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Dated
Posted on August 18, 2017 by David M Willis

256 thoughts on “Dated”

  1. Doctor_Who

    I’m not gonna ask how she did that. I accept that Dina has powers we cannot fully understand.

    1. Madock345

      Well, we already know that Leslie doesn’t lock her windows…

      But I’m crediting this one to Dino-fu

    2. DrWattson

      It turns out that the aliens do exist in this universe, but Dina was the only abductee and the aliens gave up early.

      1. Despite Rage

        They quit after they couldn’t find subject #1 anymore

    3. Dean

      To the true master, all doors are as one door.

    4. Romanticide

      I am conviced she has two points of Obfuscate and rarely fumbles http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Obfuscate_(VTM)

      1. madock345

        Seems passive, and she reminds me more of a Mage than a Vampire. Few dots in Occultation maybe?

        http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Occultation

        1. Birion

          She’s too well-known for that. You have to actively avoid any public attention for Occultation to not fail. But since we’re talking Mage, I think two dots in Mind, Prime, or Space should do the trick.

        2. madock345

          Mind yeah, I could see space, but Prime? How do you use Prime to do this?

        3. Khyrin

          Instead of just ripping your way between two places with Space, you warp the weave, creating a quantum superposition, then colapse the waveform and pop over utilizing Prime and Space.

          or at least, that’s how I’d do it with oWoD.

        4. TheLadyKhaos

          My Tribe. <3

        5. Birion

          Well, Prime’s the “true illusion” one, isn’t it? Mind makes people think they see something, Prime actually lets you make it as a magical construct.

        6. ErisDyscordia

          Or she is an aberrant character with warp (I am currently playing aberrant and took warp. With my build I only need to roll like 3 successes to get to the moon). To go from outside to behind the door would only take 1 success even in combat… http://whitewolf.wikia.com/wiki/Warp

        7. PASchaefer

          No, she’s obviously one of the Sidereal Exalted.

      2. khiron1416

        she is such a mokole, using blur of the milky eye

    5. Paul

      Thinkshesaurus?

      1. Goblin Scribe

        A+ comment.

    6. Shaunock

      “Clever girl..”

    7. Nobody

      Dina can teleport at will to behind and open door

    8. NelC

      Dina’s like Roger Zelazny’s Shadowjack, except a bit more limited: she can manifest in any shadow formed by an open door.

    9. Pylgrim

      It happened during the eyeroll. Teaching Dina to understand and predict facial expressions unleashed a great horror into the world.

  2. miados

    and now im picturing a raptor doing the naruto run

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Egoraptor?

    2. Orion Fury

      Can their arms even rotate that way?

  3. shadowcell

    and then all of the cuddles happened

    1. JessWitt

      Cuddlesaurus incoming!

    2. RandomDude

      THEN EVERYBODY CUDDLED!

  4. Judas Peckerwood

    Party!

    1. miados

      on thing i regret not doing when i was 20 and my family went on spring break was getting a keg of root beer *apparently thats a thing) and leaving it on the counter when they got home to see how they would react considering i am was stereotyped ((not wrongly really))) as a bland person who wouldn’t do much outside the norm. heck some of my friends as literally as possible had their jaws drop when i first time dyed my hair.

      1. Jhon

        So what’s stopping you now?
        (doing all the things I regretted not doing when I was 50.)

        1. miados

          because im old enough to have beer now.

        2. Kamino Neko

          But you were…

          Oh, right. American.

        3. Delicious Taffy

          America: Where you can vote and die for your country before you can drink and own a gun, and renting a car doesn’t come for about a decade after you learn to drive. Our laws aren’t a total shambles, though, and if you think they are, you just hate Freedom.

          Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m off to train as a surgeon, so I can get blamed when somebody’s family member dies of a self-inflicted bullet wound, which they acquired because they thought chugging Fireball and shooting fences were complimentary tasks.

          I forgot where I was going with this.

        4. thejeff

          It’s not clear from your post, but in most states you can own a gun at any age.
          Federal law restricts handguns to under 18, but not rifles or shotguns.

          Even handguns are years before you’re legal to drink. So you can have your first (legal) drink while carrying your gun.
          (Of course, you’ve probably built up a good tolerance with all the illegal binge drinking, so it’s okay.)

      2. Tawdry Quirks

        Some time during dead week my first semester of college, some Air Force ROTC cadets got a keg of root beer to leave in the cadet lounge for the day. Kegs come in a bucket filled with ice (or at least that’s how that rental supplier did it…I don’t know if that’s done for all rental kegs). However, the keg rental place was out of innocuously branded buckets, and all they had left were Budweiser buckets. It was a bright sunny morning, and many people were walking or driving past that area when the cadets hauled the root beer keg in a Budweiser bucket up the front steps of the Military Science building.

        I still feel sorry for the ROTC secretary…her phone was ringing off the hook all day with calls from horrified people who were convinced the cadets had unauthorized booze, and that they were giving alcohol to minors.

  5. tyersome

    I see Dina is being adoorable again …

    1. Reltzik

      …. again?

      …. when did she stop?

      1. The Other Mike

        Every so often she exchanges adorable for awesome. See: taking on Toedad.

        1. Reltzik

          But she was adorable even when she was being awesome.

    2. joe archer

      She always has been durn cute…

  6. MM

    A wild Dina appears!

    1. Mark Sebree

      Or rather, the soon to be wild Dina. 😀

    2. TemperaryObsessor

      She is Rock. So try to use grass or water moves on her.

  7. AnvilPro

    Becky would throw a wild party in the house of a nice person who is letting her stay rent-free.

    1. Fart Captor

      If by “wild party” you mean “reading about dinosaurs with her girlfriend”

      I think Becky probably does

      1. Tacos

        Whoa now! That’s too wild.

      2. Rambling Idiot

        Do you not do that at your parties?

        1. Bagge

          I may be cool but I’m not THAT cool.

        2. Doctor_Who

          Clearly I have been attending the wrong parties.

        3. HeySo

          Well, maybe you’re just too much of a dinosaur to be hanging around the cool modern parties.

          ..hang on..

        4. SgtWadeyWilson

          I bet your parties are bananas.

        5. Orion Fury

          Who’s?

        6. miados

          wait people actually have parties? I thought that was tv fakeness.

    2. joe archer

      In another universe, Dina cuddling ruined a big laboratory.

  8. StClair

    This date is going to be so messed up.

    I’m looking forward to it! 😀

    1. Reltzik

      Yeah, but with Dina back at home I’ll be too distracted by the prospect of a train wreck at home to pay attention to the train wreck on the date.

  9. Cholma

    WIIGII! I was just thinking of Leslie/Mindy earlier when filling out my KS survey!

    Becky, that vest is great on you, but I’d recommend something other than a plaid shirt with it.

    1. Madock345

      Especially with plaid tie. Double plaid is terrible. I would recommend avoiding multiple patterned pieces in one outfit as a general rule, really.

      1. McBogue

        Don’t shame the girl for tartan herself up.

        1. Mephron

          slowclap.gif

    2. auroki

      Well perhaps dina will fix the problem of becky wearing all that plaid ^.^

    3. Doctor_Who

      I like the plaid. Kinda makes her look like Barb from Stranger Things.

      And Barb was awesome.

      1. DrWattson

        The plaid shirt would be fine if not for the plaid tie. Plaid on plaid is kind of hard to look at for me.

        1. 3-I

          But if you don’t have enough plaid, boys might think you’re straight.

        2. Orion Fury

          That’s…something? I don’t know the actual word. I’ve used ‘racist’ in the past, as a reference to CinemaSins, but the reference was missed, and I got yelled at.

  10. Emperor Norton II

    My ears just popped from Bagge squeeing all the way over in Sweden.

    1. Bagge

      Whatever do you me… *reads last panel* SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

      1. Emperor Norton II

        ….Somebody owes me a new pair or eardrums.

        1. Orion Fury

          I don’t know if science has found out a way to transplant those yet, my liege.

      2. JessWitt

        Queen of Squeeee-den.

        1. Bagge

          You know what, just leave them popped for now. There will be more reasons to squee before the night is over…

          Squeee-den? I LIKE it. We should use it for a con or something.

        2. Delicious Taffy

          Some of my favorite creators are Squeee-dish. The accent is super fun.

        3. Reltzik

          Are you sure it’s not Saskatchsqueewan? Because compressing and storing that much volume into that small of a volume sounds like a case of Can-a-din.

        4. Delicious Taffy

          Bit of a stretch, that.

    2. 0kami

      *re-broadcasts Bagge’s squee here in California, making it the Squee Heard ‘Round the World*

  11. Kris

    Dina you’re supposed to use your powers for good not evil!….Or more accurately potential mischief with your girlfriend.

    1. Orion Fury

      If making out with someone you care about/love is evil, I think most people here don’t wanna be good.

  12. Haven

    I am maths% sure Leslie would be okay with this if Becky just asked, but this is more fun.

    1. Bagge

      Bratty teenage daughters don’t ASK to bring their girlfriends over. Becky is working hard on establishing the mother/daughter dynamics (and God, the-bratty-and-confident-teenage-daughter supporting her slightly nervous mom on date night is SO CUTE!)

      1. Emily

        She’s getting caught up on years of mild teenage rebellion that she missed out on.

  13. Nono

    So is Leslie going out with Mindy or Anna?

    I want to say Mindy, but Leslie looks nervous in a way I’m not sure she would be by getting asked out by Mindy.

    1. Dean

      Mindy AND Anna. Go big or go home!

    2. abacuswizard

      ZoidbergWhyNotBoth.jpg

      1. Mephron

        budwieser-beerbottlethumpontv.gif

  14. Miguel

    I’ve been waiting for more Becky and Dina

  15. Passchendaele

    They then spent the next two hours doing nothing but prepare and eat *all* the mac and cheese Leslie bought. Pacing is for the weak. 😛

  16. The Mad Academic

    Okay. Thank you Willis for making me smile in spite of my own demons and depression.

    1. PumpkinWhat

      Hearty agreement here. My thought process on the last panel went something like:

      1. What is Becky planning?
      2. Oh look, Dina’s here.
      3. Awwwwwww…
      4. Bow chicka rawr rawr.
      5. Clever girl.
      6. Oh, wait…how did she get here?

  17. Tacos

    Adorable Dina is adorable. Also I wonder who’s Leslie going on a date with? Mindy or Anna?

    1. John

      Yes.

    2. BBCC

      Mindy told her to pick her up at seven, earlier this storyline.

      1. Briny

        She could have said ‘no’ and gone with Anna.

        I’m pretty sure we’re meant to be surprised when it turns out to be Anna.

        1. Bagge

          I’m pretty sure whoever it is, the other will show up.

          This date will be messy… maybe even in a good way!

        2. Orion Fury

          Damn it all.

        3. BBCC

          True! That sounds like the kind of twist Willis would pull.

        4. ValdVin

          Off-panel, amounts to a decision made, with no inkling? I dunno if Willis would do that. If so I’d expect more of a hint at the deli line scene.

          The “Becky shows up unannounced” was setup by several throwaway panels sprinkled around of Joyce calling Becky and no reply.

        5. Emily

          I hope not, I’ve had more than my fill of watching Leslie fawn all over a woman while they treat her like shit.

  18. Bagge

    DORM PARTY!

    1. pjeseb

      If Leslie’s house is inside its radius, that is going to be one massive dorm party.

  19. Stephen Bierce

    I said, a-hey, little girl, what do you do?
    I’ve been a-waiting all week for something like you
    Because it’s Friday night, and everybody’s in the streets
    I say, come on, come on, come on with me
    Hey

    It’s a Party Weekend
    Gonna be some rock and rollin’
    Everybody’s gonna get you
    It’s a party, a party, Party Weekend

  20. brionl

    I predict shenanigans and/or hijinks.

    1. Bagge

      If you leave Becky alone for ANY amount of time there WILL be shenanigans. No exceptions.

      1. Tacos

        It’s a scientific constant.

      2. Emperor Norton II

        But she’s not alone. Dina is with her, clearly to stop any shenanigans from happening.

        1. Bagge

          Becky WAS alone for about a nanosecond, hence: Shenanigans in the form of an adorable dinosaur chick.

          As for Dina stopping the shenanigans…. yeah…
          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2016/comic/book-6/04-it-all-returns/superglue/

        2. Jack Spade

          Yeah, a girl weighing only three atrociraptors ain’t gonna be stopping any of Becky’s hijinks.

    2. Orion Fury

      But what about challenging malarky? Will no one accept that could happen too?

  21. John

    I’m suddenly reminded of that bit in IW! where Dina and Walkerton wrecked the lab with EXTREEM MAKEOUTS.

  22. Keulan

    I wonder how long Dina’s been behind that door. She seems to be ridiculously good at hiding behind doors.

    1. John

      She wasn’t there in panel two…

      I’m assuming she snuck in through the gutter between panel three and four.

      1. Fart Captor

        The universe suddenly realized there wasn’t a Dina there, and corrected the error

      2. Emily

        No Dina just has the ability to manifest behind doors.

      3. Roborat

        She apprenticed with Miho.

  23. Cattleprod

    Ah, this was the endgame to ‘Dina unnoticed behind a door’ all along, wasn’t it?

  24. Opus the Poet

    They can get as frisky as they want for a couple of hours.

  25. Pigeon Pollyx

    You know I completely forgot about this arc, the last one was so good.

    Anyway, since I’m pretty sure sooner or later the comments are gonna go to complete nonsense I’m gonna appreciate how cute Becky and Dina are because they are adorable. I hope they have fun. And I hope Leslie has a good time however this works out.

    1. Spaz

      OH MY GOD! You’re from the future! You’ve seen how it all ends, don’t you?

      Tell me……in the future……are there…..butts?

      …..butts???? butts butts butts. BUTT!

      …….Butts…..disease……:(

  26. DailyBrad

    I predict hawt no-hat action,

    1. Emperor Norton II

      Hey, this is a non-kinky comment section, thank you very much!

      …Oh, who am I kidding.

      1. BBCC

        Since WHEN?

        1. Emperor Norton II

          Since it being forbidden makes it even more fun.

        2. BBCC

          Fair enough! You’re the Emperor, mine is not to question why.

        3. Emperor Norton II

          No, yours is to question when.

        4. BBCC

          Sweet, I have a job in this administration! 😀

        5. Emperor Norton II

          Not yet.

        6. Emperor Norton II

          Oops, never mind.

        7. Goblin Scribe

          But how are they supposed to do that?

        8. Emperor Norton II

          Are you trying to get the “Yours is to question how” position?

        9. thejeff

          Can I have the “Yours is to question when” position?

          If so, when?

        10. Emperor Norton II

          thejeff: Not yet.

        11. Orion Fury

          So long as no one is applying for the sycophant position, I’m good.

          Though I must admit, are you wondering if you’ll see any ankles, or do you consider yourself to be a more modern Emperor?

        12. Jack Spade

          I have dibs on the role of rebel leader.

          Now give me a moment while I write some Becky/Dina erotica in rebellion.

  27. pjeseb

    At last, Becky’s dastardly ulterior motive is revealed!

  28. Regalli

    On the one hand, they can probably be trusted not to be too irresponsible. On the other hand, Dina being a student and Leslie being faculty does put a degree of responsibility on Leslie, though visiting’s probably fine. (If either of them struck me as the type to break into alcohol that would be a different story) And on my third hand, while I’m certain Amber says she wants to be left alone now, I’m not convinced it’s safe for her to be alone. (And then we have all the issues of introversion versus mental illness in a dorm setting, oh boy.)

  29. Some Random Name

    Becky’s eye though.

  30. Rukduk

    Dina: “Using my powers of near invisibility to sneak into a house is much more fun than I anticipated.”
    Becky: “I’m impressed by the fact that you came into the house literally right behind us after we came back from the grocery store and wander around inside for a couple hours without Leslie noticing.”

    1. Delicious Taffy

      After replaying the Thieves Guild quests in Skyrim today, this comment made me imagine Dina as Karliah. Until she willingly reveals herself, not even a full-power Aura Whisper will alert you to her presence.

      1. bluebird

        whoah sorry is that you in ur picture? you look exactlylike a friend of mine

        1. Delicious Taffy

          It is. Though, if my username wasn’t what you recognised first, your friend is probably just handsome.

        2. bluebird

          not gonna say his actual name but do your friends usually call you JJ irl? and do you do tattoo related stuff?

  31. Ivy

    I am crying tears of joy I love these girls

  32. Dracke

    “bajo amenaza no hay sorpresa”

  33. Yumi

    @Delicious Taffy, who has yet to post but hopefully sees this: Hey, you posted something a bit concerning on here a couple days ago, but I was on vacation then so I didn’t see your comments day of. So…how are you doing?

    1. Delicious Taffy

      Wait, what did I post that was concerning?

      1. Halpful

        I don’t remember, but I do remember feeling concern.

        1. Delicious Taffy

          That doesn’t sound like me.

      2. Yumi

        “One more incident and I will be in prison.”
        And
        “Only tangentially related: Had a genuine flashback nd fury not 20 minutes ago. Guess I have actual real PTSD.”

        1. Delicious Taffy

          Oh, that.

        2. Halpful

          Well fuck.

          On the bright side, r/PTSD and r/CPTSD seem nice. I’m still learning what PTSD actually is.

        3. Vivid Grim

          i wonder if there’s a c-ptsd reddit… it might still be a while before i get back into therapy

        4. Halpful

          Er, you mean that one I mentioned in the comment directly above yours? 🙂

  34. JessWitt

    The door gag never gets old.

    I’m guessing Leslie’s date is going to be the standard final episode of The Bachelorette.

    1. JessWitt

      *Bachelor(ette).

  35. Architex

    Oh wow my daily desktop background picture being the “Double Rawr” poster was a good lead into today’s strip!

  36. Bicycle Bill

    Plays Joe Cocker’s “You Can Leave Your Hat On” on the hacked Muzak.

  37. Nightsbridge

    This was exactly what we needed after that feels punch.

    1. Nightsbridge

      On a less chipper note, the fact that Becky reflexively is hiding that Dina is visiting from Leslie might spell some not great echoes of her habits of living under toedad.

      ‘So me and my girlfriend are gonna cuddle while you’re gone.’ Would have probably gotten a ‘sure!’ But, I think maybe she’s gotten so used to hiding that she kinda . . . has to?

      1. Emperor Norton II

        This is certainly possible.

        Another possibility is that maybe Becky knows she’ll get permission, but prefers to do it this way because it’s more fun*. And she is then confident that if she’s caught, she’ll at worst get a mild lecture about the appropriateness of asking first.

        *And I think we can all agree that using Dina’s “SEP”** field powers for mischief and harmless shenanigans -is- fun.

        **Hey, Douglas Adams’ Somebody Else’s Problem is probably one of the more plausible explanations for why Dina can do what she does.

        1. Bagge

          I think it is a bit of both.

          Or to elaborate the “fun” half of the coin, Becky is establishing herself as the bratty teenage daughter, and that means being “kind of a troublemaker” by setting “mom” up for dates in the grocery store and bringing her girlfriend over for late-night-snuggles without permission.

          But at the same time she doesn’t want to be TOO much of a troublemaker since she – for all her bravado – is still very insecure in her relationship to Leslie. She knows all too well that the sofa she is sleeping on is not her own. So she tries to make her shenanigans as benevolent as she can and she clearly addresses them beforehand to give Leslie the chance to put down the foot if need be. (How effective it will be if Leslie actually DOES put down her foot remains to be seen. Becky can be just about as clueless as Joyce, after all, and Leslie is bad at asserting herself).

          Becky lost her mom, she lost her home, she lost the place where she belonged. The only thing left of her entire life up until now is chipmunks and Carols poison darts and a church that turned its back to her… and Joyce (and now also: Jocelyne and Hank). She has built a new life for herself with friends, a job, a future and the most adorable dinosaur chicks, but she doesn’t have a home. She doesn’t have a mom. And Leslie can give her both of those, at least for a little while.

          So Becky plays her part. She is not just a houseguest. She is a DAUGHTER. A lesbian daughter to a lesbian mother in a lesbian household. And OF COURSE Becky is a daughter the same way she is everything. By being wacky and funny and goofy and loud and silly and just a bit of a brat and most certainly not a Debby Downer. Smuggling Dina in for snuggling is part of that role.

  38. Delicious Taffy

    They’re gonna hold hands and look at pictures of dinosaurs on Leslie’s couch. It’s gonna need thoroughly scrubbed.

    1. Bagge

      Lewd

  39. darkoneko

    Dat grin. and DAT grin.

  40. BenRG

    Ah, I don’t think that Leslie can seriously be mad. Becky didn’t really lie, after all, she and Dina can hardly be considered a ‘wild party’ for a variety of reasons. Hell, I don’t think that this is even a breach of “don’t do anything that I wouldn’t do”!

    That said, I wonder if Becky and Dina are really ready for this?

    1. Fart Captor

      If Leslie comes home to find these two cuddling on her couch, more she’s likely to squee herself into a coma than anything else

      1. John

        Leslie and Mindy come through the door in a clinch, tumble onto the couch, there’s an “Oof!” “Ow!”, and they realize they just landed on Becky and Dina.

    2. darkoneko

      For a night of watching Steven Universe ? Hmm. I think they’ll manage.

      1. Delicious Taffy

        Hey, that show gets heavy.

  41. Kernanator

    Alright, that’s it. Dina is the Lady of Worlds, who can travel between alternate Earths. There’s no other explanation.

  42. darkoneko

    …It just occured to me Robin will likely knock on the door during this arc, while Leslie’s not there.

    1. tyersome

      … that, or hijack Leslie’s date …

      1. Goblin Scribe

        Or both: She knocks on the door, Dinah or Becky let slip that Leslie’s on a date, and HIJACKING SHENANIGANS ENSUE.

      2. StClair

        The date will go horribly/hilariously wrong, it’s just a matter of how and when.

        1. Jack Spade

          Also how well said date responds to hijinks.

  43. Bibulb

    THIS HAS BEEN UP FOR ALMOST TWO HOURS, AND NOT ONE “CLEVER GIRL” JOKE AS YET.

    SON, I AM DISAPPOINT.

    1. Bibulb

      (Also, good heavens, Willis. Wardrobe design is seriously on point for everyone in today’s strip.)

    2. nightsbridge

      We were too excited about girlfriends grinning at each other.

    3. Bagge

      We left them for you

    4. Orion Fury

      Too Much ‘Clever Girl’ Jokes?

  44. OnyxIdol

    Sexy times are afoot!

    1. DonDueed

      I don’t think either of them has that particular fetish.

      1. Portland

        Sexy times are ahead?

  45. Grethelwveir

    The perks of Dinosaur Girlfriend.

  46. Paul

    Close the door
    Get on the floor
    Becky’s gonna do a dinosaur!

    1. Bagge

      Lewd

  47. Jess

    DATING SCENE X2, GO

  48. Gwydion

    What about you, Becky? Do YOU want to ride “the (velociraptor) Bone Train”?

    1. 0kami

      *Plays “Crazy Train” on the muzaks*

      1. vlademir1

        Very good song and mostly a very appropriate response to recent world events*… less so to to this.

        *Mostly, mind, because the song’s about Ozzy’s generation as of the early ’80s inheriting the reigns of power and stuck with a cold war they didn’t want nor even have a hand in creating yet also had no real means of making just go away. Outside the particular small part of the lyrics referring to that fact specifically however it’s a good match for how many of us feel about the stupid shit going on this year.

        1. 0kami

          I largely chose that song title because I just liked the song and it related to Gwydion’s comment. But then thought about the modern state of things in the world, and now feel a great sadness, as though millions of voices sighed out in reason and sensibility and were suddenly silenced by hate and anger.

  49. A Scientist

    On the one hand, I really want to try the plaid-tie plaid-shirt combo. On the other hand, there is no way I pull it off.

  50. NinjaNick

    Cuteness overload on the last panel.

  51. Goblin Scribe

    So hang on, what’s up with the door in panel two? The doorknob seems to be on the wrong side, or something.

    1. Goblin Scribe

      Okay, so it’s closed in the second panel, and there’s just a weird gray space (a window?) to the right of it. Got it.

  52. Eldritch Gentleman

    Hoho, Dina and Becky will get down and dirty, they’ll be doing stuff that would make the preacher at Becky’s community rage and denounce them as sinners.
    Like watching documentaries about dinosaurs and evolution while cuddling on the sofa.

    1. Reltzik

      …. so “get down and dirty” means “paleontology”?

      …. I dig it.

      1. Bagge

        “dig”…

        FINE, it was kinda funny. You rock.

        1. Eldritch Gentleman

          It was plenty funny, don’t be such a stone face XD

        2. King Daniel

          Maybe I just need to start off with a gneiss, clean slate.

        3. Emperor Norton II

          Just goes to show, we can never take good comedy for granite.

        4. ValdVin

          I’m lavaing on the inside, for one.

  53. KSClaw

    Hands up, who believes Robin is gonna crash this date?

    1. Eldritch Gentleman

      Hobo looking Robin… maybe with a fake beard for dramatic effect and to earn extra sympathy points with Leslie.

      1. StClair

        it always works in the wacky romcoms!

        1. Orion Fury

          Mildly irritating that those were like my only exposure to romance. Kinda messes up what one thinks is acceptable for romance and what is, in fact, romantic. Made getting dates/dating challenging.

  54. erejnion

    Whooo whoo, Dina time!

  55. AGV

    Ooooh! You lied to her with the truth! Can I do that?

  56. Joe Covenant

    Schrödinger’s Door:

    The Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics implies that after a while, a Cretaceous Humanoid is simultaneously behind and not behind any given door.

    1. ValdVin

      That’s gonna make animating a Scooby Doo Doors chase a lot more work.

      1. Joe Covenant

        True, but it will also increase the number of “Mysteries” exponentially!
        WIN!

        1. ValdVin

          No, as there is one reason for the caretaker to scare people away from the old barn / amusement park / school.

        2. Joe Covenant

          Multiple Caretakers!
          Think outside the box… (door?) 🙂

  57. ValdVin

    I shoulda seen it coming.

    In what panel does Becky know.Dina is there?

  58. Dariu55

    Party of two. In bed. wink wink nudge nudge

    1. Deanatay

      Wotcher gotcher, mate, know what I mean, wink’s as good as a nod, say no more say more SAY NO MORE!

      1. Dariu55

        Yes yes, quite right. Very good.

  59. L!ghtn!ng

    Noiiiiice!

  60. JasonAW3

    Ninja Dinosaur Girl! New superhero!

  61. Nym

    That last panel. <3

  62. Opus the Poet

    It looks like Dina has learned to Apparate behind doors.

    1. Meta

      Yer a wizard Dina

  63. Cerberus

    Can’t say Becky didn’t warn her…

    2 hours later, “raucous party” consists of lightly spooning while looking over paleontology articles.

    1. Pablo360

      What other interpretation of the phrase is there?

      1. Bagge

        The one where Dina has removed her hat.

        1. nightsbridge

          woah how lewd

  64. Cathy Garrett

    That was legit teleportation. It was in a comic strip, but still, there’s no other way Dina coulda gotten there.

    1. thejeff

      She sneaks between panels.

    2. Bagge

      She hides behind speech bubbles

    3. Emperor Norton II

      The second panel is from Leslie’s perspective. To Leslie, Dina is “invisible” because Dina is putting on her Somebody Else’s Problem Field.

  65. BrotherFlounder

    Potential premarital hanky-panky!

  66. Vulcanodon

    Lovely to think that with all the pain and conflict in the world, there are still pockets of pure adorable joy.

  67. Joe Covenant

    Cracked it!
    Dina ninja’d in while Lesley was doing her “HA HA!” eye-roll in panel 4 !

  68. Mephron

    “How did Dina get in there?”

    “Wasn’t easy!”

    Dina’s grandfather is Egg Shen from Big Trouble in Little China. Called it here.

  69. Kay

    I wanna live in the DoA verse, where girls get girlfriends………………………..

    1. Bagge

      Daisy: “I wish…”

  70. WAhydrohead

    Party of two!
    (brown chicken brown cow)

  71. Lulu

    Now someone give them beer and chips so we could watch it closely.

  72. Scar Man!!!

    Next and most adorable slipshine? Yep

  73. Felis Leo

    Dina reminds me so much of Igor from Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Series. No matter what the circumstances or the geographical layout of where you are, he always has the ability to appear behind you and startle you.

    1. Eldritch Gentleman

      Except here her main ability is appearing and making Becky happy.

      1. Deanatay

        And herself! Look at that dino-grin!

  74. Tenn

    Time for HOT HOT CUDDLES!!!

  75. MissFortune

    At the recommendation of this comic, I just watched all of Steven Universe in like three days, and now whenever Leslie talks to Becky I just hear Pearl. Thanks, Willis.

    1. C.T Phipps

      This comic led me to Stephen Universe, which wasn’t my thing, but that led me to Gravity Falls so I owe Willis his beverage of choice whenever we meet in person. 🙂

      *huge Mabel and Dipper*

      1. VeryCreativeUsername

        In case I ever lead you to something good, my preffered beverage is Ginger Ale.

    2. Halpful

      🙂 🙂

      1. Halpful

        lol, now my brain’s casting Robin in the role of Sugilite. ‘Strong in the real way’ is a good song for Leslie and Becky.


        I want to inspire you
        I want to be your rock
        and when I talk
        it lights a fire in you!

    3. ValdVin

      Same here to SU.

      But three days? Crash course! I wandered around and digested a lot of things, maybe over four months.

      Best part: My wife likes YA stuff, and musicalness, and I was able to draw her into it, a bit at a time.

      1. Carms

        That’s super great, I loved watching su with an so

  76. Joebo

    Oh good, a version of Dora who isn’t currently engaged in morally reprehensible behavior.

    1. David M Willis

      dora

      1. Bagge

        The explorer.

      2. Joebo

        …Dina.

        1. Orion Fury

          So to summon The Willis one must insult Dina. I think the heat death of the universe (DoAvesre at that) will happen first (well, done on purpose).

  77. Teddae

    CUDDLE PARTY

  78. Mortartarsaus

    Right after Becky slammed that door “This is How We do it” by Montell Jordan started playing.

  79. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    Waistline isn’t high enough.

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