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by David M Willis on October 28, 2019 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - Birthday Pursuit
└ Tags: asher, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    October 28, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    “you should get a library card if you wanna check me out lolololol”

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      October 28, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

      You must’ve returned the books late, because, you got FINE written all over you

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        October 28, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

        Here, let me show you our overnight slot.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          October 28, 2019 at 12:35 am | #

          (Sudo create a joke using “overdue” for two likely horny people.)

        • Marsh Maryrose
          Marsh Maryrose
          October 28, 2019 at 1:02 am | #

          Can I add you to my holdings?

          • Marsh Maryrose
            Marsh Maryrose
            October 28, 2019 at 1:45 am | #

            As a pickup line, this would probably work better as a statement:

            “I’d like to add you to my holdings.”

          • Tacos
            Tacos
            October 28, 2019 at 1:46 am | #

            *makes a joke involving the Dewey Decimal System*

            • Chris Phoenix
              Chris Phoenix
              October 28, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

              Makes a joke about the other person being on hold…

            • Dean
              Dean
              October 28, 2019 at 5:07 am | #

              Dewey Decimal System? Do we ever!

              • HeySo
                HeySo
                October 28, 2019 at 5:46 am | #

                Wow, you’re rather eager to do it with them, huh?

                Well, I get that they’re both stacked, but you should really shelve those impulses of yours. I mean, tick those two off, and you’d have to book it fast; Otherwise, you’d probably be in quite the bind. Just, y’know, taking the time to cover this to make sure we’re on the same page, that’s all.

              • ValdVin
                ValdVin
                October 28, 2019 at 1:10 pm | #

                I knew I liked Tai when she blurted out, in perfect iambic pentameter, “Oh joyous day, you passed the test! You’re hired”.

              • Makkabee
                Makkabee
                October 31, 2019 at 12:20 am | #

                They’re in college now. They use the Library of Sexual Congress system.

    • AbelUndercity
      AbelUndercity
      October 28, 2019 at 5:55 am | #

      (Quietly escorts them to 306.7 in nonfiction.)

      • Clif
        Clif
        October 28, 2019 at 11:37 pm | #

        Librarian jokes are almost as cool as mathematician jokes.

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    October 28, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

    Panels 4 and 5 actually took several complete cigarettes, they only started speaking again because their packs were running low.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 28, 2019 at 12:03 am | #

      Smoking Duel?

      • Screwball
        Screwball
        October 28, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

        Russian Roulette, cancer edition…?

        • HeySo
          HeySo
          October 28, 2019 at 5:50 am | #

          Where every chamber is loaded, but with soft lead bullets, and in a low-velocity gun? Guess they’re playing the long game, huh?

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 28, 2019 at 2:26 am | #

      So would that imply they’ve been there for hours, or did they both chain smoke a pack each?

    • Felix
      Felix
      October 28, 2019 at 10:07 pm | #

      Sounds like my teenage years. Up to 4 packs a day.

  3. Shane Wegner
    Shane Wegner
    October 28, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    Now bone.

    • Shane Wegner
      Shane Wegner
      October 28, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

      It’s like really delayed make up sex.

  4. Cheshrin
    Cheshrin
    October 28, 2019 at 12:05 am | #

    “Oh no we’re hot”

    • Dara
      Dara
      October 28, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Oh no they’re hot. It’s not fair that I would literally stop breathing around either of them thanks to their goddamn smoking habits.

      I guess “yay they’re fictional” applies here? Somehow?

      bisexual frustration increases

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        October 28, 2019 at 12:22 am | #

        If they switched to vaping, they would be better off health-wise but covered in a smokey haze.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          October 28, 2019 at 12:38 am | #

          Most e-cigarettes contain nicotine, so it’s really not that much healthier.

          • lightsabermario
            lightsabermario
            October 28, 2019 at 12:52 am | #

            Nicotine is a highly addictive chemical, but it’s hardly the only harmful substance in cigarettes. The tar that’ll coat your lungs, and a veritable “who’s who” of carcinogens make cigarettes a way worse option than vaping.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              October 28, 2019 at 1:13 am | #

              Nicotine’s hardly the only harmful substance in vaping either. There just haven’t been long term studies about harm from vaping yet.

              • not someone else
                not someone else
                October 28, 2019 at 1:16 am | #

                Isn’t vape juice just nicotine, food-grade artificial flavoring, and water?

                (As someone allergic to nicotine that’s bad enough, but I was under the impression there weren’t other substances in vape juice.)

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  October 28, 2019 at 1:57 am | #

                  Depending on what’s in the e-cigarette in question (they’re not standardized), there can be many dangerous chemicals and it doesn’t help those around you with respiratory issues. Speaking as a college student, having an asthma attack because of some jackass smoking in the doorway isn’t really better when the smoke’s grape flavoured as opposed to regular cigarette smoke.

                • Miri
                  Miri
                  October 28, 2019 at 4:41 am | #

                  I was really disappointed when I learnt that vaping wasn’t just about clouds of sweet-flavoured steam with nothing but water and flavour – that I would have considered taking up…

                • George
                  George
                  October 28, 2019 at 7:50 pm | #

                  If only. People are really getting their lungs screwed up by dodgy vape juice.

                  Not sure how damaging vaping is when the juice is made properly, but evidence is starting to mount that if it’s done improperly, it can do serious lung damage.

                • Felix
                  Felix
                  October 28, 2019 at 10:14 pm | #

                  “but evidence is starting to mount that if it’s done improperly, it can do serious damage.”

                  Applies to just about anything and everything. This is why safety commissions exist for products and services. Question might then rather be if not, why there is no safety regulations on something like this..?

          • Lensipensi
            Lensipensi
            October 28, 2019 at 2:12 am | #

            It is really much, much less harmful then cigarettes. Nicotine is one of the least harmful substances in cigarettes (body-health-wise). Just take CO and tar as examples.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              October 28, 2019 at 2:28 am | #

              There’s a whole bunch of other shit in e-cigarettes too.

              And nicotine causes cancer and plays havoc with your cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, respiratory, immunological, ocular, renal, and reproductive systems. Even if it were just nicotine, nicotine’s dangerous enough.

              • Alanari
                Alanari
                October 28, 2019 at 2:42 am | #

                Cigarettes basically are the deadliest thing on this planet. One of ten dies because of cigarette related reasons. If vaping were as dangerous, we’d probably already know.
                Not saying that it’s healthy. It probably isn’t. But it probably also can’t compete with killer number one.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  October 28, 2019 at 3:54 am | #

                  The ‘we’d already know’ thing seems like a bold claim considering it took years to find out how deadly cigarettes are and the fact there aren’t any major long term studies on vaping. Vaping’s been a thing for less than 20 years – it was invented in 2003.

                  If they’re both going to cause fatal cancer (and they both contain nicotine so they both can) it seems strange to me to claim one is healthier.

                • Alanari
                  Alanari
                  October 28, 2019 at 4:51 am | #

                  After 20 years, the negative effect of cigarettes to, well, basically the whole body are well visible. We effectively did a long term study, with a few million vapers as participants. So we know that vaping does not destroy the human body as fast as cigarettes.
                  Processed meat causes cancer, too. But it is way healthier than cigarettes. The key is the probability of causing cancer. One in ten smokers will get cancer. If the ratio is 1:50 for vaping, it is healthier. Still damaging, but not as deadly as cigarettes.
                  One of the main ways cigarettes kill is copd and the lungs of vapers don’t get bad that fast. We even know switching to vaping can make copd get better. I mean, yes, vaping will, most likely, damage the lungs in some way. There’s stuff going into them that’s not supposed to be there and that will have some effect. But it’s apparently not destroying them completely, like cigarettes do.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  October 28, 2019 at 1:42 pm | #

                  No, no we have not done a long term study because you cannot eyeball health impacts like that. It took decades for the long term affects of cigarettes to become apparent in empirical research and they’d been available a lot longer than that. Especially when most people vaping are young and it’s often in your 40s-50s that health affects become apparent.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  October 28, 2019 at 1:44 pm | #

                  And ‘processed’ meat doesn’t actually mean anything specific. Salting and canning it makes it processed.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  October 28, 2019 at 3:10 pm | #

                  And we’re just now starting to see a bunch of lung problems apparently linked to vaping.

                  Even if it is healthier, that only works as an argument if vaping is used as an alternative for existing smokers, not as a way to hook a new generation on nicotine. Which, given that it apparently bypassed a lot of the rules about marketing to kids, it certainly seems to be.

                • BBCC
                  BBCC
                  October 28, 2019 at 8:58 pm | #

                  It’s really not replacing smoking either – most people who vape and smoke don’t give up smoking.

              • Clif
                Clif
                October 28, 2019 at 11:46 pm | #

                Re – Nicotine causes cancer. Most experts agree not. See https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323542.php

              • Lensipensi
                Lensipensi
                October 31, 2019 at 2:40 am | #

                It isn’t carcinogen. For the other things you are writing I would have to look into specific studies to say something about it.b It is of course up to you to believe what you want. But scientific speaking, with the kind of evidence we have till now (which is not nearly as much as with cigarettes), vaping is much less harmful, because it doesn’t contain CO and tar. But the tobacco lobby is clearly steering the conversion (at least in Europe. Here not even chewing tobacco is allowed and cheering tobacco is much less harmful and less addicting than cigarettes).

                • Lensipensi
                  Lensipensi
                  October 31, 2019 at 2:44 am | #

                  I am very sorry for the misspellings and autocorrections. I hope everything is still readable, if somebody is reading it.

            • ktbear
              ktbear
              October 28, 2019 at 4:35 am | #

              And its not like vaping has ever killed anyone, right? RIGHT?

            • ischemgeek
              ischemgeek
              October 28, 2019 at 5:12 am | #

              Vaping has a different hazard profile compared with cigarettes. On one hand, it does seem less carcinogenic. OTOH, nobody gets popcorn lung from cigarettes, and they do get it from vaping.

            • BarerMender
              BarerMender
              October 28, 2019 at 7:46 am | #

              I remember a figure from long ago: CO at 640 times industrial save level. Plus 200 other toxins, including PVC.

            • LeslieBean4shizzle
              LeslieBean4shizzle
              October 28, 2019 at 8:27 am | #

              … I feel like I should put a link in to the Game Theory episode where MatPat proved that four half a pack of cigarettes has enough nicotine to drop someone dead in around 30 minutes if properly concentrated.

              • Hilzabub
                Hilzabub
                October 28, 2019 at 9:49 am | #

                4 packs of tylenol will also kill you. Not as quickly, but it will do it.

                Not arguing in favour of nicotine, just saying.

              • Casi
                Casi
                October 28, 2019 at 10:41 am | #

                That was Austin with the SCIENCE! Don’t you be getting Austin to start yelling some more, he really needs to save his voice lol

              • ValdVin
                ValdVin
                October 28, 2019 at 1:07 pm | #

                But in what form?

                The first Ellery Queen mystery novel (ask your grandparents) involves nicotine as the means of murder, but it is in liquid form and applied subcutaneously.

            • Deathjavu
              Deathjavu
              October 28, 2019 at 6:20 pm | #

              Nicotine not harmful? The fu… atherosclerosis (arterial hardening, they need to be flexible) isn’t harmful? That’s straight up an effect of the nicotine itself…and just the first one I thought of off the top of my head.

              I don’t know what you’re smoking that you think nicotine isn’t harmful, but it isn’t nicotine. Or weed. Maybe paint thinner.

              • Deathjavu
                Deathjavu
                October 28, 2019 at 6:32 pm | #

                Upon rereading it’s clear that you said it’s the least harmful, which is like…saying a fire is the least hot of a group of fires?

                Don’t put your hand in any of the fires, they’ll all burn you.

            • woobie
              woobie
              October 28, 2019 at 10:03 pm | #

              Nicotene is a really good insecticide.
              Ever seen the hazared label on a nicotene container?

              • Bathymetheus
                Bathymetheus
                October 29, 2019 at 12:01 am | #

                Well, yes. That’s why tobacco plants produce it (lots of plants produce weird chemicals – the ones that produce something that kills or inhibits insects tend to be more successful). Some of those chemicals affect the human nervous system. Humans being sensation seekers we tend to try all sorts of crap. As a cranky old guy, I tend to think that this is usually a bad idea.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  October 29, 2019 at 8:59 am | #

                  like hot peppers. 🙂

        • Fox
          Fox
          October 28, 2019 at 1:48 am | #

          Vaping involves many potentially dangerous chemicals and really isn’t safer than regular cigarettes.
          https://e-cigarettes.surgeongeneral.gov/

      • Fomalhaut88
        Fomalhaut88
        October 28, 2019 at 12:08 pm | #

        He’s an asshole though.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      October 28, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

      Ugh. Maybe if they weren’t inveterate chain-smokers.

  5. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    October 28, 2019 at 12:06 am | #

    Asher: “I’ve spent hours wondering what Walky would look like with a full head of seaweed.”

  6. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    October 28, 2019 at 12:07 am | #

    On a talk show many years ago, I heard a comedian say that a typical cigarette that you don’t drag on takes 11 minutes to burn. The stand-up guys in the Forties and Fifties used the cigarette to time out their acts. Just a datum.

  7. BBCC
    BBCC
    October 28, 2019 at 12:08 am | #

    Now I’m kinda wondering if Marcie knows Sal went to meet Asher. I wonder what she’ll think if she does (and, more interestingly, if she doesn’t).

    In the mean time – go on, you two.

  8. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    October 28, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Is there a blue line drawing behind the comic?

    • CMasta
      CMasta
      October 28, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

      Yeah looks like the pencils layer is still visible.

  9. Badgermole
    Badgermole
    October 28, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Now bump cigarettes

    jk don’t do it Sal

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      October 28, 2019 at 12:12 am | #

      Is that like a fist bump for smokers?

      • Schpoonman
        Schpoonman
        October 28, 2019 at 12:18 am | #

        I know Black Lagoon used it as a proxy kiss once.

        • Deanatay
          Deanatay
          October 28, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

          Dueling fags?

          NO

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          October 28, 2019 at 4:38 pm | #

          Bumping cigarettes, or swapping cigarettes? Maybe that last one is too hot for TV.

  10. Dean
    Dean
    October 28, 2019 at 12:09 am | #

    Asher, you could at least turn around and give her the rear view.

  11. Danielle
    Danielle
    October 28, 2019 at 12:10 am | #

    what brand does sal smoke?

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      October 28, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      Who cares, they’re all poison.

      • Zach
        Zach
        October 28, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

        Not really. I know plenty of people who went through withdrawals just switching from whatever they had to plain tobacco. No need to spike your poison with other poisons.

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          October 28, 2019 at 2:35 am | #

          You can’t “not really” me calling cigarettes poison, then turn around and call them poison yourself with your next sentence.

          • Poofdepoof
            Poofdepoof
            October 28, 2019 at 8:39 am | #

            Zach was “not really”ing your “Who cares”

            • Delicious Taffy
              Delicious Taffy
              October 28, 2019 at 2:04 pm | #

              That makes even less sense.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 28, 2019 at 2:33 am | #

      One of the defunct, wholesome, family brands that used to sponsor radio shows, like Fatima or Lucky Strike.

      (Probably a made-up Camel-esque brand. Kind of like her motorcycle that isn’t a particular model, but resembles a Japanese sport bike such as a Yamaha R6 or Kawasaki Ninja 650.)

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        October 28, 2019 at 2:37 am | #

        Llama cigarettes? Or does that brand already exist?

      • JBento
        JBento
        October 28, 2019 at 8:15 am | #

        Bactrian, “With added carcinogens for when you want TWO lumps”

  12. shadowcell
    shadowcell
    October 28, 2019 at 12:11 am | #

    Dumbing of Age Book 10: Oh No They’re Both Very Attractive

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      October 28, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

      Dumbing of Age Book 10: Puberty Has Been Kind To Us Both

      • Keulen
        Keulen
        October 28, 2019 at 1:19 am | #

        DoA Book 10: Do Let Me Know When You’re Done Checking Me Out

  13. Cerberus
    Cerberus
    October 28, 2019 at 12:13 am | #

    Oh noes, Sal’s taste in men makes a tragic comeback. 🙁

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      October 28, 2019 at 12:37 am | #

      Yeaaaahhhhhh, her taste in men leaves something to be strongly desired.

      And I would love to get your read on it, so I’m gonna sit and read whatever analysis you feel up to offering.

      • JBento
        JBento
        October 28, 2019 at 11:09 am | #

        Leslie’s taste in women: “Hold my beer.”

        • Roborat
          Roborat
          October 28, 2019 at 4:14 pm | #

          You mean: “I am going to need more beers.”

  14. Rognik
    Rognik
    October 28, 2019 at 12:15 am | #

    Stupid sexy Sal and Asher…

    • Zee
      Zee
      October 28, 2019 at 8:42 am | #

      Monster prom reference or just general (bisexual) frustration? Cuz either way I relate

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        October 28, 2019 at 4:40 pm | #

        Simpsons said it first, with “Stupid sexy Flanders”. But take it how you will.

  15. Cyrus
    Cyrus
    October 28, 2019 at 12:16 am | #

    So would this count as a step up from Jason, or…?

    • desolation0
      desolation0
      October 28, 2019 at 3:11 pm | #

      Outside of the overarching problems caused by the relative positions of authority for Jason and Sal, that seemed like a relatively wholesome hookup. This would seem more problematic based on the previous interactions of the people involved. Also no bowtie so an obvious downgrade.

  16. Deadjolras
    Deadjolras
    October 28, 2019 at 12:17 am | #

    Is that a blush I see in panel 5?

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 28, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      Sal has a touch of one, yes.

    • Schpoonman
      Schpoonman
      October 28, 2019 at 12:19 am | #

      Amber did find Asher hot. No reason Sal can’t as well.

  17. ian livs
    ian livs
    October 28, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    Sal blushing is the most adorable thing ever (the general badass-ness only intensifies the cuteness of a blush). Also… well-timed strip at usual (and that’s all I’ll say about that).

  18. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    October 28, 2019 at 12:29 am | #

    Well they both smoke, so if you throw out the fact he snitched on her, then based on purely superficial reasons they’re perfect for each other!

    • JBento
      JBento
      October 28, 2019 at 8:17 am | #

      “They’re standing next to each other.”

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        October 28, 2019 at 4:45 pm | #

        They shares 2 panels worth of screen time. They must be shipped together!

  19. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    October 28, 2019 at 12:30 am | #

    When there’s a crime out there, he’s gonna comb his hair
    ‘Cause he’s the, Good Looking Guy!

  20. Tacos
    Tacos
    October 28, 2019 at 12:49 am | #

    Eh probably you shouldn’t try to bang the guy who called the cops on you but whatevs.

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      October 28, 2019 at 12:51 am | #

      asher doesn’t miss an opportunity

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        October 28, 2019 at 1:36 am | #

        (meant to be a new comment, but here we are)

  21. Piotr W
    Piotr W
    October 28, 2019 at 1:06 am | #

    What a pair! Now kiss 😀

  22. Keulen
    Keulen
    October 28, 2019 at 1:22 am | #

    When I read the third panel I somehow didn’t see Sal’s glove and thought her cigarette was floating in front of her face for a moment there.

    • Charlie
      Charlie
      October 28, 2019 at 1:36 am | #

      I thought that too! I appreciated it because it reminded me of Alex With Pen, who always has peoples cigarettes floating when they talk

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      October 28, 2019 at 2:14 am | #

      I didn’t see it either, until I went back up and looked again after reading your comment. I swear it just appeared there! Witchcraft!

    • ValdVin
      ValdVin
      October 28, 2019 at 7:14 pm | #

      The sixth panel has a floating cigarette.

  23. BenRG
    BenRG
    October 28, 2019 at 3:09 am | #

    If there’s one thing Sal should have learned by now it’s that bad boys are always bad news. No matter how hot they look.

    • Zaxares
      Zaxares
      October 28, 2019 at 6:03 am | #

      Alas, that’s a lesson society in general seems well willing to overlook. :/

    • JBento
      JBento
      October 28, 2019 at 8:19 am | #

      I mean, IS Asher still a bad boy? Would you still call Sal a “bad girl”?

  24. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    October 28, 2019 at 3:39 am | #

    I wonder what his job is. Perhaps Asher works at the “Walkerton twin meet-and-greet (and get beat)”?

  25. Sol Karas
    Sol Karas
    October 28, 2019 at 3:53 am | #

    This interaction got a smile out of me, it’s cute and silly. I’m kinda hoping things turn out well here. Like, they don’t necessarily end up as friends, but stay on relatively decent terms. Clear the air. Move on.

    Asher lets Sal know that some chucklefuck is trying to rope him into shenanigans so that everyone can be warned about the Dumbass Duo.

    • ktbear
      ktbear
      October 28, 2019 at 4:43 am | #

      OR Asher gets to Amber thru Sal. But not before he and Sal became an item so he can betray her again in the process.

      • Sol Karas
        Sol Karas
        October 28, 2019 at 10:46 am | #

        Congrats you are officially more evil than me, and I can be pretty evil.

  26. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    October 28, 2019 at 5:39 am | #

    They like each other. But what has happened in the past is pretty huge.They will be able to become friends again?

    • Zee
      Zee
      October 28, 2019 at 8:45 am | #

      If she can be friends with the girl who stabbed her, the guy who called the cops on her might be doable too

  27. Gillybby
    Gillybby
    October 28, 2019 at 6:07 am | #

    -chanting- Slipshine! Slipshine! Slipshine!

  28. Alan In DC
    Alan In DC
    October 28, 2019 at 7:38 am | #

    Am I the only one here that feels ooged-out by this encounter?

    My skin is crawling so hard I can hear it scrape against my cartilage.

  29. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    October 28, 2019 at 1:18 pm | #

    Well well

  30. abysswatcher1993
    abysswatcher1993
    October 28, 2019 at 3:09 pm | #

    Ah sexual appeal. Th one thing that makes horrible people be easily forgiven as much as why white people can get away with anything. Mike was into something there.

    Light Yagami, Akechi Goro, Tsukasa, Dio Brando, Vriska Serket, every fucking vampire pretty boy and girl… yeah…

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      October 28, 2019 at 4:27 pm | #

      Did you really just insinuate Light Yagami has sex appeal? That guy’s a total loser, and his hair looks like a lemon juicer.

      • Yumi
        Yumi
        October 28, 2019 at 6:27 pm | #

        This reminded me of one point in high school where I worked Light Yagami into a math project, then started rambling during the presentation about how he shouldn’t be viewed positively or something, only to interrupt myself by saying “and nobody cares about this” mid-sentence.

        • Jess
          Jess
          October 28, 2019 at 7:00 pm | #

          Well yeah, just because he was the main character didn’t mean that he was the good guy of the situation.

          • Yumi
            Yumi
            October 28, 2019 at 7:03 pm | #

            Yes, but the issue is people “easily forgave him” as abysswatcher said, and that there ARE people who viewed him as “the good guy of the situation.” I feel it should be obvious, but others feel differently, thus the rambling.

  31. kilgaen
    kilgaen
    October 28, 2019 at 6:08 pm | #

    hot as rebels

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