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Lyman Green

Whew is all I can think of to say

Giant Speck

He’s just standing there! Menacingly!

Smoochie

The thot plickens.

ScrimpArt

asher has appeared

Heatth

Still not clear what the injuries were, but nice to know there is not immediate danger.

Waifu Purplebutt

Willis I dunno if there was supposed to be a period between "will" and "constantly", but it seems like there was supposed to be, but it might have gotten fudged into the end of the final "L" from "will".

MrShoggoth

I’ve been worried for ages about what game Asher is playing, and this development isn’t helping

Jeremy AR

Everyone who guessed mob doctor gets a cookie. Also funny how people expected Asher to do something bad to Amber but he ended saving her.

Railway Series Book Club

i somehow wasn't on the Amazi-Girl/Sal ship train already, but now that Sal's leaping onto the grenade that is Asher's mob connections just for her sake, i'm convinced. these two need to get together and make out (and also forcefem Danny, for good measure)

Jeremy AR

In this day and agd it is the only way he can afford his toy collecting habits.

C

...Saving Amber's life was definitely important...but this might have longterm consequences.

Heatth

I feel like another "gay, but not for childhood friend" might be a bit too much. But, hey, I wouldn't complain!

Heatth

Also, this strip is all Amber, I am pretty sure, though I agree Sal is closer to Amazi-Girl overall

Harold

@Jeremy AR: But... at what cost? Sal may be indebted to Asher, but so is Amber - possibly even more so, since he knows she's Amazi-Girl (yes, they're different people but you know what I mean).

Sajuuk-Khar

Asher: “So how about that prick’s face when he saw the sucking stomach wound”

Harold

@QueenOfSodor: He's a good egg

Harold

St. AshWhere

Heatth

Yeah. Everything we have seem about Asher indicates he is trying his best to just be a nice normal guy. Since the timeskip he have been nothing but a big soft boy, to the point it is comical. But, like, clearly he still involved into seem bad shit. He might not have a choice on not being Bad News.

Railway Series Book Club

I mean, Sal turning out to be interested in short, round girls is probably better for Marcie's odds in the long run, she's just gotta play the long game and see if Sal reassesses her feelings at all

Fart Captor

And also Amber ends up joining the mob. Also it turns out the mob boss is just Galasso

Dahlia Rose

But he doesn't know. That's why Sal made sure she woke up as Amazi Girl there in the first panel. Unless I'm forgetting a time in the past when he learned.

Maude Reads Things

@ Willis - I mean, if you want to give us Sal/Marcie to balance the 'not into childhood friend' scales, *I* won't complain. And it's not LGBTQ but this is also tickling my 'toxic Sal/Asher' ship needs.

Kelly (they-them)

Mm, feel like Asher and Sal are even now. He called the cops on her. Sure, she forgave him for that, but I feel she was owed a "Get Mob Medical Care for Free" card. Plus - not that Sal knows - Asher had a role in the kidnapping debacle last semester. Asher knows what he did and should give a freebie to those kidnapped and their twin sisters

Maude Reads Things

Ooooh, yay, more Sal/Asher interactions promised in the future, I'm hoping! *Squee* Amber, take it easy for a while

Harold

@Kelly (they-them): He's already given a bunch of freebies to Ethan

shiftdruid

WELCOME TO THE CRIMINAL ELEMENT, AMBER

Kelly (they-them)

I hope Amazi-Girl will be okay. Like, their (her and Amber's) body will heal, but this is another trauma for the books. I'm worried we won't see AG emerge for awhile. Edit: When I say "emerge" I mean, take control of the meat vehicle

Heatth

Sure, Amber will take easy. But will Amazi-Girl? I am surprised she is not the one here, btw.

Harold

Asher saw the Amazi-Girl suit hanging in Amber's closet this past Wednesday (in comic time), the morning after the party, when he and Ethan crashed in her room. He knows.

Kelly (they-them)

Does Asher know she's Amazi-Girl? How does Asher know she's AG? I don't think helping out now necessarily means he knows the secret. I forget if he found out before

Heatth

Yeah. I think what Ashers say tomorrow will be pretty revealing about his character.

Shane Wegner

Did the doc keep some blood for DNA evidence? Or maybe fewer records are best records.

HenryVolt

You see that? Asher can use his mob connections to save lives to.

Sajuuk-Khar

A mob doc who is not incredibly secretive about a blood sample stash is not a mob doc who lives a long time, I wager

Heatth

It just occurred to me Amazi-Girl might get really mad about this. It is one thing to be more flexible with laws and sense of justice, such as being open to punch cops or ignore minor crimes. But it is a whole other thing to actually deal with organized crime. The worst case scenario is the mob using this incident as leverage over Amazi-Girl for whatever. Like, even if Asher wants to play nice, no guarantee he will be able to stop his grandfather or whoever.

GundamBradley

I suspected Asher was going to come back into the picture, like it'd been foreshadowed. It's just going to be interesting to see where we go from here. Also, if we ever find out what level of involvement he had in Blaine's death, if it was his call or if he was merely just informed when the deed had been done. After all, Blaine had become an enormous liability, so the Korean mob was going to almost certainly tie up that loose end. It's just a matter of just how involved Asher still is, versus his claim that he's out.

Kelly (they-them)

@Harold More like freebiejees (free BJs) @Heatth I hadn't thought about that before, but I agree. We've seen from the Social Climbing Brunch with Broclone Walky that Asher has quite the goofy side. That aside, there's a little of narrative evidence to be suspicious of Asher. It's hard to tell what kind of moral code he had Edit: oh yeah! He's also with Ethan. Forgot about that

Jay

ASHER! I missed him.

Gale Tazzin

i like how Sal is specifically like "i wanna deal with my friend right now, not my mortal frenemy"

Kelly (they-them)

I forgot about that! Good catch, Harold, good catch

Anna Phylaxis

It's hard to stop being involved in bad shit when the bad shit is "your whole family."

Samel da Camel

Also, because Sal doesn't want Asher (she doesn't know he knows) and Mob Doctor to find out AG is Amber

Rosalie Biittner

I suppose it would be LGBTQ since Asher seems bi/queer?

5099 5618 v2.0

Hey, just got out of "Bad Guys 2". What'd I miss?

Dan Rabin

At the explicit level in this strip, Sal owes Asher. Amazi-Girl may likely owe Sal. But it's not clear how far the chain of debt extends or how much it attenuates at each step.

Dan Rabin

Also, the comic has long investigated constraints on whether a Batman-style costumed vigilante can continue on in the comic's world, which is closely modeled on, but not identical to, our reality.

Dan Rabin

Do you mean "visible, costumed, public Amazi-Girl", or "the Amazi-Girl persona within the shared body", or both? After the October Incident public A-G had been inactive when seen again in January, but the persona was on the roller derby team.

Dan Rabin

She may have taken over when the voice changed during this strip, though Amber has been known to do the voice when A-G wasn't driving.

Dan Rabin

Kelly: good point, and it probably matters. Sal has a strong moral sense.

Dan Rabin

Sal cited comfort as a factor in getting together with Danny, and this situation is uncomfortable.

Dan Rabin

Harold: Yes, he knows, but IIRC there's no evidence that anyone else *knows* he knows. He strikes me as capable of discretion.

Irene Knapp

what I've been wondering for some time is how the mob feels about Amazi-Girl, and how that might change as people's everyday lives become more violent due to the escalating political tension. several characters have connections to powerful factions that have remained off-screen because that's not the focus of the comic... but perhaps now it will be more relevant?

Onyx

Ahhh this makes perfect sense now.

Onyx

Also, Sal may owe Asher for this, but Asher owed Sal for calling the cops on her, so the debt may not be that deep

5099 5618 v2.0

@GianrPredatoryMollusk ...in the mob hospital? In the (rather spacious) kitchen that serves as a mob OR? (It is a pretty nice kitchen, now that I think about it...)

5099 5618 v2.0

@Harold Free snowglobes with every procedure!

Ray Fay

Blaine had also(indirectly?) made Asher an accessory to kidnapping at IU, which would have likely resulted in him getting expelled, even without factoring in possible criminal charges.

Ray Fay

What possible motivation would he have for that? Also, someone could absolutely figure out who Amazi-girl is if they wanted to. Asher figured it out just by knowing Blaine was her father and seeing her very publicly doing parkour and shit.

Ray Fay

The doctor(?) said he gave her some sort of anesthetic, so Amber is probably pretty loopy right now. I wouldn't be surprised if she doesn't really feel like either versions of her self tbh

Astariel

Didn't he see the costume in Amber's closet after the party?

Astariel

It looks like the Amber cheek blushes are there for the whole strip, but I guess we'll see for sure from the tags tomorrow.

Ray Fay

I feel it's most likely he's gonna end up being blackmailed or strong-armed into giving up some info about AG at some point. I don't see him screwing her over of his own volition.

Sajuuk-Khar

I am extremely curious to see if this leads to meeting Grandpa Park, possibly even to meeting Dargon Chesterfield (A version of Dargon Chesterfield who gets actual screen time and a speaking role would be a delight and a half. A special present, from Willis to me.)

Maude Reads Things

@ Dan - the voice isn't the tell, the blush on her face is. Amber has it, AG doesn't. She has it right now

Maude Reads Things

Yeah, but what's canon taste in partners got to do with shipping? Sometimes I just want my girl to have a 'probably toxic but seeing what happens' romance with her boyfriend who juuuuust happens to be half-out of the Korean mob. If I want wholesome that's what I ship her with Danny, Tony, Carla and Marcie for.

Jasmijn Wellner

Asher? I don't know how to feel about this...

Andrew

“Also he used some sort of horse tranq? Ah’m sure it’ll be fine”

Acebender

oh boy, here come the mob connections

Naff

Sal is not beating the sidekick allegations.

Albi

Eeeeeey !

GundamBradley

Oh, for sure, I am not suggesting Asher didn't also have motive. I am more just saying that Blaine wasn't likely narrowing the field with how much attention he risked bringing the mob should the connection get exposed due to his outlandish plan.

Brian Danger Hicks

I assume Asher is doing this out of the kindness of his heart because as Ethan's new boyfriend he cares about Amazi-girl by proxy. (I do not actually assume this.)

tifani

Well well well if it isn’t the one more person I ship with Sal. Asher/Sal/Danny/Ethan is the other dream polycule. The cool kids version I guess we could call it. Amber/Amazigirl/Sal could be the bridge between both. This would also open up the door to a Danny/Amazigirl reunion. Danny/Sal/Amazigirl threesome? So many scars from the past could be healed with that one.

tifani

This is how I view the current state of things: Sal wants to fuck Asher so bad and she’s so mad about it. Asher also wants to fuck Sal but in a very chill about it way. Danny has given up all hope on the possibility of fucking Ethan but can’t breathe when he feels Ethan’s eyes on him and Ethan I think is still fully into Danny but is having more fun psychologically torturing him because he’s still pissed about the Mike thing but if these two moved past it they’d be all Dorothy/Joyce about each other. Ethan/Asher are in love but pretending it’s just for fun. Sal/Danny are solid.

zee

Tbh I'm still just waiting for her to take on a real name. Mazi is cute

tifani

Is it a good sign that Amber and Amazigirl can switch this easily? Like the personalities are in communication and it’s a step toward integration? I say this with full disclosure that most of my knowledge on dissociative identity disorder comes from the United States of Tara and google but it seems to me like they’re a)communicating and b) cohabitating peacefully and Amber doesn’t have to be in severe distress to switch. She is pretty sedated right now though so might make it easier.

Railway Series Book Club

the Amber cheek blushes are still there, so it seems like Amber's doing the Amazi-Voice for the sake of keeping her cover (as has happened in the past)

tifani

Oh, ok

Dan Rabin

This is yet another extremely effective strip composed of nearly-identical panels. When a sequence of panels are almost the same, the small modulations of details pop out: in this case, Sal and Amber's facial expressions, and the color of Amber's speech balloons. Against this setup of near-repetition, Asher's appearance, and the widening of the frame needed to accommodate it, put a nice punch behind the photobomb effect. It's new information, too—however widely guessed by commenters. For comparison, note how the unused Joyce-Dorothy strip also uses the near-repetition technique, with slight movements of their hands moving closer, gazes moving toward each other, and final kiss—but it's a gentle, confirming last panel, whose lack of border continues us into the night (along with the darkening of the illumination from the screen when Joyce's arm closes the laptop).

Irene Knapp

hi! we're plural not every plural system wants integration (honestly, we don't have a single friend who does...), but strong in-system communication is super useful and definitely a good sign for their future happiness. it indicates they're working together and like each other and have practiced the necessary skillset.

Amós Batista

Well, one-year buffer can be almost impossible for an author that works alone. Willis has to use some tricks. You're right, it's very effective.

Irene Knapp

though, uh, what QueenOfSodor said :)

Amós Batista

Another "cheating" situation? Great, one more battle we have to endure against the Relationship Paladins.

Amós Batista

AG is turning back to the Smudging Goblin mode. Yeah, they're fine.

tifani

Where in this did I say I wanted cheating?