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by David M Willis on June 12, 2015 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The Butterflies Won't Fly Away
└ Tags: malaya, sal

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  1. Jen Aside
    Jen Aside
    June 12, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Sal: “no wait, that IS what I said, even if it kills YOU.”

    • Fred
      Fred
      June 12, 2015 at 3:36 am | #

      THIS

  2. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 12, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Wow, that’s dedication.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 12, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

      (also re: alt text… yes, probably not.)

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

        Sure as hell wouldn’t manage to get to #2 on that Google search, no.

        • LeslieBean4Shizzle
          LeslieBean4Shizzle
          June 12, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          **masochistically google image searches the word “cumstain” with safesearch off**

          … huh. That was disappointing. Some band with that name and a bunch of people taking selfies of sheets that need washing (or, in one case, a couch). I am disappoint, Google.

          • a4lbi
            a4lbi
            June 12, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

            I love when strangers Google things so I won’t have to!

            • Rycan
              Rycan
              June 12, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

              Especially when they have little more to say than I SHOULD NOT HAVE DONE THAT

            • prinzenrique
              prinzenrique
              June 12, 2015 at 1:42 am | #

              google results are different for everyone … so you might wanna check what they think YOU are looking for 😀

              • Rycan
                Rycan
                June 12, 2015 at 4:52 pm | #

                And see if Google is embarrassingly right!

              • Jen Aside
                Jen Aside
                June 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm | #

                1. band website
                2. Facebook page (band account?)
                3. Urban Dictionary
                4. forum question on bodybuilding site
                5. forum question on TeenHelp
                6. Twitter (band account?)
                7&8. YouTube videos (music?)
                9. Soundcloud account
                10. band discography

                oh well?

          • Rich
            Rich
            June 12, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

            The Monica Lewinsky button is kind of cute, though.

        • Tacos
          Tacos
          June 12, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

          I dunno. Some people could take it as a challenge.

  3. otusasio451
    otusasio451
    June 12, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Friends with Malaya? No one should be friends with Malaya. She sucks in every universe.

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      June 12, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      I dunno, I kinda grew to like her, but that might’ve just been the iguana’s work.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 12, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

        The iguana didn’t make me like Carla, so it’s not a catch-all.

        • timemonkey
          timemonkey
          June 12, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Carla’s never had an iguana. Ultra-Car had Malaya’s iguana.

          • Nono
            Nono
            June 12, 2015 at 12:27 am | #

            They didn’t change that much between iterations. I didn’t like Ultra-Car much in SP! and I’m not fond of Carla now.

          • JessWitt
            JessWitt
            June 12, 2015 at 12:47 am | #

            Regardless, will Fuckface ever come back to DoA?

            • Architex
              Architex
              June 12, 2015 at 4:01 am | #

              Someone’s asking the real questions

            • Jen Aside
              Jen Aside
              June 12, 2015 at 10:19 pm | #

              DOA Fuckface will be a Grumpy Cat-like squirrel

    • advancecasette
      advancecasette
      June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      she actually seems like a fairly cool person in this universe, to put her abraisiveness aside, as one would for most teens

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        June 12, 2015 at 12:30 am | #

        Unfortunately, after putting her abrasiveness aside, she’s still worse than a cheese grater.

      • podian
        podian
        June 12, 2015 at 5:18 am | #

        When you put her abrasiveness aside, there’s nothing left.

        • N0083rP00F
          N0083rP00F
          June 12, 2015 at 3:41 pm | #

          Backing paper and glue, lots of glue.

    • Kris
      Kris
      June 12, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

      So far all I know about this Malaya is she swears like a sailor and plays roller derby. I’m still giving her a chance. Oh and I guess she likes to pick fights she’ll always lose.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 12, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

        Pick fights she’ll lose? Amazi-Girl picked that fight and Amazi-Girl lost that fight.

        • Kris
          Kris
          June 12, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

          Actually I was thinking about how she kneed Amazi-Girl then Amazi-Girl threw her across a parking lot. But Amazi-Girl did start that fight.

          • Rycan
            Rycan
            June 12, 2015 at 12:31 am | #

            And that was after getting clotheslined by Amazi-Girl.

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              June 12, 2015 at 7:33 am | #

              Both of which she got right back up from.

              • WordFlyer
                WordFlyer
                June 12, 2015 at 12:21 pm | #

                yeah, way to no-sell

      • Bagge
        Bagge
        June 12, 2015 at 2:24 am | #

        I know, she got tons of spunk and no sense of proportions and directions. What’s not to like? plus I kinda like how proud and mighty Sal is not above a pissing contest with a little brat like that ( and is doing a pretty bad job of it). Malaya is the frenimie Sal deserves.

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 12, 2015 at 3:26 am | #

        She’s also Filipina, and far different from the Fil-Am girls I know.

      • drs
        drs
        June 12, 2015 at 9:47 am | #

        And she’s been learning sign language, IIRC.

    • Deanatay
      Deanatay
      June 12, 2015 at 9:01 am | #

      Compilation error: operation ‘friend’ not available for object type ‘Malaya’.

  4. Adrian
    Adrian
    June 12, 2015 at 12:01 am | #

    Been wondering, is there a list of generally used ship names for the Walky/Dumbing universe?

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 12, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Well, Dorothy/Walky is Dorky, I believe we were calling the theoretical Danny/Ethan Secox, Danny/Amber is Danber. Anyone else got any?

      • Smiling Cat
        Smiling Cat
        June 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        Dina/Becky: Dicky?
        Billie/Ruth: Biiru? (it makes sense in Japanese) (though to step outside of standard shipname procedure, I’ve always kinda thought of them as Whiskey Sour)
        Joyce/Roz: Rojo (or Red if you like).

        • MeghanTheWorldEater
          MeghanTheWorldEater
          June 12, 2015 at 12:26 am | #

          I hadn’t heard the biiru one before but that’s pretty damn clever.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          June 12, 2015 at 1:01 am | #

          No Dina/Becky is Dinky. Much more respectful of their sexual orientations and genders. Plus Dina is on the short side.

          • aiimy
            aiimy
            June 12, 2015 at 5:36 am | #

            Dinky is adorable oh no

          • Kaoy
            Kaoy
            June 12, 2015 at 10:20 pm | #

            Bull. Dina/Becky is Gingersaur.

          • Smiling Cat
            Smiling Cat
            June 13, 2015 at 12:32 am | #

            I switch my vote to Dinky, because adorbs.

        • Michael Lanting
          Michael Lanting
          June 12, 2015 at 7:23 am | #

          Why not just go with Rubi instead?

          • Smiling Cat
            Smiling Cat
            June 13, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

            Because I took Japanese for three years specifically to make fun of Billie and Ruth’s alcoholism.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 12, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        I imagine Danny/Joe would be D’oh!, like how you would pronounce Doe but with emphasis.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 12, 2015 at 12:44 am | #

        Damb and Damber.

        • Reepunzel
          Reepunzel
          June 12, 2015 at 9:23 am | #

          … + Ethan = Dambeth

      • Kaoy
        Kaoy
        June 12, 2015 at 10:18 pm | #

        I am voting Danny Girl for Amaza-Girl/Danny

    • Catullus
      Catullus
      June 12, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Dorky (Dorothy/Walky) and Worthless (Billie/Ruth) are the only ones I see regularly.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 12, 2015 at 9:03 am | #

        Ooh, I like Worthless for Billie/Ruth. That one works on a lot of levels.

        • DarkoNeko
          DarkoNeko
          June 12, 2015 at 5:27 pm | #

          …this is both hilarous and really, really depressing.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 12, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

      Oh and there was Ultra-Carlaya from the Walkyverse.

    • MeghanTheWorldEater
      MeghanTheWorldEater
      June 12, 2015 at 12:22 am | #

      Well just a couple days ago we saw the launch of the Becna.
      I don’t know if we’ve really cemented a name for that one yet but that’s my favourite.

      • Smiling Cat
        Smiling Cat
        June 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

        I stand by Dicky.

        • Rycan
          Rycan
          June 12, 2015 at 12:33 am | #

          Except I keep on thinking of a certain disgraced US president.

        • Opus the Poet
          Opus the Poet
          June 12, 2015 at 1:02 am | #

          Dinky, as I posted above it’s more respectful of the shippees.

          • MeghanTheWorldEater
            MeghanTheWorldEater
            June 12, 2015 at 2:13 am | #

            What’s wrong with Becna? I think it sounds cute…(._.)

            • Kryss LaBryn
              Kryss LaBryn
              June 12, 2015 at 7:00 am | #

              It sounds like something you might require a doctor’s visit and a topical cream for. Either that, or like a topical cream you might require a doctor’s visit for… :/

              My vote’s for Dinky.

              • MeghanTheWorldEater
                MeghanTheWorldEater
                June 12, 2015 at 7:52 am | #

                And it would be the cutest doctors visit ever.

                • Thanks, I'll Have Another!
                  Thanks, I'll Have Another!
                  June 12, 2015 at 3:23 pm | #

                  Your current gravatar has me hoping that Amber will ship this.

              • Reepunzel
                Reepunzel
                June 12, 2015 at 9:01 am | #

                Yeah… I can’t see “Becna” without thinking “bacne.”

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  June 12, 2015 at 9:06 am | #

                  It reminds me of ‘Vecna’, the lich god of secrets in the Greyhawk D&D campaign setting. Becky/Dina is too cute to associate with a rotting abomination.

                • Rich
                  Rich
                  June 12, 2015 at 10:33 am | #

                  Bigoted against the undead, Deanatay? Dirty rotten Pro-Lifer.

                • Opus the Poet
                  Opus the Poet
                  June 12, 2015 at 11:18 am | #

                  Hey, be respectful to the undead. There are members of the commentariat who are formerly living. OK technically still alive, just “formerly dead”.

                • Deanatay
                  Deanatay
                  June 12, 2015 at 1:52 pm | #

                  I think you mean ‘animate-Americans’. ‘alive’ and ‘dead’ are too polarizing. And ‘undead’ is their word – it’s lifeist if you say it.

                • DSL
                  DSL
                  June 12, 2015 at 11:07 pm | #

                  Vitally privileged?

                • fogel
                  fogel
                  June 13, 2015 at 10:00 pm | #

                  Check that lifeboat privilege.

        • Nono
          Nono
          June 12, 2015 at 2:01 am | #

          Dinky and the Bane?

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 12, 2015 at 1:03 am | #

        Bith

    • tim gueguen
      tim gueguen
      June 12, 2015 at 10:41 am | #

      Smush pairing names are evil, and should be avoided at all costs. Except Kigo, that one doesn’t bug me for some reason.

  5. Nono
    Nono
    June 12, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    ‘The friend of my friend is my… frenemey?’

  6. MM
    MM
    June 12, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    No, Malaya, she means “Even if I kill you.”

    • gkheyf
      gkheyf
      June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      now taking all bets!

  7. Kris
    Kris
    June 12, 2015 at 12:02 am | #

    Malaya life exspectancy 2.5 hours. 3 if Sal’s generous.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 12, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      By Malaya’s standards, that means they’re practically besties already.

  8. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    June 12, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    when i saw title of this strip I was scared it’d be a follow up to joyce’s stained sweater, instead…. crude and rude young folks

  9. Frogboy
    Frogboy
    June 12, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    “Cumstain”, Sal? You kiss your math tutor with that mouth?

    • Captain Batson
      Captain Batson
      June 12, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

      That guy’s way too… wonderbread for her tastes.

      • sps48
        sps48
        June 12, 2015 at 9:55 pm | #

        Whitebread isn’t a thing anymore?

    • LeslieBean4Shizzle
      LeslieBean4Shizzle
      June 12, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

      Hehe… cumstain. ^^

      Yes, I’m channeling my inner 12 year old right now.

  10. Rich
    Rich
    June 12, 2015 at 12:03 am | #

    Oh good, no Jason booty call. Nice to see that definitely ruled out.

    • Dean
      Dean
      June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

      Well, we don’t know if she made a stop on the way.

      • Tacos
        Tacos
        June 12, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

        Or if she’ll make a stop on the way back.

        • Blackbird
          Blackbird
          June 12, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

          Or if that’s where she’s taking Malaya. Maybe it’s Jason’s birthday.

      • John
        John
        June 12, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

        Sal’s comment in panel 2 actually doesn’t have anything to do with Malaya, but rather with her own personal grooming. That’s why she’s adjusting her gloves.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 12, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      Their hookups seemed to be unplanned and very spur of the moment of passion types. She doesn’t seem to even like him.

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 12, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

        Again, I’m fairly sure they didn’t even exchange phone numbers. each meeting ending up with “this is the LAST time we ever do this”

  11. Mr. Random
    Mr. Random
    June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    This is gonna be both painful and adorable. Just a guess.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 12, 2015 at 11:33 pm | #

      Pandorable?

      Sorry, all the shipping is getting to me.

  12. Captain Batson
    Captain Batson
    June 12, 2015 at 12:04 am | #

    Admirable friending so far there, Sal.

    • fogel
      fogel
      June 12, 2015 at 1:05 am | #

      She said they were gonna be friends, not that they’d like each other.

  13. Doctor_Who
    Doctor_Who
    June 12, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Yeah, gotta watch those Google results. There’s a blog I follow that reviews animated movies in a snarky manner, and the writer discovered that somehow someone ended up on his site by Googling the term “close up mouth whore fuck”.

    So it’s become a running gag that he’ll use it as an expletive now, like “What the close up mouth whore fuck is going on?!”

    • insomniac
      insomniac
      June 12, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      The old webcomic Mac Hall apparently got a surprising amount of traffic from people searching for digimon porn. (It was a college slice of life comic which did not contain any.)

      • Cholma
        Cholma
        June 12, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

        But the one female character couldn’t stop saying “buttsex” during a road trip in one strip! 😀

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        I really miss Mac Hall… was my favorite webcomic before I found ye olde It’s Walky! and the others

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          June 12, 2015 at 1:49 am | #

          I think is by the same artist (in case you hadn’t heard of it).

          • Portmanteaust
            Portmanteaust
            June 12, 2015 at 1:50 am | #

            Let me try that again: I think Three Panel Soul is by the same artist (in case you hadn’t heard of it).

            • neeks
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              June 12, 2015 at 10:42 am | #

              That is in fact by the same guy(s), Ian mcconville and Matt Boyd

      • DarkoNeko
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        June 12, 2015 at 12:46 am | #

        What the hell, lol.

    • David M Willis
      David M Willis
      June 12, 2015 at 12:14 am | #

      There was a period of time when Shortpacked! lost a bunch of ad revenue because I was talking about “Dark of the Moon” a bunch and so Google had reclassified the site as astronomy-based instead of pop culture.

      (so I renamed all the tags to “transformers 4”)

      • Doctor_Who
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        June 12, 2015 at 12:18 am | #

        Wonder how many sites that were about that movie had the same problem. And how many people looking for lunar facts kept finding themselves on pages about the movie.

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      June 12, 2015 at 1:23 am | #

      While I haven’t had THAT particular problem, my friends and I dislike how search engines “correct” our searches. We’ll type some obscure subject and then Google will insist we really meant “Justin Bieber” or other trending news.

      Similarly, I was looking for “vampire cats” (scientific name = carnivora nimravidae, which I could not remember) last weekend. Got all sorts of strange hits, but nothing about extinct megafauna.

      • Kelly
        Kelly
        June 13, 2015 at 2:29 am | #

        Oh, Nimravidae are cool!

    • Kelson
      Kelson
      June 12, 2015 at 1:47 am | #

      Appropriately enough, I ran into this problem just a few days ago. I mentioned a “running gag” in the description of a Flickr photo and started getting all kinds of hits from people searching for pictures of, um, gags.

      I quietly changed the description to mention a “running joke” instead.

    • Kryss LaBryn
      Kryss LaBryn
      June 12, 2015 at 7:02 am | #

      That is hilarious. What reviewer is he (I mostly do Channel Awesome and Spoony)?

      • Doctor_Who
        Doctor_Who
        June 12, 2015 at 9:20 am | #

        Unshavedmouse.com. He started out by working his way through the entire Disney Animated Canon, and then branched off into other films as well.

        His style is actually very reminiscent of someone from Channel Awesome, and he’s referenced the Nostalgia Critic quite a few times.

        • Doctor_Who
          Doctor_Who
          June 12, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

          Oh, and if you want to read him, start from the beginning. He gradually introduced storyline elements and recurring characters into his reviews, Linkara style, and has a lot of running gags, so a recent review might come of as kinda incomprehensible if you don’t get what he’s referencing.

  14. Idon'tcarenomore
    Idon'tcarenomore
    June 12, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    This will be interesting.

  15. Dr.Zeus
    Dr.Zeus
    June 12, 2015 at 12:05 am | #

    Does this strip make anyone else like Malaya more and Sal less?

    • Rich
      Rich
      June 12, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      Not me.

    • Kris
      Kris
      June 12, 2015 at 12:17 am | #

      Eh? This whole Malaya jealousy kind of makes me like Sal more. Although I guess calling her a cumstain unprovoked was pretty mean.

      • Dr.Zeus
        Dr.Zeus
        June 12, 2015 at 12:28 am | #

        Fair ’nuff but for me they both feel kind of jerkish, at least at times. The thing is that we know, at least to an extent, why Sal is this way but I feel a lot of people don’t like Malaya simply because we don’t have an explanation for her personality. I am trying to assume that there is a reason she acts the way she does and that it is not pure… whatever the hells you want to call it.

        Therefor, especially considering Sal’s history, I kind of feel like she is dismissing Malaya on very little information. Then again I’ve been drinking and overly verbose web comic posts are my version of drunk texts so I very well may be stupidly off base.

    • timemonkey
      timemonkey
      June 12, 2015 at 12:21 am | #

      I already like Malaya plenty. My enjoyment of Sal varies by the strip.

    • Torra
      Torra
      June 12, 2015 at 2:02 am | #

      I love Malaya’s character already! Sal I like, but she dips every now and then depending on what she does.

  16. Stephen Bierce
    Stephen Bierce
    June 12, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    James Dean/James Dean/Bought it sight unseen…

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      June 12, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldZtbxeIHHc

  17. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 12, 2015 at 12:06 am | #

    Sal: You could hide the body. NOBODY WOULD FIND HER. OR THEY WOULD BLAME IT ON MIKE.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      June 12, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

      The police have Mike on speed dial. He’s like Red Herring from A Pup Named Scooby Doo – every time something happens he needs to explain that he didn’t do it.

      • Nono
        Nono
        June 12, 2015 at 12:10 am | #

        It’s weird that Fred and his inexplicable fixation on Red Herring is the major thing that stood out about it. Try as I might I can’t remember anything about that version of Daphne.

        • Rich
          Rich
          June 12, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

          Stereotypical shallow rich girl, as I recall.

          • Doctor_Who
            Doctor_Who
            June 12, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

            I seem to recall that she could summon her butler, and no matter where they were he’d just suddenly be there to do whatever she asked.

            • Gigafreak
              Gigafreak
              June 12, 2015 at 9:24 am | #

              Furthermore, she had a catchphrase. “Oh puh-lease, there’s no such thing as ghosts!”

              I mostly remember that because of the episode where her parents appeared, and they said it in perfect sync.

      • Rich
        Rich
        June 12, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

        Only to Fred. And there was that one episode where Red actually did do…whatever got done.

      • fogel
        fogel
        June 12, 2015 at 1:10 am | #

        Im not sure that Mike would cooperate even to provide himself an alibi

  18. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 12, 2015 at 12:08 am | #

    I misread cumstain as Christian.

    • Dr.Zeus
      Dr.Zeus
      June 12, 2015 at 12:13 am | #

      Well some would never admit to there ever being a Christstain.

      • Rycan
        Rycan
        June 12, 2015 at 12:40 am | #

        Oh, Jesus got Christstains on his clothes all the time – turns out that the Lamb of God sweated buckets.

      • gwalla
        gwalla
        June 12, 2015 at 11:38 am | #

        Jesus is coming.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 12, 2015 at 5:05 pm | #

          Bring a towel!

    • fishamaphone
      fishamaphone
      June 12, 2015 at 1:37 am | #

      Me too, actually…

    • Tenn
      Tenn
      June 12, 2015 at 5:34 pm | #

      …I’m slightly ashamed of how much that made me laugh.

  19. HMRC4EVR
    HMRC4EVR
    June 12, 2015 at 12:12 am | #

    It’s a longshot, but I’ll toss out a guess the next slipshine (well, within the next 3) will be a three way between Sal, Malaya and Marcie.

    Won’t happen, but it’s a fun guess.

    • Dr.Zeus
      Dr.Zeus
      June 12, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

      Ethan, Dan, and Amber for my three-way pic that’ll never happen.

      • timemonkey
        timemonkey
        June 12, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

        Well, as long as we’re mentioning threesomes that won’t happen I like the idea of Ethan, Danny and Joe. It’d be awkward as hell but also really hot.

        • Dr.Zeus
          Dr.Zeus
          June 12, 2015 at 12:29 am | #

          No no no… Joe, Mike, and Jacob which obviously would be somehow organized by Mike.

          • timemonkey
            timemonkey
            June 12, 2015 at 7:29 am | #

            Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

            • timemonkey
              timemonkey
              June 12, 2015 at 7:29 am | #

              Oh, I misread Jacob as Jason, I retract most of my Ew.

    • Arianod
      Arianod
      June 12, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

      Come on, that’s 100% totally NEVER gonna happen.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      June 12, 2015 at 11:31 am | #

      You know I’m getting a parallel vibe between the Becky-Joyce-Dorothy triangle and the Sal-Marcy-Malaya one. Both involve childhood friends with one friend finding another friend in college that the first friend sees as competition for the friendship. Not an exact parallel (there’s the whole sexuality thing with Becky and joyce that we haven’t seen (so far) with Sal and Marcy), but similar.

      • A5PECT
        A5PECT
        June 12, 2015 at 8:56 pm | #

        Pretty sure David stated Marcie is bisexual (I forget whether it was in a Tumblr post or just in a strip’s alt-text), so there’s a chance that “friendship between childhood friends laced with tension derived from one-way homosexual attraction” is or was an element of the Marcie/Malaya/Sal triangle.

  20. 6Qubed
    6Qubed
    June 12, 2015 at 12:15 am | #

    Sal has given Malaya a choice: she can stop being a cumstain, or she can start being a bloodstain

    • Reepunzel
      Reepunzel
      June 12, 2015 at 9:16 am | #

      It will take a lot of effort for Sal to abstain from turning Malaya from a cumstain to a bloodstain

  21. Arianod
    Arianod
    June 12, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    That’s it Sal! You befriend the hell outta that little piece of shit! Tech her who’s the boss!

  22. Saaaam
    Saaaam
    June 12, 2015 at 12:19 am | #

    Just now noticing the narrow miss of Sal and Amber running into each other.

  23. advancecasette
    advancecasette
    June 12, 2015 at 12:23 am | #

    third panel malaya fighting game character select portrait

  24. timemonkey
    timemonkey
    June 12, 2015 at 12:24 am | #

    Oh good, it’s Joey and Janice’s Day of Fun! I mean Sal and Malaya.

  25. cynicwithcinnamon
    cynicwithcinnamon
    June 12, 2015 at 12:35 am | #

    Malaya: i’ll kick anyone’s ass. i’ll kick your ass. i’ll kick your dog’s ass. i’ll kick my own ass.

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 12, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

      She’s like a chihuahua, barking at everyone.

  26. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    June 12, 2015 at 12:39 am | #

    So, how long until they start beating the crap out of each other ?

    • setsun
      setsun
      June 12, 2015 at 1:07 am | #

      *scissoring the crap out of each other

      • DarkoNeko
        DarkoNeko
        June 12, 2015 at 2:15 am | #

        …nooooooope.

      • Opus the Poet
        Opus the Poet
        June 12, 2015 at 11:32 am | #

        Epic lesbian hatefuck?

        • Ivy Injektion
          Ivy Injektion
          June 12, 2015 at 3:23 pm | #

          Mike and Amber might talk a good game, but I think it’s time for Salaya to show them how it’s done.

  27. Rycan
    Rycan
    June 12, 2015 at 12:42 am | #

    Off to a great start, I see.

  28. JessWitt
    JessWitt
    June 12, 2015 at 12:51 am | #

    Team Salaya!

  29. Anywhere
    Anywhere
    June 12, 2015 at 1:14 am | #

    I like where this is going.

  30. Kraken
    Kraken
    June 12, 2015 at 1:38 am | #

    Dang, she really doesn’t like Malaya. >_>

  31. newllend(henryvolt)
    newllend(henryvolt)
    June 12, 2015 at 1:56 am | #

    ya the jacket still looks better on Becky.

    • Ailorn
      Ailorn
      June 12, 2015 at 2:07 am | #

      I will respectfully disagree

      • JessWitt
        JessWitt
        June 12, 2015 at 3:47 am | #

        I’ll admit it’s hard to see it on anyone else but Becky now

  32. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 12, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

    Y’know, at this rate, Sal is going to lose Marcie and I don’t know if she could survive that heartbreak.

  33. Bagge
    Bagge
    June 12, 2015 at 2:14 am | #

    “Lets be frenimies”
    “Best of frenimies”

    Wow Sal, that’s big of you

    • JessWitt
      JessWitt
      June 12, 2015 at 3:48 am | #

      Let’s frenimize.

  34. Well_Played
    Well_Played
    June 12, 2015 at 3:40 am | #

    Yep… it is one of those situations where Sal definitely said it right the first time.

  35. Architex
    Architex
    June 12, 2015 at 4:03 am | #

    I’ve got my popcorn and I’m ready to see where this goes

  36. BenRG
    BenRG
    June 12, 2015 at 6:16 am | #

    Prediction: At some point, Sal is going to say: “Ah should’a stayed at the party!” Snap cut in the next panel to something weird and/or chaotic happening in Joyce’s room.

  37. Spencer
    Spencer
    June 12, 2015 at 8:46 am | #

    Sal, stop being a jerk to Malaya.

    …What did I just type?

  38. Deanatay
    Deanatay
    June 12, 2015 at 9:21 am | #

    “Ya know, Malaya, ah’m glad we worked things out. Ah wasn’t sure ah’d EVER get along with you, but ah guess we jus’ needed to talk things through…”
    “And you murdering me.”
    “Yep, sure glad we worked things out.”

    • DarkoNeko
      DarkoNeko
      June 12, 2015 at 5:23 pm | #

      Carrying bodies on a motorcycle doesn’t look too pratical, tho.

      • Deanatay
        Deanatay
        June 12, 2015 at 7:35 pm | #

        They drag well, though…

  39. neeks
    neeks
    June 12, 2015 at 10:45 am | #

    Sal is really good at interacting with people who aren’t impressed by her.

  40. Random832
    Random832
    June 12, 2015 at 10:27 pm | #

    Seriously, Sal?

    The only comeback to use in this situation is “that’s what I said”. She gave you the perfect straight line and you wasted it.

  41. Josh
    Josh
    June 13, 2015 at 12:20 am | #

    Ok, this is driving me nuts. I know I’ve seen that building somewhere in Bloomington, but I can’t place it. Any help?

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