Danny* )

        You get a subscription to slipshine, then you can access the whole site.

        Yes, this storyline is going there, with someone. Willis has described drawing one recently ( look at the twitter ) That means no-fail , in 3 monthish, someones are getting laid. 3months DOA time can be between 1 and 3 days.

        http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/103183151657/how-is-the-next-slipstream-comic-coming-along-o

        http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/103183922282/so-when-will-we-know-who-is-in-the-slipshine

        * wait was there a Ruth & Billie slipshine? i dont remember but feel there ought to have been.

  66. Timni
    Timni
    November 27, 2014 at 9:27 pm | #

    *SCREAMS* POLYAMORY!

  67. BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    BrokenEye, True False Prophet
    September 27, 2015 at 3:07 am | #

    Ah, it’s good to see a true love triangle. You don’t get many of those. Normally you just get one of those things that people call love triangles which are really just love angles.

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