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May 5, 2026

Hijacked

by David M Willis on April 2, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trial and Sarah
└ Tags: jennifer, lucy, walky

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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    April 2, 2022 at 12:05 am | #

    “That was so LONG ago… like… two days!”

  2. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 2, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Walky: In my defense, there was just a whole storyline about girls doing hanky panky, complete with a porn, so I’m pretty sure nobody even remembers that NightGuy was a thing.

    Jennifer: What?

    Walky: Oh, come on, like the plot about starting a webcomic isn’t already meta, I’m owed a 4th wall break.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      April 2, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      That’s a lot of really interesting stuff other people were doing, What was Walky doing that whole time, and if he was somehow omnisciently reading the comic like us and breaking the fourth wall not only is that a badass power (Gwenpool anyone?) but I’d ask for his opinion on the Liz storyline. How does he feel about that? Cause I felt it was fun, but kind of dragged on a bit at points.

  3. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    April 2, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    …oh, the shenanigans that this leads to are going to be beautiful.

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      April 2, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

      If Walky takes up Nightguying again he is likely to get badly hurt.

      • newlland(Henryvolt)
        newlland(Henryvolt)
        April 2, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

        Unless he gets very lucky and since being lucky is a big character trait of his next to having no filter he should be fine.

        • CrazyJ
          CrazyJ
          April 2, 2022 at 2:01 am | #

          I think when Stan Lee was asked what super power he would want, he said it was luck.

          • Amelie Wikström
            Amelie Wikström
            April 2, 2022 at 3:04 am | #

            Luck is a very convenient superpower. Kind of telekinesis, but instead of exerting force according to your will or directed by your thought, the power acts independently in your “interest”. Like imagine what has to happen before something can push a roulette ball out of its way to end up on the right number – first the power has to determine the context it’s acting in which probably involves absorbing and managing information on a level physicists laugh at like they laugh at speedsters. It has to basically “understand” what a roulette wheel is, the way humans construct concepts. And then determine what number it should hit, what you personally need from it, which, where does that information even come from? Any luck power as written will be able to do things like these even if you don’t know yourself what outcome you want, or that there is an event with an outcome that could be in your favor, like if a hailstorm forms above you and it needs to push some hailstones out of your way. There’s so much work involved in making good luck happen, saying Gods and angels exist who’ve decided to look out for this person is probably the “most” reasonable explanation.

            Just something I’ve been thinking about for a few months.

          • JBento
            JBento
            April 2, 2022 at 7:19 am | #

            What kind of stupid super power is “luck”, anyway? Do you fire luck lasers or something?

            • Shadowsnail
              Shadowsnail
              April 2, 2022 at 2:23 pm | #

              I think Jinx throws some sort of luck plasma balls out of her hands (when she isn’t busy smooching Cyborg).

            • Z
              Z
              April 3, 2022 at 12:00 am | #

              Deadpool 2 is an excellent example of this and it’s glorious.

            • Ana Chronistic
              Ana Chronistic
              April 3, 2022 at 12:02 am | #

              Ask Gladstone Gander

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      April 2, 2022 at 2:01 am | #

      Nah, Billie will see right through him. She’s just got great intuition.

  4. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    April 2, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Walky’s a terrible superhero. Not trying to be mean to him, but forgetting you’re a superhero is pretty bad. He also got in the game for the wrong reasons. He doesn’t even have a tragic backstory.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      April 2, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      I think Walky is a great superhero, albeit for the same reason William Henry Harrison was the best president

      • Z
        Z
        April 3, 2022 at 12:01 am | #

        “William Harrison, how do you praise? That guy was deadin 30 days.” -Animaniacs

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 2, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      With his diet, he’s got a pretty tragic backside-story.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      April 2, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

      Depends on how you look at it, I guess. He certainly has a better life balance than Amber did during her tenure, so in some respects, he’s probably doing a good job, even if he’s obviously not as proactive or skilled as Amazigirl.

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      April 2, 2022 at 1:22 am | #

      Oh, he has one, he just hasn’t realized it yet. Give it five years for him to realize “oh god, my entire personality is a bouncing shiny bauble meant to distract myself and my racist, emotionally abusive mother from the fact I have an undiagnosed developmental disorder, because deep down I’m existentially terrified that if she finds out she’ll start treating me like my sister”.

      • StClair
        StClair
        April 2, 2022 at 3:25 am | #

        Beats being vulnerable to wood, I guess.

        • not someone else
          not someone else
          April 2, 2022 at 3:38 am | #

          It probably does. Imagine being allergic to your furniture.

        • keithcurtis
          keithcurtis
          April 2, 2022 at 11:56 am | #

          We are all vulnerable to wood. Let me demonstrate with this club…

          • Agemegos
            Agemegos
            April 2, 2022 at 5:26 pm | #

            One time long ago a friend of mine was designing a vampire-themed character for a Champions campaign and wondered briefly how many points “double damage from a stake through the heart” would be worth.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        April 2, 2022 at 1:23 pm | #

        A tragic backstory that I can definitely relate to 😣

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      April 2, 2022 at 2:45 am | #

      …. aren’t there a LOT of superheroes who get amnesia about being superheroes?

      • Shadowsnail
        Shadowsnail
        April 2, 2022 at 2:25 pm | #

        Nightguy’s nemesis (The Responsible Adult) must have zapped him with an ADD ray.

        • Reltzik
          Reltzik
          April 2, 2022 at 9:47 pm | #

          But that’s not something a Responsible Adult would do!

          …. the name’s ironic, isn’t it?

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          April 2, 2022 at 11:09 pm | #

          Ha!!!

          If ANYONE’S gonna be Nightguy’s nemesis, it’s gonna be an alien parasite like me!!!

          And it could really help him too! From what I heard, some ADHD-havers have an “urgency” trigger for their hyper-focus abilities!!!

          The million-dollar question is, does Walky also have this?

          Only one way to find out!!! HA HA HA HA!!!

          👾🧠👾 ✌️😈

          *plays “Hypnotik” by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas on Hacked Muzak*

  5. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    April 2, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I know the feeling Walky. So many interests but you just can’t focus!

    Speaking of ADHD symptoms, I’ve heard it’s an ADHD thing for coffee to make you tired. Is this true?

    • True Survivor
      True Survivor
      April 2, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      I don’t know. I don’t have ADHD but I feel that ‘dress up in pajamas and get into fist fights with felons’ would be memorable To Do list item.

    • Jeff K!
      Jeff K!
      April 2, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

      Yes, caffeine of any sort. It stimulates the neurons, which perks up neurotypicals, but it the way ADHD works, stimulating your neurons actually slows you down.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      April 2, 2022 at 12:17 am | #

      It can do that to us, yeah.

      For me at least, I don’t think I get too stimulated by it, but I do get the dependency going where quitting is agonizingly painful and awful to my mood. I’ve straight up drank large ice cappuccinos and gone to bed an hour later, though this was before I started adderall. Since then, I don’t mix well with lots of caffeine and did get some brain fog when I started qutting altogether.

    • Stephen Bierce
      Stephen Bierce
      April 2, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

      ADHD guy here, and addicted to caffeine since I was prescribed it by my pediatrician in 1st Grade.
      I think of it as a control rod in my internal reactor. In my case it works as both a calmative and an antidepressant.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        April 2, 2022 at 12:42 am | #

        You have ADHD too Mr. Bierce? Neat to know you’re also a neurodivergent! 😁

        Woah, neurodivergents are like Stand Users — we have this interesting way of being drawn towards each other…

    • not someone else
      not someone else
      April 2, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      Yep. Used to be some days it was the only thing keeping my anxiety managed.

      (Nowadays I need something stronger than any safe dose of caffeine…)

    • Agemegos
      Agemegos
      April 2, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

      It’s weird. Just a couple of weeks ago, at the end of a dinner-party, a few even-more-elderly friends and I shared a reminiscence that up until the Seventies everyone had after-dinner coffee and a mint thin last thing, whereas now nobody drinks coffee after noon for fear of disturbing their sleep.

      My sister pointed out that up until the Seventies we all went to bed drunk.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        April 2, 2022 at 1:11 am | #

        As I remember, the 50s were one long smoke-filled cocktail party.

        • Agemegos
          Agemegos
          April 2, 2022 at 1:57 am | #

          I don’t remember the Fifties, and struggle with the details of the Sixties. A bloke went to the Moon, IIRC.

          • Geneseepaws
            Geneseepaws
            April 2, 2022 at 7:52 am | #

            Three went, two walked on it, third guy didn’t get to dance — he just sat in the parking lot.

            • Agemegos
              Agemegos
              April 2, 2022 at 5:10 pm | #

              Unlike Walky, Society was not ready for poly.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      April 2, 2022 at 12:34 am | #

      Thanks for sharing!!! 😁

      Funny thing with me, there actually was a point when drinking coffee WOULD wake me up, but regardless of whether that was just the Placebo effect at work or something else, these days it always consistently makes me tired, regardless of how many times I tried to reset my tolerance, so I just quit altogether. Neurodivergence is strange that way I guess ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Would it make a difference if I microdosed caffeine? Have any of you ADHD-havers tried that?

      • Joyfulldreams
        Joyfulldreams
        April 2, 2022 at 1:19 am | #

        If you have ADHD and caffeine only serves to smooth you out, micro-dosing won’t do anything. It will probably do even less–it’ll just either make you feel slightly less tired than it would have if you took more, or might help you focus a little better, calm anxiety, etc, but will not wake you up.

        It has nothing to do with your tolerance to caffeine and everything to do with your natural brain chemistry, which changes over time–which is probably why caffeine no longer works for you as it once did.

        • Stephen Bierce
          Stephen Bierce
          April 2, 2022 at 12:49 pm | #

          Tolerance for Caffeine can be retrained. I used to do it every summer when I was out of school and my need for emotional stability wasn’t as dire. Usually by August all I needed was a single dose every day, nominally a cola at lunch or dinner. Maybe a chocolate before bedtime. I rarely went cold turkey but there were times I could.

    • Delicious Taffy
      Delicious Taffy
      April 2, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

      As the apparent odd one out, coffee does help me stay up, but not to any sort of elevated degree. It just tells my brain I’m not sleepy enough to pass out and gives me the shakes after a certain point. I’ll drink a whole pot and never get either manic or drowsy.

    • Joyfulldreams
      Joyfulldreams
      April 2, 2022 at 1:02 am | #

      It’s not that drinking coffee makes and ADHD brain tired, it’s that it can make you feel relaxed.

      ADHD brains are chronically under-stimulated, which is part of why they are constantly grabbing onto any and all possible New Things in order to make even a dent in that under-stimulation. It is NOT like mania, where you’re so overstimulated that you have a lot of energy to do All The Things, and appear ‘hyperactive’. People with ADHD are not really ‘hyperactive’, what they are is restless, bored, and desperate to generate literally any kind of stimulation at all. Thus the fidgeting, and flitting from thing to thing, impulsiveness, and inability to focus.

      Coffee works similar to how ADHD meds work, as a stimulant, compensating for under-stimulation chemically to bring the brain closer to a more ‘baseline’ state.

      Severity of ADHD varies from person to person, so how severely understimulated your brain is as a baseline will have a large effect on how coffee effects you, as well as whether or not you’re medicated. Some ADHD folks use caffeine to self-medicate and help them focus, reduce fidgeting or restlessness, etc. For some ADHD people, if their medication is effective or their severity is otherwise low, coffee can work on you about the same as any other person.

      And for others, coffee is such a drop in the bucket that all it really does is make their brain slightly less frantic for stimulation. Slows down racing thoughts, which can make it easier to sleep.

      • Geneseepaws
        Geneseepaws
        April 2, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

        Anyone know about ADD and slow executive processing speed?

        • Joyfulldreams
          Joyfulldreams
          April 2, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

          I’m not sure what you mean, do you mean ADHD’s effect on executive function? (ADD is an outdated diagnosis btw, ADD is now more likely to be ADHD-Inattentive Type now.)

          It’s not really ‘slow processioning speed’ so much at is an impairment in your ability to direct your own attention. The impaired ability to start a task, maintain focus on a task, switch between tasks, or prioritize/plan, as well as impairment in working memory.

          • Geneseepaws
            Geneseepaws
            April 2, 2022 at 7:57 am | #

            Ja, except if it’s dinosaurs or drawing dragons, in which case it’s razor focus. I like my brain as it is, I just don’t understand it’s Robles.

            • The Wellerman
              The Wellerman
              April 2, 2022 at 1:16 pm | #

              I envy you!

              I used to be able to focus like that on science, but now im not able to focus on or enjoy ANYTHING. It feels AWFUL. 😢

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      April 2, 2022 at 1:13 am | #

      …that would explain a lot, yes.

    • Mano308gts
      Mano308gts
      April 2, 2022 at 1:28 am | #

      Hmmm.

      First off, gotta’ say that, as far as diagnostics goes, I have no known divergent conditions. However, as far as reality goes, there’s very little doubt whatsoever that I might qualify for a decent handful of different items. So, take that for what it is.

      I have always felt that coffee helps to focus, because my mind is flying 100% too fast, and the coffee helps bring everything into the same speed. However, that’s with a limited intake of coffee (about one cup every two or three hours). If I start chugging the stuff (which is very easy for me to do, because I love it), I start having the more jittery, energized effects usually attributed to coffee- but usually around 2 cups an hour* to get to that point.

      TL:DR, limited coffee is very calming, excessive coffee can wind up being an energizer/exciter.

      *Yes, these intake volumes are fairly common for me. I can easily drink an entire pot of coffee on a regular day.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      April 2, 2022 at 1:52 am | #

      In my case, I can’t stand coffee. But black tea can lull me to sleep sometimes. (Mt Dew keeps me awake, though.)

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 2, 2022 at 4:30 am | #

      ADHD here, caffeine keeps me awake.

      I need my two cups of coffee every day or else I get a pounding headache by mid-afternoon.

      • OBBWG
        OBBWG
        April 2, 2022 at 1:56 pm | #

        Sounds like caffeine addiction. If it is a problem, you might want to try cutting back a little bit on caffeine each day until you are down to nothing, then only drink coffee on a limited basis. If it is not a problem, then ignore this post.

        • Needfuldoer
          Needfuldoer
          April 2, 2022 at 5:27 pm | #

          It’s not a problem. Caffeine is the nectar of the gods who are cranky in the morning.

          (I also live in the Eastern time zone but run on GMT. Those 1:30 AM posts of mine? That’s not staying up late, that’s getting up early. Yay, third-and-a-half shift…)

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            April 2, 2022 at 5:52 pm | #

            Fascinating. If I may ask Needful, just what is your job?

            • Needfuldoer
              Needfuldoer
              April 3, 2022 at 9:43 am | #

              I help make TV happen. Somebody’s gotta be there to tell the early birds what the weather’s going to be and how bad the roads are backed up!

  6. Nono
    Nono
    April 2, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    So if Jennifer thought Amazi-Girl was Sal, who does she think Nightguy is gonna be? Joe? Booster? Howard?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 2, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      Galasso.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      April 2, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

      Probably Sal, honestly

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        April 2, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

        That would actually be closer to the truth than she’s ever gotten. Jen’s really growing into that journalism degree!

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          April 2, 2022 at 12:22 am | #

          I’m not entirely convinced that she doesn’t still think Sal was Amazi-Girl

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            April 2, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

            I’d be shocked if she doesn’t still think that tbh

          • Nono
            Nono
            April 2, 2022 at 1:03 am | #

            She knows Amber was the one who stabbed Sal through the hand now, though. I think Amber = Amazi-Girl may be a bit more common knowledge now.

            • Thag Simmons
              Thag Simmons
              April 2, 2022 at 1:33 am | #

              She has been outright told that Amber is Amazi-Girl multiple times. I am still not convinced she knows.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      April 2, 2022 at 3:01 am | #

      Well, her big clue with Sal=Amazi-Girl was hearing Walky call Sal a hero after she stood up to Ruth (coming together with a lot of random other details, like Sal’s penchant for self-defenestration and randomly disappearing for hours at a time). So what clues are here to misinterpret?

      There aren’t all that many, really — Billie’s been mostly isolated from the rest of our crew, making occasional cameos but not hanging out enough to sponge up a whole bunch of random details that would make narrative sense for her to misinterpret.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        April 2, 2022 at 4:33 am | #

        To be fair, Sal is one of the more reasonable guesses you could make.

        It just happens to be the wrong one

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      April 2, 2022 at 10:07 am | #

      Lucy. Nightguy actually being a girl is the best cover, clearly.

  7. AGV
    AGV
    April 2, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

    Nightguy has some catching up to do

  8. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    April 2, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    You know, I briefly forgot that, too.

  9. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    April 2, 2022 at 12:14 am | #

    Kind of like how Liz is tagged in the comic even though that’s Lucy! April Fool’s everyone!

  10. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    April 2, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    Listen, Walky, the terror you inspire in evil doesn’t require actual fighting. The mere presence of you on campus results in a dramatic drop of sign stealing.

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      April 2, 2022 at 12:58 am | #

      You know what type of superhero Walky would be? The type who fails upwards. Every victory he has is just dumb luck from a unintended mishap because he tried to do something cool it but backfires yet still works out and whenever he gets the upper hand on someone it’s because he was at the wrong place at the right time.

  11. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    April 2, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

    To be fair, the Nightguy thing was for Ams, then Ams amscrayed (amscraied? I never studied Latin.).

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 2, 2022 at 4:32 am | #

      Ambs crayed.

  12. BBCC
    BBCC
    April 2, 2022 at 12:21 am | #

    I mean, yeah, that’s karma, Walky. I dunno what you expected from your sister but sympathy should not be it 😛

  13. Jabberwocky
    Jabberwocky
    April 2, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    Really funny how above it all Billie is acting even though all she’s actually doing is the same bullshit she was doing before only now she’s also being an asshole to her friends

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      April 2, 2022 at 7:27 am | #

      To be fair, it makes perfect sense for Jennifer to ditch the toxic influences of her past relationships.

      • thejeff
        thejeff
        April 2, 2022 at 10:23 am | #

        And seek out the toxic influences of her new friends.

        Seriously, what toxic influences? I could see an argument for Ruth, though the big counter argument there is that Ruth did get her to seek help and stop drinking.

      • Jabberwocky
        Jabberwocky
        April 2, 2022 at 8:01 pm | #

        I think this comments section need to learn what toxic relationships actually are

    • Tan
      Tan
      April 2, 2022 at 9:57 pm | #

      I would like to know when exactly she was NOT being an asshole to her friends (for a longer stretch than one day)

  14. RacingTurtle
    RacingTurtle
    April 2, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

    Relatable, honestly

  15. Lingo
    Lingo
    April 2, 2022 at 12:29 am | #

    Time is a flat circle.

  16. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    April 2, 2022 at 12:40 am | #

    Was Nightguy still A Thing? I thought Walky just did it a couple times as a minor form of flirting.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      April 2, 2022 at 4:22 am | #

      Nightguy was a thing until Walky’s ADHD went all-in on making a comic strip and everything else got back-burnered.

  17. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    April 2, 2022 at 12:43 am | #

    Damn it Walky you did not redesign the Night Guy costume for nothing now get out there.

  18. Throwatron
    Throwatron
    April 2, 2022 at 12:48 am | #

    oh my god Jennifer is terminally unable to spot a superhero

    frankly I love this gag

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      April 2, 2022 at 12:51 am | #

      It gets better every time

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      April 2, 2022 at 12:59 am | #

      It’s hilarious, I honestly can’t get enough of it.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      April 2, 2022 at 12:05 pm | #

      Billie: If I can find out who Nightguy really is, they’ll HAVE to give me a job at the newspaper!

      Walky: I’m Nightguy.

      Billie: But how can I find out? Maybe someone’s posted photos of him on the Internet…

      Walky: Billie, I’m Nightguy!

      Billie: If I can find some good pictures, I can compare them to photos in the school registry… unless he’s not a student…

      Lucy: Billie, I think Walky is trying to-

      Billie: QUIET, you two! I’m trying to think over here!!

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      April 2, 2022 at 2:33 pm | #

      I mean, I love the guy but “Walky is a superhero” is something I would expect anyone who actually knows Walky to have extreme difficulty fitting in their heads. (“Walky was a superhero until he forgot”, however, makes perfect sense, so..)

  19. Bagge
    Bagge
    April 2, 2022 at 1:06 am | #

    Night guy needs tacco night too, allright?

  20. SDRainbow
    SDRainbow
    April 2, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

    Kind of a hilarious juxtaposition – I’m reading Edgedancer, by Brandon Sanderson, right now, and my reaction to Lift is almost exactly the same as my reaction to Walky.

    FINGERS CROSSED SOME DEVELOPMENT HAPPENS ON BOTH FRONTS, IS WHAT I’M SAYING

  21. Arianod
    Arianod
    April 2, 2022 at 2:38 am | #

    Classic Walky

  22. Sombrero
    Sombrero
    April 2, 2022 at 6:28 am | #

    NightGuy is fake news.
    Jennifer is fake.
    Lucy is.
    Walky?

  23. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    April 2, 2022 at 6:40 am | #

    Sometimes Jennifer and Billie seems like the same person to me.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      April 2, 2022 at 12:41 pm | #

      Huh. You know, I don’t think they’ve ever shown up in the same scene. You might just be on to something.

  24. Sporky
    Sporky
    April 2, 2022 at 7:54 am | #

    LOL Jennifer sucks

    I missed when she was more honest about how terrible she is. She still sucked then but I loved her and now it’s like “Jesus Christ, her again?”

  25. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    April 2, 2022 at 8:01 am | #

    It’s already been pointed out, but it couldn’t hurt to signal boost:

    As I type this, the tags still have “liz” and not “lucy”, despite the fact that Lucy is in this comic, and Liz is not.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      April 2, 2022 at 2:30 pm | #

      OR IS SHE??

  26. Owlmirror
    Owlmirror
    April 2, 2022 at 8:10 am | #

    I don’t think that Daisy is that interested in Nightguy. Her fetish is not male superheroes, but female superheroes.

    Say, Jennifer, maybe you could dress up in a costume. The Blue Dragon, maybe? Roam campus, fight crime. Take selfies. Then interview yourself.

    Daisy will eat it up with a spoon.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      April 2, 2022 at 9:10 am | #

      @yotomoe

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      April 2, 2022 at 10:10 am | #

      Being a superhero would be too much of a “nerd” thing for Jennifer to do. Even if Daisy would love it, I doubt Jennifer would want to do it for long.

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        April 2, 2022 at 3:46 pm | #

        “The MCU is for normal people” she says as she refuses to admit she got teary-eyed watching all the Garfield Spider-Man scenes in No Way Home.

    • Shadowsnail
      Shadowsnail
      April 2, 2022 at 3:13 pm | #

      The name would definitely have to be Spider-Jen.
      Unless she went full Punisher, in which case I would be willing to accept William the Bloody.

  27. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    April 2, 2022 at 10:15 am | #

    not looking after amazigirl anymore uh

  28. AlexaSpuds
    AlexaSpuds
    April 2, 2022 at 12:12 pm | #

    now that is an adhd moment

  29. Thecrowbar
    Thecrowbar
    April 2, 2022 at 12:22 pm | #

    Shes not a good journalist is she…..

  30. annarchy
    annarchy
    April 2, 2022 at 10:45 pm | #

    Was Louis Lane?

  31. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    April 3, 2022 at 12:00 am | #

    A version of Spider-Man No More where Peter gets really busy at school and then notices the Spider-Man costume in the back of his closet and hopes maybe that whole Kingpin thing got resolved on its own.

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