Interesting that Sal isn’t sleeping naked like she used to. Is this cause she’s sleeping with Danny, in Danny’s room where Joe presumably is, or a symptom of the “not as dangerous as she used to be” changes that she’s thinking about
Well, either it’s Danny’s room and Joe is present, or it’s Sal’s room and a large iguana is present, who likely sees any available warmblooded bodies as convenient space-heaters.
If Sal wakes up to find she’s having accidental naked cuddles with a lizard, Malaya will find out just how dangerous she is.
Letting a Green Iguana roam around your bedroom while you sleep is a staggeringly bad idea for like a dozen reasons, but I guess I can’t put it past Malaya.
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She’s definitely not as dangerous as she used to be, but isn’t that a good thing? Being around people you care about, and them being in danger because of you isn’t something to strive for.
Although I do miss the motorcycle; she and Danny could go for a ride, and get away from everything for a little while.
Look Sal, 18 is a young age to start settling down but considering before this point your life included things like attempting to rob a store at knifepoint and getting stabbed in the hand and chasing down a gunweilding maniac who kidnapped his daughter on motorcycle AND dealing with your shitty mum, maybe enjoy the peace and quiet for now?
You were never actually dangerous, Sal. You were hard because you were forced to be hard, by the circumstances of your life. Not being under those circumstances anymore isn’t the same thing as losing your strength…it just means you’re safe right now. Safety feels like danger, when you’re used to being in a constantly hostile environment. Feeling safe just feels like you’re missing something.
I’m not sure what Sal is worried about here. Maybe it’s just me, but I tend to think being perceived as “dangerous” is a not good thing, and in fact I think I’d rather not be viewed that way as much as possible if I could. Unfortunately that’s not always easy in American society. But maybe Sal’s just upset that she’s no longer being seen as a cool rebel by her friends or something.
Danger and safety are relative. Remember when Sal used to beat the shit out of rapists at night? Her being dangerous to them was objectively a good thing.
Sal, i don’t think you ever really were, you just have a racist mom who viewed you are more violent then other people no matter what you did.
Also i think Danny just emits an Aura.
Sal thinking of herself as dangerous is a special sort of ironic given that she’s been an advocate for restraint and de-escalating violent confrontation pretty consistently throughout all of Dumbing of Age, which is a MAJOR source of whiplash if you’re a geriatric Willis reader like me and knew her Walkyverse counterpart first. She’s basically a different character entirely. I get WHY that is, given that Sal would probably not be alive if she was as short-tempered and violent as Dumbiverse Amber is without either abductee superpowers or white privilege to protect her, but it makes a strip like this one extra funny. Girl has no IDEA how big the shoes she’d have to fill are if she wants to meet her namesake’s standard of dangerous.
Person from other country here. Is wearing a (?bonnet?) tied on bag enclosing the hair completely a common thing? What does it do/prevent? Is it for tight curl hair, or any kind?
It is common for people who have tight, kinky, curly hair. Bonnets protect hair while sleeping as tossing and turning as well as the fabric on pillows and bedsheets can be damaging to that type of hair texture. It can also be used to maintain a hairstyle, such as dreads or braids.
I know everyone’s reading this one way, but I wonder if she means “am I gonna get Danny hurt by being near him?” Before, she’s gotten people hurt and traumatized, and now she’s less the hooligan of past and more of a tough protector of her friends.
39 thoughts on “Dangerous”
Dave Van Domelen
Mmmm, Sal as the Baroness.
Doctor_Who
She could rock that costume. Her accent isn’t nearly silly enough, though.
Nono
Well maybe you could start reading your phone while walking, you’d be a danger to others.
Dot
*looks up from my watch*
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Oh, Sal! Great to see you pal
Pocky
no no, go back to your watch, you’ll jinx it /s lol
IntangibleMatter
You’re a danger to your boyfriend’s sleep schedule, too, so technically yeah.
JD
ah, new comically large prop just dropped. sal’s bonnet. unexpected contestant but welcome nonetheless
Stormtide Leviathan
Interesting that Sal isn’t sleeping naked like she used to. Is this cause she’s sleeping with Danny, in Danny’s room where Joe presumably is, or a symptom of the “not as dangerous as she used to be” changes that she’s thinking about
Doctor_Who
Well, either it’s Danny’s room and Joe is present, or it’s Sal’s room and a large iguana is present, who likely sees any available warmblooded bodies as convenient space-heaters.
If Sal wakes up to find she’s having accidental naked cuddles with a lizard, Malaya will find out just how dangerous she is.
Thag Simmons
Letting a Green Iguana roam around your bedroom while you sleep is a staggeringly bad idea for like a dozen reasons, but I guess I can’t put it past Malaya.
km
The camera angle and conveniently placed blocking object needed to depict the panels probably is also a out of universe factor
Amós Batista
Oh no, Sal will feel like her wings were cut off
Yotomoe
“Well you’re keeping me awake. That’s pretty dangerous to my sleep schedule”
Astariel
Interesting, I wasn’t expecting to pivot to Sal having some kind of self-confidence issue.
EpochFlame
sal has lost her edge
Thing 2
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Bill Erak
Oh my, is she gonna end things cuz she thinks Danny’s making her soft?
Yumi
…Called out by the “bright screen in the dark” bit…
ZombieKyrik
She’s definitely not as dangerous as she used to be, but isn’t that a good thing? Being around people you care about, and them being in danger because of you isn’t something to strive for.
Although I do miss the motorcycle; she and Danny could go for a ride, and get away from everything for a little while.
Freezer
And because my brain is a strange and scary place, “A Danger To Myself and Others” is playing in my head.
Dara
all my kin look like my brothers!
Falcon
Is Sal going to go through her Vegeta eeeevil arc?
Freezer
Also: That’s called “personal growth”, Sal. And it’s a good thing.
furubatsu
Look Sal, 18 is a young age to start settling down but considering before this point your life included things like attempting to rob a store at knifepoint and getting stabbed in the hand and chasing down a gunweilding maniac who kidnapped his daughter on motorcycle AND dealing with your shitty mum, maybe enjoy the peace and quiet for now?
Pocky
Yup, the music boi softened ya.
Throwatron
You were never actually dangerous, Sal. You were hard because you were forced to be hard, by the circumstances of your life. Not being under those circumstances anymore isn’t the same thing as losing your strength…it just means you’re safe right now. Safety feels like danger, when you’re used to being in a constantly hostile environment. Feeling safe just feels like you’re missing something.
StClair
Sounds like “mild” PTSD, particularly the hypervigilance.
Kyulen
I’m not sure what Sal is worried about here. Maybe it’s just me, but I tend to think being perceived as “dangerous” is a not good thing, and in fact I think I’d rather not be viewed that way as much as possible if I could. Unfortunately that’s not always easy in American society. But maybe Sal’s just upset that she’s no longer being seen as a cool rebel by her friends or something.
Taffy
Danger and safety are relative. Remember when Sal used to beat the shit out of rapists at night? Her being dangerous to them was objectively a good thing.
Taffy
I’d really like to see Sal be a genuine danger to somebody’s safety.
Zamperla
Sal, i don’t think you ever really were, you just have a racist mom who viewed you are more violent then other people no matter what you did.
Also i think Danny just emits an Aura.
Dave
Sal thinking of herself as dangerous is a special sort of ironic given that she’s been an advocate for restraint and de-escalating violent confrontation pretty consistently throughout all of Dumbing of Age, which is a MAJOR source of whiplash if you’re a geriatric Willis reader like me and knew her Walkyverse counterpart first. She’s basically a different character entirely. I get WHY that is, given that Sal would probably not be alive if she was as short-tempered and violent as Dumbiverse Amber is without either abductee superpowers or white privilege to protect her, but it makes a strip like this one extra funny. Girl has no IDEA how big the shoes she’d have to fill are if she wants to meet her namesake’s standard of dangerous.
Tenzhi
At night she has Lisa Simpson hair…
jabbingQuirker
its a bonnet
Francoinblanco
Dont shrek 4 plot me here, go to sleep
Thing 2
Person from other country here. Is wearing a (?bonnet?) tied on bag enclosing the hair completely a common thing? What does it do/prevent? Is it for tight curl hair, or any kind?
Doopyboop
It is common for people who have tight, kinky, curly hair. Bonnets protect hair while sleeping as tossing and turning as well as the fabric on pillows and bedsheets can be damaging to that type of hair texture. It can also be used to maintain a hairstyle, such as dreads or braids.
Thing 2
Thanks.
Sarah
I know everyone’s reading this one way, but I wonder if she means “am I gonna get Danny hurt by being near him?” Before, she’s gotten people hurt and traumatized, and now she’s less the hooligan of past and more of a tough protector of her friends.
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