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by David M Willis on June 29, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: lucy, malaya, marcie

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD

    [/Scott McNeil]

    • claudewicked
      claudewicked
      June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Wow rude.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        June 29, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        yeah, Marcie

        (dang forgot the sarcasm quotes)

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      June 29, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      NERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD
      [/Tali Zorah]

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 29, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        Emergency Induction Port.

        • Meebo
          Meebo
          June 29, 2015 at 2:26 am | #

          That’s a straw, Doctor_Who

          • Aolbain
            Aolbain
            June 29, 2015 at 9:51 am | #

            Emerrrgenncy innnducttiion pooort.

            • Xakthul
              Xakthul
              September 13, 2015 at 7:53 am | #

              Emergency Induction Straaaaw

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        NERRRRRDS!
        Alpha Betas

      • Ainen
        Ainen
        June 29, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        NERRRRRRRRD

        [/Doug Walker]

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          June 29, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

          NERRRRRRRRRRD!

          • AgentKeen
            AgentKeen
            June 29, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

            Hah, managed to eat the link, whoops
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iO5-ic0Ug4

            • Adam Smith
              Adam Smith
              June 29, 2015 at 3:00 am | #

              It makes me sad this is the last one…

        • Pedantic Jerkass
          Pedantic Jerkass
          June 29, 2015 at 11:27 pm | #

          Speaking of Doug Walker, this is a translation of what Marcie is saying to Lucy in panel 3, for those few who might need such.

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        +1 for Tali Zorah!

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          June 29, 2015 at 1:58 am | #

          Tali is my favorite part of the Citadel DLC.
          Omni Tat. Omni Too…

    • Rinnosuke
      Rinnosuke
      June 29, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

      How do you get Scott McNeil from Lanipator?

      • jpic89
        jpic89
        June 29, 2015 at 7:01 pm | #

        Well, Scott was the voice for Piccolo in the actual dub, so it could just be a shoutout to him.

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        July 1, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

        because even days later I can’t find a not-shit copy of this clip

    • hoboshoe
      hoboshoe
      June 29, 2015 at 1:48 am | #

      I like how you managed to have that clip ready at 12:01, I mean you’d have to have scrubbed through all of dbz abridged episode 1

      • Betty Anne
        Betty Anne
        June 29, 2015 at 10:56 am | #

        Wait, everyone doesn’t have that clip bookmarked there? O.o;

        • Rinnosuke
          Rinnosuke
          June 30, 2015 at 1:32 am | #

          I have seperate videos ready, Also an “I am an adult” gif.

    • Hinoron
      Hinoron
      June 29, 2015 at 1:35 pm | #

      Lucy failed her Observation roll. 😛

    • James Small
      James Small
      June 30, 2015 at 2:19 am | #

      Says the one who posts first on every DOA, haha.

    • TheGrumpyBear
      TheGrumpyBear
      April 15, 2016 at 1:57 pm | #

      NEEEEEEEEERRRRRRDDDDDDDDD….bleh. (/Picollo)

  2. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    June 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I begin to think Malaya is incapable of smiling.

    Like, ever.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Why would she smile when she’s annoyed?

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        June 29, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        It was more the previous comic where marcie is leaning against her in perfect contentment and she has no reaction to it whatsoever

        • Aeron
          Aeron
          June 29, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

          …that you can observe.

        • Em
          Em
          June 29, 2015 at 12:52 am | #

          Malaya might not have noticed Marcie’s reaction. Also, cuddling between female friends is something that is generally considered to be a okay, so since she’s busy studying, she might not have thought anything of it. Because she thought nothing of it, that leads me to believe she is straight.

          If a girl leaned on me like that, and I didn’t know her sexuality, I would assume it was flirtatious.

          • Sam
            Sam
            June 29, 2015 at 5:47 am | #

            Actually, I think in Shortpacked she was shown to go both ways, and then she entered a relationship with Ultra Car.

            I think a lot of people are more likely to assume that it is platonic than flirtatious really because a lot of friends lean on each other just because they are tired without it meaning anything past ‘I am tired, you are now for resting against’.

            • agentksilver
              agentksilver
              June 29, 2015 at 9:11 am | #

              She flirted briefly with going both ways, but realized she was 100% straight when Leslie kissed her. She is, however, totally into robots shaped like girls.

              • Li
                Li
                June 29, 2015 at 5:01 pm | #

                OK I know why people keep saying this. It is after all what Malaya first said after she kissed Leslie.

                http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1833

                But what she says later is pretty clearly “I’m not into women OR men”. Shorter version of that is “asexual”. Malaya’s still interested in sex as a general concept, which puts her in the gray ace category.

                (Robin also said she was straight, like, a lot of times, then “straight with an exception”, then “sorta undefinable queer”. People’s understandings of their sexualities change over time.)

                • Raibean
                  Raibean
                  June 29, 2015 at 9:12 pm | #

                  Grayness is about attraction. There are aces who aren’t gray who enjoy sex.

                • Sam
                  Sam
                  June 29, 2015 at 9:46 pm | #

                  Ah right! I didn’t remember her saying that, I just remembered her seeming to try relationships with both genders, but it does make sense for her to decide she was into neither – I know she still had a sex drive though, which is why it was lucky Ultra Car had that extra third arm for dealing with urges. >w>

                • Pedantic Jerkass
                  Pedantic Jerkass
                  June 29, 2015 at 11:21 pm | #

                  Also, that comic proved that Malaya can indeed smile.

                • Li
                  Li
                  June 30, 2015 at 7:54 am | #

                  @Raibean I’ve heard it both ways, I thought? But I’m not ace myself. (Well, maybe a little gray-ace.) So if I am in error I apologize. The thing I wanted to express was that she’s shown both sex-repulsion and strictly-Carla-related sex-positivity.

                  http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=2060

                  She HAS attraction, in other words. This is why I would tend to call her demisexual. In fact her interest in having sex specifically with Carla’s unique physiology seems to increase dramatically over the course of their relationship, from her stating that she’s glad they get to opt out of ridiculous kissing to her saying here that she feels a “need” for Carla.

                  I mean, of course it’s Willis’s comic, and we aren’t living inside Malaya’s head, so maybe she would never use any of these words to describe herself.

                  But it seems consistent with her previous incarnation, which definitely was not “straight”.

              • timemonkey
                timemonkey
                June 29, 2015 at 5:54 pm | #

                Malaya never claimed to be straight, what she said was that having relationships with men never worked and then later that she wasn’t a lesbian.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  June 29, 2015 at 6:37 pm | #

                  I don’t know, she seemed pretty happy making out with the guy in the crossover, until she figured out who he was.

                  A much better reaction there than her attempt with Leslie.

                • Li
                  Li
                  June 29, 2015 at 6:45 pm | #

                  @thejeff: I think Malaya would know better than us outside observers. She agrees with Carla that all human parts are gross, and though she was literally rebounding with the Multiplex MC immediately after her failed relationship with Leslie (which kind of messes with your emotions a lot and sometimes makes you consider both sex and relationships you normally wouldn’t), they never actually had sex.

                • Li
                  Li
                  June 29, 2015 at 6:49 pm | #

                  @timemonkey that was my memory too but she does actually say “guess I’m straight after all.” And then tries to go out with Ken before immediately ditching him for a misanthropic guy who she then fails to actually get it on with. Personality clash, as far as we can tell, but like I said linking the comic above Malaya later revised that to not interested in anyone but Carla.

                  IIRC she even specifically says she thinks genitals are gross, but I’m not there yet in my reread. She does agree with Carla that sex is generally icky, at least.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 29, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    I want to know how she made her glasses do that.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      They’re like Google Glass, only cooler.

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 29, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      when robin is angry, all bets are off! although, those are ‘flash’ colors

    • otusasio451
      otusasio451
      June 29, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      Spider-Man/Deadpool rules: eyes can express themselves through whatever’s covering them.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 29, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

        (btw it’s called Spideypool Google it)

        • RedFloyd
          RedFloyd
          June 29, 2015 at 9:43 am | #

          I think he mean “Spiderman and Deadpool rule separately on their own.”
          But seriously, Spiderpool? That sounds like a nightmare.
          Like, a in-ground pool filled with spiders, all crawling over eachother and such.
          Ohh, and a bunch of webs at the bottom so you’re trapped if you ever fall in!

          • Ex_Ian
            Ex_Ian
            June 29, 2015 at 1:11 pm | #

            Or “The rules for Spider-Man and Deadpool”

          • das-g
            das-g
            June 29, 2015 at 5:50 pm | #

            Wasn’t a pool like that (minus the webs, AFAIK) in one of the first life action Asterix movies?

        • RedFloyd
          RedFloyd
          June 29, 2015 at 9:44 am | #

          *meant

        • Amber
          Amber
          June 30, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

          *Googles Spideypool*
          ……
          Forever in your debt.

    • setsun
      setsun
      June 29, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      SCIENCE.

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      June 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      In that moment she was such a malevolent spirit that she briefly escaped her mortal coil and enacted a minor haunting.

      She has the gift.

      • Vincent
        Vincent
        June 29, 2015 at 3:28 pm | #

        Blame her friends on the other side.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      June 29, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      maybe the same way the Daft Punk cosplayers did their helmets

      [actual marquees and shit, AMAZING STUFF]

    • nothri
      nothri
      June 29, 2015 at 9:12 am | #

      No, no, no, you’ve got it wrong. That’s her eyes glowing an intense red of killing intent being reflected through her goggles as a weird orange color.

    • Shawn L.
      Shawn L.
      June 29, 2015 at 8:47 pm | #

      They glowed due to her hate vision… (no that’s NOT a misspelling)

  4. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    And we thought we’d NEVER see another Batman gag on a Willis strip again!

    • C.
      C.
      June 29, 2015 at 2:06 am | #

      We still haven’t.

  5. Rebecca
    Rebecca
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    I think Lucy and I would be great friends.

  6. Sam
    Sam
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    MARCIE IS ANGRY. MARCIE SMASH.

  7. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    You keep up that comic book talk, Lucy, and you’ll find yourself in the ranks of my favorite characters.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      I seriously missed her since Shortpacked ended.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      Well panel 2 Lucy does look extra cute…

    • li
      li
      June 29, 2015 at 8:20 am | #

      Lucy probably doesn’t like comic books in this universe either.

      In SP! she liked Teen Titans, the cartoon, then tried to pick up comic books and found dead-eyed fresh-off-the-New ’52 Starfire in a genuinely terrible costume enjoying nothing of life.

      Here too she is probably into the movies or one of the cartoons, not the comics.

      • li
        li
        June 29, 2015 at 8:29 am | #

        OK I’m obviously not up enough on DC myself. She is completely a fan of Young Justice the cartoon. Not any of the movies, because… neither Robin nor Kid Flash has been in them yet. Lol.

  8. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Just back away slowly, Lucy. Back. Away.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Close and lock the door. Push some meat underneath once a day.

      • LeslieBean4Shizzle
        LeslieBean4Shizzle
        June 29, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        ….
        **considers making a comment about “pushing meat” but decides to take the higher road**

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 29, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

          Screw the high road. Make the comment. You know you want to.

          • Disloyal Subject
            Disloyal Subject
            June 29, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

            Come on. At least buy the high road a drink first.

            • LeslieBean4Shizzle
              LeslieBean4Shizzle
              June 29, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

              I’m riding the highroad all night long.

  9. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    What you don’t know is that Lucy is now internally bleeding and she lost 12 years of life.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      You will find that most women do that on a monthly basis.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

        Internally?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 29, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

          Where did you think the blood came from? The blood bank?

          • Gangler
            Gangler
            June 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

            Typically once the blood leaves the body it’s considered external bleeding, though maybe some of the particularities of this are escaping me.

            • Screwball
              Screwball
              June 29, 2015 at 3:29 pm | #

              I believe the Humans call it “Shark Week”, but not the Discovery Channel type…

              …It feels good to have rebooted finally…

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            June 29, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

            But then wouldn’t all blood be internal bleeding. Aren’t we eternally internally bleeding by that logic?

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            June 29, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

            Technically, menstrual fluid is not blood, nor does it arise from blood. Rather, it arises from the shedding of the endometrium, which is a hemoglobin-rich tissue layer inside the uterus.

            So, no, in fact, women do *not* bleed internally on a monthly basis.

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              June 29, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

              So it just looks like blood? Man, Biological creatures are weird man. I’m gonna stick to pokemon. They don’t excrete anything except fire and electricity.

              • Someone
                Someone
                June 29, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

                If I remember correctly only mammals have a period. So your safe with lizards and birds. In fact pretty sure only primates have it.

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  June 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

                  I’m pretty sure Eggs are just Chicken period.

                • ditrysia
                  ditrysia
                  June 29, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

                  Dogs have periods. Or at least, they bleed periodically. Weird thing is, IIRC, they have their sort-of menstruation at the same time they’re ovulating? Something like that?
                  All I know is our female dog every now and then has to wear a diaper-thing or there’s blood all over the house.

                • dralou
                  dralou
                  June 29, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

                  Delicious, delicious peroids… even better when accompanied with strips of pig corpse.

                • LQ
                  LQ
                  June 29, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

                  Primates, some bats, and elephant shrews. All other placental mammals reabsorb their endometrium when not fertile.

              • JustCheetoDust
                JustCheetoDust
                June 29, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

                I’m gonna stick to pokemon. They don’t excrete anything except fire and electricity.

                Even Pokemon poop.

                • Plasma Mongoose
                  Plasma Mongoose
                  June 29, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

                  YEEK! ヽ(゚Д゚)ノ

            • feli
              feli
              June 29, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

              Menstrual blood IS blood. It is just mixed with … stuff. (I’m not going into details cause I don’t wanna think about it and especially don’t wanna look up vocabulary).
              Just look it up on wikipedia or somewhere.

            • JetstreamGW
              JetstreamGW
              June 29, 2015 at 2:22 am | #

              … It is too blood. It’s just not ONLY blood. There’s also mucous and stuff.

          • Captain Batson
            Captain Batson
            June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

            Well, I would assume that they make a withdrawl in advance, given that they know they’re going to be spending some.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      But it’s ok, that’s where the blood is s’posed to be.

      • caesaria82
        caesaria82
        June 29, 2015 at 2:27 am | #

        Was that a Jake Peralta reference, because if it was YAY I UNDERSTOOD A REFERENCE! I feel like Captain America xD

  10. Rictus
    Rictus
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya: Unable to understand either conversations or body language.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Or she understands body language just fine.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        June 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Although she could be understanding Marcie’s body language more, if you know what I mean.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 29, 2015 at 1:17 am | #

          I believe the double bird is the Malaya’s favorite sign. Soon she’ll be giving Marcie a few fingers as well.

          • Darkoneko
            Darkoneko
            June 29, 2015 at 7:17 am | #

            …oh my/

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 29, 2015 at 1:44 am | #

        Quick Marcie, what would ariel do?

        • Reepunzel
          Reepunzel
          June 29, 2015 at 9:03 am | #

          Sign a contract with perfect penmanship and then completely forget that you can write as a means of communication!

          And then, I dunno, bat your eyes like this.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            June 29, 2015 at 11:51 am | #

            Assuming Ariel and Eric could both read the same language. The contract looks like English, but that’s so the audience can read it.

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              June 29, 2015 at 12:00 pm | #

              What kind of prince doesn’t read Mermish anyway? I blame the education system.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      I dunno. If I run up to you talking about how happy I am that Jotaro Kujo just saved Jolyne from Pucci, you’d be pretty confused.

      • Rictus
        Rictus
        June 29, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

        Well I’d have no idea who in the blazes you’re talking about, but I’d at least get the gist of it I would think.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 29, 2015 at 1:12 am | #

          And who says Malaya didn’t get the gist? She just doesn’t care about the gist.

          • Rutee
            Rutee
            June 29, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

            …Malaya did? I mean seriously…

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              June 29, 2015 at 11:50 am | #

              She said she didn’t understand half of what Lucy said, naturally the half she didn’t understand would the the half talking about characters she’s not familiar with.

              • Rutee
                Rutee
                June 30, 2015 at 5:40 am | #

                Alternately, and much more likely, that was a turn of phrase to indicate that the previous conversation,a nd those like them, were completely incomprehensible, while other conversations are not, rather than “I understood exactly half of the words she just said, but not the other half that those words relied upon”.

                Good gods.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 29, 2015 at 1:19 am | #

        I thought Pucci was one of the good guys… Clearly I need to read those for myself

  11. HeinousActsZX
    HeinousActsZX
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya, tumblr is both a wonderful gift and a terrible burden.

    Best to avoid the pain unless you’re ready to deal hardcore.

  12. Too Old To Be Cool
    Too Old To Be Cool
    June 29, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    And Lucy blows her Perception roll…

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      She’s the type who uses a d6 when she should be rolling a d20.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

      Her Sense Motive however made it abundantly clear what would happen to her if she stayed.

      • claudewicked
        claudewicked
        June 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

        As long as nobody casts Tasha’s Hideous Laughter

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          June 29, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

          I believe Marcie tried a disintegrate there, but it was blocked by her eyewear.

          • darkgloomie
            darkgloomie
            June 29, 2015 at 3:59 am | #

            Nah, she was readying her Finger of Death. Quickened too, she was about to cast it twice.

            • LeslieBean4Shizzle
              LeslieBean4Shizzle
              June 29, 2015 at 9:45 pm | #

              Next time I play a spellcaster, I shall have to remember that idea. Or at least the Finger of Death delivered by flipping the bird.

          • Rosie
            Rosie
            June 29, 2015 at 12:13 pm | #

            Bigby’s Gesticulating Hand

  13. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 29, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Kill her! Kill her! She’s just so AWFUL!!!!!

  14. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    If or when Marcie gets to go diving for clams, Malaya might well learn to smile.

  15. Kris
    Kris
    June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Kid Flash needs his personal space. Robin is getting way too clingy.

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 29, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

      You just reminded me of a Teen Titans Go! episode I saw recently where Kid Flash takes over as leader of the Titans and Robin ends up kneecapping him.

  16. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    My bet is this sequence of strips will end with none of us being the wiser to whether Malaya might be attracted to Marcie or not.

  17. Catullus
    Catullus
    June 29, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    We got to see Marcie’s eyes!

    • That Damn Rat
      That Damn Rat
      June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Or the fires of Hell within her eyes at least.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        June 29, 2015 at 1:26 am | #

        So Marcie’s glasses are mostly to stop things around her going up in flames? I guess I should have known.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 29, 2015 at 4:28 am | #

          So kinda like Cyclops then? Her glasses/goggles are even tinted red.

          • Arianod
            Arianod
            June 29, 2015 at 9:51 am | #

            We’ll find out when she takes them off.

            *Prays she doesn’t*

  18. M-M
    M-M
    June 29, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    I’m totally getting red lenses the next time I need sunglasses.

  19. Lawzlo
    Lawzlo
    June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    I think in this one, Marcie is signing “Lucy, you’re Number One!”

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

      She’s clearly saying she’s “number 2”. As in she’s shit.

  20. claudewicked
    claudewicked
    June 29, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Marcie’s reaction is lovely :3

  21. Alice Macher
    Alice Macher
    June 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Holy shit, Marcie. O_O

  22. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    June 29, 2015 at 12:07 am | #

    Wait, does that mean last strip was fanfiction?
    Can someone make fanfiction of their own work?!?!
    Is it still fanfiction even if it’s canon?!?!?!?!?!

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 29, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      It’s fanfiception.

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

      Is DoA just college AU fanfiction of the Walkyverse! ?!?!?!?!

      • Captain Batson
        Captain Batson
        June 29, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

        Maybe, but it’s a canon one, having been shown in a strip of Shortpacked once.

        • AgentKeen
          AgentKeen
          June 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

          -mind explosion-

  23. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 29, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Come on Lucy, know your audience. Talking DC comics to Malaya is like talking Serpentor to Malaya, it’s a bad idea from the start and you should know better by now.

    • Someone
      Someone
      June 29, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Malaya prefers Marvel Dammit!

      • Dean
        Dean
        June 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        Marvel Dammit!, the angriest comics available!

        • StClair
          StClair
          June 29, 2015 at 2:59 pm | #

          that’s just Ultimates.

  24. Someone
    Someone
    June 29, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    Lucy has the wrong group of friends, she just needs to meet Amber, Joyce, Ethan, Danny etc

    • Tacos
      Tacos
      June 29, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

      Ken too. Has he appeared in DoA before?

      • Catullus
        Catullus
        June 29, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

        He was in the background when Amazi-Girl interrogated Mike about Whiteboard Dingdong Banditry.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        June 29, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

        Yeah, check the tags.

      • Captain Batson
        Captain Batson
        June 29, 2015 at 1:27 am | #

        Yeah.

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 29, 2015 at 1:22 am | #

      Somehow I don’t think we’ve met Lucy’s friends yet. Assuming she has any. She seems nice, she probably does.

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 4:44 am | #

      Really just about anyone who isn’t in Sal’s clique and isn’t Mike would like her because she’s delightful and you have to be kind of a miserable person to dislike her.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 29, 2015 at 5:16 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Amber wouldn’t take any more kindly to someone who can’t perceive boundaries.

  25. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 29, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

    Oh hello new nightmare in strip 3.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

      I assume you mean panel?

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        *panel, it is. My wires are crossed again.

        • Screwball
          Screwball
          June 29, 2015 at 4:31 pm | #

          I feel your pain…

      • Someone
        Someone
        June 29, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        have you seen strip 3? It’s fucking terrifying. They say that to everybody… AHHHHH!

  26. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    June 29, 2015 at 12:11 am | #

    Translation: fuck-off Lucy…you are killing the mood!

  27. Demon Something
    Demon Something
    June 29, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

    Lucy needs to meet up with Walky, Ethan, and Amber.

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 29, 2015 at 5:18 am | #

      Walky could go well. Ethan I could see going either way. No way would Amber appreciate someone who requires actual physical barriers in order to respect boundaries.

      • Chubsius
        Chubsius
        June 29, 2015 at 11:49 am | #

        Huh? What boundaries? No boundaries have been put forth, just snide comments behind Lucy’s back and a double flip-off (which isn’t exactly the same thing as a boundary).

        I don’t think Malaya has boundaries per se, as she’s all offense and no defense.

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          June 29, 2015 at 12:46 pm | #

          The boundary built by two people being together, doing something, and not inviting her in.

          • Sam
            Sam
            June 29, 2015 at 10:19 pm | #

            That’s not what a boundary is. A boundary is a limit on how you may interact with someone e.g. you’d be crossing a boundary if you touched their arm when they don’t like contact and they haven’t given you permission to do so or if you insulted their mother, that tends to cross a boundary on what people will let you say to them.

            There is no boundary set here – Lucy was just trying to engage people lyng in her shared dorm room in a friendly conversation because they are both doing different things as Malaya is studying while Marcie is on her phone and she had something she wanted to share.

            It is not a reasonable expectation that someone in the same room as you will never try to engage you in conversation.

            If they were actually in the middle of a conversation then it would have been rude, but they weren’t, so Lucy didn’t actually cross any social lines at all and I don’t understand where you are getting that she has?

            • Kamino Neko
              Kamino Neko
              June 30, 2015 at 7:48 pm | #

              That’s not what a boundary is. A boundary is a limit on how you may interact with someone

              What, engaging someone in conversation isn’t interacting with them?

              Lucy didn’t actually cross any social lines at all

              Yes, she fucking did.

              This is Malaya’s private space. That is is coterminous with Lucy’s private space doesn’t suddenly remove their ability to have a real private space – it, in fact, makes respecting it fucking sacred.

              ‘Hey, you guys wanna see this cool pic?’ from her desk would be OK…walking over to Malaya’s space and starting in on an actual conversation with people who’ve shown no interest in being involved in a conversation for you is mindbogglingly rude.

  28. LiaHansen
    LiaHansen
    June 29, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    oh lucy nooooooooooooo

  29. AnvilPro
    AnvilPro
    June 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    I wonder if that’s Lucy being scared away by aggressive Marcie or if she actually realized that’s totally what Marcie’s doing.

    • Rictus
      Rictus
      June 29, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      I’d say the former, the latter would require to be extremely quick on the uptake without a shred of context. While the former is basic survival instinct.

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        June 29, 2015 at 1:08 am | #

        I’d say the latter, if only because it makes things twice as fun for Lucy to realize what’s going on while Malaya remains totally clueless ^^

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          June 29, 2015 at 2:35 am | #

          I’m with you for the exact same reason. The next week (in universe) will be Lucy dying to ask Mayala how things are going with her and Marcie, and Malaya being all, “huh?”

          • Arianod
            Arianod
            June 29, 2015 at 9:51 am | #

            Yes >:3 That’d be great.

      • saki
        saki
        June 29, 2015 at 2:24 pm | #

        I’m near certain it’s the latter. Immediately assuming two people who have even the slightest bit of skinship are into each other is what fangirls do. There’s no way Lucy didn’t make the connection imo.

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          June 29, 2015 at 7:04 pm | #

          *Nods* Fangirls gonna fangirl.

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 4:46 am | #

      Yes.

  30. A5PECT
    A5PECT
    June 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Hmm…

    1) Naïve, outgoing, and friendly
    2) Affinity for brightly-colored striped shirt
    3) Large, conspicuously geometric smile

    • AgentKeen
      AgentKeen
      June 29, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Yeah, but I think she’s Catholic, so totally the opposite.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 29, 2015 at 1:40 am | #

        Lucy and Joyce should totally hang out

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 4:47 am | #

      So far she’s like Joyce without the judgmental bigotry aka a wonderful person.

  31. Tacos
    Tacos
    June 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    Meanwhile I’m waiting for Malaya to put it together given what Lucy was just talking about and how it parallels with the current situation.

    • Pebblerocker
      Pebblerocker
      June 29, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      Ohhh right!

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 29, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

      *Pushes a chair in Tacos’ direction.* It’s dangerous to wait up. Take this.

    • Em
      Em
      June 29, 2015 at 12:54 am | #

      Given her reaction, i think Malaya tuned out most of what Lucy said.

    • saki
      saki
      June 29, 2015 at 2:26 pm | #

      I think the last panel is a pretty strong indicator that that’s not gonna happen. Malaya probably didn’t even hear the actual words coming out of Lucy’s mouth.

  32. Rictus
    Rictus
    June 29, 2015 at 12:16 am | #

    You know, I really think one ought to print that pose in panel 3 and use it as a “Do not Disturb” sign.

  33. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    June 29, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

    I knew you couldn’t resist the Batman jokes, Willis. It was just a matter of time.

    Also, yes, a translation would indeed be nice. I would like to know more than just “Marcie is angry”, which is fairly clear from her face.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 29, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      middle finger = fuck you

      • Megatron
        Megatron
        June 29, 2015 at 2:09 am | #

        Thanks for answering that. I’m always looking for more ways to express my displeasure with you fleshlings. So, follow-up…do I use the middle finger before or after I shoot the fleshling with the fusion canon?

        Also…do you think Rodimus knows this Earthling-specific gesture?

        • Gentleman Mummy
          Gentleman Mummy
          June 29, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

          You’ve never attempted a bag of cursed scarabs? Kids these days. I swear.

          • Megatron
            Megatron
            June 29, 2015 at 3:21 am | #

            Fusion cannon > bag of cursed scarabs.

            Who has time for a bag of cursed scarabs? People who will never rule the galaxy, that’s who.

          • Screwball
            Screwball
            June 29, 2015 at 4:35 pm | #

            I don’t know if kid is the right word for Megsy, he’s kinda been fighting a war for a few million Earth years last count. Well, most the ones I’ve read about. Not sure if I’m that old really, stopped counting after a few thousand…

        • Heavensrun
          Heavensrun
          June 29, 2015 at 7:15 pm | #

          It depends on whether or not the gesture is intended to express your displeasure to the target, or whether it’s more for personal gratification or the amusement of anybody hanging out.

          I find it really hard to believe Rodimus isn’t familiar with it.

        • nothri
          nothri
          June 29, 2015 at 9:07 pm | #

          Why would you use the middle finger at all? He just said it is a gesture meant to solicit sex. That seems like the opposite of what you would be going for. Unless fusion canon is a terrible metaphor, in which case its customary to ask the fleshling before shooting them up with your “fusion canon”.

          • Megatron
            Megatron
            June 30, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

            Soundwave told me not to take the word ‘fuck’ literally in most instances because it was usually an insult.

      • Darth Cariss
        Darth Cariss
        June 29, 2015 at 4:03 am | #

        Oh, it’s just a middle finger. She had her hands pressed together, so I thought it was some other kind of gesture. Haha.

      • Willoughby Chase
        Willoughby Chase
        June 29, 2015 at 8:09 am | #

        “don’t think I need to translate that sign either”

        LOL

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      June 29, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s the double deuce. She’s giving Lucy the middle finger with both hands at once. Don’t think that’s official ASL but colloquially it translates as “Fuck You” spoken twice simultaneously.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 29, 2015 at 1:24 am | #

        Or simply YELLED AT MAXIMUM VOLUME.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

      It means “How do you do” in Polish probably.

      • Alex Boston
        Alex Boston
        June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        I would caution against anyone using that particular gesture to say “how do you do” if ever you should travel to Poland.

        • Rabid Rabbit
          Rabid Rabbit
          June 29, 2015 at 12:37 am | #

          I would strongly advise doing so, so long as they’ve got a friend around to video them doing so and the results so we can all laugh at then on YouTube during the months they’re recovering.

    • Em
      Em
      June 29, 2015 at 12:48 am | #

      Has nobody ever flashed you the double guns before?

      …Maybe the middle finger doesn’t translate to all countries/cultures.

      • JustCheetoDust
        JustCheetoDust
        June 29, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

        …Maybe the middle finger doesn’t translate to all countries/cultures.

        Or time periods, for that matter.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          June 29, 2015 at 7:42 am | #

          What. Is. That. From.

          • Reepunzel
            Reepunzel
            June 29, 2015 at 9:10 am | #

            Please tell me that’s Mr. Rogers’ “Two little dickie birds sitting on a wall.” That’s gotta be the only logical explanation.

            Either that or King Friday raised taxes again.

            • JustCheetoDust
              JustCheetoDust
              June 29, 2015 at 6:30 pm | #

              I would’ve liked to say that it was a subliminal message from a time when subtlety was a foreign concept, but I’m afraid it’s just a singing scene taken completely out of context.

              • JustCheetoDust
                JustCheetoDust
                June 29, 2015 at 9:41 pm | #

                I should’ve pointed out earlier that the song I was referring to is “Where Is Thumbkin?”

          • notnobody
            notnobody
            June 29, 2015 at 9:28 am | #

            That’s Mr. Rogers teaching counting. He used his thumb for 1, pointer finger for 2, and then realized he didn’t think it through as he continued that pattern…

  34. Kraken
    Kraken
    June 29, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    Lucy’s hair looks really great like that.

    Also, coincidentally meta comic, whatever.

    Her hair though! :3

  35. Mandy
    Mandy
    June 29, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

    So is Marcie wearing like goggles or tinted sunglasses? I can’t quite tell which it is.

  36. Just Me
    Just Me
    June 29, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

    Lucy should be rooming with Amber, Malaya should be rooming with Carla, Dina should be rooming with Dorothy…..

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 4:50 am | #

      I actually really like the dynamic between Dina and Amber it’s really sweet.

  37. tim gueguen
    tim gueguen
    June 29, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    Marcie’s theme song? Well, not quite I suppose.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wdn4OPZTX8

  38. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 29, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    3rd Panel Marcie 凸(●_●)凸

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

      凸(●V●)凸 seems more accurate.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

        凸(⚫ᗝ⚫)凸

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 29, 2015 at 12:41 am | #

          凸(⬤ⲇ⬤)凸

          • JustCheetoDust
            JustCheetoDust
            June 29, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

            凸(©V©)凸

            • saki
              saki
              June 29, 2015 at 2:29 pm | #

              凸(Ò/////Ó)凸

  39. Carms
    Carms
    June 29, 2015 at 12:25 am | #

    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
    Malaya doesn’t KNOW, or Marcie doesn’t KNOW, or- they’re still at the uncertainty stage of the relationship. Missed that. I thought they were more established, i dunno why.

  40. Alex Boston
    Alex Boston
    June 29, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

    I think Marcie is out of luck. Malaya was not positively reacting to the “lean” and did not pick up on the parallel between Lucy’s description and her own situation which, had she been interested in Marcie, would have lit a little bulb above her head.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

      Malaya probably stopped listening the second she heard nerd shit. I know I would’ve.

  41. Ainen
    Ainen
    June 29, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

    Can we see that fanart though?

    • saki
      saki
      June 29, 2015 at 2:30 pm | #

      Seconded.

  42. Jon P
    Jon P
    June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

    I wonder: how much of that reaction would Marcie have given Lucy just for interrupting her attempted snuggle session again, and how much of it was because of how Lucy was inadvertently trying to blow her cover?

  43. Dave
    Dave
    June 29, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

    Lucy’s gotten super adorkable. Love it!

  44. SpruceGoose
    SpruceGoose
    June 29, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

    Rough DoA start Lucy. Maybe less awful interactions are in your future

  45. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    June 29, 2015 at 12:34 am | #

    I don’t think I like this two. Lucy doesn’t deserve this.

    • Em
      Em
      June 29, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      I agree. But it’s not out of character for either of them, so I’m not surprised. I feel bad for Lucy. She has no idea what’s going on with Marcie and Malaya so she happily starts talking about something that is exactly what’s going on with the two women, just with boys instead and gets yelled at in ASL. Kind of. The middle finger is pretty generic. xD

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 4:55 am | #

      Seriously, I never can stomach just completely unprovoked meanness as an attempt at comedy it just makes me feel bad for the character on the receiving end.

      • Jenny Islander
        Jenny Islander
        June 29, 2015 at 4:02 pm | #

        Yeah, the more I read about this delightful pair the more I think about the college roomie who decided that my existence was a deliberate attempt to ruin her life because she’d had a double all to herself before I arrived. There was literally nothing* I could do that did not deserve a sneer, a nasty remark, or on one memorable occasion a literally and metaphorically stinking drunk homeless person crawling into bed with me because my roomie had gone outside and led her into the building and up the stairs and unlocked our dorm door for her. “Oh, Jenny, I thought she was your girlfriend!” That showed me for existing!

        (She was shocked, SHOCKED, when The Man told her to find off-campus housing on her own nickel or transfer to another campus.)

        *Nothing. Even sitting silently in my corner pretending that she and I didn’t exist. She would still walk in, snort, sigh, and grumble. There I was, all existing and stuff, like the bongo I was!

    • Tikitori
      Tikitori
      June 29, 2015 at 9:26 am | #

      Lucy is describing Marcy right in front of Malaya, she just doesn’t realize it.

      I’d be pretty pissed too if I’m just trying to talk up a guy and then some girl I barely know was all, “I know this FRIEND who gets super shy talking to guys so she starts talking about his sports team even though she’s not a fan! It’s adorbs.”

      She’d earn the double bird from me too.

  46. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    June 29, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    I love Lucy. Also, Malaya used to think Marcie was deaf. I wonder how that effects what Marcie thinks of her, stuff Malaya said without being aware anyone was listening, which given Malaya’s expression when it was brought to her attention Marcie WASN’T deaf, was probably a little embarrassing.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      June 29, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3P8JSvxVmc

  47. David Alexander McDonald
    David Alexander McDonald
    June 29, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

    Yeah, Lucy, get away from people with your heretic preaching! Everybody knows the OTP is Robin/Kon El (Superboy). ALL OTHER PAIRINGS ARE A LIE, LUCY! A LIE! DO YOU HEAR ME, LUCY?! (This is best recited in John Oliver’s voice.)

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      June 29, 2015 at 12:57 am | #

      Tim/Kon seems like more of a post-crisis thing, where Dick/Wally would be more of a Young Justice Animated thing. Different Robins and different continuities mean they don’t really have to compete with eachother.

  48. Em
    Em
    June 29, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

    DAMN MARCIE. xD

    Tho I mean, if I saw this going down I would probably say, “Hey, I’m going to go for a walk, I’ll text you when I’m coming back?”

    …Malaya may not have her number tho. xD

    But I mean, I feel like Marcie is being a bit obvious, to a outsider anyway. Or maybe it’s just obvious to me because a) I know her feelings and b) I’m queer, and it’s easier for me to tell. (I’ve found that a lot of straight people have a hard time sensing when two queer people are flirting. Not true for all! And also I dunno if Lucy is queer or not, I’m just assuming she’s straight)

    • Em
      Em
      June 29, 2015 at 12:49 am | #

      I forgot to say that it should’ve been EVEN MORE OBVIOUS after what she’d been reading. xD

  49. Rutee
    Rutee
    June 29, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    Lucy still the best, I see. So happy to see her.

  50. Rutee
    Rutee
    June 29, 2015 at 12:50 am | #

    AHAHAHAHAHAHA

    Marcie’s hate now makes complete sense. I feel bad for needing a second to notice it. ILU Willis.

  51. TheOtherDibbler
    TheOtherDibbler
    June 29, 2015 at 12:55 am | #

    Okay, Lucy needs to make some fangirl friends, either online or off. I feel that would be best for everyone. Fangirling is way more fun when people join in. I also expect having your quiet evening interrupted by having someone randomly fangirl all over you about something you don’t care about is probably also no fun.

    Lucy! There is probably some sort of anime/comics fan association on your campus that you can join – seek them out!

    • Disloyal Subject
      Disloyal Subject
      June 29, 2015 at 2:18 am | #

      Random fangirling is an excellent source of spice for dull evenings, but yeah, it’s occasionally an unwelcome interruption.

  52. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 29, 2015 at 12:56 am | #

    Sal said “Marcie is yours for tonight, be good to her”.
    So, is this how Malaya is treating Marcie right?

    Or is Malaya just dead from the neck down, where body language is concerned: and the neck up, where coincidental parallel interruptions are concerned?

    Malaya has no problems taking what she wants, from appearances hence, so not so sure this is boding well for Marcie.

    • Em
      Em
      June 29, 2015 at 12:59 am | #

      I mean…would you “take what you want” in front of your roommate? I feel that if Malaya was planning anything, it kind of got ruined by the appearance of Lucy.

      • Disloyal Subject
        Disloyal Subject
        June 29, 2015 at 2:11 am | #

        Plenty folks would, actually; the typical roommate gets flustered and leaves before one gets far enough for modesty to become relevant.
        I rather doubt Malaya’s inclined that way, though.

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 29, 2015 at 5:00 am | #

      A lot of people are assuming that Malaya would be sexually responsive to Marcie just because of how DMW portrayed her in Shortpacked. That isn’t guaranteed. It would be a shame if Marcie’s heart were broken (especially if this is her first shot at any kind of relationship beyond Sal) but it is a valid direction to take both women’s character arcs.

      • li
        li
        June 29, 2015 at 8:26 am | #

        Actually a lot of people are assuming she WON’T because of how she was portrayed in SP.

  53. Arianod
    Arianod
    June 29, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

    Put it up there in the list of stuff you don’t understand, Malaya.
    Looks like Marcie’s gonna have to use sign language.

  54. Foxhack
    Foxhack
    June 29, 2015 at 1:04 am | #

    Welp, this strip made me hate Marcie.

    Good job, Willis.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 29, 2015 at 1:29 am | #

      Hey, she’s only human. Don’t tell me you’ve never been in that situation where you’re desperately to have some intimacy with someone so you can make your move but people keep walking in on the two of you.

      • Reaver
        Reaver
        June 29, 2015 at 2:26 am | #

        Lucy kinda LIVES there, there’s no walking in, that’s HER dorm too.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 29, 2015 at 4:25 am | #

          Regardless, how do you think somebody would react if they’re trying to subtly put the moves on somebody only to be interrupted by someone else?

        • Kamino Neko
          Kamino Neko
          June 29, 2015 at 4:49 am | #

          Being in the room is not carte blanche to be in their space. Which she is.

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          June 29, 2015 at 11:17 am | #

          Well, you know what I mean.

      • Majere
        Majere
        June 29, 2015 at 5:02 am | #

        Yes, but her facial expression of maximum >:( is more than enough to get the “stop killing my game” message across there’s no need for what is the equivalent of screaming profanity.

    • Rutee
      Rutee
      June 29, 2015 at 1:36 am | #

      No, see, you don’t understand. Marcie isn’t just hating Lucy for being a fangirl (That would be kind of 😐 but) Marcie is hating Lucy *FOR GIVING THE GAME AWAY*. Look back and tell me that Lucy isn’t also describing Marcy XD

  55. The Thing
    The Thing
    June 29, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

    Jesus christ those two are being total bongos to her.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      June 29, 2015 at 2:00 am | #

      Now you made me wonder if the “bongo” filter puts up the correct plural for the word bongo when encountering the Bongo word, so “bongoes” should read as bongos if it does, or bongoes if it doesn’t.

      Willis please approve this, I’m doing science. And that totally feels like I should add “bongo” there.

      • StClair
        StClair
        June 29, 2015 at 3:02 pm | #

        Bongo Science?

  56. brasca1
    brasca1
    June 29, 2015 at 1:09 am | #

    Hopefully, Lucy forgives easily because if Malaya is non receptive to Marcie’s advances she will have alienated someone who did nothing to deserve it for nothing.

    • Majere
      Majere
      June 29, 2015 at 5:00 am | #

      She lives with Malaya and is still this sunny and friendly towards her she has to be super forgiving because it’s impossible this is the first time Malaya has been a complete ass to her.

      • Darkoneko
        Darkoneko
        June 29, 2015 at 7:24 am | #

        More like she’s totally oblivious to other people.

        • Darkoneko
          Darkoneko
          June 29, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

          An’ yes I mean Lucy.

        • Majere
          Majere
          June 29, 2015 at 10:34 am | #

          By this strip alone it’s pretty clear she’s not oblivious.

          • Norah
            Norah
            June 29, 2015 at 4:49 pm | #

            I don’t know if she realizes she’s describing Marcie’s situation perfectly though, or she might have just left the room and let Marcie get on with it.

            I don’t think Lucy is oblivious to other people. But I do wonder if she has trouble telling when people aren’t interested in what she’s saying. It seems to me if Malaya never knew what she was talking about, she would possibly have picked up on that by now and just not talked to her about these kinds of things.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 29, 2015 at 11:32 am | #

      And Malaya will care because…?

  57. electromagneticDestroyosaur
    electromagneticDestroyosaur
    June 29, 2015 at 1:15 am | #

    “Okay, now that’s just an unfortunate coincidence.”
    – David Walkerton

  58. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 29, 2015 at 1:31 am | #

    ” And then someone interrupts and Robin is like grrr and um… I think I’ll just put a sock on the door and go somewhere else”

    Lucy kinda embodies Tumblr to me.

  59. Adam Black
    Adam Black
    June 29, 2015 at 2:05 am | #

    Its Not Lucy’s fault she’s so clueless. She’s obviously a Yaoi-Girl.
    Her feminist instincts probably take female homosociality for granted.

    Now we will never know which Robin it was. Is it Bruce Tim? Is it Jason Todd? Damien Wayne?

    • li
      li
      June 29, 2015 at 8:27 am | #

      I don’t think feminism has anything to do with taking “female homosociality” for granted.

      • saki
        saki
        June 29, 2015 at 2:34 pm | #

        +1

    • saki
      saki
      June 29, 2015 at 2:37 pm | #

      Making a lot of assumptions there… First off; there’s plenty yaoi-fangirls who also love yuri. Secondly, not all yaoi-fangirls are feminists. Unless Lucy is stated to be a feminist somewhere else and I just forgot and that’s what you’re referring to, that seems like a really strange assumption to make.

  60. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    June 29, 2015 at 2:08 am | #

    Ohh, I get it, because Robin is a bird, and they’re talking about the Flash, that’s what that title text is referring to.

  61. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    June 29, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

    wait which robin

    this is the walkyverse we’re talking about

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 29, 2015 at 2:18 am | #

      it’s not, actually

      • Orbit Junkie
        Orbit Junkie
        June 29, 2015 at 6:49 am | #

        Maybe Lucy likes to ship people in congress with superheroes? I’m sure there’s a real tumblr blog or subreddit for that somewhere. If not, then someone needs to make that happen, right now.

    • Reaver
      Reaver
      June 29, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

      Batman Robin….

    • Robin
      Robin
      June 29, 2015 at 2:43 am | #

      It’s me! I’m leaning against Kid Flash as we speak.

    • Batty
      Batty
      June 29, 2015 at 2:50 am | #

      I would assume it’s Dick Grayson because the strip name is birdflash, which is also the ships name for Dick/Wally.

  62. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 29, 2015 at 2:21 am | #

    Shortpacked crossover: DoA Lucy is a comics geek! I’m thinking that sighn Marcie is using means: “We are TRYING to have a moment here!”

    I will understand Lucy’s pain. Explaining fan-art to non-fans is nearly impossible!

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 29, 2015 at 11:30 am | #

      She could have just watched them on tv, like she did before.

  63. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    June 29, 2015 at 2:31 am | #

    Lucy is a Hufflepuff who is roommates with a Death Eater, this was never gonna go well, let’s be real.

  64. Lancer
    Lancer
    June 29, 2015 at 2:32 am | #

    That eyebrow in panel 1 is airborn…

  65. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 29, 2015 at 2:46 am | #

    I’m wondering if it’s a bad thing that I understand everything Lucy said!

  66. Torra
    Torra
    June 29, 2015 at 2:46 am | #

    Oh my goodness those rage goggles in panel three. Hahahaha. I’m hoping Lucy gets the hint and makes some excuse to leave and go find her other friends to hang out with. Oh Marcie

    • BenRG
      BenRG
      June 29, 2015 at 4:53 am | #

      Don’t ask me why but I have a feeling that Lucy is going to decide to give her roomie space with her GF and hang out in the Quad. That’s when she gets in trouble with a bunch of upperclassmen jocks and Amazi-Girl and Got-Dumped Boy save the day.

      Or maybe I just need more coffee.

  67. Starline
    Starline
    June 29, 2015 at 2:47 am | #

    I relate to Lucy waaaaaaay too much. hahaha. 😀

  68. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    June 29, 2015 at 2:57 am | #

    HISSSSSS…

    I’m with Malaya on this one. :/

    • Kamino Neko
      Kamino Neko
      June 29, 2015 at 5:23 am | #

      I’m with Marcie, not Malaya. Lucy is both breaking the sacred rule of shared rooms (the ability to carve out private space within the shared space) and interrupting Marcie’s attempt to snuggle with her. Malaya’s just venting her nerd-contempt.

      • Kamino Neko
        Kamino Neko
        June 29, 2015 at 5:25 am | #

        Er…*snuggle with Malaya. I edited that comment a couple times, and the references got a bit snarled.

        • Arianod
          Arianod
          June 29, 2015 at 9:55 am | #

          Edit? How do edit?

          • Kamino Neko
            Kamino Neko
            June 29, 2015 at 12:50 pm | #

            Editing the post before hitting ‘post comment’.

            • Arianod
              Arianod
              June 29, 2015 at 6:28 pm | #

              Oh, you meant before posting. OK.

  69. Dierna
    Dierna
    June 29, 2015 at 3:06 am | #

    Yay…she’s still a comic book nerd…and a Robin/Kid Flash shipper apparantly.

    • Mr. Morningstar
      Mr. Morningstar
      June 29, 2015 at 3:15 am | #

      i can dig it

  70. The Wizard
    The Wizard
    June 29, 2015 at 3:26 am | #

    I’m starting to like Lucy.

  71. Yinello
    Yinello
    June 29, 2015 at 4:48 am | #

    Lucy… I hope you’re not constantly bothering people who are not interested.

    Come bother us instead. 😛

  72. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 29, 2015 at 5:51 am | #

    LUCY YOU CLAM JAMMER!

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 29, 2015 at 6:55 am | #

      That’s just the story of Marcie’s night, isn’t it?

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        June 29, 2015 at 7:15 am | #

        I can only ponder who next will get in the way of Marcie getting some.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          June 29, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

          My money is on Carla.

          • AgentKeen
            AgentKeen
            June 29, 2015 at 9:10 pm | #

            And then Malaya.

            🙁

            • Bagge
              Bagge
              June 30, 2015 at 1:59 am | #

              Ouch.

  73. Les
    Les
    June 29, 2015 at 6:53 am | #

    Sometimes there’s no need for words…

  74. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    June 29, 2015 at 7:13 am | #

    God damnit Lucy…

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      June 29, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

      +1

      I love running gags

  75. Cholma
    Cholma
    June 29, 2015 at 7:21 am | #

    I can’t believe I didn’t think of this when the comic first posted:

    Marcie’s got Looks That Kill!

  76. Jimmy
    Jimmy
    June 29, 2015 at 7:25 am | #

    I like Lucy a lot. Unfortunately, like me, she was painfully unaware when she’s just trying to be friendly.

  77. Robbzilla
    Robbzilla
    June 29, 2015 at 8:18 am | #

    What an insufferable pair of assholes.

  78. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    June 29, 2015 at 8:29 am | #

    Lucy, you poor, beautiful, oblivious fool.

  79. li
    li
    June 29, 2015 at 8:37 am | #

    I like all three characters. Apparently that’s like, gonna create a singularity or something.

    First of all Marcie’s reaction here is actually completely understandable. “Shut up shut up shut up you are literally describing me right this very second but you’re ruining my happy fanart moment” is just a human response, regardless of how polite it is to express that. Yesterday was uncalled for, today is called for, just maybe not quite like that.

    Second of all people are expecting a lot of maturity from these characters. I know it’s been brought up plenty that Malaya’s “I hate everything” act should’ve stopped “being cool” when she was like 14. And come on, it was never actually cool, and these characters are 18-19, which is… not actually that much more emotionally mature than 14. Like, it’s just not.

    Some of us were more mature at 18 than this. Some of us were more mature at five years old than this. But there’s no magical dividing line at 18 that actually makes you even remotely a grownup.

    Usually people seem to hit 23-25 and then realize they were incredibly childish and foolish when they were 18 (but think they’re very mature now). Then they hit 26-28 and realize, nah, they were still foolish in their early twenties (but they’re more mature now).

    Then you hit 30 and realize you’re probably going to keep doing this for the rest of your life, and try to stop thinking of yourself as super mature.

    It’s a process. But expecting these people to just abruptly stop being kids because they’re 18 is probably not realistic.

    (And you don’t have to be immature at 18 to be more mature at 23 — it’s gonna be relative. You can BE pretty mature right now, but still be more mature in a few more years.)

    • Yatsude Hatte
      Yatsude Hatte
      June 29, 2015 at 9:22 am | #

      I think the Malaya hate comes a bit from carryon baggage of Shortpacked where she was considerably older than here and did a lot more to deserve hate with that attitude, and regardless got paired off with a character she didn’t at all deserve, and the audience expected to be happy for that. (Dumbing of Age Malaya is a saint compared with her Shortpacked counterpart.)

      • Li
        Li
        June 29, 2015 at 2:08 pm | #

        Yeah I know, I was there pfft. I liked Malaya then too.

        I’m also a little confused. Are you saying she didn’t deserve Carla? …like their first interaction was back when Carla was still car-shaped and they bonded over how much they both hate everybody. Their attitudes were pretty much identical.

      • Norah
        Norah
        June 29, 2015 at 4:38 pm | #

        By “character she didn’t at all deserve”, did you mean Leslie?

        • Li
          Li
          June 29, 2015 at 4:51 pm | #

          I mean that’s the one that makes sense, but it’s not how either of them ended up… so it seems weird to say the audience was expected to be happy??

          Leslie and Malaya were wrong for each other. Leslie had some admiration for Malaya’s attitude, but by her own admission it was kind of mostly physical on her end. Malaya had kind of the opposite problem — she liked Leslie a lot, but wasn’t attracted to her, and in the end wasn’t able to make herself be attracted to her.

          They were a bad couple, and they broke up.

    • Gangler
      Gangler
      June 29, 2015 at 9:27 am | #

      Malaya doesn’t actually react very strongly at all here. I don’t think this is an instance of her “I hate everything” act.

      When Lucy is talking, Malaya looks at her with exactly the same expression she’d previously been directing at her book. Seemingly attentive.

      Lucy walks away of her own volition, without getting any response from Malaya. Malaya at this point confides in Marcie that she didn’t really understand what Lucy was talking about, and often doesn’t.

      This is a pretty reasonable response. Lucy just walked in and started rambling about some show Malaya probably doesn’t watch without first explaining context, abruptly left without even finishing her statement. I think most people’s reaction would be something along the lines of “Well that was weird and confusing”.

      Personally I’ve had the same problem. Eventually my dad had to get me into the habit of opening up these sorts of statements with some basic “I’m talking about X, that show with the Y and Z that I like” type qualifier.

      • BenRG
        BenRG
        June 29, 2015 at 9:58 am | #

        Agreed; Malaya wasn’t openly antagonistic to Lucy here. She actually tried to be polite but, ultimately, Lucy was talking in a completely foreign language. The terms Malaya then used to describe the situation was entirely in-character. If Malaya didn’t use insulting language to describe someone, I’d be worried whether she was alright.

      • Li
        Li
        June 29, 2015 at 2:20 pm | #

        Oh sure, that part of my comment was more about the reactions to the last strip, but I couldn’t at the time put my finger on why people expecting Malaya to already grow out of this needled at me :|a

        Interestingly, Malaya in this ‘verse hates everything a lot less than her SP counterpart. She’s been described as having this ‘tude, but Carla already made a big distinction between Sal and Malaya that Malaya “isn’t sneering at anyone from a wall” and (implicitly) (like Marcie, whom Carla was specifically describing at this point)”likes doing stuff”. (She was visibly enjoying skating with Marcie.)

        But yeah I had a general point to make about eighteen year olds vs fourteen year olds and the supposedly huge maturity gap we all had between those ages.

        At eighteen I think I was pretty grumpy :|a I joked with friends that I was prematurely an old man yelling at those kids to get off my lawn. But despite my general pessimism and feeling like I kinda hated the world, there were still things and people I enjoyed.

        I did eventually grow out of it, of course, but I don’t think I was under any delusion about looking cool. I assumed I wasn’t cool, and didn’t care. In my case I think I got ALL my trying to be cool done in seventh and eighth grade, when I went through a spate of trying different hair colors and even curling my hair once, trying to change who I was and become cool.

        God I probably came off a lot like Sal though. I had buzzed hair and army fatigue pants that I wore everywhere, and I know some of my teachers assumed I got in trouble with the police regularly, whereas the truth is I had just wanted to start my hair over fresh after all the damage from dyed and perms, and really liked those pants because they were comfortable.

        …to clarify, I don’t think anyone thought I was super hot, like they do Sal, but I bet lots of people thought I was scary/dangerous, and trying really really hard to look cool/tough.

    • cesium133
      cesium133
      June 29, 2015 at 9:35 am | #

      I can’t find the particular QC comic I’m thinking of right now, but I think it said it best: “Maturity is knowing you were a fool in the past. Common sense is knowing you should try not to be a fool now. Wisdom is knowing you will be a fool in the future.”

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        June 29, 2015 at 9:59 am | #

        So, what you’re saying is that Malaya has neither maturity, nor wisdom, nor common sense? Yes, that sounds like her all right.

        • Li
          Li
          June 29, 2015 at 2:23 pm | #

          Shorter Arianod: you said something positive I can twist into an insult against a character you probably like, score!

          • Arianod
            Arianod
            June 29, 2015 at 7:14 pm | #

            I’ll take that as a compliment.

      • Li
        Li
        June 29, 2015 at 2:21 pm | #

        Heh. Yeah that’s the shape of it!

  80. Reepunzel
    Reepunzel
    June 29, 2015 at 9:37 am | #

    I can completely understand Marcie here. How do you efficiently express your exasperation at Lucy’s complete situation blindness while not being way too obvious to your potential girlfriend who is RIGHT THERE AND YOU ARE RUINING MY GAME BY DESCRIBING IT EXACTLY OH MY GOD GO AWAY

    It was probably and unfortunately her only quick option.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 29, 2015 at 10:01 am | #

      This +1.

  81. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    June 29, 2015 at 10:23 am | #

    I feel bad for Lucy. 🙁 However, it’s their alone time. However, Lucy doesn’t know that.

  82. arias01
    arias01
    June 29, 2015 at 10:26 am | #

    Pretty sure that means Marcie wants one of those double popsicles. I bet she’ll give half to Malaya.

  83. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    June 29, 2015 at 11:46 am | #

    Also Marcie is totally blushing in the middle panel.

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      June 29, 2015 at 3:55 pm | #

      That could just be rage face.

      • saki
        saki
        June 29, 2015 at 4:48 pm | #

        Looks like blushing to me. http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/122743759017/could-we-have-a-blown-up-version-of-the-panel-with

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        June 29, 2015 at 5:09 pm | #

        Sorry; that’s rage-face and her cheeks are flushed with anger.  Look also at the way Marcie’s eyes are burning like lasers from behind her dark glasses.

        • saki
          saki
          June 29, 2015 at 7:11 pm | #

          One can make laser-eyes an angry face and blush at the same time, you know. 🙂

          • saki
            saki
            June 29, 2015 at 7:14 pm | #

            Oh and more importantly, Willis has never used that type of blush for anger-flushed-face IIRC. It seems unlikely that he’d start now, in a strip where it would be ambiguous. :3

  84. Briny
    Briny
    June 29, 2015 at 1:44 pm | #

    My wishlist: We now follow Lucy as she goes wherever she goes, doing whatever she’s doing next. Maybe she goes out and meets some people, or rides a bike or writes some fanfic or something!

    What probably will happen: Slipshineage.

  85. Rachel
    Rachel
    June 29, 2015 at 2:55 pm | #

    Lucy is the cutest ever and I need her to be my best friend right now. 😀

    • Rachel
      Rachel
      June 29, 2015 at 2:58 pm | #

      Also, does that fanart actually exist? Because…I may need to see that. You know, for reasons.

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 29, 2015 at 3:27 pm | #

        I may or may not have just spent five minutes googling Robin and Kidflash fanart. I didn’t find anything that fits the description exactly but some pretty similar stuff, and it was all very cute and I think I’m a shipper now.

  86. Bicycle Bill
    Bicycle Bill
    June 29, 2015 at 5:07 pm | #

    FINALLY!!!  Marcie signs something that even I can understand!!
    I mean, everybody knows that the bird is the word.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 29, 2015 at 7:12 pm | #

      I’ve heard about it, yeah.

  87. Edupoet81
    Edupoet81
    June 29, 2015 at 6:11 pm | #

    Poor Lucy. She’s just trying to be friendly, and this is the response she gets. I understand where Marcie is coming from, but her response still seems somewhat over-the-top.

  88. masterofthez
    masterofthez
    June 29, 2015 at 8:41 pm | #

    Of course Malaya doesn’t understand what Lucy is talking about. I mean are we talking Dick/Wally, Tim/Bart or a crack pairing like Jason/Bart? We need clarification.

  89. nothri
    nothri
    June 29, 2015 at 9:17 pm | #

    Oh look, a mild anti-social girl wants to get with a majorly anti-social (borderline sociopath) girl and is having all kinds of trouble along the way.

    But enough about Ruth and Billie.

  90. rayrayravona
    rayrayravona
    June 29, 2015 at 10:21 pm | #

    Lucy is adorable of course, and Malaya and Marcie are unnecessarily rude, but who just assumes the average person would be interested in Young Justice League fanart?

  91. m2iCodeJockey
    m2iCodeJockey
    June 29, 2015 at 10:59 pm | #

    What’s on the phone…
    (Text message:)”Malaya, I like you. Do you like me? Check this box:” *Marcie’s explicit selfie*

    *…Marcie deletes draft…*

  92. DJTsurugi
    DJTsurugi
    June 30, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

    did Willis change Marcie’s smile in the last panel to look like more of a frown? ~<3

  93. Kim
    Kim
    June 30, 2015 at 10:16 am | #

    I am starting to love Lucy!

  94. HeySo
    HeySo
    June 30, 2015 at 11:19 am | #

    Damn it, Willis-
    Where is that Robin/Kid Flash fan art, I need to see it :X

  95. Taigan
    Taigan
    July 4, 2015 at 4:58 pm | #

    *facepalm* I just now got the fact that what Lucy is describing is exactly what Marcie was doing to Malaya in the last strip.

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