While we’re having this moment. I like to think about how recent developments show how special the thing these two had between them was.
Dorothy is very high maintenance, much more than Linda. Yet when she found out about Walky having a bit of trouble in math her opinion of him didn’t change, unlike Walkys own mother who began switch up her attitude the minute he started to stumble once.
Linda’s conditional love is the exact reason why Walky was terrified to tell Dorothy that he was doing poorly in math.
He was so surprised and so moved when Dorothy didn’t react by instantly dumping him, but by trying to help him, instead.
They really did have a lot of what each other needed.
Leorale
— and still do. Lookit that hug-and-quip, that is quality.
superglucose
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING!
Ok maybe this exact moment isn’t the right moment but like.
These two are so good for each other.
This inanimate carbon rod i tripped over on the sidewalk, causing me to permanently break my knee, and at the moment it happened a policeman walked by, assumed i had stolen the inanimate carbon rod, and so arrested me, causing me to spend ten years in prison… is better than Linda.
BorkBorkBork
That’s not a fair comparison. That Inanimate Carbon Rod just happens to be the hardest working employee at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. I hear they even saved Buzz Aldrin, Race Banyon, and some other guy from dying in a space shuttle. They’re a national hero.
Not the best phraseology, but she is, was, very driven, and puts its own load on a relationship.
Li
That’s not really what high-maintenance means of a person, and I don’t think it’s true? Dorothy’s high expectations for herself don’t directly make a relationship harder. Her being busy is a potential issue, but that’s something you and a partner work out.
Dorothy is *not* high maintenance. She has dreams and goals, but they are *her* dreams and goals. High maintenance partners are ones that make frequent and excessive demands of their partners. HM are about getting their partner to do stuff for them, not about what they can do for themselves or their partners.
I feel you may have been mistaking people wanting them to get back together for people wanting them to fuck. I mean, if they get back together there goes any chance of Walky and Amber getting back together and I gather more than a few people want Dorothy and Joyce to hook up.
What surprised me was how many people seemed think it was a done deal. As soon as she went to kiss him they were obviously going to bone.
Not everyone thought it would be a good idea, but there was a lot of talk about Lucy and “were on a break” shenanigans.
Maybe. I’m more just saying that I don’t think I can gauge how I feel about this until I know where it’s going.
Thag Simmons
That’s true regardless of how soon this gets followed up on
eskimolos
If it’s any consolation, I really get the feeling it’s suggesting they are gonna do platonic friends stuff after this. Hookup energy has been dispelled, walky has come through as A Friend with his friend in need.
Dina mauls Mary, Carla and Charlie go on a multi-state crime spree, Galasso becomes the majority shareholder and CEO of McDonald’s, and Blowjob Cat releases a critically acclaimed spoken word album.
We do not, however, see the crime spree on-panel; just a random headline or two about it in the background. We find out about it three weeks later, when the cops wake Booster up at 3 AM to ask where their sister lives, and they go back to bed and make Walky deal with it. Then after the cops spend all day waiting in the lobby of the wrong dorm, we find out that they actually already arrested Charlie two days earlier.
Taffy
That’s oddly specific. Did that happen to you?
David DeLaney
… more than once, we mean?
zee
Completely unrelated but taffy I love your grav so much. Bc part of why I adore Lucy so much is bc she was introduced around the same time I was writing a pathfinder character (never used), a tiefling with almost the same personality, who looks a lot like that. Like ik its bc of people acting like she’s the antichrist but it’s a funny coincidence
She needed this hug bad, and hell, he probably did, too. No one believes in her more than he does, and through any twists and turns their friendship has taken, there’s obviously a lot of love there.
Ohmygod, I love this moment. It’s like getting me emotional.
Also, my shipper heart badly wants them to get back together. Or at least be closer friends. Like, the sort of friends that isn’t quite platonic but also isn’t sexual and might be romantic but like… not in ‘that’ way. I just want so many good things for them and to feel safe and happy and supported, and it feels like they can be really good at being that for each other when the other is tuned into it. I want this hug to last as long as it takes to make both of them feel better.
I guess a “loving” friendship. I’ve never had that before (not without it being a relationship), but you can feel the love these two have for each other through the panels. Romantic or platonic, it’s just very sweet
134 thoughts on “Bottom-out”
Newlland(Henryvolt)
While we’re having this moment. I like to think about how recent developments show how special the thing these two had between them was.
Dorothy is very high maintenance, much more than Linda. Yet when she found out about Walky having a bit of trouble in math her opinion of him didn’t change, unlike Walkys own mother who began switch up her attitude the minute he started to stumble once.
John Campbell
“She’s better than Linda,” is some awfully faint praise.
Clif
But not inaccurate.
Leorale
Linda’s conditional love is the exact reason why Walky was terrified to tell Dorothy that he was doing poorly in math.
He was so surprised and so moved when Dorothy didn’t react by instantly dumping him, but by trying to help him, instead.
They really did have a lot of what each other needed.
Leorale
— and still do. Lookit that hug-and-quip, that is quality.
superglucose
THAT’S WHAT I’M SAYING!
Ok maybe this exact moment isn’t the right moment but like.
These two are so good for each other.
The Lurker
And almost universal.
Needfuldoer
That’s not even a low bar to clear, it’s a piece of tape on the floor.
Gigafreak
Dorothy would have to bottom-out way harder than this to get underneath Linda
She is bottoming perhaps exactly hard enough to get underneath Linda’s son though
Benjamin Geiger
That’s a tavern in Hades.
Sharaku
This inanimate carbon rod i tripped over on the sidewalk, causing me to permanently break my knee, and at the moment it happened a policeman walked by, assumed i had stolen the inanimate carbon rod, and so arrested me, causing me to spend ten years in prison… is better than Linda.
BorkBorkBork
That’s not a fair comparison. That Inanimate Carbon Rod just happens to be the hardest working employee at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. I hear they even saved Buzz Aldrin, Race Banyon, and some other guy from dying in a space shuttle. They’re a national hero.
RowenMorland
I thought we were comparing Linda at her best to Dorothy at her worst.
tunasammich
How is she “very high maintenance?” ?
paleotectonics
Not the best phraseology, but she is, was, very driven, and puts its own load on a relationship.
Li
That’s not really what high-maintenance means of a person, and I don’t think it’s true? Dorothy’s high expectations for herself don’t directly make a relationship harder. Her being busy is a potential issue, but that’s something you and a partner work out.
Taffy
She’s a stoner and an electrician.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Dorothy is *not* high maintenance. She has dreams and goals, but they are *her* dreams and goals. High maintenance partners are ones that make frequent and excessive demands of their partners. HM are about getting their partner to do stuff for them, not about what they can do for themselves or their partners.
Ana Chronistic
“next, bottoms up”
Clif
We can but hope.
SK
Oh, you were so close! You only had to say, instead, “We can butt hope.”
Drain
i LOVE Dot’s ☹️ here
Animedingo
This was the correct move. I was somewhat put off by the number of people yesterday who didnt see what a bad idea rushing back to walky was.
Rose by Any Other Name
I think you may be mistaking “didn’t see” for “didn’t care”.
I don’t particularly care whether or not it’s a bad idea – I’m just here for popcorn and bad decisions.
Vanessa
I just didn’t want Walky to brusquely reject her again and give her the bums rush. This is nice. She is even laughing for the first time in ages.
Masumi
Yeah, which I’m turn makes me think this wasn’t the worst of decisions either. Dude makes her relax, even in the worst of moods.
Freezer
Here here! *munch munch*
Decidedly Orthogonal
Is that the popcorn eating or the face in cooch munching?
Freezer
¿Por que dos?
PedanticJerkass
But you do recognize that it is a bad decision, at least.
Proto
Now there’s a book title if ever I’ve seen one…
ktbear
I feel you may have been mistaking people wanting them to get back together for people wanting them to fuck. I mean, if they get back together there goes any chance of Walky and Amber getting back together and I gather more than a few people want Dorothy and Joyce to hook up.
Decidedly Orthogonal
Hey now, threesomes are a thing! We can hope!
Taffy
This comic has been going for 14 years almost, and we haven’t seen even one threesome. It’s offensive.
thejeff
What surprised me was how many people seemed think it was a done deal. As soon as she went to kiss him they were obviously going to bone.
Not everyone thought it would be a good idea, but there was a lot of talk about Lucy and “were on a break” shenanigans.
Thag Simmons
Any opinion I’m going to have about this moment is going to depend entirely on what happens in the upcoming strips.
Clif
We’re going to cut away. Was that not clear.
Hoping to be wrong.
Thag Simmons
Maybe. I’m more just saying that I don’t think I can gauge how I feel about this until I know where it’s going.
Thag Simmons
That’s true regardless of how soon this gets followed up on
eskimolos
If it’s any consolation, I really get the feeling it’s suggesting they are gonna do platonic friends stuff after this. Hookup energy has been dispelled, walky has come through as A Friend with his friend in need.
Doctor_Who
Dina mauls Mary, Carla and Charlie go on a multi-state crime spree, Galasso becomes the majority shareholder and CEO of McDonald’s, and Blowjob Cat releases a critically acclaimed spoken word album.
John Campbell
We do not, however, see the crime spree on-panel; just a random headline or two about it in the background. We find out about it three weeks later, when the cops wake Booster up at 3 AM to ask where their sister lives, and they go back to bed and make Walky deal with it. Then after the cops spend all day waiting in the lobby of the wrong dorm, we find out that they actually already arrested Charlie two days earlier.
Taffy
That’s oddly specific. Did that happen to you?
David DeLaney
… more than once, we mean?
zee
Completely unrelated but taffy I love your grav so much. Bc part of why I adore Lucy so much is bc she was introduced around the same time I was writing a pathfinder character (never used), a tiefling with almost the same personality, who looks a lot like that. Like ik its bc of people acting like she’s the antichrist but it’s a funny coincidence
Taffy
We aim to please.
Chris Phoenix
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Firseal
Darn. I was really shipping Walky with Blowjob Cat as his next step on the relationship development journey.
Francoinblanco
Yesterday’s strip is history, tomorrow’s strip is a mystery, but today’s strip shows that “insert character” is a monster
Sirksome
Lol. I thought for a sec Dorothy meant she didn’t know how to bottom. Iwas like, yeah girl! Good for you!
DailyBrad
God, I love these two.
She needed this hug bad, and hell, he probably did, too. No one believes in her more than he does, and through any twists and turns their friendship has taken, there’s obviously a lot of love there.
LaGrosseLegume
Right words, Walky! See ya getting better in this
Reltzik
Well, you don’t want to bottom-out in February. Save that level of skin exposure until sometime warmer.
Reltzik
(… oh, right, it’s January in-comic. Same story.)
David DeLaney
woops, didn’t mean to report
but rather to comment that Leap Day comes about once every couple decades, comic time
shellshockbp
Reported for falsely submitting a report.
Taffy
Reported for the thrill of battle.
Schpoonman
Aw, jeez, Dorothy.
Steelbright
Not what she wants right now but probably more in line with what she needs. this made me feel things.
Jeremiah
Awwww, look at Walky using his goofball powers for the greater good!
Puppeteer Nessus
The man is a damn professional
RassilonTDavros
Sometimes what you need isn’t reassurance.
Just compassion.
Clif
Pity you say?
StClair
No. Sympathy.
StClair
(and kindness.)
Mr D phone posting
Not a big fan of people seeing compassion as pity.
Lee
Big agree.
PedanticJerkass
I didn’t see the word “pity” anywhere in that comment, so no.
Bittersweet
Ohmygod, I love this moment. It’s like getting me emotional.
Also, my shipper heart badly wants them to get back together. Or at least be closer friends. Like, the sort of friends that isn’t quite platonic but also isn’t sexual and might be romantic but like… not in ‘that’ way. I just want so many good things for them and to feel safe and happy and supported, and it feels like they can be really good at being that for each other when the other is tuned into it. I want this hug to last as long as it takes to make both of them feel better.
Bittersweet
I guess a “loving” friendship. I’ve never had that before (not without it being a relationship), but you can feel the love these two have for each other through the panels. Romantic or platonic, it’s just very sweet