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Key
Posted on July 10, 2013 by David M Willis

270 thoughts on “Key”

  1. AHR

    D’awwwwww they lurv each other

    1. Lumino

      Sexy tiems?

      1. AHR

        More like fluffy tiems.

        1. ADHadh

          Sexy fluffy tiems?

        2. Josh

          Do want.

        3. Crimson Doom

          Ruth avatar = fitting.

      2. Kirt Dankmyer

        This sequence really shouldn’t be hot, yet it is. 🙂

        1. ALLxISxGONE

          I guess it just cant be helped… wait waht?

    2. Lord Geovanni

      They’re in lesbians with each other

    3. Halloween Jack

      aww yiss

  2. Mr. Random

    Awwww bonding through shared love of disdain for authority.

    1. JBO

      Soon Sal is gonna want to get in on that.

      1. Heavensrun

        . . . I’ll be in my bunk.

        1. BigMadDraco

          It’s the Aslan gavatar that really sells it.

        2. Tachyon

          And here I thought Firefly’s Jayne grew a beard. And a mane.

        3. Drunken Nordmann

          A beardier beard?

        4. NightmareWarden

          Silly Nordmann, Beards can’t grow beards!
          …
          They grow moustaches!

      2. Jenny Creed

        Can’t wait to see how those club meetings will go.
        Ruth: I declare this Anarchy club m-
        Sal: YOU’RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!
        Billie: ANARCHY!
        Ruth: meeting o-
        Billie: I’m not as drunk as you think I am. Wait.
        Sal: See y’alls later. *jumps out window*

        1. Crimson Doom

          And then, for the heck of it:

          “You wanna know how I got these scars?”

          And then:

          “CHIMICHANGAS!”

  3. piemanpie24

    Am I smiling? What? No. This is just gas. Willis isn’t making me emotional.

    1. NightmareWarden

      There there, baby pieman. *pats pieman’s back*
      Pieman: Buuuuuuuuuuuurp!
      Me: Great, now I’m deaf in one ear. What’s the hearing equivalent of a monocle? A hearing aid with a top hat or something?

      1. Zakrael

        Ear Trumpet, my good fellow. Stylish, sophisticated, and incredibly collectible.

        1. NightmareWarden

          That is a brilliant idea! Now I can proceed with my plans. Mua-ha-haaa!

        2. piemanpie24

          Little known fact; Hearts Boxcars collects ear trumpets.

    2. Viredae

      Oh yeah, I got real teary-eyed on that last panel.

      1. Ivan

        you mean WET

  4. EvergreenFir

    Not quite the sexy I was hoping for, but it has potential.

    1. Yotomoe

      Just try to force the last panel into inuendo.

      1. EvergreenFir

        A baby’s sneeze could push that panel into innuendo.

        1. Yotomoe

          But it would be a very adorable way to do so.

        2. Crotonhurst

          Um…Chastity belt removal? Damnit my mind went straight to men in tights.

        3. 6Qubed

          More like nimble fingers, if you know what I mean. Eh? Eh?

          (I mean handjobs.)

        4. Izzy

          Call the royal locksmith!

    2. Jenny Creed

      She taught her to pick the lock. . .to her heart.

      In her pants.

      Her heart in her pants.

      1. NightmareWarden

        You know what they say, the fastest way to a woman’s heart is through her pants!
        …
        So you’d better learn how to iron pants.

        1. Starscreamer

          I always heard it was through her rib cage…but mama always said Mr. Krueger was a little off…

  5. DanMan9820

    Now kiss.

    1. ReFlex76

      Touch . . . touch boobs.

      1. Resne

        Dat sexual tension.

  6. Regalli

    … That may well be the first legitimately cute moment these two have had together. This universe, anyway.

    Yay!

    1. saltchocolate

      Both smiling in the same panel!

      1. Super Duper

        The universe is about to implode!

  7. Wonder Wig

    Awww It’s the key to her heart/TARDIS.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Are you suggesting hat her heart is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside.

      1. nothri

        All we really know is that Ruth’s heart grew three sizes today.

        Which is why she’s in danger of a heart attack.

        1. Wonder Wig

          Cardiomegaly is a serious issue. Claiming the lives of 7 grinches per year.

        2. EvergreenFir

          viral cardiomegaly?

      2. 6Qubed

        Wig might be suggesting that Ruth has a blue bOH GOD WHY IS IT BLUE?!

        1. ninja_jesus

          Sexual frustration, maybe?

  8. Aaron S.

    But… who’s going to hold Billie responsible? Really, no jokes here. She’s just as likely as Ruth to fall off the wagon.

    1. Hythrain

      I think the idea is that Ruth will keep watch on Billie. Since Ruth talked about quitting together, I thought it implied that if Billie kept watch over her, she’d keep watch over Billie.

    2. marr

      I am guessing the RA can get into any room she wants to.

      1. partinobodycular

        I was an RA. We had spare keys to every room in the building, in case someone locked themselves out, went home for the weekend and didn’t turn off their alarm clock, etc.

    3. ICSM

      Ruth.

      Even if she doesn’t have a copy of billie’s key or something, she just told us that she doesn’t need a key, because she can lockpick Billie’s door every time she wants

  9. Glib

    Sexitiems imminent

  10. Doctor_Who

    Bah. Ruth’s door lock is only Adept level. Billie can handle it, with just a couple of picks.

    Why yes, I did recently download Skyrim Legendary Edition, how did you ever guess?

    1. Mr. Random

      She’d only need one if she’s at 100. But Billie would never pick so many locks. It’d be an invasion of privacy.

    2. Dorky

      Ruth is actually a future version of the doctor. She is both female and ginger. everyone is happy.
      She doesn’t even need a key to her own room because she just uses the sonic screwdriver.
      Someone figure out a way that Ruth uses the psychic paper because i fricking love the psychic paper.

      1. Doctor_Who

        It’s her fake ID.

      2. Ghostforge

        love this!^

    3. ninja_jesus

      But is her sneak skill high enough to avoid detection?

  11. John

    Givin’ her a key to your place already?

    1. Yotomoe

      Well they did already make out.

  12. Luzahn

    Considering the look of Ruth as she says that last line, I think we’ve found Amazi-girl’s supervillains.

    1. John

      In this issue: Amazi-Girl vs. Ruthless and the Alpha bongo!

      1. ninja_jesus

        Holy shit, Ruthless and the Alpha bongo sound like a great super-villain duo.

  13. Taigan

    “…and if you want you can check on me before bed. And during the night. In fact, I’d probably be easier if you just stayed over.” <3

    Yeah, but I can dream.

    1. EvergreenFir

      I can totally picture a fanfic/fanart based on this… Billie walks into room. Ruth has headphones on, at computer enthralled in whatever she’s doing. Billie goes to sneak up on her… until she glimpses the screen and hears … Imma stop here

    2. Yotomoe

      I read that as “Check under the bed” as in check for monsters.

      1. Aizat

        All right, Yotomoe. Roll the dice for monster check.

        1. Doctor_Who

          You encounter a Beholder!…It’s Joe, hoping to “Behold” some girl on girl action.

        2. Mr. Random

          Joe used bluff. Roll to see if it’s effective.

        3. Josh

          Does a 13 pass?

        4. N0083rP00F

          Sorry but the base DC is a 15 before modifiers.

        5. Mr. Random

          It fails. Instead of convincing them to continue, they decide to kick him out the window. Joe is forced to climb outside the building in order to make kiddy faces at the girls on the upper floors.

        6. Leorale

          He climbs out the window to check out the ladies on the upper floors — doesn’t he ever think about the consequences??

        7. HMRC4EVR

          *bows before the PUNisher*

    3. DarkVeghetta

      This is the first comment I’ve ever red on this site. Ah, those halcyon days, roughly 48h ago.

      1. DarkVeghetta

        Taigan one, that is.

  14. Plasma Mongoose

    Picking locks are also very handy where chasity belts are involved.

    1. Aizat

      If your lock-picking skills are high enough that is.

    2. Yotomoe

      Takin’ em off is easy. IT’s putting them back on that’s the hard part.

      1. Aizat

        Wait, I thought chastity belts require a lock pick skill of 50 or higher?

        1. Josh

          I’ve always assumed that!

        2. Josh

          Or I’ve been seriously screwing up my rolls.

        3. Roborat

          If that is what you have been screwing, you are doing it wrong.

    3. EvergreenFir

      Still sailing the SS JoycexBillie? Or just a comment on chastity belts in general?

      1. NightmareWarden

        What would a chastity belt do that Joyce’s words can’t?

        1. ninja_jesus

          Keep its integrity?

  15. Estron

    Huh.

  16. Lu86

    Awwww!!! So cute!

  17. Blue

    Words cannot describe how cute this is. Halp.

    And this may be the least dysfunctional they’ve ever been together.

  18. Aizat

    All you need is a screwdriver, a crapload of bobby pins and a magazine on lock-picking.

    1. TPman

      Alternatively, fire axe.

      1. ICSM

        Or just fire, really.

    2. Yotomoe

      No Screwdrivers! They gave up drinking!

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Sonic Screwdrivers on the other hand…

        1. Mr. Random

          Unless it’s a wooden lock…

        2. HMRC4EVR

          Sonic? Who uses Sonic?? (well, he does, but still…)

          Laser Screwdrivers are the way to go!

        3. AgentKeen

          I’ve always wanted to open up a Sci-Fi bar with a Sonic Screwdriver on the menu.

        4. Mr. Random

          What would be the Sonic part?

        5. Ghostforge

          its stirred in a vitamix at high speed

        6. Jenny Creed

          It can be a Screwdriver served in a crystal glass, with good sound.

        7. N0083rP00F

          A squeeze of Blue Hedgehog?

        8. AgentKeen

          That’s something I try to figure out every so often, but still haven’t come up with a good idea.

        9. Roborat

          Maybe an ultrasonic sound generator used to mix the drink?

        10. Leorale

          Doesn’t need to be complicated. Just something that turns the drink blue.

        11. Jenny Creed

          I thought about that but how do you turn orange juice blue? They’re opposite colors! D:

        12. The E-man

          There’s a place in NYC called the Way Station which has three Sonic Screwdriver cocktails: 10th, 11th, and River’s Red Setting. The cocktails are here.

          I believe that at one point the bartender used a light-up sonic screwdriver to “sonic” the drink when serving but I only heard about that and never seen it myself, so I’m not sure if it’s true.

    3. Lu86

      Mentats also help.

      1. Luke

        As does a nice hat.

    4. Valdrax

      Or, in a dorm situation in which you *know* there’s a master key somewhere, making a good old bump key will do.

      And hey, Billie now has two keys that fit the same make of lock…

  19. GoogerGeigwr

    My boner is imminent.

  20. DJTsurugi

    ~watches Willis play with dolls of Ruth and Billie making them kiss each other~

    1. Doctor_Who

      Pfff! Willis? Own dolls? In what universe?

      1. Badtux

        Please. They’re called “action figures”.

    2. Buckybone

      Really? The rest of us just make them fuck.

  21. Amanda

    SECRET BEST FRIENDS YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY

    (secret best friends who sometimes make out, licky-style)

    1. Josh

      With their penises?

  22. TPman

    I have yet to test it out in real life, but I have a hunch that a set of lock picks would make a great romantic gift.

    1. NightmareWarden

      “I can’t just give you the key to my heart; you have to poke around in there until it opens involuntarily.”
      I recommend you see a chiropractor for that hunch, it ain’t gonna help nothin’.

    2. Roborat

      Well, I gave a set to Vette, and she seemed to like them, so you may be right.

      1. Roborat

        Hmmm. I suspect I may have been too obscure with this joke.

  23. Kernanator

    Who has written all of the cutes? It’s Willis!

    1. Yotomoe

      I’m imagining you holding up Willis like a baby and saying that in a baby voice.

      1. Kernanator

        Which is funny, since he’s at least 10 years older than me.

      2. Ghostforge

        arrg… now me too

      3. ICSM

        I imagined a dog called Willis.

  24. Jack Faire

    I like that this time we get to see their friendship develop.

    1. Doctor_Who

      My Little Billie: Friendship is Breaking and Entering.

  25. Deemah122

    BROTP!!!!

  26. NerdHerder

    MY EMOTIONS

    1. Aizat

      THEY ARE TOYING WITH

      1. Makkabee

        WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA!!

        (Oops. Wrong Frank Oz voice)

  27. Plasma Mongoose

    What do they use for locks in IU these days, key-cards?

    1. Yotomoe

      Noone locks their door. EVER.

      1. shanaleigh1994

        Most of the girls do

      2. Ray Radlein

        Back when I was a Freshman (n.b.: not at IU), we never locked our dorm room door for about the first two-thirds of the year, until someone finally got too paranoid about security, and we decided to lock our doors after all.

        That was the day someone broke in while we were all in classes and stole a bunch of stuff.

        In retrospect, the perpetrator (a janitor with a passkey, IIRC) had probably viewed the unlocked door as a sign that someone was home up until that point.

        The police eventually caught the guy and got a bunch of our stuff back, but only after the insurance company had replaced my really nice camera and lenses with a not-quite-so-nice camera and lenses. Dammit.

        1. eddy_h

          That must have been an older and more trusting time … on moving into our first year dorms (2000/2001 year) one of the first things we were told was to not leave your door open or unlocked unless you had line-of-sight/were within earshot of it and were e.g. just grabbing something from the shared kitchen or in and out of the bathroom… (ie there wouldn’t be time enough for someone from outside to gain access to the corridor, find and enter an unlocked room, grab something valuable and escape). Theft from student bedrooms is a massive problem, apparently – at least in the 21st century (and one presumes the late 90s)… and insurance against it is big business.

          However we loosened up a bit when the entry doors gained electronic locks (all the rooms themselves still cylinder locks), as by then we all knew and trusted each other fairly well (…discounting that one guy who got expelled early on for trying to rape his (co-ed) neighbour) and so with less chance of unknowns wandering in we could treat it more like a holiday youth hostel or the like. The worst we personally suffered was someone drunkenly letting in some guys from the floor above who then raided our fridge and stole all the sausages … and a kettle, weirdly.

          Careless floormate in my third year did end up losing their laptop, however.

          For some reason I never felt that paranoid about the old jalopy I bought for my third year. Often didn’t bother locking it, and certainly not the tailgate (figured it wouldn’t be too hard to climb in through there, break the steering lock and hotwire it if I really needed to, and it wasn’t obvious it was unlocked despite the side doors being locked). Never got touched. Shoulda kept all my stuff in it… 🙂

        2. Ray Radlein

          It was older, all right (1979), but I refuse to believe that we were any more trusting back then. Shit was fucked up and shit even then.

          We lived in an apartment-style dorm, with four separate bedrooms, a kitchen, living room, and split bathroom. Which meant that if we were each in our rooms, someone could easily walk in the unlocked front door, through the living room and kitchen, and out the back door, without any of us even knowing, if they were quiet (which, of course, college students pretty much never are). Which people occasionally did, to cut through the dorm rather than walking around it (of course, we did it to other similar rooms ourselves at times). But then, we didn’t keep stuff worth stealing out in the living room, for the most part. And no one was really desperate enough to steal our pots and pans.

          Of course, if we had been four women, we might well have locked our doors by default. Or maybe not; I don’t recall the female equivalent dorm rooms being particularly hypervigilant in that way (though we would certainly not barge in unannounced to cut through their rooms, that’s for sure).

    2. Valdrax

      Better question: Even when they did have metal keys, did none of them have a prominent “do no copy” on them?

      Then again, I guess that mattered more before self-service key copying machines became a thing. Thank you everyone for tuning in to today’s episode of “Now I Feel Old.”

      1. Quinctia

        Unless that “do not copy” head is on a key blank that’s unusual, there’s not going to be too much hassle getting it copied. Otherwise, how on earth does the owner of a building get the key in the first place?

      2. Dara

        That was my first thought, too. My dorm room key (and the key to the dorm mailroom) had ‘Do Not Copy’ stamped onto the head, so that if you take it to a copier, they won’t do it. But I didn’t know they have self-serve key-copy machines now since I’ve never gone to have a key made.

        1. Valdrax

          Many stores competing in the same niche as Wal-mart have them, and nearly all stores in the same niche as Home Depot and Lowe’s have them.

          I’ve always liked that you can get the funky painted keys to help tell them apart better.

  28. Brian Lynch

    And then we can make out all licky-style.

    1. Brian Lynch

      Ah – I should add for Dumbing Of Age – only fans, that that is a Shortpacked reference, and is not as dirty as it sounds.

      1. VMtheCoyote

        I get that it’s a Shortpacked reference, but I’m pretty sure it is -exactly- as dirty as it sounds.

        1. Brian Lynch

          Fair point.

        2. Ghostforge

          i always interpreted “licky style”as just frenching

        3. NightmareWarden

          Wait, then how is “licky style” any different from “heavy petting”? Isn’t very compassionate and steamy kissing=frenching?

        4. NightmareWarden

          Why the balls did I put “frenching” there? I could have used either of the above words, yet I chose frenching. It must be a message from the universe! Get on it, Billie and Ruth!

  29. saltchocolate

    So is Ruth going to keep an eye on Billie, too? She’s already got a key to Billie’s room…

  30. Yotomoe

    And by “Pick a lock” I mean…pick a lock.
    But then we can do sexy things. Like learn how to “pick a lock”

    1. EvergreenFir

      “Picking locks”
      “Breaking and entering”
      Everything sounds dirty in quotes

      1. Mr. Random

        Let’s see. “Eat lasagna” , then “make some tofu”, “take a shit”, “make sweaty passionate love”. Yep. All of them.

        1. Yotomoe

          woah, we both did tofu…what are the odds?

        2. Mr. Random

          1/06102013

        3. Drazisil

          That’s 1/07102013. Even better. 🙂

      2. DrunkenGator

        “Hard time”
        “Stock Index”
        “Fahrvegneugen”
        … you may be on to something…

        1. NightmareWarden

          Is…is that an Animaniacs reference? From the Animaniacs movie?

      3. Yotomoe

        “Eating Tofu”
        “Riding Bikes”
        “Punching Rabbits”
        “Stretching my legs”
        we were “Caught in a snowstorm”

      4. nothri

        “Pulling the fire alarm.”

      5. Mo

        “Playing with my Monkey Master.”

      6. Ghostforge

        not exactly, if its something that is a carnal act and is the textbook term for it quotes just make it sound like you dont believe they will/are/have done said thing

        1. Makkabee

          “Fucking so hard that Joyce had an orgasm.”

  31. Gram91

    I wonder if Billie realizes the same conditions may apply to her.

    1. Yotomoe

      She may wake up with a Ruth in her bed. The best thing to wake up to
      THE BEST PART OF WAKING UP, IS RUTHLESS IN YOUR BUNK

      1. AgentKeen

        I can see it now, Ruth sneaking in through the door in the middle of the night, Sal sneaking in through the window. They look at each other and just agree to pretend neither of them saw anything…

        1. John

          I’m imagining Ruth sneaking in and crawling into bed with Billie while she sleeps. And then Sal coming through the window to find Billie and Ruthless sleeping innocently spooned together with content little smiles on their faces, and just blinking, turning around, and leaving again.

          That and Joyce’s reaction to coming in to get Billie up for class and finding them like that…

        2. Platinakettu

          It would be awsome if this ever happened.

      2. nothri

        It pisses me off that I love this comment so much. So goddamn terrible, and yet….

      3. Gram91

        It could go the other way around as well

    2. EvergreenFir

      are you saying… it can go both ways? **rimshot**

      1. Ghostforge

        Daaaaaanggg.

      2. Dinstow

        Daaaaaanggg.

  32. Totz the Plaid

    I’ve never tried it, but I know, theoretically, how to pick a lock.

    1. Aizat

      So do I. Thank you Fallout New Vegas.

    2. Josh

      You poke a lock-pick into it and wiggle it around until it opens right? Skyrim taught me something!

    3. Crimson Doom

      You take a battleaxe and chop the door open.

      …what do you MEAN, the point is to be subtle?!

  33. SUGauthor

    That’s a relief, I’ve been worried about her, but I REALLY doubt Billie can quit alcohol.

    1. NightmareWarden

      I heard the best way to quit an addiction is to pick up another one. You know Billie, you wouldn’t be the first one in your dorm to get addicted to some “freckled ass”…
      Trust me, I’m a doctor.

  34. AJBulldis

    THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER.

  35. ShadowMaskPrime

    Walky, you’re missing the “OTP” and “Shipping” tags…

  36. Raen

    Ruth and Billie, sittin’ in a wagon.

  37. alicemacher

    I’m getting a little farklempt… tawk amongst yourselves… ;__;

  38. Ridureyu

    Silly Billie, you don’t need to check on her, just move in!

    But anyway… it’d be adorable if they became a couple. Also adorable? They stay friends, platonically, since everybody else is guaranteed to go bed-hopping around. Sometimes a good, close friendship can be awesome, too… though I’m betting on a month of in-story time, tops, till they’re a couple. Dumbing Of Age has way too many heterosexuals for a Willis comic!

    1. vsophi

      It might be cute on the surface, but it’s not like everything’s all better now. They both still have pretty intense issues.

      In other news… Man, Ruth is so attractive with developed eyes. ; w ; <3

  39. null

    I don’t usually ship BUT I SHIP THIS HARD

    1. Ghostforge

      YES so do i *looks around nervously for the heteronormative gestapo*

      1. saltchocolate

        No worries! They don’t even bother policing Willis’s comics anymore.

      2. DarkVeghetta

        Those can’t get in here… there’s a magic lock on the front door that only opens if you have lesbian porn in your heart.

  40. Lazarus

    50/50 chance Billie goes to use the key and finds out it’s actually a key specifically made to fit no lock in the dorm.

  41. Kamino Neko

    And the SS Billieruth sails again!

    … Hmm. Needs a better ‘ship name.

    Psychobillie?

    1. ProfNekko

      Freakout!

    2. alicemacher

      You heard Kamino Neko, ‘shippers. Make it so. 😉

    3. Ghostforge

      SS Billessik?

    4. CianM1301

      SS Rubi?

    5. saltchocolate

      I was playing around with their full names, and realized that one possible mash-up is Worthless (Billingsworth/Lessick) . . . and that made me sad. Here’s to the self-esteem of both of them!

    6. NightRaven

      Worthlesse ?

    7. xKiv

      Ruthifer?

  42. RickZarber

    I really like that Ruth is subtly mentioning the time she broke into Billie’s room and stole a treasured personal belonging in order to damage it and cause emotional pain and yet this is still somehow flirting.

    Like, no sarcasm, I love it.

  43. fishamaphone

    Holy shit, I had not prepared myself for these feels. Agh, I don’t know what to do with them. I think I might explode.

    *pwof!*

    1. turkishproverb

      Crap. Now I have to clean this up. Why people can’t hold their feels, I’ll never know…

  44. nothri

    I am pretty okay with this development. Closest Ruth can come to admitting she was wrong and thanking Billie for saving her life.

    Granted, its no angry make out session, but I am pretty okay with it.

  45. Hythrain

    This comic… and my… but you… I’m having difficulty making coherent thoughts. This was just amazingly adorable. This wasn’t what I was expecting at all! Damnit, Willis, you’ve pulled on my feel strings once again!

  46. shanaleigh1994

    Read Hall still uses metal keys, it’s the dorms on the other side of campus that use those cards

    1. eddy_h

      DANG IT I was about to claim firsts on saying that it doesn’t use metal keys no more, too.

      (I don’t even know, I just grepped the comments and found no mention of it… before now)

  47. Comrade

    I’m surprised so many people are commenting about how adorable it is and whatnot. I mean, my first impulse was that Ruth had some kind of ulterior motive or was planning to humiliate Billie somehow or… well, suffice to say, I’m not the most apt when it comes to elabourating my sentiments through text, but I figured she had some kind of devious little plan in mind. But apparently I’m in the minority on that? :v

    1. EvergreenFir

      I feel odd for not having too many feels and simply jumping to the PMHP

      All aboard!

      1. nothri

        PMHP?

        1. Kernanator

          PREMARITAL HANKY-PANKY!

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/06-yesterday-was-thursday/pmhp/

    2. Hythrain

      I think it’s because, with everything that’s happened lately, and with the expressions Ruth shows, it doesn’t come off like she has an ulterior motive; she genuinely wants to quit drinking. It likely also helps that this “quit drinking” arc is something Willis already did with Ruth and Billie, so in many ways it carries a lot of nostalgia in that regard (And hopefully without the same bloody end)

    3. nothri

      Shrug. Girl almost died. I’ll give her the the benefit of the doubt. Innocent until proven shitty, in my book.

  48. ShaggyDonahugh

    Ok, I teared up with happiness…whether that’s from the nickel I earned or this panel I’m not entirely sure.

    1. Ghostforge

      the answer is YES.

      1. ShadowMaskPrime

        Given your (randomly selected?) Avatars, I know what you’re spending that nickel on…

  49. Wilkie

    IU does still have metal keys! You have to swipe your ID to get into the building, but your bedroom door gets a regular key. (Also I’m wondering if Ruth even had to pick Billie’s lock – as an RA she can get into anyone’s room she wants to.)

  50. Uniqueantique

    Interesting and complicated. Mr. W. never gives a straight shot. Which leads to some damn fine arcs and a very interesting read.
    The two of them have a long way to go, will be interesting to see what develops. I’m thinking it won’t be expected either way. And I agree with the statement that maybe Ruth is keeping an eye on Billie. Ruth will likely quit drinking before Billie does. Ruth knows she has a problem, Billy does too but I don’t think Billie “really” believes she has a problem. Sort of an ‘oh yeah, I can quit anytime” mindset.

  51. TrueVCU

    And thus began the DEADLY ALLIANCE

    1. nothri

      Suddenly I hear bond music in the background.

      1. TrueVCU

        Suddenly Ruth has a posh british accent

      2. Ghostforge

        is it wrong that my mind immediately upon reading your post said Octopussy?

  52. Osaru Sensei

    hngh.

    …So… many cute… Ruth… faces! *faints from ODing on ecchi-flvored kawaii*

  53. Iggzy

    I love you Willis,

  54. Ryuusei924

    thank GOD. i finally have more reason to fangirl.

  55. mathiasmindblade

    Shipping at the Shipyard!

  56. MechaMaidFan7

    I came here to read “D’awwwwww” comments and to write my own. I’m not disappointed.

  57. Raoullefere

    Sniff So touching. ‘Course, I still want someone to kick Ruth inna Australia…

    …but maybe not quite as hard.

    1. John

      Ruth just handed Billie the keys to a shiny new Australia?

      1. Lamachine

        I wasn’t aware it was laundry day, though…

  58. acher4

    omgomgOMG!
    I LUV this!
    😀

  59. Doctor Lantern

    In the words of Peter Griffin: “Now hug… good, good. Now smell her hair a little…”

  60. itches

    So this seems too good to be true. Remember who makes this comic.

  61. Josh

    DAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!

  62. StClair

    “Or if you want to come over for… y’know… any other reasons…”

  63. Beachfox

    *deep breath* *SQUEEEEEE!* *does the gay hands thing*

    http://www.shortpacked.com/2010/comic/book-11/01-no-thanks-to-eharmony/giddy/

  64. CathyGarrett (@CathyGarrett)

    Nope. Still hate Ruthless.

  65. Tualha

    Awww. FWIENDS.

  66. Volkai

    <3

  67. Yarrr

    I like it. They make good friends. This could work out better if they don’t actually end up in a relationship.

  68. Alexis

    Stupid Willis, in IU, everyone’s psychically interfaced with the Hive Key now!

    GET with the TIMES!

    1. Mrelegos

      By the time the gang reach Spring Joke, this comment will be accurate

  69. Hoboturtle

    This was heart warming until the last panel which made me fear for everyone’s safety. Nogfemurs will be safe

    1. partinobodycular

      Phew, I was really worried for my nogfemurs for a minute.

  70. David

    By “discreetly pick a lock”, she is referring to her vagina.

    I am a detective.

    1. Tomas

      Thank you, Captain Hammer.

    2. David

      Anybody have an idea whether the default gravatar is based on a hash of the “NAME” or a hash of the “EMAIL” or both? I’m just wondering about the likelihood of having the same default avatar when one shares the same displayed name.

      This is the first time I’ve seen a name+gravatar collision and I’d be idly curious to know its likelihood.

      In other news: David, if you are collecting and displaying insects like you are collecting innuendo, I’d recommend buying some pins instead of the rather prominent nails you drive home. They make it hard to focus on what you want to highlight rather than on the bloody mess you make.

      1. John

        It’s based on a hash of the email. I collided with another John over on BBR (in an odd coincidence, that was with Sarah, too), and switched to my full name to distinguish. Didn’t change the email, and kept the Sarah grav. (Though added gravs and the accompanying reshuffle since has given me Billie over there now, too.)

        I’d guess the odds of colliding with someone else you share a name with are roughly 1:[number of random gravatars available], assuming, without knowing the details of the hash, that each possible result has roughly the same probability.

  71. Pjotroos

    It’s never easy to write something heartwarming and not cheesy. Well done, mr Willis.

  72. clodia

    What a sweet moment!

    I don’t trust it.

  73. Notebooked

    There she is.

  74. RTH2

    That is, sincerely, one of the sweetest moments I’ve ever seen. The look on Billie’s face sells the whole exchange.

  75. Robert

    Hindsight is Mad Dog 20/20

  76. The Coslar

    Is it awful that I like Ruth less now? Ruthless was my favorite character, but take the “less” out and she’s just less. That made sense in my head, I swear.

  77. Arkadi

    Is this how it’s going to be? Bill and Ruth being insanely cute together, like the most perfect couple of supervillains???

    1. Gargamel

      I could imagine Harley and Pamela having a similar scene.

      1. Arkadi

        Exactly!

  78. Whittier

    Billie and Ruth come to their senses. Now I’m waiting for Joyce, Ethan, Sal, Jason, etc, etc…

  79. Aaron Bourque

    She gave her a thing to stick in her hole.

    1. Anon

      Definitely one of the best (and truest) comments I’ve read. You deserve much more recognition than this meager offering, but it’s all I got. Thank you.

  80. BranTheQuixotic

    Whaaaaaat.

    I want to be really happy about this but I don’t know if I can because I fear Ruth will be randomly jerkass to Billie again soon, leaving her once again confused and frustrated.

    …And then they make out? Maybe? But even then that would just complicate matters.

    I don’t think we’re done with them being at each other’s throats yet, though I hope I’m wrong…

  81. Rideps1

    … D’AAAWWWW YOU WILLIS!

    Or something like that.

  82. Imperator

    Everyone is a lesbian for Billie. No. Exceptions.

    1. Arkadi

      Even the guys.

      1. averystrangeplace

        ESPECIALLY the guys.

  83. koraelus

    omg… I want them to get married now so bad.

  84. The E-man

    I got all the way to the bottom of the comments and NO ONE has made a “closet key” joke? I am disappointed.

  85. OmegaDez

    <3

  86. Bill M.

    Even though I ship this… I get the feeling Admiral Ackbar’s got something to say.

  87. Angrymang

    The Billie/Ruth dynamic is one of my favorites in the whole comic.

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