And has all along. With Joyce. In Billie’s room. On Leslie’s couch. Now in Robin’s apartment.
She might have spent a couple nights with Dina, but those were during a timeskip, so it’s not 100% clear.
Also, gosh, Billie looks so adorably content there. They’re not out of the woods yet, but her and Ruth have got to be pretty relieved for the moment. Let’s just see how long that moment lasts.
She looked at me
And the emptiness in her eyes was cruel to see
Then she turned away and said,
“Once I loved, but love is dead”
And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”
She said, “I cannot cry
And I cannot give or feel or even try”
And her voice was hard and cold
Then her sweet young face looked old
And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”…
His situation is that his criminal past has just caught up with him in the person of Blaine O’Malley, and he is evidently disturbed to the point of sleeplessness, looking out at his new world that he could be giving up if he doesn’t figure out a course of action that keeps both Blaine and Asher’s grandfather at bay.
Wow. So in this storyline alone… Joyce skipped church, Becky skipped church to buy Dina a velociraptor, Walky punched someone and Amber did not, Sal and Marcie almost made out, Malaya came out as possibly trans, Malaya held hands with Marcie, Blaine showed up again and blackmailed a dangerous dude, Ruth started drinking again, Billie gave up her fake ID and promised to quit drinking and go to therapy, Walky became a copycat vigilante, somebody finally saw that AG and Amber are not sharing memories, and Sydney Yus works at Galasso’s again.
Dang this storyline was packed. Thank goodness for the bed strip, it makes for a neat summary.
Also in lieu of saying Malaya is possibly trans, let’s say she is questioning her gender identity. The gender spectrum is so vast and wide with possibilities.
Last I heard (from a trans person) trans means having a different gender identity than one was assigned at birth, so anyone whose identity is something other than “male” or “female” is automatically trans.
S.
Speaking as a nonbinary person, I personally define trans that way, but other trans and nonbinary people do not.
JessWitt’s “she is questioning her gender identity” is the clearest and most precise wording of those offered in this thread.
Lee
Concur. I’m non-binary but personally don’t feel a connection to the word trans, as I don’t know where I sit on the gender spectrum and it’s not always the same.
oh no
Third non-binary chiming in, and agree with both Lee and S..
Personal I declare myself trans, but with that caveat that it’s better to not assume my experience is universal; not all non-binary folx ID as trans.
111 thoughts on “One More Sunday”
Raen
…wait, why is Becky not with Dina?
Suitora
Probably crashed back at her place that Robin gave her.
AntJ
she has an apartment
Rabid Rabbit
Velociraptors only have room for one.
MacareuxMoine
The Velociraptor should get a tag. It’s much more of a character than Dexter and Monkey Master on a poster.
Marsh Maryrose
Becky is sexually intimidated by Dina.
Also, Becky lives somewhere else now.
thejeff
And has all along. With Joyce. In Billie’s room. On Leslie’s couch. Now in Robin’s apartment.
She might have spent a couple nights with Dina, but those were during a timeskip, so it’s not 100% clear.
Heavensrun
Becky and Dina are not sexually active, sleeping or living together.
Cheesy1
Been there, Walky. Been there.
Ana Chronistic
I guess only major characters get beds
Clif
So are you a major character or an alternative sleeper.
John
So Ruth is a half-major character, because she has a bed, but Billie stole all her covers?
(And of course Billie is a cover-stealer.)
DailyBrad
Asher is a boxers guy, huh.
Also, gosh, Billie looks so adorably content there. They’re not out of the woods yet, but her and Ruth have got to be pretty relieved for the moment. Let’s just see how long that moment lasts.
Cholma
Could be Hanes Boxer-Briefs. The best of both worlds; very comfortable.
Portland
Dude, I’m a cis woman and I just discovered those and oh my god it was a revelation. I’m never wearing anything else.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
What, not even, like, a shirt or something?
FacelessDeviant
I forsee you having some trouble going out in public in the future.
Nono
Boxer briefs in general are the best.
Marsh Maryrose
Alas, they work a lot better if you don’t have a big pot belly.
Clif
I wouldn’t know.
BarerMender
Ibought a package of boxer briefs. Throwing them out. Hate them.
Madock345
What do you like better?
BarerMender
Knit boxers. Comfortable.
Sorcyress
Extremely pleased by the very angry Galasso ranting about boxer briefs.
DailyBrad
I figure they’d be a touch snugger than that, if boxer-briefs, but they could be.
Stephen Bierce
She looked at me
And the emptiness in her eyes was cruel to see
Then she turned away and said,
“Once I loved, but love is dead”
And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”
She said, “I cannot cry
And I cannot give or feel or even try”
And her voice was hard and cold
Then her sweet young face looked old
And I whispered, “Sometimes Love Is Only Sleeping”…
Jess
Dexter and Monkey Master get character tags but not the velociraptor?? This is a terrible oversight.
He Who Abides
Fuckface Jr hasn’t been officially named yet. Give it time.
Jess
That’s a good one for the running though!
Sherlock9
Another book in the bag. May the next one be kind to the characters. (It’s not likely but one can hope)
BBCC
Ohhhh, you poor, messed up babies.
BBCC
Best book thus far, Willis, and I’m not just saying that because it opened on a Sal storyline (but JESUS GOD that Sal storyline. It was so great).
TrueVCU
Joe: FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP FAP
Delicious Taffy
I can’t read that in any voice other than that of the late Billy Mays. The reason isn’t important.
He Who Abides
And now, neither can I. DAMN YOU, DELICIOUS TAFFY!
Needfuldoer
Hopefully Joe won’t need THE STAIN-FIGHTING POWER OF OXI-CLEAN, THE STAIN FIGHTING SPECIALIST.
(You have to use caps lock when quoting the loudest pitchman.)
Juanoku
Wait is Joyce wearing the step counter to bed
BarerMender
Reminds her not to masturbate.
BrokenEye, the True False Prophet
Maybe she sleepwalks
yamikuronue
Some of them track your sleep too, how much you toss and turn.
thejeff
Amber should wear one to bed. Then she’d know if AG was active.
Sirksome
Dafuq is Asher doing? Just staring out a window in his boxers? Dats kinda weird.
Dean
In a further attempt to gain his allegiance, Blaine is performing a sexy dance in the moonlight.
Nono
With a boombox.
Cholma
Neither Asher nor Blaine can get enough of Peter Gabriel’s music.
Rotunda
His situation is that his criminal past has just caught up with him in the person of Blaine O’Malley, and he is evidently disturbed to the point of sleeplessness, looking out at his new world that he could be giving up if he doesn’t figure out a course of action that keeps both Blaine and Asher’s grandfather at bay.
Clif
I assumed he was watching Amazigirl on patrol.
BarerMender
I kind of expected Asher to be built. I guess a cigarette smoker in this day and age will not be a guy who takes care of himself.
Romanticide
Knowing Blaine is out there and wanting to try something would make an imsoniac out of anyone.
Marsh Maryrose
It’s insomnia that is weird. Looking out a window while one is brooding may or may not help with one’s insomnia, but it couldn’t hurt.
Pocky
see; this is why everyone needs a giant dino to sleep on.
Clif
Either that or a warm blanket-hog to cuddle with. Dana does look peaceful, though.
Bathymetheus
Yeah, I notice that of these seven characters, only two are actually sleeping.
Then again, if I had in my life the kind of stress these youngsters do, I’d not sleep well either.
AntJ
Wow. So in this storyline alone… Joyce skipped church, Becky skipped church to buy Dina a velociraptor, Walky punched someone and Amber did not, Sal and Marcie almost made out, Malaya came out as possibly trans, Malaya held hands with Marcie, Blaine showed up again and blackmailed a dangerous dude, Ruth started drinking again, Billie gave up her fake ID and promised to quit drinking and go to therapy, Walky became a copycat vigilante, somebody finally saw that AG and Amber are not sharing memories, and Sydney Yus works at Galasso’s again.
What a doozy.
AntJ
also Ethan banged a dude on the velociraptor within hours of its appearance
Nono
Well we don’t know if there was any banging. We don’t know if anything even happened. Heck, we don’t even know what state of clothing Drew was in.
JessWitt
Dang this storyline was packed. Thank goodness for the bed strip, it makes for a neat summary.
Also in lieu of saying Malaya is possibly trans, let’s say she is questioning her gender identity. The gender spectrum is so vast and wide with possibilities.
Ron
So she is possibly trans.
Chris Phoenix
Last I heard (from a trans person) trans means having a different gender identity than one was assigned at birth, so anyone whose identity is something other than “male” or “female” is automatically trans.
S.
Speaking as a nonbinary person, I personally define trans that way, but other trans and nonbinary people do not.
JessWitt’s “she is questioning her gender identity” is the clearest and most precise wording of those offered in this thread.
Lee
Concur. I’m non-binary but personally don’t feel a connection to the word trans, as I don’t know where I sit on the gender spectrum and it’s not always the same.
oh no
Third non-binary chiming in, and agree with both Lee and S..
Personal I declare myself trans, but with that caveat that it’s better to not assume my experience is universal; not all non-binary folx ID as trans.
Delicious Taffy
It’s sometimes confusing to be on more than one spectrum. I wonder what the overlap might be, come to think of it.
Clif
But to me it was a Sunday.
BiOnyx
Is it weird that I think Billie being a blanket-hog is one of the cutest things ever?!
Keulen
If it’s weird, then I’m weird too.
He Who Abides
Then let’s all be weird together.
Rotunda
Billie looks so contented and at peace with herself and the world, but this serenity is not shared by Ruth because HEAD CHEERLEADER BLANKET HOG.
Nono
Ah yes, the Billierito.
Marsh Maryrose
One of the cutest Doubleclicks songs ever: Love You Like a Burrito. (“A tortilla is a hug made of flour.”)
Rabid Rabbit