How did the sweater end up with Billie, anyway? I thought the last time we saw it was when Becky went digging through Joyce’s closet for something to wear on her second day at IU? (The smoldering ruins of her own closet were back at Anderson.)
I’m about to crash and I’ve come to the end of looking things up. Can someone remind me about the sweater?
As best I’ve been able to figure out: Becky borrowed Sal’s jacket when Sal was hung over. That night, at the Joyce party, Sal needed the jacket back and Becky replaced it with a sweater from Joyce’s closet.
But I don’t remember why Sarah would remember that sweater.
Never mind, the “bloodstains” reference clued me in. Sharper eyes and memories than mine picked up on the fact that it’s the sweater Joyce was wearing when Gashface McEviscerated got his signature look.
She’s an alcoholic party-goer who not only represents the person that almost cost Sarah her scholarship, but also another potential source of chaos in influencing Joyce.
Basically, Sarah likes her peace and quiet with no drama, and Billlie is… a drama hurricane.
All I remember is that the first time they met one-to-one, this happened. Speculation at the time was that Sarah smelled the alcohol on Billie’s breath.
I don’t want to trigger the two-link automatic moderation, but the next strip in the series has Sarah saying to Billie: “I would love to blow off the whole weekend getting wasted. That sounds like super fun.” Sarah also made a reference to keggers.
The implication is that Sarah was already aware of Billie’s reputation as an alcoholic and, given what we know of Sarah’s last roommate, Dana, no surprise Sarah didn’t want to have anything to do with Billie at the time.
What is this “Dumbing of Ae” comic that you have linked to?
Marsh Maryrose
I would have sworn that I cut and pasted that URL, which is what I always do — but apparently not this time. (This is where it should have gone, of course.)
In Scots, “ae” means “one,” as in Burns’s Ae fond kiss. I am trying to figure out how to make “Dumbing of Ae” into a clever reference, and failing.
Tawdry Quirks
I’m thankful for that typo, because it reminded me I haven’t set my DNS servers to something other than my ISP’s default (I hate that search redirect page) on my new computer.
OldFart
Whoa, a little shocking to see how much the artwork evolved since then. Also first post since the last gravitar shuffle…
Well apart from the fact Billie made it easily known early on that she was a party girl that liked to get wasted, and her ‘I’m better than you’ air about her from being a cheerleader in high school both of which would be repulsive to someone like Sarah, there is the fact that Sarah has only seen Billie being an absolutely ATROCIOUS friend to Joyce.
Billie expressed to Sarah in a way that was definitely condescending to Joyce as a person that she was going clothes shopping with Joyce to make her more like herself.
When Joyce invited Billie to Roz’s party, she vanished to get smashed leaving Joyce who had never been to a party and had been the one to invite her, completely alone, and Sarah had to swoop in to protect her. Billie did help figure out if Joyce was okay, but when Sarah suggested calling the police – keeping in mind that Sarah only shared what happened with Dana due to Joyce’s prodding when at the mall previously – Billie proceeded to accuse Sarah of trying to get rid of Joyce just like Dana.
You know, Sarah, the person who didn’t want to go to the party but still did to make sure Joyce was okay because she actually cared about her. Totally just wanted rid of her I’m sure.
Then there is the way that Billie generally treated Joyce and Walky both like they were beneath her, disrespected Joyce’s wishes by giving almost everyone at her ‘safe party’ alcohol, threw the Dana thing in Sarah’s face a second time, and not long after, a third time while throwing shade at Carla too for doing similar.
So generally over all, most of what Sarah has seen out of Billie has been her being a bongo, being condescending and generally just not being a very good friend. If that was pretty much all you saw out of someone, you would probably hate them too, especially if it was someone you cared a lot about that they were frequently condescending to.
I called it, though I don’t think I was the first.
Sal and Malaya sharing a room would….
… okay, I was going to call it awful/awesome, just as I had before, but now that I think about it they’d actually make workable roommates. In that they would decline to ever interact with each other at all and thereby not strangle each other unto death.
Well, what month is it in comic? At least somewhere in October, so the sunrise time is going to be somewhere around 7:45-8:00. Depending on the angle of their windows, the early morning light might not be quite enough.
I hate ads with sound.
Anyway, I’d guess at it being 8am with the service starting at 9am, but that is largely made up.
We last saw Billie pushing on a suitcase while everyone else was going to bed. She’s been up all night.
As for the in-strip time, Yumi called it. From the Walkypedia DoA timeline, it’s October 10 in-universe. According to sunrisesunset.com — not a Fiddler on the Roof fansite but an invaluable resource for the calculation of sunrises and sunsets and associated phenomena — on Oct. 10, 2017, twilight as most of us know it occurs at 7:25am and sunrise occurs at 7:51.
And Willis has a suspicious knowledge of exactly how the early morning light looks in bedrooms in the women’s wing. I’m just sayin’.
Why is Billie being forced to move on a Sunday? As one who has spent three-quarters of my adult life working in bureaucracies, I’m confident that no one whose signature needs to be on the form wants to be working on a Sunday.
Not gonna lie. That and “Rikki don’t lose that number” are the only ones I can come up with off the top of my head. But I have enormous lacunae in my pop music education.
Billie is getting one last “morning hug” from Joyce, who is quite the athletic hugger. Joyce realy came to play this Sunday, and she’s leaving it all on the field.
123 thoughts on “Production”
Ana Chronistic
“I SAID NO SUCH NICETIES”
3-I
Did these two just have a moment? It feels like they did.
butts
Sarah remembers that sweater pretty well
Shiro
Her expression in the first panel… 🙁
Regalli
The third, too.
Shariku
Meanwhile, Billie has possibly completely forgot?
Needfuldoer
How did the sweater end up with Billie, anyway? I thought the last time we saw it was when Becky went digging through Joyce’s closet for something to wear on her second day at IU? (The smoldering ruins of her own closet were back at Anderson.)
Fart Captor
I assume Becky stashed it there so Joyce wouldn’t come across it in her closet
BP
She hasn’t forgotten that night but she might have forgotten what Joyce was wearing. She was pretty well lit.
Marsh Maryrose
I’m about to crash and I’ve come to the end of looking things up. Can someone remind me about the sweater?
As best I’ve been able to figure out: Becky borrowed Sal’s jacket when Sal was hung over. That night, at the Joyce party, Sal needed the jacket back and Becky replaced it with a sweater from Joyce’s closet.
But I don’t remember why Sarah would remember that sweater.
Marsh Maryrose
Never mind, the “bloodstains” reference clued me in. Sharper eyes and memories than mine picked up on the fact that it’s the sweater Joyce was wearing when Gashface McEviscerated got his signature look.
Deathjavu
No kidding, that’s a sharp pickup and some fast hands from Sarah in Panel 1 & 3. Good job, Sarah.
Good job for almost being nice, too. Almost.
AnvilPro
Sarah enjoys the occasional sparring session. But don’t tell anyone.
Reltzik
“Enjoy is too strong a word. I just like sharpening my phones.”
Amazi-Stool
You
Doctor_Who
Hey, nice cameo from the Joyce’s Velma Sweater.
Shiro
So this is where the replacement enters, yes?
Reltzik
No, the door is where the replacement enters.
…. unless it’s the window. If it’s the window Sal might have competition.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Or, per you avatar, if the replacement is behind the door, Dina might have some competition.
Durandal_1707
I forget. What does Sarah have against Billie again?
Puckish Rogue
Billies a toxic individual and probably reminds her of her days with her old room mate and so didn’t want Billie to do that to Joyce (or herself)
Lingo
She thinks Billie’s a shallow party girl … just here to get drunk and get laid, I think.
JetstreamGW
Sooo… up until a few (days?) ago, a completely accurate assessment?
merbrat
Drunken bad influence on Joyce. (jealousy over Joyce choosing to go shopping with Billie – hence dress, etc)
Nono
She’s an alcoholic party-goer who not only represents the person that almost cost Sarah her scholarship, but also another potential source of chaos in influencing Joyce.
Basically, Sarah likes her peace and quiet with no drama, and Billlie is… a drama hurricane.
Marsh Maryrose
All I remember is that the first time they met one-to-one, this happened. Speculation at the time was that Sarah smelled the alcohol on Billie’s breath.
I don’t want to trigger the two-link automatic moderation, but the next strip in the series has Sarah saying to Billie: “I would love to blow off the whole weekend getting wasted. That sounds like super fun.” Sarah also made a reference to keggers.
The implication is that Sarah was already aware of Billie’s reputation as an alcoholic and, given what we know of Sarah’s last roommate, Dana, no surprise Sarah didn’t want to have anything to do with Billie at the time.
King Daniel
What is this “Dumbing of Ae” comic that you have linked to?
Marsh Maryrose
I would have sworn that I cut and pasted that URL, which is what I always do — but apparently not this time. (This is where it should have gone, of course.)
In Scots, “ae” means “one,” as in Burns’s Ae fond kiss. I am trying to figure out how to make “Dumbing of Ae” into a clever reference, and failing.
Tawdry Quirks
I’m thankful for that typo, because it reminded me I haven’t set my DNS servers to something other than my ISP’s default (I hate that search redirect page) on my new computer.
OldFart
Whoa, a little shocking to see how much the artwork evolved since then. Also first post since the last gravitar shuffle…
Sam
Well apart from the fact Billie made it easily known early on that she was a party girl that liked to get wasted, and her ‘I’m better than you’ air about her from being a cheerleader in high school both of which would be repulsive to someone like Sarah, there is the fact that Sarah has only seen Billie being an absolutely ATROCIOUS friend to Joyce.
Billie expressed to Sarah in a way that was definitely condescending to Joyce as a person that she was going clothes shopping with Joyce to make her more like herself.
When Joyce invited Billie to Roz’s party, she vanished to get smashed leaving Joyce who had never been to a party and had been the one to invite her, completely alone, and Sarah had to swoop in to protect her. Billie did help figure out if Joyce was okay, but when Sarah suggested calling the police – keeping in mind that Sarah only shared what happened with Dana due to Joyce’s prodding when at the mall previously – Billie proceeded to accuse Sarah of trying to get rid of Joyce just like Dana.
You know, Sarah, the person who didn’t want to go to the party but still did to make sure Joyce was okay because she actually cared about her. Totally just wanted rid of her I’m sure.
Then there is the way that Billie generally treated Joyce and Walky both like they were beneath her, disrespected Joyce’s wishes by giving almost everyone at her ‘safe party’ alcohol, threw the Dana thing in Sarah’s face a second time, and not long after, a third time while throwing shade at Carla too for doing similar.
So generally over all, most of what Sarah has seen out of Billie has been her being a bongo, being condescending and generally just not being a very good friend. If that was pretty much all you saw out of someone, you would probably hate them too, especially if it was someone you cared a lot about that they were frequently condescending to.
Eldritch Gentleman
One more tiny thing might be that Billie is a “princess” with rich parents which makes her even more similar to Dana.
Reltzik
Also, let’s not forget that Billie is human. That’s a category with only a 2% chance of likeability for Sarah, so why risk it?
Regalli
Now’s probably as good a time as any to get rid of that sweater. Hopefully the blood can be washed out.
HeatherJean
And then have the blood needed to prove Ryan was her attempted rapist?
Keulen
I have a feeling Joyce might not want that yellow sweater back.
Deadjolras
Sarah’s expression in the third panel is excellent (and very telling).
Lingo
I don’t remember who called it first, but her replacement is totally going to be Malaya, isn’t it?
timemonkey
If our hearts are pure and Willis is generous it will be.
merbrat
…as Sal’s new roomie! o.m.goodness!
Reltzik
Our hearts are pervy and WE WANTS IT.
MatthewTheLucky
I can’t see any pervy end to that scenario unless Marcie turns out to be a master or persuasion.
Rukdug
Patience. Soon we will take the precious. Take the precious for ourselves. The preeeccciooouuussss….
Keulen
I’m hoping it’ll be one of the new characters Willis made recently, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Malaya.
Marsh Maryrose
Hey! What if Marcie has somehow managed to matriculate mid-semester and winds up being Billie’s replacement and Sal’s new roommate and…uh…nivver mind.
Reltzik
I called it, though I don’t think I was the first.
Sal and Malaya sharing a room would….
… okay, I was going to call it awful/awesome, just as I had before, but now that I think about it they’d actually make workable roommates. In that they would decline to ever interact with each other at all and thereby not strangle each other unto death.
Dawn
If Becky applies for school, it could be her as well!
Nono
F-friends?
Deanatay
BLASPHEMER!
Reltzik
Nonono, this is Sarah talking here.
DEFAMATION!
Derek
what time of day is that both Billie and Sarah are up before Joyce and Sarah had to turn on the lights?? 5am??
Nono
Honestly, I’d have guessed around 8 or 9. Most churches I know of have a first mass around 10 or 10:30am.
Doctor_Who
Billie hasn’t been to bed yet.
Yumi
Well, what month is it in comic? At least somewhere in October, so the sunrise time is going to be somewhere around 7:45-8:00. Depending on the angle of their windows, the early morning light might not be quite enough.
I hate ads with sound.
Anyway, I’d guess at it being 8am with the service starting at 9am, but that is largely made up.
Needfuldoer
You’re right. ‘Today’ is Sunday, October 10. Sunrise was at 7:49 AM.
(DoA’s following 2010’s calendar for its days of the week on the sliding timeline.)
Marsh Maryrose
We last saw Billie pushing on a suitcase while everyone else was going to bed. She’s been up all night.
As for the in-strip time, Yumi called it. From the Walkypedia DoA timeline, it’s October 10 in-universe. According to sunrisesunset.com — not a Fiddler on the Roof fansite but an invaluable resource for the calculation of sunrises and sunsets and associated phenomena — on Oct. 10, 2017, twilight as most of us know it occurs at 7:25am and sunrise occurs at 7:51.
And Willis has a suspicious knowledge of exactly how the early morning light looks in bedrooms in the women’s wing. I’m just sayin’.
Why is Billie being forced to move on a Sunday? As one who has spent three-quarters of my adult life working in bureaucracies, I’m confident that no one whose signature needs to be on the form wants to be working on a Sunday.
Marsh Maryrose
These times are for Bloomington, Indiana, of course. But surely all of you intuited that.
Stephen Bierce
*my jukebox is stuck on Steely Dan due to current events*
Marsh Maryrose
Are you reelin’ in the years?
Not gonna lie. That and “Rikki don’t lose that number” are the only ones I can come up with off the top of my head. But I have enormous lacunae in my pop music education.
Needfuldoer
Nothin’ but blues and Elvis, and somebody else’s favorite song…
Passchendaele
“You’re done already? I’ll unpack and repack *everything* for you, like normal people do.”
tim gueguen
By fandom logic this interaction means that the two of them will be sharing a bed this time next year comic time.
Come to think of it that’s DoA logic, isn’t it? Billie might have a thing for questionable relationships.
Bagge
Sarah quickly went to red alert to hide The Sweater.
Billie got the Hot&Cold treatment that is known as Joyce&Sarah
ValdVin
Billie is getting one last “morning hug” from Joyce, who is quite the athletic hugger. Joyce realy came to play this Sunday, and she’s leaving it all on the field.
http://www.dumbingofage.com/2011/comic/book-1/05-media-rumble/halfbath/
Looking for this strip I found many “wakey wakeys” from Joyce to Billie, and I don’t know if Billie will miss them
Bagge
I’m sure she will miss them and be annoyed with herself because of it.
ValdVin
Yeah, she’ll miss the hugs. But if Joyce goes any harder Billie might end up with a collapsed lung!
Look at that panel. An “oof!” that only gets topped by literal fighting.
Fart Captor
The enthusiasm of that hug makes me very happy :3
OnyxIdol
Billie and Sarah in the last two panels mirror my own mood this morning.
UniqueSnowflake2
Every day from now on, Joyce will wear a red hood and take a basket of cookies to Billie in the Forest Quad.
Reltzik
No, not that red hood.
UniqueSnowflake2