Maybe not the orgsnism’s direct DNA descent. But they share enough common DNA with other members of their species, that it can still be advantageous for them to be in a place to adopt and rear a child. Pair bonding may help the organism achieve this and reinforce tge success of encoded social cooperation behaviours.
Wow. I never realise just how MUCH Willis’ art style has continued to evolve until I click on a link like that and find myself looking back at earlier days’ strips…! xD
Adam Black
it goes up and down in waves. i think 2010 ish is a highpoint, with bright contrasting colors and airbrushing . ( old its walky )
Yup. Two women having sex with each other is very subtle. Gotta make sure to include the hats and plaid so that everyone understands that it’s lesbian sex that’s happening with the two women.
See, this is why I never wear plaid – otherwise people might mistake my wife and I for lesbians instead of bisexual women who happen to be married to one another.
Yeah, it’s important to wear the signs, or else people keep insisting you’re only roommates.
StClair
Good friends.
Very, very good friends.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
So you’re saying Dina and Becky could be mistaken for “Roomies”? xD
Wack'd
“it’s just less expensive. i read an article about two women who shared a bed for years and they saved so much money that they could afford huge, fancy weddings to their boyfriends”
“oh that’s a pair of lesbians”
“Naw, it’s subtle but look. No beanies, no plaid”
“Ah, dang I missed the telltale signs. I was thrown off by the kissing”
“Happens to the best of us.”
Shout out to when I was in high school talking about a book and the other student asked me if I thought a couple characters were “maybe kinda gay” and I said, “Why, because of all the lesbian sex they had?”
Arianod
Anyone can have gay sex. Did they dress up and travel together?
Willis has quite a few characters with extensive freckles. I wonder if he has to memorize where they all are, if he keeps, a chart, or just thinks we won’t bother to check to see if the placement and number is consistent?
Fun Fact: In Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Dax’s spots were actually all marked out and recorded by the make up team so that the pattern would remain the same throughout the series. As more of Dax’s body was seen throughout the series (not like that – the started in full length uniforms, so there was alot of room to grow in that department), the team had to keep recording more and more spot locations.
Continuity like that has got to be a pain. That’s why you never give a character elaborate tattoos. Although in Becky’s case at a glance her freckles seem to group in batches of three so maybe that’s not too difficult to keep up with after drawing her for so long.
True Survivor
Except for the two on her collar bone. Is Dina secretly a vampire? Is that why she can teleport and stand creepily behind doors for hours on end.
King Daniel
There was evidence collected by our good Doctor a while back that Dina is, indeed, a vampire. Some bits provided that I recall were Dina’s established mouth full of fangs and an ability to sense Becky’s heartbeat.
Needfuldoer
And The Doctor could safely confirm the suspicion, because he’s a bite-proof hologram.
BBCC
I feel so bad for the creators of Michael Scofield’s tattoo. That must have been a pain in the ASS to design, and then applying the fucking thing took four to five HOURS, not including time to take the temporary tattoo out.
Cholma
Heh. I didn’t recognize that name (thought you were talking about an actor) but it made me think of Wentworth Miller’s character in Prison Break. That “prison map” tattoo was crazy. DUH. “Michael Scofield” is his character’s name in that show! 😀
Thag Simmons
Tattoos/Patterns are great if you only need to draw them once
I mean…chests would be a good place for sponsorships. If a girl flashed me her breasts I promise you I would never forget the name of the restaurant painted on her chest for the rest of my life.
Heavensrun
I mean isn’t this just like 70% of all t-shirts?
Delicious Taffy
Based on the shirts in my apartment, people might get the mistaken notion that we drink lots of Coca-Cola.
King Daniel
Ah. I presume they’re actually trophies of the Cola Wars?
based on the shirts i own people might get the mistaken notion that i am advertising the anarchist colour ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Keulen
Only problem with that is it results in women thinking you’re a creep staring at her chest when you’re actually just trying to read what’s written on her shirt.
Is it? Man, straight people can’t have undercuts, straight people can’t have full rainbow patterned suits. Soon you won’t be able to have sex with a member of the same sex without being called gay. Were will it end?
“Soon you won’t be able to have sex with a member of the same sex without being called gay.”
I mean, I’m fairly certain that’s already the reality for bi people.
Spencer
Nah for us it’s that if we have sex with a partner of a different gender then we’re actually just straight and dabble in the gay thing to seem trendy.
RassilonTDavros
Ah, right. My bad, I got “reality” mixed up with “DoA comment section.”
Spencer
Those strips with Ruth a while back where Joyce was acting like the commentariat gave me life.
J. Gawain
In my experience, its both. If you are with someone of the opposite sex you’re straight. If you’re with the same sex, you’re gay/lesbian. Anything in between is nonexistent.
o3o It’s crazy how like…whenever I see someone with dyed hair I just go “oh, they’re queer” even though literally anyone could dye their hair. I don’t particularly wanna dye my hair cuz I think jet black hair looks cool as hell, but I probably would be hesitant to dye it a light colorful color, lest I mislead people.
Raen
Excluding natural colors and old lady blue, the only straight woman I’ve ever known with dyed hair also likes to wear muscle shirts while blasting Tegan and Sara from her pickup.
Plain Marie
I don’t think that’s a reliable indicator. I know Lottttts of people who have interestingly dyed hair who are NOT queer. Maybe it overlaps with other signals.
Looking at Becky’s eyes you can really see how vulnerable she is here, she’s letting Dina see her true self here, at least in this moment. It’s like every strip I’m scared she’ll get to her “no” stage and freak but I’m so happy she’s at least trusting Dina for now.
Even if Becky does freak a little, Dina will know EXACTLY what to do.
Dina’s a scientist, and a VERY good one. As with any other expedition or experiment, LONG before she started gathering data out in the field, she’s done some VERY rigorous planning and preparation, doing preliminary research, observing her subject of interest, et cetera.
Outside the times we see her onscreen, just what do you think Dina’s BEEN doing besides her schoolwork?
Preparing for a scientific expedition like this is no easy task, and we’re about to see the result of all that painstaking effort that’s Dina’s likely been doing for MONTHS.
Brace yourselves, and bear witness to Dina’s true BRAIN POWER!!!
126 thoughts on “Plaid”
Ana Chronistic
guess you’ll just have to give the mating call
True Survivor
It won’t increase the organism’s fitness, but you can’t deny it remains and distinct and stunning example of nature’s diversity and wonder.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Maybe not the orgsnism’s direct DNA descent. But they share enough common DNA with other members of their species, that it can still be advantageous for them to be in a place to adopt and rear a child. Pair bonding may help the organism achieve this and reinforce tge success of encoded social cooperation behaviours.
Tomn
You know what, going on from that comic a bit led me here: https://www.dumbingofage.com/2015/comic/book-5/02-threes-a-crowd/overstepped/
The prophecy has come true!
King Daniel
A prophecy seven years in the making
Yet_One_More_Idiot
Wow. I never realise just how MUCH Willis’ art style has continued to evolve until I click on a link like that and find myself looking back at earlier days’ strips…! xD
Adam Black
it goes up and down in waves. i think 2010 ish is a highpoint, with bright contrasting colors and airbrushing . ( old its walky )
Needfuldoer
Including the copious notation!
milu
Listen Ana your jokes are consistently A+ but i don’t know that i’ve ever said so?? so, um, i thank you for your service *tips hat, still giggling*
Pocky
Secret Lesbian Codes
Rose by Any Other Name
Yup. Two women having sex with each other is very subtle. Gotta make sure to include the hats and plaid so that everyone understands that it’s lesbian sex that’s happening with the two women.
See, this is why I never wear plaid – otherwise people might mistake my wife and I for lesbians instead of bisexual women who happen to be married to one another.
Rex Vivat
Yeah, it’s important to wear the signs, or else people keep insisting you’re only roommates.
StClair
Good friends.
Very, very good friends.
Yet_One_More_Idiot
So you’re saying Dina and Becky could be mistaken for “Roomies”? xD
Wack'd
“it’s just less expensive. i read an article about two women who shared a bed for years and they saved so much money that they could afford huge, fancy weddings to their boyfriends”
Yotomoe
“oh that’s a pair of lesbians”
“Naw, it’s subtle but look. No beanies, no plaid”
“Ah, dang I missed the telltale signs. I was thrown off by the kissing”
“Happens to the best of us.”
Arianod
“Just gals being pals”
Yumi
Shout out to when I was in high school talking about a book and the other student asked me if I thought a couple characters were “maybe kinda gay” and I said, “Why, because of all the lesbian sex they had?”
Arianod
Anyone can have gay sex. Did they dress up and travel together?
Raen
I wonder, would a woman naked except for a hat do?
Darkoneko
singing Joe Cocker’s “you can leaaaave you head on” really loudly ?
Ryan
I fear are the only two who’ve seen Unbearable Lightness of Being.
BarerMender
Hat. Leave Your Hat On. And it’s Randy Newman’s song.
Daibhid C
It’s one of those songs where the original version is not the definitive one. Like how even Dylan thinks All Along the Watchtower is a Hendrix song.
(The definitive version is, of course, Sir Tom Jones).
BarerMender
I’ve heard both versions, and I prefer Newman’s.
Arianod
As long as it’s a plaid hat…
Sirksome
You still got the half-cut Becky!
Next page: “Oh no! She took off my half-cut!”
True Survivor
Willis has quite a few characters with extensive freckles. I wonder if he has to memorize where they all are, if he keeps, a chart, or just thinks we won’t bother to check to see if the placement and number is consistent?
True Survivor
Fun Fact: In Star Trek: Deep Space 9, Dax’s spots were actually all marked out and recorded by the make up team so that the pattern would remain the same throughout the series. As more of Dax’s body was seen throughout the series (not like that – the started in full length uniforms, so there was alot of room to grow in that department), the team had to keep recording more and more spot locations.
Sirksome
Continuity like that has got to be a pain. That’s why you never give a character elaborate tattoos. Although in Becky’s case at a glance her freckles seem to group in batches of three so maybe that’s not too difficult to keep up with after drawing her for so long.
True Survivor
Except for the two on her collar bone. Is Dina secretly a vampire? Is that why she can teleport and stand creepily behind doors for hours on end.
King Daniel
There was evidence collected by our good Doctor a while back that Dina is, indeed, a vampire. Some bits provided that I recall were Dina’s established mouth full of fangs and an ability to sense Becky’s heartbeat.
Needfuldoer
And The Doctor could safely confirm the suspicion, because he’s a bite-proof hologram.
BBCC
I feel so bad for the creators of Michael Scofield’s tattoo. That must have been a pain in the ASS to design, and then applying the fucking thing took four to five HOURS, not including time to take the temporary tattoo out.
Cholma
Heh. I didn’t recognize that name (thought you were talking about an actor) but it made me think of Wentworth Miller’s character in Prison Break. That “prison map” tattoo was crazy. DUH. “Michael Scofield” is his character’s name in that show! 😀
Thag Simmons
Tattoos/Patterns are great if you only need to draw them once
jeffepp
The character was the source of the question “Do they go all the way… down?”
Reltzik
With the timeskip into winter, he also needs to keep track of which freckles have faded into invisibility.
Yotomoe
I’ve got a bad habit of puttig freckles o the same place of all my characters.
Cheeks, shoulders, ad chests. All the sexy spots.
Rabid Rabbit
“ad chests” — that’s where the sponsorship logos go, right?
Yotomoe
I mean…chests would be a good place for sponsorships. If a girl flashed me her breasts I promise you I would never forget the name of the restaurant painted on her chest for the rest of my life.
Heavensrun
I mean isn’t this just like 70% of all t-shirts?
Delicious Taffy
Based on the shirts in my apartment, people might get the mistaken notion that we drink lots of Coca-Cola.
King Daniel
Ah. I presume they’re actually trophies of the Cola Wars?
milu
based on the shirts i own people might get the
mistakennotion that i am advertising the anarchist colour ¯\_(ツ)_/¯Keulen
Only problem with that is it results in women thinking you’re a creep staring at her chest when you’re actually just trying to read what’s written on her shirt.
Yotomoe
It’s fine I’m a speedreader. And if you have the entirety of Lorem Ipsum on your shirt, then I may be in trouble.
milu
but then you’ll know that they are actually advertising the font.
The Wellerman
???
And to think that a few months ago, Becky was totally freaking out just by staying chastely in bed with Dina.
And now Dina’s pulling THIS off with such prowess.
Her intellect. Her BRAIN POWER. It’s INCREDIBLE.
?????? ???
*plays “Whoever Brings The Night” by Nightwish on Becky’s Phone*
Keulen
Oooh, I always like more Nightwish songs.
Amós Batista
I never wonder Nightwish is in a game soundtrack ….
Darkoneko
don’t worry, the haircut is a dead giveaway and she ain’t removing that
True Survivor
Is it? Man, straight people can’t have undercuts, straight people can’t have full rainbow patterned suits. Soon you won’t be able to have sex with a member of the same sex without being called gay. Were will it end?
RassilonTDavros
“Soon you won’t be able to have sex with a member of the same sex without being called gay.”
I mean, I’m fairly certain that’s already the reality for bi people.
Spencer
Nah for us it’s that if we have sex with a partner of a different gender then we’re actually just straight and dabble in the gay thing to seem trendy.
RassilonTDavros
Ah, right. My bad, I got “reality” mixed up with “DoA comment section.”
Spencer
Those strips with Ruth a while back where Joyce was acting like the commentariat gave me life.
J. Gawain
In my experience, its both. If you are with someone of the opposite sex you’re straight. If you’re with the same sex, you’re gay/lesbian. Anything in between is nonexistent.
Yotomoe
o3o It’s crazy how like…whenever I see someone with dyed hair I just go “oh, they’re queer” even though literally anyone could dye their hair. I don’t particularly wanna dye my hair cuz I think jet black hair looks cool as hell, but I probably would be hesitant to dye it a light colorful color, lest I mislead people.
Raen
Excluding natural colors and old lady blue, the only straight woman I’ve ever known with dyed hair also likes to wear muscle shirts while blasting Tegan and Sara from her pickup.
Plain Marie
I don’t think that’s a reliable indicator. I know Lottttts of people who have interestingly dyed hair who are NOT queer. Maybe it overlaps with other signals.
Raen
When I was her age, it was spiked hair. Undercuts then were called “whoops.”
Needfuldoer
I thought she was letting it grow out?
danae jay, local gay
Well, even if she doesn’t end up experiencing Ecstato-Euphoro-Fun in her pants area I think we can safely say Dina’s enjoying herself.
RassilonTDavros
…words cannot express the joy this is making me feel.
I would make an attempt to express it to the greatest extent possible, but you don’t want me to do that.
Puppeteer Nessus
It’s really just goddamn great holy mackerel
Kravis
Tatoo a scissor on your arm.
Florence
Looking at Becky’s eyes you can really see how vulnerable she is here, she’s letting Dina see her true self here, at least in this moment. It’s like every strip I’m scared she’ll get to her “no” stage and freak but I’m so happy she’s at least trusting Dina for now.
The Wellerman
Even if Becky does freak a little, Dina will know EXACTLY what to do.
Dina’s a scientist, and a VERY good one. As with any other expedition or experiment, LONG before she started gathering data out in the field, she’s done some VERY rigorous planning and preparation, doing preliminary research, observing her subject of interest, et cetera.
Outside the times we see her onscreen, just what do you think Dina’s BEEN doing besides her schoolwork?
Preparing for a scientific expedition like this is no easy task, and we’re about to see the result of all that painstaking effort that’s Dina’s likely been doing for MONTHS.
Brace yourselves, and bear witness to Dina’s true BRAIN POWER!!!
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*plays unknown song on hacked muzak*
☺️☺️☺️
Florence
All good points and another banger!
Joe Moose
[David Rose’s “The Stripper” blares out on hacked speakers]
Alan in DC