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Overbearin’
Posted on October 16, 2013 by David M Willis

359 thoughts on “Overbearin’”

  1. Lucca

    Awwwwww 🙂

    1. Ward

      Your avatar. SO. PERFECT.

      1. Ivan

        Do you have ANY IDEA how long we are going to have to wait for that tiny little week to take place!? YEARS!!!! Willis passes time on a GEOLOGICAL TIME SCALE!!

        1. Biege

          the plot moves at the speed of the plot. whats important is the timing of the events as they unfold, how much page time is given to each event and the like, not how much “real time” has passed 😛

          besides, willis likes to jump weeks

        2. Rowen Morland

          hahahahaha

  2. Jen Aside

    We ALL were, Dorothy

    1. David Herbert

      She wants to shove her face between Dorothy’s legos? What does that mean?

      1. Ongion

        That sounds painful.

        1. Jay Eff

          I’ll say! Stepping on them’s bad enough.
          Joyce sure has some odd desires…

        2. chukg

          Between the Lego bricks, not right into them. It doesn’t hurt that much.

      2. Thor

        She’s looking for the elusive triangle-shaped piece that will complete her.

        1. Tunaro

          Is that what they’re calling it now?

        2. Shadow12000

          Triangle? You may need to get something looked at…

        3. Thor

          That is the shape of her smile, no?

        4. Gordon Blvd

          WIN!

        5. Ivan

          Tasmania!

      3. Jack Finch

        Is that some sort of fundamentalist self mortification ritual

        1. Twirls

          Jack I don’t think you’re old enough for this conversation – go back to the latest mystery, yeah?

        2. Twirls

          That came out a lot meaner than it was really meant(fictional character and all) with my gravatar. Eck, going to have to be careful with this awesome power and responsibility.

        3. Jack Finch

          No worries. S’allright.

        4. Jack Finch

          Also, I was referring to David’s face into lego’s thing, which does sound painful.

        5. slicedtoad

          your gravatar, what webcomic is that from again? I think I used to read it but for some reason I lost track of it.

        6. Groove

          It’s Jack from Bad Machinery! You should read Bad Machinery, it’s literally the best.

        7. alwayslurking

          And stupidly cheap on Kindle right now:

          US site
          Canadian site
          UK site

        8. Jack Finch

          John Allison is amazing. I laugh harder and ship harder in the Tackleford ‘verse than even here.

  3. PureFedora

    Never change, Walky!

  4. Tunaro

    Aw yeah, Walky keeps the conversation classy…

    1. Undrave

      He’s just voicing what we’re all thinking.

      1. Groove

        Or at least what Joyce is thinking.

  5. Geminia999

    So, Walky’s just giving Dorothy up right, right?

    1. Yotomoe

      No, he gets to watch.

      1. Aizat

        Damn, I thought he was going to join in. You know, being the caramel between two marshmallows….am I doing it right?

        1. Ryune

          There are probably four marshmallows involved in this.

        2. Tunaro

          Eight if you know what you’re doing

        3. Jammy

          Chubby bunny all the way

        4. Psycho

          Joyce/Dorothy/Walky OT3?

          I’d ship it.

        5. The Candyman

          I’ve been shipping it for months.

        6. JustDucky

          Joyce/Dorothy/Walky would be okay but Joyce/Dorothy is my favorite ship. <3

    2. Rheinman

      Naw, he wants to participate.

      Or, at least Joe would.

      1. Yotomoe

        Joe has the ability to teleport to ALL girl-on-girl action.

        1. Aizat

          Joe is Nightcrawler?

        2. Hoboturtle

          A somewhat limited version.. yes

        3. Varangian

          Nightcreeper then.

        4. JustDucky

          +1 Internet

        5. gangler

          Shirai Kuroko is the teleporter who’s all about the girl on girl.

        6. Tunaro

          Weird how she’s never thought ta do that

        7. Just for kix

          That’s because she is dedicated to Biribiri.

        8. Roborat

          I have no idea what the heck you are talking about. To the internet, away!

        9. Thedge

          Only about a very restricted subset of it, I think.

        10. Arkadi

          He crawls at night, so…

    3. gangler

      They’re casual and non-committed, remember? Dorothy’s free to enjoy some vanilla from time to time, keep calling up her local dispensary whenever she’s in the mood for some caramel. I’m moderately sure that Walky would be totally cool with this.

      1. kiapdx

        I’m pretty sure Dorothy said they were a “for fun” relationship, which is different than a “casual” or open relationship (in that yes they are actually dating exclusively but wouldn’t die if they broke up).

        1. John

          What part of bringing Joyce home for a threesome doesn’t qualify as “fun”?

        2. bibulb

          The Billie avatar on that comment just caps it delightfully.

  6. Gottawonder

    And all righty then.

  7. David Herbert

    Walky, if you want a three-way, you need to be more subtle about it.

    1. Yotomoe

      C’mon Dorothy, It’s not gay if it’s a 3-way. With a fellow in the middle there’s some leeway. It says it all in this video.

      1. ninja_jesus

        You forgot to link the video.

      2. taekwondogirl

        I don’t think Dorothy’s problem would be that it’s gay, so much that she and Joyce have a “sister-buds” thing going on.

        1. Vash

          “I want to do you, no incest”?

    2. Doctor_Who

      And at least wait until your birthday to ask.

      1. John

        April is like thirty years away, though.

  8. Taara

    See, Dorothy? Even your boyfriend ships it.

    1. Pier

      Ha! Will he join the face-leg shoving though?

  9. Doctor_Who

    I swear Walky is a commenter on this comic sometimes.

    Which of you is Walky? ‘Fess up.

    1. Aizat

      I wanted to say me….but I’ll be lying.

    2. Van Dyne

      You’re just saying this to draw suspicion away from yourself, aren’t you, Walky?

      1. Aizat

        I know I am not Walky. And if you were all Walky, then you’d chuck MM at me, so some of you are not Walky.

        1. Doctor_Who

          So, I have this internet I’m not using and…here. You’ve earned it.

    3. timemonkey

      Well, I would have said ‘Make out with you on my sister’s motorcycle’ so I’m clearly not Walky. Thank every possible god for that.

    4. ninja_jesus

      Walky is who we all aspire to be.

      1. Leonou

        Because we know reaching Joe’s perfection is impossible.

        1. ninja_jesus

          No way. Walky is a genius in cleverly-wrapped stupid.

        2. Undrave

          You mean a genius wrapped into a tortilla of low expectation covered in the nacho-cheese of low pressure.

    5. Keroshino

      I am! 😀

  10. Astraea

    David Walkerton: voice of the fandom

    1. Yotomoe

      Only when Ethan’s not doing his job.

  11. Yotomoe

    What, If Dorothy knew how many people ship the browns with the same (supposed) sex you wouldn’t at all be surprised!

    1. Twirls

      I don’t think we need the supposed here. The elder Browns refer to Jocelyn as Joshua, which is a pretty masculine name. So it’s safe to assume they see her as a guy so it’s safe to assume she’s male.

      1. Shadow12000

        #That’sNotHowItWorks

        1. taekwondogirl

          +56000000

      2. begbert2

        Physically male, anyway. And I’m pretty sure the implication that that has any relevance at all can get you shot around here.

        1. Norj

          Shot, stabbed, lit on fire and fed to pigs.

        2. Em

          She’s biologically male, but her gender is female. A lot of people have a hard time putting that into words, which is fine! I’m pretty sure that’s what Twirls meant.

  12. LiaHansen

    With Willis’ track record, it’s not exactly inconceivable.

    1. Wack'd

      Keep using that word something something Princess Bride something something

      1. Undrave

        something something killed my father?

        1. Makkabee

          As you something.

        2. saltchocolate

          One of my favorite all-time lines — especially when the something is dragged waaaaay oooouuuut!

        3. Kelli

          Heh. You said ‘something dragged way out’. Heheh. Heheheh.

        4. sadsack

          roger that!

  13. etyb

    Do go on, Mr. Walkerton.

  14. Paul

    You can’t blame Walky for just coming out and saying what the whole fandom has been thinking since this strip began. I mean, you can, but…

    1. Yotomoe

      Good thing Danny didn’t say it. We might’ve killed him.

      1. Thor

        Danny isn’t able to conceive of the innuendo, let alone give voice to it.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          When it comes to innuendo, Danny pretty much shoots only blanks.

        2. saltchocolate

          I’m so tempted to “fix” your comment, Plasma…

        3. xKiv

          I thought it already came that way?

  15. Pizzathehutt

    Giggity, Giggity, Giggity!

  16. guy

    Terribly awesome influence

  17. Mr. Random

    I think… That still might happen…
    Yes….
    It will be glorious.
    GLORIOUS!

    1. Aizat

      I read in the voice of Shao Khan..the one from Mortal Kombat Annihilation.

      1. Mr. Random

        Then is it weird that’s how I imagined it sounding when I wrote it?

  18. Gottawonder

    Gottawonder, does all of the female in your strip think along these lines Mr. W.? Or is it only Walky and friends? 🙂

    1. Yotomoe

      I…feel like I know what you’re saying but I’m still confused.

      1. MR K

        Walky is female? Huh?

  19. AgentKeen

    Joe is the BEST influence.

    1. Aizat

      Joe should be our supreme overlord.

      1. Yotomoe

        Our lord and master, Joe.

      2. Doctor_Who

        Joeverlord.

        1. Fay

          Full title: Our Supreme Lord and Master, the Joeverlord, God of Sexual Influence (and almost anything to do with libido).

        2. Tunaro

          Long live the Sex King

  20. Catriona

    Spittaked.

  21. Rhy

    I swear, every female character in this strip is destined to be a lesbian.

    1. Pizzathehutt

      Dinas next I’m sure.

      1. Aizat

        Nah, Dina’s dinosexual…and there’s this voice inside my head that said I should ship Dina with Emperor Gore.

        1. Kiggy

          WIN!

        2. theKOT

          I expected you to say Egoraptor, for some reason XD

        3. Super Duper

          Her favorite novels are The Balaur’s Delight and Taken by the T-Rex.

        4. Makkabee

          Well, Dina could always fall for a female dinosaur.

          There she is, innocently watching Doctor Who, wondering why the butler looks like a potato, and suddenly THEY walk in and a new fetish is born.

    2. Super Duper

      You didn’t guess this when it said “By David Willis”?

    3. Joe

      I don’t think it counts as a prediction when Leslie called it in their first Gender Studies class.

    4. Yotomoe

      I’m still shocked by the lack of gay dudes. I’ve only seen one.

      1. Super Duper

        Ethan is gay?????!!!!????!!!!11111!!!!

        1. Nakari

          Not Ethan.

          Faz. He just tries to hide it WITH DIRTY DIRTY LIES!

        2. Drakey

          Ew. Thought about Ethan/Faz for a minute.

          Doesn’t help that I had a Faz of my own in high school who latched onto me like a puppy dog. I can picture it ALL TOO CLEARLY!

        3. Shadow12000

          Didn’t that happen once in Shortpacked?

        4. Beachfox

          No, you’re thinking of Faz/Ninja Rick.

        5. John

          Nah, he’s robosexual. He just seems gay because most of the Transformers identify as masculine.

      2. timemonkey

        Makes sense though, the first one didn’t show up until Shortpacked. So out of the huge character transfer we’ve still only got that small supply. But I hold out hope that Willis will throw us some more dudelove eventually.

      3. Kerry

        I’m pretty sure this is why people clung so desperately to the idea of Jocelyne being a gay or bi guy (including me). Ethan really doesn’t have many options.

      4. Biege

        it’s mostly because we don’t have that many new characters, and since everyone stated to be keeping their sexuality, I think it’s just ethan.

        we do have a couple of bi guys, and then there’s Mike, who’s sexuality is what you don’t want it to be

        1. timemonkey

          And Thad and Manny!

    5. Casey

      *claps* excellent.

    6. saltchocolate

      Joyce would have to be bi, remember?

      1. Leonou

        I remember perfectly thanks .

        1. saltchocolate

          Joyce in college = kid in candy store.

        2. saltchocolate

          A kid who has been taught that candy is sinful.

        3. StClair

          That’s the best kind.

  22. Super Duper

    No, Joyce’s mom was already doing that with Mike. And Walky’s. And his own.

    1. Yotomoe

      Mike doesn’t discriminate.

      1. Shadow12000

        Sure he does, he wont do the deed with someone unless it pisses someone, anyone, off. Bonus points if it’s your mom.

  23. Lavaticmay

    How is Wally going to have a three way with Dorothy and Joyce is Willis isn’t repeating ships.

    1. Yotomoe

      The loophole is he changed his name to Wally, so it’s fine.

      1. Super Duper

        Its the Headmasters all over again!

    2. Thor

      Willis isn’t not repeating ships. Billie and Ruth happened (briefly) in the Walkyverse. Justin and Sal also happened (slightly less briefly) in the Walkyverse. He’s just not marching down well traveled paths. And I think it’s safe to say that a Walky/Dorothy/Joyce sandwich is not a well traveled path.

      1. Mr. Random

        In universe. In fanfiction…

        1. Thor

          In fanfiction, all things are terrible because fanfiction is terrible. If types of writing were Dumbiverse characters, fanfiction would be Danny.

        2. Shadow12000

          Some fanfiction is so bad, it’s funny. So, not Danny, more like Faz. Fazfiction.

        3. Shade

          *shudder*

        4. Thor

          If types of writing were Dumbiverse characters, Faz would be pornographic fanfiction. Danny is the earnest, non-porn variety.

        5. John

          In Danny’s fanfic, there is a tasteful fade to black when Amazi-Girl comes to visit him in his parents’ basement.

          In Faz’s fanfic, there are diagrams.

        6. xKiv

          Stop fanfazasing, everyone 😐

        7. Roborat

          You mean there is some that is not pornographic?

        8. Torechwen

          Yes, lots of? That’s why on many fanfiction host sites a rating system exists? For that matter, there’s even shipping fiction that’s non-porn. 😉

        9. Biege

          not exactly fair. some fanfiction is well written, entertaining and makes you have hope for fandoms, before something else comes along and dumps it under a pile of ex…cre…ment…

          goddamnit, that is danny.

        10. Kernanator

          Hey now, not ALL fanfiction is terrible.

          Just MOST of it is terrible.

        11. Kelly

          Sturgeon’s law: 90% of everything is crap.

  24. Leonou

    Does a character shipping in Canon makes a ship canon ?
    At least, it’s good ammo.

    1. Glockenspielberg

      I’m just picturing a pirate ship sailing around firing “cannon” balls shaped like Joyce and Dorothy’s heads

      1. Tunaro

        Well if you think of it like that the HMS Billie an’ Walky should have already been boarded

      2. Carlos

        I pictured cannons firing high velocity cruise ships….. lol that would be awsome

        1. Shadow12000

          Ships that fire ships that fire ships that fire IT KEEPS HAPPENING!

  25. Luzahn

    I’d make some witty comment, but I’m just too busy grinning.

  26. Sock

    *Sal’s

  27. Sporky

    Well, honestly, they’re probably both right

    1. saltchocolate

      Agreed. And Walky’s just pissed because Joyce might get there sooner than him. (Or has this already happened? DoA info overload!)

      1. John

        I don’t think their physical relationship has advanced to that point because Dorothy’s been too busy studying.

        I vote Joyce and Walky team up to loosen her up.

      2. Thomas

        Yes, Walky’s comment reads a bit like a proposition. But then again, it seems to me that Walky’d need some persuading to try that specific sexual act, not something that he’d come up with himself.

  28. Doc Harleen

    We saw the start of Joyce questioning her sexuality. While she definitely likes boys, I hope to see it explored a bit deeper.

    …

    …Just like she wants to explore Dorothy a bit deeper I’M SORRY I COULDN’T RESIST.

    1. Luzahn

      *claps*

      Bravo, sir.

      1. Sock

        Dorothy has the clap?

        1. molochmachine

          several, apparently

    2. Torechwen

      Looking forward to when she moves past bi erasure.

  29. WikiDreamer

    Oh thank GOD he said his awkwardness AFTER all the serious drama went down

  30. Sir Robin

    Was Walky giving permission?

    1. Aizat

      No, he’s asking if he could join in.

      1. Drakey

        Actually, he was acknowledging the impression he got of Joyce, which means he neither wants permission nor is wishin’.

        I’m sorry, it rhymed, I couldn’t stop myself.

  31. Sensedog

    Excellent. A comic with characters that are not Danny.

  32. RobHagen

    That’s Our Walky! *canned laughter*

    1. Yotomoe

      “That’s Walky!” is filmed in front of a live comment section.

      1. saltchocolate

        Internet for you, Yotomoe!

  33. bunivasal

    God I really want to be in college again, if only so that I can say stuff like that and get away with it.

    1. Doctor_Who

      When they handed me my diploma they seem to have forgotten the Official Adulthood Certificate to go with it, so I’m still good.

    2. Yotomoe

      Wait…I can say shit like this!?
      WHY WASN’T I INFORMED!!!?

    3. Mr. Random

      I was recently told by my brother, that he believes “being an adult” is an act. Apparently, you act like a college goer all your life. You just pretend otherwise around the children.
      I…
      Kinda sense the same.

      1. Shadow12000

        *around the boss, unless he’s cool with it.

  34. Rocketboy1313

    “I am completely comfortable with who I am,” said Walky to a room of insecure and mopey co-stars.
    “We know, shut the fuck up,” said the chorus of sad sacks.

    1. Yotomoe

      Walky, you and your near perfect life piss me off.

      1. Doctor_Who

        True story: last week I found myself watching cartoons while eating McNuggets and wearing my jammies.

        I realized that that if only I’d had some Mountain Dew, I would have achieved inner peace just like Walky.

        1. Yotomoe

          Or just die.
          Cuz Walky’s life habbits are basically asking for it.

        2. Doctor_Who

          Being Walky is fine in moderation.

          You just don’t want to overdo it. I carefully intersperse my being Walky with moments of being Dina, Dorothy, and Danny.

          Hmmm, considering that Walky is actually named David, and that my own first name starts with a D, a spooky pattern seems to be emerging regarding which characters I relate to.

          Though when I show up to work Monday mornings, I’m usually Mike.

        3. Kernanator

          Isn’t everyone Mike on Monday mornings?

        4. Kernanator

          Huh. “Mike on Monday Mornings” sounds like it could be a talk show.

        5. Luzahn

          It would be a talk show for all of five minutes before being pulled from the air. Something about gross offensiveness to humans in general.

        6. Mr. Random

          Which is why it’d go on the internet, and make millions.

        7. Wack'd

          Before inevitably being picked up by [adult swim].

        8. molochmachine

          My guess is it would involve a shovel, some small change, and the corpse of Regis Philbin’s mom. Or, you know, a time machine. If you wanna be classy about it.

        9. Leonou

          On monday morning you’re basically a Dick then ?
          the pattern is complete !

        10. Wack'd

          Well, Dick’s dead in this universe, so…

        11. Roborat

          Why do you want Walkie’s hobbits to die?

  35. Yotomoe

    What you don’t know is that it’s because Dorothy has MM underwear and Joyce wants a good look at them.

    1. Aizat

      Wait, they make those?

      1. Yotomoe

        Of course they do. There’s like 10 designs!

        1. Regalli

          Granted, most of them are either aimed at the younger crowd or have an embarrassingly cheesy innuendo on them, but that’s par for the course.

        2. Shadow12000

          Let the MM Underwear Innuendo Contest BEGIN!

        3. Wack'd

          I’d…like to master…your monkey? No, no, wait, hang on, I got this.

          I’d…stick my monkey…okay, no, ew. Um…

          You can give my alien head any day oh dear god I’m terrible at this.

        4. Mr K

          Spank the Monkey.

        5. Tenn

          Arrow pointing to the crotch or butt. Caption: “Monkey see, monkey do.”

        6. Ocbrad1

          Awesome! I hereby award you one full internet!

        7. nekobawt

          there’s a monkey in my pants and everyone’s invited?

        8. Leonou

          And none of them is based on the first two seasons, pre-channel change design.
          An insult to the true fans !

    2. Pier

      “Intimate Salvation” by MM

  36. Juliecat

    LET THE SHIPS SAIL AGAIN!

  37. Kernanator

    Let’s be fair: Everyone needed this, in and out of universe, as a release of all the tension and drama that’s built up.

    1. timemonkey

      I release my tension in a completely different way.

      1. saltchocolate

        Completely?

      2. Shadow12000

        I am slightly frightened due to the Hexadecimal gravitar.

  38. someguywithakatana

    Is Dorothy’s hair getting longer? I remember it being more of a perfect oval type deal.

    1. Shadow12000

      Probably more of a “Willis playing around with the art style” thing.

      1. Wack'd

        Or her hair’s growing gradually over the course of weeks. Maybe she’s gonna get it cut at some point?

        1. Nono

          She should go to whoever did Ethan’s hair, apparently that guy/gal works wonders.

        2. nekobawt

          unless that person is just really good at the haircut they gave ethan.

    2. Biege

      well, it’s been a while since she got there. hair has this odd tendancy to grow 😛

    3. Roborat

      The hair grows in real time, not comic time.

  39. Hoboturtle

    Ah, JoshuaxEthan might be gone, but at least we still have that good old fashion DorothyxJoyce

    1. Biege

      I find it amusing you believe a character stating out loud their sexual orientation is not compatible for the wished relationship would in any way dissuade shippers from their delusion

  40. Jetstream

    Hey, I could ship Dorothy x Joyce. That’d be delightfully neurotic.

  41. NF

    That last panel. Oh my god.

    Hahahahahaha…

    1. Trisar

      Comment made perfect by raised-eyebrow-Joe gravatar.

  42. Doctor_Who

    I don’t get it. What’s so inappropriate about Joyce wanting to shove her face into Dorothy’s lecture notes?

    Dorothy is a good student, and Joyce wants to further her education, that’s all.

    1. ninja_jesus

      Spread those pages, I wanna be educated.

  43. Bill

    This is Joyce he’s talking about?  Cute, naive, little home-schooled Joyce?  Our brown-haired, blue-eyed Joyce who was raised by Christian fundies?  The same Joyce who wasn’t even comfortable sharing a shower room with the other girls in the dorm?

    Whereinthehell did Walky ever get this idea??  And for that matter, where do all the rest of you that are shipping Joyce with anyone who doesn’t have a ‘Y’ chromosome get it?

    1. Astraea

      See Joyce’s older brothers, also raised by fundies: one apparently is resisting his parents, the other secretly identifies as a woman. Joyce is already repressing sexual urges in general, it isn’t impossible that she is repressing homosexual urges as well.
      That said, I’m pretty sure she’s straight, lol.

      1. Bill

        That’s what I meant.  Joyce is as straight as a laser beam, she’s undoubtedly still a virgin, and even though she is now surrounded by “The Young and the Horny” that’s not likely to change any time soon.

        1. Milae

          Hate to break it to you, Bill. But this ship set sail almost from the very start of this series.

          I am slowly piecing together a fan vid collage of all the scenes that prove the Joythy ship has been sailing for 2 years now steady as she goes.

          All along Joyce has done things just for Dorothy. For example, the only reason Joyce went to the party where she was almost drug-raped just because she knew Dorothy was scared to go to it.

          When Joyce found out Walky and Dorothy were together she went crazy saying how beautiful and sexy and smart Dorothy was and how Walky didn’t deserve her.

          Every time Joyce has seen Walky and Dorothy make out she has become jealous. And one can’t forget the famous scene where Joyce and Dorothy hugged in a bathroom and Joyce told Dorothy how glad she was that Dorothy chose her, and Dorothy told Joyce “Always!”

          And it’s not just one way either. Dorothy has actually claimed Joyce and Walky as her companions. Dorothy went to church with Joyce even though she is a fully admitted Atheist. And the matching sweater-vest & blouse outfits were so cute before Dorothy changed to avoid having to publically admit to things. And did I mention the hugs that Dorothy has given Joyce..?

          This ship not only is sailing steady as she goes, it’s the frigging Love Boat.

        2. Wack'd

          Friendship and mutual admiration, apparently, are not things that exist.

        3. Thor

          This is a work of fiction. In a good work of fiction, the only things that are included are things that enhance or advance the storytelling in some way. Perhaps the things we’ve been shown so far are there to set the tone, or to explore themes, or to establish character. Perhaps they are pieces of a larger plot structure that we cannot see the whole of yet, or they are foreshadowings of actions and feelings yet to come. With the best writing, everything shown does at least two things at once. So it’s possible that the scenes mentioned above are just doing one or two other things, but it is also completely possible that they are foreshadowing future action as well. With the best writers, you do not know for sure until the scene happens and everything falls into place.

        4. Shadow12000

          Straight as a laser beam he says.

        5. StClair

          Looking at Billie in that strip, and the one just preceding, can you blame her? At all?

        6. John

          Even laser beams are bent by gravity, and Billie’s boobs have a lot of gravity.

        7. Torechwen

          I’m actually not certain about that straight-as-a-laser-beam bit. She’s definitely predominantly into dudes, but if somebody’s bi the interests don’t always split 50/50, and there’s her reaction to Sal. Sal could be an instance of basic hero-worship with a shot of aesthetic appreciation, or could be something more, and I don’t know at this point. I’m not sure is JOYCE knows at this point. I’d kind of like to think she’s straight just so it doesn’t play out into cliches, but I’m waiting to see how it plays out.

        8. Torechwen

          *Billie
          Brain is tired, wires are crossed

      2. Bill

        And I speak from experience!

      3. timemonkey

        She’s being written by Willis and is in close proximity to Billie’s breasts a LOT. Heterosexuality can not withstand such a powerful offensive.

        1. Tristan B.

          I mean just look at em. They’re wonderful!

        2. StClair

          and she could crawl up into them and be safe and warm forever

    2. John

      Joyce has, over the course of DoA, asked Walky if she could borrow Dorothy, was curious about getting in the box, claimed to just want tacos (and that was all one strip!), lusted over Sal’s person in general and hair in particular, expressed a desire to crawl into Billie’s cleavage, declared her love for Dorothy, and generally acted jealous over Dorothy spending time with Walky instead of her. And probably some other stuff that I’m forgetting. There’s plenty of Les Yay fuel there.

      And you cannot deny that Joyce would make an excellent First Lady for Dorothy.

      (And I’m pretty sure, from the cast descriptions, that Becky wants to bang Joyce like a screen door in a hurricane, but that’s a different matter.)

      1. Blue Dragon

        Back when Joyce declared Dorothy her best friend, a posted comment asked “I thought Becky was your best friend?” I think a day or so earlier there was speculation as to whether Mr. & Mrs. Brown might pull funding to get Joyce away from these “unhealthy” influences.

        I wondered at that time (but didn’t post my prediction until now) whether the parents might pull some fiscal judo and instead provide MORE money… for the specific purpose of travel expenses so Becky and Joyce can spend more time together on weekends. You know, to expose her to a healthier influence.

        If you’re correct about hurricane Becky, and if I’m right about my prediction…

        …won’t that be entertaining to watch!

        (Also, Joyce will rebel against the idea of the Joyce/Dorothy ship w/o the reassurance that people from her moral-social group have and act on such thoughts. Hurricane Becky making a pass at her may not be absolutely necessary to the ship, but will propel it along with a powerful tailwind. As it were.)

        1. John

          I’ve been harboring a suspicion that the reason Becky hasn’t been answering her phone is that she had probably drunken sex with someone else, likely another girl, and can’t face Joyce because she feels like she’s cheated on her and let her down with her immorality.

        2. shietka

          Wow. You (almost) called it.

      2. Jack Finch

        Although you have to add that “Never mind, I figured it out” scene with Ethan, and the sex dream about him. She’s just in a wantin’ frame of mind reacting to the faintest whiff of sex.

    3. Casey

      Everything everyone in the comments already said plus we can ship whatever we want regardless of likelihood (although Joyce seems like she might at least be curious, and I sight blushing at Billie’s boobs and lusting over Sal). That’s the great thing about shipping.

    4. Bill

      OK, I’ve read all your comments and I can see where you might be getting your slant on things.  But remember — THIS IS JOYCE!  She’s a naive, inexperienced little freshman who is maybe all of 18 years young; heck, she might even be 17 like I was during my first semester in college.

      As for saying “claiming” Walky and Dorothy as “hers”, how many times have you seen/heard young adolescent girls — and keep in mind that this is Joyce to a ‘T’; even though she may be 18 she has the experience of maybe a 14-year-old — announcing someone is their BFF or how they “love” something or someone, from Hannah Montana to One Direction to My Little Pony to ice cream sodas to Chicken McNuggets.  But that doesn’t mean she wants to get into a kinky orgy with Miley Cyrus, Flutteryshy, and Niall Horan while smeared in whipped cream and barbecue sauce (and now watch — under provisions of rule 43 someone will post fan art of this within 24 hours)!

      Her remark about crawling up into Billie’s boobs — I put that down to a remark made in a state of shock.  I’m sure that up until she arrived at IU the only female breasts she had seen were her own in a mirror, and some of the other girls on the floor are clearly comfortable in their own skin.  But remember where Joyce’s mind went when Sarah mentioned her “toys” just a couple strips before the one Shadow12000 linked to, and earlier in that same story arc she actually stated *out loud* that she was concerned she might be succumbing to temptation and that she would end up becoming gay “like everyone else in college”.

      Based on my own experiences in the field of interpersonal relations (which admittedly aren’t much more extensive than Joyce’s), what I am getting out of this is that our cute, naive, non-worldly Joyce is a little pressure cooker of feelings and conflict between her upbringing, her own body (hormones), and her surroundings and she’s doing the best she can to keep the lid on it.  Only time will tell how it will end.  

      1. Bill

        BTW, Milae, I’d like to see that compilation/montage you were talking about.  Please post a link.

      2. Random832

        Remember, having been raised in a fundamentalist christian family, Joyce likely believes the things many fundamentalists believe about homosexuality – i.e. that there aren’t “gay people” and “straight people”, that it’s just an act (a sin, of course, though the bible never really comes out and says it for lesbians) that anyone can be tempted to do.

        1. Random832

          Which means her concern for being tempted into homosexual acts could have been on a purely intellectual level, given those beliefs, rather than prompted by any feelings she’s actually noticed herself having.

  44. Aizat

    I just noticed something…Walky is kinda like the Dude.

    1. Super Duper

      Obvious joke in 3…2…1…
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c

      1. Aizat

        And my response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TE_oIIIwWl0

  45. Arkadi

    That’s nonsense, Walky: Joyce wants to shove her face in your sister’s hair.

    1. John

      And Billie’s boobs. She’s not particular!

      1. Yotomoe

        She may do all 3.

        1. xKiv

          At the same time, or in a row?

  46. ReFlex76

    Yet another step to the Dorothy/Walky/Joyce threesome!

  47. John

    I’m all for the First Lady Joyce Keener ship, but Joyce tried it in Roomies! and didn’t like it.

    1. Yotomoe

      It’s just bad when it licks you back.

      1. Casey

        It would be kind of frightening if it licked you back

  48. Ancestral Hamster

    Sometimes when there’s an elephant in the room, it’s better to name it and clear the air. Most people won’t because of the awkward factor. Walky is clearly immune to said awkward factor. And social conventions.

  49. caesaria82

    Walky ships it so hard.

    1. Milae

      Can you blame him? That ship is the finest yacht to grace the seven seas. I only hope that it never suffers a torpedoing or iceberg ramming.

    2. Badeyes

      He shall be henceforth known as Captain Walky.
      He will never go down with the ship, though might go down upon the ship if asked.

      1. saltchocolate

        I . . . I . . . I wish I’d made that comment…

  50. Maycroft

    that opens the door for so many posibilities…

  51. GaiusTavarusMagnus

    Fly my fanfiction writers, Fly Fly Fly. Off to your keyboards to craft wonderful smut for your master Willis.

  52. DownsofFire

    Stay classy Walky. Without you, this strip is just vulgarity and sex.

  53. Jack Finch

    So exactly how does Walky go from oblivious 50-McNugget chomping, D&MM obsessed, barely aware or in control of his desire for Dorothy that he was like a victim of mind control who couldn’t figure out what his body was doing or why. How does he go from thinking he’ll get in trouble for touching Dorothy’s breasts.
    How does he go from all that to bluntly spouting gaydar-based interpretations of Joyce’s behavior?

    1. timemonkey

      He’s been doing it for a Looooooong time now. Remember the ‘I think Joyce wants a kiss’ comment?

      1. Jack Finch

        I forgot that one, but you’re right.

        1. Milae

          More than just one comment… multiple times he’s teased Joyce about her relationship with Dorothy. Not just in the comic either, check out the ‘Character Tweets’ section of DoA site.

          Honestly though the main reason he teases her about it is because he knows that she’s his toughest competition for the heart of Dorothy, and as long as she’s in denial he’s in the penthouse.

        2. Jack Finch

          On the other hand all that prior commentary seemed isolated to the realm of first base as his comfort zone. As I think about it though, the escalation here is probably a projection of his having sorted out what HE’s ready for. In his head he’s over his embarrassment at having an erection while spooning her and is already well around third.

    2. Varangian

      He’s an idiot savant.

    3. ninja_jesus

      Walky isn’t an idiot; he just plays one because he’s lazy.

      1. Jack Finch

        That’s why I love him. We are brothers.

        1. xKiv

          What happened to you, Sal??

        2. Jack Finch

          OK, OK.
          (lol)

  54. Emoroffle

    Inspiration, Walky is thy name.

  55. wynne

    TWIST! Joyce is the gay Brown!

  56. Spliced

    Walky is genre savvy

  57. Kiggy

    Walky reminds me of one of my younger cousins. :p

  58. saltchocolate

    Holy fuck! I just have to express my complete amazement that Walky (Willis) went there!!

    ::::grinning::::

    I approve.

    1. John

      Walky’s gone there before, though not quite as far.

      1. saltchocolate

        Oh, yeah! At the time, I imagined Joyce thinking, “Nasty pre-marital hanky-panky!” But now, I see it in a whole new way . . .

        1. John

          Oh, yeah, and here, too.

  59. Big Drahma

    Walky is the Shipmaster… the Rear Admiral… the…

    1. Tristan B.

      The Top Seaman

      1. TPman

        The First Man on the poopdeck

  60. Kerry

    Wow, even Walky ships Joyce/Dorothy.

    1. Milae

      IKR that ship is just all hands on deck and engines full ahead thrust.

      1. ninja_jesus

        I imagine a lot of thrusting going on.

  61. Milae

    I just really really really wish I had finished creating my Joyce / Dorothy shippers fan vid collage (part 1) before this strip came out so I could’ve posted it as one of the first comments when this episode came out. 🙁

    Real life stinks not enough time to edit my vids. 🙁

  62. Varangian

    Walky, pro tip: your girlfriend is almost never likely to appreciate your shipping her with another girl.

    1. John

      It’s all kinds of fun when she does, though.

  63. Pureed Madness

    Walky you dingus. Don’t sacrifice your relationship over a few cheap shots at Joyce.

  64. ninja_jesus

    College is a time for experimentation! I fully support Walky’s stance on Joyce and Dorothy lezzing out.

  65. TheLurkerAbove

    I swear, the meta-humour in this strip… so, this time next year then?

  66. buckybone

    Ah, the Walkyverse: where everybody is queer (that used to just be “gay”, but Monday’s strip blew that up) until proven otherwise.

  67. theKOT

    A lot of people have given evidence for Joyce being into Dorothy, but do we have any reason to believe her supposed feelings would be reciprocated? Has Dorothy shown any bi tendencies or attraction toward Joyce?

    1. theKOT

      Also why can’t I get the custom gravatar thing to work… I made one and everything…

      1. Kelli

        Was your custom gravatar by any chance a buckyball? Because I think it’s working.

        1. theKOT

          Yeah it is now XD

        2. Badeyes

          I’ll be more impressed when you invent/discover the Walkyblock. Which is a perfect golden cuboid of crystal caramel.

        3. theKOT

          Many a year has it’s tasty geometry eluded me…

    2. Norj

      theKot has a point is there any evidence that Dorothy wants to make Joyce her First Lady?

      1. John

        Sadly, no. All indications are that Dorothy is entirely straight.

  68. David

    Well, Walky has his unique style of social awkwardness: he is perfectly observant but picks the wrong actions (like a stalker “she does not like me” -> “I need to be more attentive”) and/or the wrong timing (just that instead of “too little, too late” we get “too much, too early”).

    Reminds me of that time where I told my father about having spent, like, half an hour in a test and getting only half-way of proving that a skew-Hermitian matrix has purely imaginary Eigenvalues, and he does that “eyes defocus while looking into a world far away for two seconds” number and tells me “but that’s trivial”. And pens down some five-liner which I brood over half an hour and then say “yeah right”.

    Except that when Walky does that it would’ve been more like my mother pulling that trick on me, and that would’ve made me much more irritated (not because of genders but because there is a difference in expectations between Theoretic Physicists and English teachers).

    At any rate, I’ll probably be able to reproduce that five-liner (or its associates for Hermitian and Unitary matrices) on my death bed, never mind that my job does not require higher math.

    But I digress, how does this map to DoA? Probably Dorothy will now be able to imagine doing threesomes on her deathbed thanks to Walky?

  69. eh

    So much love for Walky and so much hate for Danny, but right now Walky is making me cringe way, way harder.

  70. Zaxares

    … *steeples fingers* Continue, Mr Walkerton.

  71. Makkabee

    A week away, huh? Unfortunately that means we’ll have to wait until 2015 to find out if Walky’s prediction is correct.

  72. Wack'd

    Man, I’ve gotten so used to the blue color pallet for outdoor things that this one kinda jarred me.

  73. nothri

    And right around the corner Ruth whispers “I’d ship it.” very softly to herself

  74. Sammie1053

    *George Takei voce*
    Oh my.

  75. hof1991

    Poor Dorothy. Understanding the mind of Walky is a terrible burden for a young woman. And what is it that so many characters are drawn to her. Danny, Walky, Joyce and, of course, Joe. Mike is just waiting for her to become a mother.

    1. El Tebbaro De Bertopia

      Ok, I absolutely loved this comment. You just won the internet. Congratulations!

      1. El Tebbaro De Bertopia

        Aww… I’m not Dina anymore!!!! Butt nuggets!

        1. RougeMagenick

          50 peice butt nuggets

  76. Kim

    I read ‘Ethan’ instead of ‘Joe’ in the hovertext, and burst out laughing.
    Then I read it right and got sad 🙁

  77. Charles Phipps

    It’d be hilarious and horrifying if Walky gets elected President instead of Dorothy.

    1. The Candyman

      Obviously Mike will be his Vice President.

      1. nothri

        A jackass and a total asshole running as president and vice president?

        Oh god, it’ll be 2000 all over again.

        1. Norj

          Not fair, at least Mike is competent.

  78. Curacaobill

    Sadly those who use mobile devices like me cannot view hover text

    1. Corronchilejano

      “Joe has been a terrible influence.”

  79. BayoWolf

    I did a deviantart search for Dumbing of Age. I have now seen more of Walky then I ever wanted to see. Thanks Willis!

    1. Mr K

      Turn onthe frickin’ mature filter. It exists for a reason.

      1. Mr K

        *on the

  80. Toes14

    Shove her face between Dorothy’s legumes? Her legacy? Legend? Legal briefs?

    1. Casey

      legolas? legos? leggings? legitimacy?
      we’ll never know

  81. OkamiKing

    A bit out of subject, but I’m still waiting on that music major appearing in this comic :I

    1. David Willis

      he died

      1. RougeMagenick

        Your gravatar looks like Uncle Rick when he writes a new Percy Jackson book

  82. Sarpiedon

    Walky is wise beyond his years…wait did the world just end?

  83. potatoaddict

    And its that statement that has convinced me that Walky is a genius in terms of comedy!

    Besides that, anyone who incites a lesbian scene into the heads of those around them gets a thumbs up from me.

  84. Fata Morgana

    Willis, need I remind you of what happens to comic artist who spell out slang and accents in their comics? Five words: For Better or For Worse. Woebetide to one who follows the Elly path, lest one be scortched in the burnsauce.

    1. Biege

      he’s been doing it for nigh on two decades. seems to be working for him so far 😛

      1. Fata Morgana

        Honestly no, it never really worked. And Walky has gotten worse. It used to just be Sal, which basically made me never want there to be scenes with Sal in them. Robin does it so little in Shortpacked that it doesn’t really distract, thankfully. But in DoA Willis has been going Lynn Johnston levels of dumb accent/slang writing and it’s really begun to pall.

        1. John

          When Joyce calls Walky a foob and asserts that Roz is totally roadside, I’ll believe you have a point.

        2. Rutee

          Sal may be an issue, even if I like her as a Southerner, but Walky’s just speaking incredibly informally. That’s not an accent, that’s (lazy) diction, and actually needs to be spelled out.

        3. David Willis

          Yeah, Walky doesn’t have an accent. (At least not according to his peers.) Like Robin, he just talks sloppily.

  85. All Else Fails

    C’mon, Dorothy. We were all thinking about it, especially since Joyce had her…homosexual episode.

    1. Mr K

      By the end of the comic, Joyce will have slept with every female character.

      1. Lel

        Makes sense. Can’t see her sleeping with any males.

        1. John

          You don’t know Joyce very well, then. The girl’s a horndog, underneath the “gotta save it for marriage” veneer her upbringing imposed on her.

      2. Makkabee

        I totally ship Joyce/every woman on campus now.

  86. Raine

    Absolutely NOTHING to do with the comic but I just got DOA book2 in the mail! Love the free bookmark!<3

  87. Henry

    Never change, Walky.

  88. Em

    You know Walky, YOU could shove your head in between your girlfriend’s legs instead of Joyce.

    You know, we’ve seen a slight sex scene with Sal. I’d be interested in seeing a slight sex scene with Walky. He seems like he’d get all hot and heavy and then be like, “Is that a boob hair? I didn’t know boobs could have little hairs! That’s so weird! Wait…where are you going???”

    1. Makkabee

      What do you “mean instead of”? Shouldn’t that be “in alternation with?”

      DON’T DENY ME — er, I mean Walky — OUR DREAMS OF HOT LESBIAN SEXINGS!!

  89. kay

    >,> i wouldn’t have put it that crudely, but. *Ships it*

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