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May 12, 2026

Sweet roof

by David M Willis on September 1, 2020 at 12:01 am
  • 04 - Is a Song Forever?
└ Tags: amber, becky, danny, dina, sal

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    September 1, 2020 at 12:04 am | #

    uh oh Becky’s found Gay Breakfast

    …

    nah, it’s about Robin isn’t it

    • Lord_Circe
      Lord_Circe
      September 1, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      That’s my guess. Robin giving up the race or something, most likely.

      • DailyBrad
        DailyBrad
        September 1, 2020 at 12:25 am | #

        I hope not, unless Dorothy’s earlier reading that the other candidate(s) had to move more progressive to compete with her was accurate.

        • BBCC
          BBCC
          September 1, 2020 at 12:28 am | #

          Dorothy was volunteering with her opponent even as Becky just started with Robin. Roz liked him too and Carla’s family also donated thousands. I think these are fairly decent endorsements that, even if he wasn’t the most progressive candidate in the universe, he’s fairly decent.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 1, 2020 at 8:00 am | #

        Robin dropping out now (after being personally effected by the kind of destructive people she pandered to) would let the comic time-skip past election day without us feeling like we missed anything plot-wise…

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      September 1, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

      In the immortal words of Paul Williams, “If it isn’t, I’m the Incredible Hulk.”

    • Undrave
      Undrave
      September 1, 2020 at 12:39 am | #

      Maybe Robin announced Becky wouldn’t be her campaign manager anymore?

    • Dwayne
      Dwayne
      September 1, 2020 at 12:49 am | #

      And second gay breakfast?

      • He Who Abides
        He Who Abides
        September 1, 2020 at 6:09 am | #

        Gay elevenses.

    • FacelessDeviant
      FacelessDeviant
      September 1, 2020 at 11:21 am | #

      Now you got me curious about gay breakfasts. I googled around and it seems that its just breakfast. Possibly with more muffins, but its inconclusive.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        September 1, 2020 at 2:37 pm | #

        It’s breakfast, but happier?

      • Ana Chronistic
        Ana Chronistic
        September 2, 2020 at 12:03 am | #

        I mean the store with pins but ok

  2. Chris
    Chris
    September 1, 2020 at 12:05 am | #

    Introverts of the world unite! (Don’t worry, you don’t have to talk to each other.)

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      September 1, 2020 at 2:39 am | #

      The Internet means introverts can talk with each other without having to meet in-person or even leave their homes. Probably a good idea not to meet in-person anyway right now, with the Covid.

      • clif
        clif
        September 1, 2020 at 3:26 am | #

        So what I’m hearing is that Covid is an introvert plot.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        September 1, 2020 at 7:46 am | #

        Asynchronous communication methods like this just sweeten the deal.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 1, 2020 at 10:38 am | #

      …Unite separately, in our own dark, quiet, areas with good Internet connections.

  3. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    September 1, 2020 at 12:06 am | #

    Amber is so online that if she ever got sucked into the world of computers like in Tron, she’d discover that she’s already a ubiquitous mythological figure there. There are temples in her honor, where her fanfic writings are The Sacred Texts.

    Needless to say, this particular Tron sequel would be NC-17 due to this fact. But hell, Disney tried a PG Tron film, and a PG-13 one, and neither were hits, maybe this is what will finally work.

    • jmsr7
      jmsr7
      September 1, 2020 at 12:40 am | #

      That is a FANTASTIC idea. A terrible, terrible fantastic idea.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 1, 2020 at 10:42 am | #

      Amber’s like, “Please. I could code a better online world than TRON in my sleep.”

    • Yet_One_More_Idiot
      Yet_One_More_Idiot
      September 1, 2020 at 6:32 pm | #

      Amber is even more than fantastically online. In fact, she’s so online, she’s more on than any line has, is, or ever will be, amen.

      She’s also technically not a real girl, but a 3D-printed body that’s being remotely-controlled by her real self that exists solely within the internet.

      The one secret she never wants anyone to know is…Amber’s real name is Skynet. O_O

  4. Kyrik Michalowski
    Kyrik Michalowski
    September 1, 2020 at 12:10 am | #

    I’m hoping that whatever Becky is surprised about is positive and not another earth shattering revelation.

    Also nice to see Dina and Amber socializing even if Amber is mostly hiding.

    • Aragem
      Aragem
      September 1, 2020 at 12:27 am | #

      Same. I have a few guesses. There’s evidence that Amber’s Dad’s death may not be a suicide. Something about Robin’s campaign. Or that Joyce’s church is being jointly sued by the college and parents for bailing Toedad.

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        September 1, 2020 at 2:30 am | #

        Think it would be rather too quick for a lawsuit announcement. Becky’s parents only came up with the idea around lunch. They would have to travel home, contact a lawyer, etc. And I double the college would sue since they don’t really have standing (since they were not directly harmed)

        • Segnosaur
          Segnosaur
          September 1, 2020 at 2:31 am | #

          Oops make that Walky’s/sal’s parents

        • Aragem
          Aragem
          September 1, 2020 at 7:09 am | #

          True, but I think with how mad Walky/Sal’s mother was, I can see her expediting things along. She has that educated Karen vibe.

          • Merbrat
            Merbrat
            September 1, 2020 at 10:51 am | #

            Bonus: used to be married to the Dean.

          • Regalli
            Regalli
            September 1, 2020 at 9:26 pm | #

            She has to get a lawyer to agree to a consultation, agree to take the case, and write up a complaint in that time. With an actual ‘this is the amount of money we want’ in it. (I mean, they MIGHT be able to do it themselves in that time frame in small claims court, but judging by Linda’s desire to sue them into oblivion, I don’t think she wants to sue for $6000 or less.) And then that complaint would have to be served on the defendants (and while Linda’s a member of the congregation, I don’t know offhand the details of how you fulfill service of complaints with a church, I think it’d need to go to the pastor or something.) And even THEN, it wouldn’t be publicly known immediately.

            Linda’s good at using the system, but she can’t make it work THAT fast. Especially since it’s still… questionable, as to whether Linda actually has an actionable claim. (For one thing, Walky’s a legal adult, so she can’t just unilaterally sue on his behalf.)

            • Regalli
              Regalli
              September 1, 2020 at 9:29 pm | #

              Well, I suspect she’s good at using the system to at least the extent required for Sal’s case and the ‘knows how to leverage a contact.’ That still doesn’t translate to ‘has a lawyer on hand who could take the case and will,’ especially since she didn’t know you COULD sue a church until Charles checked.

              And seriously if Walky doesn’t want and consent to sueing, she can do precisely JACK SHIT, because he’s still alive and legally competent.

      • clif
        clif
        September 1, 2020 at 3:40 am | #

        As long as we’re guessing, Mike died, Joyce’s mother is in an ongoing gun battle with the police, Robin has been kidnapped by a disgruntled former supporter, Ryan has been released and the Head Alien has finally revealed himself on this world, dropping his secret identity as Faz.

        • Geneseepaws
          Geneseepaws
          September 1, 2020 at 7:29 am | #

          Plus 3 to you. This made my day!

  5. Octopus Ink
    Octopus Ink
    September 1, 2020 at 12:11 am | #

    Amber was born in The Matrix.

  6. Animedingo
    Animedingo
    September 1, 2020 at 12:12 am | #

    What’s becky reacting to?

    • AeromechanicalAce
      AeromechanicalAce
      September 1, 2020 at 12:14 am | #

      Calling it now, Robin Dropped out of the Election.

      • Lumino
        Lumino
        September 1, 2020 at 1:12 am | #

        I think this is the most likely outcome.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        September 1, 2020 at 1:57 am | #

        Robin is a Republican, correct?  I don’t think it’s Robin dropping out of the campaign as much as the possibility of the state party machine, seeing her as either a turncoat or (more likely) a potential liability/embarrassment, pulling their support from her.

        • Keulen
          Keulen
          September 1, 2020 at 2:44 am | #

          I’m pretty sure they already did pull their support from her.

        • Nymphie
          Nymphie
          September 1, 2020 at 2:45 am | #

          They already pulled their support, that was what made her have an argument with her staff, which brought up Bro MacGashface and she fired them all when they adviced her to not go after him

      • fridge_logic
        fridge_logic
        September 1, 2020 at 2:34 am | #

        What if she came out as Bisexual?

      • BarerMender
        BarerMender
        September 1, 2020 at 2:57 am | #

        I’m guessing the police investigation of Lester has already hit pay dirt.

        • Julez
          Julez
          September 1, 2020 at 1:18 pm | #

          You’re acting as though that investigation is neither phoney nor baloney.

          • Schpoonman
            Schpoonman
            September 1, 2020 at 8:39 pm | #

            There was a Patreon bonus comic. People voted for Lester. It went as well as you’d imagine.

    • Norah
      Norah
      September 1, 2020 at 12:34 am | #

      Hopefully something good.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      September 1, 2020 at 7:47 am | #

      Something on Twitter.

      Or maybe she looked up the comic and saw Walky’s tagged but doesn’t appear, while Danny’s in frame but not tagged.

  7. Bagge
    Bagge
    September 1, 2020 at 12:13 am | #

    Be true to yourself amber. If that means sneaking away with your phone, so be it.

  8. Spencer
    Spencer
    September 1, 2020 at 12:16 am | #

    There’s no way she’s admitting she’s Amazi-Girl right?

    • nobilis
      nobilis
      September 1, 2020 at 4:17 am | #

      This is Garbage Roof, remember?
      You can’t be a Superhero on Garbage Roof. It’s against the Rules.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 1, 2020 at 6:54 am | #

        Everyone here already knows, I think.
        She could have come out online and that’s what Becky’s reacting to, but I doubt it.

  9. Lone Duck
    Lone Duck
    September 1, 2020 at 12:18 am | #

    Robin switching parties after being elected?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      September 1, 2020 at 12:19 am | #

      She hasn’t been elected yet. She got a boost in the polls, but hasn’t technically won.

    • Bicycle Bill
      Bicycle Bill
      September 1, 2020 at 1:52 am | #

      Will we even get to election day in the Walkyverse?

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        September 1, 2020 at 6:52 am | #

        There’s a time skip coming, so quite probably.

  10. BBCC
    BBCC
    September 1, 2020 at 12:29 am | #

    Amber is a mood.

  11. Black bumblebee
    Black bumblebee
    September 1, 2020 at 12:56 am | #

    I’m worried she’s reacting to something that Amber tweeted. Now to hunt fown those DOA twitter accounts to see if Willis has done a “thing” with them.

    • SuperFroakie82
      SuperFroakie82
      September 1, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

      Doesn’t look like there’s anything, but maybe there will be tomorrow after we find out in-comic.

  12. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    September 1, 2020 at 1:29 am | #

    This isn’t even antisocial in 2020 standards. It’s just reality.

    • Slartibeast Button, BIA
      Slartibeast Button, BIA
      September 1, 2020 at 2:03 am | #

      It’s not like she was using periods or something.

      • Azhrei Vep
        Azhrei Vep
        September 1, 2020 at 7:13 am | #

        I… don’t get it?

        • DaveM
          DaveM
          September 1, 2020 at 9:27 am | #

          There’s a thing going around Twitter that undergraduates perceive a social message ending in a period is “less sincere” than same message ending without a period. Naturally this is the sort of ludicrous inanity that the Twitterverse thrives apon and so it briefly went viral.

          • Deanatay
            Deanatay
            September 1, 2020 at 10:49 am | #

            That makes no sense.

            Wait…

            That makes no sense

            • khn0
              khn0
              September 1, 2020 at 5:57 pm | #

              …

  13. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    September 1, 2020 at 1:39 am | #

    Aww, poor Hat Guy, overlooked by the tags.

    • Michael Steamweed
      Michael Steamweed
      September 1, 2020 at 1:44 am | #

      Huh. Weird. I see Danny head parts, but no Walky parts. The artist mistagged?

      • a/snow/mous/e
        a/snow/mous/e
        September 1, 2020 at 2:53 am | #

        Damn you, Willis!
        Couldn’t resist 😛

      • Tan
        Tan
        September 1, 2020 at 6:16 pm | #

        The tags have since been corrected

  14. Keulen
    Keulen
    September 1, 2020 at 2:47 am | #

    DoA Book whatever number we’re on now: I Am Fantastically Online

    • Tan
      Tan
      September 1, 2020 at 6:15 pm | #

      We’re still on book 10. It’s in the URL.

  15. Sporky
    Sporky
    September 1, 2020 at 3:43 am | #

    “Sh’ain’t”?

    • Miri
      Miri
      September 1, 2020 at 5:54 am | #

      She ain’t. Err, she isn’t 😉

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      September 1, 2020 at 10:50 am | #

      Yeah, Willis missed another good comic naming opportunity there.

  16. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    September 1, 2020 at 7:49 am | #

    Dina just… teleported up there. As Dina does !

  17. BenRG
    BenRG
    September 1, 2020 at 8:08 am | #

    I think that Dina seeks out Amber because, as the other woman has her own issues with small talk and being around other people, she can be sure that she won’t pressure her to interact further than just being in each other’s presence.

  18. hof1991
    hof1991
    September 1, 2020 at 8:29 am | #

    We can’t have the election become a plot point. Same with trials or funerals. It would devour the plot. DYW is clearing the field of plot devices. No more Blaine or Ross. Hank will keep carol at bay. A little time skip and we’ll be beyond this and into new and different plot lines. Like when a soap fires a bunch of actors and shifts things around. I think we are done with murders and elections. Robin stays only if she just dropped out of the race.

    • Jhon
      Jhon
      September 1, 2020 at 10:29 am | #

      Time skip?
      But Halloween!

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        September 1, 2020 at 10:39 am | #

        Maybe we can have a time skip followed by a flashback

        “Boy final exams are hard”
        “You might not find it so hard if you weren’t still hung over from that Halloween party”

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        September 1, 2020 at 10:52 am | #

        RIGHT??? Willis had BETTER NOT SKIP HALLOWEEN or SO HELP ME

        • Slartibeast Button, BIA
          Slartibeast Button, BIA
          September 1, 2020 at 2:49 pm | #

          Does Blowjob Cat arise and stalk the streets on Halloween?

    • thejeff
      thejeff
      September 1, 2020 at 10:53 am | #

      Weird then to emphasize the election and the political race so much, just to drop it because the election can’t be a plot point.

  19. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    September 1, 2020 at 8:52 am | #

    Dina is so sweet. And I hope Becky has see something realky incredible.

  20. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    September 1, 2020 at 10:54 am | #

    Amber is… Amazi-Online?

  21. FacelessDeviant
    FacelessDeviant
    September 1, 2020 at 11:15 am | #

    There are so many students using this roof now, this is turning into an anime 😛

  22. Roborat
    Roborat
    September 1, 2020 at 3:21 pm | #

    And the hotel room scene continues. I think it is from reading Megatokyo, but I start getting nervous when all the main characters start to gather in a single location.

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