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Rewrote

Posted on May 9, 2014 by David M Willis

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Tags: dorothy, hymmel the humming hymnal, joyce, walky

Discussion (245) - “Rewrote”

  1. tacdud2

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    Well then.

    1. sps48

      05/09/2014, 12:04 am
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      SO cute!

      1. Jen Aside

        05/09/2014, 12:09 am
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        Cutest argument =3

        [moar karma]

        1. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 12:16 am

          tempted to use that panel of Joyce for new Gravatar, too XD

        2. Barf Ninjason

          05/09/2014, 1:06 am

          My first thought was “Ooh, look at the new weird Joyce face I’m gonna see pop up in the comments section.” She’s got a lot of those.

        3. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 1:32 am

          BEST ONE THO

        4. Dibullba

          05/09/2014, 11:21 am

          It sort of looks like Joyce doing the “Dat ass” face XD

        5. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 4:56 pm

          XD https://db.tt/BJfqWvxv

        6. Reiku

          05/09/2014, 6:17 pm

          Well done, you win the internet for today, lol

  2. otusasio451

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    AND THUS THE ROMANCE IS ESTABLISHED.

    1. luxlucis

      05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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      Oh Gosh, yes!

      1. rachel

        05/09/2014, 12:04 am
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        DAT CHEMISTRY

        1. indignostudios

          05/09/2014, 12:05 am

          So does this mean that Joyce is a pedophile, now?

        2. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 12:14 am

          Only if she still wants Baby-Walky vs. recognizing her age-appropriate crush is still age-appropriate for her, uh… age.

        3. Never .simple

          05/09/2014, 6:55 am

          Desti-freakin-ny people! Desti-freakin-ny.

          On a side note: Wow Joyce even when you think you have something like this over someone your STILL at the bottom of the destructive info pile.

    2. AgentKeen

      05/09/2014, 12:27 am
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      Joyce and Walky? That’d never be able to pull in readers, too ridiculous…

    3. PsychoKineticEX

      05/09/2014, 12:28 am
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      DO NOT EXPRESS JOY! ONCE WILLIS SNIFFS IT OUT HE WILL SQUELCH IT! EVERYONE QUICK! PRETEND YOU DON’T LIKE THIS SHIP!

      Incidentally, I think we should should start naming the ships for DoA. Any ideas?

      1. Barf Ninjason

        05/09/2014, 1:04 am
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        Someone said “Dorky” was Dorothy and Walky awhile ago. I usually hate these things with a purple passion, but I gotta admit that one’s hilarious.

        Also, I get saying you “ship” two (or more, I guess [cue Dorothy/Walky/Joyce threesome {Dorkoyce?}]) characters, but when it’s being used as a noun, wouldn’t it make more sense to spell it:

        ‘ship

        …since it’s a (really silly) abbreviation of the word relationship?

        1. Barf Ninjason

          05/09/2014, 1:35 am

          Also:

          Joyce + Ethan = Johan

          Sal + Jason = Salon

          Billie + Ruth = Bluth

          Amazi-Girl + Danny = Agranny

          Sarah + Jacob = Sjaarcaohb

          Mike + Your Mom = Mimom

        2. PsychoKineticEX

          05/09/2014, 1:45 am

          I honestly prefer ship names that aren’t a name combo, unless the combo happens to be something clever or funny.

          Like the name for JoycexWalkyxDorothy, “Caramel and Marshmallows”

        3. Barf Ninjason

          05/09/2014, 2:03 am

          Huh. And I did not know that people did annything BUT smush names together for ‘ships. Live and pretend to learn, I always say.

        4. PsychoKineticEX

          05/09/2014, 2:12 am

          Just saying, if Joyce and Walky do get together in this universe, I’m calling it “Multiversal Constant”

        5. Led

          05/09/2014, 6:17 am

          Meh, look up for example Pokemon shippings… They all have specific names. It’s more common to just push together two names, though, like for example avatar does (Tokka, Kataang, Katoph, etc).

        6. Led

          05/09/2014, 6:17 am

          *The more you nerd*

        7. Deanatay

          05/09/2014, 7:19 pm

          Those sound more like Avatar ship names…

          NOT THAT I’D KNOW… *blush*

        8. Daibhid C

          05/09/2014, 11:49 am

          TVTropes has a page called Idiosyncratic Ship Naming, if you want to lose three hours of your life and not be sure how.

        9. Daibhid C

          05/09/2014, 11:52 am

          I don’t know why that link doesn’t work. Try this one.

          (If not, then look, it’s a TVTropes page called Idiosyncratic Ship Naming; if you’re interested I’m sure you can find it for yourselves.)

        10. Elizabeth

          05/09/2014, 12:21 pm

          Oh god, why did I go to TVTropes?? D:

        11. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 4:43 pm

          ^ said everyone who ever went there, EVER, including the founders

        12. StClair

          05/09/2014, 6:06 am

          Personally, I consider both to be horrid. If you must ship (and I often find fandom’s obsession with that to be tiresome in itself), what’s wrong with the classic, traditional, (first or last name) / (first or last name)?

        13. xKiv

          05/09/2014, 9:59 pm

          But that’s a slash …

        14. DarkVeghetta

          07/05/2015, 10:59 am

          Indeed it is.

        15. Wack'd

          05/09/2014, 1:28 pm

          I don’t understand this list and I won’t respond to it.

        16. Lel

          05/09/2014, 10:25 pm

          “Sjaarcaohb”

          I lol’d

        17. Chris

          05/09/2014, 3:40 am

          Words evolve. Dropping apostrophes happens, like “phone”, “flu” and even “Halloween”. Besides, it helps with the pun for when a ship canons.

        18. That One Weirdo

          05/09/2014, 9:08 am

          Or devolve, in some cases.

          Let’s be honest, many fandom terms are just cringe-inducing. “I can’t” is pretty annoying (WHAT IS IT YOU CAN’T DO, YOU SICK SON OF A GUN?! TELL ME ALREADY), but “Feels” is the one I despise the most. It’s just stupid. Doesn’t even take that long to type in 3 additional letters.

          “Feelings”. There, see? Nobody died, and OH GODS NO, JULIO! JULIO, BREATHE, PLEASE! DON’T LEAVE ME ALONE, MAN!

        19. AgentKeen

          05/09/2014, 4:41 pm

          The only thing that really bothers me is when people say ‘YISSS’ instead of yes. I get it, it’s a phonetic version of hissing ‘yes’, it follows the pattern of misspelling words in excitement, clever.

          But it sounds like piss.

          ‘Oh man, look at this cool comic book cover’
          ‘PISSSSSSS’

          ‘BABY PANDA PICTURES’
          ‘PISSSSSSS’

          ‘Marriage Equality enacted the world over’
          ‘PISSSSSSSSS’

          You get the picture.

        20. Deanatay

          05/09/2014, 7:18 pm

          Dood, you pulled the Drama tag.

        21. Ghola

          05/09/2014, 1:42 pm

          I’m just waiting for Mike to call Walky “Toto”
          All my happys.

      2. Mike

        05/09/2014, 1:32 am
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        There are some great possibilities for ship names here…Titanic, Flying Dutchman, Mary Celeste, Lusitania, Costa Concordia, Exxon Valdez, Andrea Doria, Mary Rose all come to mind

        1. PsychoKineticEX

          05/09/2014, 1:39 am

          ……

          Get out

        2. NightmareWarden

          05/09/2014, 2:19 am

          Don’t forget the Black Pearl, the Friendship, the Wonka-tania, the Ulysses… the Going Merry :,(

        3. GreatContagion

          05/09/2014, 3:40 am

          The Going Merry D’:

          Why’d you have to do that.

        4. KittyK

          05/09/2014, 3:41 am

          I wish I could’ve carried you a bit father… T_T

        5. KittyK

          05/09/2014, 5:29 am

          *farther….

        6. Psycho

          05/09/2014, 10:53 am

          I’m going to destroy all of you….

    4. Hoboturtle

      05/09/2014, 12:49 am
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      There’s a part of me that ships Joyce and Walky in DOA because of how much they seem to dislike each other.

    5. Yet_One_More_Idiot

      05/09/2014, 5:18 am
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      😀 Yay, Dorothy is hot for the grown-up mousie.

      …and that’s something I never thought I’d be saying today. 😛

    6. I don't know what to put here.

      05/09/2014, 6:26 pm
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      Half Life 3 Confirmed. Kappa Oh, wait that doesn’t work here

  3. Tunaro

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    Can’t tell if Dorothy just pulled a fast one on Joyce or is legitimately trying to get Walky to dress up all sexy in a mouse suit.

    1. Doctor_Who

      05/09/2014, 12:04 am
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      Dorothy is a furry? That would add an interesting wrinkle to their relationship.

      1. Yotomoe

        05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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        Danny just wasn’t furry enough for her.

        1. Jen Aside

          05/09/2014, 12:14 am

          Yeah, he and that one chest hair.

        2. AgentKeen

          05/09/2014, 12:28 am

          Except she wants to get rid of Walky’s one chest hair.

          I guess it’s all about having fur in the wrong places.

      2. indignostudios

        05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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        Imagine that video showing up during campaign muckraking.

      3. That Damn Rat

        05/09/2014, 12:11 am
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        As Long as Dorothy agreed to wear a T-Rex suit when they get man-married it would probably work.

        1. Doctor_Who

          05/09/2014, 12:13 am

          I think that might cause Dina to fall in love with her.

        2. Mr k

          05/09/2014, 12:14 am

          Then Dina will have a crush on her. She’ll plot to get Dorothy to herself.

        3. Ghola

          05/09/2014, 1:43 pm

          By trapping her in tree sap.

        4. Deanatay

          05/09/2014, 7:16 pm

          You don’t think she’d use tar?

    2. Bill

      05/09/2014, 12:08 am
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      Dorothy just wants to try it mousey-style.

    3. nothri

      05/09/2014, 12:19 am
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      The answer is yes.

  4. Edster

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    So David, I heard you would not like your own TV show inspired by DoA. It would be a LOT better than what they pass for television these days. So my response is: ‘ Watchya talkin bout Willis?

    1. Yotomoe

      05/09/2014, 12:08 am
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      He just doesn’t want to turn over creative control. We don’t want another Boondocks season 4!

      1. Opus the Poet

        05/09/2014, 12:12 am
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        Oh [$DEITY] no, season 3 was bad enough, 4 was just unwatchable.

        1. JustCheetoDust

          05/09/2014, 12:23 am

          Season 3 had good episodes, but as a whole the season was very uneven. I agree that 4 is almost entirely unwatchable, although I think last Monday’s episode was a big improvement over the first two.

    2. Packy

      05/09/2014, 12:15 am
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      I don’t want a TV show based on DoA. I want the animated Dexter and Monkey Master from DoA to become a reality.

      1. Edster

        05/09/2014, 12:23 am
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        Okay I threw it out there. Sorries

        1. LeslieBean4Shizzle

          05/09/2014, 12:53 am

          Well, I guess it would depend on who he was working with. I mean, imagine this for a moment:

          From the creators of Community comes: Dumbing of Age

          … although actually I think the creators of Community might do better with a live action adaptation of Shortpacked.

      2. Jack Finch

        05/09/2014, 12:48 am
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        I’d settle for that monkey master face shirt.

  5. Wonder Wig

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    Yahweh or No Way.

  6. Kernanator

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    You won’t even say the word “butt”?

    Wow, Joyce. Wow.

    1. timemonkey

      05/09/2014, 12:17 am
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      It’s not that she won’t say ‘butt’ it’s that she won’t say ‘butt-hole’ it’s higher on the swear ladder.

    2. Packy

      05/09/2014, 12:18 am
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      My father-in-law won’t say butt. He says “better intentions”.

      I tell you folks, I wound up marrying a girl just like Joyce. More Walkyverse than Dumbiverse, but Joyce nonetheless.

      1. Cholma

        05/09/2014, 12:32 am
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        You never told us Kay has an affinity for alien tech and has a vest with a hidden jetpack in it! Wow, you really are a lucky man.

      2. begbert2

        05/09/2014, 10:57 am
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        “Ow, my better intentions are sore.”
        “Stop looking at my better intentions!”
        “My better intentions are getting a little big. I need to work on that.”

        You know, I can sort of see the appeal.

    3. Chico

      05/09/2014, 1:24 am
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      Hey atleast she said a slur with God in the same sentence, that’s cutting it real close for someone like her.

    4. Andrusi

      05/09/2014, 8:39 am
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      Neither “butthole” nor “a-hole” was bowdlerized enough for her.

      It’s kind of adorable actually.

  7. Doctor_Who

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    This could be a gallery for “The Many Faces of Joyce”.

    Those first two panels might break her record for mouth size. I don’t know where she keeps the rest of her skull.

    1. Yotomoe

      05/09/2014, 12:12 am
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      It turns out she is actually just 100% teeth.

    2. newllend

      05/09/2014, 12:27 am
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      This is a great idea, someone just go through the entire Joyce archive and make a clipboard of her face expressions.

    3. Architex

      01/27/2015, 6:04 pm
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      Since you’re the expert, I have to ask: that wasn’t a fixed point in time?

  8. Yotomoe

    05/09/2014, 12:02 am
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    Joyce, put the mouse teeth away.

    1. Opus the Poet

      05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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      I think Dorothy has those sequestered away for safe keeping… and smexy times.

  9. Nunc Pro Tunc

    05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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    So much unrelenting happiness from Joyce’s expressions.

    1. syd

      05/09/2014, 12:58 am
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      Her grin will expand until it swallows her face. She becomes Dedan, Queen of Dentistry. Each tooth large enough to contain entire books of the Bible.

  10. thecanvashat

    05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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    And then Walky was a pious godloving Christian.

  11. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

    05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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    …B-hole?

    1. Mango

      05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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      The missing letters are U-T-T

    2. Bill

      05/09/2014, 12:07 am
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      Old habits die hard, and Joyce can’t bring herself to use the ‘a’ word like Walky did.

      1. Doctor_Who

        05/09/2014, 12:09 am
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        It’s worse than that, she can’t even bring herself to use the letter A in that context.

        1. Foxhack

          05/09/2014, 12:11 am

          Well she’d be technically insulting, y’know… capital G o dee. That’s kind of a no-no.

        2. Yotomoe

          05/09/2014, 12:16 am

          God knows what she meant. She will be no less smote.

        3. John

          05/09/2014, 12:16 am

          She’s willing to call Him a B-hole, just not an A-hole.

        4. ShaggyDonahugh

          05/09/2014, 12:18 am

          Downgrade in my opinion.

        5. Hegah

          05/09/2014, 9:58 am

          AAAAHHHHH!! Shaggy got the gravatar of mouse Walky!!

        6. Deanatay

          05/09/2014, 7:13 pm

          It has been mentioned before – this chapter will spawn many, many Gravatars.

  12. Beige

    05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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    these are the best pages ever XD

    1. Yotomoe

      05/09/2014, 12:16 am
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      Joyce would argue that there’s a book with even better pages.

      1. Gigafreak

        05/09/2014, 9:45 am
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        Joyce’s Walkyverse parents would agree, but be thinking of a different book…

  13. Shanunu

    05/09/2014, 12:03 am
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    Aww come on. Now she’s just bending Joyce’s words.

  14. Jake

    05/09/2014, 12:04 am
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    I love the subtle gap in Joyce’s teeth in panel three to make her look more like the mouse character she’s imitating. So cute!

    1. Tom Speelman

      05/09/2014, 12:05 am
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      It’s hysterical. Yay, subtle gags!!!

    2. Doctor_Who

      05/09/2014, 12:11 am
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      Also the only time we’ve seen any indication that Joyce HAS individual teeth, and not just big white plates in her mouth.

      1. Yotomoe

        05/09/2014, 12:16 am
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        It’s just solid bone. Her voice is actually REALLY muffled.

      2. Gigafreak

        05/09/2014, 9:52 am
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        Does Willis’s Tumblr count?

        1. Tom Speelman

          05/09/2014, 8:04 pm

          Probably. Word of God and all that.

  15. indignostudios

    05/09/2014, 12:04 am
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    Joyce then looked up the rule 34 for the Hymmel the Hymnal Mouse-keteers.

    1. Opus the Poet

      05/09/2014, 12:10 am
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      And her head asploded.

      1. indignostudios

        05/09/2014, 12:12 am
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        Especially after seeing the one’s where Hymmel’s using a strap-on with Walky.

        1. KingMabel

          05/09/2014, 12:14 am

          Yay for more repressed memories!

          And more therapy!

        2. Ancestral Hamster

          05/09/2014, 12:27 am

          Yes, that would explain why Walky repressed the memories.

  16. Single Sage

    05/09/2014, 12:05 am
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    Is it mean that I just love the mortified looks on their faces day after day?

  17. Bill

    05/09/2014, 12:05 am
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    I’m hearing that Joyce has (had?) the hots for Walky — or at least his mousy alter-ego.
    I’m also seeing that Dorothy doesn’t appear to be threatened by this pronouncement.

    1. Mango

      05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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      …yet.

    2. newllend

      05/09/2014, 12:16 am
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      Funny, other universe walkyXJoyce are probably doing it rite now.

    3. timemonkey

      05/09/2014, 12:19 am
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      Why would Dorothy be threatened because Joyce thought four year old Walky was cute? They don’t even like each other as adults. Dorothy’s not crazy and clingy.

    4. Yotomoe

      05/09/2014, 12:23 am
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      Walky I felt that tingly thing for you when I was a baby. I had to watch the episode where it talked about touching yourself being a sin every time! BUT YOU WERE IN THAT ONE TOO!

    5. Ancestral Hamster

      05/09/2014, 12:29 am
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      Dorothy is looking forward to the three way where she wears a cat fur suit, and both Walky and Joyce wear the mouse fur suits.

      1. JustCheetoDust

        05/09/2014, 12:46 am
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        DoA furry vorarephilia?

        1. Ancestral Hamster

          05/09/2014, 1:27 am

          I was just going for furry, as I tend to forget the existence of vore, but if DoA furry vorarephilia can get a following on Slipshine, why not?

        2. anonymous

          05/09/2014, 4:57 pm

          Joyce and Walky would be the funniest prey. And Dorothy as a pred… it’s just crazy enough to work. I like searching on FA for some vore myself, but this would just be hilarious. Shipping Dorothy eats WalkyxJoyce.
          |”””-.
          |..J…|
          |..W.|
          |_ _/

          nomnomnom

        3. anonymous

          05/09/2014, 4:59 pm

          (ya know, I wish we could edit these stupid things so I could experiment with ASCII and try to get it right)

      2. Jack Finch

        05/09/2014, 7:38 pm
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        In another scenario I can picture Joyce complaining, “Why does Dorothy always get to be the cheese?”

    6. John

      05/09/2014, 1:19 am
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      Well, triangles are a lot more stable when they’re connected on all three sides.

      Or maybe Dorothy’s figuring she’ll just hand Walky off to Joyce when she goes off to Yale. Joyce is making good progress; maybe by then she’ll be ready for some caramel filling.

      Though, really, Dorothy’s expression says to me that she’s thinking the same thing I am here: “OMG they fight like an alternate-universe married couple! Adorable!”

      1. 3oranges

        05/09/2014, 1:49 am
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        Dorothy’s pretty lucky with this one. A tornado of embarrassment has broken out, and so far she’s at the eye enjoying it.

      2. Opus the Poet

        05/09/2014, 12:04 pm
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        So, wold this be a V, a delta, or some other kind of arrangement? Regardless of how it works out we know Walky has to be a vertex between Joyce and Dorothy, so far we have seen no inkling of sexual anything between the girls. But on the same note we didn’t see any inkling of sexual anything in Fans until the Goth Girl went back into the living room to get the Japanese girl off the couch and into the bedroom. I’m sure that’s a obscure enough reference to blow a few minds.

        1. John

          05/09/2014, 2:11 pm

          It can’t be all that obscure; the author’s around here somewhere.

          But “Joyce is maybe into girls in general, and Dorothy in particular,” has been kind of a thing throughout DoA. Walky’s even said it to Joyce’s face at least twice, and while Joyce gets mad at him for saying it (in that same kind of “yeah, I can totally believe that these two are married in the other universe” way they’re demonstrating today), she has yet to actually deny it. (She hates lying as much as she hates homosexuality…)

          And Joyce did throw a toy at Dorothy’s head.

          It’s true that Dorothy hasn’t ever given any hints that she might reciprocate, though. But hey, maybe she won’t until one night after they’ve been watching D&MM together she knocks on Joyce’s door and sticks her tongue down her throat while Sarah makes snarky comments over their shoulder.

          (Seriously, I think Dorothy’s straight. And I’d be surprised – though not shocked – if Joyce turned out to actually be bi. But that doesn’t change the fact that Joyce would be the best First Lady.)

    7. Never Simple

      05/09/2014, 7:22 am
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      Since its clear now that events in the prime universe are being greatly changed on the outside and yet still remaining core values. This would be the love triange that began before Joyce and Dorothy knew each other?

  18. Claire

    05/09/2014, 12:06 am
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    David Willis Time Warrior

    1. begbert2

      05/09/2014, 11:03 am
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      You don’t realize it, but every time you lose your keys and then find them right where you thought you looked, that’s God screwing with you. And standing there, chuckling.

  19. stainedglassdeity

    05/09/2014, 12:07 am
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    So this is the abnormally big mouth strip.

  20. Mr k

    05/09/2014, 12:07 am
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    Walky should leave the country now. He should go to Kazakhstan, Russia or somewhere else far away.

    1. Bill

      05/09/2014, 12:09 am
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      I understand the French Foreign Legion is still accepting applicants.

      1. Ancestral Hamster

        05/09/2014, 12:33 am
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        They are, but it is illegal for U.S. citizens to join. That’s not a law the French passed, but our Congress. Doubt that matters much to anyone joining the Legion though.

        1. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          05/09/2014, 1:22 am

          They can use assumed identities anyways, so it actually doesn’t matter at all.

        2. Ancestral Hamster

          05/09/2014, 1:33 am

          *Nod* I figure if you are an U.S. citizen, and you do join the Legion, you just don’t talk about it if you ever come back to the U.S.

          “Yeah, that reminds me of the time I joined the French Foreign Legion under the name of Job Bob Walkerton. Wait … I was supposed to keep that secret … oops. Okay, guys, forget I ever said that.”

  21. ShaggyDonahugh

    05/09/2014, 12:08 am
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    It’ll be a warm day in hell when Walky puts that outfit back on.
    No really, those things fucking KILL in the heat.

    1. Swerve

      05/09/2014, 2:42 pm
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      Kids, listen to yer Uncle Swerve! Do not try to alter the space-time continuum! It never works, whether it’s a baddie like Shockewave trying to compress all of time into a singularity, or trying to send an extra-dimensional ” freelance peace-keeper” to assassinate Megatron before declaration day. (One Prowl’s more memorable bad ideas for winning the war.)

      Wally is pretty hosed. I can picture Dorothy getting him a mouse-boy costume before this storyline ends!

      1. Swerve

        05/09/2014, 2:46 pm
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        Okay, lot of autocorrect problems in that post. I think it became a reply instead of a new post too. Better ask Blaster to see if my phone’s malfunctioning, or if it’s just the nebula we’re passing through.

        And yeah, Walky is so hosed!

        1. Swerve

          05/09/2014, 2:53 pm

          Blaster refused to look at my phone! He says it’s because I have, quote-unquote “thick fingers”. Well excuse me, but my fingers contain sophisticated sensors in them! What good is having a communications officer, if he won’t help you send interstellar text messages!?!

  22. Single Sage

    05/09/2014, 12:08 am
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    You know, I kept wondering why Willis decided to do DoA. Now we have it in writing.

  23. newllend

    05/09/2014, 12:09 am
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    Wait, B-hole? Whatever this is getting funnier and funnier down the line.

  24. Sageress

    05/09/2014, 12:15 am
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    Joyce your mouth is horrifying.

    1. ShaggyDonahugh

      05/09/2014, 12:17 am
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      Give it a few months, Walky will disagree.

      1. Mr k

        05/09/2014, 12:18 am
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        Or Dorothy.

        1. ShaggyDonahugh

          05/09/2014, 12:19 am

          If we’re lucky, Billy

        2. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          05/09/2014, 12:27 am

          nah brah, SalxJoyce. It’ll start with Joyce finally being allowed to brush Sal’s hair.

        3. -Sentinel-

          05/09/2014, 12:32 am

          And go on motorcycle rides!

        4. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

          05/09/2014, 1:30 am

          The motorbike ride will be Sal’s wedding gift to Joyce.

        5. AgentKeen

          05/09/2014, 4:34 pm

          Oh no, it’ll be Sal’s BikexJoyce. Sal just gets to be best man because she introduced them.

      2. Sageress

        05/09/2014, 12:30 am
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        It’s like a void to the white dimension.

        1. -Sentinel-

          05/09/2014, 12:32 am

          Or Canada.

    2. anonymous

      05/09/2014, 2:49 am
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      ( 0 ) ( 0 )

      ,____________,
      \ /
      \ /
      \ /
      \ /
      \___/

      (I am not actually licensed to perform ASCII so this may look horrible an/or be completely lost in the formatting)

      1. anonymous

        05/09/2014, 2:50 am
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        *AND
        friggin’ knew this would happen

        1. anonymous

          05/09/2014, 3:00 am

          Well, using periods in place of spaces certainly made it more nightmarish.
          Also I tried to add some comma hair.

          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
          ,,……………………,,,,,
          ………………………..,,,,
          …( 0 )…………( 0 )..,,,,,
          …………………………,,,,,,,,
          ……………\…………..,,,,,,,,,,
          …………..–…………..,,,,,,,,,
          …,____________, ,,,,,,
          ….\…………………./ ,,,,
          ……\………………/….
          ….. ..\…………../…….
          ………..\……../……..
          ………….\…./……..
          ……………\/…….

        2. anonymous

          05/09/2014, 3:01 am

          PERFECT >.<

  25. Some1udontknow

    05/09/2014, 12:18 am
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    Is it just me, or is Dorothy implying a threesome?? Also, she seems to have comepletely forgotten bout amazigirl

    1. A5PECT

      05/09/2014, 12:22 am
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      I’m pretty sure she agreed to watch Hymmel with Joyce because she wanted to get her mind off of the Amazi-girl dilemma for a bit.

      So… mission accomplished?

      1. Jen Aside

        05/09/2014, 1:34 am
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        …OH YEAH XD

        It worked, tho!

    2. Bagge

      05/09/2014, 4:55 am
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      Given how much Walky has teased about the chemistry between Dorothy and Joyce I’m pretty sure she has at least thought about it.

    3. davethedavedave

      05/09/2014, 10:30 am
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      She’s going to make Walky wear the ears, isn’t she?

  26. A5PECT

    05/09/2014, 12:19 am
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    I love how Walky maintains the same level of outrage while switching topics.

  27. timemonkey

    05/09/2014, 12:20 am
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    Hey look, Joyce just said something negative about god.

    1. David

      05/09/2014, 12:46 am
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      God tempted her with age-inappropriate caramel mouse boys. Man, that’s worse than what he did to Job.

  28. Charles Phipps

    05/09/2014, 12:20 am
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    Willis is progressive and that’s awesome to find in webcomics. However, sadly, I doubt we’ll see the J/W/D relationship emerge. Which is a shame because it’d be something few others are doing.

    Yes, I’m totally making a grass roots movement for it.

    1. Michael

      05/09/2014, 12:58 am
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      This was also my thought. Except the last sentence. That bit didn’t occur to me.

  29. nothri

    05/09/2014, 12:21 am
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    Joyce’s smile threatens to become bigger than her actual face right now.

    1. darcos0

      05/09/2014, 1:43 am
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      I thought that as well

  30. Mr. Random

    05/09/2014, 12:22 am
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    Oh, Joyce. Take backs have been revoked here. For everyone.

  31. DailyBrad

    05/09/2014, 12:23 am
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    Joyce razzing him is hilariously adorable.

    Between this and Joyce’s pondering when Dorothy gushed about Walky’s muscles “carved from caramel”, there is at least some physical attraction to Walky on Joyce’s part established, but it is certainly reluctant, and probably not anything we can expect to be elaborated on too much, especially since Willis doesn’t usually like to rehash stuff from the Walkyverse too much.

    1. Deanatay

      05/09/2014, 7:06 pm
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      Dunno if Joyce is attracted to Walky (at least, not before this…), but she has so much repressed horniness right now that the thought of anyone making out drives her into a state of resonant lust.

      I like Joyce, and her quest to be true to herself, despite the drives of her body, but something’s gotta give there. I just hope it doesn’t ruin what makes her special.

      1. DailyBrad

        05/09/2014, 11:43 pm
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        Joyce will always be special, so however she comes to terms with things, I am sure it will be in a way that’s sufficiently Joyce.

  32. newllend

    05/09/2014, 12:23 am
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    Ya Willis stop being an asshole.

  33. MM

    05/09/2014, 12:34 am
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    Oh, Walky. God doesn’t hate you. At least not more than any of the other characters.

  34. Ancestral Hamster

    05/09/2014, 12:35 am
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    These last few “Mousie Walkerton” strips have been particularly delightful.

    1. anonymous

      05/09/2014, 3:06 am
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      Are you saying all this in a stuffily posh English accent, or is that just me?

      1. anonymous

        05/09/2014, 3:09 am
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        (“Stuffily posh” seems a bit redundant, but I couldn’t decide between the two adjectives “stuffy” and “posh”…)

      2. Ancestral Hamster

        05/09/2014, 3:32 am
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        Just you. Although as I have read a fair number of English novels, some English phraselogy may have been absorbed through osmosis. Although I’ve also read a lot of Kipling’s poetry, but so far I’m not writing like one of his soldier narrators.

        “Jest roll to your rifle, and blow out your brains,
        And go to your gawd like a soldier.”

  35. caesaria82

    05/09/2014, 12:39 am
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    The terrifying-meter of the Joyce smile in panel 2 is out of control.

    1. Spliced

      05/09/2014, 12:48 am
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      Agreed, and glad someone else noticed. That special kind of smile where all defining features of the mouth go away to become something Slenderman would be proud of.

    2. anonymous

      05/09/2014, 3:11 am
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      Smiles should not go that far. She just broke all the laws of physics.

  36. Well_Played

    05/09/2014, 12:41 am
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    *Evil Laughter* And it Begins!!!

  37. Sock

    05/09/2014, 12:54 am
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    The last several strips are gonna be great for avatars!

  38. Jack Finch

    05/09/2014, 12:58 am
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    So the the past returns to confront one Walkerton tonight, can we make it a two-fer?

  39. John

    05/09/2014, 1:09 am
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    Man, Joyce, you grin any bigger and the top of your head’s going to fall off.

  40. Mass Confusion

    05/09/2014, 1:11 am
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    Walky’s expressions have been hilarious this week

  41. Chico

    05/09/2014, 1:26 am
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    And then Joyce’s mouth became a geometric wonder of science

  42. Gadgeteer Smashwidget

    05/09/2014, 1:28 am
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    Joyce’s smile in the 3rd panel is adorable.

  43. Jen Aside

    05/09/2014, 1:31 am
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    oh haha I just realized the Kickstarter Slipshine stretch goal got halved ($70K for one vs. $75K for both), so I guess Yotomoe can see half of my Gravatar’s source =p

    [yer half welcome]

    1. ninja_jesus

      05/09/2014, 2:26 am
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      Wait, is that supposed to be exclusive? O_O Oh shit, I think I may be in some trouble.

      1. Tenn

        05/09/2014, 11:12 am
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        I think you might be excused for being a ninja and Jesus, what with the getting around unnoticed and being omniscient.

  44. GoogerGeiger

    05/09/2014, 1:39 am
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    Whoa there Joyce! Calling God a b-hole? You might as well already be an Atheist!

    1. Plasma Mongoose

      05/09/2014, 1:52 am
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      More like a possible nay-theist.

      http://tinyurl.com/naytheist

      1. anonymous

        05/09/2014, 2:37 am
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        An atheist, a natheist, it’s all where you put the n.

        1. begbert2

          05/09/2014, 3:29 pm

          That, and having totally incompatible meanings.

        2. das-g

          05/09/2014, 4:24 pm

          More about where you put the space.

  45. Plasma Mongoose

    05/09/2014, 1:48 am
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    If only all this blackmail material could be converted into cash, Dotty would be rich enough to run for president.

  46. nagash1959

    05/09/2014, 1:50 am
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    Walky, there is only one way out of this. Perform a double sex.

    1. anonymous

      05/09/2014, 2:40 am
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      Walky performs a threesome… or should I say, JOYCE performs a threesome, because she’s the one getting the dual sex, thus losing her virginity twice. Her thoughts on this carnal sin: “Maybe it cancels out?”

      1. nagash1959

        05/09/2014, 9:35 am
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        When did Joyce turn into Sarah McAllen? (from TheRickyRayShow which 90% of the internet seems to have forgotten existed)

  47. Orangey

    05/09/2014, 2:05 am
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    oh my gosh why was i not expecting there to be joyce/walky cuteness – but i still like dorothy/walky and then part of me also likes joyce/dorothy what do i ship what do i ship aaa

  48. CarlaGriffin

    05/09/2014, 2:11 am
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    Panel 3 – did Joyce will a gap between her front teeth for an impression? Was it God?

  49. Idon'tcarenomore

    05/09/2014, 2:16 am
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    If Joyce smiles any wider it will meet behind her head and the top of her skull will fall off.

  50. Idon'tcarenomore

    05/09/2014, 2:23 am
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    Read the comments, and loves Mike’s list of catastrophic event names for ‘ships.
    I friggin’ hate the smoshing up of 2 peoples name into one silly one for a relationship….these are 2 separate people and when they break up it’s just too weird for words.

  51. Badeyes

    05/09/2014, 2:24 am
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    5 panels, each more awesome than it’s predecessor. Thank you sir.

  52. Evil Midnight Lurker

    05/09/2014, 2:28 am
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    The Cheese will have his pointless and poorly aimed revenge.

  53. anonymous

    05/09/2014, 2:34 am
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    Damn you, God!

    1. anonymous

      05/09/2014, 2:35 am
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      Or should I say: Go damn yourself, Willis!

  54. WeezerLuvr3030

    05/09/2014, 2:53 am
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    Joyce gets all the best facial expressions and the most dynamic postures, (even in the fan art)! I keep reading her *lines* and how the other characters react to her as if she is a foil for the heroes. But her presence in a scene that’s all about talk makes it just as dynamic as an AG fight scene.

  55. Rhy

    05/09/2014, 3:07 am
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    I swear if Joyce’s mouth got any bigger she’ll eat Walky

  56. Chris Phoenix

    05/09/2014, 3:40 am
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    …Meanwhile, while Walky is distracted with these hijinx, something truly terrible is happening to his sister. We’ll find out in a few weeks that Amazi-Girl’s last action was to put her in the hospital, or something.

    And then I’ll say “Called it!”

    Because that’s the kind of guy Willis is. This arc is just too cute not to have a sinister side.

    So I’ll say in advance: DAMN YOU WILLIS!

    1. ninja_jesus

      05/09/2014, 10:21 am
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      No. No. This can’t be what happens. I want Sal to have her redemption and I want Walky to be knocked down a few pegs (peg 1 already down).

  57. Bagge

    05/09/2014, 4:56 am
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    And here they are, united in their old shame. A great bonding moment for Joyce and Walky

  58. Sir Robin

    05/09/2014, 6:00 am
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    If this three-some is ever going to happen, it’s now

  59. Shadow12000

    05/09/2014, 6:08 am
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    Just a quick question: Is the entire inside of Joyce’s mouth just bleached, as everyone else seems to have black between their teeth when talking, or does she just have the BIGGEST fucking grin right now? My money is on #2 but #1 doesn’t seem too far off if you think about it.

    1. Andrusi

      05/09/2014, 8:42 am
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      Joyce trained hard for years to be the best at grinning.

    2. OmegaDez

      05/09/2014, 9:49 am
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      Grin so big it lenghtens her teeth and fuses them together…

      The “entirely white” mouth thing (which seems to be super prevalent in shoujo manga for some reason) always left me confused.

  60. Willoughby Chase

    05/09/2014, 7:44 am
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    “Rewriting time is totally in my job description, yes”

    Ah, Willis, deus ex machina, Joyce needs a cuddle, and quick!

  61. Jack Finch

    05/09/2014, 7:47 am
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    Isn’t “I hats you more than ever” Esperanto for “We will fuck each otherinto the floor”?

    1. Deanatay

      05/09/2014, 6:57 pm
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      It’s boy-speak for “My hands thirst for your flesh. Makeouts or strangles, your choice.”

      1. Jack Finch

        05/09/2014, 7:18 pm
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        Oh it’s not just boy-speak. This much I know.

  62. Angel

    05/09/2014, 8:19 am
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    that quote is another thing about Christians that bugs the crap outta me. I’m always hearing them judge atheists for not wanting to be accountable for anything, yet they are always passing the buck over to god.

  63. Deanatay

    05/09/2014, 9:13 am
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    I always thought Walky was Willis’ voice-box. Now it’s confirmed. He made DoA to find new and interesting ways to torment his old characters. Because he’s an a**hole.

    1. Deanatay

      05/09/2014, 9:13 am
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      There, I’ve insulted the author. Does that mean I’m one of you, now?

      1. Boom

        05/09/2014, 10:12 am
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        Let the hatred grow, nurture it. Only then will you be a true Sith.

      2. Bagge

        05/09/2014, 11:09 am
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        Let us all unite in belittlement of the creators of the things we like

  64. Al Schroeder

    05/09/2014, 9:13 am
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    Weirdest. Threesome. EVER.

    1. Deanatay

      05/09/2014, 9:15 am
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      I have the weirdest boner right nya.

      1. Roborat

        05/09/2014, 4:13 pm
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        So, you will be in your bunk for a while?

  65. fit-to-freak

    05/09/2014, 9:29 am
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    Aw, It’s nice to see Joyce razzing on someone like that.

  66. EnerPrime

    05/09/2014, 9:29 am
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    Seriously I want to laugh at this but I’m just too distracted by Joyce’s horrifying mouth-void in the first two panels. There’s no teeth there, just a hole in her head that leads to a plain of infinite whiteness.

    1. Kamino Neko

      05/09/2014, 10:34 am
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      Oh, hey, is that GokaiSilver in your ava?

    2. 3oranges

      05/09/2014, 1:41 pm
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      Do you WANT there to be teeth, each several inches long like a horse? Comic characters are often stylized in ways that become horrifying when you look through an X-ray…I guess it’s just that in DoA they usually aren’t.

      1. David M Willis

        05/09/2014, 2:20 pm
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        http://itswalky.tumblr.com/post/75539722673/here-you-go-joyces-skull

        1. Deanatay

          05/09/2014, 6:51 pm

          I likes her better with the fleshy bits. They hide her teeth.

        2. Jack Finch

          05/10/2014, 11:49 am

          Reminds me of this.
          http://www.pianoladynancy.com/funnypics_toons/kermitsxray.htm

  67. OmegaDez

    05/09/2014, 9:50 am
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    The shameful things your parents make you do when you’re young…

  68. Ryan Balis

    05/09/2014, 11:20 am
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    Now Joyce and Walky, be a couple I command you!

  69. Tenn

    05/09/2014, 11:25 am
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    A rusty old ship breaks the surface.

  70. Rybridge

    05/09/2014, 5:07 pm
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    David Wllis, you are a master at comedic turn arounds!!!

  71. Mr. Morningstar

    05/09/2014, 5:10 pm
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    90% TEEEEETH

  72. demoncat_4

    05/09/2014, 6:17 pm
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    and thus it it begins now joyce will become walky stalker after learning his secret that he was one of the mouse boys in her videos long ago and it was so bad he has blocked it out of his mind.

  73. SilverArrowArtemis

    05/09/2014, 10:40 pm
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    And then she wakes up.

  74. BrokenEye, True False Prophet

    09/26/2015, 1:00 am
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    “God hates me and rewrote time to be an asshole” is now my go-to excuse.

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