I said it on the previous page too! The girl is buff and blonde, like it was in Futurama. I’m fairly sure, this is either an intentional reference by Tim, or a subconscious one.
Stef
22 days ago
Weird conversation. And why did she assume his best friend is a woman?
Absolutely agree with the red flags.
She’s so absolutely full of red flags. Constantly interrupting him and putting herself above him (“I’ll go easy on you”, “I could just carry you around”)
I think Tim is showing how some men sometimes act in such situations (interrupting, patronising, assuming business partner is male (and in charge) etc..)
I’m sorry for whatever you went through. Virtual hugs buddy.
And not to get too dark, but even in the context of the comic’s lore, Ethan has already mentioned that his “respawning” doesn’t take away all the pain he goes through. So as much as we joke about “death by snu snu”, abusive partners are hell on earth.
As someone who has been very deeply affected by someone with tons of red flags that I missed or ignored… I hear you. Quite frankly, Tim’s nailed the narc dialogue.
Probably both knowing Ethan’s luck. He’ll have good luck in that he gets laid and he has a crazy good time with her, but he’ll have bad luck in that she’ll turn out to be completely crazy when she can’t control him.
Note, you said a few red flags, this is more than a few and they are pretty big flags as well. Sure, you can have your fun but expect in the future to get some trouble from a psychotic ex that is going to cause problems for you.
Oh good, I wasn’t the only one to get who this person is.
Lily
22 days ago
This is just gender stereotypes flipped. If a taller guy ordered for a woman, assumed she had a male friend helping her run the store, assumed she wasn’t good at games, and flirted shamelessly with her, a lot of people wouldn’t be bothered.
Pretty sure it would evoke an even stronger reaction here, with only a few not seeing the problem. I think it would feel even more dangerous for a man trying to dominate a woman, and people would be weirded out by the woman liking the “pick you up and carry you around” line in the last panel, screaming for her to run to safety.
All the red flags she’s showing are also red flags from men. The gender doesn’t matter for this behavior. I understand that society has a different view, on average, though.
You’re probably right but that kinda makes it boring then. Like the majority of men already understand this isn’t acceptable behavior, and the only ones that don’t aren’t gonna care anyway. So we’re just being taught a lesson we really didn’t need to learn.
Big difference between assertive and controlling. I’m a guy who does stuff like order for someone, on occasion, if there’s a reason and I know them well enough. “Hey, I know this place pretty well. You mind if I order for us?”
To do it for a date you literally only said hello to so far is bad. If I saw a female friend or relative on a first date getting treated like this, it would raise a shitload of red flags.
Right, but the fact you ask, shows you care.
I kind of did this once to a friend where we went to a restaurant and told him, “I know already what you going to order anyway, but you can take a look at the menu”.
Same vibes, but a person you literally just met and going like this is a big #FF0000 flag…
It’s so perfectly flipped I almost wonder if she’s doing it on purpose. Weird, manipulative game if that’s the case.
Digi
22 days ago
🚨🚨🚨 RED ALERT!!! 🚨 🚨🚨
JozMk.II
22 days ago
This is getting really strange…
Darkhorse
22 days ago
To give the red flags a description: 1. Checking Ethan’s competence with the app to see if they know what’s normal. (If they don’t, you can get away with more). 2. Interrupting most if his talks, controlling the conversation and keeping him off balance, causing him to react plainly to her questions. 3. Fishing for other females that might be competing, or able to tell him something’s wrong. 4. Boasting about her abilities, degrading Ethan in the process by “playing at his level” if they play together. Picking someone up as mentioned in the last panel is also a form… Read more »
I was getting Dom-looking-for-Sub vibes last comic along with the initial red-flag of ordering over him, but you caught a couple of the further red flags in this one that I didn’t. As a generally-good guy, I don’t often think about predatory dating practices like fishing for competition and checking his dating competence. Scary stuff.
As a sub who has looked for Doms, this is still bright red flag behavior. You want a Dom who will respect that being submissive is your choice, one that you can change at any moment for any reason. If someone interrupted me to order for me on a first date, I’d up and leave. That behavior leads to ignoring safewords and crossing hard boundaries: I would not feel safe with that person.
Zequeins
22 days ago
I wonder if she is actually Deathblood, SamusIsAGirl trope and all that. She’s got the muscles, toned breasts can look like pecs, and voice changer is easy.
Uuuh, she’s too interested in his store and in his friend’s name. Maybe it’s me, but I think that’s a huge red flag when you and your friend have a secret identity
MarthKoopa
22 days ago
I despise people that hold back in multiplayer games. It’s so disrespectful
If it is someone who has clearly not played something as much as I have, I gladly hold back to make sure everyone has fun. To me, I don’t have to win, as long as we are having a good time.
I dunno, if it’s someone new or someone not as skilled as me, I’ll hold back some to make sure we all have some fun. Like when my nephews were younger, I held back in games, so we all have fun. Of course, if they got cocky and arrogant thinking they were better than me, then I’d immediately play at my full ability and knowledge and stomp them flat and remind them that their uncle was just being nice and allowing them to have fun and learn to get better.
dude
22 days ago
Well, that red flag is now crimson
Oyee
22 days ago
Props for making me go “Eugh” on blondie. Curious if she is only the “Ms-RedFalg-Date” character type, or if she has anything else going on for her.
Oh, I would drop it like a hot potato IRL. I’m only interested in the story aspect.
Someone Else
22 days ago
While I agree with the comments that she’s either crazy or toxic or a villain, I have another SMALL possibility. He… is an idiot. (Shocker, I know). And when filling out his online profile, he either used the wrong app or filled in some very coded words in such a way as to save space. Like instead of “I love playing ON the Switch” he said “I loving playing the Switch” – as in the role of a Switch. Or instead of “I’ve sub’ed to a lot of games” he wrote “I sub often.” You can see where I’m going… Read more »
Gonna redux my comment from above: this is still bright red flag behavior from a potential Dom. Informed, safe kink is about consent first! Everyone involved must respect the others’ autonomy and their right to make their own choices and say “no” at any time. None of this woman’s behavior is demonstrating that I would be safe subbing for her.
Whiskey
22 days ago
I was checking for an adam’s apple- but then saw Ethan didn’t have one, either. Not judging but it is a possible “Ethan selected the wrong looking-for” situation/typical Ethan.Add to that, if so, the assumption could be “best friend/business partner” would be a female.
This conversation fits both situations- gender flip and gender swap. Clever.
Hold the phone, bone-dome; Zeke has flagrantly REJECTED all gender identities because that whole business is a filthy flesh-bag issue. His “search” on the matter is already concluded and consisted only of deciding on gender-neutral pronouns.
I detect an alarming lack of virtue in this woman, while Deathblood uses his virtue to commit murder. If she’s a super, she applies skin-darkening make-up to become Captain Prime.
The possible common thread between her and Deathblood is a pathological belief that they objectively know what “the right thing” is, to the degree that they feel no need to even consider conflicting opinions on the subject. So far we’ve mostly only seen Deathblood killing people that were willing to kill others, but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t also been killing petty thieves, or killing people before making 100% sure they are truly violent criminals. I still think the odds of her being Deathblood are low, but they aren’t 0, and there’s a potential psych profile for deathblood that… Read more »
Actually, Deathblood Jr would be a good “coincidental” twist.
foducool
21 days ago
woah she’s gonna gobble him up
ThatDad
21 days ago
She’s coming on a bit… strong. *ba dum tss*
Alice
21 days ago
Yeah. I can see the red flags here. Though I assume this grenade will take a bit to burst so hey, maybe he’ll have some fun with the time he between now and when this inevitably crashes.
ThatMageGuy
21 days ago
I am seriously surprised at the amount of people who aren’t tying this blonde controlling woman to a previous blonde controlling woman.
Quinn
21 days ago
This is going very well and very bad all at once.
Marcus
21 days ago
this reminds me very much of another comic ive seen… not sure if it was oglaf or just a random thing ive seen…. but sure, everyone needs a dommy mommy.
Solokov
20 days ago
I’m oblivious AF and even I see the red flags.
GeorgeV
20 days ago
It’s like a flag painted itself red and danced naked on a harpsichord singing ‘red flags are here again’.
20sidedheroine
20 days ago
Ah, so Ethan romanced Karlach first in BG3.
Heldarion
20 days ago
I can’t point exactly at what’s ringing the alarm bells in this situation, but the alarm bells are ringing.
John
20 days ago
Ethan looks happy.
Don’t yuck others yumm’s.
coredumperror
20 days ago
I like her!
Ben Dutchman
20 days ago
It may be me, but her remarks make me see more red flags than a rainy day at Spa-Francorchamps
theAtomicMexican
19 days ago
I don’t know why… but I just had a thought pop up in my head: wouldn’t it be a bit of a mindf*ck to have them work so well, and she finds out he is Analog, but only for him to discover that she is Deathblood.
I’m probably reaching but… I just got that feeling.
24
This better not awaken something in me…
Don’t fear the awakening.
Too late
if you’re saying that then it’s already too late
FATHER! THE SLEEPER HAS AWAKENED!
I see a possible future of much leather and whips and masks and handcuffs and such … 😀
I’d guess it’d be controller cords or something being used instead.
Guess he’s going to test his resurrection powers via death by snu-snu.
I said it on the previous page too! The girl is buff and blonde, like it was in Futurama. I’m fairly sure, this is either an intentional reference by Tim, or a subconscious one.
Weird conversation. And why did she assume his best friend is a woman?
She’s jealous already. Red flags are gushing out like the fountains of blood from a scene of Deathblood vigilante “justice”.
Absolutely agree with the red flags.
She’s so absolutely full of red flags. Constantly interrupting him and putting herself above him (“I’ll go easy on you”, “I could just carry you around”)
I’m really getting very bad flashbacks here.
More red flags than a communism convention
I’m going to laugh if this is the introduction of android Embla in a synthetic fiber coating or something.
I think Tim is showing how some men sometimes act in such situations (interrupting, patronising, assuming business partner is male (and in charge) etc..)
I’m thinking it’s going more in the guys can be the victim of a controlling relationship too. It’s not the first time Tim has gotten serious.
fishing. Being wrong is a way easier way to get answers than asking.
Oh, I had no idea that’s an actual thing people do
I was under the impression that she’s assuming Ethan was cheating on his GF and being shy about it. Dunno, like you said, it seemed weird.
Not an assumption. Just a…fishing expedition…that let’s her find out subtly whether he has a female “friend” of any kind she should know about.
She’s fishing. We’ll probably see more leading/presumptive questions like this.
“I like her. She looks like she could throw me over her shoulder and carry me to safety, should the need arise.”
Shadowheart observing Karlach
At this point, the big red flags are waving their own red flags….
Red flags are having a flag-fest together. But hey with his presumed still available super powers, whats the worse that can go wrong? (jinxed it)
Oh honey. I could tell you, but it would get deleted instantly.
Let’s just say some things can fuck you up for a very very long time. And the red flags are unfortunately pointing into that direction.
I see Flags within Flags ….
I see two great houses … sorry got distracted there.
I’m sorry for whatever you went through. Virtual hugs buddy.
And not to get too dark, but even in the context of the comic’s lore, Ethan has already mentioned that his “respawning” doesn’t take away all the pain he goes through. So as much as we joke about “death by snu snu”, abusive partners are hell on earth.
As someone who has been very deeply affected by someone with tons of red flags that I missed or ignored… I hear you. Quite frankly, Tim’s nailed the narc dialogue.
well, respawn powers need a very specific condition to activate, and the flags we’re all seeing don’t point towards that condition
Red flags or sexy flags?
Probably both knowing Ethan’s luck. He’ll have good luck in that he gets laid and he has a crazy good time with her, but he’ll have bad luck in that she’ll turn out to be completely crazy when she can’t control him.
There are more red flags than at a military parade of the Soviet Union on the Red Square.
Little does she know, red flags are my kink!
a few red flags doesn’t mean there can’t be a few rounds of fun…
Note, you said a few red flags, this is more than a few and they are pretty big flags as well. Sure, you can have your fun but expect in the future to get some trouble from a psychotic ex that is going to cause problems for you.
but that is for future sweetos to handle
Constants and Variables…
https://cad-comic.com/comic/uh-oh/
I’ve pointed out the similarities in the comments of the previous panel. I’m glad I’m not the only one!
Oh good, I wasn’t the only one to get who this person is.
This is just gender stereotypes flipped. If a taller guy ordered for a woman, assumed she had a male friend helping her run the store, assumed she wasn’t good at games, and flirted shamelessly with her, a lot of people wouldn’t be bothered.
Thanks for the interpretion, that makes sense. At first I thought it was something against tall women, but this makes much more sense.
Pretty sure it would evoke an even stronger reaction here, with only a few not seeing the problem. I think it would feel even more dangerous for a man trying to dominate a woman, and people would be weirded out by the woman liking the “pick you up and carry you around” line in the last panel, screaming for her to run to safety.
Absolutely agree. Especially because you wouldn’t have half the comment section going full on horny for a walking red flag
At least the comment section helps explain why things go wrong for so many people.
It is precisely gender-roles flipped, but that’s how we know.
A man cutting off his date’s attempt to order, to order for her, is absolutely a classic big red-flag.
The rest could be excused as quirky, but not that.
All the red flags she’s showing are also red flags from men. The gender doesn’t matter for this behavior. I understand that society has a different view, on average, though.
You’re probably right but that kinda makes it boring then. Like the majority of men already understand this isn’t acceptable behavior, and the only ones that don’t aren’t gonna care anyway. So we’re just being taught a lesson we really didn’t need to learn.
Lesson? We’re not here for a lesson. We’re here to see how Ethan gets through this (or doesn’t).
Big difference between assertive and controlling. I’m a guy who does stuff like order for someone, on occasion, if there’s a reason and I know them well enough. “Hey, I know this place pretty well. You mind if I order for us?”
To do it for a date you literally only said hello to so far is bad. If I saw a female friend or relative on a first date getting treated like this, it would raise a shitload of red flags.
Right, but the fact you ask, shows you care.
I kind of did this once to a friend where we went to a restaurant and told him, “I know already what you going to order anyway, but you can take a look at the menu”.
Same vibes, but a person you literally just met and going like this is a big #FF0000 flag…
I’d be bothered. That’s like literally how all the guys in Mad Men acted all the time and they were assholes.
I would. I *hate* disrespectful behaviour like that.
In this day and age, it is pretty much seen as a red flag for both genders to have someone be so domineering and controlling on the first date.
Pretty sure it’d draw more outrage if it was a man doing that, these are red flags that I hear women bring up fairly frequently about men.
It’s so perfectly flipped I almost wonder if she’s doing it on purpose. Weird, manipulative game if that’s the case.
🚨🚨🚨 RED ALERT!!! 🚨 🚨🚨
This is getting really strange…
To give the red flags a description: 1. Checking Ethan’s competence with the app to see if they know what’s normal. (If they don’t, you can get away with more). 2. Interrupting most if his talks, controlling the conversation and keeping him off balance, causing him to react plainly to her questions. 3. Fishing for other females that might be competing, or able to tell him something’s wrong. 4. Boasting about her abilities, degrading Ethan in the process by “playing at his level” if they play together. Picking someone up as mentioned in the last panel is also a form… Read more »
Thank you for the detailed breakdown here!
As much as it’s a follow up to the previous page, it goes deeper here so I’d add this as another crimson bloddy dripping red flag:
Paying for a drink and dismissing the need to share the bill as a means of establishing finacial superiority.
I was getting Dom-looking-for-Sub vibes last comic along with the initial red-flag of ordering over him, but you caught a couple of the further red flags in this one that I didn’t. As a generally-good guy, I don’t often think about predatory dating practices like fishing for competition and checking his dating competence. Scary stuff.
Run away, Ethan! RUN!!
As a sub who has looked for Doms, this is still bright red flag behavior. You want a Dom who will respect that being submissive is your choice, one that you can change at any moment for any reason. If someone interrupted me to order for me on a first date, I’d up and leave. That behavior leads to ignoring safewords and crossing hard boundaries: I would not feel safe with that person.
I wonder if she is actually Deathblood, SamusIsAGirl trope and all that. She’s got the muscles, toned breasts can look like pecs, and voice changer is easy.
That… Woah. Never thought of that. 👀
I was also thinking she’s actually a super villain, “The Red Flag” or something, but yours is a much better idea!
That’s not a date; that’s a ruthlessly efficient checklist.
Is this punishment because we all said acab when Lucas got a boyfriend and no one trusted or liked him? Haha
I am getting an “Australian hello” is in order here.
I’d go with an Irish Goodbye myself.
Uuuh, she’s too interested in his store and in his friend’s name. Maybe it’s me, but I think that’s a huge red flag when you and your friend have a secret identity
I despise people that hold back in multiplayer games. It’s so disrespectful
If it is someone who has clearly not played something as much as I have, I gladly hold back to make sure everyone has fun. To me, I don’t have to win, as long as we are having a good time.
I dunno, if it’s someone new or someone not as skilled as me, I’ll hold back some to make sure we all have some fun. Like when my nephews were younger, I held back in games, so we all have fun. Of course, if they got cocky and arrogant thinking they were better than me, then I’d immediately play at my full ability and knowledge and stomp them flat and remind them that their uncle was just being nice and allowing them to have fun and learn to get better.
Well, that red flag is now crimson
Props for making me go “Eugh” on blondie. Curious if she is only the “Ms-RedFalg-Date” character type, or if she has anything else going on for her.
If someone is that much of a red flag, don’t bother finding out if there are things going for the person. You’ll be on for a world of hurt and abuse.
Oh, I would drop it like a hot potato IRL. I’m only interested in the story aspect.
While I agree with the comments that she’s either crazy or toxic or a villain, I have another SMALL possibility. He… is an idiot. (Shocker, I know). And when filling out his online profile, he either used the wrong app or filled in some very coded words in such a way as to save space. Like instead of “I love playing ON the Switch” he said “I loving playing the Switch” – as in the role of a Switch. Or instead of “I’ve sub’ed to a lot of games” he wrote “I sub often.” You can see where I’m going… Read more »
I thought that too but I’m pretty sure Lucas helped him with using the correct app after he screwed up already
Gonna redux my comment from above: this is still bright red flag behavior from a potential Dom. Informed, safe kink is about consent first! Everyone involved must respect the others’ autonomy and their right to make their own choices and say “no” at any time. None of this woman’s behavior is demonstrating that I would be safe subbing for her.
I was checking for an adam’s apple- but then saw Ethan didn’t have one, either. Not judging but it is a possible “Ethan selected the wrong looking-for” situation/typical Ethan.Add to that, if so, the assumption could be “best friend/business partner” would be a female.
This conversation fits both situations- gender flip and gender swap. Clever.
Plot twist: cisgender women can have prominent Adams apples too
Very likely. And then this line can merge with Zeke’s search for his gender identity.
Hold the phone, bone-dome; Zeke has flagrantly REJECTED all gender identities because that whole business is a filthy flesh-bag issue. His “search” on the matter is already concluded and consisted only of deciding on gender-neutral pronouns.
Nothing I said was a condemnation of anyone.
You also weren’t talking about Zeke.
Yup. I thought you griping at me. Apologies.
I think Zeke could change its mind, though.
Oh my god.
Tim brought back The First One.
FLY YOU FOOL!!!! 😱
awwww…
So happy for Ethan 🙂
She COULD pick him up and carry him around. And he should LIKE that.
So how twisted would it be if she turns out to be a fellow superhero?
OOH! What if she were Deathblood!!!!??
Shock twist… She’s Deathblood! 😅
I detect an alarming lack of virtue in this woman, while Deathblood uses his virtue to commit murder. If she’s a super, she applies skin-darkening make-up to become Captain Prime.
The possible common thread between her and Deathblood is a pathological belief that they objectively know what “the right thing” is, to the degree that they feel no need to even consider conflicting opinions on the subject. So far we’ve mostly only seen Deathblood killing people that were willing to kill others, but that doesn’t mean that they haven’t also been killing petty thieves, or killing people before making 100% sure they are truly violent criminals. I still think the odds of her being Deathblood are low, but they aren’t 0, and there’s a potential psych profile for deathblood that… Read more »
That or Deathblood’s daughter.
Or the Surgeon, or Memory Card… (kidding)
Actually, Deathblood Jr would be a good “coincidental” twist.
woah she’s gonna gobble him up
She’s coming on a bit… strong. *ba dum tss*
Yeah. I can see the red flags here. Though I assume this grenade will take a bit to burst so hey, maybe he’ll have some fun with the time he between now and when this inevitably crashes.
I am seriously surprised at the amount of people who aren’t tying this blonde controlling woman to a previous blonde controlling woman.
This is going very well and very bad all at once.
this reminds me very much of another comic ive seen… not sure if it was oglaf or just a random thing ive seen…. but sure, everyone needs a dommy mommy.
I’m oblivious AF and even I see the red flags.
It’s like a flag painted itself red and danced naked on a harpsichord singing ‘red flags are here again’.
Ah, so Ethan romanced Karlach first in BG3.
I can’t point exactly at what’s ringing the alarm bells in this situation, but the alarm bells are ringing.
Ethan looks happy.
Don’t yuck others yumm’s.
I like her!
It may be me, but her remarks make me see more red flags than a rainy day at Spa-Francorchamps
I don’t know why… but I just had a thought pop up in my head: wouldn’t it be a bit of a mindf*ck to have them work so well, and she finds out he is Analog, but only for him to discover that she is Deathblood.
I’m probably reaching but… I just got that feeling.
i get feeling she a friend of emily also…
Nice!
She’s a super, isnt she…