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That is one of my top three favorite Mike moments.
The link, I mean.
Today’s comic might rank in the top 20 favorite Mike moments though.
Also… am I mistaken, or is this the first time this ship has launched in the Dumbverse?
It’s launched a few times in the comments section, but this is the first time it’s appeared in the comic, so consider this the official launching ceremony.
Maybe Mike strictly adheres to the Golden Rule (not the one about the one with the gold making the rules, the other one), and then what is the difference between a sadist and a masochist anyway.
From a psychological standpoint, many people who are emotionally masochistic will act horribly to the world, hoping to spur on the kind of response they enjoy most. Usually, once they find someone specific to ‘satisfy’ their desires, they knock it off. Wonder what it’s gonna be with this guy.
really? that was exactly how i expected it to go down, so to speak. pointing out the weak spots in people’s so-called moral high-grounds is basically how he rolls.
Yeah, Mike’s ability to use (occasionally hilarious) armor-piercing questions and comments is really his best quality. Otherwise he would just be an unrepentant asshole saying asshole-ish things while living a desperate existence in a make-believe world with people he barely knows and doesn’t care about.
…holy shit, Mike is the comment section. He’s our avatar!
It could be that they’re just roommates, you know. People who share a room. And nothing else.
I realize that years spent on the internet may have conditioned you (speaking in the general) to assume that everyone who appears together in a scene are either sleeping together or want to, but astonishingly, this is not always the case in real life.
Finally, someone reacts the way I’ve been wanting them to react to this nonsense. She’s lucky he didn’t yell her name and reveal her identity to everyone.
Now, we’ve had Malaya, Ken and Arnold. so the question on everyone’s mind; how long until we get DoA Fuckface?
I’m just wondering when/if Lucy shows up. She’s the only major SP! character not to appear yet, and I haven’t seen her in any of the sneak-peak panels posted on Willis’s tumblrs, either (saw Ken and Arnold weeks ago).
Well, Willis did say that his next Slipshine would be from the Dumbverse. A way, perhaps, to both have his proverbial cake and eat it as well? And by cake I mean !@&$.
I say that Mike knew perfectly well what Sal was doing with Jason, and denied it so they wouldn’t stop doing it. Not for altruistic reasons, of course; the payoff would be their embarrassment when they inevitably learn that everyone knew their carefully kept shameful (for different reasons each) dirtly little secret, amplified by how nobody even gave a fuck.
I’ve heard that information necessary to identify these adds include the advertisement image and the website it leads to. I’m guessing the “app store” (not sure which device) doesn’t give you the URL though.
Haven’t had that happen on DoA or Willis’ other comics, but I have had it happen (just this morning) on Magick Chicks. Just closed the App Store too quickly to see which ad it may have been.
If you’re using a browser with a debug or logging console opening that and visiting the page to replicate it helps. It’s how I found out that certain ads on other sites were opening a page that tried to install scareware a few months ago.
just picturing ruth seeing them, muttering “whatever” and stepping over them to get into the room so she can talk to billie. or stare moodily at her. either or.
i initially misread it as “kinda turned on right now, aren’t you?” i’m glad that’s not what it actually said, though. this way they’re on an even footing.
…sort of, i mean she tackled him, so there’s that.
Wait wait I don’t think Amazigirl would do Mike. Or Amber. Either persona would not do Mike. Because uh…isn’t she dating Danny? Isn’t that still a thing? I mean I might’ve missed something that would indicate that they weren’t. But I don’t think AmaziAmber would cheat on Danny. Turned on and sexually attracted sure! But actually fucking? No.
not to mention they were friends in high school. if they were going to hook up it probably would have happened by now. although she was dating ethan, and we have no idea when mike came into the equation (hurr hurr)….
Do we know they won’t, though?
Personally, I’m hoping they don’t, but still enjoying the parallel as you are – even though DoA is the only Willis comic I’ve read in its entirety.
I think most of the permanent relationships from other universes won’t be here – they might get explored, but chances are it’ll probably deviate from the other universal norm.
what if billie did the dicks with the express purpose of having amazigirl go after mike? like in a weird sort of.. i want to make something happen around here sort of way?
I like Mike. Mike is cool. Where isn’t there more stories that are centered around Mike?
I don’t understand why readers always say Mike is an asshole. He’s not. He’s a voice of reason. A wake up call. I relate to Mike. (aside from the random punching)
It’s like Lucy in Peanuts. People always say she’s a bongo. But she really isn’t. She’s Charlie Brown’s staunchest ally. She wants to protect him from this evil world he’s too nice to fully understand.
Do you count him punching Joe in the face as random or would those be the reasonable punches?
Sexual harassment of Joyce, crashing Gender Studies class and acting like a dick towards Walky and Billie in a vulnerable moment just a few strips ago comes to mind. Mike is an asshole.
See, I don’t agree. I don’t remember the harassment thing. In the gender studies chapter, his intervention, while quite blunt, really helped Walky and Dorothy to understand each other a bit more, and, dare I say, helped their relationship get much better.
And he wasn’t being a dick toward walky and billie. That was his way of saying “dude she’s your friend man up and deal with it”.
He sure is blunt as hell and comes out as quite mean spirited. But he’s not acting that way for the sole purpose of being a dick.
At least, it’s my interpretation of the character. And I really like him.
(Granted, I have no previous experience of his Shortpacked! self. Maybe that would make him see him differently.)
I’ll keep seeing Mike that way, until Willis himself comes and tells me outright : “Dez, you’re reading way too much into it. Mike is just an asshole.”
I certainly agree with you that you can read Mike as you like. Also, I can see how people like Mike as a character rather than a person – he makes cool stories happens.
But for me I have a hard time seeing him as something else than a bully.
With Walky and Billie he could have offered sympathy, or he could just have slipped out and left them alone. OR he could stayed to take a few cheap shots at them, downright refuse to help even when Walky asks him to and then leave. Mike went with the third option. How is that helping anyone? How is that something else than being a dick?
I’m not sure what the difference would be between coming out as mean spirited and being mean spirited, at least from the point of view of the recipient.
I don’t think Mike is /just/ an asshole. He has more going on definitely, but that doesn’t make him any less of an asshole and implying otherwise is just wishful thinking in my opinion.
Mike is an asshole. Even he identifies as an asshole. He just manages to be helpful in the most dickish ways possible. In every case he’s helped there were better ways of doing so, he chose to do things the asshole way, because that’s just who he is.
He’s an annoying douchebag long overdue for an unpleasant comeuppance and his absence from DOA is one of my fave things about it re > Shortpacked
That “He just tell it like it is” is such bullshit. Whether or not he’s doing it (And sometimes he’s just being an ass) it doesn’t need to be expressed in such a dickish way. Worse he never suffers for it. When other characters are dicks people talk smack back.
Whoawhoawhoa. You mean /this/ Mike is the same Mike from S*P that was a constant douche to everyone and the reason why I constantly tell my boyfriend to implement Redneck Trees in his campaigns? Or am I completely off base, which would not surprise me because I am /really/ fucking confused right now.
I’ve re-read the archives several times and I have ONLY NOW realised exactly what Mike said in the last panel. I always thought he was saying “kinda turned on right now, aren’t you?”, assuming something about AG, rather than commenting on himself. I prefer the actual line.
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Dammit Mike.
Joke’s on Amazi-Girl! Mike is actually short for Micron.
Like, the type of pen used to draw dicks.
Except they’re too thin and the joke doesn’t work.
[dammit]
Guess we’ll add Public Display of affection to that list.
You would getting punched in the face count as getting to second base for Mike?
No, punching is first base. Groin kicks are second. Sex with you is third. Sex with your gay friend to drive a wedge between you is a home run.
Sex with your mom is mere flirting.
Mike is a masochist? He’s always seemed like the sadistic one to me.
http://www.shortpacked.com/index.php?id=1167
I stand corrected.
That is one of my top three favorite Mike moments.
The link, I mean.
Today’s comic might rank in the top 20 favorite Mike moments though.
Also… am I mistaken, or is this the first time this ship has launched in the Dumbverse?
Pretty sure it is.
It’s the first time I’ve noticed it. I like Mike. I don’t know why, I’m an extremely passive person that prefers to be nice.
Just something hawt about Mike.
(This is also one of my favourite ships in Walkyverses)
It’s launched a few times in the comments section, but this is the first time it’s appeared in the comic, so consider this the official launching ceremony.
Our language is pain and pain is a two lane street.
Nah, it’s gotta be something big enough to have a carpool lane.
Well, it COULD be both… or his entire plan in antagonizing and being an asshole to people is that they’ll punch him
Maybe Mike strictly adheres to the Golden Rule (not the one about the one with the gold making the rules, the other one), and then what is the difference between a sadist and a masochist anyway.
In short, sadists like hurting people, masochists like being hurt.
I meant: What is the difference if you treat others the way you want to be treated.
From a psychological standpoint, many people who are emotionally masochistic will act horribly to the world, hoping to spur on the kind of response they enjoy most. Usually, once they find someone specific to ‘satisfy’ their desires, they knock it off. Wonder what it’s gonna be with this guy.
Why can’t he be both?
Since when is PDA illegal.
The universe is sending a message. Through hormones.
Has Amazi-Girl found a use for her Amazi-Condoms?
To late, Dorothy and Walky used them all.
Too bad Walky already used them. She hasn’t had enough time to go buy more, what with beating up her father and being exposed by the press and whatnot
thats how you do it mike
You’ve an unnecessary word in that sentence.
Took me a second. Bravo.
Maaaaan, I feel slow for not figuring out what you meant at first. 5/5 a++ would read again
Only justice moistens her loins!
Unsurprisingly, there’s a subreddit for just that.
Lawful Lady Boners!
That position is… quite interesting.
The inverted cowgirl?
there’s a reason amazigirl’s arm is blocking ken’s crotch in panel 3, i’m sure
Because is ALSO turn on by Justice!
Because Ken*
(arrgh! typos!)
that was not quite how i expected mike to handle this
really? that was exactly how i expected it to go down, so to speak. pointing out the weak spots in people’s so-called moral high-grounds is basically how he rolls.
Yeah, Mike’s ability to use (occasionally hilarious) armor-piercing questions and comments is really his best quality. Otherwise he would just be an unrepentant asshole saying asshole-ish things while living a desperate existence in a make-believe world with people he barely knows and doesn’t care about.
…holy shit, Mike is the comment section. He’s our avatar!
He´s the hero we deserve, but Amazi-girl is the one we need right now.
Personally I could do without Captain Crazy.
I couldn’t. I’d have nobody to relate to!
I bet Mike immediately knew that it was Amber and decided to unsettle her.
Welcome to the club Mike.
There it is!
Ken!
That’s kinda scary……RUN AMAZI-GIRL!
Hey, it’s Arnold and Blanka!
No, that’s not right. It’s Chun-Li, isn’t it?
Sol Badguy?
So they’re banging now? I thought sexuality didn’t change between universes!
We know Ken likes women, but we don’t necessarily know he doesn’t like guys?
It could be that they’re just roommates, you know. People who share a room. And nothing else.
I realize that years spent on the internet may have conditioned you (speaking in the general) to assume that everyone who appears together in a scene are either sleeping together or want to, but astonishingly, this is not always the case in real life.
But Willis clearly says it’s a ship tease! Has Willis ever lied to or mislead us?
That is not the ship tease, Willis.
“Would you ship me? I’d ship me so hard!”
I rather have that ship get BOMBED pearl harbor style than see happen again.
Finally, someone reacts the way I’ve been wanting them to react to this nonsense. She’s lucky he didn’t yell her name and reveal her identity to everyone.
Now, we’ve had Malaya, Ken and Arnold. so the question on everyone’s mind; how long until we get DoA Fuckface?
In a dorm? Probably a long while, no matter how clean iguanas are.
He wasn’t supposed to be in the toystore either.
I’m just wondering when/if Lucy shows up. She’s the only major SP! character not to appear yet, and I haven’t seen her in any of the sneak-peak panels posted on Willis’s tumblrs, either (saw Ken and Arnold weeks ago).
We probably won’t be seeing glimpses of her until after Shortpacked ends.
Cough cough Ninja Rick cough cough
And then they baaaaaaaaang.
What? Kiss? No no no. We’re jumping right to the banging here, folks.
What about Danny?
He’s got Sal, now. Or soon. Though that makes my head spin.
Sex with Sal will be making Danny’s head spin too.
The parallel universe chemistry is strong with these two
I have a feeling that this will devolve into passionate hate – sex in the middle of the hallway.
A most epic of hate fucks if you will.
Well, Willis did say that his next Slipshine would be from the Dumbverse. A way, perhaps, to both have his proverbial cake and eat it as well? And by cake I mean !@&$.
Your post was garbled towards the end. Astonishing it managed to complete at all.
He already did a Mike/Amber porn comic. Doing another so soon would be a bad idea.
Stop teasing. Damn.
Man, I ship all of that.
I mean, I’d go more for a Lucy-Ken-Arnold poly thing, but that’s just me being weird.
I find myself oddly intrigued by your ideas.
Maybe with a little Carla added in for variety.
Oh, yeah, baby. Quote regs at me.
Mike totally knows it’s Amber doesn’t he. You can just tell.
Mike knows all, including your mom.
He interogated her mom for a nickle to obtain that info…and by interogated i mean [insert favorite dirty thought here].
Mike knows your mom in the biblical sense.
If he can figure out that Sal had sex with Jason than I would be surprised if he couldn’t figure this out.
Not even mike claims to have figured out that Sal and Jason nailed.
Mike has been known to fudge facts before.
I say that Mike knew perfectly well what Sal was doing with Jason, and denied it so they wouldn’t stop doing it. Not for altruistic reasons, of course; the payoff would be their embarrassment when they inevitably learn that everyone knew their carefully kept shameful (for different reasons each) dirtly little secret, amplified by how nobody even gave a fuck.
Of course I am probably wrong.
God dammit enough with the ads that open the App Store! AUGH!
it would be helpful if you could provide information on ads that are doing dumb things if you are getting ads that are doing dumb things
I’ve heard that information necessary to identify these adds include the advertisement image and the website it leads to. I’m guessing the “app store” (not sure which device) doesn’t give you the URL though.
Haven’t had that happen on DoA or Willis’ other comics, but I have had it happen (just this morning) on Magick Chicks. Just closed the App Store too quickly to see which ad it may have been.
If you’re using a browser with a debug or logging console opening that and visiting the page to replicate it helps. It’s how I found out that certain ads on other sites were opening a page that tried to install scareware a few months ago.
Yay, more new faces in familiar places!
Oh, Mike. Never change.
Only when he’s drunk.
And thwre is nothing more wrong than a hammered Mike.
drunk Mike is just plain creepy
Has he gotten drunk yet in this universe?
I don’t think so, but it’s only a matter of time.
Everyone wants to see it, so he will probably never do it. Mike’s assholery extends beyond the fourth wall!
Not yet.
It took years and years before it was ever brought up in SP!
He is underage…not that I’d expect that to stop him.
But then his clothes would be all funky.
Mmm yes there is my OTP
Which pair?
Ken/Trapper Keeper
<3 I love Mike and Amber and I would never hate this ship teasing
Mike and Amber are going to pound each other in the most epic of hatefucks in this universe too, aren’t they?
I think she’s just gonna pound him.
Its destiny. Might as well get it over with right there and then instead of dragging it out.
But will Mike charge her a nickel for the ride?
I like both these character’s but I hate the idea of them being together in this universe don’t know.
MaAPEOitMEoH!!!
what
Mike and Amber Pound Each Other in the Most Epic of Hatefucks
ah, thank you, i thought googer was speaking in tongues or something.
much like mike spoke to your mom’s tongue last night, etc
He would be.
And so it begins…
The most epic of hate fucks has begun to take place! Quickly, we need an old priest, and a young priest.
Kinky
And a rabbi.
Arnold! Arnold! Arnold!
Amber is Tyrael!
[checks]
I’ve got wood.
I’ll gladly trade you some wool for it.
I’ll trade you one stone and a brick. (yay Catan!)
For sheep!
This page has “RED HERRING” written all over it. Except for that one spot where Ken and Arnold are standing.
Unless Ken winds up with Ethan.
You know you want to see it, folks.
just picturing ruth seeing them, muttering “whatever” and stepping over them to get into the room so she can talk to billie. or stare moodily at her. either or.
Good, now he’s too busy to screw up Ruth’s talk with Billy.
You underestimate Mike.
I’d ship ’em like Batman and Catwoman.
Wow, he actually looks kind of surprised in the second panel
Mike’s acting as I would expect him to – sexualize everything.
Amazi-Girl/Amber? Unexpected – but then I’m not exactly looking to connect Shortpacked to DoA.
What if… In this universe, Mike pursues *her*! He could even blackmail her into dating him, get a little universe karma.
I love any possible way they might end up together! I so missed this ship . . .
So Mike is going to be a lawyer. That is disturbingly apt.
He would just walk into the courtroom and bait the other lawyer until they had a breakdown.
Would a Lawsome joke be out of line here?
Okay, that’s fantastic. I love his surprise. “Did Amber just tackle me and turn me on? What the hell is this shit?”
i initially misread it as “kinda turned on right now, aren’t you?” i’m glad that’s not what it actually said, though. this way they’re on an even footing.
…sort of, i mean she tackled him, so there’s that.
Well. Right then, that I didn’t see coming, though I really should have.
Indeed! This is exactly how Mike reacts to every situation…any way that you do not expect him to act.
And yeah, she probably did turn him on. And she is not immune either.
C-c-c-combo breaker!
Wait wait I don’t think Amazigirl would do Mike. Or Amber. Either persona would not do Mike. Because uh…isn’t she dating Danny? Isn’t that still a thing? I mean I might’ve missed something that would indicate that they weren’t. But I don’t think AmaziAmber would cheat on Danny. Turned on and sexually attracted sure! But actually fucking? No.
not to mention they were friends in high school. if they were going to hook up it probably would have happened by now. although she was dating ethan, and we have no idea when mike came into the equation (hurr hurr)….
They’re kindasorta broken up. At least Danny seems to think so.
I identify with Amber. I too am turned on by abstract concepts depicted with blindfolds and scales.
So, uh…
You doing anything Friday?
Gravatar makes this even funnier.
Actual things from reality bite brute-force superheroes in the butt.
It might be worth noting that Mike and Amber know each other from high school. Just saying.
I kind of love that even though they won’t be together in this universe, Amber and Mike still feel that weird attraction to each other even here.
Do we know they won’t, though?
Personally, I’m hoping they don’t, but still enjoying the parallel as you are – even though DoA is the only Willis comic I’ve read in its entirety.
I think most of the permanent relationships from other universes won’t be here – they might get explored, but chances are it’ll probably deviate from the other universal norm.
what if billie did the dicks with the express purpose of having amazigirl go after mike? like in a weird sort of.. i want to make something happen around here sort of way?
Why would Billie care?
That position is not good to be in for Mike while turned on. Could chap the willy, if you catch my drift.
Knowing Mike, the chafing could be part of the attraction.
You’re right – Willis might get upset.
Alt-Text is Best Alt-Text.
Wait, doesn’t Mike know who she is?
Danny VS Mike for Amber’s heart! I can only see one of them as willing to play the sidekick, Amazi-Boy…
But i am already established as the side-kick!
No, you’re the kick-stand.
Okay I know DoA isn’t going to go There as far as Amber/Mike because their characters are so different than in Shortpacked! but seriously otp
It was bound to happen eventually XD I am glad is now XD
Y’know I’m starting to think Joyce drew the penises
You can’t see it behind Amzi-Girl’s hand, but Ken and Arnold are actually walking down the hall with their arms linked. Ship has indeed set sail.
When will they make out?
They should make out!
Ken and Arnold, MAKE OUT NOW!!!
They need Lucy to appear first so she can use her ‘now kiss’ magic on them.
We know it will happen. Oh, my OTP will never fail. That and Mike and Amber. XD
(Although they are my actual OTP)
I like Mike. Mike is cool. Where isn’t there more stories that are centered around Mike?
I don’t understand why readers always say Mike is an asshole. He’s not. He’s a voice of reason. A wake up call. I relate to Mike. (aside from the random punching)
It’s like Lucy in Peanuts. People always say she’s a bongo. But she really isn’t. She’s Charlie Brown’s staunchest ally. She wants to protect him from this evil world he’s too nice to fully understand.
Do you count him punching Joe in the face as random or would those be the reasonable punches?
Sexual harassment of Joyce, crashing Gender Studies class and acting like a dick towards Walky and Billie in a vulnerable moment just a few strips ago comes to mind. Mike is an asshole.
See, I don’t agree. I don’t remember the harassment thing. In the gender studies chapter, his intervention, while quite blunt, really helped Walky and Dorothy to understand each other a bit more, and, dare I say, helped their relationship get much better.
And he wasn’t being a dick toward walky and billie. That was his way of saying “dude she’s your friend man up and deal with it”.
He sure is blunt as hell and comes out as quite mean spirited. But he’s not acting that way for the sole purpose of being a dick.
At least, it’s my interpretation of the character. And I really like him.
(Granted, I have no previous experience of his Shortpacked! self. Maybe that would make him see him differently.)
I’ll keep seeing Mike that way, until Willis himself comes and tells me outright : “Dez, you’re reading way too much into it. Mike is just an asshole.”
I certainly agree with you that you can read Mike as you like. Also, I can see how people like Mike as a character rather than a person – he makes cool stories happens.
But for me I have a hard time seeing him as something else than a bully.
With Walky and Billie he could have offered sympathy, or he could just have slipped out and left them alone. OR he could stayed to take a few cheap shots at them, downright refuse to help even when Walky asks him to and then leave. Mike went with the third option. How is that helping anyone? How is that something else than being a dick?
I’m not sure what the difference would be between coming out as mean spirited and being mean spirited, at least from the point of view of the recipient.
I don’t think Mike is /just/ an asshole. He has more going on definitely, but that doesn’t make him any less of an asshole and implying otherwise is just wishful thinking in my opinion.
That’s the same way I saw Mike when I started reading DoA. Still do see him that way, so long as I discount his alter egos in the other comics.
Mike is an asshole. Even he identifies as an asshole. He just manages to be helpful in the most dickish ways possible. In every case he’s helped there were better ways of doing so, he chose to do things the asshole way, because that’s just who he is.
He’s an annoying douchebag long overdue for an unpleasant comeuppance and his absence from DOA is one of my fave things about it re > Shortpacked
That “He just tell it like it is” is such bullshit. Whether or not he’s doing it (And sometimes he’s just being an ass) it doesn’t need to be expressed in such a dickish way. Worse he never suffers for it. When other characters are dicks people talk smack back.
He’s a lame bully.
When do we get to see Mike in a cat suit?
Squeee! Thank you, Willis, for this awesome Amber & Mike moment!
dammit! getting the cross-series doki-dokis over here
Excellent onomatopoeia
Hovertext wins the internet.
JUSTICE!
this is SO ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUSLY HOT. oof
Amazi-girl uses Intimidate on Mike! It… goes as well as you’d expect XD
…Aaaaaannnnnd Slipshine.
What is up with Amazigirl’s teeth?
Whoawhoawhoa. You mean /this/ Mike is the same Mike from S*P that was a constant douche to everyone and the reason why I constantly tell my boyfriend to implement Redneck Trees in his campaigns? Or am I completely off base, which would not surprise me because I am /really/ fucking confused right now.
Shortpacked!, not Something*Positive.
I could have sworn the art and characters were the same.
The two comics are exactly the same, except for the art, coloring, dialog, characters, plot, tone, theme, setting, universe, artist, title and URL.
In my headcanon, Amber is wearing a strap-on right now.
Just noticed that the sound effect is blue and yellow. Cool.
Also, I think the penultimate panel here is the first time I’ve ever believed that Mike’s hair was a thing that could happen.
YES! YES! YOU KNOW YOU ARE MEANT TO BE DON’T FIGHT IT! (or… fight it, whatever’s hotter for you)
Ship in a very small dingy
STOP RIGHT THERE CRIMINAL SCUM!
JUSTICE BONER MOTHER TRUCKER!!!
Well, I don’t HATE him either, but I dislike him. He’s probably my least favorite of the often occurring characters.
Well, that comment landed in the wrong place.
K, I can’t help but ship this incarnation of these two. Much less creepy than the Shortpacked! version.
Hang on, does Mike know that Amber’s Amazi-Girl as well, or was it just Ethan that she told?
Sorry Mike, but those only apply to law enforcement officers, Amazi-girl is a vigilante.
I’ve re-read the archives several times and I have ONLY NOW realised exactly what Mike said in the last panel. I always thought he was saying “kinda turned on right now, aren’t you?”, assuming something about AG, rather than commenting on himself. I prefer the actual line.