For a lot of reasons in this thread the mid-’90s dub opening makes more sense, but I always have preferred the original Moonlight Densetsu, and always will…
motherfuckers probz got grappling hooks too, in addition to lots of other equipment literally used in WAR. tear gas and flash grenades and shit, it completely changes the fuckin dynamic
I think there’s some debate about that. You can’t use chemical weapons, but the USA considers tear gas acceptable in war because it’s not technically a weapon.
The “debate” is that it’s prohibited by the Geneva convention and the US and anyone it says is above international law does whatever war crimes they want.
As far as I can tell, the US military has made legal arguments that it would be acceptable in certain situations, but hasn’t actually used it in warfare.
they’re a death cult who tells their members that their God-given purpose in life is to KILL KILL KILL
more tax money going to them and the police is “patriotism”, but if it goes anywhere else to actually making peoples’ lives better it’s “socialism” and therefore EVIL 😑
Yeah, she’s so up her own ass, giving her girlfriend a jacket in the middle of winter, secure in the knowledge that she can have another one very quickly. 🙄 How terribly conceited and self-absorbed of her.
I think Carla and Dina both are good for Charlie. Her interactions in today’s strip are first indication she can engage in a genuine relationship with other people.
It’s the sly, hooded eyelids. She doesn’t usually do that, but pulls it out here and there. Usually its more of a bright-eyed, naive expression, like Joyce or Lucy. Lowered eyelids can provoke a certain response, think “bedroom eyes”.
I suppose you’d have to climb up them until they were effectively in the position of having gone down. I could see that working if there was sufficient height/weight disparity.
Pretty sure Dina and Charlie found them, not the other way around but they did keep Carla and Becky company until then so some good was definitely done.
Yeah, but this is Carla we’re talking about (’cause we’re always talking about Carla, right?) She affects objective-subjective grammatical use-cases like that. “Carla, we found you” must be expressed as “Carla, you found us.”
She was wearing it yesterday and you can see Dina take it off her today. I assume she got her one just like hers but a better fit for the preasure she needs.
But Dina!! The whole purpose of you going off with Charlie was to get her a BETTER hat! You failed in your mission, *and then* took away the one hat that allowed her to focus. SHAME ON YOU.
AG is off the clock right now. She told us that. When she thought Dina was missing, sure, she was all-in. But now that Dina is found (because Carla found Charlie and Dina, of course), AG can go back to being off the clock.
I’m thinking that Charlie can’t evade the drone’s identification-and-follow capabilities. Dina absolutely could evade anything Ruttech could try. But Charlie would just wander around at times, while the drone dutifully follows along.
(Now, a drone group that is programmed to keep Charlie supplied with Thinking Caps? Carla, that would be wonderful, and please get on that.)
((and if you can get the drones to supply charlie with iguanas as headgear, that would be most excellent.))
… so Dorothy feeling like she did do something would be a further example of overreaction, and is therefore exactly the appropriate thing for her to be feeling in the context of everyone else overreacting?
I’m guessing that Dorothy doesn’t have to be the one who helps out people; she just finds it satisfying to witness people being helped. So she can do it herself, be part of a group that does it overall, or just be present for it.
Aw, what? Come on! Where’s the unreasonable relationship drama!? I paid zero dollars to see some recently-become-adults act like holding hands is cheating on each other!!!
I’m going to overanalyze the “drone in five minutes” line because I am bored: I think this line alone would make me hate Carla a lot more than her performative self aggrandizing.
like, does she have a coat perpetually on her digital shopping cart, waiting for her to click “buy” at moment’s notice? does this mean that she planned ahead in terms of needing another coat, despite already having one, which means she discards perfectly good coats for no reason?
or does her phone just buy the cheapest, shittiest coat available and/or just the first option that comes up in the search results? does that mean she’s intending to discard the new coat pretty soon too?
or does she have a butler type person whose only job is to cater to her whims, so when she texts them “get me a new coat”, this person will send her a sensible coat that was already picked out?
yeah all of these readings are probably off, but I do find it interesting that that one line showcases Carla’s millionaire privilege more than anything else she’s done.
actually, the very idea makes me break out in hives. I hate drones and I hate fast fashion even more. you might as well be saying that I’m jealous I don’t have access to ruttech’s cryptocurrency
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I mean, that’s on Amazi-Girl unless she literally only saw them when they teleported in as she was halfway down
I don’t think she saw them before she was down. It looked like they were maybe coming around the corner.
Either way, she didn’t really do much here. Descending the building was more work than finding them.
Went back to yesterday’s strip and sure enough, two figures going around the corner who could be Dina and Charlie
Maybe. Looks more to me like a stairway and railing.
The concern the three of them had together acted as a homing beacon for Dina’s teleportation and Charlie’s wandering.
My work here is done.
But, you didn’t do anything…
*cape flourish*
( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ –`->-,-`–>{@
Should I go with “Fighting evil by moonlight, winning love by daylight . . .” or “I’m sorry I’m not honest, I can say it while I’m dreaming . . .”
Both, both is good
For a lot of reasons in this thread the mid-’90s dub opening makes more sense, but I always have preferred the original Moonlight Densetsu, and always will…
Similar to Nicepainter above I have to just go, ‘Por qué no los dos?’
Same. So much more elegant, so much better instrumentation.
when the comments need upvotes… ~<3
That charlie ppf was just perfect for that sentence
… didn’t I?
>wink<
There’s a power outlet up on the roof?
she might be using a solar-powered charger
helping both her fellow students and the planet! ^^
I appreciate the practical and realistic idea of a solar charger, but the wowzer Amazi-Signal idea takes up my headcanon now. 🙂
Gotta plug in the spotlight for the Amazi-signal somewhere.
Pretty sure even Batman switched from a spotlight to an RSS-feed by now.
While I appreciate the practical and realistic idea of a solar charger, the wowzer Amazi-Signal idea takes up my headcanon now. 🙂
Probably like near the stairway door, generally for using like power tools and such when needed.
Indeed, a quick googling’s results agree with you. Cleaning equipment, power tools, lighting, and physical plant expansion. Welp, now I know. 😀
More importantly, there are left-over doughnuts up on the roof.
Don’t rain on her parade, AG!
There’s probably stairs, how else do the police snipers get up there when there’s an anti-war rally?
motherfuckers probz got grappling hooks too, in addition to lots of other equipment literally used in WAR. tear gas and flash grenades and shit, it completely changes the fuckin dynamic
You’re not allowed to use tear gas in war. It violates the Geneva convention. Using it on your own country’s peaceful protestors is fine though.
I think there’s some debate about that. You can’t use chemical weapons, but the USA considers tear gas acceptable in war because it’s not technically a weapon.
The “debate” is that it’s prohibited by the Geneva convention and the US and anyone it says is above international law does whatever war crimes they want.
As far as I can tell, the US military has made legal arguments that it would be acceptable in certain situations, but hasn’t actually used it in warfare.
of course they do
they’re a death cult who tells their members that their God-given purpose in life is to KILL KILL KILL
more tax money going to them and the police is “patriotism”, but if it goes anywhere else to actually making peoples’ lives better it’s “socialism” and therefore EVIL 😑
Got actual examples or just “military is evil”.
Mind you, using tear gas on enemy soldiers is a war crime, but dropping bombs on them isn’t, so “KILL KILL KILL” doesn’t fit this case.
give peace a chance, man ☮️
How else are you supposed to clear out a square so you can get a photo op holding a bible upside-down?
(Yes this actually happened, and yes it was done by who you think it was.)
…except for the upside-down part. It was just the bookmark coming out the other side from what people expected.
And it was printed upside-down anyway.
As we all know, not being allowed to do something in a war means it definitely doesn’t get done at every opportunity.
It’s possible, but I can’t find any cases.
In most of the situations where it would be useful, it’s legal to use far more lethal methods instead, so it’s not really a great hill to die on.
Helicopters. Which they were going to be calling in anyway.
How come we never get to see the Amazicopter?
Last panel Dorothy might be saying that to herself a little bit.
She might not be president later, but she can do good now.
Sometimes bein’ stupid really can be charming and reassuring.
So, is Carla just being performative here or is she REALLY that far up her own ass?
No she literally can do that. She has access to drones and a warehouse full of jackets.
yeah she’s the daughter of tech billionaires,
rather convenient for her, and for anyone who just happens to be making dumbing of age fan games
Wouldn’t mind seeing the Ruttens stop by campus.
a River City Girls style DoA game would be so cool. ~<3
I wonder if the warehouse of jackets implies their motor bikes didn’t sell well? Maybe they were too expensive.
They sold fine, she has a warehouse full of them just for her just in case she needs to give one to a girlfriend and replace her own.
Maybe they just made way too many jackets.
They had to order that many to get the price they needed.
She gives jackets away occasionally. They have the company brand on them. And Carla appreciates branding.
Yeah, she’s so up her own ass, giving her girlfriend a jacket in the middle of winter, secure in the knowledge that she can have another one very quickly. 🙄 How terribly conceited and self-absorbed of her.
What you said, but with even more sarcasm.
I think they may be talking about the first panel.
Yes.
Double whammy of cuts girlfriends reunion, this comic gonna kill me at this rate.
Next book title: I Find Your Possessiveness Charming and Reassuring
I think Carla and Dina both are good for Charlie. Her interactions in today’s strip are first indication she can engage in a genuine relationship with other people.
I can’t explain it but Dina looks really good in the 2nd panel, I mean she always looks good but she looks extra good here
Is it cause we’re seeing her from the front? I’m not sure how often that happens opposed to a side profile
It’s because that’s Taking Charge Dina, which gives her a massive hotness bonus.
it’s prolly the look of confidence, maybe smugness lol,although i’m surprised she wouldn’t have enough extras to let her keep the hat
Her confident smile. Dina is developing into a good Gentle Domme.
It’s the sly, hooded eyelids. She doesn’t usually do that, but pulls it out here and there. Usually its more of a bright-eyed, naive expression, like Joyce or Lucy. Lowered eyelids can provoke a certain response, think “bedroom eyes”.
Theyre gonna fuck, arent rhey ?
Dorothy and Amazi ….
Maybe, but not today.
The day may come when AG tops Dotty, but it is not this day.
(dammit)
((gotta wait more for that slipshine))
(((grumblegrumble)))
Look I’m working, here’s a sketch.
https://i.imgur.com/PTAFmyd.png
(Where’s Yoto, I can’t handle the fan art hunger on my own)
sfw, btw
would you believe me if I told you Yoto is in Tokyo right now? 😛
luckyyyyyy
Thank you! I appreciate your efforts while you’re otherwise occupied at employment. 🙂
Hey don’t sweat it, by “working” I meant I was working on this here drawing:
https://i.imgur.com/5NtiO2x.png (still sfw)
Oh that’s excellent! (i totally ship ’em) 🙂
Do you have a generalized gathering spot for your work? Deviant, Paheal, Twitter, or elsewhere?
no more Autistic Ultra Instinct fusion
awe
but perhaps we see more of AG’s powers?
Like she backs up to the wall and slides back up
always easier to go down than up
wait
You aren’t wrong. I mean, have you ever tried to go up on someone? It gets hard pretty quick.
You can go up to them easily, any time. (but let’s all please be respectful of physical space)
But with going down on someone, ya gotta ask first. Not just a good idea, but it’s the law.
I suppose you’d have to climb up them until they were effectively in the position of having gone down. I could see that working if there was sufficient height/weight disparity.
Maybe if they were upside down?
Better be *really* good at headstands, like a breakdance master.
That’s what she said.
Pretty sure Dina and Charlie found them, not the other way around but they did keep Carla and Becky company until then so some good was definitely done.
Yeah, but this is Carla we’re talking about (’cause we’re always talking about Carla, right?) She affects objective-subjective grammatical use-cases like that. “Carla, we found you” must be expressed as “Carla, you found us.”
So did they get a hat for Charlie? I thought that was the point of this excursion.
She was wearing it yesterday and you can see Dina take it off her today. I assume she got her one just like hers but a better fit for the preasure she needs.
I’m assuming this is still Dina’s spare hat, because otherwise Dina swiping it off her like this is … kind of weird?
I’m bummed she doesn’t get to keep it. It’s cute!
Dina’s like an effortless top, huh.
Yup! And much fanfic, both written and yet-to-be-writ, agrees with this.
But Dina!! The whole purpose of you going off with Charlie was to get her a BETTER hat! You failed in your mission, *and then* took away the one hat that allowed her to focus. SHAME ON YOU.
like can you blame either of them?
autism and/or ADHD can interfere with executive functioning, pretty likely both of them got sidetracked with their newfound fusion power LOL
(on that note can somebody here lend me a little serotonin plz ;-;)
“People aren’t wearing enough hats.” – The Meaning Of Life
Amber’s weirdly lazy for someone who can Batman around all night
Well yeah. It’s not night. Besides, that’s not Amber. That’s Amazi-Girl.
AG is off the clock right now. She told us that. When she thought Dina was missing, sure, she was all-in. But now that Dina is found (because Carla found Charlie and Dina, of course), AG can go back to being off the clock.
Amber and Amazi-Girl might have a little more in common than either of them realize!
Next you’ll be making the same claim about Billie and Jennifer.
And as we all know, Jennifer is Mike.
Maybe have a Ruttech drone follow Charlie around with a supply of coats, hats, phones and other easily-misplaced impedimenta.
Taking bets now: How long would it take Charlie to misplace the drone?
Incorrect. The drone would misplace Charlie.
I’m thinking that Charlie can’t evade the drone’s identification-and-follow capabilities. Dina absolutely could evade anything Ruttech could try. But Charlie would just wander around at times, while the drone dutifully follows along.
(Now, a drone group that is programmed to keep Charlie supplied with Thinking Caps? Carla, that would be wonderful, and please get on that.)
((and if you can get the drones to supply charlie with iguanas as headgear, that would be most excellent.))
Can they also move people to the Amazon?
I believe that’s the default.
dorothy you didn’t do anything this was all an exercise in overreaction.
… so Dorothy feeling like she did do something would be a further example of overreaction, and is therefore exactly the appropriate thing for her to be feeling in the context of everyone else overreacting?
I’m guessing that Dorothy doesn’t have to be the one who helps out people; she just finds it satisfying to witness people being helped. So she can do it herself, be part of a group that does it overall, or just be present for it.
Still, it’s nice when you find a way to make how you resolve problems scale up.
There may be those who claim that laziness doesn’t scale well, but all I can say is that it works for me.
It’s good that you’re making laziness work. That’s definitely a high bar to clear.
Aw, what? Come on! Where’s the unreasonable relationship drama!? I paid zero dollars to see some recently-become-adults act like holding hands is cheating on each other!!!
Don’t worry, I’m sure Becky’s possessiveness issues will be addressed some other time.
If EVER there was an obvious next collection title…
“I Find Your Possessiveness Charming and Reassuring”,
…is it.
So – obviously – it won’t be ! 🙂
And yet, none of our heroes noticed the Anti-Ethan brooding, watching them ominously
Is Anti-Ethan like Anti-Life?
The important thing about the Anti-Ethan is that he is moving backwards in time. So to him Joyce’s story is about an atheist Finding God.
Maybe the real god we found was inside us all along.
I think we call that
demonicpossession, and as we all know, possession is 9/10s of the law.I appreciate that there is another Charlie that needs their hand held to prevent wandering.
Starting to wonder if DW has been studying me from the walls
1. Appropriate gravatar is appropriate.
2. Yes. He sees all, knows all.
2024 and everybody is dropping things by drones.
Shirts, bombs, pizza…
… bon mots, loose change, the ball …
…let’s keep it charming and reassuring, and not turn into something else.
Did I miss something as to why Dina took the hat back? Weren’t they gone specifically to find a tighter fitting hat for Charlie?
Same questions.
Maybe Charlie’s real power is the things we forget along the way
dinas top energy in panel 2 is making it physically hard to move without permission. why is she so powerful.
“Becky, question. This strap of hundreds is nonsequential. How would one tell if they are marked?”
Isn’t the “non-sequential bills” thing basically nonsense? Nobody looks at the numbers on the cash they were just handed.
Wander Twin powers deactivate!
Your preferred applause gif here.
is there going to be a bonus comic montaging all the random places those two wandered through on their way back to campus?
I’m going to overanalyze the “drone in five minutes” line because I am bored: I think this line alone would make me hate Carla a lot more than her performative self aggrandizing.
like, does she have a coat perpetually on her digital shopping cart, waiting for her to click “buy” at moment’s notice? does this mean that she planned ahead in terms of needing another coat, despite already having one, which means she discards perfectly good coats for no reason?
or does her phone just buy the cheapest, shittiest coat available and/or just the first option that comes up in the search results? does that mean she’s intending to discard the new coat pretty soon too?
or does she have a butler type person whose only job is to cater to her whims, so when she texts them “get me a new coat”, this person will send her a sensible coat that was already picked out?
yeah all of these readings are probably off, but I do find it interesting that that one line showcases Carla’s millionaire privilege more than anything else she’s done.
You’re just jealous that you don’t have a drone ready to drop you off a cool Ruttentech coat on demand.
actually, the very idea makes me break out in hives. I hate drones and I hate fast fashion even more. you might as well be saying that I’m jealous I don’t have access to ruttech’s cryptocurrency