There’s no way that Joyce on the spot has the mental acuity to assimilate her language and knowledge and do this on the spot, but if she could say “hey miss, I have to tell my sibling I already KNOW about the divorce” would be more and more amazing.
I’m going to enjoy the joyce faces that come as a result of this, though.
Needfuldoer
We’ll find out after her brain reboots from this unhandled exception error.
Icalasari
I kind of hope for the shocked horrified Joyce background, but flat expression and the final panel being, “Oh, that’s who Ethan meant”
Jocelyne (playing along): Why yes Joyce. I’m here to tell you – tell me, whatever – that your brother is now your sister. Joshua is no more, meet Jocelyne.
Actually, I lied. I AM Jocelyne.
(Pause while the mother of all Joyce Faces slowly builds up … And explodes in full glory)
Lilith Rose
This is especially hilarious to me, as when I transitioned… before dumbing of age even launched…
I had one siblings name and I switched to the other sibling’s name.
“Ha ha ha! Oh, quite an imaginative tale. A comedy, for the utterly outrageous premise beggars belief! My girl, one cannot travel back in Time! Time marches ever forward; and I alone determine at which rate.”
Other Rachel not being seen exiting the elevator before the doors closed again can only mean she rode it down to the lobby and then rode it back up. Huge development for Other Rachel fans.
She could have asked Joyce to go up to her room and then reveal her outfit (or tell her), but it’s possible there are some physical differences that aren’t clear in the art (like she mentioned her skin improving, and there could be other small aspects that Joyce isn’t guaranteed to not ask about before her room). Also, there’s something to be said for having a quick escape route in case it goes poorly.
Makes sense to me. She’s in a college, where she knows at least some number of folks will be cool, where she can make a quick getaway if needed, where she doesn’t actually know anyone around or need to care about their opinions or, indeed, ever see or interact with them ever again.
OK, Joyce. Breathe. Remember what Ethan told you to say. You’ve rehearsed this. Remember your training and you will make it through this calmly.
“Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.”
“Good. Calm. Yes. Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future. The past. Old friends long gone.”
-Yoda
204 thoughts on “The stairs”
Ana Chronistic
“Hi!” =D
=3
“Have you seen my brother? Sort of looks like you but shorter hair, and boy.”
=x
“I have to tell him I already KNOW about the divorce.”
@_@
Cholma
“I have to tell him I already KNOW about the divorce.”
Oh, that would have been DIVINE.
RocketRelm
There’s no way that Joyce on the spot has the mental acuity to assimilate her language and knowledge and do this on the spot, but if she could say “hey miss, I have to tell my sibling I already KNOW about the divorce” would be more and more amazing.
I’m going to enjoy the joyce faces that come as a result of this, though.
Needfuldoer
We’ll find out after her brain reboots from this unhandled exception error.
Icalasari
I kind of hope for the shocked horrified Joyce background, but flat expression and the final panel being, “Oh, that’s who Ethan meant”
Shade
Joyce squints for a moment and then gasps “Are you me from the future here to warn me about something?”
Rolf of Many Doors
Oh no, not the egg theories again
Decidedly Orthogonal
Over-easy?
Masumi
That would be an A+ prank
NGPZ
probs not gonna happen,
however I bet they can think of even BETTER ones to pull on their friends AND enemies ^^ <3
EEEEK SHOOO EXCITED I STIMMING SO MUCH
staszu13
Jocelyne (playing along): Why yes Joyce. I’m here to tell you – tell me, whatever – that your brother is now your sister. Joshua is no more, meet Jocelyne.
Actually, I lied. I AM Jocelyne.
(Pause while the mother of all Joyce Faces slowly builds up … And explodes in full glory)
Lilith Rose
This is especially hilarious to me, as when I transitioned… before dumbing of age even launched…
I had one siblings name and I switched to the other sibling’s name.
NGPZ
“I am” but instead of Goku, Jocelyn ?
Radiance
“Ha ha ha! Oh, quite an imaginative tale. A comedy, for the utterly outrageous premise beggars belief! My girl, one cannot travel back in Time! Time marches ever forward; and I alone determine at which rate.”
Amós Batista
Oh, Jocelyne will try. You know, she’s a writer.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
And where are the Alien Witch, the Esper, and the Slider?
Doctor_Who
Joyce: “I see I’m having an out of body experience. Huh, from the outside I’m taller than I thought.”
butts
dang it, beat me to this one
BorkBorkBork
Bigger on the inside, taller on the outside.
Kim
xD
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Dimensionally trascendentant.
Amós Batista
Jesus: Well, well, well…
Sirksome
Aw, cute. Jocelyne is cute.
AbacusWizard
Thanks to the magic of comics time (thanks, Scott McCloud!) I’m going to assume that the final panel lasts for about 30 seconds.
Jo_cubstar
Does the last panel mean she doesn’t recognize her?
cain
Joyce’s pupils are pretty small. I think she’s processing.
a/snow/mous/e
They’re her irises, right? Although I guess the pupils are the part that can shrink… Hm.
Needfuldoer
True, but characters with colored irises don’t get pupils in DoA’s art style.
Needfuldoer
Catching up on Bluesky (because I need relatively calm doomscrolling), and found this:
https://bsky.app/profile/damnyouwillis.bsky.social/post/3l7yoglmour2o
Yikes.
NGPZ
just do as I do and fill your feed with pixel art and indie game dev and pokemon ^^
Needfuldoer
I’ve never been into Pokémon, even though I was in the target age group when Red and Blue released.
My feed is mostly Star Trek and The Simpsons shitposting. And The New Yankee Workshop.
BorkBorkBork
According to the alt text, she is.
anon
i imagine that it’s a new outfit b/c of the height diff but it’d be amusing if it was like “…are those my old overalls” or so lol
butts
“hey who put this mirror up in the lobby. and why do i look taller than usual.”
Doctor_Who
You have no idea how much I’d pay to see Joyce and Jocelyne spontaneously do this routine in full.
Mackenzie
I thought that was going to be a link to Lucy & Harpo’s rendition of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79EnDc-Ucv8
shrub
“What are you doing step sister”
crys
omg the colors of jocelyne’s outfit mirror joyce’s… love
BBCC
HERE WE GO!
bwooom
Give her a second…
tim gueguen
“Aunt Lori?”
Joe Moose
[Jeopardy Theme plays on hacked Muzak speakers]
Alongcameaspider
Now we just gotta wait for Joyce’s brain to catch up
AbacusWizard
JoyceBrain.exe has encountered a problem and needs to restart
Opus the Poet
Joyce has no idea who that is, does she? Jocelyn looks so cute when she’s flustered.
Jahu
Other Rachel not being seen exiting the elevator before the doors closed again can only mean she rode it down to the lobby and then rode it back up. Huge development for Other Rachel fans.
butting
She saw a second Joyce and noped out all the way up to the roof.
Kimi
I second this opinion.
Slartibeast Button, BIA
Garbage Roof as a refuge from The Crisis Of the Infinite Joyces?
Laura
Matryoshka Joyce
anon
well ’30 whole seconds’ seems like enough for her to walk by without her still being in the frame lol
Masha
Doing this in public seems pretty nuts
cain
On the one hand, she could potentially be loudly outed to a bunch of strangers. On the other hand, would Joyce’s dorm hallway be any better?
Yumi
She could have asked Joyce to go up to her room and then reveal her outfit (or tell her), but it’s possible there are some physical differences that aren’t clear in the art (like she mentioned her skin improving, and there could be other small aspects that Joyce isn’t guaranteed to not ask about before her room). Also, there’s something to be said for having a quick escape route in case it goes poorly.
thejeff
Though she did think that if she kept the coat on Joyce wouldn’t realize.
Joshi
Makes sense to me. She’s in a college, where she knows at least some number of folks will be cool, where she can make a quick getaway if needed, where she doesn’t actually know anyone around or need to care about their opinions or, indeed, ever see or interact with them ever again.
AlexanderHammil
If it goes wrong, leaving is easy.
Dara
the suspense is terrible i hope it lasts
wait no actually please let joyce say something now
because i kiiiinda smell cutaway? and if it is i will die.
Laura
OK, Joyce. Breathe. Remember what Ethan told you to say. You’ve rehearsed this. Remember your training and you will make it through this calmly.
“Mind what you have learned. Save you it can.”
“Good. Calm. Yes. Through the Force, things you will see. Other places. The future. The past. Old friends long gone.”
-Yoda
Queen Anthai
Spider-Man Pointing Meme Dot Jaypeg
Azu
Man, look at that side angle. Jocelyne really is just Taller Joyce.
segnosaur
There are other differences between the 2 of them. Joyce has big jugs.
(That she wears on her feet when she showers.)
Throwatron
Well if she had the jugs, she’d be as tall as her sister!
Jay
Has anyone pointed out what great timing Jocelyn has btw?
Especially with Joyce finding out about Carla. I get that Willis probably planned that but in universe wow impeccable timing
NGPZ
HERE IT COMES EEEEEEEEK ^^ <3
*gets another bucket of popcorn and soft pretzels to much on*
*plays “Star Wars Theme” on hacked muzak*
RassilonTDavros
Penny in the air.
RassilonTDavros
Oooh, have the Gravs rerolled? Or did I just capitalize incorrectly?
NGPZ
no i dont think they rerolled just yet
however Willis DID put in a new Bluesky feed panel in place of the old Twitter one ^^
RassilonTDavros
Thank Cheese.
Queezle
Someone called the “Joyce and Jacob took the stairs” in yesterday’s comments.
And here we are at the point of no return, good luck Jocelyne.
Thag Simmons
Rare moment when one of my theories pans out
Dday