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July 11, 2026

Tough love

by David M Willis on January 6, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - To Remind You of My Love
└ Tags: amazi-girl, amber, blaine, danny, mike

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    January 6, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    whoops wrong comment

  2. Poofdepoof
    Poofdepoof
    January 6, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    Is Mike learning something??

    • Nevermaker
      Nevermaker
      January 6, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      Can’t be: I’ve seen no sus scrofa domesticus practicing aeronautics.

      (But honestly, I’m glad he seems to be experiencing development: please let him become at least somewhat emotionally healthy!)

      • TrueVCU
        TrueVCU
        January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

        If you think this has an emotionally happy ending you haven’t been paying attention

        • David
          David
          January 6, 2020 at 3:39 am | #

          Uh, being an asshole is emotionally healthy while not making for an “emotionally happy ending”. I am not sure Mike is learning something, and if so, whether it is an improvement.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            January 6, 2020 at 8:35 am | #

            I think he is. I think he’s seeing Blaine in himself – in their treatment of Amber, and not at all liking what he’s seeing.

            • Looks like walky
              Looks like walky
              January 6, 2020 at 11:46 pm | #

              all i hope is he learns the rules of being asshole is like being evil in an rpg you can just be evil for the party.

    • CC
      CC
      January 6, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

      Wow, two characters in two different comics having personal epiphanies based on other characters on the same day

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        January 6, 2020 at 12:31 am | #

        What was the other one? I only read a few hundred of the thousands of web comics available, so maybe a link?

        • Chris Phoenix
          Chris Phoenix
          January 6, 2020 at 12:35 am | #

          EGS

          • CC
            CC
            January 6, 2020 at 1:05 am | #

            I reference that one a lot I guess huh

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              January 6, 2020 at 4:38 am | #

              I just read that.

          • JepMZ
            JepMZ
            January 6, 2020 at 11:10 am | #

            <__>
            I don’t know what that means

            • Dragotx
              Dragotx
              January 6, 2020 at 12:36 pm | #

              El goonish shive: https://www.egscomics.com/

              • jmsr7
                jmsr7
                January 6, 2020 at 4:13 pm | #

                “Don’t call yourself a nut! …and not just because we have a friend who’s part squirrel nearby.”

    • Wraithy2773
      Wraithy2773
      January 6, 2020 at 5:38 am | #

      My prediction?

      Mike’s about to grab Blaine and shove him off the edge. Maybe following Blaine himself, but either way crippling or killing him.

      • DSL
        DSL
        January 6, 2020 at 11:16 am | #

        On the one hand, Willis says nobody dies in DoA. On the other hand, to quote Jafar in DisneyLaddin, “You’ll be surprised what you can live through.”

    • Cody B
      Cody B
      January 6, 2020 at 3:42 pm | #

      At last the full plan comes to fruition. It’s just… it’s just so beautiful. I’m sorry. There’s something in my eye.

  3. Mada
    Mada
    January 6, 2020 at 12:02 am | #

    I say, will their relationship re-escalate to pounding one another in epic hatefucks after this?

    • AeromechanicalAce
      AeromechanicalAce
      January 6, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      I doubt it. Willis seems to have a ‘no recurring ships’ policy with dumbing of age.

      • Bix902
        Bix902
        January 6, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

        Break my heart why don’t you

      • drs
        drs
        January 6, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

        Mike and Amazi-Girl would be a new relationship, right? 😛

      • 3oranges
        3oranges
        January 6, 2020 at 1:46 am | #

        They don’t always work out the same way, but that’s not true. Leslie crushing on Robin? Jason with Sal? Billie with Ruth? I think it’s more a question of what pairs he thinks are still interesting to explore.

      • Sam
        Sam
        January 6, 2020 at 8:44 am | #

        It’s more a ‘no recurring ships that he couldn’t do something new with’. Leslie x Robin & Jason x Sal for instance, he did something different with and framed more accurately to reality.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          January 6, 2020 at 2:41 pm | #

          Or for Billie x Ruth, they barely got explored while the latter was still alive – and most of their Walkyverse relationship was developed in flashbacks or prequel strips – so (almost) anything that would be done with them would be treading new ground.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            January 6, 2020 at 2:54 pm | #

            (While they haven’t had too much time in the limelight either here or in the Walkyverse, I assume Mandy and Grace’s relationship has carried over for similar reasoning.)

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              January 6, 2020 at 3:52 pm | #

              Mandy, Grace, and Sierra.

  4. William Leonard Reese Jr.
    William Leonard Reese Jr.
    January 6, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand I think we are seeing the heel turn of Mike in action.

    Mike may actually be realizing what a dick he is, like emotionally rather then his kind of dead rationalization, and how he has been emulating Blaine without realizing it.

    Not that Mike will magically become a good person but this realization will be AMAZING to watch unfold.

    • Matticus
      Matticus
      January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      I think you mean “Heel Realization.” A Heel Turn is when a good or neutral character becomes a bad guy (heel), which is not what seems to be happening here. A Heel Realization is when someone realizes that they’ve been a heel the whole time, usually unknowingly.

      This is basically Mike’s “Are we the baddies?” moment.

      • William Leonard Reese Jr.
        William Leonard Reese Jr.
        January 6, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

        . . .That is totally what I meant. Figured that Heel turn was a 180 in either direction.

        • Rob Cottingham
          Rob Cottingham
          January 6, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

          Can this officially be known as a heelization?

          • David M Willis
            David M Willis
            January 6, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

            fffft

        • Matticus
          Matticus
          January 6, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

          Almost! The opposite of a Heel Turn (good guy turning bad) is a Face Turn (bad guy turning good). It’s all wrapped up in professional wrestling terminology, which can get confusing sometimes.

          Especially when you get to things like a Heel/Face Revolving Door :p

        • Mydnyt
          Mydnyt
          January 6, 2020 at 12:20 am | #

          This might be a “Face Turn” The whole Heel/Face thing as terms for Badguy/good guy I think originated from pro wrestling but it might be older then that

          • UniqueSnowflake2
            UniqueSnowflake2
            January 6, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

            “Face” is short for “Babyface”, which means “good guy” for some reason.

            • BBCC
              BBCC
              January 6, 2020 at 3:02 am | #

              Yep. Babyface = good guy, heel = bad guy. Ergo, heel turn = turning evil, and face turn = turning good.

              • jmsr7
                jmsr7
                January 6, 2020 at 4:18 pm | #

                FFS Heelfacetturn (TV Tropes walkabout warning)

      • Commodore Counterintuitive
        Commodore Counterintuitive
        January 6, 2020 at 12:50 am | #

        “Which, really, is a fairly obvious thing, but plenty of obvious things don’t sting until you stop and dwell on them, much like hovering one’s index finger in close proximity to a cantankerous crab.” — Dan “The Goon” Shive

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      January 6, 2020 at 7:51 am | #

      In Whoville they say that Mike’s small heart grew three sizes that day!

    • SmartAlec105
      SmartAlec105
      January 6, 2020 at 10:37 am | #

      Mike has always been trying to do good by pushing people into situations they don’t want to enter. Then he hides under the facade of “damn, I was trying to screw with you but it didn’t work”. It usually works out well for them but now Mike is realizing he probably shouldn’t use those methods.

  5. Rezby
    Rezby
    January 6, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

    Is…. is mike in love with both amber and Ethan?

    • William Leonard Reese Jr.
      William Leonard Reese Jr.
      January 6, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

      I mean . . .it’s honestly not impossible. And we KNOW that both find him attractive as well.

      Hm. . . Dumbing of Age’s first Poly-amorous ship incoming?

      • Nono
        Nono
        January 6, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

        We already have Mandy/Grace/Sierra.

      • Meagan
        Meagan
        January 6, 2020 at 6:12 am | #

        Yesssss I ship it!! 💜💜💜💜💜 Give me some poly rep here. Except Danny and Ethan can still date on the side.

        OMG Mike is me. I am Mike. When I was a teenager I was infatuated with two close friends and dreamt of a triad ever after. Did not happen and phew I would not want to be with either of them now! But still, I relate to being in love (or “in love”) with your two good friends.

    • Bunny
      Bunny
      January 6, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      I think he has always loved them both. Not necessarily In Love. But that changes without notice.

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      January 6, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      I’m not sure Mike actually understands love.

      • Lanie
        Lanie
        January 6, 2020 at 7:46 pm | #

        More likely, Mike has no concept on how to express positive feelings (like love) toward others in a positive or healthy manner. Shoot, I don’t even think Mike knows how to express positive feelings toward himself in a healthy manner…

        • vitalProximity
          vitalProximity
          January 6, 2020 at 11:40 pm | #

          ^THIS.^

          … And with what we have seen of his parents, I’m almost wondering if (for Homestuck fans) there’s a Rose Lalonde analogy here, where her mother’s expressions of care were so over the top genuine and touchy feely that her more naturally cynical self went “… This is TOO mushy to be genuine, she is absolutely fucking with me. My mother is *mocking* me with these ridiculous gestures of affection,” and the more her mom tried to show genuine affection, the more Rose thought she was fucking with her and therefore withdrew into herself.

          Similarly, though Mike’s parents SEEM very affectionate, if that doesn’t mesh with his relational style, it may be a useless model for him that is just confusing and he doesn’t understand. There’s more than one healthy dynamic of demonstrating care, and if he’s only seen one that makes no sense to him and he can’t relate to… He really might not know how else to do it.

    • Romanticide
      Romanticide
      January 7, 2020 at 5:37 pm | #

      Maybe… that he is loved by them too… not just kept around for the sake of old friendship.

  6. Kravis
    Kravis
    January 6, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    *BAM!*

    *EPIPHANY TIME!*

    • Bunny
      Bunny
      January 6, 2020 at 12:08 am | #

      That’s the magic word!!

  7. Undrave
    Undrave
    January 6, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    Is Mike going to snap too??

    • Rikunda
      Rikunda
      January 6, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

      From the look of it… I would say the opposite. He was snapped, but now the pieces are righting themselves.

      • vitalProximity
        vitalProximity
        January 6, 2020 at 11:41 pm | #

        … Excuse me, I think I also have something in my eye…

  8. butts
    butts
    January 6, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    it’s true, blaine doesn’t know anything about whump

    (i make bad jokes to numb the pain ;-;)

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 6, 2020 at 8:39 am | #

      But he’s learning.

  9. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    January 6, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    *looks around for his Donna Summer Greatest Hits album*

    • Charlie Spencer
      Charlie Spencer
      January 6, 2020 at 7:52 am | #

      Start with the Streisand duet, ‘Enough is Enough’.

      • Stephen Bierce
        Stephen Bierce
        January 6, 2020 at 11:48 am | #

        The real title is “No More Tears” but yeah, that’s kinda the idea.

  10. bjams
    bjams
    January 6, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Is the Alt-text a reference to the line “When you push comes to shove you always choose to love?”

    • Yumi
      Yumi
      January 6, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      “Cuz when push comes to shove
      I will kill your friends and family to remind you of my love”

      (from Hamilton)

      • Aaron
        Aaron
        January 6, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

        “Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
        Da da dat dat da ya da!
        Da da da dat da dat da da da da ya da
        Da da dat—
        Everybody!” (Exerpted from musixmatch)

      • Kaz
        Kaz
        January 6, 2020 at 5:11 am | #

        Either that or Blaine’s got a fully armed battalion.

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          January 6, 2020 at 6:52 pm | #

          Does Ross count?

      • vitalProximity
        vitalProximity
        January 6, 2020 at 11:43 pm | #

        OH MY GOD THAT’S WHERE THE CHAPTER TITLE COMES FROM

        …I gotta start googling these whenever a new chapter starts, damn

    • Mollyscribbles
      Mollyscribbles
      January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

      But when push comes to shove you gotta do what you love
      Even if it’s not a good idea

      • Radiance
        Radiance
        January 6, 2020 at 1:49 am | #

        They poo-poo’d my electric frankfurter!

        • He Who Abides
          He Who Abides
          January 6, 2020 at 4:41 am | #

          They said I prob’ly shouldn’t fly, with just one eye!

          • Zepher Dossier
            Zepher Dossier
            January 6, 2020 at 3:11 pm | #

            I am Bender please insert Girder

            • He Who Abides
              He Who Abides
              January 6, 2020 at 10:24 pm | #

              👍

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          January 6, 2020 at 7:43 pm | #

          Pooh pooh!.

      • EvilMidnightLurker
        EvilMidnightLurker
        January 6, 2020 at 2:37 am | #

        Jamaica!

    • Rectilinear Propagation
      Rectilinear Propagation
      January 6, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

      I assumed it was just pointing out that the WHUMP was someone getting shoved over the railing.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 6, 2020 at 2:18 am | #

      ♫ When push comes to shove,
      You gotta do what you love,
      Even if it’s not a good idea! ♫

      – Hermes Conrad, Futurama Season 2, Episode 14

  11. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    January 6, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    This concept of “whump” confuses and infuriates us!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      January 6, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

      Oops, that was supposed to be a reply. Makes a good non sequitur, though.

      • BigDogLittleCat
        BigDogLittleCat
        January 6, 2020 at 12:45 am | #

        Especially coming from a blue box that disdains the rules of time and space.

  12. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    January 6, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Come on, Mike, get in there.

  13. Nono
    Nono
    January 6, 2020 at 12:07 am | #

    Oh hey, maybe this will put to rest the ‘Mike knew all along’ speculations.

    • Regalli
      Regalli
      January 6, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      Last strip changed my mind on it. It was hard to tell with that one line because we know Mike’s generally pretty smart and Ethan knows, so the ‘I wish it were her instead’ line seemed suggestive of the dissociation aspect, but this is definitely shock.

      However, his reaction here is also indicating to me that yeah, Mike definitely DID intend the car ride of doom to be helping, which is good to have that cleared up. He’s still a needless dick who has knowingly aggravated trauma in the name of ‘tough love’ or something, which isn’t great, but this does establish ground to actually grow from. (Also he needs to apologize to Walky and leave him alone, but baby steps.)

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        January 6, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

        (And to be clear: a lot of his needless dickery I’m willing to take as a genuine character flaw, because he is in fact a teenager who doesn’t know shit. Still not going to like him when he does it, but that’s a character choice I can see growing out of and not ‘I hate what you represent in real life.’)

        • Regalli
          Regalli
          January 6, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

          (Aaand I am just now getting that part of this strip is Mike ACTIVELY REALIZING the extent to which he is horrible for the reasons Injust described disliking him for. I need to sleep, but also: YAY!)

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 6, 2020 at 12:57 am | #

      To the contrary, this particular sequence of flashbacks doesn’t have the same impact unless Mike knew. Otherwise he has no basis for that level of self so blame.

      • Nono
        Nono
        January 6, 2020 at 1:02 am | #

        It’s not that hard a leap of logic: Mike knew that he made Blaine take Amber on the car ride. Amber disappeared for a while from school after that.

        In fact, considering Mike already knew that Amber had levels of rage towards her dad, why would he be in shock NOW if he already knew that that was Amazi-Girl?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 6, 2020 at 8:45 am | #

        He’s blaming himself for the 5 years of poking Amber so she’d be “tough” enough to deal with Blaine.
        For doing exactly what Blaine was doing. I’m not even sure what knowing about AG would do to that realization.

        • Fart Captor
          Fart Captor
          January 6, 2020 at 12:43 pm | #

          Yeah, he’s pretty clearly seeing the parallels between himself an Blaine. Amazi-Girl has nothing to do with it

    • CJ
      CJ
      January 6, 2020 at 3:37 am | #

      Given the red panels of rage, isn’t it that maybe Mike starts to realize that a) Amber and AG actually act differently and somehow are not the same person and b) Amber might kill Blaine in her rage?

    • Alina Fridberg
      Alina Fridberg
      January 6, 2020 at 3:59 pm | #

      I initially thought he knew who AG is, but going back over the Dingdong Bandit story – it doesn’t appear that he does.

      http://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/04-the-whiteboard-dong-bandit/interrogation/

  14. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    January 6, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Shit’s intense.

  15. Regalli
    Regalli
    January 6, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

    Is Mike about to kill Blaine? Because my only qualm with this would be the obvious trauma for them if he does so.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      January 6, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

      Killis has verified on FatesBook (on a secret PayMeOn-exclusive account) that Blaime is gonna get the big deatherino from Mitch, because it’ll take a long time to deal with the fallout, so it’ll be good material for years to come.

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        January 6, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

        Yeah, doubt it would actually end in death for the obvious. But great to see Mike realize he is wrong and that he needs to be an actual friend!

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          January 6, 2020 at 6:20 am | #

          Friends beat the shit out of each other’s dads to keep each other from getting a facefull of hammer.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        January 6, 2020 at 4:20 am | #

        Not sure whether to yell “LIES” or “SPOILERS”…

        • Delicious Taffy
          Delicious Taffy
          January 6, 2020 at 6:18 am | #

          Fun story, I once got reprimanded by a streamer because I was making up nonsense plot developments for a game I knew nothing about. Unfortunately, that game was Control, which is a decently weird game, and the things I was saying were within the realm of reality for it. Nobody who’d already played it could confirm or deny what I said without giving away pretty big details themselves, and it was getting disruptive.

          • vitalProximity
            vitalProximity
            January 6, 2020 at 11:46 pm | #

            That’s fantastic, Mike! ;D

            …Seriously, that sounds pretty funny.

  16. BBCC
    BBCC
    January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Welp, have fun with that Heel Realization, Mike. 😛

    • Matticus
      Matticus
      January 6, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

      Mike right now:
      https://i.imgur.com/8ubGFLt.gif

    • newllend(henryvolt)
      newllend(henryvolt)
      January 6, 2020 at 7:20 am | #

      You make it sound like Mike didn’t know he was a Jerk the hold time. As if he didn’t know exactly what he was doing.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        January 6, 2020 at 8:48 am | #

        If I’m reading this right, he didn’t. Or he didn’t realize how screwed up his rationalizations for it were, until he heard Blaine spouting the same thing.

      • Sam
        Sam
        January 6, 2020 at 9:03 am | #

        He knew he was a jerk, but he didn’t know he was being a literal Blaine. That’s likely why some things had clear pushing towards character growth even if it was pushing them through a bramble bush to get there. Though not everything did (like his recordings of Walky crying).

  17. Agemegos
    Agemegos
    January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    Still Amazi-Girl in the fourth panel?

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 6, 2020 at 11:57 am | #

      Still the Amazigirl voice, so signs point to yes.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 6, 2020 at 10:55 pm | #

        Amber has done the “Amazi-Girl voice” before, so that’s not necessarily conclusive evidence on its own.

  18. pdp15
    pdp15
    January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    When push comes to shove I always think of Twyla Tharp.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_aEbEqpLdc

  19. Zor
    Zor
    January 6, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    When the resident trollish asshole gets a memorable, well-written character arc that hopefully ends in the at least temporary smiting of Captain Abusive Narcissist an excited smile worms its way through the extremely-concerned look on my face.

    Smite him and work through your issues kids 😀

    • vitalProximity
      vitalProximity
      January 6, 2020 at 11:52 pm | #

      Yaaaay

  20. Bladeglory
    Bladeglory
    January 6, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Oooh in retrospect those were Mike’s red panels 4-5 comics ago, not Amb/AG’s.

    He’s starting his own collection, how nice! /s

  21. Sambo
    Sambo
    January 6, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Holy crap, I can’t believe no one has mentioned this yet:
    Mike’s hair is not 2-dimensional in panel 4!

    • bajja
      bajja
      January 6, 2020 at 1:23 pm | #

      <3
      I hadn't noticed.

      He finally gained some depth.
      Was this for the artist, for the sake of time passing alone, or perhaps even..
      …an intentional symbol to the audience.

    • Mopey
      Mopey
      January 6, 2020 at 4:21 pm | #

      Now I read that panel as the *whump* coming from his hair poofing out into 3d, in the vein of Sal’s curls popping back.

  22. Moon
    Moon
    January 6, 2020 at 12:15 am | #

    oh i hate seeing his hairline for some reason

  23. Liz
    Liz
    January 6, 2020 at 12:17 am | #

    OMG Is Mike getting feelings?!

    • bajja
      bajja
      January 6, 2020 at 1:24 pm | #

      =\

      why is it okay to bully a bully?
      especially when the “bully” very often directs his aggression in productive, nondestructive ways??

      Ha. I’m gonna toss in an ACAB, so I’m playing both sides of the debate.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        January 6, 2020 at 7:41 pm | #

        Well for one, because it’s impossible to bully Mike because he does not exist. Second of all, bullshit he’s productive and nondestructive does not equal non harmful.

  24. sdrainbow
    sdrainbow
    January 6, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooly shit

  25. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    January 6, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

    Amazi-Girl’s right. Blaine’s heart is full of cold steel and burning hate. Mike, finish this thing.

  26. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    January 6, 2020 at 12:22 am | #

    I really hope Blaine is on the receiving end of that Whump.

  27. Icalasari
    Icalasari
    January 6, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

    Mike is either going to have a break down, or is going to break Blaine and Ross

  28. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    January 6, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Posting for reference:

    Panel 1

    Panel 3

    Panels 5-6

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 6, 2020 at 11:58 am | #

      +1 for public service.

  29. Dr_D
    Dr_D
    January 6, 2020 at 12:37 am | #

    The way the WHUMP in the 4th panel seems to cut off AGs words make me fear that AG is in trouble. Of course, that means Mike can come to the rescue.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      January 6, 2020 at 4:22 am | #

      I’m hoping it was just simultaneous to and louder than that last syllable…

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      January 6, 2020 at 3:40 pm | #

      I think Dr. D is partially right.  A-G IS in trouble — or at least she is not having as easy a time of this battle as Mike expected her to have — and the look on Mike’s face upon seeing whatever action caused the “WHUMP!” in panel 4 just confirms it.

  30. Banzo
    Banzo
    January 6, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

    Mike has never been as bad as Shortpacked Mike, just kind of teenage dick Mike, but people treated him like he was incapable of human emotions, like treating every single thing Danny did like it was old Danny, so seeing this come about is very satisfying as someone who’s been very interested to see Mike develop and not consistently write him off.

    • Meagan
      Meagan
      January 6, 2020 at 6:17 am | #

      +1. I hate seeing people be written off like that

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      January 6, 2020 at 8:58 am | #

      People also treated him as if he was some kind of asshole sage. Always somehow helping people by being a dick. Some of the hate was a response to that.
      I’m also glad to see Mike develop, but we had years of people cheering him on without any development. It looks like that development is going to involve realizing how much of a dick he’s been, so that’s good. Not sure where that leaves him as a character though.

      • BBCC
        BBCC
        January 6, 2020 at 8:06 pm | #

        This too.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      January 6, 2020 at 8:05 pm | #

      Just because Mike has the capacity to develop doesn’t mean people couldn’t dislike him for acting like an asshole when pretty much all he did was be an asshole. I mean, now that he is developing I’m down for it (and as I said, I was willing to forgive a LOT of minor bullshit once he lead the Dads away from the party – he bought himself a lot of much needed goodwill for that one, though he still has major stuff to make up for), but before that I didn’t have any reason to like him on a ‘personal’ level. He was fine as a character but I didn’t really like ‘him’. If he keeps on this path, that can change.

    • Jago
      Jago
      January 7, 2020 at 12:09 am | #

      I really wanted him to be more than, well… just a funny asshat. I’m glad that he actually is, and that we might see something of that. I’m carefully hopeful for some more Mike-depth.

  31. Mra
    Mra
    January 6, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

    I have never seen Mike so emotional.

  32. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    January 6, 2020 at 12:58 am | #

    “No, Mike. You are the Abusers.” And then Mike was Blaine.

    • starkruzr
      starkruzr
      January 6, 2020 at 10:32 am | #

      Whoa. This reference is a deep cut.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        January 6, 2020 at 2:01 pm | #

        It was the first thing I thought of when I read the comic, haha.

  33. Zellgato
    Zellgato
    January 6, 2020 at 1:06 am | #

    Man. Mike really is gonna bite the dust. Probably with one or both dads.
    though i hope not. Just from the stand ponit of that would reasonably remove her from the universe as well. Because it would be seriously jumping the shark if he died because of her and she got over it/stuck around in the storyline.

    I still hope this ends with Mike jump kicking one of them down the stairs then him and amazigirl running and using her extra grappeling hook to get out of area

  34. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    January 6, 2020 at 1:34 am | #

    One would call it tough love, most other’s would call it abuse. This idea of love feels sort of close fisted. Especially since his “love” didn’t do her any favors, it just messed her up. By this logic was it a show of love everytime he slapped around his ex wife? No it’s not.

  35. Suet
    Suet
    January 6, 2020 at 1:41 am | #

    Now, now, Blaine. You’re no worse than Mike. Shallow snark and wisdom with minimal tact are better than violence.

    Lack of true toxicity is why Mike is accepted. He checks, and balances, but still knows his limits.

  36. OnyxIdol
    OnyxIdol
    January 6, 2020 at 1:41 am | #

    Oh no! Mike is revealed to have emotions!

  37. Ray Radlein
    Ray Radlein
    January 6, 2020 at 2:12 am | #

    …sommmmmeone is gonna Act With Integrity here in a moment, isn’t he

  38. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    January 6, 2020 at 2:19 am | #

    Mike showing any facial expression that’s not his default will always be the scariest things in DOA and the Walkyverse, IMHO.

  39. Needfuldoer
    Needfuldoer
    January 6, 2020 at 2:25 am | #

    Wait a minute, what’s Ross doing while all of this is happening? Still standing a few steps down the fire escape, frozen in awe of the spectacle unfolding? Attempting to “excuse me, pardon me” his way around AG and Blaine? Sneaking off to the scene of the party while everyone else is distracted?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      January 6, 2020 at 3:16 am | #

      Being self concious about his stupid mustasche?

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      January 6, 2020 at 3:32 am | #

      Maybe Blaine’s hammer from a couple strips ago hit him in the head and he’s been lying there unconscious during the rest of this fight.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        January 6, 2020 at 5:13 am | #

        We should be so lucky.

  40. TrueVCU
    TrueVCU
    January 6, 2020 at 2:49 am | #

    Anyone else feeling like Mike’s got big “Vader in Return of the Jedi” energy here

  41. Bagge
    Bagge
    January 6, 2020 at 3:06 am | #

    Of course Blaine knows what love means.

    It means the same thing as “ownership”, right?

  42. Carl-E
    Carl-E
    January 6, 2020 at 3:12 am | #

    Are we witnessing the birth of a sidekick?

    Mike the boy wonder?

    • starkruzr
      starkruzr
      January 6, 2020 at 10:32 am | #

      “Birth of a superhero” is exactly the thing I thought when I got through reading this.

  43. plasticwrap
    plasticwrap
    January 6, 2020 at 3:49 am | #

    I was right! Edgy subreddit DOES have a heart!

  44. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 6, 2020 at 4:21 am | #

    I’ve got a feeling that we are about to see Mike’s final, grand, finishing act. A truly spectacular final move in the Game of Life that will inevitably change everyone who ever knew him, possibly leaving them wondering if they’d ever truly known him at all.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      January 6, 2020 at 4:53 am | #

      You think he’s going to get a haircut? 😮

      • Delicious Taffy
        Delicious Taffy
        January 6, 2020 at 6:26 am | #

        Unfortunately, it’ll be that shaved-sides Skrillex hairdo that was associated with fashy thirty-somethings for about a week in 2017.

  45. TheFlamingonator
    TheFlamingonator
    January 6, 2020 at 5:51 am | #

    Is someone about to hit the concrete

    I feel like someone is about to hit the concrete

  46. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    January 6, 2020 at 7:20 am | #

    This strip is a masterpiece. But I’m pretty scared. Looks like Mike want to do the ultimate sacrifice for Amber.

  47. Acebender
    Acebender
    January 6, 2020 at 8:20 am | #

    Hoe don’t do it

  48. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    January 6, 2020 at 8:27 am | #

    What ? WHAT ?

  49. hof1991
    hof1991
    January 6, 2020 at 9:13 am | #

    Blaine’s costume makes sense to me now. The armor and mask are what Mike has worn his whole life. The tough love is what he has made his super power. He thought he was perhaps chaotic good, but now sees himself in Blaine. He doesn’t like what he sees.

  50. Jay
    Jay
    January 6, 2020 at 9:45 am | #

    Mikes having a revelation. WAIT IS MIKE GONNA GROW AS A PERSON

  51. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    January 6, 2020 at 10:21 am | #

    DOA: come for the drama, stay for the redemption arcs. We’re rootin’ for ya, Mike

  52. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    January 6, 2020 at 10:46 am | #

    Is Mike having a moment, where he learns that being an asshat is toxic, and not a healthy way to show people you care about them? Is he about to become a (gasp!) decent human being?

    • Clif
      Clif
      January 6, 2020 at 12:03 pm | #

      Never. Mike is a force of nature.

  53. BenRG
    BenRG
    January 6, 2020 at 11:20 am | #

    Yeah, no matter how many times I read that last panel, I hear Mike saying: “It is a far, far better thing I do today than I have done before. It is a far, far better rest I go to than I have ever before known.”

  54. Claire
    Claire
    January 6, 2020 at 12:34 pm | #

    Mike!!! Emotionss!!

  55. bajja
    bajja
    January 6, 2020 at 1:18 pm | #

    Aaaaand THERE it is:

    Mike has been a “terrible” SUBMISSIVE desperately trying to serve as a way of expressing love
    this WHOLE time.

    TERRIFIED of the feedback and patterns that make them wonder
    if their confusion around consensual versus pressured actions
    has turned their soul inside out.

    I will and have ALWAYS. LOVED. MIKE.

    • vivid grim
      vivid grim
      January 8, 2020 at 7:06 pm | #

      what

  56. ScarletSabre
    ScarletSabre
    January 6, 2020 at 2:25 pm | #

    Welp, time for Dumbiverse Mike to do what Walkyverse Mike never got a chance to do… Beat the shit out of Blaine 😀

  57. jmsr7
    jmsr7
    January 6, 2020 at 5:17 pm | #

    Well, Mike is obviously having some sort of epic moment here above and beyond realizing that Amber=Amazi-Girl; but what that is, i can’t tell. Looking forward to the coming strips!

    • Whitt
      Whitt
      January 7, 2020 at 12:44 am | #

      The flash back is of mike “helping” by assuming amber “can’t” stand up for herself… while bad dad is saying he “helps” by doing the same. He sees his own love as abusive, and is having a mental freak.

  58. Leadsynth
    Leadsynth
    January 6, 2020 at 5:23 pm | #

    Was the “So let me do this for you” in a prior strip? Can someone link me?

    • Bathymetheus
      Bathymetheus
      January 6, 2020 at 6:00 pm | #

      Reltzik posted the relevant links above.

      • Leadsynth
        Leadsynth
        January 7, 2020 at 11:55 am | #

        Thx!

  59. TemperaryObsessor
    TemperaryObsessor
    January 6, 2020 at 6:12 pm | #

    I feel like I’m making this comment a few comics late but…
    Blaine wanted Amber to be more assertive the same way Linda wants Sal to bow to racism. Not because it will make her happier or her life better but because it reflects better on him. And frankly his so called tough love proberly had the same effect that Linda’s tough love, send her in the opposite direction.
    I’m glad that Amber had at least one parent to show her how to stand up for herself though.
    Leaving an abuser is not easy.

  60. DragonLizardJareth
    DragonLizardJareth
    January 6, 2020 at 6:18 pm | #

    Why do I have the suspicious feeling this story line is the last time we’re gonna see Mike and Blaine (At least for awhile).

  61. Lorien Inksong
    Lorien Inksong
    January 6, 2020 at 6:35 pm | #

    Gosh darnit stop making me feel things about Mike. I was so content to dislike him.

    Damn you Willis!!

  62. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    January 6, 2020 at 9:28 pm | #

    …ooooooooh.
    The red panels were Mike’s.
    Not Amber’s.

  63. sapphic-sunshine
    sapphic-sunshine
    January 12, 2020 at 12:23 am | #

    Honestly, the pacing/layout of this strip makes it one of my favorites, it gives a lot of character development for Mike + sets the stakes for the following strip well in just a handful of panels

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Asma
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Luke! @koltreg.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
A great episode that also just had to be like "Okay, for this one specific criminal, Metropolis has the death penalty so he can't reveal Superman's secret identity."
nemalki.bsky.social's user avatarJeff Harris @nemalki.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
"The Late Mr. Kent" is damn good television. Probably one of the best-written episodes of television written in the 1990s. Not just animation. Television period.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
hey youtube, i'm not sure the short circuit 2 score by charles fox belongs in this "Music of Asia" algorithm
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
looking at the 30+ democracies that have successfully prosecuted heads of state for violating their constitutions over the past 15 years
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DOZENS OF OTHER
-DEMOCRACIES OUSTING AND ARRESTING
LEADERS WHO ATTEMPT COUPS
implausibleblog.bsky.social's user avatarFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
Brazilian president to the American people, "If Trump was Brazilian and did what he did at the Capitol, he'd be on trial in Brazil"
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
(august 29, 2025)
Raidah approaches the Read Hall center desk while Asma sits there at a laptop.
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David M Willis! @damnyouwillis.bsky.social ⋅ 2d
some adult in pokemon: it's weird, nobody's ever seen a pokemon egg before! for thousands of years, no pokemon eggs have ever been discovered by humans! ash: well let's go find one! *fifteen minutes later* ash: oh hey
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