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Fart Joke
Posted on November 25, 2014 by David M Willis

253 thoughts on “Fart Joke”

  1. Jen Aside

    well POOP

    1. Barf Ninjason

      No, FART

      1. Deanatay

        Classy, Willis. Classy.

    2. Badeyes

      No, I don’t think it was more than gas this time.

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Nothing worse than “follow-thru”.

      1. MxJosh

        Especially when its combined with heartache. Messy and uncomfortable on multiple levels

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Emotional shit + Actual shit = A shitty situation.

        2. Jen Aside

          and then it hits the fan

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          You mean like this?

        4. Kelly

          There is no way I will click on that link.

        5. Drunken Nordmann

          I clicked it – the video was blocked for me, but I was able to read the title. 😀

        6. Disloyal Subject

          It’s shit hitting a fan. I’m not sure what you’re so worried about.
          It’s not even a ceiling fan; some fool set up a fan on their lawn and then tossed what appears to have been dog feces in with a glove.

        7. Plasma Mongoose

          Even better, it’s in slow-motion!

        8. TaintedSpud

          It did sound a little wet, there didn’t it? Right at the end! Oooh! Heh heh heh. Let’s have a smell, all right? Oh, everyone likes their own brand, don’t they?

        9. Plasma Mongoose

          I for one am glad that the internet doesn’t have a scratch and sniff feature.

        10. Rachel Roth

          … why would you scratch THAT?

        11. barefootbiker

          What a silly question. People will always scratch ANYTHING that is scratch-and-sniffable. Just like we eat “mystery flavor” candy even though we know they’re always the kinds that nobody likes.

        12. gwalla

          see: John Waters’ Polyester “in Odorama!”

  2. Camachri

    Sssshhh, it’s okay Walky. Let it all out.

    1. Nono

      As long as it’s not just a bunch of hot air.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Just as long as we are not within nose-shot when you do.

    3. liahansen

      His situation just stinks right now

    4. Tunaro

      It’s alright, he’s not keeping silent about it.

  3. Boomwolf

    Does that count as the fart joke?

    1. Pan

      We did at least get A fart joke, if a weak one

      1. Deanatay

        Walky needs more fiber in his diet.

    2. carl320

      Well, that’s a fart all right.

    3. Tunaro

      I think it’s like, fart angst or something.

      1. CptNerd

        Fangst?

        1. Tunaro

          Nah, I think that’s what people get when they realize how much being a vampire would actually suck.

        2. Jen Aside

          Farnnui?

    4. MrSirk

      It’s funny if you can get over the depression.

  4. Tunaro

    Man, that’s some heavy handed subtext Becky’s got in the third ta last panel, there.

    1. liahansen

      I’m reading it as a very loud but unheard cry for help

    2. Doctor_Who

      Only one question remains: do we call the ship Jecky or Boyce?

      1. That Damn Rat

        I don’t know, for Becky to be talking about Joyce….wouldn’t that be a bit too obvious?

        1. Doctor_Who

          Since when has a character’s actual affections been a factor in shipping? 😀

        2. Halloween Jack

          I’m hoping for a crush on Ruth, because a) ginger-on-ginger and b) we could call it Recky.

      2. AriBerri

        But what if Willis is tricking us and it’s actually Becky x Joyce’s sister (who was her brother at the time of Becky’s heartbreak?)

      3. leadsynth

        Dr. Jecky and Mr. Boyce?

    3. -Sentinel-

      …oh, I think I get it. Was that theory mentioned before in the comments? I don’t read them all the way down.

      1. The_Master

        The lesbian theory has been my favorite theory. I don’t know that we’ve ever put Joyce and Becky together.

        1. Kelly

          eh? there has been a lot of Becky/Joyce talk.

    4. winter

      The more obvious and heavy-handed the subtext gets, the more I am convinced the entire thing is a red herring and that Willis will subvert our expectations.

      1. Undrave

        Well Becky IS a redhead… Next thing you know, lil’ Freddy will accuse her of being the headless horseman or something!

        1. CrownCorvus

          “That’s not very funny!”

        2. Historyman68

          Thought you were gonna say Becky’s gonna turn out to actually be a fish.

      2. Jackson

        I mean, we’ve kind of played that game with the “Joyce’s brother is gay for Ethan” -> “Joyce’s sister is straight for Ethan” fake-out.

        I think the Becky/Walky hints were enough of a misdirection that I can buy that “Becky has Feelings for Joyce” is where this could really be headed.

        1. winter

          Only time will tell if being paranoid about my paranoia is justified.

        2. winter

          I mean me being paranoid about my paranoia, not you being paranoid about my paranoia.

          *being paranoid about your possible paranoia should you misunderstand my sentence about paranoia*

        3. Deanatay

          It is really not paranoia if they’re really out to get you? REALLY??

        4. Disloyal Subject

          Just because you’re paranoid doesn’t mean they AREN’T out to get you; ergo, if they really are out to get you, it doesn’t stop being paranoia.
          I think. Either way paranoia is a good plan.

        5. Disloyal Subject

          Paranoia is ALWAYS justified… We’ll see if he’s faking us out soon enough. Or rather, whether he’s faking us out by subverting the foreshadowing, or by playing it straight while we second-guess.

        6. -Sentinel-

          Wait, that’s not the theory I had in mind for the subtext… Mine isn’t (directly) related to shipping.

        7. winter

          Which theory are you referring too? Enlighten us!

        8. -Sentinel-

          Re-read Walky’s comment. He’s talking about something that he wasn’t “planning for”. Something that “changes things”. Something that “will hurt in the end”. And Becky says she “knows what he means”.

          Am I the only one who sees subtext OTHER THAN shipping?

        9. Clif

          Well, okay. I was reading it as his love for Dorothy that wasn’t planned, which is a game changer, and which will hurt more in the end when the inevitable breakup comes. But that isn’t exactly subtext. what are you seeing here.

          The fact that Becky knows exactly what he means indicates something comparable has happened to her in the past, and boy does that raise questions.

        10. winter

          I love the pregnant Becky theory and hope it happens, but I didn’t think that immediately, since the interpretation of “will hurt in the end” is pretty different. The hurt so clearly emotional in Walky’s context and whereas it would be so clearly physical for Betty. And also the end of a relationship is it, while the end of childbirth is really only the beginning of the relationship.

        11. Some Unregistered Punk

          Or she had an abortion….

        12. winter

          Yeah, an abortion would be more analogous to Walky’s situation, I think.

          There are alot of ways this could go.

        13. Nope!

          I think an unwanted pregnancy in the kind of home environment described in Becky’s life and in Becky’s school… emotional pain is certainly part of it, but there’s a lot more to it than that.

          And it’s a lot harder to hide and to avoid the consequences of than lesbianism. Well, not necessarily, but potentially.

  5. MrSirk

    Poor Walky?

    1. thinkingofthechildren

      Poor….ANYONE. JUST TELL ME WHO NEEDS FEELS AND I WILL HAPPILY COMMISERATE. I LOVE EVERY ONE OF YOU ILLUSTRATED CHARACTERS.

      1. nothri

        Okay. I’ll happily put that to the test cause I’m an asshole.

        Blaine is recovering from injuries in the hospital. I’m sure he could use a little sympathy.

        1. chris73

          I feel bad he didn’t suffer more?

        2. MsSchiff

          He must be put out of his misery! I got this.

        3. Disloyal Subject

          No, no! I insist!

  6. Plasma Mongoose

    Suppressing that Butts Disease must be really hard for you Willis. 😀

    1. Yotomoe

      It’s a serious affliction.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        It’s even worse when you find out that it’s becoming resistant to all treatments.

        1. Tunaro

          The only real treatment is to remove yourself from all butts. No one’s figured out how that’d work yet.

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Only if you never want to be able to sit down ever again…

        3. Tunaro

          Yes, given the choice, people would rather shoulder the Disease rather than face an asssectomy.

        4. Deanatay

          But, without your butt, how would you keep your femurs attached?

        5. Uberminz

          I thought I had it figured out, but then I got my ass handed to me.

    2. Undrave

      Who’s your avatar today, Mongoose?

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Saki from the webcomic Frivolesque, it’s a strange slice-of-life featuring lots of girls with glasses, the character art is pretty snazzy and even the background art is quite detailed and impressive. It also has a large dollop of Azumanga quirkiness included.

        1. Undrave

          That’s who I thought it was but didn’t think such a coincidence would occur :p I actually know theauthor in real life 😀

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          I only regret not clicking on Dez’s link much earlier.

        3. OmegaDez

          <3

          So much praise!

        4. -Sentinel-

          Just looked at your About page… Greetings from a fellow Quebecer! 😉

        5. OmegaDez

          Heya! Nice of you to visit! ^__^

        6. OmegaDez

          Dave? Fancy meeting you here. I didn’t know you were reading Dumbing of Age! =D

        7. nothri

          Oh thank you so much. I was just thinking to myself that I needed ANOTHER webcomic to distract myself from finishing up my project for the end of semester at my Grad school. DAMN YOU ALL FOR SHARING AWESOME THINGS!!!

        8. Plasma Mongoose

          That’s what we are here for! ❤

  7. otusasio451

    Well, I’m on the ship now. Becky TOTALLY loves Joyce.

    1. Yotomoe

      I don’t know how but whatever stuffs your taco.

      1. Kelly

        How about a burrito instead?

    2. newllend

      We welcome all stowaways on this ship.

    3. nothri

      I agree with your assessment, but I’m afraid I can only ship one couple I fear is doomed for certain doom. And oh boy do I think this romance is doomed. I don’t just see icebergs, this is like sailing near antarctica and finding yourself wedged in by ice on all sides, leaving your choice to slowly freeze to death or try to make a break for it and dash yourself to pieces.

  8. Idon'tcarenomore

    Some people never grow up. He’s trying I guess.

    1. JWLM

      Oh, he’s trying all right. Very trying.

      1. newllend

        Trying not though, and is doing a bad job of it.

      2. auo> mous

        *applauds wildly* Great pun!
        I guess I could have said that without the applause, but I think you deserve the clap!

        1. tinfoil theory

          You would give someone the clap for a clever pun?

  9. Dean

    In panel 3, Walky is talking about farting.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      That makes more sense than it really should.

  10. Mallow

    I don’t know, I’m getting the subtle feeling that Becky’s not being entirely honest regarding how she feels about Joyce.

    Just a hunch.

  11. John

    Yeah, Becky knows all about when the person you love goes off to the big-time college and leaves you alone.

    1. Kodra

      She probably thought it’d get better once she had some distance.

      1. xKiv

        It’s funny how some distance
        doesn’t help with some things at all.

  12. TheOthin

    No wonder she was on board with Walky’s insinuation.

  13. Idon'tcarenomore

    If Becky loves Joyce I feel sorry for her. Looks like maybe she does though.

    1. Mr k

      Well, I thought she was perfect. Turns out she has really bad taste.

      1. MrSirk

        I wouldn’t say it’s bad taste, just…unfortunate irony.

        1. Yotomoe

          I’d say it’s bad taste. Joyce is pretty insufferable (at least to moi).

        2. MrSirk

          What’s not to love about a homeschooled Christian that’s best friends with an atheist, can’t swear, and draws dicks on things when she snaps? Probably alot but she’s trying.

        3. Kelly

          I am pretty sure I couldn’t handle someone like Joyce IRL (and I doubt she could stand me either), but as a character I just love her.

        4. Disloyal Subject

          I concur. I concur SO VERY HARD.
          On the plus side, she helps me see a little of such people’s perspective, which makes it a lot easier to refrain from hating them. And for that, I thank The Willis.

  14. liahansen

    Y’know what, I bet he’s just fuckin with us. She’s gonna turn out not to love Joyce after all. I bet she converted to satanism.

    1. Yotomoe

      She’s in love with Joyce’s mom. Joyce’s mom has got it goin’ on.

      1. Knightsky

        For a nickel.

  15. Swoop

    This is how all of the dramatic strips should end.

    1. newllend

      With a fart of sadness.

      1. WeezerLuvr3030

        *sad trombone*

    2. Disloyal Subject

      Not with a bang, but with a whimper.

  16. Yotomoe

    Walky’s actually afraid Dorothy is going to peg him.

    1. liahansen

      being more open to peggings would really help Walky’s love life

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        But it would be a disaster for Walky’s long-term rectal integrity especially if the ‘peg’ is a few sizes to big for him.

        1. tinfoil theory

          the goatse challenge

        2. Plasma Mongoose

          Turn (_._) into (_O_)

    2. Swoop

      You never know what you’re gonna find when you Google a new word. You people are whittling away what little innocence I have left.

      1. MrSirk

        Swoop you poor drama Ilama, you..you’ve come to the wrong corner of the internet. It’s a miracle you have any innocence at all.

        1. barefootbiker

          I don’t know that any corner of the internet is completely safe for innocence. Maybe NPR or sites without comment sections. Fortunately, innocence of that variety has little actual value beyond the fact that it can be humorous and adorable at times.

          Being really fucked up can have negative effects, but I don’t think Swoop’s quality of life or anyone else’s will be damaged by their knowledge of pegging.

        2. Swoop

          you misunderstand. I love knowing this stuff, losing my innocence is an even trade. This is the best corner of the internet!

        3. Andrusi

          So it’s really more like you’re paying your innocence.

        4. Kelly

          Swoop the drama llama? Everyone knows he is a robot that transforms into a pteranodon!

  17. Stephen Bierce

    And for Tonight’s Late Late Movie: A BRIDGE TOO FART

  18. newllend

    Well that confirmed a lot , Willis thank you for letting us have this.

  19. Cypherfox

    *fans self* Oh the feels…

  20. Luzahn

    Lesbian angst…

    Yesssss

    1. Mr k

      Being in a self destructive same sex relationship is Ruth and Billie’s job. Quit trying to steal their thunder, Becky.

      1. nothri

        To be fair, Joyce does seem to have some tolerance for a straight on gay relationship that isn’t very satisfying to either party…

  21. TheHappyLeopard

    I have never seen a sadder fart. 🙁

    1. nothri

      What about this one?

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svuMx3qWPRQ

  22. Yotsuyasan

    Willis can always pull a bait and switch, but, “Yeah, I know what you mean,” while melancholically gazing off after Joyce? Yeah, many people called that one! And, while I didn’t publically do so myself, I definitely never felt a need to contradict such people with a differing opinion.

  23. Buli-Buli

    Place your bets! Place your bets here!
    Is Becky in love with Joyce?
    Or is Willis dangling a red herring in front of our faces?

    1. Undrave

      It’s not nice to call Becky a herring.

      1. Mr k

        Well, she probably likes the taste of fish. 😉

        1. Undrave

          Especially on friday!

        2. Yotsuyasan

          I was about to call bullshit on the “likes the taste of fish” thing since, if it is an innuendo, then any woman with decent personal hygiene would subvert that!

          But… man, you really sold it with your wonderful taking it literally subversion. Kudos, Undrave!

        3. Undrave

          Thank you 😀

        4. Roborat

          I thought that was a catholic thing?

  24. Miao

    I like how we all seem to think the same thing. Becky/Joyce, I ship it.

    I ship all the tragic girlships.

  25. newllend

    When you think about it, Dorothy is one hell of a cold mistress. Walk into a guys life and make him fall head over heals for you so fast that he doesn’t even notice what happening till its to late, then after you get them to believe this shit will last forever you dump him before the relationship becomes permanent because you care about your future more than any other man.

    I have seen some cold Heartbreakers in my day but damn.

    1. WeezerLuvr3030

      The frustrating part of the story is that chances are nobody will call her out for thinking Walky is the immature one. She is clearly naive if she can’t see that her social scripts are unreasonable. Joyce’s allegiance to a Walt Disney-esque version of true love I can understand, but Dorothy?

      And what’s the point of being atheist if not the ability to forgive people who don’t live up to extraterrestrial standards of behaviour?

      In other words, Dorothy is a really well-written character, because she is exactly as immature as she ought to be at her age.

      1. Rutee

        What in the actual hell? Who made him think it’d last forever?

        1. nothri

          Nobody. But I’m getting the impression they both kind of want it to despite all their best intentions.

        2. Rutee

          It’s a good thing they’re young and stupid, or I’d be glaring at them for not even considering a long distance relationship.

      2. Kelly

        What? What is she being immature about?

    2. Thomas64

      Make him fall head over heels? Oh yeah damn her for being his type.
      Make him believe this shit will last forever? Yes she was really leading him on, wasn’t she. Totally.
      Or maybe you missed some important part of this story?

      1. Kelly

        Thank you!

    3. Greenygal

      The problem with Dorothy’s behavior runs in exactly the opposite direction. She made it entirely, explicitly clear that she wasn’t sticking around, and now she’s telling him she loves him, without any warning that she was changing the rules on him, or even if she was changing the rules. Walky’s response was not ideal, but I wouldn’t have known what to say either.

  26. TSB

    Hmmm, okay, I thought Becky’s relaxed, extremely self-aware behavior in this arc was at odds with her “you can’t date a non-Christian!” attitude earlier, but I’m hypothesizing a narrative. Becky falls in love with Joyce, Becky goes to Anderson, Becky hears that Joyce is going on a date and seizes the first thing she hears that lets her hate on the boy, Becky’s mind broadens (even at a Christian college) to the point where she can admit to herself what’s going on, she hears Joyce is having troubles and it’s the perfect excuse to go visit.

    This could very well occur without Becky being in love with Joyce, and with her legitimately being upset that Joyce is dating a non-Christian, but her comment to Walky clearly implies that she is in love with someone. And the only person who Becky knows, that we know of, is Joyce. Process of elimination.

  27. nightpool

    I’m liking the Jecky/Boyce shippy feels but I’m still not over the general insincerity I feel from becky during this arc… I don’t know. I’m keeping it in the back of my head, at least. I don’t think Becky is everything she says she is.

    1. Kelly

      She not Becky, she’s an alien shapeshifter imposter!

    2. Damned

      Boycenberry. duh

    3. Luzahn

      She’s a secret demon lord, I’m telling you.

      You fools! Why won’t you listen! You’ve doomed us all!

  28. WeezerLuvr3030

    I must over-think things, because I can’t tell if his reply means he loves Dorothy, or if it means he does not love Dorothy and didn’t mean for her to fall in love with him. But Becky doesn’t think he’s being ambiguous. Arrrggh.

    1. Em

      I think he’s saying that he didn’t mean for HIM to fall in love with HER but now you’ve got me wondering…

      I think he does, but doesn’t want to.

  29. dailybrad

    Walky never did forget the “this is just a for-fun thing” attitude Dorothy approached this with from the beginning. It kind of explains a lot, him trying to reject deeper feelings about this than purely sexual, when you’re explicitly told not to get too attached, because it’s not for the long haul. That actually makes a lot of sense, it’s not just a man-child “TV sitcom plot” thing to him.

  30. Aolbain

    Well darn, they were right.

  31. AgentKeen

    Is he talking about love, or his fart? Cause if it’s the fart, he should probably cut back on the Taco Bell.

  32. Hoboturtle

    Becky? What is your secret? Please let it be what I think it is!

    1. Mr k

      “I’m a robot”

      1. Heavensrun

        +1

    2. WingedBeast

      Do you think Becky’s secret is that she’s gay and was disowned/kicked out by her parents? Because, I do.

  33. Em

    Whew! *wipes sweat off brow* I’m glad to see that the whole Walky/Becky think isn’t gonna happen. I was gettin a little nervous. But I think it’s possible she’s in love with Joyce. I had a crush on my bestest friend (we’ve know each other since we were three, and we’re 20 now) but I got over it fairly quickly BUT THAT’S NOT THE POINT. The point is that I totally feel her. I get how it can happen, and I get the confused feelings.

    The other possibility is that she came down to come out to Joyce. Becky has met a girl that she has a crush on, and has come to hash things out with Joyce, maybe get some advice from a close friend. Admitting she’s in love with a girl could hurt her, her family, Joyce, her other friends…she might not want to deal with the potential backlash.

    I super hope that’s the case, because I think having a lesbian friend…someone she knows is a great person, someone she’s laughed with, cried with, gone to school with is gay…and see’s how happy they are with a gay partner…well maybe she’ll be able to let Ethan go. Let both Ethan and her have truly fulfilling relationships.

    1. Em

      *Ethan and herself. As in Joyce. Bleh maybe that was obvious but I just wanted to check

      1. OnyxIdol

        I’m still not sure she’s actually a lesbian.

    2. timemonkey

      Why do you think she’s a lesbian?

      1. Heavensrun

        Because Willis?

        1. timemonkey

          Willis has given us surprisingly few lesbians when you think about it. Leslie, Daisy, maybe Grace and Mandy.

      2. Em

        I dunno it’s just a theory. I’m not really 100 certain on that. Maybe she’s in love with a non-christian boy. That could be just as plausible as the lesbian theory. I was just trying to figure why she might be saying that she knows how it feels to be in love with someone, but that this love could end up hurting them in the end.

        Could be anything, really.

  34. Ryan

    Wow, what a bombshell at the end there.

    Also, that thing that Dorothy said was pretty interesting too.

    1. David

      Bombshell? That sounded like a rather moderate release. Or do you expect it to ignite yet?

  35. nothri

    Dude….I just realized. Do you guys know why we’re all alive right now? Because we’ve all been smelling the farts of plants all our lives.

    Mind=blown.

    1. WingedBeast

      Consider this. At this point in the earth’s history, there’s no such thing as a drop of water that has not, at multiple points in it’s history, done shifts as vomit, feces, and urine.

      This, however, does not remove the responsibility to wash yer damn hands after using the restroom. Not targeted at you, specifically, nothri, but it needs to be said nonetheless.

    2. Cephalo the Pod

      Breathing out is not the same as farting.

      1. cesium133

        It’s not? I’ve been doing it wrong this whole time…

  36. OmegaDez

    Becky is kinda mysterious.

    1. chris73

      Any excuse to work in Roy Orbison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJUEV46n6yY

      1. Kelly

        Nice

  37. Very Good Karma

    Ominous feeling grows ominouser and ominouser.

  38. Kryss LaBryn

    Wait, so Dorothy loves Walky, Joyce loves Dorothy, and Becky loves… Joyce? Damn, this is getting beyond a love trapezoid over here. Somebody break out the protractor!

    1. Kelly

      Where’s Robin with her chalkboard?

  39. Freezer

    I’ve never wanted grab someone by the shoulders and shake them violently while screaming “GROW THE FUCK UP” more in my life.

    1. John

      If someone lamenting that their relationship got more serious than planned and it’s going to hurt when they’re separated from their loved one is the most infuriatingly immature thing you’ve ever witnessed, I either envy or pity you; I’m not sure which.

  40. Ray Radlein

    Like all other humor, the secret to a good fart joke is the… timing.

    1. Ray Radlein

      Also: Location, location, location.

  41. Avery

    As much fun as a Joyce/Becky ship would be, I think it entirely possible that Becky has been off living her own life at college (and even in highschool) that involves people other than Joyce–people whom she could well have loved and lost, and then turned to Joyce in need of support.

    1. Majick

      That’s pretty much my read on it – possibly with some naive, regrettable, rushing-into-sex involved as well.

      Although Becky seems a little more worldly than Joyce, so may not have fallen for the first silver tongued lothario she met…

    2. Em

      I think so too! I think she’s in love with someone she’s not supposed to be in love with. Teacher? Girl? Non christian boy? One night stand gone wrong? Who knows! Not me.

  42. Orangey

    I really want Becky to just come out im sorry with whatever her deal is already. Just ughh. I need to know!

    1. timemonkey

      My guess? She’s perfectly normal but feeling a bit lonely because she fell for someone who didn’t feel the same way.

      1. Heavensrun

        Honestly, I expect she’s visiting Joyce to get over a broken heart, not because she’s pining for Joyce herself. Might want to watch out on the whole conflating straight and normal tho.

        1. timemonkey

          I wasn’t, I meant she had no secrets, nothing dramatic at all, just run of the mill, ordinary every day stuff.

          I’d never equate straight with normal, my normal is gay as fuck.

  43. Marvelman

    Man, is everyone in this stop closeted?

    1. Adam Black

      Stop-Closeted?

  44. Marvelman

    Strip. Is everyone is this cartoon-strip closeted?

    1. Starling000

      If I’m lucky, yes.

    2. MrBurrows

      Next slipshine “Walky performs a gay, and it’s unsurprisingly awkward.”

    3. Em

      Maybe. But Becky being in the closet is only speculation. I mean, it’s totally one of my theories, but so far I think Ethan is the only one in the closet. Ruth is out to her brother, and Billie is out to Walky (and now Joyce)…or maybe he made a lucky guess?

      Well. I guess Danny is in the closet as well. But he’s still not sure about his queerness. I’m using queer because it hasn’t been revealed what his sexuality is! (i ID as queer because my orientation is stupid and hard to explain)

      1. Em

        Wow I said maybe to everyone being in the closet THAT IS NOT WHAT I MEANT

      2. Suitora

        Danny is bi (but doesn’t realize it). Word of Willis says so.

        1. Em

          Oh okay! Thanks, I didn’t see that.

  45. XMinusOne

    Was that a Freep or a Plotcher? If it’s the latter, go home and change your shorts, Walky. Soft serve and the smell of fresh poop do not a pleasant combination make.

  46. OnyxIdol

    I have to say, comics seem to be a bad medium for fart jokes. They annoy me more than they entertain me in this context.

  47. zmm

    Did Becky just half admit a possible love for Joyce? (being the only person we know of who might relate in a similar situation)

    1. zmm

      Or* falling for walky

  48. ninja_jesus

    Reminder that Dorothy’s parents started out as a “for-fun” relationship. Maybe Dorothy was unconsciously trying to follow that pattern?

    1. JWLM

      Willis is certainly teasing us with that. More than that, he raised the specter of “What will Dorothy do” way back in the second week of Gender Studies — will she be normalized or not.

      She’s already half-way to normalizing herself — she’s fallen hard for Walky — but he’s actively resisting that. I wonder if @damyouwillis is planning on them having A Talk in which he tells her that she need to carry on with her dreams, which will mean leaving him.

  49. CianM1301

    Classy, Walky.

  50. prime_pm

    The hardest farts are the ones that hurt in the end.

    I may need to see a doctor.

  51. Jen

    Ok, my official guess is that Becky is a lesbian and in love with someone but it isn’t Joyce. It’s someone she met at her college and she wanted to come down and talk to her best friend about it. So I’m not on the Jecky/Boyce bandwagon. 🙂

    1. Luzahn

      I just really want to see Joyce freak out about it.

      Because her reactions are fun and (because I might be evil?) lesbian angst.

  52. Alexis

    Is Walky dating literally the only straight girl on campus.

    1. Aolbain

      Pretty much.

      1. Aolbain

        Except Amber and Sarah, of course.

        1. JWLM

          And Sal

        2. Aolbain

          Ehhhh…

        3. JWLM

          And Mary. She’s CERTAIN that she’s completely straight.

    2. Stephen

      What about Amber?

    3. Rutee

      I’d explain to you all the women that are strongly indicated to be straight by the canon, but it involves running over too many of my ships, which, if not soulkilling, is still somewhat painful. There may be more bi girls than normal, but Dotty is by no means the only straight girl.

      1. JWLM

        I sometimes wonder if Willis is unwilling to confront lesbianism and homosexuality at some deep level and so dodges it by making people bi.

        Now, don’t me wrong — I’m always thrilled to see positive examples of bisexual characters, as we’re otherwise underrecognized in both the gay and the straight communities. That said…can somebody list a bisexual character in DoA who isn’t self-destructive (Ruth and Billie), self-hating (Joyce, if she’s bi), or destructively closeted (Danny)?

        1. Rutee

          Nah, there’s Leslie, the girl who is editor of the school newspaper, and Grace and Mandy (Provisionally, with the latter). Unlike in Dumbiverse, Leslie’s not really a focus character, so there’s that, and in the Dumbiverse Robin never was.

          Ruth isn’t necessarily bi. All we know about her orientation that doesn’t involve girls is she learned about liking girls thanks to Billie. This doesn’t mean she wanted to nail dudes.

          Anyway, answer to the question, no, not right now. It’s possible Mandy or Grace are, or Joe or Roz is, but at the moment, no, and that’s really just blindfire guessing at people who might be. OTOH, the number of people in relationships that aren’t self destructive, self hating, or destructive in other ways is short and includes Walky and Dotty. And THAT may be a presumptuous inclusion at this point. It’s no surprise there’s no happy bisexual people.

        2. John

          I seem to recall Willis commenting that he made people bi because bi characters have twice as many shipping options, which gives him more writing flexibility.

          I kind of suspect he does it to piss off the kind of people that get pissed off about characters being revealed to be bi, too.

          Ruth is, Word of God, bi, though it’s true that we haven’t really seen any evidence in the actual comics of her having a definite attraction to any guys, or really anyone at all besides Billie. (In the Walkyverse, she was with Ryan (yeah, Roofie Ryan) briefly, but it fell out badly (surprise), and it’s pretty easy to read it as Ruth not being into guys. The implications may be less unfortunate if you read it that way rather than as “pre-marital sex is bad and you should feel bad about it”, which I think was the actual message, courtesy of Willis’s fucked-up upbringing.)

          By the Ethan Principle (sexualities are consistent across universes), Mandy, Grace, Sierra, and Marcie (and Guns if she’s around) are bi. We haven’t seen a whole lot of them, but they do generally seem to be leading happier lives than than the more central characters. (The “happier lives” and the “not central characters” are probably related.)

  53. Hikaru

    im now convinced that not only does becky love joyce that is what the title of the storyline refers to. joyce has been built up as getting increasingly frustrated with the lack of romance in her life while its still going on all around her, and now beckys getting all this subtext? totes canon

    im predicting the moment when she finds out will actually be really good for her character development even though im pretty sure she wont return beckys feelings

  54. Cynthia

    now this is a proper f-bomb

  55. zebrathinker

    BECKY WHAT IS YOUR DARK SECRET

    becky r u gay what IS IT

    did you MURDER the one you loved???? IS THAT WHY IT HURTS, BECKY???

  56. Sean

    So Becky loves Joyce, right? I can go home and consider this canon.

    Aaah, the drama!

    1. auo> mous

      It sure sounds like it. But does Joyce roll that way? It’s certainly possible she’s bi, but it’s also possible she’s straight. There’s no evidence of feelings toward women.

      1. Gamaran Sepudomyn

        Billie would beg to differ. “I could curl up in them and be warm and safe forever”, remember?

        1. JWLM

          Remember that Joyce has been traumatized by her sexual assault. I wonder if she might be responding to Billie’s breasts as she would to a mother figure.

          Poor Joyce.

      2. Heavensrun

        Except almost everything she’s ever said to Dorothy. I mean, full disclosure, I ship that. But while I do honestly acknowledge that it’s totally plausible that Joyce -isn’t- secretly a roiling tornado of gay rainbows when it comes to Dorothy, she at -least- has a massive girl crush on her.

      3. John

        Walky’s comment that Joyce follows Dorothy around like she wants to go down on her might not actually be correct, but it’s not exactly baseless, either. (And Becky didn’t indicate that that was new behaviour, either.) Joyce stood up to her parents because she loves (her word!) Dorothy.

        Maybe that’s a platonic love, and Joyce just makes really close female friendships and isn’t repressing a secret desire for their bodies… but if Joyce were harboring unrequited PSL for Dorothy, it’d be pretty indistinguishable from the way she’s actually acted. And that’s not to mention her fascination with Billie’s boobs and Sal’s hair…

        And Walky’s made comments about it to Joyce’s face more than once, and, while she gets mad at him, she has yet to actually deny it. She hates homosexuality… but she hates lying just as much…

        And then there’s her whole gay-panic storyline. Anyone who states unequivocally that Joyce is straight is more sure about that than Joyce herself is.

        And then there’s that strip where, in the course of four panels, she expressed curiosity about the box, asked Walky if she could borrow Dorothy, and asserted that she just wanted tacos, which I cannot read as anything but subtext.

        Also, she threw a toy at Dorothy’s head, which is well known to be the accepted method of wooing her.

        1. John

          (Though, unlike the Walkyverse, she hasn’t licked any cats yet.

          She didn’t like it, but that might have just been because she got hair in her mouth.)

        2. Rutee

          Sal’s hair is just amazing. I’ve known plenty of straight women who will stop and pet hair that is good on a girl (and it is ANNOYING when I am busy). I mean, it’s not evidence against, but unlike her “i want to crawl up inside them forever” I don’t count it as ‘for’ either.

  57. brumagem

    PREDICTION: Becky is talking about Joyce, but only in terms of platonic, in-accordance-with-her-beliefs love. Not romantic love.

    1. Heavensrun

      Platonic-in-accordance-with-her-beliefs love would neither change anything, nor would it be likely to hurt either of them, since by all indications, that’s what they already have going on.

      1. brumagem

        Yeah, that’s what I’m saying. People are reading way into it, but I think Becky’s just talking about loving a friend, and having it hurt you when they start to grow apart from you.

  58. Heavensrun

    Man, you guys have this all wrong. Becky isn’t in love with Joyce. Becky is actually in love with -Dorothy-. See, she snuck to campus awhile ago to visit Joyce, but got stopped short when she caught a peek of Joyce talking to Dorothy. She was smitten at first sight, and has been quietly stalking her for weeks until now, when she finally got up the courage to ask Joyce to introduce them. She obviously wanted to hang out with Walky to size up the competition.

  59. Just Here

    Ruth has freckles on her butt. Thought you ought to know.

  60. Tenn

    It’s getting harder and harder to keep track of which shippings have been strongly implied in the comic and which are just the product of our own wishful thinking.

  61. Lord Geovanni

    Yea possible pain is a really big deterrent

  62. chris73

    It almost seems like Becky is dying from some disease and just hasn’t told anyone yet which I know is not going to happen but maybe theres a metaphor in there or something

  63. bsods

    Prediction: Becky’s in love with Joyce’s trans sibling Jocelyne. Since Becky grew up around Joyce’s family (if I recall correctly), it’d make sense if Becky got a crush on Joyce’s attractive older sibling, not knowing Jocelyne was trans.

  64. skyeribbon

    Everyone’s making fart jokes and all I can do is headcanon that She’s in love with Joyce.

  65. Timni

    LLLLLLLLLLLEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSBBBBBIIIIIIIIAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN (or at least on the queer spectrum)

  66. The Lurker

    Did’nt Joyce make a comment to Dorothy about how wonderful it would be to find out a best friend was their soul-mate? Maybe that fore-shadowing is due to kick in?

  67. Taigan

    Panel 5, now with context, extra feels.

  68. Halloween Jack

    Yeah, spinning back to see when IT was foreshadowed…

  69. Mally

    Oh, look. Jeph already made this strip better, it seems.

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