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by David M Willis on December 4, 2014 at 12:01 am
  • 01 - When Somebody Loved Me
└ Tags: amber, ethan

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    December 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Tomorrow, the make-out that no one saw coming.

    YUP–CONNIE AND ARNOLD

    • liahansen
      liahansen
      December 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      YUP- BLAINE AND GALASSO

      • Tunaro
        Tunaro
        December 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

        I-I’m trying to think of a word that displays both an urge to vomit and unholy terror.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          December 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

          This help?

          • Tunaro
            Tunaro
            December 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

            Yeah, that’s about right.

          • LazerWulf
            LazerWulf
            December 4, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

            We need to get David to upgrade the DoA comments to Disqus (like Shortpacked has) so I can give you upvotes for this.

            • David M Willis
              David M Willis
              December 4, 2014 at 12:43 am | #

              NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEVER

              DISQUS BURN IN HELLLLLLLLLL

              • Packy
                Packy
                December 4, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

                *upvote*

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                December 4, 2014 at 1:07 am | #

                I might be reading too much into this Willis, but I am beginning to think that you might not exactly be a big fan of Disqus. 😀

                • JWLM
                  JWLM
                  December 4, 2014 at 1:24 am | #

                  Really? Ri-ight. I suppose that you also expect me to believe the Amazi-Girl isn’t Carla in disguise, right? And that Ruth and Billie don’t actually hate one another?

                • la6uɐ mous
                  la6uɐ mous
                  December 4, 2014 at 10:21 am | #

                  Or that Carla is based on a sentient automobile.

              • Mattyos
                Mattyos
                December 4, 2014 at 1:42 am | #

                THE WILLIS HATH SPOKEN, DISQUS SHALL BURN!

                • fogel
                  fogel
                  December 4, 2014 at 7:19 am | #

                  Disqus delenda est

              • Northcutt
                Northcutt
                December 4, 2014 at 4:25 am | #

                *downvote*

              • la6uɐ mous
                la6uɐ mous
                December 4, 2014 at 10:24 am | #

                Yeah, IntenseDebate is much better as far as ratable commenting goes.

              • Kelly
                Kelly
                December 4, 2014 at 5:57 pm | #

                Thank you

            • captainswift
              captainswift
              December 4, 2014 at 1:40 am | #

              Disqus is an upgrade? I thought it was a torture device of some sort.

              • PbjZ
                PbjZ
                December 4, 2014 at 3:22 am | #

                Disqus is out like the discotheque.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  December 4, 2014 at 8:58 am | #

                  Disqus? More like Disqusting.

        • FinalFire64
          FinalFire64
          December 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

          I imagine it to sound like a water balloon in a blender

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            December 4, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

            Will it blend?

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              December 4, 2014 at 2:39 pm | #

              You already know the answer to that question. “Everything blends… Except Chuck Norris.”
              I still wish they’d skipped that joke.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      December 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

      also, fuck depression and abuse, making good people believe they don’t deserve happiness >=(

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        December 4, 2014 at 12:10 am | #

        Absotively.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        December 4, 2014 at 2:51 am | #

        Nobody “deserves” happiness, because it’s not something that you earn. But it’s always a wonderful thing when one of us unworthy can stumble our way into it.

        • slicedtoad
          slicedtoad
          December 4, 2014 at 9:33 am | #

          what? Why can’t you earn it? I really prefer my happiness to come from achievements.

          • winter
            winter
            December 4, 2014 at 5:55 pm | #

            If begbert2 means what I think they do, it’s not that you can’t be happy because of your own actions and achievements, but rather that people shouldn’t feel they have to earn or deserve the happiness that comes to them.

            There’s something that’s inherently wrong about the way Amber’s thinking in panel 4, that she (or anybody) could do anything that meant they didn’t deserve goodness or happiness in their life. Even assholes who drive people away with their shitty behavior deserve happiness, although the fact that other people also deserve happiness and don’t deserve to have to put up with their shit takes precedence.

            • begbert2
              begbert2
              December 4, 2014 at 8:37 pm | #

              This is pretty much it. Thinking of happiness as something that can be earned inherently includes the premise that it’s possible to fail to earn it. I don’t believe that’s possible. However you achieve happiness, be it through winning an olympic medal, winning a board game, playing a board game, losing a board game, or just opening your eyes one morning and realizing you’re happy despite having done nothing at all, you cannot be more or less worthy of the happiness due to your actions or lack thereof. It’s not something you can earn; it’s an emotion that you have or you don’t.

              As I write this I realize it sounds like that “grace of god” bullshit that some people spout off about that. I apologize for that; I was probably tainted by my upbringing. The whole point is that happiness is not something you should feel guilty for having under any circumstances, because it is not something you can (fail to) earn, and it’s not a gift from anybody that you can owe them for. It’s just something that happens to some people who manage to get their neurons to dance in that particular way, the lucky dogs.

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                December 4, 2014 at 11:20 pm | #

                I do think “deserve” is a crap word for pedantic reasons, but basically, yeah, “I don’t deserve to be happy” is the biggest bullshit ever and fuck that

    • Dreadhawk177
      Dreadhawk177
      December 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

      Time for a secret between Amber and Ethan, on top of the others.

      • Kaiden
        Kaiden
        December 4, 2014 at 3:18 am | #

        Amber and Ethan perform a secret on top of the others?

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          December 4, 2014 at 11:19 am | #

          Well they tried performing a sex after prom, which did not work out too well. It ended up as one of the red flashbacks.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 4, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

      So Sierra and Marcie are finally gonna make out. Bout time.

      • Mr k
        Mr k
        December 4, 2014 at 12:09 am | #

        Marcie’s devoted to Sal. She won’t cheat on her.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          December 4, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

          I choose to not believe that cuz it’d make Sal sleeping with Jacob to be kind of an awful thing to do.

          • CommunistCanada
            CommunistCanada
            December 4, 2014 at 12:18 am | #

            I assume you meant Jason. And Marcie and Sal are just friends.

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              December 4, 2014 at 2:41 pm | #

              “Just friends”? I do not understand…

      • John
        John
        December 4, 2014 at 2:54 am | #

        Pretty sure they already did that in the other universe.

    • Sean Franco
      Sean Franco
      December 4, 2014 at 7:55 am | #

      Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?

  2. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    December 4, 2014 at 12:01 am | #

    Goodness me!

  3. Raine
    Raine
    December 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Suffering Flag raised. Especially with all the Danny stuff in the last 2-3comics.

  4. Tunaro
    Tunaro
    December 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Stop it you two. Stop being adorable. I can’t handle this much feels at once right now.

  5. Flimsyfishy
    Flimsyfishy
    December 4, 2014 at 12:02 am | #

    Well… time for sads.

  6. newllend
    newllend
    December 4, 2014 at 12:03 am | #

    I wonder how long its going to stay like this.

  7. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    December 4, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    That was Ethan’s subtle way of saying you have terrible taste in comics, Amber.

  8. sun tzu
    sun tzu
    December 4, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Oh, Amber.
    You deserve far more good than Ethan.

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

      AND Danny.

      • sun tzu
        sun tzu
        December 4, 2014 at 9:53 am | #

        No, Danny I’m fine with. It’s DoA Ethan I despise (and I say that as a guy who often defends Shortpacked!Ethan).

    • winter
      winter
      December 4, 2014 at 12:11 am | #

      Life’s not about deserving things. Life’s so often full of shit that people deserve and should treasure any good they can find.

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      December 4, 2014 at 7:22 am | #

      Ethan’s actually very good at being what other people need. He’s just terrible at fulfilling his own needs, and causes damage when he tries.

      He’s a great friend, but oy does he need a babysitter. Or a wise sage of some sort.

  9. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    December 4, 2014 at 12:04 am | #

    Nice to see them together without Danny there to cause sexual tension.

  10. dailybrad
    dailybrad
    December 4, 2014 at 12:05 am | #

    Amber is being somewhat generous, given a lot of the bullshit Ethan has subjected her to sometimes with his attempts to separate himself from, well, himself, but I am glad that they have one another in their lives all the same.

  11. Dean
    Dean
    December 4, 2014 at 12:06 am | #

    Thinking about Danny is strengthening Ethan’s point.

    • wolfie
      wolfie
      December 4, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

      oh my god

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 4, 2014 at 12:17 am | #

      Is that what the young folk are calling it these days?

      • Boomwolf
        Boomwolf
        December 4, 2014 at 12:22 am | #

        That among other things.

        • Jen Aside
          Jen Aside
          December 4, 2014 at 12:35 am | #

          I swear, we’re fast approaching the slang event horizon at which all words are somehow related to sex

          • cesium133
            cesium133
            December 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

            I’ll avoid discussing my trilobite if you avoid discussing your Efimov trimer.

            (hopefully neither of those are already slang, but they probably are somehow)

            • Disloyal Subject
              Disloyal Subject
              December 4, 2014 at 2:45 pm | #

              Trilobites: ribbed for pleasure.

            • tyersome
              tyersome
              December 4, 2014 at 10:16 pm | #

              … well I had a look at the Wikipedia article for Efimov states and read:
              “predicts an infinite series of excited three-body energy levels when a two-body state is exactly at the dissociation threshold.”
              Sounds a bit like what people keep suggesting for Amber, Danny and Ethan to me!

          • Malchus
            Malchus
            December 4, 2014 at 1:27 am | #

            Put just the right inflection in anything, and it’ll become innuendo.

            • fhqwhgads
              fhqwhgads
              December 4, 2014 at 9:55 am | #

              In YOUR end-o.

          • JWLM
            JWLM
            December 4, 2014 at 1:29 am | #

            Welcome to the comments section. You must be new here.

          • tyersome
            tyersome
            December 4, 2014 at 2:13 am | #

            I thought that was a black hole all peri-pubescent boys entered … some never come out 😉

            • Pantheon the Mantheon
              Pantheon the Mantheon
              December 4, 2014 at 6:08 am | #

              Oh, they come out alright. They just fall back in every 7 seconds.

              • tyersome
                tyersome
                December 4, 2014 at 10:19 pm | #

                I like the thrust of your argument …

            • GamaranSepudomyn
              GamaranSepudomyn
              December 4, 2014 at 11:45 am | #

              That sounds like a disturbing innuendo all by itself.

              • tyersome
                tyersome
                December 4, 2014 at 12:06 pm | #

                I do try to rise to the occasion.

                • tyersome
                  tyersome
                  December 4, 2014 at 10:04 pm | #

                  … not that getting a rise out of Ruth is necessarily sex related …

          • sun tzu
            sun tzu
            December 4, 2014 at 9:54 am | #

            I realized as much back in junior high school.

  12. Leorale
    Leorale
    December 4, 2014 at 12:12 am | #

    Aw, Amber’s face in panel 3!
    I’m so glad they are friends.

  13. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    December 4, 2014 at 12:14 am | #

    Aw, nice to see their friendship reaffirmed. Hope it can weather the incoming storm.

  14. GoogerGeiger
    GoogerGeiger
    December 4, 2014 at 12:16 am | #

    Yay, feels!

  15. CommunistCanada
    CommunistCanada
    December 4, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    Next Page, Joyce walks in. Calling it now.

    • winter
      winter
      December 4, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      I know, everything is going too well. Somebody has to come ruin it.

    • Airyu
      Airyu
      December 4, 2014 at 12:51 am | #

      This is exactly what I was thinking too, ahhh I hope not though. Hopefully Joyce is still in class.

    • WeezerLuvr3030
      WeezerLuvr3030
      December 4, 2014 at 2:20 am | #

      No Joyce, it’s okay! It’s just the shirt. See?

  16. Anders
    Anders
    December 4, 2014 at 12:19 am | #

    How is Ethan so well-adjusted when he’s talking about other people’s feelings and yet such a train wreck when it comes to his own

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      December 4, 2014 at 12:26 am | #

      How is Ethan a teenager?
      How is Ethan a human.?

    • Khaner
      Khaner
      December 4, 2014 at 12:28 am | #

      Why do plumbers have leaky faucets?

      • Jen Aside
        Jen Aside
        December 4, 2014 at 12:34 am | #

        Why do firemen wear red suspenders?

        #amidoingitright

        • neeks
          neeks
          December 4, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

          Why do birds suddenly appear every time you are near?

          • TheZachariah
            TheZachariah
            December 4, 2014 at 2:01 am | #

            +1

          • Mitsukara
            Mitsukara
            December 4, 2014 at 4:07 am | #

            Birds appear over Amazi-girl’s head when she sleeps? Clearly, her secret identity is Mahoro Andou. It’s so obvious!

            • GamaranSepudomyn
              GamaranSepudomyn
              December 4, 2014 at 11:47 am | #

              No, she is clearly a zombie.

    • neeks
      neeks
      December 4, 2014 at 12:46 am | #

      Everyone lives in the eye of their own personal drama hurricane. It’s easier to have perspective about someone else’s problems than your own.

    • JWLM
      JWLM
      December 4, 2014 at 1:32 am | #

      How is Amber (as Amazi-Girl) so empathic and giving as she was to Joyce, yet so utterly, totally broken and self-hating as Amber?

      • John
        John
        December 4, 2014 at 2:58 am | #

        Because Amazi-Girl is Amber recreated specifically to be awesome in all the ways that Amber perceives herself to suck?

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      December 4, 2014 at 7:33 am | #

      It IS scientifically proven that people give better advice to others than themselves.

      (Wish I could find that dang study that showcased it. Oh well, here’s a song about it.)

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        December 4, 2014 at 9:10 am | #

        The word you’re looking for is ‘bias’. While a person may be considered to have more information about himself than any other person would about him, so much of that information is distorted by bias as to make it useless for making any informed decision about him. This is why, when I need information about someone, I prefer to ask their close acquaintances, as their info tends to be less biased.

  17. Tandel
    Tandel
    December 4, 2014 at 12:20 am | #

    I can neither confirm nor deny the existence of nascent tears swelling on my face place.

  18. Khaner
    Khaner
    December 4, 2014 at 12:27 am | #

    And the truck is coming down the interstate…

  19. Rabid Rabbit
    Rabid Rabbit
    December 4, 2014 at 12:36 am | #

    Ah, so Ethan actually has a good side. I honestly think this is the first time (in either universe) that I’ve thought that.

    • Khaner
      Khaner
      December 4, 2014 at 12:37 am | #

      Are you kidding? That’s a Transformers 2007 poster in his room.
      He is pure evil.

  20. Don't Mind Me
    Don't Mind Me
    December 4, 2014 at 12:38 am | #

    I need that shirt!

  21. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    December 4, 2014 at 12:40 am | #

    As much crap as has transpired between these two, yeah they are basically okay with each other as friends.
    And good for each other in that respect I guess.
    You have to take your friends where you find them.

    • neeks
      neeks
      December 4, 2014 at 12:48 am | #

      So you’re saying don’t take them to a corn maze at midnight on an overcast new moon?

  22. Yotsuyasan
    Yotsuyasan
    December 4, 2014 at 12:41 am | #

    Aw, man! I want to say something supportive towards Amber, but feel it might be too horrible a juxtaposition with my Gravatar…

    • winter
      winter
      December 4, 2014 at 12:45 am | #

      You should say it anyhow, Yotsuyasan! We’re all very logical *snrk* We know you’re not really Joker-Blaine.

      …we’re pretty sure anyhow.

      • ninja_jesus
        ninja_jesus
        December 4, 2014 at 12:58 am | #

        Joker-Blaine? I think you mean… Bloker.

        • Usayasha
          Usayasha
          December 4, 2014 at 7:27 am | #

          I think you mean… Jane.

          • Tenn
            Tenn
            December 4, 2014 at 5:50 pm | #

            I think you mean… Jocaine.

    • Jackson
      Jackson
      December 4, 2014 at 2:18 am | #

      You’ve made your terrifying bed, and now you have to sleep in it.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      December 4, 2014 at 2:27 am | #

      Yeah, your grav is just too horrible to use when posting about Amber…

  23. TheZachariah
    TheZachariah
    December 4, 2014 at 2:03 am | #

    So wait, there will never be any amount of goodness she doesn’t deserve…

    So does that mean that there will be some amount of goodness some day that she does deserve? I kind of see what Amber’s talking about, semantically there just isn’t much compliment going on there.

    • Usayasha
      Usayasha
      December 4, 2014 at 7:26 am | #

      While a double negative, it technically still says that no amount of goodness is too good for her. Grammatically sloppy? Sure, but so are one word sentences like, “Totes.”

  24. Zaxares
    Zaxares
    December 4, 2014 at 2:17 am | #

    And now… Ethan and Amber will share a spur of the moment’s kiss for old-time’s sake, and Danny will walk by at JUST the wrong time.

    *DRAMA TAG STRIKES AGAIN*

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      December 4, 2014 at 5:53 am | #

      The drama tag repressed drama. If you’re going to reference the other universe do it properly.

      • Usayasha
        Usayasha
        December 4, 2014 at 7:24 am | #

        Perhaps the slot that the Drama Tag was pulled from?

        *DRAMA SLOT STRIKES AGAIN*

  25. Insanenoodlyguy
    Insanenoodlyguy
    December 4, 2014 at 2:30 am | #

    Each page like this just makes me hope all the harder that one day Amber walks in to her boyfriend dick deep in her best friend, or vice versa. Whichever is the boy’s preference. It’s ambers face that will do it for me

  26. kishimobot
    kishimobot
    December 4, 2014 at 2:40 am | #

    Ethan, you fool, that only makes her stronger

  27. John
    John
    December 4, 2014 at 3:08 am | #

    This kind of thing is why I think these two could work with Danny as a triple, not just two couples. They do love each other, even if Ethan doesn’t want to have sex with Amber.

    • Ashley
      Ashley
      December 4, 2014 at 3:45 am | #

      I am keeping my fingers crossed and hoping this actually does happen.

  28. Lord Geovanni
    Lord Geovanni
    December 4, 2014 at 3:32 am | #

    Hugs Bosom indeed

  29. Aeron
    Aeron
    December 4, 2014 at 4:38 am | #

    Re: alt text:

    [Coupling complete – Receiving goodness]

    …That sounds so much worse than I thought it would. Referring to the hug.

    >_>
    <__>

  30. SKRen
    SKRen
    December 4, 2014 at 5:18 am | #

    Hmm, Hugs Bosom… Higgs boson?

    • Bill
      Bill
      December 4, 2014 at 12:37 pm | #

      Yeah.  We’ve already been over that.

  31. Bagge
    Bagge
    December 4, 2014 at 5:51 am | #

    Honest, open and supportive interaction between friends who sorely need it. You kids keep this up!

  32. skdk
    skdk
    December 4, 2014 at 7:56 am | #

    I hope they fall in love even though ethan is gay ;-;

    • Shadow Eagle
      Shadow Eagle
      December 4, 2014 at 8:23 am | #

      guess you missed their backstory… they were dating in highschool when he came out to her.

  33. Shadow Eagle
    Shadow Eagle
    December 4, 2014 at 8:22 am | #

    Her shirt needs to be worn by more of the female populace. 😉

  34. dun dun dun
    dun dun dun
    December 4, 2014 at 8:58 am | #

    Incoming: NSFW threesome with Ethan, Amber and Danny!
    There’s just so much “tension” between each 2 of them…

  35. MrBurrows
    MrBurrows
    December 4, 2014 at 9:18 am | #

    So, this is mostly outta nowhere, (probably just because she was Amaza-Girl’s back-up a lot) but Carla should be shown to have spider-man bedsheets at some point.

    • chisci
      chisci
      December 4, 2014 at 10:28 am | #

      “You’ve always been more goodness than I’ve deserved.”

      Pretty selective memory there, Amber. This is the guy you defended throughout summer, I’d say that’s plenty effort to “deserve” the best of him -and he still fucks you up often, so I don’t even agree entirely. Either way, you worked hard to keep him safe back home, of course he’ll have your back still.

      “Amber, no. There will never be any amount of goodness you don’t deserve”

      Ethan, you are aware this advice applies to yourself, too, right? You deserve goodness as well, you should try to find what goodness is to you and seek it. Please just… stop for a moment, look at your life, look at your choices, and make better ones for yourself so you stop making yourself and everybody else miserable. You don’t have to be a boyfriend for Joyce to be there for her, just like you’re not a boyfriend to Amber anymore and you’re there still. Even if the gay thing were overpowering, being out doesn’t mean being camp, so you could let it not overpower anything else. Not that people will care if you were camp and gay, like, these are young nerds you’re associating with, they’re not going to shun you like that at all, what the hell. Just… [walks away in frustration, unable to stop ranting at a fictional character who cannot and would not listen]

      • chisci
        chisci
        December 4, 2014 at 10:29 am | #

        FUCK WHY WAS THIS A REPLY I DID NOT MEAN FOR IT TO BE A REPLY I’M SO SORRY

        • chisci
          chisci
          December 4, 2014 at 10:29 am | #

          I’LL SEE MYSELF OUT OH MY GOD

          • Dragon_Nataku
            Dragon_Nataku
            December 4, 2014 at 12:41 pm | #

            *starts covering chisci in duct tape*

            Duct tape fixes everything

            • Clif
              Clif
              December 6, 2014 at 11:23 am | #

              If only the dinosaurs had had duct tape.

      • TheGarbageFairy
        TheGarbageFairy
        December 4, 2014 at 12:02 pm | #

        Ughhh, yes, this. Ethan and Amber are both super frustrating! I never thought I’d say this, but I think Danny might be my favorite character right now.

    • chisci
      chisci
      December 4, 2014 at 10:32 am | #

      IN ANY CASE I AGREE WIH THE BEDSHEets but I can’t think of an opportunity to show them

  36. randomcityink
    randomcityink
    December 4, 2014 at 9:22 am | #

    The Feels

  37. OmegaDez
    OmegaDez
    December 4, 2014 at 10:11 am | #

    Why is Amber so cute?

    Why am I under the impression that this unusual love triangle might turn into a threesome? Would Amber and Ethan be okay with sharing Danny? Could it actually fix their problems?

    • Bagge
      Bagge
      December 4, 2014 at 11:30 am | #

      Well, Amber is not Danny’s girlfriend so I don’t think she would like to see Ethan and Danny get into a relationship and stay friends with them. Amaziegirl might, but she doesn’t seem super into making a long relationship with Danny either. I think this one will be mostly up to Danny

      • Oberon
        Oberon
        December 4, 2014 at 12:55 pm | #

        Yeah, that whole “Hands off, you’re not dating Amber” thing is just a little bit pretty freaking psycho.

        Amber isn’t Danny’s girlfriend, and yet here she is, not dressed up as AG, asking Ethan for his opinion of her boyfriend. Sure, she never uses those words, but it’s all over the context. Of course, she may not have explained her psycho separation of personalities to Ethan.

        • Disloyal Subject
          Disloyal Subject
          December 4, 2014 at 2:58 pm | #

          I don’t think she meant it as character separation so much as wanting to avoid giving anyone watching enough dots to connect. If Danny is dating Amazi-Girl, but is plainly physically comfortable around Amber, someone might wonder if they aren’t one and the same.

          • Oberon
            Oberon
            December 4, 2014 at 10:54 pm | #

            Yeah, yeah. Oh, noes, Danny isn’t dating AmaziGirl! That’s Danny! He couldn’t possibly be interested in Amber!

            It’s fairly pathetic.

  38. Jinxed44
    Jinxed44
    December 4, 2014 at 10:22 am | #

    If this was a TV show it would have the title “Everyone Wants to Bang Ethan”. Ethan would be played by Ray Romano.

  39. Theluxland
    Theluxland
    December 4, 2014 at 11:31 am | #

    I feel so bad to ship Danny and Ethan because of Amber.
    First she loses a guy to homosexuality, then she will loses a guy to homosexuality PLUS the fact that they will end up together

    • la6uɐ mous
      la6uɐ mous
      December 4, 2014 at 12:27 pm | #

      *bisexuality

      • la6uɐ mous
        la6uɐ mous
        December 4, 2014 at 12:33 pm | #

        Danny’s feelings for Amber are real. Yes, Danny x Ethan will probably happen, but not until he loses sight of those feelings, which is probably not anytime soon.

  40. Oberon
    Oberon
    December 4, 2014 at 12:49 pm | #

    Ethan: “Amber, you deserve all the goodness of me stealing your boyfriend.”

    • Michael
      Michael
      December 4, 2014 at 5:09 pm | #

      And it’s gonna send her to the dark side.

  41. Vangeln
    Vangeln
    December 4, 2014 at 2:35 pm | #

    And you’re good for him too.

  42. Jadedcynic
    Jadedcynic
    December 28, 2014 at 4:08 pm | #

    And replies like that just strengthen Ethan’s point, Amber…

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