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Downtime
Posted on February 5, 2014 by David M Willis

185 thoughts on “Downtime”

  1. Jen Aside

    dammit Dotty move your foot

    1. Doctor_Who

      Yeah, it’s off panel! You’re only giving the foot fetishists half a show!

      1. Yotomoe

        Where’s Sierra when you need her.

        1. Rutee

          When do *you* not need her?

        2. Aeron

          Spoiler: Dorothy is about to land on Sierra.

        3. Dude

          Which is impressive, since they kicked Sierra out before Walky performed a sex.

        4. a4lbi

          your avatar + the phrase “Walky performed a sex” = hilarity @ 10ish in the morning.

          He mad. >:C

        5. arbot

          She needed to leave.

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Why? She already had Walky’s foot just a few moments ago. 😀

      1. LS

        He might have claimed it was a foot but guys have been known to exaggerate (or optimistic thinking)…

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          Maybe it was a “metric” foot? But then again, Subway footlongs ain’t exactly 12 inches either.

        2. Lel

          The infinitely supperior and majestic metric system does not have feet at all. But a meter-long dong would be less impressive, more deformity. A meter is roughly 3 feet.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          I was thinking more of the line of a metric foot equaling 12 cm.

        4. JJ

          You might have to dump your teacher for others that actually know the metric system. I’m not precisely sure how many centimeters is a foot worth but it is close to 30-32.

          Thus if Walky’s “foot” was only 12cm long it’d be rather unimpressive.

          Incidentally, this conversation fits my avatar perfectly. 🙂

        5. Kelly

          I think that was the joke? Anyway, Plas is a native metric user, i.e. not a ‘merican

        6. Plasma Mongoose

          @Kelly: Exactamundo! (Gotta love the 80s)

          @JJ: Yes I know that 1 foot = 30.48cm, it was supposed to be a joke.

        7. Salmo

          I’ve seen it. It’s certainly sufficient.

        8. nekobawt

          i knew a guy in high school who referred to his wang as his “foot.” it never occurred to me to think of it in the context of a unit (hurr hurr) of measurement.

        9. Leorale

          Foot is a euphemism for penis in the Old Testament, too.

      2. The Steve

        I honestly just misread that as “Wanky”. Hardly an appropriate name now that he has Dorothy though.

        1. Leorale

          One doesn’t preclude the other!

  2. The Meek Ninja

    Back to normality!

    1. The Meek Ninja

      And by normality, I mean normalcy.

      1. The Meek Ninja

        And by normalcy, I actually mean normality. English is hard, guys…

        1. Mr. Random

          Just say whatever you want. If you convince enough people, it’ll become real. That’s how language works. No one knows that all of language started because someone didn’t want to seem dumb when they thought they’re friends were making the same sounds for a reason.

        2. Wereboyscout

          Twerk is in the English dictionary. As is Squee.

        3. Plasma Mongoose

          My ancestors came from Normandy… 😀

        4. nothri

          OPPRESSOR!!!

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_yoke

          (And they thought wasting a whole day on wikipedia wouldn’t be worth anything.)

        5. Plasma Mongoose

          Maybe but it also means that when they say bad things about Anglo-Saxon culture, I can say “Nothing to do with me”. 😀

        6. davidbreslin101

          And I say these so-called “Anglo”-Saxons have been walking around like they own the place for far too long. There are towns in England where you’ll rarely see an honest Pictish face. Back to Saxony with the lot of ’em!

        7. The Candyman

          To heck with that, send ‘me all back across the North Sea where they belong! Britain for the Britons!

        8. nothri

          The Candyman, the Celts called, they want their kingdom back.

        9. nothri

          ….actually, ignore that. I’m being dumb again.

  3. Sageress

    SUDDENLY JACKET.

    1. Just Cheeto Dust

      “Suddenly glasses” as well.

      1. Wonder Wig

        Suddenly Seymour.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          I was thinking of saying that too, complete with youtube link but then you beat me to it.

        2. Scott

          Suddenly Susan?

    2. Doctor_Who

      Suddenly Jacket
      It enveloped me
      Suddenly Jacket
      Showed me I can
      Learn how to be warm
      When I’m feeling chilly
      With sweet fleecy lining
      Jacket’s my friend

      1. DailyBrad

        Nobody ever, kept me all toasty
        Sweatervest’s chilly, parka’s too warm
        I find a coat, and I wear it blindly
        It snaps its buttons, and I would say “sure”

        SUDDENLY JACKKKKKET~

      2. Wack'd

        Dammit, usually we draw “Suddenly Seymour” parodies out over multiple posts! Quit hoggin’ all the reference!

        1. Mr. Random

          … Was that a reference?

      3. Yotomoe

        These are the coats we wear
        Of Devil’s plaid and witches hair
        Jackets are everywhere
        You are my outerwear,
        My special Coat without a tear
        Jackets are Everwhere.
        With a hood or a belt or a sleeveless one.
        Doesn’t count that’s a vest called a Jerkin.

        1. Just Cheeto Dust

          http://meta.filesmelt.com/downloader.php?file=deandancing.gif

  4. Idon'tcarenomore

    Magic glasses and good flying shot.

  5. Opus the Poet

    Wow! that was quick!

    1. Tunaro

      Gah! MUST. RESIST. CLICHE.

  6. David Herbert

    “I thought I was so bad I bored you to sleep.”

    1. Yotomoe

      “I neither confirm, nor deny that, Walky.”

      1. gka

        “Because I’m asleep.”

  7. NCP19

    Now that’s an action pose!

  8. Leorale

    Go go dorothy glasses!

  9. Phil

    Virginity: Lost

  10. Tunaro

    Did she just jack his hoodie?

    1. Bastylos

      Would YOU try stopping her? Let’s just hope she remembers to put on some undies. Only Walky can pull off strolling the halls with his assets out.

      1. David Herbert

        But he’ll be too hypnotised by her tush to remind her.

    2. John

      It is her traditional right to wear her man’s shirt as post-banging attire.

      1. Ugakicka

        Let’s hope Joyce doesn’t come by and recognize it as post-banging attire. Or do we hope that she does recognize it.

        I am conflicted.

        1. Tunaro

          I think she’d be more freaked about Dotty not wearing any pants.

        2. nothri

          Well, it has almost been a week…

          http://www.dumbingofage.com/2013/comic/book-3/04-just-hangin-out-with-my-family/overbearin/

        3. John

          It’s been maybe a day in-comic.

    3. Plasma Mongoose

      Is that what they call it nowadays? 😀

      1. NCP19

        Heh, well played.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          ^_^

      2. Tunaro

        http://gifs.gifbin.com/1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          NIIIIICE!

  11. Ragnal

    She’s just fucking adorable in that last panel.

    1. Carlos

      Walky would tend to agree…. however he might rearrange those words a bit

      1. ocbrad1

        Or he might assume that is his new nickname…

  12. Geminia999

    So, Dorothy can just materialize jackets and glasses, but not pants?

    1. NCP19

      Priorities!

      1. WaveRocker

        ^what he said

    2. Plasma Mongoose

      Pants are a higher level shaping magic skill.

      1. Geminia999

        I would say glasses are, I mean, you need to get the right perscription as well as making them see through.

        1. Plasma Mongoose

          But nerds automatically get the “Glasses Appear” as a class spell.

        2. Kai

          Yes, and now imagine she gets it wrong and makes the clothes see through instead of the glasses.

        3. TPman

          I can imagine it. I can imagine it repeatedly 😀

  13. EvilPenguin

    Aww, what a touching mo-and it’s over

    1. EvilPenguin

      Also, Dorothy’s butt

      1. Robin

        What a touching butt

        1. John

          No, that was earlier.

  14. Idon'tcarenomore

    But at least she didn’t disappoint him, he knows her.

  15. Yotomoe

    Her glasses teleported to her face.

    1. NCP19

      Clark Kent also has the same power. It’s why he’s so good at disguises.

      1. Sageress

        I thought his disguised were powered by fear.

        1. Jonathan S.

          Hey, if some guy who can bench-press the Empire State Building without breaking a sweat wants me to pretend I can’t recognize him when he wears glasses, I freaking well can’t recognize him with glasses, okay?

  16. Detective Mury

    All work and a little play makes Dorothy a happy girl…

  17. Mr. Random

    I feel like this is going to be like the simpsons movie. Just, the most creative and epic scenery censors ever.

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      Needs moar spider-pig.

      1. Just Cheeto Dust

        Indeed.

  18. Yotomoe

    Let’s hope noone left out any legos or this comic will take a dark twist.

    1. Sageress

      “Walky Performs a Lego-Based Assassination”

    2. Just Cheeto Dust

      I was going to mention Home Alone 2 because of the broken Christmas ornaments that were stepped on, but I just remembered a YouTube video that had a dark take on all of the traps in that movie. Now I don’t want to talk about that movie anymore.

      1. Yotomoe

        Not gonna watch it. It’ll ruin the funniest movie ever for me.

        1. Just Cheeto Dust

          It just tallies the amount of times Harry and Marv would’ve died had normal rules for pain and injury come into play. That body count was surprising, and–while I said it was dark–that body count was humorous as well.

        2. Bill

          The consequences as listed are all worst-case scenarios.  The human skeletal system is a little bit more robust than that, especially in regards to the number of spinal/rib fractures tallied.

      2. Plasma Mongoose

        @Just Cheeto Dust: Cool, more videos to watch!

      3. StClair

        In other words, applying realistic consequences (and moral standards) to cartoon violence. Nothing really new.

        1. Just Cheeto Dust

          Fun fact: I never said this was new.

          But if you want to ignore the fact that some people made a video for entertainment purposes just so you could pretend you got a victory in an argument that never actually happened, then be my guest. Cheers.

      4. Dante

        Why did I decide to watch that, AGAIN!? >_<

  19. hmrc4evr

    I wonder if her glasses can be summoned like the Sword of Omens?

    Dorothy: “Glasses of Studying, come to my face!”

    1. Qihf

      The glasses she pulled from a pocket of the jacket. But where did the jacket come from?

    2. Bill

      Accio jacket??

      The glasses actually got dislodged from her face during the sexytimes and remained in the bunk.  As a person who wears glasses myself, I was more worried that they would have rolled over onto them and broken them.

      And that is Walky’s jacket, but he had already taken it off before getting into bed together.  Not to mention that it is probably wet, cold, and clammy about now.

    3. Vorkon

      “Glasses of Omens, give me sight BEYOND two feet!”

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        +1 LIKE

  20. newllend

    NAKED, anyway do you think that in her excitement she would forget that she’s not wearing clothes and will just rush down the hall way…wait their in her room never mind

  21. Mr. Random

    So where do you turn in a V card? Is there like a vending machine that takes it? Does it give you confetti?

    1. Yotomoe

      You do not get a gift. You are given a curse. In time, hopefully you can overcome it.

      1. Bill

        I wish we had a PM feature in these comments.  I’d like to know, without necessarily embarrassing either Yotomoe or myself, just what exactly is this curse to which he refers.

        1. Yotomoe

          ‘S like a taste for blood. Once you get one you crave more. Often times to physical and emotional fault!

        2. Thanks, I'll Have Another!

          I take it you’ve earned your Red Wings?

        3. Yotomoe

          I’m such a virgin it’s not even funny.

    2. Baker

      I think most churches have a machine just inside the door. Pretty sure.

      They like to keep track of that kind of thing so girls don’t wear white at their wedding.

      1. Just Cheeto Dust

        “Here’s the skinny. We dressmakers have a very strict code, so I need to know: do you deserve to wear virginal white? Because if you don’t, you’ll have to wear an off-white, what we call a hussy white. So which will it be? White-White?”

        “Yes…um, except for the gloves.”

        1. davidbreslin101

          Reminds me of a character in one of Dorothy L Sayer’s books, who gets married in a gold dress on the basis that no-one who knew her would believe the white.

        2. Roborat

          And the veil.

  22. Mal

    I think Dorothy’s freckles are adorable.

  23. CrazyOne

    afterglow… faded

  24. Kernanator

    What are you talking about, Willis? Glasses just happen. As do jackets.

  25. AJBulldis

    SPEAKING OF AMAZI-GIRL, can we get back to that please?

    1. timemonkey

      Or we can move on to happier things for a while.

      1. xKiv

        Can we move on to happier things for Amazi-Girl?

  26. DrBear

    Jump like that, Dorothy, and the first thing that’s going to hit your floor will be your but… and for somebody who wants to go to Yale, you’re not smart enough to use the BOTTOM bunk in case you get really wild?

    1. Maveric1984

      There is no bottom bunk. Her desk is under her lofted bed. Sierra’s bed is the same way, which is why the top of her mattress was at their eye level when they kicked her out

    2. Opus the Poet

      All of the bunks are top bunks, with the desk and wardrobe/dresser underneath them. Better use of floor space.

    3. Bill

      You can even see the study carell (with the computer monitor on it) beneath the loft bed in the last panel.

  27. Plasma Mongoose

    A naughty part of me is imagining 4th panel Dotty about to perform a variation of Joker’s dissapearing pencil trick. 😛

  28. Emoroffle

    They work so well as a couple. Also, cute freckles.

  29. Regalli

    People who had money and have thus seen WPaS, do you know where their glasses and clothes most likely ended up, or is it truly just spontaneously-appearing?

    1. Bilfred

      I’m pretty sure that in this world, clothes materialize or disappear when needed.

    2. Kelly

      Given the last place I saw the glasses, I imagine they ended up on the floor. Good thing they can teleport (or Dorothy can teleport them?). I remember thinking they would get knocked off at the time too.

      1. Thasvaddef

        Reminds me of this.

        http://www.gunnerkrigg.com/?p=509

    3. Maveric1984

      The glasses fell of her head right at the end, and ended up behind her pillow. I can’t remember if we saw where the clothes ended up, but I think the May have just been shoved to the edges of the bed, if not off altogether due to them being soaked.

  30. Link

    Gotta love the detail, especially the freckles on her thighs. Great work as always, Willis.

  31. Lilith

    Dorothy is awesome.

    1. Kelly

      Agreed!

  32. Plasma Mongoose

    Great examples of convenient censorship Mr Willis.

    1. maxyai

      There’s nothing convenient about it!

  33. WaveRocker

    A free slice of that freckle-y ass for those of us that didn’t get WPAS.
    Good guy Willis.

    1. ninja_jesus

      My “dat ass” meter is going off the charts.

  34. Mr K

    A wild Joyce appears!

  35. Menocu

    Convenient censoring for the win.

  36. TemplarKnight

    She is not going to land well.

  37. wynne

    Thank God they used Dorothy’s, even if it was a bunk bed. I’ve heard horror stories.

  38. Paul Indrome

    Ah… that precious afterglow. Relaxing, getting glued together by drying sweat, eye-contact-cuddling, … jumping off the bed, obsessing over photos of twentysomething vigilantes… °O

  39. Robin

    Dotty’s glasses are like Thor’s hammer.

    Mew mew!

  40. nothri

    She is a freckly girl, isn’t she?

    (Also, I’m assuming her glasses are like Thor’s hammer.Except probably no lightning powers.)

  41. Grace

    So he didn’t know what he was doing, but he was perfect? Either Dorothy’s never had good sex or she’s lying to make him feel better.

    1. David Willis

      if you think those are the only two possibilities you have a really narrow and/or cynical view of what makes sex enjoyable for some people

      1. Jen

        Agreed. I’ve had fantastic sex with someone I’ve had a great emotional connection with and I’ve had crappy sex with someone who knew exactly how to push all the right buttons but there was no emotional connection anymore. Just because someone is skilled in a technical/mechanical sense doesn’t mean that great sex will happen and just because someone is new and doesn’t feel like they know what they’re doing doesn’t mean that the sex will be bad. And even if someone feels they don’t know what they’re doing, that doesn’t mean they won’t hit the right buttons. When partners are um…demonstrative…when they are enjoying something, it tends to encourage the other partner to keep doing that thing that is getting the sexy reaction. 🙂

        1. clodia

          Also, I’ve had great sex with one person and mediocre sex with that same person another time. Perfect probably means “exactly what she wanted” and that can change day-by-day.

        2. Jen

          Excellent point, clodia.

        3. Roborat

          What to you mean day-by-day? More like minute-to minute.

        4. CrazyOne

          you actually give a minute? 20 seconds tops.

    2. Rutee

      Perhaps shockingly, some people can perform well their first time if they pay attention to their partners.

    3. Bill

      Sometimes it’s not what’s being said as much as what is not being said.
      SAID: “You were fine.  You were perfect.”
      UNSAID: “… for a first-timer”

  42. Arturo

    In this issue of Careful Placement Monthly….

    1. Cheryl

      HAHAHA RIGHT?!

    2. Scott

      Willis, give Arturo an autographed copy of this strip for that one…

    3. Roborat

      A recent Magick Chicks page also did a good job of that.

  43. WikiDreamer

    Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand she’s back.

  44. OmegaDez

    I approve of the random freckles on Dorothy’s body. They’re not where you usually see freckles in comics. (cheeks, and that’s it)

    1. John

      Or flood-fill all over her body.

  45. Sam

    AHHHHHHHHH NAKED AHHHHHHHHHHHH

  46. Jack Finch

    What’s the M on the track shirt stand for?

    1. Bill

      Michigan.

      1. David Willis

        nope

        1. Maveric1984

          Considering the antlers: Moosejaw.

      2. Bill

        I know that, Willis, but since you’re from Columbus (Ohio State) I was just tryin’ to jerk your chain.

        1. David Willis

          Ha ha, FOOL! I care nothing for your human sportsballs!

    2. ninja_jesus

      MYSTERY

      And you’ll never know! Muahahahahahahaha

      1. David Willis

        hint, she went to high school there

        1. froggert

          Martinsville! Mitchell?
          (I might be from southern Indiana…)

        2. David Willis

          Way norther.

  47. Alexx

    GLASSES! RETURN TO ME!

  48. LJoL

    Picture this scenario…

    Joyce standing outside of Dorothy’s room. Naive and sexually repressed Joyce thinking out loud to herself, “Hey this is weird, I wonder why there is a sock on her door?” Confused Joyce barging inside without knowing what the sock represents. And finally a helpful Joyce starting to say, “Hey Dorothy did you know..” before receiving a face full of Dorothy.

    Yes, Joyce & Dorothy shippers you may now happily imagine that scenario and squeal with glee. ‘Squee!’ away to your heart’s content. You are quite welcome. But be sure to thank Willis for that perfect setup.

  49. AgentKeen

    Even when she has downtime for Walky it’s “I have forty-five seconds…” She can’t not be Dotty even when she’s not being Dotty.

  50. Roborat

    Wait, wouldn’t that hoodie still be soaking wet?

  51. Minder

    Oh. Oh god.

    After all that just went down with the Amazi-girl storyline I am really dreading the culmination of this Dorothy arc with her newspaper article.

  52. Pjotroos

    Really like the chemistry between the two of them. Walky actually being glad that he’s not her first and she could lead him through the whole thing is just nice to see.

  53. Toon Link

    Much detail much wow.

  54. Baker

    I wish I had glasses that returned to my face under their own power.

  55. Timni16

    I am surprise that Walky has abs with his diet…

  56. Gally

    Dotty confused lay and lie! There go her presidential hopes… 😉

  57. Creaks

    Im uh… Honestly…. Im still thinking about Amazigirl being Amazing.

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