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  1. Ana Chronistic
    Ana Chronistic
    February 13, 2022 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    you know, this one

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 13, 2022 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

      …well, that’s one of the more horrifying things I’ve ever seen in my life.

      …huh, I never realized that that song was from the same episode of Hymmel that Joyce and Dorothy watched> in that storyline (and that Walky was in as a kid).

      • Segnosaur
        Segnosaur
        February 13, 2022 at 12:29 am | # | Reply

        Joe’s comment about seeing those moves in a porno seem particularely relevant here.

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          February 13, 2022 at 1:27 am | # | Reply

          Wait, SAUCE?

          • Needfuldoer
            Needfuldoer
            February 13, 2022 at 8:54 am | # | Reply

            Here it is:

            https://www.dumbingofage.com/2014/comic/book-4/02-i-was-a-teenage-churchmouse/etchasketch/

        • Ray Radlein
          Ray Radlein
          February 13, 2022 at 3:13 am | # | Reply

          “…the Humming Hymen”

        • Z
          Z
          February 13, 2022 at 1:04 pm | # | Reply

          I assume it was nipple play and then double hand job?

      • Regalli
        Regalli
        February 13, 2022 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

        Agreed, well-done video maker, it sounds PRECISELY what I’d think those lines would sound like when sung by children surrounding a man in a terrifying hymnal costume.

      • John Campbell
        John Campbell
        February 13, 2022 at 1:43 am | # | Reply

        I wonder if anyone’s told Becky about the Walky thing.

    • Opus the Poet
      Opus the Poet
      February 13, 2022 at 12:28 am | # | Reply

      Hmm. Somebody posted a review of DOA to YouTube:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW8UtmMAvT4

  2. King Daniel
    King Daniel
    February 13, 2022 at 12:05 am | # | Reply

    DAWN OF THE FINAL DAY

    24 HOURS REMAIN

    • Rose by Any Other Name
      Rose by Any Other Name
      February 13, 2022 at 12:14 am | # | Reply

      … the prediction from Ghost Busters?
      Or are you talking about something else?

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 13, 2022 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

        Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, and we’ve been following a certain couple’s relationship for the past eight days now.

        And Willis has a certain tradition to maintain on Valentine’s Day.

        • Rose by Any Other Name
          Rose by Any Other Name
          February 13, 2022 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

          Oh.
          Cause I was gonna say, that was supposed to be 6 years ago now in 2016, not this year.

  3. Suet
    Suet
    February 13, 2022 at 12:07 am | # | Reply

    Sometimes I forget the term “white people dancing”

    And yet… nah. If Becky could be able to twirl Dina like that, we’re stirring the pot now 😉

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      February 13, 2022 at 12:47 am | # | Reply

      if i tried this my ankle would snap into a million pieces

  4. The Wellerman
    The Wellerman
    February 13, 2022 at 12:08 am | # | Reply

    GROOVY!

    Operation: Amanterasu is a GO!!!

    ? ?

    *plays “Masquerade” on Hacked Muzak*

    • King Daniel
      King Daniel
      February 13, 2022 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

      You mean this Amaterasu? (courtesy of OSP)

      I mean, it’s a pretty gay bit of mythology so I’m certainly not complaining. 😛

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 13, 2022 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

      https://m.youtube.com/watch&v=YzXpcIKyfFE

      • The Wellerman
        The Wellerman
        February 13, 2022 at 12:13 am | # | Reply

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

        That link SHOULD work.

        • milu
          milu
          February 13, 2022 at 4:56 pm | # | Reply

          cool tune! d^_^b having been learning chinese for a couple weeks now, i know the song title means “masquerade” but i kind of want to read the first two kanjis as “rice noodle”

          so

          i’m entertained

          • milu
            milu
            February 13, 2022 at 4:59 pm | # | Reply

            no one:

            me: yes, ok, i know the chinese character for rice is not exactly that one but has a slightly different first element but i tried entering this one on google translate to see if it meant anything in (simplified) chinese and got no result so i figure maybe it’s still an older/modified version of the same character, or maybe it just looks similar, look anyway i know this is not how things work (except when occasionally they do) i’m just being goofy, and besides

    • Joe Moose
      Joe Moose
      February 13, 2022 at 1:23 am | # | Reply

      ♪ Masquerade! Paper faces on parade~! ♫

      Also, you introduced me to shockingly good Japanese funk. Thank you. [bows]

  5. Cattleprod
    Cattleprod
    February 13, 2022 at 12:09 am | # | Reply

    You had an Etch-a-Sketch? Satan’s notepad?

    • brionl
      brionl
      February 13, 2022 at 12:35 am | # | Reply

      Really, you can draw *anything* on those. And then erase the evidence so your parents and ministers wouldn’t even know what you’ve done.
      Shocking, truly shocking.

      • The Quirk
        The Quirk
        February 13, 2022 at 4:26 am | # | Reply

        Square b00bies!!

      • Needfuldoer
        Needfuldoer
        February 13, 2022 at 8:57 am | # | Reply

        Think of all the time you’ll save by not having to shamefully devour your secret art!

        • milu
          milu
          February 13, 2022 at 4:34 pm | # | Reply

          plus, if someone walks in on you, they get one (1) free sexy dance!

  6. Darkoneko
    Darkoneko
    February 13, 2022 at 12:11 am | # | Reply

    wow, nice

  7. Bagge
    Bagge
    February 13, 2022 at 12:17 am | # | Reply

    It would totally have worked on Joyce

    • 0kami
      0kami
      February 13, 2022 at 12:25 am | # | Reply

      Hmmm, that might be cause for some concern… Maybe Becky still has some latent Joyce-centric desires she needs to address, first.

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 13, 2022 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

        And tomorrow is Valentine’s Day.

        • Bagge
          Bagge
          February 13, 2022 at 3:16 am | # | Reply

          What could possibly go wrong?

  8. Roe
    Roe
    February 13, 2022 at 12:19 am | # | Reply

    why do i feel like i’m seeing something I’m not supposed to see

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 13, 2022 at 8:57 am | # | Reply

      It’s okay, Dina put her hat back on.

  9. DailyBrad
    DailyBrad
    February 13, 2022 at 12:22 am | # | Reply

    Special move. Becky has to build meter before performing it.

  10. WanderingLynx
    WanderingLynx
    February 13, 2022 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

    Becky demonstrating she lives up to her very white name, I see :’3

    I went AFK during the whole Atheism Debacle not because I’m an atheist, but because I cannot with the way Joyce was getting mistreated by friends who def take her for granted (which isn’t something I’m up for debating, please). And this is unrelated enough I’m greatly enjoying it. I’ve said it before and I’ll keep repeating it: Dina is a Domme. An Ace-spec Domme, a top, and a GODDAMN NATURAL HOT DANG – Look at her go, with probs zero idea of soft/hard limits and safewords, and yet coming up with a way to investigate their boundaries and kinks. Absolutely beautiful, I’m a little bit in love with her for it. And it might mean these two maybe aren’t as incompatible in the sack as Becky feared. Hats off, Mr. Willis! ♥

    • Jamie
      Jamie
      February 13, 2022 at 12:36 am | # | Reply

      No, Dina put the hat back on.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 13, 2022 at 1:01 am | # | Reply

      Slick, she’s fucking INCREDIBLE!

      Her passion for science and method in all that she does is absolutely UNRIVALED.

      ? ? ? ? ?

      Her beauty, her BRAIN POWER! She’s the Empress of Evolution, and can rival a GOD!

      ??? ??? ?️?️?️

      And she will.

      ? ? ?

      *plays “Awaken EPIC Version” on overclocked Hacked Muzak*

      • WanderingLynx
        WanderingLynx
        February 13, 2022 at 11:46 pm | # | Reply

        ALL BOW FOR DINA. I BELIEVE IN DINA’S SUPREMACY

        (Excellent choice for the Muzak, friend)

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          February 14, 2022 at 12:03 am | # | Reply

          Hey stay tuned, I have something related I wanna share with you slick! ?

    • Z
      Z
      February 13, 2022 at 1:06 pm | # | Reply

      Excuse me but Dina has exceptional knowledge of hard/soft limits and safe words and is *scientifically exact* in determining them all.

      We also knew she was this after the strip where she detailed what sex between her and Joe would be like.

    • Z
      Z
      February 13, 2022 at 1:07 pm | # | Reply

      Cripes Dina is even a master at reassuring her sub that hard limits will be respected so she feels safe experimenting, just look at the last strip.

      • WanderingLynx
        WanderingLynx
        February 13, 2022 at 11:45 pm | # | Reply

        You’re ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, holy shit. I had forgotten that interaction, can you believe? But yeahhh. A novice, she may be – But if she’s already this good I can’t imagine how excellent she’d be with some experience. I’m like, already kneeling at the idea lmaooo

  11. Diana Nock
    Diana Nock
    February 13, 2022 at 12:27 am | # | Reply

    I love them SO MUCH.

  12. Nathan
    Nathan
    February 13, 2022 at 12:28 am | # | Reply

    “So what’s your favorite thing about Dina?”

    “HER SCALP”

    “Uhh, ok, that’s……interesting. Dina! What do you most love about Becky?”

    “‘The Etch-A-Sketch Song, Praise Kids 9, Psalmsational Servers!'”

    “………….”

  13. Vabolo
    Vabolo
    February 13, 2022 at 12:28 am | # | Reply

    D’awww, I love these dorks

  14. Rainhat
    Rainhat
    February 13, 2022 at 12:31 am | # | Reply

    If it starts raining or something, gotta hunch what caused it.

    • Needfuldoer
      Needfuldoer
      February 13, 2022 at 8:59 am | # | Reply

      That’s fine. It’s the storm we all have to endure.

  15. Pivitor
    Pivitor
    February 13, 2022 at 12:36 am | # | Reply

    This reminds me: does Becky know Walky was one of the church mice in Psalty?

    • Wack'd
      Wack'd
      February 13, 2022 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

      i don’t think becky noticed any of the dude mice

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 13, 2022 at 1:10 am | # | Reply

      Joyce, Dorothy and Walky all agreed to forget they ever saw that, so I doubt any of them brought it up to her. If Becky’s watched the tape since meeting Walky, though, there’s a chance she would have recognized him.

      • Thag Simmons
        Thag Simmons
        February 13, 2022 at 8:23 am | # | Reply

        Since still seems to have overall positive feelings about Psalty, it’s probably been a few years

  16. Hazel
    Hazel
    February 13, 2022 at 12:40 am | # | Reply

    Someone have the strip where Joyce talks about the “Etch-a-sketch” song? I looked through the hymmel tag linked and don’t immediately see it.

    • RassilonTDavros
      RassilonTDavros
      February 13, 2022 at 1:05 am | # | Reply

      I linked it up above. I would link it again down here but when I tried to I got stuck in moderation, hope this one shows up

      • King Daniel
        King Daniel
        February 13, 2022 at 1:10 am | # | Reply

        Willis just linked both of the relevant strips on Twitter as well.

  17. Wraithy2773
    Wraithy2773
    February 13, 2022 at 12:48 am | # | Reply

    Somewhere, Walky just cringed and muttered a curse…

  18. Bryy
    Bryy
    February 13, 2022 at 1:02 am | # | Reply

    The dance is called Emotional Foreshadowing.

  19. RassilonTDavros
    RassilonTDavros
    February 13, 2022 at 1:12 am | # | Reply

    This seems like a good strip on which to link to this again.

  20. Dr. T
    Dr. T
    February 13, 2022 at 1:22 am | # | Reply

    Well, it worked for Joe.

  21. AbacusWizard
    AbacusWizard
    February 13, 2022 at 2:03 am | # | Reply

    [voice = “nature documentary”]
    The ritual courtship dance has begun. Soon, the dinosaurs will mate.
    [/voice]

    • AGV
      AGV
      February 13, 2022 at 7:49 am | # | Reply

      You joke, but we might have fossil evidence of a dinosaur courtship dance

      • AbacusWizard
        AbacusWizard
        February 13, 2022 at 10:52 pm | # | Reply

        Interesting—footprints? Or did they get buried in a mudslide mid-dance?

  22. Fuzzy
    Fuzzy
    February 13, 2022 at 2:03 am | # | Reply

    ooh…I just realized it might hurt Becky’s feelings a lot if she keeps doing things she thinks will turn Dina on and keeps failing. This has the potential to make her insecurities worse, not better.

    • Ron
      Ron
      February 13, 2022 at 2:29 am | # | Reply

      That’s always a risk and I hope she realizes it. To mitigate it, it’s important to communicate and celebrate small victories, especially at first. Not just here but with everything new you try in life.

    • The Wellerman
      The Wellerman
      February 13, 2022 at 2:47 am | # | Reply

      I dunno. That kind of seems like the wrong way of looking at this, TBH.

      This is SCIENCE they’re doing, and there’s no such thing as a failed experiment.

      If there’s anything that Becky needs to know if she wishes to become a SCIENTIST, and something that Dina definitely knows, it’s in any scientific endeavor, a LOT of trial and error are needed before they find out ANYTHING.

      “There are rules behind how everything happens. Science is just the name for the steady, pain-in-the-ass effort that goes into figuring out they are.”

      — Dr. Stone

      DARE TO IMAGINE.

      DARE TO KNOW.

      ?????

      • Zaxares
        Zaxares
        February 13, 2022 at 5:56 am | # | Reply

        That’s the way a scientist (and Dina) would look at it, yeah. But we already know that Becky has some self-esteem issues when it comes to wanting her partners to find her sexually desirable, so Becky might not take it that way. Logically she might know that’s the truth, but emotionally it can still hurt a lot. Fingers crossed that this works out in a way that both of them will enjoy and grow from though. :/

        • The Wellerman
          The Wellerman
          February 13, 2022 at 6:28 am | # | Reply

          They will grow from it. Becky desires to become a scientist, and will get essential experience. Meanwhile, Dina will get to explore her sexuality, and will likely cherish what she learns as much as any other great discovery she’ll make in her scientific endeavors. ?? ?????

          >>> BTW I don’t know what this song is called, but it just feels so perfect here. So… hopeful.

        • thejeff
          thejeff
          February 13, 2022 at 9:59 am | # | Reply

          Honestly, lots of scientists have trouble with it. They’re human and it’s easy to let your own ego and preconceptions get in the way.
          That’s why the process relies on peer review and publishing not only results but procedures for others to check rather than just trusting scientists to be impartial with their own work.

          • The Wellerman
            The Wellerman
            February 13, 2022 at 11:19 pm | # | Reply

            Yes, peer review is very important in any scientific research.

            As for this case, just how do you suggest they do peer review? Leslie might be a good starting point….

  23. Robbie
    Robbie
    February 13, 2022 at 2:28 am | # | Reply

    I was sorta hoping they’d just kiss. Dina liked it that one time

  24. Amós Batista
    Amós Batista
    February 13, 2022 at 6:54 am | # | Reply

    I just hoped etch-a-sketch were a real song, band or other thing, as DoA almost all time got real references

    • Daibhid C
      Daibhid C
      February 13, 2022 at 8:45 am | # | Reply

      It’s a parody of a real thing. (Apparently — I’ve seen links to this alleged real thing, and I still don’t believe it’s actually a real thing.)

      DoA has real references except when it doesn’t.

    • UnDrewsual
      UnDrewsual
      February 13, 2022 at 12:57 pm | # | Reply

      I don’t know if the Etch-a-Sketch song is real, but Psalty the Singing Psalmbook (which is who Hymmal the Humming Hymnal is based on) is absolutely real. There was not only a live-action show, but they even had children’s musical plays that churches could put on. I was in one at my church, many, many years ago.

      • Amós Batista
        Amós Batista
        February 13, 2022 at 1:51 pm | # | Reply

        tks, I googled Psalty and now I got traumatized

  25. Rabisch
    Rabisch
    February 13, 2022 at 7:24 am | # | Reply

    Looks like the beginning of a mating ritual.

  26. Spencer
    Spencer
    February 13, 2022 at 7:49 am | # | Reply

    Any bird who did this dance would never get laid the rest of their lives.

    • Thag Simmons
      Thag Simmons
      February 13, 2022 at 8:26 am | # | Reply

      I think it’d be somewhat effective. You’re not showing off the wings very well, but birds like spinny

      • StClair
        StClair
        February 13, 2022 at 1:06 pm | # | Reply

        They’re not the only ones!

        • King Daniel
          King Daniel
          February 13, 2022 at 1:30 pm | # | Reply

          Spinning may not be flying, but it’s a good trick.

          • Sev
            Sev
            February 15, 2022 at 6:23 am | # | Reply

            That almost flew right by me!

    • milu
      milu
      February 13, 2022 at 4:52 pm | # | Reply

      i mean, have you seen birds of paradise courtship displays
      these clowns are into some freaky shit

  27. Arianod
    Arianod
    February 13, 2022 at 9:02 am | # | Reply

    Oh god, the Christian Fundamentalist Upbringing strikes again >_<

  28. ValdVin
    ValdVin
    February 13, 2022 at 9:09 am | # | Reply

    Hopefully Dina is more affected by this display than in Becky’s last attempt (my own interpretation).

  29. Keulen
    Keulen
    February 13, 2022 at 10:05 am | # | Reply

    Now I kinda wish I had a velociraptor throne, though I wouldn’t have any space for it in my bedroom.

    Also, “Let the Horny Trials Begin” could make a good DoA book title.

  30. Florence
    Florence
    February 13, 2022 at 10:59 am | # | Reply

    I sense this as being either avoidance or a sincere attempt that works really well very rarely.

    Luckily for Becky Dina is very perceptive and will push Becky in a clear direction of being honest about her feelings about her desires.

    Or

    Dina it turns out is really turned on by this dance specifically and nothing else, thus cursing Becky to dance for hours to get Dina off.

    I’m hoping for the curse

  31. foducool
    foducool
    February 13, 2022 at 11:10 am | # | Reply

    oooor you’re miming pinching and playing with nipples lmao

  32. Vulcanodon
    Vulcanodon
    February 13, 2022 at 11:51 am | # | Reply

    Playing with matches and lowkey hoping for a fire is a common Christian pastime…

  33. Inbar Fink
    Inbar Fink
    February 13, 2022 at 11:58 am | # | Reply

    this dance IS delightful, but let’s also appreciate “I am perched from my Velociraptor throne. May the horny trials begin!”

  34. zee
    zee
    February 13, 2022 at 12:26 pm | # | Reply

    God Becky’s cute
    That is all

  35. Kazuma Taichi
    Kazuma Taichi
    February 13, 2022 at 12:45 pm | # | Reply

    Even at this reduced size I am fully appreciating Dina’s hair still being tousled like that

  36. MatsuoTanuki
    MatsuoTanuki
    February 13, 2022 at 3:26 pm | # | Reply

    *endearing* Holy crap she’s pathetic

  37. bogeywoman
    bogeywoman
    February 13, 2022 at 6:21 pm | # | Reply

    With men I am Dina- no sexual attraction, just scientific curiosity and desire to caringly dominate
    With women I am Becky- too gay to function

  38. misanthropope
    misanthropope
    February 13, 2022 at 6:33 pm | # | Reply

    ok. “new romantic partner: ‘let the horny trials begin'”. just added to the bucket list.

    • TrueVCU
      TrueVCU
      February 13, 2022 at 10:08 pm | # | Reply

      May the moans be ever in your favor

      • Arianod
        Arianod
        February 14, 2022 at 3:37 am | # | Reply

        The moans of production?

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