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Erred
Posted on June 13, 2019 by David M Willis

100 thoughts on “Erred”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    “Would they even accept returns for this? I mean–” *rips off tags* “TOO LATE, MINE FOREVER”

    1. Stephen Bierce

      Imagines Dina taking it to the Monogram shop.

      1. desolation0

        Isn’t there already a custom bit for campaign reasons?

        1. Kamino Neko

          The bandaid making it technically not embezzelment.

  2. BBCC

    Geez, Amber, let’s not be hasty.

    I’m too tired to come up with anything else to say. Today was my university graduation and I had to get up early. I’ll be funny again tomorrow.

    1. Woomy

      Oh hey I am graduating university too this week

      We are the same

      1. BBCC

        Neato! We’ll be graduation buddies.

      2. Miri

        Congratulations to the two of you 🙂

        1. BBCC

          Thank you!

      3. JediMB

        Con-graduations, both of you!

        1. BBCC

          A+ punning.

      4. ValdVin

        Congrats to you each.

        (No reply needed.)

        1. BBCC

          Thank you!

      5. Dragon_Nataku

        :confetti_ball: Congratulations, both of you! Here’s to a bright future for you both 😀

        1. BBCC

          Thank you!

    2. Yumi

      Shoving aside my initial bongo-y joke reaction to say congrats on graduating!

      1. BBCC

        Thank you!

    3. Schpoonman

      Congratulations.

      1. Hazel

        Congratulations Woomy and BBCC! I hope your time in higher education was less drama filled then the comic characters we choose to spend our days reading about!

        1. BBCC

          Thanks! And yeah, the most dramatic thing about today is that the strap of my flats got wonky and pinched my foot so I got a couple nasty blisters.

        2. ǝ snow ʍousɐ

          Ouch! But at least your toenail didn’t fall off.

        3. BBCC

          No, and it’s not gonna. 😛

          Mostly because no matter how hard it gets hurt, it never falls off. Must have strong nails or something.

        4. Woomy

          Sometimes I have an existential crisis over the fact that I’ve been reading this comic since high school, and they’re still in the first semester of their freshman year with a world of possibilities ahead of them.

        5. BBCC

          XD Understandable.

      2. BBCC

        Thank you!

    4. Marsh Maryrose

      Congratulations! You can take the night off and get ready to hit those books tomorrow, ’cause that MLIS won’t just drop into your lap. 🙂

      1. BBCC

        Well, I don’t start the MLIS until September, but yes, I’m ready!

    5. adjudicus

      Congrats!!

      1. BBCC

        Thank you!

    6. Needfuldoer

      Congratulations, both of you!

      1. BBCC

        Thank you!

    7. Delicious Taffy

      Congratulations!

      1. BBCC

        Thank you!

  3. ValdVin

    “You’re in love and you sleep on a giant dinosaur now.”

    Is Willis just trolling us with a cornucopia of book titles?

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      Is there a strip in the last 8+ years that hasn’t included a potential book title?

      The eventual DoA Omnibus will have to be called “A Cornucopia of Book Titles.”

      1. Marsh Maryrose

        Actually, it needs to be, “I Trolled Them With a Cornucopia of Book Titles.”

        1. ValdVin

          Ahh, I always appreciate a good meta.

  4. Deathjavu

    Wow, Amber believes the universe is fair, or somehow gives out stuff on some moral axis?

    No wonder she thinks she’s a monster, only a monster could deserve Blaine.

    1. Jamie

      I mean, it’s not a cause-and-effect thing. People who think that they’re a monster will often comfort themselves with the idea that at least the universe is fair.

      1. Deathjavu

        Amber has some messed up worldviews for sure.

        (Understatement of the month)

  5. Kay

    Let’s all remember that this dinosaur had custom writing sewn into it. It probably can’t be returned.

  6. Bryy

    As a dude with Asperger’s, this strip warms my heart.

    1. Delicious Taffy

      You should go to a doctor, if you’re experiencing an increase in heart temperature.

  7. Kravis

    Fuckface II can not be returned, Amber, so don’t even think about it!

  8. ktbear

    Its funny that it wasn’t that long ago that Dina was feeling insecure about Becky’s feelings for her.

    1. Yumi

      I can’t help but wonder if she might be projecting because she still is.

      1. Alanari

        And I’m wondering whether becky is projecting. Dina is a rebound, becky is in love with Joyce. That has to cause some doubts, insecurities and difficulties she might project into dina.

  9. timemonkey

    Let’s be honest, we’d all be willing to sacrifice at least half the cast for that dinosaur.

    1. King Daniel

      Are there enough members in DoA’s rogues gallery to count as “half the cast”?

      1. Jamie

        Is Billie in the rogue’s gallery?

    2. Needfuldoer

      Calm down, Thanos.

      1. timemonkey

        I resent the comparison. Thanos was an idiot.

      2. Roborat

        I got that reference.

  10. Stephen Bierce

    *plays Lisa Lisa’s “I Wonder If I Take You Home” on the hacked Muzak*

    1. Stephen Bierce

      Yesterday’s Song.

  11. DailyBrad

    I think Dina’s right that Becky’s feeling very insecure, but I think Dina’s not the problem so much as that Becky really hasn’t been able to not feel like a freeloader for a while, having to depend on the kindness of friends, strangers, and her new family. She doesn’t exactly have a roadmap on how to do right by the people who did right by her, so she overcompensates.

    1. Hazel

      Plus I’d say Becky isn’t exactly over all her feelings for Joyce. She wants to be over them, and she really does like Dina and enjoys being her girlfriend but feelings aren’t always easy to get rid of. So she probably feels guilty towards Dina about that as well as her general having to rely on strangers stage she has just left.

    2. Mel

      This is exactly what I think. I’ve been very poor for a while due to unemployment and now tend to be as generous as I can be when I can be because of that. My father grew up in obscene amounts of poverty and to this day, overloads us with gifts on major holidays. When you CAN finally give people the things you feel they truly deserve, it’s a real smorgasbord of emotions.

    3. thejeff

      She also grew up in the same ridiculous culture as Joyce and likely absorbed much of notions of romance from rom-coms and the like. Fancy parties and elaborate gifts are all tied up with True Love.

  12. carms

    Does Becky feel insecure about Dina’s feelings, or her own? For who’s benefit is the big declarative gesture?

    1. Bagge

      Yes.

      (Mostly herself, I think, but like many insecure teenagers she projects on her partner. Se also: Walky, Dorothy)

  13. Ele

    Can’t help but picture Dina as Groo, now.

  14. Icalasari

    I can relate to Dina SO HARD right now

  15. ESM

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhCo6PUVf3k&feature=youtu.be&t=237

    ROBIN:
    Thanks to your postings on twitter
    My polls are soaring, the credit is yours
    Now try not to get the jitters
    I’ll pay tuition by stiffing the poors
    College credits, major in STEM
    The kind of strings my office can pull
    Keep on tweeting out my positions
    It’s educational. Lucrative too!

    BECKY
    My future’s starting
    I’ve got to let it!
    Just post some tweets and geez my bank account will rise.
    …What am I saying?
    No way, forget it.
    It’s much to dangerous if her campaign’s alive
    I take this offer
    That means less funding
    Who knew that greed could be a mortal cardinal sin?
    I take this offer
    That means my cunning
    Might be the reason that Robin DeSanto wins!

    No! No! There’s only so far you can bend!
    No! No! Guess what I’m a lesbian!
    No! No!
    You’ve got no alternative, no time to whine
    Though it means you’ll be homeless you must grow a spine
    From Robin’s campaign, it’s time to untwine
    Oh Becky, you’ve gotta resign

    ….

    “But then there’s Dina
    Lovely Dina
    If times were leaner, and we had no dinosaur
    She might not like me
    She might not want me
    Without my cash
    She might not love me anymore”

    1. AntJ

      Wow. That was amazing. I can’t believe I didn’t think of LSOH for Becky before

  16. NotAnElf

    The Obvious solution is a slipshine episode where Dina proves her love by initiating an hours long session of depraved behaviors with Becky atop the plushy

    1. abysswatcher1993

      We beg the mighty Willis that he considers this idea!

  17. C.T Phipps

    I think Becky’s problem is going to be that Dina will give all the encouragement of Becky’s new employment she needs, thinking it worth it. What Becky REALLY wants to hear from Dina is she’s made a mistake and needs to quit.

  18. Pocky

    I eventually imagine them having a date atop this dinosaur.

    1. Marsh Maryrose

      I have resisted so far…but…

      And for context, Elinor Glyn was a novelist of the early 20th century whose books were (for the time) racy and scandalous…which led to this bit of doggerel:

      Would you like to sin
      with Elinor Glyn
      on a tiger skin?
      Or would you prefer
      to err with her
      on some other fur?

      So…

      Would you like a chapter
      where Becky tapped her
      on a Utahraptor?

      Wouldn’t it be torrid
      if those two got florid
      on a dromaeosaurid?

  19. Bagge

    I love that Amber has accepted that her life now includes a giant dinosaur.

    You need to pick your battles, and if you know what’s best for you, you don’t try to separate Dina and her giant dinosaur.

    1. Keulen

      As if it would even be possible to separate Dina and her giant dinosaur.

    2. He Who Abides

      I was about to point out that, yeah, Amber has already accepted that Fuckface Jr. is staying. Even though he blocks her Transformers. The girl adapts quickly, doesn’t she?

    3. TemperaryObsessor

      Really its only fair after all Dina has one for her.

  20. los

    Dina just makes my day:)

  21. Bagge

    This is impressively deep understanding of Becky’s feelings from someone who struggles as hard with matters of the hearts as Dina.

    She’s such a great girlfriend <3

  22. ESM

    So Becky things she needs Robin’s money for Dina to love her, huh? Hmmmmm.

    I’m not sure if this storyline ends with Becky being evil or with Becky and Dina making up and the status quo restored and everyone’s happy, but I’m pretty confident that the climax of “act 2” is going to be Robin’s poll numbers going up, Becky choosing to stick with Robin because she thinks she needs money to keep Dina, and then Becky being surprised when Dina breaks up with her over it.

    1. Fart Captor

      I’m not sure what comic you’ve been reading where you think Becky might turn out evil or that Dina would dump her for this

  23. Sporky

    Last panel Dina: “You had us in the first half, not gonna lie”

  24. Clif

    “So Becky thinks she needs Robin’s money for Dina to love her, huh?”

    Why would you say that? Becky hasn’t said any such thing.

  25. Abbefaria

    Becky has found love and is afraid if she doesn’t do enough she’ll lose it, and given the state her family life is in she NEEDS love right now despite what her surface attitude says in my op. Couple that with a sudden windfall and yeah she’s going to go a bit overboard…course this is Becky she’d go overboard even if she hadn’t just come into a bunch of money.

  26. abysswatcher1993

    This seems like a moral dilemma for The Good Place.

  27. BenRG

    I definitely saw that last panel as Dina growling: “Hands off of Dinobot!”

  28. TheFlamingonator

    I have a feeling that the giant plush will be an important character later on… like the Mystery item in Mickeys Club House or whateber it was called

    1. Bagge

      I ship it with Fuckface

      1. He Who Abides

        But . . . I’m already used to calling it Fuckface Jr.

    2. BenRG

      I’ve got a mental image of it becoming a silent confessor with various characters telling it their problems, doubts and secret fears.

      1. TheFlamingonator

        Or just what everyone cries into for good luck on their exams. that sounds like an American College thing.

    3. Delicious Taffy

      Hot dog
      Hot dog
      Hot diggity dog

      1. Ed Rhodes

        Aw man, now I want some hot dogs!

  29. Tacos

    Hol’ up Amber. Let’s not do anything rash and drastic now.

  30. Darkoneko

    Woah slow down, Satan

  31. Eldritch Gentleman

    At the crossroads of principles and desires.

    1. BenRG

      I’m guessing that Dina will tell Becky that she doesn’t need any extravagant gifts… after this one! 😉

      1. Eldritch Gentleman

        A fair compromise. No point in crying over the spilt milk, forgive and forget, forgive yourself and sin no more…
        Until the next time she sees a giant dino plushie.

  32. Deanatay

    D: HE CANNOT BE RETURNED I’VE ALREADY NAMED HIM
    A: Oh, dear.
    D: HIS NAME IS BARNEY
    A: Whuuu?
    D: AFTER BARNEY SLOANE THE BRITISH ARCHAEOLOGIST
    A: Ah.

    1. BenRG

      I wish I could upvote comments on this board!

  33. ziggy78eog

    Dina: “I think I have made a mistake.”
    Amber: “Oh? Well, you can always take the dinosaur back.”
    Dina: “…it is not that big of a mistake.”

  34. NemesisDancer

    I’m not normally one for headcanons, but I like to imagine Dina listens to Hevisaurus (Finnish dinosaur-themed metal band) and Victorius (specifically their EP ‘Legend of the Power Saurus’). Perhaps not the latter, as the dinosaurs in that one have lasers, though it might be to Ethan’s taste.

  35. Ferret

    To err is raptor, apparently.

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