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Straight-forward
Posted on November 17, 2014 by David M Willis

192 thoughts on “Straight-forward”

  1. Camachri

    It gets better every time you tell it, trust me.

    1. Jen Aside

      Classic??

      It’s a GASSER

      1. Stephen Bierce

        Jumpin’ Jack Flash! It’s a gas/Jumpin’ Jack Flash! It’s a gas/Jumpin’ Jack Flash! It’s a gas…

    2. Barf Ninjason

      I had this weird feeling that Becky was going to fart in this particular comic, even before I clicked on it. I have the world’s dumbest hunches.

  2. Jen Aside

    OKAY, YOU PASS

    [gas]

  3. Mr. Random

    Decisions, decisions.

  4. Tunaro

    D-did Becky just solve the Grand Unified Theory of Toilet Humor?

    1. Deanatay

      A single Theorem, but with so many applications!

      AKA one joke, but sooo many ways to tell it.)

      1. JustCheetoDust

        The Aristocrats!

        1. TheGrumpyBear

          *snap*

  5. DemonSomething

    Walky and Dorothy: The Beginning of the End

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      That was my thoughts too.

      1. saltchocolate

        +1 more

        1. l3aker

          Well if she isn’t gay, “girls are soft” “were straight forward”
          “wanna get lunch?” is pretty
          straight forward to me too.

        2. Atomix26

          perhaps bi/pan/omni?

        3. Dorje Sylas

          I’m thinking Oppressed leaning Liberated.

          Ends up looking like any and all of the above.

    2. Yotomoe

      That happened the second they started dating.

      1. Mr k

        Dorothy will end up with Amber somehow.

        1. juan

          danny approves this ship

        2. ShaggyDonahugh

          Only so he can be with Ethan.

        3. Disloyal Subject

          Have we always been this ship-happy?

        4. auo> mous

          Makes sense. Walky walks off with Becky, Ethan and Danny confess their crushes, Dorothy and Amber ease their pain by watching a movie, they look down the aisle… Amber sobs “My ex-boyfriend ran off with my boyfriend Danny” and Dorothy says, “Danny from the boys’ wing? I dumped his sorry ass way back.”

  6. NoHeart

    Their interaction just make me smile.

    1. Tlaurence

      Not with that avatar it doesn’t

  7. Kladeos

    Joyce looks sad.

    1. Mr k

      She deserves it.

      1. bob

        No one deserves sadness 🙁

    2. GoldStarz

      Because she can sense the shipping. And she does not approve.

      1. Tunaro

        Shipping does not need approval to go on. Hell, if anything, I think like half the ships on these comments are fueled entirely by disapproval.

      2. Kernanator

        I can see what’s happening
        (What?)
        And I do not approve
        (Why not?)

        1. airyu

          They’ll fall in love and here’s the bottom line…
          My friendship could go *poof*

        2. AndromedaRage

          The sweet caress of laughter
          There’s fart jokes everywhere

        3. lipsticksuckerpunch

          And with the fumes in the atmosphere.
          Disasters in the aiiiiiir.

    3. HeinousActsZX

      Look at the second panel.
      That’s not sadness. That’s sexy blush.

    4. Yotomoe

      Why does Walky keep stealing my potential girlfriends—I mean friends.

      1. newllend

        Someone’s got to do it for the sake of comedy

    5. timemonkey

      But is she sad because Becky and Walky are hitting it off and spending even more time together or because Walky and Dorothy are having problems. Normally she’d approve of a break up but Dorothy did just tell Walky she loved him so the break up would hurt.

  8. Opus the Poet

    And Becky recovers, the SS Wacky is still afloat.

  9. MrSirk

    Who needs Dorothy when you have fart jokes?

    1. Yotomoe

      Maybe if she can tell some jokes as funny as those Walky will apologize.

    2. Vangeln

      Who needs declarations of love when you have fart lokes?

  10. Itama

    NOOOOOO!
    WE WERE JOKING ABOUT THIS SHIP!
    DAMN YOU WILLIS!

    1. NoHeart

      Joking? Maybe you were…

      1. Itama

        ok, well, joking to the degree that most of our ships are jokes.

        1. Lord Geovanni

          I have never joked about a ship in my life. unless its a joke about going down with the ship

        2. Dorje Sylas

          So you’re saying you’re always ready to jump ship? 😛

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      BWAHAHAHA that’s why shipping can be so dangerous.

    3. Yotomoe

      I don’t know who you’re speaking for but I certainly wasn’t.

    4. Arkadi

      Be careful what you joke for!

    5. Malchus

      Joking? I’ve been singing “Sailing takes me away to where I’ve always heard it could be…”

  11. cesium133

    Okay, the question is, which one of them told the joke?

    Either way, of course, Joyce is terrified.

    1. Yotomoe

      They both farted in unison. The hallway smells like ass now.

      1. Insanenoodlyguy

        Ass… and romance.

        1. Yotomoe

          Romass, if you will.

        2. MrSirk

          Indeed.

      2. thinkingofthechildren

        Not unison. They both farted in perfect harmony.

        1. Jen Aside

          FARTING CONTEST MISSED OPPORTUNITY I AM DISAPPOINT

  12. Kernanator

    Dumbing of Age: Sad Shots of Closed Doors

  13. ChocolateRat

    I like the detail of the decorations on Dorothy and Sierra’s door.

    1. Kladeos

      Clearly Dorothy does not care for decorations. Surprised Joyce hasn’t covered it with crap yet.

      1. tinfoil theory

        Ew.

  14. Kiggy

    The Force is Strong with This One(tm)

  15. Kaiden

    But… But… poor Dorothy…

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Maybe Dotty can find a newfound joy(ce) in someone else’s arms. 😀

  16. Gram91

    Wonder which Joyce finds worse? That Walky and Becky are getting along so well, or that Becky is so much like Walky.

    1. newllend

      +1( I love theory 2)

  17. newllend

    Then Dorothy comes out and is like, “Walky ? Walky come back your not done sulking over me yet! Wait who’s that !? Walky !….I love you.

  18. Swoop

    I don’t care if she’s gay any more, they need to start dating.

    1. Mr k

      She’ll steal Dorothy from him.

    2. Yotomoe

      It’s not like it hasn’t been done before.

  19. Arcelos

    Title of this chapter: “When somebody loved me” /LOVED/ past tense…

    1. MrSirk

      I can’t help but think of the “At Gallasso’s” pic Willis drew on his deviantart of everybody chumming it up at the restaurant and the distinct lack of Dorothy…curious.

      1. JessWitt

        And then Dorothy swings by to break up the festivities! Or something similar to that effect.

        1. MrSirk

          Not sure where this one will go. Walky kind of shat the bed and Dorothy seemed pissed, but she didn’t say it was over. The relationship’s maybe a month old tops. This could be a mountain or a mole hill.

        2. JessWitt

          I’m not giving Walky and Dorothy’s future much thought. I’m more interested in the fact that Danny and Ethan will be at the lunch together since the night of 1,000 comments.

  20. Yotsuyasan

    I just hope that this isn’t what happens:

    Walky still wants to be with Dorothy, just can’t work up yet how to approach her.

    Becky and Walky are hanging out having a good time, no intentions beyond friendship.

    Dorothy, meanwhile, just happens to come across them and completely misinterprets the situation.

    Dorothy either flips out and raises hell or, alternately and if not seen by Walky, runs off but then avoids the hell out of him, so they end up avoiding each other while unpleasant feelings fester.

    1. Gangler

      I think Dorothy’s pretty cool with Walky spending time around other women. Should be fine short of anything terribly cliched like if Walky got knocked over onto Becky and Dorothy just happened to walk in on that compromising moment.

      1. Yotsuyasan

        Well, Dorothy was surprisingly cool about finding out that Billie slept (in the literal sense) with Walky… (Mysteriously just happening to end up at Walky’s door aside.) That being said, I could still see her cool getting flustered given that (a) she and Walky are kind of mid-argument at the moment, and (b) while she has a pretty good idea of Walky relationships with much of the female cast, and thus knows there is little to worry about, she does not know Becky, thus Becky represents an unknown factor.

        An unknown factor being very friendly with her man!

        1. Gangler

          I really don’t see Dorothy having a problem with friendliness. People are allowed to be friendly. She’s done nothing to indicate she’d have a problem with any sort of woman being friendly with her boyfriend, and numerous things to indicate she doesn’t.

          Plus they’ve been dating for a month already. If she had some possessive streak severe enough that she’d have problems with her boyfriend doing basic things like conversing with other women, even strange women, even when she and Walky are having a fight, it probably would’ve come up already. That’s not the sort of thing that manifests in just one way. Even if it did, Walky exists as a moderately social entity on campus, meeting people all the time, and this isn’t the first time things have gotten tense between them.

        2. barefootbiker

          I don’t think Dorothy is going to blow up at Walky for Becky. I think that either a) they will make up, but Walky will be uneasy about it and eventually start thinking about what it is he wants from the relationship or b) they will break up, and Dorothy will then be upset/offended/angry about the speed with which Walky and Becky start spending a lot more time together. Neither scenario is exactly optimistic for the good ship Dorky, and each would be treacherous waters for the still-better ship Wacky. Hopefully one of them (I’m rooting for Wacky) will pull through.

        3. timemonkey

          But remember, Joyce is with them, and while Joyce doesn’t think Walky is good enough for Dorothy, Dorothy knows Joyce wouldn’t do anything to hurt her, or allow Walky to cheat on her right in front of her and not say something.

        4. Yotsuyasan

          Well, in my head as this scenario played out, Joyce had had to duck out to go to the bathroom or something, but since it is not uncommon for females to do so in groups, I couldn’t quite figure out why Joyce wouldn’t have dragged Becky with her rather than leave Becky with Walky. So I figured it better just to leave it unsaid, and hope that no one like you would come around and point this inconsistency out. 😛

  21. Gangler

    Becky spends a lot of time considering the softness of girls. Sometimes when somebody is droning on about their boring boy feelings her mind will wander.

    1. Mr k

      If she likes soft girls, she’ll love Billie. 😉

    2. Yotomoe

      Ladies are pretty soft but Walky is pretty soft too.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        Slightly melted caramel is pretty soft.

  22. Jason

    OK, I’m so confused. I thought this strip was yesterday’s (Sunday’s) strip. I’m pretty sure I saw it several times yesterday. But now I go back one strip and see a new strip with Joe I know I didn’t see yesterday…. WHAT IS GOING ON???

    1. winter

      You perfected time travel and mind erasure technologies. You traveled a day into the future from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday, saw the strip. Then, when the Sunday was over, and before Monday’s strip was up, you traveled back to midnight Sunday, destroyed your time machine, and selectively erased the part of your mind that had Saturday’s strip and time-travelling in it.

      I haven’t figured out why there are not two of you on this timeline yet, but… soon…

      1. winter

        Either that, or your computer is magic, or Willis made a mistake and posted early before fixing it.

        1. Jason

          The thing is, I re-checked in the middle of the day yesterday, because I was perusing Willis’s twitter feed and noticed the “Snargghl” title and thought, “huh, I don’t remember that,” and so I checked DoA again, and it was still today’s strip! And I couldn’t figure out why it was titled “Snargghl”. Though I didn’t notice until today that the alt-text didn’t make sense either.

    2. Jason

      Ha ha, it wasn’t just me, I just noticed that pyrophobia saw it too!

      Well whatever happened, it explains the “Snargghl” title and “candy corn” alt-text, which makes sense with Sunday’s strip but didn’t make a lick of sense with this strip.

  23. alicemacher

    This reminds me of a discussion Kamino Neko and I were having online recently. I wondered what was the first joke ever told, and she said, “Probably: “

    1. alicemacher

      Let’s try that again…

      …and she said, “Probably <Fart>.”

      1. tinfoil theory

        World’s oldest recorded joke, written cuneiform on a Sumerian clay tablet, about 1900 B.C.:

        Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.

        1. Kamino Neko

          It was a discussion of that (and other Really Old Jokes) that lead to the comment Alice quoted.

  24. Plasma Mongoose

    Is it just me or does 3rd panel Becky look like a freckly redheaded Dan?

    1. Mr k

      They’re long lost siblings.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        DRAMA!

    2. 4th Dimension

      No no no, she is OBVIOUSLY Ruth’s sibling. Look at those identical freckles man! 😉

  25. winter

    I find most people, men AND women, pretty straight-forward.
    At least from a distance. Once I’m personally involved I lose all power of perception and no one ever makes sense ever.

    1. Yotomoe

      I’m pretty straight forward when it comes to my opinions or views of things that don’t matter but not straight-forward about my emotions cuz I’m a sensitive baby who gets his feelings hurt easily.

      1. winter

        It seems straight-forwardness was not as straight-forward as I thought.

        And your sensitive baby-ness seems endearing from this side of the internet at least, Yoto!

        1. AndromedaRage

          seconded

        2. Yotomoe

          Well thanks. But the ladies aren’t interested in babies. They like guys who don’t have glass bones and paper skin.

  26. JessWitt

    We’re talking classy gas.

  27. Hrm

    Looking at the door in the last panel just fills me with so many questions. Like: I wonder what Sierra’s up to? She seems like fun.

    1. Yotomoe

      RIGHT!?

    2. MrSirk

      There’s been a lack of good Sierra lately. I mean she doesn’t wear shoes the jokes write themselves.

  28. Locke

    Something about how worried Joyce is bothers me.

    … I think Becky’s a serial killer, you guys, and Joyce is trying to stop her before she kills again.

  29. Simba

    Oh no! Now Walky and Dorothy’s casual relationship might be at risk. If only there had been easy prevention for this, like not telling the other person you fucking love them when you’ve been casually dating for less than two months.

    1. Yotsuyasan

      That’s easy for you to say. But while developing such feelings may not have been Dorothy’s intentions, sometimes your heart does things without consulting with your head first. It isn’t really a controllable factor.

      And, having through no conscious fault of her own developed these feelings, what was Dorothy supposed to do? Just keep that repressed forever? That is an even more unhealthy option, I would argue. So she let the “L” word slip. If it was in her heart, it was bound to happen. If Walky could respond in kind, or at least be willing if he would soon be able to do so, then awesome! Otherwise, best to nip things off now, before she lets her feelings grow and lets the inevitable hurt grow with them.

      Of course, those are the usual two responses. Walky had to be difficult and throw out a third option! “I love you, too! I just don’t mean much by it. Words will have no power over me!”

      1. Deanatay

        Take THAT, language!

        Srsly, tho, honesty is not the worst note to end a relationship on, esp if you hope to get back together at some point. You can exit and enter again through an open door.

    2. Tunasammich

      You know. . . I’m with you on this

    3. Rutee

      …Do you just only know of love as the idea of a soulmate 4eva or something? Walky may not be capable of understanding the idea of loving someone but still being prepared to end a relationship, but that doesn’t mean you have to follow his example.

  30. Kennerly

    Great, now Dorothy is going to see Walky having fun with other women and get super pissed off.

  31. Uragaaru

    I’m surprised that people are taking this to be a Walky/Becky ship thing when my first thought was, “So does this mean Becky has dated women and Walky is a potential new lesbro?” The way she causally responds to Walky’s women problems makes me think she’s at least somewhat experienced in these matters.

    1. timemonkey

      Her best friend is Joyce, she’s likely quite familiar with crazy girl-problems.

  32. Twilightomens

    I like the contrast between Dorothy’s side of the door and Sierra’s. Is that why you showed the door alone in that last panel?

    1. Uragaaru

      I noticed that as well and thought that was a nice touch.

  33. Neonix

    These commenters think everybody is gay/lesbian for one reason or another. Some still seem to think that Joyce is lesbian, even though all signs point to no.

    Becky is likely a rebellious one, as hinted earlier by Joyce’s more perceptive/untrusting roommate. There is no reason to think that she has the hots for Joyce, though.

    1. winter

      I’m pretty sure no one actually thinks Joyce is a lesbian at this point. Some of us just wish she was so she can make out with Dorothy/Billy/Sal and make our dreams real.

      As for Becky… It’s a Willis comic. Isn’t that reason enough to predict high chances for gayness?

      1. Neonix

        There are a considerable number of homosexuals in this comic series, but I don’t see it happening with Becky. We already have a gay guy whose sexual preference is disapproved of by his parents. A gay Becky would be kinda redundant.

        1. winter

          I, for one, am not rooting for gay Becky (because Becky unrequited love for Joyce sounds sad, and I like stories where tomboys struggle to remain tomboyish while people expect them to act girly when they want to romance dudes).

          But I think your logic is faulty. Becky acted pretty pleased at Walky’s suggestion that Joyce wants to go down on her female friends. It could just be a joking response, but not nessesarily.
          And two gay people that have disapproving parents isn’t automatically redundant, so long as Becky and Ethan and their respective parents all react to the situation in different ways. Yanno, like real gay people and their parents react differently to similar situations.

        2. Kladeos

          There aren’t that many gay characters actually. Ethan is gay, Carla is homoromantic, and everyone else to my recollection who isn’t straight is bisexual.

          Gay =/= bisexual.

        3. Kladeos

          Oh yeah, Malaya is something. Robo-sexual.

        4. John

          No ships for Malaya in this universe. :sadface:

          Except maybe Sal’s motorcycle.

        5. gwalla

          Now we know why she hangs out with Sal!

          (Well, that & Sal’s crew are the only people who’ll give her the time of day)

        6. Gangler

          There’s also Daisy. Pretty sure she’s a Lesbian. Leslie too of course. Though both are pretty minor characters.

          But yeah, that was the whole situation with Danny. We had one gay man and literally nobody within the cast for him to do gay things with.

          Either way, we can of course always have more gay characters. You wouldn’t say “There’s already one straight character who enjoys fart jokes. A straight Becky would be kind of redundant.”

        7. Kladeos

          Right right. My brain is mush from having spent all day slaving away on a paper.

        8. winter

          Daisy and Leslie too, but your point still stands.

        9. Adam Black

          A gay character would be redundant?

          Is this reverse-Psychology on your part?
          Are you just baiting Willis into making Becky gay, to show he doesnt create tokens?

    2. John

      Joyce is obviously not a lesbian. There are, however, plenty of signs pointing to her being maybe a little bicurious.

      I don’t think she’s actually bi to any significant degree, but I think she may be less certain of that. That whole arc around that strip I linked there is about Joyce’s insecurity about her own heterosexuality.

      As for Becky… she’s been pinging my “wants to bang Joyce like a screen door in a hurricane” alerts since sometime ’round about the strip #4. I’m not entirely sure why.

      1. Barf Ninjason

        I’m stealing that “[want to] bang [x] like a screen door in a hurricane” line at every possible opportunity, in perpetuity, just so y’know.

    3. KKoro

      I don’t think Joyce is a lesbian, like, at all. Not even slightly in the least. Honestly, I don’t think anybody does.

      Bisexual, though? Hooooooooo, yeah.

  34. newllend

    Its funny because usually Joyce would probably be happy that Walky and Dorothy are the rocks, she would be if it wasn’t for the fact walky might steal her second best friend in the process. So this will probably come down too Joyce trying to get Walky and Dorothy’s relationship back on track to keep him away from Becky which is a also amusing since she’ll hate every minute of it.

  35. Saaaam

    I like this ship

  36. Saaaam

    and because I like it, Willis will destroy this completely

  37. Arkadi

    Yes, we gas!

  38. Idon'tcarenomore

    I kinda think Sierra is one with nature, so has flowers on her side. While, Dorothy, not so much.

    I do think Walky and Becky are a great pair. Friends right now and maybe more later. Right now just enjoying each other.

    Kinda odd about the ‘girls are soft’ statement being commented on as a lesbian remark. I’m not gay. However, I think if my younger brother said ‘girls are hard’, first thing that would come to my mind is “girl are soft”.

    As far as Joyce’s faces: like I said yesterday I think its: Joyce is totally possessive of her friends and of the opinion that they have to like the people she likes, the things she likes and of course, stay away from the things she doesn’t.
    She doesn’t like Walky, so of course her bff shouldn’t either.
    Dorothy blew it with the ‘I love you’ after stating this is a casual thing. I’m going to guess that Walky may feel bad for her for awhile, but rationalize it that it wasn’t for real.

    1. John

      I think Joyce is in a weird place with the Dorothy/Walky thing right now. She won’t admit to liking Walky and doesn’t want him monopolizing Dorothy’s time, but she doesn’t want Dorothy getting hurt because stupid Walky put his foot in his mouth again and definitely doesn’t want him hurting Dorothy by cheating on her with her other BFF, or getting with her other BFF at all for that matter. Last time she was in a situation like this, she intimidated Walky into taking Dorothy back so that Dorothy could then dump Walky, which backfired on her when Dorothy didn’t.

  39. Grungehamster

    Walky, the truth is that it’s never the “right” decision; if you’ve alienated someone and they’re really angry with you in the moment, in my experience their frustration will paint you in the wrong whichever your response. There isn’t a romantic comedy moment where you cause a dramatic change of heart; the anger will pass, you will get an opportunity to apologize, and you can heal from there. You will come off as either harassing or uncaring in the person’s eyes in the moment, but that will pass.

    …that said, flirting with another girl during said times is not conducive to fixing the problem later and gives her a valid reason to feel you aren’t taking your screw up seriously.

    1. Grungehamster

      And to clarify, this isn’t a “girls are hard” thing; guys are just as likely to think you’re a jerk whatever you do until the rage over whatever happened ends. No need to assign it to genders when what we really mean a situation we primarily encounter in relationships.

  40. takashid

    man, that last shot of the closed door makes me think that a choice has just been made that can’t be taken back. idk, it just gives me a feeling like this is the start of the end for Walky and Dorothy’s relationship. If that was the intended effect, well done.

  41. Lord Geovanni

    wonder if they will become bros and friends with benifts too deep emotional strings attatched

  42. fireindaarcade

    Ugh, I hate fart jokes and people that make them with an unjustifiable passion. Not likin this ship.

    1. Johnny

      Then you have a stick up your butt. Maybe a fart can dislodge it.

      1. Jen

        Ok, I’m generally not a huge fan of fart jokes either, but well played, Johnny. Well played. 😉

  43. Kay

    My first thought when reading this. Did Jeph Jacques write this?

  44. Adam Black

    And so it begins….

  45. Nono

    Going back to an earlier strip, I just realized Dorothy’s mum reminds me of Becky.

  46. heavvymetalqueen

    I think I might be in love with Becky

  47. Potatamoto

    I hear the echoes of doom with every step Becky takes, I feel the wind of death upon my brow with every fart joke she cracks. Yea, she is the Destroyer, and her coming heralds the Endless Night. Soon all we have known shall be drowned in a raging tide blacker than the unforgiving sea.

    1. maxlines

      Heh.

    2. StClair

      Choose the form! Choose, and perish!

  48. Thomas

    I prefer to think it’s the joke where you reproduce the fart sound by squeezing your armpit or blowing on your arm, because really? People farting deliberately for the sake of a joke? That’s gross & they’re awful.

  49. Cynthia

    Becky just keeps getting better and better.

  50. Killjoy

    Geez, Walky, at least leave a note…

  51. Bagge

    Meanwhile Dorothy is thinking “Do I leave Walky alone? Will he think I am pushy if I seek him out? Should I leave the door ajar or change the sign?”

    1. timemonkey

      “I wonder why Joyce hasn’t been trying to talk to me, it’s weird.”

      1. auo> mous

        *peeks through the door*
        I’ve been replaced by a little red-haired girl!
        Good grief!

  52. KKoro

    I just hope this isn’t going where people are thinking it’s going. I don’t like how Dorothy can get kind of…not exactly “controlling”, but just a kind of certainty that her way is right, but this would be a horrible thing to do to her. If Walky decides he doesn’t like the way Dorothy’s been flipflopping (at least in his mind) on how close they’re allowed to be, that’s one thing, but he should discuss that honestly with her before he starts chasing after someone else.

    And Joyce needs to have a private conversation with Becky right now, just to make it clear that Walky is already in a relationship. Not specifically to yell at Becky, Becky doesn’t know she’s done anything wrong except tweak Joyce, but just to inform her of it before things go to far.

    1. Coverfire

      I don’t think it would be that quickly. He might just be looking for some relief from the stress and shes the only person that seems to get his jokes and laugh with him. I don’t think he would just leave her like that he’s just putting out of his mind for now and talking to a new friend.

  53. OmegaDez

    Becky’s really growing on me as a character so far. 🙂

    1. Deanatay

      Sure that’s not athlete’s foot?

  54. Yoohoo

    I find it kinda funny that Joyce can barely stand Walky sometimes but has been besties with the female version of him for a long time :p

  55. hof1991

    My guess? Dorothy will be disturbed, making the Do Not Disturb sign even more ironic. After all, it can’t be over until she says it’s over because she chose Walky, not the other way around. She sets the terms and has the power, at least she thinks so.

    1. Em

      I think Dorothy will probably be the one to break up with Walky, but only because Walky has a hard time saying things. He’ll be too nervous, and may end up waiting around, hoping she’ll cut it off.

      1. Lanval

        Walky’s dumped her in the past; She gave him an ultimatum and he just shrugged it off.

        That said, Walky has made it clear that he’s happy with how things are but he’s not really keen on ultimatums.

        Where this relationship goes really depends on whether Dorothy decides she is happy or not. Either she’ll issue an ultimatum or just dump him outright if she decides that he’s not ready to get serious and it’ll end the same either way.

        If she decides that maybe she’s too serious and things are pretty okay, then it could be the strip’s main couple (not to say the Protagonists, which is Joyce if there is one at all).

  56. Gigafreak

    http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/socialized/
    Either they were mistaken when they said Joyce was best-socialized, or Becky is amazingly adaptable, or both.

  57. EmbraceEvil

    I just looked up Becky. In the walkyverse Becky was more ‘traditionally’ christian while Joyce was pretty liberal at that point. It seems the situations are reversed.

  58. Gamaran Sepudomyn

    You know, this is kind of funny, considering how Joyce will eventually grow up to become like Willis, and will, as summed up in today’s It’s Walky commentary, eventually write an alter ego for herself that eats vomit.

    1. Gamaran Sepudomyn

      this = Joyce’s disapproval of the way Becky and Walky are interacting.
      will = will therefore.

      I should remember to proofread my posts.

    2. Lanval

      Joyce the Internet Pornlord? That is horrifying.

  59. Whittier

    Becky and Walky/Sittin’ in a tree…

  60. Axel

    Oh, Walky. The truth is closer to, “relationships are hard,” but society pushes the “boys and girls are completely different; girls are mysterious, impossible-to-understand creatures” pretty hard, so the confusion gets mis-attributed.

  61. XMinusOne

    Dorothy’s going to Yale no matter what. Walky … isn’t. Case closed. He and Becky need to have a burp and fart contest, then use a few of Amazi-Girl’s condoms to get to know each other better. Joyce … well, she’s got her God to keep her warm.

    1. John

      Walky, I think, very well could be, if he decided that he wanted to and was willing to put in the effort to get there. In terms of raw ability, he might be ahead of Dorothy; the reason that she’s gonna be President and he’s not is because she’s determined that she’s going to do it and is willing to give it her utmost, while he’s content to get by well enough with no effort.

      Walky just needs motivation, and Dorothy might be just the person to give it to him. (In at least one other universe, she was.)

      And I’m still more than half convinced that Becky believes that she’s God’s tool for keeping Joyce warm.

  62. Em

    Well. That’s it then for Dorothy and Walky probably. If he puts this random new girl over apologizing to his girlfriend…things don’t look good. But who knows, maybe things will work out. Dorothy and Walky have had relationship stumbles before.

    1. Lanval

      Ehn, he needs to clear his head. So does Dorothy. It’s not really clear that Walky would be welcome or seen as intruding on her when she’s trying to do some serious thinking; walking past a do not disturb sign into your SO’s room isn’t always going to end in hugs and kisses.

      Might be better for them to talk tomorrow or later.

      That said, Becky probably isn’t the best person to be running off to hang out with (as opposed to sit down and doing his own thinking). It’s just not clear that Walky recognizes his need to.

    2. Rutee

      Just like the booze kiss was it for Billie and Ruth.

  63. halcyon1234

    That joke stinks.

  64. Tenn

    *twenty minutes of various kinds of farts*

    *beat*

    “The Aristocrats!”

  65. Tunasammich

    It’s kind of weird to me that so many of you think a couple of friendly interactions between Walky and a girl means they’re definitely going to boink or something

    1. Em

      It’s more of a rebound situation, not a romantic one. He gets his heart broken, but hey look there’s this awesome girl right here who is giving him attention! There is a possibility that he might just give in.

      Or not. We’ll see!

    2. gwalla

      That’s how shipping works.

  66. Sergei Andropov

    Why do I get the feeling that Becky is going to be the new Mary?

    1. Em

      What makes you think that? o.O

  67. Maycroft

    This is gonna happen isn’t it?

  68. Rabid Rabbit

    Meanwhile, Walky steals another of Joyce’s best friends.

  69. Vree

    psst she says she’s soft and tells fart jokes you should date her

  70. Chris

    They’re like three peas in a pod.

  71. Aisling

    I think Becky was only friends with Joyce because she was fun to tease

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