honestly i’m surprised she picked up a bowling ball aso pposed to sitting and waiting for alice to show up (id k if she was invited versus billie who might take her)
Now, that one’s actually on Asma. She requested the friend with the gloves and leather jacket. No mention of any other traits.
That describes Sal basically perfectly with the limited info provided, and she’s much more of a friend to Dorothy and Joyce than Alice is, who they barely know. Why WOULDN’T they assume it was Sal?
She’s got Movie / TV Show cop energy.
Santiago from Brooklyn 99, Juliet from Psych, and Judy Hopps from Zootopia are exactly the kind of cop Dorothy would be.
Sadly, real cops tend not to measure up to that standard. Be a better world if they did.
I’m finding Asma relatable in this one. I’m not a Muslim, but I relate to Asma’s expressions and reactions to Dorothy and Joyce in this strip. They definitely have a lot to learn about many things.
The intensity of Asma’s withering stare in panel two could probably make plants wilt with a single glance. The sheer “plz stop” energy is palpable all the way here from past the fourth wall. Honestly impressive.
…I find myself imagining a cop trying to hook up by wearing a tshirt that says “fuck the police”, and I can’t decide whether or not he would be more or less successful
Both. It reads as Joyce, in a chipper tone, trying to lessen the irritation and badness of cops going through your stuff. “Hey, how are you?” “Well, I just got diagnosed with a terrible sickness.” “I was sick last year too~!”
Perhaps, but I also see it along the energy lines of “the doctor originally thought it was cancer but then it turned out to be not so serious” for Joyce personally, especially since they had been worried about the Amazi-girl stuff being found. Not that Asma would know the background on that.
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Slartibeast Button, BIA
Glad things are starting so well.
anon
honestly i’m surprised she picked up a bowling ball aso pposed to sitting and waiting for alice to show up (id k if she was invited versus billie who might take her)
NGPZ
aw GAWD ya can smell the secondhand embarrassment just WAFTING offa deez whitebread morons XD (-_-)
Dot
I take some measure of amusement in how Asma continues to mirror my own attitude towards these two
IntangibleMatter
There’s no way that them having invited the wrong person will make things worse. There’s no way, things will be fine.
Doctor_Who
Now, that one’s actually on Asma. She requested the friend with the gloves and leather jacket. No mention of any other traits.
That describes Sal basically perfectly with the limited info provided, and she’s much more of a friend to Dorothy and Joyce than Alice is, who they barely know. Why WOULDN’T they assume it was Sal?
Jo_cubstar
Wait she *didn’t* mean Sal?!
Shogo
Good. Now unhinge your jaw and swallow them whole for their insolence.
ADLegend21
I still don’t get the Dorothy is a cop energy. She’s like the most anti-cop white girl we’ve ever seen.
Doctor_Who
She’s got Movie / TV Show cop energy.
Santiago from Brooklyn 99, Juliet from Psych, and Judy Hopps from Zootopia are exactly the kind of cop Dorothy would be.
Sadly, real cops tend not to measure up to that standard. Be a better world if they did.
Jo_cubstar
This is sarcasm, right?
Dara
oh my gods she really is judy hopps isn’t she
i mean, in terms of cop energies
judy hopps. dang.
Dot
Her life’s ambition for most of the strip’s run was to be President of the United States of America
John Campbell
Yeah, it’s not cop energy. Tony has cop energy. Dorothy has Democratic establishment politician energy.
NGPZ
in other words a distinction without a difference (-_-)
Thag Simmons
Dorothy has big “Student Council President” vibes, which are in fact cop vibes.
Hastur
Dumbing of Age Book 16: Chronically Tonally Inappropriate
Dara
Honestly, Asma looks like half-amused in panel six. It’s just like, “wow, you really are just always like this. Wow.”
darkoneko
dont’ say that so happily, Joyce
Cameron Stone
Why did Asma agree to hang out with these two morons again?
NGPZ
she wanna hook up with Alice LOL, and thought she’d be meeting up with these dorks
Dot
She is humoring them because she thinks they will provide her with access to Alice.
Kyulen
I’m finding Asma relatable in this one. I’m not a Muslim, but I relate to Asma’s expressions and reactions to Dorothy and Joyce in this strip. They definitely have a lot to learn about many things.
Tequila Mockingbird
The intensity of Asma’s withering stare in panel two could probably make plants wilt with a single glance. The sheer “plz stop” energy is palpable all the way here from past the fourth wall. Honestly impressive.
Tequila Mockingbird
*panel 3
Leorale
lane 5
Ray Radlein
She’ll glare wherever she wants to glare! She’s a loose canon!
Qube
…I find myself imagining a cop trying to hook up by wearing a tshirt that says “fuck the police”, and I can’t decide whether or not he would be more or less successful
3oranges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsIBPTTqreM
Trip
So is it HOW Joyce says things more than what, specifically, she says? Very frequently I’ve seen people hating her for reasons I don’t understand.
I do understand SOME of the reasons, mind you.
Miroku2235
Both. It reads as Joyce, in a chipper tone, trying to lessen the irritation and badness of cops going through your stuff. “Hey, how are you?” “Well, I just got diagnosed with a terrible sickness.” “I was sick last year too~!”
Kimi
Perhaps, but I also see it along the energy lines of “the doctor originally thought it was cancer but then it turned out to be not so serious” for Joyce personally, especially since they had been worried about the Amazi-girl stuff being found. Not that Asma would know the background on that.
Fireprincesslily
I don’t know if it was supposed to come off like that, but I think I see Asma cracking a smile in that last panel.
Fail Earnhardt
When you put random party members together to find secret dialogue options
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