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She’s here

by David M Willis on April 13, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 02 - I Was a Teenage Churchmouse

└ Tags: amazi-girl, ethan

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  1. AHR
    AHR
    April 13, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Ohhhhh dear

    • Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      Ahighfunctioningsociopath
      April 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Yeah… Not much else to say

    • Rowen Morland
      Rowen Morland
      April 13, 2014 at 11:57 pm | #

      🙁

    • Lord Geovanni
      Lord Geovanni
      April 14, 2014 at 4:35 am | #

      Seeing sal made amber want to be come sales partially to convey a message that wouldn’t have been relevant to anyone but Ethan and amber

  2. etybolik
    etybolik
    April 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    HE COMES

    ZALGO COMES

  3. Mudcrush
    Mudcrush
    April 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    She’s completely lost it.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      April 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Not completely, there’s still some of her there… you just gotta go a little deep.

      • -Sentinel-
        -Sentinel-
        April 13, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

        Which Mike will do on Monday.

        • -Sentinel-
          -Sentinel-
          April 13, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

          (And now it sounds like Mike’s lost it as well…)

          • No
            No
            April 13, 2014 at 1:51 am | #

            But only if she provides the required Amazi-nickel… (I know what you’re thinking, but once we’re done with her, she’ll be someone’s mom! >:3)

          • TheLurkerAbove
            TheLurkerAbove
            April 13, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

            Too many epic hatefucks does that to you.

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      April 13, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

      But she has found…Her Inner Batman!

    • StClair
      StClair
      April 13, 2014 at 6:05 am | #

      Not quite yet. But the lines are… blurring.

      • Nee Hou
        Nee Hou
        April 17, 2014 at 12:13 pm | #

        Actually, the lines are forming. She’s dividing A-Girl from Amber. It sounds like she’s drifting into a “Dissociative identity disorder.”

  4. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    “Amber must go. Amber is late for her dailies.”

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Is that where Faz gets it =|

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

        It runs in the family.

        • KingMabel
          KingMabel
          April 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

          So does violence and awkward hook-ups

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            April 13, 2014 at 12:32 am | #

            And referring to oneself in the 3rd person.

            • newllend
              newllend
              April 13, 2014 at 1:46 am | #

              Did Batman or the punsiher ever do that?

              • Crazykorean55
                Crazykorean55
                April 13, 2014 at 2:21 am | #

                Batman has spoken about “Bruce Wayne” in the third person

                • Arkantos
                  Arkantos
                  April 13, 2014 at 10:34 pm | #

                  Well yeah, but when it makes sense in context.

              • AgentKeen
                AgentKeen
                April 13, 2014 at 11:52 am | #

                Batman am Batman.

              • Raoullefere
                Raoullefere
                April 13, 2014 at 4:01 pm | #

                The Punisher, no. Frank Castle is pretty much gone, or at least was back in the 90’s. Particularly in Miller’s Return of the Dark Knight, the Batman and Bruce aren’t necessarily the same person. Most other writers, though, seem to make Bruce an act the Batman puts on, so for that character what Amber is doing is still another level of nuts.

  5. John
    John
    April 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    The Amazi-Phone doesn’t have unlimited data?

    • Barf Ninjason
      Barf Ninjason
      April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Yeah, that struck me as the kind of thing that Amber would try to acquire.

      • TSB
        TSB
        April 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

        I don’t see why. Her only two friends up til now were Ethan and Mike, and they went to the same school together. They didn’t need to text to schedule hanging out and if they wanted to talk long-distance they could IM each other. Amber has better things to spend money on, like World of Warcraft and DS games and custom jumpsuits.

        • Tunaro
          Tunaro
          April 13, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

          Where do you even buy superhero clothes, though?

          • Eric Burns-White
            Eric Burns-White
            April 13, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

            Probably your best bet for something durable and reasonably protective in the kinds of fights she gets in would come from the Motosport world. http://www.motosport.com/motorcycle/REVIT-Excellerator-OnePiece-Undersuit as an undersuit, with a good well armored outer layer — say http://www.motosport.com/motorcycle/DAINESE-WOMENS-AVRO-TWOPIECE-LEATHER-SUIT — would both conceal her outer dimensions (good for avoiding identity issues) and make it a lot harder to hurt her in a hand to hand donnybrook.

            Actual body armor — bulletproof flak jackets or the like — would be better, of course, but she doesn’t seem to go for that, whereas this can be tailored to give a superheroish profile pretty easily. Also, motosport uniforms have a better freedom of movement which she’d likely need.

            Failing that, unitards and the like aren’t that hard to find (or sew), but given her gear and fighting style, they’d also lead to a lot of injuries.

            Okay, sure, it’s eleven or twelve hundred bucks before getting to boots, gauntlets and mask (not to mention her other gear), but that’s not a huge amount of money over time for something she would be relying on so heavily.

            Of course, that would also explain her trying to save money on her texting plan.

            • Fen_Star
              Fen_Star
              April 13, 2014 at 11:41 am | #

              I am fairly sure amber made her outfit herself, although those motorsports things look cool. I also don’t think her outfit provides protection, she just relies on her physical abilities.

              • Eric Burns-White
                Eric Burns-White
                April 13, 2014 at 2:01 pm | #

                I am too. But I wanted to answer the asked question. 🙂

                The up and coming tech for motosport protection was called Deflexion, by the by, and it was full on Batman crap. It was flexible (to the point of being able to be worn as fabric, they claimed) but immediately went rigid upon impact — kind of like a non-Newtonian liquid, only not… you know, being liquid.

                It was a Dow Corning thing, and they were touting it heavily both for motosport protection (which is where I came across it) and then for military and law enforcement use. And then it was just taken down without comment and they never mentioned it again.

                You could assume that therefore the material didn’t work out or failed in testing. I assume that any day now, a descendent of Herbert Henry Dow will emerge as Batman.

                • John
                  John
                  April 13, 2014 at 10:44 pm | #

                  I know a couple guys who use non-Newtonian fluid protective gear as part of their SCA armor kit – vests and pads covered with flat gel sacs that act like plates under high-velocity impacts. I haven’t tried it personally, but it’s apparently soft and flexible in normal wear, but hardens enough to be effective at least as supplemental armor when hit. It’d suit Amazi-Girl’s needs nicely in hand-to-hand combat situations, and provide decent protection in a fight with Bat-Woman (I mean, Sarah), though I doubt it’d be useful against a gun, and I have no idea how it performs against blades.

                  Not sure how expensive it is, either, but maybe A.G. could roll her own with some baggies of corn starch…

            • StClair
              StClair
              April 13, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

              Should we be… concerned that you’ve apparently researched this?

              • Eric Burns-White
                Eric Burns-White
                April 13, 2014 at 2:04 pm | #

                Heh. I write superhero stories. Or did, once upon a time.

                I wish I could be spinning a tale of plausible deniability while quietly building my arsenal and taking to the streets as a one man war on the darkness that plagues our society, but I think that would necessitate me being physically capable of fitting inside of motocross gear, first. And necessitate me being able to take to the streets. And other things that dance around the fact that I’m kind of a load.

          • Throng
            Throng
            April 13, 2014 at 8:11 am | #

            http://www.superherosupplies.com

      • Nee Hou
        Nee Hou
        April 17, 2014 at 12:15 pm | #

        Well, iPhones are kind of over-priced for college students.
        😉

    • Bill
      Bill
      April 13, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      It doesn’t matter.  Unless she is using Blackberry Messenger or Apple’s iMessage — which are more like the old AOL IMs and do use data.
      Text messaging does not use the data network, it uses the same network as the voice calls do.  This is why old non-date phones like the original Motorola RAZR flip-phone was still able to do texting.

      • John
        John
        April 13, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        My provider, at least, includes text messages in the data plan. I have to pay a dime per text (a quarter for image messages), incoming or outgoing, because I don’t have a data plan. The very fact that Amber brought up her data limit in the context of sending a text indicates that this is also the case for her provider.

        • John
          John
          April 13, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

          Sorry, Amber Amazi-Girl. Amber isn’t in this strip.

        • E.R.
          E.R.
          April 13, 2014 at 1:57 am | #

          Those rates are absurd.

          • John
            John
            April 13, 2014 at 3:33 am | #

            Don’t tell me; tell Verizon.

            I don’t text anyway; otherwise I’d have a data plan.

            • Falco49
              Falco49
              April 13, 2014 at 3:50 am | #

              No unlimited text plan?

              • Jonathan S.
                Jonathan S.
                April 13, 2014 at 9:04 pm | #

                Unlimited texts plans are extra. Amber may not have thought she needed them, given her circle of friends (and the fact that the circle is so small as to approach being a dot).

      • TheLurkerAbove
        TheLurkerAbove
        April 13, 2014 at 2:45 am | #

        Messaging services use very little data to begin with though. WhatsApp (you know, the company that Facebook bought for US$19 billion) on my phone has only used a couple hundred kilobytes for several hundreds of messages!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      April 13, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

      It’s only got one button and only connects to the commissioner. She has to use her personal phone to speak with friends.

    • TheLurkerAbove
      TheLurkerAbove
      April 13, 2014 at 2:42 am | #

      I thought unlimited texts were a thing now in the USA? Or am I wrong?

      • Bill
        Bill
        April 13, 2014 at 3:55 am | #

        I work for Verizon and all of the major companies (Sprint/ATT/T-mobile/Verizon) have plans that offer unlimited talk and texting.  There are some plans on all carriers that have lower levels, but these are either a “little old lady who wants a phone for emergencies” plan or a so-called “legacy” plan that date back to the earlier days of cellphones.

        • John
          John
          April 13, 2014 at 4:20 am | #

          I’m a little old lady, apparently. And I guess making any phone call whatsoever must be an emergency because I don’t have a landline anymore.

          (Actually I do, but it’s only the DSL for my servers. No voice service.)

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      April 13, 2014 at 3:15 am | #

      Who’d pay for that?

      Certainly not Blaine.

      • Bill
        Bill
        April 13, 2014 at 3:56 am | #

        I can see Blaine as being the kind of guy who would have parental controls on Amber’s phone and be restricting her voice/texting/data usage just to show her that he’s the one calling the shots.

    • Gigafreak
      Gigafreak
      April 13, 2014 at 1:00 pm | #

      I know Verizon, at least, stopped offering unlimited data years ago, when they hit upon the “we can get more money by limiting people’s monthly bandwidth” idea in the first place. The only people who have unlimited data with Verizon are those who registered for that plan before it was discontinued.

      Recently, they even stopped the “free phone every two years for renewing your contract” thing with the grandfathered unlimited data plan. Capitalism!

      I don’t know what the other companies are doing, or if Amber’s phone is serviced by Verizon. But there it is, for what it’s worth: no unlimited data because money.

      • Maxi
        Maxi
        April 14, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

        I have sprint and I have unlimited text/data, and god knows I need it, just last month I used 15 gigs of data.

  6. AgentKeen
    AgentKeen
    April 13, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    I am Darkness.
    I am The Night.
    I am… Color Coordinated with the rest of Ethan’s decor.

    • Shade
      Shade
      April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      And Ethan.

  7. Barf Ninjason
    Barf Ninjason
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I thought “she’s here” was Amber announcing Amazi-Girl, which, amazingly, would be even crazier than what she’s doing now.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      “Amber is the terror that flaps in the night!

      Amber is the person who has inexplicably started referring to herself in the third person!

      Amber is Amazi-Duck!”

      • AgentKeen
        AgentKeen
        April 13, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

        “When there’s trouble
        Just call AW.”

        “…the soda?”

        • Tunaro
          Tunaro
          April 13, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

          Rootbeer does help to relieve stress. Also normal beer works too.

  8. John Madden
    John Madden
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    This is gonna end badly, ain’t it?

    • PrincessCarlos
      PrincessCarlos
      April 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      Hopefully

    • etybolik
      etybolik
      April 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      This is a DamnYouWillisverse, what other way could it end?

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        April 13, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

        Hatefucks?

      • Clif
        Clif
        April 13, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

        All Universes are DamnYouWillisverses. It’s an immutable law.

        • ninja_jesus
          ninja_jesus
          April 13, 2014 at 1:15 am | #

          All Willis universes share the common multiverse called DamnYouWillis.

          • Clif
            Clif
            April 13, 2014 at 10:44 am | #

            Yes, but you’re missing the fine point that this a DamnYouWillisverse also. It’s why the strip resonates so well.

    • Reltzik
      Reltzik
      April 13, 2014 at 3:09 am | #

      Of course not. If it ended, the suffering would end too.

  9. neon5162
    neon5162
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    ZHUULLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • Tunaro
      Tunaro
      April 13, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      There is no Zhul, only Amazi-Girl.

  10. LiamAldam
    LiamAldam
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    The fringe is gone.

  11. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Looks like AG can borrow Amber’s body whenever she likes.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 13, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

      She just posseses her once a day to tone those amazi-thighs so she can do all those acrobatics.

  12. MM
    MM
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    The third person’s not the most worrisome part. Apparently she’s forgotten how to use the door. That can only mean she’s merging with Sal, too.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 13, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

      That’s a Batmanism, if we’re going by the “Sal is basically Batman” thing.

    • Thasvaddef
      Thasvaddef
      April 13, 2014 at 5:43 pm | #

      I’m calling it now. Amber and Sal meet halfway up a drainpipe trying to get into Danny’s window.

  13. Rheinman
    Rheinman
    April 13, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    Holy split personalities, Batman!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      I wonder when she will start flipping a coin to decide things.

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        April 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

        Or start talking through an Amazi-Girl ventriloquist dummy.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 13, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

          I feel like there should be a batman villain that does that. Because that’d scare the shit out of me.

          • The Candyman
            The Candyman
            April 13, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

            There is Arnold Wesker, otherwise known as The Ventriloquist..

            • Kaoy
              Kaoy
              April 13, 2014 at 4:07 pm | #

              Depending on who writes him, though, he is either a criminal mastermind constantly keeping up his insanity plea, a schizophrenic who believes his puppet is his boss, or the victim of some sort of possession.

          • StClair
            StClair
            April 14, 2014 at 4:17 pm | #

            If it’s in the DSM, there’s a Batman villain for it.

  14. Chico
    Chico
    April 13, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Nice to know Ethan’s interests carry on through universes!

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 13, 2014 at 2:02 am | #

      What you mean being Gay ( which he’s completely trieing to hide) or being a completely selfish inconsiderate basterd?

      • Prior Semblance
        Prior Semblance
        April 13, 2014 at 8:08 pm | #

        Pretty sure he was referring to the batman/transformers stuff on the window…

        • newllend
          newllend
          April 14, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

          We can plainly see I’m not much of a fan of Ethan.

  15. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 13, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Amber doesn’t live here anymore.

    • MM
      MM
      April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      She’s not in the tags, at least.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

      That’s because “Amazi-Girl” is the goa’uld’s personality not Amber’s.

      • Kit
        Kit
        April 13, 2014 at 12:54 am | #

        That’s how Head Alien did it! Stargates, and sun flairs, and worm hole theories, probably kidnapped Carter As well. … -Goofy Grin.-

      • HMRC4EVR
        HMRC4EVR
        April 13, 2014 at 11:18 pm | #

        So….who in DoA are the members of SG1?

        That might be interesting.

    • etybolik
      etybolik
      April 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      “And where do you live, Amazi-girl?”

      “I live in the weak and the wounded…doc.”

      • insomniac
        insomniac
        April 13, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

        I get it and I approve.

  16. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Nice to know that Ethan’s clued in – and I like the funny side note about him and Amber speaking again.

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

      And her new voice as well.

  17. Astro
    Astro
    April 13, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Damn, what messed up phone plan counts text messages as data?

  18. Ray Barrington
    Ray Barrington
    April 13, 2014 at 12:07 am | #

    First rule of superheroes… Get an unlimited plan!

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 13, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Not just a problem now that we have cellphones. The Mk 1 Bat-Signal ran off two D-Batteries. One time they ran out of juice and seven people died.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 13, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

      Or a prepaid cell phone!

  19. nothri
    nothri
    April 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Nothri sees nothing wrong with Amber’s desire to talk in the third person, and in fact Nothri finds the provides an almost giddy sensation of empowerment. That said, Nothri probably won’t make a habit of doing it. Unless Nothri is amused by Nothri’s own antics, which Nothri probably will be because Nothri is all too easy to amuse.

    • shietka
      shietka
      April 13, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Uhhhh, see my comment below. It was originally a reply to you. Anyway, point is, she’s not really speaking in third person. Which kinda makes this not so much a strange verbal tic, and into something psychologically concerning.

    • 3oranges
      3oranges
      April 13, 2014 at 2:08 am | #

      Please be careful – there’s a reason Waspinator gets shot all the time.

    • Cybersnark
      Cybersnark
      April 13, 2014 at 8:46 am | #

      Zathras agrees. Zathras have to go to great lengths to have fulfilling conversation.

  20. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    April 13, 2014 at 12:08 am | #

    Please, please, please, Ethan talk some sense into her. Unless they just want an apology Sal’s presence means absolutely nothing.

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      April 13, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

      I’m sure Ethan can talk her into the right mindset. He won’t Danny this up.

      Unless…

      Oh God where is Danny?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 13, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

        Fraternizing with the enemy.

  21. Linkara
    Linkara
    April 13, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

    And Bruce Wayne…?

    Why are you dressed up like Batman?

    /Walken

  22. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 13, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Oh..great. Now Amber is channeling The Spider. What’s next, clones from the 70’s?

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 13, 2014 at 2:11 am | #

      ??? I’m going to haft to look those things up

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 13, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

        Well, sometimes in the 90’s, Peter Parker went nuts and refer to the Spider man persona as The Spider.

  23. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    April 13, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    I know how Amber and Sal can settle their differences: Mario Kart Race.

    Loser keeps Danny.

    • SilverArrowArtemis
      SilverArrowArtemis
      April 13, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

      Geez, man. That’s not right.

      Loser gets punch in the face by Mike.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 13, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

      Some hot Wiggler on Wiggler action.

  24. Pyr05
    Pyr05
    April 13, 2014 at 12:13 am | #

    Texting is data? I have 3 limits, Data, Texting, and Calls. With my package now, I have unlimited text and calls, so… am… I missing something?

    • KingMabel
      KingMabel
      April 13, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

      Prepaid phones: cheaper each month but they limit your talk minutes and/or texts

      I got limited talk but unlimited text.

    • Beige
      Beige
      April 13, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

      Texting is still a kind of data. it’s just many contracts will place it seperatly. I’m guessing amber’s does not from her comment. not that rare unless its something like a top of the line phone

      and considering amber had 2 freinds before this, I doubt she splurged on a fancy phone rather than a basic one 😉

  25. arank11
    arank11
    April 13, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    I’ve cracked it! Amazi-girl and Amber are like Bruce Banner and Hulk. They’re two people in one body: the sweet, innocent nerd and the rampaging yet goodhearted badass. Bruce can still control Hulk in small amounts and influence his personality, but Hulk is the creature that is largely in control. And Sal robbing the convenience store while Amber and Ethan were in it was like the gamma ray explosion that created Banner’s Hulk persona! Now Amazi-girl is slowly gaining more control over the physical form she and Amber share and she’s going to use that extra control to (Most likely) completely override the pure heart of the Amber persona and go after Sal in the next storyline! BOOM!

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      April 13, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

      Appropriate avatar is appropriate.

  26. SilverArrowArtemis
    SilverArrowArtemis
    April 13, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

    She looks better without glasses.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      April 13, 2014 at 12:44 am | #

      It’s the 80’s nerdy chick effect. Take the glasses off and they immediately shoot up the hotness scale.

      The good news is that this increase in hotness does not come with an increase in craziness, thereby keeping them well below the Lisa Mendoza diagonal.

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 13, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

        If only she was wearing overalls and a ponytail it would have had a greater effect.

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 13, 2014 at 1:52 am | #

      Eeeeh, thats debatable.

  27. Darth Cariss
    Darth Cariss
    April 13, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

    So, is Amazi-Girl actually a full on split personality? I never really got that impression before…

    • MM
      MM
      April 13, 2014 at 12:21 am | #

      “The void breathed hard on Amber’s heart, turning its illusions to ice, shattering them. Was reborn then, free to scrawl own design on this morally blank world. Was Amazi-Girl. Does that answer your question, Darth?”

    • Dr. Zeus
      Dr. Zeus
      April 13, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      Well she said she was compartmentalizing, seems as though that compartment may have fallen off.

      • Jerden
        Jerden
        April 13, 2014 at 4:34 pm | #

        Nah, she just decided to rearrange compartments.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 13, 2014 at 12:47 am | #

      I’m pretty sure Amber’s doing it cuz she’s still mad at Ethan. Kind of like a “Can you tell HER that I’ve had it with her” (when she’s a foot away from you)

  28. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    April 13, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    “Shock of the impact ran through my arm. Amber closed her eyes, Amazi-Girl opened them.”

    • MM
      MM
      April 13, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

      Dammit, this is what I get for not refreshing.

    • Maveric1984
      Maveric1984
      April 13, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      I could feel my spine shatter.

      It hurt.

      A lot.

      • Kernanator
        Kernanator
        April 13, 2014 at 10:12 pm | #

        …Goddammit, I’m trying to remember where this is from.

        • Maveric1984
          Maveric1984
          April 13, 2014 at 11:58 pm | #

          Calvin & Hobbes strip about violent comics.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            April 14, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

            Oh yeah, now I remember! That was a good comic.

  29. Dr. Worm
    Dr. Worm
    April 13, 2014 at 12:23 am | #

    Willis, you’ve… you’ve made one deeply disturbed character here.

    Damn.

  30. Dr. Zeus
    Dr. Zeus
    April 13, 2014 at 12:25 am | #

    “Amber’s past has come back to hunt her down. Hunt the both of you down, and I’m the only one who can stop it.”

    Ya… I’m not sure I like how this is going. I’m worried she’s going to get proactive in the worst way possible.

  31. shietka
    shietka
    April 13, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    The scary thing here is she isn’t really speaking in third person. Notice that she says “I just thought I should warn you” in the last panel. She’s speaking about Amber as if she’s a different person even to someone who knows better, and who she is being really obvious to (she’s not completely in costume). But she’s in her Amazi-girl mode, and she has compartmentalized so thoroughly that it feels “natural” to her to refer to her alter ego as if it was a different person. It’s very worrisome. She has very serious mental health issues. She needs therapy, bad.
    It’s kinda funny how what started out seeming like a silly addition to a more realistic comic has become so serious. It’s really incredible writing here. Kudos Willis.

    • John
      John
      April 13, 2014 at 12:39 am | #

      She’s not in costume at all after panel two, and “amber” isn’t even tagged in this strip…

      • shietka
        shietka
        April 13, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

        Yep, that too. Forgot to mention that.

        • Clif
          Clif
          April 13, 2014 at 11:38 am | #

          See my comments (way) below.

  32. horrorshow88
    horrorshow88
    April 13, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

    Damn. Hello psychotic break. 😐

  33. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 13, 2014 at 12:31 am | #

    How did Sal get changed so fast!?

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 13, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

      You’re talking about someone with a 1:38 in Rainbow Road. Girl’s quick.

  34. caesaria82
    caesaria82
    April 13, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

    Wow yeah, this one just breaks my heart in all sorts of ways.

  35. Bilfred
    Bilfred
    April 13, 2014 at 12:42 am | #

    nothing good can happen here.

  36. Vile Gamer
    Vile Gamer
    April 13, 2014 at 12:49 am | #

    Was the abuse from Blaine and the trauma of the robbery that bad that a 2nd personality emerged?

    • WaveRocker
      WaveRocker
      April 13, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

      I’m guessing/hoping that she’s just having trouble with stuff right now because of the relapse triggered by seeing Sal.

      • Never Simple
        Never Simple
        April 13, 2014 at 8:16 am | #

        Thats really very close. For most people multiple personalities have triggers. However when Amber decided to ‘compartmentalize’ her feelings she subconsciously enabled the Amazi-Girl personality to be called on, thus no longer needing triggers. This is why she was able to quickly change her voice while talking to her dad (unless the Amazi-Girl was mimicking her voice, I’ve heard of that). Unfortunately Amber has been facing large amounts of triggers which gives Amazi-Girl full control and, because she has told herself she’s compartmentalizing she isn’t completely aware she is third person speaking even in her normal voice.

        • Never Simple
          Never Simple
          April 13, 2014 at 8:22 am | #

          In other words, she embraced the Amazi-Girl personality not realizing:
          1. That it is in fact another personality not a persona.
          2. She doesn’t have as much control over it as she thinks.

  37. WaveRocker
    WaveRocker
    April 13, 2014 at 12:53 am | #

    It’s like with Clark Kent as Superman! No one recognizes her without her glasses on. Come on, Ethan

  38. Sam
    Sam
    April 13, 2014 at 1:02 am | #

    Oh damn. She’s separating herself into Amazi-Girl and Amber WITHOUT the full costume now, she’s getting worse.

    • newllend
      newllend
      April 13, 2014 at 1:56 am | #

      Doesn’t anyone remember? Danny : oh god are you amber under there? Amber/Amazi-girl: I don’t even know anymore.

  39. C.W. Roden
    C.W. Roden
    April 13, 2014 at 1:08 am | #

    Now I picture her doing that awful Bale Batman voice.

    • MissQuinn
      MissQuinn
      April 13, 2014 at 1:16 am | #

      Hate on Throat Cancer Batman all you want, but at least you could be damn sure no one would recognize his voice.

      • Kiggy
        Kiggy
        April 13, 2014 at 6:51 am | #

        Yup

  40. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    April 13, 2014 at 1:13 am | #

    Amber isn’t home right now, please leave a message and I’ll get you I SWEAR TO GOD I’LL GET YOU, bongo! YOU’RE FUCKIN’ DEAD!

  41. ninja_jesus
    ninja_jesus
    April 13, 2014 at 1:19 am | #

    On a more serious note, she’s just about cracked now; some time soon things are about to get real. Like “life imitates art” real.

  42. Jeremy
    Jeremy
    April 13, 2014 at 1:21 am | #

    oh c’mon, if you think about it that girl amber is talking about could have been anyone

    I mean just because she looks like Sal, and Sal robbed two convenience stores… and wears gloves that would be perfect for covering a……

    y’know on second thought forget i was talking

  43. MrSirk
    MrSirk
    April 13, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

    She’s a smart girl and could be doing so much more with her time.

  44. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    April 13, 2014 at 1:41 am | #

    Amber/Amazi-Girl is going to stage her “heroic” fight with Sal and barge into her room, only to find Danny there. She will feel betrayed.

    • Ridureyu
      Ridureyu
      April 13, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

      This is me trying to actually contribute to the conversation for once 😀

    • ninja_jesus
      ninja_jesus
      April 13, 2014 at 3:10 am | #

      That’s a thing to worry about. New boy friend, old nemesis, together in the same room. I sense a full-blown mental breakdown soon.

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      April 13, 2014 at 4:32 pm | #

      Jerden just knows that she will burst in at the exact moment that Sal is doing something harmless but seemingly aggressive.

    • Jeremy
      Jeremy
      April 13, 2014 at 8:26 pm | #

      oh balls this is not going to end well in any way at all

  45. Kiggy
    Kiggy
    April 13, 2014 at 1:43 am | #

    Amber talking about herself in the third person.

    I have a bad feeling abut this™

    • Kiggy
      Kiggy
      April 13, 2014 at 1:44 am | #

      ABOUT arghghgh Speed typing isn’t my forte

  46. Shadeylark
    Shadeylark
    April 13, 2014 at 1:50 am | #

    ugh, this whole 3rd person phenomena scares the crap outta me. almost like some foreign entity has taken control… can’t help but think that the rational “real” person is inside screaming to take back control, but just can’t for some reason.

  47. Snipa299
    Snipa299
    April 13, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

    It’s all in the eyes…

  48. newllend
    newllend
    April 13, 2014 at 2:09 am | #

    You know what would be funny, both Amber and sal try to see Danny at the same time and they try to come in through his window.

    • xKiv
      xKiv
      April 13, 2014 at 4:58 pm | #

      Which one will be protected by a silver spoon?

  49. Jake
    Jake
    April 13, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

    I can only see this ending badly and with Amber in tears. *reaches for popcorn*

  50. indignostudios
    indignostudios
    April 13, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

    … I’m Batman.

  51. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    April 13, 2014 at 2:38 am | #

    I’m gettin’ a real “Hunt the Dark Knight” vibe off Amber’s story lately. It’s not just her own mental state, though that clearly ain’t helping matters, but events with Ruth, Sal, Danny, and even Dina seem to be falling together like dominoes. There’s got to be a way this ends without Amber being escorted off campus in handcuffs, but hell if I know what it is.

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      April 13, 2014 at 2:44 am | #

      (Oh, and while we’re at it, I don’t think Amber is anywhere close to her monthly data limit– I mean, I guess maybe, given as much texting as she’s done with Danny– but the real reason she got in there was because she had a burning need to do SOMETHING super-heroic after maybe twelve hours of trying to quit the hero game cold turkey. Like getting antsy after missing your morning workout.)

      • Zairrin
        Zairrin
        April 13, 2014 at 9:58 am | #

        Have we seen her texting? I thought that was a chat function or instant messenger on her DS in those strips.

    • TheLurkerAbove
      TheLurkerAbove
      April 13, 2014 at 2:47 am | #

      I agree. This is really good stuff. It’s good enough to form a superhero comic on its own, nevermind a comic on college life.

      It’s both inspiring and sobering to read this strip after the Temptation of Leslie Bean.

      • Jaxx Sentinel
        Jaxx Sentinel
        April 13, 2014 at 11:56 am | #

        I just seeing Amber end up like Hit Girl in Kick-Ass 2 (comic, not movie )

    • Cybersnark
      Cybersnark
      April 13, 2014 at 9:01 am | #

      She might be able to reintegrate both personalities on her own; Amber and Amazi-girl need to have a face-to-face meeting.

      Right now, Amber is broken, so naturally Amazi-girl is taking more and more control. Either Amber needs to put herself back together (thus re-establishing the unhealthy status-quo), or she needs to shatter the Amazi-girl persona (she’s the only one who can), and reassemble the pieces into a whole identity.

  52. acher4
    acher4
    April 13, 2014 at 2:50 am | #

    Yes!
    She is Baaaaack!!!!!

  53. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    April 13, 2014 at 3:04 am | #

    That’s all she wrote folks!

    Now people are going to have to help her, starting with Ethan, I hope.

    And as T Campbell points out, I would like to see it end without her being escorted off campus in handcuffs: but, I think it will likely be in a straightjacket.

  54. Tarnagh
    Tarnagh
    April 13, 2014 at 3:16 am | #

    Serious Professional Help in her immediate future. I hope. If that can be done without revealing the fact that she’s the one who curb stomped her father.

  55. Lu86
    Lu86
    April 13, 2014 at 3:16 am | #

    She still needs to get the sudden dissappearance thing down though.

    • John
      John
      April 13, 2014 at 3:41 am | #

      She totally Batmanned Danny last night. And she did it while she still had her pants around her knees.

  56. Gargamel
    Gargamel
    April 13, 2014 at 3:31 am | #

    So the question is, is Amber dead or just hiding?

  57. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    April 13, 2014 at 4:00 am | #

    Amber should probably know that non-picture texts aren’t a part of your data limit for MOST carriers. Normally, your phone is one part of the bill, texts another, and data a third part.

    Maybe she does know that and it was just a terrible excuse (that’s probably it).

    • anonymsly
      anonymsly
      April 13, 2014 at 12:46 pm | #

      Cellphone nerd: If she and Ethan both have iPhones, iMessaging does come out of the data allowance. Of course, she could always turn iMessaging off in that case and it’d revert to ordinary SMS.

  58. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    April 13, 2014 at 4:29 am | #

    And considering how FRIGGING LONG this month is lasting, we need to save every scrap of data we can!

  59. Darnel
    Darnel
    April 13, 2014 at 4:33 am | #

    Yeah,..
    She’s Bent.
    Up to this point I thought this was a clark kent / Kal-el thing where the person remained the same between two persona.
    Instead we have a Marc Spencer / Moon Knight thing going on.

    Sigh.

  60. synnerman
    synnerman
    April 13, 2014 at 5:15 am | #

    Uh oh, now she’s Ultra Darkness Amber! Like back when Batman quit being Bruce Wayne because Bruce was the mask.

  61. Keroshino
    Keroshino
    April 13, 2014 at 5:28 am | #

    There is no Amber…Only Amazi-Girl.

  62. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    April 13, 2014 at 6:33 am | #

    Uhm…Amber?

    I’m worried about you, so let me put this in terms you are sure to understand:

    Punch/Counter-Punch.

    Mmmmkay?

  63. EnerPrime
    EnerPrime
    April 13, 2014 at 7:53 am | #

    I like how Ethan doesn’t seem to care about Sal being at the university. His first concern, despite their fight, is the fact that Amber’s mental health seems to be further deteriorating. Though given Amber’s slipping grasp of reality, Ethan might not even believe that she actually saw the would-be robber here.

    • fit-to-freak
      fit-to-freak
      April 13, 2014 at 1:36 pm | #

      I mean, I don’t think he should be worried. I don’t think Amber should be worried- it was a long time ago, and Sal was like 14 then. Things have changed, naturally.
      I mean, I understand why sh’es upset/scared, I just don’t think that’s about the situation as much as it is about Amber.

  64. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    April 13, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

    Ethan needs to understand that Amber isn’t the real person.

    Amazi-Girl is.

  65. Throng
    Throng
    April 13, 2014 at 8:24 am | #

    Uh-oh. Third person? Bad sign. Throng is very concerned about Amber.

    • Cragalanch
      Cragalanch
      April 13, 2014 at 11:27 am | #

      So is Cragalanch

      • Jerden
        Jerden
        April 13, 2014 at 4:22 pm | #

        Jerden is also concerned.

        • Swerve
          Swerve
          April 13, 2014 at 7:34 pm | #

          I passed Waspinator in the infirmary. He told me “Waspinator worried about Amber! Amber have planzzz!”

  66. Some guy
    Some guy
    April 13, 2014 at 8:32 am | #

    Amber: now featuring more issues than National Geographic

    • EEWWW
      EEWWW
      April 13, 2014 at 3:57 pm | #

      Amber: she doesn’t have issues, she has subscriptions.

  67. Laser Jesus
    Laser Jesus
    April 13, 2014 at 9:34 am | #

    Ethan needs to pick a side, dammit! You can’t rep both Autobots and Decepticons!

    • Clif
      Clif
      April 13, 2014 at 11:31 am | #

      You can if you’re Gaius Baltar.

  68. Pat Myers
    Pat Myers
    April 13, 2014 at 10:07 am | #

    Amber needs to learn how to use free wi-fi to circumvent wireless data plans.

  69. nothri
    nothri
    April 13, 2014 at 10:28 am | #

    Please try to talk some sense into her about how pretending to be two different people is bad for one’s mental health, Ethan. And having articulated that advice, please have an epiphany and follow your own advice, you silly closeted little man you.

    • Clif
      Clif
      April 13, 2014 at 11:35 am | #

      See comments below.

  70. The Candyman
    The Candyman
    April 13, 2014 at 10:58 am | #

    I know the Amazi-Girl voice is supposed to be intimidating, but it just sounds stupid in my head.

  71. Clif
    Clif
    April 13, 2014 at 11:12 am | #

    I think people are over-reacting here. Amber may indeed have a lot of issues, but I don’t think being nuts is necessarily one of them. Unless you think attempting to be a super-hero in reality is nuts to begin with, in which case it’s another discussion and you have to take into account she’s doing pretty good at it.

    However….

    As the veteran of some pretty strange RPGs with meta tendencies, I have to say that when you are dealing with multiple assumed identities that when you are in one role, referring to yourself in another role in third person is completely natural, even when that other role is your everyday self. It doesn’t necessarily reflect any loss of connection to reality. It’s just the most efficient and natural way to think about it. Well, no loss of connection to reality unless of course you hold that fantasy role playing is nuts to begin with, in which case it’s another discussion.

    So… Trying to be a superhero, that’s pretty different. Referencing or even thinking of your ordinary identity as separate when in the superhero role, a natural thing to do. Compared to beating your abusive father into the pavement, not really a sign of having lost it. She’s concerned about Ethan. She lets him know. Amazi-girl is still providing structure for Amber to deal with her more violent tendencies. So in my opinion, no more crazy than usual.

    Opinion subject to change of course if given further evidence.

    • Clif
      Clif
      April 13, 2014 at 11:14 am | #

      pretty good at it -> pretty well at it

      Damn you lack of editing capability.

    • Jerden
      Jerden
      April 13, 2014 at 4:21 pm | #

      Jerden is pretty sure that the creation of an alter ego to deal with your problems suggests you’re either nuts, or have way too many issues to deal with, and are likely to try insanity as a coping mechanism.

      • John
        John
        April 13, 2014 at 10:54 pm | #

        Insanity is a perfectly rational adjustment to an insane world.

      • me
        me
        April 16, 2014 at 10:45 pm | #

        Coping mechanism…..or defense in court?

  72. Claire
    Claire
    April 13, 2014 at 11:37 am | #

    Uh oh.

  73. Regalli
    Regalli
    April 13, 2014 at 11:40 am | #

    … Even if this is still her compartmentalizing, it is an extremely worrying sign.

    Amber. SEEK HELP.

  74. Charles Phipps
    Charles Phipps
    April 13, 2014 at 1:15 pm | #

    In the end, she must choose, and when Amber does–Amber will die and Amazi-Girl will live.

    Then the nightmare for Indiana’s criminals will TRULY begin.

    • HMRC4EVR
      HMRC4EVR
      April 13, 2014 at 11:23 pm | #

      True…but I just can’t see Indiana as a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

      BORING highways trying to get to Fort Wayne for Botcon sure, but I don’t see the next Gotham springing up there.

  75. fit-to-freak
    fit-to-freak
    April 13, 2014 at 1:39 pm | #

    Worried for Sal and Amber rn. If Amber was in a better place, I think she’d realize that someone committing a crime as 14 year old does not make them a threat in the present. It doesn’t seem like Amber gets that right now, given how triggered she is. It just sucks.

    • Sam
      Sam
      April 13, 2014 at 7:39 pm | #

      Well, sadly, I think seeing Sal as a threat would happen regardless of what kind of place she was in mentally. As long as the event from the past was traumatising, I feel that she was always going to be afraid of her and what she might do. I think all that would have changed if she was in a better place mentally was how she handled it and how severely she reacted really.

  76. Maycroft
    Maycroft
    April 13, 2014 at 1:55 pm | #

    Ok, Amber reffering herself in 3rd person is getting creepy.

  77. Jerden
    Jerden
    April 13, 2014 at 4:18 pm | #

    Should Jerden be worried about Amber’s use of the third person? Should Jerden assume that this is another step towards insanity? I mean, she dresses up like it’s Halloween every night, had a pretty messed up childhood and can get rather violent…
    Jerden fears that Amber’s already lost it. He also fears that the 3rd person thing is infectious.

  78. No Name
    No Name
    April 13, 2014 at 4:36 pm | #

    I said it before, I will say it again:
    Willis loves to draw crazy people.

  79. Cass
    Cass
    April 13, 2014 at 5:17 pm | #

    Oh, Amber. Maybe you should kinda think about the fact that Ethan doesn’t seem at all concerned about Sal and that you’re the one he’s worried about?

    I do really wonder how she’d have reacted to seeing Sal if Blaine hadn’t barged in on family day and stirred up that trauma.

  80. The_Master
    The_Master
    April 13, 2014 at 5:34 pm | #

    Plot hole! Texting doesn’t require data.

    The comic is going down a plot hole! Suddenly none of this is believable!

    • Hoboturtle
      Hoboturtle
      April 13, 2014 at 5:53 pm | #

      Amber doesn’t like being criticized for plot holes!

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      April 13, 2014 at 9:00 pm | #

      There are a number of people on this very page who say their phone plans count texts as data.

  81. Hoboturtle
    Hoboturtle
    April 13, 2014 at 5:52 pm | #

    Amazi-girl: Meeting with Ethan left a bad taste in my mouth. He’s pampered and decadent, betraying his own shallow liberal affections. Possibly homosexual? Must remember to investigate further.

  82. dropded
    dropded
    April 13, 2014 at 7:02 pm | #

    Tackle her, Ethan! Hug the crazy out of her! Please!

  83. Swerve
    Swerve
    April 13, 2014 at 7:32 pm | #

    Y’know, Amber barging in through a window reminds me a lot of the first time I met Arcee. There I was, falling to certain death in an escape pod jettisoned from Kimia, when Arcee leaps out of a shuttle Hardhead’s piloting, controls her descent, and uses a pair of vibroblades to pry open the airlock, and then launches into a spiel about Jhiaxus, Galvatron, the Dead Universe and a threat to life itself. I’ve never enjoyed myself more when I was in mortal peril, let me tell you!

  84. eric scott
    eric scott
    April 13, 2014 at 7:36 pm | #

    Aw crap

  85. Jeffie
    Jeffie
    April 13, 2014 at 9:11 pm | #

    Calling it now, in this order.

    Ethan manages to patch some of his relationship with Amber, and they leave out the door together. However, Joyce sees Ethan close with Amber and reacts as she is fairly to do, which turns into a crazy mishap that they can talk about in the reunion in 25 years.

  86. Liv
    Liv
    April 13, 2014 at 9:35 pm | #

    Honestly, my heart breaks for Amber in so many ways. She comes from a history of abuse and fear that no one around her knows about nor understands fully. Her problems are being goaded and exacerbated rather than faced. The last two strips emphasize, more than ever, that she seriously needs help, but, like so many, no one is aware enough to get her to help.

  87. Tealjoy
    Tealjoy
    April 13, 2014 at 11:14 pm | #

    Oh Amber honey….

  88. DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
    DudeMyDadOwnsADealership
    April 13, 2014 at 11:30 pm | #

    Awwww, just like Batman……And the Green Goblin…And Two-Face…

    Hopefully with what follows nobody’ll get expelled.

  89. Synthetic Phylum
    Synthetic Phylum
    April 13, 2014 at 11:35 pm | #

    Given her circumstances, as well as her current stressors, somehow I’m not surprised at her apparent dissociation.

  90. Salty
    Salty
    April 13, 2014 at 11:36 pm | #

    Welp, here’s the incoming psychotic break.

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