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May 12, 2026

Veritable feast

by David M Willis on March 31, 2022 at 12:01 am
  • 03 – Trial and Sarah
└ Tags: jennifer, lucy, walky

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  1. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    March 31, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

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    • Clif
      Clif
      March 31, 2022 at 1:10 am | #

      Does a chess board count?

      • Yet_One_More_Idiot
        Yet_One_More_Idiot
        March 31, 2022 at 8:16 am | #

        I doubt it’d count much less than my Super NES… xD

  2. True Survivor
    True Survivor
    March 31, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Huh, she fixed and framed her old uniform. That seems an ominous symbol.

    • ThunderNight
      ThunderNight
      March 31, 2022 at 12:09 am | #

      didn’t she do that before the timeskip?

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        March 31, 2022 at 12:11 am | #

        Maybe? Yes, yes. You are correct. Never mind.

        Anyway, its funny because in frame it reads ‘Drag’ which is what Jennifer is being.

    • Sirksome
      Sirksome
      March 31, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

      How? It’s been established from the start of the comic that Jen is very proud of her past cheerleading status.

      • True Survivor
        True Survivor
        March 31, 2022 at 12:12 am | #

        I just figured that it was sort of her reverting towards her old-self where she was obsessed with popularity and superficial status.

        • Sirksome
          Sirksome
          March 31, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

          I don’t think it’s actually reverting back. Jennifer’s always been like this and ultimately the changes we saw last semester where maybe a brief moment in her life. And frankly that moment in particular was a pretty emotionally taxing one, dating Ruth, so it makes sense she’d go back to her old priorities, minus the stress of that relationship.

          • C.T. Phipps
            C.T. Phipps
            March 31, 2022 at 3:06 am | #

            I think it’s telling that Becky, the ultimate shipper, thinks Jennifer and Ruth should stay the Hell away from one another.

            • Spencer
              Spencer
              March 31, 2022 at 8:26 am | #

              Okay but Becky’s a big stupid idiot dumb dumb because she saw two people who don’t want to talk to each other and decided they’ll definitely fall in love again and kill themselves, so she harassed them a whole bunch in class in front of their teacher so one or them would drop out.

              So like maybe Becky’s opinion is worthless and only correct in the sense that these two people who don’t want to date are still not dating, and to solve this she forcibly outed them in a public space in front of their new teacher.

          • thejeff
            thejeff
            March 31, 2022 at 9:11 am | #

            Whatever the very real problems with that relationship, those old priorities were pretty messed up as well. The obsession with popularity and status, especially based on past glories as a cheerleader. Not to mention the alcoholism.
            And I’m not sure I see the difference between “go back to her old priorities” and “reverting back”.

            That said, we don’t know how much she’s reverted back – the uniform went up on the wall when she first moved into the new dorm, so it’s not really a sign of any change.

        • ValdVin
          ValdVin
          March 31, 2022 at 8:01 am | #

          The last tim we saw her phone the avatar was still a picture of her in the uniform.

          I wonder if she’s changed it.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      March 31, 2022 at 12:19 am | #

      She’s always had her uniform framed. Her fixing the damage Ruth did might be a sign but I can’t tell if she has.

      • Bicycle Bill
        Bicycle Bill
        March 31, 2022 at 1:38 am | #

        I don’t think it was ever framed, just pinned up on the corkboard (that also explains how Ruth was able to get her hands on it so easily).

        Custom-framing something can run into some serious money.  I once had a panoramic picture (about 36″ by 11″) mounted and custom-framed and it cost me pver $200 – and that was just a picture.  For something like a skirt and top the overall dimensions would be huge by comparison, and because of the thickness would need to be something more like a shadow-box – and that could run into beaucoup bucks.

        • drs
          drs
          March 31, 2022 at 2:32 am | #

          Billie’s family is rich, remember.

          • King Daniel
            King Daniel
            March 31, 2022 at 3:33 am | #

            Jennifer herself has a habit of handing $20 bills to multiple characters just to get them to stop talking.

        • Thag Simmons
          Thag Simmons
          March 31, 2022 at 3:36 am | #

          Yeah it’s not actually framed, but I may have a bad habit of using frame to refer to any sort of deliberate placement because my brain is so used to talking about things that exist within frames.

  3. Delicious Taffy
    Delicious Taffy
    March 31, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    Love their dynamic, tbh.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      March 31, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

      Yeah, it’s one of my favorites, in its way.

  4. Schpoonman
    Schpoonman
    March 31, 2022 at 12:06 am | #

    …Yeah, that tracks.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      March 31, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

      Siblings in all but blood.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        March 31, 2022 at 9:27 pm | #

        If Walky gives her enough shit, we might see that, too.

  5. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    March 31, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    Honestly, even if Jennifer’s doing her own thing these days, I do think she’d miss it if Walky went all David instead.

  6. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    March 31, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    Last panel: Jennifer wondering which of them she should name her oncoming migraine after.

    • BarerMender
      BarerMender
      March 31, 2022 at 1:06 am | #

      You missed a panel. The last one is Walky.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        March 31, 2022 at 3:35 am | #

        The Doctor operates on a different plane thanst thee, and can see a panel otherwise hidden.

        • milu
          milu
          March 31, 2022 at 10:51 pm | #

          Thanst!!!

  7. Sirksome
    Sirksome
    March 31, 2022 at 12:07 am | #

    I’m not sure this is a healthy dynamic? Walky’s cool but Jennifer’s been pretty clear she doesn’t to interact with him so I don’t know how to feel here.

    • DailyBrad
      DailyBrad
      March 31, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      For now, no, but like 6 months-ish back, it was his bunk she was retreating to when she wanted a comforting presence. I kinda get the feeling she appreciates that the option remains open.

      • Sirksome
        Sirksome
        March 31, 2022 at 12:25 am | #

        True, but I can only go by what Jennifer’s said and her actions depicted. So trying to respect that it’s clear she’s put a lot of work into trying to redefine herself and have a fresh start this semester. Even if the whole reinventing thing is a regular occurrence for her she might relapse on, and Walky might know her better than we do, it’s still a little weird to me.

        • Devin
          Devin
          March 31, 2022 at 12:52 pm | #

          Most of what she’s said and done seems to indicate that this semester is a take two on the same attempt she made in the first semester, which is to say redefine herself as a cool kid. The fact that she’s been marginally more successful so far and has found a group to feed into a sense of superiority does not change the fact that not all reinventions are created equal, or that she’s expressed no actual grievance with Walky, and we’ve seen nothing that indicates she’s not just cutting him off because he’s a dork and she feels like she’s moved up in the world.

          If nothing else, she seems to have absolutely no justification to have sufficient boundaries drawn to bar Lucy from bringing her boyfriend to their room. Sure Walky is needling her here, but she definitely made the first shot in that exchange.

          • Blue
            Blue
            March 31, 2022 at 2:36 pm | #

            Well he’s kind of immature and annoying, and gets a big kick out of teasing her. I think a couple days ago in-comic he followed her around calling her “Babe” to make fun of an endearment she uses with her boyfriend. I can understand why she’s not thrilled to see him here.

            • thejeff
              thejeff
              March 31, 2022 at 3:01 pm | #

              Sure, but she’s hassled him far worse in the past and she’s still turned to him and he’s tried to support her in her worst moments. On a surface level it’s understandable, but it’s also part of an unhealthy pattern for her.

              • Needfuldoer
                Needfuldoer
                March 31, 2022 at 3:43 pm | #

                Unhealthy pseudo-sibling bickering.

              • Blue
                Blue
                March 31, 2022 at 5:31 pm | #

                That’s completely fair. She doesn’t want to see him or interact with him until she’s in crisis and needs emotional support. But I disagree with the idea that she doesn’t want to associate with him only because of social status. Walky is a lot sometimes and people may need a break.

                • thejeff
                  thejeff
                  March 31, 2022 at 8:23 pm | #

                  That might be why you wouldn’t want to associate with him. Who knows, maybe she’s changed her reasons too. She’s been pretty clear about it in the past.

                • Devin
                  Devin
                  April 1, 2022 at 12:27 am | #

                  I’ll also remind you that she could have ignored him here, or just said nothing. Jennifer is the one who started this exchange with a snipe at Walky.

    • dinajoyce
      dinajoyce
      March 31, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

      I mean, Jennifer hasn’t ever implied he did any sort of hurt to her that would mean he’s crossing any lines by being in her room when invited by her roommate. He’s not there to stalk her or anything, he’s there to spend time with his girlfriend. Jennifer is the one who initiated annoyed sibling style conversation. She may be re-inventing herself, but Walky is still allowed to make an effort to continue being her friend and to try to find a way that she’s still willing to have him in her life. And I think it’s being a good friend to remind her that there were some good parts of Billie that he loved. Maybe I’m reading a lot into “Hey, Buttface!” but I have siblings and friends who are like siblings, and that’s what I’d read into it if Walky were one of my sibling-friends.

      • Fay
        Fay
        March 31, 2022 at 8:01 am | #

        And even if Jennifer makes it clear she doesn’t want to be friends with Walky, he’s still allowed to be there. He hasn’t done anything to cross her other than be geeky and maybe kind of annoying. She doesn’t have to give him the time of day, but she also doesn’t get to ban her roommate from inviting people over just because Jennifer arbitrarily doesn’t want to see them anymore.

    • Ophidiophile
      Ophidiophile
      March 31, 2022 at 3:47 am | #

      I’m going to go with reaction formation.

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      March 31, 2022 at 4:22 am | #

      I have the feeling if someone says “healthy” in this room everyone will look at them like “are we making up words now?”

      • milu
        milu
        March 31, 2022 at 10:55 pm | #

        Oh, oh, i’ve got one! “well-adjusted”!

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 31, 2022 at 9:46 am | #

      I’m not sure it was ever a completely healthy dynamic, but at least they were friends who were close enough that they were almost siblings for a while there. Now that she’s with Asher, Jennifer seems to want to avoid Walky and all the people she befriended in the first semester of college, and I’m hoping we find out what caused that since I really don’t trust Asher.

      • Devin
        Devin
        March 31, 2022 at 1:14 pm | #

        I’m willing to be surprised, but at this point I’m expecting the only cause to be the end of hers and Ruth’s relationship, because this behavior is consistent with what she was trying to do in the very beginning of DoA. Just seems like a return to form to me.

        • justin8448
          justin8448
          March 31, 2022 at 3:46 pm | #

          Returning to form, but labeling it as progress.

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      March 31, 2022 at 1:30 pm | #

      So the consensus is that Jennifer has made no indication she doesn’t want to interact with Walky, except for just now, when she implied exactly that, which was a “first shot” that justifies Walky deliberately winding her up.

      As an annoying brother myself, I really want to be on Walky’s side here, but my goodness, people are making it difficult…

      • Spencer
        Spencer
        March 31, 2022 at 2:31 pm | #

        I mean yeah what you said exactly but without being sarcastic.

        Walky’s dating Lucy, he’s gonna be in her room sometimes. Also it’s probably really difficult to suddenly abandon a lifelong friend and probably worth at least some questioning as to why it’s happened, especially since Walky is one of like two people in the whole series she’s ever let herself be genuinely, entirely vulnerable towards.

  8. jeffepp
    jeffepp
    March 31, 2022 at 12:08 am | #

    She will never admit she’s kinda in love with him. Still.

    • C.T. Phipps
      C.T. Phipps
      March 31, 2022 at 3:07 am | #

      I am with Joyce in shipping them!

  9. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    March 31, 2022 at 12:10 am | #

    Ugh. Jennifer. 😒
    Oh. Jennifer. 😒

    If she wasn’t such a bourgeois prick, I might just call her hot.

    I’m almost willing to send my parasite spores to rescue that beautiful body from that repugnant brain. 👾 🧠 👾

    Too bad I’m busy.

    • jmsr7
      jmsr7
      March 31, 2022 at 12:32 am | #

      I can’t tell you how many people i was attracted to – until they started talking.

      • zee
        zee
        March 31, 2022 at 2:04 pm | #

        In highschool my locker was next to this upper class man who was soon gorgeous to me and my friend. Until he started talking. Then he suddenly looked like his face was smashed in from the center.

        …he got expelled for selling weed gummy bears to 7th graders a while later

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 31, 2022 at 1:17 am | #

      I’d call her hot in addition to be a bourgeois prick. In fact, it makes her hotter.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        March 31, 2022 at 1:46 am | #

        Purely purely hypothetically speaking…. how much hotter would she be if she were possessed by parasite spores?

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 31, 2022 at 1:49 am | #

          Not at all, actually.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            March 31, 2022 at 1:55 am | #

            Not even if they made her throw yourself on you? 😛

            • Yotomoe
              Yotomoe
              March 31, 2022 at 2:01 am | #

              Naw. Free Will is the sexiest thing in the world.

              • The Wellerman
                The Wellerman
                March 31, 2022 at 2:29 am | #

                Does that mean you’d turn down a sex robot?

                • Yotomoe
                  Yotomoe
                  March 31, 2022 at 2:41 am | #

                  Probably. Unless it had a highly sophisticated AI that allowed it to make its own decisions. I want my lover to be free.

                • The Wellerman
                  The Wellerman
                  March 31, 2022 at 3:00 am | #

                  Alright then! All the more reason for me to learn Python!!! 🐍

                  Kinda fitting isn’t it? Making a robotic Eve with the help of a talking snake… 😈

  10. Regalli
    Regalli
    March 31, 2022 at 12:13 am | #

    Ah yes, the elusive Walky Triangle Smile.

    All is well with the world.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      March 31, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

      Ooo! Speaking of which, always great to see you here Regalli!!! 😆

      Did you recover any more of your spoons since you were last here?

      Also, did you see the new Slipshine?

  11. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    March 31, 2022 at 12:16 am | #

    *plays Peter Gabriel’s “Steam” on the hacked Muzak*

  12. Thag Simmons
    Thag Simmons
    March 31, 2022 at 12:18 am | #

    Hmm… Good Talk…

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      March 31, 2022 at 12:33 am | #

      Damn it! I forgot to include an option for Guns as a game character! 😅

      Sorry maybe next time!

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 31, 2022 at 1:15 am | #

        Well, that completely invalidates the previous poll. You’ll have to start over.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        March 31, 2022 at 1:21 am | #

        literally nobody would vote for her

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          March 31, 2022 at 1:42 am | #

          Nah, I might add her anyway.

          She could be like a boss or something and have the power to grow guns out of her arms and legs! 😆

          • Thag Simmons
            Thag Simmons
            March 31, 2022 at 3:48 am | #

            Despite her name, Guns never struck me as a particularly skilled gunslinger

        • Azhrei Vep
          Azhrei Vep
          March 31, 2022 at 6:44 am | #

          I would definitely vote for her.

  13. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    March 31, 2022 at 12:23 am | #

    I’m really struggling to get a good read on post-time-skip Jennifer. I’m hoping the upcoming Halloween flashback arc will shed some light on where she’s coming from now.

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 31, 2022 at 12:28 am | #

      Might be sooner than that—the next chapter, debuting in a week or so, is titled “Don’t Stop Billie-ving”.

      • Clif
        Clif
        March 31, 2022 at 3:00 am | #

        And after that is This Was Halloween, a chapter in which we do not only not get a Halloween flashback, but in which Halloween is never actually mentioned.

        • khn0
          khn0
          March 31, 2022 at 5:48 am | #

          If Halloween the movie is mentioned, does that count?

  14. BBCC
    BBCC
    March 31, 2022 at 12:26 am | #

    Yep, sounds about right from my experiences as a sibling. Sounds exactly right.

  15. Grimey
    Grimey
    March 31, 2022 at 12:31 am | #

    Panel 3: You’re so annoying.

    Panel 4: I know.

    Panel 5: I’m doing fine without you.

    Panel 6: I know.

    Panel 7: …I missed you too, I guess.

    • LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      LiterallyJustSomeGuy
      March 31, 2022 at 12:47 am | #

      Panel 3: “Did you just describe our conversations as ‘witty?'”

      Panel 4: “Yep!”

      Panel 5: “I’m just waiting for the punchline after you realize that’s not true.”

      Panel 6: “What a swell interaction we’re having!”

      Panel 7: “You’re… you’re not actually thinking about what you said, are you.”

      Panel 8: “Hey, Buttface!”

  16. newlland(Henryvolt)
    newlland(Henryvolt)
    March 31, 2022 at 12:36 am | #

    This whole thing was your idea at the beginning Billie you can’t pretend to be mad when you were the original shipper.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 31, 2022 at 3:01 am | #

      in addition to which, she was the one who advised Lucy to close the deal.

  17. Kirtro
    Kirtro
    March 31, 2022 at 12:38 am | #

    *scrolls down*…… I am well aware that it’s my own fault for believing there was a not 0% chance Jennifer’s tag was changed to “Buttface”

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 31, 2022 at 1:18 am | #

      And when you click on it, it cues the laughtrack.

  18. brute
    brute
    March 31, 2022 at 12:41 am | #

    i want to be walky’s friend tbh

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 31, 2022 at 12:55 am | #

      Me too.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        March 31, 2022 at 12:56 am | #

        Yeah bruh! 🥰

        • newlland(Henryvolt)
          newlland(Henryvolt)
          March 31, 2022 at 3:41 am | #

          Tbh I’ve had friends who were waaay more annoying, atleast walky is funny at times.

  19. Dana
    Dana
    March 31, 2022 at 1:02 am | #

    I miss Billie. She was a more fun variety of jerk.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 31, 2022 at 1:20 am | #

      Billie x Jennifer…I ship it.

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        March 31, 2022 at 1:43 am | #

        So she travels back in time and fucks herself? I dig it! 😆

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          March 31, 2022 at 1:50 am | #

          Look it’s about time someone told her to go fuck herself 😛

    • newlland(Henryvolt)
      newlland(Henryvolt)
      March 31, 2022 at 3:42 am | #

      I keep forgetting she trying to emphasize her actual name. Haven’t seen her in a while.

    • Keulen
      Keulen
      March 31, 2022 at 9:41 am | #

      And she wasn’t actively trying to avoid all of the new friends she started making in college along with her old friend Walky.

  20. Clif
    Clif
    March 31, 2022 at 1:19 am | #

    Wait for it.

  21. Lingo
    Lingo
    March 31, 2022 at 1:21 am | #

    Much as I always think of Billie as the Lucy van Pelt of this comic strip, I just realized that Walky is essentially the Snoopy.

    (Lucy herself is perhaps the Sally. Joyce is sort of the Charlie Brown by default. And Dorothy … is the atheist Linus. Becky is a lot like Peppermint Patty, but does that make Dina Marcie? She’s perhaps more of a Schroeder. I do like the joke of making Sal Peppermint Patty, which makes Marcie … Marcie.)

    • Proxiehunter
      Proxiehunter
      March 31, 2022 at 1:34 am | #

      I think you might have Dina and Becky reversed. If one of them starts calling the other one Sir it’s not going to be Dina.

      • C.T. Phipps
        C.T. Phipps
        March 31, 2022 at 3:07 am | #

        I mean Becky is as Peppermint Patty as they come.

        • C.T. Phipps
          C.T. Phipps
          March 31, 2022 at 3:08 am | #

          It’s just Charlie Brown is Joyce.

          • Lingo
            Lingo
            March 31, 2022 at 11:18 pm | #

            EXACTLY

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 31, 2022 at 1:50 am | #

      EW, NERD GERMS.

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        March 31, 2022 at 3:50 pm | #

        Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      March 31, 2022 at 3:38 am | #

      Marcie was originally designed after the other Marcie, so

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      March 31, 2022 at 3:58 am | #

      Jennifer is really more of a Charlie Brown. She’s definitely not the one holding the football

      • Lingo
        Lingo
        March 31, 2022 at 11:19 pm | #

        I really wouldn’t put it past her, if the one trying to kick was some nerd.

    • BBCC
      BBCC
      March 31, 2022 at 2:54 pm | #

      We’ve long established Marcie is Marcie so I think Sal has to be Peppermint Patty XD

  22. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    March 31, 2022 at 1:27 am | #

    I fought off the urge to post this…but.

    I wouldn’t mind a butt on my face.

    • Spencer
      Spencer
      March 31, 2022 at 11:42 am | #

      You’ve drawn your fair share of butts so this wasn’t much of a surprise.

    • Blue
      Blue
      March 31, 2022 at 2:33 pm | #

      Never change Yoto

  23. Reltzik
    Reltzik
    March 31, 2022 at 1:31 am | #

    She has two cheeks and talks out of her ass. Checks out.

  24. ADLegend21
    ADLegend21
    March 31, 2022 at 1:39 am | #

    Full of shit so it checks out.

  25. Chaucer59
    Chaucer59
    March 31, 2022 at 1:46 am | #

    Walky, I think your rapier is overdue for a good stropping.

    • Clif
      Clif
      March 31, 2022 at 3:03 am | #

      You’re forgetting the sophistication of Walky’s humor.

  26. NinjaNick
    NinjaNick
    March 31, 2022 at 1:58 am | #

    Butt-FAAAACE!

  27. Robert
    Robert
    March 31, 2022 at 2:08 am | #

    Does Walky have some peach fuzz on his upper lip?

    It seems to be a recent development.

    • Kalender
      Kalender
      March 31, 2022 at 3:29 am | #

      Nah, that IS his upper lip. You can also notice it on other characters.
      I think Willis has started drawing those ever since the time skip, but I may be wrong on that. It’s not that noticeable unless you have a close-up like here or are looking out for it.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      March 31, 2022 at 3:30 am | #

      I think it’s a gradual stylistic change because he’s always had slightly defined lips but now it’s been quite a bit more prominent post timeskip.

  28. BigBassBone
    BigBassBone
    March 31, 2022 at 3:04 am | #

    I miss Billie

    • Sombrero
      Sombrero
      March 31, 2022 at 4:24 am | #

      Then the next storyline seems tailor made for you. Keep it up!

  29. C.T. Phipps
    C.T. Phipps
    March 31, 2022 at 3:05 am | #

    I admit, I kind of like Jennifer more than I like Billie.

    But I know the APPEARANCE of maturity and leaving behind toxic friendships/relationships hides what is undoubtedly a horrific snake pit of problems.

    Because there’s no way she’s actually gotten better.

  30. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    March 31, 2022 at 3:25 am | #

    Kudos to Walky for still trying to be a good friend with her.

  31. Amelie Wikström
    Amelie Wikström
    March 31, 2022 at 4:27 am | #

    Jennifer now seems to want to be nothing more than half of a relationship. Can’t wait to see more of her and Asher. Especially to see more about the ways in which Asher was definitely deeply involved in getting everybody kidnapped and Blaine killed, despite being officially “out” of the mob.

    (This is why no one trusts people who leave the mob, Asher. I mean, not even mobsters trust them, they usually just kill them rather than letting them leave.)

    But anyway, this is going to blow up so badly and it’s scary because we don’t know how anybody in the comic is going to even suspect Asher’s crimes. I’ve speculated Jennifer was going to do a journalism on the town police corruption, that could make for some nice dramatics. . .

    • Devin
      Devin
      March 31, 2022 at 1:34 pm | #

      Jennifer seems to primarily define herself in terms of other people. Who she’s in a relationship with is a big aspect of it, but she’s spent a huge chunk of her time in this comic trying to redefine herself as one of the cool kids. She really needs that external validation, it seems.

    • Roe
      Roe
      March 31, 2022 at 11:27 pm | #

      in this way, Asher got Mike and Ross killed too. I really wonder how or when or if this is all gonna come out.

      • Amelie Wikström
        Amelie Wikström
        April 1, 2022 at 4:58 am | #

        Oh yeah, people aren’t gonna take that well, even if he was only tangentially involved and no one planned to murder those guys.

        Well, he might get a pass for Ross, the gay hating family destroyin school shootin jackass. But people liked Mike. Okay, a few people. Okay, “liked” is a strong word. *cough*

        Just don’t involve yourself in businesses that profit from killing people, Asher.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          April 1, 2022 at 9:53 am | #

          Though technically, Asher’s only action in the affair came after Mike’s injury. He apparently pulled the fire alarm that allowed the kidnapping. The fight between Mike and Amazi-Girl and Ross and Blaine was the night before.

          It’s hard to pin responsibility for Mike’s death on him.

  32. Bagge
    Bagge
    March 31, 2022 at 1:21 pm | #

    Yup

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